Robots can solve many problems in industry. But how do we move from science to practical implementation? That was the main question at the Vision, Robotics & Motion trade show.
From a robotic arm that precisely assembles a part, to a production line that uses vision technology to perform precise quality control to a hopping robot dog and robots playing soccer. The Vision, Robotics & Motion trade show captures the imagination. The futuristic-looking scenes with large and small robots are already technically feasible. But large-scale application remains (for now) out of the question. How do entrepreneurs implement elements such as vision technology in their processes? What does the future look like? This fair was created to answer that question. Various companies - from start-ups to multinationals - are forming Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution in which automation and robotization are essential.
"This fair is meant to bring people together. To talk business, but also to inspire each other," says Bert-Jan Woertman, managing director at Mikrocentrum, the Vision, Robotics & Motion organizer. Inspiration is plentiful. Over a hundred exhibitors will showcase their latest, most significant, and most innovative technologies.
Solving a shortage of employees
For example, automation specialist Balluf brought a whole mobile home to show all their different sensors and systems. Their technology is used in various sectors, from manufacturing companies to logistics and agriculture. At some companies, sensors automatically restock products in the warehouse, while others focus on predictive maintenance, predicting maintenance on machines (especially the rotating parts) even before something breaks down. Such applications allow for a more streamlined production process with lower error rates.
Many companies consider automation and robotisation an essential solution to the massive labour shortage. Robots, for example, can do monotonous work, as it is becoming increasingly more work to find people for that job. "Robots are going to make our work more fun," says Thijs Dorssers, cluster manager for Robotics at High Tech NL. "Due to the corona crisis and the continuing labour shortage, the number of robots is growing significantly." He outlines that the Netherlands has been a leader in agro for decades. Robots can also make a difference in this sector.
Harvesting robots on standby
Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences are doing a lot of research into using robots in industry and society. For example, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is developing several robots to pick fruits and vegetables using vision technology. Technically, this is quite a challenge. After all, the robot must move autonomously over the land, detect ripe fruit, grab it with the proper force, and pick it off the plant. Several projects are at an advanced stage; for example, picking robots are almost ready to enter the fields and greenhouses.
The difficult transition from knowlegde to practice
A lot needs to be done before these steel assistants drive across the farmyard. The transition from technological knowledge to daily practice is too big for many parties involved. Money and time always play a significant role in these dilemmas. Cooperation is the keyword. Cooperation between companies in industry associations is essential, as are collaborations between industry associations in different sectors. For example, Dorssers sees essential cooperation between the high-tech industry and agriculture. Various robots can be converted from an industrial setting to an application in agriculture or horticulture. He argues that the knowledge and experience gained earlier can then be used efficiently for new applications.
Erik Seijner, operations director of HPS Industrial B.V., also talks about making the new technology accessible in front of his machine at the fair. The company develops vision technology for various industrial applications. With this technology, you can, for example, quickly and accurately check whether all screws have been correctly screwed into an object. "Our technology does not work with pictures - as is usual - but with a video," he says. In addition, the company has created a tool to analyze the retrieved data and train the systems efficiently. So companies no longer have to do their programming to implement the technology into their process. That makes it accessible to smaller companies that can't handle implementation.
Training robots is an important issue. Every production line or application is different. Robots must be precisely tuned to the needs and requirements of the company working with them. In science, this is an important research topic. Klaas Dijkstra, lecturer at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences focuses, for example, on training vision technology for the agribusiness sector. Deep learning plays a vital role in this, Dijkstra explains. Previously, data were analyzed and labelled using pictures. For example, a banana is always long and yellow, and an apple is consistently round and red. But what about a yellow pear? That's hard to pinpoint. Using deep learning, the system compares objects' characteristics to make distinctions.
Good data must be available here. Otherwise, the system can teach itself incorrect comparisons. Dijkstra has figured something out for that. He generates training data using DALL-E, an AI-based image generator. For example, he instructs the system to create different, realistic photos of apple trees. He can use those photos to train a picking robot to recognize the ripe apples on a tree. That makes data collection a lot easier.
At Vision, Robotics & Motion, many innovative solutions were presented that can move the industry forward. To achieve exemplary implementation, cooperation within the triple helix needs to improve, Dirk van Meer, CEO of CORE Changemakers, concluded the exhibition. With his student team, he helps entrepreneurs with circularity issues, such as recycling batteries. "We still overthink our field and interests. We can innovate even better and faster by paying extra attention to the collaborations between knowledge institutions, governments and companies."
The next edition of the Vision, Robotics & Motion trade fair is scheduled for June 5 and 6, 2024. Would you like to know more about the next edition? Register then for our newsletter.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- ABC Action News works with local shelters to find homes for pets through our weekly Pet of the Week segment.
This week we are featuring Trixie, a 6-month-old Hound mix.
Shelter workers say she is full of puppy energy and would love a backyard where she can run around.
Trixie would make a great dog for a family with older kids. Her size and energy level could be too much for toddlers.
According to the American Kennel Club, hounds were traditionally used for their hunting skills, a trait they keep to this day as they love chasing small wildlife like squirrels or rabbits.
Trixie is spayed, microchipped and vaccinated. Her adoption fee is $200.
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“Striker Joseph Akpala is not offered a new contract and is therefore again a free player. We thank ‘Joske’ for his boundless effort and excellent mentality and wish him every success in the further course of his career,” Oostende stated.
Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr has predicted that 2022 will be tough for Nigeria’s senior national football team because of the loaded qualifiers his team would have to negotiate to qualify for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup.
Barcelona responded to a trying week by thrashing Villarreal 4-1 away to stay alive in the Liga title race, producing one of their best displays under coach Quique Setien.
Former Ghana right-back John Paintsil claims that the Africa Cup of Nations is a tougher competition than the World Cup for African teams.
Gianluigi Buffon set a new Serie A appearances record on Saturday as the 42-year-old goalkeeper played his 648th Italian top-flight match in Juventus’ game against Torino.
Quique Setien says Antoine Griezmann understands why he is not in the Barcelona first XI but insists France forward has a lot to offer.
Barcelona boss Quique Setien has played down talk of a rift with attacker Antoine Griezmann and has said he is not fearful for his own future.
Former Nigeria international Ifeanyi Udeze has urged Gernot Rohr to assign Joseph Yobo as the Super Eagles’ defensive trainer.
Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon ‘reliving youth’ after agreeing contract extension at 42 years of...
Gianluigi Buffon has committed to another 12-month contract at Juventus, with the 42-year-old claiming to be relieving his youth as he keeps a “fire burning inside”.
Antoine Griezmann has become "a caricature of himself" at Barcelona, where his former Real Sociedad boss, Martin Lasarte, feels a toxic environment is taking its toll.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has predicted that Super Eagles and Lille striker Victor Osimhen will be a star in African football for years to come.
FIFA is now budgeting for this year’s revenues to come in a little more than half of its original projections, as a consequence of coronavirus.
The Chinese Super League season will begin on July 25 after the coronavirus pandemic delayed it by five months, the country’s football association said on Wednesday.
Antoine Griezmann was limited to a brief cameo on Tuesday as Barcelona and Atlético Madrid battled to a 2-2 draw in a match that could prove vital to the LaLiga title race.
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has reiterated the commitment of his administration to protection of lives and property.
Kenya on Tuesday declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, and primary and secondary pupils would return to class next January.
Nigerian Senators on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to immortalise former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, by renaming the Ibadan Airport after him.
The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, is presently at a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, and his Minister of State, Festus Keyamo.
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been restored in India after being unreachable for many users there since July 1st, Android Police reported. Reports about what was causing the outage have varied. Some users reported the Indian government appeared to be behind the block, and others said they were getting what appeared to be DNS lookup errors, according to Android Police.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the federal government does not have the resources to deliver on development ambitions and the infrastructural projects it had committed to as a result of the economic downturn.
Katsina United goalkeeper Mustapha Aliko has confirmed his departure from the club after canceling his contract with the team.
Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo hoping he’s second time lucky as he has been nominated for Manchester United’s goal of the month award for June.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied some media reports that it arrested the acting chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu.

