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April 23, 1998
Subject: The Klemperer Diaries
You know, I still get the New Yorker at home and often leave some
half-finished article or other open, on the coffee table for days on
end, in the hopes that I will find time to finish it.
So it was, that I flipped past some New Yorker cartoons and spotted
the Klemperer Diaries (April 27 & May 4). I read all the excerpts
of the Nowojski translation in one sitting. I was glad of that because
the meticulous little details of state-sponsored total horror in
Hitler's Germany, those "thousand mosquito bites" Klemperer
contrasted to the "big picture" of the global strategists,
which were well and thoughtfully recorded under extraordinary circumstances.
I was somewhat surprised to realize I was relieved I could not readily
obtain the entire translation, and I wondered why.
But this is not a literary or historical critique. I figured that you
had probably read the excerpts by now, or would shortly. In my entire
tiny little universe, it somehow seems to me incredible that you
are the only person I still know who I could be sure would read such
an article, and read it with full comprehension. And that makes me
When I revisit such accountings I am always left a little bit numbed,
and always feel there is really nothing else left that is important
to talk about, and I never really can find anything enlightening
or insightful to say which adds in any way to the body of knowledge
about that which is left after horror.
And yet, we've shared some common thoughts and exchanges on a mankind
almost perpetually at war with itself, so (even though you would
never otherwise have known it) I am writing just to say "I read
it. I <i>know.</i>"
And when the shock of recollection or indignation and comprehension
fades a little bit, we start remembering that, yes, we do still have
a life ahead of us to live, and then it is altogether too easy to
Yes, and it is happening elsewhere even today, but we should ourselves
probably continue to be lucky, and that will probably never happen
to us (at least during our lifetimes), and we should not worry about
it too much."
There is nothing at once so bone-bitingly trite, yet suicidal, as dismissal
of this century's tens of millions of murders with a few thoughtful
public-domain phrases. Mindful of Victor Klemperer's observation
that the story is only fully experienced in enduring the thousand
mosquito bite indignities and meannesses which go unrecorded alongside
the visible deaths and incarcerations: the humanitarians' body counts
are only the tip of the iceberg. Mankind's most fatal chill, which
extinguishes entire species without leaving gigantic craters in the
Earth's crust, lives on in the indifferences and studied rationalizations
of the survivors.
© Alex Forbes, 1998


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HONG KONG: Ant Group, the parent company of China’s leading mobile-payment business Alipay, announced its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEX) starting yesterday, and plans to list its shares on Nov 5.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group Co Ltd on Monday set terms for its dual-listing where the Chinese financial technology giant aims to raise up to US$34.4bil in the world's largest market debut, as investors scramble for a piece of the fast-growing company.
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Oct 25 (Reuters): China's Ant Group could raise up to US$17.3 billion in the Shanghai leg of the likely US$35 billion dual listing, the world's largest ever, after some large investors submitted bids in the range of 68-69 yuan per share, people with knowledge of the matter said.
HONG KONG, Oct 20 (SCMP): China’s super-rich now own a combined fortune of US$4 trillion, more than the GDP of Germany, the world’s fourth-biggest economy, according to the latest Hurun rich list. Ma’s family wealth grows 45 per cent as a stock market boom and tech mega listings lift the fortunes of China’s billionaires by US$1.5 trillion.
HONG KONG: Ant Group Co Ltd has received approval from China’s securities regulator for the Hong Kong leg of its US$35bil dual listing.
HONG KONG, Oct 19 (Reuters): Jack Ma's Ant Group of China has received approval from the Chinese securities regulator for the Hong Kong leg of its about $35 billion dual-listing, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
BEIJING: Chinese domestic equities are worth more than US$10 trillion for the first time since 2015, when a record crash erased half the market’s value in months and saddled millions of investors with losses.
SHANGHAI: Chinese investors are pouring into newly-launched mutual funds targeting Ant Group's upcoming initial public offering, underscoring strong demand for technology shares at a time when Chinese tech firms are facing increasing U.S. scrutiny.
Ant Group gets the green light for mega IPO in Shanghai’s Star Market as China pulls out all stops to help tech champions raise funds
HONG KONG, Sept 20 (SCMP): Shanghai regulators are expediting Ant’s IPO hearing process to bring the fintech behemoth faster to marketAnt IPO may surpass Aramco’s US$29.4 billion IPO and become the world’s largest-ever fundraising

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Syracuse, N.Y. — When Scott Shafer constructed his staff in January after accepting the head coaching position at Syracuse, he leaned on the relationships he built over more than 20 years of coaching at eight different stops.
On Saturday, Shafer and his staff will face an opponent that might know them as well as any other staff in the country, making for an intriguing matchup once the game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C.Six coaches between the two schools were members of the same Northern Illinois staff in the early 2000s. Shafer, along with offensive coordinator George McDonald, running backs coach DeAndre Smith and defensive line coach Tim Daoust worked with N.C. State offensive coordinator Matt Canada and offensive line coach Mike Uremovich under head coach Joe Novak.
Shafer and Canada were also grad assistants under Bill Mallory at Indiana in 1992, and Shafer coached at Northern Illinois when N.C. State wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson spent one year playing quarterback before transferring to Western Illinois.
Clayton White, the safeties and co-special teams coordinator for the Wolfpack, was a defensive backs coach at Western Michigan and Stanford when Shafer coached at both schools in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
That's a lot of crossover.
But does it provide any edge in Syracuse's ACC road opener?
"I don't think there's an edge either way," Shafer said Thursday morning at his weekly news conference. "It'll be a backyard contest for us and we'll talk about it after the season I'm sure.
"It's kind of weird. We used to text each other two, three times a week during the season. 'Hey. How's it going? Good luck.' And now we don't talk anymore. It's kind of sad to be honest with you."
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Assistance and travel insurer the Elmonda Group has acquired its American rival, World Access, for an undisclosed fee.
The move strengthens the group's position in the UK market, where World Access has a subsidiary, as well as its presence in North America and Asia.
Dennis Peckham, general manager of the travel division said: "This acquisition helps us because it gives us a global platform. This will significantly increase our presence in the States in terms of accident management."
Prior to the take-over, Elmonda had 4,000 staff, who generated a turnover of £485m and handled eight million assistance cases. World Access currently has a turnover of £77m, 600 staff and handled three million interventions.
Elmonda claims the acquisition will make it the largest travel insurance and accident management company in the world. The group also claims it will increase turnover by 30% this year.
Elmonda is part of the Allianz Group, and a subsidiary of the French insurer AGF (50%) and the Italian insurer RAS (50%). It combines the Swiss company Elvia Travel Insurance and the French group Mondial Assistance.


