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With a total net worth of USD 137.4 billion, 60-year-old Adani has surpassed the wealth of Louis Vuitton chairman Arnault and is now just behind business magnate Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the ranking.
The index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire's profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.
The net worth of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are currently at USD 251 billion and USD 153 billion, respectively.
Adani has spent the past few years expanding his coal-to-ports conglomerate, venturing into everything from data centers to cement, media and alumina. The group now owns India’s largest private-sector port and airport operator, city-gas distributor and coal miner. While its Carmichael mine in Australia has been criticized by environmentalists, it pledged in November to invest $70 billion in green energy to become the world’s largest renewable-energy producer.
But worries are growing over the exponential growth. Adani’s deals spree has been predominantly funded with debt and his empire is “deeply over-leveraged,” CreditSights said in a report this week/in August. In the worst-case scenario, that could lead to a default, the Fitch Group unit warned.
Some lawmakers and market watchers have also raised concerns over opaque shareholder structures and a lack of analyst coverage at Adani Group companies. Yet the shares have soared -- some of them more than 1,000% since 2020, with valuations hitting 750 times earnings -- as the tycoon focused on areas that Prime Minister Narendra Modi deems crucial to meeting India’s long-term goals.
The pivot to green energy and infrastructure has won investments from firms including Warburg Pincus and TotalEnergies SE, helping Adani enter the echelons previously dominated by US tech moguls. The surge in coal in recent months has further turbocharged his ascent.
All told, Adani has added $60.9 billion to his fortune in 2022 alone, five times more than anyone else. He first overtook Ambani as the richest Asian in February, became a centibillionaire in April and surpassed Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates as the world’s fourth-richest person last month.
Adani was able to move past some of the world’s richest US billionaires partly because they’ve recently boosted their philanthropy. Gates said in July he was transferring $20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, while Warren Buffett has already donated more than $35 billion to the charity.
The two, along with Gates’s ex-wife Melinda French Gates, started the Giving Pledge initiative in 2010, vowing to give away most of their fortunes in their lifetimes. The billions of dollars spent in philanthropic causes has pushed them lower on the Bloomberg wealth ranking. They’re now fifth and 164th, respectively.
Adani, too, has increased his charitable giving, pledging in June to donate $7.7 billion for social causes to mark his 60th birthday. He hasn’t given any details yet.
The Adani Group is the third largest conglomerate (after Reliance Industries and the Tata Group) in India.
Looking ahead, it plans to foray into the telecom space and has massive plans to grow its green hydrogen and airports businesses.
Recently, the Group also announced plans to set up a 4.1 mtpa integrated alumina refinery and a 30 mtpa iron ore beneficiation plant in Odisha that could cost over Rs 580 billion.
Listed Adani group companies are Adani Enterprises, Adani Green Energy, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Adani Power, Adani Total Gas, and Adani Transmission.
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Here is the 'Praying Girl' print released by artist Dolk today. I am unsure how this sold out so fast, I received the email and within 6 minutes I was to the site and it was gone already, hmmmm. I keep checking back but so far no luck having one pop up for sale, got fingers crossed. This is a 50 x 70cm screenprint on Conqueror soft white paper with an edition size of 200, comes signed and numbered by the artist for £175 each.
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During the first townhall of the new year, UTM Principal Ulrich Krull gave an update on the arts, culture, and technology building, and commented on the Ontario government’s recent tuition and OSAP announcements.
According to Krull, the university cannot disclose the specific costs associated with the construction projects due to the working relationship with contractors.
“What I can tell you,” stated Krull, “is that these projects, with the construction, with the equipment going into the building, with the hiring that we’re going to do over a period of eight years, […] will be something around $200 million dollars […] it’s a very significant investment.”
According to Krull, the new building will be the most expensive construction project U of T has ever done.
“UTM is taking a leadership position within U of T,” said Krull.
Krull also talked about the future of the campus’ business ventures by discussing the university’s policy framework dubbed the “four corners strategy.”
“The [four corners strategy] is not new, it’s just new to the University of Toronto. We have a business plan that demonstrates how one can generate funds with very little risk associated with it. The idea here was to take it slowly and methodically and take it through governance. This passed through governance just before Christmas. The official university decree now is we are in the real estate business […] We’ve already bought properties on Mississauga road in front of the campus. It’s our property, we will not sell it, we will think about what we can do in the future with it.”
The principal also expressed worries about UTM’s funding prospects after the Ontario government’s announcements.
“The central campus has a much greater pool of endowed funds. UTM is not nearly as old, which means we are much more reliant on the […] tuition from our students. That said, it’s a disproportionate hit on us, and we have to think of ways to financially create new sources of revenue not on the backs of students, in terms of how we actually operate.”
“The lower tuition that’s been offered to our students, I think, is good news overall in terms of the direction. The question that needs to be posed is whether or not the change that’s been suggested to OSAP makes sense. More than half of U of T students are eligible for OSAP. That’s a lot of people. And if you look at households with less than $50,000 in income, you have it representing a quarter of our students.”
Krull also commented on the city of Mississauga’s possible decision to cut funding for UTM. In 2013, the city of Mississauga decided they would invest $10 million over 10 years into the Innovation Complex. However, the budget committee recently had a meeting and voted against continuing the investment.
“Whether that will be the final decision in council remains to be seen,” said Krull, “but it doesn’t seem like much will change, because the people in the budget committee are also city councillors.”
“In a personal sense, they’re likely following a lead that’s been signalled by the provincial government in terms of an austerity budget, and they’re looking for opportunities where they can control their own budget and their own commitments,” said Krull. “The university, in this city, is one of the economic drivers, and we will not walk away from that responsibility.”
During the question period, current member of the UTM Campus Conservatives (UTMCC) Ethan Bryant raised concerns regarding students’ unions that he alleged have failed to provide adequate services and student representation across Ontario. Bryant cited recent incidents including the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU), and the University of Toronto Scarborough Students’ Union (SCSU).
“Here at UTM accusations of blatant partisanship, and a failure to represent student interests are not new to our student union,” stated Bryant. “Will the university administration do anything to make sure our student governments are held to standard with regard to their use of student funds and representation of the student body?”
“There is a great deal of respect for the students’ union being an independent authority,” Krull responded. “It is not the University of Toronto, it is an independent students’ union. There’s no right for the university to simply step in and decree what the union should be doing or not.”
“That being said, the university has shared its expectations of common business practice. The idea of having legal representation, the idea of doing audits, both are the sorts of things that should be keeping everything on the straight and narrow. Beyond that, it would be up to the students’ union to actually find mechanisms to do its own internal audits, just like the university. We all go through [internal audits], and whether the students’ union arranges for that is something that would be recommended to any organizations that carries financial responsibility.”
The next townhall meeting is scheduled for February 26th, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Deerfield Hall Café seating area.

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AHMEDABAD: Addressing a public function in South Bopal area of Ahmedabad, Union home minister Amit Shah
said that Gandhinagar
will be the best constituency by 2024. On Saturday, Shah inaugurated the ground-breaking of infrastructure projects worth Rs 800 crore by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), during the function.
Shah addressed a public gathering on Saturday, organized for dedicating infrastructure projects by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) to the people and to distribute benefits of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to the beneficiaries in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency
“Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, the entire country is on the road to development and even Gujarat
is getting developed. As your public representative, as your member of Parliament, I assure you that after five years, when I once again come to you, at that time, from all perspectives, Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency will be among the country’s best of the best constituencies,” said Shah.
Projects dedicated to the people include Anjali flyover which is the city’s longest four-lane bridge,1,260 units of EWS housing scheme in Gota, Children’s Park in eastern Ahmedabad, ward office, multilevel parking and urban health centre in Chandlodia, zonal office for South West Zone along with swimming pool, gymnasium and tennis court in Gota, Thaltej, Sarkhej, and Jodhpur wards of the city.
These apart, projects under AUDA whose ground-breaking ceremonies were held include flyovers at Science City Junction and Zundal Circle, along Sardar Patel Ring Road, and pipeline network and library in Bopal. “I received calls from people in Ghuma about the pipeline network in Bopal. I would like to assure people of Ghuma that a plan for them will be in place soon,” quipped Shah.
“Today is an auspicious day for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, because the dedication and ground-breaking of development projects worth Rs 830 crore took place in a single day in a single constituency,” he added.


