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King County fire marshal to lift burn ban on Friday
In concert with Pierce County, Kitsap County, Mason County and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, King County will lift its burn ban 8 a.m. Sep. 5.
The burn ban is lifted in areas outside the jurisdiction of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The Clean Air Agency is the air quality authority for the greater Puget Sound area and restricts burning in the more urban, densely populated areas.
Burning in King County, outside of the Clean Air Agency boundaries, requires a permit from your local fire district and the following regulations apply:
• Only natural vegetation shall be burned. The fire shall not contain any rubber products, asphalt products, petroleum products, plastics, garbage, dead animals or other waste materials.
• Persons and equipment capable of extinguishing the fire shall be on the burn site and in attendance at all times.
• A distance of 50 feet must be maintained between the burn pile and any structure or combustible material.
To find out if you are outside of the jurisdiction of the Clean Air Agency,call 1-800-552-3565. Your local fire district will also have a map showing boundaries.
King County Fire Marshal John Klopfenstein, in lifting the burn ban stated, “The moisture level in our forests is constantly measured to determine the fire hazard level. This past summer has been relatively moist and the risk of fire danger is down considerably.”
For more information on local fire restrictions, the public can call the King County Fire Marshal Division at 206-296-6675, your local fire district, or 1-800-323-BURN.


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The UM Macao Distinguished Visiting Scholar (MDS), established by University of Macau (UM) under the UM Macao Talent Program, aims to attract established scholars to conduct inter/multi-disciplinary research activities with UM faculty members or to promote joint research projects/publications.
The UM Macao Post-doctoral Fellowship (MPF), established by University of Macau (UM) under the UM Macao Talent Program, aims to attract high-calibre PhD graduates for faculties to sustain and strengthen their research capabilities and build up areas of expertise.
The UM Macao PhD Scholarship (MPDS) was established by the University of Macau (UM) in 2018, which aims at attracting excellent students in the world to pursue their PhD programmes in the UM.
Written by Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales Faculty of Law
The recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, concerns what weight should be given to the Chinese government’s submission of Chinese law. On Page 58 of the trial transcript, Justices Kagan and Ginsburg asked how about other countries dealing with formal submissions from the Chinese government. There are two examples.
This call for papers is provided for by Jeanne Huang.
Written by Dr. Wenliang Zhang, Lecturer in the Law School of Renmin U, China (PRC)
Against the lasting global efforts to address the issue of recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments (“REJ”), some scholars from Mainland China, Japan and South Korea echoed from a regional level, and convened for a seminar on “Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments between China, Japan and South Korea in the New Era”. The seminar was held in School of Law of Renmin University of China on December 19, 2017 and the participants were involved in discussing in depth the status quo and the ways out in relation to the enduring REJ dilemma between the three jurisdictions, especially that between China and Japan.
Alongside the intensifying global efforts (the Judgments Project, HCCH) devoted to inter-country recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, a new stage has been witnessed of China’s positive treatment of foreign judgments ie China starts to reciprocate, following foreign courts’ initiative of recognizing and enforcing Chinese judgments. Dr. Wenliang Zhang, from the Law School of Renmin U, reflects on this new encouraging development and has just published a timely article in the latest issue of Chinese Journal of International Law (OUP) titled “Sino–Foreign Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments: A Promising “Follow-Suit” Model?”.
(This Report is provided by Guo Yujun, professor, Wuhan University Law School; Liang Wenwen, associate professor, Wuhan University Law School)
This Report is prepared by Prof. Guangjian Tu/Zeyu Huang (a PhD Candidate in University of Macau)

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Frankental, Sally and Sichone, Owen
Publication Year: 2005
Price: Core Collection Only
Category: Social Sciences - Ethnic Studies
Image Count: 29
Book Status: Available
This authoritative work examines 500 years of interaction between the races in a country that during the apartheid era became a byword for racial disharmony.

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has sent an open letter to staff pledging to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years in response to Donald Trump’s immigration ban.
Schultz condemned the president’s order saying it caused “confusion, surprise and opposition”. He said recruitment will start in the United States and focus on immigrants “who have served with US troops as interpreters and support personnel”.
Recruitment drive for refugees
The recruitment pledge was “a concerted effort to welcome and seek opportunities for those fleeing war, violence, persecution and discrimination”. It will apply to 10,000 refugees over 75 countries where Starbucks operates. Read more…

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During Nov 2022, the average price for an apartment in/near Castleton Corners, Staten Island, NY decreased by 9.2% to $726,312.
Asking price for 2-bed apartment also decreased by 3.4% and a place of this size will now cost you $578,615. A 3-bed apartment goes for $719,515, it decreased by 2.2% lately. We discerned the rise of 4- and more bed apartment pricing. It decreased by 8.8% and made it down to $837,913.
Price reports demonstrate that house price decreased by 13.8% this month making it up to $729,995. Condo prices remain stable. Condo for sale is now available for the same pricing as previously — $579,950. You can now purchase a duplex for just $807,629, duplex price increased by 4.3% this month. The property value of townhouses decreased by 16.3%, you’ll have to spend around $585,000 to get one.

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Transport Association in Hanoi on Friday said that it had proposed to the Ministry of Transport and other authorised organisations to defer implementation of the road maintenance fee from June 1 to a later date.
|Hanoi Transport Association wants to defer road maintenance fee until next year|
The association believes that if the fee is implemented as scheduled, it will cause many additional problems for businesses, which are already paying for a hike in electricity and petrol prices.
Besides, businesses are also rushing to complete installing of black boxes in their cars, which each costs VND7 million (US$333), before the July 1 deadline.
Hence the association has proposed the road maintenance fee be put off till January next year, and has also asked for a 60 per cent reduction of the proposed fee level, before it is regularised.


