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Knit Your Own Dragon Kit
Knit yourself a mythical dragon with a spiky spine and impressive wings! Everything you need is included in the kit. This is the perfect project for knitters with a little experience.
Suitable for knitters aged 10 and up.
Once complete your dragon will measure approximately 23cm tall.
Your kit will contain:
- 3.25mm bamboo knitting needles
- 100% acrylic yarn
- Wool needle
- Polyester toy stuffing
- Safety eyes
Everything comes packaged in a beautifully designed cardboard box, making the kit a lovely gift!


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Wagon Christ, Rime, A Tribe Called Quest, Eric Lau, Space Invadas and more.
I was supposed to do my radio show last week but because of moving house and with heaps of work on I just couldn't get in there or do a good job of recording the announcements. So I still cued it up on garageband and thought I'd upload it for you cos it's a really great mix of tunes. Enjoy

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Mark Wright is happy to be the butt of his mates’ jokes as he wears skimpy pink Speedos on his stag do.
And the groom-to-be appears to have had them hitched up by pals who dared him to wear the fuchsia trunks for a day during their Las Vegas bender.
He certainly showed a lot of cheek as he took a flying leap into the pool, much to the amusement of the ladies looking on – though the men with them seemed less tickled by the man in pink.
Fortunately the Strictly Come Dancing star, 28, was in great shape partying alongside 35 mates as he prepares for his forthcoming wedding to former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan.
The rest of the stag party wore more substantial trunks in the same hue for their “pink day” at Drai’s Beach Club as part of their US stag do.
They included best mate and former Towie co-star James Argent, cousin Elliott Wright, who also stars in the ITV2 show, and his dad Mark – as well as Michelle’s dad Michael.
Mark’s brother, Leyton Orient footballer Josh, who is also his best man, planned for the party to wear the same trunks.
Generous Mark has budgeted £125,000 for the bash, say insiders – with his mates “chipping in as and when they can”.
While most of the party knocked back Coors Light beer and vodka alongside the Bristol City team – who were in Vegas to celebrate their promotion to the Championship – Arg, 28, recently out of rehab, sipped just water.
He stayed out of the limelight, shivering in a towel tucked away at the back of the £2,000-a-day cabana hired by the group.
Later they returned to their hotel, the five-star Encore at the Wynn – where Prince Harry was famously snapped naked in 2012 – before getting back on the booze at Omini nightclub, where Calvin Harris was DJing.
Mark was invited into the DJ booth by Calvin, and said: “I’m having the time of my life – look at it here.”
Mark even took his grandfather Eddie to the gig, where the group once again knocked back vodka cocktails.
The stag holiday, which kicked off on Wednesday, followed the luxury theme “cabanas by day, the best tables at night” and was organised by former QPR star Tom Williams who now runs a concierge service in Vegas, Trulyviva.
The group are being ferried around in a 35-person limo, where they are treated to beer and pizza during their journeys at a cost of £3,000.
They have also been to exclusive nightclubs including Tao, where Mark spent £20,000 on booze alone, and spent their days partying at Aria beach club.
But while some of his friends have been up necking tequila shots until 7.30am back at their hotel, Mark is the first to bed, says one friend.
And, says another, he is constantly on the phone to Michelle, 27, because he is simply “besotted with her”.
That will save him a whole load of earache, considering he’s partying with his future father-in-law.

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AMD started working on Ryzen 8000 APUs GPU drivers for Linux
As reported by Phoronix, AMD has begun deployment of the next-gen GPU architecture which is now officially called GFX 11.5. This architecture is likely to be the initial indication of the forthcoming RDNA 3.5 (or Navi 3.5) GPU series, which is scheduled to commence next year.
AMD’s usage of “Navi 3.5” is not based on rumors. The company has officially employed this term for their upcoming Zen-based processor series in their official marketing slides. Moreover, a minimum of two GFX11.5 products have already been identified with IDs GFX1151 and GFX1150. These IDs are loosely associated with the upcoming Ryzen 8000 APUs, known as Strix Point.
As highlighted in the provided report, the initial implementation of GFX11.5 drivers seems to heavily rely on automated generation, differing by just about a dozen lines of code when compared to GFX11. Since this is a fresh patch, it remains too early to determine the extent of modifications being integrated into the GFX11 (RDNA3) architecture and the underlying reasons for AMD’s decision to introduce RDNA3.5.
Nevertheless, the initiation of this implementation has started ahead of schedule and is likely to fall short of meeting the upcoming v6.6 kernel deadline. It’s probable that these changes will instead be included in the v6.7 kernel set to be released later this year. However, it’s worth noting that the launch of both Ryzen 8000 APUs is not anticipated within the current year. Instead, their unveiling is expected to take place in early 2024, serving as successors to the Phoenix series which was unveiled at CES 2023.
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|VideoCardz.com||Phoenix Point||Strix Point||Strix Halo/Sarlak|
|Architecture||GFX1103 (RDNA3)||GFX115☐ (RDNA3.5)||GFX115☐ (RDNA3.5)|
|AMD Ryzen Series||Ryzen 7☐40||Ryzen 8☐5☐||Ryzen 8☐5☐|
|CPU Cores||8C (8× Zen4)||12C (4× Zen5 + 8× Zen5c)||16C (8× Zen5 + 8× Zen5c) (?)|
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This month, NDA’s dedicated Gaming Month, marks an almighty battle of the consoles. Two of gaming’s big beasts are set to launch their next-gen machines ahead of the Christmas season.
Sony Playstation5 and Microsoft’s XBox Series X will duke it out in a vintage battle of the brands at a time when consoles are enjoying an uptick in sales due to lockdown boredom. Unsurprisingly, during the first week of quarantine, video game usage surged in the US – some 75% during peak hours according to Verizon.
This is typical gamer territory: Sony and Microsoft are putting out cutting-edge devices using the very latest CPU and GPU technologies for more responsive gaming and best-in-class graphics.
And yet consoles account for the merest sliver of the gaming market – and your typical gamer is anything but. So why haven’t marketers embraced games as enthusiastically as they might?
There are spikes in interest, particularly this year as lockdowns highlight rapidly changing consumer behaviour, and phenomena such as Fortnite and earlier Pokemon Go have alighted incidental marketer interest, though advertising investment lags far behind its popularity and usage.
One reason, perhaps, is a misunderstanding of what a ‘typical’ gamer looks like. Contrary to the stereotype of the spotty teenager or middle-aged man stuck in his youth, your everyday gamer is likely to look like you or me. In fact, he (and increasingly she) is you or me, playing through our smartphones and/or platforms such as Facebook.
There are now more than 2.7 billion active gamers around the world, a billion more than five years ago, according to analytics firm Newzoo, which estimates nearly $160bn will be spent on games this year. That’s more than what people spent at the box office and on music combined in 2018.
Last year players spent 1 trillion hours playing games and 25 billion hours watching gaming streams. On average, players aged 18 to 34-years-old spent more time playing than on social media or watching TV.
Counting VR/AR and esports, the two fastest-growing segments of gaming, Newzoo predicts the market will reach 3 billion players by 2023. Yet, despite four times more time spent on games than on TV, advertisers spend 40 times less money on gaming.
Research conducted by Activision Blizzard Media shows that around one in three adults across the US, UK, France and Germany is a ‘gamer’, some 40% are women, while the average age of players is 34/35 years old. Facebook estimates the true UK figure is even higher, at 50%.
They do so, in increasing numbers and for increasing amounts of time, for fun and entertainment. They are in engaged environments yet traditionally advertisers have shied away from major investment.
Yet advances in technology, targeting and measurement mean this should be an area ripe for publisher innovation and advertiser investment, particularly as 5G technologies come on board.
Small wonder that UK trade body the IAB this year held its first gaming ‘Upfronts’. In part, it aimed to dispel some of those myths around gamers and gaming held by advertisers, agencies – and even consumers themselves.
A Facebook-commissioned survey of consumers who are into mobile gaming in EMEA revealed 70% of those who play real-time competitive games do not consider themselves ‘gamers’. And less than half of those surveyed by Activision regarded themselves a ‘gamer’. Just as a cinema-goer is not necessarily a cinephile, many of those who play games do not identify as gamers.
Grant Paterson, business director at The WPP Sports Practice, gives a clue as to why advertisers have often overlooked this growing channel. during an IAB Upfronts session with Natalia Vasilyeva, VP of marketing at Anzu.io. He said that while marketers were “cautiously curious” about gaming, there were many misconceptions to overcome – gaming and advertising had co-existed for some time but “still don’t go together hand in hand”.
In the next part of this series, we explore how and why advertisers can benefit from gaming and gamers, and ask publishers, agencies and gaming companies including Admix, Twitch, Azerion, Outplay Games to help bust the myths that still persist.