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Scholz Fends Off German Lawmaker Barbs Over Ministry Record
German Social Democratic chancellor hopeful Olaf Scholz told lawmakers that fighting money laundering is a key priority for him as he defended his record as finance minister at a parliamentary hearing probing this month’s raid on his office.
Prosecutors showed up at the finance ministry in Berlin on Sept. 9 and requested information as part of an investigation into whether officials at an anti-money laundering unit failed to handle cases correctly.
Scholz, who appears to have sidestepped any negative impact from the raid, said he had hired more staff for the Financial Intelligence Unit in question to help deal with a backlog of cases, according to a lawmaker present at Monday’s closed-door hearing who asked not to be identified.
No officials from the unit have been accused of wrongdoing and the ministry will cooperate closely with prosecutors, the lawmaker cited Scholz as telling the hearing. Scholz put his campaign on hold to attend the special session of the finance committee, which is taking place with just six days left until Sunday’s national vote.
Scholz reiterated to reporters after delivering his testimony that he had built up staffing numbers and improved IT processes as part of “continual efforts” to tackle money laundering more effectively.
“It’s a very complicated thing not being able to hold many planned events in the final week before the election,” said Scholz, who had been due to make several campaign stops in Baden-Wuerttemberg in the southwest. “But it’s something that all those involved pushed for as soon as the invitation to the committee was made.”
Scholz’s main rival for the chancellery, conservative Armin Laschet, has seized on the raid to accuse Scholz of being unfit for high office. He has also drawn comparisons with separate controversies over the collapse of payments company Wirecard AG and the Cum-Ex tax scandal.
Laschet’s attacks appear not to have dented Scholz’s chances of winning the chancellery. An Insa survey for Bild am Sonntag published Sunday showed his SPD with a five-point lead over Laschet’s CDU/CSU bloc.
Laschet said Monday at a news conference that Scholz had failed to adequately “explain what needs to be explained,” while criticizing any suggestion that prosecutors may have had a political motive. The Justice Ministry, which is also run by a Social Democrat, was raided the same day in connection with the case.
“It’s good that Scholz went to the committee following pressure from the public,” Laschet said.
Fabio De Masi, a lawmaker for the opposition Left party and long-term critic of Scholz’s record, said the SPD candidate has benefited from the fact that his main rivals are “very weak,” so the raid on his ministry is unlikely to have a substantial impact on voting intentions.
“But that’s not my primary concern,” De Masi said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “Whoever is leading Germany in the next years, we cannot afford to be the fourth-largest economy in the world while risking the integrity of our economy.”
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One man is dead and four people have been charged in an accident in Harrison County.
It happened Sunday around 2:00 in the afternoon on Highway 36 East, about 5 miles outside of Cynthiana.
Deputies say the van over-corrected, went off the right side of the road and landed upside down in an embankment which had high water from Sunday's rain. The only fatality was the passenger in the front seat, whom deputies say drowned.
The other four people in the van were taken to the hospital to be checked out and later arrested and charged with alcohol intoxication.
Sheriff Bruce Hampton says none of the passengers admitted to being the driver and additional charges are pending.
Deputies are looking into several factors that may have caused the accident, including wet roads, speed and alcohol.
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A Dumfries hairdresser diagnosed with breast cancer aged just 25 is tackling the disease head-on by bravely sharing her journey with others.
Tasha McDowall was given the news in November, just two yearsafter she’d taken part in a charity fundraiser for Cancer Research in support of her grandmother, who was being treated for the illness at the time.
As she prepared for another bout of surgery yesterday, Tasha said: “It was a big shock when I was diagnosed and not something you expect to hear at 25. I never thought after doing Pretty Mudder in 2017 that I’d soon be going through it myself.
“I wasn’t sure at first, but I plan to share my journey with everyone through Instagram to hopefully raise awareness of the disease and get
girls to check themselves. It might just save a life.”
It was after coming out of a shower one day last August that Tasha noticed a deep dimple just under her left nipple. After a quick check, she felt a lump and immediately phoned her doctor for an appointment.
During a check-up by a nurse the following day, Tasha was told it was “probably nothing to worry about”, and more likely to be a milk duct or cyst.
She said: “The nurse told me to go back in five weeks and, in the meantime, she’d refer me to hospital as a non-urgent case because I was only 24 at the time.”
Tasha finally attended an appointment at Dumfries Infirmary on November 22, with childhood sweetheart Liam Bruce by her side.
Within a matter of hours, she was given the life-changing news. She said: “I had a series of tests that day including an ultrasound, biopsies, lymph node samples and a mammogram.
“I was so shocked when they said it was cancer I didn’t know what to say.
“I later learned it was stage two, grade three, which meant it was quite fast-progressing.”
During a discussion on treatment options, Tasha decided she wanted her eggs harvested in a bid to have children in future.
“I’m on a waiting list for that to happen before I start chemotherapy”, she said.
“When it’s done, I’ll have between six and eight cycles of chemo and then three weeks of radiation.
“I’ll then be on hormone therapy for up to 10 years and during that time, it’s important I don’t get pregnant.
“It means I’ll need to wait later than I’d planned to have a baby, but the main thing is that I’m okay.”
Self-employed Tasha is having to work for as long as possible while undergoing treatment, but Gemma Carlisle is behind a fundraising campaign to help her friend’s finances.
Gemma said: “As if it’s not enough to be diagnosed with this terrible disease, Tasha has the added worry of being self-employed which means she isn’t entitled to sick pay.
“I decided to set up a go-fund-me page for donations to help her through the next part of her journey. It would be one less thing on her mind during these tough times.”
Despite knowing she’s got a long road ahead, positive Tasha said things “could be a lot worse”.
“The cancer is treatable and I will be okay, and that’s the main thing.
“I’m extremely lucky to have the family and friends that I do, and I feel fully supported and motivated to get through this. I’m sure it will be a struggle but that’s life.
“I’ve a long road ahead of me in 2019, but I’m forever thankful that I seem to have caught it in time and I’m determined to live a long and happy life with the people I love.”
To make a donation to help Tasha on her journey, visit www.gofundme.com/helping-tasha-mcdowall-finish-the-fight

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Selma house fire leaves four without a home
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fire officials say the flames broke out at a home in Selma on Arrants and C Street around 9 p.m. Wednesday night. Firefighters say the fire started at back of the home in an area surrounded by trees.
Four people live in the home but only two were inside when the fire started. Selma fire says no one was injured, but the home is a total loss.
"We had some power lines down which are a concern for firefighters but PG&E was out here to take care of that for us," said Mike Kain with the Selma Fire Department.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The Red Cross is helping the family find temporary housing. Fire officials are still looking into the cost of the damage.
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The New Black Junction Tv Android app is in the google play store and available for download!
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God a Black Woman? Black Artists Trolled for Painting Black Woman as God!
Cuban artist Harmonia Rosales re-painted Michelangelo’s masterpiece, “The Creation of Adam” with God as a black woman and the mzungu world has gone HAM!!! She has been trolled left, right and centre by WS who accused her of cultural appropriation ????.


text: Patitucci is the pounding double-bass motor within Wayne Shorter's brilliant quartet - and that band's drummer, Brian Blade, joins him here in a tribute to the music of tenor saxists John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins and Michael Brecker, with Joe Lovano handling the awesome task of invoking the spirits of all four. With this stripped-down lineup, it's naturally a pure-bred jazz improv album, but such a focused and driven one that any open-eared listener can hear its eloquence. Monk/Trane is a masterly redevelopment of the Giant Steps chords, drawing on Lovano's full panoply of runs and split-note climaxes. Messiaen's Gumbo is an enigmatic tenor melody over the leader's funky ostinato on bass guitar, while Sonny Side combines Rollins's gruff tenderness, patiently cumulative melodic buildups and weighty swing. Joe Henderson's cryptic and muscular energy is invoked by Joe Hen, and the grooving Mali finds Lovano taking a glancing, Andy Sheppard-like lightness of phrasing out into a briefly squalling finale over Patitucci's electric vamp. It's state-of-the-art contemporary jazzmaking, and much more varied in idiom and tonality than the lineup might suggest.

