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Though most theaters are shuttered, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said it will continue as planned with next year’s Academy Awards, albeit with a few new rules and a new date — April 25, 2021. That means it’s still very early and much remains to be seen, including which movies might move into the following season. Variety’s awards experts took a stab at imagining what the Oscars will look like next year, and what films have already made waves — along with which pics could be coming down the line. Participating in the roundtable are awards editor Clayton Davis and artisans editor Jazz Tangcay, with deputy awards and features editor Jenelle Riley leading the discussion. You can also tune in every week to hear their take on the race on Variety’s new Awards Circuit Podcast, available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Jenelle Riley: So obviously we have an unprecedented awards season ahead of us. There have been virtual screenings and drive-in premieres and Zoom Q&As and some really great swag going out to voters already. How do you think studios are faring so far in this new era of campaigning?
Jazz Tangcay: I think they have pivoted to the new landscape as well as they possibly can. They’ve taken to the drive-ins, although are voters really going to travel two hours for a drive-in when they hate going to Hollywood or Beverly Hills? Voters barely will travel. So, it’s how they make their films available and how easily?
Clayton Davis: I think some studios are adapting well. They are really getting ahead of this unknown time and starting to think outside the box in terms of how to campaign, and which items to focus on. It’s going to be interesting to see how many things from this year will stick and become the norm.
Tangcay: The only criticism I’ve heard is the Q&As aren’t really interactive …
Riley: There’s really no way around that. People miss live events and meeting up in person.
Tangcay: But overall they have done really well. And I agree, how much will stick and become the norm? I think it’s going to be a long time before people feel safe doing screening rooms again. People don’t want to go to screening rooms until there’s a vaccine.
Riley: I’d say Amazon took the early lead in the swag game with their premiere dinners — they sent meals to people along with “tickets” to watch their films online. They themed them well to the movies and they were pretty amazing. But those were for early premieres; let’s see what they do for their awards slate!
Tangcay: They went right for it, and they did it with a cause. Which made it even better; supporting small businesses.
Riley: Onto the movies! Every now and then I hear grumbling about how can there be an Oscars with no movies, and this aggravates me to no end. There have been so many great contenders that have come out or played festivals already. Off the top of my head, I’m talking about recent fest faves “One Night in Miami” and “Nomadland” and “Ammonite” or films out of Sundance like “Minari” and “Promising Young Woman” and “The Father.” I’m a big fan of “The Sound of Metal,” which actually premiered at Toronto last year. “First Cow” also premiered at Telluride last year and could be a dark horse contender. Or you’ve had films that are out now, like “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Tenet.” The latter might get a boost from hitting DVD release in December, where people can finally check it out.
Tangcay: “Da 5 Bloods” is also out and “On the Rocks” has played festivals.
Davis: Agreed on all of those mentioned, but this also offers up a great opportunity for the Academy to think outside the box some. While all the films mentioned are in contention, they would also be in a “conventional” year. We could see some voters lean in on films like “Miss Juneteenth,” first film that distributor Vertical Entertainment has made available on the platform, or “Palm Springs,” hardcore comedy but something that Hulu truly believes in since it was so beloved at Sundance. I’d also like to see them lean into some new genres too. “The Invisible Man” for horror or dare I say, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” or “Boys State” on the documentary side of things. The whole expansion to 10 nominees was supposed to allow these types of movies a chance to break into the top category, and we’ve yet to really see it.
Riley: Speaking of horror, “His House” is one of my favorite movies of the year. If genre films have made some recent headway at the Oscars thanks to “Get Out,” this film deserves to as well.
Davis: For sure. And as the Academy announces their diversity and inclusion initiative set to take effect in 2024, this is a year where they can show some independence and look at films and performances they haven’t before.
Tangcay: The docs are great this year; so many good ones: “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” “Boys State,” “Crip Camp,” “I Am Greta,” “The Dissident.” I wonder; will the election docs fare well if [Democratic candidate Joe] Biden wins?
Davis: It’s hard to tell what kind of mood the country will be in with the election and the outcome. There are a lot of films that have better or worse chances based on the outcome. In addition to those you mentioned, there are more great docs. “John Lewis: Good Trouble” and “The Way I See It” are both directed by Dawn Porter, and she’s going to be a powerhouse this season. “Dick Johnson Is Dead” and “MLK/FBI” could also be dangerous on the circuit. I’m also keeping a close eye on “Totally Under Control” from Alex Gibney.
Riley: Embarrassed to admit I’ve only seen a couple of those, but I adored “Dick Johnson Is Dead” and think it absolutely deserves best picture consideration.
Davis: Thinking outside the box should also extend to below the line. I’ll be looking for the Academy to do some killer moves in the artisan categories. “Sound of Metal” will be an inspired inclusion in sound but also “The Invisible Man.” I think it would be dope for something from “Promising Young Woman” to pop up in costumes and makeup.
Riley: I would give whoever did Carey Mulligan’s nails a special award. Speaking of, let’s take a quick look at the films that have already screened where actors have stood out. Mulligan is fantastic in “Promising Young Woman” and Kate Winslet always delivers in “Ammonite.” We’ve seen a star turn from Vanessa Kirby in “Pieces of a Woman” and Frances McDormand could win a third Oscar for “Nomadland.” Two smaller films with great performances I want to mention: Carrie Coon in “The Nest” and Sienna Miller in “Wander Darkly.” On the actor side, I’m a big fan of Anthony Hopkins in “The Father” and Riz Ahmed in “Sound of Metal” along with the entire cast of “Minari,” which I loved.
Tangcay: Mulligan is fabulous, I agree. I liked Dev Patel in “The Personal History of David Copperfield.” Bill Murray will probably resonate in “On the Rocks”; they just seem to love him. Rashida Jones is also excellent in that film. Rachel Brosnahan could cross over with her lead role in “I’m Your Woman.”
Davis: I think Delroy Lindo (“Da 5 Bloods”) is going to have his time in the spotlight this year while I’m crossing my fingers for something as subtle but profound as Steven Yeun (“Minari”). In supporting categories, my standouts in the big ensemble films like “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “One Night in Miami” seem like they may have a hard time breaking through. I’m looking at Frank Langella and Eli Goree as those performers.
Riley: I generally don’t like speculating too much on films that have yet to be seen, but let’s do it anyway. Obviously, everyone is anxiously awaiting David Fincher’s “Mank.” With that cast and crew and a film about Hollywood? That’s catnip to voters.
Tangcay: The stills are stunning. It’s a stab at the debate on authorship of “Citizen Kane.” Also, yes, Hollywood loves a story about itself. I’m also looking forward to “French Exit,” just to see the return of Michelle Pfeiffer. We also have Tom Hanks in “News of the World” and obviously Gary Oldman for “Mank.”
Riley: And both Amy Adams and Glenn Close in “Hillbilly Elegy.” They have 13 nominations between them! I’m also excited for Jennifer Hudson in “Respect” and Andra Day in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” as voters tend to love biopics and particularly musical ones.
Davis: At first glance best actor was looking top-heavy and not “traditionally deep” of talent as we’ve seen in the past. There are so many question marks and things moving to next year. The Chadwick Boseman campaign for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is still working itself out and there’s no telling where they’ll land on lead or supporting. We still have no date for “Judas and the Black Messiah” so Daniel Kaluuya and/or Lakeith Stanfield may or may not factor in, plus it’s said they have similar screen time. The wind seems to be blowing towards Kingsley Ben-Adir going the lead route for “One Night in Miami” while we await the drop of Tom Holland (“Cherry”) and George Clooney (“The Midnight Sky”). It’s such a bananas year.
Tangcay: Wherever Chadwick Boseman ends up, he has to be a lock, right?
Davis: Posthumous nominations and wins are a rarity, plus I never use “lock” this early. Things change in an instant but he’s definitely the favorite at the moment, but again, the campaign will be key.
Riley: Speaking of “Ma Rainey,” Viola Davis could land another nomination. Just just based on the roles in the play, it would be hard to deny her and Chadwick. Finally, I want to ask, what do you think the Oscars themselves will look like? Are we thinking it will be a virtual show? Or something more along the lines of the Video Music Awards, which was done on several stages and locations?
Tangcay: I think if anyone can pull off a virtual Oscar show, it would be the producers of the Academy Awards. And I bet they would still hold it to high regard. Tuxes and gowns! It’s the Academy Awards. I’m sure we’ve learned from the Emmys. I would probably expect a stellar opening number too. So don’t be surprised.
Davis: The Oscars are preparing for multiple types of “looks.” If I were a betting man, I would imagine a Dolby Theatre that will just have the nominees and selected press, spread out among the seats and balconies. And would carry on as “normal” that would emulate the Emmys in some way. The alternative would be similar to the Emmys but with every best picture nominee looking like the “Schitt’s Creek” party-room table with microphones there in an offsite location.
Riley: I’m happy to hear this because above all, I do believe the show must go on.