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Los Angeles’ ABC 7 has uncovered this image of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza circa 2005. At the time of the shooting he was 20 years old.
He was dark and disturbed, a deeply troubled boy from a wealthy family who unnerved his neighbors and classmates.
Mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, was a ticking time bomb, people who knew him told the Daily News.
“This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider told the Daily News. “He certainly had major issues. He was subject to outbursts from what I recall.”
Lanza, who friends and officials said suffered from Asperger’s syndrome or a personality disorder, had a tortured mind.
He was socially awkward and at times unstable, but also extraordinarily bright.
“He was smart,” the insider said. “He was like one of these real brainiac computer kind of kids.”
A “longtime” family friend said Lanza had a condition “where he couldn’t feel pain.”
“A few years ago when he was on the baseball team, everyone had to be careful that he didn’t fall because he could get hurt and not feel it,” said the friend. “Adam had a lot of mental problems.”
Lanza’s strange behavior was well-known among his well-heeled neighbors in leafy Newtown, Conn. His antics irked several residents.
“Adam Lanza has been a weird kid since we were 5 years old,” a neighbor and former classmate named Tim Dalton wrote on Twitter. “As horrible as this was, I can’t say I am surprised . . . Burn in hell, Adam.”
He was also seen as an odd figure at Newtown High School.
Even before that, Lanza walked the halls of his middle school carrying a black briefcase while most students lugged their belongings in backpacks. “That stuck out,” said Tim Lalli, 20, who graduated with Lanza in 2010. “It was different.”
Lalli said Lanza wasn’t a total outcast, but he didn’t speak much.
“Everyone just assumed he was a smart kid and that’s why he didn’t like talking to people all the time,” he said. “He hung out with the smart crowd.”
And he lived in luxury.
Lanza was living with his devoted mother, Nancy, in the family’s four-bedroom, 3,100-square-foot estate.
Nancy Lanza divorced Adam’s father, Peter, in 2008. Peter Lanza, now a vice president of taxes for GE Energy Financial Services, agreed to annual alimony payments that started at $240,000 and would have reached $298,800 in 2015.
The couple had married on June 6, 1981, in Kingston, N.H. — where Adam Lanza was born — and the divorce hit Peter Lanza hard, his lawyer said.
“He was very upset that he was getting divorced, but he didn’t want to take it out on anybody,” said attorney Gary Oberst.
He said the Lanzas were deeply devoted to their children. In fact, Peter Lanza insisted on handing over more money than his lawyer initially suggested.
“He did more than he had to with the divorce,” said Oberst. “When he came in to consult with me, I said, ‘This is what your obligation is.’ He said, ‘That’s not enough. I want to do more.’ ”
The family insider described the Lanzas as “lovely, very generous people who were very kind to each other during the divorce.”
Peter Lanza was blindsided by news of the shooting. When he drove up to his red-brick home in Stamford, Conn., Friday afternoon, a reporter was waiting outside.
“Is there something I can do for you?” Lanza asked, according to the Connecticut Post.
When told his address had been linked to the Newtown massacre, his face dropped, he rolled up the window of his blue Mini Cooper and drove into his garage without commenting.
He had arrived home just after a group of cops left. The sight of the officers freaked out neighbor Geralyn Petrafesa.
“Around 3 p.m., I drive by and saw the police wearing vests,” said Petrafesa. “They were approaching the house. I ran home and told my kids to stay in the house. I figured it was connected with what was going on in Newtown.”
The 52-year-old Peter Lanza had only recently moved in with his new wife, Shelley Cudiner, who works in the library at the University of Connecticut.
Peter Lanza also has an academic background. He has served as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University in Boston since 1995 and has taught classes on tax partnerships at Fairfield University, according to the Connecticut Post.
Nancy Lanza, 54, whom Adam murdered inside the home the two shared, reportedly had worked at Sandy Hook Elementary School. But more recently, she was taking care of her son.
“She needed to be home with Adam,” the family insider said.
Nancy was known as a pillar of the community, while neighbors viewed her troubled son as a terror.
“My daughter went to school w/adam lanza,” a former neighbor who identified herself as Beth Israel wrote on Twitter. “We lived 6 houses away. He was troubled for sure for a long time. RIP nancy.”
Early news reports suggested Adam Lanza’s 24-year-old brother, Ryan, had launched the rampage — but Beth Israel believed otherwise.
“It has to be Adam, not Ryan,” she tweeted.
Ryan Lanza, who lives in Hoboken and works at Ernst and Young, didn’t talk about his younger brother while attending Quinnipiac University.
“I knew he had a brother, but I never knew anything more than he existed,” said a college friend.
Ryan Lanza told cops he had not been in touch with his brother since about 2010.
One family friend described Adam Lanza as a gamer who “rarely spoke.”
“He was weird,” said the friend, who asked to remain anonymous. “He was quiet.”
Lanza’s maternal grandmother, Dorothy Hanson, told a Tampa Bay Times reporter she was too shaken to speak.
“(I’m) just trying to absorb it,” said Hanson, 78, who spends winters in a modest mobile home park in Brooksville, Fla.
A friend of Hanson’s said Lanza’s elderly grandmother was “beside herself right now.”
Late Friday night, Peter Lanza’s neighbors said they wondered how he was going to cope with the news that his ex-wife was dead and his youngest son would forever be known as a murderous monster.
“This whole thing is just tragic,” said one neighbor. “I can’t image what he’s dealing with right now.”
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[Marxism] Sheldon Ranz ' Commentary about Israel / Anti-Semitism is Racist
amithrgupta at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 12:31:31 MDT 2018
Comrades should again be careful believing any of Sheldon's comments about
the Chicago Dyke March given that he is a self-described Zionist with a
long history of anti-Arab sentiment. He is also changing the subject to the
appropriateness of using the prefix "Zio" which means "Zionist" and has no
relationship to Neo-Nazism beyond his belief that Neo-Nazis get to
determine the meaning of words related to Israel and Palestine.
The article I wrote has all original links which indicate unambiguously
that the story concocted by pro-Israel groups about the Dyke March was a
lie, that Sheldon Ranz is shamefully repeating on a leftist forum. *That
is, whether you believe me or not, believe the evidence documented
SR claims that the Chicago Dyke March was inconsistent because "First, one
leader claimed it was the Star of David on the posters; then they changed
their tune to alleged verbal disruptions by Laurel Grauer's contingent,
As my article indicates, it was both. There is no inconsistency whatsoever.
The flag *became* an issue *because of the verbal disruptions*. On its own,
the flag is simply a star of David. Combined with the chants against
Palestine, it began to resemble an Israeli governmental symbol. Just as a
Christian cross doesn't mean anything racist unless you light it on fire
and leave it on a black family's lawn, a Jewish star doesn't mean anything
racist until you wave it around while shouting down support for Palestine.
The alleged "inconsistency" is actually the thing that makes the entire
Amith R. Gupta
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Sheldon Ranz <sranz18 at gmail.com> wrote:
> " First and foremost, here is what actually happened at the Chicago Dyke
> March for comrades who actually care about the substance of accusations of
> "anti-Semitism" and how they are used to attack the Left:"
> No, your report on the March is definitely what not happened. First, your
> credibility is suspect, since you defend the use of the neo-Nazi epithet
> "Zio". Secondly, the accounts given in the Windy City Times by
> award-winning reporter Gretchen Rachel Hammond are more credible, because
> they expose the inconsistencies in the accounts given by the CDM's
> leadership. First, one leader claimed it was the Star of David on the
> posters; then they changed their tune to alleged verbal disruptions by
> Laurel Grauer's contingent, etc.
> "... his quickness to condemn students at an Oregon college as part of an
> anti-white mob, playing into a far-right-wing, white supremacist campaign,
> without bothering to check if any of it was actually true" Actually, my
> comment did not condemn any students. I simply asked some questions about
> what other options did the professors in question have.
> "The individuals who genuinely have an anti-Semitism problem (Gilad
> Atzmon, Israel Shamir, etc) were never involved in organizing boycotts..."
> The fact that they were not the most active members is meaningless. They
> had proclaimed their solidarity with BDS and considered themselves part of
> it. Since 2012, they were no longer and have been quite pissed about that.
> "This sentiment, which is common on the social democratic left, is what
> explains not only the controversies above but also the current attacks on
> Corbyn over the mural. Without a pre-existing environment latent with
> anti-Arab racism, it would be hard to garner such suspicion. Sheldon Ranz'
> track record is more or less the embodiment of that."
> The only very 'slight' problem with all this is that I support Corbyn and
> have defended him against the Israel Embassy-directed attacks.
> Sheldon Ranz
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:50 AM, A.R. G via Marxism <
> marxism at lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote:
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>> "'[The term "Zio"] was used that way by the leaders of the Chicago Dyke
>> March last year against a trans Jewish reporter, Gretchen Rachel Hammond,
>> who reported honestly about the anti-Semitic maneuverings of the March
>> I missed this tidbit in my previous response to Sheldon Ranz but that's
>> fine because I think it deserves its own topic, as it is an increasingly
>> common line of reasoning among social democrats who are co-opting
>> Palestine-related organizing.
>> First and foremost, here is what actually happened at the Chicago Dyke
>> March for comrades who actually care about the substance of accusations of
>> "anti-Semitism" and how they are used to attack the Left:
>> In short, a longtime pro-Israel lobbyist who organizes LGBT-themed Israeli
>> propaganda junkets shouted down anyone who supported Palestine at a gay
>> pride march while waving around a flag with a Jewish star that loosely
>> resembled the Israeli flag. When the March organizers asked her why she
>> behaving that way, she admitted to being "a Zionist" [like Sheldon Ranz]
>> and was then ejected from the March because the March organizers opposed
>> Zionism. She then took to the airwaves to claim that her expulsion was
>> because of her Jewishness or because the flag has a Jewish symbol, both of
>> which were lies.
>> Much like the previous episode at Stanford University during the Nakba
>> the effect of circulating these completely bogus explanations for leftist
>> controversies has the effect of demonizing and erasing the most
>> marginalized segments of the Palestinian and Arab communities. In that
>> event, two Palestinian refugees, one of whom survived the Nakba, were
>> prevented from speaking because they did not believe that the regime that
>> expelled them has some sort of moral right to "exist" -- something
>> should take for granted about all capitalist regimes -- and did not
>> appreciate being told not to say so, even though they had no plans to do
>> After arguing about it for two hours, the refugees walked out. The
>> organizers saved face by trying to link the event to the alleged
>> anti-Semitism of a local activist who was assisting with flyers at the
>> event, which was in turn based on her having equally tenuous links to
>> others who were accused of anti-Semitism. Again, in previous discussions
>> this forum, Sheldon Ranz has simply ignored the underlying controversy and
>> chalked it up to whatever half-assed claims of "anti-Semitism" floated
>> Sheldon Ranz also makes comments like "I say that as part of the BDS
>> movement who is proud that its leaders expelled anti-Semites from its
>> back in 2012."
>> *Of course, Sheldon does not mention which "part" of the BDS Movement he
>> in. He is in the totally self-appointed part that tries to sanitize
>> as compatible with liberalism *while stigmatizing the Palestinian
>> thereby undermining the very empathy that is at the core of Palestine
>> solidarity, including BDS: http://socialistcurrents.org/?p=2914
>> There is, of course, nothing "supportive" about demonizing the existence
>> Palestinians and assuaging the bigotry of those who hate them by
>> the bigots that those pesky Arabs will never actually return.
>> But worse, Sheldon Ranz' comment that the BDS Movement "expelled
>> anti-Semites from its ranks" is non-sense: there are no "ranks" other than
>> the organizations that signed off in 2005 and unless one believes the
>> Zionist propaganda narrative that Sheldon has spread on forums like this,
>> there never was an "anti-Semitism" problem with the BDS movement
>> specifically. The individuals who genuinely have an anti-Semitism
>> problem (Gilad
>> Atzmon, Israel Shamir, etc) were never involved in organizing boycotts,
>> the others, whom Sheldon alleges to be anti-Semitic (in my opinion,
>> wrongly) were simply never "expelled" by the BDS Movement which generally
>> does not issue such statements. A more generalized statement against
>> anti-Semitism from some of the BDS spokespeople floats around, but it is
>> redundant unless you harbor suspicions that Palestine activism is
>> anti-Semitic in the first place.
>> There is only one reason Sheldon can make such claims about the BDS
>> Movement: he isn't actually part of it and has no significance beyond
>> undermining support for Palestine by whitewashing anti-Arab sentiment as
>> I should note, Sheldon Ranz' desire to find anti-Jewish prejudices
>> there is condemnation of Israeli racism/Zionism mirrors his quickness to
>> condemn students at an Oregon college as part of an anti-white mob,
>> into a far-right-wing, white supremacist campaign, without bothering to
>> check if any of it was actually true:
>> Again, the anti-racist left was forced to explain itself in light of a
>> racist, yellow journalist campaign. I compiled the relevant information
>> here: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/2017-June/276405.html
>> I could go on. But the basic reasoning behind all of Sheldon Ranz' beliefs
>> about anti-Semitism (and in the case of the university students,
>> anti-whiteness) is rooted in racism. If Sheldon saw Palestinians as equals
>> rather than as people whose existence needed to be explained away, he
>> not accept naked smears against the Dyke March, Tony Greenstein for using
>> the term "Zio" (which literally just means "Zionist"), and so on. There
>> would be no need to make such bizarre links between anti-Zionism and
>> If, on the other hand, one believes that there is some sort intrinsic
>> legitimacy to Zionism, that Zionism is a protector of Jewish people
>> evils, that anti-Zionism is somehow undermining that protection, then the
>> suspicion makes sense. In short, it is the same worldview that nativist
>> whites hold in America and Europe: they see America's white racial
>> as their protection from a host of evils (some imagined, some real, but
>> mostly imagined), and as such, any attempt to undermine this racial purity
>> is inherently suspicious and leads down the road to "white genocide".
>> This sentiment, which is common on the social democratic left, is what
>> explains not only the controversies above but also the current attacks on
>> Corbyn over the mural. Without a pre-existing environment latent with
>> anti-Arab racism, it would be hard to garner such suspicion. Sheldon Ranz'
>> track record is more or less the embodiment of that.
>> Amith R. Gupta
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Elkins Seeks Board of Zoning Appeals Members
Elkins, W. Va., December 16, 2020: In Elkins, when someone disagrees with a zoning decision, their first recourse is to request review by the Elkins Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA). The BZA has the authority, within certain limitations, to reverse zoning decisions, authorize exceptions, and grant variances. There are currently two vacancies on the city’s five-seat BZA, and applications are now being accepted for these crucial volunteer positions.
The BZA meets infrequently, typically only when an appeal is received. In the last several years, the board has met only a handful of times. However, the Elkins Planning Commission has been working on an updated zoning code for the city that will be presented for council’s consideration in 2021. With expanded zoning rules, it can be expected that the workload of the BZA may expand as well.
BZA members serve three-year terms. To be eligible to serve on the BZA, applicants must have lived inside Elkins city limits for the three years preceding their appointment date. During their terms of office, BZA members are not allowed to serve on the city’s planning commission or hold any other city elected or appointed office.
No special or technical knowledge is required to serve on the BZA. The board is supported by the building inspector and zoning officer, the city attorney, and other city staff as needed.
For more information, please contact the city clerk. (Email: email@example.com; phone: 304.636.1414, ext. 1211) For more about city boards and commissions in general, click here.
Beginning May 14, 2018, the Elkins Police Department will be monitoring and issuing citations for vehicles parked facing against the flow of traffic per W.Va. Code § 17C-13-4(a). This activity occurs primarily in residential neighborhoods and presents a significant safety concern for […]Read More
COE Strategic Plan
Since late 2017 City of Elkins’ elected and appointed officials have been working on a strategic plan for the City and it is nearly ready for adoption. With the help of a highly experienced and qualified facilitator, officials met in February 2018 […]Read More
Police Civil Service Testing
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By Sophia Whitfield
So ingrained into our psyche is the film, made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John some 35 years ago, that it is always hard to trump the original. But it has been a while since Grease, the stage musical, graced our theatres, making this latest production a coveted piece of musical theatre.
Grease packs a punch; itís loud, frenetic and has a fair bit of sparkle. Terry Parsonís†set design is terrific with the band on stage, but mostly hidden. The audience gets to see the band at the start of the show, a reminder that this is a production driven by the familiarity of the music.
Rob Mills plays Danny with energy, partnered with Gretel Scarlett, the ever so proper and very Australian Sandy. Todd McKenney is one of the most popular cast members with the audience, belting out Beauty School Dropout as Teen Angel, covered head to toe in sparkles. There is even a brief deviation from Grease to The Boy From Oz. It is a highlight.
Anthony Callea, Australian Idol runner-up, plays Johnny Casino entertaining Rydell High students with his rendition of Born to Hand Jive at their annual dance off.
It is an entertaining production with familiar tunes. The dance numbers are upbeat and fun. Grease Lightning is always a favourite; the high energy song and dance number is performed with gusto by Stephen Mahy as Kenicke around the T- Birdís fabulous car. The Pink Ladies are led by a spirited Rizzo, played by Lucy Maunder.
Grease is a terrific night out with additional pre-show entertainment. It is currently playing at the Sydney Lyric.
This week in publishing awards have been announced, children's books celebrated and the publishing date confirmed for one very controversial book.On August 24, 2012
Today we feature two productions perfect for a school holiday outing this October.On September 18, 2013
By Jessica LeafeOn July 16, 2015
You could be in the running to win one of ten double passes to see 99 Homes starring Andrew Garfield and Laura Dern.On November 2, 2015
This week we are reading The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D by Nichole Bernier.On July 24, 2012
JoBlo has put together a moving tribute to filmmaker Tony Scott.On September 5, 2012

