Even talented, intelligent celebrities need crib notes now and then. So does Sarah Palin for that matter. Fortunately for will.i.am, technology saved the day.
The Black Eyed Peas member almost dropped the ball during a taped performance of “Don’t Stop the Party” on the French television show Taratata.
Luckily, his phone saved the day. Sure, that's kind of weak, but it's a lot better than lip-synching or flubbing it altogether. Watch his last-minute save:
Will seemed to know this was coming, pulling it out before he was supposed to begin his part. Hard to blame him. We'd forget their inane lyrics too.


Prithviraj Sukumaran is busy with the promotional activities of his latest film Jana Gana Mana, directed by Dijo Jose Antony and written by Sharis Mohammed. During a post-trailer release event, the actor, who backs the film under the Prithviraj Productions banner, called it the “biggest film” from his company stable.
But he clarified that “big” is not an implication of the film’s canvas or budget but that of the “big topic” it discusses. “It’s a film that makes one ask a lot of questions, but it’s also an out-and-out commercial entertainer,” he added. “As a producer, I’m proud to have backed a film of this magnitude, but more than that, I’m happy to have acted in it.”
Speaking of the release plan, the actor recalled the team taking a collective decision to bring out Jana Gana Mana in theatres no matter how many films had been sent to OTT platforms before. “We went through lots of obstacles and challenges due to the pandemic.
The shoot only got over in January 2022 because of the pandemic-induced delays. When we started shooting the film in October 2020, it was the time when all the theatres were closed. But we had decided then that no matter how long we had to wait, we would release Jana Gana Mana in theatres only.”
The event’s biggest highlight was Prithviraj revealing that Jana Gana Mana would have a sequel. “When I first heard the story and screenplay of this film, I knew that it was written in a way that warrants a follow-up film.
At the time, I asked Dijo and Sharis whether the sequel idea was part of the ongoing trend where it’s customary to do a Part-2 for a big film, to which they responded that the opposite was true. I found their answer convincing, their plan interesting.
We already shot the scenes of the second part separately on another set, the hints of which appear in the first part. So don’t expect the major scenes in the teaser (released on January 26) and the trailer to show up in the first part. Those are for the second part.
However, those flashbacks portions in the trailer are part of the first film. This is the first time I’m listening to a unique marketing design like this. It is completely Dijo and Sharis’ idea. The layers of my character are revealed only gradually. It’s only when Part 1 ends that you realise that there is more to this man’s story.”
Prithviraj also called Jana Gana Mana a “pan-Indian” film in the sense that it can connect with people from anywhere in India, instead of using the term for a “giant film from one particular industry with a superstar of that industry”. “As far as I’m concerned, a pan-Indian film is one with pan-Indian content. If someone from Gurgaon or Odisha is watching this film, they should be able to recognise the story as something that happens around them. It’s not bound by a particular place. It takes place in a fictional setting. It can happen anywhere at any time,” he elaborated.
Adding to Prithviraj’s words, director Dijo Jose Antony stated that Jana Gana Mana took one-and-a-half years to complete because they wanted to ensure that not even one frame lacked in quality while shooting under pandemic-induced restrictions. He also thanked Prithviraj for being thoroughly committed throughout the production.
Taking one particular instance of the actor’s professionalism, Dijo shared that the blast sequence in the trailer was done for real. “It was a challenging single-shot sequence. And when the explosion happened behind him, the entire crew was tensed,” said the filmmaker.
Calling it a “huge project”, screenwriter Sharis Mohammed said Jana Gana Mana would appeal to people of other states too. “This is our promise,” he concluded.
Jana Gana Mana hits theatres on April 28.


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|Cape Town History Description
The Cape Peninsula is as old as the world,with signs that pre-historic man climbed Table Mountain. Since then the San, Khoikhoi, Griqua, Nama and many other indigenous people have occupied the Western Cape. In fact their descendants are still living here today.
During the 17th century the Europeans occupied the Cape and was alternatively controlled by the Dutch and the British. Many other settlers came from France and Germany as well. Segregation and slavery was the order of the day for about two centuries,and unfortunately, after slavery was abolished,segregation remained,and in fact got into the law books of 1948 as 'Apartheid'.
Many people suffered terribly and were forcibly removed from their homes,where generations have lived,to sometimes undesirable areas. The most well know area in Cape Town where people were removed from is District Six. A visit to the Bo-Kaap or Malay Quarter and it's museum,District Six and it's museum is a must to understand what Capetonians went through and what made South Africa a stronger nation through adversities. It is felt this provided Cape Town with an energetic and liberating environment, that can be very, very addictive.

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Recipes using olive tapenade?
I have a tapenade surplus and would appreciate ideas on how to use it. Is it safe to freeze?
I guess I could turn regular spaghetti sauce into "puttanesca".... hmmm...
I go to a little cafe called Haute Cakes in Newport Beach and they serve an egg salad sandwich with a black olive tepenade spread. Delicious!
Thanks, that gives me a lot of ideas (e.g. if it works with egg salad, why not potato salad, and pasta salad... there was a salmon & tapenade recipe on epicurious too that looks good).
Heh, my son told me about Michael Chiarello's show today--he made pizzettas with olive tapenade and pecorino cheese and we're hoping to try that recipe on Friday.
In the summer I like to make stuffed burgers with tapenade & feta in the center--keeps the burger from drying out on the grill. I'm pretty sure it keeps for a long time. I just added some to soup (which didn't turn out as I hoped so I'm not really recommending that) that was left over from said burger grilling this summer. Now I wish I'd made egg salad sandwiches with it!

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Tony Bennett turns 85 on Wednesday, August 3rd
HollywoodNews.com: Legendary performer Tony Bennett celebrates a milestone birthday on August 3rd when he turns 85. But “the best is yet to come” with news that the singer has just completed recording with Lady Gaga and Aretha Franklin for his highly anticipated DUETS II CD adding to a celebrated list of artists previously announced including Michael Buble, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Queen Latifah, Carrie Underwood, Amy Winehouse and many others.
Lady Gaga joined Tony for a rendition of the Rogers and Hart song, “The Lady Is A Tramp” and Bennett and Franklin collaborated on the Alan and Marilyn Bergman classic, “How Do You Keep The Music Playing.” Both tracks were recorded live in the studio in New York City at the end of last month. A full listing of the artist and song roster follows this release.
Pre-orders for DUETS II are available Tuesday, August 2nd on iTunes and Amazon and bn.com. iTunes, in an exclusive offering, will allow fans to receive Tony’s duet with Michael Buble, “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” instantly upon placing a pre-order for the album on iTunes. Additionally, the video for the Bennett/Buble track is available free this week on iTunes and showcases the great vocal chemistry between the two artists. Pre-orders through www.tonybennett.com will get fans an exclusive video of Tony and k.d. lang’s duet of “Blue Velvet,” as well as an instant MP3 download of the track. DUETS II will be in stores on September 20.
Bennett’s official 85th birthday celebration will be held on Sunday, September 18th following his debut performance at the Metropolitan Opera House. The elegant invitation only supper will take place directly after the concert and will be hosted by Alec Baldwin with a special performance by Sir Elton John. The event honors Bennett’s Exploring the Arts organization which funds and supports arts education in all five boroughs in New York City. In advance of the event, over $1.5M has already been raised. (For more information on the event: TonyBennett85@eventassociates.com) Tony Bennett has had a long-standing commitment to arts education in New York City. Ten years ago with his wife Susan Benedetto, he founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (FSSA) one of the most well regarded and prestigious high schools in the country. It is located in his hometown of Astoria, Queens.
In support of Exploring the Arts, Tiffany & Co. is donating for auction a unique “Breakfast At Tiffany” with Tony Bennett in-store event that also includes tickets to Tony’s Metropolitan Opera concert and birthday gala, a personalized Tony Bennett giclee art print, as well as a $10,000 Tiffany private shopping experience and tour of the famed store. This exceptional auction package will be launched exclusively on charitybuzz starting on August 3rd and for more details please go to www.charitybuzz.com/tonybennett. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Exploring the Arts and Tiffany will also be a table sponsor at the September 18 birthday gala. Additionally, Tiffany, the jeweler synonymous with true love recently introduced a new website and iPhone® App, as What Makes Love True, which has quickly become the resource for romantics around the world. Within the “Art of Romance” section, Tiffany features a playlist of Tony’s top ten favorite love songs which can be viewed now at www.whatmakeslovetrue.com.
On Bennett’s August 3rd birthday, he is scheduled to appear on the “The Today Show” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” On September 23th, Tony will appear with Carrie Underwood on the season premiere of “Bluebloods” on CBS. The two will perform their song from DUETS II, “It Had To Be You.”
Tony will perform a benefit event hosted by AARP to support their “Drive To End Hunger” initiative at the Staples Center on September 24th.
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2017 Cannes Film Festival - enjoy our Cannes film selection this month on TV5MONDEIn May for the occasion of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, come and discover the crème de la crème of cinema through exclusive interviews live from La Croisette! Award-winning films, documentaries and homages to past cinema stars, a red carpet month to celebrate cinema in style....TV5MONDE , Fri. 21 Apr
Upcoming programmes - next three days
Countdown: Cannes Film Festival 2017 enjoy our daily festival facts
It's C-22 (22 days and counting till Cannes..)
Italian actress Monica Bellucci will be the Mistress of the Opening and Closing Ceremony, a role she has previously held during the 56th edition of the Festival in 2003.