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Update: The offer mentioned below has expired and is no longer available.
The increased 150,000-mile welcome bonus for the United℠ Business Card is coming to an end very soon.
Here’s everything you need to know about this exciting offer, a look at some of the card’s benefits, and tips for how you might go about spending this massive welcome bonus.
United Business Card Welcome Offer
This gigantic welcome bonus is broken into 2 tiers. First, you’ll earn 75,000 miles after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open. Then, you can earn an additional 75,000 miles after you spend $20,000 total within the first 6 months.
That adds up to a whopping 150,000 miles — double what was offered originally. However, you’ll also need to spend 4 times as much as you would in the original in just double the time.
United MileagePlus miles are worth 1.3 cents apiece according to our valuations. This means the welcome offer has a cash value of $1,950, making it one of the very best welcome offers on the market right now.
This offer is set to end at 10 a.m. EST on March 18, 2022. Given that, those who are interested in the offer should act fast.
United Business Card Benefits
Using the United Business card on United purchases, dining (including eligible delivery services), at gas stations, office supply stores, and on local transit and commuting will earn you 2 miles for every $1 spent. All other purchases will earn you 1 mile per $1 spent.
Other perks include:
- A 5,000-mile “better together” bonus each anniversary when you have both the United Business card and a personal United credit card
- Free first checked bag, 2 United Club 1-time passes per year, and priority boarding privileges
- $100 United travel credit after 7 United flight purchases of $100 or more each anniversary year
Hot Tip: In addition to the United Business card, United offers 1 additional business card and 4 personal credit cards through Chase. Take a look at our guide to the top Chase United credit cards to decide which would best suit your wallet.
Where Can 150,000 United Miles Take You?
The travel potential with 150,000 United miles is exciting, to say the least.
Lufthansa First Class
One of the most sought-after experiences in the sky is Lufthansa’s first class. This welcome bonus alone would be enough for a one-way ticket between the U.S. and Europe, which start from 121,000 miles.
Lufthansa’s first class passengers departing Frankfurt (FRA) are eligible to pass through the exclusive First Class Terminal before boarding their flights, so you’ll want to use your miles on a ticket that originates in Europe to get the best experience.
United Polaris to Europe or Asia
For something a little less costly and extravagant, 150,000 MileagePlus miles is enough for a round-trip ticket from cities across the U.S. to Europe and Asia in Polaris business class with one-way tickets pricing from just 60,000 and 70,000 United miles, respectively.
When adding a new card to your wallet, you want to make sure you get the best welcome bonus possible. This is the largest welcome bonus this card has ever offered — and it’s set to expire in just a few days. If you don’t have this card in your wallet yet, now is the time to seriously consider it as this offer ends at 10 a.m. EST on March 18, 2022.
While the points-earning capability of the card on regular spending isn’t the most robust, the value of the welcome bonus alone makes this card a very appealing option.
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U.S. stocks are hovering around unchanged this morning as the monthly ISM report came out much below expectations (49.5 from 51.7 last month). However, Chinese manufacturing data added to signs of the global economic recovery and Greece made a debt buyback offer. A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose to a seven-month high in November, relieving investors’ worries of a Chinese slowdown. Greece offered €10 billion ($13 billion) to buy back bonds issued earlier this year.
Overall, U.S. equity indexes have been fairly strong since the Obama election sell-off. We are holding to a key pivot level of 1420-1430. The DEC12 E-mini S&P 500 rallied up to 1424 this morning, and sold off 10 points as the ISM data was released. As has been the theme recently, we do not foresee a rally to new highs until there is a deal struck on the fiscal cliff.
Major global commodities are unhinged from U.S. stocks today. Sugar is leading the way, up a shade over 2%. Oats are in second place today on the commodities board, up 2.06%. Silver is having a nice morning for itself, up 45 cents, or 1.36%. Crude oil futures also touched above the $90 level this morning, trading up around 1.16%. Natural gas futures are also up slightly over 1%.
Today we focus on the E-mini Dow Jones contract (DEC12). The Dow is nearing our key pivot level of 13,100. It has had a very nice rally since the Obama selloff, when it touched below 12,500. We believe 13,100 will be a key line in the sand for this market. If the Dow can hold above 13,100, we look for another rally to yearly highs. Disclaimer: Mind the Fiscal Cliff!
The next key upside level is 13,500. This will be major resistance for the Dow at this point. With that said our technical upside target for a sustained rally above our 13,100 pivot is 14,200. From June to September, the Dow rallied approximately 1,700 points. If the Down rallies another 1,700 points from its Obama election low, we get a target or level of 14,200.
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Under the hood
Lifting off the left panel grants access to the 650D's handsome charcoal internals. This is where the magic happens.
The internal layout should look familiar to owners of Corsair's Graphite Series 600T—and, you know, those who read our review of that enclosure. Just about everything, from the cut-outs in the motherboard tray to the bottom power-supply emplacement and the arrangement of the storage bays, is pretty much identical. No, really; the resemblance is uncanny.
There's nothing wrong with that, of course. The 600T has an excellent, roomy internal design, with cut-outs positioned just at the right spots and some excellent storage bays. If it ain't broke...
Corsair splits the six 3.5" hard-drive bays into two trios, and the top one can be moved down to make way for an extra-long graphics card. This is another trick the 650D borrows from the 600T. The actual hard-drive trays are identical, too; they snap onto 3.5" drives with ease and have mounting holes for 2.5" storage devices like SSDs. (Installing an SSD will involve removing one of the four rubber-mounted studs, but that's simple enough to do.)
Nope, nothing unexpected here. The 650D's right side might look clean enough out of the box, but as we're about to see, it can get awfully crowded if you run all the cables on this side of the case. Doing so will ensure the cabling doesn't impede airflow in the main compartment, though.


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My appearance on the Mark Levin Show
I appeared on the Mark Levin radio show on Wednesday night, December 14, 2016, to talk about my post, VIDEO: Activists manipulate third-graders into hating Israel.
Video of the event is at the link above, which also has extensive background. The short version is that Ariel Gold from Code Pink and Jewish Voice for Peace arranged for Bassem Tamimi to appear before the third grade classes at an elementary school in Ithaca, NY. Tamimi is best known for using children, including his own, to confront Israeli soldiers in the hope of creating viral photos and videos. Tamimi urged the children to become activists and “freedom fighters for Palestine.”
The event turned into a total anti-Israel propaganda event, and caused the 8-9 year old students to react very negatively towards Israel, with some suggesting ways to attack and retaliate against Israel. One student was so affected that his parent complained to the school afterwards that the child was having nightmares.
I’m always appreciative when Mark has me on the show to talk about the anti-Israel movement, but particularly this time given how outrageous the Tamimi Event and cover-up were.
I made the point, as I have before, that it’s not just about Israel, Israel is the canary in the coal mine. It’s about how the education system is being systematically undermined by anti-American, anti-capitalist leftists and Islamists who also hate Israel. It’s a single fight, Israel just happens to be the easy object of their hate.
“The whole point of this, and you’ve been kind enough to have me on before to talk about these anti-Israel people, it’s not just about Israel, this is taking place in a public third grade class. There were other teachers there, there were staff there, nobody said a word about it, and they tried to cover it up. This is really a microcosm of what’s happening to our educational system. We are allowing these activists not just into college, everybody knows about college it gets tons of press, but into high schools and elementary schools, and you rarely get video of it, because most people can’t just walk into an elementary school and just start shooting video….”
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I really do not know, but I rather doubt it. THe owners have no dog. Deer come through nicely landscaped grounds.
Call to find out for sure.
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Opportunities abound for house flippers in Bridgeport, CT. More families are looking to move into newly renovated homes, and the Bridgeport market is ripe for flippers. What many people and lenders do not realize, however, is how big of an impact Bridgeport, CT house flippers have on the immediate area.
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23:36 - Doge of Venice Lol fuck off, justin bieber is where it's at. m8
22:51 - Cy Nide So many of the sites I've been to people just troll each other constantly and apparently everyone hates every band. Which makes me wonder if half the members even like metal at all haha
Armed For Apocalypse have recently posted online a special live clip shot at EMG Studios which marks the first in a three-part in-studio performance series, hosted by EMG Pickups. The song "Better Worlds" comes courtesy of the band's impending new album The Road Will End, set to drop in North America via Ironclad Recordings on July 23rd, 2013 and one day earlier in Europe. You can watch the video below and hear a new song from the band.