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Coming up with this blog post was the ultimate dive down a rabbit hole. While searching for information on tunnels below Manhattan, hoping to find some that predated the legendary and possibly mythical cow tunnels, I came across an article about fishing in a basement below Second Avenue in the 1950s. How could I not investigate this matter for you, dear reader? And by you, I mean me. Us. The hopelessly curious.
While some of what I found touches on 18th century Manhattan, much of it references the 19th century to present times.
Let’s begin at the beginning. When the Lenape inhabited the island of Manhattan, it was lush with forests, “streams, kills, rivers, brooks, ponds, lakes, burns, brakes, and springs.” [Watercourses] Then the Dutch arrived in 1625 and began systematically rearranging nature to suit their purposes of creating a sustainable town — sustainable to European-style living. They dug canals reminiscent of their beloved Amsterdam. Just like Amsterdam’s canals, eventually they became polluted by residents dumping refuse into them.
When the British took over in 1664, they had no interest in rehabilitating the canals. They filled them in and built over them, as well as other waterways. This started out as a good idea to expand and make the land more habitable. However, that wasn’t always the outcome.
To the west of the famous Tea Water Pump, where drinking water was delivered by the barrel to residents in Lower Manhattan, lay the Collect Pond. Over the course of the 18th century, the pond became polluted by run-off from nearby industries (tanneries, cattle farms, etc.). It was time to bury the pond as it no longer served its purpose and was taking up valuable real estate. In 1819, developers built an elegant neighborhood called Paradise Square atop the filled in pond. It’s elegance didn’t last.
The fancy homes began to sink into the land within ten years, and as it did, methane from the rotting wildlife beneath the fill escaped. No longer a place where the wealthy wished to live, the area fell to slums and tenements, becoming the notorious Five Points. In fact, The New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention, better known as the Tombs, built over the original deepest part of the pond, sank shortly after its opening. The cells were compared to dungeons of the worst conditions due in part by the pond’s haunting remnants.
Minetta Brook, under today’s Greenwich Village, flowed from the western section of Washington Square Park where its course took it to the Hudson River. Marshland around the brook eventually became tobacco farms. By the time the Yellow Fever epidemic swept the country in 1797, these farms were converted to cemeteries.
Eventually, the city moved the cemetery’s lots to another location, building a neighborhood called Little Africa, the city’s first free black community, in its place. Like the Collect Pond, the area where the Minetta Brook had freely flowed turned into slums and became an uptown version of Five Points.
Some believed that there was a connection between fever outbreaks and the communities built over buried waterways. I would argue that this might be a case of causality vs. correlation. Slums, overcrowded by those who couldn’t afford medical care or better sanitation, may have hastened the prevalence of fast-spreading diseases. It didn’t help that they lived on land with rotting material beneath.
Egbert Ludovicus Viele
Colonel Viele served in the US Army in the Civil War. Before the war, he’d seen how poor sanitation caused illness and was a proponent of the theory that building over buried waterways was the cause. As a civil engineer and surveyor, he set out to map the island’s streams and ponds. It illuminated “what the island looked like before it was filled in.” [NYT, 2006]
[Egbert Ludovicus Viele. Source: Library of Congress]
Viele’s map shows all the known, original waterways as well as the city’s grid system. Since it is impossible to know how these waterways might affect construction today, structural engineers still use the 1865 map before beginning any job in Manhattan.
Fishing in the Basement
Finally, we go fishing. In the 1950s, New York experienced another regrowth. New, heavier buildings with deeper foundations replaced smaller buildings. This caused underground waterways to reroute again.
Then, in 1955, two hurricanes swept through New York within ten days of each other: Hurricane Connie and Hurricane Diane. As you might guess, these caused unprecedented flooding and destruction.
Between the rerouted waterways and the flooding from the hurricanes came a story that took place on Second Avenue and 53rd Street under Gasnick Supply Company, a hardware store. Mr. Gasnick described his experience in an article in the New York Times on August 22, 1971.
Let’s allow Mr. Gasnick to tell his story:
"...We had a lantern to pierce the cellar darkness and fifteen feet below I clearly saw the stream bubbling and pushing about, five feet wide and up-on its either side, dark green mossed rocks. This lively riverlet was revealed to us exactly as it must have appeared to a Manhattan Indian many years ago. "With plum-bob and line, I cast in and found the stream to be over six feet deep. The spray splashed up-wards from time to time and standing on the basement floor, I felt its tingling coolness. "One day I was curious enough to try my hand at fishing. I had an old-fashioned dropline and baited a hook with a piece of sperm-candle. I jiggled the hook for about five minutes and then felt a teasing nibble. Deep in the basement of an ancient tenement on Second Avenue in the heart of midtown New York City, I was fishing. "Feeling a tug, I hauled up in excitement and there was a carp skipping before me, an almost three pounder. I was brave enough to have it pan-broiled and buttered in our upstairs kitchen and shared it with my brother..."
Today, both Gasnick Supply Company and the building are gone. There have been no other reports of fishing in basements in New York City, though in 2007, Giles the author of Urbablurb, a short-lived New York blog, claimed he saw a 19th century clapboard house in Brooklyn with a sealed up well in the basement floor.
Fish Tale or Not?
Maybe. Possibly? I’d like to think Gasnick caught his fish.
Could Carp live their whole lives in New York City’s underground waterways? Not likely. What would they eat? Their diet consists mainly of algae and plant matter, which would have a hard time growing without sunlight. Carp migrating from a backyard pond after the flooding from the hurricanes is a more likely theory.
A conservation ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society argued that it was “unclear whether water still flowed in many of the underground streambeds, because most of the water that once drained into them now flows into storm drains instead.” [NYT, 2015] And yet, after heavy rainfall, these underground streams still cause basement flooding, sinking foundations, and backyard sinkholes.
The Last Tribute
Two Fifth Avenue is a high-rise apartment building completed in 1952. I checked. It’s still there. The building is located across from the Washington Square Triumphal Arch, and until 2011, the high-rise’s lobby displayed a glass pipe revealing silted water bubbling up from the buried Minetta Brook. As a triubte to the underground waterways, it was the last of its kind. Sadly, after a renovation, it was never replaced.
- A Lively Subterranean Riverlet
- An Ancient Stream Under a Manhattan Building Leads to a Dispute
- Deep in the basement … I was fishing
- Finding the Hidden Ponds and Streams of Manhattan
- Fishing in Basements
- Fishing In The Basement: A Manhattan Tale
- Kadinsky, S. (2016). Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs. United States: Countryman Press.
- Minetta Brook: A Lost river Under the Streets of Manhattan
- Underground Manhattan : Old World Rivers & Basement Fishing
- Watercourses: Looking for Lost Streams…
- When There Was Water, Water Everywhere