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Russian clubs have finished fighting in the group stages of European competitions. None of the domestic teams were able to make it to the spring round of the Champions League or Europa League. Moreover, only Zenit and Krasnodar before the last round had some chances to continue the football campaign. While Lokomotiv and CSKA dropped all hopes for a positive outcome even after the third round of the Champions League and LE, respectively. Such a result turned out to be an anti-record for the clubs of the Russian Premier League for the first time in 18 years. The last time something similar happened was back in 2001. This exodus has put Portugal ahead of Russia in the UEFA odds table and could have a serious impact on the number of representative teams in the UEFA Premier League from the 2021/22 season. Football weekly tried to figure out
Zenit (group stage, 4th place)
Lokomotiv (group stage 4th place)
Krasnodar (eliminated in the 4th qualifying round)
Few people believed in the success of the “railroad workers” even from the stage of the draw in Monaco. The Loko group was perhaps the least fortunate among all the representatives of the Russian Premier League. More high-status European clubs would not want to join the same quartet with Atletico and Juventus, which had recently become finalists of the Champions League. Nevertheless, such a lot could have had a positive effect on the fate of Muscovites at the group stage.
On the one hand, practically no one is seriously counting on you (at best, the fight for the third place and the Europa League). However, if you look at it from a slightly different angle, then quite often such disbelief sometimes forces outsiders, unexpectedly for many, to act at the limit of their own capabilities. Just remember the case with the Cypriot “Apoel”, who managed to reach the Champions League quarterfinals in the 2011/12 season. Or last year’s success of Ajax Amsterdam, which on its way confidently dealt with Real Madrid and Juventus.
However, for Loko everything turned out much more mundane. As in the previous season, Yuri Semin’s team managed to score points in the only match of the group stage, unexpectedly beating Bayer from the road in the first round. If last season’s home victory over Galatasaray in Moscow with a score of 2: 0 did not decide anything in the standings, then the starting three points in the match against Aspirin made it possible to count at least for imposing a fight on the same Germans for the LE. But everything turned out a little differently.
Loko’s problems, which led to two consecutive defeats before the winter break (1: 2 – Dynamo and 0: 4 – Arsenal), affected the performance of the capital club in the Champions League. It is not the first year that the “railroad workers” have been facing the lack of a sharp striker who can independently create chances for themselves at someone else’s goalkeeper’s room. Senegalese striker Dame N’Doye with 13 goals in the 2013/14 season was the last scoring forward to delight fans at Cherkizovo. After his departure to England, the Moscow club never found an adequate replacement for him.
Neither Smolov, who never managed to adapt to Loko’s counterattacking manner, nor Eder, who spent most of his time in isolation from the Muscovites’ midline, became the duo of strikers that was so necessary for the red-greens to perform successfully in Champions League. If we add to this factor the critical shortage of players on the bench, we get the main reason why Lokomotiv did not score a single point in the confrontation with Juventus or Atletico Madrid.
When the opponent can release such players as Paulo Dybalu or Douglas Costa from the bench at the end of the meeting, and your team can strengthen the game, except that Kolomeytsev, you cannot count on the optimal outcome in the confrontation with the European giants.
Loko played the whole tournament with one squad. In the case when he lost one or two main players, he did not know who to replace them. Dmitry Barinov and Anton Miranchuk did not play in the last round at Wando Metropolitano Madrid. As a result, the guests in the position of the central midfielder in a pair with Krykhovyak went to the nominal centerdef Murilo. As a result, most of the time, Muscovites could not even enter someone else’s half of the field, over and over again allowing Koke or Party to pass the center of the field without hindrance.
Another factor that has recently been influencing Loko’s game is the age factor. This season, this is especially true of the defensive line, where Vedran Chorluka and Vladislav Ignatiev hold key positions. Horvath has a powerful vision of the field, can read an episode several moves ahead, but he lacks speed sorely. Hence the unforced yellow cards against the more mobile forwards. If it were not for the offside position of Alvaro Morata in the game with Atlético, then in the confrontation with the Spaniard, the referee could well have put the third penalty against Lokomotiv.
Ignatiev qualitatively connects to the attacks, but he began to be late at times more often with the return to his half of the field with quick counter-attacks of opponents. In the game with Dynamo at RZD-Arena, his attacking actions first led to a penalty kick against Anton Shunin. But already at the very beginning of the second half, he brought a penalty kick to Kochenkov’s goal, playing with his hand in the penalty area after Yusupov’s shot. Or in the away game against Ufa, where Vladislav’s counter-attack came from Vladislav’s flank, which eventually led to a penalty kick.
In the pgslot games against Juve, the lack of rotation was a key factor behind the two defeats. In the meetings with Atlético, she also pointed out the incredible difference in team movements, especially in the second half, when the strength of the players in the starting lineup of Muscovites began to decline noticeably. And the fact that before the winter break, Loko’s newcomer Murilo, being a nominal defender, pgslot played in the center of the field, only shows that making an adequate replacement for injured players (in this case Barinov) with an acute shortage of players on the bench is rather an impossible task.
While for Lokomotiv the task of reaching the next stage of the tournament looked almost impossible, for Zenit the situation with the passage to the Champions League playoffs initially seemed more realistic. Group G, which included Semak’s team together with Lyon, RB and Benfica, somewhat reminded the Loko quartet of last year. All teams seem to be equal with each other, except perhaps Leipzig. But the “blue-white-blue” were obliged to fight for the second line with the French and Portuguese.
The start of the campaign among the Petersburgers turned out to be extremely successful. The Blue-White-Blues scored an important point in the away match with the Weavers and achieved a confident victory in the game at Gazprom-Arena with the Eagles. But the entrance to RB in a two-legged duo confrontation confused all the plans of the team of Sergei Semak. It was the meeting with the German club that sowed the first doubts among Russian fans about the successful outcome of the struggle for the spring stage of the Champions League.
The team of the young revolutionary in coaching, Julian Nagelsmann, showed that in a key factor that showed the final difference in the level of the two clubs, the leader of the Russian Premier League was out of work. The lead play especially affected the final result in the away game in St. Petersburg, where Forsberg and Zabitzer were one step ahead in almost every episode at the hosts’ goal. The second goal against Kerzhakov, which was scored by the Austrian striker, demonstrated not the most agile game of Zenit at their own goal.
As in the case with Ignatiev and Chorluka at Loko, Zenit’s center of defense looked heavy throughout the entire group stage. In the episode with the Zabitzer goal, the Swede Emil Forsberg gave a cutting pass to his partner, who in one move removed Rakitskiy from the path and sent the ball into the goal. This is the case when the Ukrainian defender looked more confident just outside the goal, where Dziuba and Azmun were enough without him. And directly in his role, he often lagged in the company with Ivanovich for the interactions of Werner and Poulsen.
But even after losing both key matches against RB with a total difference of 1: 4, the Petersburgers still had good chances until the last round against Benfica at Estadio da Luz. Taking into account the home victory with a score of 3: 1, Zenit simply needed not to lose in Lisbon with a difference of two or more goals. However, it was the disastrous departure to Portugal (0: 3), coupled with the home game against Leipzig (0: 2), that predetermined the first in ten years that the “blue-white-blue” did not fall into the spring stage of European competition.
If we compare the play of both Russian clubs in the Champions League, we can see one curious detail in the matches between Zenit and Lokomotiv. Having spent the first half at RZD-Arena against Bayer in the fifth round of the Champions League, the railroad workers entered the field as demoralized as possible after the break. The Germans crushed the defense of the “railroad workers” with a movement almost in the very first attack, having scored a goal already in the 49th minute. The same tendency manifested itself in Portugal, where Zenit conceded even faster, already on the 46th.
In the second half of the meeting, Sergei Semak’s team began to clearly not keep up with the actions of Pizzi or Servi. What did Semin and Semak say during the breaks of the matches against Bayer and Benfica, that after these words the teams entered the field and seemed like complete extras? Nevertheless, Zenit played one of the worst games of this season in a decisive match for themselves. The same happened with Loko in the game against Bayer, where during the entire match the hosts managed to create only one single chance at the goal of Lukasz Hradecki.
Zenit failed to secure even the semblance of pressure on Benfica’s goal. On the contrary, at the beginning of the second half, Russian fans realized that this evening would probably be the last for their team in the Champions League. Santos’ unforgivable mistake on the 56th minute, who simply did not feel the direction of the ball after the flank serve, became the personification of the inglorious campaign of the “blue-white-blue” this fall.
If Loko lost the fight for reaching the playoffs in advance, getting into the “group of death” in the quartet of teams that have played four times in the Champions League finals over the past ten years, then in the case of Zenit, the club’s players could well have counted on for a more successful performance in the main European Cup of the Old World.
It is also paradoxical that in the decisive match for reaching the playoffs, the leader of the RPL with a ten-point margin in front of the closest pursuer lost outright to the Portuguese team, whose exit from the group was put, perhaps, by the most desperate fans. It is not surprising that in the UEFA club rankings we have lost for a long time the sixth line, which gives the right to participate in the Champions League for three teams at once. Portugal, thanks to the maximum dedication of its clubs, deserves this to a greater extent.
CSKA (group stage, 4th place)
Krasnodar (group stage 3rd place)
Spartak (eliminated in the 4th qualifying round)
Arsenal Tula (eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round)
For the first time in their history, the bulls advanced to the Champions League, finishing third in the Russian championship last year. However, the team of Sergey Matveev was unable to qualify for the group stage of the tournament. If with Porto the Krasnodar players were incredibly able to beat the dragons away (3: 2) and advance to the next round, then with Olympiacos they simply did not have enough strength and emotions. The players spent everything on the Portuguese club. Therefore, we received a good slap in the face from the Greeks at home (0: 4).
The fate of Krasnodar in the LE group reminded the fans of the Lokomotiv group. Unlike the army, the bulls were unlucky with the group. Well-prepared Getafe and having extensive experience in the Champions League, Basel awaited Sergei Matveyev’s team in the quartet. The only passing option was Trabzonspor, which knocked out Sparta and AEK in qualifying, which scored 2 unanswered goals to the Turks in the last away match.
But there were still hopes, because Krasnodar had already played in the Europa League for many years, where they reached the playoffs. However, the bulls started the tournament just disgusting – 0: 5 from Basel. Many experts referred to preparations for the match with the closest competitor for the second place in the RPL CSKA. You can also note all the same emotions. During the first match in the LE, the footballers of the Krasnodar club didn’t seem to want to play. In addition, Krasnodar started playing on 3 fronts. Note that after the defeat in Switzerland followed by losses in the RPL and the Russian Cup – CSKA (3: 2), Nizhny Novgorod (0: 1).
This made the team of Sergey Matveyev cheer up, but the result in the championship only improved. In the second round of the Europa League, the bulls lost at home to Getafe – 1: 2. Of course, the absence of injured Cabella and Klasson also affected, because the “bulls” at first could not create something near the gates of the Spanish club. But then Ari began to gain form, who scored a goal in that meeting.
“A fan is not a criminal.” Almost all ultras of RPL clubs supported the action of “Fratria”
As expected, after that Krasnodar won two victories in a face-to-face confrontation with Trabzonspor. The Turks generally concentrated on fighting in the domestic championship, so they took the second squad to the away game. Already in these matches Fernandes revealed himself. The Portuguese scored a goal and a pass. Also striker Ari was gaining his form.
Two victories brought the bulls back to the playoffs. On the rise, with difficulty, Krasnodar beat Basel (1: 0). But at the end of the meeting, Ari was sent off, who was so lacking in the last match of Krasnodar in the EL. The Russian club needed only a victory, but the absence of the Brazilian buried the bulls’ chances in Spain. Besides, in the championship before that there were games with competitors for the top five, all matches ended in a draw (with Rostov (2: 2), with Lokomotiv (1: 1), with CSKA (1: 1). “I just ate, and failed to create something in a game. The Krasnodar club was the last of the European cups, which upset the whole of Russia.
As a result, the bulls were prevented by injuries of key players, Ari’s unnecessary card before the final match and a short bench.
Prior to this season, CSKA had reached the Champions League group stage for 6 consecutive years. Therefore, at the draw in LE, the Moscow club was in the first basket, which made it possible to hope for an easy group. This is what happened: “Ludogorets”, “Ferencvaros” and “Espanyol”. It would seem that there will definitely not be any difficulties here, but it turned out to be not so simple.
In recent years CSKA does not have enough players, the Red-Blues’ bench is too short. Unlike Krasnodar, the army team got into the LE directly, they did not have to waste their energy in qualifying. However, the result of the first match reminded the game of Krasnodar. The defeat from “Ludogorets” (1: 5) at a party was a reason for thought. Disgusting implementation, no one to strengthen, the players went to the second half too relaxed, for which they received 3 unanswered goals in 7 minutes. Large breaks in the lines allowed the Bulgarians to bring the score to a large one.
Many still thought that this had such an impact on the preparation for the game with Krasnodar (3: 2), but later CSKA lost at home to Espanyol (0: 2). In the first half, as it was in almost all matches, the army team had an advantage, but in the second, fatigue again poured out. Of course, the Moscow club also played on 3 fronts, but achieved victory in the Cup. True, after the defeat against the Spaniards, the results of CSKA worsened in the championship.
Again without victory. CSKA drew with Ludogorets and will definitely not make it to the Europa League playoffs
The game with the Hungarian “Ferencvaros” gave the fans hope, but in vain. In Moscow, CSKA lost 1: 0. Possessing an advantage again in the first half, the Red-Blues conceded at the end of the game. Lack of rotation is usual for CSKA, but here’s the implementation. In the match with the Hungarians, the players of the Moscow club inflicted 20 shots on the opponent’s goal, 4 of which only hit the target, but failed to distinguish themselves. CSKA showed the worst statistics – 1 goal scored in 3 matches.
The same situation was in the remaining three meetings. CSKA again had many chances against Ferencváros in Hungary, but the game ended in a draw (0: 0), burying the chances of reaching the playoffs. We managed to score with difficulty in the home match against Ludogorets (1: 1). Only after a conceded ball! The head coach of the Muscovites changed to a 4 + 2 + 3 + 1 scheme. A goal followed almost immediately. Note that the return of the injured Dzagoev added a lot of benefit.
In the final match of the group stage against Espanyol, the army team won the long-awaited victory (1: 0). But some kind of circus was going on in Spain. There was simply no implementation. It was as if the players did not want to score, sometimes it was simply impossible to understand how the ball did not end up in Espanyol’s goal. Take, for example, Kuchaev’s and Chalov’s (2 in 1) exit with the goalkeeper, where Konstantin could not make a regular pass, but simply fired higher than Fedor. Nevertheless, Vlašić, who is the most productive player of CSKA in the current season, brought victory.
Total: the lack of rotation and the disgusting implementation of the attack did not allow the army team to reach the playoffs of the Europa League.

