Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are still together. I know because they went out to dinner together last night in Miami. Hilariously, because it’s Miami (home to many of our nation’s retirees), they had an early dinner and so they were probably surrounded by all of the other early-bird specialists, aka “old people”. No disrespect – I love early dinners. I love going into a restaurant and it’s only half-full, and all of the customers are old people. It makes me happy.
But the big news to come out of this dinner is that Kim Kardashian wears see-through skirts without any drawers on underneath. CB did the photos – if you click on the blurred photo, you should be able to see the NSFW Kardashian butt crack. Did Kanye dress her for this outing? Was he like, “Girl, that ass is so incredible, you don’t need no drawers, and I want to watch that ass all throughout our early-bird special”? Epic.
I guess I should mention that there’s another round of baby/pregnancy rumors for Kim these days. Apparently on the last episode of one of their shows, Kris Jenner was all “You should try to get pregnant” or something, and everyone knows Kim will just do whatever her mom tells her. Plus, Kim was tweeting photos yesterday of herself and Kourtney playing “The Baby Ring Game” where you toss the ring up and something something (I don’t care, but you can read more about it here). So now everyone is like “OMG, Kim is pregnant.” She might be. Lord knows.
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Here is another post that was saved from draft purgatory, and because there’s nothing “so 2015” about it, maybe I didn’t even need to admit that! But, I wrote it last year and I’m coming clean about the fact that this has been on the schedule since I found it buried in my drafts in June.
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating with family and good friends….and food. I don’t expect to post again this week so I thought I would leave you with a few suggestions for your turkey day leftovers.
Thanksgiving food isn’t my favorite, but I despise wasting food so I make sure that all of it gets eaten. I can do the traditional turkey dinner meal once, and then a total of one Thanksgiving sandwich the following day. After that I really need to rework the leftovers into completely different dishes so they’re palatable. I’ve listed several of my favorite recipes below and my modifications for using up the usual Thanksgiving suspects.
So, the first option is what my MIL does: deep-fried turkey bites (aka turkey nuggets). I find them ridiculously redneck and ridiculously delicious. Sometimes I can coax her into deep frying little balls of mashed potatoes on the side. And then I begin a juice cleanse post haste.
2. Mashed potatoes.
Wait. You have leftover mashed potatoes? That is not a thing that I am familiar with. But should you find yourself in that predicament, I have a few suggestions for you.
First up, latkes. I’ve linked to a pretty basic recipe; you could add scallions and soy sauce for a more Asian flair, or add in bits of ham, pork or salmon for something very eastern European. The best latkes are made from shredded potatoes, but these aren’t half bad either.
My second suggestion is a riff on what my family calls Colcannon (or Potatoes Colcannon) and is similar to a Dutch stamppot. You use the mashed potatoes as a base for meat and vegetable leftovers – a great comparison is a fried rice dish. Colcannon is far and away my favorite way to use up leftovers, especially in the winter time. Growing up we would each customize our own bowls, and because this takes zero additional cooking it’s very easy on a day no one feels like being in the kitchen.
If you are feeling in the mood to do some cooking, having pre-made mashed potatoes makes pierogies come together super quickly. They’re a great side for kielbasa (if you can find it) or any type of sausage. You can add in onion, celery, cheese and whatever other leftovers bits you have when making the pierogies. The bets part about this is that you can use up a ton of leftovers with a meal that tastes absolutely nothing like the one you had the day before.
Cranberry sauce tastes delicious on a freshly made potato latke. Just sayin 🙂
This next idea is going to take a few more ingredients, but it’s easy nonetheless. The most delicious vegetarian stuffed pepper that I have ever tasted was filled with bulgar and cranberries. You can make a stuffing for the peppers out of the leftover turkey, cranberries (or cranberry sauce), corn and rice, quinoa, bulgar or whatever other grain you have around. If you have access to buckwheat it will make this dish super filling. We generally don’t have cheeses that would go well in the peppers, but mozerella, goat and blue (if you’re into that sort of thing) would all be really delicious.
Pumpkin (and squash)
Leftover pumpkin pie is once again something I’m not really familiar with. But should you have any, you could easily mash it into vanilla ice cream for a shake or blizzard as is the trendy thing to do.
Pumpkin baked goods are everywhere and I usually don’t go for them so I cannot give you any suggestions on that front. However, if you are interested in a savory option for your leftover canned pumpkin (or any squash, really) I suggest either a soup or a ravioli. Puree squash and apple with heavy cream and cinnamon or nutmeg or allspice depending on your preference for a very delicious wintery soup. Alternatively, squashes can also make for a really great vegetarian pasta sauce.
Candied sweet potatoes aren’t a thing here. If they were I suppose that I would mash up the leftovers and make it into a pie.
If you have either savory or naked sweet potatoes I suggest a sweet potato hash for breakfast. We like to add jaelpenos and other spicy bits to really vary the taste from the day before.
This is not at all creative but I usually bake our leftover stuffing in muffin tins to dry it out a bit, and then serve it like a kind of popover as the carb-y side to a main dish.
It’s the least ‘transformative’ of all of the options here but I just don’t have any other creative ideas. The same goes for corn pudding/Indian Corn/corn casserole, which we don’t even make anymore because it’s such a one-hit wonder. If you have any favorite options for Thanksgiving leftovers, let me know!!

