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1. Mountain View Cave – Slick Rock Moab, USA (2017)
This photo I captured one late afternoon on the GoPro 6 camera set in the opposite corner of the cave. For outdoor shooting, I use a small portable tripod that is easy to store in a bag pocket. The camera features a self-timer that takes a photo each half a second. I only press the shutter release and let it take pictures. The camera creates tons of lame material this way but I pick the good ones and delete the rest. Before adjusting the camera, I consider the composition and try to figure out my position in the frame. It took three attempts to make the final shot depicting me riding the wall over the divide between the light and the shade.
2. Sölden in Austria (2018)
This photo shows that even an average stone in the middle of the trail is easy to turn into a platform for a big take off when you find a proper angle to shoot. Despite flying not even a metre above the ground, the mountains in the backdrop provide the image with an epic vibe. That is an example of a basic rule when making a photo where the sky meets the ground. My advice is to find a trail that enables you to ride the bike right on the horizon, which makes your body and bike silhouettes undisturbed and perfectly visible against the blue sky or white clouds. When seeking a perfect spot, I don’t mind to dismount the bike and spend some time going after a place that allows me to give the camera an unusual perspective. The result is worth it then. The image was taken on a GoPro 7 camera using the same technique as above. I took approximately 270 frames and chose that only one. Cutting a part of the sky in a photo editor changed the composition remarkably. The slopes are now running from the upper corners and the panoramic the size amplifies the final impression.
3. Grossglockner in Austria (2018)
The light conditions are decisive in making great pictures. What I like about the tiny action cameras is their unlimited flexibility. Any time I see the sun peeking over a ridge or when entering a magically illuminated forest, I bring the bike to a halt, fish the camera out from the pocket and shoot a few pictures here and there. Since lots of photos look impressive with the rider facing the camera, I’m not reluctant to stop and take a look behind my shoulder to check how does the landscape feel from the other side. Different angles might surprise you considerably. That’s also how I took this cycling selfie on a camera attached to a tree branch using a piece of duct tape I always carry in my backpack. The best image I’ve selected from about 50 frames.
4. Campement Zmela Labrissa in Tunisia (2019)
The photo was taken on the GoPro 8 camera during an early-morning photoshoot in the Sahara Desert. Despite the professional photographer who was in charge, I put the action camera on my foldable tripod to create video content for my YouTube channel. A sequence recorded in the best-quality mode enables me to cut stills from the footage with a photo editor app. Even though the final resolution is worse than if the image were to be taken on the photo mode, it is still acceptable for posting as a cycling selfie on Instagram. While positioning the action camera, I always keep in mind the wide angle of the fish-eye lens that changes perspective and turns you into a tiny dot if I put the camera in too much of a distance.
5. Les Terres Noires, Archail, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France (2017)
Waiting for the late afternoon was worth it as low sunbeams wonderfully illuminated the whole scene. Before releasing the shutter on the camera hung on a tree, I continually checked the photo scene using the display of my smartphone connected to the camera by Wi-Fi. Standing on the spot of the expected flight trajectory, I moved the GoPro slowly step by step until a perfect composition was achieved, including the shadow cast on the ground.
6. Radotin in Czechia (2020)
Once again, a single frame was cut out from the video footage taken by my new action camera DJI Osmo. Putting the camera on the ground and letting it take a cycling selfie from below gives you extra height and highlights you against the sky.

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This book is one of those few books out there that invites one to stop and really think. Whether or not the message that a book brings to a reader is true or not is never the point. If it can paint a whole new way of viewing matters then it has the power to make you reconsider all that you usually take for granted.
By setting things into different focus and perspective, George Kavassilas has in these pages provided us all with valuable food for thought. If nothing else, this book is remarkable for explaining a very complex and convoluted subject in everyday language. Thank you for sharing your world view, George K. A valued addition to my bookshelf.

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Spirit came home from all long day of school she just wanted to go to bed and sleep. When Spirit woke up she was standing alone in the middle of a forest and she didn't understand how she got there. She didn't recognise the place, and doesn't know what happened. She looks around and sees a long path and a big, dark forest surrounding it. At the end of the path she sees a house, the house seems to be abandoned. She slowly walked over to the spooky house. Suddenly a branch grabs her like it was alive. The branch scrapped her and blood started running down her arm she grabs her arm in pain. She started running in fear, she could feel her heartbeat faster, she was shaking in fear.
She stopped running after passing a lake, the water was as black as the night. The dark water reflected the moon that was the same color as the blood that stained her arm. She starts feeling a little uneasy, it felt like the moon had been stained with her blood and the thought alone made her shiver in fear. She continued walking towards the house slowly but surely. When she was standing at the door it started raining she knew that rain wasn't something to be afraid of, but when she was about to go back lightning struck and sat a tree on fire, the flames were huge and the rain didn't stop the flames from burning. Spirit ran into the house in fear without thinking of the fact that she didn't know where she was and how she got there.
the doors suddenly closes behind her, she ran to the door and tried to open it but it was locked. She thinks to herself: how can the door be locked there's no one here except me or is there someone else here? She looks at the wall and sees a painting hanging on the wall, when she looked at the painting it looked back at her. She started having a hard time breathing, she wanted to run but she was frozen in fear.
She started thinking that the house she walked into and everything else was just a nightmare. She started walking slowly and she almost felt like crying, she took a few steps and looked around. When she walked into something that looked like a living room she saw a few kids toys from around the time her mom and dad were kids. There was a rocking horse and a few wooden blocks, She said to herself "that's weird, what are these doing here?"
She starts walking over to something that looks like an old dining room, there was a huge dining table in the middle of the room. The table was surrounded by chairs. But above the table was a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling. She was just about to go to the next room but when she took her first step, the chandelier fell down right behind her. She panics and starts running to the next room as fast as she could.
The next room was really weird there were chains hanging from the ceiling and skeletons lying on the floor, her heartbeat is raising and her hands were shaking. She backs out of the room and starts running up the stairs, when she was standing up on the second floor she took the time to catch her breath. When she looked up she sees something, before she even knew the thing was gone. She kept thinking about the toys and all the spooky things that had happened. She starts walking around until she starts hearing someone crying, she starts following the sound. Unsure if she was actually alone in the house. She started hearing the crying louder and louder. When she got to the room where the crying came from she didn't here anyone crying anymore and the toys that were in the living room was gone..