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2004 Chevrolet Cavalier from North America
Awesome Car, Love it
Nothing has gone wrong with the car. The car is super fast and is very fun to drive. I put in a K&N air filter, use full synthetic, and mid-grade gasoline. I replaced the front seats and took out the back seat. Wish it came that way. This car is super fast and I get about 38 MPG.
I had a purchased a 2004 Toyota Corolla. What a piece of junk. I had it at their dealership about 10 times. They changed the wheels, the drive axles, the bearings, the transmission, and finally said that the engine was not balanced properly. Anyways, I got my money back and bought the Cavalier. Money well spent. The Cavalier is so much better than the Corolla.
I love the responsiveness of this car.
The acceleration is outstanding.
The gas mileage is superb. 38 MPG.
Replace the base all weather Goodyear tires with a stiff high performance tire.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 14th June, 2007
16th Aug 2007, 18:44
I did everything you suggested except for the tires. I inflated the factory tires to 40 PSI. They have a max rating of 45. I had to drive a lot miles of the expressway last weekend. I set the cruise control at 62 MPH and drove a total of 525 miles on the expressway with one tank of gas. I filled up with 12.8 gallons.
That's 525/12.8 ~ 41 mpg. Incredible. Thanks for the tips.
12th Nov 2009, 20:45
You're going to ruin your tires.
13th Nov 2009, 15:52
By inflating them to 40 PSI? No you won't. My tires are always inflated to at least 45 PSI and I have always gotten 60,000 or more miles out of my tires. No centerline baldness, but evenly worn. I find that keeping your PSI in the 30's causes uneven wear.


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Pettersen stands out at Blue Bay
Norway's Suzann Pettersen carded a three-under-par 69 to climb to second on the leaderboard at the Blue Bay LPGA on Friday.
Golf can be a brutal sport sometimes and few will understand that better than the women competing in China this week. Just five players are under par after 36 holes of the tournament and thanks to her performance during the second round, Pettersen is now one of them, on one-under-par for the tournament.
At the start of the second round, the Norwegian had been in a tie for 22nd at two-over par. Pettersen experienced a slow start to her round too, where she could only manage par at her first three holes.
However, her fortunes changed at the par-three fourth, where she drained a birdie. This was followed by consecutive birdies at the seventh and eigth holes, which provided a healthy springboard before making the turn. It looked she would beat the course that had got the better of so many before her on Friday.
At the 10th, a seed of doubt was planted once again though, where Pettersen dropped a shot, bringing her back to level par. For much of her trip back to the clubhouse Pettersen just couldn't gather any momentum but critically, she was not dropping strokes either.
While the par-five 14th will go down as an opportunity missed, Pettersen did exploit the final par-five at the 18th, putting some extra shine on an already polished round…under the circumstances.
Her exploits were ultimately not enough to usurp leader Sei Young Kim, who kept her calm, while everybody around her faded into oblivion. When the round started Kim was three strokes behind Xi Yu Lin and two strokes behind Austin Ernst, who was in outright second.
The South Korean was in a share for third with Jenny Shin, Jane Park and Ryann O'Toole on two under par. Eighteen holes later, all five players carded over par totals in what was a dramatic day at the office.
What did Kim do that was more special than anybody else? Nothing much really. She dropped a shot on her way out and she dropped a shot in her way in. However, on both occasions, she maintained a short memory and bounced back with birdies at the par-fives.
When opportunities were few an far between, she managed to exploit those that did present themselves.
New Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald motivated by ‘bitter’ memories of 2021 defeat
Stenson was stripped of the role for breaking his contract by joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.
The task facing Luke Donald after replacing Henrik Stenson
Stenson was appointed on March 15 and said he was fully committed to a role before signing with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.
Tony Finau claims second straight PGA Tour victory
The American won the 3M Open in his previous outing.
Henrik Stenson cushions Ryder Cup blow with £3.6m debut win in LIV Golf
The Swede was stripped of his role as Europe captain after joining the Saudi-backed breakaway tour.
Former Masters champion Bubba Watson becomes latest player to join LIV Golf
The left-hander is currently sidelined by a knee injury and is not expected to play until next season,
Luke Donald tipped to replace Henrik Stenson as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain
The Swede lost the job 127 days after his appointment following his decision to join the LIV Golf series.
Max Homa: Tiger Woods now understands the respect he commands from his peers
Homa has made no secret of his admiration for Woods.
Bernard Gallacher fears Greg Norman is not the man for compromise with LIV Golf
Players who have resigned from the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf will not be eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup.
Brooke Henderson takes two-shot lead into final round of Evian Championship
South Korea’s Ryu So-yeon climbed into outright second place on 15 under.