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Gizmos Mod 1.7.10 is with many things a destructive mod, but has some other useful stuff. Time Travel, Explosions, Spy Tools, Fire and more.
If there is air below it, it falls until it hits a block, and then explodes. Craft 3 of them with 3 TNT along the top, one blaze powder in the middle and 3 iron ingots on next to the blaze powder.
Functions much like a gravity bomb, except after exploding continues falling and exploding for a set lifespan. To craft, line up 3 gravity bombs vertically, put iron on the middle sides, and put iron pickaxes on the bottom sides.
When opened, reveals the following GUI:
Place a tool (or other non-stacking item) into the slot marked with a pickaxe outline. To put something in, put it in the slot with the down arrow and the tool below it. To take it out, put the tool in the slot below the up arrow. Note: Tools with gunpowder explode when used, and tools with a fermented spider eye poison the player who uses them.
Craft it by placing a lens, workbench, and chest along the top, 3 iron blocks along the middle and planks in the bottom corners.
Entities on top of this (players, mobs, XP, items, etc.) are accelerated in the direction of their current motion. Not legitimately obtainable.
Entities INSIDE this are accelerated up. Not legitimately obtainable.
A time bomb. (What else?) The red bar is the fuse (set in the mod config). When the fuse runs out, it creates vanilla primed TNT at its location. Craft it from one clock and one TNT.
Almost exactly like a time bomb with one crucial difference: When it is right- or left-clicked (but not when it is sneak-clicked), it places fork bombs (with the same fuse as itself) in any available spaces adjacent to it. Note that it looks exactly like a time bomb: this is intentional. To make it, surround one time bomb with end stone.
Burns logs, leaves, vines and tall grass more or less as fast as the server can tick. To craft, put a flint and steel in the middle, blaze powders at the corners and saplings at the sides.
Instantly burns gravel and lava. For world safety reasons, does not work in the Nether as of v0.7. Craft like a deforestator, except substitute gravel for the saplings.
This is for anyone who has ever been stuck waiting to craft something, having all the parts needed except for one little thing smelting in the furnace. When you sneak and right click a block, it causes the future version of the block to be pulled back in time to the present.
NOTE: I haven’t tested it on all mod blocks. Use at your own risk. If you wonder if something is safe, try it in a test world first. In my test it worked just fine on HV solar panels as found in Tekkit Lite, dumping hundreds of thousands of EU into an MFSU instantly. To craft, surround an iron ingot with clocks.
A piece of precision optics used to make the inserter and defuser. It is made by crafting 4 iron around a glass block.
Instantly removes blocks listed in the mod’s config. (Put in all the explosives in your pack or it won’t work on the ones you miss. It only works on blocks so far.) It is the only way to neutralize fork bombs. In doing so you need to sneak, upon pain of having 6 times the problem on your hands. Nothing, shears, lens,
nothing, stick, shears, stick, nothing, nothing. Carry one on SMP. You will regret it if you don’t.
This is a time- and space-saving utility item. It is effective against blocks as a diamond pickaxe. Load things into it with the inserter, and when you right-click with this tool it has the same effect as right-clicking with the thing you put in. (Warranty void if used to launch projectiles.) It also automatically refills itself from your inventory. It is not exempt from exploding or poisoning its user as any other tool does, depending on what you put in it with the inserter. It is made with a diamond pick in the bottom left, piston in the middle and chest in the top right.
These two closely related blocks move your inventory quickly without the hassle of opening GUIs and shift-clicking or related shortcuts. When placing them, make sure that you can walk on top of them and that directly above is air. To use them, walk on top of them and sneak for a moment. On the blocks, the red arrow in the arrow pair is the one that marks the flow of items. Right click them to see what is inside them. They are made like so:
where I is an iron pressure plate, C is a chest or hopper, L is a lapis block, and H is a hopper or chest.
You can also convert between in and out invenswappers by putting them in any crafting table.
Extinguishes blazes of all types, from the hostile mob (2 hits to kill) to fireplace building mistakes, prize sheep burning and even deforestator or miner’s lighter fire if you’re really fast about it. Made with one iron ingot on the top center, two water buckets below, and rose red in the four slots beside the water.
Telekinesis Catalyst: When right-clicked, it effectively right-clicks the block behind it, through up to 10 or so air blocks.
Dynamic wool: Looks like wool. Changes colour in response to analog redstone signal. Black is full signal, white is power off.
Allows increasing the generation of vanilla flowers. Someone asked me for it because with many mod flowers taking over bonemeal flower spawns, roses and dandelions were almost unobtainable. The weight added to each flower is configurable. By default, roses are weighted at 10 and dandelions 20. This can only increase weights, not decrease them!
Allows any size and shape of portal to be created. If you want a portal with 1-block-wide parts it is highly recommended to do it in the YZ plane (the one where the X value is constant).
Vanilla Recipe Reverter:
CovertJaguar’s mod, Railcraft, removes the vanilla recipes to maintain its own cohesive tech tree, and in the process makes rails far more expensive (coke oven, rolling machine, BC power system) and in my experience less likely to be actually used at all. Apparently the Railcraft config option to allow vanilla recipes got lost somewhere, so I made this mod to load after Railcraft and register the vanilla rail recipes as its own. There is really nothing to show here since it’s the vanilla recipes.
Gizmos is with many things a destructive mod, but has some other useful stuff. In ye olden days, this would mean that a sensible admin wanting a peaceful server would remove the entire mod. However, Gizmos has an item banning system that removes only parts of the mod you don’t want. It is probably impossible to get banned Gizmos stuff on SMP, even with all the hacks in the world or access to /give or creative.
As of version 1.0, the system has undergone a complete rewrite to allow more extensible and longer tech trees. The method of banning items has also changed: Instead of toggling booleans in the config, one puts the names of unwanted modules (see ModuleNameList.txt inside the mod for the list of names) into the banned items list in the config.
How to install:
Gizmos Mod 1.7.10 Download Links:
For Minecraft 1.4.7
For Minecraft 1.6.2
For Minecraft 1.6.4
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Kaiser Aluminum’s revenue from its value-added businesses–large commercial aerospace and defense application is expected to reach $2bn in 2021.
Demand from these industries, which form 50pc of Kaiser’s value-added business revenue, may increase by 2023-2024 as the company plans to expand into defense-related programs and business jet production. Kaiser’s annual growth rate is also expected to climb between 2pc and 5pc in the next four years.
In H1 2021, the company’s shipments jumped 58pc to 215,003mt compared to 124,284mt in H1 2020. Shipments also increased by 35pc to 152,861 in Q2 2021 from 53,977mt in the same quarter of the year prior.
Kaiser’s net sales in H1 2021 rose to $1.07bn from $645mn in H1 2020. In the second quarter of this year, net sales surged to $741mn from $276mn in Q2 2020.
Operating income in the first six months of 2021 fell to $57mn from $68mn in the same period of 2020. The company’s operating income in Q2 2021 rose to $33mn compared to $21mn in Q2 2020.
Kaiser’s EBITDA also rose to $96mn in the first half of the year, from $94mn in H1 2020. In the second quarter, the firm’s EBITDA increased to $59mn from $34mn in Q2 2020.

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Image copyright AFP Image caption The new moon was crossed with a “blood moon” as it passed over some of the Amazon
Some viewers in South and Central America reported experiencing a partial lunar eclipse on Saturday, which left the moon’s reddish colouring visible.
The eclipse coincided with the full phase of the new moon and a “blood moon” – made when sunlight reflects off the Earth’s atmosphere.
The event was also visible in parts of the Atlantic, Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.
Sky-gazers will get another chance for a total lunar eclipse in December.
According to US space agency NASA, the full eclipse, known as a “blood moon”, began at 20:40 BST and ended at 03:11 BST.
Viewers in Africa, Europe, Australia and parts of North and South America also reported observing a partial eclipse of the moon.
North American’s weather was particularly cloudy, so much of the continent missed out on the spectacular event, which was only visible in the North and South Pacific Ocean.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Twitter users shared their night vision experiences
Image copyright AFP Image caption A photographer from India took this dramatic picture of the moon before totality
Image copyright AFP Image caption Dotted trails are normally seen near the edge of the moon
But people in the Amazon, Peru and South America reported experiencing a rare lightshow.
Some posted pictures of the “blood moon” along with hundreds of similar tweets with the words “horseradish moon” or “blood moon” appearing alongside.
The last total lunar eclipse took place on 1 July.
Dozens of people in Europe and Africa have seen at least part of Saturday’s eclipse online.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Twitter users in Croatia and Spain posted spectacular views of the new moon as it descended across the sky
Image copyright AFP Image caption The new moon was crossing the Earth’s shadow as it fell over the Earth’s equator
Image copyright AFP Image caption YouTube viewers were able to get a better view of the new moon as it passed under the Earth’s shadow
Image copyright AFP Image caption The moon took on a reddish colour as it crossed the sky
Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousands of earthlings shared their views on Twitter as the moon made its way across the night sky

