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I was recommended to a conveyancer who has given a fee estimate just over a thousand pound for leasehold conveyancing in Stockwood. I am hoping to sell a purpose built house for £150,000. Is this overpriced? Is it in excess of the average fee for conveyancing in Stockwood?
The costs illustration is slightly on the expensive side. If you are content to spend time contrasting charges you could trim some of the expense by say £100 plus VAT. On the other hand, you maylive to rue choosing an a cheaper lawyer. Remember to ensure that the solicitor can represent your bank. Do employ our search tool to find a Stockwood conveyancing practice on the banks approved list of lawyers which can often include conveyancing solicitors in Stockwood.
I have been advised by my lawyer that chancel insurance is required on my purchase. What is the level of cover for Stockwood conveyancing?
The appropriate level of chancel indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between Santander and Barnsley Building Society. Conveyancing practitioners as opposed to members of the public take out such policies.
We are getting a further advance on our home loan from Skipton as we want to conduct improvements to our house in Stockwood. Are we obliged to select a high street Stockwood solicitor on the Skipton conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?
Skipton do not ordinarily appoint a member of their conveyancing panel to deal with such a matter. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Skipton panel.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Principality. I assume I don't need a Stockwood property lawyer on the Principality panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your Principality mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Principality mortgage from the register. Principality, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Principality has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Principality has instructed the Land Registry to do so
About to purchase a new build flat in Stockwood. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Stockwood
The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
Over the last few months I have been searching for a leasehold apartment up to £245,000 and found one close by in Stockwood I like with amenity areas and station in the vicinity, however it only has 51 years unexpired on the lease. There is not much else in Stockwood suitable, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake acquiring a short lease?
Should you need a home loan the remaining unexpired lease term may be a potential deal breaker. Reduce the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current owner has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may ask them to commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. You can add 90 years to the existing lease and have £0 ground rent by law. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer about this matter.
My partner has suggested that I use his lawyers for conveyancing in Stockwood. Should I use them?
No doubt the ideal way to choose a conveyancing solicitor is to get guidance from friends or family who have actually experience in using the solicitor you're are thinking of instructing.
Is it necessary during the course of the conveyancing process to pop into the offices of the mortgage company conveyancing panel solicitor to execute the legal charge? If so, I will appoint a lawyer who conducts conveyancing in Stockwood as it will be easier to pop in to their offices if required.
Whereas this was necessary 15 years ago, most lenders no longer require their conveyancing panel solicitor to witness the borrowers signature. You will still be obliged to provide ID Documents and there are still distinct advantages to using a local solicitor, in your case a conveyancing solicitor in Stockwood.


It’s been a week since the 2015 Summer Television Critics Association tour came to an end – with a full day of panels by NBC, an experience that left many of the critics and reporters there believing that a broadcast network should never occupy the last day of any tour, especially in the summer. That’s because broadcast network days are still regarded by many of their editors and publishers, if not by the journalists and bloggers themselves, as the most important, simply because they tend to be jammed with panels for new fall or midseason series.
This NBC day was no exception, starting off with former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, on hand to promote his CNBC series “Jay’s Garage” and also offer relevant commentary on the many recent changes in late night.
Leno’s session was followed by a press conference with NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt (at which much of the talk was all about former "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump) and panels for Dick Wolf’s latest Windy City drama “Chicago Med,” “NFL Sunday Night Football,” the upcoming sitcom “Truth Be Told” (formerly “People are Talking”), new dramas “Blindspot” and “The Player,” the made-for-NBC movie “Coat of Many Colors” (inspired by the music of Dolly Parton, who was on hand to promote the project), live comedy series “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris” (Harris is pictured at top) and the limited series “Heroes Reborn.”
It was a lot to process on Day 17 of the tour, after more than 125 press conferences plus other activities, not to mention daily and nightly writing, blogging, posting and tweeting.
Sometimes the scheduling of these things can’t be helped, as they involve dozens of different pieces of a complex puzzle that have to be put together to make them work. In this instance, NBC put together a very full and dynamic day, and it was not a failure by any means, but it probably wasn’t as effective as it could have been, coming at a time when most of the critics on hand were preoccupied with so much else including preparing to return home. (Also, quite a few critics left that morning, having assumed when the tour schedule was first released that the second of NBC’s two days would go to its cable networks and having opted to miss that one for whatever reason. Unfortunately, they ended up missing one of the most important days of the tour.)