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March 2nd, 2009 16:39 EST
The Simpsons: Best TV Show In US
On Thursday, television executives from Fox announced that they have green lighted Matt Groening and company to continue animating America`s favorite family for the next two seasons.
The Simpsons became the longest running animated prime-time series when they surpassed The Flintstones in longevity way back on February 9th 1997,. After the 2009 season however, the show will eclipse Gunsmoke as the longest running American prime-time series ever.
The Simpsons are currently in their 20th season which ties the series with Gunsmoke as the longest prime-time series in the U.S. Gunsmoke was cancelled following the 1975 television season after 20 years on the small screen.
Gunsmoke : a western in the spaghetti tradition of its era, began in black and white back in 1955. The show revolved around the exploits of the pious marshal Matt Dillon, portrayed by the actor James Arness, in the Old West circa 1880. By the time the show became colorized in the early 60`s, the show spawned a slew of imitators including Bonanza which was a television success in its own right. The western was a launch pad for the director Sam Peckinpah, who later went on to direct several Western full feature films including The Wild Bunch in 1969.
But the seminal sitcom depicting small-city life in Springfield, Vermont isn`t alone in going for a new record in longevity. NBC`s Law & Order first aired in 1990, and despite many cast changes over the years, is set to languish into their 20th season next year.
Since its debut in 1989, The Simpsons have consistently been among critics` and viewers` favorites every year. Matt Groening, the show`s creator, and the topflight writers and animators that have come through the sitcom`s ranks over the years, have garnered 24 Emmy awards the last 20 years. The show was even rated the 8th greatest sitcom on TV Guide`s list of the 100 Greatest Sitcoms of All Time. But even those accolades only skim the top of the pool of praise of which the show deserves.
As a farcical archetype of the not-so-great American family, The Simpsons showcases the daily lives of the Simpsons and the other denizens of Springfield, often to hilarious results. Everyone in the Springfield universe is depicted as yellow, having irregular hair, and usually caricatures of their personality type. Marge Simpson`s most recognizable physical trait is her three-foot tall frock of blue hair, while the Simpsons` children have yellow daggers of hair poking out from all corners of their heads.
Homer Simpson, the obtuse and obnoxious patriarch of the Simpson clan, is frequently on the short end of the show`s punch lines. Homer is a fat, bald middle-aged peon always somehow employed at Springfield`s Nuclear Power Plant, though he`s not qualified in the slightest. From the show`s opening sequence, TV viewers are aware of how Homer will shirk any kind of responsibility including his job as nuclear safety monitor. Much like the character Archie Bunker from All In The Family fame, Homer is not to be respected for his ignorance, but sympathized for his many pratfalls and shortcomings as a father to Lisa, Bart, and Maggie, and as a husband to Marge. A portrait of contradictions, he is lovable for his innocent child-like mind and yet loathed for his willful incompetence at life in general, at the same time. He consistently eschews his family and their affections in the pursuit of food, leisure, and an escape from his dreary suburban life. Amongst many of his brightest blunders towards his family and the city of Springfield is when he derailed the town`s monorail, almost caused a nuclear holocaust, and ruined countless family outings with his buffoonery. TV Guide rated Homer Simpson as the 2nd greatest cartoon character of all time on its list of The 100 Greatest Cartoon Character of All Time. His famous catchphrase D`oh was recently adopted by the Oxford English Dictionary as a recognized expression of disapproval or disgust.
Marge, Homer`s doting wife, is the constant pessimist and the sensible foil to her husband`s stupidity. In hindsight, they`re perfect in being perfectly mismatched: Homer is a fatuous and disgusting oaf while Marge is a resourceful and beautiful homemaker always attending to her family`s basic needs. Though she is always ignored and cast aside by a husband undeserving of her, she tolerates his negligence and abuse and comes to forgive him by the end of each week`s episode. Her spoiled children don`t assume the emotional workload either, provoking her to bite her tongue and moan in bitter concession. Marge Simpson is a dead-on example of the typically suppressed woman with ambitions that are never fulfilled due to the unappreciative family thwarting her aspirations. In the 20 years of the show`s run, Marge has been an advocate against cartoon violence, a police woman, and a Frenchman`s object of affection amongst many other roles.
Bart, Marge and Homer`s son, is the adorable scamp of the bunch, always getting into scrapes and demonstrating why he is the resident bad boy of television-dom. Like his age, and everyone else`s on the show that stays the same, he never seems to grow in wisdom from his mistakes but conniving his way out of punishments does the job just as admirably. As a perpetual fourth-grader at Springfield Elementary, Bart routinely goads Principal Skinner with the gags and mishaps he wreaks at the school`s expense and to the stuffy administrator`s chagrin. And in the classroom, he`s celebrated by his classmates for his tomfoolery. The town at large isn`t spared from Bart`s devilish id as it has tried to lynch him amongst other punishments for what problems he incurred in the community. But unlike his poor role model of a father, Bart does show compassion and remorse for the damage his mischief creates. Besides his weekly hi-jinx that vividly contrasts the humdrum goings-on in his hometown, Bart is more often than not admired as the rebellious misunderstood brat given his circumstances. During the last 20 years of his existence in the American television lexicon, Bart is credited for some of the show`s many highlights including beheading the statue of Springfield`s founder, rescuing the town`s beloved lemon tree, and single-handedly destroying Springfield Elementary.
Lisa is the brightest, most talented member of the Simpson family as Marge and Homer`s 8-year-old daughter. Though she is a straight-A student, a virtuosic saxophone player for her age, and a kind spirit, she habitually pays for her lack of common sense. She`s also the most socially-conscious member of the family and has involved the family and the American viewing public in her tree hugging, protests against animal cruelty, and opposition towards right-wing politics. Of all the Simpson kids (though one still can`t speak), Lisa is often the most compassionate towards her mother`s plight and is the most outspoken in berating Homer`s terrible parenting and marital skills. As a child prodigy, she often confounds her parents and her teachers at Springfield Elementary School with her exceptional logic and vocabulary. Like most intellectuals, she`s shunned by her peers for being a nerd and is considered a blowhard by Homer and her instructors. Lisa`s adventures and misadventures in the show are usually the most poignant and emotional as she has bid farewell to a departed saxophone legend, said goodbye to a substitute teacher she was enamored with, and broken a mentally challenged child`s heart.
Maggie is the youngest of the Simpsons` offspring and is an eternal infant. Her trademark of continually having a pacifier in her mouth is often utilized as a joke enhancer during episodes. Though she suffers (or is gifted) from not aging, several episodes feature her as a precocious teenager in episodes taking place in the future, as well as the other main characters from the sitcom.
Abe Simpson, Homer`s dad, is portrayed as a demented finicky codger who ironically thinks the whole Simpsons family is crazy though he`s the one living under lock and key in a retirement home. When the family visits him, he`s regularly a third wheel that interferes with their daily lives and becomes an unbearable nuisance in his own charming, pomaded way. Grandpa finds himself the subject of many tearful moments like when he and his son reconcile as Homer`s boyhood home burns down, when his sweetheart Bea dies unexpectedly, and when his ex-wife (Homer`s mother) dies as a bookend to a part of Homer`s history.
Ned Flanders is the homely, saintly, right-wing Christian neighborino to the Simpson family. Homer`s antics are usually disregarded by the stoically calm and collected family man, but on occasion they`ve unraveled Ned`s composure.
Charles Montgomery Burns, the evil curmudgeon that owns the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is often the show`s antagonist as many episodes entail his dastardly plots against Springfield and its citizens. Homer is habitually a forgotten worker of his, although the D`oh`-spouting simian is typically the cause of the Power Plant`s woes. His death was captured to great acclaim in the two-part saga Who Killed Mr. Burns? when the killer was later revealed as Maggie Simpson.
Naturally there are many ancillary characters with pivotal roles within the series. Patty and Selma Bouvier (Marge`s sisters) are a pair of spinsters just past middle age who are frequently cast into jokes, mostly by Homer, that they`re ugly and terrible human beings and that`s why they`ll remain alone in life. Marge`s mother is a hoarse fastidious old woman whom Marge can never please. Other auxiliary characters include Otto the bus driver, Abu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Moe the barkeep, Barney Gumbel and Milhouse who have also been integral players in the microcosm that is Springfield.
But none of the magic would`ve been possible without the magic of voice talents and great comedy writers. Those providing the voices for many of the show characters include Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer. Comedy writers like Conan O`Brien and John Swartzwelder have come through the script writer rosters through the years the show began airing in 1989. Swartwelder is the most prolific writer that the show has ever had: 55 entire episodes are credited to him alone while he contributed to 4 others.
I could`ve continued describing the famed residents of the most famous cartoon city as well the most famous illustrated family in television history, but I`ve outlined the gist of the depth of the main characters as well as some of the most significant situations in which they`ve been involved.
Hats off to The Simpsons, a show I`ve been watching, admiring, and learning valuable life lessons from since I was 4 years old. May the show go on until Springfield`s cherished family shows its age: oh, wait!

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From panoramic images of lunar surfaces to ethereal shots of Earth from space and Neil Armstrong taking mankind’s first steps on the moon: an archive of more than 10,000 Nasa photographs taken by Apollo astronauts has landed on Flickr.
Every photograph taken on the moon by astronauts using Hasselblad cameras strapped to their chests is included in the collection in high resolution and unprocessed, as well as images of their journeys between Earth and lunar orbit.
There are mundane shots of astronauts eating space food, testing lunar exploration vehicles and smiling into the camera. A shot of Buzz Aldrin exiting the Apollo lunar module – taken perhaps by his colleague Neil Armstrong – captures the difficulty in descending a ladder at zero gravity on to the moon’s surface.
Kipp Teague, who in 1999 created the Project Apollo archive, a large repository of images from missions during the zenith of US space exploration, oversaw the Flickr project. He said in a statement posted on Flickr that the uploaded galleries were a fresh presentation of Nasa’s Apollo imagery, “as it was originally provided in its raw, high-resolution and unprocessed form”.
He told the Planetary Society, a community of space enthusiasts, that the Johnson Space Centre had begun rescanning the original camera film magazines in 2004. Teague, an IT director from Lynchburg, Virginia, said he and colleague Eric Jones, the author of the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, began obtaining uncompressed and high-resolution versions of these new scans on DVD.
“These images were processed for inclusion on our websites, including adjusting colour and brightness levels,” he said. The images were also reduced in size to about 1,000 dots per inch (dpi).
Although the images had been preserved and even digitised, improvements in quality of the screens now used meant the photos were left looking pixelated.
Teague said that over the years he had received numerous questions about the images, which prompted him to independently reprocess the archive in unedited, higher resolutions. The new versions are 1,800 dpi, even those shots that are blurry, black and white or close-up.
The gallery includes photos from Apollo missions 7 to 17, including famous images from the first moon landing as well as pictures that came back with the crew of the aborted Apollo 13 mission, who were forced to use their lunar module to return to Earth after an oxygen tank ruptured.
On his Facebook page showcasing the project, Teague has been sharing some of the best processed scans, including rare images such as Apollo 11 training photos.

