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Dinah interrogates Oliver about multiple deaths
Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is in the hot seat on Arrow this week.
In this exclusive clip from Monday’s episode, titled “Confessions,” SCPD Captain Dinah (Juliana Harkavy) and Sergeant Bingsley (Danny Wattley) interrogate Green Arrow about several guards being “savagely beaten to death” on Team Arrow’s latest mission. So far, all of the evidence points towards one of Star City’s vigilantes, but Oliver maintains their innocence, even after Binglsey points out that he has killed before.
“My team stopped a terrorist attack,” says Oliver.
“Except, it wasn’t just your team who was there, was it? There was somebody else there, somebody beside Mr. Diggle, Ms. Smoak, and Mr. Ramirez,” Dinah prods.
And the Emerald Archer reluctantly admits that there was. Who could it be?
The best guess is Arsenal/Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), who returns in the present day storyline, after only appearing in season 7’s flash-forwards, to help the team foil a Ninth Circle attack. Unfortunately, “things go awry and there is massive collateral damage,” according to the episode’s official synopsis, which also reveals that the Tara Miele-directed hour boasts “true crime narrative and tone.”
Watch the clip above.
Arrow airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET on The CW.
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“Winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL (August Derleth Award) at British Fantasy Awards 2016
For generations the Villarcas have died mysteriously, and young. Now Iris and her father will finally understand why…
At the turn of England’s century, as the wind whistles in the lonely halls of Rawblood, young Iris Villarca is the last of her family’s line. They are haunted, through the generations, by ‘her,’ a curse passed down through ancient blood that marks each Villarca for certain heartbreak, and death.
Iris forsakes her promise to her father, to remain alone, safe from the world. She dares to fall in love, and the consequences of her choice are immediate and terrifying. As the world falls apart around her, she must take a final journey back to Rawblood where it all began and where it must all end…
From the sun dappled hills of Italy to the biting chill of Victorian dissection halls, The Girl from Rawblood is a lyrical and haunting historical novel of darkness, love, and the ghosts of the past.”
My Thoughts: Catriona Ward’s The Girl from Rawblood almost defies description as it crosses generations, characters, and locations. It is part haunted house/ghost story, part social commentary, part family tragedy. It is all of those things and somehow none of those things. There is plenty to disturb and plenty to sadden. There is even more to make you question your sanity and wonder what is happening. The general sense of unease crystallizes into a sense of horror as the pieces fall into place, leaving you to marvel at what Ms. Ward accomplishes.
Iris Villarca is only one of the characters at the heart of this tragic and compelling story. The story starts and ends with her, but along the way we touch on the lives of her ancestors and how they are each affected by the family curse. Just what the curse is remains nebulous, as are the reasons why the family is cursed, but that does not stop the terror from filling you when “she” makes an appearance. Much as one builds a lasagna, each member of the Villarca family adds another layer of understanding to the mystery of the curse and to Iris’ predicament. Theirs is not a happy story by any means, but there are snippets of brightness and love that ease some of the tension and reminds you that to give up on love means to give up on life.
The Girl from Rawblood is not a horror story in the Stephen King sense of the word. There exists violence and danger throughout the story; there is gore as well. Yet, it is not as assertive as King’s novels. With few exceptions, the violence is subtle, mostly off-screen and referenced in passing. The gore is less subtle, and there are some scenes involving medical testing that will turn your stomach. However, the sense of overriding fear that some of King’s novels cause remains lacking in Ms. Ward’s. One can still consider the novel horrifying but not for the reasons one expects when considering a horror novel.
Given all of that, and for many more reasons, it is no wonder that The Girl from Rawblood won the 2016 prize for Best Horror Novel at the British Fantasy Awards last year. Ms. Ward takes the traditional ghost story and turns it on its head with her cross-generational family curse. She also infuses the story with more concrete examples of horror – the kind humans can instill on each other. Combined together it is a novel that entices and horrifies readers, all the while allowing them to marvel at the genius twist on the genre Ms. Ward uses to create a novel that is similar to so many other novels but in the end so completely different from them all.
The Best Horror novel for 2016 and I’ve never heard of it! It’s scary how horror novels don’t spook me much anymore. Real life does but not horror novels. I heard that the next season of American Horror Story is all about the election complete with actors portraying the key players. Not THAT has the potential to be horrifying.
AHS about the election? That is absolutely terrifying!
Aaah, so excited for this one! I have a digital ARC I hope to get to before it expires. I love a good creepy atmospheric read.

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It's been quite a while since we've last seen Brown Eyed Girls promoting together as one group. Between their solo promotions, Narsha's acting, and participation with variety shows, fans were starting to wonder if they were ever going to come back together long enough to promote a full album. Of course, earlier in the year they did drop the digital single Recipe which managed to top the charts, but was meant to be more like a taste of what’s to come. Finally, they've returned in full and released the music video for their title song in their latest album, Kill Bill. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out below!
The Video: Kpop meets Quentin Tarantino with the Brown Eyed Girls take on the popular movie Kill Bill. Normally, I would be highly skeptical about something like this but the Brown Eyed Girls are possibly the only group that I think can pull something like this off and maintains that quirky zany feel of the original movie without going too far with it. On your first watch, it might be slightly confusing, but don’t worry, Andi’s here to take you by the hand and lead you through this to help make sense of it all. Ga-In takes the roll of “The Bride”, the main character of the movie who swears revenge on all of the members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Miryo too seems to be portraying the roll of The Bride but in a different form. However, her death is similar to that of Vernita Green’s in the movie. JeA has the role of Elle Driver, the most vengeful member of the squad who tries to poison The Bride while she’s comatose but fails. Narsha seems to be the female version of Budd, Bill’s brother. Since the whole video is just the four girls, there were a few changes here and there to make up for the lack of a whole cast to fill out the whole movie. It works because they manage to actually combine a few scenes together as one while adding their own little spin to it and you can still tell that they are acting out scenes from the actual movie.
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The video starts off with Narsha who is with Bill (who is presumably already dead) while in bed, painting his name on his back. Now because Bill was a player, we can safely assume that they were all in love with him in one way or another. Combine that with Narsha having already killed him, the girls are all filled with anger and jealousy and are looking to exact their revenge on each other. Right off the bat, the four duke it out and kill each other. Ga In shooting JeA in the face, Narsha stabbing Ga In in the head, and JeA’s failed attempt at killing Narsha with a poisonous spider managing to kill Miryo off after she shoots Narsha with her shotgun. We then get an overhead shot of them all laying on the ground dead. Or are they? If they were dead already, how could they continue on with the rest of the scenes in the video? That, my friends, is because they aren’t dead. Ga In’s in a coma because Narsha got her in the head with her hair ornament and JeA lost an eye when Ga In shot her in the face. The other two must have come close to death but managed to survive. Thus they have fanned the flames of eternal revenge.
The rest follows the movie pretty closely with the exception of what might be the most confusing part of it all for me: Miryo and Ga In both depicting scenes that are supposed to be of The Bride. My guess is that they had to incorporate the feeling of being wronged with her having the scene of Miryo being buried alive instead of Ga In because an attempt at Ga In’s life was already made when JeA tried to poison her earlier. In the end, their thirst for revenge gets them all killed by each other.
The Visuals and Dance: I spent so much time dissecting the story behind the video that I had to make a separate section for the visuals and dance which I usually just include in the video section. The dance is simple and easy yet brimming with sexy confidence as per Brown Eyed Girls tradition. We got a little crotch thrusting here and a little booty shaking there but without the blatant ass shots we’ve seen so often in today’s Kpop. As for the visuals, we usually see Miryo with her hair pulled up in one way or another. It was nice to see her with her hair down for once and it looked really good. Ga In sports the short brunette look again, which in my opinion is much better than the blonde she wore for her Bloom promotions. Narsha always looks bombastic with bangs and JeA looks as cute as ever. The plain hair styles work well with the cowgirl type concept of the outfits they wear in the dance segments.
The Song: There is so much whistling in this video. Too much, even. I was okay with it at first but it quickly becomes grating to the ears after the excessive repetition. Now that’s not to say the actual song itself has too much whistling. If I were to listen to just the song alone, I probably wouldn’t be as annoyed with it. However, I was almost turned off by the song by the time it rolled around because it started off with that same annoying, whistling tune. Kill Bill has more of an upbeat Abracadabra feel to it rather than the powerful and explosive Sixth Sense or the subtle yet emotional Cleansing Cream. Their vocals aren’t showcased as strongly as they could be but Miryo’s rapping is as powerful and captivating as ever. The song is pretty catchy but again, that whistling just gets in the way. I know it’s supposed to accentuate that cowgirl feel of the song and it does its job well but it’s not my cup of tea.
Overall opinion: Brown Eyed Girls never cease to amaze and captivate me and despite the few flaws in this video and song, it’s still something that I would recommend to my friends. I would have talked about the lyrics too, which were pretty interesting but that would have made this article a little longer than it needed to be. It’s nice to see that BEG are still going strong and I have high expectations for their album Black Box.

