Soils, the upper layer of the Earth, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms, and a key for life. Including peat and litter, they represent the largest carbon pool on land. It is the substrate allowing plants to grow, a means to water storage and purification, a modifier of the Earth’s atmosphere and a habitat for organisms. Soil processes are impacting ecosystems functioning and food, fibre and timber production. It regulates climate, the hydrological and nutrient cycle and provide resilience against floods and droughts. Several targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) depend on healthy and functional soils.
Pressure on soils such as climate change, industrialization and urbanization, intensive agriculture and livestock farming, etc. lead to soil degradation (erosion, sealing, contamination, loss of organic matter, ….). Careful monitoring of this finite, non-renewable resource is therefore mandatory as stressed by many national and international treaties and policies, e.g. the Sustainable Development Goals, the UNCCD Land Degradation Neutrality, the RAMSAR Convention, the EU Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection and the Common Agricultural Policy, etc.
Publish IPCC Report on Land and Climate 1IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2019, Summary Report for Policymakers, IPCC 2019, https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/ stresses that sustainable land management can be improved by increasing the availability and accessibility of data and information relating to the effectiveness, co-benefits and risks of emerging response options and increasing the efficiency of land use (high confidence). Some response options (e.g., improved soil carbon management) have been implemented only at small-scale demonstration facilities and knowledge, financial, and institutional gaps and challenges exist with upscaling and the widespread deployment of these options (medium confidence).
As emphasized by FAO 2FAO 2017, Soil Organic Carbon – the hidden potential, http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6937e.pdf, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) is the main component of Soil Organic Matter (SOM). As an indicator for soil health, SOC is important for its contributions to food production, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. A high SOM content provides nutrients to plants and improves water availability, both of which enhance soil fertility and ultimately improve food productivity. Moreover, SOC improves soil structural stability by promoting aggregate formation which, together with porosity, ensure sufficient aeration and water infiltration to support plant growth. With an optimal amount of SOC, the water filtration capacity of soils further supports the supply of clean water. Through accelerated SOC mineralization, soils can be a substantial source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere. Although the overall impact of climate change on SOC stocks is very variable according to the region and soil type, rising temperatures and increased frequency of extreme events are likely to lead to increased SOC losses.
Within the Framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), international agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have set the rules for GHG emission targets, as well as the necessity to regularly report on anthropogenic GHG emissions. As part of these efforts, accurate inventories on emissions due to SOC stock changes should be reported. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides guidelines for measuring, reporting and verifying national SOC stock inventories following the Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying (MRV) Framework which ensures that these inventories fulfill the criteria of completeness, transparency, consistency, accuracy and thus comparability. To achieve greater specificity and accuracy, improved methods are required to measure, account, monitor and report on this specific carbon pool.
Spaceborne Earth Observation Data
Space-based EO systems provide a means to support the monitoring of some soil chemical and physical properties, directly or indirectly, through the interaction of radiance fields with the (mainly upper) soil layer (topsoil) as shown by many research projects. However, space-based EO data together with in-situ measurements and modelling are hardly been used today in an operational manner by national and international organizations with the mandate to map, monitor and report on soils. This may be related to the lack of adequate, available space-borne EO data (spectral and temporal coverage, restricted data access) as well as the lack of available processing capabilities. With the advent of operational EO systems such as the European Union Copernicus Program (including the high priority Copernicus expansion missions), the free and open EO data policies as well as cloudbased access and processing capabilities (e.g. DIAS) an EO based Soil Monitoring System appears feasible today.
A user consultation workshop on space-based EO tools for mapping and monitoring soils was organized by ESA with the aim to bring together stakeholders from the policy and user domain with remote sensing experts to discuss the necessary steps to develop such a system. The workshop took place from 02 – 03 July 2019 at ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
Following the findings and recommendation given at this workshop, the WORLDSOILS study has the overall objective:
To develop in close cooperation with users and stakeholders a global Earth ObservationSoil Monitoring System on a suitable cloud environment utilizing open source and information available from operational, in situ and reference data and additional variables and/or indices derived from EO data together with blending and modelling techniques. The development shall be based on monitoring top soil organic carbon (SOC) and implemented in a modular way allowing its future extension to additional soil indices. The system’s grid resolution supported by appropriate covariate information shall be 100m x 100m globally and 50m x 50m over Europe, shall provide appropriate confidence metrics and shall allow assessing temporal changes of the global top soil layer at least once per year.
In this context it is anticipated that an Earth Observation Soil Monitoring System will provide essential baseline information for manifold downstream research, institutional and commercial applications as e.g. for the implementation of urgently needed soil management systems and as such supporting national and international policy making and monitoring.