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The Rhino is a good gun. It’s more than just a low barrel profile. The gun features excellent controls and ergonomics, a decent trigger, and several innovations that leave most revolvers in the dust.
Who makes Chiappa?
Chiappa Firearms, Armi Sport di Chiappa, is an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia. It was founded in 1958 by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport. Total unit production is around 60,000 per year.
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Is the Chiappa Rhino reliable?
This weapon is reliable and has minimal recoil. Here’s why it could be one of the better revolvers out there. The Chiappa Rhino looks like a weapon straight out of Blade Runner, complete with old-school reliability of a revolver but aesthetics of a modern semi-auto pistol.
Is the Chiappa Rhino good for concealed carry?
357 Magnum Revolver for Concealed Carry (CCW) Applications. This significantly lowers the bore axis, bringing the recoil forces closer to the center of your hand than on standard revolvers. … This is supposed to make for fast, accurate multi-shot firing strings / fast and accurate follow-up shots.
Are Chiappa revolvers any good?
The gun is plenty accurate, and you can reach out and touch a target. The gun points very well, the sights are small but easy to see, and the rear sight is adjustable. I knocked one point off just because the single action is very meh. The Rhino is not a cheap revolver, and I’d prefer a crisper SA design.
What pistol does John Wick use?
John Wick’s favorite handgun is the Heckler and Koch P30L. A massive handgun with a whole lot of punch, this weapon tends to leave pretty massive exit wounds in the bodies it is fired at. Wick has used this weapon in all three movies, and each time it is used, it has a devastating effect on its victims.
What is the best revolver?
The Best Revolvers Ever Made
- Smith and Wesson 29. Smith & Wesson 29 Smith & Wesson. …
- Ruger Single Six. Ruger Single Six Ruger. …
- Smith and Wesson 686. Smith & Wesson Model 686 Smith & Wesson. …
- Colt Single Action Army. Colt Single Action Army Colt. …
- Smith and Wesson .500. …
- Freedom Arms 83. …
- Smith & Wesson K22/617. …
- Taurus Raging Bull.
Is the Chiappa Rhino drop safe?
The firing pin has a safety latch against an accidental discharge due to dropping the weapon. And, the new production series promises increased safety. In fact, a red indicator pin on the left of the rear sight indicates when the revolver is cocked in single action mode.
How does a Rhino revolver work?
On the Rhino, what appears to be an exposed hammer is nothing more than a cocking lever. Pulling it to the rear rotates the cylinder, and when it is released, the lever falls forward. … Then, ease the cocking lever and the trigger forward together. This reverts the revolver to double-action operation.
Can the Chiappa Rhino shoot 9mm?
Chiappa Charging Rhino 60DS: testing the 9mm low-axis barrel sports revolver. … The Charging Rhino 60DS in caliber 9mm even comes with reduced trigger pull weight. We tested this revolver here on all4shooters.com – and we discovered a lot of light, but also a shadow.
Does the Chiappa Rhino come in 9mm?
This means the barrel is directly in line with the shooters hand, wrist and arm. This results in almost no muzzle rise and, because energy is better absorbed and controlled by the entire arm, it reduces the amount of recoil felt by the shooter.
RHINO REVOLVER 40DS (BLACK ANODIZED) 9MM/4″BBL.
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What is a CA compliant revolver?
Any handgun legally offered for sale in California has to pass firing, safety and drop tests as stipulated by the California Department of Justice. … An excellent pistol like this Springfield Armory 1911 TRP in . 45 ACP is still available for sale in California.


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On Aug. 12, 2020, East Georgia Regional Medical reported none of its COVID-19 patients needed a ventilator as part of their treatment. Since that day, at least one COVID patient in the hospital was on a ventilator – until Saturday.
Public Safety/Emergency Management Agency Director Ted Wynn said East Georgia reported Saturday that none of its seven patients needed a ventilator for the first time in 199 days.
Unfortunately, two patients went on ventilators Sunday, but that was reduced to one on Monday, Wynn said.
Also, after reporting fewer than 10 COVID patients in the hospital for the first time since Dec. 6, East Georgia has now gone four consecutive days under 10 and had seven patients Monday.
Reports of new coronavirus cases in Bulloch are tracking a similar downward trend. The Georgia Department of Public Health reported only two new local COVID cases on Monday and five on Sunday. Wynn said Bulloch now has a total of 5,054 confirmed cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. The 5,054 total COVID cases have resulted in 50 confirmed deaths and 202 local residents being hospitalized since the pandemic began in March.
Bulloch County received 2,600 more doses of Moderna vaccine last week and more shipments of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are expected in the next day or two. The 12 approved providers by the Department of Health have administered 15,946 vaccines of the 16,700 announced doses shipped to the county, so far.
Through Monday afternoon, 2,060,352 vaccinations have been administered in Georgia – a total that includes 778,318 second doses, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Currently, anyone 65 and older is eligible to receive a vaccine along with other groups, including health care workers and law enforcement and rescue personnel.
The eligible group will expand on March 8 to include Preschool and K-12 school employees, adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers and parents of children with complex medical conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia.
Further eligibility is expected to expand later in March to more people with high-risk health conditions.
Bulloch residents are urged to contact private providers such as East Georgia Regional Medical Center and local pharmacies directly to see if a vaccine appointment is available.
The only way to schedule an appointment at the Bulloch Health Department is to call (855) 473-4374. Officials asked callers to be patient while on hold to make an appointment.
If an appointment is not available at the Altman St. office in Statesboro, they can schedule an appointment at any of the health departments in the area through the same appointment number.
Across the state, with 1,549 new cases on Sunday and 1,227 on Monday, the state's total number of confirmed cases is now up to 819,730. Georgia has seen fewer than 2,500 new daily COVID cases for 13 consecutive days, a streak not seen since early October
The state reported two deaths on Sunday and 80 on Monday. Georgia’s death toll now stands at 15,148 since March 2020.
COVID cases that require hospitalization continue to see a strong decline in Georgia. After setting a single-day high Jan. 13 with 6,108 state residents hospitalized, that number dropped to 2,341 hospitalized on Sunday. Hospitalizations have declined almost every day since Jan. 13.
Across the United States, cases that require hospitalization have dropped significantly since hitting a peak on Jan. 6 of 132,474 Americans in the hospital with COVID. On Sunday, hospitalizations had dropped to 47,352. It marked the 47th consecutive day of a decline in hospitalizations.
National case numbers
According to statistics from the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, as of Monday afternoon, 514,216 Americans had died from coronavirus. Also, Johns Hopkins reported the U.S. has had 28,648,156 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
The Bulloch County Schools system reported 22 new cases last week, and a total of 592 COVID cases since classes started on Aug. 17.
For the third week in a row, Georgia Southern University saw a big drop in new cases this past week.
Georgia Southern had 21 total cases reported Feb. 22-28 — 17 self-reported and four university confirmed cases. GS reported 34 total cases for the week of Feb. 15-21.
The 21 new coronavirus cases include 16 on the Statesboro campus, five on the Armstrong-Savannah campus and none on the Liberty campus in Hinesville.
East Georgia State College reported one new case across its three campuses on Saturday. It was the first new case since Feb. 15. The college has had a total of 153 cases across its three campuses since Aug. 17.
Ogeechee Technical College reported no new cases for the week of Feb. 22–28. Ogeechee Tech has had a total of 67 cases across its campuses since Aug. 17.
COVID-19 testing operated by Mako Medical is available at Luetta Moore Park, 585 Martin Luther King Drive.
Testing schedule: Monday, Wednesday — 8 a.m.–3 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday — 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday — 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; second and fourth Saturday of each month — 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
To register, visit https://mako.exchange/splash/GAmakotesting/.


