Trophy Club has reached an agreement for a long-term contract with Municipal Utility District No. 1 to provide provide water and wastewater utility services to its residents who live in the Public Improvement District outside the MUD’s boundaries.
The MUD provides water, wastewater and sewer services to the residents of Trophy Club, including 1,400 households that are in a Public Improvement District, which is outside the boundaries of the MUD. The new, 99-year contract stipulates that all Trophy Club residents, including those in the PID, will pay equally for water, wastewater and infrastructure updates for the MUD, Trophy Club marketing manager April Reiling said.
Trophy Club council members and the MUD board of directors met March 19 to finalize the terms of the agreement.
PID residents will not be responsible for the MUD’s existing debt obligations, according to a press release.
“This agreement is a good consolidation for our residents and keeps them from being uninformed,” Trophy Club Mayor Connie White said.
Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 1 Board President Jim Moss said the agreement will be beneficial to the city and the MUD.
“The Town and the District have always worked to make the best decisions for Trophy Club residents and this new agreement helps unite the two organizations to better accomplish our goals,” Moss said in a press release. "Our agreement to start meeting quarterly to keep each other better informed and work more closely at budget time to ensure both organizations are fully aware of any upcoming expense considerations is an important step forward in our relations.”
MUD District Manager Jennifer McKnight said the agreement shows a strong commitment to the city.
“These two entities (Town Council and MUD) will be bound together for many, many years,” she said. “This is exactly what all citizens and residents needed to ensure everyone is treated equally.”
The Council and MUD Board of Directors will hold a joint meeting to formally approve the contract once the final version is complete.
Trophy Club has a population of about 10,500, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Trophy Club marketing manager April Reiling said there are an estimated 4,000 homes in Trophy Club, which spans 4.2 square miles.


A slew of doubles and a six-run fifth inning powered the Texas baseball team to a 10-3 win over the Sam Houston State Bearkats at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Tuesday.
Zach Zubia went 3 for 4 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. Ryan Reynolds and Tate Shaw each doubled and scored twice. Shaw had two RBIs while Reynolds had one.
Austin Todd also had two RBIs for Texas while Michael McCann crossed home plate twice.
Ty Madden picked up his first career win as he pitched four innings and struck out seven. He gave up one run on three hits and walked one batter.
A two-out rally in the third inning put the Bearkats in the lead. A single by Colton Cowser off UT starter Matteo Bocchi plated two runs for Sam Houston State. Cowser struck again in the fifth inning with an RBI double to give the Bearkats a 3-0 lead.
That’s when the Longhorns started to heat up on offense.
D.J. Petrinsky doubled to lead off the inning, starting a string of four straight doubles by Texas. Zubia doubled to score Petrinsky before Reynolds’ double drove Zubia home. Shaw’s double scored Reynolds to tie the game.
A pitching change from starter Seth Ballew to Landon Ausley didn’t help much for the Bearkats. After McCann drew a walk, Shaw was able to score on a wild pitch. A two-run single by Todd made it 6-3 by the time the inning was over.
Shaw drove in another run in the next inning before a pair of bases-loaded walks and a double play allowed three more runs to cross the plate.
Texas baseball next plays another in-state team when they face UTSA on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
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Two questions about the dreamcatcher rules:
1) The dreamcatcher rules say that "You CAN trigger a freeing when any effect forces you to reshuffle the deck" but also that when you "search the deck for another copy of the card (a Freeing WILL BE triggered by the shuffling after the search)." So, is a freeing mandatory when reshuffling or not? For me it's not clear whether the "CAN trigger" part refers to the choice of searching the deck of the choice of freeing after the subsequent reshuffling.
2) When I already have cards in limbo, refill my hand, draw a nightmare, and choose to discard my hand, then I draw a new hand by drawing until I have five location cards and put the rest (doors and dreams) in limbo. Do I put them with the cards that were already in limbo, so that they all go to the same dreamcatcher?
1) AFAIK not mandatory.
2) Fill hand (phase 2) which includes resolve dreams. Then shuffle in limbo cards (phase 3) which would then add all of those cards to a single dreamcatcher in your example.

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- Detroit Institute of Arts to open new gallery for recently acquired pieces
- Collection in gallery will rotate
- Permanent gallery to give inside look at procurement process
The Detroit Institute of Arts will open a new permanent gallery space in January for recently acquired pieces, the art museum announced Monday.
DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons chose seven new acquisitions to display starting Jan. 12 for about half a year, according to a news release.
"This gallery offers a transparent look at the DIA's collecting process and policies while giving visitors a first look at both recent purchases and gifts," Salort-Pons said in the release.
The pieces range from a 2016 mixed-media piece to an 18th-century wood figure. The museum acquired them between 2014 and 2017; five were purchased and two were gifts.
After their tenure, the art in the new gallery will be replaced with more recently acquired pieces.
The space will be called Out of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases. Reading materials around the exhibit will explain how the DIA assesses a piece's authenticity, researches it and decides to procure it, it said in the release.
The space has been used in the past for a variety of temporary exhibitions and art displays, Salort-Pons told Crain's in an emailed statement. No monetary gifts directly support the opening of the new gallery.
The museum declines to disclose art purchase prices, he said.
The pieces are:
- "Maternity Figure (Obaa Hemaa)," 19th century, unknown artist, Akan (Asante), African, wood with pigment — museum purchase
- "Untitled (Room 11 [-1999])," edition 1/15, 1999, Cristina Iglesias, ink on copper plate — gift of Janis and William M. Wetsman
- "Saint Benedict of Palermo," 1770-80, attributed to Juan Pascual de Mena, coniferous wood, pigment, gold — museum purchase
- "Salute Dawn," 1879, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, etching with drypoint — museum purchase
- "Fox, Michigan," 1980, Hiroshi Sugimoto, gelatin silver print — museum purchase
- "Vase," ca. 1900, Lajos Mack, slip-cast ceramic with eosin glazes — gift of Dr. Theodore and Diana Golden:
- "There must be some kind of way outta here," 2016, Cornelia Parker, mixed media — museum purchase