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This is how Opening/Tino's and Ryan's idea goes in Ryan and Tino's Camp Adventure.
[Ryan and Tino's Camp Adventure appears on the screen]
[At Canterlot High, Ryan is walking with his friends then he looks at the camera]
Ryan F-Freeman: Oh. Hello there. I'm Ryan F-Freeman. The Prime-prince of Friendship and Meg Griffin's boyfriend. I think you are wondering, "Ryan? What are your plans for you and your friends this summer?"
Tino: Ryan, what are you doing?
Ryan F-Freeman: Oh. Hi, Tino. I was doing what you did in "The Weekenders" TV Show.
Tino:[sighs] Anyways, Ryan, we're planning to go to Camp Everfree for our summer vacation. Your friends, Gloriosa Daisy and Timber Spruce, said we could.
Ryan F-Freeman: Wow! I just have the same idea.
[Crash arrives with the Equestria Girls, including Spike the Dog and Sci-Twi]
Crash Bandicoot: Hey there, Ryan. You think Sci-Ryan would go there?
[Ryan nods and spots Sunset]
Ryan F-Freeman: Tino. Look who's here.
Sunset Shimmer: When I first went there, Tino, I got the ability to see one's emotions and feelings through physically contact. Here, let me show you.
Ryan F-Freeman: Ok. I hope she knows what she's doing.
[Sunset touches Tino's arm. and her eyes turn white]
Tino: [thinking] Wow! She's right! I didn't know she could do that.
[When Sunset lets go, her eyes return to normal]
Cody Fairbrother: Nice one, Sun. [to Tino and Ryan] I call her Sun because it's short for Sunset.
Ryan F-Freeman: That's nice, bro. That is fun because you and Sunset did redeem yourselves at the Fall Formal.
[Cody nods and hugs Sunset]
Cody Fairbrother: I think I did turn myself around, Sunset.
[Sunset smiles and Cody's eyes turn white]
Sunset Shimmer: [thinking] Cody can see things. Feel things. Because he have magic means he can take on the magic of my friends.
[Cody lets go and his eyes return to normal]
Cody Fairbrother: Whoa. How did I do that?
Sunset Shimmer: You can copy our magic by touch.
Cody Fairbrother: Seriously? OMG! That's so cool.
Ryan F-Freeman: I think that means "Oh my gosh!".
[Cody smiles then Ryan's pendant glows blue and Ryan's eyes glow bright green]
Tino: Ryan? You ok?
Ryan F-Freeman: Yep.
Crash Bandicoot: Why are your eyes glowing green, Ryan?
Ryan F-Freeman: [shakes it off] Huh?
Evil Ryan: [off-screen] He's asking you, Ryan.
Tino: Hey. Are you the boys and girl who are with the Dazzlings?
Evil Ryan: [as he, Bertram and Evil Anna comes out of the shadows] Yep.
Tino: Are you guys ready for a fun summer vacation... at Camp Everfree?
Bertram T. Monkey: Yes, Tino. Like Ryan's three siren friends, we have been known to sing from time to time.
Evil Anna: Hello? We sing, like, all the time. It's how we and the Dazzlings get people like you to do what we want.
[Evil Ryan notions for her to shut up]
Evil Anna: Wha? What did I say?
Evil Ryan: What she meant to say was that we are excited about going back to Camp Everfree.
Evil Anna: Oh yeah. I love that camp. [to Tino] What my friend said what I meant to say. That is what I mean... to say.
Sonata Dusk: Well done, Evil Anna.
[Evil Anna smiles and hugs Sonata]
Thomas: Hey! What's the occasion?
Ryan F-Freeman: Tino and I got the same idea.
Tino: We're going to Camp Everfree for our summer vacation!
Bertram T. Monkey: Oh yeah. And what ability did I gain last time?
Matau T. Monkey: Maybe you got the power of the marksmen by wielding two Dalek-like guns, Bertram.
Bertram T. Monkey: Yeah. And what Evil Anna would have said if she weren't the worst.
[Evil Anna looks at Bertram]
Evil Anna: You're the worst!
Evil Ryan: You have to excuse them, they're idiots.
Twilight Sparkle: Oh.
Human Pinkie Pie: Oooh! I'm so nervicited!
Adagio Dazzle: That is not a word. [kisses Tino]
Ryan F-Freeman: Adagio kissing Tino. [pulls out a camera and takes a photo] That is good.
[Tino looks Adagio up and hug her]
Bumblebee: Hey, guys.
Ryan F-Freeman: Hi, Bee. You seen SpongeBob?
The Cyberlings: Ooooohhhhh~
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?~
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he?~
If nautical nonsense is something you wish~
Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish~
Ryan F-Freemann: STOP!!
[Tino falls under the Cyberlings' spell as the Cyberlings stop singing]
Evil Ryan: Sorry. Tino? Tell Bee about your idea.
Tino: [talks like himself and Adagio] I have an idea to go to Camp Everfree with our friends. Including my loves. The Dazzlings.
Sunset Shimmer: I think we saw Tino falling under the Cyberlings' spell.
[The Dazzlings look at Tino]
Matau T. Monkey: They could be some friends like Shido coming to camp.
Crash Bandicoot: How is Ryan the opposite of Darla Dimple?
[Ryan holds up a sign that says "You know how"]
[Tino snaps out of the Cyberlings' spell]
Tino: How am I not immune to your and your friends' singing, Evil Ryan?
Evil Ryan: That might be you didn't have a pendant like Ryan, Tino. One thing. Ryan has some geodes as his award for saving Camp Everfree.
[Ryan shows Tino his geodes and Tino gasp in amazement]
Ryan F-Freeman: Yeah. Amazing. Like that time Evil me fight Kurumi and I managed to absorb her powers.
Evil Ryan: At least we are reformed like Sunset and the Dazzlings, Tino. We could tell Shido and your buddies about Ryan's and your idea at the Canterlot Mall.
Rigby (EG): I'll go find Odette. [to Tino] She's my sister.
Tino: Right. Anyways, we'd better get ready.
Crash Bandicoot: I hope you didn't get possessed by Vortech or Mal or turn into a.... a....
Ryan F-Freeman: Swan?
Tino: Did Ryan get turned into a swan, Crash?
Crash Bandicoot: Yeah. An evil enchanter named Rothbart turned him into one in order get Odette's father's kingdom.
Tino: Oh. When I saw that film, it was Nightmare Moon and Lord Business turned Ryan into a swan. Does the spell last for a day?
Matau T. Monkey: No. When the moon came up, Odette and Master Ryan became humans again.
Evil Ryan: Bee. You think what does Ryan's Odette outfit look like?
Bummblebe: Maybe like Odette's but male.
Evil Anna: Wow. You know it better then Morro.
[Morro in his EG form appears out from the shadows]
Morro: Hey! I heard that!
Ryan F-Freeman: Whatever.
Sonata Dusk: Morro? Did you got out from a world called "The Grid"?
Crash Bandicoot: Wow. I love that world. Reminds me back in Ryan's Quest: Dream Drop Distance. When me and Sci-Ryan first came to the Grid, he rescued an ISO called Quorra.
Evil Ryan: ISO? And what test did you and Sci-Ryan do, Crash?
Crash Bandicoot: Not sure.
Bertram T. Monkey: The Ryan F-Freeman of Crystal Prep did the Mark of Mastery. We can fetch them, Tino.
[Tino nods and the song Legend of Everfree starts playing as they start packing]
Sci-Ryan: Will you be lost by time or be part of history?~
12th Doctor: Will your story be told or remain a mystery?~
[As the song plays, two hooded people watch from the shadows]
Hooded boy: When do you think we should show ourselves?
Hooded girl: Not just yet.
Hooded boy: Oh.
[Back to Ryan and the others]
Thomas: Will they sing your song telling all that you have done?~
Crash Bandicoot and Adagio Dazzle: Time to make your choice, only you can be the one~
Carver: Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
Buck the Wiesel (EG): As you join in the Legend of Everfree~
Garfield (EG): Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
Tino: As you join in the Legend of Everfree!~
Ryan and Odette: (Hey! Hey! Hey!)~
Sci-Twi: Will you do something great with the time that you have here?~
Flain (EG) and the Shadowbolts: Will you make your mark?~
Lea: Will you conquer what you fear?~
Crash Bandicoot (EG): And when you go back home, everybody there will see~
Matau and the Skylanders: You were part of the legend of Everfree~
Mike (Total Drama): Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
Nya: As you join in the legend of Everfree~
Brian the Crocodile: Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
Meg Griffin: As you join in the legend of Everfree!~
Mighty Eagle: (Hey!)~
Zig (Zig and Sharko): Will you find your greatest glory?~
Sharko: Will you be a falling star?~
Oggy the Cat: Here to learn what nature teaches~
Spikewave: Here to learn more who you are~
Codylight Sparkle: Will you be lost by time or be part of history?~
Lori: Will your story be told or remain a mystery?~
Coby: And when you go back home, everybody there will see~
Odette: You were part of the legend of Everfree~
Total Dramas: Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
Crash Bandicoot and Sora: As you join in the legend of Everfree~
Cody and Riku: (Hey!)~
Thomas and Twilight Sparkle: Oh, oh, oh, oh-whoa~
The gang: As you join in the legend of Everfree!~

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Nov. 23, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Virginia swimming and diving teams set two school records on the second day of the Ohio State Invite Saturday (Nov. 23) at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
After two days, the Virginia women lead with 766 points, ahead of Florida (717), Purdue (432.5), Ohio State (417.5) and Kentucky (275). The UVa men sit in third with 545 points, behind Ohio State (795) and Florida (716), but ahead of Kentucky (341).
Sophomore Courtney Bartholomew (Holland, Mich.) won the women’s 100 back in a school, McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion and ACC record time of 50.73, an automatic NCAA-qualifying mark. Freshman Kaitlyn Jones (Newark, Del.) was third in 53.72, the ninth-fastest mark on UVa’s all-time list, and seniors Charlotte Clarke (Adelaide, Australia – 53.86) and Meredith Cavalier (Stafford, Va. – 53.92) were fourth and fifth, respectively.
The 200 medley relay of Bartholomew, freshman Laura Simon (Simmern, Germany), junior Ellen Williamson (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) and senior Emily Lloyd (Severna Park, Md.) finished second with an automatic NCAA-qualifying time of 1:37.67, the fourth-fastest relay in UVa history.
Simon became the first Cavalier woman to break the one-minute barrier in the 100 breaststroke, placing second in a time of 59.89. Sophomore Natalite Martin (Haymarket, Va.) placed fourth in 1:02.86, the ninth-best mark on UVa’s all-time list, and freshman Kaleigh Rosenburg (Leesburg, Va.) was eighth in 1:03.72.
In the women’s 200 free, freshman Leah Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa.) placed first in a time of 1:45.09, the third-quickest mark on UVa’s all-time list. Senior Rachel Naurath (Manakin-Sabot, Va.) was fourth in 1:47.14, while junior Kelly Offutt (Reisterstown, Md.) was eighth in 1:48.78.
The Cavaliers went 2-3 in the women’s 400 IM, with junior Shaun Casey (Port Orange, Fla.) touching second in 4:10.02 and sophomore Haley Durmer (Decatur, Ga.) third in 4:11.19. Senior Hillary Petersen (Gainesville, Fla.) was eighth in 4:17.68.
Williamson finished fourth in the women’s 100 fly in 53.27, ahead of Casey in seventh (53.94).
The women’s 800 free relay of Smith, Williamson, senior Caroline Kenney (Suwanee, Ga.) and Jones placed second in 7:07.95.
On the men’s side, sophomore Yannick Kaeser (Mumpf, Switzerland) touched second in the 100 breast in 53.79. His prelim time of 53.78 ranks sixth on UVa’s all-time list.
In the 100 back, sophomore Luke Papendick (Kinnelon, N.J.) finished second in 47.05, just ahead of senior Jack Murfee (Nashville, Tenn.) in third in 47.08. Junior Kyle Dudzinski (Pittsburgh, Pa.) was eighth in 48.77.
The 200 medley relay team of Murfee, Kaeser and seniors Parker Camp (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Jake Pearce (Tusla, Okla.) placed fourth in 1:27.54, while the 800 free relay of Camp, Buerger and freshmen Austin Quinn (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and Barry Mangold (Rockville, Md.) also placed fourth in 6:30.16.
Camp and senior Nathan Hart (Asheville, N.C.) were seventh and eighth in the 100 fly in 47.99 and 48.68. Camp’s prelim time of 47.26 ranks fifth on UVa’s all-time list.
Junior David Ingraham (Spartanburg, S.C.) placed eighth in the 400 IM in 3:49.25.
The Ohio State Invite concludes Sunday (Nov. 24) with the 1,650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, platform diving and 400 free relay being contested. Prelims begin at 9 a.m., with the finals starting at 3 p.m.
Note from Friday’s results: The Cavalier women’s 400 medley relays that finished second (in a would-be school record time) and third were disqualified for swimming in the wrong lane.
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One Book to rule them all, One Book to find them, One Book to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, or something like that. Today I was intrigued by this tag that I found one on Enthralling Umbrella Books Blog and I knew I had to do it. If I was the ruler of books these would be my decrees.
What book would you make everyone read?
To kill a Mockingbird is a classic that I think everyone should read. This feels especially true now with the status of civil rights in our county.
What would you abolish in book construction?
Cover changes halfway through a series. I don’t care how bad the cover is. Can we just keep the same cover until all of the books are out?
What author would you commission to write you any book?
I think I would choose Tahereh Mafi. She has a talent that can take her from a dark YA novel to a fantastical middle grade. So, I know no matter what I wanted she could deliver.
What book would you demote to the library basement to make room for new books?
The heart is a Lonely Hunter. I had to read it for high school and I hated every moment of it. That may be because it was assigned reading. But, I was not happy.
What cover artist would you commission to make a mural?
I would have to choose the cover artist of the original covers for Harry Potter. How could would it be to have a complete HP mural done in that style?!
What characters face would you put on a coin?
Can we put the Darkling’s face on a coin. I think he would get a thrill from that idea.
What book would you award the “Ruler of Books” 2017 Prize to?
Eliza and Her Monsters was a book that really surprised me. I loved this book. It had wonderful characters, a intriguing plot line, and a beautiful writing style. You can check out my full review for it here.