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The world’s largest known colony of a brilliant but shy species of shellfish has been discovered in a West Coast loch.
An eye-watering quarter of a billion flame shells have been found living in nests which have merged to form a huge 185 hectare bed at the bottom of Loch Carron, covering much of the tide-swept seafloor of the Strome Narrows, from Craig to Stromeferry.
It is two and a half times larger than a colony of more than 100 million flame shells discovered in Loch Alsh in 2012, which was previously thought to be the biggest.
Flame shells are small bivalve molluscs with fiery orange tentacles. Flame shells spend most of their lives completely hidden away inside nests, built from old shells, stones and other materials around them and bound together with thin wiry threads.
Flame shell beds are extremely sensitive to physical disturbance, such as dredging. Substantial and persistent declines have been observed raising widespread concern about the conservation of this species and habitat it creates.
Ministers will now seek to make the emergency measures put in place to protect the reef permanent. A Marine Protected Area (MPA) designated on an urgent basis lasts for a maximum of two years but the intention is to make Loch Carron a permanent MPA. A public consultation on making the site a permanent addition to the Scottish MPA network is anticipated in 2018.
In April, a scallop dredger dragged its gear through the reef on two occasions causing damage from which it is likely to take decades to recover.
Dredging involves towing gear across the seabed to scrape-up the scallops which live there. The dredger which damaged the Loch Carron reef was operating legally because no protection measures existed at the time. Fishing on Loch Carron was immediately banned and divers have been assessing the size of the reef.
The discovery was made during a joint Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Marine Scotland (MS) and Heriot-Watt University (HWU) survey to learn more about habitats in Loch Carron.
Mike Cantlay, SNH’s chair, said: ‘Scotland’s seas clearly still have many secrets left to tell. This is a remarkable discovery.’
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said: ‘This is a fantastic discovery which shows that the new Marine Protected Area is making an even more valuable contribution to safeguarding these waters than we first thought.
Dr Dan Harries, of Heriot-Watt University’s Institute of Life and Earth Sciences which who led the diving fieldwork, said: ‘This is another fantastic discovery. We really didn’t think we’d find a bed that could top the 100,000,000 find in Loch Alsh. This is a great example of partnership working across Government departments, SNH and academia to deliver a timely and scientifically robust response.’


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There are two intimate lodges in Lion Sands and guests have the added benefit of accessing the Kruger’s game-abundant roads. A variety of activities are available including Game Drives, Bird Watching outings, and Bush Walks as well as wildlife lectures, hippo tours, full-moon walks, and star-gazing. Thrill-seekers can enjoy helicopter tours over the Blyde River Canyon and balloon safaris offering magnificent views of the Kruger area.
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It’s late November 1957 in Brooklyn and Ellie Shipley stands before a painting few people have seen for perhaps a hundred years. She’s been hired to produce a copy—a shady deal she knows is shady—but she’s taken the job in order to study the painting. For Ellie, seeing is not the simple act of glance and reflection we all experience; seeing is bone-deep and personal.
She has no interest in the composition from ten or twenty feet away—that will come later. What she wants is topography, the impasto, the furrows where sable hairs were dragged into tiny painted crests to catch the light. Or the stray line of charcoal or chalk, glimpsed beneath a glaze that’s three hundred years old.
The painting is the only known work of Sara de Vos, the first woman admitted into Holland’s prestigious Guild of St. Luke in 1631. It belongs to Marty de
Groot, a lawyer who lives in up and coming splendor on the Upper East Side. It’s been in his family for longer than anyone can remember and hangs over his bed. When it’s stolen, he hires a private investigator. It’s not the thieves themselves or the art dealers the detective manages to get a line on, it’s Ellie.
Dominic Smith’s The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a historical novel and a mystery, as well as a reflection on seeing itself, in what we bring to our images of other people and to art. The story shifts from the life of de Vos in 17 th Century Holland to Ellie and Marty in 1957, then again in 2000. The movement back and forth in time is not simply a contemporary convention here but intrinsic to the ways we see art and what art means to us.
Sara de Vos lives with her husband Barent, also a painter, and her daughter Kathrijn in Amsterdam. Women were not landscape painters at the time and, in order to sell any painting legally, one had to be a member of the Guild. Sara’s admittance to the Guild, though humiliating in its own right, is a breakthrough, but personal tragedy upends her life and severely limits her ability to paint.
In 1957, Marty pursues a relationship with Ellie, impressing her at art auctions and with fancy dinners, never letting on he knows she forged his painting. The painting doesn’t mean the same thing to Marty as it means to Ellie. For Ellie, it’s a brilliant window into the world of a woman who lived over three hundred years before, for Marty it’s simply an object that was taken from him and he must have his revenge.
This is, in part, a story of how women negotiate the world, bearing the arbitrary power, humiliation, and occasional kindnesses, of men to make their way, and how they come to define that world for themselves. Smith creates strong and complex women who come to life most fully when they observe: the landscapes spread before them, the strokes of brush on canvas, their own pasts from the perspective of the present.
There’s a kind of delicate conversation in the book between Sara in 1631 and Ellie, as she studies Sara’s paintings. The reader is drawn into Sara’s inner landscape with a clarity she herself could have probably never articulated, but which is vibrant for Ellie in the composition, color, and brushwork of the piece before her. This movement between seer and seen, each pass adding more nuance and layer, is a fundamental theme of the book, present between each character.
You carry grudges and regrets for decades, tend them like graveside vigils, then even after you lay them down they linger on the periphery, waiting to ambush you all over again.
When Marty and Ellie meet again in 2000, Marty is an old man, burdened by remorse. He’s come to Sydney mostly to meet Ellie again after 33 years and take in the show she’s curated, Women of the Dutch Golden Age. By this time, a second de Vos has been discovered and Marty wants to see it but has left his glasses in the hotel room. He asks Ellie to describe it. It’s her love of the first painting that brought any real value to it for him. It’s her gaze he revels in, as Ellie revels in the gaze of Sara de Vos.
Whether we’re looking at a painting or back over our own lives, it’s layers we see, combining to produce a singular image. It’s the layers of our lives intersecting with our chance encounters, the brushstrokes of those important to us overlying conversations with near strangers. We accrue our lives from the ground up, and presenting that process is the magic of Dominic Smith’s novel. !
STEVE MITCHELL likes sunsets, long walks on the beach, and quiet nights by a fire. His short story collection, The Naming of Ghosts, is published by Press 53. He’s coowner of Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, NC