When it comes to improving transportation options in Memphis, city planners and administrators are not the only players making waves. Neighborhood-led initiatives, innovative new businesses and citizens are putting their money where their feet are, moving the community toward a more livable transportation future.
There's a new buzzword circulating through Memphis. From local residents to city planners to nonprofits, more and more Mid-Southerners are waking up to the implications of creating communities designed around livability principles. According to the Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the U.S. Department of Transportation defines livability as "
places where transportation, housing and commercial development investments have been coordinated so that people have access to adequate, affordable and environmentally sustainable travel options."
Last summer, local public transit agency Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) hired a new general manager with the hopes of increasing "livability" from a public transit angle by changing local perceptions around transit and providing an efficient, courteous, convenient, comfortable and safe product to a more diversified pool of customers.
The MPO recently kicked off its quadrennial Regional Transportation Plan and named it Livability 2040 Regional Transportation Plan
. It will serve as a plan of action to guide the development of transportation projects for the next 25 years. Its objective is to develop an integrated, multimodal transportation system to facilitate safe and efficient movement and address current and future transportation demand.
And this is a plan in motion; the city is already tackling tough transportation improvements. After being rated one of the worst cities for bicycling, city administration has facilitated the implementation of 71 additional miles of bicycling infrastructure to its existing 62.4, with plans to total 273.3 miles by 2016.
Other recent transportation projects endorsed from an official capacity are varied. An effort is underway aimed at connecting green spaces, communities and employment areas across the four-county area by implementing 500 miles of greenway trails with the newly launched Mid-South Regional Greenprint initiative. Work is being done to connect Downtown Memphis' Main Street to West Memphis' equivalent Broadway Street via the Harahan Bridge, and the test run of converting 50 percent of Riverside Drive into bike lanes is still in progress.
In addition to these efforts generated by more-official
constituents, local citizens, private businesses and nonprofit organizations are placing themselves in a position of influence to have a say in what they want their transportation options to look like. From crowdfunding platforms, tactical urbanism efforts large and small, and plugged-in entrepreneurs, Memphis is emerging as a city of choice by offering choices--other than personal vehicles--when it comes to getting around.
Temporary pedestrian crosswalks created for the MEMFix event at the Sears Crosstown building
Memphis first got a taste of citizen-led transportation initiatives during its pioneer Better Block project New Face for an Old Broad (NFOB). In 2010 neighborhood residents and businesses gathered paint, planters and pluck and created their own complete street along Broad Avenue, with preserved on-street parking, protected bike lanes--also called green lanes--art-centric pedestrian crosswalks and on-street landscaping. These changes are still in place four years later, the neighborhood has become a model of livability with a bustling pedestrian and cycling culture, and the project has been branded and replicated in four other neighborhoods as MEMFix with similar results regarding the application of inclusive transportation.
NFOB would not have been were it not for the idea of the Hampline.
"We first approached the [Broad Avenue Arts District] to see if they would be interested in supporting a bicycling facility that connects the Greenline to Overton Park, and the Better Block idea came up," said Sarah Newstok, Special Projects Manager for Livable Memphis.
The Hampline is a bicycling facility that connects the end of the Shelby Farm Greenline at Tillman St. in the Binghamton neighborhood to the East Parkway entrance to Overton Park at Sam Cooper Blvd. via Broad Ave.
Once the NFOB project proved to be an overwhelming success, momentum gathered around the Hampline, particularly in the form of funding, with federal grants and donations coming from corporations such as FedEx, from nonprofits and private donors including the Hyde Family Foundation and most importantly from the general public through the crowdfunding platform ioby.
Through ioby, which has funded more than $700,000 for close to 300 projects nationwide, citizens, cycling groups, businesses, activists and a long list of supporters secured the remaining $70,000 necessary to make the Hampline idea a reality.
ioby stands for "In Our Backyard" and is a national crowd-resourcing platform for neighborhood-led, bite-sized initiatives to create more livable communities without all the red tape and huge dollar signs.
Rendering of the Hampline pedestrian and bike path on Broad Avenue
"It was such a gigantic idea, so we had to ask, 'What can we do as citizens to fill in the gap?'" said local creative placemaker for ioby Ellen Roberds.
Phase one of the project was completed earlier last year with an off-street path following Sam Cooper from the Broad Ave. terminus to East Parkway and signalization across East Parkway into Overton Park.
The entire project cost is close to $4.4 million and is scheduled to be completed by 2016.
ioby has been a player in several other homegrown initiatives concerning transportation, most recently the national "Trick Out My Trip" campaign. Last year the site launched the transit campaign to get local citizens engaged in making their transit experience more (you guessed it) livable.
For example, Memphians proposed installing a bus stop on STAX property at the corner of McLemore and College in the Soulsville neighborhood, and raised $8,100 to do so.
"Studies show that when riders feel more comfortable, they feel like their waiting time is less. This project was an important piece because it was a citizen-led placemaking project that allowed citizens to take ownership of what they want their transit experience to look like and what they use and the amenities they want," Roberds said.
Bus shelter project leaders are now rallying volunteers to round up supplies and start the build in the spring.
"We're really excited because MATA has shown interest in making this a test case for future adopt-a-bus-shelter projects. It's a great way to dig deeper into neighborhoods and build relationships and be engaged with what people want," Roberds said.
"These connector points are significant, whether it's connecting a pedestrian to transit, or a bicyclist to transit. Citizens engage in travel in different ways in our city, and just think what it would be like if there were delightful bus shelters around the city with a tree or a funny quote or a Little Free Library. That's where ioby comes in, in helping to facilitate better design that makes our lives better," Roberds said.
In April of last year, two ridesharing platforms that have experienced considerable success in transit-heavy metropolitan giants such as New York and San Francisco decided to join the pro-transit movement of Memphis and set up shop.
Pink-mustached cars driven by locals picking up residents with the swipe of a finger became an option for those who want to be carless, through the peer-to-peer ridesharing platform Lyft, with rival company Uber offering some stiff competition.
The business models allow local drivers to offer their cars for rides when nearby residents put in requests for delivery by using the app on their smartphones, which also pays for the ride. Drivers are vetted through
criminal background and DMV driving record checks and in-person vehicle inspections and safety ridealongs.
Ride the Roo between Overton Square and Cooper-Young
The companies have run into a few snags as city administrators work to create a fair market for new transportation models along with the tried and true taxi services that have been in business for decades, and deal with fees, permits and inspections.
"It's important for the public and private sectors to get together on the front end to allow both to work even better, play off each other's strengths," said MPO Transportation Planner/Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Nicholas Oyler.
Premier Transportation Co. owner and provider of Checker and Yellow Cabs Ham Smythe IV saw an opportunity as Mid-Southerners turn more towards a car-less, pedestrian-friendly lifestyle and invented a shuttle business called Ride the Roo.
The customized 17-passenger shuttle, which features a Kern Studios papier-mache kangaroo resting atop the vehicle, offers rides between entertainment districts Overton Square and Cooper-Young for a mere $2. The 30-minute ride features 12 stops along its route and keeps more cars off the road every Thursday from 5 p.m. to midnight, and Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m.
There are also carsharing Zipcars, which can be rented by the hour or the day, and the Memphis Hop tour bus, which carries passengers to key tourist destinations throughout Memphis and allows riders to hop on and off for $22 a day.
With neighborhood-led initiatives, responses in the form of the creation of new businesses, and citizens putting their money where their feet are, it's not just city planners and administrators who are solving the problems of car-centric culture. These advocates understand such a culture is unsustainable both environmentally and financially, but they are also simply citizens wanting to live in a city with choices and are making those choices.


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D Sen has taken over as Director- Planning and Business Development of the nation's largest oil company, Indian Oil Corp (IOC). Prior to this, Sen was Executive Director in-charge of Lubes at IOC's marketing division headquarters, the company said in a statement here. Sen is also the Chairman of IOC Middle East, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IOC involved in lubes business in the Middle East. "During his tenure as ED (Lubes), Sen led the lubes vertical to scale new heights in marketing of SERVO lubricants by achieving an all-time high market share both in industrial as well as automotive segments amidst fierce competition from global majors," the statement said. Besides repositioning the SERVO brand through launching of synthetic range of SERVO Automotive lubricants, he is also credited with expanding the reach of SERVO lubricants in rural areas by setting up 'Grameen Servo Stockist', a first-of-its-kind in the industry.
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Washington Conservation Voters recently released its 2013-14 Legislative Scorecard, which scores legislators (obviously) based on how they voted on bills that would affect the environment.
WCV selected eight House bills and 12 Senate bills, took a position on each, and scored legislators based on what percentage of their votes aligned with the WCV recommendation.
In what is probably the cleanest-cut insight into how sharply environmental issues fall along party lines, the scores varied widely between the three Republicans and the three Democrats in the two legislative districts (40th, 42nd) that represent Whatcom County.
Among senators, Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, ranked 10th in a field of 55 with a score of 90 percent. He was excused from two of the 12 environmental votes, and he voted for a bill WCV opposed. HB 1652, considered last year, would have allowed developers to defer payment of impact fees to local governments. This was intended to boost the building industry at a time when the recession was still more present, but environmentalists opposed the bill because they argued it would promote urban sprawl.
Ranker, in an interview today (Tuesday, May 13), said he heard a compelling argument from builders in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties that this was a good bill.
Ranker emphasized that while he is "very environmentally minded" when he considers bills, he isn't solely driven by that concern. He is attentive to builders, too, he said, when it comes to spurring the economy.
In 2011-12, Ranker scored 100 with WCV.
The other Whatcom senator, Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, scored an 8 out of 100 because he got one vote "right," in WCV's view. He voted for SB 5802, which created the Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup tasked with finding ways to reduce the state's global-warming-inducing carbon emissions. Ericksen, a self-described "climate agnostic," hasn't seen eye-to-eye with the three Democrats, including Ranker and Gov. Jay Inslee, on the five member workgroup. Ericksen ended up speaking against an executive order Inslee announced last month, which came out of the workgroup's majority report.
On the House side, Jeff Morris, D-Mount Vernon, and Kristine Lytton, D-Anacortes, scored 88. Both voted the same way Ranker did on the bill that would have allowed builders to defer impact fee payments. The bill passed both houses but was vetoed by Inslee.
The 42nd District representatives are both Republican. Jason Overstreet of Lynden scored a 13. He voted with WCV on the "Toxic-Free Kids and Families Act," which would have prevented harmful chemicals from being used in flame retardants. The legislation didn't get through the Republican-led Senate.
Rep. Vincent Buys, also of Lynden, scored a zero. His career score, in fact, is a zero -- something only seven representatives of the 107 evaluated in 2013-14 can claim.
Review the scores from this page on the WCV website.


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Helloween is a German power/speed metal band founded in the early 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. Helloween are known as the inventors of power metal.
The original line-up featured Kai Hansen (Vocals/Guitars), Michael Weikath (Guitars), Markus Grosskopf (Bass) and Ingo Schwichtenberg (Drums). In 1984 the band had signed a deal with Noise Records (see 1984 in music) and recorded two songs for a Noise compilation record called Death Metal with bands Hellhammer, Running Wild and Dark Avenger. The two tracks were "Oernst Of Life" by Weikath, and Hansen's "Metal Invaders" which later on ended up in a faster version on the band's first full-length album.