I have discovered the ML4425 BLDC inverter driver, so is it ok to operate it with its motor current sense input grounded, and then use an external upstream current regulated SMPS to feed the inverter/motor? (as in the attached block diagram)
That is, please advise if we can feed the ML4425 BLDC Inverter driver with an upstream regulated current source, instead of using the ML4425 to regulate motor speed and current?
I suspect that the way that we are doing this is bogus, and that we are all totally wasting our time at this Dutch Engineering company?
We are going to use the ML4425 BLDC Inverter driver IC to drive a BLDC in a water pump.
The inverter obviously needs a big supply capacitor at its input, and we do not have room for this, therefore, we will instead put a 150KHz buckboost converter upstream of the inverter, and ‘feed’ the inverter from that. We will in fact use the buckboost converter as an output current regulated power source, and so it controls the current that gets fed to the ML4425 based inverter. We will feed whatever current to the Motor/Inverter that makes it spin at 8000rpm.
The ML4425 is capable of regulating the motor current and speed itself, using its current sense pin (pin 1), etc.. however, we will simply ground the ML4425’s current sense pin, so that the ML4425’s internal current sense and current limitation is bypassed. (since we are limiting the current with our upstream buckboost converter)
We have a closed loop on the motor speed, whereby the motor speed is regulated to 8000rpm, however, if in so doing, the motor current goes over 20 Amps, then our current limiter kicks in and keeps the current regulated to no more than 20 Amps. The current limiter function is done by the buckboost converter and its feedback loop.
The Vin to the buckboost is 18-32V
The motor will be ~34V when at 8000rpm, and will draw approx 20 Amps at this speed of 8000rpm.
Do you agree that we are wise to act in this way? We will experience high voltage spikes at the output of our buckboost converter whenever we are in the inverter commutation dead time intervals, but should that worry us too much? We do have an overvoltage clamp there (converter shuts down till Vout falls below 35V).
Or would we be better off making the buckboost SMPS an output voltage regulated SMPS, with output current limitation?
Alternatively, is there a Current Source Inverter version of the ML4425? (ie something like ML4425 which drives an inverter with switch “overlap time” instead of switch “dead time”)?