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The benefit match, being organised by Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), would be a 40-over encounter under floodlights at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera.
Kaveri Chauhan, the 11-year old daughter of Kedar Chauhan, is suffering from hydrocephalus, a rare disorder marked by swollen head seen in one among ten lakh children and it requires an immediate surgery in Germany, costing about Rs 20 lakh, GCA president Narhari Amin said.
While Ganguly will be leading the team of southpaws, Dravid will lead the right-handers, which include explosive opener Virender Sehwag, Ajay Jadeja, V V S Laxman and others.
About batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, Amin said, "He is presently in London and expected to return on Friday. We will try and talk to him."
The benefit match is expected to raise nearly Rs 10 lakh through tickets sale, Amin said adding it would be telecast live on DD-Sports and would begin at 4.00 pm.
"All the necessary security arrangements have been made and reviewed by state Government's home department officials," he said adding, "Hemang Badani, Vinod Kambli and Yuvraj Singh are some of the left-handed batsmen to play in Ganguly XI".
Chauhan, serving with Gujarat State Fertilizers Corporation, has played 54 matches for Baroda scoring nearly 4000 runs. He also holds record for scoring fastest 2000 runs in just 25 matches.

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- François Amoretti
- Convention Lolita 3
- L'Empire des Dentelles
- Esprit de contradiction
Hello! I'm an illustrator recently settled in the sunny south France. I graduated in graphic design in EPSAA, where I often mixed modern design with manually-painted elements.
I loved the computer and Internet at first sight. In 2002, I launched my first website, showcasing my artworks, teaching myself my first bits of html. I would never call myself a front-end designer but at least I can code my own stuff such as this portfolio (now in php!)
That being said, my primary love will always be Illustration and I've never been happier than with my beloved watercolors, acrylic & oil combo, fine ink & ridiculously precise quill. But let's not forget Painter, Photoshop and some Illustrator too!
In 2011 after graduating, I seized the chance to do more illustration and comic work by joining the forces of the Gottferdom Studio. This structure is nothing but a charming atelier allowing people in here to conduct their personal work in a friendly atmosphere.


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Discussion in 'Misc. TV Series' started by Thread Manager, Jan 24, 2011.
This is a continuation thread, the old thread is [split]222393[/split]
I watched the FINALLE of beyblade on saturday.. I actually liked that show..
full metal alchemist brotherhood
Beelzebub episode 3
The Slayers: Revolution
I finally finished Death Note just half hour ago and it's the first anime I've seen from beginning to end in a LONG time. Great stuff and so well written, I think my next anime I'll be starting is Full Metal Alchemist since the whole thing is available on instant streaming on Netflix I won't have to wait for discs to come in the mail and I'll be able to watch them as often as I'd like.
One Piece 485
You've got some good viewing to look forward to there; FMA is one of the best ever.
Yeah, FMA is good. Just a personal choice, but I like the Brotherhood version better myself, but both versions of the anime are great.
As for last anime I watched, just finished Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Loved the series, got that same sadness you feel when an anime series you really like ends. Second I watched the last episode I started thinking, "....Ok...what do I watch now?" lol. I guess I could always go back and pick up the Bleach and Naruto animes, or start reading Naruto again (still read One Piece and Bleach) to fill in the gap until I find another good one.
The good thing tho is that apparently the manga continued on. So there's a whole new arc and it's still going, so with some luck maybe they'll continue the anime later on. Warning to anyone who picks up the series tho, it's ok at first, but doesn't start getting really good until the Mukuro arc (the first major arc) which is about 30 episodes in. A bit of a stretch to get really into it, but when this anime hits it's high notes it's really good (IMO).
Mahou Sensei Negima!~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~ OAD Extra - Magical Girl Yue
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail 003
To fill that empty spot left by Hitman Reborn, I'm giving Soul Eater a try. So far it's pretty good, I'm not very far in, but the humor and action are good so far. Part of me was put off at first by the main hero being a weapon (used to seeing the main char do the fighting himself), but it's making more and more sense as I watch it. Plus a change in pace of the fomula from time to time never hurt anyone.
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Dragon Ball Z Season Four
Karas: The Revelation....great movie
Area 88: Act I: Blue Skies of Betrayal
I just watched Ghost in the Shell: SAC season 1 and 2 for the first time. I loved it! Such a great show.
I just watched the new bleach 308 which was cool!
I finished up Soul Eater, and wanted to move on kinda quick. It was an enjoyable anime, but the last 15 episodes just seemed to lose focus...and get weird towards the end. It wasn't bad tho, I really liked the first 30 or so episodes.
After that on the site I watch anime a lot on Hajime no Ippo was listed as their anime of the month. I've heard some of you guys praise it a lot, and thought what the hell. Gave it a shot and loving it. I'm not really a sports guy, not that I don't like sports, I just don't like watching them as much as playing them if that makes any sense. So wasn't sure if I'd like an anime about boxing, but everything seems to be there, the story, action, and especially character development are all top notch.
bleach 309 which was awesome I had been waiting to see it and it was worth it!
One Piece 487
Watched movies 2 & 3 of Naruto Shippuuden
The second is good
Third one is a mess I slept through


Design // Thursday, November 05, 2015
What better way to enjoy the work of artist Todd James, than with a nice cup of tea?
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, September 29, 2015
https://instagram.com/toddjamesreas/NANZUKA is pleased to announce the upcoming solo exhibition of new works by American artist Todd James (and 2x Juxtapoz cover artist). This will be Todd James' 2nd solo show in the gallery. And for all our collectible collectors out there, NANZUKA will release Todd James' first plush toy “Tit Wizard”, in conjunction with the show.
Juxtapoz // Friday, May 29, 2015
We like Todd James. He has been on the cover of Juxtapoz twice now, and continues to make fantastic works. We like Barry McGee, too. He too, has been a cover artist and continues to be one of the most recongnizable and successful artists to balance graffiti energy and fine art aesthetics into one beautiful mix. They are both showing new works in FUD, opening at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen this weekend. It is McGee and James' second double exhibition at the space.
Juxtapoz // Thursday, April 23, 2015
No secret here that Juxtapoz loves the work of Todd "REAS" James. He has been on the cover 2x, been covered in various stages of his career, and love seeing his work evolve with each show. On May 1st, James will open "Fantasy Island" at Lazarides in London in their Rathbone space. From the gallery, "The vivid body of hyper-coloured works extends the artist's exploration into current socio-political affairs, continuing to stretch the boundary between the obscene and the humorous." We agree.
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Two-time Juxtapoz cover artist and longtime favorite of the staff, Todd "REAS" James is opening a new solo show, Pump Pump, at the stellar Alice Gallery in Brussels, Belgium this week. From his amazing satirical military works, the the pirates, to his new series of big busted women and cartoonish still lifes, he continues to make some of the most strong work that we get to cover.
Music // Monday, December 08, 2014
Todd "REAS" James is a 2x Juxtapoz cover artist, with the NYC artist most recently on the cover in December 2013. From his Pirate series, to MASH-style pin-ups, and his career in graffiti and tv shows like Crank Yankers, James is one of the true representatives of what this magazine stands for. So it's pretty cool to us that we get to be the exclusive premiere of James's music video work for U2's new track, "The Troubles." Big band, big artist.
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, September 16, 2014
AISHONANZUKA is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of new paintings by American artist Todd James (2x Juxtapoz cover artist, most recently, December 2013). "Afternoon Delight" is Todd James´ first solo show in Hong Kong, and a big thank you to Hypebeast for the installation photos.
Graffiti // Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Painted back in 2009 but it really doesn’t matter because Reas’s graffiti transcends generations and stays relevant.
Juxtapoz // Thursday, June 19, 2014
Launching today, Hi-Art is a free mobile digital sticker app that allows friends to browse, save and share emotions, messages, and thoughts in fun detailed images. Most importantly, the digital stickers were illustrated and designed by many of the artists we consistently feature like Vizie, Todd James, Ron English, Dan Santoro, Grotesk and more.
Juxtapoz // Monday, June 02, 2014
Galleria Patricia Armocida is proud to present Secret Garden, the first solo exhibition in Italy by Todd James that opened on Tuesday May 13, 2014 and will run through August 1st. For this occasion, the artist created seven large-scale acrylic on canvas paintings and eight medium and small-scale gouache on paper paintings. For his first Italian solo exhibition, James toes the thin line between erotic and ironic, capturing his Junoesque and voluptuous women during their private, secret moments taking place behind closed doors.