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HYUNDAI MAKE ITS ELECTRIC CAR FORAY IN INDIA WITH INVESTMENT OF USD 1 BILLION.
Published Date | 2019 January 22
Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) plans to invest Rs 7,000 crore to increase its production at Sriperumbudur facility by 100,000 units per annum, create 1500 new jobs which propel the Electric Vehicle market.India: The Tamil Nadu approved an investment of Rs 7000 crore by passenger carmaker Hyundai Motors that will allow the company to make its first move in electric car in the country by manufacturing units from its Sriperumbudur facility near Chennai. The investment is for an expansion of capacity at their plant which also include an exclusive electric vehicle incentive package for the company, and that a special incentive package has also been offered to Hyundai. Tamil Nadu had been rewriting incentive packages for its manufacturers after the implementation of GST, which took away the power of states to collect Value-Added Tax, an exemption of which was a large draw of early investors in Tamil Nadu such as Hyundai, Ford, and other manufacturers. According to government official “A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is expected to be signed between the Tamil Nadu government and Hyundai at the Global Investors Meet. This fresh investment and capacity expansion is expected to add 1500 jobs to the facility”. According to BlueWeave Consulting, Electric vehicles (EVs) are the inevitable future of the automotive industry. Many manufacturers around the world are investing heavily for developing EVs, which are facilitated by a steady increase in prices for petroleum products, the need to reduce harmful emissions from cars, and development of energy storage technologies. The electric vehicle market in India is anticipated to create lucrative opportunities for electric vehicle manufacturers as well as for vehicle component manufacturers in the near future. The demand for the passenger electric vehicles is governed by increase in demand for fuel-efficient, high-performance, and low-emission vehicles. According to the recently published report by BlueWeave Consulting on “Global Electric Commercial Vehicles Market by Propulsion type (BEV, HEV, PHEV, FCEV), by Vehicle type (Bus, Truck, Van, Others), by Component (Motor, Battery, Others) – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2014-2024,” The Global Electric Commercial Vehicles market is projected to grow at a CAGR over 13.0% during the forecast period in terms of value. The market is expected to reach over USD149, 316 Mn by 2024, supported by government subsidies and tax rebates for commercial electrical vehicles. Need for fuel-efficient and emission-free vehicles and the increasing demand for electric commercial vehicle such as electric truck in the logistics industry to minimize the additional liability of fuel expenses. Innovations in EV battery capacity, which will enable electric commercial vehicle to carry heavy loads over longer range, can create new revenue generation opportunities. According to the upcoming report by BlueWeave Consulting on “India Electric Commercial Vehicles Market by Propulsion type (BEV, HEV, PHEV, FCEV), by Vehicle type (Bus, Truck, Van, Others), by Component (Motor, Battery, Others) – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2014-2024,” India Electric Vehicle is projected to grow over a forecast period. The demand for electric vehicles is governed by an increase in demand for fuel-efficient, high-performance, and low-emission vehicles. In addition, the trend of reduction in vehicular emission due to stringent rules & regulations in several states and growth of public charging infrastructure in India are fuelling the market growth.