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The bleak steppe and rolling highlands of inner Anatolia were one of the most remote and underdeveloped parts of the Roman empire. Still today, for most historians of the Roman world, ancient Phrygia largely remains terra incognita. Yet thanks to a startling abundance of Greek and Latin inscriptions on stone, the cultural history of the villages and small towns of Roman Phrygia is known to us in vivid and unexpected detail. Few parts of the Mediterranean world offer so rich a body of evidence for rural society in the Roman Imperial and late antique periods, and for the flourishing of ancient Christianity within this landscape. The eleven essays in this book offer new perspectives on the remarkable culture, lifestyles, art and institutions of the Anatolian uplands in antiquity.
The story of Rome from its founding (753 B.C.) to the rule of Octavian in 29 B.C.
Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive history of all aspects of the topic, incorporating recent findings and modern approaches. It discusses the origins of Roman drama and the historical, social and institutional backgrounds of all the dramatic genres to be found during the Republic (tragedy, praetexta, comedy, togata, Atellana, mime and pantomime). Possible general characteristics are identified, and attention is paid to the nature of and developments in the various genres. The clear structure and full bibliography also ensure that the book has value as a source of reference for all upper-level students and scholars of Latin literature and ancient drama.
From the Renaissance to today, the idea that the Roman Republic lasted more than 450 years--persisting unbroken from the late sixth century to the mid-first century BC--has profoundly shaped how Roman history is understood, how the ultimate failure of Roman republicanism is explained, and how republicanism itself is defined. In Roman Republics, Harriet Flower argues for a completely new interpretation of republican chronology. Radically challenging the traditional picture of a single monolithic republic, she argues that there were multiple republics, each with its own clearly distinguishable strengths and weaknesses. While classicists have long recognized that the Roman Republic changed and evolved over time, Flower is the first to mount a serious argument against the idea of republican continuity that has been fundamental to modern historical study. By showing that the Romans created a series of republics, she reveals that there was much more change--and much less continuity--over the republican period than has previously been assumed. In clear and elegant prose, Roman Republics provides not only a reevaluation of one of the most important periods in western history but also a brief yet nuanced survey of Roman political life from archaic times to the end of the republican era.
Destination: Rome Attractions: the Colosseum, Vatican City...and Nicolo Sabatini New World woman versus Old World man--it's more than just a culture clash when American fashion model Caroline Bishop meets Prince Nicolo Sabatini. Certainly to a woman of the nineties, this Roman hunk's views on love are as antiquated as the ruins of his city. And, given half a chance, perhaps as eternal....
Biography of Roman Tmetuchl, a Palauan political leader and businessman.
This book describes and analyses the development of the Roman West from Gibraltar to the Rhine, using primarily the extensive body of published archaeological evidence rather than the textual evidence underlying most other studies. It situates this development within a longer-term process of change, proposing the later second century rather than the 'third-century crisis' as the major turning-point, although the latter had longer-term consequences owing to the rise in importance of military identities. Elsewhere, more 'traditional' forms of settlement and display were sustained, to which was added the vocabulary of Christianity. The longer-term rhythms are also central to assessing the evidence for such aspects as rural settlement and patterns of economic interaction. The collapse of Roman imperial authority emphasised trends such as militarisation and regionalisation along with economic and cultural disintegration. Indicators of 'barbarian/Germanic' presence are reassessed within such contexts and the traditional interpretations questioned and alternatives proposed.
This book presents an authoritative and detailed survey of the art of woodworking in the ancient Roman world. Illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs,Roman Woodworking covers topics such as the training and guild memberships of Roman carpenters, woodworking tools and techniques, the role of timber in construction and the availability of trees, and interior woodwork and furniture making. It also includes an extensive glossary of fully defined terms. This comprehensive book displays the accomplishment of the Roman woodworkers and their high skill and knowledge of materials and tools. Ulrich helps bring to light the importance of wooden projects and structures in Roman daily life and provides a wealth of information not only for classicists but also for those interested in the history of technology and the history of woodworking.
Exhilarating courtroom farce from America's finest playwright. Romance is an uproarious courtroom farce which lampoons the American judicial system and exposes the hypocrisy surrounding personal prejudices and political correctness. Wildly humorous and often gob-smackingly outrageous, the play is set in a modern-day courtroom in New York during a week when there are Middle East peace talks being brokered in town. The court case at hand is unrelated, but the defendant and counsel come up with a plan to solve the conflict in the region. A pill-popping judge, a defendant and lawyer (on the same side) who hate each other, and a prosecutor with a troubled personal life are part of the picture. A new comedy from 'the finest American playwright of his generation' Sunday Times. 'A deliriously funny David Mamet farce' Associated Press. 'An exhilarating spectacle. Mamet is a connoisseur of fiasco, knows all about legal punctilio, and he has great fun bringing mayhem to the ritual' New Yorker. Published to tie-in with the play's European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, opening 6th September 2005.
Nothing's going to stand in the way of Raven Walker's Broadway dreams. That includes the gorgeous stranger she just ran into--literally--backstage at a theater. But sexy power producer Dru Davis is suddenly making Raven crave a life beyond the footlights. A player who has perfected his no-strings approach to love, Dru's getting tired of being a solo act. And he can't stop fantasizing about the woman who ended up wearing his iced latte all over her leotard. Dru is tempted to give up his freewheeling bachelor life. . . and let his blossoming romance with Raven take center stage. Raven and Dru's love may lift them high above the spotlight. . . where they could take their final bow, together.
The contact zones between the Greco-Roman world and the Near East represent one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of ancient-world studies. This new collection of essays, by world-renowned experts (and some new voices) in classical, Jewish, Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Persian literature, focuses specifically on prose fiction, or 'the ancient novel'. Twenty chapters either offer fresh readings - from an intercultural perspective - of familiar texts (such as the biblical Esther and Ecclesiastes, Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesian Story and Dictys of Crete's Journal), or introduce material that may be new to many readers: from demotic Egyptian papyri through old Avestan hymns to a Turkic translation of the Life of Aesop. The volume also considers issues of methodology and the history of scholarship on the topic. A concluding section deals with the question of how narratives, patterns and motifs may have come to be transmitted between cultures.
Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature offers a rich, interdisciplinary treatment of modern black literature and cultural history, showing how debates over Africa in the works of major black writers generated productive models for imagining political agency. Yogita Goyal analyzes the tensions between romance and realism in the literature of the African diaspora, examining a remarkably diverse group of twentieth-century authors, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Chinua Achebe, Richard Wright, Ama Ata Aidoo and Caryl Phillips. Shifting the center of black diaspora studies by considering Africa as constitutive of black modernity rather than its forgotten past, Goyal argues that it is through the figure of romance that the possibility of diaspora is imagined across time and space. Drawing on literature, political history and postcolonial theory, this significant addition to the cross-cultural study of literatures will be of interest to scholars of African American studies, African studies and American literary studies.
Must. Not. Fall. For. Fake. Boyfriend.Cashel Burgess's PR team has come up with a plan to salvage his reputation and show his "softer" side by entering him in a Valentine's Day competition to find Australia's Most Romantic Couple. It's so ridiculous it might actually work. The hitch? He doesn't even have a girlfriend. But that's not about to stop him....Thanks to a good-for-nothing ex, gardener Lucy Grant hates Valentine's Day. But when Cash makes her an offer too good to refuse, Lucy finds herself half of the most cynical couple in Australia! The only problem is, when a man fakes it this well, a girl might be tempted to turn fiction into fact....
Who knows the ins and outs of romance better than a Harlequin editor? A surprising and exhilarating look into Patience Bloom's unexpected real-life love story. At some point, we've all wished romance could be more like fiction. Patience Bloom certainly did, many times over. As a teen she fell in love with Harlequin novels and imagined her life would turn out just like the heroines' on the page: That shy guy she had a crush on wouldn't just take her out--he'd sweep her off her feet with witty banter, quiet charm, and a secret life as a rock star. Not exactly her reality, but Bloom kept reading books that fed her reveries. Years later she moved to New York and found her dream job, editing romances for Harlequin. Every day, her romantic fantasies came true--on paper. Bloom became an expert when it came to fictional love stories, editing amazing books and learning everything she could about the romance business. But her dating life remained uninspired. She nearly gave up on love. Then one day a real-life chance at romance made her wonder if what she'd been writing and editing all those years might be true. A Facebook message from a high school friend, Sam, sparked a relationship with more promise than she'd had in years. But Sam lived thousands of miles away--they hadn't seen each other in more than twenty years. Was it worth the risk? Finally, Bloom learned: Love and romance can conquer all.
A quaint little story about two families in a small New Hampshire town, around Christmastime.
Peggy McCracken offers a feminist historicist reading of Guenevere, Iseut, and other adulterous queens of Old French literature, and situates romance narratives about queens and their lovers within the broader cultural debate about the institution of queenship in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France.Moving among a wide selection of narratives that recount the stories of queens and their lovers, McCracken explores the ways adultery is appropriated into the political structure of romance. McCracken examines the symbolic meanings and uses of the queen's body in both romance and the historical institutions of monarchy and points toward the ways medieval romance contributed to the evolving definition of royal sovereignty as exclusively male.
The Romance of Democracy asks in very basic ways what democracy means for a group of residents of a working-class neighborhood of Mexico City. Gutmann examines how the residents should participate--or not--in elections, social movements, and nationalism.
Dr. Lynn Ponton has devoted her clinical practice to a particular community-teenagers in trouble. Whether these kids are struggling with peers, experimenting with drugs, stealing cars, or having unprotected sex, they have something in common: they are all involved in unhealthy risk-taking. And their parents are scared. "How did my child get involved in this dangerous situation?" they ask. "And what can I do?"Their fears are justified: today's teens have moreopportunities for taking dangerous risks than ever before. But inThe Romance of Risk,Dr. Ponton refutes the traditional idea that risk-taking is primarily an angry power struggle with parents-so-called teenage rebellion-and re-defines it as a potentially positive testing process whereby challenge and risk are the primary tools adolescents use to find out who they are and determine who they will become. This new perspective is revealed in a series of mesmerizing tales about individual adolescents and their families. Among others, we meet Jill, a 13-year-old thrill-seeking runaway; Hannah, a privileged daughter of suburbia who suffers from anorexia; and Joe, a high school senior with a serious drinking problem. Through these stories, we come to understand Dr. Ponton's startling observation that teenagers must confront and experience challenge and risk along the path to self-discovery. For adolescents, the powerful allure of the adult world is equaled only by the fear of failing to find a place in it. Parents can ease that transition into adulthood, however, by promoting healthy risk-taking so that dangerous options will be avoided. InThe Romance of Risk,parents will learn how they can begin to understand rather than fear adolescent risk-taking, and how to communicate with their children about it. After all, teenagers will always romanticize risk. But with the support and guidance of parents and other adults, odds are the risks they take will be the right ones.
In this touching, wryly humorous sequel to Revenge of the Snob Squad , readers are reunited with sixth-grade misfits Jenny, Max, Prairie, and Lydia as they cook up an outrageous plan to ignite a romance between Prairie and the object of her affection, Hugh Torkerson (otherwise known as 'Tork the Dork'). A science lab rat, a set of embarrassing glamour photos, and a mysteriously disappearing notebook all play a part in this scheme, but the results may attract more attention than Snob Squad planned.
Thomas Waugh identifies the queerness that has emerged at the centre of our national sex-obsessed cinema, filling a gap in the scholarly literature. In Part One he explores the explosive canon of artists such as Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra, Colin Campbell, Paul Wong, John Greyson, Patricia Rozema, Lea Pool, Bruce Labruce, Esther Valiquette, Marc Paradis, and Mirha-Soleil Ross. Part Two is an encyclopaedia of short essays covering 340 filmmakers, video artists, and institutions.
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God has been gracious to you this day. To be alive and decide to sleep is a blessing. Irrespective of how your day went or the challenges you may be going through, remember, God has not forsaken you!
Before we pray, let’s consider these words of the Lord:
Psalm 4:8 – In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe.
Proverbs 3:24 – When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Psalm 3:5 – I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me.
Now let us pray
Lord, thank you for this day and everything you sent with it.
You are my unfailing rock in the good times and the bad, and I’m so grateful for You.
Please forgive me for anything I may have done consciously or unconsciously that offended you or your people.
My sole desire is to please you and serve you. As I walk out of this life in your presence,
help me press into you more deeply and follow you ever more closely until Christ is formed in me.
I want to commit the night to you now. You are the great watchman able to see into the darkness
and search the dead of mine where there are schemes to harm and bring injury,
I pray against that and ask for your protection during the night.
I decree tonight that no weapon formed against me shall prosper in Jesus’ name.
Let me sleep peacefully in the shelter of your embrace. May I find the comfort I desire in you and the strength I need in your name
And Lord, I petition you not only for myself but also for my family; I pray your peace would be in their dwelling. I pray your protection will be over their dwelling.
I pray you would invade their space and cause them to meditate on your goodness so that they may be moved into adoration.
As I sleep, I find refuge in your arms. Your faithfulness is my shield that protects me from one night to the next.
The darkness of night holds no fear for me as I look to you.
The light of the world. Let my thoughts settle on your goodness and your mercy as I fall asleep.
Take away any anxiety about tomorrow, as I know you will be there with me.
So, Lord of Hosts, I apply the precious blood of Jesus Christ to the door and window of my house.
Tonight, I apply your blood to work in our favor as we take our rest tonight in the name of Jesus.
Lord, you are an awesome God and serving you is a treasure.
Thank you for providing for me, healing me, redeeming me, and making me your own.
You have done great things for me; regardless of my circumstances, I will choose joy.
In the Almighty Precious Name of Jesus, I pray these things.