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Some Friends of the Newport Ship project regularly come to the events and talks organised by CTS – so it seems only fair that we return the compliment.
You may recall that Toby Jones, curator of the Newport Ship Project came to give the society a talk back in May and I know that since then many CTS members have visited the Newport Ship and take an interest in the Friends’ work. If you haven’t been to see the ship I can strongly recommend it – and if you want to learn more about it here is a list of their forthcoming events:
Winter Talks 2014-5
To ensure the Ship remains in the public’s mind we host a series of talks at the St Julian’s Inn, Caerleon NP18 1QA, starting at 7.30pm
These start on October 1st with an eagerly awaited update by Toby Jones, our curator, of the Ship project so far.
On November 5th we move to Newport Sainsbury’s store café. This will be given by the ITV cameraman Jerry Cross who was involved with documenting the Ship’s excavation and conservation throughout the last 12 years. He will be recalling these special events with us by sharing his film “Caught in a Storm”.
December 3rd sees us back at the St Julian’s pub with a talk by the dynamic historical group Cyfarwydd and they will be inspiring us to enjoy Heritage With Passion.
January 7th‘s event will have you on the edge of your seat as the popular time travelling “doctor”, Roger Morgan tells us all about Jack The Ripper – and his victims…
February 4th will be the fascinating account of James Harding telling us about his journey moving a 3 tonne bluestone from Pembrokeshire to Bristol, en route to Stonehenge.
March 4th will bring us back closer to modern day when Roger James recounts the world changing Evacuation of Dunkirk.
April 1st sees the last talk of this season and we go out in style, elegantly and serenely with Colin James’s talk of the Hereford Bull Boat and trows, craft from a gentler era.
Everyone is welcome to join us for any of the talks, new faces are always welcome. For more information log onto www.newportship.org
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Newport Ship will take place at 2.00pm on 1st November 2014 at Malpas Court, Newport, NP20 6NS. Our guest speaker is Professor Mark Jones, Curator of the Mary Rose.
The Annual Friends’ Outing for May 2015 will be a trip to London to visit the Cutty Sark and the Greenwich Observatory.
The Friends of Newport Ship are supporting the Agincourt600 commemorations focused on the assembly of 500 Welsh archers at Tretower in June 1415 en route to Southampton to cross to France and the battlefield. It is thought that the Men-at-Arms who also came together at Tretower may well have marched south to Newport to take ship rather than march, and we anticipate an event in Newport in July 2015 to mark this event.
Regrettably, the project is not open to visitors for the time being, although we are able to come out to organised meetings and tell our story. To request a talk, please contact the Ship Centre on 01633 215707 or email: email@example.com
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Congrats to Keyshia Cole. The singer posted a photo of her biological father on Instagram last night. If you’ve watched her reality show on BET, you know that she didn’t know his identity and didn’t get much help from her mother. Looks like she found him! His name is Virgil Hunter.
Also, someone tell Maury it’s too soon. SMH.


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Duarte: ANC NEC will raise concerns over Mabuza dual role with Gordhan
The appointment of Jabu Mabuza as interim executive chair for Eskom and acting CEO of Eskom Holdings was not discussed at the African National Congress' National Executive Committee meeting over the weekend, the ruling party's deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte said during a briefing on Tuesday.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in a statement on Monday afternoon that he had informed the Eskom Annual General Meeting (AGM) of his decision to appoint Mabuza in this manner.
Phakamani Hadebe has resigned as Eskom CEO and will leave the state-owned company on Wednesday July 31.
Duarte said at the briefing that the announcement of Mabuza's appointment was made after the NEC meeting had already finished.
"Of course, it is of concern to us that the same person will chair and be the CEO of Eskom," said Duarte.
"We will raise the matter and concern with [Gordhan]."
Duarte said that there was, at the same time, an understanding that someone had to be appointed as a matter of urgency, given the fact that Eskom was presenting its results on Tuesday.
In his statement regarding Mabuza's appointment, Gordhan said that within the three-month period during which Mabuza would be the executive chair and acting CEO, the Eskom board would conclude the process of identifying a suitable candidate to become the next Eskom group CEO.
Hadebe resigned in May. In his resignation letter, he said the "unimaginable demands" of the job were having a negative impact on his health.
Cabinet approved Hadebe's appointment as permanent CEO in May 2018, after he had been serving in an acting capacity since January 2018.