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Why is New York scrapping its language test for cab drivers at the same time London is planning to enact a similar one?
Americans are quick to ask if candidates are giving enough to philanthropic causes. But they hesitate to judge whether the money is being put to good use.
Marketing ditties once had a distinctive, hokey sound, but today’s advertisers have ditched them for standard pop songs.
As pay TV slowly declines, cable news faces a demographic cliff. And nobody has further to fall than the merchant of right-wing outrage.
At the Richmond Alternative School in Virginia, 97 percent of students are black and 87 percent are poor, and the city just outsourced their education.
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch’s scattershot response to the price-gouging scandal is part-Pharma Bro, part obfuscation.
Jodi Houge, a pastor in Minnesota, talks about the shifting church culture in the U.S. and what it’s like to hold services in coffee shops and bars.
Jason Hernandez of Fort Worth, Texas, talks about the demands of his job.
America’s most significant worker protections are failing to protect millions of female employees. As unions decline, can smaller advocacy groups change that?
As part of an agreement Donald Trump made in the 1970s, New York City requires that his flagship building’s communal plaza and gardens meet certain specifications. But they often have not.
The inequality at the heart of America’s education system
From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, this reader was “the product of the AFDC program”—the Aid to Families With…
Why young people aren’t buying houses
Why noodles have become commodities among inmates
Arlette Stevens Castaño talks about her experience treating survivors and working with police in Tucson, Arizona.
Property tax—one of the most criticized taxes on U.S. residents—stems from a system put in place by William the Conqueror.
While American companies fixate on Latino consumers, the growth of Asian American buying power is outpacing everyone else’s.
Do mission-driven organizations with tight budgets have any choice but to demand long, unpaid hours of their staffs?
Yesterday marked 20 years since Bill Clinton’s controversial welfare reform bill went into effect, replacing America’s old safety…
While his peers in consulting prepared for business school and careers in private equity, Chris Rall used his experience to start a cleaning company.
Chain restaurants, which for so long used their decorations to celebrate America’s past, are now focusing on a (clutter-free) future.

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U.S. Economic Development Administration: Build To Scale (B2S)
The Build to Scale Program (B2S) builds regional economies through scalable startups with a portfolio of grant competitions, including the Venture Challenge and Capital Challenge. The program aims to increase the capacities of regions to plan and implement ecosystems that support innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups that are growing technology-driven businesses, creating high-skill, high-wage jobs, and building the industries of the future. Current opportunities are detailed below.
(1) Venture Challenge seeks to advance technology-based economic development and through regional innovation ecosystems that promote the commercialization of new technologies, strengthen growing industry clusters, and lead to the expansion of high-paying economic opportunities in communities, regions, or combinations of regions. Grants are awarded to organizations that enable startups to become the next generation of globally competitive, industry-leading companies and support regions in overcoming barriers that prevent would-be innovators from accessing these opportunities.
This competition offers two funding levels—Build and Scale—designed for grantees to implement programming that reflects the maturity and capacity of their respective innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Competitive applications will demonstrate the ability to generate sustainable added value for the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by:
- leveraging unique opportunities to accelerate existing technology-driven industry clusters;
- encouraging technology transfer, innovation, commercialization, and adoption;
- unlocking talent, capital, and other resources that, if left untapped, would inhibit regional innovation capacity and resilience; and
- supporting cluster-aligned companies in expanding access to high-quality jobs.
(2) The Capital Challenge seeks to increase access to capital, particularly in communities where there is a limited supply of equity-based funding and a demonstrated opportunity to invest in technology-based businesses aligned with growing industry and technology clusters. Awards provide programmatic and operational support for the formation, launch, or scale of investment funds that seek to invest in scalable startups. This includes eligible entities that work to identify, educate, and connect groups of investors (e.g. angel networks) to facilitate access to equity-based capital within a community, region, or regional industry. These grant funds cannot be used as investment capital.
This competition offers two funding levels—Form and Deploy—designed to catalyze the development and growth of regional innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems and address barriers to accessing equity-based capital. Competitive applications will demonstrate the ability to generate sustainable value for the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by:
- expanding the supply and investment of equity-based capital focused on technology startups;
- increasing the number of regional equity investment managers;
- developing dealflow, conducting due diligence, and closing investment deals; and
- introducing new equity-based investment opportunities that increase access to capital for entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs.
- Venture Challenge: $38,000,000 is available to make awards that range up to $750,000; the maximum federal share of each Venture Challenge Scale award is $2,000,000.
- Capital Challenge: $7,000,000 is available to make awards that range up to $300,000; the maximum federal share of each Capital Challenge Deploy award is $750,000.
A match of 1:1 is required for all challenges.
Eligibility: States; tribes; city or political subdivision of a state; an entity whose application is supported by a State or a political subdivision of a state and that is a—nonprofit, institution of higher education, public-private partnership, science or research park, federal laboratory, venture development organization, economic development organization or similar entity, or consortiums.
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The Indiana State Fair continues, and a different farm family from around the state, representing a different segment of Indiana agriculture, will be featured each day. The program is part of the Year of the Farmer theme for the Indiana State Fair sponsored by Dow AgroSciences.
Featured on Aug. 10 are Mike and Susan Shuter and family. They operate a large no-till grain farm near Frankton, but they also have a beef herd. They are representing beef in the Year of the Farmer program.
Mike's two sons, Patrick and Brian, are currently involved in supplying beef for a retail meat market which opened recently in Pendleton.
So far, Mike says that the public has been very receptive to the idea of being able to purchase locally-grown beef near home. He suspects that the farm may be able to move most of its cattle raised each year through the market.
Shuter is also heavy into cover crops. He rigged up an air seeder off of his high-clearance sprayer a few years ago, and now operates a business to build cover crop seeding solutions for other farmers.
Phil Overdorf and family will be featured on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Indiana State Fair. Overdorf and his son, also named Phil, operate a chicken operation in Tipton County. The family will represent the poultry industry in the Year of the Farmer program at the Indiana State Fair.
The Overdorfs have raised chickens for decades. They currently have three houses of laying hens. Their eggs are collected automatically, and crated for shipment to another location where they are packaged for sale to consumers.
If you will be at the fair and want to meet the family of the day, look for them in the Glass Barn sponsored by the Indiana Soybean Alliance on the north side of the fairgrounds. They are scheduled to appear there for a live chat with fairgoers at 2:30 p.m. on their day.
On days when the evening parade is held, the family of the day will also be highlighted in the parade.
See a full list of family farmers and links to their stories as they appear on the Indiana Prairie Farmer website: Indiana Soybean Alliance's Glass Barn will feature 'Year of the Farmer' hosts.