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Poles have not been hit by ‘seven misfortunes’ because of the global economic crisis. People are becoming more and more affluent and, generally, satisfied. We believe that the unemployment rate in Poland, including the hidden unemployment, is 10.3 per cent - says prof. Janusz Czapiński, the author of “Social Diagnosis".
Approximately 10 million non-cash transactions are carried out daily in Poland and more than half of them are conducted without the use of payment cards. They are performed with the participation of banks via the National Clearing House (pol. Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa — KIR). This unvarying picture may soon be subject to a radical change. The market for payment settlements has just been opened to non-bank entities that have been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time.
We are adept at assembling and tightening screws, but by doing so, Poland falls into the trap of low technology and medium income. We need to change our approach to the economy, and then consistently implement a new plan - says Professor Jerzy Hausner, the chief author of the report on the competitiveness of the Polish economy.
Today, at a meeting convened by the Polish President, Professor Jerzy Hausner shall present a report entitled “How to make headway in the world league?” According to its authors, the Polish economy is now at a turning point. We can either change the economy and stimulate its highly innovative sectors, or lose the competitive advantage of our low cost labour, and thus sacrifice the country’s economic growth.
The Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy promises that the construction of the faulty network of motorways and expressways will be completed by 2020. This will, however, be achieved partly at the expense of investment in lower category roads. Consequently, European Union funding for investments that are less important on the national level, but nevertheless constitute major investments, will be shut off.
Four months into budget implementation, the State budget deficit amounted to PLN 31.7 billion, that is nearly 90 per cent of the total value planned for the year. It is almost certain that tax revenues will be lower than expected. The introduction of an amendment to the budget act, the first one since 2009, is however uncertain, as this is always a last resort measure for any government determined to protect its public image.
The power industry, threatened with restructuring, is lobbying for a further injection of cash at the expense of customers; they justify it with the threat of a potential blackout. Only those investment projects that are crucial for ensuring an uninterrupted supply of energy for several years to come should benefit from support. Otherwise, the liberalization of the market will make a 20-year step back.


DETROIT, MI - Toyota revealed its revamped-for-2016 Tacoma mid-size pickup Monday at the 2015 North American International Auto Show on Monday.
"For the past 50 years adventure-seeking Americans have relied on Toyota trucks to take them places, on and off-road," said Bill Fay, group vice president & general manager, Toyota Division. "The all-new homegrown Tacoma is a tough truck designed, developed and built for lifestyles of the young and young-at-heart.
The new Tacoma will land in an increasingly competitive midsize pickups segment, in which General Motors' 2015 Chevrolet Colorado is returning after a two-year hiatus. The Colorado was also named Motor Trend's Truck of the Year this week.
The Tacoma has not been redesigned in 10 years.
The latest incarnation will come equipped with either a 2.7L, four-cylinder engine and an all-new, 3.5L Atkinson cycle V6 with both direct and port fuel injection.
Both engines will be available with a 6-speed, automatic transmission; the V6 engine will be available with a six-speed manual transmission.
The 2016 Tacoma was developed and engineered at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor and designed in Ann Arbor and in Newport Beach, Calif.
The mid-size truck is being built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas in San Antonio and at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Baja California in Baja California, Mexico.
More than 40 vehicles are expected to be unveiled at the 2015 NAIAS. The show runs Jan. 12-25 in Detroit. Press preview days are Jan. 12-13, followed by industry preview Jan. 14-15 and a charity preview on Jan. 16.
The show will be open to the public Jan. 17-25. More than 750 vehicles will be on display, and some 800,000 attendees are expected to pass through the Cobo Center's doors for the event. Tickets to the 2015 public show days are $7 for senior citizens and children between 7-12 years old; $13 for adults; and free for children 6 and under. For more information on tickets, visit naias.com.
David Muller is the automotive and business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.org or follow him on Twitter


Well 1999 B-series would have the cab fuse box on drivers side, in the early 2000's they moved it to passenger side and it was renamed the Smart Junction Box(SJB), they called it this because Ford/Mazda got rid of the GEM(generic electronic module) at that time and combined its function with fuse box, so "Smart" Junction/fuse Box.
Not sure what you are doing with the switches???
The control systems in vehicles made after 1995 use the computer to run pretty much every thing, or a GEM for some things.
For the transmission over drive any switch would be telling the computer to either use OD or not use OD, it won't be connected to the transmission directly.
So a Factory OD switch, would most likely just be a Ground for 1 pin on the computer connector, i.e. if wire/pin is grounded then no OD, if no ground then used OD
They very rarely use 12volts for any controls any more, they send 12volts to everything when key is on but leave it unGrounded so it is OFF, to turn something on they Ground it.
This saves lots of money and is safer than running 12volt wires every where.
And since body and chassis are Grounds you only need 1 control wire for any switch, it is just grounded to cab.
VSS(vehicle speed sensor) can run 2 different ways in your year.
If you have 4 wheel ABS then VSS wire runs to 4WABS module where signal is converted for tire size and rear axle ratio, and then sent out to Speedo/odo, Cruise and computer.
If you have Rear wheel ABS the VSS signal goes to GEM where it is converted for tire size and axle ratio then sent out to Speedo/odo, Cruise and computer.


Justin Bieber vs. Harry Styles: Who Would You Rather Go to Space With? – Readers Poll
One Direction's Harry Styles might be strapping on his spacesuit and heading to the stars! The singer is rumored to have paid for a spot on Richard Branson's maiden voyage to space in 2014. Hazza isn't the first pop star to show an interest in exploring the galaxy. Justin Bieber also bought a ticket for the trip! If you had the opportunity to go to space with Justin or Harry, who would you choose?
There's no doubt about it, Justin would definitely bring some swag to space! The singer is all about attitude and no amount of anti-gravity will affect that! If you're nervous about leaving the planet, JB would be there to comfort you. He's known to have a penchant for speeding and will most likely be unfazed about blasting off from Earth.
Harry, on the other hand, will have you laughing the entire time. Not only is he a total cutie (those dimples!), he's a prankster with a great sense of humor. If you're nervous about heading to space, just let Harry serenade you with 'Little Things' or 'What Makes You Beautiful.' We doubt you'd be saying, "Take me home."
Which singer do you want to join you on a cosmic adventure: Justin or Harry? Vote for your fave inter-galactic pop star in the poll below!