Number of MSMEs in the domestic defence production sector till the second quarter of the financial year 2020 increased 21 per cent from the entire FY19, according to the data shared by the MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari in Rajya Sabha recently. The total number of MSME vendors of Defence Public Sector Enterprises/Ordnance Factory Board stood at 15,089 in FY17, which declined to 7,591 MSME vendors during FY18 followed by a marginal increase to 8,643 vendors during FY19. However, it increased further to 10,506 till Q2 FY20. The increase in MSMEs share in India’s defence manufacturing space gains significance amid the government’s focus on leveraging small businesses and startups in the defence sector.
Subhash Chandra, Secretary, Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence speaking at a FICCI event last year stressed for the integration of MSMEs and startups into the defence manufacturing ecosystem. “Industry concerns have also been taken into consideration and demystifying of work processes will come only through interactions. The three-armed forces also need to open their doors for discussions with the industry,” he said. Last month, the government had announced a challenge for startups seeking their solutions to help counter-terrorism unit National Security Guard (NSG). The number of startups, till December 4, 2019, in the aeronautics, aerospace, and defence sector stood at 194 registered with Startup India, Defence MoS Shripad Naik had informed in Lok Sabha.
Also read: Parliamentary Panel seeks priority clearance of MSME dues during resolution process; suggests this step
Moreover, In November last year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in order to help India achieve its goal of indigenization and self-reliance in the defence sector with the contribution of startups and MSMEs, had announced the third phase of Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) under its Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) — programme to boost innovation in the defence sector. “Looking at the talent India possesses, I am pretty confident that we can become $10-trillion economy in the next 10-15 years,” Rajnath Singh had said at an event. Through iDEX and startup challenge, the government is looking to invest in 250 startups and “achieve 50 tangible innovations in the next five years” Chandra had said.


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Away from the Luis Suarez controversy the thrilling drama of World Cup 2014 saw Greece secure their first ever place in the last 16 on a dramatic night in Fortaleza.
It is sad that the spotlight on another spectacular match was taken away from the Greeks’ finest hour by the Uruguayan’s outlandish behaviour. But realisation that the 2004 European Champions now face a showdown with Costa Rica for a place in the quarter-finals will come sharpely into focus when the two nations collide on Sunday night.
Meantime for those who savoured the ice cool finish when Georgios Samaras despatched a 93rd minute penalty to seal a last kick 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast this was another extraordinary contest.
The drama that left Didier Drogba and his Ivorian team mates on their knees at the final whistle while the Greeks celebrated was pure theatre.
Meantime Colombia powered their way to a decisive 4-1 win that eliminated Japan -and set up a last 16 showdown with the bad boys from Uruguay.
If FIFA really wanted to make a statement, not only will they ban Suarez for a long time, but they could justifiably kick Uruguay out of the tournament as well.
There is a zero chance of Uruguay being expelled. But there is no doubt Italy, who only needed to draw the match to progress at the South Americans’ expense, were denied their place partly because the match referee failed to spot the Suarez bite. Meantime Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio was earlier shown a straight red card for a needless kick against Uruguay’s Egidio Arevalo Rios in the 59th minute.
Morally, for the Uruguayans’ desperate defence of Suarez alone they should be expelled.
The Uruguayan excuses which are so ridiculous include the following:
– Chiellini is a “snitch” trying to deflect attention away from Italy’s elimination.
– Suarez’s mouth inadvertently fell into Chiellini’s shoulder / Chiellini thrust his shoulder into Suarez.
– the British media have “exaggerated the incident” and are untrustworthy after celebrating the country’s 1966 World Cup win with “a goal that wasn’t a goal”.
– pictures of Chiellini’s shoulder showing fresh bite marks are actually of an old scar.

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After two failed major record deals, and a starring role in a Netflix Original series, Alexandra took it upon herself to build the music career she envisioned. She hasn’t looked back since.
Since then, she’s been cementing her status as an independent force in the industry by sharing her music and life online, amassing over 6+ million followers on social media which has led to over 170+ million streams between Apple and Spotify alone.

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“Enjoy” Your Favorite Beverage with New Mickey Mug
Get ready to start your day and sip on something yummy! “Enjoy” Your Favorite Beverage with New Mickey Mug.
A classic look and great colors. This mug is simple and sweet.
It is the perfect way to start your day and savor your favorite sip! Let’s check it out!
“Enjoy” Mickey Mouse Icon Mug
How cute is this mug? It is the perfect way to start your day!
Coffee, tea, hot chocolate? Whatever your beverage of choice-it will definitely taste better in this charming Mickey mug.
The classic white mug features an embedded Mickey on the front. I like the classic logo- it brings a touch of Disney fun to your home.
The opposite side of the mug features ”Enjoy” in debossed text.
I love these accents! A gold handle and rim creates the perfect contrast.
Super cute and perfectly functional. It is Microwave and dishwasher safe too.
And check out the turquoise interior? Such a fun pop of color and a cute surprise.
This new Mickey mug features so many fun details! It is perfect for coffee lovers and Mickey fans.
The new mug retails for $22.99 and can be found at World of Disney.
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BELLATRIX grounding, Azov sea
General cargo vessel BELLATRIX was pushed off fairway and ran aground while leaving Eysk port, Russia, Azov Sea, in the morning Dec 4. Vessel is said to be refloated during the day with the help of tugs, and brought to anchor on outer anchorage. As of 1200 UTC Dec 5, vessel was in the same position. BELLATRIX is loaded with 3298 tons of corn, bound for Famagusta, Cyprus.

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An Air Algerie flight with 116 people on board has dropped off radar, prompting a search for the missing plane, the airline's operator said Thursday.