Of course, someone at TCA gatherings has to go last, but better it be the cable portion of the tour, or PBS, because not every session during their days is one that is essential for many of the critics in attendance. (Personally, I hate to miss any of them, especially panels by PBS, because even if they don’t concern programs that I might choose to write about they are usually incredibly interesting and informative.)
This brings up an interesting point. The day-to-day buzz and excitement and forward-thinking of our media world tends to focus on the original programming available on premium and basic cable networks and streaming services. It’s all “Game of Thrones” and “Silicon Valley” and “Homeland” and “Masters of Sex” and “Fargo” and “American Horror Story” and “The Walking Dead” and “Better Call Saul” and “Outlander” and “Transparent” and “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black” and “The Daily Show” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”
And yet, even if HBO and Netflix and FX and the rest host very successful full days or individual sessions, they don’t necessarily fill to capacity the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton hotel (home of the summer TCA tour) or the Grand Ballroom at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena (site of the annual winter tour). Of course, certain HBO sessions do pack the place if they involve giant stars or major newsmakers, but they are the exceptions.
The bottom line is that, despite all the fretful prognostications about broadcasters lumbering off to the tar pits, for the media that covers television, as represented by the hundreds of critics and reporters who are members of the TCA and their employers, broadcast is still the game to beat, largely because the programming on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and The CW typically reaches audiences that are so large it eclipses everything else.
Also, as CBS’ Nina Tassler said during her session, “distinctions between television and streaming companies miss the point.” Broadcast programming doesn’t simply power broadcast networks; it also fuels a host of other established and emerging platforms and distribution services. As its tail grows increasingly longer it becomes increasingly important. And the best way for the press to get the jump on new broadcast fare is by attending broadcast days at TCA. Missing panels at this tour for ABC's "The Muppets" or Fox's "Scream Queens" would have been unthinkable.
The fact is, being in the room for presentations of frequently insipid sitcoms (many certain to be yanked or cancelled by Thanksgiving) still takes priority at most media outlets over sessions for new shows on Netflix or AMC or Starz. Does that explain the disproportionate emphasis on broadcast programming at TCA tours? It’s possible, but I think it’s more a matter of tradition – timeless, timely, tired or otherwise.
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The CRTC must reverse its decision that ends unlimited internet access plans offered by smaller internet providers or the federal government will intervene, Industry Minister Tony Clement says.
Clement told reporters Thursday that he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a clear signal Wednesday night "that we do expect the CRTC to reverse its decision and to basically go back to the drawing board on this issue, and if they do not do this, we wanted to make it clear cabinet would take its responsiblites to do the same."
Clement said he heard from Canadians on the issue.
"It's a huge issue for a country that wants to move forward on the internet for jobs, for creativity, for innovation," he said. "[We] felt the CRTC ruling would have a huge impact on consumers and would hurt small businesses, would hurt innovators and creators."
Clement said that while he understands bandwidth capacity is a problem, usage-based billing "is the wrong way to do it — to force a business model on independent service providers if they do not want to use that business model."
Clement also defended the government's intervention on a decision by the CRTC.
"There is always a healthy balance and tension between a regulator that is appointed and a government that is elected, and I'm sure 90 times out of a 100 the regulator may get it right. But there are times when we, acting on behalf of the government, have to weigh in. That's our responsibility and that's our role."
And as he has done several times in the last 24 hours, Clement took to Twitter to explain the decision Thursday afternoon: "[O]f course there are challenges ahead to give consumers more Internet access at reasonable cost. But CRTC decision wasn't the answer," he tweeted.
Clement made his decision public Wednesday evening on the social media tool.
Asked by the CBC's Rosemary Barton through Twitter whether it's true that Clement would overturn that decision if the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission does not back down, the industry minister replied: "True. CRTC must go back to drawing board."
Clement's comments came as CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein is set to testify before a House of Commons committee on Thursday.
Many small internet companies rent network access from Bell and then resell it to consumers or businesses at a discount. These small companies had been able to offer their customers unlimited internet access at a set rate.
But the CRTC recently ruled in favour of Bell, which wanted to put usage caps on the companies that rent its internet access. None of the big internet service providers such as Bell offer unlimited plans.
Bell had argued that extending usage-based billing to wholesale customers was necessary to discourage excessive internet use that caused congestion on its networks.
