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Today, the only thing on my "to do" list (in my mind only) was to go to the grocery store, so the day yawned long and empty before me. Here are the things I did to fill it:
1. Browse at Barnes & Noble. I'm not a good browsing shopper but I do better in bookstores than clothing stores. I came away with a book for a gift and a copy of Ruth Reichl's newest book, For You, Mom--Finally. Reichl, once restaurant reviewer for the NY Times and then editor of Gourmet, is one of my favorite food writers.
2. Browse at the nursery. I bought some impatiens for a shady spot on my porch--bought two and found only one wiill fit in the pot I brought from the garage--have to rethink that. I also bought more basil--who can ever have too much of that? And some cactus--ah, now that's an experiment. Really pretty and should look good in that shallow bird feeder on my porch table--but how to plant them without sticking myself to pieces. My solution: ask Greg to plant them (I warned him to bring gloves!)
3. Go to the grocery.
4. Do the little household chores you've been putting off.
5. Read a good mystery--always a given for me. This time it was Michele Scott's A Toast to Murder. I've become a big fan of Scott's winery books, started this brand new one last night and finished it tonight.
6. Do your volunteer calling for the church, which you've forgotten for two days.
7. Take a nap--another given for me.
8. Do a yoga workout.
9. Cook for yourself. Tonight I roasted two chicken thighs with soy, garlic powder, and seasoned salt. Mark Bittman cooked some on the TODAY show the other day and it reminded me how much I like chicken thighs. Of course, he used soy, fresh ginger, and I can't remember what else. I also roasted a butternut squash I'd had in the fridge for a while--wonder if I put enough butter and brown sugar with it if Jacob might eat it tomorrow night? I also sauteed myself some sugar snap peas. A delicious dinner, probably not too many points, and all good for you, except the skin on the chicken.
10. Catch up on other people's blogs and write your own.
There's probably more, but it's been a most satisfying day. Tomorrow I'll probably go to church, and then Jacob is mine from noon to 8 p.m. He still takes naps, so that's okay. Rue the day he stops napping. I'll put him in a cage for "quiet time" so I can nap.


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Gah, I wish I could nominate this. This is an excellent Haiku! Very unique in wording but tells a beautiful and great story all the same.
by Milly Hayward
The simplest things in life are the most wonderful. Rain and Sun the two most valuable components for life. Milly x
They certainly are Miss Milly :) x
by CRAFTY KEN
Beauty in simplicity!
Nice work Mike
Thank you Ken
Very clever Michael! Love this!
Thanks Mark :)

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Tilak Verma Nitish Rana Rituraj Gaikwad Deepak Hooda Can Be Selected In Indian Team For The South Africa Series
South Africa Series: The matches of IPL 2022 season are...
South Africa Series: The matches of IPL 2022 season are on. Big batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been disappointing with the bat this season. Young players like Tilak Verma, Nitish Rana, Rituraj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda have impressed a lot with their performance. Apart from this, veteran batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who is running out of Team India, has also been seen in excellent form. Actually, it is believed that these players can get a place in the Indian team for the upcoming T20 series against South Africa. Also, Shikhar Dhawan may return after a long time.
Deepak Hooda, playing for Lucknow Super Joints (LSG), is running in excellent form. Looking at this form of Hooda, it is believed that he can be included in Team India for the upcoming series against South Africa. Hooda has scored 406 runs in 13 matches so far this season at an average of 31.23. At the same time, Hooda’s strike rate during this period has been 133.55.
This season has been great for Punjab Kings (PBKS) opener Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan has scored 421 runs in 13 matches so far this season. During this, Dhawan’s average was 38.27 while the strike rate was 122.74.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Rituraj Gaikwad impressed a lot with his batting last season. At the same time, this season also the great performance of Rituraj Gaikwad continues. This season Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener has so far scored 366 runs in 13 matches at an average of 28.15. During this, the strike rate of Rituraj Gaikwad has been 128.42.
Tilak Verma, playing for Mumbai Indians (MI), is being called the discovery of this season. Tilak has so far scored 368 runs in 12 matches at an average of 40.89. At the same time, Tilak Verma’s strike rate during this period has been 132.85. This season Tilak Verma has pulled his team Mumbai Indians (MI) out of difficult situations on many important occasions.
Nitish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has so far scored 319 runs in 13 matches at an average of 26.58. During this, Rana’s strike rate was 139.30. Apart from this, Nitish Rana has hit 22 sixes and 20 fours so far this season.
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A 'highly trusted player' in a £3.5 million money laundering racket ran the international operation from a flat in Levenshulme.
Jamshed Bhatti, 60, who is on the run, claimed he was living 'hand to mouth' from the flat on Stockport Road.
In fact handwritten records showed that almost £3.5 million had passed through his hands in the three months prior to a search of his property.
Police also found more than £50,000 in cash there.
Bhatti didn't have a job, and hadn't paid income tax since 2006.
But officers found a staggering amount of money had passed through him, to help criminals launder their dirty money.
A judge said Bhatti had 'no remotely credible explanation' for being in possession of the cash, the ledgers or bank transfer and deposit slips recovered.
His records contained more than 1,500 incoming and outgoing amounts of cash, rising from £1,000 to £160,000. The records contained no detail of where the money came from, or where it went.
Manchester Crown Court heard how one of Bhatti's money laundering schemes involved hijacking legitimate payments made by a legitimate business without their knowledge.
The court heard that huge cash sums were also transferred through and held in high street banks across Greater Manchester.
Bhatti told investigators from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs that that the money originated from his import and export business, J&F Traders Ltd, a company which he said facilitated trade between Pakistan and the UK.
But no records of the business could be found, with no VAT registration or any tax returns being recovered.
Bhatti also told police that he wasn't a money launderer, and that the money had come from abroad and may be used as an investment for his son, or for a wedding.
He fled the country and absconded to Pakistan.
Bhatti was convicted of money laundering in his absence.
Sentencing was adjourned for 28 days to give Bhatti the opportunity to return if he wished, but Judge Hilary Manley passed sentence without him.
Judge Manley said: "You were a highly trusted player in an international money laundering arrangement.
"You held a vital managerial role. Millions of pounds were laundered, benefiting criminals overseas.
"Under your management, huge sums of criminally acquired money were transferred through and held in high street banks in Greater Manchester.
"You had no legitimate source of income. You had no remotely credible explanation for the cash, the ledgers or the massive amount of bank transfer and deposit slips found in your flat.
"You fled to Pakistan, from where you sought to persuade the court to adjourn your trial once again, and when that failed, you tried for a while to control the proceedings from overseas.
"The law catches up with people in the end, and the law will catch up with you."
The judge jailed Bhatti for six-and-a-half years. A warrant is out for his arrest.
After the hearing, Tony Capon, assistant director of HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service, said: "The amounts of money described in Bhatti’s ledgers are staggering and he resorted to concocting an imaginary company to try and explain his criminal activity.
"Bhatti will be jailed if he steps foot in the UK and we would appeal for anyone with information about his whereabouts to get in touch.
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"People involved in money laundering help to fund the illegal activities of organised crime gangs. We will not hesitate to seize proceeds of crime and investigate anyone who may be involved.
"I would urge anyone with information about this type of crime or the whereabouts of Bhatti to report it to HMRC online, or call our Fraud Hotline on 0800 788 887."
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Saudi Arabia’s mega project, Neom, moves closer to reality daily. In the latest development, Neom Hotel Development has announced a strategic agreement with General Hotel Management Ltd (GHM) as the second hotel partner for Trojena.
With its unique blend of natural and developed landscapes, Chedi Trojena will be the first major outdoor skiing destination for residents and visitors, offering a range of human-centric experiences.
The new development in the kingdom’s highest mountain range is part of the $500 billion mega-city Neom in Tabuk, northwestern Saudi Arabia.
There are six distinctive development districts – within Trojena: Gateway, Discover, Valley, Explore, Relax, and Fun. Visitors can go to each destination based on their mood and desired activities.
The Chedi Trojena will be a new global destination for mountain tourism, offering a luxurious outdoor ski resort where sporting events, art exhibitions, concerts, and cultural festivals will be performed.
The average temperature around the year remains 10 degrees Celsius lower than in other cities in the country, but it drops below zero in the winter.
The outdoor skiing experience in Trojena, which is approximately 2,600 meters high above sea level, is unlike any other in the region, especially in Gulf countries renowned for their desert climates.
Additionally, ‘The Bow’ hotel will be located here, described as an architectural masterpiece offering an unrivaled hotel experience.
Other highlights of the development include:
- A ski village.
- The vertical vault village.
- The artificial lake.
- The wildlife reserve.
- The observatory.
- The ultra-luxury mansions.
Trojena will also include ‘Slope Residences’ that blend in with the natural surroundings and overlook the ski slopes.
Construction on Trojena
Construction on Trojena started in December 2022 and will welcome its first guests in 2026. It also aims to host the venue of the 2029 Asian Winter Games.
Visitors worldwide will come to Trojena to visit, holiday, and engage in winter sports activities.
As told above, they have divided the project into separate clusters and planned programs to attract different types of visitors at different points of the year.
September to November is wellness season when yoga retreats, alternative medicine summits, artist’s residencies, and entertainment residencies will take place.
December to March is the winter season and will be the perfect time for a host of snow-based sports. Tourists can look forward to skiing, snowboarding, winter fashion week, and ice skating.
Between March and May, the adventure season, people can opt for outdoor activities such as high-altitude training, mountain biking, paragliding, and even climbing.
From May to September, there are music festivals, food festivals, art fairs, cultural events, and yoga retreats in Lake Season.
And the summer months will see activities focused on the lake with food festivals, light shows, art fairs, and other cultural events.
It is expected that by 2030, Trojena will attract 700,000 visitors and 7,000 permanent residents.
The Neom Hotel Development company has announced its inaugural hotel partnership with Ennismore. The agreement will result in the opening of two of Ennismore’s brands in Trojena – 25 Hours Hotels and Morgans Originals.
In addition to adding to the tourism industry in the region, Chedi Trojena is a unique example of how Saudi Arabia creates destinations based on its unique geography and environment.
By 2030, Trojena will bring more than 10,000 jobs and generate SAR 3 billion to the kingdom’s GDP.