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Though busy with various other projects, actor and rapper Tray Chaney is finding time to lend a hand in the fight against bullying.
Chaney, best known for his role as Poot on HBO’s popular series “The Wire,”recently released a song in time for National Bullying Prevention Month called “Mike Bully.” He told Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., that his intention is to help young children everywhere who fall victim to the vicious act.
“When it came time for me to introduce another topic of mine, which is hip-hop music, I wanted to touch on issues that I felt really could affect today’s society in a positive way,” Chaney says. “This ‘Mike Bully’ record is an anti-bullying anthem. … It focuses on young people being able to stand up against bullying meaning you can go to a caring adult, you can talk to your parents, you can talk to your guidance counselor.”
Chaney has plans to tour across the state of Maryland during National Bullying Prevention Month to spread his message.
For more information, please visit www.mrtraychaney.com.

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Barbara Heller was born on Long Island but raised in the 6th borough of Manhattan, Boca Raton, FL. ...
Not sure what to watch? Kevin Smith can help, as he shares his favorite films of the year. For all of this year's top entertainment head to our Best of 2018 page.
See what the IMDb editors are excited to watch in November, check out our guide to horror, streaming shows, superheroes, and more.


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Author Notes: Why serve this to your kids? 1) because pickled red onions, like smoked paprika, make everything better; 2) because avocado is what you give children instead of giving in to more butter please; 3) because of my self-deluded, Jenny Rosenstrach-bolstered faith that, even in our new state, kale is not a four-letter word. From Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach (Ecco, 2012) —Nicholas Day
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 red onion, sliced
- 1 bunch kale, washed, stems removed and chopped (8-10 cups)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 avocado, cut into chunks
- In a small saucepan, combine the water, red wine vinegar, sugar, and salt and bring to a boil. Add the red onion and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the onion and let cool.
- In a large pot of salted water, boil the kale for 2 minutes. Strain, dry, and then add to the pickled onions. Toss both with the oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, and avocado.
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Every year, Rock Fest Barcelona is a meeting point for artists and their audience. We have put together a tasy selection of bands who will sign autographs and take pictures at the signing tent and the Asdent tent. Always keep in mind that the schedule can change and the definitive one will be every day hanging at the tent itself and through social media.
Signing sessions at Rock Fest Barcelona
2 July, 2018

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UTV Motion Pictures is known to do things a tad differently. One such recent example is when the Bollywood production house spent close to Rs 20 million (Rs 2 crores) on marketing a film like Khosla Ka Ghosla, which was made on a budget of Rs 35 million (Rs 3.5 crores).
Now, on the occasion of the first anniversary release of Rang De Basanti (26 January), UTV will be re-releasing the film theatrically. The film will open in select theatres across the country with 25 prints.
“This is for the first time that a film is being re-released one year after it hit the theatres. The film will run for a period of one week in select theatres across the country,” informs UTV senior vice president marketing and communications Siddharth Roy Kapur.
Ever since its release on 26 January, 2006, Rang De Basanti, directed by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, has been in the news for all the right reasons. The film is India’s official entry to the Oscars this year and has also been nominated for the BAFTA awards, both of which are scheduled to be held next month.
Rang De Basanti nominated for BAFTA


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Chicago, Illinois/North Central Corridor
North Central Corridor
Metra, the commuter rail division of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) of northeastern Illinois, is proposing to construct 12 miles of an additional (second) mainline track along the existing 53-mile North Central Corridor (also known as the Wisconsin Central Limited Corridor). The corridor extends from downtown Chicago to Antioch on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, traversing suburban Lake County. The proposed project also includes track and signal upgrades, construction of five new stations, parking facilities, expansion of an existing rail yard, and the purchase of one new diesel locomotive and eight bi-level passenger cars. The total estimated capital cost for the North Central Corridor is $204 million ($escalated).
The North Central Corridor is a 12-mile area located along either side of the Wisconsin Central Limited track between Antioch and Franklin Park in Lake and Cook counties and along the Milwaukee-West Line between Franklin Park and the City of Chicago. The corridor includes the two most significant hubs of employment in the six-county northeastern Illinois region, namely, the Chicago Central Business District (CBD) and the area surrounding O’Hare International Airport. Metra estimates that 8,400 daily new riders will use the system in the year 2020.
North Central Corridor Summary Description
|Proposed Project||Commuter Rail Line (upgrade, multiple improvements)
12 miles, 5 stations
|Total Capital Cost ($YOE)||$204.00 million|
|Section 5309 Share ($YOE)||$130.60 million|
|Annual Operating Cost ($1997)||$5.50 million|
|Ridership Forecast (2020)||8,400 daily new riders|
|FY 2000 Financial Rating:||Medium-High|
|FY 2000 Project Justification Rating:||Low-Medium|
|FY 2000 Overall Project Rating:||Not Recommended|
The overall project rating applies to this Annual New Starts Report and reflects conditions as of November 1998. Project evaluation is an ongoing process. As new starts projects proceed through development, the estimates of costs, benefits, and impacts are refined. The FTA ratings and recommendations will be updated annually to reflect new information, changing conditions, and refined financing plans.
In April 1997, Metra initiated a Major Investment Study (MIS) for the North Central Corridor. The primary purpose of the MIS was to analyze the ability and cost effectiveness of various alternative investment strategies to serve the growing need for travel from the corridor to employment in the Chicago CBD. As a secondary purpose, Metra also analyzed the need for travel from the corridor to the area surrounding O’Hare International Airport.
Based on the results of the MIS, Metra selected the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) to be Rail Alternative R2 which provides for the enhancement of commuter rail service in the North Central Corridor. The LPA was included in the Chicago Area Transportation Study’s (local Metropolitan Planning Organization) 2020 Long Range Plan and Transportation Improvement Program in November 1997.
FTA approved (in December 1998) the North Central Corridor to initiate preliminary engineering and the environmental review process of project development. Section 3030(a)(10) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA- 21) authorizes the "North Central Upgrade – Commuter Rail [Metra]" for final design and construction. Through FY 1999, Congress has appropriated $2.98 million in Section 5309 New Starts funds for the project.
The following criteria have been estimated in conformance with FTA’s Technical Guidance on Section 5309 New Starts Criteria. For reporting purposes, Metra provided criteria for the "Existing Airport Improvements (EAI)" socio-demographic scenario. Data from the EAI socio-demographic scenario was used to evaluate the proposed new start project against both the No-build and TSM alternatives. N/A indicates that information for a specific criterion was not available.
Metra estimates the following annual travel time savings for the North Central Corridor:
|Mobility Improvements||New Start vs. No- Build||New Start vs. TSM|
|Annual Travel Time Savings (Hours)||0.3 million hours||0.1 million hours|
Based on 1990 census data, there are an estimated 1,516 low-income households within a ½ mile radius of the proposed five stations. This represents 7 percent of the total number of households within ½ mile radius of the proposed stations.
Northeastern Illinois is classified as being in "severe" nonattainment for ozone. The region is in attainment for carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM10). Metra reports a slight increase in hydrocarbon emissions for the New Start compared to both the No-Build and TSM alternatives. Metra estimates that in the year 2020, the proposed project will result in the following emissions reductions:
|Criteria Pollutant||New Start vs. No- Build||New Start vs. TSM|
|Carbon Monoxide (CO)||reduction of 159 annual tons||reduction of 78 annual tons|
|Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)||reduction of 21 annual tons||reduction of 8 annual tons|
|Hydrocarbons (HC)||increase of 50 annual tons||increase of 44 annual tons|
|Particulate Matter (PM10)||N/A||N/A|
|Carbon Dioxide (CO2)||reduction of 9,433 annual tons||reduction of 4,166 annual tons|
Metra estimates that the proposed project will result in the following decreases in regional energy consumption (measured in British Thermal Units – BTUs):
|Annual Energy Savings||New Start vs. No- Build||New Start vs. TSM|
|BTU (million)||reduction of 123,963 million BTU||reduction of 54,964 million BTU|
Metra estimates the following systemwide operating cost per passenger mile in the year 2020 for the New Start, No-Build, and TSM alternatives.
|Operating Efficiencies||No-Build||TSM||New Start|
|System Operating Cost per Passenger Mile (2020)||$0.23||$0.23||$0.23|
Values reflect 2020 ridership forecast and 1997 dollars.
Metra estimates the following cost effectiveness indices, comparing the proposed project to the No-Build and TSM alternatives:
|Cost Effectiveness||New Start vs. No- Build||New Start vs. TSM|
|Incremental Cost per Incremental Passenger||$8.93||$11.41|
Values reflect 2020 ridership forecast and 1997 dollars.
Transit-Supportive Existing Land Use and Future Patterns
The Low-Medium land use rating reflects both the moderate to low densities as well as the relatively few transit-supportive policies that currently exist within the proposed corridor, outside of the Chicago Central Business District (CBD). The North Central Line connects rapidly expanding suburban residential communities in northern portions of Lake County, Illinois to medium and low density employment areas surrounding O’Hare International Airport, and the high-density employment center located in the Chicago CBD. Low-density residential neighborhoods, separation of land uses, and a hierarchical collector/arterial street network characterize development around suburban stations. Exceptions to the low-density characteristics of development along the North Central Line include a new "Neo-Traditional" residential development immediately adjacent to the Vernon Hills and River Grove stations that include several pockets of multi-family housing, as well as nearby retail activity. Regionally, RTA operates a Technical Program that provides funding and informational tools for communities that are interested in creating transit- friendly developments.
The current development characteristics of station area development along the proposed corridor reflect, in part, the relatively recent initiation of Metra service that began on the North Central Line in 1996. The Line utilizes an existing freight rail corridor that passes through the urban periphery of communities in its path. Development characteristics may change in response to the new stations over the long term. Metra, in coordination with local municipalities, provides park and ride lots in close proximity to commuter rail stations on the North Central Line. The 2020 Regional Transportation Plan contains specific policies which encourage higher density development at transit facilities. In the Chicago CBD, which is a primary destination for the North Central Line, the City maintains a ban on new parking structures or lots in the area inside "the Loop." Outside of the CBD, however, few policies exist to restrict parking supply in order to encourage transit use.
Local Financial Commitment
Proposed Non-Section 5309 Share of Total Project Costs: 36%
Metra proposes $130.60 million (64 percent) in Section 5309 New Start funds and $73.40 million (36 percent) in State funds for the proposed North Central Line Upgrade and Improvements.
Stability and Reliability of Capital Financing Plan
The Medium capital plan rating reflects that Metra is reasonably financially capable to provide the non-Section 5309 share of project costs. However, a proposed financial plan was not submitted to FTA for review. The financial capacity of Metra is considered strong. A financial plan outlining the combination of federal, state, local sources will prepared during the next phase project development. Metra, through its relationship with the RTA, has a successful history of advancing capital projects that have required significant resources beyond the federal formala and rail modernization program. Metra relies on its own resources from sales tax receipts and farebox revenue to provide significant funding for its capital program. Farebox revenue dedicated to capital expenditures is considered an innovating financing tool, which generated $8 million in 1997. Metra would have to commit this revenue source over seven to eight years to provide the local share for the project. A combination of Federal, state and local grants from Metra’s retained earnings usually fund capital expenditures. Metra had cash and cash equivalents of $56 million as of December 31, 1997. The State of Illinois General Assembly typically provides about $40 million each year to fund public transportation capital projects in northeastern Illinois. Metra’s share is approximately $14 million. Metra also receives annual allocations of dedicated sales tax revenues from the RTA. Metra estimates that communities that directly benefit from the proposed project will contribute $17 million in Federal flexible funding to the project.
Stability and Reliability of Operating Finance Plan
The High operating plan rating reflects the strong financial structure of existing operations of Metra and the availability of existing resources to assist with potential operational funding deficits. This is one of three new start projects that Metra has under development. A financial plan, focusing on each proposed new start project outlining the funding and operating mechanisms will be finalized during the next phase of project development. As provided under the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Act, Metra was established in 1980 to serve as RTA’s operating rail corporation. Metra receives revenues directly from the operation of Rock Island, Milwaukee Road, Metra Electric, Heritage Corridor, North Central Line, and the Southwest Service Line, as well as financial operating assistance from the RTA. Metra demonstrates strong financial capacity to support operations of the proposed project in addition to ongoing system operations. Metra is proposing operating budgets through the year 2001 that will attain a 55 percent revenue recovery ratio. The North Central Line upgrade will require an operating subsidy of $5.5 million (1997 dollars). This represents an increase of 0.3 percent in operating assistance requirements. Metra’s share of RTA’s sales tax revenues is projected to increase by approximately 4 percent during this time period.
Locally Proposed Financing Plan
(Reported in $1997)
|Proposed Source of Funds||Total Funding
|Appropriations to Date|
|Federal: Section 5309 New Starts||$106.53||$2.98 million appropriated through FY 1999|
Note: Funding proposal reflects assumptions made by project sponsors, and are not DOT or FTA assumptions. Totals may not add due to rounding.


