Ekiti State Police Command has paraded a man who allegedly broke into a church in Osun and made away with N600,000 offerings.
Police Spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen that the suspect had already confessed to the crime and would be arraigned after the completion of the investigation.
Also paraded before newsmen are 18 other suspects who were arrested for offences such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, burglary and conspiracy.
Abutu noted that the suspects were among those terrorising the people of the state, stressing that their arrests were made possible through intelligence reports by residents of the state.
He listed items recovered from the suspects to include two big power generating sets, shoes, clothes and cash.
Abutu assured the people that suspects would all be arraigned at the completion of investigations.
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2016 PARIS AUTO SHOWSun, 25, Sep 2016
Germany's automakers will use the Paris auto show to highlight their latest battery technologies as they seek to recapture ground from Tesla Motors.
Smart to offer EVs and traditional engines across the lineupThu, 22, Sep 2016
Smart will become the only major auto brand to offer its entire model lineup with both combustion engines and pure battery-electric drive, Mercedes-Benz said today.
Mazda, Bentley, Lambo join list of brands skipping Paris showWed, 21, Sep 2016
Mazda, Bentley and Lamborghini have joined Ford, Rolls-Royce and Volvo on the list of automakers that will skip the Paris auto show, which starts next week. The Japanese, British and Italian automakers will instead focus on smaller events that are less costly.
Alfa Stelvio makes brief appearance in FCA videoTue, 13, Sep 2016
In a video posted on FCA's YouTube channel, which has since been taken down, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio makes an appearance at the company's Cassino plant in Italy, where it is being assembled. The all-new crossover is expected to be officially revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November and go on sale in early 2017.
Sources: Porsche's 1st wagon to debut in '17Mon, 19, Sep 2016
A wagon version of the redesigned Panamera sedan is set to be introduced at the Geneva auto show.
Porsche's Tesla fighter: Panamera plug-in hybridMon, 19, Sep 2016
Porsche will unveil a Panamera plug-in hybrid this month at the Paris auto show.
VW teases EV concept that it says heralds 'new era' for brandFri, 16, Sep 2016
Volkswagen today released teaser pictures of an electric car that it hopes will lead the automaker out of its diesel scandal and into an electrified future.
Tokyo Motor Show sets 2017 dates, vows boost in attendanceThu, 15, Sep 2016
The next Tokyo Motor Show will be held Oct. 27 to Nov. 5 in 2017, organizers announced, pledging to boost attendance after a slight dip in turnout last year.
Ford, Volvo, Rolls-Royce among automakers bypassing Paris as show glitz fades in Web ageThu, 15, Sep 2016
Ford, Volvo and Rolls-Royce are among the automakers skipping the Paris auto show as the once-unmissable event succumbs to changes sweeping the auto industry. Instead of spending millions to woo consumers to crowded exhibition centers, companies are reaching out to buyers where they like to spend time -- on Instagram and blogs.
Krafcik to keynote Detroit auto show's AutoMobili-D expoTue, 13, Sep 2016
The Detroit auto show's new AutoMobili-D exposition has its keynote speaker: John Krafcik, CEO of Google's self-driving car project. Krafcik is set to give a presentation on Sunday, Jan. 8, on the first day of AutoMobili-D. It runs until Thursday, Jan. 12.
Porsche eyes Tesla with 462-hp Panamera plug-in hybridTue, 13, Sep 2016
Porsche, looking to lure green enthusiasts who don't want to compromise power or performance, will use the Paris auto show this month to unveil a Panamera plug-in hybrid that it says will zoom from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.4 seconds.
Opel says Ampera-e's 249-mile range will 'democratize' EVsTue, 13, Sep 2016
Opel said its Ampera-e battery powered car will eliminate range anxiety for customers because it can travel more than 400 km (249 miles) on a single charge. "Opel is democratizing the electric car with the Ampera-e," the brand's CEO, Karl‑Thomas Neumann, said.


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Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) will celebrate the 1972 Clean Water Act at a special public gathering from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Carkeek Park, 950 NW Carkeek Park Rd.
Special activities include:
- Join groups doing water monitoring at Piper’s Creek for World Water Monitoring Day
- Tour the Salmon to Sound Trail and the imprint pond
- Learn about how to get involved in feeding the chum salmon at the park
- The kids’ table will have fun activities and materials to take home that explain “How to help make clean water happen”
- Cake and juice
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Opponents say bill could limit controls available for invasive pests.
On August 4, 2020, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced companion legislation that would fundamentally rewrite and amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – the law governing pesticide use in the United States.
S.B. 4406 and H.B. 7940, the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act (PACTPA), would amend FIFRA to ban the use of organophosphate and neonicotinoid pesticides along with the agricultural herbicide paraquat. Additionally, the bill would require the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the agency tasked with administering FIFRA – to suspend the registration of any pesticide product that is banned in the European Union and/or Canada, pending a two-year expedited review of the justification and rationale for the ban. Furthermore, the legislation would allow individual citizens to petition the EPA to remove pesticides from the market and allow localities to regulate the sale or use of any federally registered pesticides and remove the uniformity requirements for labeling or packaging from FIFRA.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires the EPA to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States through registration and labeling. Registration approval depends on a finding that the pesticide will not pose “unreasonable adverse effects on the environment” when used in conformance with labeling directions.
Originally passed in 1947, FIFRA underwent a complete revision in 1972 following congressional concerns about the long- and short-term toxic effects of pesticide exposure on applicators, food consumers and wildlife and insects not targeted by the pesticide. Substantial changes to FIFRA have been made since 1972 to, among other changes, streamline the reregistration process, authorize registration fees and, in 1996, with the passage of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), require special protection for children, establish more stringent safety standards for regulation of pesticide residues on food and require periodic review for pesticide registrations.
The EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) implements FIFRA by overseeing the registration of pesticide products and establishing maximum levels for pesticide residues in food. Registration is based on evaluation of scientific data and assessment of risks and benefits of a product’s use. For instance, when a manufacturer applies to register a pesticide, the EPA requires them to submit data on toxicity and can require the manufacturer to submit data from a combination of more than 100 different tests. Based on the data submitted, the EPA determines whether and under what conditions the proposed pesticide use would present an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.
Supporters of PACTPA vs. supporters of FIFRA
Despite the extensive process the EPA goes through to ensure the safety of pesticide registration, proponents of the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act cite studies of organophosphate and neonicotinoid insecticides linking their use to neurodevelopmental damage in children, contributing to pollinator collapse, and citing these as reasons for ending their use. Proponents of PACTPA argue that the EPA continues to approve pesticides with “ingredients widely considered to be dangerous [that] often remain on the market for decades, even when scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows a pesticide is causing harm to people or the environment.”
Those who oppose the recently introduced legislation and support the existing FIFRA framework argue that the bill is trying to fix a process that is not broken. While the EPA rarely revokes the registration of a pesticide, supporters of the current regulatory scheme highlight the EPA’s common changes to label instructions, including limits on where and how pesticides may be used, as effective. The EPA has taken that approach with neonicotinoids to lessen the risks to bees – such as prohibiting the use of certain neonicotinoid pesticides when bees are present – and with chlorpyrifos, which is no longer allowed for household use.
Opponents of PACTPA argue that the provisions within the bill targeting specific pesticide groups would make it increasingly difficult to protect green spaces from invasive pests such as the emerald ash borer, the hemlock woolly adelgid and the Asian longhorned beetle. Furthermore, they argue that allowing localities to restrict pesticide products in defiance of state preemption laws would create a confusing patchwork of pesticide regulations not based on science, as most local governments do not have the scientific experts or the resources to make informed decisions about the safety of pesticide products.
While it is not expected that the Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act will move in this Congress, the bill is a blueprint of how anti-pesticide groups will seek to amend pesticide laws. Depending on the November election outcomes, this bill could gain traction in the upcoming 117th Congress.
Basil Thomson is a senior associate at Ulman Public Policy, TCIA’s Washington, D.C.-based advocacy and lobbying partner.