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You are going to create a simplified version of the game Battleship. You will create a grid system and generate single-point ships (one hit and it's sunk) at random coordinates. Then in the terminal the user will attempt to attack the computer by entering a coordinate. If it is a hit, the console will print, “Hit”, if it is a miss, the console will print “Miss”.
Part 1 - The Location Constructor
You'll need to create a
Location constructor. When it comes time to make the grid, you'll make an array of arrays (one array with 10 arrays inside), and the inner arrays will contain 10 instances of a
Location. Every object created from this constructor function must have the following properties:
Boolean - Is there a ship at this location, yes or no?
Boolean - Has this location been guessed already? (Whether or not there's a ship present.) If so, was it a hit (true) or a miss (false)?
String - How should this location look on a printed board (in the extra credit, if you decide to do it)? This could be an "X" for "hit" or "M" for "miss", for example. You'd probably want to default it to something neutral to start, like
"~", because it looks like a wave! :)
isShip boolean should be randomly chosen to be
true about 1 in every 5 locations that gets instantiated (created) from this constructor. If your random code generates a
true, make sure to mark your
isShip boolean as true in your object.
Hint: check out this Stack Overflow post for how to get a random integer in a specified range.
Part 2 - The Grid
You are going to code a 2-Dimensional coordinate/point grid system, also known in math as a matrix. Grid systems are used in many applications such as any type of Match-3 game like Candy Crush, or even on your operating system’s desktop (i.e. when you arrange icons and they all line up). Every point on the grid has an X and Y coordinate which makes up the “point”.
Your grid must have 100 points/coordinates, meaning there are 10 columns and 10 rows.
If I were to make a 3 X 3 grid by hand, it might look like this:
var grid = [
[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9]
console.log(grid) //Prints 5
You won't be creating your grid by hand, however. Creating your grid will require a
for loop nested inside of a
for loop. If you want some extra practice before starting this project you could review the Forception warmup.
Your grid will be different from the above grid in another way, too. Instead of pushing numbers to your grid, you'll need to instantiate a new
Location object and push that object to the grid.
Once you've created the grid, you should log it to the console to make sure you're getting one array with 10 arrays, each item in the array being a
Location object, where about 1 in 5 of the objects have
true for the
Don’t be too worried by the anticipated complexity of this problem, this grid could be written in about 12 lines of code!
Part 3 - The Game
User Input and Score
readline-sync library that you have already used, you must ask the user for the first coordinate and store that in a variable, and then ask for the second coordinate and store that in a variable as well. You can also make it simpler by having the user enter both coordinates at once with a comma separator (
0,1) and then parse the variables.
Since your grid is a 10 X 10 grid, the possible coordinate options go from 0,0 to 9,9.
If there is a ship at the coordinates that the user entered tell the user they had a hit. Otherwise, tell them they missed.
Update the object in the coordinate position accordingly. Then allow them to make another guess.
If the user hits 3 different ships tell them that they have won the game and then reset the game.
For extra practice, make the game more robust.
- Make the experience more visual for a user. After every attack from the user, print a grid that only shows the
displayproperty of the
Locationobject. You can use the
"\n"character put each array on its own line. It might look similar to this:
O O O O O O O O O O
O X O O O O O O O O
O X O M M O O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O O O X O O O
O O O O O O O O O O
- If the user enters coordinates that have already been entered, tell them so.
- When you generate your grid, if by chance there are not 3 total ships (this could happen with our current code), re-generate the grid until there are at least 3 ships.
Super duper above-and-beyond points:
Generate ships that can be between 1 and 5 grid units in length. Keep in mind that ships cannot go off the grid.
Keep in mind that a ship can take as many hits as it is long (so a ship that is 5 long takes 5 hits to destroy).


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Justina Ireland – Star Wars The High Republic Audiobook (A Test of Courage)text
This is just among the best center quality books I have actually read in ages, part of the initial round of stories for the multimedia task The High Republic, it complies with the experiences of a team of young adults that have actually found themselves in the middle of a chaotic circumstance, after the great calamity in Hetzal (again, reading Light of the Jedi before this one is extremely advised).
Marooned in an unoccupied world with a strange (and dangerous) environment, they should make it through and also encounter a much more skilled enemy, yet the real examination, as well as what makes this publication a gem, is facing the greatest enemy, themselves. I won’t state even more but the pull of the Dark Side using concern, temper, etc is treated specifically as it ought to be, and also taking in factor to consider all the existing political landscape, it feels considerably pertinent.
Do not skip this set merely due to the fact that it’s center grade, it truly is excellent. Great. I’ve always enjoyed the Jedi, ever since I was a child in the 80’s. Star Wars The High Republic Audiobook Free. Despite the fact that this publication is tailored towards young visitors, I discovered it to consist of an excellent little story full of some really strong Jedi approach that weaves well into established Star Wars lore.
The little understandings and discussions regarding the mystical Nature of the force, concerning the light as well as dark side of the force are equally as important in the fictional world of Celebrity Wars as it is in the real life.
Wherefore this publication aims to be, my assumptions were exceeded, and I significantly urge any other adult readers that have an interest in the High Republic age to choose it up and offer it a read. The Force wants balance and the power of light is countered by the corruption of the dark.
At 15 Vernestra Rwoh becomes the youngest padawan to pass her tests the first time, becoming a complete Jedi Knight. Unfortunately, the awaited experiences of dealing with bad throughout the galaxy had not precisely emerged as she had actually instead, been offered the obligation of ‘baby-sitting’ the young, strong-willed … and evidently prodigy … youngling that was Avon Starros.
Currently, both have actually been selected to attend the commitment of the brand-new space station Starlight out in the wilds of the galactic rim. But, often, journeys come when you the very least expect it as well as quickly, Vernestra and Avon – together with freshly discovered ‘buddies’ – find themselves fighting to merely make it through as forces and powers that are determined to ravage the worlds of the Republic, alter their lives forever.
Writer Justina Ireland is the writer of the evil one’S PASS and also DREAD country series of books. Her works consist of tales for young viewers, middle-grade, as well as young people with this A TEST OF COURAGE falling firmly into the very first. Ireland offers her viewers heroes that they will identify in the mirrors that they see themselves shown in everyday. Her characters have the confidence of youth, in addition to the insecurities that feature growing freedom. The players in this tale will certainly experience trials and scenarios that will certainly test their self-images as well as their places in this galaxy far, far, away …
The concepts of Celebrity Wars as a pop culture phenomenon are many as well as varied with conversations relating to the star-spanning realms that can arguably, be viewed as representations of our very own modern globe. In this tale, Ireland provides her readers a little of that as she discuss the components of the High Republic, yet, this story focuses on the expanding and also growing of young people as they find their means onward. Justina Ireland – Star Wars The High Republic Audio Book Online. The kid cover art is a little bit deceptive. This is some top quality Star Wars content right here.
For one, this is tailored towards Middle-Grade readers, however the story itself is written at a Young Adult degree, so it will certainly be delightful for visitors of any ages. The personality work here is fantastic, far better than what we enter Soule’s ‘Light of the Jedi’. Unlike Soule’s work, this book has a strong concentrate on the people in it as well as the worldbuilding (or in this situation, utilizing much of the well established Celebrity Wars tradition from Legends and the Disney Canon) without it going overboard or surpassing the story.
Veenstra and the rest of the actors are well depicted, well understand, as well as have unique personalities that establish them apart. The tale is character-driven, which I enjoyed a lot.
It’s a wonderful configuration for the Republic Period and I’m greater than onboard to see just how these personalities will certainly establish as well as influence the Star Wars canon. Initially, I really did not wish to choose this publication up because it was a center quality publication. I chose to review it now since Wave 2 of The High Republic is coming out later on this month. I was not dissatisfied. Because this book is suggested for kids (as are most SW books) there is a restriction as to just how huge of a tale an author has the ability to compose. I did not expect the story to have galactic level of consequences. It’s a story concerning Jedi kids as well as their good friends establishing their personality after a quite dark catastrophe. Vernestra Rwoh is a very gifted Jedi Knight and she’s really mature for being 16 years of ages. Her maturity is shown via her actions and also her words. Justina did a great work of not telling the reader Vernestra is wise however revealing it throughout the tale. The other children also reveal a lot of skill, even the ones that are not Jedi. Avon for instance is great with modern technology. They likewise all have individual struggles which I directly believe is terrific to show in center grade books. The means Justina discuss the force reminds me a lot of Gui-Gon Jinn as well as his stoic approach to understanding the force. There are some fantastic lessons that a kid can get while reading this book. Realizing that every person will have negative days and also it is essential to not allow those adverse feelings reach you in those times is one of the great lessons in this publication. In general, I actually delighted in the book and also would certainly suggest if you absolutely like Celebrity Wars.