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So I was dusting off some of my old game magazines looking for info about some old PCgames and I came across a couple of issues of the MyCom BASIC magazine from Novemeber and December 1988. For those of you who might not know, this was the time when the Mega Drive was released.
I don't have a PC scanner unfortunately, but the good news is that I searched a bit and came across a sort of MyCom BASIC database with the front covers and at least a one page scan of each issue.
Something is better than nothing, right? (^^;
Anyway, the header of the November 1988 issue was :
(SEGA Releases Their 16-Bit TV Game Machine!)
The hottest games of the month were ORDYNE at the game centers and JACK : LAS VEGAS SERIAL KILLER - a black and white AVG (adventure game) for PC.
Stuff like POWER DRIFT, BERABOH MAN, KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD, and THUNDER FORCE II were also on the rage.
Now, the December 1988 header in turn was :
(SEGA MEGADRIVE THROUGHOUT ANALYSIS)
The hottest games were IMAGE FIGHT, THUNDER CROSS and METAL HAWK (This was the time where shooting games ruled the Middle Earth still).
CAPCOM's DAI MAKAI-MURA was also kicking arse at the game centers.
Man, I know I can't say this enough but the 80's and early 90's were the sh+t. Loads of games and systems everywhere. The arcades impressed us with their super sprite scaling and 3D games that seemed like out of this world at the time. The powehouse gaming computers with arcade perfect ports that were far out of reach for most every kid still stuck with their 8-bit systems, but they still read about them and wished of one day owning one.
If you were actually playing stuff like STAR CRUISER or AFTER BURNER at the comfort of your home back in the '80s, you were one lucky kid.
There was none of this nostalgia BS that plagues the nowadays video game userbase. No lousy standards either, game companies had to be in the game to remain alive. Competition was fierce in every aspect.
More importantly, video gaming was more self-centered. Gaming was for the gamers, basically. It was game company vs. game company fighting for supremacy. Nowadays we have games with celebrity voice-overs and movie size budgets. Gaming has become way too mainstream and Hollywood-like.
There's lots of advantages in current gaming for certain, but I think the disadvantages are just as numerous.
But I guess for the new generations the online gaming, services and community must seem like the greatest thing ever, and above anything that came before it.
A thing that I'll never be able to dig though is why people want to play *new* games that look and play as if they were made over 20 years ago. And worse even how can they possibly think they're any cool.
I sure as hell don't remember anyone making Atari 2600-caliber games well into the 16-bit generation, and certainly even less earning praise for it. If that's not standards slipping, I don't know what it is.

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Your feline companions form an integral part of your family. Of course, you will not give quality food to some members of the family and compromise on the nutritional needs of others. To this end, we only use ingredients that will be just as in place in your fridge or pantry as the meat and fish you eat. You can thus expect real meat and fish when you buy cat food from our brand.
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- Dwyane Wade honored that Kobe Bryant paid him one-of-a-kind compliment in his book
- Jimmy Butler on why Miami Heat’s defense has been elite: ‘We got rid of Derrick Jones Jr.’
- Report: Kendrick Nunn partners with NBPA to help single fathers in Chicago
- Report: Victor Oladipo to seek specialist’s evaluation regarding timetable for knee injury
- Erik Spoelstra declines to answer whether Victor Oladipo will play for Miami Heat again this season
- Dewayne Dedmon offers fantastic response when asked what he’s willing to do for Miami Heat
- Report: Victor Oladipo increasingly unlikely to receive ‘anything near’ maximum deal this offseason
- Kendrick Nunn shows he’s been fully vaccinated and exclaims COVID-19 ‘can kiss my a–‘
- Gabrielle Union dedicates lengthy, heartfelt tribute to DMX
- Report: Victor Oladipo will not travel with Miami Heat on upcoming road trip
Report: Rockets would ‘probably want’ both Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson in James Harden deal
- Updated: December 31, 2020
The Miami Heat and Houston Rockets have had trade discussions centered around disgruntled veteran James Harden.
“I think the Miami Heat could make a trade for him,” Windhorst recently said on his podcast. “They (the Rockets) probably want Herro and Robinson. Robinson’s an awfully valuable player. … But I don’t see if you watch how the Heat play, the Heat play high ball movement, high player movement offense. It would be such a dramatic change of style for the Heat.”
Robinson, 26, has reportedly been a major sticking point in trade talks between both teams.
After all, he is one of the best shooters in the NBA. The guard recently made league history by knocking down the most triples in the first half of a Christmas Day game.
The Heat adore the flamethrower. As a matter of fact, there is a high likelihood the Heat would re-sign Robinson.
As for Herro, he reportedly isn’t off the table for Harden. The sophomore is averaging a career-high 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this season.
Of course, Harden is an MVP-caliber player. He is worth giving up valuable assets for.
The superstar has led the league in scoring in each of the last three seasons. Through two games this season, Harden is putting up 39.0 points and 12.5 assists per game.


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2017-2018 Concert Series presents...
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Fri, May 4 "Give Local York" Folk Music Jam
Join old-time band Late For Supper as we celebrate the first-ever "Give Local York" event. Donations support the inaugural Susquehanna Folk Festival!
Sat, May 12 Fara
Four young Scottish musicians, with a fiery fiddle sound strongly rooted in their Orkney upbringing.


Enjoying studio-quality music on the road is not a problem today, but it is a burden for the car. Panasonic is therefore developing a gentle assembly.
With the increasing demands for quality audio systems in cars, the sound of luxury models often equals a studio environment. But the increasingly intoxicating melodic experience is redeemed by the increasing number of speakers with an increasingly powerful construction. Larger and heavier components, however, increase the weight of the car and, with their immodest performance, put a strain on the car’s electrical system, including the control electronics. The result is clear sound, but at the cost of a greater load on the car and thus higher fuel consumption.
It is precisely against these evils that Panasonic Automotive sets out to fight, which is developing a new generation of Klipsch speakers in cooperation with premium car companies and specialists in the field. These are able to maintain excellent sound levels in a much smaller and lighter design. Thanks to this, it also has lower energy and software requirements. Therefore, even more compact and modest amplifiers will suffice. The next-generation 24-speaker array, complete with an 8-inch subwoofer, will debut in the 2025 Infiniti QX80.
But everything is not just about music. The car’s audio system runs practically continuously without us knowing about it. It uses an active noise suppression system, which uses inverse waves to eliminate unpleasant frequencies coming from, for example, the engine or chassis. The audio software will be able to receive over-the-air updates, so it will continue to improve.
Infiniti was founded in 1989 by Japan’s Nissan as its luxury brand modeled after Toyota and its Lexus. With Infiniti, Nissan focused on the American market, it only came to Europe in 2008. It does not use the brand in its home country of Japan.
Infiniti Q60 • Infiniti QX50 • Infiniti QX • Infiniti QX30


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Looking for possible alternative livelihood project in addition to the regular monthly income as government workers, employees of the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I joined the cassava processing training sponsored by the Agri-Pinoy Corn Banner Program. Held at the DA-Roffdeck, City of San Fernando, La Union on February 4-6, 2014, the training was conducted in three batches with 30 participants from each batch.
Keeping the farmers informed and updating them with the new corn production technologies to further boost their production and consequently their incomes, the Department of Agriculture through the Regional Agriculture & Fisheries Information Division (RAFID) launched the School on the Air Program for Corn in the Region.
This was made known by Regional Agriculture & Fisheries Information Head, Ms. Gloria C. Parong during the 2013 Year-end Review and Assessment of the Corn Program and Planning Workshop held at the Supreme Hotel in Baguio City last October 18, 2013.
The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I hosted the National Corn Program 4th Quarter Review and Assessment cum Planning Workshop at the Plaza del Norte in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on November 27-28, 2013.
Attended by the National Corn Program Directorate & Undersecretary for Field Operations Edilberto de Luna, Ilocos Norte Provincial Administrator Windell Chua representing Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, DA-Regional Field Office I Regional Executive Director Valentino Perdido, the 16 Regional Corn Program Coordinators of the country, together with the various key partner agencies at the national level, the review and planning workshop is a quarterly activity of the National Corn Program to identify important strategies, problems encountered and lessons learned in project implementation necessary to carry out the goals and objectives under the Program.

