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I am finishing up with doing my hair, which is a project in itself and thinking about yesterday’s show. I know, so exciting… lol
First, I’ll fill you in on what I liked….
LOVED that the whole show, Sonny and Brenda had scenes together with only the interruption from Diane. It was a cute scene with Diane feeding her fashion obsession and it was worked in beautifully. I loved all the Sonny and Brenda angst happened to be mostly from Brenda’s point of view. I loved how Sonny never even had Claire cross his mind as he pursued Brenda and put his cards out on the table about wanting Brenda back. I loved the almost kiss and the heat between them as they got closer in the last 3.2 seconds of the show.
Now on to what I didn’t care for and it also includes Brenda’s return ’til now…
The scenes yesterday were entirely too short and too much of a rehash of the last 2 months of what Brenda has been saying to everyone else and now finally to Sonny, himself. It should have come about a month or less into her return. Brenda should have been in Port Charles sooner in my opinion. She should have been back and back in a bigger, stronger, less victimly (Yes, I made that word up. lol) way. She should have come back maybe taking over Crimson in a power play or in an event supporting her charity. Maybe she could have come back in a great relationship (NOT with Murphy, I found her relationship to be weak and one-sided at best), maybe with Jagger (I know, he’s just eye candy BUT there is a history there that would have been a wealth of future storylines and could have tied into Robin and the ghostly Stone) or with a really hot Italian guy. I’d love to see our girl be a strong equal to both Sonny and Jax, not the girl put on the pedestal who needs constant saving all those years ago. It’s fine that she is vulnerable, she should be after the life she’s led, but she should have drawn a strength from that past that has brought her past some of this fear.
I’m not saying she shouldn’t have fear because she should. The story that Guza dropped her in is causing her to have fear from everything that comes in her path. He should have picked one, either fear from an outside force or her fear of heartbreak. Not both. It makes her seem weak and in constant peril… I’m just not liking it but I am having hope that after sweeps, she finds her footing and gets that spunk and confidence back.
Sonny… Sonny at least seems to have gotten his mojo back and past the issues with his kids… for now. Let’s see what havoc Claire brings to Sonny’s life. I just hope this does not add to any more insecurity and pain to Brenda’s life. She doesn’t need it, she needs to regain what was lost all those years ago, when she was left standing at the altar, in the rain.
We the viewers and Sonny and Brenda need a cleansing rain and they need to get thru and past the pain from the past that they inflicted upon each other.
I also would like to direct you to The Vanessa Connection, Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo’s official website. Right now Vanessa is partnering with Guess on an Anti-Domestic abuse camapaign. All the info is found here: http://vanessaconnection.com/?page_id=2
Also, check out the super cute tee shirt (it’s a tank top) she is wearing:
It’s for sale and on VM’s site there is more info on how to purchase it.


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Not only is the gap between men’s and women’s pay in Canada not closing, it’s actually widening.
Can you believe there are still some places in North America where women earn much less than men for the same kind of job?
Sadly, Toronto is among them.there, in the city that’s on everyone’s “It” list as one of the most livable on Earth, women still earn 31 per cent less than men. If you’re from outside Toronto, no smug laughs, please: for Canada as a whole, women earn 33 per cent less. The biggest gap between what men earn and what women earn? Alberta, where women make 42.5 per cent less than men.
And Canada itself doesn’t exactly own the podium in income equality. Of the 34 member countries of the OECD, Canada is worse than 28 of them, right behind Turkey.
If those numbers don’t make you look twice at the success of women’s advancement in the workplace, perhaps this will:
Equal Pay Day is how far into the next year that a woman has to work in order to make the same that a man did the year before.
In 2013, Equal Pay Day was April 9.
Last year, it was April 16.
And this year?
It’s April 20.
In other words, for the past three years running, women have been making progressively less than men.
This, despite being better educated than men, despite storming the hallways of senior management and leaning their way into company boards, women in Ontario are earning less and less compared to men.
There’s a litany of reasons why women earn less than men, but increasingly less?
Women take time off work to have babies (all the more reason for more daycare).
They work much more part-time than men. True, but less so now than in the past. While 94 per cent of Ontario’s part-time workers are women (again, because they’re caring for their kids), it seems 77 per cent of prime-age Canadian women who work do so full-time.
They also tend to work in occupations that pay less than the ones men work in. Licensed practical nurses, 90 per cent of whom are women, make $38,261 a year according to the latest statistics, while cable TV technicians, 97 per cent of whom are men, make $51,030 a year.
This all sounds pretty reasonable, or at least explainable, until you look under the hood. As Ontario’s Equal Pay Coalition points out: “Even when job classes like telephone operators and bank tellers transitioned from being male dominated to female dominated job classes, the pay dropped overall.”
Just last month, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published a study of 290,000 nurses that revealed male nurses make $5,100 more per year than their female colleagues in similar positions.
It’s tempting to blame an entrenched undervaluation of women’s work and women at work. In other words, male chauvinism dressed up as benign neglect. “Gosh,” the men say, “women earn a third less than men?
More important, why?
CBC business commentator Armine Yalnizyan offered Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway a good reason last week: “[Canadian] men didn’t do as badly as American men in losing ground in the wage game in the last 20 years.”
“We’ve got more men working in finance and mining and construction, which have all seen solid wage increases, and we’ve added so many jobs for women in health and education and retail in the past 20 years. And these tend to be low-paying jobs.”
But then Armine Yalnizyan put the last three year’s decline in pay equality in context:
“At this change of pace we’re going to have to wait till 2125 to close that gap.”
So if you’re a baby girl born this morning in Toronto, you’ll have to live to be 110 before you earn as much as that baby boy in the crib next door.

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Notes from the IQPC Enterprise Mobility Exchange 21-23rd May, 2013 in Rotterdam:
Last week I chaired, presented and discussed the future of mobility with suppliers and IT leaders at this year’s Enterprise Mobility Exchange. During the event professionals representing many leading European MNCs emphasized themes including best-in-breed customer experience and workforce productivity. IT leaders giving account of their current mobility deployments included BAT, Procter & Gamble, Enel, the National Grid and Lafarge.
Summary: IT departments of European MNCs clearly see the writing on the wall
European decision makers focus on the second wave beyond device management and communication services. They look to balance the response to fundamental trends together with the need to support necessary business requests. The winner won’t necessarily be the one who supports the most devices and the most applications. Successful mobile deployment happens when the IT side understands and caters for the specific needs of the business.
BYOD is no single answer to taking mobile enterprise into the second wave
The discussion on BYOD remains complex. Many participants voiced reservations due to European data protection laws, compliance issues and acceptance of purchasing plans. Interestingly, security issues came second to a more fundamental requirement in the energy sector: safety. Electricians are expected to be on call when power is down, construction workers are on roads, and operations dealing with gas, electricity and water must remain fool proof and protected against unauthorized access to avoid life threatening situations.
Mobile devices have cut the mustard as the first tool of choice against the PC. Despite their deficits, they are now poised to become the universal device many people will chose to work with. This trend, driven by end users, was predicted some time ago. But the displacement is happening faster than many anticipated and is now catching the PC manufacturers. One quarter of the world population already has a smartphone and Forrester expects this number to rise to over 40% in 2017*. And they have an impact on the business world. One third of business leaders expect that more than 75% of their employees use a smartphone regularly for work today, only 18% of them believe that the same is true for laptops**.
The latest quarterly figures of manufacturers also speak a clear language. Classic PC and laptop producers like HP, Fujitsu and Dell face restructuring, even Microsoft numbers are down. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics is generating € 6bn through consumer electronics, a large part of this is due to smartphones, in a single quarter. The numbers also suggest that Samsung is now challenging Apple in a two horse race. Between the two manufacturers, all three established mobile application platforms Android, Microsoft and i-Tunes are covered. But such developments could turn fast with new entrants. Remember, it’s not even a decade ago that Nokia was carefully observed by regulators for holding over 40% market share with mobile handsets. The likely scenario that smartphones and tablets take over is is posing challenges to many organisations. They need to embrace mobile devices as more than an extension for the classic desktop. Users will expect increasing capability to access corporate systems, UC, text and tabular programmes.

