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as much as 0.4 per cent of India's population has aids . The country has the sixth highest incidence of aids in Southeast Asia, says a World Bank ( wb ) report titled Confronting aids : Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic . The report adds that the problem is growing rapidly in India and Pakistan.
The situation is at its worst in Thailand, where 2.1 per cent of the adult population is reported to be infected with hiv , the virus that causes aids . In Cambodia, the figure stands at 1.9 per cent. In Myanmar and Maldives, the figure is 1.5 and 0.6 respectively. "In many developing countries, the aids epidemic is spreading rapidly," the wb officials warned at a meeting held to mark the release of the report on November 3 in Washington dc . They said "a multi-pronged strategy" needs to be urgently drawn up to prevent the disease from becoming a "full blown" epidemic.
The incidence of aids is high among users of injectable drugs in the Northeastern states and prostitutes in South India. In other parts of the country, the epidemic is in the nascent stage, the report says.
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Country Music Hall of Fame member Jean Shepard, a legendary presence at the Grand Ole Opry, died on Sunday in Gallatin, Tenn. due to complications from Parkinson’s and heart disease. She was 82.
Willie’s Roadhouse (Ch. 59) will air a special celebrating Shepard’s life on Friday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET. Dallas Wayne is hosting the one-hour preogram which features poignant conversations with her her longtime friends and fellow “Grand Ladies of the Grand Ole Opry” Jeannie Seely, Jan Howard and Jeanne Pruett, as well as Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson and a conversation between Shepard and legendary DJ Bill Mack.
The show will also include some of her best loved hits and several performances from the stage of the Opry over the years, as well as her 2011 induction speech into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and will be rebroadcast on Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. ET and Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. ET.
Shepard was a pioneer for women in country music, recording 24 albums between 1956 and 1981 while releasing 73 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart. Her first major hit, A Dear John Letter, which was a duet with Ferlin Husky in 1953, was her lone single to top the country charts and also crossed over into the Top 10 on the pop charts. The song was also the first post-World War II record by a female country singer to sell more than a million copies.
Shepard became just the third woman to join the Opry in 1955, after Kitty Wells and Minnie Pearl, in 1956. Shepard’s success as a solo act, as opposed to being a member of a family team or couple or a band’s female singer, helped pave the way for future solo singers such as Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline and others. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011. Shepard remained a member of the Opry for 60 consecutive years, a feat achieved by only one other person and retired from the stage on Nov. 21, 2015.
Country music singers called in to express their condolences and recount fond memories they had with Shepard.
“You think of Jean Shepard, and it’s really kind of hard to be sad,” said Bill Anderson, who was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. “The first thing I do when I think of Jean Shepard usually is to start laughing because I remember some crazy funny thing she said or did throughout her life. She certainly brightened the corner where she was for all of those years.”
“Jean was one of the nicest people that I can ever remember,” Jeanne Pruett said. “There were times she’d go on one of her roadtrips and she’d let me come over and help her pack her clothes to take them with her. To tell you the truth, that’s how I knew she had six pairs of nylon hose, because I helped her pack to go on the road that time. I told everybody I knew, that was the richest woman in Nashville Tennessee.”
“I had this idea at some point for us to do Heartbreak Hotel, just go into a shakin’ version of Heartbreak Hotel,” Jeannie Seely recalled of a moment during an all-girl show of the Grand Ole Opry. “When I was talking about all of us shaking our shoulders and hips and everything, Shepard said, ‘I can’t do that, Seely.’ And of course Shepard had outdone all of us.”
“The first time I met her was at a disc jockey convention in Nashville,” said Jan Howard, who had two of her records covered by Shepard. “We ran into Jean in the lobby. She said, ‘Well, Howard, I’ll get the money, because I’m on capsule.’ I said, ‘I know, but I got the glory.’ (laughs) I liked that.”
Shepard is survived by her husband Benny Birchfield, her sons Don Hawkins, Harold Hawkins II and Corey Birchfield, her two sisters, her two brothers, 25 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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Canadian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Matt Anderson has been added to the Winnipeg Folk Festival‘s Hear All Year concert series.
Anderson and the Big Bottle of Joy will perform at Club Regent Event Centre on March 30, 2023.
“Being good to each other, you know, in taking care of each other — those are the biggest things I want to put out there,” Andersen said in a release. “If we’re in it together, it’ll be a lot easier than trying to do it on our own.”
Tickets can be purchased online through WinnipegFolkFestival.ca, Club Regent or McPhillips Station box offices, or in the WFF office at 203-211 Bannatyne Avenue. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, November 25 at 10 a.m. Prices range from $29 to $39 plus fees.


Ella Mai is an English singer and songwriter and Grammy Award winner. She was signed by American record producer Mustard’s record label, 10 Summers Records in late 2014 upon being discovered on social media. Her self-titled debut studio album was released in October 2018 and featured the singles Boo’d Up and Trip, which were released on 20 February 2018 and 3 August 2018, respectively. In 2019, Boo’d Up was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Song of the Year and Best R&B Song, winning for the latter, as well as Mai herself being nominated for British Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Brit Awards.
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10 Summers, Interscope Records
Birthday / Date of Birth
Ella Mai was born on 3rd of November 1994, in London, England, United kingdom.
She is currently 25 years old.
Los Angeles, California, United States
She has Irish ancestry on her father’s side and Jamaican roots on her mother’s side.
Mai moved from London to New York City at the age of 12 and graduated from Queens High School of Teaching in Glen Oaks, Queens, before returning to England. Later, she studied creative musicianship at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute London.
- Father – Unknown
- Mother – Her mother is a teacher.
- Siblings – Unknown
Boyfriend / Spouse
Ella Mai has dated –
- Kehlani (2018) – In August 2018, she was linked with fellow singer, Kehlani, after a video of them cuddling emerged on the social media. Some sources claimed that they had been dating for a couple of weeks but had opted to keep it a secret as Ella was worried that a lesbian affair won’t be good for her image.
- Jayson Tatum (2019-Present) – Ella started dating basketball player Jayson Tatum in 2019.
- In feet – 5 feet 7 inches
- In centimeters – 170 cm
- In meters – 1.70 m
- In Kilograms – 55 kg
- In Pounds – 121 lbs
- Measurements – 34-25-34
- Bust – 34 inches
- Waist – 25 inches
- Hip – 34 inches
- Bra Size – 32D
Her dress size is 4 (US).
She wears a size 8 (US) shoe.
Ella Mai found plenty of success with her hit single Boo’d Up, which peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified as 2x Platinum by RIAA.
In February 2016, she released her debut EP, Time, which didn’t earn much success. She found success with her second EP, Change, which peaked at the 20th position on the US R&B chart.
In 2018, Ella Mai made her first TV show appearance on the comedy talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Ella Mai hasn’t done endorsement work for any brand yet.
Awards & Nominations
|2018||MTV Video Music Awards||Song of Summer||“Boo’d Up”||Nominated|
|American Music Awards||Favorite Song – Soul/R&B||Nominated|
|Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B||Herself||Nominated|
|Soul Train Music Awards||Best Song of the Year||“Boo’d Up”||Won|
|The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award||Won|
|Best Video of the Year||Nominated|
|Best R&B/Soul Female Artist||Herself||Won|
|BBC||Sound of 2019||Nominated|
|Metro||Ones To Watch 2019||Nominated|
|2019||Grammy Awards||Best R&B Song||“Boo’d Up”||Won|
|Song of the Year||Nominated|
|Brit Awards||Best Breakthrough Act||Herself||Nominated|
|iHeartRadio Music Awards||R&B Song of the Year||“Boo’d Up”||Won|
|R&B Artist of the Year||Herself||Won|
|Best New R&B Artist||Won|
|Billboard Music Awards||Top New Artist||Nominated|
|Top Female Artist||Nominated|
|Top R&B Artist||Won|
|Top R&B Female Artist||Won|
|Top R&B Album||Ella Mai||Nominated|
|Top R&B Song||“Boo’d Up”||Won|
|BET Awards||Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award||Won|
|MTV Video Music Awards||Best R&B||Nominated|
|BMI Award||Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Songs||“Boo’d Up”||Won|
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Ella Mai Net worth
Ella Mai has an estimated net worth of $6 million dollars as of 2019.
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Ella Mai
- Ella was named by her parents after the iconic jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald.
- As a child, she got trained in acting, dance and vocals.
- While studying in New York, Ella turned her attention to soccer and played soccer for 9 years with the school team as well as for a club.
- In 2014, she competed on the 11th season of the music reality show The X Factor along with her crew named Arize which was formed with a few like-minded girls. Unfortunately they couldn’t make past the audition round.
- She started her music journey by posting song covers on her social media accounts and started posting covers on Instagram in 2015.
- In 2017, Kehlani roped Ella Mai in for her SweetSexySavage World Tour.
- In 2018 she won three Soul Train Music Awards, two for her single Boo’d Up and one for herself in the category Best R&B/Soul Female Artist.
- In August 2018, she toured across the major cities in the US as a part of The Boo’d Up Tour.
- In 2019, Ella Mai won the Billboard Music Awards for Top R&B Artist and Top Female R&B Artist.