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The battery materials market is expected to reach USD 84.40 Billion by 2026, according to a new report by Reports and Data. With growing sustainability trends, electric vehicles have been endeavoring a positive growth trend due to increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries. Lead-acid batteries were earlier used as a backup in electric vehicles but now are substituted with the former one associated with lower charging capabilities and legal controversies regarding the lead-acid batteries. The self-sustainability of battery raw materials is a crucial factor that is propelling the global market. The supplies of raw materials needed for manufacturing batteries such as manganese, natural graphite, and nickel are extremely concentrated in a few countries.
The most prevalent types of batteries available in the market are Lead-Acid, Lithium-ion (Li-ion), Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), and others. Several battery materials present different performance characteristics to the batteries, and they are chosen based on the type and application of the battery.
The market in the APAC region is expected to witness the highest CAGR of 8.5% during the forecast period. With the productive government schemes for electric vehicles adoption, the region is expected to grow the manufacturing of EV in the countries of Asia-Pacific, and thus, in turn, is anticipated to fuel the market for battery materials in the automotive industry in the region. For example, the Indian government has signed USD 1,445 million for the phase two of FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India) policy on 1 March 2019, to encourage the use of electric vehicles in the country. Moreover, accelerated industrialization in the region is adding to the product’s market growth.
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The Key players in the Battery Materials Market include Toray Industries, Umicore, Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Chemical, Henan Yuguang, Glencore, Nyrstar, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Hitachi Chemical, POSCO, and Johnson Matthey.
The report offers a comprehensive analysis of niche market areas and provides strategic recommendations to the new players and established companies to make lucrative and well-informed business decisions. The report analyzes the key companies engaged in the industry along with their product portfolio, business overview, strategic expansion plans, revenue generation, market share and size, regional presence, and production and manufacturing capacity. The report also sheds light on the recent mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations, agreements, product launches, and deals and partnerships, among others
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- The Battery Materials Market is estimated to reach USD 84.40 Billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 8.3% during the forecast period.
- The Lead-acid product accounts for a larger share of 59.7% of the market in 2018.
- The metal material is anticipated to grow at the highest rate of 8.4% during the forecast period.
- The automotive application segment is anticipated to grow at the highest rate of 8.5% during the forecast period.
- The secondary battery type is anticipated to grow at a higher rate of 8.6% during the forecast period.
- North America region accounts for a share of 21.3% of the market in 2018.
- Various players are developing strategies to mark their presence in the industry.
- For example, GEM, a Chinese battery materials producer, has acknowledged an MOU with ECOPRO (South Korea) on 4 January 2019, to supply 170tk of nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide (NCA) over the next five years. The deal involves the supply of 16kt in 2019, expanding to 24kt in 2020 and 40kt in 2021.
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Neural Therapy is a nervous system regulating therapy. Several health conditions are a result of inappropriate communication between nerves, blood vessels and cells. Neural Therapy restores proper autonomic nervous system function and rebalances the body’s internal communication to promote healing. It is very effective in treating a wide variety of conditions using an injection technique into and around nerves, scars, muscles and pain zones. It works through healing the nervous system, improving blood flow and boosting the immune system in irritated, damaged, and sick tissues. Because of its ability to regulate the nervous system, it can have a healing effect on most conditions.
Some of the more common conditions treated with Neural Therapy include:
Head, neck and back pain
Post surgical pain
Digestive health issues
Urinary tract issues
The number of treatments varies per individual and condition. Typically, therapeutic results are achieved with in 10 treatments, which average once to twice per week. Desirable results are best achieved when integrated into a complete health program.

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East Coast Hybrid Consortium to assist transit agencies in implementing hybrid diesel electric bus technologies
29 June 2001
The East Coast Hybrid Consortium (TECHC) has been formed to assist transit agencies with the development of low emission, hybrid transit buses for use in communities along the US East Coast. TECHC will provide resources to participating transit agencies in order to define a common specification for prototype vehicles meeting their needs. TECHC will also work with transit agencies to obtain competitive bids from bus manufacturers for prototype vehicles and will help them to oversee the manufacturing process of prototype buses.
TECHC will choose up to ten transit properties located along the East Coast in need of lower emissions technology but lacking the resources to develop customized hybrid systems for use in their area. During the 18-month process, TECHC will offer technical assistance, value engineering, production oversight, and project management at no cost to the participants.
Transit properties chosen by TECHC must agree to purchase buses with current and future year Federal Transit Administration (FTA) capital equipment funding allocations. Cummins Inc. has committed funds to TECHC to provide project administration for this program. Cummins Metropower, Inc., an authorized distributor and representative of Cummins Inc., has contracted with Yina A. Moore, consultant principal of YAM Design and Development. With assistance from the National Transit Institute of Rutgers University, these parties will manage the TECHC procurement project. Additional funding will be pursued by TECHC from other component suppliers and bus manufacturers.
This project is being undertaken in connection to the Consent Decree signed in 1998 between Cummins and the US EPA/DOJ.
For more information contact: Yina A. Moore, 609/688-9435.
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48 CFR 8.601 - General.
(a) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), also referred to as UNICOR, is a self-supporting, wholly owned Government corporation of the District of Columbia.
(b) FPI provides training and employment for prisoners confined in Federal penal and correctional institutions through the sale of its supplies and services to Government agencies ( 18 U.S.C. 4121- 4128).
(c) FPI diversifies its supplies and services to minimize adverse impact on private industry.
(d) Supplies manufactured and services performed by FPI are listed in the FPI Schedule, which can be accessed at http://www.unicor.gov or by submitting a written request to Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20534.
(e) Agencies are encouraged to purchase FPI supplies and services to the maximum extent practicable.

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MOSCOW Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Tuesday that Russia had for the initial time struck Islamic State targets in Syria with missiles fired from a submarine in the Mediterranean.
“The targets have been two large terrorist positions in the territory of Raqqa,” Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin in a televised meeting, adding that the Calibre missiles had been fired from the submarine Rostov-on-Don.
“We can say with total self-confidence that relatively significant harm was accomplished to weapons stores and a factory for preparing mines and, naturally, oil infrastructure.”
Shoigu mentioned Russia had informed Israel and the United States in advance of its program to launch missiles from a submarine.
He mentioned that, over the previous three days, Russia’s air force had flown far more than 300 sorties more than Syria and struck more than 600 targets of numerous varieties.
Russian bombers flying over Syria had been being accompanied by fighter jets, as Putin had ordered, he added.
Russia started intervening straight in Syria’s civil war at the end of September with air strikes in assistance of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
But the intervention has had unintended consequences, notably when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet that it mentioned had strayed into Turkish airspace, an allegation that Russia denies.
Shoigu presented the flight recorder of the downed jet to Putin at the meeting.
Putin thanked Russian particular services and Syrian government troops for recovering it, and mentioned it would allow specialists to determine exactly where exactly the Russian plane was located when it was hit. He mentioned it need to be opened only in the presence of international professionals, “to cautiously document every thing”.
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Botanicula is a point'n'click exploration game created by the makers of award-winning Machinarium, studio Amanita Design and Czech band DVA. Five friends, little tree creatures, set out on a journey to save the last seed from their home tree which is infested by evil parasites.
• Relaxed game perfect for hardcore gamers, their partners, families and seniors.
• More than 150 detailed locations to explore.
• Hundreds of funny animations.
• Incredible amount of hidden bonuses.
• Fantastic music and sound effects by fantastic band DVA
• Not one but five main characters with various skills and personalities.
• No text or lengthy dialogs to bore you.
• Bonuses for vigilant players at the end of the game.