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Emulating nature, Phenomenal Aire Cold Plasma Generators(CPG) produce an electric field filled with highly charged ions. This electrified field is known as a plasma field. The ions created within the field act as a natural scrubbing agent for the air passing through the field. The air we breathe is filled with particulates consisting of: dust, mold, pollen, bacteria, virus, and harmful pathogens. The highly charged ions within the plasma field surround these particulates and breakdown their molecular structure. Pathogens and airborne viruses are destroyed as the ions rob them of vital hydrogen molecules. Odors are converted into atmospheric gases. Other like particles are agglomerated together making them larger and easier to then capture with an air filter.
The plasma field generated by Phenomenal Aire is encapsulated within an air handler’s ductwork and there are no harmful byproducts. There is no detectable ozone generated during the Phenomenal Aire process.
Phenomenal AireTM Cold Plasma Generator technology is designed for installation and use within a commercial building’s Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Phenomenal AireTM produces an electric field filled with highly charged ions. The ions act as a natural scrubbing agent for the air passing through the field. The scrubbing process (bipolar ionization) safely disables viruses and other harmful microorganisms.
The ions created by Phenomenal AireTM travel from the HVAC system into the occupant space where they continue to safely disable harmful microorganisms in the air and on high touch surfaces like tables, countertops, desktops, doorknobs, and computer keyboards.
If you switch on your heating or air conditioning and discover there is a very unpleasant smell, your HVAC system is probably suffering from what is known as ‘Dirty Sock Syndrome” (DSS).
Only a decade ago there were just a few documented cases of this syndrome, mostly throughout the Southern United States. However, DSS is something millions of people have to contend with once the temperature drops and they seek some warmth in their homes.
DSS is caused by bacteria that collect and grow on the coils of heat pumps and ACs. Odors are created when heat pumps go into defrost or when systems operate in heating for a limited period of time and are then put back into cooling mode. The bacteria accumulate and grow on the coil during this heating time and odors are released when the indoor coil gets cool and damp. Heat pumps and air conditioners experience the problem when they are reactivated after heating has been used.
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Held the first Friday in March, is this social fundraiser was formed to raise funds for Freedom Fest Fireworks.
This committee exists to promote agri-business in the Austin area and establish links between agriculture and the business community. Activities include organization of the Ag Appreciation Cookout, which is held annually the third Tuesday in July, in the Plager Building, at the Mower County Fairgrounds. The committee also supports the National Barrow Show, 4-H Ribbon auction, Mower County Corn Growers, Dairy Princess, FFA, Pork Ambassador and similar programs.
Committee Chair: Darrell Ingvaldson, Farm Bureau Financial Services
This is an economic development initiative designed to help attract, develop and sustain a quality workforce with skills that align with current and future career opportunities in Austin and the surrounding area. Services include ongoing help with relocating, finding a home, connecting to schools and organizations and more. Over 200 families are served each year. An advisory committee works directly with the coordinator of the program, Austin's Community Concierge.
Executive Director: Laura Helle
This committee was formed to raise the visibility of business within our schools and the community. This committee raises funds and awards scholarships to Austin students in grades 8 & 12. they also support the pathway programs, such as Step Up Austin and collaborate with established school-to-work initiatives.
Committee Chair: Amy Baskin, Austin Public Schools
This committee was formed to promote Austin as a great place to live and work, and to provide new and prospective residents with information they need to quickly assimilate to the community. Members of this committee also work closely with the Community Concierge.
Committee Chair: Jerry Wolesky, Fawver Agency
This committee organizes a calendar of events that promotes shopping in Austin during the holiday season, including Christmas in the City Kick-Off, Christmas in the NW, Christmas in the SW, and Christmas in the East.
Committee Chairs: Lindsey Haney, Kick-Off; Jackie Bumgardner, Christmas in the NW; Abby Wangen, Christmas in the SW; and Judy Enright, Christmas in the East
The downtown committee organizes events and activities that showcase the downtown area, including Christmas in the City Kick-Off, Downtown Rummage Sale, and Crazy Days. The committee also collaborates with the Vision 2020 Downtown Destination Committee on additional events and projects.
Committee Chair: Lindsey Haney, The Style Lounge Salon
A multi-day event, held annually in conjunction with the 4th of July, this committee organizes events and activities celebrating community Independence Day, including entertainment, parade, concessions, crafts, and fireworks.
Committee Chair: Jeff Baldus, Austin Area Foundation
The public policy arm of the Chamber, this committee works to provide Chamber business members with a strong voice in government affairs, particularly at the local level. This committee studies issues that affect business, develops policies to improve the business climate, and advocates for business interests. Partners with the Minnesota Chamber and other local chambers throughout the state as part of the Minnesota Chamber Federation.
Committee Chair: Danielle Morem, Damel Corp.
A statewide private sector business retention and expansion program led by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce in partnership with 70 local Chambers. Locally, the Austin Chamber partners on this project with the DCA. the purpose is to recognize and thank businesses for being here, identify their concerns and opportunities, and offer the Chamber's assistance in resolving problems and/or achieving goals.
This committee provides a networking opportunity for professionals working in the HR industry. Best practices and issues are discussion. The committee serves as an important link to AustinWorks and Community Concierge services. Related advisory group works closely with concierge services.
Committee Chair: Kristen Olson, Community Concierge
This committee was organized as a social fundraiser for women in business with a portion of the proceeds dedicated to a Riverland scholarship, for non-traditional female students.
Committee Chair: Jana Gray, Austin Daily Herald
A community-based education and development program designed to provide an ongoing source of motivated leaders informed about the community, its challenges and opportunities and connected to people and resources that can help effect positive change.
Year Leaders: Jonathan Caporale, Hormel Foods Corporation; Patty Tewes, First Farmers & Merchants Bank; Allison Garrey, Hormel Foods Corporation; Dale Wicks, Quality Pork Processors
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The Chamber represents the interests of business and works on projects that will improve our area business climate. Dedicated volunteers from member businesses and organizations contribute their talents on Chamber committees and task forces. These volunteers contribute numerous hours for the betterment of the community through the Chamber. Each committee is unique and focuses on a different area of service. Consider signing up for a committee that is beneficial to your company. Your leadership and insights will contribute to the success of other member businesses too.
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Through the entire first half and much of the third quarter, the Great Mills High School girls basketball team’s bid for an undefeated season appeared in serious jeopardy at North Point High School on Wednesday evening.
Great Mills (12-0 overall) managed only 17 points in the first half and trailed the host Eagles, 27-19, with five minutes remaining in the third quarter after North Point’s Charity Adams connected on a three-point field goal. Faced with the prospects of tasting their first defeat of the campaign, however, the Hornets had an immediate response.
Great Mills scored the last 11 points of the third quarter on buckets inside from Toyin Allen and from the outside from Alaina Bernich and Taylor Dean to take a 30-27 lead into the final frame. The Hornets promptly finished where they started from that point and the visitors pulled away from the Eagles for a 51-38 victory in a Southern Maryland Athletic Conference crossover clash.
“At halftime, we only had 17 points and I wasn’t upset at that since they had 17, too,” Great Mills head coach Matt Wood said. “When we fell behind in the third quarter, we kept telling the girls to go back inside and get the ball to our bigs [Allen and Nakeya Hall]. That whole fourth quarter we played better defense and we got the ball inside.”
Hall had been relatively quiet through the first three quarters, getting a grand sum of two buckets inside. But she scored the Hornets’ nine points of the fourth quarter, then Leaire Livingston nailed a three-point field goal from the right corner to give the Hornets a 42-30 lead with just over three minutes remaining.
North Point got to within single digits only once during the remainder of the outing.
“We didn’t do a good job putting a body on their bigs inside,” North Point head coach Mike Serpone said. “We work on those things every day in practice. They had the size advantage and they got in position to rebound. We need a serious gut check at this point. We have too big a drop off from our starters to our bench.”
North Point guard Natalie Johnson has clearly evolved into the Eagles’ primary scoring threat since Latavia Jackson graduated last spring, opening the third quarter with a three-pointer and adding a pair of free throws to give the hosts a 24-17 lead.
When Adams connected on a three-pointer to make it 27-19 with five minutes left in the third, North Point appeared poised to end Great Mills’ unbeaten season. But the rest of the third quarter and much of the fourth belonged to the Hornets.
Allen made one layup then a pair of free throws then Bernich connected on a jumper and Dean followed with her lone three-pointer of the night to give Great Mills its first lead of the second half. Kyla Daniels ended the frame with a pair of free throws and the Hornets led 30-27.
Allen then dominated the paint in the fourth quarter, scoring her team’s first nine points of the frame. Livingston added two buckets minutes later and Daniels converted a conventional three-point play with 32.6 seconds remaining, then Allen nailed two more foul shots with 17.6 seconds left.
Great Mills essentially outscored North Point 32-11 over the last 13 minutes.
The Hornets look for their 13th straight win when they host Calvert at 6:30 tonight, while North Point travels to Lackey for a contest at 6 tonight.
“Our defense was definitely the key in the second half,” said Bernich, who made two three-pointers in the first half. “We made them shoot more from the outside and we go the ball inside to our bigs. I felt pretty confident with my shot tonight. This was the first time that we’ve beaten North Point since I’ve been playing. We know that we’ll probably see them again in the [SMAC] championship game.”