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After two weeks of accusations and apologies, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson secretly met one-on-one on Thursday night in Greenville, South Carolina to discuss the pair's strained relationship. But in a meeting that could have potentially settled Carson's continued frustration, the nearly half-hour meeting ended with little progress, according to an adviser with the Carson campaign. Comment?
Ben Carson threw red meat at South Carolina's powerful evangelical voting bloc Friday, telling attendees at the Faith and Family Presidential Forum in Greenville that the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage equality was a "real problem" and that he, as president, would work to protect Americans who oppose same-sex nuptials on religious grounds. "Everybody, according to our Constitution, should be treated equally and should have the same rights. Comment?
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David Watts writes on: 1. Mayor Making, 2. New Council Structure, 3. Election Expenses, 4. Dumping on Toton Sidings, 5. Beeston Memory Café, 6. Attenborough Tennis Club Open Day, 7. Carol, 8. Police and Crime Commissioner, 9. Watnall Driving Test Centre, 10. John Clifford Primary School, 11. Tram Disruption.
1. Mayor Making
Broxtowe will be having its annual council meeting tomorrow when Graham Harvey will be installed as the new mayor of Broxtowe and Halimah Khaled MBE as the new deputy mayor. Congratulations to them both on their appointments.
2. New Council Structure
Another change that will happen tomorrow is that the council will revert from being run by a cabinet system to a committee system. This is how the council used to be structured but the Labour government of Tony Blair decided that all councils had to change from this. The coalition removed that rule and said that councils could be structured how they want and so the Conservative administration have decided to revert to the previous system. Whilst I have no problem with this I am disappointed that they have also removed the power for members of the public to ask questions of the council. This was a right that we introduced when I was the leader of the council and I think that it is an important part of democracy. Removing it suggests that the current administration feel that they do not have to be accountable to anyone.
3. Election Expenses
The saga of our MP’s election expenses has rumbled on further this week. Anna Soubry is one of 27 Conservative MP’s who are accused of spending more than the permitted limits when she was re-elected last year. This is of course more than the Government majority so if the police investigations that the press have now reported are underway result eventually in people having to stand down (the last example of an MP being convicted of exceeding the limits resulted in them being expelled from parliament) then this could have a very major impact on the Government. The reason that there are limits is to prevent people effectively buying their way into parliament (we don’t want the British equivalent of Donald Trump).
4. Dumping on Toton Sidings
A reader to this newsletter contacted me last week to raise concerns over rubbish that had been dumped on land alongside the path near Toton sidings. I passed this on to the council who contacted the land owners. They have agreed to clear the rubbish by the end of the month.
5. Beeston Memory Café
The next Beeston Memory Cafe will take place on Thursday 12th May between 2pm and 4pm. The Memory Café is a safe, friendly venue where people with dementia and those who support them can meet. The theme of this week’s session is School Days. Marc Block will be singing and Emma and Mary will be offering massage.
Further details are on the website http://beestonmemorycafe.com,
6. Attenborough Tennis Club Open Day
Next Saturday, 14th May, there is an open day at Attenborough Tennis club between 1pm and 4pm, with fun tennis based activities for adults and children from beginner to advanced/returning players. You can register for the different events at the Great British Tennis Weekend website run by Clubspark or just turn up. Refreshments are available (strawberries of course!), a free
draw and special offers on membership. Attenborough are proud to be a very
friendly and welcoming club in a beautiful setting, offering a really wide range of playing and coaching options. Come and see for yourself!
Chilwell Arts Theatre will be showing the movie Carol at Chilwell School, Queens Road West, Chilwell, Nottingham NG9 5AL on 13th May. Tickets cost £6 for adults and £5 for concessions. Nominated for Best Film at this years Academy Awards, Carol is a truly striking cinematic achievement, artfully exploring themes that resonate still with powerful force today. Shaped by Todd Haynes’ deft direction and powered by a strong cast led by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Carol lives up to its ground breaking source material. In this adaptation of the novel “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith, Therese (Rooney Mara), a young department-store clerk in 1950s Manhattan, meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), a beautiful older woman stuck in a depressing marriage of convenience. As their bond deepens and they become romantically involved, Carol finds the strength to leave her husband (Kyle Chandler). Unfortunately, her spouse starts to raise questions about her fitness as a mother when he realises that Carol’s relationships with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) and Therese are more than just friendships.
8. Police and Crime Commissioner
Paddy Tipping was re-elected as the Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner last week. This is a post that the Liberal Democrats boycotted, as it is not a role that we agree with. This was the only election in Broxtowe on Thursday, although across the rest of the country the Liberal Democrats had a good night, winning an extra 40 council seats and being the only party to win control of a council (Watford). Of the other parties UKIP won about 20 seats, and Labour, the Green and especially the Conservatives all lost seats. We were the big winners on the night.
9. Watnall Driving Test Centre
The Government have announced that it is currently reviewing whether to close the Watnall Driving test Centre, despite the fact that there are already long waiting lists to take tests there. The current figures show that there is a 17 week wait for car drivers to take their tests and an 11 week wait for large vehicles. If the backlog is that big closing the centre is hardly likely to help people.
10. John Clifford Primary School
A recent Ofsted inspection at John Clifford School in Beeston has rated it as good with some areas outstanding. This is a major step forward from their previous rating of “requiring improvement.” Congratulations to everyone who was worked to achieve this result. It was interesting to read in the paper this week that there are 37 languages spoken amongst the 208 pupils at the school.
11. Tram Disruption
This coming Sunday trams from Toton will terminate at Nottingham station between 9.30 and 11.30am. This is because the Asda Foundation 10K run will be going through the Old Market Square so the trams will be able to pass through it. Trams will still be running every ten minutes from Toton, and the normal service will resume at 11.30am.
As ever thank you for your support for this newsletter. Any feedback is gratefully received.


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If you have a Fannie Mae (FNM) or Freddie Mac (FRE) backed home mortgage and face foreclosure or eviction, you can stay home for the holidays at least through January 3rd. If you have a Citigroup (NYSE:C) mortgage and are in default, you will get a 30-day suspension from foreclosure and eviction. This affects around 4,000 struggling homeowners.
A year ago, while Obama’s $75 billion loan modification program was on the drawing board, most major lenders suspended foreclosures while the details were being hammered out. Since this program only helped about 4% of the estimated four to seven million expected qualified homeowners foreclosures picked up again after the grace period ended.
The unwinding of Conservatorship of Fannie and Freddie must begin in 2010 - Many say that GSE mortgages and debt are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, but this is not an explicit guarantee. Here’s the statement still shown on the Fannie Mae website:
Fannie Mae debt securities, together with interest thereon, are not guaranteed by the United States and do not constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof other than Fannie Mae.
The unwinding the Conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be come a huge issue in the second half of 2010, as portfolios must be reduced by 10% by the end of the year.
More Problems for Commercial Real Estate - Sources say commercial real estate mortgage defaults have more than doubled in the third quarter year over year, and are projected to reach 19% by the first quarter of 2011. JP Morgan reported that property sales financed with commercial mortgage-backed securities plunged 95% from a record $237 billion in 2007, as the real estate bubble was beginning to pop. This lack of securitization is a factor in the decline in commercial real estate values, which are down 55% from their peak. This is a sharper decline than home values. In some major cities such as San Francisco, office rents are down 37% year over year in the third quarter. The vacancy rate is up 14% with 1.4 million square feet emptied in the first nine months of the year.
The daily charts for Gold, Crude Oil, the Dollar Index and the Euro
Gold was oversold and below the 50-day simple moving average at $1111.6 Friday morning. My quarterly pivot remains at $1135.
Crude oil is positive with the 21-day at $74.44. The weekly chart remains negative with lower highs for nine consecutive weeks now. The 200-week simple moving average is resistance at $75.74.
The euro is extremely oversold with the 200-day simple moving average as support at 1.4179. The weekly chart remains negative confirming the Thanksgiving bottom for the dollar.
The Weekly Chart for the Dow shows the failed test of the down trend that goes back to October 2007. Next week Ascending Wedge support is 10,211 with the down trend resistance at 10,475.
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Police are warning hundreds of UK motorists to visit their local dealership for safety checks on their cars following an investigation into counterfeit airbags.
The police are still continuing investigations into the remaining 532 purchases.
The investigations began last month after Honda and the Intellectual Property Office found the fake airbags being sold on eBay.
On sale from September 2013, the suspected counterfeit airbags were on sale for around £170 – half the price of the genuine product.
The City of London force has advised that the potentially counterfeit airbags would not deploy as genuine ones would in the event of an accident, posing a real danger to drivers and passengers, with reports of Honda’s Swindon factory having conducted tests to confirm this.
A police search of two homes in Poole, Dorset, resulted in the seizure of around 100 suspected counterfeit airbags, alongside other related components.