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Download Peugeot 406 car wallpapers in HD for your desktop, phone or tablet. All images belong to their respective owners and are free for personal use only.
The styling of the 406 is heavily influenced by its predecessor, the 405, which began to be phased out from the 406’s launch in September 1995, and eventually finished production in Europe in 2003, when the last estate models were discontinued. United Kingdom sales of the 406 began in February 1996.
Initially, the car was available with 1.8 L and 2.0 L petrol and 1.9 L turbodiesel engines, followed by a turbocharged 2.0 petrol, 3.0 (2946cc) V6 petrol, and 110 bhp 2.1 L turbodiesel. The diesel versions were very popular, and the 406 became one of Europe’s best-selling diesel-powered cars.
The 2-door coupé was both designed and manufactured by Italian design studio Pininfarina, with choices of a 2.0 L 4-cylinder engine or a 3.0 L V6, and from 2001, a 2.2 L HDi diesel engine. On later models, a 2.2 L petrol engine was available. Total of 107,633 coupés were made.
For its final year on sale in the United Kingdom, the model was simply called the Peugeot Coupé, with the 406 branding dropped from the name. The 406 was notably successful in the United Kingdom, having broken into the country’s key fleet sales market, with a high percentage of units becoming company cars and taxis.
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Malta Has Best Bathing Water Quality in the EU
Summer is just around the corner and coming from a Mediterranean island our summer holidays revolve around the sea. Whether it's cooling off in the crystal clear Mediterranean Sea, enjoying a BBQ on the beach, or watching sunset and taking in the beautiful views, we always want to know that the sea we are swimming in is safe and clean.
In a study published last week by the European Environment Agency and the European Commission, it was found that 95% of the monitored bathing sites within the European Union met the minimum requirements for bathing water and out of that 95%, 83% met the more stringent "excellent" level.
The study compares the quality of bathing water from over 21,000 coastal and inland bathing sites across the EU, Switzerland and Albania. Depending on the levels of bacteria detected (which include bacteria as a result of pollution from sewage or livestock), the bathing water quality is then classified as "excellent", "sufficient" or poor". The Only 400, out of these 21,000 sites were rated as "poor", this equals to just under 2% of the bathing sites. The three nations with the highest number of poor sites were France, Spain and Italy.
Ok, enough boring statistics, let me get to the point... So the lovely little rock in the middle of the Mediterranean which I love to call home, was one of only three countries that had 100% of their bathing sites rated as "Excellent" and it was also at the top of the list. The other countries that had reached this level of excellency were Cyprus and Luxembourg.
I don't know about you, but these statistics make me want to go sit on a lounger in the sun somewhere, sip on cocktails and take a refreshing swim in our truly crystal clear Mediterranean Sea.
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Realme Q2 Pro has a high internal memory of 128GB 8GB RAM, It has 256GB 8GB RAM that is very useful in multitasking performance, It presents UFS 2.1, It gives you lots of RAM & large memory, It comes with excellent & up-to-date software, It offers better-viewing angles & lower power consumption.
Realme Q2 Pro presents the main camera which is Quad, It has 48 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF, It offers 8 MP, f/2.3, 119˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm, it has 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth), It includes 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro), It has features such as LED flash, HDR, panorama, it can capture amazing photos without losing any details, and it can take photos with high quality.
Realme Q2 Pro has a video of [email protected], [email protected]/60/120fps, gyro-EIS, It has a selfie camera which is single 16 MP, f/2.5, 26mm (wide), 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, It has features such as HDR, panorama, It has a video of [email protected]/120fps, It comes with wonderful selfies, the images, videos & text look very sharp & clear.
Realme Q2 Pro has 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2, CDMA 800, It has 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, it has 4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, it offers 5G bands 1, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA, Speed is HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G 2.3 Gbps DL.
Realme Q2 Pro is announced on 2020, October 13, It will be released on 2020, October 19, It presents body dimensions of 160.9 x 74.4 x 8.1 mm (6.33 x 2.93 x 0.32 in), It offers Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by), It contains a loudspeaker, It has 24-bit/192kHz audio, it offers Comms WLAN such as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, and it offers Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE.
Realme Q2 Pro comes with GPS, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS, it has USB, Type-C 2.0, It offers sensors such as Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity & compass, It has Li-Po 4300 mAh, non-removable battery that lasts for a long time, It offers Fast charging 65W, its price is about 230 EUR, It presents smooth performance, it has a high building quality, It presents a premium & impressive design.
Realme Q2 Pro offers a high pixel density that makes the display very clear & bright, It has a high resolution, It has wonderful cameras with many features, It offers a LED flash that helps you to take superb photos in low light conditions, The quality of the produced photos is very good in both natural & low light conditions, It offers connectivity options such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, 3G & 4G, It has decent apps & gaming performance.
Realme Q2 Pro disadvantages
Realme Q2 Pro does not come with a high expandable memory via card slot, it offers a bit heavyweight of 175 g (6.17 oz), It does not have a 3.5mm jack, It does not have FM Radio, It offers only two colours which are Rainbow & White, It does not have NFC to transfer data, It does not have a Temperature sensor or a barometer, it does not contain an Infrared port, It does not have wireless charging, It does not offer a water & dust resistant, and it comes with a non-removable battery.