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Isabella Manfredi has announced the release of her debut solo album, ‘izzi’, alongside the release of a sizzling new single titled ‘Naive’.
Teaming up with rapper PRICIE, who delivers a fierce and commanding guest verse, the sultry track sees Manfredi take command of two equally important aspects of her life – motherhood and music. Throughout ‘Naive’, Manfredi shares a sparkling tale of colliding worlds with a solid confidence and smooth melody.
Watch the official music video for ‘Naive’ below:
‘izzi’ is set for release on Friday September 2 via Island. In a statement, Manfredi said of her debut solo album: “[It’s] unique in that it felt like an exploration and development of a new artist and also the culmination of a decade’s vision. It is like a beginning and an ending in that sense. That’s why I called it ‘izzi’.
“I wanted to capture her essence but also create space for my true adult self to have longevity and move beyond her if I needed to. I am ‘izzi’ but she is not me.”
Manfredi, formerly of The Preatures, released her debut solo single ‘Jealousy’ on May 26, 2021 – the day after after her former band announced its disbandment after ten years together. She followed it up with ‘Sleepwalking’ that July and ‘One Hit Wonder’ in November. All three singles will be featured on ‘izzi’ – you can find the full tracklist below.
The Nigerian-Australian artist featured on the Genesis Owusu single ‘Friendzone’ back in May, before releasing her own new single, ‘M.O.M (Money On Me)’, later that month. The latter track is taken from PRICIE’s forthcoming debut EP, ‘It’s PRICIE’, set for release alter this year via Sweat It Out.
Isabella Manfredi’s ‘izzi’ tracklist is:
1. ‘Seasons Change’
2. ‘Living In the Wind’
4. ‘Naive (feat. Pricie)’
6. ‘Birthday Wish’
8. ‘Only Child’
9. ‘Tonight’s Flight’
10. ‘Playing True’


The latest round of Los Angeles Unified School District layoff notices informed 7000 employees,including nearly 4,500 teachers,that they may lose their jobs in June.
The Los Angeles Unified School District continues to grapple with a $408 million budget deficit. In the latest round of layoff notices, more than 7,300 employees -- including nearly 4,500 teachers -- received Reduction In Force notices, commonly known as pink slips.
NBC LA told the story of two music teachers at Walter Reed Middle-School who received pink slips just days after winning a prestigious "Bravo Award" from the Los Angeles Music Center. In June all pink-slipped teachers will receive final word on whether they will indeed be laid off. The education code dictates that most of the layoffs will be based on seniority.
California's per-pupil spending ranks 47th nationwide.
As part of our ongoing coverage of the education crisis in Los Angeles, NBC LA spoke with representatives of LAUSD and the Los Angeles Teacher's Union about how the layoff decisions are made.


Like Earth, most of the planets we know are in the shape of spheres, except Jupiter, which has several rings around it. Yet Jupiter also resembles a sphere. But do all planets, including those outside our solar system, have a spherical shape? The answer is no, according to a new research paper, stating that it’s justifiably possible for some planets to resemble a potato. Researchers have discovered a planet called WASP-103b about 1,500 light-years away from Earth, which they believe is more shaped like a potato or a rugby ball.
But why is it so weirdly shaped? Astronomers say WASP-103b orbits an F-type star, larger and more massive than our Sun. The planet is also large – about one and a half times the size of Jupiter. However, the planet’s relatively close proximity to its home star is responsible for its unusual shape.
Published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, the study said WASP-103b is only 20,000 miles away from its home star and could trigger tidal stresses to pull it into an unlikely shape. By comparison, the distance between Earth and its home star Sun is about 93 million miles.
The Earth takes a year to revolve around the sun, and other planets in the solar system also take at least a few months or several years to complete one revolution of the sun. However, there are some exoplanets, known as “hot jupiters,” that orbit their home stars in a matter of days and hours. The orbital period of WASP-103b is only 22 hours.
“It’s incredible that Cheops was able to actually reveal this small deformation,” Jacques Laskar, a co-author of the study, said in a statement.
The researchers used ESA’s CHEOPS satellite and relied on data from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to come to the conclusion about the rugby ball shape of the WASP-103b.
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Beyond A Boundary (Paperback)C L R James (author)
'To say "the best cricket book ever written" is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian
'Great claims have been made for [Beyond a Boundary] since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written; that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture; that it is a severe examination of the colonial condition. All are true' Sunday Times
C L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game's psychology and aesthetics, and the issues of class, race and politics that surround it.
Part memoir of a West Indian boyhood, part passionate celebration and defence of cricket as an art form, part indictment of colonialism, Beyond a Boundary addresses not just a sport but a whole culture and asks the question, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 255 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
One of the finest and most finished books to come out of the West Indies - V. S. Naipaul
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WASHINGTON – The United States takes climate change "seriously," declared President Bush on Friday as he called on both developed and developing nations to set long-term goals to reduce emissions.
"By setting this goal, we acknowledge there is a problem, and by setting this goal, we commit ourselves to doing something about it," he said at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Chang, according to CNN e.
For a growing number of Christians, the Bush administration's acknowledgement and effort to address climate change is encouraging news.
The Bush administration has been criticized by other nations for not participating in the 1997 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or the Kyoto Protocol. The protocol was signed by over 150 countries and called for reduction in emissions in absolute terms, but only by developing nations.
Partly in response, evangelical leaders such as the Rev. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals and megachurch pastors Rick Warren and Bill Hybels have joined mainline church heads such as the Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church in supporting the view that global warming is real and mainly human induced.
These leaders have called for the United States to set policies that would cut emissions, explaining that Creation Care, as they call it, is a biblical responsibility.
"This concern … comes straight from God and the Holy Spirit who is regenerating people's hearts to realize the imperative of the Scriptures to care for God's world in new ways," said Cizik in the recent film The Great Warming.
"Climate change is real and human induced. It calls for action soon. And we are saying action based upon a biblical view of the world as God's world," said Cizik. "And to deplete our resources, to harm our world by environmental degradation, is an offense against God. That's what the Scriptures say."
Some Christians, however, say believers should stay clear of the climate change debate given that there is "no consensus on this issue." Some also oppose laying most blame for global warming on humans and reject proposals to significantly cut carbon emission – the main contributor of greenhouse gases – which they say will have a devastating effect on the world's poor.
Furthermore, Christian leaders have been urged to resist from using the Bible carelessly to support their views.
"To tie the authority of the Bible to the shifting and revisable scientific and public policy proposals of one's global warming agenda is unhelpful to the debate at best and trivializing of Christian faith at worst," advised Dr. Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in June.
"The SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) and other like-minded evangelical groups are not opposed to environmental protection," explained Moore, who is the dean of SBTS's school of theology and senior vice president for academic administration. "We are, however, concerned about the ways in which religious arguments are used in this debate, possibly with harmful consequences both for public policy and for the mission of the church."
Moore affirmed that Southern Baptists do care about global warming "because the creation reveals the glory of God," but that science does not absolutely support humans being the main cause for global warming and that cutting carbon emissions will be in the best interest for the majority of the world's population.
During last Friday's conference, Bush said the goals and strategies will be set up by each nation and another meeting is slated for next summer to "finalize the goal" and set up a "strong and transparent system" to measure progress.
The president highlighted new technology, such as clean coal technology and biofuels, as potential tools to be harness in the battle to reduce greenhouse gases. Bush also advised more use of nuclear, wind and solar power.
"It was said that we faced a choice between protecting the environment and producing enough energy. Today we know better," the president said. "These challenges share a common solution: technology."
"We must lead the world to produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions," Bush continued, "and we must do it in a way that does not undermine economic growth or prevent nations from delivering greater prosperity for their people."
According to Assistant Secretary of Energy Karen Harbert, America's greenhouse emissions dropped for the first time in Bush's presidency last year based on preliminary data for 2006.
Harbert in prepared remarks said preliminary data suggested an absolute reduction in energy-related carbon dioxide emission of 1.3 percent for 2006 despite economic growth of 2.9 percent.
The White House-sponsored climate change conference convened representatives of 16 nations, the United Nations and the European Union. Bush said he hopes his initiatives will help countries come together on global warming after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
"No one nation, no matter how much power or political will it possesses, can succeed alone," said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday on the first day of the conference. "We all need partners, and we all need to work in concert."
Christian Post reporter Michelle Vu contributed to this report.