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The following recipe, video and photography were provided by our partner, Chef Billy Parisi.
Elevate and brighten simple pan-seared salmon with an easy avocado pico de gallo topping!
In the winter, meals, while always delicious, tend to be heavy and far from colorful, so add this nutritious and refreshing recipe to your weeknight dinner lineup to help lighten things up.
Stop by your local Heinen’s Seafood Department to pick up fillets of fresh Verlasso salmon and pan sear it at home in a matter in minutes. Then, all that’s left to do is chop up the veggies, mix them with lime juice and cilantro and serve on top of the piping hot salmon for a simple and healthy meal that feels special and celebratory!
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- 4 8-oz. Verlasso salmon fillets
- 3 Tbsp. Heinen's olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. Heinen's unsalted butter
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 5 Roma tomatoes, seeded and medium-diced
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and small-diced
- ½ red onion, peeled and small-diced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, finely minced
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 avocado, large diced
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Season the salmon on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Add the oil to a large frying pan over high heat until it begins to lightly smoke.
- Add the salmon fillets, making sure they are evenly spaced. Turn the heat down to medium-high and add the butter. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Flip the salmon and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the desired internal temperature is achieved.
- Squeeze the lemon juice on top and set the salmon to the side.
- In a bowl, mix together the tomatoes, jalapeños, onions, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper.
- Serve the salsa on top of the salmon and garnish with avocado.


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As regular readers know, the existence of Donald Trump's "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" has long been a running joke. By all appearances, the Republican president, annoyed about losing the popular vote and comforted by strange conspiracy theories, created a panel to root out the voter fraud scourge that exists only in conservatives' imaginations.
But the panel didn't reach farcical status until it actually got to work. In September, for example, the panel's co-chair, voter-suppression pioneer Kris Kobach, claimed to have uncovered "proof" of systemic fraud in New Hampshire -- claims that were quickly discredited as transparent nonsense.
This week, matters took a turn for the worse. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern explained that there's fresh evidence the White House commission "is imploding."
On Thursday, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democratic member of the voter fraud commission, filed a bombshell lawsuit against the commission and its chairs, alleging that the group has been violating federal law. Dunlap alleges the committee is a cynical partisan effort to exaggerate the frequency of fraudulent voting, that it flouts legal regulations, and that its token Democratic participants have been systematically shunned. [...][Dunlap] appears to be atoning for his mistake of joining the commission by fighting to expose the rottenness at its core.... The tone of Dunlap's lawsuit is notable: He is not bitter, just exasperated. It appears that he joined the commission out of a genuine desire to investigate election practices and, if necessary, suggest improvements to the nation's voting system. But it didn't take long for him to learn, he says, that he'd been invited "to afford the Commission and its prospective findings a veneer of legitimacy."
This comes on the heels of a separate report from last month in which the inner workings of Trump's commission came to light, prompting Vanita Gupta, former head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, to say there are "serious concerns about the potential coordination between the Pence-Kobach commission and government agencies, including the Justice Department, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security."
Just let this fiasco end. There was never any reason for the commission to exist, and if the panel starts calling for new voter-suppression policies, no one will take them seriously.
Kobach recently said that there's a "high possibility" the commission he helps lead will make no recommendations once it completes its work. I imagine very few people would be disappointed.

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Researchers at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, which held its annual meeting virtually from Nov. 12 to 15, also found that nearly one in five patients with cirrhosis receive opioid prescriptions while outpatients.
The opioid receptors act to produce effects similar to morphine when they are triggered. This is the main reason that anesthesia can be provided using them. As well as being used for medical purposes, it’s also used in the United States for executions, suppression of diarrhea, reversing opioid overdoses, and suppressing coughs.
Some Cirrhosis Patients Were Prescribed Opioids In Their Outpatient Visits
Veterinary use is the only option for extremely potent opioids, such as Carfentanil. It is also common to use opioids involuntarily for their euphoric effects or withdrawal prevention.
There are many side effects associated with opioids, including nausea, constipation, respiratory depression, itchiness, and euphoria.
Tolerance can result from long-term use, requiring larger doses to achieve the same effects, and physical dependence, resulting in unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when abruptly discontinuing the drugs.
Recreational use of opioids typically results in addiction due to the euphoria resulting from frequent, escalating recreational use. Benzodiazepines, for example, commonly cause death from respiratory depression when used overdosed or simultaneously with other depressant drugs.
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis, occurs when scar tissue forms as a result of liver disease. The tissue damage that requires repair and scarring eventually leads to cirrhosis, an illness characterized by impairment of liver function. It typically takes months or years for this disease to develop. Patients with early-stage disease may feel fatigued, weak, nauseated, and experiencing discomfort in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
In addition to itchy skin, swelling of the legs, fluid retention in the abdomen, jaundice, an enlarged liver, and bruising easily, the disease may cause spider-like blood vessels to develop on the body. Fluid accumulation in the abdomen can lead to infection. More serious complications include liver cancer, bleeding from dilated blood vessels in the stomach, esophagus, and intestines, and hepatic encephalopathy.
Chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C are the most common causes of cirrhosis. Alcoholic liver disease is the result of drinking heavily over an extended period. Diabetes type 2 and metabolic syndrome are all possible causes of NASH. There are many different causes of Cirrhosis, including autoimmunity, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, blood group, and chronic heart failure.
Ana Lee, MD, and her colleagues examined data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to study national opioid prescription patterns among patients with cirrhosis.
According to the study, 92 percent of opioid prescriptions were renewed during those visits. Eighteen percent of visits were related to opioid prescriptions. In terms of opioid prescribing, oxycodone was the most commonly prescribed (34%) followed by hydrocodone (25%) respectively. Opioids were mostly prescribed by primary care providers (69%) and gastroenterologists (27%) for the majority of patients.
Specifically, musculoskeletal (35 percent) and gastrointestinal (23 percent) pain were the most common type of pain diagnosed in 42 percent of those receiving opioid prescriptions.
Educating primary care providers about opioid harms should be a priority since the vast majority of opioid prescriptions are associated with visits to the doctor, Lee said. A more comprehensive education program on pain disorders is beneficial to all clinicians.”

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USA Today reported on how “Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it” in a weekend story entitled “Deadly Deliveries.”
In a cover story of July 27-29, 2018, reporter Alison Young and a team of contributors wrote of how they examined more than half-million pages of internal hospital quality records obtained through federally funded programs and the deliveries of 150 women at hospitals where “deliveries went terribly wrong.”
Their findings resulted in a “stunning lack of attention to safety recommendations and widespread failure to protect new mothers.” They went on to say that “every year, 50,000 women suffer injuries or complications related to childbirth.” About 700 of these mothers die, the story reported. “The best estimates say that half of those deaths could be prevented and half the injuries reduced or eliminated with better care.”
Sadly, the reporters found that “the USA is the most dangerous place in the developed world to give birth.” In quoting Dr. Steven Clark, a leading childbirth safety expert and a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, he said, “Our medicine is run by cowboys today, where everyone is riding the range doing whatever they’re wanting to do.”
Change is slow to come, according to the story, because “doctors and hospitals enjoy wide latitude in how they practice medicine. How they treat patients is often based on what they were taught – years or decades earlier – in medical or nursing school, plus their individual experiences.” The call for mandated best practices was clearly the message of the in-depth look at maternity care and deliveries.