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Now the waiting game begins. I put the query letter in the mail this evening. It will be picked up from the post office box at 11:30 am tomorrow (I checked), and will take, with first class postage, two, maybe three days, to get to New York, not counting Sunday. Add another day minimum for the mail room shuffle in the agent's building, and... And I'll already be a nervous wreck, even before the poor agent has my envelope in hand.
Let me state that patience is not one of my virtues and that fear does nothing to improve on that situation. All my demons will be dancing tonight, and in the weeks to come, swirling round, taunting me and telling me that there's no chance in hell that this agent, or any other for that matter, will want to represent me. The pity party will go on and on and on.
Unfortunately, for any writer querying a new/different agent, the odds are not in our favor. Based on what I've read and heard, I have at best a 50% chance that the agent will even read my query letter--I'm sure they get hundreds, maybe thousands a week. Mine could be on the bottom of a stack the height of the Eiffel tower or could slip behind/under/into a desk, or another dimension. Or the building could catch on fire, burning only my query letter.
If, by some stroke of luck, the agent receives and reads my query letter, I may have a 25% chance that s/he will be interested. Those two percentages already cut my chances of getting a nod of approval down to 12.5%. Much of that 12.5% is based in little things. If, by another, different, not-the-same stroke of luck, s/he hasn't just had the worst day of their life, and they like what I've written, you would think it's in the bag, right? Nope there are still a hundred other factors that could get me shot down, such as: is s/he in the mood to take on a new-new client (you know, someone who has yet to fall off the turnip truck)? Does the firm have an opening for a "women's literature" writer? Although I did confirm that this agent works in the literary fiction genre, most firms only have so many slots per genre. And then there's the money angle, because that's why an agent is working, to make money. Does s/he think my book will sell? It can be the most well written book on the planet, but if it's not sell-able... well, these guys gotta make a living, which means representing authors who will sell books.
I'm thinking, if fate is on my side, if all the cards line up, if all my monkeys are in the barrel, I may have a 5% chance of scoring this agent as a representative.
If you haven't read Stephen King's book On Writing, I strongly suggest you do. The first half of the book is a memoir of how he came to be a famous writer. He tells a compelling story, not glossing over anything. When he was a teenager, he kept all his rejection slips impaled on a nail in the wall in his room. J.K.Rowling was rejected by more than ten different publishing house (all kicking their own butts right now) before she found one to represent her. The list goes on and on, much like my pity party. Check out: http://www.onehundredrejections.com/
I don't know whether to be encouraged or discouraged by these tidbits of information.
Just in case, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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La Bien Assise
RD 231, Chateau de la Bien Assise, Guines, 62340, FranceView on map
Why stay here ...
This attractive, spacious site is a popular stopover point for members thanks to its proximity to Calais and friendly staff. Set in the grounds of a 19th century mansion, the site offers immaculate facilities which include a covered pool and tennis courts. It’s very quiet in low season but much livelier in high season.
The reception staff take guests to their pitches, which are spacious and level. They’re set around the farm and mill buildings, which house amenities such as the "La Ferme Gourmande" on-site restaurant, specialising in regional cuisine, bar and shop. Reception is open for long hours to accommodate guests arriving from and departing to the ports.
There are lots of walking and cycling trails along the craggy cliffs of the Opal Coast, and the port town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, with its extensive history, is a 35-minute drive. Here, you can explore the castle and cathedral, or have a leisurely lunch in one of the cafés on the Rue de Lille.
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Guînes, Saint Omer, Montreuil, Boulogne-sur-mer, Wimereux, Markets, Beach, Golf, Horse riding, Mountain biking, Walking, Fishing, Bike hire.
6 miles south of Calais. From Calais ferry and Channel Tunnel follow signs A16 Boulogne/Calais. Leave A16 at Junction 40 in the direction of Fréthun Gare TGV. At the T-junction turn left on the D215 towards Guînes. At the 1st roundabout take the 3rd exit (Guînes). Pass under the TGV bridge. and take 1st exit at next roundabout. Continue to follow signs for Guînes and take the new bypass D304. At the next roundabout go straight over (D244) and the site entrace will the 2nd exit of the next roundabout as you enter Guînes. If arriving from the south leave the A16 at junction 36 on to the D191/D231 for Guînes, site entrance is the 1st exit off the roundabout as you enter Guînes.
- Distance to Calais: (kms)
- Lat 50.86611 / Lon 1.85694
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- Buses go to: Calais
- Daily public transport within 2 kms
- Nearest port: Dieppe (201 kms)
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Taking Down Evelyn Tait - Poppy Nwosu
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Impulsive Lottie – heavy-metal fan, expert tomato-grower and frequent visitor to the principal’s office – is in even more trouble than usual.
Her best friend Grace has dropped an unlikely bombshell: she’s dating Lottie’s mortal enemy, good-girl Evelyn Tait.
Studious Jude, the boy next door, has the perfect war plan. Lottie will beat Evelyn at her own good-girl game, unveiling Miss Perfect’s sinister side in the process.
Taking life more seriously starts as fun, but soon offers its own rewards . . . so long as Lottie can manage gorgeous Sebastian’s sudden interest, Jude acting weird, and the discovery that she might actually be good at something.
Taking Down Evelyn Tait is a story about family, friends and embracing who you are. Even if that person is kind of weird.
Australian contemporary YA has a distinct feel to it which is a little hard to describe, but, in my opinion, they are some of the best stories you can read. Taking Down Evelyn Tait is a clear example of this. It is well-written, immersive, with characters that grab you and a meaningful story full of heart.
Taking Down Evelyn Tait is told from Lottie’s perspective, and her frenetic energy immediately jumps off the page. She’s funny, mischievous and so full of feelings. You can’t help but love her, even as she clearly exacerbates her father and teachers (not completely without cause). Lottie’s character arc is really well done, she starts out an endearing mess: full of emotions, a little bit let down by adults and occupying that space teenagers inhabit where they start to see themselves as adults but aren’t quite aware yet that other people also have experiences and feelings they aren’t privy to (aka you are not actually the centre of the universe). I love books that explore this aspect of adolescence because it’s something I really vividly remember learning as I grew up. I also really liked how the book showed that adults don’t always get things right either. Even though Lottie was an impulsive and distracted student, her teachers and parents don’t seem to quite know how to support her.
One of the real highlights of the story is the family element. You absolutely feel for Lottie in her experiences of a new blended family, and I thought Poppy did an excellent job of validating this, while also moving towards Lottie understanding her perspective isn’t the only one. I appreciated how she fleshed out Evelyn, so it wasn’t just she’s misunderstood by Lottie - they’re both in the wrong in so many different and understandable ways. Blended family dynamics are complicated, and I think this is explored with nuance and provided a lot of depth to the overall story.
There is a lot to love in this story, but I won’t go into more details, as you should read the book! I will definitely be picking up a copy of Poppy Nwosu’s first book, as I really enjoyed her writing.
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Poppy Nwosu is an author of YA fiction. Her debut novel, Making Friends with Alice Dyson, was shortlisted for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award, and the 2019 Readings Young Adult Book Prize, and will be published by Walker Books US in America in 2020. She was also awarded the 2019 Writers SA Varuna the Writers' House Fellowship for Young Writers.
Growing up in central North Queensland, Poppy enjoyed a thoroughly wild childhood surrounded by rainforest and cane fields. After studying music at university, she moved overseas to Ireland, where she spent two years visiting stunning Europe. These days Poppy and her husband still love to travel, but they also like to come home again to their house in Adelaide near the sea. Poppy’s quite obsessed with stories, books, movies, writing and music.


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Police have named the 46-year-old man killed at the Levels race track near Timaru during a motorcycle race on Saturday.
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Mr Hyde was racing along with about 30 other people when he fell from his bike and was hit by another rider.
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The Maqasidic Tafsir (Al-Tafsir Al-Maqasidi) concentrates on evaluating the higher objective (The Maqsad) of each chapter of the Qur’an methodologically. It then describes how each chapter’s contents reveal the harmony between the higher purpose and the means to achieve it.
The Maqasidic Tafsir is mainly a combination of both Evidence and Opinion-based Tafsir. It represents an exclusive Maqasidic (Higher Aim) approach to explain the Quran. In Tafsir’s available trends, the Maqasidic method has yet to be treated exclusively and has been subject to only partial and inclusive discussions.
After Allah established Islam on earth, and with the death of the prophet the revelation ceased. The early Muslims were able to reapply the Quran in their lives.
Hence, they gained dominance and strength on earth, because they were able to read the Quran again in light of their present time.


