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Letter: Ex-Governor Nunn Tells Son "You Do Not Exist"
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Former Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn told his son in a 1997 letter that "within my mind and memory, you do not exist" and that "Someday God will humble you," while detailing multiple allegations of abuse by former lawmaker Steve Nunn against family members over the years.
Louie Nunn, who served as governor from 1967 to 1971, castigated his son in writing for what he saw as mistreatment of his ex-wife and children and said the family wanted nothing to do with him.
"It appears to me that nothing I can do will ever humble you in any way," Louie Nunn wrote on Aug. 4, 1997. "Someday God will humble you."
The letter is among 191 pages of documents released Thursday by Lexington police chronicling their investigation into the Sept. 11, 2009, shooting death of 29-year-old Amanda Ross. Steve Nunn, had been engaged to Ross. He pleaded guilty in June and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The documents include interviews with family and friends describing the couple's volatile relationship. Many of Louie Nunn's accusations mirror those that would later be made by Ross and others against Steve Nunn.
Police and prosecutors frequently referred to the letter, written on letterhead from Warriors Trail Farm, a joint venture run by the father and son, during the investigation, but had not previously released it. Louie and Steve Nunn had a rocky relationship, one that included accusations of the son striking the father. Louie Nunn accuses his son of abusive and narcissistic behavior - similar to how friends of Ross' and friends and acquaintances of Nunn's would describe him after the shooting.
The type-written two-page letter includes several hand-written additions to the text. At one point, Louie Nunn tells his son that doing little for his children will come back to haunt them.
"I have abandoned hope," Louie Nunn typed. He then added a hand-written notation, "You have only yourself."
In multiple interviews, Nunn is described as having something of a dual personality. His ex-wife, Martha Lou Nunn of Bowling Green, told police that Nunn had a "political side" that was warm and friendly and a "personal side" she described as "narcissistic and violent."
Amber Fields, a friend of both Nunn and Ross, told police that Nunn showed up at Keeneland race track in Lexington in the spring of 2009, showing off "intimate" and some nude photos of Ross, months after they had broken up.
Lisa Rice, who served as Ross' secretary at the Kentucky Department of Insurance, told police that Ross described Nunn in almost the same terms and worried that he was "both homicidal and suicidal." Rice also said the relationship between Ross and Nunn was "two narcissists coming together."
Penelope Bentley of Lexington, who knew both Ross and Nunn, described the former state health official as going into a downward spiral in the months before Ross' death, often blaming her for his personal, political and financial problems.
"He was acting strangely," Bentley said of Nunn's behavior in the weeks leading up to the shooting.
Friends said Nunn talked about ordering his own tombstone listing his date of death as Sept. 11, 2009. Rice said Nunn would frequently make references to his own death, but later try to brush off the comments.
"But, he did say to me at one point in the conversation, `You know on the suicidal point, yep, that's where you will find me, right between my mama and daddy'," Rice said.
Rice speculated that Nunn, who slit his wrists as Kentucky State Police closed in on him as he sat near his parents' graves at Crosby Methodist Cemetery in Glasgow, didn't carry out the suicide because, after killing Ross, he no longer felt the stress of carrying on a famous name and legacy.
"I think the reason he didn't kill himself was by the time he got to Hart County, it was the relief that he felt and that's all I can think to describe it, but the weight of being, the responsibility of being Steve Nunn," Rice said. "All that left him."
"Did you think at that point was that how we would find him?" Lexington Police Det. Shannon Garner asked Rice.
"Dead. I did. I did," Rice said. "I really did."
A day after Nunn's arrest, he spoke with a life-long friend, Dr. Phillip Bales of Glasgow, by telephone from a hospital. Bales said Nunn didn't want any friends to feel guilty about what happened because they either didn't see the signs or didn't step in.
"You or nobody else could have done anything to stop me," Bailey quoted Nunn as saying. "Thirdly, he stated that he just wished he could have finished the job."
Nunn, 59, had carved out his own political career as a leading advocate in the legislature for the mentally disabled. Nunn spent some 15 years in the legislature. He failed to win re-election to the state House in 2006. In 2003, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Nunn faced a potential death penalty if his case had gone to trial.
Ross' slaying prompted Kentucky lawmakers last year to enact Amanda's Law, which allows counties to require those with domestic orders against them to wear GPS tracking devices.
When he turns 62 on Nov. 4, 2014, Nunn is eligible to receive his full state pension of $28,210 annually, based on his legislative and executive department service. State law permits pension benefits to former lawmakers unless they commit a crime while in office as a legislator.
A civil suit brought by Ross's family against Nunn is pending in Fayette Circuit Court.


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Frisco, TX, Real Estate Properties & Community Information
Frisco is a community that Forbes magazine has identified as one of the "best places to move to in the country." Frisco is only about a half-hour drive from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, one of the larger transportation hubs in the country. In 1990, there were only about 10,000 individuals residing in Frisco. Today, the population exceeds 135,000.
The westward expansion of the United States arrived in the area in the form of cattle drives and wagon trains. Growth had been facilitated by the Republic of Texas' decision to turn the former Preston Trail into a major north-south roadway. The town first got its name from the railroad that traveled through here on its way to San Francisco. In 1904, the community was formally named "Frisco City," and the name was eventually shortened to just Frisco.
Parks and Recreation
The Frisco Athletic Center is a large, modern facility that includes more than 40,000 sq-ft of water-based activities indoors, including splash pools and a competition pool. At total of 18,000 sq-ft of water-based facilities are available outside as well. A state-of-the-art fitness center and weight area are also featured, along with space for yoga and Pilates classes.
Hope Park is a unique place of discovery for children. Large outdoor walls include mirrors, spinners and more. The city offers an extensive network of parks and trails.
Attractions and Activities
Take the kids to see the huge steam locomotives and original Pullman sleeping cars at The Museum of the American Railroad. Photograph the kids in and around these historic remnants of the heyday of the railroad.
Fans of soccer, hockey and football can attend relevant contests right in Frisco. Pizza Hut Park offers pro soccer, and Dr. Pepper Arena hosts arena football and hockey games.
More than 600,000 visitors get in the holiday spirit at Christmas in the Square. This major event is now in is eighth year at Frisco Square. It is estimated that the lights and decorations require more than 10-miles worth of wiring.
The Frisco Arts in the Square Festival is a March event held in the unique Texas Sculpture Garden that is attended by some of those with Frisco real estate. The park-like grounds offer lakes, fountains and more than three dozen modern sculptures contributed by widely known Texas sculptors.
At any one time, the hundreds of homes for sale in Frisco will give the prospective Frisco home buyer much to choose from. Luxurious Frisco TX homes on acreage frequently offer all-brick construction, home theaters, gourmet kitchens and over 5,000 sq-ft of living space. There are also more modest 1980s-era ranch-style homes that may be of interest to young families, retirees or those on a budget.
Numerous modern subdivisions offer Frisco homes for sale that often include two, three or four bedrooms. These well-constructed Frisco properties often include energy-saving systems and ample storage. All of this Frisco TX real estate includes ready access to the many opportunities available for work and play across the metroplex. For many, the assistance of a capable Frisco real estate agent will prove to be invaluable. Such a Frisco realtor can recommend real estate in Frisco that is well-built and priced right.

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Walk on sunshine with us.
Welcome to the Hotel Zum Hasen***, a unique oasis of relaxation, pleasure, tradition and experience. The hotel – your holiday destination- is in the middle of the village centre of Terenten, the one village with the most hours of sunshine in the whole Dolomites and Alpine area.
So “walk on sunshine” with us all – Daniel Jobstraibizer and his team will make your holidays an unforgettable experience.
Dine at our restaurant and enjoy traditional South Tyrolean delicacies made by our cook Ernst or round off your sunny vacation day with a tasty pizza.
Let us help you pack your bags at the end of your stay and we will fill them with lots of sun so that your home too will be full of sunlight!
Enjoy your Alpine Holidays at the Hotel zum Hasen ***
Enjoy your holidays at the Hotel zum Hasen *** in Terenten
Jobstraibizer Daniel & Team
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Structural engineering – the backbone of building projects
Calculating the statics of a building is an elementary engineering service. A structural engineering plan ensures that the construction conceived by the architect is sound and meets the requirements of its designated usage.
Structural engineering is teamwork: Engineers and structural planners work closely together with architects to meet structural, economical and aesthetic requirements. Here, Kling Consult supervises building projects in redevelopment as well as planning new buildings of all kinds. Next to private projects, the structural engineering team takes on public assignments like hospitals or schools.
Low-impact measures and careful planning
For existing buildings, expert reports are generated to analyse the state of the support structure and find proposals for possible redevelopment measures. If renovations are needed, the structural engineering department will attempt to leave the bearing structure in its original state. If this is not possible due to changed norms like fire prevention, the team, together with the client, will search for solutions that are as resource-efficient, economical and sustainable as possible.
For new buildings, a solid substructure as well as choosing suitable building materials plays a central role and influences the creation of a structural engineering plan significantly. Special foundations are a special form of civil engineering and belong to the portfolio of the structural engineering department as much as the creation of expert reports and façade engineering.
Standard-conforming structural engineering
The preparation of a structural engineering plan contains, apart from the statics of a building, the calculation of the lifespan of the support structure as well as the compliance with standards like fire prevention, noise protection and thermal insulation. The structural engineering department sees that all standards and regulations are taken into account and prepares the structural plan accordingly.