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University of Hawai‘i study suggests industrial hemp could be grown in State
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A report by University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources suggests that the State could yield over 70 tons of industrial hemp a year.
Harry Ako, principal investigator of the study, “discovered that three crops a year could be grown in [the] State. … In the current 2015 trials, subtropical fiber hemp grew very well.”
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Hot Pots Pottery
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Hot Pots Pottery is located on S. Main Street off of Pearl Place SW, conveniently located near I-77. This is a paint-your-own pottery, mosaics and glass fusion shop. It offers a wide selection of functional and decorative pottery. All items are ready for customers to create with no appointment or previous experience. Choosing what to do may be the most difficult part. Customers are welcome to bring their own food and drinks into the studios.
708 S Main St, North Canton, OH 44720
- Fax: 760-346-5640
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- Hours: Mon - Thu, noon - 8pm*; Fri, Sat, 11am - 9pm*; Sun, noon - 5pm*
*Last seating and pick-up is one hour before close; the studio will close if no painters are present at the last seating.
- Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9am - 5pm; Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun, closed
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Megadeth and Lamb Of God have announced a co-headlining tour of the UK and Ireland.
Adler recently said he hoped to be able to work with both bands as much as possible, but that he’d never leave Lamb Of God.
Mustaine reports: “Having just finished an amazing record full of high-energy heavy metal with Chris Adler, Kiko Loureiro and David Ellefson, I am excited to announce this tour and see all of the metal fans come out for this one. I literally can’t wait to hit the stage again.”
Megadeth’s 15th album is due out later this year, while Lamb Of God’s new album VII: Sturm Und Drang is out on July 24.
Support on the jaunt comes from Children Of Bodom and Sylosis, with tickets available via LiveNation from 9am on July 17.
MEGADETH/LAMB OF GOD 2015 UK & IRELAND TOUR
Nov 09: Dublin 3 Arena, Ireland
Nov 11: Glasgow Braehead Arena, UK
Nov 12: Manchester O2 Apollo, UK
Nov 14: London SSE Wembley Arena, UK
Nov 15: Birmingham O2 Academy, UK


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AKRON (May 23, 2014) — The International Tire Exhibition & Conference Tire Dealers/Auto Service i(ITEC) is hosting a webinar to help tire dealers and auto service providers learn more about the upcoming show in Orlando, Fla.
The free webinar will take place at 2 p.m. on June 4 and last 30 minutes.
Information provided includes reasons why a provider does not want to miss the show and about what to expect while attending the show,
To register for the webinar, click webinar registration.
The ITEC Show for tire dealers and auto service providers will take place Aug. 20-22 at the Caribe Royale All-Suite Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando.
For more information about the ITEC show, visit ITEC Orlando 2014.
What do you think of the Republicans' health care plan?
|I'll wait to see how much it costs.||
12% (30 votes)
|Anything is better than Obamacare.||
21% (53 votes)
|They should just improve the existing ACA plan.||
38% (95 votes)
|Get rid of the entitlement altogether.||
19% (47 votes)
|The Affordable Care Act is fine the way it is.||
9% (23 votes)
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Ravi Tiwari (BJP Delhi): Union Budget 2024 की 10 महत्वपूर्ण एवं खास बातें
03 Feb 2024
The BJP enjoyed unprecedented success in the recent assembly election of five states. Young BJP leader Ravi Tiwari disclosed that the BJP proves all the exit polls and predictions wrong and forms the government with an absolute majority in three states (Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh) out of five. The BJP has been able to crack some success in one of the southern states, Telangana.
While addressing the party workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the people started voting beyond the caste factor. Nowadays, a country seems to get away from casteism. Youngsters are paying more attention to development and prosperity. Casteism is not a big factor for them anymore. People are becoming aware, and they want their elected representatives to talk about development. They do not cause any separation in society through dirty politics. Casteism has not been fruitful for any society or any individual.
The caste factor is even more dangerous for those who talk about it. Because of the way your mindset works, your life will become like that. You will draw a line in your identity based on your caste. Wherever you draw the line, the development will not go beyond it.
BJP Delhi leader, Ravi Tiwari added that the time has come for every politician to make sure that the subject of politics will be developed. There will not be any place for separative politics like casteism. The subjects of politics should only be development and prosperity. You will not be able to achieve anything in life by taking pride in your caste. It is only a fake motivation. Casteism will not bring you any long-term benefits. It can only harm you as a society and country.
Today, politicians should learn how to bring equality to society. The public is fed up with these divisive politics. The youngsters want quality education and medical facilities. As a nation, we all want a corruption- and poverty-free society. Our politicians should start working on this project.
Towards the end, Ravi Tiwari gives a clear message for social harmony. One should talk about quality education, better medical facilities, and development. Instead of doing this, our politicians gave us the wrong identity, which is called ‘Caste’. As a society, we should evaluate any politician based on his performance, but we keep evaluating them based on the caste factor. The recent results of the assembly election should be an eye-opener for these so-called politicians.

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Out in the neon-painted desert of Las Vegas, if you know where to look, you can find an old, 1980s electromechanical horse racing game called Sigma Derby. In this group game, you and several drunk strangers sit around a machine the size of a pool table and bet on tiny horses at 25 cents a throw. There is no skill involved, it’s all chance. This is not that game.
[Alex Kov]’s electromechanical horse racing game is a unicorn compared to Sigma Derby, or at least a zebra. This game takes patience, skill, and cunning. And unlike Sigma Derby, you can easily replicate it at home with a few shakes of the old junk bin. You just need a couple of motors, transistors, electrolytic caps, and some passives.
The idea is simple — advance horse, be first, win prizes — but it’s not that easy. While the switch is unpressed, the circuit charges up a capacitor. Press it and the horse noses forward, draining the cap. There is never enough chooch in the cap to reach the finish line, so the real game is in building up more juice than the other guy, and then staying ahead or overtaking him with the next spurt. Place your bets and catch the action after the break.
A scoreboard would be a great addition to this game. If you want to keep it electromechanical, we have some tote board inspiration for you.
Continue reading “Horse Racing Game Hits Trifecta Of Fun, Skill, And Competition”
Guitar amplifiers are a frequent project, and despite being little more than a simple audio amplifier on paper, they conceal a surprising quantity of variables in search of a particular sound. We’ve seen a lot of them, but never one quite like [Nate Croson]’s CRT TV guitar amplifier. The LM386 doesn’t just drive the speaker, he’s also using it to turn the TV into a crude oscilloscope to form a visualisation of the sound.
The video showing this feat is below the break, and it puts us in a quandary due to being short on technical information. He’s driving the horizontal coils with the TV’s 50 Hz sawtooth field timebase, and the vertical ones with the audio from the LM386. We aren’t sure whether he’s rotated the yoke or whether the connections have been swapped, but the result is certainly impressive.
So given that there’s not quite as much technical detail as we’d like, why has this project captured our interest? Because it serves as a reminder that a CRT TV is a bit more than a useless anachronism, it’s a complex analogue device with significant and unique hacking potential. The older ones in particular provide endless possibilities for modification and circuit bending, and make for a fascinating analogue playground at a very agreeable price. It’s worth pointing out however that some of the voltages involved can make them a hazardous prospect for the unwary hacker. If you’re interested though, take a look at our dive into an older model.
Continue reading “It’s A TV-Scope-Guitar Amplifier!”
There are probably few parents who haven’t watched their kids sitting on the floor, afloat on a sea of LEGO pieces and busily creating, and thought, “If only they could make a living at that.” But time goes on and kids grow up, and parents soon sing the same refrain as the kids sit transfixed by the virtual equivalent of LEGO: Minecraft.
Finding a way to monetize either LEGO or Minecraft is a bit difficult for the young enthusiast; combining both obsessions into a paying proposition would be a dream come true. [Mike Schropp] did it, and this Minecraft-themed LEGO computer case was the result. Intel wanted a LEGO case for their new NUC mini-PC motherboard, and as a sponsor of the Minefaire event, the case needed to be Minecraft themed.
[Mike] chose the block that any Enderman would choose: the basic grass block. Each of the ten cases he made for the show had about 1000 of the smallest LEGO pieces available, to recreate the texture of the grass block in all its faux 8-bit glory. The 4″ x 4″ (10cm x 10cm) 8th Gen NUC board was a great fit for the case, which included slots for ventilation and SD card access, plus pop-out covers to access the board’s ports. It’s not exactly a screamer, but playing Minecraft on a grass block made from LEGO bricks is probably worth the performance hit.
We’ve seen [Mike]’s work a time or two here, most recently with a full-scale LEGO rack-mount server. Our hats off to him for another fun and creative build, and for proving that you’re never too old to LEGO. Or Minecraft.
Proprietary components are the bane of anyone who dares to try and repair their own hardware. Nonstandard sizes, lack of labeling or documentation, and unavailable spare parts are all par for the course. [Jason] was unlucky enough to have an older Dell computer with a broken, and proprietary, cooling fan on it and had to make some interesting modifications to replace it.
The original fan had three wires and was controlled thermostatically, meaning that a small thermistor would speed up the the fan as the temperature increased. Of course, the standard way of controlling CPU fans these days is with PWM, so he built a circuit which essentially converts the PWM signal from the motherboard into a phantom thermistor. It’s even more impressive that it was able to be done with little more than a MOSFET and a Zener diode.
Unfortunately, there was a catch. The circuit only works one way, meaning the fan speed doesn’t get reported to the motherboard and the operating system thinks the fan has failed. But [Jason] simply disabled the warning and washed his hands of that problem. If you don’t want to use a CPU fan at all, you can always just dunk your entire computer in mineral oil.
Decades of post-apocalyptic Hollywood movies have taught us that once all the trappings of our civilisation have been stripped away, it’s going to be kinda cool. We’re all going to wear slightly dusty looking 1980s motorcycling gear, and we’re going to drive really cool cars. Except of course Mad Max is fantasy, and the reality is likely to be unspeakbly grim. The future [Virgil Dupras] is anticipating is not a post-nuclear wasteland though, instead he’s trying to imagine what access to computing might look like in a world where the global supply chain has broken down. His solution is CollapseOS, an operating system designed for resilience and self-replication, that runs upon the minimal hardware of an 8-bit Z80.
It’s a pretty basic operating system so brace yourself if you are expecting a 64-bit fully multithreading kernel. Instead, you’re looking at a kernel, an assembler, and a text editor. One of the stated aims is that it can compile assembly language for a wide range of target CPUs, but it does not make it clear whether this means the OS itself will support those platforms. The self-replication is a fascinating feature though.
It’s an interesting question: what computing hardware would be available to the would-be hacker in a world in which all parts must be scavenged? The Z80 and other processors like it fit the bill admirably in one sense as it is possible to create a working computer using them with fairly minimal tools and knowledge, but we can’t help wondering whether the days when almost any electronic junk pile would contain one are now past. So what other easily accessible computing platforms might be created from post-apocalyptic junk in 2019? Remember, with no laptop and IDE you can’t just put an Arduino bootloader on that ATmega328 you desoldered from an old thermostat. As always the comments are open.
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Cats are among the most popular domesticated creatures, and their penchant for chasing laser pointers is well known. With a pair of felines of his own to look after, [Tobi] set about making a device to help keep them entertained.
The aim of the device is to automate the motion of a laser pointer to make playing with the cats a hands-free operation. A pan-tilt servo mechanism has a low-power red laser pointer fitted, and the assembly is hooked up to a NodeMCU microcontroller. Based on the ESP8266, it allows the system to be controlled remotely over WiFi. Various sweeps can be automatically commanded from a smartphone, or the servo position can be controlled manually.
Test footage confirms that [Tobi’s] pets do indeed find the device to be worthy prey. It’s a popular build for cat lovers, and readily achievable with off-the-shelf parts. If you’ve built your own hardware to keep these proud hunters out of trouble, be sure to hit up the tip line.
Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but between shearing and spinning there’s another unfamiliar process you’ll have to go through. Known as carding, it helps align the fibers so they are able to be spun, and of course it requires either an expensive tool, or one you build on your own.
This drum carder is exactly what it sounds like. It uses two drums covered in a metal mesh, spinning at different speeds, which pull the fibers into an orderly shape. Small drum carders like this can run around $600 but with some quality wood and a lathe you can easily make one for a fraction. Making the series of drums is fairly straightforward with a lathe, and from there you need to make sure they are connected with a quality belt or chain and then covered in the appropriate metal mesh.
[kris] notes in the reddit comments section that he’d like for a second version to spin a little faster and be a little more durable, but this is a great working carder nonetheless. From there you’ll want to move on to spinning the wool into yarn, which you can do with either a wheel or an electric motor.
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Delays Worsen at Heathrow
A third day of security-related backups worsened delays Saturday at Heathrow Airport, where passengers waited for hours in tents outside terminals before being allowed to check in.
Many flights departed as some of their passengers remained stranded in line.
After canceling 12 flights to the U.S., 21 short-haul flights and 10 domestic departures, British Airways was strongly critical of Heathrow management, saying the airport authority was “unable to provide a robust security search process and baggage operation” under new procedures that nearly eliminate carry-on luggage.
By Saturday night, a third of all departures from Europe’s busiest airport had been canceled.
“Quite simply, I don’t know how long it’s likely to go on, but it’s clearly a set of measures that are unprecedented,” Tony Douglas, head of the British Airport Authority, told the BBC. “And ... they’re not sustainable measures.”