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Firefighters continue to tackle a blaze at Zeenat Supermarket on Alum Rock Road in Saltley.
West Midlands Fire Service was called to the blaze at 6.45pm on Monday, September 20. The fire had spread to flats above the supermarket and there were fears it could have spread to other neighbouring properties, including Thornton primary school which remains shut today (Tuesday, September 20). Residents have been urged to keep their windows and doors shut to prevent smoke entering their homes.
There are multiple road closures including St Agathas Road, Alum Rock railway bridge, Woodhall Road, Bankdale Road, Thornton Road, Washwood Heath Road, Chetwyn Road, Alum Rock Road and Beanie Lane.
The cause of the fire is currently not known and investigations are underway.
What has West Midlands Fire Service said about the incident in their own words?
West Midlands Fire Service said: “12 fire engines, 5 brigade response vehicles and 2 hydraulic platforms are tackling the blaze which has spread to flats above the supermarket. Our crews are using main jets to prevent further spread and extinguish the fire, at the height of the incident we have had over 70 Firefighters at the incident.
“Safe , effective and assertive firefighting has prevented the fire spreading to neighbouring properties and Thornton primary school.
“We ask that people avoid the area and local residents keep their windows and doors shut.
“We are working closely with the police, ambulance and utility companies.
“Investigations are being carried out to determine the cause of the fire.
“There have been no reported injuries at this incident.”
What has Thornton Primary School said about the incident?
Due to the large fire next to the school today, school will be closed to all pupils tomorrow Tuesday 20th September as we make the site safe. Thank you for your understanding. We will let you know when the school will reopen.
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A thousand Christmas trees I didn’t know I had!
Worth three cents more to give away than sell,
As may be shown by a simple calculation.
Too bad I couldn’t lay one in a letter.
I can’t help wishing I could send you one,
In wishing you herewith a Merry Christmas.
So ends the first of Robert Frost’s Christmas “cards,” chapbooks printed annually by Spiral Press from 1929 to 1962. Each year, Frost would select a poem, often writing an original piece for the occasion, and send it to his friends and loved ones—and his publisher’s friends and loved ones. Now collectors’ items, these annual cards started out simply as a way for Frost to honor the winter season with a poem.
As reported in the New York Times, Joseph Blumenthal, who headed Spiral Press from 1926 to 1971, had been working on a separate edition of Frost’s poetry in 1929 when, without the poet's knowledge, he printed 250 copies—for his wife and a small group of colleagues—of a letterpress chapbook of Frost’s early poem “Christmas Trees.” When the poet saw the publication, his first response was to contact Blumenthal and request a few copies to send out to his own family members: “My sympathies have been enlisted on the side of small presses and hand setting. My heart will be with you in your work.” The annual tradition was born.
All told, Blumenthal printed only 275 copies of the first greeting, though the last in the series—“The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics, the Commentators Merely by Statistics”—came out in an edition of 16,555 copies. Most years, the cards were limited to a small number of copies.
Due to the poem’s title, “Christmas Trees” could be mistaken for a simple poem marked by clichéd holiday sentiment, but the poem begins: “The city had withdrawn into itself / And left at last the country to the country.” This couplet, a remarkable and often recited bit of verse, resists the standard notions of holiday cheer. Here, the city condenses, drawing back like an old miser from—or into—the celebration, paired with the country's satisfaction. There is a charged landscape, a precise meter, and a rigor to the rest of the work that does not limit the piece to the category of “holiday greeting.”
In this way, “Christmas Trees” establishes Frost’s series as both a charming holiday tradition and, with the help of Blumenthal, a collection of well-crafted works of art. That becomes more obvious when looking at the full collection, which features other classic poems by Frost, including “Birches,” “A Boy’s Will,” and “The Wood-Pile” (pictured above).
Frost’s prominence in American poetry might lead one to expect to find his name in any proper anthology of Christmas poetry. But ironically, the ending of his oft-anthologized “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is not necessarily cheery:
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The final couplet is more haunting than typical seasonal verse. Perhaps that’s what makes these cards so interesting. They are at once playful and serious in a way that cuts past much of the gloss of Christmas.
In a way, they recall Frost’s dictum: “One who concerns himself with [the sound of sense] more than the subject is an artist.”


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A woman disclosed that she was trained by a man in school on the condition that they would be married, but she no longer feels obligated to keep their commitment.
She claimed that he had covered her tuition and that, after she graduates, they planned to get married and start a family.
Since he is not her type and she does not love him, she doesn’t feel the need to marry him now that she is a working-class woman.
She wants to end things with him, but her family warned that he might hurt her, so she is hesitant to do so out of fear.
The woman questioned why she was required to be with the person who had assisted her even though she did not want to be.
In her words; ”Are we really forced to stay with men because they took us to school when our families couldn’t? He paid my fees when I was a student and now he wants a big wedding and children. i don’t even like him. Reality is I don’t enjoy doing anything with him. Sl***ing with him feels so forced. I’m on a pill because I don’t want his children.
I never loved him and don’t think I’ll ever do. I appreciate things he has done for me and my family when we had nothing. But I’m working now and he doesn’t have to do anything for us, I just want to leave. When I tell my family I want out they say he will hurt me and hurt them as well..
Am I supposed to stay where I’m not happy because of fear of death? Don’t people help out of their good hearts anymore? Isn’t that what God expects? I’m sure his soul mate is out there waiting for him, cause I know he’s not my type.”
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Bitcoin-friendly electronics giant Samsung is teaming up with digital currency payment platform Swipe to add a cryptocurrency payment feature to its Samsung Pay wallet.
Users of the Samsung payment app can now settle their transactions using cryptocurrencies by adding the Swipe Visa debit card into their Samsung Pay wallet. The collaboration allows cardholders to fund their Swipe card with crypto and use it for payments anywhere Visa is accepted. Users can pay through their smartphones, smartwatches, or any other device that runs Samsung Pay at over 50 million locations across the globe.ADVERTISEMENT
Swipe chief executive Joselito Lizarondo says that the partnership helps prioritize the needs of their customers in a time of a global pandemic.
“This integration and relationship with Samsung will open cryptocurrency adoption and make transactions with our Visa card in Euros converted by crypto seamless. Given the current COVID-19 situation, and people steering away from physical products like cash and in some instances cards, a digital solution really helps put our client’s needs first.”
The move highlights Samsung’s continued effort to integrate cryptocurrencies into its ecosystem. Recently, the electronics giant added Tron in the Samsung Galaxy Store allowing users in the US and UK to download decentralized applications on their phones.


Great condition and low round count....savage 25 walking varmint laminate thumb hole with bases, weaver rings and a new Bushnell Trophy XT 6-18x40..
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Selling my trusty Ruger M77 Mark 2 Rem Magnum. Comes with a ruger leather sling and a Bushnell trophy scope.
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CCLTECH Marine Loading Arm is the specialized equipment used for transferring liquid or gas between terminal tanks and vessel tankers.
● Used for transferring oil, chemicals, food oil, betumen or any liquid products.
● The outboard arm to be connected with the vessel flange, and the other end is connected with the onshore pipeline.
● Independent support structure design, all pipeline loads are beared by support structure not the pipeline.
● Advantage column type inboard arm support instead of box type, reduce the wind load.
● Empty balance design to make the loading arm keep balance at any attitude during slewing.
● Double ball valve type Emergency Releasing Coupler System (ERC System) enable safely separated.
● The Hydraulic QC/DC enable the marine loading arm to be connected with manifold flange quickly.
● Nitrogen Purge System or Steam Purging System is used for clean the pipeline after loading job.
● The maintenance platform is used for the online maintenance of swivel joint.
● Medium: Crude Oil, Gasoline, Diesel, Chemicals, Bitumen, or any liquid products.
● Nominal size: 6"～20"（DN150-DN500）
● Nominal pressure: CL150, CL300.
● Design temperature: -40℃～+200℃