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Everton are prepared to pay £60m plus Cenk Tosun for Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha according to The Telegraph.
Per the source, the Toffees fear Chelsea entering the race for Zaha as they are looking to reinvest in the squad after selling Eden Hazard and Alvaro Morata.
The Blues are currently serving a transfer ban but could strike a deal a year in advance and loan him back to Palace.
A similar move was carried out by Atletico Madrid back in 2017 when they signed Vitolo from Sevilla six months prior to their transfer ban being lifted.
Chelsea can still sign players despite being on a transfer ban but they cannot register new signings to play in the 2019-20 season.
A move to Chelsea could, therefore, be in Palace’s interests as they would be able to play him for another season and may be able to get their the £80m they have been demanding.
Tosun struggled for playing time at Everton last season and does not appear to be part of head coach Marco Silva’s plans.
The Turkey international scored just four goals and provided three assists in all competitions last season.
The 28-year-old has been linked with a return to Turkey but is happily settled in England with his family – he recently became a father – and does not want to leave.


Apr. 15—METHUEN — Brianna McCarthy, a high school teacher and assistant field hockey coach, passed away suddenly after a brief illness, Principal Richard Barden said this week.
On Tuesday, Barden shared the news with students and their families that McCarthy had been hospitalized.
On Thursday morning, he sent out an email indicating that she had died and that counseling was available.
"I am deeply saddened to inform you that beloved English teacher and girls' hockey assistant coach Brianna McCarthy has passed away after a sudden illness," Barden said.
"Ms. McCarthy will be remembered as a dedicated teacher and coach who took great joy in guiding students to reach their full potential. She had the unique ability to quickly develop a strong rapport with each and every student and colleague. Brianna's positivity, kindness, and desire to give back will leave an indelible mark throughout our school and community for years to come. Ms. McCarthy will be gravely missed by all."
During the day Thursday and Friday counselors are being made available, Barden said.
"At any time, students may go to the cafeteria or School Counseling Office where counselors will be stationed to answer questions and assist with the grieving process," he said. "Students scheduled for in-person learning who prefer to process the loss at home may attend classes remotely on Thursday and/or Friday and should notify their associate principal. These students will be marked present for the day.
"Experiencing or even hearing of a traumatic incident such as this may affect students and staff in different ways. We are here to help in any that we can. Please do not hesitate to contact the school at any time if we can be of additional assistance to you."


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This article lays bare Kylian Mbappe tough requests that he reconsider his decision. Reportedly, the French national team sticker wants to leave the PSG club. Based on rumors circulating, he chose Real Madrid as the place to continue his career.
On the other hand, Mbappe’s surprised everyone by signing a new contract with PSG. The contract will keep him until the end of the 2024-2025 season. The fact that the 24-year-old striker felt PSG betrayed him. Because PSG couldn’t grant his wish and he expressed a desire to leave.
Mbappe, however, will give PSG another chance with several requests this time around. Melansi Sportskeeda, here are three compelling reasons why Kylian Mbappe should consider leaving Paris Saint-Germain.
Kylian Mbappe tough requests to stay at PSG
3. Replacement of PSG Manager
The figure who won the 2022 World Cup for the Highest Score did not seem to match Christophe Galtier, coach of Paris Saint-Germain. For this reason, he also strongly recommends that Les Parisiens, or what is known as PSG, look for a new tactician.
Kylian Mbappe wants Zinedine Zidane to replace Thomas Galtier as Paris Saint-Germain head coach. Zinedine Zidane currently does not have his own team to play for. Starting in the summer of 2021, when he will step down from his position as coach at Real Madrid.
Obviously, this is a very demanding request for PSG. Because they just made a deal. Where they sign Christophe Galtier in the summer of 2022.
2. Want Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappe asked PSG for a number of different things besides bringing Zinedine Zidane to the Parc des Princes. This will prevent Harry Kane from leaving, because it takes him.
It seems that Kylian Mbappe wants to use the same locker room as the Tottenham Hotspur retainer. From the club’s point of view, Tottenham Hotspur seems more sincere. If PSG recruited the player instead of Manchester United.
Currently, Harry Kane still plays the role of Tottenham Hotspur’s main bomber. Noted, he has scored 14 goals and provided three assists in all competitions this season. He has collected a total of 23 appearances.
1. Defeat Neymar Jr
A very controversial demand that was made by Kylian Mbappe was for Neymar Jr. left PSG. In recent years, the relationship between Neymar and Mbappe has been strained.
In fact, the battle of these two star players was witnessed in the middle of the match. The flurry of activity required to carry out the sentence is brought at this time. When PSG face Montpellier in August 2022.
Kylian Mbappe has made three urgent requests for him to consider leaving PSG. It is not yet known whether Les Parisiens will be able to meet Kylian Mbappe tough requests. Because this information is still waiting.

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Nintendo’s latest mobile game Super Mario Run was released last month to IOS. The app is initially free to download and play for the first three levels, but then you have to purchase the rest of the game for a one time fee to unlock the full content.
However, it seems that not all of the users that downloaded the app wanted to pay the full price of the game. New stats from Newzoo, provided to The Wall Street Journal, show that the game was downloaded 90 million times, but only 3 million users purchased the full content. This means that less than 5% of people who downloaded the app played more than the initial few stages. The stats reported by Newzoo indicate that the game has earned $30 million in gross revenue since its release.
This may mean that Nintendo will need to re-think the price aspect of their upcoming mobile apps for other franchises.