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The Fox Point Village Board on Tuesday approved a request by organizers to use village streets in conjunction with a planned 5K run-walk in support of a child who has a form of leukemia.
Nine-year-old Audrey Parrott, who lives in the area, was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In an effort to fund a portion of the mounting medical expenses, organizers are planning the run-walk at 9:30 a.m. Sunday near Stormonth Elementary School, 7301 N. Longacre Road.
While organizers were given permission to use village streets, the board did not act on a request to waive fees associated with the usage request. The village does not have an ordinance that speaks to an organization asking to use village streets free of charge.
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Many people who choose to visit the Big Apple—either for business or for pleasure—select accommodations in New Jersey. While Jersey may not have the “bright lights, big city” feel of NYC, it provides a cozy and less costly option to staying in the heart of downtown New York. The one main impediment that these tourists face is the commute. You will be happy to learn that this ostensible “impediment” is easily overcome by a number of commuting options. Airport transfer in New York can actually be both quick and easy if you conduct your research and choose the option that best suits your needs. Next time you fly into New Jersey’s Newark airport rest assured that your commute into the city may be much more enjoyable than your flight.
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The Air Train. One solid option for airport transfer in New York is what is called the air train. The air train provides a cost efficient way of travelling from Newark to the heart of downtown New York: Penn Station. For just under fifteen dollars (one way) you are able to enjoy a paper and the view as you enter beautiful downtown New York. Commutes using air trains are generally available at all times of the day.
Cab. Perhaps you have a penchant for steeping yourself in the culture of the place to which you are travelling. In this case, you may wish to commute from Newark to downtown New York in a yellow taxi cab. The advantage here is that cabs take virtually no time at all to locate. In fact, cab lines are located at virtually every airport terminal. The drawback, though, is cost. If travelling into Manhattan from New Jersey, via taxi cab, you can expect to pay anywhere between $50 to $75. If money is of no great concern though, taking a cab will really make you feel like a New Yorker.
Private Shuttles. Are you travelling with a group that is dedicated to sticking together? If so, an ideal airport transfer in New York option is to commute via private shuttle. Private shuttles can be pre-arranged for and will be waiting for you as you disembark from your flight. These private shuttle services, which take the form of a variety of comfortable vehicles, will allow you and your party to remain as a unit while travelling into the heart of NYC. An added benefit of these shuttles is that you can split the cost between your entire party, which will amount to significantly less than it would be for you to all take separate cabs.
Helicopter. No, helicopter shuttles are not only available to Barack Obama or high-ranking persons in the military. In fact, shuttling into or out of New York in a helicopter is something that many tourists opt for if they want a first class view of the Big Apple.

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ST. CROIX — Hurricane Maria’s eye may not have just missed St. Croix — by a scant 10 miles — but the Category 5 storm left its mark almost everywhere on the island.
Howling winds began about 10 p.m. Tuesday night — four hours after a government-ordered curfew set in — and did not retreat until after dawn.
The worst of the storm had passed by about 9 a.m., although gusts of strong wind continued throughout most of Wednesday.
Weather stations at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge and Cotton Valley — on the west end of the island, where Maria did the most damage as it passed through — reported sustained winds of 99 to 104 mph with gusts of 137 mph.
Everywhere The Daily News went on Wednesday, the most common question was how did Maria compare with Irma, whose eyewall raked St. Thomas and St. John on Sept. 6.
Cell phone service stayed active on St. Croix throughout Maria’s passing, and Luis Hospital remained intact and operational. Cell service on St. Thomas still remains sporadic and patchy and all of the patients have been evacuated from Schneider Hospital, which officials are saying is unusable and could require being rebuilt.
On in the southwestern end of Frederiksted, the hotel nearest the storm was expecting to salvage the tourism season.
“Wooden structures on the second floor on the water, and it’s amazing they weren’t more damaged,” said Paul Benedict, the business owner of Cottages by the Sea. He was able to get sandbags at the cracks in the doors.
One building at the hotel was rebuilt following Hurricane Hugo, but it survived Maria with only minimal damage.
“I’m glad the eye didn’t hit us,” Benedict said.
But across St. Croix, Maria left destruction and debris in its wake, and there was ample evidence of its furious winds and torrential rains.
The sun rose Wednesday morning on felled trees and power poles that frequently made roads impassable.
And the storm chose its victims at random.
Well-to-do neighborhoods in the southern section of mid-island appeared nearly unscathed, while densely populated areas in and around Frederiksted were heavily damaged.
The University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park building was almost totally destroyed.
However, Gillian Marcelle, the RT Park’s director, was upbeat. She hadn’t yet made a trip to the central campus — the road leading from Centerline Road into the denser areas of the campus was made impassable by fallen royal palms — and her building was only one component of the complex.
“This is the opportunity to do it right,” she said, “To make use of technologies that are affordable, cleaner, more environmentally friendly.”
Others weren’t so lucky.
A woman outside the government-run shelter at St. Croix Educational Complex High school said she’d been left completely homeless and didn’t want to talk about it.
About 300 people took refuge at Complex during the storm, said Donna Pickard, a V.I. Human Services Department employee who was managing the shelter. Their number included a few amputees, who typically would have been put in the special needs shelter at the Harwood complex, though Pickard wasn’t sure why they’d been brought there.
“Not right now,” she said about whether the shelter is getting everything it needs for the people staying there. “The Red Cross is really dropping the ball.”
V.I. Police Officer Erik Jefferson interrupted the interview to ask whether he could bring a full carton of water packets to a family that was trapped. Three people were trapped in a house, alive and uninjured, and they had asked Jefferson to bring them water.
“Take two,” Pickard said. “Anything for the VIPD.”
Jefferson said he was on his way home about 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the end of his shift when an off-duty officer called for assistance. Jefferson said he went over to help, but the storm got so bad, he was forced to shelter with the other officer.
Jefferson was on St. Thomas for Irma, and he said the response on St. Croix is different.
“This is way better than on St. Thomas,” he said.
At the north end of Frederiksted, a few pedestrians gathered to watch wind-blown surf pour over what used to be the southern edge of Rainbow Beach. The curfew couldn’t prevent a few people, such as Surria Augustin, gathered to marvel at the waves crashing from the swollen surf.
“The water it gets high,” she said. “Like high tide.”
Augustin rode out the storm in William’s Delight.
“In my yard, we have a lot of trees down,” she said.
Her neighbor’s house was without a roof, and she said the storm may have proved to be too much for many people who called St. Croix home.
“A lot of other people talking about leaving, but I, honestly, I don’t know,” she said. “I think I’m going to stay, and St. Croix will just build back.”
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Author(s): Tullu MS, Muranjan MN, Kondurkar PP, Bharucha BA
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Abstract OBJECTIVE: To study clinical features and investigations of children with Krabbe Disease (KD). DESIGN: Retrospective. SETTING: Genetic Clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODS: Hospital records of patients with enzymatically confirmed KD were analyzed with respect to their clinical features and investigations including neuroimaging (CT-scan and/or MRI). Galactocerebrosidase (GALC) activity was estimated photometrically in the peripheral blood leukocytes. RESULTS: Nine children (age ranging from 2 1/2 months to 8 years) were studied, of which 5 had the classical infantile disease, 3 had late infantile form and one was diagnosed as juvenile KD. GALC levels in peripheral blood leukocytes were low or absent in all. Most of the children with infantile disease presented with neurodegeneration, seizures or fever. Optic atrophy was uncommon in our series (present only in a single case). Majority of the cases had elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein levels and peripheral neuropathy on nerve conduction (NC) studies. Findings typical of KD were noted in 7 patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The sole patient with juvenile disease presented with developmental delay and progressive spastic quadriparesis. CONCLUSION: Krabbe disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of early infantile onset of neurodegeneration with seizures. Likewise, older children with progressive ataxia or spastic quadriparesis in whom the etiology remains obscure, must be investigated for Krabbe disease. MRI can be diagnostic in absence of availability of enzyme diagnosis.
This article was published in Indian Pediatr
and referenced in OMICS Journal of Radiology