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The amazing things you brain can do while you're sleeping
But why exactly do we need to sleep is not always clear. We know that sleep makes us feel more energized and improves our mood, but what really happens in the brain and body while we are resting?
Research has identified a number of reasons that sleep is very important for our health. When we are sleeping, the brain is one organ that remains active.
In fact, during sleep, neurons in the brain burn almost as much as they do during waking hours - so it's not surprising that what happens during bedtime is crucial to the brain and its cognitive function.
Here are five amazing things your brain does when you are sleeping - and a good reason to close your eyes tonight:
1. Make a decision
New research has found that the brain can process information and prepare for action during sleep, effectively making decisions when unconscious.
A recent study published in the journal Current Biology found that the brain processes complex stimuli during sleep, and uses this information to make decisions when awake.
The researchers asked participants to categorize spoken words separated into different categories - words referring to animals or things; And real words vs. false words - and asked to indicate the categories of words they hear by pressing the right or left buttons.
When the command becomes automatic, the subject is asked to continue but also told that they may fall asleep (they lie in the dark room).
When the subject fell asleep, the researchers began to introduce new words from the same category. Brain monitoring devices show that even when subjects are sleeping, their brains continue to prepare motor functions to make right and left responses based on the meaning of the words they hear.
When the participants wake up, however, they do not remember the words they hear.
"Not only do they process complex information when they are really asleep, but they do so unconsciously," researchers Thomas Andrillon and Sid Kouider wrote in the Washington Post. "Our work highlights the brain's ability to process information while sleeping, but also when it is unconscious."
2. Creating and consolidating memory
While you are sleeping, the brain is busy forming new memories, consolidating older memories, and connecting with newer memory. Less rest can significantly affect the hippocampus, the area of the brain involved in memory generation and consolidation.
For this reason, sleep plays a very important role in learning - it helps us to record the new information we receive to be remembered again later ..
"We have found that sleeping before learning helps prepare your brain for early memory formation," Dr. Matthew Walker, from the University of California, Berkeley, a sleep researcher who explains the results of his research to the National Institutes of Health.
"And then, sleeping after learning is very important to help save and store new information into the architecture of the brain, which means that you tend not to forget it," Dr Walker added.
So think twice before deciding to stay up late to learn when facing the exam. Dr Walker warns, if you do not sleep, your ability to learn new information can go down by 40 percent.
3. Make creative connections
Sleep can be a powerful trigger of creativity, like an unconsciously relaxed mind that can create surprising new connections, which may not arise in a wakeful state.
A 2007 study at the University of California at Berkeley found that sleep can create 'distant friends' or unusual connections in the brain - which can cause you to 'a-ha' after you wake up. Upon awakening from sleep, 33 percent of people are more likely to make connections between seemingly distantly related ideas.
4. Remove the poison
A series of studies in 2013 found that an important function of sleep was one to give the brain the opportunity to do 'clean-up' work.
Researchers at the University of Rochester found that during sleep, the rat's brain cleansed the destructive molecules associated with neurodegeneration. The space between brain cells actually increases when rats are unconscious, allowing the brain to clean out the toxic molecules built during waking hours.
"We need to sleep," Dr. Nedergaard, the lead researcher of the study, told the National Institutes of Health. "Sleep clears the brain."
If we do not get enough sleep, our brains do not have enough time to clean up toxins, which can potentially have the effect of speeding up neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
5. Learn and remember how to do physical tasks
The brain stores information in long-term memory through something known as spindle sleep, a brief burst of brainwaves at a strong frequency occurring during sleep.
This process can be very helpful for storing information related to motor tasks, such as driving, swinging a tennis racket or practicing new dance steps, so these tasks become automatic.
What happens during sleep is the occurrence of short-term memory transfers stored in the motor cortex for the temporal lobes in the brain, where they then turn into long-term memory.
"'Practice' during sleep is important for your performance later," says James B. Maas, a sleep scientist at Cornell University. He told the American Psychological Association. "If you want to improve your golf game, sleep longer."

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Myanmar’s regime attacked Pazi Gyi village in Kantbalu Township, Sagaing Region, on Tuesday morning with a fighter jet and Mi-35 assault helicopter while a people’s authority office was being opened.
Around 100 civilians, including elderly people, women and children, were killed in the bombing.
A resistance fighter, who survived the attack, told The Irrawaddy about the incident.
What happened at the ceremony?
Resistance fighters to the west reported seeing a jet fighter. But the phone reception was poor and I could not hear clearly. I went outside and saw the fighter. Everyone else saw it too. Those who died didn’t have time to run.
Many people were stunned and they died watching the plane. I was lucky because I dived into a roadside ditch.
What happened next?
It dropped a bomb and there was an explosion and smoke. From the ditch, I could see dead bodies strewn everywhere.
I was only around 20 steps from the explosion. People around 20 meters away were injured. We asked the injured to shout out so we knew who could be rescued.
We could not identify the victims. Heads were separated from bodies. Children’s limbs were severed. Small pieces of flesh were spread around.
We searched for survivors through the jumble of bodies. We tried to send the injured to a clinic while looking out for more attacks.
The bombing was at around 8am and around 30 minutes later a Mi-35 strafed the village. It didn’t kill anyone.
What is the estimated death toll?
The bomb hit a crowd of around 150 people. Some victims were toddlers and other young children. More than 30 people were injured and around 15 survived. There were around 100 fatalities, including about 20 children.
Body parts were scattered. Most of the victims were women, including around 10 pregnant women. Only around 10 people escaped with minor injuries.
Could you estimate the death toll by body parts?
The bodies were unrecognizable. Some were without heads and limbs. We could not identify them. We put them together and burned them.
The event was to open a people’s authority office. Were the victims from many villages?
Most were Pazi Gyi villagers. Only a few were from other villages. It was still early so the other villagers had not arrived.
Was it going to be the only administrative office in the area?
The civilian administration office was built outside the village, partly to protect villagers. The office was flattened by a bomb. We didn’t hear screams when it was hit. People could not scream because they were killed immediately. Around 30 mines and shells behind the office ignited and the blasts lasted about an hour.
Were the bodies incinerated and can their families be contacted?
We burned the bodies together so no one can identify them now. We had to sweep up pieces of flesh with brooms. We have not fully cleaned up.
All the villagers have fled. We will only be able to name the victims when they are reported missing.
Were any resistance fighters killed?
Around 20 resistance fighters were killed but the majority of victims were civilians as the fighters were busy doing chores and were outside the building.
What is your response to the attack? How are the villagers coping?
It is quite despicable. I don’t complain about attacks if there is fighting in the area but there have only been a few clashes.
The attack was one-sided. Women and elderly people have left the area or are hiding in the forests. Some male villagers have returned to the village.
My ears are still buzzing and I see pieces of flesh everywhere.