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Paul Tagliabue, the former N.F.L. commissioner, said this week in a Federal Communications Commission filing that Comcast removed the NFL Network from a broadly available digital tier as retaliation for the league’s not selling eight regular-season games each season to Comcast’s Versus channel. The games went to the NFL Network.
Moving the league’s channel from Comcast’s expanded basic level to its digital sports tier ignited a public feud and a separate lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court.
The league believes that fighting Comcast at the F.C.C. is more important than the state court case, which is heading for a jury trial.
“We’re in court because of the language in a contract,” said Joe Browne, an executive vice president of the N.F.L. “We’re in the F.C.C. because we’re being discriminated against.” He added, “Congress said you can’t discriminate against channels you don’t own.”
Tagliabue’s one-page declaration is an exhibit in the league’s filing, which contends that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, is discriminating against the NFL Network. He said that Brian Roberts, Comcast’s chief executive, warned him on Jan. 27, 2006, that, having decided not to sell the eight-game package to Versus, “Your relationships with the cable industry are going to get very interesting.”Continue reading the main story
In Tagliabue’s view, Roberts’s statement “foreshadowed Comcast’s retaliation” later that year to relegate the NFL Network to the sports tier, which requires an extra fee.
But David Cohen, an executive vice president of Comcast, said Wednesday in an interview that Roberts had not made a threat. Cohen said that Roberts was reminding Tagliabue of his view that the league’s assessment of how appealing the NFL Network would be to cable operators “was a wildly aggressive, unrealistic assumption.”
The NFL Network has 36 million cable and satellite subscribers.
The league said in its filing that Comcast violated the federal Cable Act of 1992 by moving the NFL Network, in which it has no financial ties, to a digital sports tier, while making Versus and the Golf Channel, which it owns, available on expanded basic.
The league said Comcast’s action “devalued” the NFL Network and reduced its appeal to advertisers, while also letting the cable operator reap $5 million a month in new revenue because the channel motivated purchases of the sports tier. The league asked the F.C.C. to order Comcast to carry the NFL Network “on equitable terms.”
Cohen said the high price of the NFL Network and the much greater percentage of live sports on the lower-cost Versus and the Golf Channel were reasons for Comcast’s placement of each of the networks. “We have very compelling arguments,” he said.
The league believes it has a strong case in the way Comcast treats its one-sport network, the Golf Channel, compared to its treatment of the one-sport NFL Network. The Golf Channel has 67 million subscribers.
The filing also alleged that Comcast demanded, while still negotiating to buy the eight-game package for Versus, that the games not be simulcast on broadcast stations in the home markets of the teams playing. The league rejected the demand, saying it would contradict its policy of making games available to fans without cable or satellite TV.
In its lawsuit, the league disputes Comcast’s contention that its contract to carry the NFL Network — signed before the eight games were added before the 2006 season — permitted it to move the channel to the digital sports tier if it did not acquire the rights to the eight-game schedule, or to the Sunday Ticket package of out-of-market games that has been exclusive to DirecTV since its creation.
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If target weeds for a pre-seed burnoff include kochia (pictured), tank mix glyphosate with carfentrazone, which works really well on kochia and prevents glyphosate-resistant kochia. This week’s quiz has questions on pre-seed tank mixing.
Perennials and winter annuals are growing strong and some annuals are starting to show up. In those situations, growers often see a clear economic benefit from a pre-seed burnoff. This stops weeds from taking up moisture and nutrients right away, even if the crop isn’t seeded for a week or two. If weeds are large, […]
Are you are a grower who sprayed quinclorac on canola during the 2015 growing season and is now looking for a place to sell your grain? If so, be sure to ask your local elevator or processing facility if you can deliver to them, and if not, which elevators or facilities in your area may still take it.
If the choice is to seed canola now into dry soil or wait until after it rains, seeding into dry soil is a workable option.
Warm weather has meant an earlier emergence of overwintering adult flea beetles. Given that flea beetles will be active when canola emerges, growers will want to pay attention in the few weeks after emergence to see how seed treatment protection holds up and whether additional sprays are warranted.
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In sociological terms, entropy refers to the human tendency towards a gradual decline into chaos. In the hands of an artist, color can be used in explorations of complex societal issues as a powerful instrument of order and structure. Artists Sandra Benhaim and Diane Goodman employ full frames of exuberant colors in their pieces. Both of the artists' work uses color as a way of engaging with the concept of social entropy, at times either resisting or accepting it.
Diane Goodman, a self-taught painter, embraces her maximalist tendencies, filling her canvases to the brim with color— leaving little space to breathe. Though the abundance of imagery can spark impressions of chaos, Goodman uses personal symbology to bring a distinctive order to her pictorial narratives. Goodman uses acrylic and found historical images on wood and canvas as she interprets Jewish folklore, superstition, and magic with a technicolor palette of the late 20th century.
Sandra Benhaim applies layers of exuberant color and texture to communicate enthusiasm and hope for the natural world. In her work, imagined landscapes tend not towards disorder but instead towards a gradual, but ultimately triumphant, emergence of a new and beautiful world for viewers to explore and reflect upon.
Together, Benhaim and Goodman demonstrate how the decisions made while applying color to canvas— how much, what shade, and where— can actualize the potential to reinforce or challenge the status quo and offer an intuitive new way to experience and understand the world around us.


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HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin) is a hormone found in the body when pregnant or if the body is fighting cancer.
Pregnancy tests are based on detecting levels of HCG in the urine. Most pregnancy tests are based on detecting low levels of HCG however Boots own brand of pregnancy tests (and many others) are based on detecting 50 units or more of HCG in the body.
If there are 49 units or more of HCG in the body and not pregnant there is a possibility that the body is fighting cancer.
Therefore the Boots own test which only gives a positive reading for 50 units or more of HCG is the only test suitable for early detection of cancer.
There are other tests that can be done to find out exactly how much HCG there is in the body. These are more complex and cost approx. £50, sending urine samples to America but a good way to monitor your fight against cancer.