text: This book series addresses the urgent need to advance knowledge in the fields of cybercrime and cybersecurity. Because the exponential expansion of computer technologies and use of the Internet have greatly increased the access by criminals to people, institutions, and businesses around the globe, the series will be international in scope. It provides a home for cutting-edge long-form research. Further, the series seeks to spur conversation about how traditional criminological theories apply to the online environment. The series welcomes contributions from early career researchers as well as established scholars on a range of topics in the cybercrime and cybersecurity fields. Original series creators and co-founders: Marie-Helen Maras and Thomas J. Holt.


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LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature has finalized legislation sponsored by Sen. Michael D. MacDonald as part of bipartisan reforms to implement several key findings of the Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration.
The task force was charged with addressing Michigan’s jail population, which has tripled in just 35 years. Its report was released in January and found that county jails are high-traffic institutions, affecting hundreds of thousands more Michiganders each year than state prisons.
Michigan’s jail growth was driven equally by incarceration of pretrial defendants and those serving a sentence post-conviction. While taxpayers spend nearly half a billion dollars annually on jails, alternatives to jail are under-utilized across the state, and Michigan law provides little to no guidance on when alternatives should be the preferred or presumed intervention.
“These reforms are about keeping our communities safe, ending the cycle of crime and freeing up valuable state and local resources,” said MacDonald, R-Macomb Township. “By focusing our probation system on helping offenders become productive members of society instead of feeding people back into jail for technical mistakes, we can help reduce crime and save taxpayer dollars.”
Senate Bill 1050 would reduce probation terms, tailor probation conditions to address risks and needs and cap jail sanctions for technical probation violations.
The other five Senate bills are sponsored by Sens. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit; Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor; Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan; Sylvia Santana, D-Detroit; and Roger Victory, R-Hudsonville.
SBs 1046-1049 and 1051 address decision points in the justice system that contribute to jail admissions and length of stay, from arrest through sentencing and probation supervision. The measures would expand officer discretion to issue appearance tickets as an alternative to arrest, reduce the use of arrest warrants to enforce payment of debts, create presumptions against jail sentences for individuals who pose no danger to the community, and establish evidence-based incentives and sanctions for those on community supervision.
The task force policy recommendations were informed by over a dozen stakeholder roundtables, testimony from hundreds of people across the state, 10 years of statewide arrest and court data and three years of individual-level data from a large and diverse sample of county jails.
SBs 1046-1051 have been sent to the governor to be signed.


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The funny thing about laughter and smiles is that they are behaviors we can hardly contain
Do you tend to take life too seriously? Are you jaded by all of your experiences? Well, it’s never too late to see the world through fresh, new lenses. That’s the wonderful thing about life: You can always find something to smile and laugh about.
Behaviors that engage people
Adults as we are, we have a lot to learn from children. I bet you’ve heard the adorable way in which a baby giggles or how a child laughs with glee. It’s a melody that’s refreshingly sweet, unfiltered, and unpretentious. Out of nowhere, these are the laugh-out-loud moments that we all live for – even if it almost gives us a belly ache.
Well, the funny thing about laughter and smiles is that they are behaviors we can hardly contain. Contagious as they are, it’s hard to stop once you get started! Apparently, smiling and laughter do lead to more of the same. The more generous you are with them, the more radiant and attractive you become to others.
As a Bonus – Both provide you with exercise
While smiling stretches your facial muscles, laughing expands your lungs and invigorates your body with a fresh supply of oxygen. They relieve tension, thus decreasing pain and stress. Both habits also strengthen your immune system and help improve your health. Along with the release of your feel-good endorphins, you feel relaxed and happy.
So, why not listen to stories that uplift you and music that makes you want to dance? Check out comedy shows and funny movies that cheer you up. After all, smiling and laughing do not only elevate your mood. They also reveal much about your capacity for joy.
Are you ready to level-up your life on the happiness and wellbeing scale?