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Paul Pogba is suspended for Man Utd's match with Bournemouth
The FA confirmed four players - United's Pogba and Chris Smalling, Spurs' Moussa Dembele and Leicester's Robert Huth - would miss the start of the season for their respective clubs.
The world's most expensive player will miss Sunday's match after picking up two yellow cards during last season's Coppa Italia run for Juventus.
He received a yellow in March and another in the final in May which is enough for the 23-year-old to earn a one game ban.
It means the earliest Pogba can make his debut is on August 19 against Southampton at Old Trafford.
Dembele is currently serving a six-match suspension for violent conduct while Smalling and Huth are out due to one and three-game-bans respectively.
The news will come as a blow to Jose Mourinho as he prepares for the new season but it will allow Pogba more time to intergrate with his new team-mates.


I'm using LTspice to simulate a LPF using the AD8605. I'm expecting this circuit to attenuate high frequency signals but the output I'm getting is attenuation at any frequency, more so at low frequencies. As a sanity check I've made sure I have the most up-to-date SPICE model and have tried swapping in similar opamps I'm familiar with, but I see this behavior only with the AD8604-8606 series. Does this seem like an issue with the circuit or with the SPICE model? Thanks!


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A Russian court docket on Wednesday started the trial of opposition baby-kisser Ilya Yashin, who faces as much as ten years in jail for condemning President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine.
The trial of Yashin, a 39-year-old member of the Moscow town council, comes amid Russia’s unparalleled crackdown on dissent, with maximum opposition activists both in prison or in a foreign country.
Yashin refused to go away after Putin despatched troops into Ukraine on February 24.
He’s an best friend of imprisoned opposition chief Alexei Navalny and was once just about Boris Nemtsov, an opposition baby-kisser killed close to the Kremlin in 2015.
Status within the defendants’ cage at Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court docket on Wednesday, Yashin attempted to behave manly by means of guffawing, thumbs up and stretching, in keeping with an AFP correspondent.
Dressed in a depressing inexperienced sweatshirt and denims, he additionally smiled at his oldsters within the entrance row.
Remaining summer time, Yashin was once detained whilst strolling in a park within the Russian capital.
He faces as much as 10 years at the back of bars on fees of spreading “faux” details about the Russian military beneath regulation offered after Putin introduced an assault on Ukraine.
The cause of Yashin’s investigation was once a YouTube circulate in April, through which Yashin spoke in regards to the “homicide of civilians” within the Bucha suburb of Kyiv, the place the Russian military is accused of conflict crimes.
He referred to as it a “bloodbath”.
Whilst in custody, Yashin was once no longer stingy with phrases about Russia’s techniques in Ukraine.
In his court docket look previous this month, he accused Russian judges of appearing as “political servants of the Kremlin.”
Any other Moscow adviser, Aleksei Gorinov, was once sentenced in July to seven years in jail for condemning the offensive towards Ukraine.
The 61-year-old wondered plans for an artwork pageant for youngsters in his district, whilst in Ukraine “youngsters die on a daily basis.”
Nearly all of Putin’s well known political combatants have both fled the rustic or are in jail.
Navalny, 46, is recently serving a nine-year jail sentence on embezzlement fees that many see as political.
Moscow stepped up efforts to crack down on dissent after Putin despatched troops into Ukraine.


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A round-up of news and announcements we don’t want to get lost in the fast-churning news cycle!
Vaccines: Here’s the Latest — UPDATED 4/7 @ 11:30 a.m.
This Week, the City Will Vaccinate a Record 30K People — The City of Seattle will administer approximately 30,000 vaccines across multiple sites this week including Lumen Field Event Center, the Rainier Beach and West Seattle Community Vaccination Hubs, and via Seattle Fire Department Mobile Vaccination Teams (MVTs), which will visit locations where formerly homeless adults live in permanent supportive housing. The MVTs will also administer second-dose shots to older adults living in affordable housing.
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The Public Information Officer for Washington Emergency Management Division (WEMD) has issued the following Emergency Alert:
“There is [a] super massive cloud of smoke outside of California and Oregon. The wind is changing direction and it’s coming your way tomorrow. You have today to prepare. Let your family and friends know.”
WEMD recommends taking steps to ensure your safety:
Filter your air: Create a box fan filter to keep the air around you as unpolluted as possible. This video will walk you through it (a Spanish version follows the English version). Alternatively, invest in a professional filtering device if possible.
Shop now: Don’t wait to grab essential items.
Stay home: If you don’t have to go out tomorrow, don’t.
Stay updated: Find air quality forecasts here.
Visit the Department of Health website for more information on how to protect yourself from smoke.
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by Katherine Long
(This story originally appeared in Bitterroot, an online magazine about the politics, economy, culture, and environment of the West.)
After wildfires ripped through California this fall, the plumes of smoke that enveloped the state underscored how millions of people living in the West are being exposed to air pollution. Climate change is likely to make fire and smoke problems worse. What that means for our health, though, is just starting to be understood by researchers. Continue reading Air Quality Is Better Everywhere But The West. Blame Wildfires


Marplewood Villas is a residential subdivision of detached, single family homes built ca. 1966. Median lot size is approximately 1/4 acre. Median interior living space is approximately 2100 sq. ft.
Homes have 4 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, full basements, and 1 to 2 car attached garages.
Access to the Marplewood Villa neighborhood is from Media Line Road onto Heather Road or Sterling Road.


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Think Livability is Reserved for Big Cities? Well, Check This Out.
Transportation for America is highlighting small towns across America that have embraced livability and smarter design. The goal is to show that smart growth and sustainable urban planning are not restricted only for bigger cities. Smaller communities can implement better design to benefit all of their residents. The post puts forth that “while some of these communities face formidable threats – from job losses and shrinking populations to disappearing farmland and strained resources – their leaders have forged collaborations and created plans that are growing economies, benefiting people and protecting the land and lifestyles treasured by residents and non-residents alike.”


The transfer of the hull sections to the shipyard at the Itaguaí Naval Complex marks the beginning of the construction phase of the fourth PROSUB submarine, Angostura. According to the schedule foreseen for the Brazilian Navy’s Submarine Program (PROSUB), Itaguaí Construções Navais (ICN) is carrying out, from April 19 to May 2, the transfer of sections of the submarine “Angostura” (S-43), the fourth conventional (diesel-electric powered) submarine, of the Program, from the Metallic Structures Manufacturing Unit for the Construction Shipyard, located at the Itaguaí Naval Complex (CNI), in Rio de Janeiro State.
The operation of transferring the sections will be carried out in three stages until all of them are at the construction site for the final assembly of the submarine. The aft section, the first to be transferred, houses the electric propulsion engine, as well as the vertical and horizontal rudder systems, propeller shaft, and propeller. The second section will be transferred at the end of April, and the last one will be transferred at the beginning of May.
The arrival of the sections at the shipyard marks the beginning of the final assembly of the submarine “Angostura” and confirms the technical competence of the Brazilian industry in the construction of the “Riachuelo” class submarines. This operation, perfected since the transfer of sections of the “Riachuelo” in 2017, requires detailed planning, from adapting sections of the electricity network to selective interruptions of traffic on BR-493, carried out in coordination with various bodies to ensure safety and not cause damage to urban mobility in the area.
The Scorpène-class submarines are a class of diesel-electric attack submarines jointly developed by the French Naval Group (formerly the DCNS) and the Spanish company Navantia. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP). In 2009, Brazil purchased four enlarged Scorpènes for US$ 10 billion with a technology transfer agreement and a second agreement to develop a French/Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine. The Brazilian submarine class was given the designation Riachuelo class.


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A computed tomography (CT) scan fires radiation through the body to create an image. What type of radiation does a CT scan use?
Ionising radiation (IR)
Ionising radiation is the type of radiation that CT uses, which I think isn't really good for health. For example it may increase body temperature, damage internal organ or may even affect the immune system etc. But the answer for the question is, Ionising radiation (IR).