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She had never met the honoree, former Army Capt. Will Swenson, but she had spent a lot of time over the past few years working to ensure that Swenson, whose medal packet was lost in a miasma of military red tape, received the highest distinction a U.S. servicemember can earn. Price, who will never be considered shy or retiring, wrote letters, fired off emails, contacted friends and reached out to congressional staff, including that of Duncan Hunter, a California Republican and combat-tested Marine veteran.
Like many, Price believed that the Medal of Honor was a distinction Swenson richly deserved, which you can judge for yourself by this section of the medal citation.
On that morning, more than 60 well-armed, well-positioned enemy fighters ambushed Swenson’s combat team as it moved on foot into the village of Ganjgal for a meeting with village elders.
As the enemy unleashed a barrage of rocket-propelled grenade, mortar and machine gun fire, Swenson immediately returned fire and coordinated and directed the response of his Afghan Border Police, while simultaneously calling in suppressive artillery fire and aviation support. After the enemy effectively flanked Coalition Forces, Swenson repeatedly called for smoke to cover the withdrawal of the forward elements.
Surrounded on three sides by enemy forces inflicting effective and accurate fire, Swenson coordinated air assets, indirect fire support and medical evacuation helicopter support to allow for the evacuation of the wounded. Swenson ignored enemy radio transmissions demanding surrender and maneuvered uncovered to render medical aid to a wounded fellow soldier. Swenson stopped administering aid long enough to throw a grenade at approaching enemy forces, before assisting with moving the soldier for air evacuation.
With complete disregard for his own safety, Swenson unhesitatingly led a team in an unarmored vehicle into the kill zone, exposing himself to enemy fire on at least two occasions, to recover the wounded and search for four missing comrades. After using aviation support to mark locations of fallen and wounded comrades, it became clear that ground recovery of the fallen was required due to heavy enemy fire on helicopter landing zones.
Swenson’s team returned to the kill zone another time in a Humvee. Swenson voluntarily exited the vehicle, exposing himself to enemy fire, to locate and recover three fallen Marines and one fallen Navy corpsman. His exceptional leadership and stout resistance against the enemy during six hours of continuous fighting rallied his teammates and effectively disrupted the enemy’s assault.
In addition to Kenefick, who was 30 and had his promotion to gunnery sergeant signed after his death, four other Americans succumbed to wounds received that day. Marine 1st Lt. Michael Johnson, Navy Corpsman James Layton and Marine Gunnery Sgt. Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr. lost their lives during the attack. A fifth man, Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Westbrook, who Swenson comforted on the battlefield, later died from his wounds.
So what was it like, I asked Price, to finally meet Swenson?
“Will is a Prince of a Man!!” she wrote in an email. “He is a loving, supportive, intelligent, funny, amazing human being. ... He is the WOW factor and then some.”
The meeting, she writes, came “4 years, 1 month, and 1 week after the death of my son and his fallen brothers that fateful day in Ganjgal. The first meeting was his stare from the stage into the seating arrangement for the Gold Star Families. Will’s penetrating eyes were felt upon our hearts, he possesses a profound image, without trying. ... He is genuine and as real as it gets for he is unconditional with his love for his brothers in arms and their families, which he embraces as his own family now, ordained by a higher order and a spirit and zeal beyond which is apparent. ... Many times reaffirming that we are one family, He being the Medal of Honor, the Embedded Training Team, the Pilots that were a part of the recovery, and our Gold Star Families.
“Meeting Captain Will Swenson for the very first time for me was the UNION that felt more as a REUNION in the names of our fallen sons, husbands and fathers,” she continued, “It was PROFOUND and MAGICAL for it was the beginning of HEALING the layers of Pain from our tragic losses.”
After President Barack Obama performed the Medal of Honor Ceremony, Price said she finally got to meet Swenson in person, as well as the president and first lady.
“Will received us, a hardy embrace and eye to eye we stood,” she wrote, “I thanked him for his bravery that day, it was the strong hug that was missing, validating the void in our lives from our sons, fathers and husbands, as Will represented a part of them in his stance. There are no words that would completely describe our union as it felt more as a reunion, all joined together, the Gold Star Families in one room at this POWERFUL moment in time with the most powerful man in the world, the President of the United States of America and the First Lady.”
Meeting the first couple was also interesting, says Price, adding that she delivered a message to Michelle Obama.
She wrote that when she met the president, “he coined us, shook my hand and also a strong embrace. He said that he was sorry for my loss and that he appreciated my families sacrifice.”
Then it was time to meet Michelle Obama.
“I then stood before the first lady, she has the strongest, longest hugs,” Price wrote. “She asked me if she could do anything for me to ease my family’s pain what would that be? As I stood there listening to her I felt compelled to present her with my son’s KIA bracelet, and as I began to answer her question to me, I handed her my bracelet with my son’s name and I said to her the following:
“Ma’am, I would like to gift you my bracelet if you will accept it, so you will never forget who my son is. ... If you will pray for my family, my personal family, as well as our military and veterans. ... Please don’t forget the less then 1 percent of Americans who serve our Great Nation, we are the backbone of America, our sons and daughters, husbands and wives. Please don’t allow what transpired last week to ever happen again, we need to be united, not divided. ... This is how you can serve my family.”
Price says she thanked Michelle Obama again.
“I don’t know what the outcome will be, yet I do know that I wore my bracelet with my Marine son’s name and this piece of metal contained my emotions, from one mother to another,” she wrote, “I would like to believe that the first lady felt my words in her heart, for her eyes were filled with tears she was fighting back, and mine are worn with a heavy heart not only in the name of my son and his fallen brothers, yet for all of America’s sons, I knew there would never be another moment in time such as this and it was my opportunity to advocate openly. The first lady stood there stroking my bracelet which now adorned her wrist, and hugged me once more, her eyes told me what she was feeling and as I stood back to watch the rest of my Gold Star Families present their thoughts and feelings which they carried over the years, it was truly a series of healing unfolding in that room one after another.”
Last chat with Bill Young
Last week, at around 6 a.m., Bev Young called me from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where her husband, Bill, was hospitalized for back problems.
Bev handed the phone to Bill, and we had a quick chat about his decision to not seek re-election.
He told me why, which I’ve already reported.
Then I asked him several questions about what it was like to work in such a dysfunctional Congress and whether, after years of being a facilitator, it had worn on him.
“You have no idea how many things I thought about and all of a sudden, all of a sudden I realized it was my time,” said Young, about retirement, as he was being carted off for yet another surgery. “I’ll be glad to talk to you about all that later.”
Later, of course, never came.
Young died surrounded by loved ones at 6:50 p.m. Friday.
You’ll be missed congressman.
And Bev, don’t stop being the firecracker Bill loved.
Death in Afghanistan
One soldier was killed in Afghanistan last week. Staff Sgt. Patrick H. Quinn, 26, of Quarryville, Pa., died Oct. 13, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the enemy attacked his base with small arms fire. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo. There have now been 2,274 U.S. troop deaths in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the nation’s longest war.

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rain operator Northern has launched a flash sale that reduces the price of more than one million of its tickets for journeys across the North of England to £1.
The £1 fares are available on bookings made online or through the Northern app for travel between Tuesday 6 September and Thursday 20 October, reported railbusinessdaily.
Mark Powles, customer and commercial director at Northern, said: “This is our way of helping to extend the summer holiday feeling by a further six weeks – getting people through until the start of the October half-term.
“Whether it’s for a weekend in the historic city of Chester, a night out in Newcastle; a day at the seaside in Scarborough or a walking holiday in the Lake District – these fares will get you where you want to be for less.
“Tickets are on a first-come, first serve basis – so those looking to take advantage of these great £1 fares should book early to avoid disappointment. When they’re gone, they’re gone.”
In order to qualify for the £1 promotional tickets, they must be booked seven days in advance of travel, and the £1 sale fares are spread across Northern’s nearly 2,000 services a day, about 5-10 per cent of service capacity up for grabs at the “flash sale” rate.
Some of the peak-time trains are excluded, as well as those that are already expected to be busy because of events in the region.
Northern is the UK’s second-largest train operator, serving nearly 500 stations in the North of England.