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Australian shares slightly lower; unemployment rate unchanged
Australian shares closed slightly lower as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released unemployment data.
The S&P/ASX 200 shaved off 3.1 points or 0.07 per cent to 4214.8.
The All Ords was two points or 0.05 per cent lower to 4278.6.
Among the major miners, BHP Billiton added $0.34 or 0.92 per cent to $37.34 and Rio Tinto put on $0.15 or 0.23 per cent to $66.75.
To financials and ANZ was up $0.03 or 0.14 per cent to $20.82, CBA lost $0.04 or 0.08 per cent to $49.80, NAB put on $0.22 or 0.93 per cent to $23.88 and Westpac added $0.03 or 0.15 per cent to $20.60.
In energy news, Woodside Petroleum announced production of 64.6 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2011, down 11 per cent compared with the previous year. Shares dropped $0.63 or 1.85 per cent to $33.48.
And Santos reported production of 47.2 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2011, down five per cent from 2010. Shares were $0.04 or 0.3 per cent higher to $13.25.
And in retail, Woolworths lost $0.34 or 1.33 per cent to $25.13 and Wesfarmers fell $0.11 or 0.36 per cent to $30.37.
In other news, Australia’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.2 per cent in December, according to the ABS. The number of people employed fell by 29,300 people. Part-time employment fell by 53,700 people and full-time employment increased by 24,500 people. The participation rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 65.2 per cent.
To Asia and the Nikkei was 97.09 points or 1.14 per cent higher to 8647.67 and the Hang Seng gained 197.69 points or one per cent to 19,884.61.
The Australian dollar was buying 103.9 US cents, 67.35 pence Sterling, 80.77 euro cents and 79.69 Japanese yen.
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Today on Switzer
Did the Victorian Treasurer's health benefit levy contribute to Tatts Group's 19% fall in net profit after tax? Tatts Group CEO Robbie Cooke joins Switzer TV to discuss this and much more. (Broadcast Monday 1 September 2014.)
As we move forward, unemployment around the world will continue to rise and global GDP will continue to fall. We have been writing about this until we are blue in the face, so here is some more.
Note to markets ignoring the Ukraine crisis. When mad bad Vlad – President Putin – reminds everyone Russia is a major nuclear power it is very scary stuff.
Let’s look at this decision to kill the mining tax while delaying the lift in compulsory super for five years, so it freezes at 9.5 per cent.
While market demand in a booming Sydney has eased slightly in winter, I am expecting a very strong spring season with more stock likely to ramp up activity over the next three months.
Ah the first day of spring; time of warmth, hope and renewal. Pity then that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.


Two top democrats urge Biden to extend student loan moratorium until 2023
From NASFAA: “A pair of key congressional leaders are once again calling upon the Biden administration to offer another extension of the student loan moratorium, citing the pandemic, inflation, and supply change issues. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), chairs of the Senate and House education committees, in separate remarks called upon the administration to continue with the pause on repayment, collections, and interest accrual until at least 2023.”View the full article from NASFAA.
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- ESPN’s Dianna Russini points out that Bengals QB Andy Dalton was a rookie in 2011 which was the last time the NFL went through a shortened offseason, so that experience could be useful if Cincinnati keeps him around behind No. 1 overall QB Joe Burrow.
- Russini adds the Cincinnati front office sees Dalton as a historic player for the franchise and all decisions with him are handled with a high level of mutual respect.
- The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr. thinks there’s a better than 50 percent chance the Bengals trade down in the second round.
- NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero reports Wyoming LB Logan Wilson, who got an early jump on the pre-draft process prior to COVID-19 regulations, had in-person meetings with the Bengals among other teams.
- Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson says while the Browns have been pegged as a team targeting an offensive tackle, they’re positioning themselves to try and play the board if the right guy doesn’t fall to them.
- CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reports the Falcons are still trying to get into the top-10 after being rebuffed by Washington. Atlanta is eyeing Arizona’s pick at No. 8 but a trade with the Browns at No. 10 might be more likely, with Florida CB C.J. Henderson and LSU DE K’Lavon Chaisson possible targets.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson said he “doubts” that he will be running the ball a lot moving forward, considering the playmakers they have on offense.
“I doubt if I’m going to be carrying the ball a lot going on in the future,” Jackson said, via Clifton Brown of the team’s official site. “We’ve got dynamic running backs. We’re going to have even more receivers. We’ve got Hollywood, Mark Andrews, Nick (Boyle), Willie Snead, Miles (Boykin). We’re going to be pretty good. I don’t think I’ll be running a lot.”
Jackson mentioned that he is focusing on the mental aspect of the game during shelter-in-place orders.
“If anything, I just want my mind to grow even more, just learning the ins and outs of the game even more – Tom Brady stuff.” Jackson said. “That’s all I want to do right now, focus more.”
- Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer says the Ravens have been calling around about linebackers and could try to trade up for either Oklahoma LB Kenneth Murray, LSU LB Patrick Queen or Texas Tech LB Jordyn Brooks.
- If Baltimore strikes out, Breer mentions they could move down with eyes on Wyoming LB Logan Wilson.
- Mike Silver reports that the Ravens were among the teams that made a run at trading for DeAndre Hopkins. Silver wouldn’t be surprised if they drafted a receiver in round one.
- Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Steelers won’t do an extension for franchise-tagged LB Bud Dupree until they lock up fellow LB T.J. Watt long-term — a fact Dulac says Dupree is aware of.
- ESPN’s Brooke Pryor points out both Watt and Dupree are represented by CAA.
- CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones says he’s been told the Steelers are content to start their draft on Friday and won’t try to trade back into the first round.


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The lift meets all my expectations. I am pleased with this purchase.
Perfect for my routertable
This will work great for my router table. It is well made at a good price. It could use mounting screws holes in the base to anchor it to a board.
Assembled decently, solid frame, not wobbly or flimsy like the other router lift I got on ebay.
I ordere the aluminum coated model as I like the looks of it andwould rather pay extra for that added corrosion protection than regret it later. The lift is sturdy and well built and works as it should
This thing's a MUST for any workshop! Very convenient and easy to use.
GREAT QUALITY! Been using in my shop for a week, this is very robust and great value for money.
Purchased these for my routers. These are sturdy and provide good support.


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ST. ALBANS — On Thursday, Feb. 5, law enforcement, local officials, and animal rescue staff arrived at the home of Randall Sheperd, 53, of Richford, with a warrant to remove dogs believed to be suffering from extreme neglect.
It was not the first time dogs had been removed from the Sheperd residence. Two emaciated dogs were taken from an unheated trailer at his home in December 2013.
Rescuers expected they would find two or three dogs, according to Richford Selectman Chris Martel, who handles animal control issues on behalf of the selectboard. Instead, they found seven females and one male.
“Some of them were pretty emaciated,” said Martel, who along with Tracie Ovitt, Richford’s animal control officer, was part of the team that went to Sheperd’s home.
One of the dogs, named “Bunny” by the staff of the Franklin County Animal Rescue (formerly Franklin County Humane Society) shelter, weighed just 15 pounds and 15 ounces, according to shelter director Rusty Posner. Posner said a healthy weight for Bunny would be at least 35 pounds.
“She has no muscle tone whatsoever,” said Posner.
One of the dogs was chained outside on the porch where it huddled under an old blanket, according to Martel.
Two others were chained in an unheated basement while a fourth was in an unheated garage.
Most of the females showed signs of having been bred, but there was no indication of where the puppies were, said Martel.
All of the dogs are being cared for at the animal shelter here in St. Albans. Unless Sheperd agrees to surrender the dogs, the shelter is limited in what it can do for them, explained Posner. It can provide needed health care, but the dogs have limited access to the outdoors and can only be walked by paid staff.
Volunteers can’t interact with the dogs, and the dogs cannot be allowed to play with other dogs. “They are really prisoners and they have not been charged with a crime,” said Posner.
The dogs cannot be spayed or neutered unless Sheperd surrenders ownership or has it stripped from him by the court, and Bunny has gone into heat. Although she is recovering and has gained 12 pounds under the shelter’s careful feeding regimen, the situation is still hard for her physically, according to Posner. Another of the dogs is pregnant.
Because they are in legal limbo, the dogs must spend most of their time in kennels. “We get in their kennels with them,” said Posner.
According to Posner and Martel, Vermont State Police have confirmed that Shepard has been cited to appear in court on March 30. Franklin County State’s Attorney Jim Hughes today said he was awaiting paperwork from police before determining the full extent of possible charges.
Two of the dogs taken this month are the siblings of the two dogs taken in 2013, named Notorious and Chance by shelter staff.
Sheperd maintained those dogs belonged to his daughter, Casey, 20. The dogs were described at the time they were taken as emaciated and near death. One of the dogs was so starved it could not move, according to court records.
He was charged with animal cruelty, given an 18-month deferred sentence and ordered to appear before the reparative board and make restitution.
Sheperd was given the standard conditions of probation but was not prevented from owning animals.
Casey Sheperd was barred from owning animals. She, too, was given a deferred sentence.
That case was costly for the Town of Richford, which had approximately $1,600 in vet bills and other costs, according to Martell.
The dogs confiscated two years ago were at the shelter from Dec. 16, 2013 to June 9, 2014, at a cost of $20 per day per dog. The shelter only asks towns to pay a flat $50 fee per animal when the shelter takes in a neglected or abused animal confiscated by the town, explained Posner.
Things turned out well for Notorious and Chance, who were adopted by the same family and are now “living the life of Riley,” according to Posner. Their new family has kept in touch with the shelter, providing photos and updates about the dogs.
When the newest case against Sheperd is resolved, these dogs will need new homes, said Posner. Before being put up for adoption the dogs will be spayed or neutered, socialized to interact with humans and other animals, and will have their temperament tested, she explained.