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Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories.
Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society: women, peasants, outcast groups. Across the world, these ancient stories are filled with strange characters, complicated figures who hold up a mirror to the world that dreamt them up. From outspoken women cast as witches to anti-authority figures denounced as criminals, flawed heroes to relatable villains, Rebel Folklore celebrates 50 of these misfits and what they mean for us today.
Whether it’s Muma Padurii, the Romanian forest witch who terrorizes trespassers to protect the environment, the Churel, who stalks unfaithful men on her backwards feet, or Robin Hood, everyone’s favorite lawless activist, we can learn a lot from the rebels of days gone by: how to speak out, embrace our flaws, and be unashamedly ourselves – even if that means being a cannibalistic swamp witch.
- Icy Sedgwick and Melissa Jarram - 192 pages - 8 inches W x 10 inches L - Hardcover - DK - 2023 - History - Item #: 978-0744084535
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(Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Dublin is without doubt the one of the main centres for shopping in Ireland and the numerous districts provide a shoppers' paradise. Whether you are looking for Irish fashion, antiques, furniture or home accessories, rest assured that Dublin will provide you with a huge choice.
To the south of Dublin, just outside the city centre, is Blackrock. This is one of the most customer-friendly shopping centres in the city and it contains many shops, cafés, restaurants and a giant food store. The two-level shopping centre overlooks a large, inner courtyard and can be easily reached by the DART line train.
Probably one of the busiest in the whole of Ireland, this pedestrian-only street has an enormous selection of wall-to-wall shops, including two large department stores - Marks and Spencer and Brown Thomas. With many cafés, international chains, individual shops, outdoor stands, street performers and an exciting atmosphere, this is the place to do some serious shopping. Grafton Street is also a great place for strolling and people watching, and has several malls which provide useful places for sheltered browsing on rainy days. There are many smaller streets nearby, full of interesting craft shops and designer shops.
North of the River Liffey, this street and the surrounding area is the main inner-city shopping area. There are many smaller roads lined with shops, that branch off O'Connell Street at various points. Moore Street has a regular open-air market, Abbey Street is best known for its craft shops and Henry Street is pedestrian only with chain stores, departments stores and indoor shopping malls. Clery's, one of Dublin's largest department stores is located here, together with a post office and a large book store.
This street is in the city centre, east of Grafton Street and nearby St. Stephen's Green. With Waterstones and Hodges Figgis, it is the city's street for bookstores.
The Liberties is the oldest part of the city. Both the street and the surrounding areas have many shops and this could be considered as the centre of Dublin's antiques trade.
Located just off O'Connell Street, many locals shop on Henry Street, which is full of reasonably priced goods, ranging from CDs to footwear, clothing to food. Arnotts department store is the main shop. Marks and Spencer and the Jervis Shopping Centre is also located here.
A popular place for tourists, this is the place for classic Irish gifts. Nassau Street is not frequented by many locals.
Located just west of Temple Bar, this area is widely considered one of the city's most fashionable shopping districts. Recently developed, there is a good mixture of shops, including modern interior design, leisure wear and an Internet café. Old City covers the area between Fishamble Street and Castle Street. At the centre of Old City is Cow's lane, a traditional, cobbled road which links nearby streets together.
Near the river, Temple Bar has quickly become Dublin's trendiest neighbourhood and has many small boutiques, quirky shops, fashions, vintage clothing and generally interesting stores worth browsing in. Cafés and pubs transform this colourful, bohemian district into a popular nightspot.
Major department stores include:
Address: 12 Henry Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 805 0400
- Brown Thomas
Address: 15-20 Grafton Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 605 6666
Address: Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 878 6000
Major shopping malls and arcades
Address: Blanchardstown, Dublin
This huge shopping centre is the largest in the country and crammed full with a wide range of shops, including many favourites. It is easy to reach by bus and is a great place to shop for bargains.
Address: off Henry Street, Dublin
This was Dublin's first large and modern shopping centre. It is north of the River Liffey and contains literally hundreds of shops, some restaurants and two department stores. There is also a free car park.
Jervis Shopping Centre
Address: Jervis and Mary Street, Dublin
Located off Henry Street, the Jervis Shopping Centre includes many major UK chain stores. A free car park is available.
Tel: +353 (0)1878 1323
- 59 William Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 822 1356
Located in the heart of Dublin, where Grafton Street meets St. Stephen's Green, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre is the former town home of Lord Powerscourt and was built in 1771. With an interior courtyard, coffee shops, restaurants, original Irish fashion outlets, craft stores and antique shops, this is a great place to shop.
Royal Hibernian Way
Address: 49-50 Dawson Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 679 5919
Full of small, stylish and expensive shops selling the latest fashionable clothes, the Royal Hibernian Way is built on the former site of the 200-year-old Royal Hibernian Hotel, which was demolished in 1983.
St. Stephen's Green Centre
Address: north-west corner of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 478 0888
This is one of the city's largest shopping centres and the modern design is predominantly glass, with Victorian-style ironwork. There are over 100 small shops, three floors and a variety of crafts, fashions and household goods for sale.
Tower Design Centre
Address: Pearse Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 677 5655
East of the city centre is the Tower Design Centre, with more than 35 different craft shops. It is actually a converted sugar-refinery tower and is located near the Waterways Visitor Centre. There are many unusual outlets here, including a workshop devoted to Irish pewter. There are many other interesting stores on the six floors of this shopping centre.
Address: Westbury Hotel, off Grafton Street, Dublin
This city centre shopping mall is rather up-market, with designer goods including antique rugs, jewellery and many decorative items.
Dublin Antique Shops
Antiques and Collectable Fairs
Address: 85-86 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 670 8295
In the city centre, the Antiques and Collectables Fairs take place at Newman House every second Sunday throughout the year.
Address: 21 Clanbrassil Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Tel: +353 (01) 453 7323
Conlon Antiques sells a diverse selection of antiques, ranging from furniture to china.
Ha'Penny Bridge Galleries
Address: 15 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 872 3950
North of the River Liffey, Ha'Penny Bridge Galleries has four floors of interesting curios, including a large selection of china, bronzes and also silver.
Address: 43-44 Francis Street, Dublin
Tel: +353 (01) 454 1143
With customers including famous celebrities, O'Sullivan Antiques specialises in 18th and 19th-century furniture.

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Brest region is Lower Saxony, Landkreis Stade, located in Germany (DE).
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Let’s be honest, nothing beats lounging at home all nice and cozy on a weekend morning while cooking up something delish! Being married to a chef definitely has it’s perks and let me tell you, he can whip up a pretty tasty brekkie. Anything from a fluffy omelet, a savory hash, a healthy parfait or to a traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon and potatoes.
But this time, the cooking was left to me! I wanted to make something simple and filling while using the ingredients we had (haven’t done the weekly shopping just yet). One thing you can always find in our kitchen are avocados, we love them! Next, I found the loaf of rye bread and I knew just what to do…avocado toast.
Avocado toast has been all the rage lately. It’s popping up everywhere! But did you know this simple, yet filling breakfast originated in Australia? That’s right mate, this concoction is the go-to dish for many Aussies and can be found on pretty much any breakfast menu just like pancakes are found here on the menus of America.
I simply toasted the rye bread. Smashed an avocado with a fork and added some salt and pepper to taste. Then I added a small amount of lime juice to boost the flavor of the avocado. Once the toast is done, I spread the avocado over the toast, finish with a little crack of pepper, sprinkle of sea salt and crushed red pepper and voila….brekkie is served!
There are many ways to spice up this traditional dish, here are some ideas of things you can add:
- poached or fried egg
- feta or goat cheese
- pico de gallo
- hot sauce
- TJ’s everything but the bagel (tell me you’ve tried this!! Life changing)
Enjoy, from our kitchen to yours.

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The Reserve Bank of India neither regulates nor supports bitcoins, said K. C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, RBI.
Speaking to press persons here on Saturday , Chakrabarty said “'those who understand and want to take the risk are free to do so with their money. Whether it is legal or illegal, we do not know; so, people should be cautious, should understand before taking the plunge.”
Asked if there was any move to regulate bitcoins, he said, “first of all, we don’t understand this subject. So, until we do, have some clarity on it and why and how people do it, how can we regulate?” he countered, adding “it is not just the Reserve Bank, across the globe all central banks have been issuing advisories. Those who haven’t will (soon) be issuing.”
When asked on the mounting NPAs of banks, Chakrabarty said: “The only long-term solution to loans that have turned bad is to write them off. Banks can do this in a number of ways. All debt problems can be solved only by writing off.”
On restructuring of MSME loans, he said “the guidelines are there. But banks seem to be considering bigger corporates for restructure. We are asking banks to consider both – big and small enterprises equally.”
Asked to share his thoughts on how effective monetary policy has been in taming inflation, the RBI Deputy Governor said: “We are trying whatever is possible within the limited framework to bring down inflation. It is still high, due to a variety of reasons. We are determined to bring it down. While the wholesale price has fallen from 11-12 per cent to 6–7 per cent, we have still not been able to bring down retail inflation. We are looking into this, seeing if the monetary policy framework requires modifications and if necessary, we are ready to look into it.”