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February 13-27 at MoMA
There are more strong films screening in Documentary Fortnight 2015 than can be done justice here, so I’ll plug my favorites first: on February 15th and 21st, the distributor Milestone Films will present three programs’ worth of recently restored films by the late American director Shirley Clarke. The programs include Clarke’s remarkable feature-length The Connection (1962) and several of her lesser-known lovely shorts, throughout which she and her human subjects developed a style of direct address in which they would open up their lives to her as well as to future viewers.
The bulk of the Museum of Modern Art’s annual festival of nonfiction filmmaking will offer new films, many of which are also excellent. Its diverse selection traverses several genres, from politicized portraiture (Of Men and War and The Domino Effect) to self-reflective ethnography (Episode of the Sea and Cochihza) to novelistic, ensemble-based storytelling in which individuals’ actions impact their communities’ futures (Coffee: Chants of Smoke and Storm Children, Book One). These films and other series highlights share a great sensitivity to character, with emotional riches resulting from simple records of peoples’ struggles.
Several of the directors represented in Documentary Fortnight spoke with me about their works in the series. Save for Jean-François Caissy, these filmmakers will also all appear at MoMA for post-screening public discussions.
Nathalie Nambot and Maki Berchache’s impressionistic Burn the Sea (screening February 14th and 18th) reflects poetically on Berchache’s status as a young Tunisian exile that finds himself an outcast in France. “We did not look for a subject,” Nambot says. “The Other arrived, and he is here now, close, among us, despite everything that makes him an unwanted guest. The film acts as a place of temporary refuge for things that could be simply articulated: Dreams, home, land, love, revolution, work, and friendship. Our collaboration in making it was like a game between what had already been lived and what we could invent to make it live again. Maki says that we worked as a family, creating a structure that would function like a home. Burn the Sea was our shelter, though we never forgot the importance of living beyond its making.”
Irene Gutiérrez Torres’s observational Hotel Nueva Isla (February 16th and 17th) presents the daily routines of Jorge de los Rios, an aging former clerk in a rundown Cuban hotel who is committed to finding the building’s hidden treasures. “My cinematographer Javier Labrador and I fell in love with the hotel at first sight,” Gutiérrez Torres says. “Day after day we went there and met Jorge, who had escaped unimaginable things in his past. We decided to focus our film upon him, following him without judgment in his rituals and interactions with others. We tried to treat him and the building as one. I wanted to make a film about resistance, but also about a time when dreams seem possible but aren’t carried out; and I wanted to do it in Jorge’s way, without too much dialogue or too many characters, instead committing to record his routines over what turned out to be the last year of his life.”
Wang Bing’s Father and Sons (February 17th and 18th) watches a Chinese migrant factory worker’s two adolescent boys as they spend a day sitting inside their small home near their television. “I had previously made a film called Three Sisters (2012) in which these boys briefly appeared,” Wang says through the translator Annelous Stiggelbout. “Their mother had left them when they were quite young, and their father was working elsewhere; later on, he came back and took the boys to live with him. In December 2012 I went to see the three of them in their home. It was a rather hopeless situation. When I came into the house, I found that they shared a bed only slightly larger than the table at which I am now seated. That little bed made a big impression on me. When I decided to make a piece of video art that eventually became this film, I thought that I would film the father, his two sons, and it.”
Kevin Jerome Everson’s Park Lanes (February 21st) follows factory employees over the course of eight hours in a way that combines great formal beauty with a relaxed, casual tone. “It’s a full day of work, and you go the whole clip, though a viewer doesn’t actually have to sit and watch it all to get a sense of a workday’s rigor,” Everson says. “We shot in a bowling alley supplies factory in Virginia and focused on workers in movement, with lots of shots of people painting parts, welding metal, and putting together objects that resemble abstract sculptures. Park Lanes might seem nostalgic for labor, but it’s more about people who are skilled at what they do. They’re noble in their craft and surviving with it throughout the course of the daily grind.”
Jean-François Caissy’s hopeful Guidelines (February 22nd and 23rd) focuses on Quebecois high schoolers who are yearning to learn how to acceptably express themselves. “I was looking for a way to record teens with transparency and make a work that would be completely open to their stage of life,” Caissy says. “As I was nearing the end of my research, I by chance attended a closed-door meeting between a ‘problem’ child and a disciplinary teacher. I quickly realized that for young people, the experience of having to deal with an authority figure was so significant that they would soon forget about a camera. I decided to capture such private moments, and then offset them with ones of teenagers outdoors among natural surroundings, free to do as they wished.”
Peter Bo Rappmund’s Topophilia (February 25th and 26th) traverses the Trans-Alaska Pipeline through stop-motion animation, with thousands of stills synthesizing an 800-mile journey into a film lasting a little over an hour. “I’d long admired both the story of TAPS and the structure itself, which I came to understand as a giant continuous building,” Rappmund says. “For Topophilia I chose clips suggesting the landscape reorganizing itself around it; we gain a clearer understanding of the environment through the pivot point of an object placed there. The film unfolds entirely through sequences of animated still photographs, in keeping with the dichotomy of a lifeless man-made structure and its vivid environmental surroundings. It was important to me to highlight interplay (and even ambiguity) between the artificial and the natural. An elemental, repetitious subject allowed me to experiment with different methods of working and to discover previously unknown-to-me rhythms.”
Barbara Kopple’s closing night selection Hot Type: 150 Years of the Nation (February 27th) pays profile-style tribute to the USA’s oldest active weekly magazine. “I wanted to take a contemporary approach and reach out historically from there,” Kopple says. “My idea was to look closely at Nation reporters who are going out into the field today, connect their work to material that the magazine published several decades ago, and see that the problems we face now are not so different from ones with which people used to deal. Making Hot Type was different from making my other films, which have focused on subjects including coal miners, meat packers, and the Dixie Chicks. In each case, though, I’ve tried to let people guide me as they tell me their stories, while also leaving myself with some room to explore.”

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Linus Torvalds, (born December 28, 1969, Helsinki, Finland), Finnish computer scientist who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux operating system.
At age 10 Torvalds began to dabble in computer programming on his grandfather’s Commodore VIC-20. In 1991, while a computer science student at the University of Helsinki (M.S., 1996), he purchased his first personal computer (PC). He was not satisfied, however, with the computer’s operating system (OS). His PC used MS-DOS (the disk operating system from Microsoft Corp.), but Torvalds preferred the UNIX operating system he had used on the university’s computers. He decided to create his own PC-based version of UNIX. Months of determined programming work yielded the beginnings of an operating system known as Linux. In 1991 he posted a message on the Internet to alert other PC users to his new system, made the software available for free downloading, and, as was a common practice among software developers at the time, he released the source code, which meant that anyone with knowledge of computer programming could modify Linux to suit their own purposes. Because of their access to the source code, many programmers helped Torvalds retool and refine the software, and by 1994 Linux kernel (original code) version 1.0 was released.
Operating Linux required a certain amount of technical acumen; it was not as easy to use as more popular operating systems such as Windows, Apple’s Mac OS, or IBM OS/2. However, Linux evolved into a remarkably reliable, efficient system that rarely crashed. Linux became popular in the late 1990s when competitors of Microsoft began taking the upstart OS seriously. Netscape Communications Corp., Corel Corp., Oracle Corp., Intel Corp., and other companies announced plans to support Linux as an inexpensive alternative to Windows. In addition to Linux being free, its source code can be viewed and freely modified by anyone, unlike a proprietary OS. This means that different language versions can be developed and deployed in markets that would be too small for the traditional companies. Also, many organizations and governments have expressed security reservations about using any kind of computer software that contains code that cannot be viewed.
Combined with Apache, an open-source Web server, Linux accounts for most of the servers used on the Internet. Because it is open-source, and thus modifiable for different uses, Linux is popular for systems as diverse as cellular telephones and supercomputers. Android, Google’s operating system for mobile devices, has at its core a modified Linux kernel, and Chrome OS, Google’s operating system, which uses the Chrome browser, is also Linux-based. The addition of user-friendly desktop environments, office suites, Web browsers, and even games helped to increase Linux’s popularity and make it more suitable for home and office desktops.
In 1997 Torvalds took a position with Transmeta Corp., a microprocessor manufacturer, and relocated to California. Six years later he left the company to work as a project coordinator under the auspices of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a consortium created by such high-tech companies as IBM, Intel, and Siemens to promote Linux development. In 2007 OSDL merged with the Free Standards Group to form the Linux Foundation. In 2012 he was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize by the foundation Technology Academy Finland.