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Beats & Pieces Big Band are one of the most exciting acts to emerge from the North of England’s fertile jazz scene this century. Under the direction of conductor and composer Ben Cottrell, they are at the forefront of a new generation of large ensembles reinventing big band music for the 21st century. As Cottrell says “Beats & Pieces is not your average big band, rather a band that’s big”.
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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart's post-Twilight work is Oscar-worthy; why then have they been snubbed?Away from Twilight, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are racking up an enviable filmography. Awards like the Oscars however, have continued to ignore them.
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Robert Pattinson joins cast of William Dafoe's fantasy horror film The LighthouseRobert Pattinson has joined the cast of the Robert Eggers' directorial, The Lighthouse, starring William Dafoe
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Hybrid Milling Machine Improves Cycle Times and Part Yields
Custom Mold & Design adds to its product offerings with the purchase of a Matsuura Lumex Avance-25 metal laser sintering hybrid milling machine, a powder bed metal additive manufacturing platform with subtractive machining capability. The machine produces accurate parts from melted and laser sintered melted powders, while precisely high-speed milling surfaces. This technology enables the ability to "grow" a metal component in layers with complex internal features.
Conformal-cooled injection mold-tool inserts produced with this hybrid process incorporate complex curved, shaped or spiral cooling channels and can be formed in small, narrow or awkwardly-shaped inserts. The result is mold tools with consistent and accurate cooling across the entire forming area, even within small or complex-shaped pockets. This technology also eliminates distortion problems and poor part quality from inefficient cooling, improving cycle times, part yields and initial part quality by utilizing the powder bed fusion process’s variable porosity capabilities to assist in venting mold gases in the flow front.
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I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A SOFTWARE BOT RUNNING UNDER BOTH WINDOWS SERVER AND WINDOWS 10 THAT CAN CONVERT LARGE IMAGES IN TIFF, JPG, PNG, ILLUSTRATOR EPS FORMAT FROM ONE OR MORE SOURCE DIRECTORIES TO THE CORRESPONDING TARGET DIRECTORIES ON MY NETWORK NAS INTO SMALLER IMAGES IN JPG OR PNG FORMAT AND THEN MAINTAIN CONSTANT INTEGRITY OF THE DIRECTORIES. ALL FILES ADDES TO THE ONE OF THE SOURSE DIRECO...
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...Environmental, Health and Safety application and require 6 icons to help a user classify the observed incident correctly. There are 2 types of incident: Incident and Near Miss And 3 categories of impact: Personal Injury, Asset Damage and Environment Release This gives rise to the 6 classifications. The 6 stylised icons should be vector graphic format
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Recreate icons watercolors style in HD. According to attached files recreate your style these icons HD like was painted with watercolors (prefer purple color + something else). In the end, in order to complete order, I need final PSD with all layers or .ai not merged layers and seved as .psd or .ai ALL LAYERS
illustrator / calligrapher for minimalist icons and wordmarks (NO COMPANIES / NO MANAGERS / NO SALES PEOPLE) Looking for illustrator with hand drawing skills to work on minimalist icons and wordmarks All input given over screensharing and voice Strong bandwidth required for communication. Send me your best minimal icons and wordmarks for consideration.
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...fast and reliable mobile application that enables its members to network with each other while delivering relevant/curated content and resources on a daily basis. The app should have a minimal, yet elegant look and feel. The application should adhere to brand guidelines (to be shared once approved as the vendor). The design should be visually appealing
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...like to create a hybrid Mobile Application using PhoneGap with framework 7, the content should be consumed via a RESTful API hosted in Microsoft Azure that will be provided to the developer and the Logo and icons of the app are available. It is important to support most modern mobile device screen resolution such as iPhone x1, x2 and x3 ...etc. and also
...create 8 icons to be put in my website. Feel free to explore the website in its current format www.zazz.co.in. I have attached the current designs for reference. The image size has to be maintained. I would prefer the icons to be in green/yellow and with illustrations vs generic charts that currently exist on the website. 4 Round PNG Icons size 185*130
I own a anime streaming service. I need some HD anime banners, icons, in all sorts of sizes. Ill keep asking you for some whenever i add a new anime. Sometimes in different sizes. You could get some off of the internet and make it higher quality if thats possible. (I need a lot of them, talking about 50-100) change the asking budget as you please.
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...find an artist who can produce: - 3 pieces of art in landscape format to use as website header images - A logo for the brand - In addition, I need a range of probably 3-5 icons in the same style I know what style I want and can direct you to examples. The subjects are very simple, the concept being tested is a charity/not-for-profit messaging platform
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Hi. I need help cre...creating a filter gallery with imgs that when u hover on each img it show you social icons, a download btn/link for that file and a expand button that when u click on it, it doesn't go to another page but u just get a lightbox and it shows u the bigger img and again social icons and a download btn/link for file. Search box also.
We are a Peer to Peer lending platform dedicated to mortgage related products. We are looking for a designer who can design the following for us: Logo Inpage Icons Tab Icon
We need to create 5 icons that are stylistically similar to the logo icon, using the same colors and gradients. We would like each icon to be utilize the rounded square shape and negative space. These icons will represent the 5 markets we service: Industrial, Power Management, Aerospace & Defense, Medical and Transportation. I have uploaded a few
...Map Trains between stations Train name/number Station name to Code Cancelled Trains Rescheduled Trains Diverted Trains Special Trains Heritage Trains Coach Layout (Design the railway coach layout seats to understand for people from seat 1 to seat 65) Book a hotel Book a cab Book a meal Entertainment- video music games books Additional functions
...new application idea: Every day I have more than 100 funny videos . Just need new application for android and IOS for allow people to view and share my videos with my requirements. Just I will provide you the app idea and the app requirements and the app name you will make the app logo and app design (only I will provide you the application idea
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An application with 4 parties in 2 different applications. The first party will be in application; the rest will be in a different application. The main purpose of the application is to allow the store to open the store so all the customers who want to book a particular service in that store will be able to see that store in the map. There should be
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Looking for an a...one of our product. This is an application like Savan, Gaana ,Apple Music I am looking for experienced designer with 5 plus and above as a designer for UI/UX for mobile ,web and Desktop applications. I need a wire frame for the application first for both android and iPhone. Then screens need to Design and slicing icons and logos
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...our application, skincarebyalana on iphone and android networks. The app is currently live on apple and android. -I have an Apple Developer account -I have an android (google) app acount -we do not have source code, so you will have to take a look at our current apps, and the changes we request We are looking for help updating the iphone/android
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...AppStore, i will share the pages and icons, just need someone to make it great for App Store. Kindly find the attached files uploaded, similar to these designs im looking for Screenshots required for AppStore—1242*2208 size (5 screens). AppIcon For AppStore — 1024*1024 (without curve) AppIcon For Iphone—58*58 , 80*80 , 120*120 (without curve)
...requirements: 1) Logo Design -$15 2) Card Design - $15 3) Mobile App design - App is built. Change ios layout using xcode. Change android layout with whichever software you use. Add graphics from logo and business card. Application is of two pages. One is Main Page and Once is Help Page. $20 4) Need some graphics design including banner and banner

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The National Potato Council (NPC) led a delegation of 6 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff on a tour of Idaho potato fields during the week of August 14. The annual field event, held over 3 days, gives EPA staff the opportunity to see firsthand potato production, discuss pesticide utilization and interact with farmers on the site of their operations. Growers provide employees at EPA an in-depth look at their pesticide stewardship practices and the process of bringing potatoes from field to table. The 2017 tour, which was supported by the Idaho Potato Commission, was held in various locations surrounding Idaho Falls, ID.
“This tour is a unique way for EPA staff to see firsthand how pest management is conducted in real conditions and to better understand the challenges potato growers face on the field every day,” said NPC CEO John Keeling, who attended the tour. “We believe it’s vitally important for growers and policymakers to have this interaction to increase understanding on both sides.”
Participants hailed from EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs, including members of the divisions that handle product registrations and risk management. They witnessed an aerial pesticide application demonstration at Hoff Farm and spoke to growers while touring Raybould Brothers Farm. Britt Raybould, a grower who helped lead that tour, emphasized that the interaction gives “both growers and EPA staff a valuable opportunity to learn from each other. As a grower, I benefit from gaining a better understanding of how to effectively and efficiently use the products we rely on. We appreciate the EPA’s willingness to come to the farm.”
The program included visits to Wilcox Fresh packing shed and SunRain Potato Varieties. While at the Idahoan Dehydration plant, the group learned about the variety of consumer products being made there. At the University of Idaho Research Center, researchers explained the details of sprout control, variety development and disease and pest management. The event concluded with a tour of Spudnik Equipment Company.
“Scientists and regulatory staff from EPA’s Pesticide Program enjoyed the opportunity to visit with Idaho potato growers. The tour was enlightening, giving us a better understanding of the unique challenges of growing potatoes in a desert clime, the significant pests and strategies to combat them and when pesticides are needed. First-hand experiences like this tour are a great help to OPP personnel when making regulatory decisions about pest management tools,” said participant Kyle Morford, Chemical Review Manager, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA.