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"We make our stand here together tonight that walls do not make us safer. Walls will require us to take someone’s property, their house, their farm, their ranch to build a wall at a time of record-low.
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This diet, more commonly called the barf diet, stands for biologically appropriate raw foods or, as at left, bones and raw food. But you want to introduce them slowly.
These highly pedigreed rottweiler dogs are bred with the finest care & genetics to produce beautiful working dogs who love their owners and family.
Barf diet for rottweiler puppies. I first read about the barf diet twenty years ago, in my early days as a dog breeder. This particular recipe is for american bully puppy owners who their pets to have an improved physique and energy for the strenuous workouts. The barf (biologically appropriate raw food) diet consists in giving your patterdale terrier a diet mainly composed of raw meat and supplemented with pasta, rice, vegetables… it would be an appropriate and good diet for puppies but only if it is well composed and properly administered.
Puppies should eat 2% to 3% of their expected adult weight … or about 5% to 10% of their current weight. Ratio of feeding raw model prey diet. Fed mom's have tons of milk for their babies, have easier whelpings, in addition to stronger puppies.
The recommended guidelines for a barf diet consists of 70% muscle meat, 10% raw edible bone, 7% vegetables, 5% liver, 5% other secreting organ, 2% seeds or nuts, and 1% fruit. Puppies around 8 weeks of age will need to be fed 2 to 3 times daily. The barf® diet™ is more readily absorbed, than grain fed diets, in the digestive system and the result is less stool volume and odor.
He termed his conception the barf diet or biologically appropriate raw food. Both mike and i started on the program made famous by dr. And tweaked the diet to suit our own dogs over the years.
Because of this, amy tells us that all of their complete meals use only 100% british meats and contain carrots, apples and butternut squash, and shares why they are good for dogs. By feeding the barf diet®, your pet will lose unwanted fat and gain that much desired increase in muscle mass. The main ingredients of the diet are raw meaty animal parts and fresh cuts of fruits and veggies.
However, some quarters, including the fda, contravene the nutritional basis of the conception. Meat from the local meat shop is not very hygienic without cooking. These may include grains, vegetables, legumes, and other animal proteins as we will see.
40% muscle meat (including heart) i do not feed any pork! Younger puppies should have three meals a day while puppies over 6 months old can be fed twice a day. For pregnant bitches, i also increase vitamin c, protein, calcium, in addition to adding raspberry leave powder to their diet, which helps in uterine fluid.
Raw dog food recipes, like natural instinct’s, are based on the biologically appropriate raw feeding (the ‘barf’ principal) which includes fruit and vegetables as part of the diet. Rottweiler dogs and puppies, rottweiler breeding by craffenheim rottweilers. Odorous stools are a result of improper or incomplete digestion of nutrients.
May be gross to some, but i have had puppies whelped smelling of raspberries! A raw food diet for dogs (aka barf diet, which is short for 'biologically appropriate raw food' or 'bones and raw food') is an evolutionary appropriate way to feed your dog. Puppies need to eat more to support their growth.
They are important because they are full of nutrients not found in muscle meat. Discover the simple, yet proven secrets on how you can provide the best nutrition for your rottweiler. Liver and other organ meats can cause some pretty nasty loose stools in puppies who have never had them before.
We also offer delivery within a 12 hour drive of ne ohio, (oh) and can set up delivery through a professional delivery service for our rottweiler puppies who will be living outside this area. This means is that it's much closer to what your dog would eat if he were running around in the wild and choosing his own food, rather than playing fetch in your back yard. Simply select your dog’s age, enter your dog’s weight and our raw dog food calculator will tell you how much of our raw dog food to give to your dog.
Growing puppies have significantly increased nutritional demands over adult dogs in terms of the percentage of food fed by weight. Here are the ingredients you need: The barf diet, is excellent, has all the goodness in it, all prepared, and takes the guess work, ready to dish up, available at any good pet food store.
Barf is a raw dog food diet originally espoused by australian veterinarian dr ian billinghurst. It is also the goal of building a trusting and a clearly regulated partnership with the puppy. The barf diet encompasses feeding 60% raw meaty bones and filling the remaining 40% with other raw foods.
(roundworm) i have a good access of beef, chicken, deer, quail, rabbit or buffalo. We know about several rottweiler breeders who recommend a barf diet. At barks.in, given the current indian context, we don’t recommend raw food for dogs.
Standing for biologically appropriate raw food, barf advocates feeding dogs in a way that simulates as close as possible the diet they were designed to eat through millions of years of evolution. Once an estimated daily intake is calculated, the amount of muscle meat , raw meaty bones , organs , and plant ingredients can be estimated using raw diet ratio guidelines to complete recommended allowances for essential nutrients. Make sure your puppy has plenty of fresh water daily.
Remember, puppies need to eat more calcium and less fat than adult dogs too. Just as there are risks and benefits to feeding on kibble, there are undoubtedly the same for raw feeding. Try to feed puppies 15% bone and less than 20% fat to make sure they get enough nutrients and minerals.
Possible risk of trichinosis, also known as trichinellosis. Your rottweiler is better off with cooked meat than raw meat. 50% organs ( liver, gizzards, tripe, lung, kidney, pancrease ) 10% raw bone.
Work up to organ meats as at least 10% of the total diet (25% is better). We have tried to make getting your portions right easier than ever.

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Last week a community celebration of pluralism, connection and cross-cultural understanding was held to signal that all are welcome on the recently renamed Aga Khan Boulevard. New community art features and their meanings by Toronto artist Javid Jah were also revealed.
The celebration, curated by Elder Whabagoon and Cat Curran, featured Indigenous, Ismaili and Japanese Artists. A mural that explains the vision behind Jah’s new local art installations along Aga Khan Boulevard, between Don Mills Road and the east side of the Don Valley Parkway overpass, was projected onto the outer wall of the Aga Khan Museum.
The temporary projected mural will also be visible on October 7 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Aga Khan Park, 77 Wynford Dr.
The new local art installations were selected by a committee and the public following a competitive process managed by the City’s StreetARToronto initiative. The final integrated design concept, submitted by Jah, will be used on banners, crosswalks, traffic signal boxes, and the temporary mural projection. These artistic enhancements will transform the roadway into a celebrated community feature.
The community celebration and art installations along Aga Khan Boulevard collaborate with the City of Toronto; Aga Khan Foundation; Ismaili Centre, Toronto; Aga Khan Park and the Aga Khan Museum.
More information about the community celebration event, curators, and artist is available on the Aga Khan Museum’s webpage: https://agakhanmuseum.org/prog
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Auditor-General Grant Hehir has commenced an audit to examine the effectiveness of the ATO’s administration of the JobKeeper program, with the report to be tabled in October.
The audit will look into the Tax Office’s handling of the rules, and whether it implemented effective measures to identify and address any fraud and abuse.
The new inquiry comes after the ANAO endorsed the ATO’s rapid implementation of COVID-19 economic response measures, which included the JobKeeper program. It flagged at the time, however, that the $90 billion program warranted a potential standalone audit.
The Auditor-General has also revealed that he will consider the Opposition’s request for his office to take a closer look at large corporates who paid executive bonuses while receiving JobKeeper support.
Shadow assistant minister for Treasury Andrew Leigh had written to Mr Hehir last December with three specific lines of inquiry that he hoped the ANAO would consider, including determining how much JobKeeper support was paid out to large firms that paid executive bonuses.
Dr Leigh had also requested for the ANAO to uncover how much JobKeeper support was paid out to large firms that experienced higher revenue in 2020 than 2019, and if large firms had manipulated their revenue to qualify for the wage subsidy.
Mr Hehir has since responded, noting that “the three questions listed in [Dr Leigh’s] letter will be considered during any planning of objective and scope of the potential JobKeeper audit”.
The audit comes after a number of firms began handing back their JobKeeper payments off the back of profits generated over the past year.
Domino’s Pizza is the latest JobKeeper recipient to return $792,000 in subsidies, following Iluka Resources’ $13.6 million repayment, Super Retail Group’s $1.7 million and Toyota Australia’s $18 million.
Large corporates such as Premier Investments and Harvey Norman have continued to draw Dr Leigh’s ire for holding off on returning JobKeeper payments despite recording revenue rises and paying executive bonuses or dividends.
“One of the things I hope the Auditor-General will go to is exactly how a program like this could have been better put together,” Dr Leigh told 5AA on Wednesday.
“But we also need to make sure that the Auditor-General’s looking there at the rorts.
“We know that there’s firms that have been handing out significant dividends at the time in which they were also saying to the taxpayer that they’re in so much strife that they needed government handouts. It just can’t be consistent.”
Jotham Lian is the editor of Accountants Daily, the leading source of breaking news, analysis and insight for Australian accounting professionals.
Before joining the team in 2017, Jotham wrote for a range of national mastheads including the Sydney Morning Herald, and Channel NewsAsia.