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Each tribe sets its own penalties around failure to register, which will typically be outlined in each tribe’s ordinance regarding registration for sex offenses. Generally, the tribal police department or public safety office with receive information regarding the failure to register. The penalty for failing to register can be as severe as permanent banishment or exclusion.
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text: We agree with Dr. Manev and colleagues that our study (1) does not rule out the possibility that inflammatory pathways alternative to those pertinent to the common biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin (IL)-6 may be involved in the link between depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Depression is associated with a number of inflammatory markers in addition to CRP and IL-6, including, for example, IL-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha (2). The list may well include 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX), but unfortunately this has not yet been described, at least in humans. C-reactive protein and IL-6 are the 2 biomarkers most consistently associated with cardiovascular risk and therefore it makes sense to begin with these as we try to disentangle the complex link between depression, inflammation, and CVD. Because they are produced as part of the acute phase response, it is possible that these common biomarkers are not truly biologic markers for depression. On the other hand, inflammatory cytokines have well-characterized effects in the central nervous system that may influence depressive behavior, including effects on neurotransmitter function and stimulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (3). These actions suggest that inflammatory processes are central to the pathogenesis of depression similar to many other chronic conditions, such as CVD. It is also possible that inflammation contributes to some, but not all, cases of depression, as suggested by the wide range of inflammatory activity commonly found in samples of depressed individuals. Thus, subsets of individuals at the upper end of cytokine levels could drive most of the association (4).


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Can you lower a Suzuki V Strom 650?
Can you lower a Suzuki V Strom 650?
Suzuki DL650 / DL650XT V-Storm Lowering kits Reduce the seat height by dropping the rear suspension. This can be easily done with a lowering links from Lust Racing. The lowering kit contains two new steel suspension links that are stronger than the standard “dog bones” they replace.
Does lowering Link affect handling?
When you add longer lowering links, it changes the leverage ratio, which can cause all sorts of problems. You might find that the rear shock bottoms out sooner and feels softer in the last portion of the stroke, or sometimes the effects can be unpredictable.
What is the seat height of a Suzuki V Strom 650?
2021 Suzuki V-Strom 650 Specifications
|1405 mm (55.3 in.)
|170 mm (6.7 in.)
|1560 mm (61.4 in.)
|835 mm (32.9 in.)
Is it bad to lower your motorcycle?
Motorcycle experts will always advise against lowering the front of your bike for both safety and functionality. You can get away with lowering only the back if you’re going for function, but for appearance, many of you will want to lower the front to match it.
Does a lowered bike handle better?
Effects on Handling “When you lower a bike, you also lower its center of gravity, so it’ll handle a bit better in certain circumstances,” says Langley. “The negative is that your initial ground clearance is decreased. Things you used to clear, like curbs or speed bumps, might now be a problem.”
Can you lower the height of a motorcycle?
There are two main ways riders lower their motorcycle: by changing the seat and/or replacing the shocks, the bikes suspension. Trading out your stock shocks for aftermarket ones that lower your motorcycle beyond the factory settings always alters the handling of the motorcycle and should be considered with this option.
How much does it cost to lower your motorcycle?
If you choose to use a lowering link, your average cost will be around $115. What is this? If you choose to lower the bike’s suspension, your average costs will be around $250-$1,000. And if you choose to simply buy a new, shorter seat for your bike, then your average cost will be around $150.
Is VStrom 650 heavy?
V Stroms are not so much top heavy as simply tall. Compared to Cruisers and standard bikes, Adventure style bikes tend to have a taller seat height. I don’t find them any more top heavy than many other bikes, especially the newer generation DL 650 and 1000 as they are much lighter.
What is a V-Strom good for?
The VStrom is not and never will be a real dirt bike, but it is more than capable of tackling challenging terrain. It is a great bike in most offroad conditions. Its power lies in the v-shaped engine, which provides a lot of power at lower speeds and during hill climbs.
What does lowering the front of a motorcycle do?
By lowering the front end, you are manipulating the bike’s rake and trail settings. Without getting too technical, this will make your bike quicker turning at the expense of reducing high-speed stability. If you stay conservative, you may not notice any handling differences.
Can you wheelie a lowered bike?
While I stipulate that you should just tough it out for the best results, you can in fact, ride a lowered bike just fine and even ride wheelies on it with practice, you will just need better technique than you would on a normal height bike.
Why you shouldn’t lower a motorcycle?
Disadvantages of Lowering a Bike You may limit yourself on where you can go with the bike. Second, you’ve also limited yourself in the distance you can travel on the bike; not because you damaged it but because the comfort will go way down when you lower the bike.
Does lowering your motorcycle affect handling?
Even if you lower your bike by the book, handling can be affected to some degree. “When you lower a bike, you also lower its center of gravity, so it’ll handle a bit better in certain circumstances,” says Langley. “The negative is that your initial ground clearance is decreased.
Which bike has lowest seat height?
Lowest seat height motorcycles in India
- Harley Davidson Low Rider S – 690mm.
- Kawasaki Vulcan S – 705mm.
- Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster – 705mm.
- Bajaj Avenger Street 160, Cruise 220 – 737mm.
- Suzuki Intruder – 740mm.
- Triumph Rocket 3 GT – 750mm.
- Jawa Perak – 750mm.
- Triumph Street Twin – 760mm.
Does lowering a motorcycle improve handling?
Effects on Handling Even if you lower your bike by the book, handling can be affected to some degree. “When you lower a bike, you also lower its center of gravity, so it’ll handle a bit better in certain circumstances,” says Langley. “The negative is that your initial ground clearance is decreased.
Is VStrom 650 powerful enough?
V-Strom 650 Has Strong Performance and Comfort It has great torque and power that is 100% aimed at real world street riding. The newer version of this motorcycle also come with anti-lock brakes (ABS). The brakes on this motorcycle are simply amazing. It stops the bike quickly and efficiently.
Is the VStrom 650 a good beginner bike?
Suzuki V-Strom 650: This is about as close to a full size adventure bike as a beginner should get. This bike has plenty of power even for experienced riders so it might take some getting used to as a beginner but it’s completely manageable.
Can V-Strom go offroad?
Is V-Strom 650 top heavy?
Does suspension affect wheelie?
RE: Does The suspension affect the wheelies i get?? Yes, if you stiffen it up, it will wheelie.
Does lowering a motorcycle affect the handling?
What are the benefits of lowering your motorcycle?
Lowering the seat can help you make your motorcycle more comfortable to ride, and it makes it easier to reach the ground. By shaving off a portion of the seat, you’ll make it easier to firmly plant your feet because you won’t have to spread your legs so far around the bike.