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DETROIT (WJBK) - Detroit police are investigating after a woman reported being sexually assaulted and robbed in the middle of the night.
Police say it happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 14000 block of Woodmont Avenue, which is near Schoolcraft Avenue and Southfield Road.
Police say the victim, a 33-year-old woman, said she heard a knock at her front door, so she opened the door slightly. She told police a man then kicked in her front door and got into her house.
Police say the suspect then allegedly sexually assaulted the woman, and then robbed her at gunpoint. He took her wallet.
Police say the man left through the front door.
The suspect is described as a 20-year-old, 5 feet 9 inches tall to 6 feet tall, who was wearing a black skull cap with a Jordan symbol. He had a gun. No vehicles were reported being seen.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 2 for updates.


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Recession-hit automakers brace for grim US sales
Walloped by the recession, automakers' US sales are plummeting as hard-to-get credit, job losses and other stresses make many Americans wary of taking on big-ticket financial commitments.business Updated: Dec 02, 2008 16:36 IST
Walloped by the recession, automakers' US sales are plummeting as hard-to-get credit, job losses and other stresses make many Americans wary of taking on big-ticket financial commitments.
Auto sales for November, released on Tuesday, are expected to show a drop of 36 per cent from a year ago to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 10.2 million vehicles, according to Joseph Amaturo, analyst at Buckingham Research. Those sales figures would include the Big Three Detroit car makers as well as foreign companies that sell vehicles in this country.
Later on Tuesday, General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC will provide a skeptical Congress with details about their long-term viability plans. The US auto companies are desperately trying to secure $25 billion in fresh government loans to help them survive the economic carnage. They insist that bankruptcy is not an option, even as companies burn through cash and bleed jobs. The auto industry's plight comes under an intense spotlight just one day after the United States got some grim news of its own: The economy has been stuck in a recession since December 2007. Most Americans sorely knew it already, but it became official on Monday with the determination from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
With the decision by the NBER, a group of academics, the United States has fallen into two recessions during President George W Bush's eight years in office. The first one started in March 2001 and ended in November of that year.
The economy jolted into reverse in the final three months of last year. After a short spring rebound, it contracted again in the summer. Economists say it is still shrinking and will continue to do so through at least the first quarter of next year. Unlike some past recessions, consumers are bearing the brunt of this one. Clobbered by vanishing jobs, the credit crunch and hits to their wealth from sinking home values and plunging portfolio investments, consumers have cut back sharply on their spending, which accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity. Watching customers' appetites wane, employers have throttled back on hiring. The unemployment rate in October zoomed to 6.5 per cent, a 14-year high. So far this year, 1.2 million positions have disappeared. The jobless rate is likely to climb to 8 per cent or higher next year.
Against that backdrop, many economists believe the current recession will be the worst since the 1981-82 downturn. With the economic pain likely to stretch well into 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he stands ready to lower interest rates yet again and to explore other rescue or revival measures.
The Fed's key interest rate now stands at 1 per cent, a level seen only once before in the past half-century, and many economists predict Bernanke and his colleagues will drop the rate again at their next meeting on December 15-16.
The Fed can lower its key rate only so far _ to zero _ and it's getting ever closer. Given that constraint, Bernanke said there are other ways to bolster economic activity.
For instance, the Fed could buy longer-term Treasury or agency securities on the open market in substantial quantities, he said. This might lower rates on these securities, "thus helping to spur aggregate demand," Bernanke said.
Rushing in reinforcements, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who along with Bernanke has been leading the government's efforts to stem the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, pledged to take all the steps he can in the waning days of the Bush administration to provide relief. Specifically, Paulson is eyeing more ways to tap into a $700 billion financial bailout pool.
On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to have a massive economic stimulus package ready on Inauguration Day, January 20, for President-elect Barack Obama's signature. That measure _ which could total a whopping $500 billion _ would bankroll big public works projects to generate jobs, provide aid to states to help pay for health care for the poor and provide money toward renewable energy development. Crafting such a colossal recovery package would mark a Herculean feat: Congress convenes January 6, giving lawmakers just two weeks to complete their work if it is to be signed on January 20.
Bush, in an interview with ABC television's "World News," expressed remorse about lost jobs, shrinking retirement accounts and other damage wrought by the financial crisis. "I'm sorry it's happening, of course," he said.
First Published: Dec 02, 2008 16:34 IST


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Opal presents a broader approach to screen time management, focusing on a blocking-based approach to phone usage. Opal emphasizes user productivity with a “focus score”. It features:
In summary, Clearspace and Opal cater to different needs in the realm of digital wellness. Clearspace is ideal for users seeking a mindful approach to reduce specific app usage, while Opal suits those looking for a more comprehensive and robust solution to manage overall screen time. Both have their unique strengths and potential drawbacks, and the choice between them would depend on the specific needs and preferences of the user.


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Another Tour, Sort Of, A White Album?, Submarines And Meanies, Beatles, Inc.
In 1967, the Beatles reached their high-water mark as a creative force in pop music. With Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, they had blown away all competition with a brilliant record, full of melody, imagery, and musical invention. The record took on a life of its own, becoming a cultural phenomenon and one of the most important achievements of the 1960s. At the time, it seemed that nothing could stop their stay at the summit of fame and success. But there was an event in the summer of 1967 that in many ways would mark the beginning of the end of the Beatles, an end that wouldn't formally occur until three years later. It was the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, of a drug overdose. Agreeing that no one could possibly replace Brian, the Beatles chose not to find a new manager, at least for the time being.
- 1969-The Final Year - Inner Strife, Up On The Roof, The Last Waltz
- An End and a Beginning - The End Of Touring Life, More Popular Than Jesus?, Inventions, New Sounds, Making A Masterpiece
- 1967–1968 - Another Tour, Sort Of
- 1967–1968 - A White Album?
- 1967–1968 - Submarines And Meanies
- 1967–1968 - Beatles, Inc.
- 1967–1968 - Ringo Quits The Beatles!