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"Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it." Catherine Keener
Do you feel insecure or you're not good enough?
As women we have a lot we are insecure about such as our body image, knowledge, identity, experiences or our relationships. In order for our insecurity not to get in the way of our progress we need to take active steps to deal with it.
In this blog post, we will explore the definition of being insecure, how it affects our lives, the importance of dealing with our insecurities as well as practical strategies you can apply the next time you feel insecure. I will also share a little about my journey with insecurity.
What does it mean to be insecure?
Why is it important to face our insecurities ?
How does being insecure affect you?
What should you work towards?
The positive feelings are: secure, confident, assured, certain, decisive, stable, unafraid or untroubled.
5 Strategies to deal with your insecurity
#1: Accept your insecurities
Feeling insecure in any aspect of your life is normal. Being aware of your insecurities provides you with the opportunity to address them heads on. Spend time getting to know yourself more and equip yourself with the tool you need.
#2: Celebrate your achievements
Think back on those times when you overcame your insecurities and took a bold step. Celebrate them and acknowledge how hard you worked to make it happen. And then when you start doubting yourself or feeling insecure, take a look at what you've achieved.
#3: Commit to a plan
Setting a deadline and committing to a plan is a great way to hold yourself accountable to overcome your insecurities. The act of committing to do something puts you in a mindset of taking action.
#4:Do something you are afraid of
Take a step and do something you don't feel fully prepared for. The best strategy to face your insecurity is to take action. Sometimes it takes a while for you to start feeling confident. Continue taking steps towards achieving your goals.
#5: Share your story
Often, when we share our insecurities with others and listen to theirs as well, we feel empowered. Knowing that you are not alone with some of the challenges you face makes it feel better. Empower others and be empowered by others.
I also have my own share of insecurities. Recently I had to practice what I preach and face my insecurities. For about a year, I had been thinking about creating other avenues to share content and expand my community. Creating a YouTube channel was the next logical move, but I was too afraid to do it. I had never recorded or edited videos ever before. I was also very insecure about how I would look and sound on camera. There were many insecurities that I had to overcome before I took the first step.
The strategy that helped me was "Commit to a plan". Once I set a date to launch in March 2019, I had a date to work towards. For me keeping my commitment was more important than all the insecurities that held me back.
I did it !!! I launched my YouTube Channel this month.
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What areas are you insecure? What strategies are you planning to apply? Identify your insecurities.

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Plunging gas prices are a gift in more ways than one.
They mean more cash in people’s pockets during the holiday shopping season, so hopefully local retail will get a boost. They will soften the blow next month for any price spike when fuels come under California’s cap-and-trade system to combat climate change.
And, in an added bonus, plummeting oil prices are putting a big hurt on Vladimir Putin — and could curb his aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Oil was trading for $100-plus a barrel when Russia first sent soldiers into Ukraine in March. Tuesday, a global benchmark crude traded at under $60 a barrel for the first time in five years. On Wednesday, a barrel of crude was selling for $58.30.
Russia’s economy relies heavily on oil revenue and is already hurting under sanctions from the United States and Europe.
The ruble lost 10% of its value against the dollar just on Monday.
Tuesday, the Bank of Russia raised interest rates from 10.5% to 17% — a desperate, but apparently futile, move to try to stop the run on the ruble.
A more docile Putin can’t come soon enough.
At least 4,700 people have died in Ukraine during the armed conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists backed by the Kremlin, a United Nations team said Monday. About 30% of those casualties have come since a supposed “cease-fire” took effect in September.
Officials in the West must be wary that, like a cornered animal, Putin will lash out, or at least try to distract Russians from the economic crisis. There are other former Soviet republics to threaten.
All the geopolitical ramifications aside, it’s just nice to be able to fill up for less than $50. In fact, drivers of high-mileage commuter cars with small gas tanks are filling up for less than $30.
In the Fresno area, the average pump price is below $2.80 a gallon, down about 75 cents from a year ago. Some stations in Madera were selling regular for $2.37 a gallon Wednesday.
Nationwide, the average is $2.49 a gallon; in 13 states, motorists can find gas for less than $2.
Every day, Americans are saving some $270 million compared to a year ago. These savings are pumping up the economy as people spend less on gas and more on the other items that they need.
We’d best enjoy it while we can. Oil prices are volatile, so we could soon be complaining at the pump, again.

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Manchester United face a bidding war with Chelsea for Hellas Verona’s defender Marash Kumbulla, according to PassioneInter.
Kumbulla has made 18 appearances in Serie A this season, making 1.8 tackles and 2.9 clearances on average per game, and his defensive shifts have played a major part in Verona’s surprising charge up the table (via WhoScored). Despite only being promoted at the end of last season, the Yellow and Blues are currently in 8th place in the Italian top flight.
The Albanian international came through the Mastiffs’ academy and has played in 21 games for the first team in all competitions. He scored his first senior goal for the club against Sampdoria last year (Transfermarkt).
Kumbulla made his debut for the national team during the UEFA Euro qualifying stage against Moldova in October (Transfermarkt).
Unsurprisingly, the 20-year-old’s impressive performances have attracted attention from a number of high-profile European clubs, as the Italian outlet reports United and Chelsea have now entered the race with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to sign the youngster.
While it is fair to assume that the Verona centre-back has a bright future ahead of him if he can continue to make an impact at the back, he would likely be at the bottom of the pecking order if he joined the Red Devils.
Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof have established themselves as regulars under club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Eric Bailly has started to feature again after recovering from an injury setback (Transfermarkt).
Evidently United have other areas that need urgent priority. Solskjaer is desperately looking for a wide player it seems, and has been linked to Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho, who will not be cheap. Buying a goalscorer also remains at the top of the agenda and Ed Woodward will be keen to avoid making another transfer mistake.
The club’s executive vice-chairman has made several major errors throughout his time in charge, including signing United flop Alexis Sanchez and overpaying for Marouane Fellaini instead of landing Cesc Fabregas (Express).
All things considered, it is difficult to see Kumbulla getting many minutes if he moved to Old Trafford, and realistically it is probably a signing the board don’t need to make at the moment.
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Apr 19, 2018
Comic creator Jason Pittman returns to the podcast for a live
stream of his Kickstarter graphic novel project, "The War for
Kaleb: A Superhero Story about Anxiety."
This episode was livestreamed on 4/11/18 at 7pm PST
Jason has created a 3 issue story and is collecting it into on
fantastic book. On this episode we chat about the process of making
comics, the ups and downs of Kickstarter and why we love makes
comics and telling stories.
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New Toyota Yaris Cross 2021 review
The new Toyota Yaris Cross has arrived in the UK, but what's it like on the road? We find out...
The new Toyota Yaris Cross effectively packages what we’ve come to like about the latest Yaris Hybrid into a compact SUV body without any needless surprises or alterations. It’s exceptionally efficient, if not the most startling performer. The hybrid drivetrain takes little getting used to and is easy to extract fantastic efficiency from. It could be a great company car option too, thanks to CO2 emissions from as low as 102g/km for Design trim.
It’s a hybrid, so direct rivals include the Hyundai Kona hybrid and the Renault Captur E-Tech. The Yaris Cross is built on the same small-car TNGA platform as the regular Yaris supermini, with a drivetrain that consists of a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine linked to a CVT transmission. A hybrid transaxle packages an electric generator and motor alongside each other on the front axle.
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The electric motor produces up to 79bhp, with the maximum combined output for both power sources quoted as 114bhp. Better still, it’s straightforward to get the best out of the set-up.
There aren’t too many modes; just a default one, plus Eco and Power settings, an EV mode and a setting marked ‘B’ for extra regeneration to unlock the Yaris Cross’s trump card: effortless efficiency.
EV is good enough for short stints around town, with the 79bhp motor providing sufficient propulsion. It’ll stick resolutely in this mode up until 30mph, or until the battery is empty. Above this speed it’ll run in hybrid mode, with the car’s ECU deciding when to use either petrol, electric, or a combination of both sources. The result of this is plain to see on the driver information screen, which shows a breakdown of how much you’ve been using electric power only.
You’ll find that, with little effort, you’ll cover a lot of ground on electric power. Even on our test route, which combined urban settings with dual-carriageways, and faster A-roads and B-roads, more than half the journey was completed on electricity; 66.5mpg was the end result with no effort on our part, and that’s a figure that outstrips the official claims made by Toyota. Put a bit of effort in and rely on Eco mode’s softer power map, and you might even hit 80mpg.
It’s in keeping with the Yaris Cross’s dynamic make-up, because this small SUV is far from scintillating, but feels solid to drive. It retains the best aspects of the Yaris supermini, with its positive steering and good body control, and it feels composed and comfortable. The CVT transmission is well behaved, too.
The suspension is still ever so slightly on the firmer side of things, but not unacceptably so. The ride height is increased by 25mm over the Yaris, but the impact of that is felt more in the seating position; it certainly feels like you’re perched higher up than in a supermini, although the driving environment feels more functional than flashy, combining decent materials with fairly straightforward switchgear.
The eight-inch infotainment screen on Design trim models is a massive improvement on older Toyota tech.
Design trim certainly has lots of kit. Alongside the main screen there’s a seven-inch driver information display and a strong level of safety and assistance kit, including adaptive cruise control, automatic air-con, a reversing camera, LED lights, aluminium roof rails and 17-inch alloys. Heated seats are found on the next grade up, however.
It’s good value, and mid-spec Design trim is expected to account for as much as 50 per cent of UK sales.
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Why Cue who started with a simple mic and camera and became a well known rapper came with a new song “Ticket”. Why Cue also worked with Lil B and produced many hits with him. He had really worked hard to get here. Ticket which is a new big hit on youtube and other platforms is all because of his hard work and passion for music.
Why Cue has been involved in music for over a decade now. His work is loved in India too. His song is produced by his partner Roswell Gray & Shot by Why Cue, himself. The Pluto duo puts together a new sound under self made Pluto E.N.T (Entertainment) which is a self made label created by the duo which can be purchased at iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Why Cue is currently affiliated with Sha-Pow Gang (#SPG) an independent music group created by CEO Jurrarri who was once signed with Shawty Lo.