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Malawi has been rated as one of the poorest countries in recent years and proudly the country chairs a group of least developed countries. Both the president and his vice have recently been in the media for Malawi’s role in advancing issues of the least developed countries. Being a least developed country is not something that Malawians should be proud of, let alone when 74% of the population lives below the poverty line. Something is terribly wrong especially when we boast of this after 57 years of independence.
Malawians, in particular the youth, need to engage in thought-provoking discussions to see what has gone wrong with the affairs of the country over the years. As YONECO, we are aware, that immediately after mentioning this, we will be referred to Vision 2063. However, be reminded that we had Vision 2020 as a blue print and we never moved. Thus, thinking seriously and acting would give us a solution. How have we wasted the 57 years of our independence to remain one of the least developed? We have received developmental aid annually for so many decades but we have remained poor. Can we comfortably say that aid is not working for Malawi?
The sad reality is that a lot of projects have been implemented with evaluations showing positive results. Can we start to question these projects? These are reflections of the sixth month of the year. We need very serious reflections as a country. We need to unpack why we remain very poor and yet we have not been a war torn country. As Malawi joins the world in commemorating the International Day against Child Labour on 12 June 2022 under the theme “Universal social protection to end child labour” with the International Labour Organization (ILO) calling for increased investments in social protection systems and schemes to establish solid social protection floors and protect children from child labour. We applaud the Malawi government for establishing social protection systems.
However, we need to seriously revisit the programmes to ensure that they are addressing the needs of the target groups and are sustainable. The question we ask is whether we will continuously be giving handouts. Malawi has very progressive laws when it comes to children programming, for which, we have seen the development and enactment of Child Justice, Care and Protection Act (2010).
Malawi has also gazetted the worst forms of child labour in line with Convention 181 and 182. Sadly, despite enacting the law in 2010, the guidelines for implementation of the same law have remained a mystery. The failure to develop the guidelines poses a great challenge in implementation of the good laws that we have. Recent meeting of the National Child Justice Forum clearly demonstrate a huge gap due to failure to develop the subsidiary rules. This poses a threat and in the end, what we see are children who are engaged in child labour, child prostitution, and domestic work that predisposes them to dangerous situations.
Children are working in private homes as child labourers and these are more or less mini-prisons for the children. There are no proper guidelines and systems to monitor the welfare of children in domestic settings and these have become very abusive environments as children are never given the opportunity to be heard.
Children have been seen in many public entertainment places and the communities have happily branded them “tima Yoneco” with no proper mechanisms of supporting the children. These children work long hours and are abused in the process.
The Pan African Symposium on Ending Violence Against children will be meaningless if there are no efforts to address these challenges that child labourers are facing. As we commemorate the International Day against Child Labour, let us look for solutions and skills so that children should not be employed before attaining the age 14. At the same time, we also need to ensure that those who are legally working between 14 and 17 years of age are not in hazardous work environments. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that children are protected.
Hey! June 16, 2022 is yet another day to commemorate the Day of the African Child (DAC). Malawi joins the international community in commemorating this amidst a number of challenges in particular relating to issues of child sexual abuse, responding to education as a tool for empowering the girls and mobilizing support for the engagement of boys in protecting girls.
Finally, as the world celebrates the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2022, there is need to reflect on how these are affecting the situations in Malawi. We have seen the emergence of “Banyamulenge, Boko Haram in Mzuzu and the Zomba Golf Course slowly degenerating into some drinking joints for young people. As YONECO, we bemoan poor regulation of alcohol use and inadequate reinforcement mechanisms. It would be imperative as well to reflect on how the new legislation on cannabis is changing the dynamics in responding to drug and substance use.

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1967 GT500 Eleanor: Re-imagining a Classic - /BIG MUSCLE
Carroll Shelby created it, "Gone in 60 Seconds" re-imagined it, and audiences around the world made it famous. The 1967 Shelby GT500 Eleanor is one of the most recognizable movie cars of all time. With the body lines of a shark, the stage presence of a movie star and the perceived performance of an olympic athlete, it's no wonder die-hard enthusiasts fell in love with this amazing machine. BIG MUSCLE received so many requests for this car that we just had to go out and find one. So now sit back, click play and enjoy... and don't bust my chops in regards to my glasses - it was really sunny that day - M. Musto
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Life is good for Adele! She just released a new single — the theme song to the highly anticipated James Bond movie Skyfall starring Daniel Craig, and she's about to be a mom for the first time.
"She is just thrilled," a source tells People.
The 24-year-old superstar and her boyfriend Simon Konecki are staying out of the limelight while they await the birth of their baby and the insider says, "She is totally laying low and nesting."
Fans have been longing to hear more of Adele's powerful music and it sounds like everyone involved with the process of getting her to sing the Skyfall theme song is pleased.
"She spent a lot of time working on it and getting it right, but she was worth the wait," the film's producer Barbara Broccoli tells People.
And she's already getting rave reviews.
New York magazine called her version "sexy, cinematic" whereas The Daily Telegraph in London mentioned she belted it out in her true form by managing to "imbue this filmic torch song with something of her own, a sense of personality and heart."
Skyfall his theaters November 9.
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
This term on Friday we have been running a rotation. We have mixed up the classes and Katrina is running an art session, Margaret runs a music session and Sam has been running some Science classes.
Over the term so far we have learnt about a number of artists including Leonardo Da Vinci, Edvard Munch and Andy Warhol.
In Science we learnt about the life cycle of a cicada and we are doing some work on fair testing at the moment.
In music we have looked at the difference between a rhythm and a beat and created some music.
Welcome to the Matairangi Blog for 2017.
We have been developing this over the last few weeks and have some initial posts for you to check out.
At the end of February we headed off to camp. We were very lucky with the weather and we managed to do all our activities.
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Making and designing lanterns On Thursday June 14, Kilbirnie school celebrated Matariki with a day of electives and evening celebrations...
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MPP Rick Nicholls booted from Ontario PC caucus after refusing to get COVID-19 vaccine
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Rick Nicholls, the MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, has been expelled from the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Nicholls announced Thursday afternoon at a news conference at Queen's Park that he, together with his wife, made the decision not to get the shot for personal reasons.
"I made the personal decision not to inoculate with the COVID-19 vaccine. I took the premier at his word that vaccination is a choice and that all Ontarians have a constitutional right to make such a choice."
"Like almost two million eligible Ontarians, I choose to exercise this autonomy over my own body while continuing to work hard for the people of Ontario."
In a statement issued Thursday, Premier Doug Ford said elected officials should lead by example and be held to a higher standard. He said Nicholls failed to provide a ‘legitimate reason’ for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
“As a consequence, he is no longer a sitting member of the PC caucus and will not be permitted to seek re-election as a PC candidate,” Ford said.
“It is my expectation that every PC caucus member and candidate not only support the role vaccines play in the fight against COVID-19, but also be vaccinated to protect themselves and the people in their community.”
The expulsion means Nicholls will now sit as an independent. He is one of the two remaining members of Premier Doug Ford's party who has not been vaccinated.
Ford said other unvaccinated PC caucus member, Scarborough Centre MPP Christina Mitas, will remain after providing "a statement of medical exemption signed by a physician." The premier added that Mitas has "made assurances she will take additional precautions while carrying out her duties as an elected representative."
PC caucus members had until 5 p.m. Thursday to provide proof of vaccination or a statement of medical exemption signed by a physician or registered nurse.
Failure to provide documents will result in their ejection from the PC party.
An article published in the QP Briefing about the vaccination status of MPPs prompted an emergency caucus conference call on Tuesday morning. During the call, a source told CTV News Toronto that one of the two unvaccinated MPPs spoke about their reasons for being unvaccinated and about the importance of personal choice.
A senior cabinet minister replied in the call that members of the government are held to a higher standard and will fall under greater scrutiny, the source said.
Nicholls claimed Thursday that he was threatened by the manager of the Ontario PC 2022 re-election campaign.
"Unfortunately, in a demeaning tone, this individual threatened that I will be expelled from the Ontario PC caucus if I do not vaccinate by 5 p.m. today," he said. Nicholls did not name the manager.
CTV News Toronto obtained emails sent to caucus members Tuesday by Chief Whip Lorne Coe requesting MPPs to provide him or Government House Leader Paul Calandra with the vaccination documents.
"I voiced my concerns about our policy privately to the premier and to the Ontario PC caucus," Nicholls said. "But under no circumstances will I nor should any Ontarian be forced or coerced to do something against their will. To do so is an affront to the democratic principles of this magnificent institution."
Nicholls was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 2011. He currently serves as the government deputy speaker and chair of the committee of the Whole House.
"Up to five o'clock today, I am still a PC caucus member, and I will remain there until I am told otherwise," Nicholls said.
"But in any event, I will continue to serve the people of the great riding of Chatham Kent Leamington where there is no greater honour than to serve one's own community, province and country."
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The Associated Press reports: A former CIA base chief convicted in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect is being sent to the United States instead of Italy, which wanted him to serve prison time for his role in the notorious anti-terrorism program known as extraordinary rendition, the U.S. State Department said Friday.
Robert Seldon Lady was detained in Panama this week after Italy and Interpol requested his arrest. After barely two days in detention, he was put on a plane to the U.S. by Panama, a close U.S. ally that offered no explanation for its decision.
“It’s my understanding that he is in fact either en route or back in the United States,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters in Washington. She declined to disclose other details about his case.
Italy’s deputy foreign minister, Lap Pistelli, said in a statement that Italy “acknowledges” Panama’s decision, adding nothing more about the case. Italy and Panama have no extradition treaty, Italian diplomats said, but Panama would have been free to send Lady to Italy if it wanted.
Lady had crossed the border into Costa Rica this week and was sent back to Panama where he was detained, according to an Italian official familiar with Italy’s investigation of the rendition of Cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the case.
A Panamanian National Police official said Lady, 59, had been detained Wednesday on the Costa Rica-Panama border. The official also spoke on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorization to discuss the matter.
A senior U.S. administration official said that Lady was detained in Panama on Thursday and that he was “expelled” by Panamanian immigration officials. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details of the case.
“It’s just pretty astonishing that this hopeful moment for some accountability turned so quickly on its head,” said Katherine Gallagher, a senior attorney at the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, which has fought against U.S. practices such as extraordinary rendition and detention of terrorism suspected at the Guantanamo Bay prison. [Continue reading…]