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This short extract gives you a taste of the personal "Child's Horoscope" by Liz Greene. The small samples taken from various chapters convey an impression of the complete horoscope (18-25 pages) which can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or a bound book in the AstroShop.Most parents long to provide their children with the best they can offer on every level. But what is "the best"? The birth horoscope of a child is a map of patterns and potentials which exist in that child from the moment of birth. Encouragement of these potentials in childhood can help a child to develop greater confidence and hope for a future which is more authentically his or her own, so that greater happiness and fulfillment are possible later in life. II. Your Child's Psychological Type
In this concise chapter Liz Greene describes the child's general temperament and his characteristic approach to life.The rich array of individual abilities and potentials portrayed in Otto's birth horoscope is set against the background of an inherent temperament bias which may be partly hereditary but is also the reflection of a mysterious essence which belongs to him alone. This mysterious "something" is already at work within Otto, helping him to develop his personality along the lines which are healthiest and most natural to him.
[..] He will already be building up an inner code of "oughts" and "shoulds" based on his innately ethical nature, which may grow more sophisticated as he develops but which form the fundamental backdrop to his perception of life. It is not a good idea to add too many more of [...] III. The Characters in the Story
This is one of the most comprehensive chapters of the "Child's Horoscope". This short version touches only on a few of the central characters in your child's personality. The complete report provides a detailed description on 7-9 pages.The tension between the main characters in Otto's inner story is the source of energy which provides the impetus for growth, movement and the formation of a healthy individuality. [..] He is not well able to cope with the favouritism, power battling and emotional manipulation which occurs in so many families, for he has no talent for such games. Perhaps he sees a little too much too clearly for one so young, and he has a fine nose for the smell of others' [...] [..] A possessive or overprotective parent may have difficulty in understanding Otto, for he may not display the desired dependency on home and family. As he develops, he may reveal a strangely detached quality, and the sort of small issues which arouse strong emotional reactions [...] Hidden traits [..] This internal contradiction could result in his "testing" everyone to see just where the limits are although this may easily appear to be simply an effort to break down those limits. Thus, while he may at times rebel forcibly against domestic routines and structures, [...] IV. Emotional Needs and Patterns in Relationships
This chapter contains valuable information on the child's basic needs and the relationship with his parents. The complete horoscope covers this chapter on 5-6 pages.Every child has particular ways in which he or she experiences and seeks emotional contact with others, and this may not always accord with other, more dominant personality traits. [..] If he feels he is being treated unfairly or cruelly he may seek comfort in food or material objects, but any chronic overemphasis on these things reflects his deep anxiety in the face of a chaotic or emotionally ambiguous environment. Otto has an instinctively kind heart [...] [..] At the core of the boy's deep attachment to his father is a profound sense of compassion perhaps unformulated and unsophisticated, but genuine nonetheless. Although it may seem strange for a child to have such adult feelings toward a parent, Otto's father is for his son [...] V. Fears and Insecurities
Knowing about their child's fears can help parents to react with love and understanding in challenging situations. The child's main fears and insecurities are described on 2-3 pages in the full report.VI. Looking toward the future
Many parents wonder about the future of their child. Every child has his own way to develop his potential. What this means for the individual child is described on 2-3 pages in chapter six of the complete Child's Horoscope. Please click here to read a complete sample horoscope.

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Three for Thursday-Welcoming Entryways
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Imagine walking into your living room to find your two-year-old covered in marker along with your beautiful ottoman! I learned that lesson the hard way and redesigned our home around the family’s lifestyle. I am committed to bringing you the very best of what I’m living and learning, as well as making it fun.
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14-Dec-2012 -- I had to go from Montpellier to Bordeaux on Friday, 14 December to attend the annual meeting of the steering committee of IIFARMU. I took this opportunity to visit 44N 1E and 44N 0 on 14 December and 44N 2E on my way back on 15 December.
This CP is located close to the highway running from Toulouse to Bordeaux. It is easy to reach as there is a paved road until 100 m of the point. There was no difficulty in locating the point but my visit was made under a cold rain making the harvested corn field very muddy.
There are many points of interest in the area and I chose to make a short side trip to the city of Auvillar (11 km NW of the confluence) where one can see many heritage buildings. The most famous of these buildings is undoubtfully the market square with his rotunda corn market building dating from the 1825. A few steps away one can also see the clock tower dating from the 19th century.

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Discover more from Divine Nature
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Why Substack when I already have a blog? And, what exactly will this publication be about?
I wrote on Substack in the past. I called it “Half Naked Thoughts”. It was supposed to be content that was more vulnerable than my usual content on my blog. It didn’t work out so well and I shut it down - just didn’t have time for it, honestly.
But here I am again. The main reason I’m here is because I follow some writers consistently. And since I am a writer and I see how Substack is working out for them and their readers, I’ve been tempted to get back in this space. I have been writing pretty consistently on my blog and I’ve got a few friends and readers over there. But, wordpress doesn’t seem to have a good pull for readers and writers these days. It’s too much about businesses and building your big amazing website. And, Substack seems to be very focused on reading and writing. It kind of feels like social media for writers and readers. On social media, like IG and FB, the audience is not there for the specific purpose of reading. And here on Substack, people are here, it seems, to read and write. They’re likely not here for a scroll through, pretty pictures, or videos, or to keep up with cousins, family, and old friends.
Anyway, it’s another platform with another audience and that’s really my biggest reason - to try to reach people whom my writing needs to reach - to reach readers.
I won’t be shutting down my wordpress blog and website. But, I won’t be doing anything different here than what I do on my blog. I mean, I think it will be a bit different, because I think here in this “Divine Nature” space, I want to exclusively post my current writing project ambition… which is to write a series of sonnets that focus on the nature of God in nature and… maybe life. But, it’s only an ambition at this point, and so who knows if it will amount to anything past the first sonnet that I wrote this past week. I didn’t want my doubts about my ambition to stop me from trying, though. So, here I am, and I’ll just see what comes of this.
Anyhow, this will not be any different from my blog, because what I post over there, in terms of “Divine Nature” sonnets, I will also post over here. So, it won’t be any extra writing work, but rather posting and publishing work, and so I should be able to keep up with this, as long as I keep up with writing sonnets.
Yeah, so, that’s that. If you would like to see how this sonnet project comes along, I would love to have you as a reader, and I welcome you!

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JUST ONE OF OVER 500 ANTHOLOGIES
Born A Crime
Trevor Noah was born the proof of a crime, the fruit of a mixed-race coupling that was subject to a sentence of 5 years. His mother?s resilience protected him from poverty, violence and abuse but put her in jeopardy.
I Can Only Imagine
Bart Millard, award-winning recording artist and lead singer of MercyMe, shares how his dad’s transformation from abusive father to man of God sparked a divine moment in music history, when he wrote, ?I Can Only Imagine.?
A love-story, between Nelson and the artist Harry Dodge, who is undergoing gender reassignment, while Nelson undergoes the transformations of pregnancy. Personal and honest about desire, identity and feminism.


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Cadillac has been promising a new halo car for years now after the XLR and ELR failed to captivate consumers. It's a topic that was once again addressed at the 2018 Automotive Forum in New York by Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen. According to Wards Auto, Nysschen reiterated his desire to bring out a new Cadillac range-topper. "We are going to produce a halo vehicle for Cadillac. When it comes, it will stun the world," he teased. "I do not think the world needs yet another large, three box conventional sedan." We've been here before, though.
Talks about a Cadillac halo car have been going on for years. Concepts such as the Ciel, Elmiraj and Escala have previewed potential range-topping models, but none have entered production. Why the long delay? While the company president recently blamed millennials and poor infrastructure for declining sedan sales, Nysschen says that European cars are preventing a Cadillac halo car from entering production. Cadillac was once the top luxury car brand in the US, but Nysschen believes the company's decline is due to a "sustained attack" by European and Asian luxury brands since the luxury sedan market is dominated by the Audi A8, BMW 7-Series and Mercedes S-Class.
He added that Cadillac's "lack of access to global markets prevented us from generating enough revenue to invest in new product." Cadillac wants to become a bigger player in Europe, but this isn't likely to happen until after 2025. Right now, the company is focusing on its operations in the US and China. If we want to go to Europe, we better make sure we have the financial wherewithal and the products," he told Automotive News, though its strategy will include electric vehicles but no diesels. "It's going to be a tough battle and we better be ready to fight it." Looking ahead, Nysschen teased that "things are about to get very interesting at Cadillac."