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Michael Douglas and Matt Damon tell us the secrets of “Behind the Candelabra”, the film based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson.
In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional lim …-
Behind the scenes of the movie of the year.
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Apple will reportedly announce the iPhone 5 at a media briefing on 4th October.
Steve Jobs' replacement Tim Cook will take the stage to make the announcement, according to AllThingsD.
The iPhone 5 will then be available to consumers "within a few weeks".
The long-awaited reveal will be Apple's first product launch since sweater-wearing ex-boss Jobs departed Apple last month amid continued health problems. It's also Cook's inaugural appearance as Apple CEO. Will he go for a jeans and turtleneck combo, too?
Previous rumours pegged the upgrade as being largely similar to the iPhone 4, but with the iPad 2's speedier processor.
An 8 megapixel camera, improved messaging and photo-sharing support courtesy of new iOS 5 firmware has also been touted.


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KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Along with the poll candidates and political parties’ cadres, artists and musicians are also playing major role in setting up the mood for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections.
While poll candidates conduct door-to-door campaign and turn the campaign into corner meeting, band of musicians join them by playing traditional musical instruments including flute, lute and panche baja (five Nepali musical instruments) and madal (Nepali drum).
What follows next is lyrical music of traditional folk duet songs known locally as ‘lok dohori’. And before anyone settles, participants and artists would be merrily dancing to the folk tunes.
As the election nears and candidates intensify their campaigns, this has become a common scene in many places. Nuwakot and Khotang districts are no exception.
In the capital’s neighboring district Nuwakot, such practice have been adopted by both the ‘democratic’ alliance led by the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and its major opponent left alliance, comprising of CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center).
In general observation, the ‘democratic’ alliance looks ahead in embracing this practice than the left alliance. Members of NC’s cultural organization in the district have not left the side of the party’s candidates even for a day since the poll campaigns begun.
Many of the campaign songs are sung in ‘lok dohori’ style and most of them make political calls including the voters to vote for their party candidates. Although not in the scale done by NC, the left alliance is not far behind. Candidates representing CPN UML and the CPN (Maoist Center) are also making their voters join the dance.
Before converting political campaigns into corner meeting, campaigners use radio or loudspeakers to inform locals about the date, time and place of musical programs, and urge the locals to participate. The promotional strategy seems to work as many locals have been turning up at the venue.
One of the major reasons behind including music and dance is to entertain the voters and supporters in between political speeches. Secondly, music helps to keep the attention of voters intact.
Voters prefer music and entertainment than hearing the long speeches of candidates. But, these songs and musical events come for free. Candidates invest substantial amount of funds to produce catchy songs and music for their campaigns. Because of this, the elections have been a good source of income for musicians, said Uddyab Karki, former president of Nuwakot chapter of Dohori Pratisthan.
“Music has been a really effective means to promote election campaigns as it draws huge crowds of people to political events,” Karki said. “Catchy songs and trendy music making it easy for voters to remember the political campaign they attended. This can easily influence the election results in the favor of candidates if they are able to use the medium effectively.”
According to Yam Kumar Khati, Nuwakot chapter district member of UML, the left alliance has been using music and entertainment performed by national-level artists to pull voters in constituency-1.
“When we mix cultural programs in our election campaign, it becomes much easier for us to convey our political agendas to the mass. Election campaigns become more effective. However, campaigns in constituency-2 so far are mostly limited to speeches only,” he said.
NC senior leader and candidate for Nuwakot constituency-2, Arjun Narsingha KC said the use of almost extinct cultural programs also sends the message that our rich and diverse cultures should be preserved.
“Wherever we go, musicians and artists go with us. They are able to put forth our ideas to the voters, in a way that we could never do in our speeches. This has helped us in reaching to our voters,” said KC.
In the recent days, senior musician Mahesh Khadka has joined into the election campaigns in Khotang. He has been performing in election campaign of UML candidate Bishal Bhattarai, who is contesting in constituency-2 of the district.
Likewise, film artists and producer Nawal Khadka, singer Satyakala Rai, Rupkumar Rai, Jasraj Rai, Shila Rai, Meena Rai, Sahas Rai along with other artists have also reached Khotang to heat up the already electric election fervor through their catchy performances.
While the left alliance has shown preference towards artists who have already made fame at the national level, NC seems to be prioritizing local artists and musicians. Kabita Sharma and Madan Thapa are just a few names.