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The thing that really started to make this whole easy money thing scary was when Japan decided it was time to get in on easy money game with the United States and Europe.
I guess it all came to a head for me when I saw the story of the Thai billionaires.
This pair has dropped about $27 billion in acquisitions this year. In April, one of them pulled together a $6.6 billion deal in a week.
You can't refinance a house in that kind of time.
That's when I realized this global central bank easing is starting to develop some very dangerous consequences.
The U.S. Federal Reserve kicked off this money-printing frenzy to re-liquidate the very banks and financial institutions that started the whole mess. It then began to spread because no country wanted to see its... Read More >>
More than 97,000 rail carloads of crude oil were delivered in the United States during the first quarter of the year. That's 20 percent more than the fourth quarter of 2012 and 166 percent more than... Read More >>
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caldera 746 m / 2,447 ft
El Salvador, 13.87°N / -89.55°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Coatepeque volcano is a large 7 x 10 km wide caldera 50 km west of San Salvador city. The caldera is elongated in SE-NW direction, with walls rising up to 800 m above the floor in its southwestern part. An up to 120 m deep and 5 km diameter lake occupies the eastern part of the caldera.
Typical eruption style
Hot springs occur near the lake shores, but there are no certain historical eruptions from Coatepeque.
Coatepeque volcano eruptions
: unknown, less than 10,000 years ago
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The caldera formed by the collapse of several overlapping stratovolcanoes east of Santa Ana volcano, and part of Santa Ana itself, during major rhyolitic pumice eruptions between 72,000 and 51,000 years ago. Deposits from these eruptions form a large layer present in most of southwestern El Salvador and parts of Guatemala.
Post-caldera eruptions produced basaltic cinder cones and lava flows near the western margin of the caldera and the about 6 rhyodacitic lava domes along a NE-SW line near the caldera lake margins.
The highest of the domes forms the wooded island of Isla de Cabra, or Cerro Grande. The youngest dome, Cerro Pacho, has probably formed less than 10,000 years ago.
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October 31, 2020
WE’VE MADE IT TO THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE HOLIDAYS! I know that sounds crazy, but every time November hits, I just see Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the holidays, and NYE flash right before me. I like to hold on to these special moments because it reminds me to slow down just a bit and spend time with family.
If you are thinking ahead to the new year already, well it’s kinda good timing. I juuuuuust released our annual 2021 Fit Planners! These sell out super fast so make sure you grab yours now. The sooner you get them, the sooner you can start goal planning and vision boarding 2021, so really, it’s never too early!
Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself. We still have 2 more months to crush!
How to Use the November Workout Calendar
Here’s an overview of each day of the October Workout Calendar. You know how this works! Each day = different muscle group!
SUNDAY: Abs & Obliques
MONDAY: Total Body
THURSDAY: Upper Body
FRIDAY: Stretch & Recovery
SATURDAY: Legs & Thighs
Do each video once (unless otherwise stated) and check off as you go! Each day will be around 45 min of exercise. And YES there’s 3 new videos this month! Woohoo!!
If you’re just getting started or want to ease into working out, my Beginner’s Calendar is a great place to start! It’s a free 4-week program to get you stronger so that you can join in on the monthlies when you are ready.
What are you most excited for this month?! Tell me in the comments 🙂