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NORTH PLAINFIELD—New Jersey residents could see their out-of-pocket expenses double under a Republican budget proposal that would end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher program, according to an analysis by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.
“According to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee if the Ryan plan to turn Medicare into an inadequate voucher program, for which Congressman Lance voted, were to be signed into law, seniors across America would face bleak economic prospects,” said Ed Potosnak, a Democrat who seeks to challenge Republican Rep. Leonard Lance in 2012.
“But with the exception of Florida, there is no state more disastrously impacted than right here in New Jersey. Congressman Lance has seen these numbers and well knows that by 2022 out of pocket expenses for the typical 65-year old enrollee in New Jersey would jump from $6,832.43 to $13,892.47, the second biggest increase in America ($7,060.03). I’ll fight against that ever being enacted every day I’m in office.”
The report also shows that current Medicare beneficiaries will be harmed by the GOP budget, immediately losing preventive services such as mammograms and facing higher prescription drug costs.
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To say yesterday was hectic is an understatement. After a long night of packing and studying for exams, I was already tired. Two exams were a lot already, but I knew that this was only the start of our day. We had some time to get our stuff together before we headed out to BWI on one of the many Calvert Hall Mini buses, but it was an almost instant turnaround from exams to leaving for Montana. The trip to BWI with Brother Len at the helm of the bus was quicker than I would have imagined. We got all of our stuff in without any trouble (including my “body bag” I called a duffle bag). We all went to get food form BWI (mostly McDonalds) before we headed onto our first fight to Denver. Between packing, studying, and the food coma starting to set in, I was ready to pass out on the plane. However, I am happy I did not as I was able to get to talk to James and Colin (in his brief moments of consciousness). However, the second fight I did pass out pretty early. Sadly, it was the shorter one of the flights and flew by in a heartbeat.
Cars rented, Food bought, second McDonalds run made, and with Andy on the aux, we were ready to head out to what will be our home for the next week. Between sleeping and singing along to Piano man, the car ride itself was not all that eventful, until we made a quick stop. One of the things I was looking forward to seeing the most was all the stars that I am never able to see back in Maryland. We pulled over for a few minutes in the cold Montana night. We all looked up at a great canopy of stars above us, amazed by not only what we saw above us, but the fact that not a single car drove by us the entire time we were standing out there. We all groggily entered the bunkhouse a little after midnight, we quickly unpacked our food and were given a quick tour of the bunkhouse, it was time to sleep in a real bed. We all were told to sleep and not talk as we’d be exhausted next morning, and in an uncharacteristic move by a group of high school guys, we listened and went to sleep to cap off the first day of one of what’s going to be one of the most pivotal weeks of our lives. ~ Conner '19
After a long morning spent finishing our midterm exams, the Montana crew hit the road, driven to the airport by the illustrious Br. Rhoades in a Minibus packed to the gills. The day was long and tiring, as we had to board a flight to Denver, and then connect to another flight into Great Falls. At 4 and 2 hours respectively, there was a lot of downtime to kill. Throughout our time traveling, we had the opportunity to reflect and rest before preparing for the long journey ahead. Looking out the windows of the plane made me realize how different Montana would be from Baltimore. Rather than a plethora of lights spanning the landscape, there were no lights at all; the night was pitch black.
After landing in Great Falls, we drove our rental vehicles into town. Our first stop was the Super Market where we picked up groceries for the week (at least to get us started!). Then we stopped at the nearby McDonalds for a quick meal before starting our long drive to the Bunkhouse. On the way, we stopped on the side of the road to gaze up at the stars. The views are beautiful because there is not as much light pollution away from the cities. After making it a bit after 12, we made quick work getting to bed and getting ready for our first day.
Very excited for the journey to come. ~ John’19

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April 18, 2019
- All wheat futures prices fell significantly week over week on the news of favorable growing conditions and large expected harvests in most of the world’s top wheat-exporting regions (see below). May soft red winter (SRW) futures lost 20 cents from last week to close at $4.44/bu and hard red winter (HRW) futures lost 14 cents to end at $4.20/bu. May hard red spring (HRS) futures fell 10 cents from last week to close at $5.23/bu. CBOT May corn futures lost 2 cents to close at $3.58/bu. CBOT May soybean futures fell 15 cents to end at $8.80/bu.
- HRS and HRW export basis and soft white wheat export prices for May delivery out of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are unchanged week over week as limited farmer selling offset minimal export demand for all classes. Improved rail transportation logistics and reduced export demand pressured HRW export basis for May and June delivery out of the Gulf.
- USDA’s April 15 Crop Progress report rated 60% of U.S. winter wheat in good or excellent condition, unchanged from last week but well above last year’s estimate of 31%. U.S. spring wheat planting is 2% complete, below the 5-year average of 13%.
- This week, net commercial U.S. wheat sales of 318,000 metric tons (MT) for delivery in 2018/19 were up 16% from last week’s 273,000 but down 28% from the estimated previous 4-week average. Year-to-date commercial sales of 24.9 million metric tons (MMT) make up 97% of USDA’s expected 2018/19 export volume of 25.7 MM.
- In addition to net and total commercial sales for 2018/19 delivery, USDA also reported net sales of 228,000 MT for delivery in 2019/20.
- Click here to view the most recent USW Commercial Sales report.
- The April 16 Drought Monitor reported heavy snowfall across South Dakota and moderate precipitation across most of northern Montana. Ample rainfall and late-season snowmelt reduced “abnormally dry” conditions in the soft white wheat-growing regions of central Washington. Looking ahead, heavy rains are forecast in the lower and middle Mississippi River Valley which could impact inland barge transportation logistics. Light rainfall and above-average temperatures are expected across most of the Plains in the coming week.
- Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry reported spring wheat sowing at 148,000 hectares as of April 15, 89% of the final forecast for 2019.
- SovEcon, Russia’s agriculture consultancy, raised its estimate for 2019 wheat production from 80.0 MMT to 83.4 MMT on favorable planting conditions.
- According to Reuters, Germany’s association of farmer cooperatives expects 2019 wheat production to increase 21% year over year to 24.4 MMT on more beneficial weather conditions compared to last year’s drought.
Baltic and U.S. Dollar Indices
- The Baltic Dry Index jumped 9% from last week to close at 790.
- The Dollar Index increased slightly from last week’s 96.97 to 97.47.
- U.S. markets will close on Friday, April 19, 2019 in observance of Good Friday. All data in this Price Report reflect global and domestic market conditions as of April 18, 2019.
- Correction to the April 12, 2019 Price Report: French common (non-durum) wheat production in 2019 is forecast at 144 MMT, up 14% from last year. Previously, the Price Report referred to common wheat as “soft white wheat.”
Source: U.S. Wheat Associates


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Nollywood leading ladies, Ini Edo and Funke Akindele shared photos of themselves on set of a new movie as they rocked camouflage bum-shorts. Abeg who knows who the fair skinned female in their middle is?? I totally like her……….glasses! LOL
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Objective To describe the incidence of pneumococcal bacteremia not associated with infection of the central nervous system, investigate the susceptibility of bacterial isolates to β-lactams, evaluate risk factors for antibiotic resistance, and determine factors predicting patient outcome.
Methods Over a period of 1 year, 919 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from 919 patients with bacteremia in eight French counties. Their clinical and microbiological features were recorded. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine risk factors for penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococcal bacteremia and predictors of fatal outcome.
Results Of the 919 patients in the study, 27% were infected with penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP): 17.8% of the isolates were intermediate to penicillin, 7.2% were resistant to penicillin, 16% were intermediate to amoxicillin, and 11% were intermediate to cefotaxime; no PNSP were resistant to either of the last two antibiotics. The most common PNSP serotypes isolated were 14 (41%) and 23 (24%). A statistically significant relationship between PNSP infection and age below 5 years or above 60 years in the different counties was observed by univariate and multivariate analysis. Gender, origin of bacteremia, co-morbidity, immunodeficiency, previous hospitalization and nosocomial infection were not predisposing factors associated with PNSP. The mortality rate was 20.6%: there was no increase in mortality among patients with PNSP bacteremia. Age was the strongest risk factor for mortality, but immunodeficiency also seemed to have had an impact on mortality. Clinical outcome was more closely related to clinical conditions than to the susceptibility status of S. pneumoniae.
Conclusion Among cases of bacteremia, 27% were caused by PNSP, but this level varies according to the counties and the age of the patients. Infection-related mortality was high, but there was no increase related to penicillin G non-susceptibility of the infecting strain.