HIS 100 Theme 2: Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet Prompt : Fill in each of the fields below using information from a secondary source of your choice. Be sure to include specific examples (page numbers, etc.). Full APA citation: Walker, J. (2005). Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground*. Diplomatic History , 29(2), pp.311-334 Identify author and describe potential biases. J. Samuel Walker is an American historian and author based in Maryland, most notable for his research and writing on the nuclear age, both weaponry and atomic energy. Although government affiliated he is mostly known for being highly critical of nuclear energy. Identify thesis and arguments. Walker is trying to uncover the truth of if the atomic bomb needed to be dropped or if Japan was already on the verge of surrender. Through the article both sides are presented. The reasons supporting the dropping of the atomic bomb is by doing so this provided the quickest
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The U.S. composite panel industry and its downstream customers were not particularly thrilled when the California Air Resource Board announced its intention to regulate formaldehyde emissions from products made with particleboard, medium density fiberboard and hardwood plywood.
Yet, in spite of some contentious moments, industry, led by the Composite Panel Assn. and the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assn., was able to make its voice heard during the rulemaking process. The final regulation adopted in April 2007, though not totally unobjectionable to industry, is considerably less onerous than the one some industry insiders initially feared — a ban on the use of urea formaldehyde resins.
The first phase of the CARB “Airborne Toxic Control Measure to Reduce Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products” kicked in Jan. 1 without much pomp or circumstance. Manufacturers of particleboard, MDF and hardwood plywood were largely prepared to meet the required emission ceilings, as well as provisions for third-party testing of emission levels.
Because the CARB rule covers furniture, cabinets and other products sold, as well as made in California, industry views it as a de facto national regulation. Consequently, panel manufacturers have set their sights on producing panels that meet the CARB rule limits regardless of where their customers are located.
EPA Enters the Fray
As panel manufacturers wrestle with finding cost-effective ways to meet the sharply reduced formaldehyde emission limits spelled out in CARB phase 2, which begins to take effect Jan. 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pondering regulatory action of its own.
The EPA’s Investigation of Formaldehyde Emissions from Pressed Wood Products followed a petition filed March 24, 2008, by the Sierra Club and other groups and individuals. In essence, the petitioners asked the EPA to adopt the CARB rule as a national standard and to extend the rule to include composite wood products in manufactured homes.
The CPA and other industry associations voiced support for the petition, reasoning that the CARB rule has such a strong influence on the national marketplace, that it made sense to make it the basis for federal regulation EPA thought differently. It evaluated formaldehyde-related health-risk and other data provided by the petitioners and determined there were “significant information gaps that would need to be filled in…”
In December, the EPA published a proposed rulemaking for Formaldehyde Emissions from Pressed Wood Products in the Federal Register. As part of the public comment process, the EPA held five public forums in January, including one on Jan. 15 in Chicago, which I attended. After sitting through that two-hour session, I became more convinced that the EPA would do itself, the wood products industry and the public a big favor by adopting the CARB rule nationally and forgoing a long, protracted and costly rulemaking process.
I agree with Robert Zimmerman, innovation and sustainability scientist for ready-to-assemble furniture maker Sauder Woodworking Co. Zimmerman presented at the Chicago EPA public forum and said, “We tentatively support a federal mandate that levels the playing field and encourages all people to meet the CARB levels.” He added a few caveats to his CARB support, including, “We caution the EPA to not add anymore complexity for an already burdensome law,” and “We encourage the EPA to use caution before implementing phase 2 (of CARB). “Phase 2 may be costly or impossible to implement by the mills and may be unenforceable.”
CPA President Tom Julia, who has called the CARB formaldehyde emissions rule “the toughest production standard in the world,” also presented at the Jan. 15 forum. He said, “The issue should not be whether to move ahead with a sensible rulemaking, but how quickly and comprehensively EPA can translate what CARB has done into federal law.”
Julia also noted that a federal law is required to eliminate gaps in the CARB rule, particularly how it applies to the enforcement of imported wood products. “EPA can help make sure rules are enforced not just some of the time, but all of the time.”
By transforming the CARB rule into a national standard, the EPA would not eliminate the potential of one day putting formaldehyde under the microscope. But, the CARB rule was years in the making and took into account dozens of studies on formaldehyde’s health risks, surveys of industry production mills and dozens of public comments.
Rather than duplicate that arduous process, and in the interests of time, public safety — and dare I add taxpayers’ money — the EPA should focus its attention on converting CARB into federal law.
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Hurricane Katrina Examiner Guidance Interagency Supervisory Guidance for Institutions Affected by Hurricane Katrina
FIL-12-2006 February 3, 2006
The federal banking, thrift and credit union regulatory agencies and the state supervisory authorities in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have jointly issued the attached examiner guidance outlining the supervisory practices to be followed in assessing the financial condition of institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects on the U.S. Gulf Coast region will continue to affect the business activities of the financial institutions serving that area for the foreseeable future.
The attached Interagency Supervisory Guidance for Institutions Affected By Hurricane Katrina describes examination procedures for institutions adversely affected by the hurricane.
In considering any supervisory response, examiners will give appropriate recognition to the extent to which weaknesses are caused by external problems related to the hurricane and its aftermath.
FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
For Louisiana Institutions: Assistant Regional Director Cheryl Couch at email@example.com or (972) 761-2070
For Mississippi Institutions: Assistant Regional Director Pat Lenfert at firstname.lastname@example.org or
For General Inquiries: Examination Specialist Beverlea S. Gardner at email@example.com or (202) 898-3640