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World War II veteran and retired professor Dr. Harlan Van Over made headlines earlier this month when he tested and passed for his sixth degree black belt in Taekwondo at the age of 94.
A late bloomer, at least as far as TKD is concerned, the Indiana native didn’t start training until he was 59 years old. After spending a requisite five years as a fifth degree blackbelt, he first expressed his desire to test for his sixth degree last year. His school’s Grand Master, In Ho Lee, wasn’t convinced at the time, and said that he wanted to see more power in the nonagenarian’s form. But Van Over was not deterred. He’s spent the past year dutifully memorizing and training a pattern of 95 moves and increasing his power.
Last week, all of that hard work and dedication finally paid off. “That’s a real special thing,” he told KATV in Little Rock after the testing. “You have to set goals and you may not achieve them all when you think they should be achieved. If it works out where you have to wait a little longer, that’s just OK.”
The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Van Over is believed to be the oldest person to ever test for and receive a sixth degree black belt, but he’s far from the only senior citizen who is still participating in serious martial arts training. In fact, he’s not even the only older martial artist to receive international attention for their skills in the past week.
A 76 year old Kalaripayattu master from Vadakara, Kerala, India gained viral fame when a video of her sparring with a much younger man was posted on Facebook. The woman, whose name is Meenakshiamma, has been training in the traditional Indian martial art – believed to be one of the oldest in the world – since she was 10 years old, and it shows in her her flexibility, her conditioning and, above all, her skill.
This isn’t exactly a new trend – there have been old martial arts masters almost as long as there have been martial arts – but it is one that’s been picking up steam in recent years.
According to a 2010 article by Robert Johnson of The Washington Post, more and more students over the age of 50 are taking up “hard” martial arts like Taekwondo, Karate, Kung Fu judo, and Aikido. “Of course, the kicks of older combatants may not be Bruce Lee-style head shots,” he writes. “And they don’t have to be. Instructors at many of the roughly 30,000 commercial martial arts schools in the U.S. increasingly are tailoring programs to older students, in whom they see potential for an expanded clientele. AARP, the Washington-based advocacy group, says martial arts are becoming more common at community recreation centers, YMCAs, and wellness facilities.”
With people living longer – and often healthier – than ever before, the demand for exciting and fulfilling hobbies and exercise methods has significantly increased, and it’s easy to see why martial arts is so appealing to the young at heart. They help to develop physical and mental fitness, both of which are incredibly important for an aging population. They’re also challenging and fun, making them a welcome alternative to many more traditional seniors’ workout programs.
Martial arts can be a safe and beneficial activity for students of almost all ages, as long as they’re done responsibly. If you’re an older student, training can help to make you feel like a kid again – and has the potential to make you healthier than many of your peers –but it can’t magically give you the resilience, energy, or joints of a 10 or 20 year old. As such, it’s important to keep certain things in mind if you’re looking to extend your combat career well into your retirement years – or if you’re interested in starting a brand new one around that time.
In his Breaking Muscle post “For Older Guys Doing Martial Arts,” coach Andrew Read stresses the importance of proper recovery time for the senior athlete. “You need more rest to recover from your training than your younger classmates. In your head you may think you’re the second coming of Randy Couture, but you’re not. Unless you’ve spent your entire life as a professional athlete before taking up martial arts you are going to suffer,” he writes. “Don’t be fooled into thinking you don’t need more recovery. Ice is your friend, contrast showers may be your best friend, and you most certainly need weekly massage. Massage is absolutely vital for older athletes who are still trying to push hard.”
He also recommends being smart about your time on the mats. “Not all of your training needs to be hard. I know it seems counterintuitive, especially when you start to think that you’ve already given up years of time to all those younger guys around you, but if you start going all out all the time you’re going to quickly wind up hurt. Martial arts is a lifelong journey, not a sprint for the next two months. Display the kind of maturity you’re supposed to have and accept that you are in this for the long haul. Giving up a session this week to make sure you can train the next four is well worth it. That extra session you’re thinking about right now could wind up being twelve you end up missing. It’s hardly worth the cost.”
The amount of rest and responsibility suggested above might be geared toward the 50-plus crowd, but the spirit of that advice actually works well for all ages: Train smart. Take care of your body. Learn how to push your limits in a way that allows you to challenge and improve yourself without risking undue harm. If we all follow that, we just might get to be the next Dr. Harlan Van Overs and Meenakshiammas some day.
Are you an older martial arts student? Or do you plan to become one some day? Let us know about your journey in the comments!