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Basic course of knowledge about amber
The International Amber Association invites you to a basic amber course. The course will take place on May 30 from 8 am to 3 pm.
The basic course on amber is intended to provide the most important information about the origin of amber and geology, contemporary methods of processing and modifying stones, inclusions and imitations, amber in art and marks on silver.
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8:00 - 8:50 Origin and deposits of Baltic amber, other fossil and subfossil resins - dr Regina Kramarska
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10:00 - 10:50 Methods of amber processing and modification - dr inż. Małgorzata Kucharska
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13:00 - 13:50 Organic inclusions in amber - prof. dr hab. Richard Szadziewski
14:00 - 14:50 Signs on silver - Magdalena Ulaczyk
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It may not be his all-time favorite but Justin Bieber is obsessing on Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Call Me Maybe.” The Biebs announced via TwitVid last week that he’d signed Ms. Jepsen to his new label and this week brings a homemade YouTube video of Justin, Selena Gomez, [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Ashley Tisdale[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Big Time Rush[/lastfm]’s Carlos Pena, and a few of their friends to the track.
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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is an upcoming PC and Mac game created by Toronto Indie developers Asteroid Base. It's a co-op micro-platformer set inside a pink Death Star locked in battle with hordes of space baddies. Players work together running back and forth between ship control rooms, manning turrets, lasers, shields and thrusters to rack up points and stave off a vacuumy demise. Death may be a given, but at least you don’t have to face it alone.
Equally rad and gorgeous, here it is, the trailer for Asteroid Base's "Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime".
Now that we know a bit about the game I thought it would be great to talk a bit about the creators. Asteroid Base consists of three Canadian dudes just hitting 30. Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker and Adam Winkels. I've known them for a good ten years now, attending art school with Matt and Jamie. I even lived with Matt and his girlfriend Emily in jolly ol' London town. I do remember the time we went to the Sherlock Holmes museum together. It was terrible.
I had the chance to offer some artistic help on Asteroid Base's first project, a jam game called Shuriken Skies. I designed the little helicopter. Asteroid Base has grown up quite a bit since then and the team can't wait to get their new game in the public's hands. Now that the development is beginning to wrap up it seemed the perfect time to learn a bit more about the game's origins. Thought I'd shoot my bud Matt an email and ask him a few questions about the development of the new game.
Left to Right - Adam Winkels, Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker. They all kind of have beards.
Hey Matt, I would love to know how Asteroid Base was formed?
I met Jamie studying illustration at Sheridan College, and I'd been friends with Adam for years (we met in a high school grunge band). We always played and talked about games together, but it wasn't until the Toronto Independent Game Jam 2011 that we first worked together making a 4-player ninja skydiving game called Shuriken Skies (by the way, thanks for that lovely helicopter, Mike).
...So I'm saying Star Trek and Star Wars were the inspirations for our space game? How original.
Tell us a bit about how Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time was started.
Almost a year after Shuriken Skies, we wanted to do another game together for the Global Game Jam in January 2012. In the weeks leading up to the jam, we met up and drew a bunch of one-off sketches of different concepts, and there was one idea about running around a crazy space battleship that lodged in our brains, and we started riffing on the concept. The first sketch was from an overhead view (kind of like FTL, before we knew about FTL), but we quickly switched to a side view to get some more frantic up-and-down action, a la the Millenium Falcon "don't get cocky" scene in episode IV. At the game jam, we built the first prototype of Lovers using Game Maker. It was a really simple version with tons of bugs, but it had the core look and feel that we were aiming for. Later in the summer, I started rebuilding the game in Unity, which was as much an excuse to learn Unity as anything else. But soon Jamie was back on the project too, and we've been working on it pretty steadily since then.
What inspired Lovers?
At that inital meeting, Adam had been telling us about the game Artemis, which is basically a multiplayer Star Trek simulator, so that was at the front of our brains. Plus we really were fixated on that scene in Star Wars. (So I'm saying Star Trek and Star Wars were the inspirations for our space game? How original.) Once we got going on it though, we began to draw from a bunch of different sources: Chris Ware, Scott Benson, vintage sci-fi illustration, cutaway drawings in Eyewitness books, the Technodrome, 3-D mazes, the Powerpuff Girls... we actually wrote a blog post about some of our references here.
Both lovely and dangerous.
Why so serious?
I will admit, at first I thought it was a really exciting idea to email Matt about the game. Sure it's all great info but in the end all the questions I asked sounded so text book. Hey, I got a better idea, why not get the whole team together so I can buy them some drinks (water) at a very local and very lame Toronto pub. I shouldn't complain about the place, the pinball machine is free.
We got together on a cold and blistery Canadian night, you know the kind of cold where your hands turn pink. Once inside we were lucky enough to gather warmth as we were forced to huddle together in a way too tiny booth. It was a very intimate gathering which allowed myself to become much more comfortable asking some much less serious questions.
Not one person ever got our witty reference to the 1994 Charlie Sheen film Terminal Velocity.
What's with the goofy title? Where did it come from?
Throughout the whole jam where we made the prototype we were trying to come up with a title, and unfortunately the extent of our sense of humour is pointless pop-culture references. (For a long time our ninja skydiving game was called Terminal Ninjocity, and not one person ever got our witty reference to the 1994 Charlie Sheen film Terminal Velocity.) So I think we had a bunch of bad song puns and things for our spaceship game's title, and eventually Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime beat out Cosmic Lovers in a Dangerous Time because it was more singable. Or something.
After watching the trailer I noticed the Lovers are sleeping in bunk beds. What's the deal?
Square footage doesn't come cheap in cosmic battleship real estate, so some couples need to embrace unusual living arrangements to make ends meet. Also double beds with people in them are weird to draw in 2-D.
What's the deal with that pink Death Star type ship? Is it some sort of Christmas gift that Darth Vader bought for his daughter? (Not Leia, some other evil daughter he had later on.)
Haha, actually we ended up with the circle shape because we wanted the players to be able to angle the ship's engines to fly in any direction. We couldn't have the engines be fixed to the ship, though, because then the body of the ship would need to rotate as well, messing up the platforming. So in the end this led us to the circle design, which also has the nice side effect of looking like a Death Star/Technodrome.
As for the pink... I guess we just wanted the most opposite color we could find to Death Star Grey.
Also we like Kirby.
For those who don't know, Lovers is a finalist at this year’s Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Visual Art , which will be held at this years GDC. Congrats goes out to you guys on your nomination. Would love to hear your reaction.
It was nuts! That morning I suddenly started getting some tweets saying "congratulations" and then I saw it on the IGF site and I kept reloading at first in case it was a mistake. Then I texted Jamie and I think my first message was "F-WORD YEAH". It's quite an honour to be there alongside the other nominees (I've been in love with Guacamelee's art since I saw the first trailer way back when). And we're super excited to be heading down to GDC in March. (It's also a hugely motivating deadline to have another solid preview build by then.)
What can you say to gamers out there who just don't seem to get the whole "Indie" thing.
Hey, haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love.
What does the future hold for Asteroid Base?
Like probably every other game designer ever, we've got piles of wacky concept sketches. All I hope is that we can make a few more of them some day.
Remember the time we went to the Sherlock Museum?
My dear Brodie, how could I forget such an illuminating experience? Who am I kidding it was terrible.
After the photo we dispersed. The three of them to their cozy little bunk beds and I to the local 2-4-1 pizza shop located just down the street. I purchased two pepperoni slices with a garlic dip and a grape soda.
Michael Robot is a beard farmer and a pizza eater. You can head on over to his newly established Facepants page to see more of his work. He's also brand new at twitter, you can make fun of him right here: michael_robot
I want to rewind a bit to a masterpiece of a conversation that occurred that night. As our time together was drawing to a close we began to discuss our thoughts on the future of gaming and the next gen consoles. It was at this time that Matt's girlfriend Emily spoke up and quite possibly gave the world's most blunt critique of Nintendo's new console. "When I look at the Wii U, I can't help but assume it was designed by Homer Simpson."
"Some things are so snazzy they never go out of style! Like tail fins... And bubble domes... And shag carpeting... Next up, horns. I want a horn here, here, and here! You can never find a good horn when you are mad! And they should all play La Cucaracha!"


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A fully gilded copper statue of the Dakini and semi-wrathful Yidam known as Kurukulla or Rigdjema in Tibetan. Belonging to the Lotus family, she is often associated with the special activity of magnetizing. Here she is depicted in a dancing posture and holds a flowery bow and arrow. She is also one of the Twenty-One Taras mentioned in the ancient Tara Tantras.
The face is hand painted and also enriched with 24K gold.
Hand crafted in Nepal using the Lost Wax process
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Panagiotis Perakis (Greece) is the new President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) following his election on 25 November.
Perakis has served as an independent legal expert to the European Commission advising on the regulation and resolution of new legal issues arising from rapidly-evolving technologies.
Since 2011, he has been an elected member of the executive board of the Athens Bar.
Access to justice
He was chair of the CCBE Access to Justice Committee since February 2015, head of the Greek delegation in 2019, before joining the CCBE Presidency in 2020.
Panagiotis Perakis started his career as a lawyer, providing legal services in both advisory and judicial proceedings after his studies in Greece and France.
His presidency will be supported by Pierre-Dominique Schupp (Switzerland) as first vice-president, Thierry Wickers (France) as second vice-president, and Roman Završek (Slovenia) as third vice-president.

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Mahindra XUV300, the sub-4 meter SUV from the home-grown automaker, will receive its first mid-life update in Q3, fiscal year 2022. That means, it will arrive around January 2023. The information comes from Veejay Nakra, CEO Automotive, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. The facelifted model will witness significant changes in terms of design, features and engine mechanism. If reports are to be believed, the 2023 Mahindra XUV300 facelift could be offered with a new 1.2L mStallion T-GDI petrol engine that’s good enough for 130bhp and 230Nm.
Just so you know, the automaker showcased the XUV300 Sportz variant with the same powertrain. With new gasoline motor, Mahindra’s compact SUV will become the most powerful car in its category. Compared to the existing 1.2L petrol unit, the new one will be 20bhp more powerful and 30Nm torqueier. The 1.2L, 3-cylider petrol (109bhp/200Nm) and 1.5L CRDi diesel (115bhp/300Nm) engines will continue to be on offer. Transmission choices will include a 6-speed manual and an AMT unit.
The new 2023 Mahindra XUV300 facelift is likely to come with an updated touchscreen infotainment system with high resolution graphics and user interface. Some of its design changes will include a bigger grille with larger vertical chrome slats, full-LED headlamps, newly-designed alloy wheels and revised taillamps.
Anish Shah, Managing Director and CEO of Mahindra Group has confirmed that the Mahindra XUV300 electric SUV will arrive in Q3 or Q4 of financial year 2023. The XUV300 EV will be Mahindra’s first vehicle to be based on its MESMA (Mahindra Electric Scalable and Modular Architecture) platform. The model will come with 350V and 380V powertrains and two battery pack options. Its standard version will be put up against the Tata Nexon EV and the long-range variant will take on the Hyundai Kona EV and MG ZS EV. While the former will deliver range around 200km, the latter one will promise around 375km.