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The fourth annualLos Angeles Food & WineFestival will once again take over Downtown Los Angeles’ Grand Ave. fromAugust 21-24, 2014,bringing an electrifying evening of beats and bites, including a marquee performance from multiple Grammy-winning recording artist,CommononSaturday, August 23, 2014.Opening for Common that night will be a live performance from African children’s ensembleamaWolseley Marimbas. Both performances will round out the weekend of festivities on the festival’s main stage, located on Grand Avenue between 1stand 2ndStreets. Common, will perform hits from his recently released tenth studio albumNobody’s Smiling, along with songs from his previous recordings. An appreciation of great food and respect for the diverse L.A. dining scene and its talented culinary artists inspired the collaboration with the festival for Common’s performance.
The city of Los Angeles, long known as a mecca for creative talent from every background in a diverse array of fields, once again has whole-heartedly thrown its support behind the festival. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has praised Los Angeles Food & Wine for its positive impact on the city, saying “Our diversity and surging neighborhoods have put our city at center of the food world and this year’s Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival will put attendees on the front lines of L.A.’s culinary revolution.”
Additional performances will include the amaWolseley Marimbas, who first came together in September 2012, when they were discovered in the rural townships surrounding Wolseley in South Africa’s Witzenberg Valley. None of the children had ever heard or seen a marimba prior to the auditions, but were selected based on rhythm and then taught to play. The eight current members (14-15 years old) now regularly perform at live events in South Africa and throughout the United States
Los Angeles Food & Wine festival co-founder and CEO David A. Bernahl II praised the upcoming performances, saying, “Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival continues to celebrate the second-to-none culinary and cultural diversity that is LA. We see no better way to honor that eclectic electricity than a world class mash up of Grammy award winning artist Common and a group of ridiculously talented kids from the other side of the world.”
The critically acclaimed Common, and the amaWolseley Marimbas, are a great complement to the four-day epicurean fÃªte produced byCoastal Luxury Management, also the team behindPebble Beach Food & Wine. The festival is presented by founding partnersFOOD & WINEand Lexus, as well as major partners Chase, Delta Air Lines, JENN-AIR, and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Los Angeles Food & Wine continues its position as the only homegrown festival to provide Angelenos and visitors unparalleled access to the food industry’s most celebrated local and national stars.
As guests sample one-of-a-kind gourmet creations, discover new and unique wines and enjoy a performance by Common, attendance will help to end childhood hunger in Los Angeles and across America with the festival’s live auction benefiting Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign–a national effort to end childhood hunger in the United States. Tickets for the gastronomic gathering are available on-line and at the door to each event, pending advance sales. Up-to-the-minute information on participants, event line-up, media credentials, and purchasing tickets is available atwww.lafw.com
WHEN:Saturday, August 23
- 7-10 p.m.: “Lexus Live on Grand” (Grand Ave. between 1stand 2ndSt)
- Hosted by Michael Chiarello, including live musical performances from Common and the amaWolseley Marimbas
WHERE: Downtown Los Angeles on Grand Ave., between 1stSt. and 2ndSt. (in front of the Disney Concert Hall)


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The global Aprotinin market report is encompassed of unique market dynamics that support the industry growth along with the various market issues based on past and present data. Details analysis of market segmentation and active players engage in the market has been provided in the report. Going forward, it also highlights various regional market scenario which offers crucial information to gain a competitive edge. Also, it discloses the potential consumer in the market across the various industry.
Aprotinin, also known as bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor, BPTI (Trasylol, Bayer) is a protein, that is used as medication administered by injection to reduce bleeding during complex surgery, such as heart and liver surgery
The various contributors involved in the value chain of Aprotinin include manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, intermediaries, and customers. The key manufacturers in the Aprotinin include Sigma-Aldrich, BeiJing Geyuantianrun Bio-tech, Cayman Chemical, Taj Pharmaceuticals Limited, Guangdong Techpool Bio-pharma, Dadeli, A.S.Joshi&Company, Enzymeking Biotechnology, AdooQ BioScience, ProSpec, Yaxin Biotechnology, AMRESCO, PanReac AppliChem, Runhao.
Market Size Split by Type, Aprotinin (From bovine lung), Recombinant Aprotinin.
Market Size Split by Application, Pharmaceuticals, Scientific Research & Experiment.
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Hollywood has always shown a fondness for adapting books — whether they be classic, contemporary or comic — into movies. Not only does this provide instant fodder for a script, but it guarantees a built-in audience.
It also comes with some inherent problems, including cutting the story to fit a movie timetable and translating the characters from the images readers create in their minds to the ones that appear on the large screen.
Director Andrew Niccol faced both problems with his film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. He only successfully handles one of them.
Niccol — working with Meyer — managed to edit the 600-plus page book into a workable and interesting script about an alien invasion. The bodies of humans have been taken over by space travelers who look like neon caterpillars. Only a few humans have escaped. The aliens suggest this invasion is good because it eliminated war and saved the environment. To humans, it means the loss of free will.
When an alien known as the Wanderer ends up in the body of the spunky Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), another problem arises. Melanie’s not ready to give up her identity, and she and the alien begin living a dual relationship that gets even more complicated when the young woman makes her way back to her family, friends and boyfriend.
Niccol’s script blends the kind of lofty topics that are the heart of sci-fi productions with a complicated love story that’s made Meyer’s books so popular. The romance elements are even more complicated than her Twilight tale: Two guys (Max Irons and Jake Abel) are in love with one girl with two personalities.
Diane Kruger adds the key element of tension, playing the Seeker, an alien committed to tracking down humans.
It’s the portrayal of the Melanie and Wanderer characters that causes the biggest problems in the movie. Ronan’s performance is out of this world and she’s one of the few young actresses who would even come close to making this character work. But despite her best efforts, the scenes where Melanie and the Wanderer argue in her head often come across as silly. It’s the type of thing that works far better when it’s read in a book than when it’s seen on screen.
The mental pingpong match takes away from the nicely paced story, beautifully shot scenes and interesting acting performances — especially by William Hurt. It’s hard to get past the unintentionally funny way the close encounters of the body-sharing kind are portrayed.
Rated PG-13, 125 minutes.


CMI researchers at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight
A first-of-a-kind in-operando technique has been developed for understanding Al-Ce alloy strain behavior in a cylinder head at elevated temperature in a running internal combustion engine.
Significance and impact
This research demonstrates lattice-strain measurement within the volume of Al-Ce alloy components by neutron diffraction under extreme conditions. The microstructure resists coarsening at elevated temperatures, enabling observation of load and stress distribution. Improvements can lead to uses for Ce to improve profitability in mining.
Details and next steps
- Thermal expansion affected lattice strain. Used neutron diffraction to measure static and dynamic lattice strain.
- Development continues toward new alloy compositions tailored for engine applications.