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University of Illinois precision agriculture program to debut summer 2021
URBANA, Ill. – Feeding a growing global population is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Farmers and scientists are advancing innovative solutions on many fronts, from breeding to production management to precision agriculture, with technology as a common thread.
More than ever, future leaders in agriculture need a strong foundation in data science, programming, and digital applications. The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois has been providing that training for years, but now, with more than $195,000 in funding from the CHS Foundation, high school students, particularly students from racial and ethnic minority groups, can get an early start on careers in precision agriculture. CHS Foundation is funded by gifts from CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative.
Starting this July, high school students age 16 and up, as well as first-year students at U of I, can enroll in a free two-week summer course to learn the fundamentals of precision agriculture. Although the course will be held online this year due to COVID-19, it will include hands-on learning and will give students opportunities to work with real data to solve real problems.
“By the end of the course, students will have the basic skills for a little software development. So, we will be hosting a 24-hour ‘hackathon’ where they can develop innovative software solutions for a real-world crop or animal management issue,” says Isabella Condotta, agricultural engineer and assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Illinois. Condotta is leading the program along with Hamze Dokoohaki of the Department of Crop Sciences.
Funding from the CHS Foundation, which is supporting development of the summer program, a cross-disciplinary Precision Agriculture Club, and two new introductory precision agriculture classes, is aimed at increasing enrollment by creating an innovating, vibrant, and cutting-edge environment that is open and available to all students.
“The ultimate goal is training a new generation of precision agriculture leaders for sustainable crop and animal production,” says Nanci Lilja, president, CHS Foundation. “By increasing students’ exposure early in their education, we hope they pursue a career in agriculture and precision agriculture related fields.”
New classes will be offered as part of two first-of-their-kind majors offered at ACES: Computer Science + Animal Sciences and Computer Science + Crop Sciences. One of the classes, taught by Condotta, will introduce ways in which precision tools and sensors can increase efficiency and solve systemic problems in agricultural systems. Completion of the introductory course will qualify students to enroll in Condotta’s higher-level Precision Management of Animals class.
Dokoohaki will teach an introductory course covering major issues around crop production, using statistical modeling, process-based modeling, and remote sensing to address those challenges.
“Our inspiration for developing and proposing this program was to ‘even the playing field’ for young and brilliant students, including traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, seeking opportunities in precision agriculture. We are hoping programs like this help nurture the next generation of ag leaders through equity and exposure,” Dokoohaki says.
Student members of the new Precision Agriculture Club will host speakers and fundraising events, compete in precision ag contests against rival schools, discuss relevant scholarly articles, and learn digital ag platforms. They will also have the opportunity to serve as mentors to participants in the two-week summer course, creating a support network between older students and those just beginning their precision agriculture journey.
Interested students should apply for the summer course by April 16. Details about the course, including application forms, a schedule of topics, and more are available on the Center for Digital Agriculture website.


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AHR applies innovative biophilic design principles at The Spine building
For the northern home of The Royal College of Physicians, AHR Architects was tasked with creating a building that leaves its occupants healthier.
Specialist Group has launched a sophisticated new dry erase white board system which enhances working environments using unique glare-free technology.
An anti-reflective silk surface provides the performance of a gloss whiteboard whilst eliminating the problems often caused by glare and unwanted reflections. The result is a more focused workspace, free from distractions, for more productive training or collaborations.
“Aria Glass-Wall is a revolutionary addition to our glass portfolio,” comments Specialist Group’s Feargal McMullan. “Our gloss whiteboard solutions are an increasingly popular addition to contemporary office spaces, but we have found glare and reflections to be an issue in buildings where an abundance of glazing is present, whether that be external glass panes or internal glass divisions. We are delighted to bring this product to the market to solve these issues and to further enhance collaborative workspaces with this high-end finish.”
Produced in Europe for carbon efficient logistics, Aria Glass-Wall remains fully recyclable – presentng a lower embodied carbon choice. This is an important consideration for Specialist Group, which has a Sustainability first approach across its operation.
Specialist Group prides itself on excellence across every department and, customers can be assured of meticulous attention to detail at every project stage. Aria Glass-Wall is available in a vast colour range, with matching or contrasting trims, a range of accessory options, and with a full design, supply and fit package available.
For further details on Aria Glass-Wall and the full Specialist portfolio, visit specialist-group.co.uk
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Leading materials distributors James Latham showcases its expansive collection of decorative surfaces as part of the 2022 Décors Campaign.
British tile manufacturer Johnson Tiles has extended its popular Kerastar range of commercial tiles.

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Well we are part way through out project on an autonomous quadrotor platform.
The first two videos are of the first flights. The third is the first crash (*sigh*).
I am piloting this one and making sure it works before trying anything too extreme.
Bryan is flying this one and he is testing out the performance of the ArduCopter
I was piloting this one, and something just failed, cause is still unknown.
We managed to have a nice sunny day to fly the quads in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
The next step is to have it taking off and landing autonomously using the gps and pressure sensors. After that, get wifi-data.
We shall keep you posted!!
Hi guys, thanks for the feedback.
I did suspect the ESC's were the culprit. I will look at a better connection system.
At this stage we were just using NG and we'll be changing that soon to the ArduPirates further down the track. This was simply a demonstration as to us getting it flying and making sure it works.
The first video was me establishing which direction was the front/back/left/right as we had not yet marked up which is which...
Yesterday we managed to get a separate arduino board communicating with a wifi network. Next step is getting the ArduCopter to use that information effectively.
Thanks again guys and we will keep you posted as to our progress.
If you plan to rebuild your ArduCopter, on same time you can remove those bullets. As said kits still have them but not as presoldered so its up to the user to use them or not.
Changing is naturally a bit more harder with soldered wires
ESC directly to the motors.
I haven't had any problems with the deans connectors.
I have the old kit, and I had the bullet connector. Since I have not soldered it yet, you suggests it's better to solder the ESC directly to the distribution board?