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Currently, federal laws regulating schools and school districts are either ambivalent regarding the school experiences of gender variant youth or appear to condone the discrimination and harassment those youth face on a daily basis. However, in reality, those laws can be used to provide the very protections and supports gender variant youth need to be able to learn in a safe and supportive school environment. This workshop will explore the mechanics of using those laws to advocate for gender variant youth who are experiencing difficulty and distress in school due to their gender expression. Through hypothetical scenarios that mirror the common experiences of gender variant youth, this workshop will provide parents with the basic legal knowledge and tools to invoke federal law protections to improve the school experiences of their children.
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After nearly lifetime of slavery, I broke free from the cephalopodic clutches of the Evangelical Assemblies of God about one year ago this month. Having graduated from an Assemblies of God college and worked as a pastor, I always managed to drown my nagging doubts and rational impulses in a well of faith. But what started as a simple reexamination of my beliefs quickly became a full-fledged deconversion, partly because of “The Root of All Evil” and “The Blind Watchmaker”. The depth of truth and the affirmation of rationality as a method of knowing truth struck to the core of my existence – it freed me from a horrifically superstitious and irrational worldview. Although this change has been the source of an unimaginable amount of pain and dislocation in my family and circle of friends (what friends?), I still wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart and my newly free mind . I would not trade an ounce of my newfound freedom for a pound of my previous ignorant security.
Now for the question. As a Christian I had made it my habit to contact the writer of any work that I read and respected to ask them to answer the following:
“If you had to pick ten books that every human should read, what would they be?”
I received many answers and populated my library shelves with what I know now to be literal nonsense. If only I could recover the years spent reading and studying . . .
As a non-Christian who is rebuilding after a lifetime of ignorance, this is doubly important to me now. My library walls have been slowly repopulating with works that exalt rationality and truth, but I have a long way to go. I assure you that any recommendations that you make will be purchased and studied with the fervour that only a recovering Christian can muster.
I realize that you are certainly a busy man and I would appreciate any tidbits of thought that you could drop my way.


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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a documentary film, travel guide and labour of love about The Beatles. In the course of an hour the director and presenter, Fabrice Ziolkowski visits the places in Liverpool and London that were important to the Fab Four. He also does this during International Beatle Week and he discovers that the group attracts many different fans and that this admiration really knows no bounds.
As far as Beatles documentaries go, this one actually reveals very little about the legends’ story and there is no original footage from The Beatles offered here. Instead, Ziolkowski interviews Peter Grant, a fan and Beatleologist plus quite a few musicians who perform in Beatle tribute acts. While it’s interesting to see that The Beatles appeal to many different ages and races (there are musicians here from Finland, Spain, Japan, Holland, England, America and Norway) the actual documentary’s story itself lacks a clear arc. Instead it just seems like dozens of tribute performances and a lot of musical covers thrown together.
Along the way, Ziolkowski uncovers “traces” of the group at St. Peter’s Church in Woolton (where John Lennon would meet the then 15-year old Paul McCartney), Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and the boys’ four childhood homes, plus he also undertakes a magical mystery tour and makes a pilgrimage to Abbey Road Studios. But a lot of these places are already on or ticked off of the bucket lists of any self-respecting fan (along with Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, which are also visited here). Another point the director failed to mention is that the Cavern is not the original one or the other places around London that are relevant to the Beatles (e.g. the former Apple shop or the site of the rooftop gig). He also failed to play the group’s contemporaries, like Gerry & The Pacemakers when he showed a ferry crossing the River Mersey.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! has some interesting moments but you can’t help but shake the feeling that this is just a travelogue or series of postcards from a fan visiting Liverpool during International Beatle Week. Although it’s fascinating to show the endurance and mass-appeal of the group, especially in the context of the various races tackling tribute acts (like the Japanese bands’ respectful homages and the former members of the USSR who were not allowed to hear the Fab Four during the Soviet era), it does ultimately fall short and you can’t help but wonder if perhaps all of the best stories related to the group have already been mined. So while Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! may offer some good details to the casual fans, the more diehard admirers will already know and likely have visited the relevant places in Liverpool and beyond – or indeed International Beatle Week – and formed their own opinions.
Review Score: ONE AND A HALF STARS (OUT OF FIVE)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! screened as part of STUDIO Loves: The Beatles on the Foxtel channel STUDIO.

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The Florida Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday that it will decide if the Florida gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
The state’s 2nd District Court of Appeals asked Florida’s highest court to settle the issue due to “great public importance.”
It looks like Indiana and Wisconsin could be the next states to legalize gay marriage. Judges heard arguments defending the gay marriage bans in both states on Tuesday. One of the judges, a Republican appointee, even compared the bans to laws that once prevented interracial marriage.
A federal appeals court denied a request on Wednesday to stay a decision by a judge made last month that clears the way for gay marriage in Virginia. That means same-sex couples could be tying the knot as soon as August 20th.
[Editor's note: The first part of the article below reports the news of a judges decision to uphold the ban on gay marriage in Tennessee. The second part of this article is the author's opinion. The latter is distinctly marked as such.]
A Tennessee judge has ruled that the state’s ban on gay marriage and that the constitution of the United States does not protect a same-sex couple’s right to get married.