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Step by Step Piano Course - Book 1 with CD
by Edna Mae Burnam
Now beginning players can enjoy this best-selling book with a CD! This piano course provides the student the opportunity to experience the joy of playing while learning the rudiments of music in a logical order, with gradual and steady progress, presenting a challenge toward increasing pianistic facility.
Publisher: Willis Music
Item Number: HL 416766
Format: Book 1 (Book/CD Pack)
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A spacious and very comfortable detached house with ample off-road parking, located in the pretty village of Hope Cove just a short walk from the beach and access to the South West Coast Path. Decorated and furnished to a high standard and well equipped throughout, the house is ideally suited to a family group or couples and is within easy reach of the local beaches and village amenities. The village has a pub, shop and restaurants, and is just a short drive from Salcombe, Thurlestone and the market town of Kingsbridge.
LOCATION The house is located in the pretty village of Hope Cove just a short walk from the beach and access to the South West Coast Path. The village has a pub, shop and restaurants, and is within just a short drive of Salcombe, Thurlestone and the market town of Kingsbridge.
ENTRANCE The front entrance (from driveway/garden) leads into a large...
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM A spacious open-plan kitchen and dining room with fitted Shaker-style units, marble worktops, dresser, electric cooker, fridge and dishwasher. Oak dining table with six chairs and child's wooden chair. The kitchen extends into a large UTILITY/CLOAKROOM with further fitted units, sink, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer. Study area with desk and chair. Door to cloakroom with w.c and wash-hand basin.
CONSERVATORY From the utility area a door leads through to a small conservatory with access to the garden.
SITTING ROOM Three steps lead down from the kitchen to a very comfortable sitting room with two double sofas, two armchairs, feature fireplace with wood-burning stove (not available for guest use), flat-screen TV with Freeview, and DVD player.
BEDROOMS Three in total, all on the first floor. The master bedroom has a King size bed, bedside units, wardrobe, drawers and Juliet balcony with sea views. En suite with shower cubicle, wash-hand basin, w.c. and heated towel rail. A smaller double room has a super-King size bed (6'), wardrobe/drawers and chair. A twin room has two single beds, bedside unit, wardrobe and drawers. N.B. All duvets, pillows, bed linen and towels (except beach towels) are supplied.
BABY FRIENDLY FACILITIES A travel cot and high chair are available on request.
BATHROOMS In addition to the en suite (above) is a fully tiled family bathroom on the first floor with bath, shower (over), wash-hand basin, w.c. and heated towel rail.
OUTSIDE Fully enclosed mostly lawned garden to the front of the house. Terrace area with garden furniture.
PARKING Off road parking for two cars on gravelled drive to the front of the house
OTHER INFORMATION Most rooms are carpeted with Karndean flooring in the kitchen and utility area. Smoking and/or pets are not permitted at the property. Telephone and wireless broadband internet available.
Inner Hope,Hope Cove,Devon,
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LONDON (Reuters) - Heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and record industry royalty paid tribute to pianist, bandleader and television presenter Jools Holland late on Monday when he was awarded the 20th Music Industry Trusts Award.
In a video message played at a swanky dinner in central London, Charles spoke of Holland’s “irresistible music” and “wonderful humanity.”
“As you now know there has been a long-running plot to promote you to the position of a full blown national treasure,” he joked.
Holland rose to prominence in the 1970s as a founding member of the band Squeeze, famous for hits like “Cool For Cats” and “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell).”
He has worked with a host of major music stars and is best known in Britain today for his long-running, famously eclectic music show “Later ... With Jools Holland” on which the quirky presenter regularly jams with his invited guests.
The annual award is designed to honor a leading figure in the music business and raise money for its two chosen charities — music therapy organization Nordoff Robbins and The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology.
Nordoff Robbins uses music to help people with a range of conditions including autism, dementia, stroke, mental health problems, depression and terminal illness.
The BRIT School is Britain’s only free performing arts school and has produced major recording stars including Amy Winehouse and Adele.
“Thirty years of television, 25 of big band and probably 40 years since first playing the pubs ... that’s why I’m delighted to receive this, with all of those in mind,” Holland said.
“But I think this award also helps to celebrate and draw people’s attention to Nordoff Robbins and the BRIT School, so it’s more about them than it is about me.”
He later took to the stage with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring Ruby Turner on vocals, and Imelda May and Paul Weller also performed.
Bob Geldof, concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith and rock guitarist Jeff Beck were among the crowd of nearly 1,000 who paid tribute to Holland.
Also honored on the night was chairman of the Music Industry Trusts Awards committee David Munns, who has been at the helm for 15 years.
Previous recipients of the annual award include George Martin, John Barry, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Kylie Minogue, Ahmet Ertegun, and last year, Tom Jones.
Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato


MOHEGAN – Considering what UConn women’s basketball fans have been treated to in the past, those watching the WNBA’s Eastern Conference All-Star practice on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena were more than familiar with the Stefanie Dolson show.
The former UConn standout and now second-year center for the Washington Mystics was clearly enjoying herself and making the most of her first All-Star appearance.
Always animated and always colorful – “Look at her, her hair’s purple,” Connecticut center Kelsey Bone said with a laugh – Dolson stole the show when she won what has become tradition to end a WNBA practice: the halfcourt shooting contest.
With $101 sitting on the hardwood to be claimed, Dolson was the first to sink the shot and collect her prize, one which she had tried to kiddingly abscond early in the event.
“I don’t make those often,” Dolson said. “In the whole season for the Mystics last year, I only made one. So to make this one, I was hyped, and so excited.”
She even did a little slide on the floor to put an exclamation point to her accomplishment and later showed off some of her pretty impressive dance moves.
It was all in a day’s work for a young lady who once rabbit-eared President Obama at a White House reception for UConn.
There is little that fazes her.
It makes her a great locker room presence and teammate.
“She’s the type of kid who I feel like I’ve known since she was in elementary school,” Chicago Sky and Eastern Conference coach Pokey Chatman said. “That’s not just me, probably everyone can say that. She’s receptive, at least in conversation, to coaching. Her personality is fun and on top of that, she has a high basketball IQ and that’s why she’s here.”
Back at home in the New York native’s adopted state to play in her first WNBA All-Star game.
Maybe something can faze her.
“When I found out I was coming here, I almost started crying,” Dolson said. “I’m so grateful to be here and to be chosen.”
After winning two national titles at UConn, she was chosen No. 6 overall by Washington in last year’s draft by former Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault. She graduated from UConn before beginning her first WNBA season and then she went overseas to play for Spartak in Moscow.
“It’s just a different style of play overseas,” Dolson said. “They expect American (players) to score a lot. They give you the ball to score and you just kind of learn more one-on-one skills and that’s what I did.”
With her on that team was Emma Meesseman who just happens to play for Washington and, like Dolson, is a first- time WNBA All-Star. In practice, the two went one-on-one often and in the process got more in sync with one another. It also built Dolson’s confidence. The 6-foot-5 center now feels if she has the ball, she knows she can score.
That new-found confidence is reflected in her stats.
Dolson comes into today’s game with a 13.4 point-per-game average and seven rebounds for the Mystics, making 87 percent of her free throws. Her minutes have increased exponentially this season, up 10 minutes per game to 28. Some of that is attributable to Kia Vaughn going down with a concussion. Vaughn is expected to return after the All-Star break, but her misfortune has allowed Dolson to shine.
“It was awful what happened, but it gave me the opportunity to get a little more minutes and more time in practice and I just capitalized. I knew my team needed me to step up,” Dolson said.
She admits trying to do too much early in the season and is now letting the game come to her a bit more.
“I had a lot of expectations coming into my second year,” Dolson said. “It’s kind of like college. When you’re a freshman, you just play. The second year, you kind of up the ante, expect a lot, and I did that to myself. I learned you can’t do that.”
Despite reaching what is technically the pinnacle of the pro game, being an All-Star, Dolson said she’s not ahead of schedule. Instead she believes she’s indebted to her teammates for the opportunity to play today.
“I give a lot of credit to my teammates for getting me the ball and believing in me when they give me the ball. It can only go up from here, but I’m just going to keep pushing and trying to get better,” Dolson said. “We have a lot of great posts in the East, I’ve just been able to kind of stand out a little bit.”
And it’s not only because of the purple hair.


One other cool thing Brian does is to play ‘quotes’.
You can see a very simple melody back on the I chord.
You could substitute this with the Flinstones theme, the National Anthem or any other melody that is commonly known.
It keeps the audience on their toes when they hear something funny and familiar.
On the V and IV chord he often uses these type of bends.
You’re bending the A note upward to a B note on the G7 chord, which is the major third of the chord.
All the while leaving you’re pinky on the first string.
Sounds like country music to me.
A similar lick is played on the F chord, which leaves the pinky on the fifth string.
This one sounds a lot more bluesy.
Back on the I chord Setzer would often throw in another weird trick.
He will often play an augmented chord on or preceding the V chord.
This augmented chord is a stack of MAJOR THIRDS and is also moveable.
It sounds very fresh; start it off on the G7aug position and move it up and down the neck in major seconds (2 frets) for some spacey sounds.