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Covid-19 Vaccine Day at Seacroft Grange Care Village
Saturday 9th January 2021 was a momentous day at Seacroft Grange Care Village as we were visited by the local GP’s surgery to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to both residents and staff.
Home Manager, Victoria Towse, said “I’ve never been prouder to be the manager of a home. What a team I have supporting the residents during this very trying time that we find ourselves in. I cannot thank everyone enough for their help in ensuring our residents remain safe and that they received their vaccination. What a team. Thank you once again to everyone who was involved.”
Thank you to the healthcare professionals who safely delivered the vaccine to our residents and to our scientific colleagues who developed and produced the vaccine. We would also like to send a massive thank you to the team at Seacroft Grange who helped organise this day and supported our residents, you were all absolutely amazing!

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Chery Automobile Eyes European Design Center
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Co. is preparing to open its first design studio in Europe.
The company will present its first European-bound model, the compact M31T crossover vehicle, in concept form this week at the Frankfurt auto show. The car also could eventually be marketed in the U.S. Chery plans to eventually offer a full line of passenger vehicles overseas, including those with hybrid and all-electric powertrains.
James Hope, who set up Chery’s design studio in Shanghai, is heading the team to do the same in Europe. The former General Motors and Ford executive tells Automotive News Europe that Berlin is a likely location for the new facility.
The high-end automotive CAD/CAM systems do a whole lot more than their name implies. In addition to design and manufacturing, they have the ability to support analysis, product data management, and more.
Once the playground of exotic car makers, the definition of a niche vehicle has expanded to include image vehicles for mainstream OEMs, and specialist models produced on high-volume platforms.
A young(ish) guy that I’ve known for a number of years, a man who spent the better part of his career writing for auto buff books and who is a car racer on the side, mentioned to me that his wife has a used Lexus ES Hybrid.


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Beneath multi-colored tents dotting the parking lot of a drive-in theater here, there was more brewing than the pots of chili competing for first place in the annual Simi Valley Days Festival.
Residents say they are still frustrated by the spotlight that burned brightly here more than four months ago, when a jury in the Simi Valley courthouse found four white Los Angeles police officers not guilty in the beating of a black motorist.
Strolling among the silver kettles of simmering chili here on Saturday, couples, grandparents and groups of young people tried to deflect questions about the verdict and focus on the simple pleasures of what was the start of a weeklong celebration of good will and community.
It would be nice, some said, to be known for the ethnically diverse chili mixtures. Or better still, for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library here, which has brought to Simi Valley such dignitaries as Mikhail S. Gorbachev and the Reagan family.
This 12-mile long valley behind the Ventura County line boasts the "second-lowest crime rate on the West Coast." Now, the 100,000 residents, most of them white, are plagued by comparisons to Mississippi in the 1960's.Continue reading the main story
Since the verdict, there have been vandalism, anonymous telephone threats, demonstrations for and against the jury and white supremacists' rallies in Simi Valley.
"We were randomly selected for that trial, and now we've been selected as a place where people come to do these different items," said Mayor Gregory Stratton. "Our hope is that they will tire of it and leave us alone."
But that does not seem likely. On Saturday, as the first tastes of chili were being tried, a long planned demonstration against racism got under way across town at the courthouse. Richard Barrett, a Mississippi lawyer and leader of the small Nationalist Movement, and one follower had arrived to demonstrate in favor of the verdict, and 300 chanting protesters carrying picket signs and banners met them with shouted obscenities. Standing between the groups were 225 police officers and deputies from Simi Valley and the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
At the other end of town where the smell of spicy chili hung in the still hot valley air, the police and residents said Mr. Barrett's Nationalist Movement amounts to "a media show" that should be ignored.
Neils Winthers, an accountant and reserve police officer who spent the day with a fellow officer displaying to local children the workings of police sirens and radios, said he wished Mr. Barrett could be billed for money the city and county spent to protect him. "He's an opportunist and a manipulator who's using this as a way to get press and make money for his own personal game," Mr. Winthers said.
"There are more important things to be concerned with," said another officer, Jerry Dockers. "Like the chili bakeoff. And unemployment. And homelessness in Florida. We are not racists, and no one here shares his views. We're irate about this guy and just wish he'd go away."
"That verdict was a travesty, and only two of the jurors were actually from here," one resident said. "People read about this and think we're prejudiced people. They hear the wrong things. They think Simi Valley is something that it isn't."
What it is, says Mayor Stratton, is a community filled with residents concerned about law and order, a place "where residents are taught that the policeman is their friend." In recent months, he said, there has been "a tremendous self-consciousness, self-awareness and self-pride. We're forced to look at ourselves, and I don't think we found anything all that bad."
City manager Mike Sedell agreed. "Residents had to look inward to what they had here, and they found that what they built was truly theirs; a community where people are more concerned with how their neighbors maintain their yards than with the color of their skin."Continue reading the main story