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How to Take Great Food Photos | Bay Area Food Photographer Tina Case
What is it about great food photography that makes us want to take a bite right off the screen or page? It's about the lighting, the right angle and, of course, a great photographer! Sure we see lots of our friends posting photos of what they are about to eat (or in the process of eating) on Facebook and Instagram with a zillion #foodie hashtags. Many of those photos are great. What separates out the great food photos from the so-so food photos?
As a photographer the "feedback" - pun intended - I receive from clients when I take food photos is that the image instantly makes their mouth water and want to taste, smell, touch and of course, eat the food in front of them.
I first started taking food photos for a client who owned a farm fresh-to-table business. She had amazing fresh vegetables and fruits to photograph. I started pouring over various websites about food photography to learn more about how to take great food photos. One of my favorite food photography sites is Miki Duisterhof. Check out her website and galleries for amazing food examples.
Then I just start shooting - all of the food in front of me. My friend's food, my family's food - any food I could get my hands on. What began as a project has become a great way to build my portfolio and clientele base. My first food contact lead to on-going regular work with a number of restaurants, diners, food trucks and food businesses including Dishcrawl, the amazing brainchild of founder Tracy Lee. Tracy's entrepreneurial spirit has spawned hundred's of Dishcrawls around the country - and beyond.
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Lollipop (T8-S Plus & T8 Mini)
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If I’ve got an HDMI lead and an optical lead in at the same time, this settings allows the TOSLINK digital audio out (optical lead) to work in general.
Once Settings have been configured for either version of Android:
Within the Android app from YouTube, audio is produced from my amp. In Kodi, using default settings with SPDIF passthrough set, 5.1 (AAC encoded, Looper rip from Navi-X) worked, however I couldn’t tell about DD encoding as my hardware predates that. A few people have mentioned in the forum the importance of needing to set Number of Channels: to 2.0 in Kodi’s System area, then System again and Audio Output. Please click “Reset above settings to default” first, then double check channels is (confusingly) set to 2.0
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With the coming of Spring, so comes the sunshine, the warmth….and the dandelions!
If you’re like us, you don’t spray chemicals on your lawn, so you have organic dandelions.
Why not try your hand at making some Dandelion Wine?
We’ve been making our own Dandelion Wine for years now.
We never make a lot, but we do get a small batch of wild wine going each Spring.
If this is going to be your first time making any kind of wine at home, you will need a wine making equipment kit.
It’s a one time investment and will pay for itself with the first batch of wine.
Dandelion Wine is light and delicious – give it a try this year.
How to Make Dandelion Wine
Makes 1 gallon
3 quarts dandelion heads (no stalks)
3 quarts boiling water
1 pound seedless raisins
3 sliced oranges
3 sliced lemons
1 quart water
1 tsp wine yeast
Gather dandelions and put them in a freshly washed crock.
Note: I have not picked off the green at the back of the flower, but there are no stems in there.
Pour boiling water over dandelion heads, enough to cover. Then cover the crock with a clean towel and let stand overnight.
The next day, strain through cheesecloth, pressing until dry. Put strained liquid into a plastic pail or crock.
Cutting up the lemons and oranges to add. These will add a wonderful citrus flavour to the wine.
Add oranges, lemons, raisins and a sugar syrup made from boiling 1/2 pound sugar with 1 quart water.
Add the wine yeast. Cover and ferment for 15 days, stirring every day.
On the last day, you need to make a sugar syrup.
Use 1 pound sugar and 2 cups water and heat it on the stove.
You don’t want it to boil, you just want to dissolve the sugar.
Make sure the mixture is warm, give it another stir and remove from the heat. Let it cool.
Strain fermented juice through cheesecloth and add cooled syrup.
We put the fruit into a colander and just let the juice drip out.
It is likely best to NOT mash the fruit as this can result in cloudy wine.
Instead, just leave it for several hours to allow all the liquid to drip out.
Pour into a gallon jug fitted with a fermentation lock. Leave in a warm place until all fermentation has stopped.
I like to wrap an old towel around the jug to keep the light out.
Racking and Bottling Your Dandelion Wine
After about 4 weeks, rack it down into another jug. Notice the sediment in the bottom of the jug on the right.
You want to rack it without disturbing this sediment.
Over time you rack it again and again….and each time you are left with clearer wine.
This is because you leave the sediment on the bottom of the previous jug.
The longer it stays in the jugs between being racked down again, the better.
Wait till it stops working to bottle it. Use a hydrometer to determine specific gravity.
If it is at .98 to .99 then the sugars have finished working and it is ready to be bottled.
Here is Dandelion Wine from 2010 all bottled. It was started in the early Spring of 2010.
This wine was not bottled until November 25, 2010.
We made 2 gallons and bottled it mostly in 375 ml bottles.
We gave it a try. It is fairly citrusy in flavour. It’s dry, probably a 00.
These bottles are going down to the wine cellar, to be brought out one at a time in a year or so. Enjoy!
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Everest, the Grandaddy of Walking Adventures
Eco-tourism in the Himalayas.
The valley is everything you'd want and more. An icy milky river thunders over rocks and below steep wooded slopes are lush fields where people are working the land, oblivious to the Gore-Tex procession. Oblivious but not unaffected: the houses are smart, the prayer wheels freshly painted, just about everyone has a mobile phone, it seems, and is on it, and there are very few places you can't get a signal around here. This is not really the place to come if you're looking for peace and quiet.

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It did not take long for Philadelphia to join the ranks of cities terrorized by perpetrators with assault rifles and loads of ammunition. Thank heavens our police and civilians did not suffer fatalities, but bullets whizzing past neighbors returning home, or trying to, from work, and whizzing past day care centers, with parents put on notice, not to dare try to come pick up their toddlers and children, gave everyone in the country palpitations.
Because the thug with the long rap sheet who kept shooting for hours on end had seven and one-half hours of television, from CNN and MSNBC to every single local Philly station covering the frightening event. The entire nation was invested in the terror.
I took particular interest because of the proximity to Temple University. Its Lewis Katz School of Medicine its dorms and classrooms. And, of course, Temple Hospital, where three of the six wounded officers were treated.
For eight years I worked at Temple University as a special assistant to President Peter Liacouras, and one of my jobs was to serve as secretary of the board of governors of Temple Hospital. During the period when I worked at Temple, the basketball team was number one in the country for about a month and a half, and I never missed a basketball game.
The games were usually at night, and I never was a bit concerned about walking alone to my car in the outdoor lot on Broad Street at 11 pm at night. I always felt the neighborhood was safe.
So watching the eight-hour stand-off unfold in real time on TV was more than a bit disconcerting.
I reached out to Dr. Larry Kaiser, the Main Liner who is the head of Temple’s med school and all its hospitals, and here is his commentary:
“The medical school and hospital were immediately placed on lockdown with periodic updates from Security sent via email and text. The hospital started limited egress after a couple of hours but the medical school was on lockdown until just after 7:00 PM. Our ED (Emergency Department) staff did a spectacular job of taking care of the injured officers as well as controlling the many local officials including the mayor, police commissioner and district attorney. Our ED staff is well prepared to handle situations like this and everything was under control. I was kept apprised of the extent of the injuries to the officers.”
From what I saw on TV and news coverage, everyone who was an elected or appointed official from the state of Pennsylvania, from Governor Tom Wolf to Senator Bob Casey to Mayor Kenney to Council President Darrell Clarke to State Senator Sharif Street to Councilwoman Cindy Bass – I lost track of all the officials who were milling around the entrance to Temple Hospital.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross was magnificent and managed the SWAT teams and hundreds literally, of police who responded to the call. Governor Wolf has appointed former Police Commissioner Charles (Chuck) Ramsey to a special task force.
Now if we could only get the Republicans in the state legislature to give up the stranglehold which the NRA has on them and just vote for some common sense gun laws, we could keep automatic rifles and multi-bullet rounds out of the hands of people who want to at as if they are in Afghanistan.
There are so many organizations, unfortunately, who have as their main mission to counteract gun violence, that I have trouble keeping track of all of them. I have to give credit to Lynne Honickman, the philanthropist, who started Moms Against Guns decades ago and led the effort to make our streets safe for everyone. Shira Goodman, back as CEO of Ceasefire PA, picked up the cudgel from Lynne. I wish everyone could share their passion and common sense. And when you meet a mother whose child has been the victim of a stray bullet – or a not-so-stray bullet – you will be moved. Hopefully moved to action.
Congress should gather up some courage and do the right thing, lest we turn into another El Paso or Dayton or Tree of Life or any other mass murder site. We were fortunate this time around, but we cannot count on luck every time. Thank you to the brave police and first responders and the North Philly neighbors who listened to their instructions and stayed in place while the shooting was going on.