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Geek-friendly TV shows we can't wait to watch in 2016 (pictures)
The beloved spooky series returns with a six-episode miniseries. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are back on the case as Scully and Mulder. In the age of smartphones and digital cameras, proving those alien conspiracies should be a lot easier.
Click on to see all the shows we think will have you glued to your sofa this year.
Marvel superhero Luke Cage made his small screen debut in 2015's "Jessica Jones" on Netflix. Mike Colter reprises the role in his own show, developed by Cheo Hodari Coker.
DC's "Legends of Tomorrow"
Former "Doctor Who" companion Arthur Darvill (pictured left) is time-travelling again in this superpowered spin-off from CW's "The Flash" and "Arrow". The show features DC Comics characters including the Atom, Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
David Lynch returns to the town of Twin Peaks for another nightmarish slice of small-town weirdness starring Kyle MacLachlan (pictured right) as FBI agent Dale Cooper.
Freeze! Co-created by Steve Carell, the cop show spoof goes on the beat with Rashida Jones as Angie Tribeca of the LAPD's RHCU (Really Heinous Crimes Unit). In an interesting fusion of traditional television with binge watching, the first ten episodes appear in one go on TBS on 17 January.
HBO is quick on the draw in this western with robots, co-created by Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote the "Dark Knight" films with his brother Christopher. It's based on the 1973 film and stars Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris.
"The Living And The Dead"
Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, co-creators and writers of "Life On Mars" and "Ashes To Ashes", turn back the clock even further to Victorian England. Ghosts and myths come to life as the industrial revolution brings about monumental changes in this BBC show starring Colin Morgan from "Merlin" (pictured right).
Based on the controversial Vertigo comic by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and developed by Seth Rogen, this HBO show stars Dominic Cooper as a preacher blessed with the word of God, a trigger-happy girlfriend and a best bud who's a vampire.
"Lucifer" is based on the Vertigo comic written by Mike Carey, which is itself a spin-off from the "Sandman" comic written by Neil Gaiman. Welsh actor Tom Ellis plays the devilish antihero, in exile on Earth and helping the LAPD solve crimes.
The infernal action continues with sitcom "Angel from Hell", in which Jane Lynch is an angel on CBS. (Disclosure: CNET News is published by CBS Interactive, a unit of CBS.)
A dystopian vision of non-humans facing discrimination from the humans around them, this is a joint production between American, Australian and New Zealand to air on ABC in Australia and SundanceTV in the US.
Current comedy kingpin Judd Apatow and Lesley Arfin are behind this romantic comedy starring Gillian Jacobs (pictured) and Paul Rust. Netflix has already ordered a second season.
"The Get Down"
Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan bring a look at New York's 1970s music scene to Netflix. Jimmy Smits joins a cast of youngsters including Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola and Shameik Moore (pictured).
The first British production from Netflix explores the lives of Queen Elizabeth II (pictured in 1954, gawd bless 'er) and the royal family. It stars, among others, former "Doctor Who" Matt Smith, as well as John Lithgow as Winston Churchill.
Ricky Gervais is another big name coming to Netflix with a remake of a 2009 French comedy. Gervais stars with Eric Bana, Vera Farmiga and Kelly Macdonald.
Untitled Woody Allen TV series
The story goes that Kevin Spacey bought a Netflix subscription for comic and film director Woody Allen so he could see how this streaming business works. When it came to producing his first TV show, Allen chose Amazon Video. "I don't know how I got into this", he admitted. "I have no ideas and I'm not sure where to begin."
Having voiced the lead in Netflix show "Bojack Horseman", Will Arnett (pictured left) gets his own comedy, developed with his "Arrested Development" boss Mitch Hurwitz.
It seems nothing is safe from gritty reboots these days. "The Wizard Of Oz" is reinterpreted with Dorothy and her police dog transported to the war-torn land of Oz. Stylish director Tarsem Singh is in charge.
A spooky series based on the comic by artist Paul Azaceta and Robert Kirkman, author of "The Walking Dead". On Cinemax, the show chronicles the story of Kyle Barnes and his battles with demonic possession.
Co-created by "Lost" producer Carlton Cuse, the show is set in a near future occupied by mysterious alien invaders. Josh Holloway (pictured right) from "Lost" and Sarah Wayne Callies from "The Walking Dead" star.
The story of a corrupt former sheriff who is killed and revived in the body of a younger man by technology billionaires. The lead is British actor Robert Kazinsky, who will also appear in the "Warcraft" movie in 2016.
Based on the Stephen King novel, this show sees James Franco travel back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination. It's produced by streaming service Hulu.
"Scott Pilgrim" star Mary Elizabeth Winstead uses her brain in this CBS comedy-thriller from the creators of "The Good Wife", in which aliens have eaten the brains of members of the US government. (Disclosure: CNET News is published by CBS Interactive, a unit of CBS.)
Winona Ryder leads this 1980s-set drama from the makers of "Wayward Pines", in which a young boy's disappearance leads to a supernatural conspiracy.
"The Kettering Incident"
The biggest TV show ever shot in Tasmania, this long-gestating AUS$15 million eight-part series stars Matt Le Nevez (pictured left) and Elizabeth Debicki (pictured right) from "The Great Gatsby" and "The Man from UNCLE" remake.
James Bond writers Robert Wade and Neal Purvis adapt Len Deighton's novel, which is set in an alternate world where the Nazis won the war. It's similar to "The Man in the High Castle", a hit on Amazon Video in 2015, but set in the UK and follows a murder mystery in Nazi-occupied London. Sam Riley (pictured) is set to star.
"Tomorrow, When the War Began"
Another book coming to the small screen after an underperforming movie (pictured left), this story of invasion by a foreign power was originally written by John Marsden and is produced by Australia's ABC.
Based on "The Mortal Instruments" series of books by Cassandra Clare, this is a new version of the story on ABC Family after an earlier big screen outing failed to live up to its potential.
"His Dark Materials"
Philip Pullman's trilogy of fantasy novels come to the small screen on BBC One, telling the story of a young girl in a magical world not so different from our own. The show is the first commission from Bad Wolf, a US/UK production company founded by former BBC executives Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, who helped revive "Doctor Who".
Having spawned two cult ozploitation horror films, the vicious outback predator Mick Taylor, played again by John Jarratt (pictured), is splattering tourists on Australian streaming service Stan.
It's all for you, Damien. A continuation of the classic 1976 movie "The Omen" (pictured), the A&E show follows the Antichrist as a fully-grown man.
You've heard of post-apocalyptic stories -- this is pre-apocalyptic. BBC series "Hard Sun", by Luther (pictured) creator Neil Cross, follows two detectives in a world doomed to destruction five years from now. How do they maintain order when a life sentence no longer means anything?
Based on the Belgian TV series "Cordon", this CW show is written by Julie Plec, co-creator of "The Vampire Diaries".
Based on the novel by Lev Grossman, this Syfy series sees a young man enroll at a school for magicians only to discover that magic is more real, and more dangerous, than he thought. We're guessing they're talking more than making your watch disappear.
"The Shannara Chronicles"
The long running series of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks come to the small screen on MTV, of all places. "Smallville" creators Al Gough and Miles Millar write the series, which will be filmed in New Zealand.


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Walk Category: Short
Getting There: Car, Train & Bus
Walk Area: Melbourne - South
Distance from Melbourne GPO: 22.5 km
Mobile Phone Coverage: Yes
Walk Details Collated: July 2009
Walk Details Provided By: Bushwalking Victoria
Want access to all the information we have on each walk, including full walk descriptions, and where available a basic map of the walk? Your options are:
Melway map: Start: 86 H7; Finish: 86 A5.
Car parking: Free in side roads (for example, Charman Road); fee payable along foreshore.
Public transport: Frankston line train to Cheltenham Station; exit station, turn right, cross railway line, cross road to bus stop (opposite cemetery). Bus route 923, direction St Kilda. Bus stop: Beach Road at Charman and Beach Road junction. 7-day service.
Dogs: On leash only.
Facilities: There are seats at intervals along the track. There are toilets at Cheltenham Station, beside the Beaumaris Life Saving Club and in the picnic ground past the Tea House. Water fountains are at the clifftop start, Moysey Gardens and in the picnic ground after the Tea House; barbecues in the area around the Tea House.
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Links: It’s been a while…
I haven’t done a link post in a while, so it’s time to catch up on the latest news, reviews, and interviews.
Cute meets super-cute when Little Archie crosses over with DC’s all-ages superhero team the Tiny Titans.
At Publishers Weekly, Sally Lodge chats with Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, about The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future, the graphic novel he’s spinning off from that series.
Paul Morton of the literary magazine The Millions talks to Gene Luen Yang about the many different influences that helped shape his books American Born Chinese, The Eternal Smile, and Prime Baby.
Christopher Butcher posts his notes from the Comics in the Classroom panel he moderated at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, and Deb Aoki has all the details on Viz’s announcements for their Viz Kids line. At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Draper Carlson summarizes Archie Comics’ announcements.
Matt Dembicki discusses Trickster, the anthology of Native American trickster tales that he compiled and edited, at Teaching Graphic Novels.
At the website Tonic, John R. Platt lists five graphic novels that kids and their parents can enjoy.
Ted Naifeh shows off some of the art for the final volume of The Good Neighbors.
J.L. Bell muses a bit on the morality of Crogan’s Vengeance at Oz and Ends.
Bryant Paul Johnson, the creator of the mock-history webcomic Teaching Baby Paranoia, has a nice comics-101 essay that explains, with straightforward examples, what the components of a comic are and how they work together.
Johanna Draper Carlson on two Amelia Rules! books, The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular and True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know)
Ed Sizemore on several Avatar: The Last Airbender manga (Comics Worth Reading)
Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan on Benny and Penny in The Toy Breaker (Bookends)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Brain Camp (Comics Worth Reading)
Lissa Pattillo on Brain Camp (Kuriousity)
Steven Surman on vol. 1 of Brody’s Ghost (Broken Frontier)
Johanna Draper Carlson on City of Spies (Comics Worth Reading)
Jonathan Hickman on Fantastic Four, vol. 1 (Guys Lit Wire)
Greg McElhatton on Foiled (Read About Comics)
Dave Ferraro on Ghostopolis (Comics-and-More)
Brian Heater on Ghostopolis (The Daily Cross Hatch)
Greg McElhatton on Ghostopolis (Read About Comics)
Tangognat on vols. 1-3 of Johnny Boo (Tangognat)
Kevin Hodgson on Meanwhile (The Graphic Classroom)
Joe Hennes on The Muppet Show Comic Book #8 (Tough Pigs)
Connie on vol. 1 of Pokemon Adventures (Slightly Biased Manga)
Greg McElhatton on <a href="http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2010/07/21/prime-baby/">Prime Baby (Read About Comics)
Michael Buntag on Prince of Persia (Nonsensical Words)
A. Fortis on Prince of Persia, Solomon’s Thieves, and How I Made It to Eighteen (Finding Wonderland)
Greg McElhatton on Rabbi Harvey vs. The Wisdom Kid (Read About Comics)
Dave Ferraro on The Smurfs (vol. 2) #1: Smurfnapper (Comics-and-More)
Kevin Hodgson on Super Powered Word Study (The Graphic Classroom)
Nicola on Toy Story: The Return of Buzz Lightyear (Back to Books)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Book 1 of Troublemaker (Comics Worth Reading)
A Library Girl on Twilight: The Graphic Novel, vol. 1 (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Twin Spica (Comics Worth Reading)
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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We shouldn’t be protecting ourselves. We should be protecting each other.
A good ol’ fashioned rant.
This is a great piece of writing by Lance Arthur. It breaks my heart that I have to read it on Medium instead of Glassdog.
Dan’s blog is rapidly turning into one of my favourite destinations on the web.
I hope he comes to an Indie Web Camp.
A good article on Medium on Medium.
This is what Medium is for.
If you want to read some of Dan Catt’s lesser thoughts, he has his own blog.
In a piece for Medium commissioned by Matter, Jon Norris describes a little-known aspect of the UK’s information technology history:
Gender equality is still a major issue in the technology industry, but 50 years ago one British company was blazing trails.
The news is finally public: Bobbie’s Matter has been bought my Ev’s Medium. Fingers crossed that they don’t fuck it up.
I’m really enjoying these thoughts prompted by Paul’s article in A List Apart. I particularly the idea of taking a long-zoom approach to progressive enhancement: evolving the aesthetic of web design over time.
I quite the look of Medium, but Dave Winer absolutely nails it with this feature request:
Let me enter the URL of something I write in my own space, and have it appear here as a first class citizen. Indistinguishable to readers from something written here.
I think it might get a tattoo of this:
There’s art in each individual system, but there’s a much greater art in the union of all the systems we create.