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Shawn Elizabeth George is passionate about encouraging others to grow into the person they were made to be. Shawn wrote A Place for Sam to speak the truth to every child that it is okay to not be okay, but there is hope and help. Shawn loves to share with kids that they have a place and a purpose in this world. Shawn is a stay-at-home-mom, author, blogger, and encouraging speaker. She lives in her hometown in Connecticut with her husband, three children and their black lab.
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Jan Cohen found her “place” in the world of Art the very moment she picked up a pencil as a toddler, and has not put it down since! She is a freelance illustrator, painter and ceramic artist, and has had the pleasure of teaching Art to children in her hometown for the past thirty years. She has loved sharing her passion for the Visual Arts with young people in her work as a teacher, and now in bringing characters to life as a children’s book illustrator. This is her second children’s book. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Art Education from Central Connecticut State University. She lives in Avon, Connecticut with her husband and two children.
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Sam is sharing her story because she knows she is not the only puzzle piece who has been disheartened about how they were made. She wants to encourage each puzzle piece that they were made with love and with a purpose. Sam hopes you know how unique and special you are and that you grow to know your place and purpose in this beautiful world.
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SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS By Bess Wohl
Presented by Speakeasy Stage Company | January 4 — February 2, 2018
Six strangers in search of serenity meet at a wellness retreat for what they all hope will be a life-changing five-day experience in this hit Off-Broadway comedy by Bess Wohl. In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, they attempt to abandon technology and observe a vow of silence while being guided by an unseen guru, who challenges them to confront internal demons and seek peace. Though it employs very little dialogue, there is definitely nothing quiet about Small Mouth Sounds, a luminous and compassionate new play that asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us.
"Smart, absorbing, and original... an exquisite little gem of a play" - THE BOSTON GLOBE
“Hugely hilarious! A wry dissection of the jagged path to our better selves.” - WGBH
"One of the most unexpectedly funny and human new plays in recent memory... Boston audiences should make time to catch this spectacular start to 2019." - EDGE BOSTON
WINNER, Elliot Norton Award for Best Ensemble, 2019


There is nothing sexier than a bigot, amiright ladies? Blake Shelton was recently chosen as this year’s ‘sexiest man alive’ by People magazine, and for a solid second we all wondered how many beautiful men had to die to make this possible.
We are not sure what standards are used to determine which man deserves this title, but they obviously do not care much about how shitty the men they chose are. Shelton is questionable at best. “I was 19 years old when my heart first got broken.. I’m over it now but I wonder what that fat ugly bitch is up to….” he tweeted. Another one of his under-140-characters masterpieces? “Nothing says 4th of July like a airport shuttle bus driver that can’t speak a FUCKING word of English!!! To the terminal Omar!!!!”
Nevermind the fact that he has profited from openly sexist, homophobic and racist comments throughout his career, this dude is now a role model for men everywhere.
It is true that we as a society should stop caring about looks as a measure of someone’s worth, but the truth is that beauty sells. The sexiest man alive will profit from this title, and the magazine will publicize their decision like there is no tomorrow. Men everywhere, young men who are already conditioned to use offensive vocabulary as a display of masculinity, will get the message that this kind of behavior is not only okay, but sexy.
But of course, we could not expect much from a magazine that chose a domestic abuser, Johnny Depp, as the sexiest man alive… twice.
This is just another instance of men being praised for doing the bare minimum. Symmetrical face, white skin and a little bit of facial hair? Bam! You are the sexiest man alive. You opened the door for the lady walking behind you? You are a feminist. You have one friend whose skin is not white? Congratulations, now you are allowed to make racist comments.
It is disturbing how low the standard is set for most white men.
We live in a society where “boys will be boys” is good enough of an excuse for men to get away with anything ranging from innocent pranks to sexual assault; where men like Casey Affleck and Woody Allen will continue to win awards because they deserve to have their disturbing actions separated from their art. This not only fosters an environment where other men feel like their penis is a free-pass to not be accountable for their actions, but it is a constant reminder to women that their experiences are not as valid.
While it is true that “not all men” (David Giacomini would never) behave like this, “enough men” do.


First, we must make clear that Dr. Robert Redfield’s leadership of the CDC under President Trump was weak and terribly mistaken. It was one of the most unfortunate, horrible aspects of the Covid response. The CDC helped craft the lockdown approaches that were adopted by the various states.
Nonetheless, he gave some critical testimony this week that discusses the origins of the virus and the internal politics that occurred within the deep state intended to defraud and mislead the public:
I would start the following video around the 1:50 mark for brevity:
2 thoughts on “Former CDC Director Redfield’s Explosive Testimony”
Yes, it is abundantly clear from Dr. Redfield’s testimony that scientific debate was quashed and the American people were lied to.
It was good that, at least, he told the truth about these things.
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Cuckney strengthened their lead at the top of the Nottinghamshire Premier League with a comprehensive 115 run win over Welbeck at Langwith Lane.
in one of only two games that started on time, Welbeck won the toss and asked Cuckney to bat first. The home side closed on 198 for 8 in their 50 overs with Nick Langford (55) and Will Root (42) forming the backbone of the innings.
Jonathan Ball, who took 3-53, and skipper Martyn Dobson, who returned 3-51, led Welbeck’s attack.
Any satisfaction that Welbeck had at limiting the leaders to this below-par score was quickly dashed as they were dismissed for just 83 in 27.2 overs with Dobson being the only batsmen to make a significant mark with 39.
Richard Stroh played the winning hand with the ball taking 6-30 from 13 overs.
The Nottinghamshire Academy are firmly established in second place when they nearly revenged their only loss this season when they had the better of a draw against Clifton at Lady Bay.
The county side went to tea on an impressive 259 for 4 in their 50 overs after winning the toss.
Clifton’s reply got off to a solid start when Martin Weightman (52) and Scott McNeill (43) put on 104 for the first wicket.
But their response stumbled and in the end they hung on for a draw at 227 for 9. Tillcock rounded off a good day personally with figures of 5-63 from his 10 overs.