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Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Off-Broadway theater organisation the Atlantic Theater Company presents a dynamic 2018/19 season of world premiere works, including New York-based playwright and activist Abby Rosebrock's Blue Ridge. Helmed by Egyptian-American director Taibi Magar and starring Tony Award-nominated actress Marin Ireland, the black comedy explores heart break, mental health and spiritual healing.
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Book Launch Guest Post By Sophie Schiller, Author of The Lost Diary of Alexander Hamilton
In April of 2016, I was approached by a gentleman from St. Croix who asked me to write a novel about the early life of Alexander Hamilton in the West Indies. The reason for his request, he told me, was to show the world the importance of St. Croix in forming Hamilton’s character and his financial vision for America. He wanted to demonstrate how this unlikeliest of islands provided the necessary background for Hamilton’s singular genius in developing America’s financial system.
We spoke over the phone several times and the wheels in my brain started turning, but I was deeply involved with another project that I wanted to finish. And truthfully, I had doubts that I would be able to tackle this subject matter. While we did hold several conversations about the idea, I remained skeptical about the feasibility of it. But I remained firmly committed to finishing the project.
When I was finally ready to start in February of 2018, I almost didn’t know where to begin. I had to learn about the history of St. Croix during the Danish Colonial period, plantation slavery, the triangular trade, the local economy, the history of the West Indies, social values and customs, the history of Alexander Hamilton’s family, his parents’ struggles, his personal struggles, and I had to develop a timeline of everything that happened until he left for America in 1772. Sounds like a lot? ;)
Luckily, at this time, I made the acquaintance of an American historian named Michael Newton, who was working on his own new biography of Alexander Hamilton using newly discovered records from the Danish Rigsarkivet. Michael’s research became indispensable to me, and I will forever remain indebted to his perseverance and commitment to uncovering the unknown parts of Hamilton’s childhood.
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This was the most surprising part of the research. Free Black Militias in a slave economy? Actually, it made perfect sense to the Danes. The militia of free blacks in the Danish West Indies existed to keep order on the island. They patrolled the towns regularly and served, in some cases, as slave hunters. Many of the free blacks owned slaves themselves, and were quite prominent socially. These people had never been written about before, so I thought it was time to give them a voice. And so, Peter Tongelo, the Captain of the Free Black Militia in the 1770’s became a key character in my novel. I based his personality on Louis Gossett Jr.’s performance in An Officer and a Gentleman, a performance that had astounded me in my youth.
Eventually I developed a story that centers on Hamilton’s struggles to survive on his own after his mother dies and his father leaves the island. Since it is well-known that Alexander had a personal servant named Ajax who was taken away by his mother’s first husband after her death, I developed a story where Ajax is sold to a brutal planter and Alex vows to save him out of loyalty and friendship. But above all, the theme of the novel is about overcoming obstacles and challenges. Hamilton reasons that if he is to rise above the “groveling conditions of a clerk”, he must master the art of commerce and become a self-made man.

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Helen Keller biography is enchanting learning concerning the life and accomplishments of the American creator, pacifist, activist, and incapacity rights advocate. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880, and was deaf and blind as a toddler. Regardless of her disabilities, she was an activist for the blind, a pacifist, and a pacifist.
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Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880. She had a tough childhood. At simply 19 months previous, she contracted a sickness that left her blind and deaf. Her mother and father were dismayed by the severity of her situation, and their family members inspired them to position her in an establishment. Helen’s mom was Kate Adams Keller, and her father was Colonel Arthur Keller, the editor of an area newspaper.
At the age of 19 months, Helen had an extreme case of bacterial meningitis, which left her utterly deaf and blind. Her mother and father sought assistance from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the phone, and he advisable that Helen Keller’s household apply to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston.
She was deaf and blind as a toddler.
Helen Keller was born deaf and blind, and her mother and father sought to assist her. In 1885, they took her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, the place the director saw her of the institute. The director instructed that Helen be taught by a trainer who had not too long ago regained her eyesight. Annie Sullivan was chosen for this process and commenced working with Helen the following March. Anne Sullivan could be Helen’s trainer for 50 years, serving to help her overcome the disabilities she had suffered as a toddler.
Helen Keller’s mom was Katherine Adams. Her father served within the Accomplice Military throughout the Civil Struggle. She had two older stepbrothers. Keller turned into an author and lecturer. She additionally turned a member of the American Federation for the Blind. She additionally volunteered her time and efforts to different organizations and causes that helped the blind and deaf.
She turned into an outstanding advocate for the blind.
Born blind and deaf, Helen Keller became an outstanding advocate for the rights of the blind. Her work was instrumental within the institution of many organizations that supported blind folks. She was a member of the American Federation for the Blind and participated in many campaigns to boost consciousness and funds for the trigger. She was additionally an activist in the battle for pacifism and contraception. Her political opinions have been progressive, and he or she turned into a member of the Worldwide Employees of the World.
Whereas selling her work from home and overseas, Helen Keller turned an influential voice for the blind. In 1948, she was despatched to Japan as the primary Goodwill Ambassador of the US, the place she helped to extend consciousness concerning the plight of the blind inhabitants. In 1967, she attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a brand new college for blind folks in Yokohama, Japan. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Johnson, who wished to honor her for her work for the blind.
She was a pacifist
Helen Keller was an advocate for pacifism and socialism and was against warfare. She believed that wars had been fought to guard the pursuits of the rich. Keller additionally fought for the rights of blind folks. She was lively in pacifism throughout World Struggle I. She additionally supported the suffrage motion.
Helen Keller was born deaf and blind but became the number one advocate for people with disabilities. She fought in opposition to discrimination in opposition to folks with disabilities and promoted girls’ suffrage and contraception. She was additionally a pacifist and has become a logo of this sentiment. If you’re all in favor of studying more about Keller, look at her speech, which contains textual content.
She was a socialist
Helen Keller was a socialist who fought for disabled folks’ rights and the rights of staff. Her lifelong ardour was the abolition of the capitalist system. She was so devoted to this trigger that she broke from the Socialist Occasion in 1912. Pissed off by its reformist bent, she fought for the revolution.
Keller’s writings cover various topics, from the category wrestle to capitalism to warfare and imperialism. She additionally addresses girls’ oppression, racism, and incapacity.
She was a author
Helen Keller was an author who lived in the US. Born deaf and blind at the beginning, she turned into a world-renowned lecturer and author. She wrote over a dozen books and several other dozen articles for magazines, and he or she was additionally an advocate for blind youngsters. Helen Keller died in 1968.
Keller was an author and a political activist who turned blind and deaf when she was simply 18 months previous. She favored human rights points and became a suffragist, talking out for the best of girls to vote. She additionally turned into a pacifist and spoke out in opposition to warfare. She had a canine that accompanied her all over the place.
She was a lecturer
Helen Adams Keller was an American creator, political activist, and lecturer born blind and deaf. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she misplaced her sight and listening at 19 months. She turned into a political activist for disabled folks. She additionally wrote books about her experiences.
Keller started writing whereas a scholar at Radcliffe Faculty. Her autobiography, The Story of My Life, was printed in 1903. It was translated into 50 languages and stayed in print at this time. Keller additionally wrote over four hundred essays and speeches that impacted many individuals internationally.