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GREENBOATS FLAX27 Daysailer with Sicomin GreenPoxy Resins
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The FLAX27 Daysailer by GREENBOATS is a sailing yacht for owners passionate about more sustainable natural fibre yacht construction. The yacht on display is the latest full production version of the FLAX27 made with 80% natural and/or recycled materials.
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As the national conversation on school safety continues to draw attention, the so-called school-to-prison pipeline has largely gone unmentioned. But a new report finds that tighter disciplinary policies and an increased number of police officers at school are landing a staggering number of children behind bars, instead of behind desks.
Expected FBI nominee James Comey is not exactly what you would call a "yes man"--a reputation that could net him sharp scrutiny from both sides of the aisle should his nomination head into the blistering confirmation process.... read more
Deadly threats will not prevent New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg from pursuing tighter gun laws, the outspoken gun control advocate said Thursday after anonymous letters addressed to him tested positive for ricin.... read more
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A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that President Obama's approval ratings took a dip following the AP, IRS, and Benghazi controversies surrounding his administration. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., discusses. watch
New York City Mayor Bloomberg, a vocal advocate of gun control, received letters that tested positive for ricin on Wednesday. The letters included threats and references to the recent gun law debate. Dan Gross of the Brady Campaign discusses. watch
ExxonMobil shareholders on Wednesday voted for the 14th year in a row to reject a resolution that would add nondiscrimination protections for LGBT employees to the company’s equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy.... read more
New York Republican Rep. Peter King said he won’t be attending his party’s annual state dinner Wednesday night because of featured guest Sen. Ted Cruz’s earlier efforts to scuttle a Hurricane Sandy relief bill.... read more
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Congress plans to finish Telangana campaigning with mega public meeting with Sonia Gandhi present too
New Delhi: With the campaigning for the Telangana Assembly elections inching closer to its end, the Congress has planned a very aggressive campaigns in the last leg with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holding multiple public meetings in the state.
The party has also planned a mega show of strength with Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi holding a joint rally along with Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi before culminating its campaigning, party sources said.
According to party sources, Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will be addressing several public meetings in the last three days.
The source said that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will be addressing three public meetings each on an average per day till the last day, while Kharge will be holding one or two rallies on an average in last three days of the poll campaigning.
The source said that a mega show has been planned to bring an end to the campaigning in the state on November 28 where Sonia Gandhi will be also present.
Sonia Gandhi had not addressed a single public meting in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram during this campaigning for these elections. She had addressed her last public meeting on September 17 in Telangana near Hyderabad’s Tukkuguda and announced the party’s six guarantees for the southern state.
She had announced that Rs 2,500 per month financial assistance will be given to women in Telangana under the Mahalakshmi scheme, gas cylinders at Rs 500, and free travel for women in TSRC buses across the state to “fulfill the aspirations of the people” and stressed the party is committed to fulfill each one of these guarantees.
“It is my dream to see a Congress government in Telangana that will work for the people belonging to all societies.
“I, along with my colleagues, had the opportunity to be part of the birth of this great state Telangana. Now it is our duty to take it to a new height,” she had said.
The Congress had ran an aggressive campaign in the state, where it is seeking to wrest the power from the BRS led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Polling for the 119-member Telangana Assembly is scheduled on November 30 and counting of votes wil take place on December 3, along with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram.


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Another Man's Treasure
Local collector Matt Joy hunts for American-made goods and the stories they tell
CAC Exhibit Pushes Back Against Museum’s Architecture
Art: The Meanest of Them Sparkled at Thunder-Sky, Inc.
Art: Manifest Gallery Artists-in-Residence and Master Pieces 8 Exhibition Openings
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Art: Hybridity: The New Frontier at the 21c Museum Hotel


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A singer for as long as she can remember, Kate has done everything musical short of playing in an orchestra! From blues to folk, cafe gigs & community choirs, Kate creates music that touches the soul. Here you find words of peace, love & joy that float in melodious contemplation, songs to uplift the heart, to be still amongst and songs to slow dance. Seek rest for your soul no more, it is here.
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We gather. We become still. We join our hearts in song. We share harmony. You are warmly invited to join Kate B for this gathering of sacred song, chanting & mantra. Find inner stillness & bliss through chanting!


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John Michael Talbot belongs to a secular Franciscan order. Most of his compositions are
arranged from early church music and sacred writings. CD Living Water 50th celebrates John Michael Talbot’s lifetime of ministry in this 50th recorded album. Most of the selections on CD Living Water 50th are based on Scripture.
The following songs are included in Music CD living Water 50th by John Michael Talbot: Send Forth Your Spirit; Kyrie; Gloria; Living Water; Born Again; Every Knee Will Bend; Where Can I Go?; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; You Have Drawn Near; and Come Home Little Children.

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One has to have a thick skin if you are a politician, especially during a week where the National Assembly passes an ominous piece of legislation without much embarrassment by the majority of MPs.
Gloria Borman, by abstaining, and Ben Turok, by not voting, became media celebrities because they had the guts to defy an ANC three-line whip.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe complained afterwards that there had been plenty of opportunity for MPs to express their opposition to the Protection of State Information Bill, and it was not proper to voice their objections through the media afterwards.
Lluwellyn Landers, who rounded up the debate on the bill on Tuesday for the ANC, emerged from the unpleasant process with little honour. He argued that those who were to vote no – the entire opposition except for one United Democratic Movement MP who abstained – were trying to keep in place a secrecy law which had been put in place by the PW Botha government..
It took the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chief whip Koos van der Merwe to recall that Landers – as a coloured Labour Party MP – had served as a deputy minister in the late tyrant’s tricameral government. Landers has come a long way since then, taking the role of the defender of the indefensible for the party he now supports.
Then there was our once widely admired former finance minister Trevor Manuel who responded to opposition leader Lindiwe Mazibuko’s jibe that the ANC was voting against its own struggle record. He wondered, patronisingly, how she would know.
He went on to vote for a bill that will aid and abet secrecy around corrupt government practice just days after releasing his National Planning Commission’s report, which suggests that cracking down on corruption is something to be pursued.
Another MP, this time on the opposition benches, did not exactly cover herself with glory either.
The DA’s Dene Smuts had led her party’s – most of the time – honourable fight against the secrecy bill in the relevant ad hoc committee. On the day of its passage through the National Assembly, she wore orange while all of the opposition, the parliamentary press gallery, national editors and most of the visiting public wore black as a defiance symbol.
To demonstrate their displeasure, 31 members of the DA abstained on a vote to accept a report of the ad hoc committee.
IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini had brought over 100 amendments to the legislation as an attempt to filibuster and delay the measure. For some reason Smuts was incensed by his action, and he couldn’t garner a seconder. Significantly, among those 31 abstentions was her lieutenant, David Maynier – and many MPs who had backed Mazibuko against Athol Trollip in the recent DA parliamentary leader contest.
Intriguingly, Mazibuko, Trollip and Smuts were among the other 30 DA MPs – and the ANC majority – who assented to the report. The abstentions were described by one MP as a “backbench revolt” against Smuts, who appeared to be driven by her own agenda and not that of the party.
In the end the ANC pushed through the “second reading” by 229 votes with two abstentions and 107 against, this time including all the DA MPs and the other opposition parties. The measure now goes before an ad hoc committee of the National Council of Provinces, but it is likely to be passed by Parliament next year. When it ends up at the Constitutional Court, one hopes that the judges are wearing black.


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Speaker: Andy Dratt (Imbibe)
Attendees will come away with an understanding of the most prevalent beverage trends, functional and versatile ingredients and novel technologies to incorporate into their menu to help capture a wider segment of consumers and ultimately increase sales.
Speaker: Lizzy Freier (Technomic, Inc.)
Lizzy will cover current menu trends around snacking, including both menu and consumer data, powered by Technomic. She will conclude with takeaways regarding these menu adaptations and offer insights on future snacking trends.
Speaker: Shehzad Hoosein (Cannabistry Labs)
Presents the unique set of opportunities and challenges within the Cannabis Industry.
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This session will highlight how changes starting with milk source and continuing through the time you receive it to use, affect your experience when using cheese in food products.
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Hear about an exciting new industry best practice called “Foodservice Collaborative Innovation”, developed by a board of 35 manufacturers and chain operators, and the RCA.