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Everyday wear brand Tahweave by designers Sweta Tantia and Priyangsu Maji believes in going back to its roots by giving back to the society and go GLOCAL (go local to go global). Tahweave design for people who are modern yet rooted with traditions and the designs are clean and simple yet experimental at the same time. The Tahweave collection is a fusion of the disciplined Japanese culture and Indian yoga and the brand has tried to depict calmness, serenity of these two disciplines through its clothes. The Tahweave clothing collection includes tops, dresses, jumpsuits and overlayers.
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Asian-themed grocery chain T&T Supermarket opened to massive crowds in Richmond, BC on the morning of Thursday, August 16.
The lineups can be attributed to some freebies that were being given out as part of the celebrations, including free tote bags, a $7.98 lobster special, and $10 gift cards to the first 400 customers.
The 70,000 square foot store, which is the largest T&T location in the country, is located at Landsdowne Centre in suburban Vancouver. According to T&T, the new Richmond store is the company’s flagship and is located in part of the mall’s former Target space which was vacated in early 2015.
The giveaways were no doubt part of the reason why so many shoppers lined up for the store’s opening — T&T Supermarket already has two stores in Richmond and a total of 11 in the Lower Mainland, including two that operate under the ‘Osaka’ nameplate. T&T Supermarkets also operates seven stores in the Greater Toronto area and one in Ottawa, with two more on the way for Southern Ontario. There are also five stores in Alberta — two in Calgary and three in Edmonton, with the busy West Edmonton Mall location said to be doing sales in excess of $50-million annually.
T&T Supermarket is considered to be Canada’s largest chain of Asian grocery stores. The company was founded by Taiwanese-Canadian entrepreneur Cindy Lee in 1993 and in July of 2009, it was acquired by Loblaw Companies for $225-million in consideration (including $191-million in cash and $34-million in preferred shares). The name T&T stands for the names of Ms. Lee’s two daughters — Tina and Tiffany.
It’s unlikely that T&T Supermarket will be at Lansdowne Centre forever, however. The mall’s landlord has indicated that it plans to close the centre in the year 2025 and eventually demolish the shopping mall for a new mixed-use urban development that will include a substantial residential component as part of a new street-grid that will expand Richmond’s downtown core.
In 2014, we spoke with the head of a major big-box retailer which was expanding its operations into Canada, and he said that Lansdowne’s landlord wasn’t agreeable to long enough lease terms — as a result, the retailer opened a store nearby.
It’s not clear how long T&T’s lease is at Lansdowne Centre and weather or not it will remain for a longer period as the centre is demolished in stages, though it’s obviously a good enough deal for both parties that an agreement was reached.