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We all grew up listening to stories. Folktales, myths and fairy tales are some of the oldest narratives known to us. These stories introduce children to magic, sorcery and mythical creatures over generations. Our imaginations run wild as we picture these unique worlds and captivating characters.
Blacktail is developed by The Parasite Team and published by Focus Entertainment. The Parasight Team was founded with a dream to reinvent folklore in its own way and adapt it to modern video games. Based in Poland, the studio is made up of many veteran developers in the industry. His latest project succeeds in blending an engrossing narrative with engaging gameplay. Let’s talk about blacktail.
I did my playthrough on PS5, and Blacktail performs surprisingly well. There are a few different display options available. There was no frame limit and performance on most of my playthroughs quality. I briefly reduced my frame rate to 30 with the quality on display, but there isn’t a great visual upgrade. There is a motion blur toggle that I turned off and for me, it helped my overall experience. Kudos because I experienced zero bugs, glitches or frame drops from start to finish. Even during the boss battles where most of the action happens, the game still runs incredibly smoothly.
In Blacktail, you take on the role of Yaga. She and her twin sister Zora grew up as orphans in a superstitious village that shunned her. He has an unusual birthmark on his face, causing the villagers to resent him. To conceal both herself and her scar, she wears a mask to hide from society. Tormented by troubling dreams, she hears a weary voice instructing her to find “The Hut”.
The story begins when Zora vanishes without a trace. With her protective sister no longer present, Yaga is forced to leave her village as she is accused of an unholy alliance with Baba the Witch. Rejected by her home, she sets out to find her sister and discover what her dreams really mean. He is accompanied on this adventure by “The Voice”, a mysterious guide who appears in his thoughts, while keeping his true motivations hidden. The story throws up surprises at every turn, so going in as blind as possible is highly recommended.
The narrative and dark imagery immediately caught my attention, and I cannot express how much I am a fan of this artistic subject. The world is bright and colorful, yet when you take a closer look things are not so rosy. The characters and designs are unique and fitting for the dark fantasy atmosphere. When you put all of these things together, it leads to the art direction being one of Blacktail’s greatest strengths.
The writing is excellent, as each character’s personality is revealed through dialogue and expression. Like other games, An Almanac lends lore and depth to not only the characters but the land as well. The lore is entertaining and I read every entry I unlocked, some I like but others don’t. Most of the dialogue is between Yaga and “The Voice” in her head, and both actors do a phenomenal job.
The gameplay is a mix of first-person archery and integrated magic casting. Blacktail does a great job of each part complimenting each other. There is no actual melee attack, thus magic is a great tool for keeping enemies at an advantageous range. The bow is consistent and becomes more versatile as the game progresses. The bow is your only weapon, so having a variety of arrows with different effects keeps the gameplay from getting stale. You can get different arrows by either picking them up in certain areas or crafting them from specific materials.
A major gameplay loop is gathering and scavenging materials to craft items and upgrade your skill tree. The skill tree contains perks and abilities that require specific scrolls to unlock that are hidden throughout the world. It’s a system I prefer over the experience-gated style. Finding materials is a necessity as aspects of gameplay and item crafting make use of them. Items are fairly scattered so the number of times you need a material isn’t very common, but does happen nonetheless.
Morality plays a major role in Yaga’s development throughout the play. The choices you make in Blacktail have consequences, and those decisions lead to gameplay skills. Everything from story dialogue to freeing a trapped bird have implications that affect how special skills function. Depending on your path, you obtain different titles that provide different benefits. For example, “The Witch’s Apprentice” ability uses sunlight or leech trap, depending on whether you have the title “Gracious” or “Corrupt”. The path is not clearly laid out before you. Many of these decisions are built into the land you explore, hidden until you encounter them. For example, while walking down a path, I saw a small creature with a fruit hanging from a branch. I plucked the fruit down to allow the creature to eat it, thus gaining “good” morality. There are no information or prompts, the player simply acts in his own world. I can’t believe I’ve come across a system like this, so it makes the game very appealing.
There is no room for improvement in Blacktail. The music in the game is limited in the number of different tracks. Having a great variety of eerie and tense music tracks will elevate the overall atmosphere even more. I also would have liked more enemy types. While the combat is satisfying, facing the same Cyclops and Bees feels a bit repetitive. I mentioned earlier that your bow doesn’t do any melee damage, and this feels like a missed opportunity. Gathering materials to make arrows is fine, but there are moments when running out of arrows means relying on magic. This creates problems when you run out of mana and are waiting for it to regenerate, as most magic attacks don’t do enough damage.
Blacktale is brought to life by its setting, characters, and narrative. The gameplay doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it doesn’t need to. It uses a system that works, and that compliments the rest of the game. Blacktail reminds me of Kenna: Bridge of Spirits which I played last year; A well-executed title that sets itself apart from the others, and one that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Blacktail’s art and captivating storytelling take the narrative genre in a whole new direction. Backed by a combination of solid gameplay and in-depth moral system, the game excels in almost every aspect.
- impressive art design
- satisfying story
- unique ethics system
- lack of enemy type
- Music score needs a few more tracks
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I have been sick for the past week, and today I woke up congested with a sore throat and a headache. It’s the continuation of that mid-winter cold and to top it off, it’s only 4:40 a.m. Already, I have decided that this will be a day of rest to allow my body to get better. Well, once I finish going through my emails and writing this post. Old habits die hard!
Back when I burned the candle from both ends, aka while I was in the chief learning officer role, awakening early with a cold did not equate to taking care of myself — it meant an opportunity to start pushing through the landslide of emails and heading off to the office or continuing to work from home. How’s that for dedication? Just like the inscription in the New York City Post Office reads, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” You get the point because most likely you have done this yourself.
Do you really think the world will stop if you take a sick day? Allowing yourself the time needed to align what is important in your life is a success factor often overlooked. I talked about how to manage time at work in my “Keep Track of Your Time” post. Let’s discuss how you can integrate it with all that you are attempting to do in your “26”-hour day.
Most professionals attempt to complete 26 hours of living each day, the extra two hours coming from, you guessed it, sleep. However, trading sleep for work has short- and long-term consequences. Check out Michael J. Breus’ Web MD article titled “Chronic Sleep Deprivation May Harm Health.”
He writes that in the short term, sleep deprivation causes:
- Decreased performance and alertness
- Memory and cognitive impairment
- Stress relationships
- Poor quality of life
- Occupational injury
- Automobile injury
Longer term, the consequences include a number of serious medical illnesses including a weakened immune system that can open yourself to illnesses and infections. I know this first hand. In early 2012, I came down with bacterial pneumonia. At the time, I was CLO for HCL Technologies and commuting for work. The ultimate commute, I spent five weeks living in New Delhi and three to four weeks at home in San Diego. The constant long distance travel combined with long term sleep deprivation resulted in a 2-plus-year journey that shocked my life out of the fast lane.
My resistance was compromised and that resulted in multiple infections. By the end of 2012, I had had 3 surgeries for antibiotic resistant infections and had come face to face the fact that I could not continue to work full time if I wanted to get better. I had to stop and get myself well. I left the role and returned to San Diego filling my time with visits to the doctor, getting the rest I should have gotten throughout the years and a few small consulting engagements.
Once I recovered, I returned to consulting and executive coaching for organizations. Now, instead of taking on more than I can handle, I take time to prioritizing what is important, including leaving enough time for sleep and myself. I silence my phone at night. About two hours before bedtime, I quickly check email and the phone for the last time; I don’t allow myself to take on more clients that I can handle. I have even integrated life-time management into my executive coaching practices.
What can you do to ensure sleep has the priority it deserves and that your body gets the time it needs to recover? Schedule it!
It’s not about becoming a slave to your calendar, it actually is about freedom. Greg McKeown’s article “If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will” has some great messages around prioritizing your life. He says, “We may not develop Gandhian levels of courage immediately, but surely we can do better than having to look back on our lives and regret that we lived by someone else’s priorities.” Those priorities include scheduling time for sleep, scheduling time for fitness (emotional, physical and spiritual), and scheduling time for family and friends.
You don’t have to fill all 24 hours, just the critical parts such as time with others and enough time for sleep. Treat sleep the same as you would your most important meeting (which is funny because I have nearly fallen asleep in many meetings). You would never miss a meeting with your most important client or stakeholder, would you? Probably not.
When it comes to your career, whether you realize it, you are your most important stakeholder. Do yourself a favor and schedule time to sleep. While you’re at it, don’t over schedule to the point where you cannot flex for something as important as taking a day off to recover from being ill or just from being overworked. The result will be better than you imagined. When you are well rested, you can get more done faster and with a clearer mind. In the long run, you will be better positioned to win the race called your career.