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Group rescued after jumping off the County Down coast
A group of people had to be rescued after jumping off the County Down coast on Saturday.
Paul Symington from the South Down Coastguard, said the group of seven were "bouldering" south of Ballyhornan and were with an instructor.
Three of them got into trouble and had to be rescued. He said they were "one wave away from a tragedy".
Mr Symington said the rescue cost "many tens of thousands" of pounds.
Portaferry and Newcastle lifeboats, the South Down Coastguard and the Irish Coastguard helicopter from Dublin, were all involved.
Mr Symington explained that bouldering involved people jumping off rocks, swimming along to another area and jumping in again.
He said the team "immediately got into difficulties".
"We had a very bad storm raging, there were three to four metre swells and there were waves really baralleling into the County Down coast," he said.
"Three went into the water, two got out reasonably quickly - one with quite bad cuts to his hand - one man was stuck."
He warned about the risks of such an adrenaline-seeking activity.
"People have to weigh up the conditions with the risk and I think on this occasion they made the wrong decision," he said.

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North Korea said it tested two missiles this week which were successful while pledging to maintain its nuclear war obstruction and speed up the development of more powerful warheads. North Korea has been boosting its testing activity in recent months, which includes six rounds of weapons launches so far in the year 2022.
North Korea’s official Central News Agency described the two ballistic missiles launched from a coastal area as “surface-to-surface tactical guided missiles” armed with a conventional warhead and said that they accurately hit a sea target. The missiles can be launched from launcher trucks and trains and are designed for flexibility and low-altitude flight. It’s seen as an essential part of expanding weapons of a shorter range aimed at missile defences.
The missiles were long-range cruise missiles that were first tested in September. The missiles travelled for over 2 hours and 35 minutes and showed an ability to hit targets that were 1,800 kilometres away. North Korea has described this weapon as strategic and developed to deliver nuclear weapons.


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Founded by Dragoljub Blagojevic in 2017, DreamSim Creations is a development group focusing on making high quality products for flight simulation.
We strongly believe that freeware addons are what makes this community great and as such we will continue making and improving our freeware goodies as we go, making this world of ours more enjoyable for you. If you wish to join us on our journey email an application to email@example.com
Best regards, DeamSim Creations team:
Dragoljub Blagojevic – Founder, 3D & texture
Daniel Martinsson – 3D & texture
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Lawmakers approve public-private partnership for Belle Chasse project
Louisiana legislators on Wednesday approved the state’s first public-private infrastructure partnership for a $165 million transportation bridge and tunnel replacement in Belle Chasse.
Residents and local officials had opposed the plan, objecting to the tolls that it will require and arguing the partnership will multiply the project’s cost. But supporters didn’t want to lose the $45 million federal grant that came with the project or jeopardize the possibility of other partnerships across the state.
“The grant was contingent upon this being a public-private partnership that was generating tolls,” Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson said in a recent interview. “This is consistent with what President [Donald] Trump is advocating.”
Wilson says tolls will be an important aspect of funding transportation improvements, especially since the state’s gas tax has not been raised in 30 years.

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Maybe it’s a sign of the times, but it seemed that an inordinate amount of time was spent on Sine Die day discussing medical marijuana, TCH, cannabis oil, hemp and how the products will be grown and sold.
House Bill 213, also known as the “Georgia Hemp Farming Act”, creates a set of guidelines for the growing, processing, transporting, testing, and destruction of hemp crops in Georgia. Hemp, a non-psychoactive form of cannabis, was legalized in the United States in December 2018 by a federal farm bill. Hemp was previously legal in the United States as long as it was purchased from foreign sources.
The Georgia Hemp Farming Act will require producers to hold a hemp grower license or hemp processor permit in order to be able to cultivate, handle, or process hemp. The licenses will be issued for one calendar year at a fee of $50.00 per acre, up to $5,000. Hemp farmers are required to give the Department of Agriculture the exact location of their fields and greenhouses. The department will be allowed to randomly test the hemp at the fields and greenhouses owned by licensees, and will be permitted to destroy hemp which contains a delta-9-THC concentration of .330% or more.
This bill will allow Georgia’s farmers to join the competitive hemp industry and gain the revenue from this newly legalized product.
A 2015 bill created the Low THC Oil Patient Registry in Georgia, but provided no means for those patients to access Low THC Oil. “Georgia’s Hope Act”, House Bill 324, allows for the legitimate use of medical cannabis for health care, and creates a means for the production, growing, manufacturing, and dispensing of low THC oil in Georgia.
HB 324 creates a means for patients on the Low THC Oil Patient Registry to obtain low THC oil in Georgia. Pharmacies will provide the retail outlets for the registry card holders to purchase the oil. It provides regulations on the production of marijuana used to create low THC oil, and requires growers and processors to obtain a license.
This bill creates the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, which will oversee the manufacturing of low THC oil in Georgia. The commission will oversee the quality control, security, and oversight of all low THC oil production in the state.
There will be two Class I production licenses issued costing a $25,000 application fee and $100,000 for the license if awarded. There will be two Class II production licenses awarded costing $5,000 application fee and $50,000 for the license if awarded.
It is unlawful to ingest the low THC oil by way of any electronic cigarette or device which will produce vapor in a solution or other form.
HB 324 requires a 20% set aside of expenditures of businesses purchasing under this act.
HB 365: Lowers the Title Ad Valorem Tax on vehicles to 6.6% from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023. Clarifies that TAVT would not be imposed on the transfer of a title between legal entities that are owned by the same person. Eliminates the sales and use tax on rideshare, taxi and limo services and imposes a 50 cents per “for hire ground transportation” and 25 cents per “for-hire shared ride” excise tax.
HB 445: Creates a new definition for “dynamic dune field” and specifies where construction may be permitted on one. Creates exemptions for minor construction projects, subject to approval by the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.
HB 282: Increases the length of time required by law enforcement to maintain physical evidence related to a sexual assault case to 30 years from the date of the arrest of the perpetrator, or 50 years if no arrests are made.
HB 454: Establishes safety rules for electric assisted bicycles. A study committee will look at two wheel electric scooters.
HB 470: Requires DNA samples to be taken from individuals currently incarcerated or on probation for a felony charge. Requires the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to purge the DNA samples of individuals who had their felony charges dismissed or upon acquittal.
HB 502: Updates the Georgia Code regarding continuance requests. Allows for members of the Georgia General Assembly, legislative staff, Legislative council and other state agencies who wish to file for a continuance of stay when they are the lead council or part of the lead council in a pending civil or criminal proceeding. The continuance of stay would only be applicable seven days prior to session, including special sessions, convening, length of any session, three weeks following Sine Die during scheduled meetings including national conferences, board meetings and caucus, committee and study committee meetings. In criminal cases outside the blocked out period, legislators can apply but victim has right to object.

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What You Need To Know
Men tend to prefer voluptuous women. Women want curves because they feel more confident when they’re able to wear fashionable clothing that fit properly. Although not every woman is born with amazing curves any woman can get their dream body by undergoing a Brazilian Butt.
What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?
A Brazilian Butt Lift is a surgical procedure that transplants fat tissue from one area of the body to the buttocks in order to build volume in the derriére and create voluptuous curves. Though there are a number of buttock-enhancing surgical options available to women including butt implants, the Brazilian Butt Lift has become popular because patients get to remove fat cells from an area of the body where it’s unwanted (such as the inner thighs or the abdomen) and put it in the buttocks to create additional volume there. In other words, the Butt Lift is a procedure that literally gives patients the ability to resculpt their bodies into more ideal proportions.
Appearance and Recovery
A Brazilian butt lift looks and feels natural because it makes use of fat tissues from your own body to augment your buttocks. The procedure is also less invasive than butt implants. With butt implants, a large incision is made in the buttocks which can lead to scarring, but with a Brazilian Butt Lift, the surgeon will only make tiny incisions through which a very small cannula or tube can be inserted into the body. Being that only tiny incisions are required for the procedure, recovery time is significantly diminished, and scarring is kept to a minimum.
Other Additional Benefits
The Brazilian Butt Lift gives both men and women the power to achieve a hip to waist ratio that best complements the shape and size of their body. Through fat transfer, a surgeon can decide precisely how much fat is needed to create an ideal physique with minimal downtime and very little scarring.
To get the voluptuous body you’ve always wanted, contact Infini Cosmetic to learn more about Brazilian Butt Lifts.