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SOMERSET — The Somerset Baseball League presented awards to champions of its different divisions and all-stars at its family fun day held on Saturday at South Field Complex.
The Babe Ruth division champs were the Phillies. Players on that team were Kaidin Afienco, Ethan Botelho, Tyler Correia, Thomas Durette, Carter Ellis, Nicholas Forbes, Christian Golden, Jake Mello, Nick Mello, Zachary Pacheco, Connor Ryder, Evan Thomas and Devon Urena. The Phillies were managed by Kevin Mello and the coaches were Rob Durette and Darryl Forbes.
The round robin tournament champs in the Major Division were the Red Sox. Players for the Red Sox included Mitchell Bienvenue, Thomas Caton, Reed Fortier, Aaron Holewiak, Sean Kennedy, Jr., Aaron Klotch, Ryan McGlone, Jonathan Park, Thomas Rousseau, Jack Ryan, Jacob Santos and Brody St. Pierre. The Red Sox were managed by Jim Kloch and coaches were Bill Rousseau and Henry Santos.
The A's finished in second place in the round robin tournament of the Major Division. The players for the A's included Brandon Almeida, Collin Almeida, Zackary Almeida, Jack Benfeito, Jeremiah Erhard, Kyle Gauthier, Kodie Jezak, Grady LeMar, Andrew Oliveira, Brady Oliveira, Benjamin Sigman and Cameron Steever. The A's were managed by Dave Oliveira and the coaches were Matt Aspden and Dennis Almeida.
The Cardinals of the Minor Division came in first place in the Roy Stout Memorial Tournament. Players for the Cardinals included Joseph Blanchette, Dylan Brilliant, Charles Cabral, Michael Dolan, Chace Duarte, Luke Emond, Adam Jaglowski, Matthew Kay, Connor Mello, Jacob Monte, Ryland Pacheco, Jacob Poitras and Benjamin Saltmarsh. The Cardinals were managed by Adam Jaglowski and coaches were Jason Pacheco, Mike Dolan and John Saltmarsh.
The Red Sox of the Minor Division came in second place in the Roy Stout Memorial Tournament. The players for the Red Sox included Dominic Alderman, Matthew Almeida, Hailey Chasse, Joshua Cunha, Myles Isidoro, Evan Moniz, Kaden O'Connell, Benjamin Oliveira, Joshua Pacheco, Jordan Sousa, Davis Sullivan, Ian Sullivan and John Thibault. The Red Sox were managed by Dennis Almeida and coaches were Matt Aspden, Dave Oliveira and Keith Sullivan.
The Dodgers were the champs of the Rookie Division round robin tournament. Players for the Dodgers were Ben Alves, Julia Costa, Zach Costa, Gavin Dufault, Jacob Faria, Madden Huck, Nathan Medeiros, Jonathan MIguel, Aidan Mosher, Brady Mosher, Brayden Pimental, Lucas Saltmarsh and Zachary Todd. The Dodgers were managed by Jim Faria and the coaches were Kyle Alves, Corey Huck and Michael Miguel.
The Mets finished in second place in the round robin tournament of the Rookie Division. The players for the Mets were Ava Albernaz, Alex Collins, William Dionne, Clevante Gilman, Dean Gobeil, Jack Hansen, Max Hansen, Tyler McIntosh, Nathan Miguel, Abrahim Mushtaq, James Phenix and Madden Telles. The team was managed by Jarid Gobeil and coaches were Matt Dionne and Chris Phenix.
The 8U All-Star Team named the Sea Dog consisted of players Josh Garcia, Madden Huck, Brady Raymond, Sean Clark, Travis Plummer, Landon Richardson, Will Dionne, Dean Gobeil, Brady Carpenter, Nathan Medeiros, Mason Medeiros, C.J. Arcieri and Brayden Pimental. Coaches were Eric Garcia, Matt Dionne, Brian Pacheco and Vinny Medeiros.
The 9U All-Star Team consisted of players Dominic Alderman, Matthew Almeida, Dylan Brilliant, Brendan Chapman, Matthew Kay, Fenway Letendre, Tyson Medeiros, Benjamin Oliveira, Jacob Poitras, Mason Sawyer, Davis Sullivan and Jacob Torres. The team was coached by Chris Letendre, Dave Chapman, Keith Sullivan and Dennis Almeida.
The 10U All-Star Team consisted of Aaron Almeida, Kyle Belanger, Ethan Dias, Jacob Dorego, Tyler Gaspar, Myles Isidoro, Adam Jaglowski, Connor Mello, Joshua Pacheco, Ryland Pacheco, Christian Pimental and Benjamin Saltmarsh. The team was managed by Dave Gaspar and the coaches were Adam Jaglowski and Jay Pacheco.
The 11U All-Star Team consisted of players Evan Affonso, Christopher Cabral, Thomas Caton, Trevor Golden, Aaron Kloch, Collyn Lima, Thomas Rousseau, Jacob Santos, Benjamin Sigman, Brody St. Pierre, Keegan Sullivan and Joseph Viveiros. The manager was Jim Kloch and the coaches were Greg Cabral and Jeff Affonso.
The 12U All-Star Team consisted of players Jack Benfeito, Reed Fortier, Sean Gerry, Colby Kennedy, Grady LeMar, Nicholas Mahjoory, LIam McDonald, Darian Moniz, Brady Oliveira, Cameron Steever, Justin Try and Kyle Vieira. The team was coached by Dave Oliveira, Jon Pacheco, Matt Aspden and Joe LeMar.
The 14U travel team consisted of players Jayson Quental, Luke Faria, Matthew Shea, Devon Urena, Shawn Hickey, Henry Cheetham, Nick Forbes, Jake Mello, Connor Ryder, Tyler Correia, Tristen Costa-Prates, Jarrett Amaral and Michael Gagliardi. The assistant coaches were Nelson Quental, Jeff Faria, Kevin Mello and Sidney Urena.