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Sony today announced a new outdoor party speaker, the GTK-PG10. The GTK-PG10 is a Wireless, portable speaker with long battery life and is ideal for enjoying music outside, whether it’s a party, a picnic or a camping trip. Outdoors or indoors, the GTK-PG10 will deliver powerful sound without compromising much on clarity. The DSP (Digital Signal Processor) automatically adapts audio settings to optimize performance to suit your surroundings.
The top panels are open, the built-in tweeters face upwards and outwards which spreads the sound wider for outdoor parties. When the top panels are closed, and the top tweeters face frontwards. The speaker incorporates a table and cup holder on the splash-proof top panel and the built-in rechargeable battery will last up to 13 hours of listening time. The cube shape and built-in handles make easy to carry around anywhere. The speaker doesn’t take up much floor space and is also tripod compatible.
The GTK-PG10 is compatible with the Sony Music Center and Fiestable app that provides additional features via smartphone. Through the app, users can change track or adjust volume just by speaking into their smartphone. There is a mic input for karaoke as well. Bluetooth to stream all tracks and playlists from your smartphone. The speaker also has an FM tuner function and USB play and charge. The speaker weighs in at Approx. 6.7kg and comes in Balck color.
Sony GTK-PG10 Specifications
- Supported Codecs – AAC, LDAC
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- Microphone Input
- MEGA BASS
- Outdoor Party Mode
- Karaoke Function Key Control, Mic Volume
- FM Tuning Range 87.5-108MHz/50KHz
- Battery Capacity – 13hours
- Dimensions (W x H x D) – 330 x 376 x 303mm
- Weight Approx. -6.7kg
- Colors – Black
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The Sony GTK-PG10 speaker is priced at INR 19,990 and is currently available across all Sony Centers and major electronic stores in India.
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Sword fern or Boston fern is scientifically known as Nephrolepis exaltata is a type of fern that grows under the part shade and part sun in a moist condition. Boston fern has long and narrow leaves known as fronds. This plant can grow well both in indoor and outdoor conditions.
Health benefits of Boston fern
Boston ferns are the oldest plant on the earth, older than all the flower-bearing plants. These plants not only aids aesthetics but is also useful in removing many harmful air pollutants from the environment. Boston ferns mainly help in removing formaldehyde from the air and provide humidity thus makes the air more pure and fresh.
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The trend of planting Boston fern today is increasing not only because of its beauty but because of its ability to purify indoor air and adds to humidity to the environment thus gives a soothing effect to our house.
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1. Absorbs formaldehyde
Studies done by NASA on indoor plants for clean air showed that Boston ferns are capable of absorbing formaldehyde from the environment (1). Formaldehyde is one of the many indoor air pollutants which emits mainly from cooking, smoking, cosmetics, paints, etc. As per WHO studies indoor wooden furniture with formaldehyde resin paints is the main source of formaldehyde pollution (2).
A study done in the year 2018 showed that 26% of formaldehyde can be removed only by the roots of the fern of this family can remove formaldehyde in poorly ventilated rooms. and the concentration of formaldehyde can not affect the normal photosynthesis activity of this fern (5)
2. Removes xylene
Planting Boston ferns in homes and offices also help in absorbing another harmful pollutant known as xylene. According to the Department of health and human service U.S.A., petroleum products are the main source of xylene production. Typically indoor air has xylene 1-10 ppb. Buildings with poor ventilation have a higher indoor level of xylene thus causing sick building syndrome. Other sources of xylene are paints and wooden furniture (3).
3. Absorbs toluene
Toluene is another harmful air pollutant that causes central nervous system dysfunction, necrosis, Irritation of the upper respiratory tract, and eyes. Children exposed to these harmful pollutants also suffer developmental problems and reproductive problems in females. The major source of toluene pollution is gasoline, solvents in paints, plastic and soda bottles, paint cosmetics and other organic chemicals (4). Planting Boston fern indoor thus results in removing toluene from the air and thus give clean and fresh air to respire.
How to grow Boston fern?
Any plastic container hanging pots or decorative pots are used for the growth of this fern. The Boston fern should be potted in a well-aerated, well-drained, and high water holding capacity medium so that the fern does not get dry. We can prepare in-house fern media by mixing 50 % peat with vermiculite of perlite and pine bark for fertilization. Proper watering according to the environment is necessary and avoid direct sunlight. Propagation is simply by dividing the clumps.

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*Prosecutors on Thursday dismissed four counts of harassment against an obsessed fan of Ashanti, reports the New York Daily News.
Devar Hurd was indicted on 14 counts of criminal contempt, stalking and aggravated harassment in July for allegedly sending the R&B singer sexually explicit messages on Twitter.
The 35-year-old appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City on Thursday, and prosecutors dismissed four counts of second-degree aggravated harassment against him.
He still faces 10 counts, including felony stalking. Hurd pleaded not guilty to the charges last year.