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Upskill Act Will Bolster Missouri's Workforce.
Last week, the Upskill Act became law. NFIB supported the measure during the 2023 legislative session, calling the bill a “great piece of legislation for both the business owners and their employees.”
“We hear all the time from companies who need workers and then they say they find the workers they may not have all the skills they want. What this bill is really about is if you’ve got a worker who comes to work every day, is a big cultural fit, everybody in the company is happy with them, but they don’t quite have the skills that you need to do what your company is needing, this is a chance for these companies to upskill their workers.”
“I think workforce is one of the biggest driving factors we have to keep our economy going, and that’s what this bill is trying to aim at.”
With more than a quarter of small business owners planning to raise compensation in the next three months, providing resources to enhance workforce training and education will help local job creators retain talent and remain competitive.
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Meet The Breakout Big Brother NAIJA star: Boma AkporeBy Maureen Martin | October 30, 2021 | Entertainment
We met actor model Boma Akpore at a variety of media events in New York City. His good looks, signature hairstyle and Hollywood smile always made him a standout. We also caught him on the small screen in a variety of our favorite shows including The Blacklist and Luke Cage.
Now, it’s such a thrill to see him bring his scene-stealing talent to Big Brother Naija, the Nigerian reality competition television series based on the Big Brother television franchise. We know it’s the first step in his high-speed rise to stardom. Keep up the amazing work!

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👨⚔ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Emojis Collection
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing video game, the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series. The game provides the user with the opportunity to travel freely and explore the game world. In the fifth version, the players act as Dovakin, the Dragonborn, who is tasked with stopping the return of the
🐉 Dragons and fight with the lord Alduin.
Interesting fact:In the Skyrim game, you can go through walls and open chests with valuable items using the cauldron. To do this, you need to take the cauldron in your hands and run into the wall with it.
CombinationsTap / click to copy & paste
— Fight a dragon
— Killing wolves
— Burn your enemies
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Read the full story from Clemson University.
Recent Clemson University Ph.D. graduate Rhett Rautsaw wanted to explore whether the evolutionary theory of character displacement — when two species live in the same area and evolve to avoid competing over resources such as food — extended to pit viper venom.
There was one problem. To study competition, Rautsaw had to know where each pit viper species lived, and there wasn’t a comprehensive source of that information readily available.
Rautsaw created VenomMaps, a database and web application containing updated distribution maps and niche models for all 158 pit viper species living in North, Central and South America. Pit vipers are a group of venomous snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads and cottonmouths. While Rautsaw needed the information for his evolutionary biology research, the maps provide vital information for conservation efforts, citizen scientists and medical professionals.
Read the full story from the BBC.
Birds from every continent except Antarctica have been photographed nesting or tangled in our rubbish. Photos were submitted by people from all over the world to an online project called Birds and Debris. The scientists running the project say they see birds ensnared – or nesting – in everything from rope and fishing line to balloon ribbon and a flip-flop. Nearly a quarter of the photographs show birds nesting or entangled in disposable face masks. The focus of the project is on capturing the impact of waste – particularly plastic pollution – on the avian world.
Read the full story at Northern Virginia Daily.
At the Shenandoah County Landfill on Friday, local educator Hannah Bement was overjoyed to see a monarch butterfly.
“It gives me chills,” she said, watching as the orange-and-black insect fluttered over the plot of native wildflowers to land on a milkweed plant.
Monarchs, which make an approximately 1,000-mile flight each year from Mexico to the United States, rely on milkweed to provide a place for them to lay their eggs and for their caterpillars to have a source of food before they eventually make their flight to Mexico.
Without milkweed, there is no monarch butterfly.
Bement was joined on Friday by three other volunteers from the local nonprofit organization Sustainability Matters to identify and catalog how well the pollinator gardens, maintained through the Making Trash Bloom initiative, are doing.
Read the full story at Inside Higher Ed.
Roosevelt University undergraduates engaged in a community science project that produced usable data for scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Read the full story in the Washington Post.
Citizen-science projects turn ordinary people into researchers, and in recent years such efforts have abounded, tackling everything from astronomy to weather information contained in 19th-century whaling ship logs.
But how good is the data these projects generate?
A study in the journal Research Ideas and Outcomes has an answer: Community scientists do surprisingly well in producing accurate data that, in turn, can further scientific research — even when the participants are young children.
Read the full story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A new website launched Tuesday enables the public to track air quality in St. Louis neighborhoods, thanks to a network of monitors stationed primarily on churches around the region.
The site, called AirWatch St. Louis, provides up-to-the-hour data about current conditions and specific pollutants. Groups behind the project say it’s information “that researchers, residents and community leaders can use to address health problems that have plagued historically disenfranchised neighborhoods for generations,” according to an announcement Tuesday.
Read the full story at The Verge.
Birding saved one man’s life. Maybe it can save the rest of us from climate change?
Read the full story from the Columbia Climate School.
Some residents of Belmont County in eastern Ohio have long suffered from headaches, fatigue, nausea and burning sensations in their throats and noses. They suspected these symptoms were the result of air pollution from fracking facilities that dominate the area, but regulators dismissed and downplayed their concerns.
With the technical assistance of volunteer scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, MIT and the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange, local advocacy groups set up their own network of low-cost sensors. They found that the region’s three EPA sensors were not providing an accurate picture: The sensors revealed concerning levels of air pollution, and correlations between local spikes and health impacts.
The results are published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Read the full story from the University of Reading.
Real data gathered by volunteers was combined with new computer models for the first time to reveal which UK moth species are struggling to expand into new regions and the landscape barriers restricting their movement. Farmland and suburban moths were found to be struggling most, with hills or regions with variable temperatures acting as barriers. This has implications for British wildlife being forced to move to adapt to climate change, and habitat restoration in challenging areas could help wildlife movement.


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Sami Stevens/Kazemde George
May 6 @ 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm$25.00 – $45.00
Sami Stevens/Kazemde George at the Side Door Jazz Club, Friday, May 6th, 8:30 pm.
Get Tickets #25.00 – $45.00
Kazemde George – Tenor Sax
Sami Stevens – Vocals
Chris McCarthy – Piano
Matt Aronoff – Bass
Kayvon Gordon – Drums
Sami Stevens harnesses Jazz, Singer-Songwriter, and classic RnB influences to create truly intimate original music. In writing songs, singing and accompanying herself on keyboard, she crafts a musical world based in silence, delivering dynamic, personal performances. Though performing solo is where she takes complete control of the stage, Sami is also an avid collaborator. Her latest releases include I Insist by Kazemde George, And I’m Right by Sami Stevens and the Man I Love, the Make Your Mind EP with producer KG,B, and Amore Per Tutti with Tredici Bacci. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Sami has performed with Genius Grant recipient Jason Moran and 6-time Grammy nominee Fred Hersch, recorded with “King of Treme” Shannon Powell, and underground legend Gary Wilson, toured opening for SoCal favorites Pinback, opened for Grammy nominated folk singer Greg Brown and Black Star MC Talib Kweli, sang for the premiere of Ty Segall’s “Emotional Mugger,” and appeared on various soundtracks, including Archer (FX; J.G. Thirlwell), It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart (TruTV), Sesame Street (PBS) and Fils de Plouc (Sundance 2021; Tredici Bacci). Her projects have been lauded by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Downbeat, and the New York Times, and featured on various official Spotify playlists, including “Best Vocal Jazz of 2021.”Sami has toured North America, Europe, and Australia with various projects, appearing at NYC venues the Cutting Room, Brooklyn Bowl, Smalls, The Jazz Gallery, Roulette, and National Sawdust, and at music festivals Sydney Fest, SXSW, O+ Festival, Phoenicia Intl. Festival of the Voice, and Meltasia. Stevens has led the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, and sang the national anthem at Fenway Park at age 16. She produced and hosted Space is the Place, a music and science radio program on Silent Barn’s Bel-Air, and served as a fellow for Teach to Learn, a global arts education network.
Kazemde George is an African American jazz saxophonist, composer, and beat-maker based in Brooklyn who exhibits a gift for streamlined, emotionally direct melodies, articulated with a warm tone and a certain guiding restraint. Raised by Caribbean parents in Berkeley, California, Kaz was exposed to a wide range of musical styles, and has been playing Piano, Saxophone, and Percussion from an early age.During high school, Kazemde developed a passion for Jazz while studying the oral tradition under the tutelage of Khalil Shaheed, Charles McNeal and Susan Muscarella. He also began to make electronic music under the moniker “KG,B”. KG,B’s beats are inspired by Hip-Hop producers such as J Dilla, Madlib, and Flying Lotus, who he sees as modern the counterparts of early Jazz innovators.In 2007, Kazemde moved to Boston to attend school, and in 2014, Kazemde completed the Harvard/New England Conservatory (NEC) Joint program, receiving his Bachelors in Neurobiology (Harvard) and his Masters in Jazz Composition (NEC). At NEC, Kazemde studied privately with Jerry Bergonzi, Cecil McBee, Donny McCaslin, John McNeil, Jason Moran, Danilo Pérez, and Miguel Zenón. In 2012, he received Harvard’s George Peabody Gardener Fellowship to study traditional music in La Habana, Cuba for ten months. Through his travels, Kaz has expanded his focus from Hip-Hop and Jazz to the full spectrum of musical styles which blossomed from the African Diaspora, including Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, and African-American traditions. As he sees it, the study of these musical styles serves as a way to regain cultural histories that where lost through the processes of African-American Slavery.