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Dwindling supply could trigger double digit gains in used car prices next year, according to a new report by Scotiabank Economics.
“Prices have been moving higher since early 2009 and we’re expecting the gains to accelerate next year,” said Carlos Gomes, senior economist. “The supply shortfall, which began in 2008, is going to intensify next year. It’s a North American-wide development.”
Currently, the average sale price of a used vehicle is about $14,000, said Gomes. “Meanwhile, new car prices have remained flat since 2010 as automakers enhanced incentives over the past two years to spur sales.”
The supply shortfall is a result of a plunge in fleet and leasing volumes entering the resale market, said Gomes.
At AutoMaxx Pre-owned Super Store on Tecumseh Road East, general manager Mickey Cleroux said both supply and prices have remained stable this year compared to 2011. He said AutoMaxx carries vehicles ranging in the 2008 to 2011 model year. Average selling price is about $13,000, Cleroux added. “We’re starting to get lease returns and we’re not having a hard time with inventory at all.”
The number of vehicles coming off-lease in Canada will drop to less than 400,00 units in 2013 — the lowest level in more than a decade about 35 per cent below the average of the past five years, said Gomes.
However, the ongoing recovery in vehicle sales will eventually loosen the supply constraint for pre-owned models beginning in 2014, he added.
“This is a good time to be in the market for a new car, especially if you have a trade-in,” he said. “The price of your car is likely to do reasonably well over the next year. Normally, you think of a car as a depreciating asset. In this case, given the sharp reduction in used vehicles, it will hold its value really well in comparison to new models out there.”
New vehicle prices will start to creep up “not so much because of rising used vehicle prices but more because of the impact of new regulations and new technologies to meet new fuel efficiency standards,” said Gomes. “That will be more of a driver in terms of raising new vehicles prices moving forward.”

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We are happy to share the December 2019 newsletter with you. Interested in what we have ahead for 2020? Let us know!
You can read all of the exciting developments from the summer in our September 2019 newsletter.
Stay up to date on the latest programs, research, news, and events at JIF by subscribing to the UNC JIF Newsletter. Email Sarah Verbiest with “subscribe” in the subject line.
Our North Carolina Early Home Visiting Landscape Analysis Report is now available. This landscape study provides the first in-depth analysis of the field of maternal and child health home visiting (HV) in its current form in North Carolina.
Click to learn more about the report, review the maps and landscape of home visiting across North Carolina.

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Laurie Gilbert. Septuagenarian. Rock Star. Writer.
Laurie played bass guitar, married a bass guitarist and ran the Gold Coast Musicians’ Club until epilepsy forced her to give it up. It overtook her life for around thirty years, but she has been seizure free for twenty.
Laurie has also written short stories for as long as she can remember, as well as seven novels on varying themes, including a thriller, a period romance and a novel for young adults. This session is themed around one of them, Savage Blues, which is based on the emerging blues music scene in Australia. It comes with Laurie, music, and blues. Don’t miss this!
Music by Jaala Still and Ange Boxall.

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From Roco Rescue instructors and design team engineers at CMC, the CMC/Roco Cobra Rescue Harness represents a vast improvement in ease of donning and doffing, while maintaining all of the safety and comfort features youve come to expect with our harnesses.
The centerpiece of our new harness is the patented (ANSI) aluminum AustriAlpin Cobraquick connect buckles. Cobra buckles are of thestrongestload-bearing quick-release fasteners available, andwill not open while under load.
We have also widened the waist strap of the harness to distribute the load across a greater surface area, which results in more comfort for the wearer. Another new feature is a Fall Arrest Indicator located near the dorsal D-ring. A stitched warning label will display if the harness has been subjected to excess forces on the dorsal D-ring.


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March 28, 2020
In a television appearance, the President of the Government announced that the next Council of Ministers will approve the recoverable compulsory paid leave for all employees of companies of non-essential activities.
Pending publication in the B.O.E. The adoption of this extraordinary measure, as a compulsory irregular distribution of the working day, (measure that we anticipate as possible in previous articles) supposes «de facto» the confinement of all workers in non-essential activities.
The decree that imposed the state of alarm listed a list of activities that could remain operational. The order allowed retail food, beverage, products and essential goods stores to be kept open; pharmaceutical, medical, optical and orthopedic and hygienic products; press and stationery; automotive fuel; watertight; technological and telecommunications equipment; pet food; commerce by Internet, telephone or correspondence; dry cleaners and laundries. All other activities were suspended.
It will allow the circulation and activities related to the provision of such activities as food, medical transport, medical services, security … seeking that from next Monday until April 9 movements will be further restricted.
A measure already provided for in our legal system, the irregular distribution of the working day, is now imposed by decree, so that working people who do not go to work during these eight working days continue to receive their wages, although they will have to make up those hours in later moments.
The agreed measure will be studied, after its publication in the BOE, in the videoconference that the Labor Department of Ley 57 abogados Jiménez y Asociados will teach next Monday, and which you can register by clicking here.
Each company is a different case and the impact of these measures must be studied individually, since it does not affect companies that have already implemented an ERTE on 100% of their workers, and therefore do not have active workers or people sick, or on vacation.