The ruling means these smaller internet companies can no longer offer unlimited usage plans. Their customers will now have to pay based on how much data they upload to and download from the internet.
The CRTC also said Bell would have to provide the smaller companies a 15 per cent discount on its rates.
According to Michael Geist, Canada research chair of internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, four per cent of Canadians use a smaller internet provider.
The larger providers have had user-based billing in place since 2006. User-based billing is not regulated by the CRTC, which only regulates the tariffs at which smaller providers buy their internet access from Bell.
But consumer and internet advocates have been lobbying hard against the decision, which they said would lead to higher prices and snuff out competition among internet service providers (ISPs.)
They also argued it would prevent consumers from taking advantage of new services such as Netflix, which allows users to stream high-definition movies and TV episodes over the internet to their television for a monthly flat rate.
OpenMedia.ca, a non-partisan group that drafted an online petition against usage-based billing, welcomed Clement's comments.
"Considering the lack of details, and a huge spectrum of possible actions before the government, OpenMedia.ca vows to increase the pressure until we see an end to unreasonable internet usage fees, and big telecom is held accountable to the public," the organization said in a press release Thursday.
More than 357,000 people had signed the petition as of early Thursday.


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About 20 college students from across the country — including Wells O’Byrne ’07 and Nathaniel Loewentheil ’07 — will convene at Columbia University today to draft legislation that would create a scholarship program for low-income students who want to attend non-profit colleges and universities.
The proposed National Tuition Endowment Bill of 2005, created by graduate students Nathan Walker and Baranda Fermin while they were attending Columbia Teachers College, aims to create an endowment of $30 billion for national tuition scholarships during the next 10 years. At today’s meeting, education researchers and legislative aides will advise the students on writing congressional bills, said Walker, who is the NTE executive director hosting the think tank.
Yale President Richard Levin said student participation on the act is a welcome development, given recent funding problems for student aid programs.
“I think it’s a great idea,” Levin said. “Student aid budgets have been squeezed for the last several years, and more public pressure to indicate how important this is would be nothing but positive.”
Walker said think-tank participants will divide into four groups to address specific issues including scholarship eligibility criteria, and plan to combine each portion into one legislative bill following the advisory orientation.
O’Byrne, who is Yale’s head delegate to the Ivy Council, said he is proud to work on legislation that has the potential to increase access for disadvantaged students.
“I think this could be a national movement to expand opportunities to people of lower socioeconomic backgrounds,” O’Byrne said. “It would definitely fit into the efforts that Yale is trying to promote through financial aid and the Student Ambassador program.”
Walker said NTE has contacted students in 12 states so far, and hopes to further increase support for the act through a grassroots effort. The next step will be to present the act to members of the Congressional Education and Appropriations committees to secure bipartisan sponsorship of the act, he said.
The scholarships would be available to community college students and students at four-year private colleges who are pursuing post-secondary education, Walker said, though they would exclude students attending for-profit institutions.
Interactions with university officials have offered an opportunity to shore up support for the bill across the country, said Holly Snow, a Barnard College student and co-chair of the student affairs committee for the Columbia University Senate.
“The potential is unlimited because every time we get a chance to talk to universities and student governments and professors and financial officers at schools, they get the idea and it’s an easy cause to get behind,” Snow said.
The source of money for the endowment would be a combination of savings and revenue, which together make up the “seven pillars” of income, NTE project director Matan Ariel said.
The savings tenets include refinancing interest on bonds for student loans, ending the tax-exempt status of bonds for private loan providers, removing the U.S. Treasury’s interest on Department of Education loans and eliminating public subsidies for student defaults on guaranteed loans, he said. The revenue “pillars” derive their funds from interest on student and parent loans and from federal loan consolidation, according to the NTE Web site.
Walker said the group will spend about four months soliciting sponsors for the bill after it is submitted.

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Actress Rakhi Sawant, who was present at the star-studded success party of ‘RRR’ to gross Rs 1000 crore worldwide, in Mumbai, had taken the opportunity to interact with Ram Charan and Jr NTR.
Though it was a short conversation, the video of Ram Charan and NTR interacting with Rakhi has now become viral on social media.
There are also present many popular actors, actresses, directors, and producers including Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Huma Qureshi, and this bash was organized by Producer Jayantilal Gada.