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The name, Grand Theft Velo, is a play on the controversially popular Grand Theft Auto video game series and the event itself is modeled after the video game’s mission-based game play.
I’m currently putting the finishing touches on the poster for this year’s race. In the meantime, here’s an uncolored sneak peek.
I’m told that, from the start, Grand Theft Velo has drawn the interest of riders from all over the country and has been gaining popularity each year since. I came across this photo of a GTV spoke card that was taken in Baltimore by Daniel Macadam.
Essentially, spoke cards are laminated bragging rights that riders achieve for participating in races. I genuinely like the idea of my mud splattered art spinning around on a bike somewhere in New York or Maryland.


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BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) — This week’s rain is making travel difficult along gravel roads in the eastern part of the state.
The Brookings County Sheriff’s office posted a picture of a rollover along 476th avenue, about 10 miles northeast of Brookings.
Authorities say the driver was not hurt, but was cited for over driving road conditions.
Deputies say the wet spring is making many rural roads too muddy to drive on.


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With the Vietnam SEA Games in mind, the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) has decided to foot its own bill in sending the national waterpolo team to compete in the Indonesia Open Invitational competition in Medan from March 20-23.
The Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will not compromise on security for the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix, which will be held at the Sepang F1 circuit from March 21-23.
Eight cars, including a Mercedes Benz, a Honda, a Kia and several Protons plus four Chomel scooters will be up for grabs for a hole-in-one in the 2nd Johor Charity Golf Championship which will be held at the Royal Johor Country Club (RJCC) on April 19-20 in conjunction with the Sultan of Johor's birthday next month.
Rally champions Karamjit Singh and Allen Oh have finally won a richly deserved recognition #8211; for themselves and also the sport in the country. The rally veterans were named the winners of the 2002 Sportsman of the Year Award at a ceremony at the Sheraton Subang Tuesday night.


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(I accidentally posted this draft earlier today, and now I do not know how to undo it. It is clearly unfinished; I wasn’t even going to post it. But in my carelessness, I have learned I can add to this post, but I cannot “de-post” it. What a massive life lesson, though— we can add to something we have mistakenly done in life, but we can never delete an action or a word!)
I noticed my potted trees in the den this morning. How dry they were. I realized they must be living on reserves. These once flourishing outdoor plants are not high on my maintenance list. Indoors for the winter months, I tend to forget to water them regularly.
I reached to pull off some dead branches and was struck immediately with the harshness of the plant. It seemed to actually “bite” me, and left my skin itching for an hour.
Though not as green as in summer, the large plants looked fairly normal. I felt the soil, touched the dry branches and knew immediately, they were starving for nourishment. I wondered just how long they might live in this neglected state.
Why, oh why, do I ignore the deep yearnings in the difficult seasons of life and fail to focus on His plan and place for me? It is so easy to “appear” normal-whatever normal is. I want to live above the ordinary, the commonplace –even in the dark places.
“As the deer pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for you, O God. My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? Psalm 42: 1-2 (Amplified)
My plants look strong, but they are fragile, dependent on my hand to give them water. I am just as fragile, desperately needing daily food from my Father’s caring hand.
Thirsting. . .
I have noticed the thirst! I thought last night when I went to bed that if I were at the hospital they would keep me for dehydration! That is what it is like to miss your prayer time with Our Lord. The most important time of the day! So good Barb.susan1946@yahoo. com
Yes, Susan, you understand. We all find ourselves here at times. Love you so.