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8.223128 - DOHNANYI: Ruralia Hungarica / Four Rhapsodies
Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)
The name Dohnányi nowadays has added distinction in the achievement of the German-born conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, Principal Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra and of his brother Klaus, a leading West Germanpolitician and mayor of Hamburg. Their grandfather, Ernst von Dohnányi, or Ernő Dohnányi as he is known in Hungary, was born in Pozsony, the modern Bratislava, in 1877, and had his early music lessons from his father, a competent amateur cellist and teacher of mathematics at the Gymnasium, and from the cathedral organist, Karoly Forstner. Bratislava, known as Pressburg in German, offered a stimulating musical climate, a historic city built at the meeting-point of Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, some sixty miles from Vienna, a distance that allowed the city its own cultural life, within the traditions of the empire.
Dohnányi was a pupil at the Gymnasium, where he was to be joined by the young Bartók, and broke with tradition by choosing to continue his musical training not in Vienna but at the Budapest Academy. He completed his studies in 1897. Two years later Bartók was to follow his example, rejecting the place offered in Vienna and working in Budapest under the same teachers, Hans Koessler for composition and Stephan Thoman for the piano. Dohnányi was to continue to exercise a strong influence over Bartók’s subsequent career, and, indeed, over the whole development of music in Hungary.
In preparation for his debut as a pianist Dohnányi took lessons for a few weeks from Liszt’s pupil, Eugene d’Albert, known to Liszt as “Albertus Magnus”, a nickname that referred to his musical prowess and his diminutive stature. Concerts in Hungary, Germany and Austria were followed by an invitation to London from Richter. There he won immediate success with a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. This was followed by tours of Europe and America that established him internationally as a virtuoso of the calibre of Liszt.
Association with Joachim brought an invitation to Berlin, where for ten years from 1905 Dohnányi taught at the Musikhochschule, before returning to Budapest in 1915. In Hungary he set to work to plan the musical future of the country, becoming director of the Budapest Academy for a few months in 1919, before being dismissed by the new right-wing regime in favour of Hubay. From the same year he retained for a quarter of a century the position of chief conductor of the Philharmonic Society, undertaking various concert tours abroad, and spending two years, from 1925 to 1927, as Principal Conductor of the New York State Orchestra. In 1928 here turned to Hungary to teach at the Royal Franz Liszt Music School, of which he was to become director from 1934 until his resignation, for political reasons, in 1941. He assumed the position of Music Director of Hungarian Radio in 1931.
In 1944 Dohnányi left Hungary for Austria, laying himself open to criticism from his enemies. He had been a strong opponent of the anti-semitic policies imposed by Germany, but had never favoured the left-wing forces that were to assume power in Hungary after the war. He later moved to Argentina and then to the U.S.A., where he served as piano teacher and composer-in-residence at Florida State University. He died in New York in 1960, at a time when his reputation was beginning to recover from the political assaults that had been launched against him in the aftermath of the war.
As a composer Dohnányi was prolific, even as a schoolboy, going on to develop a personal idiom, derived from the tradition of Schumann and Brahms, fluent in content, but without the astringency of Bartók. He offered considerable encouragement of a very practical kind to Bartók, Kodály and other younger composers, without sharing their deeper involvement in ethnomusicological research and their more adventurous musical idiom. For many years his Variations on a Nursery Theme, for piano and orchestra, was to retain wide international popularity.
The set of seven piano pieces that makes up Ruralia Hungarica, written in 1923 and arranged for orchestra in the following year, makes use of familiar Hungarian folk-melodies, some of them known abroad through their appearance in the work of other Hungarian composers. The first gentle little song is followed by a livelier dance-song, including a section based on a folk-song later to be popularised by Mátyás Seiber, a pupil of Kodály in Budapest. The mood changes abruptly in the third of the pieces into something gently meditative, its protracted serenity interrupted by the accented rhythms of the fourth, a piece with its own moments of relaxation. The fifth brings its own graceful contrasts, the sixth a more sombre feeling, expressed in the most fluent piano writing. The well known ebullient seventh piece brings the collection to a brilliant conclusion.
The Four Rhapsodies were written in 1902 and 1903, during the earlier years of Dohnányi’s career. The writing is expansive and clearly within the late romantic conventions of the time, vehicles for the virtuosity of the performer, assured, at least in the case of the C major Rhapsody, of a place in the standard recital repertoire.
The First Rhapsody, in classical sonata-form, music reminds us of Brahms, a composer who had given Dohnányi early encouragement. There are thematic connections between the four Rhapsodies, summarised in the fourth of the series, with its use of the Dies Irae, a theme from the Latin Requiem that had fascinated Dohnányi’s contemporary Rachmaninov, with whose work it is interesting to draw a comparison.
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This song is about people who set their goals so low that they never achieve anything. It is not about Seger personally. He told Creem magazine in a 1986 interview: "A lot of people think I wrote 'Beautiful Loser' about myself. I got the idea for that song from a book of Leonard Cohen poetry by the same name. The song was about underachievers in general. I very rarely write about myself that much. I draw on my own experiences like anyone else, but I'm not what you'd call auteuristic. I'm not like my songs at all. I'm a lot more up person than what I write." Cohen's book that Seger refers to is called Beautiful Losers.
Seger took almost a year to write this. He played around with many different arrangements of this until he got it right. In a 1994 interview with Music Connection, he explained: "I've never written the lyrics and tried to build the music around that. It's usually a feel or a verse or a chorus, and the lyrics will come after I've decided that a certain pattern or groove or rhythm is cool. Then I'll start singing gibberish over that and just find a lyrical idea that fits the ideas that I started out with.
Other times I'll just sit down and say, 'I wanna write a song called this.' That's how 'Beautiful Loser' happened. I just loved the title, which I got from a book of poetry from Leonard Cohen called Beautiful Losers, with an 's,' and I thought it was a really cool title.
Actually, I wrote three or four songs called 'Beautiful Loser' until I came up with the one that worked. But that's a pretty rare thing."
Glenn Frey, a member of the Eagles and a friend of Seger's, was one of the first people Seger played this for. Frey loved it and helped Seger tweak it before it was released.
Radio stations usually play the live version of this together with "Traveling Man" off the 1976 Live Bullet album. The 2 songs are separate cuts on the CD, but flow together seamlessly.
A regional hit in Michigan, this song gained a much wider audience when it was included on Seger's breakout album, Live Bullet.
Dean from Santa Ana, CaCome on people, who is the beautiful loser at your house? Mine is my 18 year old Chihuahua1 He wants to dream like a young man (esspecially about the little girl dog next door)
With the wisdom of an old man. ( he is very wise)
He wants his home and security, (he loves his home and his bed and keeps our home safe from intruders)
He wants to live like a sailor at sea. (he wants to be free to roam around the neighborhood)
You realize you just can’t have it all. ( he realizes he can't have it all, he waits at the door untill you say come on))
He’s your oldest and your best friend, (well duh, dog years he is your oldest and mans best friend)
If you need him, he’ll be there again. (he is always ready to go, any hour of the day or night)
He’s always willing to be second best, (to him, you are the best there is, he is second)
A perfect lodger, a perfect guest. (he will sleep on the floor or any place out of the way, the perfect guest)
And realize, you just can’t have it all. ( he doesn't even try to have it all)
...you can’t have it all, you can’t have it all, ( a dog will never be able to have it all)
Oh, oh, ... can’t have it all.
He’ll never make any enemies, (my dog makes friends with every dog and every person and anything else that moves)
He won’t complain if he’s caught in a freeze. (our dogs are left outside all the time, with no complants)
He’ll always ask, he’ll always say please. ( my dog asks with his eyes and says please with his tail)
Beautiful loser, never take it all (if other dogs are around he leaves food for them, he never takes it all)
You just don’t need it all (we should be more like our dogs, we just don't need it all, having it all doesn't make you happy)
Oh, oh, ... you just don’t need it all. ( my dogs name is Charlie and he is my best friend and my Beautiful Loser!
Dane from Green Cove Springs Fla., FlA song I've always loved.The perfect marriage of words & music.I prefer the studio version however.
Ken from MargaritavilleTo Chris, in Waterford Township, the song you are looking for is from Live Bullet, and the name of the song is "Let It Rock". "Ev'rybody in Detroit, C'mon, I'm gonna turn ya loose!"
Chris from Waterford, MiWhat is the song that Bob Seger sings where he introduces his Silver Bullet band ob Seger and I'm from Ann Arbor, MI? Have been trying to find this song for a while and need help please?
Dave from Northridge, CaThis song, along with "It's Only Rock and Roll" by the Stones were the last two songs ever played on LA's classic rock station KMET.
Jay from Atlanta, GaTed, thanks for mentioning Point Blank, every time I sit down with the guitar I can't help but do the riff to "Nicole".
Angela West from Tomball, TxThe lyrics to me describe my ex-husband! The most perfect beautiful looser! All of Bob Seger's music & lyrics are very powerful!
Jay from St. Louis, MoI always thought it was a song about a man's best friend - a loser who is always willing to take a backseat when a woman enters the picture, but a loyal friend.
Ted from Loveland, CoThis song was covered by Point Blank, on their album "Second Season."


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European Commission Chocolate Workshop
*This event is hosted at the Democratise Europe pavilion.
Organised by the European Commission Representation in the Netherlands
Take your seats at the negotiating table as one of the EU Member States, the European Parliament or as an ambitious official of the European Commission, eager to see its legislative proposal on the Chocolate Directive adopted. During the workshop you will learn the basics about EU decision making and, as an extra, will become an expert on the politics of chocolate!
Bart Roelandt and David Lodder, European Commission Representation in The Netherlands
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS – As food trucks continue to grow in popularity, owners are looking forward to finding exciting and creative ways to draw in customers. One of the ways owners of food trucks are …
GREEN COVE SPRINGS – As food trucks continue to grow in popularity, owners are looking forward to finding exciting and creative ways to draw in customers. One of the ways owners of food trucks are building a good customer base is by participating in Food Truck Fridays.
Despite the constant threat of rain, multiple food trucks braved the storms in order to support their work. Each truck is unique and offers its own twist to tasty items customers might enjoy. The chefs all have their own personality that not only shows through the food they serve but also how they design their truck. Oftentimes the chefs start in restaurants before gaining independence by hitting the road with their own truck.
Although the trucks may seem to be in competition with each other, the reality is the food truck business is a tight-knit community. In fact, “Food truck cliques” will typically form within the food truck where groups of food truck owners become friends with each other.
Friendship is a key component to the success of food truck owners. By befriending other owners, running into challenges like running out of ingredients or
finding locations for the food trucks doesn’t become as daunting of a task. While food truck owners do form their own friendship cliques within each other, the community of food trucks is overall supportive.
Jen Ochoa, the owner of Daddy’O’s, describes the community of food trucks.
“While it is very competitive, it’s more community-based. I would say it’s community over competition at the end of the day. We have a really strong food truck family and at the end of the day it doesn’t matter about the numbers, it matters us being like ‘hey are you good, do you need anything?’ We’re more of a family than we are competition,” Ochoa said.
While the goal of serving the community is all the same for food trucks, the origins of how the chefs came to own a food truck are all unique. Some grew tired of the corporate world and decided to become their own boss. Others started immediately in the food truck business and haven’t looked back.
Austin Heinman and Jordan Perry, owners of Brochachos, have been friends since high school.
“We started at the beginning of last year,” Jordan Perry said. “The other food trucks have been really helpful. They let us know what places are good, where to go, how to get started… We’re a pretty tight-knit community.”
When the COVID-19 shutdowns put a halt to restaurant businesses, food trucks were still able to operate. At the height of the pandemic, food trucks were at an advantage since they were not forced to shut down like restaurants. Food truck owners also had an advantage by being able to take their business to the people. For most food trucks, the pandemic was seen as an opportunity to reach various neighborhood communities and build more customer relationships.
But for some owners, the pandemic delivered a serious hit on their business.
Michael Coughlin, owner of Cafe Ybor!, struggled to grow back in popularity after the pandemic.
“Our business was corporate, primarily corporate lunches. We did Samson, Apple, all those guys. So, when they got shut down, we had no business,” Coughlin said. “We did start doing neighborhoods, a lot of people started doing neighborhoods and did well. We did OK and we tried doing a lot of breweries, too. But then they got shut down and that was like the kiss of death for us. So from September of last year, it was like starting our business all over again and making all the connections.”
The food truck business isn’t for everyone. It takes a lot of hard work and creativity but if a person does want to start a food truck, they can rest assured other trucks will be there to have their back.