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Actual Pure Gold Content: 1.0 troy ounce
Face value: 2000 schillings or 100 euro
(Also minted in 1/2, 1/4, 1/10 troy ounce sizes)
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The Austrian (also Vienna) Philharmonic is the best-selling gold coin in Europe. Attesting to its international popularity as one of the "pure gold coins" the Philharmonic led sales worldwide in 1992, 1995 and 1996, according to the World Gold Council. In 2008, at the height of the worldwide credit-financial crisis, more one-ounce Philharmonics were sold on a global basis than U.S. Eagles or Krugerrands. Like its competitors, the Philharmonic tracks the gold price and is internationally liquid.
As already mentioned, the Philharmonic is struck in pure, 24-karat gold. The obverse of the coin depicts the great organ in Vienna's concert hall, home of the famed Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The obverse shows a harmonious medley of musical instruments -- a string base, cellos, violins, a bassoon, harp and Viennese horn. The Philharmonic is minted in one-ounce (troy), half-ounce, quarter-ounce and one-tenth ounce sizes with successive face values of 100, 50, 25 and 10 euros respectively. Earlier mintages before the creation of the euro were denominated in schillings.
In 2004, the Austrian Mint issued a 1000-ounce gold Philharmonic to mark the 15th anniversary of the popular bullion coin. It has a face value of 100,000 euros. Fifteen coins were struck and they sold out within two weeks of offer. The relief on the coin was sculpted by computer and finished by hand. Each coin took 130 hours to mint. Not to be mistaken for pocket change, the 1000-ounce Philharmonic is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest gold coin.
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By Kelli Walker
There’s no greater feeling this holiday season than sitting at home in front of your Christmas tree drinking hot cocoa. And after all the hard work of decorating as well as wrapping gifts, you deserve a delicious holiday treat. Here are several tasty Christmas desserts that you and your family can enjoy.
1.) Christmas Tree Cupcakes
This sweet treat may look like a centerpiece, but you’ll quickly find that it tastes even better than it looks. The perfect combination of a cupcake and an ice cream cone, it’s fun to create as well as decorate and will definitely surprise your family and friends.
The recipe for these cupcakes can be found here.
2.) Candy Cookie Cones
This is an alternate Christmas tree-style dessert that is just as delicious. The cone is filled with scrumptious chocolate (or any other filling of your choice) and is decorated with any candy you’d like. If you have family and friends with different tastes, then this dessert is a great way to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth desires.
You can find the recipe for these cones here.
3.) Christmas Ornament Rice Krispies
Now of course the tree is a big part of Christmas, especially decorating it. But what about the decorations themselves? With this treat idea, we’re going to get even more creative by giving you the ability to make edible ornaments. These treats are fun to make, and they taste just as good as they look!
Follow this link for directions on how to make your own Rice Krispy ornaments.
4.) Candy Cane Marshmallow Pops
This incorporated peppermint treat is one that looks and tastes great, but is also fun to smash into pieces! It also makes a great small gift or an addition to any goody bag. And as you can see from the above photo, you’re going to have to smash a lot of peppermint to give this treat its crunchy goodness (but it is definitely worth it).
Use these directions to recreate these pops for yourself.
5.) White Chocolate/Chocolate Chip Covered Chunk Oreo Cookies
If the previous idea sounds perfect to you but seems like too much work, don’t worry! This Christmas, you could instead make a dessert out of something pre-made: Oreos! (Seriously, who doesn’t love Oreos?) This Christmas treat idea involves covering Oreos in any kind of layers and toppings of your choice. It is a great way to satisfy all of your family and friends, and makes an excellent midnight snack for Santa!
The steps for this treat can be found here.
All images used in this article are from Pinterest.

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Fuerteventura: Off-Road Safari Tour
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We started our activity on a Friday morning in March. It was a beautiful sunny morning, however we did not know until last moment if the weather would permit ascending the peak. In the end we did it and it was great. After driving on mount Teide for approximatively 1 hour through pine trees and black lava, we finally arrived at the cable car at 2200 m altitude. There we waited our turn and climbed the remaining distance until the hiking spot by cable car. It should be noted that enhanced sanitary measures are in place at the cable car: only limited number of people can be in the cable car and after each group the cable car worker cleans / désinfects all the windows. Steffi is a great guide providing explanations about the geology, flora and fauna of the mountain. She is a nature and hike lover and she shares that with the people around. The hike itself is moderately difficult, it can be intense if you go fast but if you take it slow is quite easy and short.
Lobos Island is lovely and worth a visit. I recommend going up Montaña La Caldera for a great view of the island, Lanzarote, and Fuerteventura, visiting Puertito Isla De Lobos, and relaxing at Playa De La Concha De Lobos. You can also walk all the way to Faro de Punta Martiño but doing that will not leave much time for relaxing. The snorkeling trip was fun too as tons of fish are drawn to the bread the crew tossed into the water. The boat crew was amazing. They cared about every individual, helped kids and the elderly, warned about water spray, etc.
Very well organised experience. Steffi is very friendly and with high knowledge about Teide and the island. We definitely are very happy that we did this tour and we highly recommend it!
Amazing tour! Jaime is a great guide, with a true love and passion for Tenerife and for his job. He made the tour tailor perfect. It was an amazing experience, would highly recommend!
Lovely guide Raquel, perfect pickup, very well thought tour. U get to inside a volcano! The Volcano park is surreal.


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The Law Commission in the UK is proposing that non married couples get the same legal rights as those couples who are married. Predictably this has led to Conservative fury that this threatens the very basis of marriage - it does no such thing. Marriage is a venerable instituion that has been around for many hundreds of years and I see nothing in these proposals that threaten it. I think Stuart Jeffries in the Guardian is bang on the money regarding this. Just because couple X now have rights it doesn't mean my marriage to my wife is any less special nor does it mean that it has less status in society. I don't know what Rightwing types think my reaction should be? Should I look at couple X and think 'Fuck, now that their relationship is now recognised by law I wish I'd never got bloody married. All that money. The family dramas. The bad music at the wedding reception. All in bloody vain. What was the point!' I suggest that if I did feel that then I probably shouldn't have got married in the first place.
Who are these people anyway who marry for legal reasons? I married my wife because I am deeply in love with her and wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. Other people may not choose to get married but have the same feelings towards their partners. People express themselves in different ways. Viewing marriage in a purely legalistic, technocratic, moralistic manner distorts the picture in my opinion. The potential legal rights we could enjoy as a married couple did not enter my head when I, very romantically, proposed to my wife in Pizza Express. Marriage is a wonderful thing but so is a defacto relationship that has lasted the distance. If you view marriage purely as a means to an end to gain rights in society, then yes the marriage rate may fall. However, I am not sure that many people get married for that reason. It's pretty impossible to explain why people marry, maybe it's because it's the 'done thing' but more importantly it's a deeply emotional decision and one that isn't going to be effected by John and Simone down the road, in a defacto relationship, being given legal recognition.