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To install the Teams app using commands, use these steps: Open Terminal. Type the following command and press Enter:curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add – Type the following command to download the package to install the app and press Enter:sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list’ Type the following command and press Enter:sudo apt update […]
Create Task in Task Scheduler that running on all Active Directory users And send email to the user that he needs to change password day after day. Add arguments —> file “C:\Scripts\PwdExpireHTML.Ps1” The Script : Result :
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You may want to learn how to CTRL+ALT+Delete in Remote Desktop if you want to change a password, lock the RDP screen, or log off. The CTRL+ALT+Delete keystroke won’t work though since your own operating system utilizes it. So, what is a poor tech who needs to access that screen to do when remoted in via a […]
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If you're serious about catching up on TV in 2019, we've got your game plan.
The Showtime drama returns for its fourth season on Sunday, March 17.
The latest from the director of The Savages and Slums of Beverly Hills is a battered, witty look at a couple struggling to have a baby.
The critically-acclaimed dramedy is expected to return in 2019.
Get ready to spend October indoors as you devour all the new content on Netflix, including season two of the Netflix original series 'Big Mouth'.
The dark comedy also stars Molly Shannon, John Carroll Lynch, and Denis O'Hare.
With films from Alfonso Cuaron, the Coen brothers, and Orson Welles(!), and stars like Sandra Bullock, Chris Pine, and Bruce Springsteen (!), Netflix's fall slate is their best yet.
Lodge 49 producer Paul Giamatti talks about his new AMC show.
When will Season 4 of Billions hit Showtime? That is the billion dollar question.
The new film stars the voices of Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti and Eddie Spears.


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Midnight Quartz Focal Necklace
This one-of-a-kind midnight quartz necklace is stunning! Perfect statement piece for special ocassions or a daring everyday piece! The mixed metals will allow you to mix and match your accompanying pieces. This 16 carat (21mm x 14mm x 4mm) midnight quartz stone is set in sterling silver bezel and backing; accented with 4mm facted hematite and 6mm faceted liverstone. Chain is brass. Measures at 17" and 1" extender.

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Being a mom is hard.
There are no performance reviews, no standardized tests, or yearly award programs to tell you that what you are doing- anything you are doing- is working. It’s the stuff of sleepless nights: Does is matter? What am I doing with my life? Am I making a difference?
But God is so good and consolations, however few and far between they may be, are sweet and sustaining. Sometimes they jolt me out of the mundane with their flashes of glory and brilliance, other times they feel like a gentle squeeze of the shoulder. And sometimes, sometimes, they make me pump my fist in the air Rocky Balboa-style, allowing me to ignore the metaphorical cut above my eye and my fat lip because, remember, being a mom is hard and there is a fight that we are taking the heat in.
In early November I had one such fist-pumping moment and it’s been carrying me through. Phil quietly clarified, out of no where, why Advent is his favorite.
“It’s not the gifts at the end, it really isn’t, though I DO like those. I just like all of our traditions and the getting ready and waiting. I like the books and the surprises we unwrap each day and the activities we do and the cookies and stuff. But probably my favorite is the music because I really, really like the music and I can’t wait to listen to it again.”
My middle of the night questions were answered with a resounding, “YES! It matters!”
I told you God is good.
Sometimes I fret that the kids know more and feel more fondness for Advent music than for actual Christmas hymns and carols. But then, so what? When we made the purposeful decision to focus in the season with seasonal music, I was hopeful if doubtful. However, as my mom says, the proof is in the pudding. The sounds of the season are very much part and parcel to the experience for our kids. Bring on the consolation, I say!
And the music. Bring on the music.
I’ve posted this before, but in the event someone needs quick access, here’s our Advent playlist.
A parent needs encouragement! From people without kids who can say, “I want to be like you!” And from those in the trenches with them, and those beyond their stage who can assure them that it IS worth it. This lady and her family are just that for me.


WISCONSIN — Protect Our Care hosted a virtual roundtable today marking two years of living with “COVID-19.” US Representative Gwen Moore and the Honorable Andy Slavitt, a former member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, were joined by Wisconsinites from northwest and south central Wisconsin to discuss the ways Republicans like US Sen. Ron Johnson have prolonged the ongoing pandemic by spreading misinformation, promoting unproven and unsafe treatments, and downplaying life-saving vaccines.
As we enter year three of life with COVID-19 in the United States, it is an important time to reflect on what has been lost, and understand the choices Republicans made which prolonged the pandemic and significantly delayed America’s return to normal.
A former member of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, the Honorable Andy Slavitt, kicked of the discussion on a profound note, saying:
“It is important to reflect, and there are things we can say today that would have previously unthinkable before the pandemic. The fact that we’ve lost 900,000 people is something that if we would have contemplated two years ago would have been just horrifying to consider. But we’ve had another victim, one that I didn’t anticipate fighting to save every day, and that victim is the truth.”
Slavitt went on to recount former President Donald Trump’s choice to keep the full danger of the coronavirus pandemic from the American people, as revealed on tapes recorded by famed journalist Bob Woodward. He also directly criticized Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson for spreading misinformation throughout the pandemic.
“He (Johnson) has been a part of prolonging the pandemic by spreading misinformation about vaccines, by promoting conspiracy theories and treatments that just don’t work.”
Rachael Ulberg, a CNA from northwest Wisconsin has experienced the cost of misinformation within her own family. A caregiver for an aging parent, Ms. Ulberg has a middle-school-aged student and has seen the impact of the pandemic in her own life across generations of her family.
“In the last two years I have become increasingly discouraged as I try to help care for my dad, because misinformation has definitely been divisive in my family and impacted my dad’s care,” said Ulberg.
Dr. Rachel Hughes, an emergency room physician in south central Wisconsin, noted the harrowing images she has encountered in the second full year of the pandemic, including pregnant women with COVID-19 on ventilators. Dr. Hughes expressed the frustration felt by so many health care workers faced with having to surmount misinformation, saying “As a health care worker, if I have a problem with my car I would not ask my fellow physicians (for help), I would go to my mechanic!”
US Representative Gwen Moore wrapped up the program with a reminder that not a single Republican legislator voted for the American Rescue Plan which has increased access to vaccines and diagnostic testing that have helped make progress on the pandemic despite the swirl of misinformation.
Rep. Moore also expressed her frustration at the politicization of the virus. “We can’t blame this virus on President Trump, or President Biden, or Senator Johnson. But we can blame people for not leaning forward to try and stop the heartbreak. It just didn’t have to be this bad,” she said, decrying the fact that partisan identification is the largest indicator of vaccination status in America.


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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
This article explores challenges and opportunities associated with sharing qualitative data in engineering education research. This exploration is theoretically informed by an existing framework of interpretive research quality with a focus on the concept of Communicative Validation. Drawing on practice anecdotes from the authors’ work, the article examines which aspects of the social reality under investigation and what details of the contextual research process would need to be understood by a researcher attempting a secondary analysis. To foster a thoughtful discussion in the community, we propose to conceptualize data sharing as the tentative re-use of data analogous to the concept of the tentative transfer of interpretive research findings. We contend that such a tentative re-use of data would need to be supported by communicating sufficiently detailed “thick metadata” to safeguard the continuity and robustness of the theoretical, methodological, and value commitments made in the original study.