With NPR news, Instagram, and Netflix at our fingertips, it’s easy to think we understand a place, even if we’ve never spent much time there. Amy Carst and her family moved to Uganda for four months, and they realized the Africa they’d heard about wasn’t the Africa they came to know.
Here’s her story:
It is 5:30 in the morning. I’m sitting under my mosquito netting with a cup of strong coffee while a preacher’s sermon is projected in the local Luganda language from a nearby church. When we arrived in Uganda, I was annoyed by this loud, peculiar, predawn disturbance. But now, it’s background noise, much like a window fan in summer or water flowing down a backyard stream.
At first, my kids thought this ritual was “scary” or “creepy”—now it’s normal. In Vermont, where we’re from and where we’ll return, thick blankets of snow muffle and mute every sound of life in the dark of morning. Will the silence disturb me from my sleep as this projected, foreign, male voice did when we first arrived here?
I often fear what I don’t understand. I think we all do. And I had fears before I came here based on what friends warned me about or what the news told me. But those fears were quickly assuaged, and my fear of Uganda was replaced with love for Uganda.
Here’s what I came to realize about Uganda and what replaced my fear with love:
Africa is a land of opportunity.
The phrase “unique business” is an oxymoron in America. As an entrepreneur, I am always trying to think of the next big idea. In the U.S., no matter how amazing, inspired, or unique an idea may be…it’s been done. I could wake in the morning, sit straight up in bed, and exclaim, “I’ve got it! A coffee shop that serves Ethiopian coffee, brewed in pineapple juice, served in beer steins by Uruguayan servers who ride around the shop on unicycles, singing the theme song from Grease!” And guaranteed someone already has it done. Not so in Africa. The potential here is astounding.
And that opportunity is being acted upon with exciting results.
Hundreds of successful tech companies have emerged from the technological revolution in Africa, including a huge game-changer, Mobile Money, which allows customers to text money deposited in a kiosk to a friend. The sender hands over the cash and provides the receiver’s cell number. The receiver then visits a mobile money kiosk in his or her local area and retrieves the funds.
Innovative, inspiring, and ingenious! And it’s expected these sorts of innovations will eventually make a global impact: By 2050, Africa’s GDP is projected to be more than the U.S. and the EU combined.
Problems don’t define Africa. People do.
On my first visit to Uganda, without my family, my priorities were to raise money, spread awareness about the problems there, and—quite honestly—relish in the knowledge that a mere 10 days in Africa had transformed me from ordinary to inspiring. As time went on, however, and I spent more time there, began doing business, made friends, and started to uncover the many layers of the country, my perspective changed.
Uganda doesn’t need my aid, charity, or pity so much as it needs business and investment from the inside out. Don’t get me wrong: aid and charity are still very much needed in Africa (I work with an orphanage, so I’m certainly not dissing aid). As is the case in most of the developing world, there are problems in Africa (corruption, poverty, and healthcare concerns are huge), but these issues don’t define this place. I see Africa as a place people can redefine, both from the inside and from beyond its borders. By reading about it, researching it, visiting, and talking about my experiences, I am changing the dialogue in my own small way.
Life has a stronger pulse here.
If you trip, fall, bump into something, drop something, or in any way deviate from the smooth, normal course of daily existence, complete strangers all turn to you—in unison—and say, “Sorry.” At first, I would respond, “Oh, it’s not your fault,” but I’ve changed my tune. I believe that this reflexive utterance of the word “sorry” from everyone within earshot or eyesight is proof of a collective consciousness.
Walk down any road and you will see life happening in every direction, in every storefront, on bicycles and on foot, in men chopping wood or selling pineapples, in women balancing impossible loads on their heads and carrying babies on their backs, in everyone laughing and talking and just being alive. Alive. I have begun to recognize the presence of something other than myself in everything I do here.
Follow Amy’s adventures on Medium @amylanecarst.


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Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan joined with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, Michigan Princess, and the Lansing Lugnuts in honoring the top ten statewide winners of the company’s 54th annual America & Me Essay Contest. In addition to a cash award of $1,000, and an additional $1,000 for the student’s school, the winners received recognition at the Michigan Secretary of State’s office in a ceremony with Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie, as VIP guests at a Lansing Lugnuts baseball game, and at luncheon ceremony while cruising the Grand River aboard the Michigan Prince Riverboat where they received plaques and medallions as their winning essays were highlighted.
See highlights from this year’s celebration:
The student essays for this, the 54th annual contest, were based on the topic, "My Personal Michigan Hero." The final ranking of the winners was determined by a panel of judges comprised of Farm Bureau Insurance’s CEO Don Simon; contest founder Jack Stucko; and one teacher from a top ten statewide school winner from the 2021-‘22 contest year. “This was a fabulous collection of essays,” said Simon. “It was truly difficult to select our winners this year. The caliber of each of the winning essays was remarkable.”
The top ten statewide winners included (in order of finish, from 10th to 1st place) Simon Kelly of Holy Trinity Catholic School in Comstock Park, Ryker Gill of West Iron County Middle School in Iron River, Hallie Van Tuyl ofNellie B. Chisholm Middle School in Montague (sponsored by agent, Rachel Levine), Katie Allen of Oxford Middle School in Oxford (sponsored by agent, Melisa Counelis), Harrison Sargent of Auburn Hills Christian School in Auburn Hills, Memphis Rickard of Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek in Hartland, Klara McArthur of Lakewood Middle School in Woodland, Christina Starr of St. Gerard School in Lansing (sponsored by agent, Tim Barry), Elisa Lopez of North Huron Schools in Kinde, and Taryn Bosman of Gaylord Middle School in Gaylord.
Read this year’s winning essays:
The America & Me Essay Contest was founded by Farm Bureau Insurance in 1968 to embolden Michigan youth and will return for its 55th year this upcoming school year. All middle schools and junior highs, statewide, are eligible and encouraged to participate. Information and registration for participation will be sent to schools and updated on the Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan website as the next contest kicks off in Fall. For more details, contact Lisa Fedewa at [email protected]


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As some distance returned because the early to center a part of the 20th century, Hollywood produced a number ofmovies that are remembered nowadays as being classics. there may be no doubt that those movie recollections will preserve, and deservedly so, to be thought of in this way. The term stretching from the Twenties thru the Fortiesintroduced a notable many modifications to Hollywood and the movement photo enterprise. filmywap
The Twenties introduced to film what might be one of the most big adjustments in movie history – sound. at the same time as most of the people of motion photos continued to be silent at the screen, the latter a part of this decade could see a surge within the variety of photos being produced with sound. the united states loved going to the movies, and this turned into the beginning of a beautiful love affair that maintains today. as with every amorous affairs, there have been a few bumps in the street. The stock marketplace crash of 1929 brought to an give up the economic security that many people had all through the last decade. fortunately, Hollywood become now not without delay stricken by the monetarychanges.
The Thirties, despite the fact that a hard time economically, truely defined quite a few what Hollywood has become. Sound in movement pix became now commonplace and coloration started out to show its superb display potential. the general public‘s movie going imagination was being fueled by way of the likes of John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, and a brilliant many extra all destined to end up mythical. sadly, the addition of sound to movie turned into no longer kind to everyone. among the silent movie stars were not able to correctly make the transition. The Thirtiesadditionally helped to bring in some traditional horror movies. Characters including Dracula, Frankenstein, and the mother remain popular with present day monster film enthusiasts.
With the Forties came warfare. america, in conjunction with maximum of the sector, turned into now immersed into global struggle II. Hollywood did their element in assisting the effort and the war movie style exploded onto the scene. Many popular war titles, inclusive of Casablanca and The war of halfway, might earn a spot in conventional film records. Even after the wars end Hollywood endured to provide postwar movies consisting of The exceptional Years Of Our Lives that depicted the difficulties confronted by many returning veterans.
it’s miles those 3 decades that have had the most profound impact in shaping Hollywood as we see it today. in manyapproaches the spirit of those a long time nevertheless exists nowadays, as this turned into an ancient duration in motion picture history and the Hollywood movie memories that it furnished are destined to constantly be remembered but can by no means be duplicated.

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John Wick 4 director Chad Stahelski reveals his favourite moment from the movie’s sets involve Keanu Reeves. Read on!
John Wick 4 Reveals His Favourite Moment From Keanu Reeves-Starrer’s Sets ( Photo Credit – Movie Still )
Director Chad Stahelski, who is about to serve an action extravaganza with his upcoming fourth installment of the ‘John Wick’ film series, shared his favourite moment from the film’s shooting. He said that he still remembers the first day of the shoot, when Keanu Reeves walked in on the sets donning the iconic black suit.
Talking about the same, the director said: “For me it was the first day Keanu came on set. He had the suit back on and it was the first time we were back together in three years. So it was pretty special.”
Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves too spoke about his favourite scene from ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, as he said: “After eight years of playing the role…. that was really special. And also just making the film after a few years, coming back to see Ian McShane, Laurence (Fishburne) and to work with Chad Stahelski again, it’s almost like the beginning, like the alpha and the omega and everything in between.”
In the new chapter, Keanu Reeves, as the indestructible hitman, will be seen taking a fight against the High Table as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld.
Lionsgate and PVR Pictures will release ‘John Wick: Chapter 4′ in theatres on March 24, 2023 in India.
The film is a sequel to the 2019 film ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ and will be the longest film in the Keanu Reeves series.