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The Innovating Dance Practice grant program is an initiative of Ausdance NSW to support professional dance practitioners residing in NSW to develop and innovate their practice through funds made available by Arts NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. Applicants can apply for an amount between $500 and $5,000 to expand their personal dance practice.
Michelle Silby, Director of Ausdance NSW, is certain that the Innovating Dance Practice initiative will provide numerous artists with the ability to innovate their practice and ultimately contribute to the New South Wales dance sector. "We are really thrilled to have been successful in initiating this opportunity for individual dance artists in NSW. We will be delivering a devolved funding program for dance, supported by Arts NSW. This small grants program aims to support peoples dance practice through small one off grants that inspire and develop dance artists' skills. There is a total of $30,000 available each year, for the next three years".
The Innovating Dance Practice initiative welcomes all dance artists in the state to apply who:
- are professional dance practitioners
- engage with at least one Arts NSW ACDP priority (see below)
- are Australian citizen or have permanent resident status in Australia AND have been a resident in NSW for at least 12 months
The grant provides assistance to realise an opportunity that inspires new work, knowledge and skills and can include:
- a program of activity that develops professional practice
- a secondment with an organisation
- a mentorship with an individual
- residencies involving innovative approaches to working practice.
The proposal must engage with at least one of the following Arts NSW, Arts and Cultural Development Program (ACDP) priorities:
- people with a disability
- young people
- Aboriginal people
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- people living and/or working in regional NSW
- people living and/or working in Western Sydney.
The fund can be used to cover any costs associated with the dancers activities, such as, artist fees, materials and equipment, travel (including international travel), venue/studio rental fees, registration fees, workshops, conferences, documentation.
Closing date is the 16th of August with the first projects running from 1 Jan – 31 December 2017. Applications must be submitted by 5.00pm (AEST) on the closing date.
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The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.ICCPR art 23(1)
An Iranian couple and their 3 sons migrated to Australia in 1994 on temporary visas and the following year a daughter was born. The family applied for permanent residency, which was refused owing to an undisclosed assessment by Australia’s domestic security agency, ASIO, concerning the father, Dr Leghaei.
Despite 16 years lawful residence in Australia, without ever being charged or warned for any reason, the secret security assessment against Dr Leghaei was upheld on appeal. Dr Leghaei’s wife and children all had permanent residency or citizenship, but his wife and 14yo daughter chose to accompany him when he was obliged to leave Australia in 2010.
The Committee found that Australia did not provide Dr Leghaei with “adequate and objective justification” for his expulsion and denied him “due process of law”. “Disrupting long-settled family life” by expelling the father of a minor child and forcing the family to choose whether to accompany him constitutes arbitrary interference with the family, in violation of articles 17 and 23(1).
Read more on Leghaei et al. v Australia.
Stefan Nystrom was born in Sweden and entered Australia when only 27 days old. His family assumed he was a naturalised Australian. Mr Nystrom began hearing voices in childhood and has suffered psychiatric symptoms throughout his life. From the age of ten, he began offending, usually under the influence of alcohol. At the age of 30, seven years after his last offence, during which time he had been law-abiding, steadily employed and recovering from his alcoholism, Mr Nystrom’s permanent visa was cancelled on character grounds. An appeal to the Federal Court found him to be ‘an absorbed member of the Australian community with no relevant ties elsewhere’. The Immigration Minister appealed successfully to the High Court. Mr Nystrom was deported to Sweden in 2009 and has since been homeless, in homeless shelters, in prison and in psychiatric care. The HRC found Mr Nystrom’s deportation constituted arbitrary interference with his right to family and his ‘right to enter his own country’, which is Australia. Further, his expulsion was arbitrary – occurring so long after his offending. He should be permitted and materially assisted to return to Australia. Australia has refused to allow Mr Nystrom back into Australia, but says it has made policy reforms to guard against repetition.
Read more on Nystrom v Australia.
Mr Z is a Polish-Australian who moved to Australia with his wife and their 2-year-old son. After nearly 3 years, the family returned to Poland, with the intention of permanent relocation. However, Mrs Z soon changed her mind, and took the boy to Australia without his father’s consent. The couple divorced, with Polish courts granting sole custody of the child to his father, and the Family Court of Western Australia granting sole custody to his mother.
Mr Z applied under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the return of his son to Poland. Eighteen months later, when his first application was unsuccessful, he applied under the Hague Convention for access and custody. The WA Family Court granted Mr Z supervised access to his son in Australia, two-and-a-half years after he had first applied.
The UN Human Rights Committee found that Australia’s failure to guarantee personal relations and regular contact between Mr Z and his son constituted arbitrary interference with family life and violation of the right of families and children to protection. Also, Australia’s failure to deal expeditiously with Mr Z’s custody and access applications amount to a violation of his rights concerning fair hearings. An effective remedy would include ensuring regular contact between father and son and compensation for the violations of their rights. Australia must also act to prevent similar violations recurring.
Read more on Z v Australia.