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The presidential election will be here soon which means it is almost voting season. Voting is a way of expression; people have the opportunity to voice their opinions and worries. For many, this may be the first time they participate in voting which is crucial. In an article, “9 Reasons We Need Young Voters More Than Ever,” young voters hold a very important role. “Young voters account for half of the voting population, making them a powerful political force.” With that in mind, younger individuals bring in new views and beliefs on certain issues.
Unfortunately, not everyone shows up to vote. According to the article, “Why Voting Matters,” only 62% of Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election. Voting is one of the basic rights as a US citizen. Some may think that their vote doesn’t matter, that is entirely false. Everyone’s support matters. It is a way to demand change to the economy and democracy.
Megan Pociask, the features editor of The Carolinian, discussed her views on the value of voting. “I think voting is important because not only is it a right and privilege, but it’s foundational to our democracy. There are obviously ways that I think the voting process could be wildly improved, but change can’t happen without politically active citizens,” she said.
One group that holds a critical vote are college students. Voting may seem as more of a challenge because they aren’t at home with that voting community. When asked about college students voting, Pociask responded, “I think college students are more likely to vote. Especially now with such heavily divided stances on controversial issues,” she continued, “Many college students might think it’s more difficult since they’re not at home, but there are actually a ton of resources available…The university just sent out a school-wide email informing students of early voting locations.”
Voting is particularly crucial in this present day. Several debatable concerns have come into existence over the last decade. The only way to cause change is to be an active citizen. As stated from the following article, “Why Voting is Important, From the History of Suffrage to Making a Difference Today,” “ It is an effective way of fighting for your beliefs and for the direction you think your country should be headed.” Will you use your voice and vote?
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YA Fiction Genre – What’s the best definition for the YA fiction book genre? The YA (young adult) fiction genre consists of themes, styles, and plot elements that appeal to a younger reading audience. The main character’s age often sets the age of the targeted audience (12-18 (sometimes considered teen fiction) or 16-25 years of age). The subject matter and story lines in the YA fiction genre follow the interest and thoughts of the main character, mirroring the feelings/emotions and circumstances facing their life. YA stories are relevant to the target readers. Most stories include coming of age themes or dealing with high school or college issues, or even trying to make their own way despite their parents.
YA fiction is written in a spectrum of genres.
Books in the young adult fiction genre are often 40-80,000 words in length.
Scroll below now to see 25 YA fiction book genre examples,
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YA Fiction Genre – Examples
Review this list of popular examples to help you get a better understanding of the YA fiction book genre.
1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
2. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
3. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
5. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
6. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
7. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
9. Holes by Louis Sachar
10. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
11. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
12. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
13. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
14. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
15. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
16. The Giver by Lois Lowry
17. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
18. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
19. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
20. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
21. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
23. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
24. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
25. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
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I no longer offer OEM control system tuning with SCT for Fordcummins conversions, as my Allison and 68RFE swap services and products are what I want to focus on. Diesel Conversion Specialists may still be the go to guys for former 6.0 trucks using the factory system.
Fumminstuning.com has made good progress tuning '08-'10 Fummins trucks that have the 5R110 using the factory control system. After seeing some data logs, I am recommending their services at this time. Let me know how it goes with either of these companies if you buy their services.
Even 6.0 powered Fords can also benefit from custom transmission tuning- especially those with taller than stock tires or trucks with gear ratio changes. Blanket speedometer or gear ratio tune changes help, but don't often zone in on the real issues involved with what you do with your truck. Better timing of torque converter lockup, lockup in lower gears, and custom tailored tow/haul features are improvements that can greatly benefit the function of the 5R110 Torqshift.
If you are using the Powertrain Control Solutions TCM-2000 to control a Ford 5R110 Torqshift transmission behind a Cummins and you are frustrated with how it's going, consider giving me a chance to help you. First off, consider the factory system first if your truck had a 6.0 diesel previously, but if it does not suit your needs I can help with the TCM-2000 on a "as I have time" basis. The '08-'10 6.4 or gas powered trucks do not work that great with the factory system.
PCS does not support the 5R110 application and has left that to their dealers. As you may already know- the PCS TCM-2000 was the most popular* aftermarket system available for the 5R110 and there are quite a few in service. It does work, and I am more confident using these than the new TCM-2800 for 5R110s at this point, but tuning the trans is extremely tough for those who are beginners. Even guys that claim they know what they are doing may not, and make excuses for rough or slow completing shifts. These type of shifts are common, but not good - and are caused by incorrect clutch to clutch tuning or trim adjustments. If during the shift it feels like you are tapping on the brake, the clutches are binding. If the engine rpm spikes up during the shift it is flaring.
Adjusting the clutch to clutch parameters correctly requires studying a recording of the transmission data during a test drive, called a data log. Data logs are so important to the tuning process that I'll give you a friendly warning- if someone is helping you tune it without studying a data log they don't know what they are doing and could cause damage to your transmission. Continuing to use a transmission that is not properly tuned can and often will cause damage to the transmission. Since I first started working with the PCS 5R110 controller back in 2008, I have learned it inside out and can get it to reach it's highest potential. I now offer a tuning manual on my forum for continued support of it, see the link below.
At this time, I am not supporting the new 2800 for the 5R110, but if you are having trouble with it let me know - I have worked with it before and can at least give you more informatioin if you have exhausted support from others who claim they have it working flawless. If there is anyone out there with one running well, I'd be happy to see a datalog to prove it! If I'm impressed I'll update the options here.
Advantages the PCS 5R110 control system offers is manual mode shifting, full and "easy" control of line pressure, shift and torque converter lockup points, and fast calibration flashing.
If you need tuning support, signing up for the 5R110 forum may be an option for you if you want to learn how to tune this trans yourself, but I will warn you it's not as easy as it sounds.. Learn how to do a datalog and calibrate your throttle position sensor by watching these videos.
* HGM Automotive Electronics (Compushift) was advertising the ability to control a 5R110 with the Compushift II controller, but it doesn't seem to be one they are working towards with their new Pro tcm. I have not tried any of the Computshift controllers with a 5R110, and haven't heard of anyone that has yet. If anyone out there has and can share a data log with me I can give it a fair review. For some reason, it is not listed under the new Pro or Sport controller at this time.
*Some parts and services offered for sale on this site are intended to be installed only on non-emissions controlled vehicles. You will be reminded to check applicable local and federal laws before your purchase.


Sheyene Institute conducts applied research and development in Autonomous Navigation Technologies (ANTs) for the purpose of mining, and manufacturing on the Moon, Mars and with asteroids. The primary technical goal of the Sheyene Institute is to develop fully autonomous operations, navigation, and decision-making capabilities for deployment on in situ planetary and lunar missions. Learn more+
Velodyne LiDar USA & Sheyene Technology.
We have been working with Miss Gerardi in the development of a customized micro-LiDAR array with software automation system integration needed for robotic dogs to improve mining operations using autonomous robots. Secondary application of all-in-one micro- LiDAR will be used by Sheyene Institute to carry out research and development in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and for deployment on in situ planetary and lunar missions.
Town of Palm Beach awards Sheyene Technology.
TOWN OF PALM BEACH PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS DIVISION.
Sheyene Technology is now Trusted Government Solutions Provider.
Sheyene Technology is trusted government supplier to the NNSA`s Sandia National Laboratories; most recently, we have been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as team partner to carry out research and development in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV).
Sheyene is advancing her plan to support both technological literacy and direct participation in space. She is creating a series of robotics competitions, with the goal of replicating it on a global scale. The technological progress achieved through the robotics competitions will be funneled back to NASA missions. Her participation will facilitate her access to its cutting-edge scientific advances, enhancing the existing partnership.
Robots in space - Science fiction?
She arrives looking as glossy as one might anticipate, in black and long blond hair neatly coiffed. She is slim, certainly, but not neurotically so. Instead, her body looks as healthy as her beautiful and animated face. In addition, Sheyene herself has a fascinating and inspiring background and commitment to benefit others. Her voice is soft, but she herself is straightforward, unpretentious and candid to an almost disarming degree. She is not lovely looking, but simply lovely, full stop.
The former actress and robotics founder candidly shares the challenges she'd faced in her life and expounds upon her plans to take her robotic workforce to space.
Sheyene Gerardi - NASA CLASS Planetary Landing Research Lab, 2018.
The NASA´s CLASS Planetary Landing Research Laboratory, a node of the Center for Lunar & Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), was co-founded by Sheyene Gerardi in 2018. The NASA-funded Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) incorporates the NASA centers in the southeast (KSC and MSFC), a wide network of researchers, planetary scientists, geologists, geochemists, dynamicists, engineers, physicists and leading Institutions from across the world to facilitate NASA's exploration.
The NASA CLASS Planetary Landing Research Laboratory is composed of a dynamic partnership between the NASA Kennedy Space Center and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and is headed by UCF Pegasus Professor Daniel T. Britt.
Sheyene Gerardi Infusing Scientific Progress into Robotics Outreach
NASA’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) announced an expanded collaboration with Venezuelan actress Sheyene Gerardi to advance space robotics through visionary, global participation in space. Sheyene Gerardi, a well-known Venezuelan soap opera star and model, has been appointed a member of NASA’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) as the Lead for Robotics Outreach. This world-class institution of planetary scientists and space technologists invited Sheyene to join them because of her visionary work fusing space robotics technology development with humanitarian development on Earth.
Space Education Outreach with Sheyene Gerardi
Sheyene Gerardi is partnering with the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida to bring Robotics education to South and Central American schools to serve unprivileged children...
...During this first phase, The team is creating educational videos, a robotics curriculum, a series of robotics competitions.
...To establish a pipeline to jobs, the team focuses on hands-on robotics culminating in a college-level competition styled after NASA’s highly successful Robotic Mining Competition (NASA RMC). The goal is that South and Central Americas winners will be able to compete in a global robotics championship with the winners of NASA RMC and similar competitions now forming across the globe. Bringing South American students into this community will create opportunities for employment, global partnerships, and establishment of new businesses in their home communities.