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A COVID-19 PCR test looks for the presence of genetic material from the COVID-19 virus within a swab or saliva sample. These tests are commonly referred to as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Antigen tests look for parts of the virus.
The PCR COVID19 test is performed by taking a nasal and pharyngeal (back of the throat) swab which is then placed in an appropriate container.
The COVID-19 PCR test requires a nostril/throat swab sample to be collected by our staff and sent back to our registered laboratory for testing.
Nostril/throat swabs are being used to rule out COVID-19 infection before travel or resuming other activities.
Sample can been rejected by the laboratory due to the sample not being fit for testing. In that case we can ask for a new sample or a refund can be issued.
If your test result is positive, you must not travel. You must follow local rules and guidance for positive corona virus cases.
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Many travellers are now required to take a COVID-19 PCR test, commonly known as the PCR Test for Travel. This is to show they are not carrying the virus and are Fit-to-Fly/Travel. It is also essential that the test is processed by a certified laboratory.
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Demystifying the Big Data phenomena for strategic leadership.
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Britney Spears reportedly broke down in tears after being called ''fat'' and now feels under pressure to lose weight.
Britney Spears has gained 14lbs in just one month.
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Semis Set in PVL Mens Open Near Finalized
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 28, 2012) – The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) division competing in the USA Volleyball Open National Championships has established its semifinals pairs, while the Men’s Open Division has one finalist pegged in the event being held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The semifinal and final Premier Volleyball League and the remaining matches in the double-elimination Men's Open Division will take place Tuesday, while the second wave the USAV Open National Championships starts on Wednesday. To follow the tournament schedule and results, click here.
In the PVL, each side of the quarterfinal bracket mirrored each other with two three set matches opposed to two five-set matches. Hoosier Exterminators entered the quarterfinals as the top seed and handed No. 8 Team Great Lakes a 25-20, 25-18, 25-20 loss Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, No. 4 seed North Texas slid past No. 5 seed Arizona Sizzle 25-22, 25-19, 25-23.
In the bottom half of the PVL quarterfinal bracket, No. 3 seed Utah Unity rallied from two sets down to defeat No. 6 seed Team Florida WAVE 21-25, 22-25, 25-18, 25-15, 15-10 Monday evening. No. 2 Team Iowa Ice went up two sets over No. 7 Dream Team NCVA, but needed to hold on for a 26-24, 25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 15-12 victory.
Both PVL semifinal matches will be played at 10 a.m. MT with Hoosier Terminators meeting Team North Texas and Utah Unity hosting Team Iowa Ice.
The PVL is a grassroots professional league built around the foundation of USA Volleyball’s 40 regions. A total of 12 regions have placed a team in the PVL bracket. Regions competing for the $20,000 prize purse include Arizona (Arizona Sizzle), Northern California (Dream Team NCVA), Great Lakes (Team Great Lakes), Hoosier (Exterminators), Puget Sound (Puget Sound), Evergreen (Team Evergreen), Florida (Team Florida WAVE), Iowa (Iowa Ice), New England (Team New England), North Texas (Team North Texas), Intermountain (Utah Unity) and Western Empire (Western Empire). For additional information on the league, visit usapvl.com.
Hoosier Exterminators are undefeated in the tournament over six matches, having dropped only four sets. Utah Unity’s only loss is a five-set contest to Hoosier Exterminators in the final Pool A match played Monday morning. Team Iowa Ice remains undefeated in six matches, despite losing the first set in three of its five pool matches. Team North Texas entered the tournament as the sixth seed, but ended pool play 4-1 and earning the No. 4 seed in the quarterfinal round.
Lights Out, competing out of the Great Lakes Region, upset Paul Mitchell 25-23, 25-16, 25-22 in the semifinal round to advance to the double-elimination gold-medal match. In the bottom half of the bracket, No. 3 seed 2nd City Premier of the Great Lakes Region downed No. 2 seed Hustle and Flow of the Garden Empire 25-23, 25-22, 25-21 on Monday afternoon. No. 6 Team GoNation from the New England Region topped No. 1 seed Guaynabo Mets 22-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22 on Monday afternoon.
The winner of 2nd City/Premier and Team GoNation on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. MT will battle Paul Mitchell at 1 p.m. MT for the right to advance to the championship match against Lights Out.
Despite not competing in the USA Volleyball Open National Championships in 2010 and 2011, Paul Mitchell has won seven of the Men’s Open Division titles this century and eight overall Open championships since 1994. Team Paul Mitchell has also secured five silver medals in the Open Division since winning its first championship in 1994.
During the preliminary round, Guaynabo Mets earned the top seed into the gold bracket after finishing 4-1 in Pool 1. However, it lost its next two playoff matches to drop out of contention. Meanwhile, Lights Out and Paul Mitchell were 3-2 in Pool 1 and were seeded No. 5 and No. 4 into the playoffs, respectively. Hustle and Flow went 4-0 in Pool 2 before losing its first two playoff matches, while 2nd City/Premier went 3-1 and Team GoNation 2-2.
Earlier in the USA Volleyball Open National Championships, Special Olympics crowned three division winners on Sunday. Wisconsin Badpack defeated Oregon Underdogs 24-26, 25-17, 15-12 to win the Division I gold medal, while Texas Spikers topped Utah Dynostars 25-18, 25-21 to earn the bronze medal. In Division II, Tennessee Chill blanked Georgia Tigers 25-19, 25-20 in the gold-medal match, while Arizona Outlaws downed Utah Spikers 25-20, 25-4 in the bronze-medal match. In the Project Unify Division, Rhode Island East Greenwich scored a 25-13, 23-25, 15-3 victory over North Carolina Eagles to win the gold medal, while Arizona Cougars defeated Arizona Coconino Panthers 25-13, 25-17 in the bronze-medal match. The Unify Division was made up of six teams using high school age players.
USA Volleyball Open National Championships (First Wave)
Men’s Open (11 teams): May 26-29
Premier Volleyball League (12 Women’s teams): May 26-29
BB Men (45 teams): May 26-29
BB Women (39 teams): May 26-29
B Men (39 teams): May 26-29
B Women (29 teams): May 26-29
45s Men (10 teams): May 26-29
45s Women (11 teams): May 26-29
55s Men (20 teams): May 26-29
55s Women (12 teams): May 26-29
65s Men (11 teams): May 26-29
65s Women (5 teams): May 26-29
73s Men (5 teams): May 27-29
Special Olympics Division I: Gold – Wisconsin Badpack; Silver – Oregon Underdogs; Bronze – Texas Spikers
Special Olympics Division II: Gold – Tennessee Chill; Silver – Georgia Tigers; Bronze – Arizona Outlaw
Special Olympics Project Unify Division: Gold – Rhode Island East Greenwich; Silver – North Carolina Eagles; Bronze – Arizona Cougars
USA Volleyball Open National Championships (Second Wave)
AA Men (19 teams): May 30-June 2
AA Women (9 teams): May 30-June 2
A Men (19 teams): May 30-June 2
A Women (19 teams): May 30-June 2
40s Men (5 teams): May 30-June 2
40s Women (7 teams): May 30-June 2
50s Men (26 teams): May 30-June 2
50s Women (16 teams): May 30-June 2
60s Men (23 teams): May 30-June 2
60s Women (23 teams): May 30-June 2
70s Men (8 teams): May 30-June 2
Co-ed Regular BB/B (6 teams): May 30-May 31
Co-ed Reverse BB/B (5 teams): June 1-2
U-Volley Women (5-9 and shorter, 6 teams): May 30-31
U-Volley Men (6-1 and shorter, 6 teams): May 30-31

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Hov’s song “Heart Of The City (Ain’t No Love)” says, simply, that there ain’t no love in the heart of the city. It states that with more money comes more problems. It talks about since he’s a businessman, he doesn’t have time for bullshit. With success comes the jealousy of those around you, whether they may be fake with you and pretend to appreciate you or not. It says that he’s just trying to do him, and that his only concern is his business. Even though he’s so concerned with the business aspect of his life, he has all the luxuries that he wants when it comes down to it, so he just wants simple pleasures from life at this point.
I consider one of the hearts of the city to be Penn Station. It’s always crowded with people moving around to get places all around the country. The possibility of places to travel are infinite. I decided one Tuesday night to go to Penn Station to explore the motives and forces pushing people to travel around and why. I walk around the station that seems to always have this foodie smell that I can’t get enough of. Maybe because there’s a Taco Bell there? I don’t know, all I know is I love me some Taco Bell, so, I go to Taco Bell. Unfortun...
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...There definitely is truth in what Jay-Z is talking about, but when there is real, unmotivated love in the city it is extremely priceless. Love is a source of happiness in life; it’s a psychological necessity. When it’s pure it’s healthy, but when it’s not, problems arise. Although this is the case, people try to force connections and love because of hidden incentives. When this is the case, you can best believe it can end badly. To the girl from Columbia, I hope all works out for her. To Whiny and her minions, I hope no one gets hurt in the situation. And lastly, to the siblings I met in Union Square, I hope nothing, especially not a bad girlfriend or boyfriend, comes between you two. And to everyone else in the city looking for love, there’s no right or wrong place to look, but just guard your heart and try to assess whether it’s healthy or if it’s just motivated.
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Police did not release his name because they were waiting for his relatives to be notified.
Kohler police, Sheboygan County Coroner David Leffin and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death, Darin said.
Darin said he did not know how long the man had worked at Kohler.
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PARALLAX SCROLLING ♥ ♥ ♥ sorry y'all I'm just still amazed that I didn't break it
Content sectioned by the actual <section> tag (what a novel idea)
Div containers for the big ole images and the content bits
I have wanted to make a sleek yet vintage-flavored design like this pretty much as long as I've been poking at webdesign.
I tried to learn parallax design from several other tutorials, but none of the others had a demo I could really follow. I had just about given up completely on learning how to do it when I ran across the one I linked one fateful afternoon.
I ended up combining a lot of my one-page "domain info" pages back together into this one design, and I was worried it would be too much text for a single page, but instead, the big images balanced the info out nicely.
This design uses much larger images than I've ever used before, but I didn't have to do a lot of image manipulation--just a bit of artistic blur and some color desaturation to give the pictures a gentler, older vibe.
I built 3 different "version 16s" before I found this parallax tutorial; each of them had this same black/gray/pale peachy-pink/white color scheme, but this one just SINGS because of the large, beautiful images that feature those same colors. Honestly, I can't believe I even had a hand in making ANY of this design...it's just WOW.