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Banks to fund Czech energy efficiency
A CZK 900 million (£16 million) debt facility arranged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Commerzbank Praha, in Prague, will finance energy efficiency projects being developed in the Czech Republic.
The schemes, which are being developed by Harpen CR, a company already operating 180 district heating projects in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Poland, will reduce energy consumption, and improve heating services, whilst maintaining or even lowering customers’ bills, says the EBRD.
“This is the first EBRD loan to support the district heating sector in the Czech Republic,” said Johan Bastin, the Bank’s Business Group Director for Infrastructure.
“The Bank’s financing will help Harpen continue to provide the most cost-effective source of heating and hot water in the cities it serves,” said Jacquelin Ligot, Director of the Energy Efficiency Team at EBRD. “This will also improve environmental performance. We couldn’t be more pleased to support a project that enhances private-sector participation in a sector where public management remains the norm.”
The project will bring together a number of smaller heating sub-projects, thereby improving the heating infrastructure of the country while diversifying the risk for lenders, says EBRD. It will also increase private sector participation in the financing and operation of municipal services in the Czech Republic.


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A lottery is a gambling game in which numbers are drawn to determine a prize. In the United States, most state governments and the District of Columbia have lotteries, raising billions each year. People play lotteries for many reasons, including the chance to win big prizes. Some believe that winning the lottery is their answer to a better life, while others simply enjoy playing. Lotteries have become a popular form of gambling, with more than half of all adults reporting playing at least once in their lives.
While the casting of lots to decide fates has a long record in human history—including numerous biblical instances—the modern use of lotteries to give away property or cash began in the fifteenth century in Burgundy and Flanders, where towns needed funds for town fortifications or charity for the poor. By the sixteenth century, Francis I of France had established public lotteries for private and public profit in several cities, and the practice spread to England.
The lottery industry relies on people’s inherent desire to gamble for money, a phenomenon known as the “hot-hand fallacy.” This belief, which has its roots in evolutionary psychology, is that if you keep playing the same hand over and over again, you’re likely to get lucky eventually. However, this assumption is based on flawed logic and doesn’t take into account the law of averages. In fact, if you keep playing the same type of lottery over and over again, your chances of winning decrease with each additional play.
In the modern lottery, prizes are determined by a complex formula involving ticket sales, profit for the promoter and cost of promotion, and tax or other revenue deductions. The result is a pool of prizes that is resold to players, with the size of the prizes and their frequency determined by how much the lottery can sell tickets for.
Although there are differences in the way different states set up their lotteries, the process of introducing and operating a lottery is fairly similar in every jurisdiction. The state legislates a monopoly for itself; establishes a government agency or public corporation to run the lottery (as opposed to licensing a private firm in return for a percentage of the profits); begins operations with a modest number of relatively simple games; and, under constant pressure for additional revenues, progressively expands the lottery in size and complexity—including by adding new games.
Despite their enormous popularity, there are concerns about the social and economic implications of state lotteries. The major one is that by promoting gambling and promising instant riches, they encourage poorer individuals to spend their limited resources on the hope of winning large sums of money. This can have negative effects on the poor, problem gamblers, etc.
Another concern is that lotteries are a form of taxation that has the potential to be very unfair. While the immediate postwar period was a time when state governments could expand their array of services without especially burdening middle-class and working class taxpayers, that arrangement began to crumble in the 1960s. And in the late twentieth century, as states grew more concerned about the cost of inflation and the Vietnam War, taxes increased and state budgets deteriorated.

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C.P.A.W.S has sent out word that the Conservatives are considering changes to the S.A.R.A. act. Through their website you can send an e-mail to the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Envionment. Perhaps he is listening. His leader, the Honourable Stephen Harper, actually gave a press conference yesterday although he refused to answer questions. That could be a sign that he and his cabinet are starting to tune it to the publice that elected them.
If you are concerned about changes to this Act, please express them in the next few days. Most of us know some of the people who worked to get this Act enacted, the difficulties they had and the value this Act has nationally and internationally.


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If you care at all, by now surely you've heard: Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills have called it a day. Good Lord -- has it really been 31 years? "I hope our fans realize this wasn't an easy decision," Stipe writes on the band's website, "but all things must end, and we wanted to do it rig ... More >>
Via.Speaking of great shows at Moody Coliseum ...Floating out in the ether, all by its unmarked lonesome, is this resonant echo: R.E.M. at Moody Coliseum on November 18, 1987 -- a stop along The Work Tour in support of that year's Document, the band's fifth and final album for I.R.S. Records. I w ... More >>
Alex ChiltonNews of Alex Chilton's death came as a horrible shock to Andy Hummel, Chilton's friend and former Big Star bassist profiled in the Dallas Observer after the release of the Rhino box set Keep An Eye On The Sky.Hummel and Big Star's Jody Stephens were scheduled to speak and perform Satu ... More >>
Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing.
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Cycling to school
(Posted on 24/11/17)
If your child cycles to school, could I please ask you to ensure that; the bike is roadworthy, that you encourage the wearing of helmets and that you speak to your child about road safety and the need to show respect and courtesy to other road users.
We have recently held a number of school assemblies addressing this issue and are working with the police and Bikeability schemes to ensure that our students are aware of their responsibilities when cycling to and from school.
In many ways it is heartening to see over 250 students cycle to school every day, but the roads are very busy andcycling on them can be dangerous, without the added risk or poor road discipline.
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Well, if you gotta be in the office on Christmas Day? Not a bad office to be at. Hope your all having a wonderful Christmas.
At the doctors today (nothing serious and not me) so I decided to sketch a Sprite/fairy catcher, once captured he sells them at the local markets so folks can light there homes. Another wip in my creature sketchbook.
I’ve tried to stay away from spoilers but everything I’ve come across by accident report that Donnie Yen and Alan Tudyk kill it!! It’s a very good time for Star Wars fans. Rogue One sketch card made for Topps/Lucasfilm
Doodling shapes, an oger? A pirate? A pirate oger?…..maybe. Hope your all having a fine Sunday.