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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer in various fields, and clinical oncology is no exception. With its ability to analyze vast amounts of data and identify patterns that might not be apparent to human experts, AI is revolutionizing cancer care. One area where AI is making a significant impact is in the early detection of cancer, which is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Early cancer detection is challenging because symptoms are often subtle or non-existent in the early stages. By the time symptoms become noticeable, the cancer may have already advanced, making treatment more difficult and less effective. This is where AI comes in, offering the potential to detect cancer at its earliest stages when it is most treatable.
AI algorithms can analyze medical images, such as mammograms or CT scans, with incredible precision and speed. They can detect even the tiniest abnormalities that might be missed by human radiologists. This not only improves the accuracy of cancer diagnosis but also reduces the chances of false negatives or false positives, which can lead to unnecessary treatments or missed opportunities for early intervention.
Moreover, AI can analyze a patient’s medical history, genetic information, and lifestyle factors to assess their risk of developing cancer. By considering multiple variables simultaneously, AI algorithms can provide personalized risk assessments, allowing healthcare providers to identify individuals who may benefit from early screening or preventive measures. This proactive approach can potentially save lives by catching cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most treatable.
Another way AI is transforming early cancer detection is through the analysis of patient data from electronic health records (EHRs). AI algorithms can mine EHRs to identify patterns and trends that might indicate the presence of cancer. For example, they can analyze a patient’s symptoms, laboratory results, and medication history to flag potential cases of cancer that might have been missed by healthcare providers. This can help reduce diagnostic delays and ensure that patients receive timely and appropriate care.
Furthermore, AI can assist in the interpretation of pathology slides, which are crucial for diagnosing cancer. Traditionally, pathologists have manually examined slides under a microscope, a time-consuming and error-prone process. AI algorithms can analyze digital images of pathology slides and highlight areas that might contain cancer cells, allowing pathologists to focus their attention on these regions. This not only speeds up the diagnostic process but also improves accuracy, leading to more reliable cancer diagnoses.
Despite the immense potential of AI in early cancer detection, there are challenges that need to be addressed. One of the main concerns is the need for large and diverse datasets to train AI algorithms effectively. Collaboration between healthcare institutions and the sharing of anonymized patient data can help overcome this hurdle. Additionally, ensuring the ethical use of AI and maintaining patient privacy are crucial considerations that must be carefully addressed.
In conclusion, AI is playing a transformative role in early cancer detection. By analyzing medical images, patient data, and pathology slides, AI algorithms can identify cancer at its earliest stages, improving patient outcomes and potentially saving lives. However, further research and collaboration are needed to fully harness the power of AI in clinical oncology. With continued advancements in AI technology and increased collaboration among researchers and healthcare providers, the future of cancer care looks promising.


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Cert Nurse Asst/Unit Secretary - Med/Surg Cardiac Step Down A6
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi Shoreline
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Working under the supervision of a nurse, the Certified Nurse Assistant II acts as the primary clerical resource for the unit as well as performs various patient care activities. This is a dual role position which functions as a Certified Nurse Assistant and a Unit Secretary. This position serves as an important link in the communication chain ensuring information is transmitted between nursing personnel, other hospital personnel, physicians, patients, family members and guests.
A6 is a 27-bed Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown unit in the Pavilion building. We care for cardiac patients who need medical management including CHR, heart attack or arrest. We do have patients with Cardiac drips and also take overflow patients from the Neuro Telemetry floor and from Med Surg.A6 has a dedicated team that is known for delivering exceptional patient care together with outstanding customer service.
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- High School diploma or equivalent.
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[Music] Cheque ft Fireboy – History
PentHauze Releases A New Song titled “History” by the label’s young star, Cheque featuring YBNL’s Fireboy.
Zoom crooner, Cheque and Headies Award Winning artiste, Fireboy DML teams up to deliver HISTORY. This an inspirational song for every young aspiring youth out there, Produced by Andry (who produced the Zoom hit record).
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Recently, deep learning technology have been extensively used in the field of image recognition. However, its main application is the recognition and detection of ordinary pictures and common scenes. It is challenging to effectively and expediently analyze remote-sensing images obtained by the image acquisition systems on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which includes the identification of the target and calculation of its position. Aerial remote sensing images have different shooting angles and methods compared with ordinary pictures or images, which makes remote-sensing images play an irreplaceable role in some areas. In this study, a new target detection and recognition method in remote-sensing images is proposed based on deep convolution neural network (CNN) for the provision of multilevel information of images in combination with a region proposal network used to generate multiangle regions-of-interest. The proposed method generated results that were much more accurate and precise than those obtained with traditional ways. This demonstrated that the model proposed herein displays tremendous applicability potential in remote-sensing image recognition.


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Scott Ian Releasing “I’m The Man” Autobiography In OctoberFriday, 11th July 2014
On October 14, Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, will publish I’m The Man: The Official Story Of Anthrax, the long–awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, a founding member of legendary, ground-breaking and influential thrash–metal band ANTHRAX.
The official book-release party will be held October 10 at Largo in Los Angeles.
In this fast-paced, humorous, and revealing memoir from the leader of a band that proved to the masses that brutality and fun didn’t have to be mutually exclusive, Ian will tell his life story, starting with his upbringing as a nerdy Jewish boy in Queens, New York, and evolving through his first musical epiphany when he saw THE WHO on television and decided he wanted to play guitar. Not long after, Ian saw KISS at Madison Square Garden and realized what he wanted to do with his life. The book will chronicle his adolescence in a dysfunctional home, his escapism through the turbulent world of heavy metal, and the complete history of ANTHRAX, starting with the band’s formation through the present day reinvigoration with the return of vocalist Joey Belladonna, the release of Worship Music, and their triumphant performance at Yankee Stadium with the Big Four of thrash: METALLICA, SLAYER, and MEGADETH. The book will also feature eye-popping full-color autobiographical comic book inserts.
For I’m The Man, Ian will be working with Jon Wiederhorn, co-author of the books Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal and Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Wiederhorn is a senior writer at Revolver and a regular contributor to Guitar World, Noisey.com, eMusic.com, and Yahoo Music! He has also worked on staff at Rolling Stone, Guitar, Guitar.com, and MusicPlayer.com.

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text: This qualitative study examined the life experience of Mr. Benjamin S. Ruffin through an interpretative biography and portraiture. The interpretative biography is a nontraditional approach to biography that creates the subject in context (Denzin, 1989) and portraiture extends the narrative from a story of life experience to a "dynamic interaction of values, personality, structure, and history" (Lawrence-Lightfoot, 1997, p. 11).;The American university is one of society's key institutions, perhaps the leading organization available to respond to changing social imperatives (Benjamin, 2003). Examining the life experiences of Ben Ruffin as a social activist and education leader in North Carolina enhanced our understanding of governance in higher education.;The data drawn from interviews, observations, document review, photo elicitation and archival research concluded that Ruffin's black consciousness, cultural cohesion, and leadership development informed his practice in university governance.;Ben Ruffin's life experience provided him with a black consciousness that helped him analyze and empathize with the difficulty of growing up poor and black in America. This phase of his development shaped how he would come to view the world. Through cultural cohesion, he achieved success against difficult odds and recognized the role of poverty and racism in the marginalization of first a community and then a people. The Civil Rights era resulted in the development of Ruffin as an activist. Ruffin's formal and informal roles within organizations propelled him to assume leadership positions as he engaged in activities that ensured social justice and access to opportunities for blacks in the Jim Crow South. This phase would define Ruffin's leadership style, one that would require him to create a bridge between his world in black Durham and that of white Durham.;The development of key leadership skills strengthened his resolve to enhance life for blacks and also to reach beyond the boundaries of race and class to affect change across North Carolina. The Ruffin model demonstrates an individual's ability to transcend circumstance and move beyond circles of race and class to affect change on significant levels for the broader community.