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text: Movie description: Hungover from the show final night, Danny wakes up remembering no thing, especially which model this guy took home and who is now in his bath. After he phones his buddy for a quick minute to try to remember the night, he feels his one-night stand massage his shoulders after that babe emerges from the bathroom. But when he turns around -- yowl! -- it is his sister's hotfriend Leilani Leeane. She tells him they banged last night, but he can not remember; so she decides to refresh his memory with a fellatio and and by pushing his hard dong right in her rectal hole!

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The stainless steel thermos flask is made of double stainless steel inside and outside. The inner tank and outer shell are combined by welding technology, and the air in the interlayer between the tank and shell is pumped out by vacuum technology to achieve the effect of vacuum insulation. It is very different from other cups such as coffee tumblers.
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A house full of miniature replica scenes, from a children’s bedroom to a witch’s shop.
Years in the making
Most treasured item
A minuscule gift shop, complete with teeny-tiny jewelry.
Most sentimental item
A miniature version of a wedding cake and bouquet, given to the collector’s daughter and new son-in-law.
Anyone afflicted with the craving for crafting understands the magpie instinct to collect. Anything shiny, sparkling, cute, or eye-catching goes home with the crafter simply because it might, one day, come in handy.
Sandra Matthews Manring of Spring understands that impulse better than most. For more than forty years, she’s been collecting items as disparate as “cats and dogs and Welsh cabinets,” along with “little statues of anything and everything.” The only requirement for her stash of supplies is that they be miniature, or capable of being cut down to size to inhabit a manufactured world a fraction the size of our own. Though the pieces in her collection are tiny, her passion for small-scale replicas is fierce.
Manring’s enthusiasm for miniatures began with a general interest in crafting that spanned knitting, crochet, and sewing. She pursued those interests all the way to a craft show in St. Louis, where she discovered the artistic medium that has called to her for almost half a century. “I walked into that place and I fell in love with miniatures,” she says.
A woman at the show was creating tiny figures from polymer clay and gave Manring her first lesson in crafting small. Manring enjoyed it so much, she invited the woman over for an at-home workshop. More shows followed. She attended gatherings in Chicago and in Columbia, Missouri, and later in Houston, Dallas, and Killeen, after Manring and her husband moved to Texas in 1991. Shows gave way to miniatures clubs (she’s now in two, one of which meets weekly), where Manring and her peers learn new miniature techniques and skills together.
As her hobbyist community grew, so did her collection, which now numbers in the thousands. It’s difficult to know the exact number of tiny animals, chairs, knickknacks, and the like, because the figures are a) small and copious and b) curated in diorama-type displays called “room boxes.” Past room boxes include a tiny German woodshop; a miniature men’s clothing shop, complete with miniature men’s suits and turtlenecks made out of socks; an exact replica of a little girl’s room designed by HGTV maven Candice Olson; and an Easter scene that revolves on an axis to reveal papier-mâché rabbits, wooden carrots, eggs, and a garden. Because Manring is originally from England, she also sneaks in thumbnail posters of the queen or the British flag in many of her creations. In the little girl’s room, she hung tiny photos of herself as a child.
From the room where she’s speaking to me, Manring can see at least 26 such boxes. In the adjacent living room, glass cases filled with room boxes border both sides of the television. She first says the only room free of miniatures is the bedroom, but then she remembers she does have some boxes displayed on shelves there too. “It’s more or less taking over my life. My husband says the house looks like a museum because I have so many room boxes,” she says.
Lke a museum, Manring’s home has played host to troops of Girl Scouts presumably marveling over the adorably tiny set pieces. Manring’s husband of 51 years also enjoys showing off his wife’s creations, particularly the miniature scenes she creates inside watch faces and walnut shells. In support of her hobby, he purchased the large cases that now sit in their living room and converted a wet bar into a showcase space. He also purchased a laser cutter for his wife, which he uses to cut small furniture pieces for assembly.
As a forty-year veteran of the craft—and one with an official artisan designation from the International Guild of Miniature Artisans—Manring is now a leader in her community. Once the student at that long ago craft show, she is now the teacher, providing classes in her specialty genre of miniature florals. Using Japanese crepe paper, hole punches, and tacky glue, she can shape small scraps into tulips, irises, roses, and more. At her latest workshop, she taught attendees to whittle bamboo out of toothpicks.
And she shows no signs of losing her love of miniatures. Already, she’s planning for a big show in February, when one of the clubs she’s a part of, the Texas-based Society of American Miniaturists, will celebrate its birthday. Until then, she’ll continue to collect, create, and conceive of new scenes to replicate on a tinier scale.