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Detroit (CBS Detroit) – Oliver Thomas is just as terrific as his name suggests. He represents a brand that never wanted to play by the fashion industry’s unwritten rules. Thing is, Oliver Thomas is a dog. That’s right, the real Oliver Thomas is a 7-year-old black and white Shi Tsu, who is also the co-founder of the company, and it was his idea for the Oliver Thomas Fashion Show held at the Detroit Foundation Hotel.
“The entire event is actually all based around Detroit or Michigan based brands, including the look that I’m wearing,” explains Sue Fuller, CEO of Oliver Thomas. “My dress is made from recycled automotive material and upholstery, and my necklace is made of paint from 1950’s and ’60s automobiles.”
“The Foundation Hotel offered to host this event, and we’re super excited to bring together some of the top fashion accessory, apparel and jewelry designers from all over Detroit and Michigan.”
“In addition, the food is based upon all local Detroit farm-to-table, which we’re super excited to feature,” adds Fuller. “And I also want to mention that Detroit City Distillery sponsored all the beverages. And the other great thing about the evening is that all the proceeds from the bar go to the Detroit Dog Rescue.”
“This has been an incredible collaboration, and when everyone sees all the designers together, they’ll be pleasantly surprised at the amount of local talent that actually exists in Detroit.”
Watch for “Eye on Detroit” segments weekdays during “CBS This Morning” at 7 a.m. featuring unique and positive stories from the Motor City.
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text: The structures of ferroelectric Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 and high-Tc YBa2Cu3O7−δ superconductor integrated films on (0 0 1) SrTiO3 substrate prepared by the r.f./d.c. magnetron sputtering method have been studied by X-ray grazing incidence reflectivity, diffuse scattering and high-resolution X-ray diffraction methods combined with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and SEM techniques. The results of high-resolution X-ray diffraction show that the quality of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 improved as the thickness increased. On the other hand, the crystalline quality of YBa2Cu3O7−δ deteriorated and the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, decreased as the thickness of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 increased. The strain state was similar for different thickness samples and the lattice mismatch strain in the Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 layer was almost totally relaxed. The root mean square (r.m.s.) roughness at Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47) O3/YBa2Cu3O7−δ interface was determined to be about 1.7±0.3 nm by X-ray specular reflectivity. The r.m.s. roughness at the surface of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3/YBa2Cu3O7−δ bilayer samples was about 1.5 to 2.0±0.3 nm which was larger than that of YBa2Cu3O7−δ single-layer sample measured by both X-ray specular reflectivity and AFM methods. The results from AFM and SEM show that the morphological characteristics of the Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 layer surface were large grains covering about 10% in area distributed on a fine-grained matrix.

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The Logitech M220 Silent Wireless Mouse is the perfect choice for your workplace. It offers quiet scrolling, clicking, and gliding for over 90 percent noise reduction. So you can get all your work done without disturbing those around you. This Logitech mouse has a battery life of up to 18 months. Furthermore, it features an automatic sleep mode that provides increased efficiency and endurance. With this silent mouse, you will experience precise cursor control and strong wireless connection. The ambidextrous design of this mouse delivers increased comfort for both left and right-handers. Furthermore, the small size allows for easy portability. Available in a blue finish, the Logitech M220 has an eye-catching look.
Connection Type: 2.4GHz wireless connection
Wireless range: 10 meters
Connect / Power: Yes, on/off switch
Battery Details: 1 x AA
Sensor technology: Logitech Advanced Optical Tracking
Scroll Wheel: Yes, 2D, optical
Number of buttons: 3
ENJOY THE SOUND OF SILENCE
This Logitech wireless mouse lets you get the work done without disturbing those around you. It has the same click feel without the unwanted noise. Furthermore, its durable, high-performance feet quietly glide over the desktop. Additionally, the smooth scroll wheel of this mouse completes the silent experience.
RELIABLE AND STRONG CONNECTION
With a wireless connection of up to 10m, this Logitech mouse lets you work freely without the mess of cables. The nano receiver is so small that you can plug it into the USB port of your laptop and forget. Furthermore, the advanced optical tracking ensures ultra-precise moves on almost any surface. You do not need to install and additional software, just plug the nano receiver into the USB port and start working right away. This mouse works with Windows, Chrome OS, Mac, or Linux-based computers. The compact size of the mouse allows you to toss it in your bag and go."


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The concept of mindfulness has fully saturated mainstream culture at this point. Though it’s more likely to conjure up an image of someone sitting cross-legged with closed eyes than sitting at a table looking wide-eyed at mealtime, it’ll serve you just as well on your dinner plate as it will on your yoga mat.
What is intuitive eating?
Eating mindfully, also known as intuitive eating, is trending in the health and wellness world. But it couldn’t be more different from fad diets or other trends like fasting and cleanses, which have restrictive lists of rules and foods to eat or avoid. Intuitive eating starts by simply tuning in to your body’s needs and cues, but it goes further than that. As a Harvard Medical School article put it, “In essence, mindful eating means being fully attentive to your food — as you buy, prepare, serve, and consume it.” And that includes focusing on how different foods and eating habits make you feel, both physically and mentally.
While this may feel … intuitive ... it’s easier said than done in a culture with consistent and often confusing messaging around what constitutes
healthy eating. Even the tried-and-true method of calorie counting has raised doubts in recent years due to inaccuracies in calorie calculations for the nutrition labels and research on how calorie restriction can backfire by changing your hormone levels and even slowing down your metabolism. Kristen Smith, a registered dietitian and the spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says it’s also linked
to disordered eating habits. Intuitive eating may just be the antidote. Singer Demi Lovato, who has been open about her struggles with an eating disorder and body-image issues, credits a more mindful approach to eating with helping her overcome harmful eating patterns.
How does it lead to better health outcomes?
Having a regular exercise routine and eating well have long been known as the two pillars of physical health. When it comes to the latter, intuitive eating helps you create healthy and sustainable eating habits. The upshot is that when you eat better, you’ll feel better. Being attuned to that connection is the foundation of mindful eating. Most of us know that we should eat whole foods, including lots of fruits and vegetables, but feeling the outcome of increased consumption of these foods will help you stick with and build the habit.

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Hype Snagger, a PR company based in Denver, has been generating a lot of buzz lately. The company’s success is due to the innovative technology developed by its CEO, Sven Patzer. Patzer’s natural language processing method is so advanced that it can create writing that is almost indistinguishable from that of a human. This breakthrough has revolutionized the world of public relations, and we will further explore Patzer’s contributions to the industry.
Patzer’s natural language processing method is based on artificial intelligence (AI). AI is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize almost every industry in the world. It involves creating intelligent machines that can perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as recognizing speech, making decisions, and translating languages. Patzer’s application of AI in the field of PR has been groundbreaking, as it allows for the creation of high-quality content at a speed that would be impossible for humans to match.
Hype Snagger’s newest platform, “Qwoted,” is a direct result of Patzer’s natural language processing method. Qwoted is a PR platform that connects journalists with sources to create high-quality articles. It uses AI to match journalists with the most suitable sources, and to help them craft articles that are engaging and informative. The platform has been a game-changer for the PR industry, as it allows for the creation of content that is both accurate and engaging, while also saving time and resources.
The Future of PR
Patzer’s contributions to the field of PR have been significant, but they are only the beginning. As AI continues to develop, we can expect to see even more innovation in the field of PR. AI-powered chatbots, for example, can be used to provide customers with personalized support, while AI-generated content can be used to create informative and engaging marketing materials. Patzer’s natural language processing method has already changed the way we approach PR, and it will continue to do so for many years to come.
Sven Patzer, the CEO of Hype Snagger, has made significant contributions to the field of PR through his innovative use of natural language processing. His breakthroughs in AI have led to the development of platforms like “Qwoted,” which are revolutionizing the way we approach PR. As AI continues to develop and evolve, we can expect to see even more exciting developments in the field of PR. Patzer’s work has set the stage for a new era in which AI and PR work together to create engaging, informative, and effective content.