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The love and hate Emotions are the strongest feelings that anyone will ever experience in their lives. They are the two most extraordinary feeling known to man. As experience has taught me, nothing is greater than love and with without love, nothing matters. The strength of love is greater than hate because love brings so much joy and happiness while hate will cause pain and sorrow.
You must always live a life filled with love and allow yourself the experience of Joy and undeniable happiness. By sharing love, we encourage others to feel the Joy and leave their negative feelings behind in the hope of a better life. Optimism is what bring love and happiness. It means being open to finding that unique and unforgivable love in spite of all the pain and hurt that your life has been dealt. Living love is being humble to acknowledging that your life is a miracle.
Living a life filled with hate will keep us from experiencing the true meaning of life. We will have nothing to share with the ones that love us, we will only be able to take from them, and project our own hatred and insecurities on to them. We will take up all their time with our hateful talk and thinking. We will take all their energy with their attempts to rescue us from ourselves, and we will take their kindness and turn it into regret. In the end, we will have taken everything that means anything to them leaving nothing but emptiness, and room for nothing but hate.
Love at times is not always as breathtaking as people try to make it seem. Love can hurt just as hate does especially when you love someone that does not love you back. It hurts even more when the person you love the most ends up hurting you in ways that you would never have expected. It is a fact that the ones you love the most are the ones that hurt you the most. In our society, people have been killed and hurt in their home by their loved ones because they claim to be so in love. Like love, hate can bring exciting feelings too. Your...
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Managing any types of loans or financing can be quite tricky for some people. Knowing when to pay bills, when things are due, what fees are involved, and other financial decisions are often too much for some to handle, and they wind up falling behind and not sure how to get caught up.
These same people are often getting cash advance loans, also known as payday loans, and have a hard time managing them, making their financial situation worse, instead of better. The following are the challenges of managing payday loans and some things that people can do to manage them better.
There are several reasons that people end up getting a cash advance payday loan. Typically, these reasons include car repairs, unexpected emergencies, short on cash for bills, avoiding late fees, and other short term financial matters. The following are various reasons that people need to get a payday loan.
Vehicles break down all the time, and these expenses are often large and not planned. This means that people rarely have the money put aside for these expenses, which would be a good reason to get a cash advance loan.
People get sick, and often that means more expenses. People don’t usually plan to get sick, so it often throws a budget out of whack when this occurs.
Paying Bills on Time:
Credit score and history is nothing to mess with, and people want to keep the best scores possible, so sometimes bills are due, and the money isn’t there to pay for them. Getting a cash loan to pay bills on time is an excellent way to avoid late fees and keep personal credit intact.
There are times when it just comes down to a person needing cash. Everyone experiences a period in their life from time to time when they are short on money and getting a cash loan is meant for those times.
There are also some benefits to getting a cash advance loan, making them appealing to some people. The following are several reasons payday loans are popular and the advantages of getting them.
No Credit Check:
Payday loans are not secured using personal credit, but rather a person’s banking account. This means that an individual’s credit history is not checked, and the loan will not show up on the credit history report or affect a person’s credit score at all.
No waiting in line or a long time for approval–Payday loans are approved on the same day and can be done online without any hassle of waiting in line, or talk to a person for approval. The loans are approved, and the cash is deposited directly in the bank account provided within a short period.
No Driving and No Phone Calls:
Getting the loan online means no additional expenses or time involved in driving to place or waiting on the phone to talk to a person.
Seeing how easy it is to get a payday loan and the benefits of getting one, it’s easy to see why so many people decide to get one. The following are the challenges in managing payday loans.
No Installment Payments:
Unlike traditional loans, payday loans have to be paid back in full by the next payday. This means that people should only take what they can pay back on time and not get more than they can handle. People often get more money than they should, which makes it hard to pay back on time, and means that they have to refinance the loan again, which costs them more money.
Knowing there are no installment payments for these loans, a person has to be aware of the short-term payment plan for these loans and know what day they will have the money provided and what day they have to pay it back.
A payday cycle is only two weeks in most cases, and people get the loans expecting to have the money when they need to pay it back, but the short-term period may not be enough time to get all the funds to pay the loan back.
Like with other loans, there are some finance fees with the loans, but it’s just a one-time fee unless the loan needs to be refinanced. When the payday loan gets refinanced, the fee is tacked on again, so every time a person refinances the loan, they pay the fee again.
Doing this multiple times makes the loan fees more than expected, making it harder to manage. Be aware of the costs and don’t take more than can be paid back to avoid paying more refinance fees.
In the end, using payday loans responsibly is the best way to manage them and knowing how does cash advance loans work and only using what can be paid back on time is the best way to not get in over the head and to manage payday loans correctly.