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Jaques "Tournament" Chess Set, c. 1937
A Good Jaques Weighted Boxwood & Ebony Staunton Chess Set, circa 1937
the chessmen with green baizes to the underside, both kings stamped JAQUES LONDON in red along the rim of the bases in a box with an inlaid brass inset, divided compartment and green label marked: GENUINE STAUNTON CHESSMEN....Facsimile signature of Howard Staunton, J. JAQUES & SON LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND (with key).
King: 11.3cm high (just under 4 1/2 inches), base diameter: 5.1cm
Pawn: 6cm high, base diameter: 3.6cm.
Box: 23cm wide, 18cm deep, 11.5cm high.
Provenance: Purchased from Garrick Coleman Antiques, November 2014.
Reference: Please see Sir Alan Fersht's 'Jaques and British Chess Company Chess Sets', Second Edition, page 11 (Figure 53) for an identical label on a set presented to R. J. Broadbent, 1937.
Stock Reference: AP 1894
Hairline crack to the collar of one boxwood pawn, a few small stains and 'dents' to box Green Label. Otherwise excellent. Comes with key.
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Lovely example of a 'large size' Jaques. Apart from a near invisible hairline crack to a pawn collar, in impeccable condition. Comes with a key too.
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Nintendo has updated their official Youtube channel with a trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The latest trailer was featured during today’s Nintendo Direct and features several details about the upcoming game.
First, it has been revealed that the game is set in the world of Alrest where giant creatures called Titans live within the world alongside humans. The center of the world is where the World Tree rests where legends tell a paradise called Elysium may lie. Several groups are looking for a weapon called the Aegis in order to use its power to enter the Elysium. The world below is split into several territories.
The kingdoms include:
- Kingdom of Uraya
- Empire of Mor Ardain
- Imperial Province of Gormott
- Indoline Praetorium
- Arguntum Trade Guild
Next, the names of the main characters of the game were revealed. Their names are Rex, Pyra, and the Titan, Azurda.
Thirdly, the trailer features a look at the battle system and the characters, which are classified under Blades. The Blades are split into three different fighting styles.
The styles include:
- Healer Type: Heals allies while attacking
- Attack Type: Unleash powerful arts
- Defender Type: Takes aggro to defend allies
Lastly, the release date for the game was finally revealed. The game will launch for the Nintendo Switch on December 1.
The game will be available in two versions. In addition to the standard release the game will also receive a special edition version, which includes:
- Sound selection CD
- Steelbook case
- 220 page hardcover art book


2T Stalker Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance
What kind of basic skills should a scout possess? Most critical ones are high intellectual level, capability to rapidly respond to a varying situation, and availability of adequate surveillance and communications assets. At the same time a scout shall remain stealthy, mobile, protected, and capable to fire back.
What are the primary saboteur skills? These are
Based on these assumptions the Belarusian Minotor-Service Enterprise has developed an armored fighting (reconnaissance) vehicle designated the 2T. The vehicle has been developed jointly with the leading development and production companies from Belarus and Russia.
The 2T equipment and weapon system is based on a mobile high-speed tracked chassis.
The 2T weapon system comprises:
- 2A42 30mm automatic cannon stabilized in two planes
- coaxial 7.62mm machine gun
- two retractable launchers, each accommodating two anti-tank or surface-to-air missiles
- 30mm automatic grenade launcher
The vehicle surveillance equipment is a brand new multi-channel day/night optical electronic suite.
The surveillance equipment ensures:
- automatic selection and tracking of moving targets
- laser and optical range-finding
- automatic long-range transmission of the collected data
The ammunition, fuel, water and rations carried by the vehicle provide for a continuous autonomous vehicle and crew operation without logistic support.
Except the ammunition for its main armament the vehicle is capable of carrying additional equipment comprising land mines and special equipment pods.
The vehicle superb agility is provided by a diesel engine, hydromechanical transmission, hydrostatic steering, and hydropneumatic suspension.
The vehicle easily negotiates and natural and artificial obstacles, and is capable of making 10m ramp-jumps. At the same the crew notes a surprisingly low level of load and noise for an armored object. The physical load for the driver is similar to that of a regular car. During the backward motion the can use a rear-view TV-camera.
The vehicle is fitted with a multi-level protection system. The primary protection provisions are speed and manoeuvrability. Then comes reduced radar, infra-red and optical signature. The low visibility in the radar band is provided by a special hull shape and the use of special materials and coating. One of the thermal protection features is the use of passive night vision devices.
Another level of protection is ensured by a self-protection and laser-warning suite. As the vehicle is exposed to laser radiation, the crew is notified about it, and smoke flares are fired in the direction of the radiation source. Finally, the armor protection. The crew is protected from 35mm rounds through the frontal arc. The vehicle anti-mine protection is equal to that of the main battle tanks.
2T Stalker Specications
|Combat weight, t||27.4|
|Top speed, km/h||115|
|Fuel range, km||1000|
|Power train||diesel engine with hydromechanical transmission|
* + 1 casualty on stretcher in medevac role
|Automatic cannon||30mm 2A42 (500 rounds)|
|Coax machine gun||7.62mm PKT (2000 rounds)|
|Missile system||2 twin launchers with 4 ready-to-launch missiles (6 reloads)|
|Missile types||anti-tank and anti-air|
|Automatic grenade launcher||30mm AG-17 (166 rounds)|
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So she protected herself from death by living less, consuming so little of her life that she’d never run out.
What a strange, short book. I'm not entirely sure if I enjoyed the story or not, but I did really enjoy the prose. There are many hauntingly beautiful sentences; I had to take a moment to savor them.
You end up feeling for Macabéa and her rather pathetic life. The narration style is bizarre but it sort of works well? It jumps a lot between perspectives and offers a lot of commentaries that can be distracting. You have to be in a certain mood to enjoy it.
Quotes I enjoyed
"Thinking is an act. Feeling is a fact." (p. 3).
"Those who wonder are incomplete." (p. 7).
"I am well aware that each day is a day stolen from death." (p. 8).
"She thought she’d incur serious punishment and even risk dying if she took too much pleasure in life." (p. 24).