The 49-year-old Canadian actress attended the AMBI Gala at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto Wednesday evening, and we have to say, this may be one of her best looks yet.
Wearing a stunning pink floor-length Gauri and Nainika gown with a rose motif at the bust, the former "Baywatch" star oozed of elegance and glam, especially with her white satin evening gloves.
For her beauty look, Pam pulled her signature blond locks into a chic chignon, with wavy tendrils framing her face. Dramatic smoky eyes and glossy pink lips completed the look.
During the dinner, Anderson took to the stage with the evening's host, Martin Short, who was dressed as Jiminy Glick, for a one-on-one interview. While indulging in a few donuts, Pam revealed her beauty secret:
"Donuts and sex," she told Short with a giggle.
Also in attendance for the gala was honorary co-chair, James Franco, Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha, boxer Mike Tyson, actor William Baldwin, Grammy-award winning songstress Thelma Houston and Toronto socialite, Sylvia Mantella. The annual event, whose sponsors this year included Swarovski and Grey Goose, aims to raise proceeds for charities in the community, with this year's funds going to Children's Aid Foundation and UforChange.
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Cruise America will provide customers with memberships of The Dyrt PRO, what it described as “the fastest-growing camping search platform in the U.S.” The Dyrt PRO is available on both app stores and the web.
The partnership comes at a key time, the companies said, as more people are planning camping trips than ever before.
“Historically, there have been 80 million Americans who camp, and we’re expecting that number to be heading closer to 100 million in 2021,” said Kevin Long, CEO of The Dyrt. “Meanwhile, our users are signing up for The Dyrt PRO at a rate 20x faster than this time last year. This partnership brings two high-growth companies together to make camping easier for our respective customers.”
Cruise America said its renters will automatically receive free 90-day memberships to The Dyrt PRO with any rental, effective immediately.


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This book presents a series of high level contributions from leading research groups around the world in the field of cement and concrete science. It deals with the rapidly advancing subject of the interfaces between the components of cementitious materials: cements, aggregates, fibres, reinforcement. It will be valuable for all those involved with research and development into cement and concrete materials.
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Supervisors v. Kennicott, 103 U.S. 554 (1880)
U.S. Supreme CourtSupervisors v. Kennicott, 103 U.S. 554 (1880)
Supervisors v. Kennicott
103 U.S. 554
1. A stipulation, signed by the parties or their attorneys and filed with the clerk of the circuit court, submitting a civil cause for trial on an agreed statement of facts is " a stipulation in writing waiving a jury" within the meaning of sec. 649 of the Revised Statutes.
2. This Court has authority under sec. 700 of the Revised Statutes to determine, as in case of a special verdict, whether the facts set forth in such statement are sufficient in law to support the judgment, although the finding of the circuit court on them be in form general.
3. An appeal was taken by a county from a decree of foreclosure rendered against it upon a mortgage of its lands to secure the bonds of a railroad company. The decree was affirmed, and the costs of the appeal were paid. Held that the liability of the county and its sureties upon the supersedeas bond is limited to such damages as resulted from a delay in the sale of the lands, and does not include the balance remaining unpaid of the decree after applying thereto the proceeds of the sale, nor the interest thereon which accrued pending the appeal.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.


President Hails Completion of Tibet Railway
[WTN-L World Tibet Network News. Published by The Canada Tibet Committee. Issue ID: 05/10/15; October 15, 2005.]
CRIENGLISH.com (Source: Xinhua)
Chinese President Hu Jintao hailed the completion of track-laying for Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest railway, in a letter to the builders Saturday.
Hu praised the landmark project as a major achievement in China's modernization drive, saying the railway will boost the development of the western region, step up the economic and social development of Qinghai province and Tibet Autonomous Region, improve the lives of people along the line, and strengthen solidarity of various ethnic groups.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's longest plateau railroad, stretching 1,956 kilometers from Qinghai's provincial capital Xining to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Some 960 kilometers of its tracks are located 4,000 meters above sea level and the highest point is 5,072 meters, at least 200 meters higher than the Peruvian railway in the Andes, which was formerly the world's most elevated track.
Tibet makes up one eighth of the Chinese territory, but inconvenient transportation has long hindered the region's economic and social development.
With the new railway, Tibet will be linked with other parts of the country by rail. The railway is expected to carry 75 percent of all the inbound cargoes into Tibet, slashing transportation costs by a big margin and boosting the local economy.
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The flood of demagoguery and incompetence that has been the Trump presidency crested last Wednesday.
People died that day because of what Trump did. On that day, however, people also kept dying because of what Trump hasn’t done.
A week ago, the country set a daily record for COVID-19 deaths. We broke that record a day later.
A domestic siege of the U.S. Capitol — aided and abetted by the president — is unprecedented. For months, however, the nation has been under an unprecedented public health siege that President Trump tried to wish away. Each happened because Trump chose lies over reality and his enablers let it happen.
The president summoned his anti-democratic goons to Washington on the lie that Joe Biden stole the election. Beginning last February, the president summoned his anti-science political and media allies to a campaign against the truth of COVID-19.
Both lies feature many of the same co-conspirators. Right-wing media talkers dismissed the virus as a plot by Democrats and the deep state against Trump. Medal of Freedom honoree Rush Limbaugh compared it to “the common cold.”
Gov. DeSantis did his part, perpetuating the myth that Florida could have Spring Break and full football stadiums despite the pandemic. The governor embraced the ravings of Scott Atlas, Trump’s preferred virus “expert.” Few Republicans in Florida challenged Trump’s anti-science orthodoxy, even when he recommend bleaching and sunlight injection.
With such acquiescence in place, why would Trump have expected any GOP dissent to his lies about the election? He got none in Florida from Republicans who mattered.
Once the goons had stormed the Capitol, some of them reportedly smearing excrement on the walls, we heard from Florida’s craven Republican senators. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott condemned the violence. Both refused to remove Trump a year ago. They get no pass.
Similarly, DeSantis ran from his own rhetoric. After the election, he urged Trump to “fight on.” Trump did.
Among those subservient Florida Republicans is a cold-eyed political calculus. They want to avoid annoying the Trump cultists, for fear of a primary challenge or not having their support for higher office.
Similarly, Trump hopes to retain his standing, if not run again. During his non-concession concession speech, Trump told the cultists, “Our incredible journey is only just beginning.”
But here’s another cold-eyed political calculus beyond the horror of last week and the last 10 months: Do Republicans want to stick with such a loser?
After Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won in Georgia, Donald Trump became the first president since Herbert Hoover in 1932 to lose both houses of Congress and re-election. Ironically, those most wishing for Trump’s fade to irrelevance might be GOP party leaders. They realize the damage Trump has done to their brand. They worry that he might run as a third-party candidate.
They never understood that Trump ran as a Republican only as the means to his end. Party doesn’t matter to Trump. Neither does country. Only Trump matters.
In return for appointing right-wing judges, decimating environmental regulations and isolating us from our allies, Trump demanded total loyalty and got it. For the Republican Party, the reckoning has arrived.
In a week — perhaps sooner — what Donald Trump says won’t matter. He will lose many or all of the social media platforms that gave him air.
Yet the temptation to follow him — will remain. Right-wing sites are competing to see which can lie more forcefully to the cultists.
But traditional media also have profited from — and helped — Trump. One study after the 2016 election found that he had received more than twice the free media of Hillary Clinton.
Much may remain to report about Donald Trump. Soon, however, there will be no reason to hear from Trump. The cleanup at the Capitol is a metaphor for the cleanup that confronts Biden,
Many thousands of Americans will keep dying of COVID-19. Trump might have spent the last nine weeks working on the vaccine rollout. Instead, he kept lying and the cultists kept believing, until it was too late. Donald Trump surrendered to the virus and made war on American democracy.