Police commissioner has "brought up some legitimate issues" on guns, governor says
02/08/2013 04:31 PM
Gov. Steve Beshear said Friday that Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer “brought up some legitimate issues” about gun regulation but wouldn’t say whether he agrees with commissioner about an assault weapons ban and gun registry.
Brewer told Pure Politics’ Nick Storm in an extended interview that he favors a uniform background check and a national registry to track gun ownership. He also said he supports banning assault weapons and high-capacity clips like those used in shootings such as in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo.
Beshear has said he wants to see a national conversation on gun safety. But he hasn’t said whether he would support or oppose some of the issues Brewer raised.
Here’s what he said Friday:
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Hong Kong police deployed pepper spray and took away at least four persons in Mong Kok on Thursday night, after hundreds of people gathered for a community commemoration on the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.
The incident took place as thousands gathered in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay for the annual vigil in defiance of a police ban. The authorities refused to give permission for the event, citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
More than 200 citizens congregated outside Langham Place in the Kowloon shopping district, where they lit candles and observed a moment of silence at 8.09 pm to remember the victims. Hundreds, perhaps thousands died in the bloody crackdown on a student-led movement in Beijing 31 years ago.
Many attendees held placards and other props to express they would “never forget” what happened in 1989.
The event in Mong Kok was part of the citywide commemorative activities in local communities and at churches.
Citizens chanted protest catchphrases and sang songs. They also waved flags and shouted slogans advocating independence, including “Hongkongers, build a nation” and “Hong Kong independence, the only way out.”
The slogans became popular among demonstrators in recent protests, after Beijing announced plans to criminalise secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign intervention in the city.
Chaos erupted at around 9 pm, moments after the organisers wrapped up the event. As most people left the scene, some of those remaining began to throw objects – including barricades – onto Argyle Street, blocking traffic lanes.
HKFP witnessed several plainclothes police officers emerge from the crowd to subdue the protesters. They pushed the demonstrators onto the ground and pulled out their expandable batons. They also fired pepper spray at the crowd as some people hurled objects at the officers.
More than 50 riot police and at least seven police vehicles arrived at the scene minutes later and cordoned off parts of the key thoroughfare. They raised a blue warning flag twice, signalling that people gathered were participating in an illegal assembly.
At least four people were taken away by police. Police later confirmed to HKFP that four men – aged 21 to 70 – were arrested in Mong Kok on Thursday night for alleged disorderly conduct in a public place. A 21-year-old man was also apprehended for allegedly assaulting police, while a 55-year-old was taken into custody for allegedly resisting arrest.
On Facebook, police said that “rioters” put pedestrians in “immense danger” by blocking carriageways with barriers and traffic cones. One officer suffered an injury to his head and arm, police said.
“Police officers in the vicinity immediately intercepted and subdued the suspects,” the force wrote.
It added: “The Police officers have taken action to enforce the law and deployed minimum necessary force. The Police warn all rioters to stop road blockage and stop victimising innocent citizen.”
Earlier, police found a suspicious parcel in Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan at around 8 pm. The force said the box had threatening messages written on it stating “easy to harm people.”
Officers of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau detonated the object at the scene.

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The Egyptian parliament's legislative and constitutional affairs committee has rejected a controversial bill aimed at regulating "public conduct" by forcing people to observe Egyptian society's generally accepted code of conduct, morals, principles and identity.
The bill, which was drafted by female MP Ghada Agami, bans women from wearing “indecent dress” in public places, such as tight or revealing jeans.
The draft law was rejected on Tuesday on the grounds that it was not soundly formulated and contravenes the constitution.
Chairman of the committee Bahaaeddin Abu Shoka said the law was rejected by all members of the committee at its meeting on Tuesday morning.
"The committee members agreed that the objective of the law is not clear, the draft is vague and is not soundly formulated, in line with the rules that govern the drafting of legislation," said Abu Shoka.
"As a result, most members said they can't approve this law because it does not seek clear objectives, has no philosophy and is in violation of the constitution and the needs of Egyptian society."
"Legislation should be formulated to address fixed needs in society, a fact which the draft law on public conduct clearly lacks," said Abu Shoka, adding that "Egypt's constitution also states that personal freedoms are guaranteed and respected."
Parliament’s speaker Ali Abdel-Aal told MPs on Tuesday morning that the law raised a lot of scepticism about morals in the Egyptian society.
"Egypt is a civilised society, has a long history in observing morals, and so there is no need these days to pass such kinds of laws," said Abdel-Aal.
“Egypt is also a major tourist destination that welcomes visitors of different nationalities as long as they do not cause harm to others," he added.
Abdel-Aal said the words "public conduct" have different meanings, and the law drafted in this respect led some to believe that it would regulate dress in public places.
"There is no power that can force people to observe public conduct," said Abdel-Aal. "During the month of Ramadan, we see that some people observe fasting, but we also see that some restaurants are open and receive citizens."
"There is also a lot of misconduct on public streets such as voicing indecent words or exchanging insults in the open, and all of these deeds are criminal, but it is quite difficult to enforce people to observe them," said Abdel-Aal.
Abdel-Aal's words came in response to Agami, who asked that her draft law be referred to the concerned committee, and not to the legislative and constitutional affairs committee.
Agami said her law aims to contain the proliferation of bad manners and misconduct on the Egyptian streets. "I reject the attacks which were directed at my draft law yesterday," said Agami.
"Two days ago, I was in the company of guests from the United Arab Emirates and America and we faced a lot of indecent behaviour by citizens, and I tried to complain but in vain."
Parliament's term expires in January 2021
Abdel-Aal also affirmed on Tuesday that the current parliament will continue holding sessions until 9 January 2021.
"The constitution states that parliament's life is five years, and as the existing parliament opened its first session on 9 January, 2016, it will have to close on noon of 9 January 2021," said Abdel-Aal.
According to the speaker, Egypt's 2014 constitution states in Article 106 that parliament's legislative period is five years.
"But the constitution does not state anything about how many sessions parliament should hold, and so we can hold one session or two, three, four, five, six or even seven sessions," said Abdel-Aal.
In light of the above, Abdel-Aal revealed that parliament will hold a sixth session next October.
Abdel-Aal's words mean that parliament's current – and fifth - session, which began on 1 October, will continue until next June or July, and that there will be a three-month summer recess holiday, after which parliament will meet in a sixth session that will continue from the first week of October 2020 until 9 January 2021.
However, he was not clear when new parliamentary elections will be held. It was previously believed that parliament's life would expire in June 2020 and that new parliamentary elections would be held in the last quarter of 2020.


Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series that grades all SWAC football teams based on how they’ve fared the first half of the season. Click here to read part two.
It’s Week 7, which means we’ve reached the half-way mark in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) football play. By now, fans should have some idea of how their teams could potentially end the season. For some, this might be a great read. For others, not so much.
Below are my midseason grades for the SWAC’s East Division teams.
Alcorn State Record: (5-2, 3-0 SWAC)
The Braves are at the head of the class through Week 7. We’re talking about a team with an offense that’s currently ranked third in the conference in scoring, with a second-string quarterback and a defense that holds the No. 1 spot.
The Braves arguably could be sitting at 6-1, but key injuries in Week 3 against McNeese, including starting quarterback Noah Johnson ruled out in the second quarter, were pretty startling. Alcorn went scoreless in the first three quarters but nearly rallied back with two touchdowns late in the fourth with Felix Harper taking the snaps.
Although Johnson, who was named the 2018 SWAC Championship Offensive MVP, has not seen action since Week 3 due to injury, Harper has the team averaging a whopping 33.7 points per game.
The defense appears to be even more explosive while sitting pretty with 10 interceptions (most in SWAC) thus far.
The keys to the Braves staying at the top of the class are simple: feed the ball to wide receivers LeCharles Pringle and Niko Duffey, who both are tied for second place in the conference with the most touchdowns at seven apiece.
Making the quarterback adjustment proves why the Braves are the defending SWAC Champions.
Jackson State Record: (1-5, 0-1 SWAC)
It’s not looking too good for the Jackson State Tigers. They are at a disadvantage in the statistical rankings having played five non-conference scheduled games and two SWAC opponents in which only one game counted toward the conference standings. (A 31-16 loss to Alabama State).
The JSU offense is sitting at No.8 in the conference while averaging 23.3 points per game. Quarterback Derrick Ponder has the lowest completion rate in the conference at 52.8 percent (85-of-161), but JSU’s pass rush game limits opposing quarterbacks to just 162 yards per game. Kudos to the pass rushers.
Of those non-conference games, the Tigers’ 35-22 upset loss to Division ll Kentucky State was the most pitiful so far of the season and the icing on the cake for this grade.
Alabama A&M Record: (4-3, 1-1 SWAC)
One of the top offenses in the SWAC is scoring as many points as it’s giving up on defense. That’s bad when you find yourself in overtime against a winless Texas Southern team (0-6, 0-2 SWAC), giving up 464 total offensive yards.
Despite earning some wins, the Bulldogs have failed a few prominent tests. One of them includes not putting up a better fight against the No. 2 defense in the SWAC, Grambling State. In AAMU’s 23-10 loss last week against GSU, the Tigers forced four turnovers, two of which occurred late in the fourth quarter.
But here’s some good news: The Bulldogs have a dependable quarterback. Junior Aqeel Glass still had 225 passing yards in the match-up against Grambling, and he has the ability to carry the team to conference wins. He leads the SWAC with 164-of-259 (63.3 percent) completed passes, 19 touchdowns, and six interceptions.
Alabama State Record: (3-3, 2-1 SWAC)
Yes, the Hornets are currently second in the SWAC East, but they’re sitting second to last in the SWAC in scoring, averaging just 20 points per game. With two of ASU’s most formidable contests being against Kennesaw State and Alcorn State, the Hornets could only put up one touchdown in each game, losing to those teams 42-7 and 35-7 respectfully. The Hornets haven’t beaten anyone noteworthy.
Mississippi Valley State Record: (1-5, 0-2 SWAC)
The best highlights all season for the Delta Devils were the five fumble recoveries and senior linebacker Tracy Thomkins’s 12 tackles against Alcorn State in Week 5. Those efforts, however, still resulted in losing to the Braves, 45-19.
In last Saturday’s contest against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the MVSU defense allowed 489 yards of offense in a 38-6 loss against the Golden Lions.
The Delta Devils need help everywhere, and they need it badly. In five of six games this season, MVSU has only scored no more than 20 points. They scored 31 points in their lone (31-23) win against NCCAA member Virginia University of Lynchburg. Not impressive.