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Periodontal Esthetics and Mucogingival Therapy: Gingival Augmentation and Subtraction Procedures – Connecticut State Dental Association – Annual Meeting
May 12 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- « Minimizing Esthetic and Functional Risk- through pre Orthodontic Periodontal Augmentation and Restorative Periodontal Augmentation / Hands-on Treatment planning for the Entire Dental Team - Fairfield County Dental Club
- 90 Seconds to 90% Case Acceptance: Exam, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Delivery of Comprehensive Dental Care - Annual Meeting »
The multiplicity of manners to address the discrepancies of dental gingival anatomy will be addressed. Advances in plastic surgical techniques have given us the ability to predictably regenerate lost gingival tissues. Techniques for connective tissue and free gingival grafting will be demonstrated and shown.
Regeneration of the lost periodontium is not only possible but also predictable. Techniques for augmenting gingival tissue around the teeth will be shown. The technique and indications for the free gingival graft and subepithelial graft will be elucidated. In addition the management of the edentulous ridge will be discussed. Techniques for ridge augmentation at the time of extraction and post extraction will be demonstrated.
Topics to be discussed:
- Ideal gingival esthetics
- Gingival augmentation techniques for root coverage
- Subepithelial connective tissue graft
- Tunneling procedures
- Free gingival graft Soft tissue grafting with ADM (acellular dermal matrix)
- Ridge augmentation procedures
- Preventing ridge collapse
- Recapturing extraction sites
- Pontic designs and site development
- Creating the ovate pontic
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As UVa’s only senior, Sarah Beth Barnette’s impact on the program isn’t found in the record books. But rather, in the private, uplifting conversations she has with teammates or in the long lines that have always greeted her table at autograph sessions.
Didn’t take London Perrantes long on Saturday to shake off any rust from a five-day layoff due to a broken nose and concussion.
The Virginia baseball team used solid pitching to pick up 4-1 win over Seton Hall and improve to 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at The Ripken Experience’s Griffith Field.
Malcolm Brogdon had 19 points and Anthony Gill and Darion Atkins added 16 points each as Virginia won its final home game of the regular season over its arch rival, defeating Virginia Tech, 69-57, at a sold-out John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The Paramount Theater will be opening its doors for the community to come out and watch the Cavaliers’ men’s basketball team take on Syracuse at 7 p.m. Monday.
Virginia has won eight of the last nine meetings and six in a row heading into Saturday afternoon’s “Commonwealth Clash” between the old rivals at UVa’s sold-out John Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia has won all six of its games without Justing Anderson. And with just three games remaining in the regular season, they’re in prime position to win their second straight league title. That is, if they don’t stumble.
Nathan Kirby tossed six shutout innings and the Virginia baseball team downed Hartford, 5-1, Friday afternoon at The Ripken Experience’s Ebbets Field.


In response to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Guizhou Province has activated first–level public health emergence responseon January 24. The CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and Guizhou Provincial People's Government have attached great importance to and made comprehensive deploymenton prevention and control, ensuring all the measures are being carried out in an orderly manner.
The market supervision bureau in Baiyun district recently takes effective regulatory measures to conduct full coverage supervision of vaccination units.
The project commencement ceremony for the healthcare products project of Guizhou Hongshanhu Pharmaceutical Co Ltd was held on Dec 14 in Baiyun district in Guiyang.
The English websites of the Guiyang government were officially launched on Dec 30, serving as the authoritative platform for the city to release government information and provide services for visitors.
Guiyang city's Baiyun district drew the focus of attention at the 10th Tourism Industry Development Conference held this November.
Poverty alleviation loans have been invested in the construction of a high-standard vegetable base in Baiyun district in Guiyang's Baiyun district.


BC Officially Introduces Martin Jarmond As AD SEC Reviewing Policy On Venue Alcohol Sales Boston College Hires Martin Jarmond As AD ACC Follows NCAA's Lead, Returns Events To N.C. Utah AD Chris Hill Talks Long Tenure, Stadium NCAA Awards N.C. Championship Events Again Buffalo Lands '19 NCAA Frozen Four New UNLV AD Will Face Several Challenges Gene Taylor Officially Introduced As K-State AD Could Mike Dee Land Boston College AD Role?
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Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 Face Issues In Selling Tickets For Football Conference Championships
Published November 29, 2012
TEPID INTEREST: ACC Associate Commissioner/Football Operations Michael Kelly said that “between 59,000 and 60,000 tickets have been sold" for the Florida State-Georgia Tech ACC Championship Game in Charlotte on Saturday. In Jacksonville, Garry Smits notes Kelly was "optimistic that more Georgia Tech fans would purchase tickets as it got closer to game time.” But the fact tickets are available on StubHub “for less than the processing fee ($4.95) has already brought on a torrent of criticism and snark.” Smits notes there are “likely several factors playing into the situation.” FSU fans are “probably bummed” about the loss to Florida last week and are “saving their money for the Orange Bowl trip.” A North Carolina-based school team “has yet to play" in the ACC title game since Wake Forest in ‘06, when the game was played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville. Kelly “admitted that having a North Carolina team in Charlotte, or finally getting an FSU vs. Miami game, would be intriguing” (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 11/29).
TIMING IS EVERYTHING: In San Jose, David Pollak reports when it “comes to filling Stanford Stadium" for Friday's UCLA-Stanford Pac-12 Football Championship Game, a 5:00pm PT kickoff and “continuing forecasts of rain do not help.” Nor does the “fact that the host Cardinal and UCLA met just six days earlier in a one-sided contest.” When it comes to the national TV exposure the Pac-12 was looking for when it established the title game, this one “lacks the lure of a national title contender.” But organizers said that a trip to the Rose Bowl gives both schools "enough incentive to make the game the special event it was intended to be.” Stanford Dir of Ticket Sales & Services Rich Muschell said that through yesterday morning, about “30,000 of the 50,000 seats in Stanford Stadium had been sold.” Muschell predicted the final figure "could reach into the mid-40,000 range.” Pollak writes the title game “became a significant part” of the Pac-12’s $3B TV contract with Fox and ESPN. Fox Sports VP/Programming & Research Mike Mulvihill said of the early kickoff on the West Coast, “We wanted to put it on the best available stage and give it the exposure that an event of this importance deserved. And to us that means prime time” (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 11/29).