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Friday May 30 2008
By Esteban Israel
HAVANA, May 30 (Reuters) - Brazil and Cuba announced on Friday that the
South American powerhouse was providing technical assistance and seed to
the Communist-run Caribbean island to grow soybeans on an industrial
scale for the first time.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, speaking in Havana to a meeting
of Brazilian and Cuban businessmen, said the project represented "a new
and important moment for Cuba's development."
Amorim, who arrived on Thursday with dozens of businessmen for a two-day
visit, said land was already identified for the project and seed ready.
Brazil is one of the world's largest producers of genetically modified
soy, but it was not clear if it would be used in Cuba.
Amorim said joint ventures might be formed in the future.
"I believe we are talking about 30,000 to 40,000 hectares of land to
start, but with possibilities to extend it," Cuban Foreign Trade
Minister Raul de la Nuez said.
"We have to develop it little by little because it is not something we
have grown before in Cuba," he said.
Cuban President Raul Castro recently termed increased agricultural
output "a matter of national security" in the face of soaring
international food prices which are expected to drain more than $2
billion this year from Cuba's coffers, or some 20 percent of imports.
Raul has decentralized agriculture, reduced bureaucracy and granted more
land and economic freedom to the private sector, among other measures
aimed at increasing output.
Raul, who took over for his ailing older brother, Fidel, in February,
has also suggested foreign investment is needed in agriculture.
The country imports 85 percent of the food it rations to the public,
including large amounts of soy, wheat and corn.
The island's largest food supplier is the United States under a 2000
amendment to the trade embargo that allows food sales to Cuba for cash.
Cuba has studied the possibility of growing soy for a number of years
with advice from Canadian and South American experts.
A number of foreign companies have proposed joint ventures to grow soy,
so far to no avail. (Reporting by Esteban Israel, writing by Marc Frank,
editing by Matthew Lewis)

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HELENA — While schools will close on Thursday, December 21st, Helena area schools remained open on Wednesday.
The district did see some bus routes canceled or delayed. The schools took additional measures to keep kids safe, including opening early, indoor recess, and monitoring after school pick-up.
Helena Public School Assistant Superintendent, Josh McKay, says decisions on when to close school due to inclement weather can be tough, and administration must weigh a variety of factors and consult with community stakeholders. To help determine the correct course of action to take.
"We work with the county transportation department, our city officials, our city law enforcement, and we're managing basically monitoring road systems," said McKay, "to see if it's safe for our community to pass to schools in combination with whether our buildings are warm and can receive students."


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I saw a bowl of peaches on your desk,
no books, there were no words, no heat,
no candles spilling light. My life
was closed in your still hand,
I moved a finger slow across washed skin,
held fruit in my hands, rain fell soft,
small drops appeared above your lips
and hail hit windows.
First published in Crannóg
I thrash from a sea bed to the surface, breathe,
backstroke through dreams. Last night –
Oxford. Jericho, cafes lit
in the afternoon. A panini, an Americano,
and I’m in every cafe where I talked with him
from here to Rosapenna.
The years flicker – notebook pages turn –
the story sleeps. I dig into my bag
for scissors, shred and quill paper. A tree rises
from the pages’ heart: its branches frayed.
The table is scattered with paper remnants –
the book won’t close:
I hug it to me, leave
and wander through crisp air. The tree
in my arms as my boots echo
I am with him again –
late at night in a cellar bar,
drinking till we fall.
First published in Prole
A high pitch of mandolin and bazouki,
the clack of backgammon counters;
some place drenched with mint,
jasmine, and sweet coriander;
where night is absorbed into morning,
where the sound of the tide
is soothing white noise;
where there are no borders –
streets fall to the beach,
cedar watch waves, know secrets;
where there is no distinction
between memory and dream:
I pour myself, an offertory –
wake with incantations on my lips.
First published in Issue 1 of The High Window
A wind like a paring knife peels the platform,
lights are dim and two androgynous guards
pace, cheeks bulging before the next blast,
a screel of suitcase wheels, a last minute stampede,
high pitched yells, a pause – and the whistle –
a semibreve as the train pulls out.
Boys and girls, men and women,
two by two, pressed against railings,
arms hidden inside each other’s clothes.
Slow angel kisses, eyelids and cheeks,
then, Eskimo style, and sometimes, a change
of beat, butterfly kisses. My queue is single file,
chins to necks, stamping feet,
blowing into fisted hands. Vacant eyes.
I want to be in the kissing queue.
First published in Crannóg, 2014


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July 4th is almost here, which means that swimsuits, backyard barbeques and fireworks are right around the corner.
Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Labor Day are three holidays that give us a reason to break out the red, white, and blue. They are the perfect start, middle, and end of summertime fun.
On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies that made up our country claimed their independence from England. That event eventually led to the formation of the United States and the commemoration of our freedom is what we celebrate every July. In modern-day America, Independence Day is a holiday that carries the tradition of hot dogs and burgers, cold drinks, boats, bonfires, music, and - most importantly - friends and family. By July, the months of ‘May gray’ and ‘June gloom’ have burnt off and the heat of the Southern California sun starts to set in. With temperatures on the rise, there is no better time to break out your best swim trunks and get the sunscreen ready for time on the beach.
Every town celebrates Independence Day a little differently. Depending on local trends and traditions, July 4th is a community event that is rooted in history. In New York, huge fireworks displays ignite over bodies of water. Cities in the Pacific Northwest sponsor free outdoor concerts. In Carlsbad, July 4th is a holiday that we look forward to year-round. This year, if you’re in Carlsbad, here are some ideas about how you can celebrate the holiday in style.
Park Hyatt Aviara 4th of July Activities
Since Independence Day falls on a weekend this year, there is even more time to have fun. The Park Hyatt Aviara is one of Calrsbad’s most esteemed resorts and they are pulling out all the stops when it comes to the 4th of July.
All weekend, the resort will be hosting a variety of red, white, and blue themed activities. The resort is laid out over 200 acres of lush, Southern California private land. It just went through a jaw dropping $50 million dollar renovation, and the transformed accommodations are the epitome of coastal luxury. The reimagined pools are a combination of splash pads, ocean view pool decks, and waterslides.
During the weekend of July 4th, the resort will be hosting daily crafts, sandcastle contests, and fireside s'mores. Moonlight movies will be aired outdoors at the Palm Court on Friday and Saturday, and the weekend will commence with an outstanding fireworks show over the Ocean View Pool Deck on Sunday, July 4th.
Hotel guests and non-hotel guests are welcome. Get your tickets today!
Tune in to Alex Elisabeth at Chandler’s Restaurant
Outdoor music is an Independence Day tradition. Outdoor music with food and ocean views is next level. At Chandler’s Restaurant, you can get all of the above. Their outdoor patio is a stone’s throw from crashing waves and their indoor dining room has a wall of windows with expansive views of the Pacific. They offer farm-to-table cuisine and a full bar of craft cocktails.
On July 4th, you can grab a spot on the patio, order a drink, and watch the sunset over the Western sky. In the evening, local artist Alex Elisabeth will be performing. She is a home-grown Southern California based musician who specializes in acoustic pop covers. On Sunday, July 4th she will be playing live on the patio. Reserve a table now for a relaxing evening on the water.
Throw a BBQ of Your Own
Independence Day is the best time of the year to fire up the grill and get outside. Luckily, Carlsbad is home to many different parks and recreational areas that make having a July 4th barbeque easy without having to open your home to guests.
Holiday Park is a 5.9 acre park that is located close to all of the hustle and bustle of downtown Carlsbad. Just blocks away from City Hall and the historic Barrio neighborhood, the park has all of the features of a great outdoor space. There are gazebos, designated picnic areas with barbeques, restrooms, playground areas, and horseshoe pits.
If you want to get close to the water, Cannon Park is the place to be. On the corner of Carlsbad Blvd and Cannon Road, Cannon Park is just steps away from the beach. Amenities include an athletic field, picnic areas with barbeques, basketball courts, and restrooms. There is a play area for kids, and 1.7 acres of green grass to spread out on.
Alga Norte Community Park
A little further inland, Alga Norte Community Park offers amenities for parents, children, pets, and everyone in between. Just off of El Camino Real, there is a state of the art aquatic center, one of the largest skate parks in the county, and a huge off-leash dark park for furry friends.
The park is fitted with green features, has multipurpose ball fields, and plenty of shaded areas with barbecues. You can spend the entire weekend playing outdoors, grilling up food, and splashing around in the pool.
School is out, and summer vibes are here. On July 4th, celebrate at any one of these great places - you’ll be grillin’ and chillin’ before you know it!
Lastly, be sure to check back often as more events may be posted as we get closer to the 4th!