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Man verbally abused 101 call taker
- Credit: Cambridgeshire Police
A man who verbally abused a 101 call taker has been jailed for six weeks.
Dale Turner, 38, called the force’s non-emergency line on February 9 for an update on a crime.
He was forwarded onto an officer but when his call didn’t go through he became agitated and began insulting the call taker.
Turner, of Maryland Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Friday August 27 after pleading guilty to sending a communication of an offensive nature at a previous hearing.
He was also ordered to pay £150 in compensation.
PC Morgan Gerrity, who investigated, said: “Our call handlers support the public in reporting crimes and provide advice on a whole host of issues.
“Abusive behaviour towards them will not be tolerated.”
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Srinagar, May 15 : Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) has handed over the city’s many parking zones to Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL), an official said on Monday.
A senior official at SDA told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the move was aimed at including the operations of the parking facilities in Srinagar under the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS).
In view of the functioning of ITMS and subsequent operations of parking zones under the same project, we have handed over the operations of the city’s many parking facilities to SSCL, the official said, adding that the parking facilities include that of the Press Enclave, Sheikh Bagh, mechanized car parking, and one at the Residency road.
He said the properties will be of SDA; however, their operations and maintenance will now be overseen by Srinagar Smart City Limited.
“With ITMS in place, there will be real-time monitoring and information available regarding the space in the parking facilities as the project has a command centre in place,” the official said.
The Intelligent Traffic Management System not only features adaptive traffic control, red light violations, speed violations, and zebra crossing violations but also a parking space status display.
With the system of ITMS in place in Srinagar, the traffic police authorities are hopeful that the new system will automatically detect apparent traffic violations like speeding, driving without a helmet or seat belt, driving on the wrong side or while talking on the phone, traffic light violations and even overloading in public transport.
As the city is struggling with the space for parking facilities for vehicles, the Srinagar Development Authority last week operationalised the highly-anticipated 300-vehicle capacity parking zone in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar


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Parental responsibility quotes are easy to understand that’s why they are very popular with many parents. In addition to the quote that we’ve just read that says, “the brown bag lunch, of course, has its faults,” there are many other ways that we can say that the lunch pail has had its share of flaws. Let’s look at some of these flaws and how we can use them to our benefit.
The most common flaw that can be found in the brown bag lunch is the lack of a healthy diet. As a parent, you must have realized by now that healthy eating is the cornerstone of any parenting plan. While some children eat roast beef sandwiches in the morning, others have chocolate chip peanut butter. We have to remember that these brown bags and the peanut butter sandwiches symbolize parental responsibility and love. Without these, how can a child know whether all those brown bags contain ‘healthy diets.’? How can they know how to exercise when they don’t know where to get the food from?
Amount Of Time Spent In Kitchen
Another flaw that we see with parental responsibility quotes and this flaw is the amount of time spent in the kitchen preparing lunch for the children. If you can give the children a snack before school, after school, or on their own, you will be doing them a favor. By having a healthy lunchtime, you will be showing your children that they can be a responsible kid and still eat a meal.
Make A List Of Healthy Recipes For Your Children
It’s a bad idea to spend all day cooking, reheating, and frying food for your children. This can be exhausting for both parents and children. A great solution to this problem is to make a list of healthy recipes for your children. Then you can show them how these recipes can be made healthier with the addition of whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
Children need to be kept healthy, too. We all know the importance of getting plenty of vitamins and minerals in our diets. And while it is true that these things help our bodies, there is also research that shows that they help boost confidence and overall emotional well being for kids. The same is true for kids.
Find What Children Like To Eat
A good rule of thumb is to find what children like to eat and then include those foods on your menu. While you might think that your child might eat anything, you might surprise yourself by the variety of choices they might make for lunch.
Another point that you need to keep in mind is that sometimes food isn’t always a priority for kids. Some kids might not have their favorite foods in the house, so you may want to consider bringing in snacks in the form of healthy protein bars, fruit bars, or other healthy foods. This will help to fill in the times when the kids aren’t eating.
And last but certainly not least, remember that you are a parent. When it comes to meals for kids, make sure that the meal is a healthy one. There is nothing wrong with serving them healthy food when they are not hungry and served properly.
And speaking of the proper way, the best way to have a healthy meal for your kids is to plan and prepare the meal ahead of time. One of the great things about preparing food in advance is that you can let your children help make the meal the night before, and then it will be ready when everyone else is at home. This allows you to let your kids have their fun helping and eating the meal together.
It’s also a good idea to set aside a specific time for everything. If you plan a potluck for your family, it makes sense to make sure everyone has a seat and a table for the meal. This will also make for a fun gathering that will keep everyone involved. There are many other ways that you can use as part of your parenting skills to help encourage kids to eat better. Parental responsibility quotes are great to share with your kids to help them stay healthy.

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Oct 8, 2010, 3:15 PM
The Association of Non-governmental Organization (TANGO) in partnership with the non-state actors’ strengthening program on 21st September 2011 concluded a three-day capacity building exercise on raising the awareness of stakeholders on the linkages between human rights and development. The training session was held at the Regional Education conference hall in Janjangbureh town, CRR south.
According to the organizers, the objectives of the programme include to empower duty bearers in the promotion of human rights and good governance in order to enhance national development through the application of human rights standards and principles in the development process.
The training was jointly conducted by the program manager of TANGO, Madi Jobarteh, and the National Coordinator of the Child Protection Alliance, Njundu Drammeh.
The programme further seeks to introduce right-based approaches in empowering duty bearers to understand their role as development workers and human rights defenders of citizens who are the rights holders.
“Right-based approach to development simply means citizens are rights holders who have a right to development, and that state institutions and officials are duty bearers who are obligated to provide development goods and services to the people” the activists said.
“There cannot be any meaningful development, if the people are not well-informed and skilled to take charge of their responsibilities as citizens, and work collectively to achieve their desired objectives”, said Madi Jobarteh.
Jobarteh went further to disclose that the project will last for twelve months, and that it targets duty bearers in Central River Region, Lower River Region, North Bank Region and the Greater Banjul Area.
He noted that the idea is to introduce rights-based approaches to development, as development is a human right.
The resource persons defined human rights as those rights that belong to every individual, man or woman, girl or boy, infant or elder just because one is a human being.
They said human rights cannot be given or taken away from anyone by any authority or person, and this is why Chapter 4 of the Gambian Constitution has entrenched provisions dedicated to the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, which form the basis of the right of citizens to all development goods and services.
He emphasized that without the respect, protection and fulfillment of the human rights and development needs of people, one cannot therefore realize one’s full human potential and human dignity.
In various presentations using local and international legal and human rights instruments, Madi and Njundu noted that for far too long development workers and governments around the world perceived development to be merely a need which can be satisfied with the provision goods and services. But they pointed out that after many decades many societies have realized that despite the heavy investment in social and economic sectors, poverty continues to increase in many societies, while the standard of living dropped as well.
The trainers said the missing link has been the disregard of human rights as the basis of development hence, over the years, many development organizations such as ActionAid International or governments such as the European Union have realized that development must be focused on and approached from the perspective of rights.
This paradigm shift, Madi noted, informs the rationale for the project which TANGO is now implementing in order to raise the awareness and understanding of Gambian government officials to utilize the importance of rights-based approaches in order to improve development interventions and achieve national objectives.
The three-day training also focused on the issue of corruption, and how it impedes national development. They defined corruption as abuse of public or private office for personal gain or improperly or unlawfully enriching oneself or misusing of public power entrusted to one.
Many people have viewed human rights as negative or a foreign concept, but in the course f the three days, participants came to realize that the core issue in every society lies in human rights.
The chief of Janjanbureh, Seyfo Bakary Jam Jawo, spoke of the importance of the training. Chief Jawo added that the knowledge and skills learnt at the training session will be well utilized.
He commended TANGO and its partners for the bold initiative, and urged them to continue the good work.


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The late deputy bursar of the Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, Alhaji Ayuba Olaitan, who died during Nigeria’s match against South Africa would have been happily married by Sunday, Daily Trust reports.
The late deputy bursar was said to drawn his breath after the dramatic penalty awarded to South Africa by the referee after a VAR check.
The decision which led to cancellation of Nigeria’s second goal and the resultant penalty left many fans in panic and surprise.
At the last count, about five Nigeria’s including a youth corper, former House of Reps member and an Ivory Coast based business mogul among others reportedly died because of the decision.
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The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles went ahead to win the match 4-2 on penalties.
Speaking with our correspondent during the Fidau for the late deputy bursar on Saturday, a family member of the deceased, Mr Ayuba Akeem, who confirmed his Nikkah on Sunday, described the deceased as a “philanthropist to the core”
“He was a very generous man and a pillar of the family. He was kind to family members, political associates and colleagues and was ever ready to put smiles on faces within his capacity no matter the problem people brought to him.
“And contrary to the narrative outside, we believe that his death was destined by Almighty Allah at the exact moment and place he died and not because of the match. He would still have died that hour if he didn’t watch the encounter”, he added.
Also a female family member and colleague, Aisha, who also spoke to our correspondent recall that “He was the one that drove us home that day from Malete to Ilọrin.
“He was hale and healthy and we ate together before we left the office. He was even telling some of his colleagues that he might not watch the match because he doesn’t want anything that would trouble him.
“When we arrived, the second half of the match had already started and he instructed his son, Umar, to put on the generator because there was no light.
“He was the one that put on the television, there was no any issue of dizziness and he watched the match at home, not a viewing centre. He was sitting on the chair and placed his head backwards when his some was telling him daddy can you hear/see what is happening in this match?
“We believe that was the time he was destined to die which only coincided with the period of the match”, she added.
During the event, the former president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, gave two of the deceased children university scholarships.
Saraki who was represented by a former House of Assembly member and one time APC chairman in the state, Hon Ishola Balogun Fulani, described the deceased as a community leader and family man whose demise will be difficult to fill.
He prayed Almighty Allah to grant the deceased Aljannat Firdaus.
The late bursar, who lost his first wife four years ago, is survived by four children and an aged mother.