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Software engineering is mainly learning. There is a great demand for technical explanations, and many thousands of books, talks and blog posts devoted to this purpose. In the workplace, most engineers will have more than one conversation each day where some tool, library or framework is explained. What is Docker? What’s the deal with Kubernetes? I heard we should consider using Kafka - what is that? But so many of these technical explanations follow the same unhelpful pattern: explaning what X is by recounting details of its implementation or design. For instance, you might explain what Docker is by describing cgroups, the mechanics of OS-level virtualization, mounting volumes, and so on. The problem is that this completely ignores the most important things that beginners to a particular technology need to learn: what problem is Docker solving, and why do I need to care about it? Good technical explanations start by explicitly addressing these questions and only address implementation details afterwards. Bad technical explanations never address these questions at all, leaving the poor listener to try and piece together why anybody would want all these disparate technical features in the first place.
If you only take one thing away from this article, take this: when you’re explaining something technical, always say something about what problems it’s trying to solve before you go into detail about what it is or how it works.
Where there’s money at stake, companies generally get this right. For instance, the Docker company has invested a fair amount of engineering time and effort into the introductory text on their website. The first link in the top bar is titled “Why Docker?”, and the linked page lays out the key problems Docker is attempting to solve, from the broadest to the most granular:
- Developing today requires wrangling a bunch of tooling as well as writing code
- Each language and framework has different tools that don’t talk to each other well
- Programs that aren’t isolated from their environment invite the classic ‘works on my machine’ problem
Only then is there a link to a page that explains what a “containerized app” is. Once the problems are made clear, the technical details of how containers work begin to make sense. We care about OS-level virtualization because it lets us package a full environment alongside our program. We need a tool like Docker to manage it because that lets us package all kinds of language-specific tooling behind a consistent interface. And so on.
Layers of problems
One reason the above advice is harder than it sounds is that often a problem itself is a complex technical concept. One key problem Docker addresses is the size and slow boot times of VMs. But to a junior developer unfamiliar with any kind of virtualization, this problem itself needs to be carefully explained. To a non-technical person who is unfamiliar with the concept of an operating system, the situation is even worse. Technical explanations aimed at wide audience should try to go a few layers deep. As well as explanining the problem that your tool or library is solving, explain why people encountered the problem in the first place.
This is why more detailed technical explanations (such as this article) often follow up a discussion of the key problems with an assessment of the historical attempts to solve them. In the case of Docker, this would involve talking about the tedious sysadmin work of lining up OS versions and system libraries on bare metal hosts, then the more predictable but less performant strategy of running production software in VMs.
It can be frustrating to spend so much time talking about other subjects before explaining a tool you’re excited about. But it’s crucial to convince people that the problem your tool solves is real.


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- Town Star will host four weekly rewards sessions with the top prize for each set at $15,000
- An additional prize pool will reward random players from all Town Star play-to-earn servers every two weeks
- May Mayhem takes over the Gala Games ecosystem with a $4 million GALA rewards pool
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May Mayhem is one of the most awaited events in the Gala Games ecosystem. It brings tremendously increased rewards to players. When it comes to Town Star, this year’s rewards pool reaches a whopping $2 million in GALA tokens.
According to the official announcement, the rewards pool…


App note: CMOS current source
Here’s a video describing CMOS current sources.
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CMOS current source circuits are examined. The voltage versus current and layout are presented. The channel region versus the voltage/current curve is explained. The equation to calculate the Gate-Source voltage is given. The CMOS cascode current source is also explored.


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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland officials have announced $11.8 million in grant awards that will be distributed over three years to members of the Maryland HOPE Counseling Network.
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Attorney General Doug Gansler and Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond Skinner made the announcement on Thursday in Riverdale.
The network is a group of 39 nonprofit agencies statewide that provide assistance to people facing foreclosures. It also acts as a resource to negotiate reasonable terms with mortgage servicers and advise citizens on the best actions to take to save their homes.

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Michael Turback was trained as a restaurateur at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
He opened his first restaurant, Turback’s of Ithaca, at age 22. Michael successfully pioneered the use of fresh, local grown food and wine. That sparked trends now seen throughout the restaurant industry. Loyalty to small local farmers, and wine tasting events with only local wines, helped to popularize American regional dining. Michael’s achievements were recognized by most major national daily newspapers, the Food Channel, and major food magazines.
Bon Appetit Magazine hailed Turback’s as ”the best restaurant in New York State,” and the ”Restaurant Business Magazine” awarded Turback’s with ”Best American Wine List”.
Michael has written 7 great food/cook books among them the ITHACA FARMERS MARKET COOK BOOK, GREETINGS FROM THE FINGER LAKES, ALL THE GIN JOINTS and HOT CHOCOLATE.
He also runs a very successful online store with his brother under the name NEW YORK FIRST, selling New York specialties all over the world.
Culinartmedia’s new travel app of the beautiful Finger Lakes area in New York State, emphasizes great content written by one of the local experts on the food and wine of the region, with the latest mobile technology, to create a tour unique tour guide allowing the user to build his preferred tour by choosing 3 simple criteria.
The tours, while purposely avoiding to be all inclusive, are designed to give the user the best possible travel experience of this wonderful area. The visitor does not need to wade through multiple, all-inclusive tour guides in order to come up with his own plans for a trip to the area. All the user needs to do is open the app on his iPhone or iPad once he arrives in the Finger Lakes area, click three buttons and his personalized tour emerges like magic, with photographs and descriptions of each site and maps to get there.
Delicious communication solutions.

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The first-ever event at the Steve Jobs Theater.
Apple Events – Keynote September 2016
The keynote of the iPhone 7 will take place on September 7th.
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Mayor’s New Working Group Looks For Quick Ways To Spur Downtown Jax Development
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is working with a small group of business and community leaders to come up with quick ways to spur economic development Downtown.
The group met for the first time Monday morning.
“Nearly two years ago, I committed to the people of this city that by the time I left office, you wouldn’t recognize Downtown Jacksonville. My team and I are focused on that goal and are working hand in hand with business and community leaders to make that vision a reality,” Curry said.
The mayor’s Downtown Business & Community Working Group, as it’s being called, is made up of the following members:
John Rood, chairman of Vestcor Companies
Gary Norcrossm, chairman, president and CEO of FIS
Aundra Wallace, president of JAX USA
Nat Ford, CEO of the JTA
Jack Hanania, founder and CEO of Hanania automotive group
Edward Burr, president and CEO of GreenPointe Holdings
During Monday’s meeting, the group talked about everything from transportation to events to homelessness.
The next step is for the group to gather information on what’s important to the people who live and work Downtown and then put together a list of recommended actions.