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As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was as one already dead. From this state he was awakened--ages later, it seemed to him--by the pain of a sharp pressure upon his throat, followed by a sense of suffocation. Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every fiber of his body and limbs. These pains appeared to flash along well defined lines of ramification and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity. They seemed like streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature. As to his head, he was conscious of nothing but a feeling of fullness--of congestion. These sensations were unaccompanied by thought. The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment. He was conscious of motion. Encompassed in a luminous cloud, of which he was now merely the fiery heart, without material substance, he swung through unthinkable arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. There was no additional strangulation; the noose about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water from his lungs. To die of hanging at the bottom of a river!--the idea seemed to him ludicrous. He opened his eyes in the darkness and saw above him a gleam of light, but how distant, how inaccessible! He was still sinking, for the light became fainter and fainter until it was a mere glimmer. Then it began to grow and brighten, and he knew that he was rising toward the surface--knew it with reluctance, for he was now very comfortable. "To be hanged and drowned," he thought, "that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair."
He was not conscious of an effort, but a sharp pain in his wrist apprised him that he was trying to free his hands. He gave the struggle his attention, as an idler might observe the feat of a juggler, without interest in the outcome. What splendid effort!--what magnificent, what superhuman strength! Ah, that was a fine endeavor! Bravo! The cord fell away; his arms parted and floated upward, the hands dimly seen on each side in the growing light. He watched them with a new interest as first one and then the other pounced upon the noose at his neck. They tore it away and thrust it fiercely aside, its undulations resembling those of a water snake. "Put it back, put it back!" He thought he shouted these words to his hands, for the undoing of the noose had been succeeded by the direst pang that he had yet experienced. His neck ached horribly; his brain was on fire, his heart, which had been fluttering faintly, gave a great leap, trying to force itself out at his mouth. His whole body was racked and wrenched with an insupportable anguish! But his disobedient hands gave no heed to the command. They beat the water vigorously with quick, downward strokes, forcing him to the surface. He felt his head emerge; his eyes were blinded by the sunlight; his chest expanded convulsively, and with a supreme and crowning agony his lungs engulfed a great draught of air, which instantly he expelled in a shriek!
He was now in full possession of his physical senses. They were, indeed, preternaturally keen and alert. Something in the awful disturbance of his organic system had so exalted and refined them that they made record of things never before perceived. He felt the ripples upon his face and heard their separate sounds as they struck. He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual trees, the leaves and the veining of each leaf--he saw the very insects upon them: the locusts, the brilliant bodied flies, the gray spiders stretching their webs from twig to twig. He noted the prismatic...
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PLSVC occurs in 0.3 % of patients with normal hearts and in 4.5 % of patients with congenital heart disease [1, 2]. PLSVC with absent RSVC (also known as isolated PLSVC) in visceroatrial situs solitus is a very rare venous malformation, occurring in 0.07 to 0.15 % of patients with pacemaker implantations and in 0.09 to 0.13 % of postmortem cases involving congenital heart disease [3–5]. Of those patients with PLSVC, 46 % have other congenital cardiac anomalies, including atrial septal defects, endocardial cushion defects, and tetralogy of Fallot .
TEE examinations typically allow for good visualization of RSVC in both the mid-esophageal (ME) bicaval and the ME ascending aorta short-axis views. The combined use of these views is useful for detecting an absent RSVC (Fig. 3). Diagnosis of PLSVC can be confirmed by TEE. In ME views, PLSVC can be depicted close to the left atrial appendage (Fig. 2a). A dilated CS is characteristic of PLSVC and easily visualized in the ME four-chamber view by retroflexing the probe (Fig. 2b). In cases of an absent RSVC, severely increased venous blood flow can result in a giant CS. Enlargement of the CS diameter by more than 1 cm may indicate right atrial hypertension due to anomalous venous return through the CS .
In 10 % of PLSVC cases, PLSVC drains into the left atrium (LA) . This causes significant right to left shunt, cyanosis, and paradoxical embolization. Furthermore, drugs can flow directly in the systemic circulation when administered from the left arm. When PLSVC drains into the LA directly, surgical correction should be performed by using an intracardiac baffle . Therefore, when PLSVC is detected by TEE, its entry should be carefully observed. Contrast echocardiography with agitated saline might be helpful for the diagnosis of PLSVC with absent RSVC. Although TEE is very useful for the diagnosis of these venous malformations, it is not so popular in the ordinary clinical setting. Other diagnostic tools such as venous angiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could directly visualize these malformations. In the present case, a definitive diagnosis was confirmed with preoperative CT.
PLSVC with absent RSVC itself causes no hemodynamic disturbance [2, 8]. However, various clinical implications are present for establishing CPB and central venous access. In this case, venous drainage for CPB was successful by cannulation into the RA, because bicaval cannulation was not required for the CABG. However, the right-sided open-heart surgical procedure requires venous blood drainage not only from both the superior and inferior vena cava but also from the PLSVC. Direct insertion of the cannula into the CS could result in injury to the CS . The punctuation site for central venous access is a difficult issue. As CS catheterization creates the risk of perforation of the heart, central venous access via the femoral vein might be the safer alternative over that via the SVC .
Another issue with abnormal venous drainage is that it sometimes strongly influences the cardiac conduction system. A dilated CS stretches both the atrioventricular node and His-bundle tissue, which can cause tachyarrhythmia and atrioventricular block . Particularly in patients with absent RSVC, sinus node dysfunction occasionally occurs because the early conduction tissue is close to the cardinal venous tissue . Although the patient maintained a sinus rhythm preoperatively, arrhythmias certainly represent an issue that anesthesiologists should carefully note preoperatively.


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Scotland, 1811. Coming from the Highlands to Edinburgh in search of a husband, Alison Lamont finds herself in all sorts of trouble.
Thrown out of a fashionable ball for a stolen kiss, Alison flees from a riot in the notorious Old Town and meets Willie Kemp, an eccentric boatbuilder. While she falls deeply in love with Mr. Kemp, her aunt wishes her to marry the obnoxious but rich John Forres.
Alison takes drastic measures to solve her dilemma, including a long trip through the snow-covered Pentland Hills. But who left the mysterious footprints outside her cottage, and what secrets is Mr. Kemp hiding?
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UI duo's rocket may fly us to the moon
A new type of rocket propulsion system being developed by University of Illinois researchers generates thrust with a velocity fast enough to get you from here to Chicago in about five seconds.
Assuming a vehicle could actually move that fast (it can't), a state trooper didn't halt your progress along the way to write you a speeding ticket and you were traveling in an airless vacuum.
But speed traps aren't a problem in space, which also happens to be one big vacuum.
The same technology could be used to speed travels between Earth and the moon – the planned first stop on the way to a potential manned mission to Mars in coming decades – to Mars and elsewhere in space.
Moreover, the system has the advantage of burning comparatively little fuel for the thrust it generates, UI Professor Rod Burton said recently.
"The amount of fuel you need for each push is very small and that's why it's of interest," said Burton, a UI aerospace engineering professor and director of the Center for Space Technology and Research.
Weight is a big factor in lofting stuff from the planet into orbit. The less spent on fuel, the more that can be dedicated to valuable payload.
The UI rocket can't do anything about the heavy fuel demand to get off the Earth and into orbit. But it could reduce the amount of fuel needed, say, to move a supply ship to a moon base once the craft is in orbit.
Burton and Rob Thomas, a UI doctoral student in aerospace engineering, won a NASA grant to design, build and test the so-called gallium electromagnetic thruster, which will convert 50,000 watts of electric power into rocket thrust.
Gallium is a soft silvery metal that literally melts in your hand. It liquifies at a little more than room temperature and looks something like mercury, but without mercury's toxicity.
The substance, a trace component in coal among other places, is used in the computer chip industry to make transistors and other electronic devices and in making high-quality mirrors. Burton and Thomas are putting it to a different use, however, as rocket fuel.
Basically, the electric current created in their system generates a magnetic field that pushes the gallium out a rocket nozzle at high speed, about 25 miles a second or 10 times faster than a chemical rocket's exhaust moves and five times faster than the space shuttle's speed in orbit.
The rest is basic physics, the old rule stating that for every reaction there's an equal and opposite reaction. The gallium goes one way, the rocket and its payload the other.
Gallium isn't inexpensive, about $1,000 a pound, but it provides a high-power thrust with little fuel consumption and wouldn't be especially costly in the context of a billion-dollar space vehicle, Burton said.
He said the electric power for the system can come from either solar cells or a small nuclear reactor.
Various types of electric thrusters aren't uncommon in space now. Besides being fuel efficient and capable of providing a powerful thrust, as in the case of the UI system, some variations also can be used to make precision adjustments, within a millimeter, to a spacecraft's position.
That's more than enough to adjust communications satellites and they've also been used to line up space probes to rendezvous with asteroids and comets, among other things.
Burton and Thomas are supposed to test a small laboratory version of their thruster by this fall, which they do in a heavily instrumented vacuum chamber at the UI, tracking how it performs on a variety of levels.
If the first test is successful, Burton said the UI researchers hope to be able to obtain funding to build a larger version.
Besides NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, which focuses on space propulsion and transportation technologies, a local company, CU Aerospace, and the Air Force are participating in the project.