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JP tells me that the farm share from Glade Road Growing for July 11 will include cauliflower, beets and red onions, so I thought this salad might be good.
1 cup of dried chickpeas
1 fresh bay leaf
2 large beets or 5 small ones.
1/2 cauliflower, broken into florets
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
2 cup greens (beet greens, chard, kale, arugula, tatsoi or combination thereof, coarsely chopped)
4 garlic cloves, smashed, peeled and chopped coarsely
2 teaspoons wholegrain prepared mustard
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon miso
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1. Cover chickpeas in water and bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain and rinse and add three cups of water. Bring again to a boil, simmer for 5 minutes, turn off heat and soak for at least two hours. Rinse a second time, add three cups of water and a bay leaf. Bring to a boil and simmer for an hour or until soft.
2. Dice beets into 1 inch cubes, if large or quarter small beets. Steam for 10 minutes or until tender. Let cool and peel, unless skins are tender.
3. Steam cauliflower florets for about 7 minutes or until tender. Let cool.
4. Coat the bottom of a skillet with olive oil and heat until a bead of water evaporates. Add onions and cook until translucent. Add greens and saute for 5 minutes. Add a bit of water and steam for another 5 minutes. Take off heat.
5. Combine dressing ingredients in a small jar and stir to combine. Toss with cooked ingredients and chill in refrigerator in a wide mouth mason jar. Screw on lid and invert.
6. Divide among four bowls and serve.
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ID: MRFR/AGR/3405-HCR | February 2021 | Region: Global | 110 pages
Global Fungicides Market is projected to reach USD 24.18 Billion by 2027 and is expected to register a 4.30% CAGR during the forecast period, 2019–2027.
Fungicides are specially designed pesticides to control and prevent the fungal and spores diseases growth. These are majorly used for crop protection to maintain the yield and quality of crops. Balanced use of fungicides rises the growth of the production and storage life of harvested produce. Moreover, fungicides have various applications in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture sectors for producing cereals & grains, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, flowers, and many more crops.
To control the spread of the COVID-19, the government of various countries is imposed various regulations like semi or full lockdowns, transportation bans, supply chain disruptions, social distancing norms, education, and business sectors off, and many more. Due to these reasons, manufacturers are unable to manufacture the products by the shortage of raw materials and lack of workers.
Along with other sectors, the fungicides market was also severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by the manufacturing halts, lockdowns, virus attacks on people, and other reasons. Due to the transportation barriers off, the products are not delivered to the endpoints and the supply of fungicides products are stopped importing and exporting which leads to a reduction in the production of fungicides products. After the completion of lockdown, rapidly the fungicides market growth increases for its growing usage in farming to control the fungal diseases. With the growing population and need for organic high-quality foods to sustain life in this pandemic situation, fungicides are required in farming.
Growing cultivation of fruits and vegetables around the world may propel the growth of the fungicides market due to the high susceptibility of plants to fungal diseases. Increasing the adoption of advanced farming techniques, rising instances of fungal attacks on crops, lower cost of fungicides products, and the best results obtained by using the fungicides to control the fungal diseases compared to other products are the major factors that accelerate the growth of the fungicides market.
Overuse of fungicides in crops causes harmful results which are declining the fungicides market growth.
The innovations in precision farming and organic cultivation create opportunities for the market growth.
Due to the lack of awareness of the adequate quantity of use of fungicide in farming and weak government regulations may raise the issues for the usage of synthetic fungicides. This is the major challenging factor of the global market.
The global fungicides market has been divided into segments based on type, crop type, mode of application, and region.
Based on Type
The global fungicides market based on type is divided into two types as chemical fungicides and bio fungicides. The chemical fungicides are again sub-segmented into Dithiocarbamates, benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Phenylamides, and others. Among them, the bio fungicides segment is anticipated to be the fastest-growing segment for the presence of beneficial microorganisms which are used to control fungal diseases. These microorganisms are naturally found in the soil. So, bio fungicides are used in farming before the occurrence of diseases. It has different modes of action like exclusion, antibiosis, parasitism, induced resistance, and plant growth promotion.
Based on Crop Type
The global fungicides market is based on crop type classified into cereals & grains, oilseeds & pulses, fruits & vegetables, and others. Among these types, cereals & grains holds the largest fungicides market share during the forecast period due to the increase in the population and consequent rise in the demand for food materials. This increases the demand for usage of crop protection chemicals which further increases the demand for innovative fungicides.
Based on Mode of Application
The fungicides market is bifurcated into seed treatment, foliar, soil treatment, post-harvest, and others by mode of application. Out of these segments, the post-harvest is predicted to be the fastest-growing segment market due to the benefits offered by it. By the post-harvest losses in crops, most of the fungal infections are contributed. The post-harvest method is specially designed the reducing the fungicides amount used and also solve the problems related to wastewater disposal.
Based on Region
By region-wise, the global fungicides market is analyzed into Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. Among these regions, Europe is dominating the market for the high adoption of nutrition techniques and growing demand for organic products.
Globally, the fungicides market based on the region is segmented into Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and the rest of the world. The high adoption of precision nutrition techniques and rising demand for organic products increase the need for pesticides in the European region and make it stand in the leading position in the global fungicides market.
Asia-Pacific is expected to register the significant CAGR during the assessment period for the presence of emerging countries India, Japan, and China which contributes to the high demand for fungicides. The requirement of high-quality agricultural products may propel the growth in this region. Nearly 90% of the global rice produced was consumed by this region. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report, the demand for rice is expected to increase by 2025 for the increasing consumption of rice in the Asian Countries than the growth of the population. Moreover, due to the population growth, the demand for rice is expected to increase in the coming years.
The prominent key players in the fungicides market trends are the following:
These global fungicides market research includes the Market Overview, COVID-19 analysis, Market Dynamics, Study Objectives, Segment Overview, Regional Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Recent developments, Segmentation Table, and FAQs. The market scenario includes the fungicides market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities. The fungicides forecast segments are type, crop type, mode of application, and region.
The fungicides market outlook has been segmented globally based on the type, crop type, mode of application, and region.
Chemical fungicides and bio fungicides. Chemical fungicides sub segmented into benzimidazoles, Dithiocarbamates, Triazoles, Phenylamides, and others.
By Crop Type
These are Cereals & grains, Oilseeds & pulses, fruits & vegetables, and others.
By Mode of Application
Seed treatment, foliar, soil treatment, and others
Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, and the rest of the world are the four major geographies included in this market.
|Market Size||USD 24.18 Billion|
|Forecast Units||Value (USD Billion)|
|Report Coverage||Revenue Forecast, Competitive Landscape, Growth Factors, and Trends|
|Segments Covered||Type, Crop Type and Mode of Application|
|Geographies Covered||North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (RoW)|
|Key Vendors||ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd (Israel), Bayer Cropscience AG (Germany), DowDupont (US), Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd (Japan), BASF SE (Germany), Nufarm Limited (Australia), Nippon Soda Co. Ltd (Japan), Syngenta AG (Switzerland), FMC Corporation (United States), UPL Limited (India), Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (US), Isagro Spa (Italy), American Vanguard Corporation (US), Bioworks Inc (US), and Natural Industries (US)|
|Key Market Opportunities||Providing adequate disease control support and increasing crop productivity.|
|Key Market Drivers||
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) :
fungicides market is expected to touch a value of USD 20.37 billion by 2024.
fungicides market is expected to register a CAGR of 4.5% from 2019 to 2024.
Cultivation of crops globally due to demand for foods is the major driver of the global fungicides market.
Organic cultivation and precision farming can boost the global fungicides market revenue in the coming years.
Europe is predicted to dominate the global fungicides market till 2024.
Bayer Cropscience AG, American Vanguard Corporation, Bioworks Inc, Marrone Bio Innovations Inc., DowDupont, FMC Corporation, Natural Industries, UPL Limited, Nippon Soda Co. Ltd, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd, Isagro Spa, BASF SE, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd, Syngenta AG, and Nufarm Limited are major players of the global fungicides market.


Dissident FF TD Marc MacSharry critical of ‘teacher’ Micheál Martin
Party leader criticised over dealings with the troops, where exchange leaves a lot to be desired
Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry advised the Taoiseach not to do any further joint press conference with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar because the Fine Gael leader was ‘running rings’ around him. File photograph: The Irish Times
The Taoiseach’s relationship with his TDs has been described by a Fianna Fáil colleague as that of “a teacher to his pupils where the the parliamentarians are empty vessels eager to learn from the master”.
Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry told a party meeting that the Taoiseach’s interaction with his parliamentary party left a lot to be desired. The dissident TD has led internal criticism within the party of Fianna Fáil’s performance in Government. The virtual meeting was conducted on Zoom and was marked by criticism from several other TDs about the party’s performance, particularly when it came to communications.
One other TD said party chairman Brendan Smith should become more proactive in his role. According to sources, Mr MacSharry advised the Taoiseach not to do any further joint press conference with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar because the Fine Gael leader was “running rings” around him. He also berated Fianna Fáil Ministers for not being in command of their briefs.
Turning to Mr Martin’s performance, it is understood Mr MacSharry said there was a lack of consultation and the approach was not leadership and neither was it management.
“It is a teacher-pupil relationship where the parliamentary party are empty vessels eager to learn from the master,” the sources quoted him as saying.
Praise for Calleary
Mr Martin has said the recent period, including the so-called Golfgate event, had been difficult. He praised former minister Dara Calleary for acting so quickly when he realised the import of what had happened. Government Chief Whip Jack Chambers also unveiled a new internal committee system for TDs and Senators covering all departments, where backbenchers will be able to be briefed and have an input in policy.
There will be six policy groups coving all areas of Government. The party is also to set up a new committee to improve communications between backbenchers and Government. The co-ordinating committee will comprise Mr Chambers, two other Ministers in addition to three members of the parliamentary party. The party is also appointing TDs who will have responsibility to liaise with the party’s councillors and grass roots, plus constituent bodies including the youth wing, Ógra.


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Harlem is renowned as the epicenter of African American culture, a key reference point for blacks who seek to define themselves in relation to a certain version of African American tradition and history. The neighborhood is arguably the most famous in all New York, and home to more than a fifth of the population of Manhattan. But to most, Harlem is still thought of as the quintessential black slum-a symbol of the hard and fast boundaries that separate the rich from the poor in our cities.
With Harlemworld, John L. Jackson Jr. uncovers a Harlem that is far more complex and diverse than its caricature suggests. Many experts believe that black America consists of two geographically distinct populations: a neglected underclass living in hopeless urban poverty, and a more successful suburban middle class of college graduates and thriving professionals. Through extensive fieldwork and interviews with residents of Harlem, Jackson explodes these presumptions. Harlemworld probes the everyday interactions of Harlemites with their black coworkers, friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and relatives, and shows how their social networks are often more class stratified and varied than many social analysts believe.
Harlemworld also challenges popular stereotypes of both poor and well-heeled African Americans, showing how residents of Harlem navigate the class-variegated landscapes of their world through the performance of racial typecasts. For the men and women of Harlem, race is something that's not only inherited, but also enacted. The way Harlemites speak, dress, walk, and even stand depends on which social world they wish to occupy. Jackson, then, argues that race in black America is something that African Americans practice-sometimes inadvertently, but more often than not, intentionally.
Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods in the worldand#8212;a historic symbol of both black cultural achievement and of the rigid boundaries separating the rich from the poor. But as this book shows us, Harlem is far more culturally and economically diverse than its caricature suggests: through extensive fieldwork and interviews, John L. Jackson reveals a variety of social networks and class stratifications, and explores how African Americans interpret and perform different class identities in their everyday behavior.
About the Author
John L. Jackson, Jr., is the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of Harlemworld and Real Black.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Doing Harlem, Touring Harlemworld
1 Making Harlem Black: Race, Place, and History in "African Americans' Africa"
2 Class Histories and Class Theories in a Raceful Social World
3 Birthdays, Basketball, and Breaking Bread: Negotiating with Class in Contemporary Black America
4 Class(ed) Acts, or Class Is as Class Does
5 White Harlem: Toward the Performative Limits of Blackness
6 Cinematicus Ethnographicus: Race and Class in an Ethnographic Land of Make-Believe
Conclusion: Undoing Harlemworld