Too close to call
Congress looks no easier to predict than the presidency
AS IF a nail-biting presidential campaign were not enough to keep political junkies up all night on November 7th, this year offers the rare possibility that control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives could also change hands. Republicans currently control both legislative chambers, though by slim margins. For the armchair pundit (or insomniac), here is a brief guide to the legislative battleground.
The Democrats' best chance is in the House of Representatives. Of 435 seats there, 222 are currently held by Republicans, 209 by Democrats, two by self-proclaimed independents, and two are vacant (after the deaths of their incumbents). In theory, the Democrats need to win seven seats, though matters are complicated because one Democrat, James Traficant of Ohio, has promised to support Dennis Hastert, the current Republican speaker. In the previous election, in 1998, 98% of the incumbents were re-elected. This year, there are 35 “open” seats where the incumbent is not running, of which 26 are currently held by Republicans. There are also a couple of dozen incumbents who are potentially vulnerable.
The table shows 21 of the most watched House races, with poll margins of around ten percentage points or less. (Health warning: opinion polls, particularly in House races, often swing wildly.) Judging by the most recent numbers, the Republicans' chances of keeping control seem to have strengthened slightly, but there are still around a dozen races which are too close to call.
Unlike the presidential election, in which many of the battleground states are in the mid-west, the outcome in the House will depend greatly on what happens in the west and, to a lesser extent, the South. In the west the arithmetic is particularly worrying for the Republicans. They have four vulnerable seats in California, plus one each in Washington, Montana and Utah. The idea that the Democrats could recapture the House with a western sweep alone has rattled the Republican hierarchy, which, among other things, recently made sure that the Republican candidate for the close Utah seat received credit for a pork-barrel water project in the recent budget even though he wasn't yet elected.
Parts of the South, too, are vulnerable. In Arkansas Jay Dickey, a four-term Republican, is fighting off a strong Democratic challenge. In Kentucky at least two incumbent Republicans are in close races, and in Florida the seats of an outgoing and an incumbent Republican are vulnerable. But in Missouri, New Jersey and West Virginia, Democrat-held seats are in jeopardy.
In the Senate, the Republicans currently hold 54 of the 100 seats. Thirty-four seats are up for re-election this year, and ten of these races are close, with poll margins of around 10% or less (see table). In theory, the Democrats need to pick up five seats to gain control of the Senate, though the maths is complicated by presidential politics in two ways. First, if the Senate is split evenly between the parties, the tie-breaking vote is cast by the vice-president. And, second, Joe Lieberman will have to give up his seat if he becomes the Democratic vice-president—and his successor will be appointed by the Republican governor of Connecticut.
The target probably rises to six seats, because the Democrats are likely to lose their seat in Nevada, and possibly even to seven, because they may lose in Virginia. All the same, the Senate Democrats are more optimistic than at any previous time in the campaign. In New York and New Jersey, two newcomers, Hillary Clinton and Jon Corzine, a free-spending investment banker, seem to be hanging on to Democratic seats. And some of the other races are breaking their way.
The most perplexing is Missouri, where the Democrat candidate, Mel Carnahan, the governor of the state, was killed in an aircraft crash two weeks ago. Now John Ashcroft, the Republican incumbent and fervent Christian, must have mixed feelings about discovering that in politics, too, there is an afterlife. The late governor is still on the ballot, and ahead in the polls. If he wins, his successor (as governor) will appoint his widow, Jean Carnahan, to the Senate seat.
In Minnesota, the incumbent Republican senator, Rod Grams, is trailing his Democratic challenger. In Florida, the Democratic challenger is ahead in the seat currently held by Connie Mack, a retiring Republican. In Delaware, Bill Roth, a 79-year-old Republican veteran, is fighting for his political life. And in the west, too, the Republicans are under pressure. Incumbent Republicans in Montana and Washington (see article) face extremely close races.
Different though the battlegrounds are, it will be argued, much surely depends on the presidential race: the name at the top of the ballot can often pull in votes further down. This seems to make sense, but there also seems to be plenty of evidence that Americans quite like divided government. Remember that Democrats held the House of Representatives continuously for the 40 years up to 1994, most of that time under Republican presidents. Since then, there has been a Democratic president and a Republican Congress.
Arithmetically, Americans could have any one of eight permutations of party control between president, House and Senate. In practice, some of these outcomes, such as a Republican president with two Democratic chambers of Congress, are highly unlikely. For now only two predictions seem safe. November 7th will be a long night. And, whatever happens, neither party is likely to have a big majority in either House or Senate.
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Instead of educating you the way to put together wholesome meals at residence, Jenny Craig makes use of largely processed meals to advertise weight reduction. WW, formerly often identified as Weight Watchers, and Jenny Craig are two in style weight loss packages. This fast, simple recipe is from chef Missy Robbins of Brooklyn’s award-winning Lilia restaurant, who turns traditional pasta al pomodoro on its head. In her riff on the dish, Robbins swaps out pasta in favor of nourishing chickpeas and tangles of kale. For further flavor, she tops the bowl with contemporary herbs and salty pecorino Romano.
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The Great Lobster Cookbook
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Lobster has long been thought of as a staple of haute cuisine and a dish of indulgence, something that only a true expert in the kitchen can perfectly execute.
From Matt Dean Pettit, chef and owner of Rock Lobster Food Co., comes a collection of more than 100 simple and delicious lobster recipes showing how fun, easy, and stress-free cooking with lobster can be.
A lobster lover since he was a little boy, Matt Dean Pettit started Rock Lobster Food Co. after an eye-opening experience on the East Coast. He had eaten lobster everywhere he could find it, from fresh-off-the-dock to dive bars, and was left wondering why lobster could be so readily available (and so reasonably priced) at the source but reserved for high-end restaurants across the rest of the country. He pledged then and there to bring lobster to the masses.
The Great Lobster Cookbook includes more than 100 of Matt’s best recipes—from the famous Rock Lobster Roll and the Classic Lobster Boil to Lobster Eggs Benny, Lobster Poutine, and even a mouthwatering recipe for Vanilla Bean Lobster Ice Cream. Star chefs, such as Mark McEwan and Roger Mooking, also share their favorite lobster dishes.
With easy-to-follow recipes, notes on lobster anatomy, and basic cooking techniques, Matt demystifies the lobster, highlighting its versatility and taking readers on a cross-country journey into its world, from claw to tail.
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Sixty million girls missing because of selective abortions in India
Today is International Day of the Girl Child. Every month at least 50,000 girls are killed following prenatal sex determination tests. For activist, “Every child is precious. Both girls and boys have an equal right to life and liberty.”
New Delhi (AsiaNews) – At least 60 million girls have been lost in India in the last ten years due to the widespread practice of selective abortions, this according to data released by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International on the International Day of the Girl Child.
“In our country, 50,000 babies are aborted every month for one reason: they are girls instead of boys,” said Tehmina Arora, Director of ADF India. “India’s skewed sex ratio shows that, as a nation, we have failed girls.”
The United Nations established International Day of the Girl Child to draw attention to the fate of millions of discriminated women and girls, marginalised by their families, exploited and abused for the sole reason of being female.
According to the 2018 Economic Survey, in India there are about 21 million "unwanted" girls whose parents would have preferred a boy.
In addition to awareness programmes, activists demand that the Pre-Natal Diagnostics Techniques Pre-Conception Act adopted in 1994 be properly enforced.
The law, which was approved to counter femicide, bans prenatal sex determination, such as tests on amniotic fluid or chorionic placental tissue samples.
Baby girls “are either aborted or, once born, subject to various forms of violence. It’s time to address this issue,” notes Tehmina Arora.
According to the activist, “Every child is precious. Both girls and boys have an equal right to life and liberty. Our nation cannot afford to lose its little girls to discrimination and neglect.”
“India’s future is interlinked with the lives of the girls and women of the country. Whoever believes that girls share the same rights as boys cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening in India today.”
In 2016 ADF India launched the #VanishingGirls campaign to support the right to life of girls and to eliminate the practice of selective abortions.
This year, it organised a nationwide photography competition with the theme #giveherLIFE to raise awareness around the girl child. LIFE stands for love, inheritance, freedom, and equality.
The best pictures can be seen on the campaign's Instagram profile. The top one shows two women– mother and daughter – sitting across from one another, laughing together. Neither was discarded.