D-Day in Post Office fight
THE FIGHT to save Letchworth GC s central post office continues as D-Day for the busy branch draws near. The deadline for public feedback on certain issues surrounding the move from its current base in Broadway to McColl s in Station Road is next Tuesday,
THE FIGHT to save Letchworth GC's central post office continues as D-Day for the busy branch draws near.
The deadline for public feedback on certain issues surrounding the move from its current base in Broadway to McColl's in Station Road is next Tuesday, August 29.
Over the last week, The Comet, along with MP Oliver Heald, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation director general Stuart Kenny and local councillors have stepped up the campaign to halt the proposals.
Last Thursday The Comet presented more than 80 letters and emails from readers against the move to Tony Marsh, the Post Office's network service manager.
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Mr Marsh was in Letchworth GC to meet with district and town councillors, Mr Kenny, Mr Heald, and members of the Communication Workers' Union.
He returned the next day to talk again to district and town councillors and consumer group Postwatch.
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At the Thursday meeting, Mr Kenny told Mr Marsh that he felt the plans should be "put on ice" given that McColl's is likely to be part of a compulsory purchase order in the Foundation's town centre redevelopment plans.
On Tuesday, Mr Kenny then met with Martin McColl, owners of the proposed franchise shop on Station Road.
At this meeting he repeated his plea to put the plans on hold and suggested that other suitable locations should be looked at.
Mr Kenny said: "It is clear that the Post Office have made up their minds as regards moving away from a directly managed to a franchised outlet in the garden city - one of 140 such locations.
"As with the Post Office, I made it crystal clear that the Foundation stands ready as an absolute priority to work with Martin McColl to try to find a solution, which is good for them and good for the garden city.
"The ball is now in their court and I look forward to hearing from them next week once Martin McColl have had the opportunity to review matters with the Post Office.
"In the meantime we will continue to try to identify a relocation site."
Martine Munby, senior external relations manager at the Post Office said that all the letters presented to them by The Comet would be looked at.
She added: "We appreciate the concerns of local residents."
With regards to the Thursday meeting, she said: "It was a productive meeting and it was useful to air some of the issues that have been raised to us.
"I hope Tony Marsh was able to explain the rationale behind why we have to franchise post office services and that is because the directly managed network loses the company £50m a year.
"We will happily consider the proposals from the Heritage Foundation but we need to see something concrete."
o Send your views on the post office move to Tony Marsh, Network Service Manager, Post Office Ltd, c/o National Consultation Team, PO Box 2060, Watford, WD18 8ZW.
Caption 1) Pictured outside the post office building in Broadway are, left to right, Linda Needham from North Herts District Council, Post Office network service manager Tony Marsh, MP Oliver Heald, Post Office senior external relations manager Martine Munby, Letchworth GC Heritage Foundation director general Stuart Kenny, Town Council chairman Tony Wickham, Peter Meech of the Communications Workers Union and Post Office worker and union member Les Smith
Caption 2) Comet reporter Hannah Gray presents letters of protest at the post office move to Tony Marsh


In the delightful town of Jarrell, Texas, lies the vibrant community of Sonterra, a place where serenity and convenience coalesce, establishing an unparalleled living environment. Nestled strategically, Sonterra grants its inhabitants swift access to substantial employers, making the daily commute a breeze. Its advantageous location near bustling downtown Austin also presents residents with a plethora of cultural, entertainment, and dining possibilities merely a short drive away. Adding to the list of conveniences is the proximity to the airport, ensuring travel is always a straightforward affair. (Read More)
The allure of Sonterra is accentuated by abundant nearby recreational opportunities that add a vibrant hue to life here. The surrounding parks and trails offer residents the chance to bask in the great outdoors, providing a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Whether it's a refreshing morning jog, a tranquil afternoon walk, or a spirited weekend hike, the easily accessible outdoor spaces ensure there’s something for everyone. The community is embraced by nature's beauty, contributing to the overall wellness and joy of its residents.
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 1. The Tradition of Exposure Journalism 00 2. Reemergence of Investigative Journalism, 1960-1975 00 3. Defining the Practice, 1960-1975 00 4. The Founding of IRE 00 5. The Arizona Project 00 6. The Mainstreaming of Investigative Journalism 00 7. A Social Practice 00 Bibliography 00 Index 00
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The Weaver Street massacre: The worst atrocity since 'Herod slew the innocents'
Among even the litany of sectarian violence and tragedy that scars Belfast, the Weaver Street attack of 1922 stands out because of how children were targeted, killed and maimed. The victims of the atrocity deserve to be better remembered, says Cormac Moore
PICTURED is Catherine 'Kitty' Kennedy; 100 years ago, on February 13 1922, Catherine, at 15 years of age, was one of the victims of an act of unimaginable savagery committed by loyalists against Catholic children playing on Weaver Street in north Belfast.
Weaver Street, off York Road, was a small Catholic enclave surrounded by Protestant areas. Although only 15, Catherine worked as a mill worker. At around 8.15pm on the night of February 13 1922, Catherine went to play with other girls on the street.
They skipped on a rope, tied to a lamppost. Just after 8.30pm, Catherine's brother, Patrick, noticed two suspicious looking men on the North Derby Street end of Weaver Street.
One of the men was seen crouching and throwing a bomb towards the middle of the group of girls playing with the skipping rope. The bomb was deliberately thrown to the spot where most of the children had gathered.
The bomb could be heard throughout the whole city. Shrapnel and chunks of metal flew everywhere. The bomb was followed by gunfire directed at the residents of Weaver Street, preventing parents from helping their children struck by the bomb.
Once the gunfire stopped, mothers and fathers ran to their children. The street was a scene of utter chaos with agonised screams puncturing the air. Mary Jane Kennedy was told that her daughter Catherine had been wounded and had been carried to 22 Weaver Street.
She was hit in the head and the body by shrapnel, covered in a pool of blood. She died shortly afterwards. Her brother Barney (13) was also injured.
Catherine and Ellen Johnstone (11) were killed almost instantly. Eliza O'Hanlon (12) died the next day and Rose-Anne McNeill (13) died from her injuries on February 22. Two women also subsequently died from their wounds - Maggie Smith (53) and Mary Owen (40).
Up to 20 others, mostly children, suffered horrific injuries - facial, head, torso, limb injuries - and were permanently scarred.
The Freeman's Journal described the heart-breaking scenes at the Mater Hospital: "When the wounded reached the hospital the entire staff was ready to receive them... Most of them had lost consciousness, but many were groaning and writhing in agony...
"Each child was carried into the hospital by the ambulance men, some of whom, hardened by contact with suffering, had been so moved by the scenes they had witnessed in Weaver Street, that they could ill repress the tears that welled into their eyes as they tenderly bore the groaning little ones into the building."
Responding to an outraged Michael Collins, British Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill described the bombing as "the worst thing that has happened in Ireland during the past three years".
A Jesuit priest, Patrick J. Gannon, claimed it was the worst atrocity since "Herod slew the innocents" in biblical times.
The Irish News stated the Weaver Street bombing "was the most appalling of the succession of crimes during the past eighteen months that have made the name of Belfast a bye-word in all parts of the civilised world".
Northern Ireland prime minister James Craig's condemnation was more qualified. While condemning the "dastardly deed, involving the lives of children2' in Weaver Street, "a Sinn Féin area", Craig was quick to point out that "the greatest tension has existed in Belfast since the kidnapping of Loyalists and the murderous attack on the police at Clones", claiming the "trouble began with firing on workers and Loyalists going to their work, the firing coming from a Sinn Féin locality".
Craig was referring to the kidnapping of over 40 loyalists in Tyrone and Fermanagh in early February by the IRA in response to the arrest of players from the Monaghan Gaelic football team in Tyrone and the planned execution of three prisoners in Derry jail; and the so-called 'Clones Affray' of February 11 where Ulster Specials on a train from Belfast to Enniskillen that had stopped-over in Free State territory in Clones in Co Monaghan were involved in a gun battle with the IRA which resulted in four Specials and one IRA member being killed.
The nationalist MP Joseph Devlin complained that by Craig referring to Weaver Street as "a Sinn Féin area", it was implied that it "was a Sinn Féiner who threw this bomb" at Protestant children.
Other nationalists condemned the unionist press silence on the potential involvement of the Ulster Special Constabulary in the bombing, with the Freeman's Journal claiming, "While a campaign of murder goes on, a campaign of misrepresentation accompanies it".
The residents of Weaver Street were adamant that the Specials were centrally involved in the bombing. At an inquest held at the beginning of March, just weeks after the bombing, they testified that two Specials had chased children onto Weaver Street from Milewater Street, one brandishing a revolver.
The Free State provisional government claimed that by shepherding more children onto Weaver Street, this "rendered the bombers' work more effective than if they had been scattered" over two streets.
More residents testified that three uniformed policemen were seen speaking to the two suspicious men moments before the bomb was thrown, hurriedly walking away once the conversation was over. Residents also produced spent bullets that had been fired into Weaver Street after the bomb went off.
The jury recommended that a special inquiry should be conducted, but this never happened. The victims received no justice. At claims courts they received a tiny margin of the compensation they sought.
George Johnstone received £50 for the death of his daughter, Ellen; her life apparently worth just £50.
The Catholic residents of Weaver Street had to endure more suffering shortly after the bomb, chased at gunpoint from their homes by loyalists in May 1922, displaced and homeless. The street that bore the name of this atrocity no longer exists either, the reminder of what happened on Weaver Street in 1922 no longer even visible on a street sign.
While there was much outrage immediately after the bombing, the condemnations soon faded, replaced by other atrocities that took place in Belfast in 1922.
Today, most people have never heard of the Weaver Street bomb. There is no memorial, no plaque, no mention in many history texts of the era. Given the nature of this vile crime, why has it been almost forgotten?
It could be forgotten because of the scale of the violence in Belfast in 1922, where, according to Kieran Glennon, author of From Pogrom to Civil War: Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA, of the 498 killed violently in Belfast from the summer of 1920 to the summer of 1922, the peak of the violence was in the first half of 1922 when 270 people were killed, almost all civilian casualties.
Many children were killed. Historian Alan F. Parkinson estimates that just under 50 children were killed violently in Belfast during the sectarian violence in that period. Children had been specifically targeted by bombs before, including on Weaver Street when a bomb was thrown from a passing taxi. The Weaver Street atrocity became just one incident of savagery among many others.
Despite the scale of the political violence in Belfast from 1920 to 1922, very little is known of it south of the border. History in Ireland became partitioned when the island was.
Even in Belfast, knowledge and remembrance of the Weaver Street bomb is scant, with other atrocities such as the 'McMahon Murders', which happened over a month later, memorialised far more extensively.
On the 100th anniversary of the bomb, just over a week ago, there was little mention of it in media circles in the north. Even though Weaver Street no longer exists, there is no reason why a plaque cannot be erected close to the site of the atrocity.
Surely, it is the least we can do to remember Catherine 'Kitty' Kennedy and the other innocent children and women killed that day, and the many others scarred by this appalling crime, the most sickening and evil act committed in Belfast at the time.
::Cormac Moore is author of Birth of the Border: The Impact of Partition in Ireland (Merrion Press, 2019).