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The Three Period Divergence strategy is a trading system developed by Perry Kaufman, which is based upon analysis of momentum-price divergence. Best applied to daily price data, this strategy identifies time points where a momentum indicator (in our case, the Stochastic) and the price move away from each other. Divergences occur in two directions: a bearish divergence is identified when the price rises and the momentum falls, a bullish divergence is vice versa.
While looking for divergences is quite a popular technique to follow, it is not always obvious which timeframe should be used or even how the divergence can be determined. Moreover, divergence signals can often be misleading, thus confirmation of these signals is crucial. Three Period Divergence addresses these problems as follows:
Divergence is looked for based on linear regression slopes of the momentum (either the FastK or the FastD component of the Stochastic) and the price;
Momentum needs to be defined on the period from five to 40 days;
Linear regression slopes for both the price and the momentum are found on three periods (Mr. Kaufman suggests that the first period be 5 days, the second period from six to 12, and the third one from seven to 15);
Divergence occurs when the signs of the momentum slope and the price slope are opposite;
In order to confirm the divergence, momentum slope is compared to the price slope on each of the calculation periods (the divergences must be all in the same direction).
Note: these periods are defined here as ranges; this is due to the fact that suitable periods differ from symbol to symbol, thus the strategy allows for optimization. Note also that searching for the divergence on each of the three calculation periods might reduce the number of signals. However, changing input parameters will allow you to search where the divergence occurs on at least two (or even one) of the three periods.
Once the divergence is identified, strategy adds simulated orders based on the dollowing rules: a buy signal is added when the bearish divergence occurs on the specified number of calculation periods out of three, and a sell signal when the bullish divergence is identified (on the same number of periods). Strategy will exit when all three price slopes are of the same sign as those of the momentum.
|Defines whether the momentum is calculated as the FastK component of the Stochastic (otherwise the FastD component is used).
|Defines the period on which the momentum is calculated.
|Defines the shortest of the periods for the calculation of slopes.
|Defines the middle period for the calculation of slopes.
|Defines the longest of the periods for the calculation of slopes.
|Defines the number of divergences sufficient for signal generation.
|Defines on how many periods the price and the momentum need to move in the same direction for the strategy to exit.
|Setting this input to "yes" will disable all short entry and short exit simulated orders.
1. "Slope Divergence: Capitalizing On Uncertainty by Perry Kaufman. Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, June 2014.

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Oct 2, 2011, 9:48 AM EST
The Royals are pleased with the strides that top position prospects Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez made in 2011. But the Royals also know that they’re going to need an improved starting rotation to reach their organizational goal of competing in 2012, and that the desired upgrade might have to come from an outside source.
Which is why, according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star, the Royals’ front office is beginning to consider all options. Including a potential free agent deal or even a prospect-based trade.
The free agent market for starters this winter will be quite bleak. Or maybe we should call it shallow. CC Sabathia is likely to opt out of his contract in New York, but all signs point to him returning to the Yankees with a slightly fatter wallet. Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson will be available, but over half the league will be interested in him and it’s doubtful Kansas City will be able to put together a competitive bid.
Then there’s Edwin Jackson, an impending free agent right-hander currently pitching for the cross-state Cardinals. Dutton says the Royals “figure to make a run” at the 28-year-old and his high-velocity fastball.
A trade is another option. Despite this year’s callups, the Royals’ farm system remains loaded with talent and a Royals official suggested to the Star that prospects Cheslor Cuthbert, Wil Myers, Mike Montgomery and Jake Odorizzi could be made available. “Now, it has to be the right guy,” cautioned the unnamed exec.
- Francisco Rodriguez re-signs with the Brewers 8
- If addiction is an illness — and it is — Josh Hamilton shouldn’t be suspended 267
- Pirates open to massive extension for Andrew McCutchen 16
- Report: Josh Hamilton had a relapse this offseason that “involved at least cocaine” 85
- Yankees don’t plan on having to pay A-Rod’s $30 million in home run milestone bonuses 49
- San Francisco — and all of California — will consider a smokeless tobacco ban that includes MLB parks 131
- Rob Manfred says a return to a 154-game season could happen one day 66
- Report: The Yankees were “fuming” at how A-Rod handled his early arrival to spring training 114
- If addiction is an illness — and it is — Josh Hamilton shouldn’t be suspended (267)
- San Francisco — and all of California — will consider a smokeless tobacco ban that includes MLB parks (131)
- Report: The Yankees were “fuming” at how A-Rod handled his early arrival to spring training (114)
- Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada reportedly signs with the Red Sox for $31.5 million, plus $31.5 million in penalties (106)
- Gregg Zaun says young players should be physically abused and hazed by veterans. So they can learn respect. (105)


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The story goes that National Review’s estimable founder William F. Buckley Jr. didn’t read Moby Dick until he was 50. At which point, he told his friends, “To think I might have died without having read it.” As someone whose favorite literary pleasure — guilty or otherwise — is comedic writing, I recently had a similar revelation. At the ripe old age of 30, I cracked open a P. G. Wodehouse omnibus that had been sitting on my shelf untouched for at least six years. It quickly dawned on me that, despite my love of humorous literary endeavors, somehow I had been missing out big time. The pre-eminent humorist of the 20th century was all he was cracking me up to be.
Since I was a child, I’ve had a tremendous affection for any book that makes me laugh. It’s had a profound affect on me as a writer; occasionally I even write something funny. Should anyone notice, I like to quote Eugene Levy in Waiting For Guffman: “People say, ‘You must have been the class clown.’ And I say, ‘No, I wasn’t. But I sat next to the class clown, and I studied him.’”
In my case, I read a lot of funny books. So as part of NRO’s summer books week, I thought I’d pass along some of my favorites in case you’re up for some light reading. Hopefully, you’ll go from “To think I might have died without having read it,” to “To think I might have died laughing.”
‐Let’s get this out of the way first — every NRO reader should know about the two deans of conservative humor, Christopher Buckley and P.J. O’Rourke. The latter recently said of the former, “Good comic novels about Washington can be counted on one hand, specifically Christopher Buckley’s.” I’ll testify to that; I particularly like Wry Martinis, The White House Mess, and Thank You For Smoking — the last of which was a darn good film, too. As for O’Rourke, he needs little introduction, I hope. He’s endlessly quotable and bears rereading. Flipping though Parliament of Whores recently, I became convinced it’s not just the funniest book ever written on public policy, but the best.
‐One of the very few good comic novels about Washington not written by Buckley is Jeffrey Frank’s The Columnist. As a journalist in D.C., I can tell you it cuts pretty close to the bone, and unlike a lot of Washington humor, it gets bonus points for being appropriately mean and scathing. I nearly lost it when near the end of the book it’s dryly mentioned that one of the characters, a politician famous for philandering, writes a memoir entitled Their Bodies, Myself.
‐After Wodehouse, England’s funniest writer is Evelyn Waugh. Scoop is still a classic, a must read for anyone who wants to understand journalism and laugh. (There’s a recent edition with a forward by Christopher Hitchens that’s worth seeking out, if just for Hitchens’s insightful take on the book’s importance.) Also, Vile Bodies, Decline and Fall, and Black Mischief are all hilarious. In the last, the main character is introduced when he wakes up in a totally unfamiliar flat in London and casually observes a lady in the corner eating a can of sardines with a shoehorn — vintage Waugh.
‐Kingsley Amis’s first book, Lucky Jim, which is about a young professor whose life is stuck in neutral, is maybe the most perfect comic novel of all time. If you’ve ever had a job you hate, this is the book for you. Here’s how Amis describes a hangover of his forlorn protagonist: “His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night, too, he’d somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.”
‐If we’re talking comedy, sooner or later Groucho Marx is going to come up. There was an excellent slim volume of his writings published five years ago — The Essential Groucho, edited by Stefan Kanfer. When it comes to funny books, I’ll defer to Groucho: “Outside of a dog a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
‐George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman series is justly celebrated. Harry Flashman is one of the most decorated heroes of the British army. From the Boxer Rebellion to Little Big Horn, he’s mixed up in nearly every major military conflict of the 19th century. He’s total poltroon and completely dishonorable, but a canny sense of self-preservation and the incompetence of his superiors makes him come out on top in every one of his adventures (a premise that seems indebted to the Czech comedy classic The Good Soldier Svejk). Very politically incorrect and very funny; a new installment was just published this past spring.
‐Mark Leyner’s full-length novels, such as My Cousin, My Gastroenterolgist and The Tetherballs of Bougainville, are hilarious but a bit exhausting. His collection of short pieces, Tooth Imprints on a Corndog, strikes just the right balance. His amphetamine prose is an exceedingly rare combination of cerebral and bust-a-gut funny. If you don’t think you’d laugh out loud at a critique of consumerist culture disguised as an existentialist parody of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leyner will likely surprise you.
‐At first glance, The X-Presidents seems like a novelty. It’s a short comic book based on the eponymous Saturday Night Live cartoon sketches. However, it was written by two of the funniest comedy writers around, Robert Smigel and Adam McKay. Both SNL alums, Smigel is better known as the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and McKay is the writer and director of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Their little novelty comic book is deadly hilarious, parodying both politics and comic books themselves. Be warned though: comic book or not, some of the material is definitely not appropriate for kids.
‐As for more family oriented humor, I heartily recommend Patrick F. McManus. Having grown up in the Cascade Mountains of Central Oregon, I did my share of fishing and camping. As a kid, I found McManus’s exaggerated reminiscences about his adventures in the outdoors growing up in Idaho both funny and easy to relate to, and most adults will too. His output varies a bit, but his first two books, A Fine and Pleasant Misery and They Shoot Canoes Don’t They?, are a great place to start.
‐A few years back, The New Yorker published a collection of its Shouts & Murmurs columns, titled Fierce Pajamas. And sure, New Yorker humor is usually of the how-droll-look-at-me-I’m-an-urbane-sophisticate variety. Maybe it’s not always laughter inducing, but it is always a pleasure to read, and it’s not often you see E.B. White and Deep Thoughts’ Jack Handey in the same table of contents.
I hope I’ve included a little something for everyone on this short list. If you don’t find any of these funny, just keep reading, and remember this other bit of wisdom from Waiting For Guffman: Comedy is “a zen thing, like how many babies you can fit in a tire.”
–Mark Hemingway is a monetary-policy correspondent for Market News International and a writer in Washington, D.C.