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Sanctuary beckons you forth, wanderer. On November 4, at 2:30 pm PDT, a glimpse into the future of Diablo IV will be revealed live to all at BlizzCon. Join associate game director Brent Gibson, production director Tiffany Wat, lead game producer Kalyeigh Calder, game director Joe Shely, and associate director of community Adam Fletcher, who will introduce content releasing during Season of Blood and beyond.
On the first day of BlizzCon, Q&A questions for the Campfire Chat will be gathered in-person from a box in the Diablo hall, along with any from social media. Then, we’ll have a Q&A segment at the end of the stream where the team will answer questions collected from the community.
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Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo called on all Indonesians to maintain mutual respect with one another and to become a hard-working nation that is optimistic and productive, The Jakarta Post Online reported on Wednesday.
In a Christmas message delivered during his visit to Minahasa, North Sulawesi, on Tuesday, the president said: we are brothers and sisters of one country and one nation. Thus, we should not continue to besmirch, find fault in and defame one another.
He further said all Indonesians should protect the pride of the nation. Therefore, we greatly need Indonesians who are independent, honest, liberated and can uphold justice so there will be no gap between the rich and poor because our common enemy is corruption, he added.
Thousands of Christians joined the National Christmas celebration attended by President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Widodo in Tondano, Minahasa regency, North Salawesi on Tuesday.
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A multi-objective chance constrained programming model (MOCCPM) for electronic reconnaissance satellites scheduling problem (ERSSP) is presented. MOCCPM takes the uncertainties in the course of satellite electronic reconnaissance into account, as well as the capabilities and usage restrictions of the electronic reconnaissance satellites. Then a Monte Carlo simulation based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MCBMOEA) is proposed. Taking full advantage of the heuristic information related to the target, the MCBMOEA can construct the initial solutions and avoid converging slowly in the process of evolution. Penalty function based fitness assignment and Pareto optimality based selection ensures the efficient optimization effort of the algorithm. Elitism mechanism is adopted to prevent losing non-dominated individuals generated during the evolutionary process and speed up the convergence of the algorithm. Problem specific sequence swap crossover and mutation operator ensures the feasibility and diversity of the offspring so as to prevent the algorithm from falling into local optimum. Monte Carlo sampling is to address the stochastic nature of ERSSP. The experiment results show that MCBMOEA can solve the problem effectively.


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Team Spirit Makes Two Comebacks in Two Games to Beat NAVI in EEU DPC
During the Eastern Europe (EEU) Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) 2021-22 Tour 3: Division 1, Natus Vincere (NAVI) suffered a heartbreaking loss to Team Spirit. In spite of getting the best of NAVI's performance in the early and middle stages, Team Spirit outdid it in the crucial moments later on in both games to win by a score of 2-0. In game 1, early on, NAVI built up a considerable lead but it lost, partly due to mistakes it made, following which Spirit gradually gained momentum. As for the second one, NAVI gradually moved from one objective to the next before Illya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk’s splendid Monkey King performance turned the tide in Spirit’s favor.
Team Spirit vs NAVI: Match Recap and Highlights
In game 1, NAVI racked up a 10k lead in 19 minutes thanks to its draft of a mid Keeper of the Light, a carry Nature’s Prophet, and an offlane Venomancer. Nevertheless, NAVI spent too much time and effort finding enemy pickoffs, and sometimes even overplayed its hand, instead of concentrating on the objectives. The game turned around when Spirit successfully implemented a sneaky Roshan attempt, soon after which NAVI sensed that its draft no longer possessed the momentum. By ensuring all lanes stayed pushed, Spirit went on to win the game in 52 minutes.
Game 2 was a close battle between the two sides, with several mini skirmishes during the first phase. During the latter stages, NAVI began to pull ahead due to stronger map moves and occasional kills. However, as it went for the high ground push, Spirit outplayed it to earn a Triple Kill for Yatoro's Monkey King. Yatoro subsequently led his side to win, finishing the game with a 17-2-9 KDA in 48 minutes.
Here are some highlights of the series.
The winning teams of the International, especially those in recent years, have shown to lose their form after winning, but it is amazing to see that Team Spirit continues to play well months after its TI10 Victory. As a team, Spirit has demonstrated top of the line teamfighting and has come back from significant deficits to take wins that, in general, should not have been taken. It is this competitive edge that makes Spirit such an intimidating opponent.
While NAVI will be disappointed that it did not win either of the games, it did play quite well in each of them. The squad looked excellent in the last two series as well. So, despite the setback tonight, NAVI is a squad to keep an eye on in this EEU DPC Division 1.
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The Boundary Commission resumes its consultation, but Meriden constituency is still under threat of being broken up.
On 28th February the boundary commission opened the second and final phase of consultation on the changes being made to Parliamentary constituencies. At present, the Commissions draft proposals recommend that Meriden constituency should be split into three new constituencies;
- ‘North Solihull and Chelmsley Wood’: to include Castle Bromwich, Bickenhill , Lyndon and Elmdon wards, as well as the Birmingham ward of Sheldon
- ‘Coventry West and Meriden’: to include Knowle, Balsall Common, Meriden and much of the existing Coventry North West constituency
- ‘South Solihull and Shirley’: to include Solihull Town Centre, Shirley, Dorridge, Blythe, and the Tanworth- in-Arden ward from Stratford-upon-Avon.
I am grateful to residents who took the trouble to comment on phase one of the consultation. However, we all need to act to feed in our thoughts during the equally important second stage which will ultimately pave the way for the drawing up of the final map.
As your MP, I want to ensure that these proposals provide local residents with fair and equal representation. However, I am very concerned that the Solihull and Meriden Parliamentary constituencies would be split over four local authorities and this goes against the boundary commission's aim to respect existing local government boundaries. Further, that because communities such as Knowle and Meriden receive very few, if any, public services from Coventry these communities risk being a smaller voice in the context of the needs of a larger city.
Under these plans, much of the work done to unite the Borough could be undone by the political separation of Meriden constituencies in these otherwise close communities. It’s a shame that after striving so hard to avoid using the terms north and south Solihull, the constituency of North Solihull and Chelmsley Wood, by its own configuration, deals a blow to this.
I have already made a number of representations to the Commission on behalf of local residents, but I am concerned that without the support of local residents from each and every local community, that the Meriden and Solihull constituencies face a real threat. For that reason, I am encouraging local residents to take part in this consultation by signing my petition, or contacting the Boundary Commissions via their website; https://www.bce2018.org.uk/ or by writing to them: Boundary Commission for England, 35 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BQ.
These proposals are not case in stone, but there is now only a two week window to submit your views. Do not hesitate to have your say today!


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Coffee connects Ethiopian refugees to home
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An integrated team of refugees and their Angolan neighbours is helping to break down barriers and foster understanding, proving that the beautiful game can be a win-win contest.
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