The super excited Rakhi was spotted interacting with Ram Charan, as she congratulated him on the huge success of ‘RRR’. “Will you please do ‘Naatu Naatu’ step with me?”, Rakhi had requested Ram Charan.
As Ram Charan was among a huge crowd, he politely said that he could not dance.
Jr NTR, who was surrounded by hundreds of people, had also posed for a selfie video with Rakhi Sawant, as she is seen congratulating him for ‘RRR’.


Imperfect Paradise Host Antonia Cereijido speaks with philosopher and author of Elite Capture: How The Powerful Took over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) Olúfemi O. Táíwò. They examine the question: are identity politics over? It’s a question that was raised and we began to explore with Imperfect Paradise’s Nury & The Secret Tapes series. Antonia examines that question more deeply with Táíwò and presses him on why he believes identity politics have failed to deliver on their promise to create greater social equity and what he thinks is the more effective political alternative. Antonia’s conversation with Táíwò kicks off the first Imperfect Inquiry, a recurring Imperfect Paradise segment in which Antonia interviews thinkers, experts, and stakeholders on themes, issues, and questions that we examine on the show.
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Retired Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Ito, only the fourth Japanese American to be promoted to the rank of general in the U.S. military, died Jan. 26 at the age of 90.
Ito began his military career in 1951 when he joined the Hawai‘i Army National Guard as a field artillery officer. He spent 37 years as a commissioned officer in the National Guard. He also served as deputy adjutant general during his career. Ito retired in 1988.
Gen. Ito played a key role in managing the transition of Mainland National Guard artillery units to solid fuel ground-to-air Nike Hercules missiles as a deterrent against long-range Soviet bombers during the Cold War. From 1962 to 1966, he was on active duty as a major assigned to the Pentagon to manage the multimillion-dollar conversion of National Guard Nike Ajax on the Mainland to the Nike Hercules missile system. The Nike missile program was terminated in 1974 when intercontinental ballistic missiles were introduced.
Retired Hawai‘i Army National Guard chief of staff Col. Gerald Silva remembered Ito “as a pioneer when he served at the National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon (in the 1960s). He was one of the rising stars at the national level when Army National Guard units across the country took on the active air defense of their areas — a role that had traditionally been handled by active Army units.” Silva said the Hawai‘i National Guard operated missile sites on O‘ahu that were “the centerpiece of the Hawai‘i Air Defense system.” The units achieved national recognition. “In partnership with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s fighter units, Hawai‘i became the first area in the United States where the complete air defense system was operated by the National Guard,” Silva said.
Ito was born in Honolulu and graduated from Mid-Pacific Institute and the University of Hawai‘i.
Memorial services for Gen. Ito were held March 12. He is survived by his wife Doris and three children: daughters Merrie Chung and Alison Kevern and son Wendell. — Gregg K. Kakesako


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As at 2022, Kat Cunningham is 32 years of age.
Katrina Cunningham known as Kat Cunningham for short, born on November 12, 1989 is an American actor, a model and a musician.
They performed in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016), Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, and NYC’s Sleep No More.
Kat starred in the recurring role of Christina Furgo in the subsequent two seasons of The Deuce on HBO starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
More recently, Kat appeared as the mysterious chanteuse Sabine in the Netflix series Trinkets based on the books by Kirsten Smith.

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- Tools furnished: Base,
resizing cylinder, adjustable pushing tool, case ejecting rod, primer cap ejection rod,
case (center) versus a vintage Adams model (left) and a modern production (right)
Our bullet is copper
jacketed and deeply hollowed
The resizing cylinder is used at one of its opening to guide the bullet inside the shell and in the other to resize the fired shell if necessary. The pushing tool is a rod which is threaded on its upper end. On the threaded section is attached a central round nut that will can be positioned to mark the correct seating of the bullet inside the shell. Once the right positioning of the round nut is reached, the two polygonal nuts are used to lock it.
The cylinder opening used to install the bullet inside the shell is marked with two external grooves. When pushing a shell through this opening, it is eventually stopped by a tapered abutment used for the crimping (if necessary).
The cylinder opening used to resize the shell has no external groove. The fired shell is simply pushed through this opening until its rim comes in abutment against the cylinder. It is wise to lube the shell's external surface before pushing it inside this opening of the cylinder. This will help the ejecting rod to push it out.
The ejecting rod is a mere piece of steel calibrated to enter inside the shell. When the shell is locked by friction in the resizing opening of the cylinder, the rod is entered by the other opening of the cylinder and is used with a mallet to expulse the shell.