BMW yesterday revealed a limited edition variant of the 2 Series called the M240i M Performance Edition, featuring a plethora of M Performance parts all over.
Powered by a turbocharged in-line six-cylinder engine that is paired to either a six-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic gearbox, the small yet potent car is capable of kicking out 340hp, accelerate from standstill to 100km/h in just 4.4 seconds and clock a top speed of 250km/h.
In addition, the BMW xDrive system is also available as an option, but only with the automatic transmission.
Limited to just 750 units, the M240i M Performance Edition is clad in Alpine White paint, complemented by 19-inch double-spoke forged alloy wheels.
The main highlight is of course, the generous dose of M Performance parts which include the air guides, splitter, black kidney grille bars and bumper lip up front, as well as a matte black carbon fiber spoiler, carbon fiber twin exhausts and a carbon fiber diffuser in the rear.
On the inside, things are left pretty much unchanged, except for the special M Performance steering wheel and the addition of a few ‘M Performance’ emblems.


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EZtemper is used to produce a stable form of cocoa butter crystals (seed) that can be used to pre-crystallize, i.e., temper:
bean to bar cocoa mass
coloured cocoa butter
chocolate and chocolate/nut spreads
We call this stable form of cocoa butter crystal seeds produced by EZtemper "silk". A small quantity of EZtemper silk can be used to pre-crystallize chocolate, ganaches and other mixtures that benefit from tempering.
Pre-crystallization of chocolate requires between 0.1 and 1% of the stable form of cocoa butter crystals (beta crystals or "Form V" crystals) in order to set up with the snap, shine and mouth feel associated with well tempered chocolate.
EZtemper will allow you to consistently provide those stable crystals and allow you to work with the chocolate at a higher temperature than usual to ensure increased fluidity and ease of use.
Unpacking and Setting Up the EZtemper
When your unit arrives remove it from its cardboard box and set it on a stable surface. Slip it out of its protective plastic.
Please note that the lid of this unit SWINGS. DO NOT LIFT IT or you may damage it!
Unlatch the silicone fastener, SWING open the lid and remove the following items: 2 stainless steel containers with lids A stainless steel rack A box containing an adapter and cord
Wash and thoroughly dry the stainless cocoa butter containers.
Place the rack inside the unit so it rests on the bottom. Swing the lid closed and fasten it with the silicone fastener.
The power cord attaches to the unit on the underside of the silicone collar on the side opposite to the strap fastener. Pressing down gently on the silicone collar as you insert the plug should lead to a smooth operation.
Once the cord is connected to the unit attach the other end of the cord to the adapter and then plug the adapter into a power outlet. Make sure all connections are secure.
To turn on your unit: Switch on both the fan switch and the power switch on the top of the unit. A light on the switches will indicate that they are on if power is getting to the unit.
Place a quantity of good quality cocoa butter from a reliable source in one or both of the stainless container(s) supplied with the appliance and put the lid on the container(s). Each container will hold about 170 grams of cocoa butter depending on the cocoa butter format. You may need to chop the cocoa butter into smaller pieces before putting in the container.
If you anticipate requiring larger quantities of cocoa butter silk for your production - add cocoa butter to up to 6 similar sized stainless containers.
Unlatch the fastener, SWING open the lid and place the container(s) in the EZtemper. SWING the lid closed and fasten the latch . Make sure the unit is turned on.
It may take up to 12 hours for the cocoa butter to attain a silky consistency. When you think it is ready stir the mass to remove any lumps. When there are no more lumps in the cocoa butter and it has reached a silky consistency it is ready to be used.
12 hours is the approximate time needed for the cocoa butter to attain equilibrium in crystalline structure.
Once equilibrium has been reached and your cocoa butter is silky, it can remain in the powered-on unit indefinitely. (The unit consumes very little power.) This way you always have silk on hand and ready to use.
Adjusting the Temperature of your EZtemper
Cocoa butter will contain a critical percentage of form V crystals when it is between 33 and 34º C. The EZtemper is shipped with a factory set temperature of 33.5 C, an ideal setting for most commercial cocoa butter.
However, it may sometimes be necessary to adjust this factory-set temperature. Cocoa butter from different sources may have different characteristics.
If after 12 hours any lumps have not softened and the cocoa butter has not reached a silky consistency you may need to adjust this temperature UPWARDS by 0.1-0.2°C. If on the other hand, your cocoa butter silk seems too fluid (noted by melting on the cocoa butter surface) - you may wish to DECREASE the temperature by 0.1-0.2°C.
To adjust the factory-set temperature:
On the lid you will see a button marked SET and arrows pointing LEFT, DOWN and UP.
Press the SET button once and you will see [SP] appear on the top display. Use the up and down arrows to choose the temperature you wish between 33.0 and 34.0 C. Press the SET button a second time and you will see [Sŗ] - this is a timer function that should remain at 00.00. Press the SET button a third time to apply your settings.
If you accidentally set the timer an alarm will sound when the time is reached - the unit has been programmed NOT TO SHUT OFF should that happen. To stop the alarm simply press the SET button twice and use the down arrow to return the unit to 00.00. When you press the SET button a third time your new settings will be applied.
Start with an adjustment of 0.1º C degrees initially. Check cocoa butter silk texture 4 hours after each adjustment.
Adjusting the EZtemper
Help! My cocoa butter is still lumpy.
Cocoa butter from different sources may have different characteristics.
If after 12 hours any lumps have not softened and the cocoa butter has not reached a silky consistency you may need to adjust this temperature.
Start with an increase of 0.1º C degrees initially. Check cocoa butter silk texture 4 hours after each adjustment.
Some people have reported cocoa butter that continues to have small crystalline chunks in it even after raising the temperature. We have confirmed that this is due to cocoa butter that has been sitting around long enough for the form V to convert to form VI crystals. Simply melt the cocoa butter and cool to room temperature until solid (this may require 12 or more hours). Return cocoa butter to unit and proceed as before. Note: do not cool in the fridge or freezer when doing this - you may bypass the creation of form IV and form V crystals so your cocoa butter will simply melt when put back in the EZtemper.
Help! My cocoa butter is too runny.
If your cocoa butter silk seems too fluid (noted by melting on the cocoa butter surface) - you may wish to decrease the temperature by 0.1-0.2º C. Once the silk is too fluid however it will not become more firm inside the EZtemper when you have decreased the temperature. You will need to remove it, let it completely firm up at room temperature and return it to the machine.
If cocoa butter is completely melting you may have cocoa butter that contains non-cocoa butter fats. Palm oil and other non cocoa butter fats are liquid between 33 and 34ºC. Replace with cocoa butter from a reliable source. If you are certain of the purity of your cocoa butter and it is still melting - turn the EZtemper down to 32.0, put in fresh cocoa butter and after 12 hours gradually creep it up until you reach the correct consistency. Consistency is more important than actual temperature.
If the fan somehow has been turned off or the lid remains partially open then the cocoa butter can melt - if this occurs - remove from the unit, cool until solid at room temperature, then place the container back in the unit.
Bring the product you wish to pre-crystallize to a temperature between 28 and 33.5°C, depending on the application, before adding the required amount of silk. Cocoa mass, chocolate, or coloured cocoa butter should be between 32 and 33.5º C, whereas ganache, meltaway or gianduja can be closer to 28º C. **Note: it is not necessary to heat the product to 45° C and then bring back down - just get it melted and at 33.5° C**
Since you are introducing the stable form of cocoa butter crystalsyou need only wait a minute or so before using your product.
If used to pre-crystallize melted chocolate, the chocolate will remain in temper for as long as the chocolate is not overheated. As it cools you can reheat to the initial temperature without throwing your chocolate out of temper. It will over crystallize as time goes on and you will find that you can push your temperatures higher - up to 34.5 for dark chocolate.
Extracting Cocoa Butter
Two ingredient bean to bar manufacturers don't want to add 'foreign' cocoa butter to their chocolate - have a look at the video to see how you can extract the cocoa butter from your own chocolate liquor to use in the EZtemper.
EZtemper Care & Maintenance
The EZtemper unit is easy to maintain and clean.
The unit should not be immersed. Spills can be simply wiped with a damp soapy cloth. It is not unusual for cocoa butter crystals to form a film on the black silicone parts of the appliance. This may require wiping on occasion with a warm soapy cloth.
The stainless grid at the bottom of the unit and stainless steel containers may be safely cleaned in the dishwasher. Be sure to rinse and completely dry all components before next use.


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