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What's on in GlasgowFriday 19 September 2014 by Maya Singer Hobbs Glasgow is a vibrant, dynamic and stylish city that hosts a wealth of events every day of the year. It is renowned for its great culture, chic fashion and friendly locals who will always make sure that you have a good time during your stay. Enjoy the year-round buzz and take a look below to see what you could enjoy over the next few months!
What's on in Glasgow
15th January – 1st February, number of venues throughout the city
The main UK celebration of Celtic music, if you’re in Glasgow, this is the perfect way to immerse yourself in Scottish tradition. This is also one of the largest winter music festivals in the country, and with hundreds of musicians performing you’ll be struggling to decide who to see!
23rd January – 15th February, Botanic Gardens
From the people behind The West End Festival comes The Electric Gardens. This walking tour takes the viewer around the upper Botanic Garden during the evening, which will be illuminated by dramatic lighting and with sound effects and music to complete the experience. Businesses in the area participate and put on special offers for visitors to the Electric Garden. Sure to be an incredible night for the whole family!
26th – 28th January, King’s Theatre
A combination of “classic” circus style, with jugglers and acrobatics, and a more “danger-filled spectacle” with a stunt element, that will have audiences holding their breath and on the edge of their seat! Book tickets now!
18th February – 1st March, Glasgow Film Theatre
Glasgow Film Festival returns this year and promises to be even bigger and better than last year! Preceded by the Glasgow Youth Film Festival, and shortly followed by Glasgow Short Film Festival means that Glasgow is the city to be in during February and March if you like film!
12th – 29th March, multiple venues throughout the city
Back for its 13th year, the Glasgow International Comedy Festival is sure to be bigger and better than ever! As Europe’s largest comedy festival, Glasgow International Comedy Festival brings comedians from all over the world together for over two weeks to entertain the people of Glasgow.
11th October – 22 February 2015, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
As a Glaswegian himself, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery are delighted to be hosting a retrospective of Alasdair Gray’s work. Featuring more than 100 works, including a number of loans from pirvate collections, this exhibition covers work from Gray’s student days right up to present day.
SACO Glasgow - Cochrane Street is located in the heart of the city, within walking distance or easy access of every event happening in the city over the next few months. Your very own home-from-home apartment will be the perfect place to relax in after a day exploring the city. Call our friendly reservations team for more information and to book your stay this summer!


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The new data is the latest in a growing body of evidence indicating that legalizing medical marijuana could play a role in addressing the nation’s opioid crisis.
The enactment of laws permitting the medical use of marijuana leads to a significant drop in prescription opioid use, suggests a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction.
Researchers from the University of California San Diego and Weill Cornell Medical College analyzed whether there was a relationship between medical marijuana legalization and prescription opioid use among Medicaid enrollees. The investigators assessed data over a period of 21 years.
“In this study, we found that statewide medical cannabis legalization implemented in 1993 – 2014 in the US was associated with close to 30% reductions in Schedule III opioids received by Medicaid enrollees,” the researchers concluded.
The correlation between medical marijuana legalization and a reduction in opioid use remained even after the researchers controlled for other potential influencing factors, such as variations in patients’ income and the establishment of prescription drug monitoring programs.
The research also showed a clear reduction in Medicaid annual spending on opioid prescriptions of Schedule III opioids.
“It was estimated that, if all the states had legalized medical cannabis by 2014, Medicaid annual spending on opioid prescriptions would be reduced by 17.8 million dollars,” the researchers projected.
While there were clear links between medical marijuana legalization and drops in Schedule III opioid prescriptions, the researchers did not report similar changes in use of Schedule II opioid drugs, such as Oxycodone.
The researchers speculated that there was no significant change in the use of Schedule II opioid drugs because physicians are more hesitant to recommend cannabis for patients with severe pain conditions.
“[E]vidence suggested that cannabis provides mild to moderate relief from pain, on par with Codeine, making cannabis a better alternative to Schedule III opioids,” the researchers explained.
“Although there is emerging evidence suggesting that cannabis is effective in treating severe pain, no studies compared the analgesic efficacy of the cannabinoids with Schedule II opioids. Due to the concern of cannabis’ lack of efficacy on severe pain symptoms, patients prescribed Schedule II opioids might be less likely to switch to medical cannabis and physicians might be less likely to recommend medical cannabis to these patients.”
The abstract of the new study, “Medical cannabis legalization and opioid prescriptions: Evidence of US Medicaid enrollees during 1993-2014,” is available through Wiley Online Library.
Opioids Vs. Cannabis for Pain
Over recent years, there’s been growing momentum in the effort to acknowledge cannabis as a safe and effective alternative to opioids.
Separate earlier findings have revealed a correlation between marijuana regulation and opioid-related use, spending, abuse, hospitalization, and mortality. A study published earlier this year found that 73 percent of chronic pain patients with legal access to medical marijuana substituted cannabis in place of prescribed opioids.
Despite findings indicating that cannabis is safer than opioids for pain, laws regulating access continue to place more stringent restrictions on cannabis.
While opioids are legally obtainable in all 50 states in the U.S. with a doctor’s prescription, marijuana remains illegal for any purpose under federal law. A total of 30 U.S. states have legalized medical marijuana, starting with California in 1996.
Illinois lawmakers just recently passed legislation that allows patients prescribed opioid painkillers to trade their prescription in for medical marijuana.
More on How Cannabis Can Help the Opioid Crisis
You can learn more about the pain-relieving properties of cannabis and how it can potentially help address the nation’s opioid epidemic and be an alternative to prescription medications by visiting our education page.

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From the blog of Nancy Hudgins
If you think about it, emotion plays a large part in negotiation. It’s the elephant in the room that we, as lawyers, mostly ignore, because we’ve been taught and trained to think logically through a problem. The focused use of the brain for problem solving, ipso facto, means that there’s less engagement of the brain for measuring the gestalt of the situation and the emotional temperature of your client and yourself.
If you think I’m off the mark here, think back to your last several mediations. How many times did you have to calm down your client because he or she was angry with a settlement proposal from the other side? How many times were you personally upset by a proposal from the other side? It’s not just our client’s emotions we have to deal with; it’s ours as well.
I know I’m talking about stuff we don’t like to think about. Our comfort zone is in logical analysis. I think we’re kidding ourselves, though, if we don’t anticipate emotion in negotiation and if we don’t have strategies to deal with it.
This is the first of several posts on emotion in negotiation I’m planning to write between now and the end of the year. I hope you’ll join the conversation.
Geek update. The photograph is my first attempt at “photoshopping.” My thanks to Lesa King at The Graphic Reporter for teaching me about the “magic extractor” at the PowerPoint Live 2008 convention. Check out her “how-to” post here.
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The clothing worn by the Métis combined fashions worn by
Europeans and Aboriginals, with more colour and their own style. Most
clothing was made at home by the women from cloth obtained at the
trading posts or from deerskins and moose-hides. Some men’s clothing was
bought at the post. Some garments, especially moccasins, snowshoes and
jackets, might have been purchased from Aboriginal women or Métis women
who were especially skilled.
Men wore cloth or tanned deerskin or
moose-hide trousers with beaded (a Métis art-form) or brightly coloured
suspenders; their shirts were of wool or cotton in bright colours, with
beaded armbands. Sometimes they wore tanned deerskin or moose-hide
shirts and jackets decorated with beadwork. On their feet they wore
woollen stockings and beaded moose-hide moccasins; sometimes deerskin or
moose-hide leggings; and on their heads woollen caps or large
broad-brimmed hats. For warmth they wore a capote (a garment like a
modern-day parka) made from a Hudson's Bay blanket. It was fastened
around the waist with bright scarlet or multi-coloured sashes, which was
finger-woven from wool and could be up to twenty feet long. This Métis
Sash was a most useful article of clothing as it was used as a belt, for
hauling canoes over portages and whenever else a rope or a chain was
needed. It also fulfilled the function of a back support, like a weight
belt. Very broad and conspicuous belts of the same colour, ornamented
with beads, crossing their breasts and backs to which they append
powder-horns and shot-pouches. The tobacco pouch also became a very
elaborate bag with finger-like extensions, all decorated with beadwork.
Leggings of variously coloured cloths were worn by the men, all more or
less ornamented by the women with beads or silk thread according to
taste. Moccasins were garnished with porcupine quills, dyed red, blue,
and yellow, or beaded. Men carried their rifles in ornamented covers.
They wore a wide variety of hats of all shapes, sizes and materials.
Women were very style-conscious and fashioned clothing that was
attractive as well as serviceable out of whatever material was
available. Early in Métis history, they wore dresses which resembled
Aboriginal women’s dress. This dress was long and straight, and hung
from a yoke (something like that in a cowboy shirt, except extending
over the shoulder) to which were attached long straight sleeves. The
dress extended to mid-calf, and showed the decorated leggings that were
worn with it. The top of the dress became more European in appearance.
At one point, the blouse was long in front, to tuck into the skirt, and
short in the back, with a peplum or frill which overhung the skirt. They
wore skirts and full-sleeved colourful blouses pleated at the bodice and
tucked into the skirt. Their skirts were gathered and decorated with
ribbons. Sometimes they wore sashes similar to the men's. Women's
was beaded moccasins and highly decorated velvet or woollen
leggings. In some communities the leggings and moccasins were combined
into high-top moccasins. High button shoes were highly prized by the
women, but rare. On their heads they wore scarves or shawls. The women
wrapped a blanket about them in the winter and a shawl in the summer.
Sometimes they made coats from Hudson's Bay blankets. Later, they bought
their clothing ready-made in European fashions from the depots.
Children were dressed in the same styles of clothing as the adults. Moss-filled
bags kept babies warm and comfortable. Anecdotal evidence tells us that
girls and women converted to wearing cloth clothing, while boys and men
continued wearing buckskin jackets and leggings, especially while
hunting or travelling.
(snowshoes, traps, scrapers)
(rattles, dolls, games)

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