A serious new security weakness has been discovered in the popular video-calling service Skype.
The vulnerability allows anybody to reset a Skype password and then gain sole control of the corresponding account.
To begin the process, a hijacker simply needs to sign up for a new Skype account with the email address of an existing Skype user. This prompts Skype into warning that the email address is already associated with an account - but it still allows the new account to be opened.
After this, a password change for the original account can be requested by the offending party, and received through the Skype app. The attacker can then use this and gain full access to the account, and all of the information stored within it.
Skype has issued the following statement regarding the potential breach: "We have had reports of a new security vulnerability issue. As a precautionary step we have temporarily disabled password reset as we continue to investigate the issue further. We apologise for the inconvenience but user experience and safety is our first priority."
Costin Raiu, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Labs, last night took to Twitter to announce that the issue had been exploited in the hacking of the Skype account of Alexey Navalny, a Russian politician.
The weakness was originally identified on a Russian blog three months ago, but only really came into the public eye after it was posted on Reddit earlier today. The security hole has been tested and confirmed by The Next Web.
Security concerns frequently threaten to undermine Skype's success - back in October 2012, Skype users were attacked by the Dorkbot ransomware.
Skype recently unveiled two new pieces of software, Skype 6.0 for Windows and Mac desktop environments, and also a preview version of its new Windows Phone 8 app.
There has been no mention of the new vulnerability relating to a specific platform as yet.


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Where do aubergines come from?
Although first domesticated in Asia and often associated with warmer climates, the exotic aubergine is now widely cultivated in Britain. In season from June to October, aubergines will be available, fresh and affordable at most markets and shops right now.
What’s good about aubergines?
Aubergines are a high fiber, low calorie food, as well as a source of folic acid. The colour of the skin is due to the presence of anthocyanins - compounds with antioxidant properties.
Depending on how you cook them, aubergines can produce a combination of textures and flavours - smooth, fleshy, creamy, smoky - making them a versatile and nutritious ingredient. They've recently grown in popularity as a meat substitute thanks to this versatility and the flesh-like bite that can be achieved when drained and cooked properly.
Also, fun fact for your next pub quiz; aubergines are technically classed as berries, as they grow on flowering plants and contain seeds.
How to use aubergines
You can layer them in a creamy lasagne, glaze them with miso, or even crumb slices of fleshy aubergine for an alternative to chicken in a katsu curry. At Feast Box, this shiny vegetable regularly appears on the menu complementing a green thai curry, charred atop flatbreads or as the star of the show in Romy Gill’s Baingan Bharta.
Whatever way you enjoy your aubergines in August, be sure to snap a pic and share your creations with us @feastboxuk


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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A union representing valet workers is calling its latest protest against SLS Las Vegas hotel and casino a strike although none of the hotel's workers are on the picket line.
Teamsters Local 986 said it formed a picket line Wednesday beginning at 4 a.m. and planned to remain outside the Las Vegas Strip property until the casino-hotel agreed to allow its 50 valet workers to form a union.
An SLS representative issued the casino-hotel's same unsigned statement from May 11 after another protest saying the SLS would partner with any union that employees choose and notes a majority of hourly employees are members of unions.
The union says the casino-hotel fired three valet workers for their unionizing efforts. A union representative says the three former employees were picketing Wednesday.


The WBO European & Inter-Continental Light-Heavyweight Titles
'The Beast' Anthony Yarde (15-0, 14 KOs) will put his WBO European & Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight Titles on the line against his first southpaw opponent Dariusz Sek (27-3, 9 KOs) on June 23rd.
Yarde is already ranked number two by the WBO but faces a long night against his Polish rival. Sek, 31, has lost just three times in 33 contests and never been stopped in a nine-year professional career.
It is the sort of experience 26-year-old Yarde needs according to his trainer Tunde Ajayi, who hopes this test will give his man valuable rounds.
Ajayi said: "100 per-cent, this is the type of ﬁght that Anthony needs at this stage of his career.
"Sek is a credible opponent and lost a close ﬁght to Robin Krasniqi who won the European Title earlier this year.
"Hopefully we will get some rounds, but we don’t know whether we will the way Anthony has been performing.
"People say Anthony needs to step up, but this is one. Hosea Burton is mentioned as an opponent for Anthony, but Sek is ranked higher than Hosea on Boxrec.
"I know people want to see that jump, but there is no rush. Angelo Dundee said the same thing about not rushing Sugar Ray Leonard and that has stuck with me."
Sek is the ﬁrst southpaw that Yarde has faced in his amateur or professional career.
Tunde added: "I have been asking for a southpaw for a few months and this ticks that box before we move on and eventually ﬁght for and win a World Title."


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Hi! I’d like to introduce myself. As you well may know, my name is Cameron Hinkle. What you may not know is that Cameron is not my first name; David, is my first name! I am named after my dad, and for some reason they decided that having that as my first name was a good idea. It wasn’t. Ya’ll, it is so confusing to people when I have to put my legal first name on paper but introduce myself as Cameron. *note to future self – name your kid what you’re going to call them! *
I grew up in a small town in Mississippi, named Carthage. It’s about 35 miles north of Jackson, the Capitol. Population, less than 5,000. I have always been the more creative type. No one knows where I really get that from. My dad is an avid outdoorsman. In fact, he owns his own hunting supply store, he has for 28 years now. My mom has been an at home mother for as long as I can remember. That’s the way it has always been. My little sister is 4 and a half years younger than I am but has always been my best little friend. Golly gee we’ve done some crazy things over the years, haha.
Okay back to me. I graduated high school in 2011 as valedictorian of my graduating class (let’s not get crazy, there were 18 graduates LOL) I went to the local community college, as one does, and started in nursing, MISTAKE! I did, however, complete three semesters. That counts for something, right? So I switched to business. To keep my sane, I was in theatre class, and was the main character in two plays and one musical. To be completely honest, I’ve always wanted to be an actor. I still to this day wish I had gone into acting. I guess it isn’t too late, though? We will see we will see haha.
I left community college after 1.5 years and took a position as a pharmacy technician with Walgreens. I thought maybe I should go into pharmacy… Again, WRONG! I enrolled in Mississippi State University for marketing. After a few semesters, I changed my major to fashion. Not having any idea where I was heading with that, I switched majors AGAIN! Okay, so I have a hard time deciding on life choices… Sue me! Although, this time, it was a hit! I chose photography! I had always been into photography but never really thought about making it a full-time career. I transferred to College of Charleston after a while, because um, Charleston, hello! I graduated a year later and moved to Florida. Seemed like a good idea. Sunshine, beaches, you name it! Hated it. Nashville? I thought. Sure! Why not? So, to Nashvegas I moved. That was in January of 2018. I wanted to focus all of my energy on my photography. After a few months, I met Kyle, whom I am sure you all know is a lifestyle blogger here in Nashville. He had reached out to collaborate together on a shoot. We shot, talked and connected. This was fun! I decided.
During that time, I had met a photographers, Alaina and Jordan. Alaina shot some pictures of me because I wanted to use it to introduce myself on social media. I posted the photo and it was a hit it seemed. I then started posting a few more of myself and interacting with more people on Instagram. This was fun! I decided this was totally something I wanted to do. I could be creative, while also traveling and sharing my life with others!
So here we are. One year later and loving it!
That’s it from me. If you still have a question about me or what I am up to lemme know! I love chatting with you guys.
Until next time!
Live, Laugh, Be Inspired,