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Here, you want to address what a healthy matrimony looks like as well as address what can go wrong in a marital life. However , 1st let’s place our head at ease… Is actually completely all-natural to undergo fluctuations in virtually any relationship. Is actually what you do during https://mailorder-brides.co.uk/dating/asian-date-online-dating/ these kinds of stages that basically measure the true health of your marriage, not what goes on during all those times.
Most marriages experience concerns at various points in time – this is true for the start of a romance and even much longer into the course of a marriage. As one an alternative grows and changes emotionally, there is sure to be friction between the two individuals. This kind of friction is something which can lead to concerns, because it can lead to an inability to properly focus on solutions-oriented thinking in either one of the companions. In short, the other person is not able to see solutions to the issues that occur, instead that they both are more frustrated and angry in one another.
The simple mention of this state of discord can cause one spouse to become protecting and discouraged with the other partner. This often brings about a loss of respect for one another, that may also result in a loss of trust. If a couple is usually suffering from this situation, a healthy matrimony dies quickly because the conversation channels shall no longer be open. Trust must be maintained and built, in the event the marriage should be to last.
Another key factor in a healthy and balanced marriage is actually a healthy and consistent intimate relationships between both equally partners. Usually, if sexual activity is not called positively and respectfully, it fails to flower. A healthy marriage is about currently being open and faithful to each other. Sexually intimate relationships produce an incredibly positive impact on both individuals, their physical and mental health, and their relationship to one another. A healthy relationship will create a happy and adoring family environment.
Finally, a healthy matrimony is based on psychological intimacy. Emotional intimacy is definitely when two individuals get together to express all their deepest thoughts, dreams, fears, and hopes. It is actually when every single spouse can be accepting of the other, and when both spouses are willing to tune in to and support the different as they journey through existence together. In cases where these things are definitely not present, it is hard to sustain a normal marriage. A proper marriage is done by every spouse spending some time with the other, respecting each others emotions, and openly communicating without suppressing or perhaps criticism.
As mentioned, a wholesome marriage is created on conversation, respect, and trust. The greater of these you have between you and your companion, the easier it really is for your relationship to develop. When you live together, you can know the other person intimately. You discover to recognize every single others demands, and are competent to meet them quickly and effectively. Moreover, though, you feel a partner in progress; you increase together bodily, emotionally, and spiritually. Otherwise you romantic relationship grows, thus does your like for each other, which makes for a satisfying, enjoyable, and long term relationship.
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This fall, Cypress-Fairbanks (TX) Independent School District is particularly excited about welcoming back 150 of our underserved elementary, middle, and high school students after they’ve enjoyed their first full summer of district-sponsored Wi-Fi. This group of students is the first to benefit from iConnect, a new program that extends our district’s enterprise network infrastructure with safe and secure learning systems into eligible communities.
For our pilot, we delivered remote wireless connectivity and computing devices to families at the Nayeli House Tanner Road Mobile Home Park in our Houston metro district. What’s more, we’ll soon be expanding iConnect to communities served by four more schools within our footprint. Here are the steps we recommend for getting a similar initiative done in your district.
Step 1: Reframe your mission to meet access needs at home
Although we passed a significant technology bond in 2014 that enables providing students with computing devices at school, which included a total overhaul of our network infrastructure, by 2015 we realized a significant percentage of our students had no internet access at home. This meant we were falling short of our district’s mission—to maximize every student’s potential by providing opportunity for all—because so many of our students lacked the connectivity vital for after-hours learning and collaboration. Taking this perspective, we launched a three-year effort to close the opportunity gap by finding a way to bring access to their homes.…Read More


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Role / Art Direction and Design
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Introducing the New Museum rebranding logo. The New Museum's logo was based on the shape of the building, with N (for New) and M (for museum) inserted inside to make it more contemporary, much like the art the New Museum exhibits.
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Hello everybody. As some of you might know I built a jet pack using trash cans, but it lacks a rocket. I would like to find someone out there who has the dimensions of the rocket, size in either Imperial or Metric. I would like the height, width, ect. for each cone and little tiddely bit used on the rocket. I would also need the diameter of the base of each cone.
I plan to build the models in 3Ds MAX to see how it finds out, just to make sure there were no errors in construction. I will then cut the triangular like pieces out of the trash can that I still have left, and heat the up and form them into cones.
The first person who gets me the information I need wins pretty much absolutely nothing except the lingering thought of generosity that will last with them for about 32 minutes!


Volkswagen chose Brazil for the production of the e-Delivery model, a fully developed electric truck, according to a press release of the company. This electric truck can reach 200 km without recharging the battery.
Volkswagen invested $30 million to adapt the factory for producing the e-delivery, in a heated moment for EVs. The company joined to other three companies that are manufacturing electric trucks in Brazil.
How is the e-Delivery model that will be made in Brazil?
The e-delivery began to be developed four years ago and its launch is in keeping with the good moment in truck sales and with the appreciation of the ESG principles in the country. The e-Delivery model is an 11-ton (4×2) model with an even larger 6×2 (six support points for two traction axles) that must also be manufactured. Today, the e-Delivery has a range of 200 km without needing to recharge the battery.
The company is expected to manufacture around 100 units in 2021, to deliver 1,000 units next year and 3,000 per year by 2023, with current production capacity. One of the main customers at the moment is Ambev, which has already signed a contract for the delivery of 1,600 units by 2023. In addition to Ambev, the automaker believes that it will be possible to conquer other customers focused on the delivery of goods in urban regions, such as wholesalers and retailers.
EV’s: An green investment
Volkswagen invested around $ 30 million (R$ 150 million) to adapt the factory in Rio de Janeiro to manufacture the launch. Despite the new model should cost about 2.7 times the value of a truck with a combustion engine, the total operating cost of owning an electric vehicle is 60% less than that of a diesel-engined truck, making it more attractive and payback in about a year. According to Volkswagen spokespeople, the electric motor requires much less maintenance than the combustion engine.
Given this potential and projecting future needs of the Brazilian market, the company claims that this is only the first initiative towards electrification. According to the CEO, “a good part” of the R$ 2 billion investment announced by the company will be directed towards this end in the coming years.
Opportunity in EVs for Brazil
According to data from Anfavea (Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores), between January and April this year, 35,862 trucks were licensed, an increase of 48% over the same period in 2020 — and 19.5% over the period from January to April 2019.
Roberto Cortes, CEO of Volkswagen in Brazil, expects to manufacture 10,000 units a year. Everything depends on the demand for this model.
Even projecting high demand, the automaker is already aiming to reduce the price over the next few years with the gain of scale and, mainly, with the nationalization of the production of batteries – which account for the higher cost of manufacturing the e-Delivery. Today, this component is imported from the Chinese manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and, to make it cheaper over the next few years, the automaker promoted a meeting between the Chinese and Brazilian Moura, who signed an agreement. As a result, over the next few years, Moura will import lithium and apply all other battery components nationally, making the product cheaper for Volkswagen.
Challenges for electrification in Brazil
The main difficulty faced is to overcome the challenge of traveling long distances with trucks in Brazil — the time to load them, for example, is still a disadvantage compared to combustion engines. But, the growing demand for sustainability has made assemblers invest more and more in this trend.
According to the Volkswagen executive, the company plans to start in urban regions, which have more infrastructure for charging stations and, little by little, migrate to trucks capable of going ‘from Oiapoque to Chuí’”.
In addition to Volkswagen, at least two other automakers have electric trucks in Brazil: FNM-Agrale and Chinese company Jac Motors. In February, the Chinese automaker announced that its 7.5-tonne model has a range of up to 250 kilometers if the driver does not use the air conditioning.
In the case of the Chinese automaker, more than 100 units of the iEV1200T have been sold since April. Until now, several companies have been interested in purchasing the iEV1200T in small initial batches, anticipating, after a few months of use, purchases of much larger volumes.