The FF Plus has requested the Gauteng MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta), Lebogang Maile, to launch an investigation into the constant dumping of sewage in Fochville and to implement measures to resolve the problem. For more than a year now, the town's residents have had to put up with sewage flowing through residential and recreational areas.
The FF Plus in Fochville has to phone the municipality's water and sanitation division almost on a daily basis and then they attempt to repair broken pipelines.
The Merafong Local Municipality, which delivers services to various towns including Fochville, Carletonville, Blyvooruitsig, Wedela and Khutsong, is currently under immense financial pressure and cannot afford to replace old sewage systems or to construct new sewage plants.
Sewage is flowing down Ouhout street, through the Piet Retief Park down to Danie Theron street and ultimately, it ends up in the Enslinspruit, which flows into the Mooi River that flows to Potchefstroom.
The Merafong Municipality is not the only municipality in Gauteng that is experiencing severe sewage problems. The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijl Park, Vereeniging), which is under partial administration, is also affected by sewage dumping, which is polluting the Vaal River.
The ANC government is incapable of managing towns and cities and it has a serious and detrimental effect on taxpayers.
The FF Plus will continue to put pressure on municipalities and the provincial government to ensure that corruption and mismanagement, which lead to service delivery problems, are eradicated.
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Recruiting. It’s the lifeblood of any college football program and Ohio State does it better than almost everyone. Identifying and luring the best high school talent has always been a strength of a program like OSU, but it’s been even better under Urban Meyer and Ryan Day.
And despite a rather ho-hum start to the 2023 recruiting cycle, the Buckeyes were still hanging around in the top five. And now, after the verbal commitment of 5-star wide receiver Carnell Tate, Ohio State had moved all the way up to No. 2 in the 247Sports Team Recruiting Rankings for 2023.
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Following up on the highly acclaimed album ‘Le génie humain’ – “an exquisite and subtle album” (Mojo), French band Orwell return with another slice of baroque orchestral pop:
“Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s novel ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ the French mastermind of Orwell, Jérôme Didelot provides with “Continental” a kind of concept album. These inspirations frame his – in his words – ‘classic pop’ that reveals a complex multi-layered sunshiny, light and politely unobtrusive pop piece. The band uses the whole variety of musical instruments to underline the atmospheric context, ranging from gentle electro pop breezes, Stylophone, rhythm boxes, xylophones and experiments with vague noises. But the art of Didelot’s pop lies in his unobtrusiveness. You don’t need to know his contextual and musical influences. You can just sit back and enjoy it.
The title track “Continental” fittingly hails from the European music scenes, borrowing its drive from the German electro scene, its melodious instrumentation from British guitar pop and its lightness only can be associated with 60s French pop. Also songs like “On This Brightful Day”, “Always” and especially the outstanding “A long way to the start” stand for the sweet and light side of life, shifting the listener deeper and deeper into their addiction. “Anytime” also could have been written for or by Phoenix and shows why contemporary French pop only might work in a genuine state of sunshine and happiness. It is a bit too weirdly cheerful, oscillating between gentle dance-pop and the mania of Bowie’s Space Oddity.
Although the album also contains quite a bunch of fillers that won’t bother the listener as they are too unremarkable in their inoffensiveness, the last song “Everytime The World Is Too Loud” makes you want to press the repeat button. Not only because you want to listen to the addictive first song again, or because you want to unveil more layers of Didelot’s creations. Mostly because “Continental” shows you the light and sweet sight of life. And let’s be honest, we all are attracted by this image. I might go and book my holidays in France. See you all there!”
- Wolfgang Gunther, Tasty Fanzine
“…melodic classic pop influenced by Eno, Krautrock and 80’s (1984 even?) influenced productions that are both enigmatic and cinematic at once.
The album starts with the title track Continental and is at once optimistic, spacey and fresh whilst Didelot sings in English, German and French. Musically it is Kraftwerk meets Howard Jones having a white wine spritzer with Nik Kershaw. Lonely Ride sounds like a journey and is also a song that I would listen to again. A wonderful production that tastefully uses both melodica and stylophone, with arrangements and embellishments that recall early solo McCartney and traces of fellow Frenchmen Air.” 4/5
- Captain Dhilin Kunderan, The Music Critic
“Orwell is essentially the brainchild of French artist and multi instrumentalist Jérôme Didelot (I seem to review a lot of French bands for some reason…) The ideas for this album were apparently inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s epic novel of family destiny One Hundred Years of Solitude – which I haven’t read, although the missus has and she said it was amazing.
The title is perfect and aptly describes the feel of the album – there’s a breezy nonchalance to the almost casual way in which some classic sounding pop is effortlessly fashioned. The title track opens the set and launches into electronic pulses and lush orchestral instrumentation which combine to form a joyous, carefree romp of a track.
‘On This Brightful Day’ is the perfect soundtrack for driving through the year’s first day of fine Spring weather – my spell checker doesn’t like ‘Brightful’ though – I think they’ve either made that up or maybe something was just lost in translation but either way its an apposite term for the song.
Most of the vocals are sung in English which ensures accessibility and the themes of family trials and tribulations continue on tracks like ‘The Wife, The Battlefield’ (intriguing title) and the smouldering ‘Follow Me, Boy’. Somewhat inexplicably ‘Always’ starts off with a stylophone playing the tune of that annoying noise you sometimes get through the radio when a mobile phone in the vicinity receives an incoming text message. Thankfully it then thrums into glorious life to become the undoubted highlight of the album.
We’re treated to several more slices of cerebrally agile pop before Didelot signs off with the enchanting ‘Everytime the World Is Too Loud’ to close a delicious treat of an album. This is Orwell’s third album, and it’s slightly perplexing that bands like this don’t get more exposure in this country as I’m sure it would appeal to many people who love intelligent classic pop.”
- Steve Claire, Vanguard Online
“I’m surprised at myself for not having picked up on this excellent band earlier, which is centred around songwriter Jerôme Didelot and whose sound reminds me of Alessi, Phoenix, Air and Etienne Daho mixed with a spot of Field Music. “Continental” is their fourth album and on the strength of this fine thirteen-song set, I’m wondering how they’ve not soundtracked at least a few people’s journeys to work or jogs through the park.
It’s mostly breezy summery-pop with a little dink of melancholia here and there, smothered with catchy little choruses that are so creamy, they could be bottled as Gold Top. Put it this way – stick this on near those Cravendale cows and they might just start a bovine riot with excitement.
The first 5 tracks pretty much sum up Orwell and the last 8 occupy a braver new world, without going all weird on us. If you don’t at least get goose-pimply arms while listening to “On This Brightful Day” or a comforting glow from “The Wife, The Battlefield”, then you may as well go back to your Children Of Bodom or Jessie J album and eat baked-beans from a bucket.
Tweeness does rear it’s not-always-ugly head in places, especially on “Them” and “A Long Way To The Start”, but this is no bad thing since Didelot and his lyrical partner Julien Lonchamp have thrown in all manner of synth sounds from across the decades, including Theremin-type squiggles, bags of ARP-Strings and a lo-fi drum-machines. It all works a treat…this is an album that demands repeated listens and sharing with a picnic hamper and a crate of French booze. Winner.”
- Paul Pledger, AllGigs
“The stick that is often used to beat contemporary musicians who write classic pop songs is that they are somehow backward-looking, pining for a long-vanished golden age. With Continental, however, Jérôme has made himself immune to such attacks once and for all. For while this is music that has all the qualities associated with the golden age of pop, unmistakeably its heart and soul is very much engaged with the present – and the future . . .”
“…acoustic folk but with the pop twist that makes it something special to listen to.” 4/5
- Mikey Rush – southsonic.com
More here: folkwit.com/artists/orwell