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WICHITA, Kan. — Aircraft parts maker Spirit Aerosystems plans to cut more jobs at its plant in Wichita, starting in September.
Thursday’s announcement came roughly a month after Spirit said it was laying off about 360 salaried support and management workers at its facilities in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Spirit said in a statement that the number of upcoming cuts in Wichita hasn’t been finalized. The company says it will start by offering voluntary retirement and voluntary layoff programs, followed by layoffs of management and salaried employees.
Spirit has about 11,000 employees in Wichita and 2,500 at its plant in Tulsa, making large airplane components for such manufacturers as Boeing and Airbus.
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We get a lot of Kickstarter press releases sent through but I think we’ve just received the best one yet. LeafxPro are seeking funding for a ‘bike umbrella’ that solves that tricky do I need a waterproof and mudguard conundrum…
Here’s the press release:
LEAFXPRO LAUNCHS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN
Bad weather conditions, like rain, aren’t the most pleasant things while cycling. With that in mind, the team behind LeafxPro developed a modular structure for your bicycle. Providing you instant protection for rain, snow and wind storms. By combining innovation and engineering, it offers both resistance and lightweight, with increased aerodynamics.
Easy to assemble, folds into a compact easy-to-carry bag. Adaptable to different bicycle models, the LeafxPro cover makes riding a bike easier 365 days a year, even in adverse weather conditions.
LeafxPro Kit are modular and adaptable, providing different levels of protections for different weather conditions. The ‘Classic’ kit is the base of all other available kits, easily upgradable to the ‘Advanced’, ‘Storm’ or ‘Family’ Kit.
Inspired in nature we developed a leaf that is light, functional easy to use, secure, but above all highly resistant to natural elements. The aerodynamic was a critical point in the development process of the structures of Leafxpro, this is a fundamental point that a cyclist can easily overcome the resistance of air, even when the headwinds are the greatest enemies.
The front wedge-shaped, in conjunction with the various flow channels of aerodynamic either the front, side and rear, provide the user of the bicycle conditions to fly!
To enable it’s commercial production, LeafxPro is looking to increase it’s financial resources through the crowdsource fundraising website Kickstarter, where the LeafxPro kit can be acquired from £99 (price for Classic Kit).
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Celebrating one of the world’s most legendary pop groups, ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition, an immersive showcase dedicated to the illustrious Swedish band, will take place at The O2 this December, a fantastic fusion of memorable lyrics, albums, artefacts and more, as well as the cultural and personal influences which aided the band’s significant evolution.
Discover the fascinating history of ABBA’s rise to fame, from a recreation of that iconic Eurovision Song Contest performance to objects from their personal lives pre-stardom, and a showcase of some of the most beloved and archetypal ABBA-esque costumes, including those from the Super Trouper album cover. Visitors will also find an impressive 40 Gold Discs on display, a recreation of a super-fan’s ABBA-devoted living room, and a chance to say ‘Thank You For The Music’ with a commemorative song and dance before the exhibition’s end amidst a backdrop of memorabilia.
What’s more, visitors can also listen to an audio guide narrated by renowned writer, TV personality and radio presenter Gemma Cairney throughout, detailing the key contexts and features to look out for in order to enhance the exhibition experience.
Gemma Cairney said of the exhibition: ‘I am delighted to have been asked to narrate ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition. The project sounded far too fun and uplifting not to get involved. For me, ABBA are the absolute epitome of pop music and complete masters of their craft, having written some of the most universally joyful songs of all time. I think there’s a time in everyone’s life where they start thanking ABBA for the music. Whether you are a long-standing fan or have come to the band more recently, ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition will immerse you in the wonder of the ABBA’s legacy. Join us in celebrating the phenomenon!’
6 December 2019 – 31 August 2020
The O2, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0DX
£27 for standard adult entry. Visit abbasupertroupers.com or call 08442 491 000 to book.

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Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Thursday accused the government of undermining the federal structure with TMC citing expansion of BSF’s jurisdiction without consulting the states and the move to amend the IAS cadre rules while in Lok Sabha, the parties alleged that the government had failed to rein in prices and check unemployment.
Prasar Bharati ordered an inquiry on Tuesday following a series of embarrassing on-air faux pas by Doordarshan anchors in an attempt to fix responsibility.
In support of art films, public service broadcaster — Doordarshan has decided to screen one parallel cinema every week.
The summer months are usually when cultural activity in the city begins to dry up. So culture enthusiasts will be pleased to know that the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is organizing a two-day festival at Prithvi Theatre from April 7.
With information and broadcasting secretary Sushma Singh retiring on May 31, culture secretary jawahar sircar has been given additional charge of the ministry.
Did suspension of five Doordarshan employees following the “theek hai” glitch in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s appeal for calm after violent protests against the Delhi gang-rape mask poor oversight of the PM’s sensitive message to the nation?
In keeping with the importance of news in people’s lives, Prasar Bharati has decided to modernise Kolkata’s All India Radio (AIR) newsroom – the oldest in the country – and give it a facelift.
The NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata handled 1.1 crore passengers and 99,865 flights in 2021-22. This is 42.
If Muslims have a high birth rate, Hindus are a close second; fertility of all communities is dependent on socio-economic factors, like literacy, income and delivery of family planning education; fake news by propaganda machinery of the right-wing organisations must be countered by facts.
The Rajya Sabha MP, who participated in a debate on secularism here, said, "We should go for real secularism... Secularism means all are children of the same God and not dividing people - which is akin to appeasement. Secularism does not mean appeasement of one community," he said.
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Erebus: Into the Unknown, an award-winning documentary, premieres in UK theatres today. In the aftermath of a plane disaster in Antarctica, a team of New Zealand police officers is dispatched to investigate. A jet crashed into a mountain in broad daylight as the group worked to collect the victims. Taking inspiration from the documentary, Top 10 Films features seven films that show the courage, humanity and loss of some of the world’s most tragic real-life events.
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1. Erebus: Into the Unknown (Charlotte Purdy & Peter Berger, 2015)
Recovering victims of a catastrophic commercial jet disaster is documented in an award-winning documentary about four New Zealand police officers who were sent to Antarctica as part of the police mission to recover their remains. Passengers on an Air New Zealand plane with 257 aboard went missing over Antarctica on November 28, 1979. Eleven police officers were summoned to Mount Erebus within a few of hours. An investigating team worked to solve the enigma of how a plane could fly into a mountain in broad daylight while the police rescued the victims.
2. Touching the Void (Kevin Macdonald, 2003)
Climbers attempted to reach the peak of Siula Grande in Peru in 1985, a task that had previously been attempted but never accomplished. Over the course of several days, Simon Yates and Joe Simpson climbed the mountain. Joe falls off an overhang, causing Simon to cut the rope that binds them together on the way down from the summit. Simon continues his descent, believing him to be dead. In spite of this, Joe survives the fall and must now find a way down. Here, Joe tells the full account of their horrific voyage and how he was able to return to civilization.
3. The Impossible (J.A. Bayona, 2012)
When a deadly tsunami hits a beach resort in Thailand, a British family on a Christmas vacation is shattered. It is based on Maria Belón’s and her family’s traumatic experiences during and after the 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor both received great accolades for their performances. Maria and Lucas, her eldest son, are the focus of the film, which chronicles their journey to safety as they don’t know if Maria’s husband and their two other boys are dead or alive.
4. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
After a boulder fell on Aron Ralston’s arm and trapped him in a lonely canyon in Utah, 127 Hours, which has been nominated for six Academy Awards, tells the true account of his amazing journey to save himself. For five days, Ralston contemplates his existence and battles the elements before realizing he has the bravery and resources to save himself, no matter how harsh the measures are that are required. Friends, lovers, family members, and the two hikers Ralston encountered before his accident are all mentioned in Ralston’s voyage.
5. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
A 1996 non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild is based on Christopher McCandless, a recent college graduate who sets out to live in the Alaskan wilderness without any of his belongings. With limited food and tools, McCandless set out to live a simple life in the wilderness for a few days before succumbing to the elements. Many people have been inspired by this young wanderer because of what occurred to him on the route. He was changed into an iconic figure for many because of the events that happened to him on his journey.
6. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
United 93, the airliner that was hijacked on 9/11 and crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, was the subject of a critically acclaimed real-time depiction of the jet’s final journey. The film was made with the help of the families of all the passengers and attempts to capture the events, experiences, and acts of all aboard the plane from departure till the fatal crash as accurately as possible.
7. Open Water (Chris Kentis, 2003)
Tom and Eileen Lonergan, an American couple, were on a dive-boat excursion on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998 when their tour boat unintentionally abandoned them at sea. Open Water depicts the frightening narrative of two lovers battling to survive and keep sanity after their tour boat abandons them.

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