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Heavy-Duty MagSlideÂ® Conveyors utilize high-energy Ceramic magnets or Rare Earth magnets, hidden beneath stainless steel slider bed, to move ferrous materials along surface. Used to hold and move conveyor magnets, twin-roller drive chains travel in oil-impregnated Bunting SlideTrack(TM) channels made from UHMW polyethylene. Channels provide constant lubrication to minimize friction, chain wear, and noise. Horizontal, inclined, and angled units are available with fixed and mobile bases.
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Bunting Heavy-Duty MagSlide® Conveyors Handle Heavy Loads
NEWTON, KS - The new Heavy-Duty MagSlide® Chip and Parts Conveyors, by Bunting Magnetics Co., remove and transport heavy loads of sharp, abrasive parts that could otherwise damage, jam, or even shut down conventional belt conveyors.
Bunting's rugged Heavy-Duty MagSlide Conveyors - the latest addition to the company's extensive line of magnetic conveyors - are economically built and economical to maintain. Instead of relying on a moving belt to carry cargo, these conveyors use moving magnets - hidden beneath a stainless steel slider bed - to move ferrous materials along the conveyor's heavy-gauge surface. Twin-roller drive chains, which hold and move the conveyor magnets, travel in oil-impregnated Bunting SlideTrack(TM) channels that are made from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). These unique and efficient channels provide constant lubrication to help minimize friction, chain wear, and noise. Chain life is further extended thanks to built-in oil fittings, which allow for manual or automatic supplemental lubrication.
Although high-energy Ceramic magnets come standard with MagSlide Conveyors, Rare Earth magnets may be installed for conveying especially heavy parts, fine scrap, or high-volume loads. Both types of magnets offer long-term reliability and ensure precision. MagSlide Conveyors are CAD engineered and manufactured on highly automated CNC punching, milling, and turning equipment. Models included horizontal, inclined, and angled units with both fixed and mobile bases, as well as low-profile MagSlide conveyors. Except for the conveyor's electric motor, all moving parts are completely enclosed. Optional watertight housings are available for special applications.
Bunting will feature its Heavy-Duty MagSlide Conveyors and other products at the International Manufacturing Technology Show this September in Chicago. For more information, visit Bunting at either Booth D-4568 or Booth B-6017.
To see photographs, dimensional drawings, and specifications for Bunting's Heavy-Duty MagSlide Conveyors and related Bunting products, visit the company's Web site at www.buntingmagnetics.com. For more information, write Bunting Magnetics Co., 500 S. Spencer Avenue, PO Box 468, Newton, KS 67114-0468; call 1-800-835-2526 (US & Canada) or 1-316-284-2020; or send e-mail to [email protected].


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California Teen Mom To Be Cited For Child Abuse After Leaving Newborn Baby In Dumpster
A newborn baby is receiving treatment after police found him inside a dumpster hours after his birth. As RadarOnline.com has learned, the child was abandoned by his teenage mother, who was discovered near the scene soon after.
On their Facebook page, Stockton Police Department, confirmed they responded to a call at 11:43 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, from a California citizen who said, “he thought he saw a baby wrapped up inside the dumpster.”
When they arrived at the scene, police found a baby boy thrown in with the trash. They transported him to a nearby hospital, where he is “doing well.”
After finding the child’s 15-year-old mother, police took her to the hospital as well. On their page, the police department said she “will be cited for felony child abuse/endangerment and will be released to her parents.”
The newborn will remain in protective custody with child protective services.

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‘It’s creating a culture on campus that it’s okay to re-write history’
If a man and a woman are both drunk and they have sex, the man is the rapist if the woman decides he is at some point, regardless of how she felt in the moment.
This is what American University taught students in a required sexual consent module last year, according to Red Alert Politics, which obtained screenshots of the training.
The module “asks students personal behavioral questions like how many sexual partners they’ve had and how often they drink,” according to Red Alert, which says the program is called “Campus Clarity: Think About It.”
That appears to refer to CampusClarity (since acquired by training provider EverFi), whose invasive questions were pulled from mandatory student training by Clemson University in 2014 after they drew outside scrutiny.
Former AU student Sydney Jacobs said she was threatened with academic probation if she didn’t complete the training a year ago, and when she did, the module called her a “N00B” (gamer slang for “newbie”) because her answers were wrong:
“I was shocked,” said Jacobs. “The program explicitly says they’re both too drunk to give consent but then says the man coerced the woman into a dangerous situation. The hypothetical specifically says neither gave consent but then says the woman can take certain steps towards legal options. It concludes the man likely committed sexual assault.” …
“Ultimately my problem with the whole thing is it’s creating a culture on campus that it’s okay to re-write history and rescind your consent when you’re not happy with the outcome. People are scared to hook up without facing repercussions that aren’t warranted.”
Jacobs is further incensed because the same training is used at public universities including the University of Florida and Kansas State University, meaning taxpayers are funding the message that “it is okay to rescind consent and then [the] man is always at fault.”
American Univ. required training "material teaches that women can change their mind about consent the day after an encounter… to re-write history and accuse sexual partners of inappropriate behavior despite receiving consent." #TitleIX #DueProcess
— Marybeth Sydor (@Mbsydor) May 2, 2018
CampusClarity owner EverFi admitted to The College Fix in 2014 that some of the statistics in its sexual consent training were questionable.
It relied on a survey that that included attempted and completed “forced kissing” as sexual assault and identified every admission of drunk sex as rape, even though consent is only negated by incapacitation, a much higher threshold. (In a due-process lawsuit against Ohio State University, recently validated by a federal judge, the university’s own pharmacology professor said even a “blackout” state doesn’t in and of itself negate consent.)
EverFi’s “impact report” for the University of Oregon in 2013-2014 disclosed that it was lumping together “yes” and “not sure” answers to boost the numbers in response to a survey question on whether “someone pressured me into a sexual experience without my explicit consent.”
Mark Story, director of strategic communications at American University, disputed the claims about American’s training in an email to The Fix May 4.
He said the university started using an unidentified “much more evidence-based online training program” at the start of the spring semester, and stopped using CampusClarity.
“I am not aware of ANY material in the old system that states that consent can be withdrawn at any point except during an encounter,” Story said: “In our online and offline programs for incoming students, consent is a critical component. We are very clear that consent what consent is and when it can be withdrawn.”
CLARIFICATION: An American University spokesperson told The Fix May 4 that the university started using a different training program this spring semester. He disputed that the old training told students they can revoke consent to sex after the fact. His comments have been added.
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Across America, there are 13 million children under the age of six who are spending at least part of their day in a child care program. In Broward County, there are 93,000 children in daycare in over 800 licensed and registered child care sites. Whether it is a single parent home or because mom and dad both work, it is important that our children and grandchildren are in a safe environment.
Broward County Child Care Licensing and Enforcement (CCLE) has been nationally recognized because of its exceptional performance. It is the only child care regulatory agency in the country to be accredited through the National Council on Accreditation (COA). Agency staff has received highly specialized training in investigation practices and are certified.
CCLE licenses and monitors all child care facilities and family child care homes in Broward County. Inspections happen at least three times a year at every licensed provider including non-public schools and religious institutions. CCLE also helps parents make an informed choice as to which facility is best for their child. Go to the CCLE website and search all the licensed child care facilities in Broward to see what each offers and find out if they have had any past violations.
Business owners use CCLE to find information on child care, how to provide a more stimulating environment and improve services they offer. CCLE also offers information to prospective providers, reviewing floor plans and doing pre-licensing inspections.
And remember, “day care” is not always during the day. There are child care facilities which operate 24 hours a day for those who work around the clock. And every child care worker in Broward must pass a detailed screening process, including FBI, FDLE and local criminal background checks.
I urge you to check out the CCLE website and report any suspected unlicensed child care facility by calling 954-357-4800. The agency follows up on all complaints about facilities and suspected unlicensed services.
Above all, CCLE wants to be sure your child or grandchild is in a safe, comfortable and secure environment.