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Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved June 06, 2020, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/solovev-vladimir-sergeevich-1853-1900/v-1
It has been widely acknowledged that Vladimir Solov’ëv is the greatest Russian philosopher of the nineteenth century; his significance for Russian philosophy is often compared to the significance of Aleksandr Pushkin for Russian poetry. His first works marked the beginning of the revolt against positivism in Russian thought, followed by a revival of metaphysical idealism and culminating in the so-called Religious-Philosophical Renaissance of the early twentieth century.
Unlike the Russian idealists of the Romantic epoch, Solov’ëv was a professional, systematic philosopher. He created the first all-round philosophical system in Russia and thus inaugurated the transition to the construction of systems in Russian philosophical thought. At the same time he remained faithful to the Russian intellectual tradition of reluctance to engage in purely theoretical problems; his ideal of ‘integrality’ postulated that theoretical philosophy be organically linked to religion and social practice. He saw himself not as an academic philosopher, but rather as a prophet, discovering the way to universal regeneration.
One of the main themes of Solov’ëv’s philosophy of history was Russia’s mission in universal history. Owing to this he was interested in the ideas of the Slavophiles and, in the first period of his intellectual evolution, established close relations with the Slavophile and Pan-Slavic circle of Ivan Aksakov. He was close also to Dostoevskii, on whom he made a very deep impression. At the beginning of the 1880s he began to dissociate himself from the epigones of Slavophilism; his final break with them came in 1883, when he became a contributor to the liberal and Westernizing Vestnik Evropy (European Messenger). The main reason for this was the pro-Catholic tendency of his thought, which led him to believe that Russia had to acknowledge the primacy of the Pope. In his view, this was a necessary condition of fulfilling Russia’s universal mission, defined as the unification of the Christian Churches and the establishment of a theocratic Kingdom of God on earth.
In the early 1890s Solov’ëv abandoned this utopian vision and concentrated on working out an autonomous ethic and a liberal philosophy of law. This reflected his optimistic faith in liberal progress and his confidence that even the secularization of ethics was essentially a part of the divine–human process of salvation. In the last year of his life, however, historiosophical optimism gave way to a pessimistic apocalypticism, as expressed in his philosophical dialogue Tri razgovora (Three Conversations) (1900), and especially the ’Tale of the Antichrist’ appended to it.
Walicki, Andrzej. Solov’ëv, Vladimir Sergeevich (1853–1900), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-E037-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/solovev-vladimir-sergeevich-1853-1900/v-1.
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Curry, to look at his son's work, but soon the young high‐school student from Omaha was on his way to present his ideas to a convention of mathematics professors at Rochester ... moved through the hallways of New York's Statler Hilton Hotel more than.
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55 gallon tall discus tank with live plants and drift wood. 3d slime wall background hides the filtration and heater.
Never stop re creating your aquarium.
Discus tank. Saltwater nano reef tank with fish. And a 55 gallon long African cichlid tank.
Live plants and soft corals
I am a firefighter and fish kkeping is my hobby to help relieve the stresses of work.
The pet trade gets a bad rap for exploiting wild animals but sometimes the opposite is true.
Modern advances in technology affect every industry - even the aquarium hobby.
If you are looking for a unique invertebrate to add to your saltwater tank, consider the sea urchin.


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Pella Christian goes for its second win of the District schedule – and third overall – tonight, when they host Clarinda. The Eagles stymied the Cardinals last year, allowing just 26 yards of total offense and no scores in a 49-0 rout in Clarinda, but both teams have changed greatly since then. Pella Christian is still incorporating a number of new pieces on both sides of the ball, while Clarinda returns the majority of their team from last season.
Eagles’ head football coach Rich Kacmarynski says one of their main objectives is to prevent the Cardinals from effectively running the football.
“We talked about that all week – we’ve got to keep our contain and not let their speed [get out] on the edge,” says Kacmarynski. “I think our defense is ready for this type of challenge. We’ve played well, defensively, for three weeks in a row, and we’re looking for a fourth one tonight.”
You can hear the game streamed live at kniakrls.com  with Jamie Brockman and Nate Van Wyk there for the call. The game will also be featured on a delayed broadcast at around 10:30 p.m. on 92.1 fm KRLS. Coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m., with kickoff at 7:00 p.m. tonight.


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Dining on fast food cuisine is an integral part of the road trip experience, but just like travelling requires a sense of adventure. Two Wendy’s restaurants located just a few exits apart may offer vastly different levels of service, food quality, and restroom cleanliness. My husband and I have endured several fast food mishaps on I-85 pit stops recently, resulting in a boycott of our previous burger chain of choice. I’m sorry but leaving the cheese off my burger is a deal breaker. On the rare occasions I dine à la combo meal, I expect a burger and fries worthy of the greasy indulgence.
In the South, we are fortunate to have Chik-Fil-A as an alternative to the trifecta of popular burger joints. This Atlanta-based chicken chain elevates fast food with delicious and healthy food options, tasty waffle fries, refreshing lemonade and yummy milkshakes. Whenever my friends visit from the Northeast or Midwest, Chik-Fil-A is one of our first stops to satisfy their craving for sweet tea. Finding the restaurants on the road is tricky, as exit signs don’t always signal their presence and they close on Sundays. My go-to Chik-Fil-A on I-85 north is in Salisbury, North Carolina (exit 76), where we stopped en route to Greensboro recently for a cookies and cream milkshake. So good.
Even when I’m not held captive on the highway, Chik-Fil-A is one of my favorite spots to grab a quick lunch, i.e. lemonade and grilled chicken sandwich or chicken strips. Though it’s a large restaurant chain with more than 1400 locations, most restaurants offer an inviting atmosphere where you can linger instead of eating on the road. This Southern twist to fast food and service is a welcome respite from burger monotony in any zip code.

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The canal, it was urged, was not an experiment; it had been tested and not found wanting; already the great achievement of De Witt Clinton in completing the Erie Canal had made New York City the metropolis of the western world.
Before it was over, he had entered, by the special privilege accorded such characters, the club about which man-society in San Francisco revolved; he had broken into a half a dozen circles of women society; he had become hail-fellow-well-met with the younger sons of the cocktail route, the loud characters of flashy Latin quarter studios, the returned Arctic millionaires of the hour and day who kept the Palace Hotel prosperous, the patrons and heroes of the prize-fight games, the small theatrical sets of that small metropolis.
There, every individual work, however capricious and isolated it may seem, has its place and its projection. Harmony results from the whole. From the cathedral of Shakespeare to the mosque of Byron, a thousand tiny bell towers are piled pell-mell above this metropolis of universal thought. At its base are written some ancient titles of humanity which architecture had not registered.
At the daily rising of this great curtain of nature, at the present time, scores of white sails and sluggish vessels are seen thickening on the water, with that air of life which denotes the neighborhood to the metropolis of a great and flourishing empire; but to Henry and the peddler it displayed only the square yards and lofty masts of a vessel of war, riding a few miles below them.
With these exceptions, the valley and the hill opposite Blacherne, and the wide-reaching Metropolis beyond them, were to appearances a blacker cloud dropped from the clouded sky. A curious sound now came to him from the direction of the city. Was it a rising wind? Or a muffled roll from the sea? While wondering, some one behind him said: "They are coming."
Such levity is proper enough in the provinces, we make no doubt, but it ill suits the dignity of the metropolis. We trust our young friend will take these remarks in good part, for we mean them solely for his benefit. All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. "The Infant Prodigy performed wonders.
In Etruria proper Volsinii was the metropolis; of the rest of its twelve towns we know by trustworthy tradition only Perusia, Vetulonium, Volci, and Tarquinii. It was, however, quite as unusual for the Etruscans really to act in concert, as it was for the Latin confederacy to do otherwise.
An organisation for this purpose did once really exist in England, really trying to do the work which it was intended to do, as half the pages of our early statutes witness. In London, as the metropolis, a central council sate for every branch of trade, and this council was in communication with the Chancellor and the Crown.
He felt lonely and desolate in spite of his joy at getting back to "God's Country." He frowned at the hazy outline of the great city from which tall buildings were beginning to differentiate themselves as they drew nearer. There was New York. He meant to see New York, of course. He was a Westerner and had never had an opportunity to go about the metropolis of his own country.
Follow it to its source, two days' trot or tramp up towards Cheyenne Pass, and there you find them, as the Sioux did twenty years ago, before we bade them seek their lodge-poles farther north. How far is it to the prairie metropolis, a mile and a half, you venture?