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Thursday 9.7.2020 Germany - Latest Developments
German CSOs report that they were not consulted when the first confinement measures were introduced during to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, warnings about the effects that the lockdown might have on domestic violence were not heard in time. They state that government prioritised corporate interests over social interests and that CSOs cannot count on financial support from the government. During May 2020 several protests were staged by far-right groups in various cities against lockdown measures. Black Lives Matter protests took place in several German cities with large turnouts. In Berlin which drew one of the largest numbers, police and protesters clashed and several protesters were arrested. In a win for press freedom, the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Germany’s foreign intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) law, which enables mass surveillance, disregards both the freedom of the press and the freedom of telecommunications as it does not recognise that foreign surveillance must be conducted in conformity with the Basic Law. The ruling makes clear that journalists must be granted special protection.
Thursday 9.7.2020 Armenia - Latest Developments
Commemorative march cancelled due to COVID-19, Residents protest demolition of cultural building, Police arrest 252 people during a politically motivated protest in Yerevan, Concerns over media censorship in guise of COVID-19 restrictions , Civil Society raises concern over draft law on freedom of information, Armenia ranked 61st in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, Read more
Thursday 9.7.2020 Maldives - Latest Developments
In the last few months the authorities have seized funds from a leading human rights organisation which the government dissolved in late 2019. A women’s rights group has faced a smear campaign online for its reporting. Protesters were dispersed for holding a protest outside parliament, while an individual was terminated for ‘defaming’ the President and parliamentary speaker. Read more
Wednesday 8.7.2020 Afghanistan - Latest Developments
Over the last few months, human rights workers and journalists have been attacked and killed. 24 were killed when a group of heavily armed militants stormed a Médecins Sans Frontiéres run maternity wing in Kabul. A new NGO law could lead to undue regulations, oversight and interference for civil society while government backtracks on proposed amendments to a media law. Protests in Afghanistan have been met with deadly force from the authorities. Read more
Tuesday 7.7.2020 Guatemala - Latest Developments
On 15th June 2020, Indigenous land defender Medardo Alonzo Lucero was found dead with signs of torture in Olopa, Chiquimula department. Read more
Tuesday 7.7.2020 Azerbaijan - Latest Developments
Civic activists, opposition leaders and journalist under attack amid COVID-19 pandemic, Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli released from detention, Azeri activist detained for a Facebook post one day after release from psychiatric clinic , Azeri activist detained for demonstrating police brutality on social media, March for women rights ends with police violence, Student protest ends with arrests, Protesters, journalists beaten during protest in Baku, Civil society publishes report highlighting challenges faced by NGOs and issues recommendations, Read more
Tuesday 7.7.2020 Sweden - Latest Developments
Following mass protests against racism in the US, after the death of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis police officer, Black Lives Matter protests have spread across the globe, including in Sweden. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swedish government has temporarily banned gatherings of more than 50 people, which includes public protests and demonstrations. Several Black Lives Matter demonstrations which intended to stay within this limit of 50, attracted vastly more people. A demonstration of 8,000 people in Stockholm was eventually broken up by the police.
As a result, Swedish police have issued a statement saying that they will be stricter in granting permits for demonstrations. In the meantime people have also taken their protests against racism online. In a separate development, Swedish cartoonist Mahmoud Abbas received hate messages on social media after posting a cartoon on Facebook during April 2020 which commented on the collapse of oil prices. Read more
Monday 6.7.2020 Cameroon - Latest Developments
Under pressure from civil society groups following a news story by private television station Équinoxe Télévision, the Cameroonian military admitted in a statement read on the radio on 5th June 2020 that journalist Samuel Abuwe Ajieka, also known as Samuel Wazizi, had died on 17th August 2019 while he was in custody. Wazizi was arrested on 2nd August 2019, was never presented before a court, nor were his relatives or his lawyer informed of his whereabouts during the ten months since his arrest. The circumstances of Wazizi's death are unclear and disputed. Read more
Monday 6.7.2020 Denmark - Latest Developments
While Denmark was quick to impose far-reaching measures on its citizens at the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it is now one of the first European countries that has begun to relax these rules by slowly allowing public life to open up again. From 10th May 2020 onwards, gatherings no larger than 500 people were allowed again. Despite the limitations on gatherings, several protests took place demanding racial justice, including in the Danish cities of Aarhus, Odense and in Copenhagen, where 15 000 people gathered. All protests took place in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests, which started in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis police officer on 25th May 2020. officials raised concerns about the spread of the coronavirus due to large protests taking place, with Denmark's ruling party calling on protesters to get tested for COVID-19.
Friday 3.7.2020 Venezuela - Latest Developments
On 8th May 2020, civil society organisation Foro Penal reported that arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances increased in Venezuela since the beginning of COVID-19 containment measures in March 2020. Read more


Son of fallen soldier meets girl who tends father’s grave
A world of worry lifted off his shoulders the day Rodney Duderstadt received a letter from Marine Hannon.
Duderstadt, 76, a resident of Menard, spent decades agonizing about the condition of his father's grave at Omaha beach, before discovering it had a local caretaker in France.
"I was elated," said Duderstadt, whose father, Vivian L. Ward, was killed in World War II and is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer.
"I worried about that grave for 70 years," he said, describing several failed attempts he made to have flowers delivered to his father's gravesite. "Then here comes a letter from Marine. It was an answer to my prayers."
Ward was part of the 7th Armored Division, Headquarters B and was killed Aug. 21, 1944, only 11 days after arriving in France on special duty — he was 18 years old. At age 5, Duderstadt received his father's Purple Heart medal.
"In two weeks we were friends forever," Duderstadt said about his relationship with Marine Hannon, which has flourished since she contacted him in 2014.
On Friday the two families got a chance to meet face to face, when Marine, along with her parents, Hervé and Nicole Hannon, and her brother Julien made a trip to Texas to meet Duderstadt and his family.
With his health, Duderstadt is unable to travel to France to visit his father's grave, but he is comforted by Marine's dedication to look after it in his place.
"Ever since this happened I've said God must have been involved to bring us together," he said. "I sent her a picture of my dad so she could know who she was doing it for. Not many 23-year-olds have a heart like hers."
Section J, row 14, grave 11 is where Ward was laid to rest and where Marine finds herself two or three times each year taking care of his headstone.
Marine is a member of the Association Les Fleurs de la Mémorie, an organization founded in 2000 that sponsors the placing of flowers on the graves of soldiers buried in the American cemeteries.
The American cemeteries — Normandy American Cemetery and Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial located in Saint James, Normandy, France — are maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
In the Normandy American Cemetery 9,387 soldiers are buried, 307 of whom are unidentified, and there is a curved wall to hold the names of 1,557 soldiers who were never found. The cemetery sits atop the cliff overlooking Omaha beach.
The Brittany American Cemetery holds 4,408 graves, with 95 tombs of unknown soldiers and 498 names are on a wall for those who were never found.
Marine said when she goes to visit the cemetery, she places flowers on Ward's grave, takes pictures and spends a few moments to reflect about Ward. Also, as part of her caretaking, Marine takes sand from Omaha beach, which she said looks like gold against the white headstone, and rubs it on Ward's engraved name.
"When I was really young, and with my brothers (my parents would) bring us to Normandy to teach us," about D-Day and World War II, she said.
"They would say, 'See you are free thanks to them,' and I grew up with that idea like I need to go there because (they) came to France to free us, and that's why we can speak French," she said.
"Because of the duty of memory," Marine said, translating for her father Hervé, who spoke about why he and his wife took their children to visit American graves. "And because I think it was important for (them) to know this part of history in France. People were coming from the other side of the ocean to free us, and it's really important to teach (our children) to be thankful for them."
Despite the only words the Duderstadt's and his family could say in French was "Bon jour," the two families consider themselves related.
"We're so far apart, but so much alike," Duderstadt said about Marine and her family.
And even though Duderstadt said he is not able to set foot in France to see his father's grave, he's happy knowing a member of his family will be there caring for it.
"The thing is, I'll never have to worry about that grave," Duderstadt said.


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