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UPDATE: A statement posted to the singer's website refutes TMZ's report about Mitchell's health. "Contrary to rumors circulating on the Internet today, Joni is not in a coma," the statement reads. "Joni is still in the hospital — but she comprehends, she's alert, and she has her full senses. A full recovery is expected. The document obtained by a certain media outlet simply gives her longtime friend Leslie Morris the authority — in the absence of 24-hour doctor care — to make care decisions for Joni once she leaves the hospital. As we all know, Joni is a strong-willed woman and is nowhere near giving up the fight. Please continue to keep Joni in your thoughts."
Legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is reportedly in a coma after being hospitalized late last month. According to TMZ, the "Chelsea Morning" chanteuse is "unconscious" and "unresponsive" — and shows no signs of getting better.
The site also reports that Mitchell's friend Leslie Morris filed documents to obtain a conservatorship. The papers claim the star is "so impaired as to be incapable of being assessed."
As previously reported, Mitchell was rushed to the hospital on March 31 after being found unconscious at home in L.A. According to an update on her website, she regained consciousness in the ambulance and was undergoing tests in intensive care.
She "is awake and in good spirits," the site noted. "Light a candle and sing a song, let's all send good wishes her way."
Days later, another update was posted online. "Joni remains under observation in the hospital and is resting comfortably," the April 3 post read. "We are encouraged by her progress as she continues to improve and get stronger each day."
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans yesterday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder, asking a federal court to compel him to turn over documents related to a botched federal gun-trafficking program known as “Fast and Furious.”
The Republican-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s suit also challenges President Obama’s assertion that the documents the panel is seeking can be withheld by executive privilege.
“No court has ever held that ‘executive privilege’ extends anywhere near as far as the attorney general here contends that it does,” the suit states.
In June, the House held Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the documents, the first time a sitting Cabinet member had been cited in the chamber’s 225-year history.
Fast and Furious was operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for two years, beginning in 2009, and allowed 2,000 federal guns into Mexico in hope of tracing them to cartel leaders. Hundreds of the guns were lost, and some turned up at Mexican murder scenes.
Two of the guns were also found at the site where US Border Agent Brian Terry was shot to death in December 2010. The committee contends top Justice officials knew of the operation, which Holder has denied.
“By stonewalling Congress and ignoring a contempt order, the Justice Department left the House no choice but to take legal action so we can get to the bottom of the Fast and Furious operation that cost Border Agent Brian Terry his life,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said yesterday.
Holder told the committee his department has reviewed 140,000 documents related to the program. He has turned over 7,600, contending that the others must be withheld due to investigations.
At issue are internal documents over an eight-month period after the department issued a letter saying it knew nothing about the operation, a letter that it later retracted.
“Waiting eight months after the subpoena had been issued to assert a meritless claim of privilege, the president’s decision was a calculated political maneuver designed to stop the release of documents until after November’s election,” Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said.
Democrats accused Republicans of playing politics.
“It seems clear that House Republican leaders do not want to resolve the contempt issue and prefer to generate unnecessary conflict with the administration as the election nears,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the committee’s ranking Democrat.
The department issued a statement yesterday contending that it tried to cooperate with the committee.