Gas Station Manager Repeatedly Hits Robber with Fire Extinguisher
The manager of a gas station in Toledo, Ohio wasn't having it when a man tried to rob the store, he grabbed the fire extinguisher off the wall and used it to hit the robber.
Surveillance footage shows the alleged robber asking the clerk to check an ATM slip, he then tries to grab the cash drawer over the counter. When the clerk pulled away, he jumped the counter and began pushing and shoving.
At that point, the manager and another employee tried to wrestle the man to the ground. That's when the manager grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and began smacking the suspect with it.
The police report that the man was able to get away with about $500 in cash.
Read more at ABC News.


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I don’t know about you, but when so many fruits are ripe and available all at the same time, I go a little crazy. That’s where fruit crisp comes in. I can’t resist the color and aroma and juicy goodness of peaches, nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, apricots, cherries—so I buy too much of everything.
What I need is a simple, quick recipe to use that fruit that is threatening to shrivel up before we get around to eating it fresh on our cereal in the morning, as snacks throughout the day, or simply sliced for dinner.
Mom’s fruit crisp to the rescue. It is the very simplest of the wide array of baked fruit dessert that I wrote about a couple years ago in “American Fruit Desserts. Is it a Crisp, a Crunch, a Slump, a Grunt or a Buckle?”
As I pointed out then, sources told me that what my mother made was called a fruit Crisp, even though she always called it a “Brown Betty.” Those same sources told me that Betties were made with bread crumbs instead of flour and oats, but that is not the way my mother or my grandmother made them.
So here’s one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever find for one of the most delicious deserts your family ever loved. Call it fruit crisp or call it Brown Betty. Feel free to change the fruit. I think mother usually used apples in her Brown Betty/ fruit crisp. I use part blueberry only because I rarely have enough fresh peaches left after indulging myself and I always have blueberries in the freezer. But do your own thing.


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Consequences - The building block of Asian power
It’s the key thing that our community lacks. It’s the one ingredient that every successful group has an abundance of.
- Jews have the anti-defamation league. No one dares badmouth Jews in public.
- Blacks and Latinos will fight you. No one dares to push them around (unless they’re “police officers” or in groups)
- Blacks had the Million Man March so white conscience couldn’t hide from their mistreatment of Blacks as easily.
- Asian male / white female media get reduced through complaints from “post-racial white gentlemen”
- Many East Asian kids excel at school because of pressure and consequences of failure at home.
- No one dares wage Opium War 2.0 on China because it’s armed to the teeth with and the world relies on it for economic stability.
- War criminal presidents keep waging illegal wars because no one can stop them.
- Israel can squat in Palestine while ethnically cleansing the locals because its supported by America.
- Opium wars and unequal treaties occurred in China because their military was inferior and people divided.
- Monsanto can keep pushing its gmo poison against people’s wishes because it has bought congress and wages expensive lawfare.
Current Asian activism is not only without consequences. It’s far worse.
- It praises people who disrespect us.
- It rewards treasonous liars who spread filth about Asian men and Asian culture.
- This smearing / propaganda campaign is funded and protected by white supremacy
That is why Asians have made only marginal social progress over so many decades while killing it in education.
Make racists understand that there are consequences for their disrespect.
Good summary here.
disclaimer: I mean success in getting heard and getting things changed. Obviously, Blacks still have lots of problems, but they have progressed from bojangling clowns to the occasional leading man. Meanwhile we have Fu Manchu 2.0 and Charlie Chan reincarnated into Jackass Chan.
At some point, we need to get real about consequences. I mean actually do it. We’ve had several opportunities to do things like go at David Bond’s ISP and get him banned - and we didn’t. We’ve had opportunities to flood media offenders with emails and we haven’t. One big win is what we need to convince Asians en masse this is possible. There are more radical methods which we should talk about privately.
I completely agree with OP. We should pick ONE target and method and go to work and succeed. Only one. Discuss options, pick one and go to work. Look the reality is we have to shame even our own for being slacktivists if when this target is selected, they do nothing. I would strongly recommend we don’t cast a wide net. Find one method that works and then rinse, repeat.

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Elution of Metronidazole and Gentamicin from Polymethylmethacrylate Beads
Ten polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) beads containing metronidazole (3 concentrations); gentamicin sulfate; or metronidazole and gentamicin sulfate were immersed in 5 ml of phosphate buffered saline in triplicate. Eluent was replaced at specified time intervals for 1 day (1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours), daily, or weekly for 21 days. Antibiotic concentrations were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. Changes in antibiotic bioactivity attributable to polymerization or co-polymerization of the antibiotics with PMMA, ethylene oxide sterilization, and storage of antibiotic-impregnated PMMA (AIPMMA) beads containing metronidazole were evaluated.
Antibiotic elution patterns were similar for all groups. Day-1 elution for groups containing either metronidazole (3 concentrations) or gentamicin represented a mean 63% to 66% and 79% respectively of the 21-day total elution. Approximately 50% of the day-1 elution occurred during the first hour. The elution of metronidazole was dose-dependent. There was no significant difference in the total amount of antibiotic eluted from groups that had the saline changed daily versus weekly. The elution of metronidazole (day 3-21) and gentamicin (all days) was significantly greater when metronidazole and gentamicin were combined (p<0.05). Polymerization of PMMA was delayed in groups containing metronidazole. Neither polymerization nor co-polymerization of metronidazole and gentamicin with PMMA, gas-sterilization, or 2-month storage of beads containing metronidazole significantly affected antimicrobial bioactivity.
Metronidazole elutes from PMMA. The frequency at which the saline was changed did not affect the rate of antibiotic elution. Co-polymerization of metronidazole and gentamicin sulfate in PMMA resulted in increased rates of elution. Intra-operative preparation of metronidazole-impregnated PMMA beads is not practical. However, prefabrication of metronidazole or metronidazole-gentamicin beads, gas-sterilization and storage for up to 2 months should not affect the efficacy of either antibiotic. The local delivery of biologically active metronidazole and gentamicin by elution from PMMA is feasible.