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Italian police say they think only one person was involved in the alleged hijack of a Turkish Airlines plane which was diverted to southern Italy. Officials in Brindisi, where the plane landed, said the man, 28-year old Turkish national Hakan Ekinci, wanted to deliver a message to the Pope.
He was not armed, and no weapons were found on the aircraft. The passengers were closely questioned when they disembarked, to make sure no accomplice was involved.
The plane, with 113 people on board, was on its way to Istanbul from Albania when it was hijacked over Greek airspace and diverted to Italy. A man gave himself up to police 9 hours after it landed.
Turkish officials claim Ekinci, a Christian convert, was an army deserter who had been denied political asylum in Albania. They have dismissed claims that the incident was a protest against the Pope’s upcoming visit to Turkey.
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Cesare Bazora, #SzczepimySię campaign ambassador, took a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. The vaccination took place at the national stadium. “I think it is a victory for all of us to get vaccinated,” the actor said.
– I’m sure today I’ll see my first win on the national stadium – the actor said before my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was taken. He also expressed his hope that everyone who cares about health and a return to normal life will follow in his footsteps.
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The paw was inoculated with a preparation from Pfizer and BioNTech. He told reporters that after the vaccination he took the first dose on April 6 at the National Stadium. – I got a call in the evening to see if I was ready, because there were two free doses – he said. He added, “And one of them was seized.”
He emphasized that if he had had the opportunity to get vaccinated by equipping another company, he would have taken the opportunity as well. In his opinion, recently fake news about vaccines is gaining more popularity than real information. – I do not think that other preparations will be less effective or that they will have any flaws, otherwise they will not be allowed – Values.
“I have no doubt that all vaccines that have been approved and approved should do the same,” he said. He also admitted that he saw no danger of receiving vaccinations because he was vaccinated since he was a child. He emphasized that he is also vaccinated against influenza every year.
Why is it worth being vaccinated? “To live”
Bazora also expressed confidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is one of the best ways to return to the normal state it was in before the pandemic.
When asked by journalists why he thought it was worth getting vaccinated, he answered without hesitation: “I live.” “To live in good health for as long as possible,” he said. – Because I have a cunning plan for life: despite everyone I want to live a long and healthy life, so I try to take care of my health and will do it deliberately – I admit.
As reported on Wednesday on government websites, 10,740169 vaccines against COVID-19 have been conducted in Poland so far. 27,468,824 people were completely vaccinated, that is, two doses of the preparations from Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca, as well as the one dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. More than eight million Poles received the first dose.
He also announced, by May 10, every adult citizen will be able to receive an electronic referral and sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Payday lenders frequently exploit regulatory exceptions towards the calculation regarding the finance disclosure charge and charge specific extra charges https://badcreditloans4all.com/ which are maybe perhaps perhaps perhaps not contained in the supposedly all encompassing finance disclosure cost. Id. at 901. These extra costs which can be hidden when you look at the agreements are only the latest incarnation of a classic strategy. Additionally, high-cost lenders often telephone loan that is first-time’ employers or peoples resource supervisors to validate that applicants are utilized. Id. at 895. This work verification typically does occur before borrowers see an agreement or any TILA disclosures. Id. While, admittedly, the training assists measure the loan danger, moreover it increases search prices for first-time loans and encourages borrowers to utilize ab muscles very first lender in purchase to stop future task jeopardizing phone telephone phone telephone calls. Id. at 897. This phone verification is with in numerous ways just a brand new variant of this nineteenth century training of confronting a debtor’s company to make an understanding.
Within the previous twenty-five years, high-cost loan providers have developed a means that is new of state customer security legislation; that is partnering with banking institutions in order to avoid legislation. Id. at 810. The Supreme Court ruled in Marquette Nat’l Bank of Minneapolis v. to begin Omaha Serv. Corp., 439 U.S. 299, 318-19 letter. 31, 99 S. Ct. 540, 58 L. Ed. 2d 534 (1978), that state interest rate caps aren’t relevant to banks that are federally chartered virtue for the Supremacy Clause associated with the united states of america Constitution. Since that ruling, high price customer loan providers have frequently teamed with obscure nationwide banking institutions to skirt state rate of interest caps.
Unconscionable mandatory arbitration agreements found in adhesion agreements provide another opportinity for high-cost loan providers to circumvent state rules.
If the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) ended up being enacted, bargaining had been occurring mainly into the context that is commercial company people of equal bargaining energy. Margaret M. Harding, The Clash Between Federal and State Arbitration Law and also the Appropriateness of Arbitration being a Dispute Resolution Process, 77 Neb. L.Rev. 397, 400-01 (1998). Arbitration *1378 agreements today are not limited towards the context that is same. Id. at 401. It had been most likely not the intent associated with the initial legislators that adhesion agreements which invoke the FAA enable stronger events to force weaker events into binding arbitration. Russell D. Feingold, Mandatory Arbitration: Exactly Exactly What Process is Due?, 39 Harv. J. on Legis. 281, 289 (2002). One unpleasant consequence of agreeing to arbitration is whatever the guidelines of legislation might be, arbitrators aren’t bound to check out them and their handiwork is at the mercy of just the many perfunctory oversight that is judicial. Charles L. Knapp, Using Contracts Private: The Quiet Revolution in Contract Law, 71 Fordham L.Rev. 761, 782-83 (2002). After considering both the procedural and substantive components of unconscionability, we figured enforcing the arbitration clause within the agreements and also the arbitration contract would result in a result that is unjust. This dedication have not changed. Therefore, Defendants’ movement for reconsideration is REJECTED.
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In case the Court denied Defendants’ movement to reconsider, Defendants additionally move why these procedures be stayed pending selling point of the November 25, 2003 purchase. Where a notice of appeal is filed, that “is a meeting of jurisdictional importance it confers jurisdiction in the court of appeals and divests the region court of the control of those facets of the instance mixed up in appeal.” Griggs v. Provident customer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58, 103 S. Ct. 400, 74 L. Ed. 2d 225 (1982). It has been interpreted to demand a stay of most district court’s procedures, pending a non-frivolous benefit of an purchase doubting a movement to compel arbitration. Baron v. Best Purchase Co., Inc., 79 F. Supp. 2d 1350, 1353 (S.D.Fla.1999). Defendants’ appeal just isn’t frivolous since “there clearly was some validity that is possible it.” Baron, 79 F.Supp.2d. at 1354. Also, once the problem on appeal is whether or not this Court may be the appropriate forum to eliminate the events claim, to continue pending appeal might lead to unneeded replication. Therefore, all things in this situation are REMAINED through to the Eleventh Circuit either (1) resolves the appeal by Defendants associated with the purchase doubting their movement to compel arbitration or (2) dissolves the stay.
Upon the foregoing, Defendants’ movement for reconsideration is REJECTED and Defendants’ movement to keep pending appeal is GRANTED.

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