Thursday December 20, 2007
I've Been Thinking:
Over the last few days Israel has been hitting Gaza by air.
Islamic Jihad leaders and Qassam rocket hit squads have been targeted.
In all, 11 terrorist targets have been assassinated.
Hitting specific targeted individuals is no small feat, it requires a combination of excellent intel and accurate marksmanship.
There are several reasons for these Israeli air strikes and the targeted attacks.
#1: the most obvious is to respond to the constant barrage of rockets that Islamic Jihad has been launching against Israel.
#2: the strategic reason is to strike hard and accurately from the air in order to avoid a ground invasion.
We all know that hitting from the air is much safer but air strikes have other risks, especially "collateral damage" - a euphemism for hurting other people who may be around the terrorists.
Israel does not want to invade Gaza.
The risks are high and the costs are great.
For now Israel will keep up the pressure and continue to strike from the air.
They will be successful as long as they have good intel and good aim.
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Out of all the .45 Auto semi-automatic handgun options, Glock surely holds a respected position. Glock is known for reliable and simple designs – important factors for many shooters. Glock was able to mediate between those who wanted larger caliber ammunition in a handgun and those weary of carrying only 6 or 7 rounds in a magazine. This brings us to the firearm we are looking at for this review, the Glock 21.
General Overview: Glock 21 SF
Glock introduced the G21 SF (Short Frame) in 2007 to compete for a DOD contract. The contract didn’t end up landing, but the firearm did gain traction among law enforcement agencies and civilians alike due to unique features. Based on the Generation 3 Glock 21, the company made only a few modifications for this variant. We fired and operated the Glock 21 SF for this Glock 21 review.
Glock 21 vs. Glock 21 SF
|Glock 21||Glock 21 SF|
|Caliber||45 ACP||45 ACP|
|Weight With Empty Mag||830 grams||825 grams|
|Barrel Length||4.61 inches||4.61 inches|
|Trigger Pull||28 N||28 N|
Of the modifications seen on the Glock 21 SF, the most prominent (as the name claims) is a smaller frame circumference. Not to be confused with frame width, the short frame provides less frame depth than the Gen 3 version of the Glock 21. This shorter frame depth allows those with smaller hands the opportunity to obtain a proper grip and access features. In newer generations (Gen 4), the Glock 21’s grip length is about identical to the G21 SF.
As mentioned earlier, the Glock 21 SF is chambered in one of the “big boy” calibers – .45 ACP. Most shooters know 45 ACP as a classic caliber and plenty of self-defense reliant shooters still depend on the cartridge today.
Glock 21 Capacity
Glock blends tradition with capacity in the Glock 21 SF. A 13+1 capacity is offered in the Glock 21 SF – a seemingly reasonable number considering the frame size.
Another unique aspect of the Glock 21 SF is the inclusion of ambidextrous magazine release. While this feature is convenient, I felt that the functionality is lacking. I’ll touch on this in more detail further into the review. A select few of the Glock 21 SF frames were built with a Picatinny style rail for accessory mounting – not many are out there still and holster compatibility is a concern.
Many of the Glock 21 SF variants that are available today are from police departments that have rotated them out of duty use. These trade-ins can be found for only $350-400 in some places – undoubtedly a great deal.
Glock 21 SF Specifications
- Caliber: .45 Auto
- Price: $545
- Capacity: 13+1
- Weight With Empty Magazine: 29.10 oz.
- Barrel Length: 4.61″
- Overall Length: 8.07″
- Width: 1.34″
- Total Height: 5.51″
First Impressions: Range Experience
When I first got my hands on the G21, I quickly felt at home with it in my hands. I know that not everyone prefers or even enjoys the Glock “experience” but as someone who owns and fires Glocks, it felt comfortable to me. Some might even argue that Glock is an “acquired” taste – regardless if you like the ergonomics of Glock, the 21 SF will feel right.
Even though it’s built for use by those with varying hand size, the frame still has a fairly beefy feel to it. I shoot a Glock 17 fairly often and this frame provides more to grip than the 17. While I’m not against the frame feel or size, I still did have some issues accessing the magazine release. I’ll touch on this more later when I address the functionality side of things.
My expectations of how this gun would handle recoil and run in general were wrong. Based on the caliber, I expected a little more difficulty on those follow up shots. However, I was pleasantly surprised. This gun really handled well in my experience. The gun ran all of the ammunition types that I fed it without issue. I was really impressed with the recoil management.
Although the frame was comfortable, I did find myself wishing it had more textured surfaces. Especially after firing for a while or with sweat involved, the G21 SF began to feel slick. The slide on the 21 SF felt did not have any front serrations and seemed to be difficult to grip consistently. Some frame stippling and slide serration work would be a nice aftermarket addition.
Shooting the G21 SF provided great confidence in hand – confidence that increased when I realized that quick and accurate follow up shots were very possible. I ran several drills using a C-zone steel plate from approximately 15 yards while moving forward and laterally. The consistent hits and controllability I experienced with the Glock 21 made this handgun very enjoyable to shoot.
Glock 21 Sights
Glocks aren’t really known for fantastic factory sights or triggers. They get the job done typically aren’t anything spectacular. My experience with the G21 SF fell right in line with every other Glock I’ve fired in this regard.
The stock white “U” shaped rear sight with standard post front are found here on the G21 SF. I was able to acquire these sights well enough to feel fairly confident but again, I have used these sights before. If you do purchase one of these G21 SF (typically a police trade-in) be prepared to replace the sights for low light use. I know it comes down to preference, but the fiber optic front with blacked out rear aftermarket options seem to work well for me.
Glock 21 Trigger Pull
My testing of the G21 SF trigger showed an average pull weight of right at 5.5 pounds using a Lyman trigger scale – pretty typical for a Glock trigger. I know that many are really against these triggers. I’ve fired enough Glock handguns at this point to not be bothered by them very much.
This trigger in particular felt smoother than a normal Glock trigger. It might very well be due to it’s age and years of “break-in.” Regardless, I appreciated the smooth take up and crisp break. No real complaints from me here.
Functionality: Glock 21 SF
For the most part, the gun is simple and straightforward. it is a Glock after all. I still noticed a few things about the functionality that proved to be fairly annoying – the ambidextrous magazine release being the first. I feel that Glock compromised on the functionality here to fit the requirements of the DOD contract.
The design of the magazine release provided a much smaller footprint than your typical Glock magazine release. I ended up really having to break grip and rotate the frame to access this release. My hands are on the average side of sizing. I was a bit shocked to struggle as much as I did to get the right angle to conduct magazine changes.
The slide release also seemed to stump me some. While the design seemed to be on par with a normal slide release from Glock, it didn’t seem to function as one. It took extraordinary and precise pressure to get the slide release to move. I ended up just manually racking the slide during most of my shooting.
It may not be a deal breaker (and I know aftermarket slide release options are out there) but I felt it was worth mentioning.
Muzzle Velocity With Defense Ammunition
The average muzzle velocity from this test was 832 feet per second out of the G21 SF. Speer advertises a muzzle velocity of 890 feet per second. Here’s a closer look at the ammo performance I recorded with the Glock 21.
- Highest Velocity: 861 feet per second
- Lowest Velocity: 821 feet per second
- Extreme Spread: 40
- Standard Deviation: 16.6
The Glock 21 SF is clearly a proven and tested firearm that has been through years of duty use. With readily available Glock and aftermarket support, it’s hard to go wrong with a firearm like this. Considering the price tag and potential for finding plenty used variants in good condition, the value seems high.
My experience with the G21SF beyond what I expected in performance and I honestly want one myself now. It’s not a perfect handgun but it has strong potential for being dialed in with a few simple aftermarket modifications in my opinion. If you’re looking for a well built, reliable .45 Auto, the Glock 21 SF just might be for you.