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Every Friday, we celebrate the weekend — and all the reading and relaxing and daydreaming time ahead — with Melissa's favorite book- and travel-related links of the week. Why work when you can read fun stuff?!
This post is part of our Endnotes series.
As far as we know, that’s not a magical portal in the photo above. It’s the Dubai Frame, an observatory and museum in Zabeel Park, Dubai. Made of steel, aluminum, reinforced concrete, and glass, it soars 460 feet (140.24m) into the air. Would you be surprised if I told you it holds the record for the largest frame in the world? And TBH, it’s almost a magic portal: When you look through one side, you see modern Dubai, and when you peer through the other, you look back in time to the older parts of the city. For all you thrill-seekers out there, the observation deck at the top features glass floors that give you a peek down to the ground, so very far below.
The 2022 Scottish International Storytelling Festival starts next week. It features some great online events for those of us who can’t make it to Edinburgh. Download the program here and flip to page 22 for online events. I’m looking forward to ‘I Would Drink of Your Heart’s Blood,’ a story about a fairy woman on the Isle of Lewis. ‘Scottish folklore, poetry, and Greek myth are woven together into a unique storytelling performance.’
We were delighted to find our podcast Strong Sense of Place on this list of recommended bookish podcasts from Libro.fm.
In celebration of Spooky Season: How Witches Cast Their Spell on Art History. ‘There’s also Circe, sometimes hailed as the first witch, a minor goddess with a major understanding of potions and herbs as well as a magic staff that she used to transform her foes and rivals into animals. She is depicted living her absolute best life in a painting by Wright Barker, surrounded by lions and foxes that were presumably once her enemies. It looks like she’s just blown us a kiss. Mwah! she seems to say. F*ck around and find out. I cannot stress this enough: Do not make enemies of witches.’
Is it art? Is it lighting? Yes! At the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Condé Nast Traveler features 12 women who made travel history, including the always-inspiring Amelia Earhart and lesser-known role models like Annie’ Londonderry,’ who rode her bicycle around the world in 1895, and British-Italian explorer Freya Stark, who traveled in the Middle East in the 1930s and wrote 24 books about her experiences.
Messy Nessy asks So What’s the Deal with those Ceramic Sicilian Heads?. ‘Behind the visage, so to speak, is a passionate folk story from Palermo, of love and jealousy, steeped in mythology and Sicilian history.’
Phew. These two poems from North Macedonia are brutally beautiful.
Dave and I signed up for this class about how to make a paper cabinet of curiosities. You can either enjoy the class live online or sign up to get the recorded version to watch anytime. Here’s a preview of the papercraft:
Artist Craig Williams paints colorful birds onto the pages of vintage atlases, textbooks, and field guides: ‘Williams carefully chooses the pages for their connection to each specimen, such as a map of Tasmania that provides the background for a green rosella, a species endemic to the island.’ The results are whimsical and lovely.
In each mini-podcast episode, we discuss two books at the top of our TBR, then share a fun book- or travel-related distraction. Get all the episodes and books galore here.
In this episode, we get excited about two books, one backlist and one new: Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver and This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers. shares three reasons to put the tiny country of San Marino on your must-visit list. [transcript]
Perhaps you’d like to visit the Museum of Vampires and Lycanthropes (Museo Dei Vampiri E Licantropi).
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Tired of your buttocks a little too soft, the orange peel that gradually installs on your rear, your silhouette that thickens over time! And if to tone your glutes , you fall back to childhood?
Chick! With the jump rope, it’s quite possible. Only a few minutes each day and a rudimentary equipment (ie a simple skipping rope) are enough to obtain visible results in a few weeks. The skipping rope will become your new slimming ally.
The skipping rope: visible benefits on the buttocks and the whole body
The skipping rope is the ideal physical activity if you dream of harmoniously refine your silhouette, to strengthen your slimquick keto glutes , without gaining too much volume. This is to target efforts, because the challenge here is to firm, tone and shaping your muscles, so they remain lanky and they do not grow too much either.
The idea is not to look like a weightlifter.
Excellent for strengthening your back, but also the calves, thighs, shoulders, abs and to gain back, skipping rope is a very good cardiovascular exercise .
It develops heart rate, breathing capacity, endurance, body balance and promotes blood circulation, thus facilitating the loss of cellulite and making the skin firmer and smoother.
How to practice the skipping rope to strengthen your buttocks?
The first thing to know about this physical activity is that it is very intense at the cardio and therefore very short. Your training program should not exceed 15 minutes (5 minutes for a beginner) and you can vary the jumps to avoid a certain weariness.
By tucking your belly and contracting your abs , you have to jump with both feet together for every 1 minute. Take a 30-second recovery time, then start a one-minute session again if you want to change the exercise .
All jumps must be done on tiptoe so as to optimize the work of the glutes .
You can jump on 1 foot (twice the right foot then twice the left foot, and so on); hopping; by making slits; going up the knees; or by bringing back the heels to the buttocks. This last exercise is ideal to work well the targeted muscles.
In any case, it is important that the jump rhythm remains continuous and that the rotation frequency is the same throughout the training program .
An activity that makes you lose more calories
Sport full and very popular with top athletes (we all in mind the image of boxers jumping rope to get muscle ), skipping rope can also regulate weight. A 15 minute workout program is considered to lose up to 250 calories.
To renew at any time of the day, as slimquick keto soon as you have a free moment. You will not be able to say “I do not have time to play sports”! Come on, no more fake excuses and we’ll do it!

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Straight Kurti with Pant and Dupatta Set |Women’s Stitched Suit (Pink Floral)
The elegant embroidery & print all over this anarkali set creats a mesmerizing attire. The comfortable cotton fabric along with the flowy design of the suit makes it a perfect piece to add shine to your wardrobe.

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I am not talking about guessing. This is a known fact. Alpina builds their own product.
Alpina is their OWN manufacture, recognized by the German goverment. Every car that they build has an ALPINA vin and is not a BMW. That is why their cars do not carry the BMW roundel(s). I have been to three BMW factories over here: Munich, Regensburg and Leipzig. BMW only builds BMW's. Alpina builds their own cars. Just like MB and AMG's relationship. Every AMG car gets built by AMG, not MB. AMG is far larger factory than Alpina.
Alpina does not build their own cars they are built in BMW plants with components supplied by Alpina- BMW M actually puts in the build order for Alpinas. The areo mods, wheels and trim (on certain models) are fitted in Buchloe.
They assembly parts like the cooling package into kits and truck it to where it is being built (Dingolfing for example) where the Alpina is assembled and painted on the regular line- the rest as I noted above is completed at Alpina.
Alpina is considered a manufacturer in Germany because they create their own engines and they have a Tüv approved emissions lab (where they certify cars like Weissman). They also ALWAYS use the BMW Roundel on the hood and trunk.
The ZF transmission they currently use (8HP) has patented components and methods that are Alpina exclusive so they are not used elsewhere.
This engine is based on the N55 and is based on advances M had made with the S55...
(Below is bench testing the 8HP, the cooling packs being crated for shipment and a B6 that returned from BMW to have the aero/exhaust and wheels swapped out). and yes they reuse the base components that get swapped out over and over again!!!)


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The Environmental Council of Iowa (IEC) Gala and Artwork Auction filled the Mainframe Studio Great Hall on Friday, November 10, with guests dressed in shades of green in support of a greener future. .
As people sipped their wine to the tunes of DJ Jaide Knight, eyes scanned works of art that were to be auctioned off. The main event was the IEC commissioned piece by Des Moines artist Ben Schuh. This piece sold at a live auction at the event for around $800.
Bidding was available online, which was cut off at midnight, and in person, with most pieces physically present at the event.
Each piece focused on climate change for “[make] sure the public understands the concerns and dangers associated with it,” as Chris Gloninger, Green Gala emcee and KCCI Chief Meteorologist, explains.
Gloninger also shared his own work for climate justice. As he traveled across the country as a meteorologist, he began to see startling patterns of severe weather.
“So I launched the nation’s first weekly series on climate change and started connecting the dots,” Gloninger said. “It is so important that we all have one voice on this important issue. It’s a little disheartening when you look at, admittedly, the TV coverage, the debates and the polls, and you hear, “What are the important issues? Because if you think about what’s most important to you, that common denominator, oftentimes, is climate change.
After sharing his personal story, Gloninger announced four “clean energy champions” who have received IEC awards. The awards were presented to the Iowa Chapter of the Blue Green Alliance for its involvement in labor justice and climate issues; the City of Waterloo in honor of its 24/7 carbon-free energy resolution; Greenpenny Bank of Decorah for its history of financing solar projects; and Keith Denner, president of Professional Property Management in West Des Moines, for reducing unnecessary energy and water expenses for his tenants.
Proceeds from the gala will be shared, with 25% going to the artists and the rest to the IEC’s clean energy initiatives.
Missed the event, but want to follow the IEC? Visit their website to learn more about their projects and to donate.
Lily DeTaeye contributed to this story.


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A Summer with the Shiba Inu is definitely worth playing. With multiple endings, and bizarre story twists. Join the cute dogs on the Island of Shiba, and unravel the mysteries.
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Who can stop the evil Crackman and his minions from invading the world? Clash Force that's who!
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10 years of hiding from your past are enough for any dog. It's time to face your demons and put the past to rest once and for all.
Great as a visual and auditory stimulant, not so much as a “video game.”
The Siren song may be beautiful, but as you will soon find out listening to its tune is more hassle than it's worth.
Castle Pookapick needs some exploring so grab your friends in Castle Pals!
It's time to pick a hero, select a gun, and complete each level one jump at a time.
The unsettling visuals, music, and themes all play well together here and even with its short runtime, make for an unforgettable experience you won't want to miss.
Concept Destructions attempt at reviving the demolition derby genre is scuppered by tiresome gameplay and difficult to control cars. Ultimately a big car crash.