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Downtown Jamestown Affected By Power Outages
A two-hour power outage struck downtown Jamestown on Tuesday, affecting Sixth Street, parts of Second Street and several traffic lights along Third Street from Washington to Main street.
According to Becky Robbins, communications director with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, a problem with a transformer at the BPU Washington Street substation caused the outage from 6:20-8:30 p.m.
BPU personnel were able to restore power in stages by 7 p.m., 7:20 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.
Employees will investigate the cause at a later time when equipment can be examined, Robbins said.


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Dog baskets and beds
Dog baskets are no longer just simple shelters: in the modern world, they've evolved into true style statements. Modern dog baskets meld functionality and aesthetics, providing your loyal companion with a safe and comfortable place to rest. For pet parents seeking luxury for their furry friend, dog beds are the perfect solution. Crafted from premium materials with sophisticated detailing, these beds seamlessly blend with any home decor. Don't settle for less: if you're after the perfect fusion of comfort and style, opt for modern dog baskets and invest in a design piece your dog will love as much as you do.


The agent of Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has told Turkish media that the 30 year old is now expected to remain in Spain.
There has been speculation that Arsenal were lining up a bid for the Turkish international but talking to NTV (via Sport), Ahmet Bulut says he expects Arda to see out his contract at the Camp Nou:
“Arda has a three year contract and will be with Barcelona at the beginning of the preseason… Nothing has changed, everything is the same and Arda will fulfil his contract.”
Catalan newspaper Sport are reporting that Barca are keen to offload the midfielder during the summer transfer window but with interest from Arsenal failing to materialise, they are now hoping that super agent Jorge Mendes, a business partner of Bulut’s, can generate some interest in the player.
The Turkish star has not performed poorly for Barca by any stretch of the imagination. He scored 13 goals and contributed seven assists in 30 appearances last season for the La Liga side, but it looks like he is not part of new Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde’s future plans.


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Shadow Panther has sent me a link to
an impressive list of Co-op games for the three major
console platforms: X-Box, Playstation 2, and the Game Cube. He
included Game Rankings, Number of Players, Game Type, and more! Check out Shadow Panther's list here.
Thanks Shadow Panther!
I was playing this online game , and I
was thinking..."Ya know, this game could have been really better if they had
done this or this...." I've been playing games for a long time now, and my
expectations have gotten higher as my game playing has matured. I really enjoy
online games with a cooperative multiplayer option. Cooperating with others
while fighting enemies and solving puzzles is my favorite way to spend
a rainy afternoon. Here are my favorite coop games I have found:
My favorite Cooperative Multiplayer Games
1. Neverwinter Nights An online fantasy game that allows you and and your friends to quest in the Dungeons and Dragons Universe.
2. Project Eden A co-op game from the makers of Tomb Raider 1 and 2. Based in the future, a robocop style team of four battles mutated baddies and must overcome many challenges and puzzles. (Note: There is a Playstation 2 version out for this game that supports up to 2 players in coop mode.)
3. System Shock 2 Based in the far future, you start out on a space station as a marine waking from cold sleep. You find your station under attack by a mysterious entity. More puzzle solving than fighting.
4. STARLANCER combines the action of first-person space combat with the drama and intrigue of a classic air combat movie. Countries from around the world including the United States, China, Russia and Great Britain have formed strategic alliances and now battle for control of Earth, Mars and other planets across the solar system. As part of a newly formed, ragtag aviation unit, the 45th Volunteers Squadron, players must prove themselves and earn the respect of their peers. (My opinion? Cooperative play is amazing!)
Do you know of any great cooperative multiplayer games? Please email me at John*AT*farshot.com. You won't win any prizes for submitting, but you will help others like yourself who are looking for that next great online experience. I will be posting this list periodically as I come across more games.

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Daniel Cormier has yet to crack the top spot in the World MMA Top 10 Rankings in the heavyweight division, but certainly has cemented his
After capturing the featherweight title at UVC 20, Team Alpha Male fighter Lance Palmer's goal is simple: control and dominate every fight.
The UFC on Fuel TV 4 fighter salaries were released to MMAWeekly.com on Thursday by the California State Athletic Commission.
UFC on Fuel TV 4: Munoz vs. Weidman quick results on Wednesday, July 11, in San Jose, Calif. The main event features Mark Munoz vs.
On the heels of the finals of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix taking place in San Jose, the UFC will return to the host city
It's a big line-up to close out the week on MMAWeekly radio with UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz, Mike Dolce and Titan Fighting headliner Jorge
The Ultimate Fighter 14: Bisping vs. Miller live results and play-by-play on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Las Vegas. The main event features Michael Bisping vs.
The Ultimate Fighter 14: Bisping vs. Miller quick results on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Las Vegas. The main event features Michael Bisping vs. Jason "Mayhem"
Full, official Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Finale weigh-in results. Saturday's main event features Michael Bisping vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
The final three fights have been announced for the 'Ultimate Fighter' season 14 finale.
The TUF 14 finale is now set and the odds have been released for both the bantamweights and featherweights fighting Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The TUF 14 bantamweight final is set after the final show aired Wednesday.
Another week of MMAWeekly Radio comes to a close with a huge show including UFC 139's Ryan Bader, TJ Dillashaw, Dustin Pague, John Dodson, Elaina
UFC on Fox 1 goes under the microscope on today's edition of MMAWeekly Radio as well as TUF 14 talk with four of the fighters
MMAWeekly Radio returns for Thursday's show with Bellator champ Zach Makovsky, NAAFS fighter Daniel Strauss and TUF 14 fighters TJ Dillashaw, John Dodson and Dustin
MMAWeekly Radio is back breaking down the UFC on Versus 6 fight card, plus we go full on with our TUF 14 quartet of fighter
Fight card and rumors for The Ultimate Fighter 14 season finale on December 3, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The fourteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter will kick off on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with a special two-hour premiere featuring all
UFC on Fuel TV 4: Munoz vs. Weidman Date: July 11, 2012 Venue: HP Pavilion Location: San Jose, California gate: $163,495 attendance: 4,250 Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale (TUF 14 Finale) Date: December 3, 2011 Venue: The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Kotetsu Boku looks to take the next step towards becoming ONE Championship's first two-division champ at Saturday's Tribe of Warriors.
For Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber is next logical fight and it's silly to think otherwise.
Dominick Cruz didn't lose a step, Anthony Pettis might be a "what if" guy, and more thoughts from last night's UFC Fight Night 81 card.
Former UFC fighter and on-air analyst Kenny Florian has been suspended by FOX Sports for essentially plagiarism.
Former bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz talks about Team Alpha Male and his upcoming UFC Fight Night 81 opponent, champion T.J. Dillashaw.
After nearly three years away from the UFC, Dominick Cruz made his return at UFC 178 and showed the world he was back after KO'ing
CM Punk is a winner already, even if he gets KO'd Jose Also style. Here's why.
Now with the coffee kicking in and the hangover from UFC 194 subsiding, let's talk about last night.