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Of wolves and eagles
There are many species in Polesia that have almost no habitat anywhere else in Europe. In recent years, the FZS and its partners have carried out a number of research and monitoring projects aimed at studying the populations of wolves, spotted eagles and bats.
Here in Belarus there are about 120 to 160 breeding pairs of spotted eagles, with about 80 per cent of them located in the Polesia region. But like everywhere in Europe, the numbers of these wonderful eagles are dwindling here, too. Monitoring of the known nests revealed that a quarter of the spotted eagle population disappeared in Belarus between 2000 and 2010 alone. First, the spotted eagles vanish from the smaller habitats or where their habitats are bisected by forest roads, for example. This is because, as a species, it tolerates no disturbance whatsoever. And it is why large wilderness areas such as Polesia are so very important for the spotted eagle. They represent its final retreats. The risk of hybridisation with lesser spotted eagles is also lower there.
Europe's largest percolation mire
Changing the image of wolves
In our opinion, the wolf should also become such a flagship. But we still have to work on changing the image of this species. In Belarus, wolves are still regarded as a "menace" and there is a long tradition of hunting them, which is still permitted here. Our goal is to change the image of the wolf and to move from hunting them to setting up targeted wolf management programmes.
There are very few areas where wolves can feel safe in Belarus. The large alluvial areas of Polesia offer such refuge. Even though wolves do not necessarily require pristine wilderness, the presence of an alpha predator is important for an ecosystem like Polesia. Hunting is forbidden in the border region between Belarus and Ukraine, meaning that they can live here undisturbed. In 2018 we fitted transmitter collars to two wolves there: a solitary male and a young female. These transmitters revealed, surprisingly, that the two crossed the border relatively frequently. They spent half the time in Ukraine, the other half in Belarus.
Bats with transmitters
We are interested in identifying not only the territory of wolves, but also that of bats. The expansive fenland of Almany is relatively inaccessible, meaning that the only option we had was to equip bats with a GPS transmitter in order to track their movements. The greater noctule bat is the only suitable bat for such monitoring because, with a body weight of around 60 grams, it is the only species that is able to carry the GPS transmitter (which weighs around three grams). In 2016 we were surprised to be able to prove the species' presence in Belarus. That was a minor sensation because it was otherwise thought only to inhabit southern regions. For this reason we wanted to find out more about the greater noctule bat and also discover where it lives and hunts in Polesia.
We were somewhat surprised by the results of our monitoring. Bats need old forest, but not necessarily wilderness, for their habitat. It turned out, however, that the greater noctule bat was at home deep in the Stary Zadzine Reserve. The pug and bicoloured bat are also commonly found here. The bats carrying the transmitters led us to the structures they need for their colonies and sizable nurseries: large, old, dead trees. The greater noctule bats showed us that they like to hunt over the burned areas of the Almany fen mire. The bats benefit from the destruction caused by wildfires in dry summers. As soon as the insects return there in large numbers, there is plenty of food for them. Expansive natural landscapes with their diversity of structures are indispensable for the conservation of our European natural heritage. This is shown by the data on the occurrence of the greater noctule bat in Polesia.


text: Unsurprisingly, RM’s contacts list is stacked. The BTS leader proved it on Thanksgiving when he dropped the star-studded tracklist for his upcoming album Indigo, out December 2. Living goddess Erykah Badu features on the first track, “Yun,” while BTS’s desert buddy Anderson .Paak appears on the second track, “Still Life.” RM has previously released two mixtapes, RM and Mono, but this project will be his first official solo studio album. “I worked hard on it for the past 4 years … It will be very different from my past projects,” he previously wrote on Weverse, adding that a lot of “fun friends” were involved. Well, he certainly delivered on that promise: The full list of Indigo collaborators includes Epik High’s Tablo, folk singer Kim Sawol, Cherry Filter’s Jo Yujin, offonoff’s Colde, and “Coming of Age Ceremony” singer Park Jiyoon. Paul Blanco and Mahalia also feature on a track produced by the English duo HONNE. RM, meanwhile, has producing credits on all 10 tracks. The songs and their accompanying soundwaves) were shared under the description “Tracklist #10 Blues,” which has caused some fans to speculate that he might drop another tracklist to reach 20 songs. He has described the record as an “archive of my twenties,” so make of that what you will.

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From a long time Nawaz Sharif is Quite Vocal against President Musharraf and asking for a trial under Article 6 and High Treason.
I am quite suspected from day one that Nawaz Sharif and his cronies who are asking for General Musharraf Trial is actually asking a Trial of Pakistan Army and they want to destroy the Army Institution in the name of Pervaiz Musharraf.
Now Cat is out of Bag, The Leader of PML N Zaeem Qadri in his recent interview asked for the Trial of Current Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani.
The reason of all this drama by PML N is just because Pakistan Army is hitting Al Qaeda and Talibans and Nawaz Who is quite close to Osama Bin Laden and even took millions from Osama Bin Laden for Killing Benazir Bhutto don't want this.
Nawaz Sharif Stabbed the Pakistani Army when it was in Kargil and just few days away from capturing the Srinagar.
People of Pakistan Do remember the Advertisements Published in Newspapers around the world called Pakistan Army as Rougue Army courtesy of Nawaz Sharif.
Sharif even taped the phones of Army Generals talking about Kargil and give those Audio recordings to the Media who aired those Audios.
It is now clear that Nawaz Sharif his party and cronies supporting him in Media are destroying the Institution of Pakistan Army for their personal vengeance and for their Anti Pakistan Agenda.


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|Ex-Jag: Gabbert has step up on Henne -- Wed Jul 11 1:30 pm --|
Second-year pro impressed during spring workouts
|The Jacksonville Jaguars are committed to Blaine Gabbert at quarterback, but if he looks anything like he did last season, it won't be long before Chad Henne sees the field. It might be time, however, to see Gabbert through new eyes. His teammates have praised his performance this offseason, and one former Jaguars star believes Gabbert has tightened his grasp over the starting role. Jeff Lageman, the team's former defensive end, told Pat Kirwan of CBSSports.com that Gabbert, in his first full offseason, "is clearly a better passer than Chad Henne after the spring workouts." Henne was brought in for insurance. The former Miami Dolphins starter has a good chance to see the field this season if Gabbert stumbles, but the Jaguars haven't given up on last year's tenth overall pick. (NFL.com)|
FF Today's Take: Gabbert had the worst QB rating and second worst completion percentage of all starting quarterbacks last season as a rookie. Like most second-year quarterbacks, he should improve this season but not to the point where he should be viewed as anything more than a backup in QB2 leagues.


A student from Liverpool has received a national award for songwriting.
Dan Croll, an undergraduate at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), received the Musician's Benevolent Fund (MBF) Songwriting Award for his acoustic folk music.
He performed in front of industry experts and beat five other musicians at the finals in London in January.
The MBF award funds musicians living and working in the UK and Ireland as well as British Nationals abroad.
Dan will also receive a £5000 cash prize which he plans to spend on improving his home studio and releasing a debut EP.
Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, he said he first started writing pop-acoustic songs when he was 14 years old.
"My mum, who has always been a jazz and blues singer, was a big inspiration for me starting to write," he said.
"She has always been singing around me, and she always put music in front of me that I could listen to like Irish music and folk.
"I don't think my music came out of its shell until I started studying with other students at LIPA though.
"One of my best friends is from Gambia and really influenced me with a lot of African music.
"A large amount of Norwegian students brought over their Scandinavian folk too, and then I later became interested in French music."
Dan is the fifth LIPA undergraduate to win the award in eight years, following previous winners including Fables, Hannah Rei and The Wombats.
To listen to Dan Croll's music visit MySpace: Dan Croll


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February 25, 2016
Swhype and The Pool joined Jeremy Corbyn at Westminster to talk to journalist Rachel Shabi before the EU referendum.
Addressing issues such us the gender pay-gap, under-cutting wages and the lack of career guidance in schools, the current Labour leader discusses his efforts to promote equality within his party and his political experience so far.
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