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Cheese Tuesday at L'Espalier - No Cows Allowed
Cheese Tuesday this month went with the theme No Cows Allowed! All the cheeses used over the course of this excellent dinner were from buffalo, goat, or sheep's milk. Cheeses made from goat's milk tend to be my favorite anyways, so I knew I was in for a treat.
Dinner began by sitting down at a gorgeously set table. The pretzel bread came quickly, along with a warm roll and some whipped butter.
The flavors of the first course perfectly embodied springtime. We began with Apple Street Farm pea tendrils with a 62*C egg, ostrich fern, and garden sorrel juice. It was paired well with 2012 Hiedler, "Löss", a Grüner Veltliner from Oesterreich.
The second course was roasted white asparagus with Maryland striped bass, blue spruce needles, compressed lovage, and bergamot orange nage. The 2012 Dowsett Family "Celilo Vineyard", made in Columbia Gorge, Washington, was not impressive to me at first, but when it was paired with the food it took on new characteristics, and this wound up being one of the better fish dishes I've had.
On to the main course: Long Island duck breast, carrot-cardamom purée, carrot foam, pickled beets, and citrus salad. It was ridiculously good, and was paired with a great rosé: 2013 Serge Laloue, from Sancerre.
And finally, the cheese course, which was paired with 2009 Brandbourg, a Pinot Noir from Umpqua, Oregon. The cheeses were ordered by the type of milk used, first buffalo, then goat, then sheep.
There was only one water buffalo cheese, Quadrello di Bufala from Lombardy, Italy. It was nice, but Valençay, a goat's milk cheese from the Loire Valley of France, was up next, and it is one of the best goat cheeses out there.
The next two cheeses were both cheeses I've had before. Eleven Brothers, a goat's milk cheese from Boston Post Farm in Enosburg Falls, Vermont, was first, followed by Bonne Bouche, a goat's milk cheese from Vermont Creamery in Websterville, Vermont. Bonne Bouche is one of my most favorite cheeses, so it was great to see it on the cheese plate.
The Thin Red Line was the last goat's milk cheese. It was made at Lazy Lady Farm in Westfield, Vermont. Simply Sheep began the sheep's milk portion of the plate. It was great, with a mix of flavors in different parts of the cheese. Simply Sheep was made at Nettle Meadow Farm in Thurman, New York.
Pecorino derives from the Italian word pecora, meaning sheep. Pecorino Ginepro is a sheep's milk cheese made with juniper in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and it is really tasty. Possibly even better, though, was the Cacio di Bosco, a sheep's milk cheese made with white truffle in Tuscany, Italy.
Finishing off the night were some powerful cheeses. Coomersdale was first, from Bonnie View Farm in Craftsbury, Vermont, followed by the classic (and delicious) Roquefort, made by Societé in Auvergne, France.

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KSLA News 12 is remembering the amazing life of former KSLA Anchor Don Owen. KSLA News 12 alumni sit down to discuss his legendary career in the ARK-LA-TEX.
A Caddo Assistant District attorney responds to a new Louisiana law that now requires registered sex offenders to share that information on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
The former neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin told his wife to buy bulletproof vests for them and for his attorney, according to jailhouse calls released today
An autopsy is scheduled for today for Rodney King, who's beating in Los Angeles in 1991 led to the nation's worst race riots. King was found early Sunday at the bottom of the swimming pool at his home in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Dec. 5, 2023
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: How a Single Scene Was Created | Concept to Controller
Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora offers us all the chance to visit the lush, forested homeworld of the Na’vi. And, at the very top of a floating mountain, you’ll be able to live out your own version of an iconic Avatar scene: taming and flying an Ikran.But just as important as the flight is the journey to the mountain’s summit; a climb full of incredible views, plants with strange abilities, and puzzles to solve. That climb is the centrepiece of the Take Flight quest, one of Frontiers of Pandora’s milestone missions. It’s the work of dozens of developers, and we’ve spoken to several of them to find out how they made it. For more developer insights on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, take a look at why the developers chose the first-person perspective, and how the Na’vi and human weapons offer differing gameplay styles. And for more episodes of Concept to Controller, watch our deep dives on Dead Space’s necromorph transformation and Dead Island 2’s gore technology.


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Enjoy a full day trip to Isla Catalina to snorkel at one of the world´s most spectacular walls and reefs, bustling with an abundance of marine life and beautiful corals.
You arrive there by a 30-minute boat trip that leaves from the pier of Bayahibe. The island is unknown to many tour operators and tourists. The beach is completely free from the wind, creating the Caribbean Sea as a crystal clear mirror.
A chain of rocks forms a natural outcrop within the sea of about 500 meters.
On the surface, the sea has eroded these rocks to the point where a snorkeler can be in the water but under the rocks.
If you want to visit heaven on earth, you will find it right there.
Face the sun, enjoy tropical music in the background and just relax in this stunning Caribbean paradise.


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A shot of zucchini (on right) and basil (on left) in one of our hoophousesWe are finally able to eat fresh from the garden and not the freezer. We have lots of lettuce, arugula, kale and other greens coming in now as well as zucchinis, squash blossoms, radishes, cilantro, fresh basil, chives & tarragon. We took a trip to the old farm to see if there was any asparagus there and there was some that had not gone into its' fronding stage and it is very good. We also got some rhubarb too.
Tonight's dinner is almost all grown by us. I am roasting a 5.25 pound chicken we raised last year. I put a rub of kosher salt, rubbed sage, garlic powder and rosemary all over the outside and in the cavity and now it is in a 400˚F oven. Along with the chicken I will make squash lyonaise from a costata Romanesque zuke Eugene harvested 2 days ago and some of our onions from last year. I will probably also make a salad from a left over bag of spring mix and put some radishes and feta cheese on the greens oh and may some organic vidalia onion I bought at Jungle Jim's. made some brownies for dessert which have nothing local in them but will be yummy none the less.
Soon enough we will also have snow peas, garlic scapes, spinach (unless it gets too warm which is pretty likely), cukes, cherry tomatoes (the cukes and maters are being grown in a hoophouse so will be about 6 to 8 weeks earlier than the main crop of these items), small sweet onions.
We have been quite busy getting things ready for the peppers and eggplant to go out. We have had to burn holes into landscaping fabric for the above mentioned crops as well as the winter squash and melons we will be planting in another 10 to 15 days and the tomatoes that will be going out in about 5 to 7 days. Eugene was burning holes in some landscape fabric before lunch and when we came back out after lunch we saw that one sectioned had burned completely up leaving a 3' x 50' burned area. So when we got started again we were VERY careful about starting another fire. He was doing two layers at a time to save time and the under layer must have caught fire and smoldered hidden from view for a while than caught and burned up 100' of mulch. I wish I had seen this happen, it was likely a cool fire. We managed to get the other 12 or so pieces prepared and put away with no further mishaps. The next step is to put down the irrigation tapes and than put down the fabric and dig the edges in than plant the seedlings.
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A new partnership between real estate website Trulia and neighborhood boundary data firm Maponics could help expand the former's data coverage.
Trulia uses zip code software and address data to offer information and map displays on US towns and cities and gets around 5.5 million unique visitors a month.
Maponics is one of the leading neighborhood boundary data firms in the country that will be able to use its resources to expand Trulia's existing coverage by as much as 300 per cent, which could mean the number of people using the service each month could grow substantially.
Emmanuel Fare, vice-president of product and user experience at Trulia, said: "As we continue to grow, we felt it was important to expand the number of cities with detailed neighborhood information. After extensively testing various sources, Maponics provided the best data and solutions to fit our needs."
Maponics said it was happy to be involved with one of the firms responsible for pioneering online mapping in the US.
In other news, zip code verification has revealed that average broadband speeds in Florida have fallen over the past year, reports the Tampa Bay Times.


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Passing (out Oct 28) marks the directorial debut of Rebecca Hall and offers a not-so-well-known look into a form of racial discrimination that existed in New York in the 1920s. I wasn't sold on the finale but the performances and depiction of the era make this worth the trip. Grade: B.
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