It’s been nearly five decades since Jimi Hendrix played his last guitar chord.
But fans can still look forward to a new release of music from Hendrix, who was 27 when he died on Sept. 18, 1970.
Rolling Stone and Spin magazines report that a 13-track recording called “Both Sides of the Sky” will be released March 9 on CD, digital and vinyl.
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What is the Cost of Living at Fresno State?
Room, board, as well as other charges can add up to a great deal. How much does Fresno State request for these essentials, and just how does this school compare to others?
How This Affects Your College Costs
Make the best college decision for you by understanding the true cost of college. Start by knowing just how much you will be paying annually for housing, food, and more.
Room and Board Costs & Expenses
California State University - Fresno offers students both housing and dining options. The on-campus housing cost for a standard student was $4,779 in 2016 - 2017, and the price of a standard meal plan was $4,130.
Discover California State University - Fresno costs for both on-campus and off-campus housing, as well as dining plans in addition to other charges in the the next table.
|Expense||On Campus||Off Campus|
|Room and Board||$9,386||$12,492|
|Other Living Expenses||$2,254||$2,658|
|Books and Supplies||$1,792||$1,792|
What's Room & Board Going to Cost Over 4 Years? The Sum Comes to $52,021
For the past five years, Fresno State housing and dining costs have adjusted 1.5% per year on average. Current incoming freshmen should expect to pay an average of $13,186 for room, board and other costs according to current movements. Two-year students would spend close to $13,065 in their last year, while bachelor degree students will likely shell out $12,944 for their last year.
Students obtaining their bachelor's degree will wind up having to pay a total sum of $52,021 in living costs by the time they complete their degree, while students obtaining their associates degree may pay a total sum of $26,251.
Living on Fresno State Campus
|Are Freshmen Required to Live On Campus?||No|
|On-Campus Housing Capacity||1,139|
|Max Number of Meal-Plan Meals Per Week||N/A|
Below Average Costs for Room & Board
Students at California State University - Fresno pay just $13,432 for room, board and other living expenses. A good deal considering the typical price is $14,288.


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Associate sociology Prof. Julie Brines and doctoral candidate Brian Serafini presented the findings at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Seattle, WA.
The results of the research suggest that divorce filings could be driven by a “domestic ritual” calendar governing family behavior.
The team found that divorce consistently peaks during the months of August and March – times that follow winter and summer holidays.
Prof. Brines mentions that troubled couples may see the holidays as a time to mend relationships, and they might believe that if they have a happy Christmas or a successful camping trip, everything will be “fixed” and their lives will improve.
However, in reality, those periods of the year can be both emotionally charged and stressful for many, and they may expose cracks in a marriage. The seasonal nature of divorce filings may reflect the disillusionment unhappy spouses experience when vacation time does not live up to their high expectation, the research team points out.
New school year may influence divorce month in couples with children
“People tend to face the holidays with rising expectations, despite what disappointments they might have had in years past,” says Prof. Brines.
“They represent periods in the year when there’s the anticipation or the opportunity for a new beginning, a new start, something different, a transition into a new period of life. It’s like an optimism cycle, in a sense. They’re very symbolically charged moments in time for the culture,” she adds.
Couples may make a conscious decision to file for divorce in August, following the family vacation, and before the kids start back at school. Prof. Brines and colleagues examined the reason for the divorce spike in March. Given that March is a few months after the winter holidays, is there still a connection between divorce and vacations?
Prof. Brines suggests that while considerations for divorce are the same during both peak periods – sorting finances, finding an attorney, summoning the courage to go ahead – the start of the school year may hasten decisions for couples with children in August.
The divorce peak in March could also be influenced by the trend of a rise in suicides in spring. Experts also indicate that the extra daylight and increased activity during that time of year elevates mood enough to motivate people to act.
Source: Medical news today


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It's 90-something degrees outside, and Curtis Bytnar is crouched inside the metal food truck that is home to his hot-dog business, Big Red's, but despite the temperature and the fact that he’s just inches from a hot grill and a bubbling deep fryer, Bytnar has a huge grin on his face. This is exactly where he wants to be.
The truck is a far cry from where Bytnar has spent most of his culinary career. After completing school, Bytnar worked his way up to the positions of sous chef at C.I. Shenanigans, executive chef at the Wolf Lodge Steakhouse in Coeur d’Alene, and one of only three chefs at the Davenport Hotel. But after several years as a relative higher-up in the local culinary industry, Bytnar decided he had had enough of the intense culture.
“I’m not a competitive person,” says Bytnar. “I don’t feel like I’ve got to do any talking. I’ll let my food do the talking. I let it speak for itself, because I feel like it can.”
Bytnar grew up in Chicago, around what he calls a “melting pot” of cultures that have produced food that he calls “just out of this world.” But upon moving to Spokane, Bytnar discovered that the Inland Northwest lacked the kind of food he had grown accustomed to back home. So he decided to just make it himself.
Despite the small space inside his truck on Spokane’s far-west side, Bytnar has a vast menu, consisting of hot dogs, specialty sandwiches, and fries, with nothing more expensive than $8. He says he orders his dogs from Chicago and his special buns from Philadelphia, using those as the basis for both classic items and more creative takes, like the bacon-wrapped dog ($6), which is topped with caramelized onions, cream cheese, barbecue sauce and, of course, bacon.
But Bytnar also shines when it comes to fries.
His garlic fries ($4.50) are made with tons of minced garlic and parsley.
It’s hard to find something that doesn’t sound good on the menu, which has vegetarian options as well. But it’s Bytnar’s obvious passion for what he does that makes Big Red’s more than just a juicy hotdog stand.
“Pride, passion and love — those are the three things you have to have to succeed,” says Bytnar. (Tiffany Harms)
Big Red’s • Parking lot on the corner of Sunset Hwy. and Government Way • Open Tue-Fri, 11 am-6 pm; Sat from 11 am-5 pm • 991-2359
Americana on a Plate
Rising gas prices may have curtailed our tradition of Sunday drives, but breakfast out is still an affordable treat at Jonesy's Family Restaurant. The interior has changed several times since Sambo’s occupied the same spot in the ’50s, yet Jonesy’s channels some of that classic diner vibe — homey, fast-paced, a never-ending cup of coffee, booths and counter seating looking out on Coeur d’Alene’s tree-lined Sherman Avenue area.
Operated by Tim and Erica Mitchell, who also own Mangia Catering and formerly ran Mangia in both Spokane and Post Falls, Jonesy’s offers breakfast well under $10 for hearty eaters. Dad’s Giant Breakfast Burritos are portions your pops will approve of: three eggs, meat (bacon, chorizo or a combination of bacon, sausage and ham), potatoes, cheese ($6). We liked the scrambles, especially the veggie, with peppers, onions, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes and feta ($6.50). For carb-loaders, there’s the Jax Wagon — one buttered biscuit, gravy, two bacon or sausage, and a half-order of potatoes ($7).
A few lunch menu items scrape the $10 ceiling — steak with mashed potatoes and a side, the third-pound Nae Nae burger, with avocado, bacon and cheddar — and a few salmon dishes sneak over the mark. Otherwise, expect the same reasonable prices and generous portions as breakfast in classics like spaghetti and meatballs, fish and chips, and oven-roasted turkey ($7-$9).
More classic diner fare includes tuna melts ($7.50), a club sandwich ($7.50), and burgers with a side of fries, tater tots, potato/pasta/green salad, or soup ($6-$10). Sometimes there’s a twist, like avocado on the BLT ($8) or the balsamic reduction on the ribeye cheese steak sandwich with caramelized onions ($9). Add burgers, salads, homemade soup and occasional specials.
All that’s missing? Blue plates. (Carrie Scozzaro)
Jonesy’s Restaurant • 819 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene • Open Tue-Sun 6:00 am–2 pm • (208) 666-1641


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Another polish from my buddy Hanna! She spoils me. Not that I'm complaining :-)
Topshop's Gypsy Night is a black polish with flakies and multicolored glitter. It's as amazing as it sounds.
Application was a breeze, two easy peasy coats and Gypsy Night was opaque. I'm completely in love with it.
I had one heck of a time to get the flakies to show up in my pictures, my camera did not know how to handle all the glimmery goodness.
Here's two coats of Topshop Gypsy Night, over a coat of Seche Vite.


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Soy-rubbed tenderloinFrom bluewaterandsand 9 years ago
How to make it
- Allow the beef to stand at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place the tenderloin in a 13 by 9-inch glass baking dish and
- rub all over with the soy sauce. Rub the meat all over with generous
- amount of black pepper.
- Roast the tenderloin for 45 to 50 minutes, depending on the degree of doneness you prefer. (Using a meat thermometer, 125 degrees F is rare; 135 degrees F is medium rare; and 140 degrees F is medium.)
- Remove from the oven and allow the meat to rest for 15 minutes before you slice it.