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A huge rise in the number of puppies being abandoned as unscrupulous breeders dump the dying and neglected pups they cannot sell has been reported. TheRSPCA has reported an alarming 73% increase in puppies being abandoned in a year - with rescuers also battling to help a huge rise in unwanted pets around the festive season as the cost of living crisis deepens.
The animal welfare charity believes a decline in puppy sales - which spiked during lockdown - has caused unscrupulous breeders to dump dogs that no-one wants to buy. There were 711 puppies and breeding bitches abandoned in 2022, up from 411 in 2021 - a rise of more than 73%. This has risen further from 359 in 2020 and 275 in 2019.
Among the dogs abandoned were two puppies who died after they were found dumped in Maurice Lea Memorial Park in Swadlincote. A local veterinary practice alerted the RSPCA after a member of the public had taken the tiny puppies - thought to be fox terriers - into them on November 30, after finding them abandoned in the park in a black plastic bag.
One of the two-week-old puppies, which the man had wrapped in a towel, had already been dead for some time. The other pup was freezing cold and barely alive. It sadly had to be put to sleep by vets to prevent further suffering.
The RSPCA has also seen a rise in the number of unwanted pets being brought to them, with 3,260 animals abandoned since November 1 - a staggering 14% increase on the same time the year before. This has happened in recent weeks and the animal welfare charity believes it is due to the cost of living crisis coupled with the expected financial pressures on pet owners during the festive season that has led to this upsurge.
In the lead up to the festive period in 2021 there were 2,864 abandonments rising from 2,053 in 2020. So far since the New Year, there have also been 700 abandoned animals rescued by the charity.
The RSPCA revealed almost 50% of its rescue workers said most of the pet owners they deal with love their animals but simply cannot afford them, with 80% reporting they have already seen animals who are suffering as a result of the cost of living crisis.
Some of the cases include a cat owner who reported going without food to pay for their cat’s care after he was left with a broken leg after a road accident and an elderly woman who wanted to give up her pets as she was struggling to feed herself.
They have also seen parents prioritising children and pets by going without food themselves as they struggle with rising prices. There was also a pensioner who wanted to rehome his pond fish after 50 years as he could not afford to keep running the pond and feed himself due to increasing electric bills.
The RSPCA has launched a winter fundraising campaign - Join The Winter Rescue - as it faces its toughest Christmas ever and has committed £1.5 million to crisis measures - bolstering pet food banks schemes, providing help for struggling pet owners, and supporting smaller animal charities through the crisis.
Dermot Murphy, RSPCA Inspectorate Commissioner, said: "Our teams have seen families simply cannot afford to feed both themselves and the pets, while others have been helping families facing eviction who can’t find alternative accommodation that allows pets.
"Some of the very saddest examples are people who dearly love their pets and are trying their best in very difficult circumstances. We are doing what we can to help, especially trying to keep pets in loving homes, but as a charity we are struggling too.
"Our branches and centres are full to bursting and we have hundreds of pets waiting to come in so we can rehabilitate and rehome them. We really need animal lovers to help us get through this crisis time by donating to us so we can continue our work. It’s a challenging time for animals and we’re asking people to help us help animals by joining the rescue and making sure we don’t let animals pay the price of the cost of living crisis this winter."

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What are Biofeedback and Neurofeedback?
Biofeedback provides information about the body for improved regulation. Information about muscles, skin temperature, perspiration, respirations, heart rate, blood pressure or brainwaves is displayed by a computer in the form of graphs and sound. This information is then used by the person to gain insight into the nature of the problem and to learn self regulation. Biofeedback training is the interaction between the person, his/her symptom, the computer and the therapist.
There are many kinds of biofeedback. Some are classified as Peripheral Biofeedback. EMG(electromyograph) is information about muscles and can be used to learn to reduce tension or for neuromuscular re-education. Thermal training(skin temperature) and GSR(galvanic skin response) are used to monitor sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activity while reducing stress. RSA (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) is used to teach slow diaphragmatic breathing for enhancing mental quieting.
In this office, every biofeedback session includes neurofeedback and the early sessions all include teaching peripheral biofeedback techniques to be practiced out of the office, several times daily. As well, the patient is given materials with which to practice and therefore enhance the mind/body connection. Relaxation and thermal imagery tapes teach relaxation in a very pleasant way. By pairing the relaxation to a “signal-breath”, the body learns to relax in a very short time under any stressful circumstance. With the help of the RSA biofeedback, the patient breathes more effectively. He/she practises improved breathing after each tape exercise at home. Relaxation with diaphragmatic breathing is one way to manage severe symptoms with more control. Monitoring fingertip temperature and hand perspiration measures the effectiveness of the relaxation. Warm dry hands are a sign of a relaxed body. Disposable thermometers and graphs are given to keep track of the changes. Frequently, fear contributes to symptoms, so simple information about anatomy and physiology helps the patient support his own body in healing. Special imagery techniques built on the newer awareness of the body’s functions are used in conjunction with the relaxation tapes to relieve the fear and enhance mental relief from the stressors caused by the patient’s symptom, such as pain.
Neurofeedback (brainwave or EEG biofeedback) is a computerized technique for exercising the brain. It is especially useful with chronic pain syndromes such as neuropathic pain or CRPS(Complex Regional Pain Syndromes) which appear to originate in the brain or central nervous system. Neuofeedback must be done at the biofeedback office at all times. It is a form of operant condtioning which trains the brain to make voluntary changes for cortical control and exercises and strengthens central nervous system responses. The number of sessions necessary depends on the severity of the symptom but the minimum number is around twenty. Each session is about 45 minutes long. It appears that within model of comprehensive pain management, those patients who do neurotherapy adapt better to their pain and do better in psychotherapy and physical therapy. They get better results with their medications and should they need spinal cord stimulators or pumps for pain control, they may have better success.
Neurofeedback is brain exercise, Your brain is observed in action from moment to moment by monitoring your brainwaves. You are shown your brain activity and helped to change it by rewarding shifts toward a more appropriate and stable brain state. It is a gradual learning process.
Neurofeedback is also called EEG Biofeedback. The elecroencephalogram (EEG) is another name for brainwave recordings and, in this context, biofeedback refers to the process by which you learn to change your brain waves and thereby gain better
What can Neurofeedback Help?
Neurofeedback is training in self-regulation. Good self-regulation is necessary for optimal brain function. Self-regulation training enhances the function of the central nervous system and thereby improves mental performance, emotional control and physiological stability.
Neurofeedback targets the bioelectrical functioning of the brain. It is concerned with the brain’s internal regulatory networks, and trains the brain’s functional disregulation. Simply by detecting the brain going of track through the EEG, it can be trained toward enhanced stability and improved functioning.
Who can benefit from Neurofeedback?
Individuals of any age can benefit from EEG Biofeedback, Neurofeedback can help adults, adolescents and children with many problems. Examples are: pain, headaches or migraines, anxiety or depression, sleep disorders, PTSD, as well as attention deficit disorders. Neurofeedback can help maintain good brain function as they age. It can be used to enhance peak performance for sports, business and the arts.
How is neurofeedback Done?
Sensors are attached to the scalp with EEG paste which then pick up the brain waves. It is painless and does not involve the application of any voltage or current to the brain, so it is entirely non-invasive.
A computer processes the brainwaves and extracts certain information from them. You see the ebb and flow of your brainwaves and the specific information obtained from them, in the form of a video game. You are instructed how to play the video game using only your brainwaves. (Everyone can do it.) The specific brainwave frequencies that are rewarded and the sensor locations on the scalp are unique to each individual.
What happens if Neurofeedback Clients are taking medications?
It is important for clients to communicate with their prescribing physician regarding Neurofeedback and medications. As the brain takes over the role of regulating itself, medications doses may change.

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