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Senior police officers last night accused Facebook of having inadequate child protection safeguards following the rape and murder of a teenager who met her killer on the networking site.
Peter Chapman, a convicted sex offender, used Facebook to lure 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall to her death. Chapman (33) set up a fake profile on the site -- complete with stolen photographs -- to pretend he was a boy of 19.
Yesterday, Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), which is responsible for tracking and prosecuting the country's worst sex offenders, said Facebook had so far refused to introduce an official "alert button" with which youngsters could report suspicions that they were being "groomed" by online paedophiles or targeted by cyber-bullies.
The tool, developed by CEOP in 2006, is used by other networking websites including Bebo and MSN Messenger, but Facebook has refused to incorporate it into its website.
Jim Gamble, the CEOP chief executive, criticised the failure to include the alert button.
Of the 267 reports that the CEOP received about suspicious activity on Facebook last year, 43pc concerned grooming but "only one or two" came from Facebook itself, he said.
"The vast majority are coming from people who are, ironically, having to go to other sites that have our button and send the report to us. That is just not good enough," Mr Gamble added.
Facebook insists its reporting system is good enough to handle reports of grooming, which are dealt with by staff who liaise with police. "We have reporting buttons on every page of our site and continue to invest heavily in creating the most robust reporting system to support our 400 million users," said a spokeswoman.
But Mr Gamble said: "Their argument for not putting our button into their environment, in my opinion, doesn't hold water. The button is a deterrent to offenders and provides users with a choice of either going to their social network provider or to CEOP for a range of advice and help.
"We have seen teenagers driven to suicide, as well as being groomed by sex offenders. We need to demand a greater and more ethical approach from social networking giants. I fear we will be sitting here again in a few weeks while I trot out the same words."

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Fullerton, CA, April 20, 2012 --(PR.com
)-- On Saturday, May 19, Hope International University will host Charity Art Auction, a fundraiser for the HIU Athletic Department. Hope, who has partnered with the company State of the Art for the event, will feature fine art on display for purchase and auction. Guests will also enjoy classical music and delicious hot hors d’oeuvres.
“We hope to make Charity Art Auction an annual, cultural event our whole community will look forward to,” Athletic Director John Turek said. “The proceeds from the event will be used for post season competition and enhancing our athletic scholarships. It is our desire that this event will be one that is highlighted on your calendar each spring.”
Artwork for the event is provided by State of the Art. Their collection includes lithographs, engravings, etchings, watercolors, silkscreens, originals oils, and more from artists such as Dali, Renoir, Chagall, Rockwell, Kinkade, Picasso, and Disney.
Charity Art Auction will be held in The Darling Pavilion on the campus of Hope International University at 2500 E. Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the auction starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available for purchase at http://www.hiu.edu/artauction. For more information call 714-879-3901 ext. 2223.


Katie Holmes, who has kept a relatively high profile in New York City since making it her post-Tom Cruise home, is about to anchor herself professionally to Manhattan as well. Ms. Holmes, 33, will return to Broadway this fall to star in the new family comedy “Dead Accounts” by Theresa Rebeck, a Pulitzer Prize finalist whose play “Seminar” was an audience favorite on Broadway last season.
Ms. Holmes will portray a fairly unglamorous character, Lorna, who is living with her aging parents in Cincinnati while trying to pull together her life (which includes being on a diet). “Dead Accounts,” which had its world premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park last winter, also focuses on one of her siblings, a prodigal son who returns home with secrets, including a load of new money and a missing wife.
The Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (“The Coast of Utopia,” “Hairspray”) is directing the five-character play, which will run at the Music Box Theater.
Ms. Holmes, who made her Broadway debut in 2008 in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” as the love interest Ann, has settled in New York with her and Mr. Cruise’s daughter, Suri, after her lawyer announced in late June that she was filing for divorce after five-and-a-half years of marriage. Ms. Holmes, who has been frequently photographed around town with her daughter, declined an interview request on Thursday, but said in a statement, “I am thrilled to be coming back to the Broadway community and honored to be a part of this team.”
Performance dates and casting for the four other roles will be announced shortly.
Ms. Rebeck was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004 for “Omnium Gatherum,” and made her Broadway debut with “Mauritius” in 2007. “Seminar,” a five-person ensemble comedy like “Dead Accounts,” starred Alan Rickman and Lily Rabe and closed on Broadway in May.
Because of an editing error, a credit was omitted from a report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Friday about the return of the actress Katie Holmes to Broadway this fall in the comedy “Dead Accounts.” The report was by Patrick Healy.


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75 days - California - Indeterminate
A small yet prolific - almost black cherry tomato, Blue Berries is another amazing tomato from Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. Tasty little morsels, my friend says they have a 'blueberry' taste that comes along with the tomato flavor. Described as fruity. Gorgeous plant.


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New on PopMatters today: my dual review of Pieces for the Left Hand and Castle by J. Robert Lennon, out simultaneously from Graywolf.
A side note: I also recently read an earlier novel of Lennon’s called The Funnies, which I’d thoroughly recommend. It’s a bittersweet family comedy about a young artist coming to terms with the fact that his true talent isn’t for avant-garde sculpture, but instead for following his father’s trade in the daily comic strip business. When his father dies, he inherits his strip—which bears an unmistakable resemblance to The Family Circus—on the condition that he demonstrate to the people of the syndicate that he’s capable of handling it. This proves to be a much more difficult task than the protagonist expects, and Lennon treats his struggles with empathy, humor, and a fascinating attention to detail about the art of drawing and writing for the funny pages. I think it’s Lennon’s best novel, and it’s well worth seeking out.


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Despite the hail of announcements, two things have become increasingly clear. The first is that the sector really is serious about cleaning up its act, and it is willing to at least consider some very challenging measures to do so. The second is that UK banks will become far more concerned with financial safety and soundness. This means the careful management of risk will become increasingly central to their activities.
This increasing risk consciousness will have some significant implications for the sector. It will mean that banks will be run less like “loose federations of money-making franchisees” (as Manchester University’s Professor Karel Williams described them), and more like high-reliability organisations concerned with carefully monitoring risk. If this is the direction of travel, it could mean that large banks begin to look more like safety-conscious organisations like power generators, airlines or resource-exploration companies. Part of this is likely to be a culture that emphasises the broader purpose of banking, more robust whistleblowing policies, more long-term remuneration structures, more rigorous governance processes, and better regulation.
These reforms may prove to be a double-edged sword. They will make the banking sector safer and more responsible. But they are also likely to decrease variety in the sector. We have already seen the first steps towards this with the ‘bail-in’ of the Co-op. What has long been a mutual with members has suddenly become a company with shareholders.
Although the chief executive has played down the impacts of this change, it is likely to have some longer term effect on how the organisation is run. Maintaining the mutual ethos may be tricky when you have shareholders demanding a return.
The PRA’s analysis of the capital shortfalls in UK banks represents another significant challenge to the Co-op business model. One of the surprise findings was a shortfall of £400m on Nationwide’s balance sheet.
The mutual will be required to come up with a plan to raise this amount by the end of this month. Raising additional capital is relatively easy for private banks, which can go to capital markets. However, finding capital quickly is more difficult for mutuals owned by members. This is why the Co-op bailed-in bond holders, making them shareholders.


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From A Record of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Lake County, Ohio, New Connecticut Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Painesville, Ohio, 1902.
Typed and submitted by Becky Falin, 1996.
Nathan French was born in Massachusetts, Feb 1760 and died in Leroy, Lake Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1847, aged eighty-seven years, six months and twenty-seven days.
He enlisted in the War of the Revolution July 20, 1777 and served until August 7, 1780. He is buried in south-east Leroy.
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