The base is used to position the shell vertically in its central recess. A shoulder is available to receive the both side of the cylinder.
"Crimping" washers inside the base central recess
The powder measure is a simple means to pour the powder inside the shell. It must not be taken for a precise tool intended to provide the exact quantity of powder. The four washers provided are used to raise the bottom level of the base central recess for crimping purpose.
The primer cap ejection rod is used to push out the exploded primer cap. To ease the de-capping, the shell can be positioned on the base which has its central recess drilled throughout.
As to the quantity of powder to pour inside the shell, as far as black powder is concerned there is only one rule: No pocket of air left between the upper level of the powder and the base of the bullet. This means that if you desire to make a weaker cartridge, you let drop a small quantity of powder in the case, and you fill the remaining empty area to reach the bullet base with another neutral powder like kapok fiber for instance.
The bullets provided in this kit have their base deeply hollowed. If one decides to install the priming cap first, this will render the evaluation of the right quantity of powder more difficult because of the pocket of air inside the bullet that must be taken into account. The most easiest way to circumvent this issue is to fill the bullet base with a plug of toilet paper. From then on, the bullet making can follow a very classical way as explained below.
Cartridge case slid inside
the resizing opening of the cylinder
The primer used for these cartridge is of the "Large Pistol" type. When the priming cap is correctly positioned on the opening of the primer pocket, it must be pressed inside it. There is many ways to perform this operation, but one of the most secure is to use a vise. Note, that the pictures just below relates to another centerfire caliber. In the .450 caliber, it is the resizing opening of the cylinder (no external grooves) must be used to hold the shell.
The whole assembly (resizing tool and cartridge) is positioned between the jaws of the vise, and the priming cap is gently forced inside the case pocket.
Install the primed case on the base ring as shown above, and fill the case with black powder until reaching the limit of the bullet seating (must be evaluated before). The primer measure furnished with the kit can be used as a mere spoon, it was not calibrated for the exact quantity of powder.
Engage now the base of the lead bullet in the mouth of the case with its load of powder. Try to position the bullet as most vertical as possible to ease the next step.
Put the resizing tool above the base ring so as to surround the cartridge. Note, that the two external grooves of the cylinder are below.
Take now the seating rod, and let it drop inside the resizing tool until it is stopped by the bullet. The gap (red arrow) between the cylinder upper edge and the cylindrical nut of the seating rod provides the deepness of the seating. This gap must be adjusted to meet the desired requirements. Once the gap is considered as correct, the cylindrical nut is locked by the two other polygonal nuts. With a nylon mallet strike now the seating rod until it comes in abutment against the top of the cylinder.
Cartridge removed from the cylinder
Once the bullet is seated, the cartridge is removed from the cylinder. It is ready for firing but the bullet is not crimped
If you desire to have the cartridge the most powerful possible, you have to pour enough powder to fill the shell and also the deep recess of the bullet base. This can be hardly done if the primer is already installed because you have to push the bullet without being very sure if the powder inside the case will correctly fill the bullet recess. Therefore the best way is to let the case unprimed, and start the making process by seating the bullet on the empty case.
When the bullet is seated, you engage the cartridge in one of the ends of the cylinder for sake of a better stability. You let then drop the powder by the primer pocket central hole, until complete filling of the shell. You are now certain that there is no gap of air between the powder and the bullet. The next step is to install the primer. This must be performed a little bit more cautiously because of the powder already present inside the shell.
If you make powerful cartridges, it is perhaps wise to crimp the bullet in order to prevent any unseating because of the recoil. The crimping is a mere reduction of the case diameter (generally at the mouth) to increase the grasping of the bullet in this area.
The four washers provided with the kit must be positioned inside the base central recess in order to raise its bottom.
The cartridge must be entered in the cylinder by the opening with the two external grooves and the whole is positioned on the base with the washers. There is consequently a small gap between the lower edge of the cylinder and the upper edge of the base central recess.
Crimped cartridge expelled by the seating rod
The cylinder must be pressed (using a vise or a mallet) against the base. The tapered abutment inside the cylinder will compress the shell opening edge against the bullet. Of course, the mouth of the shell will remain wedged inside the cylinder. To expel the cartridge, just push it using the seating rod.
- Removal of the fired primer
Removal of the crushed primer cap
After firing, in order to re-use the case, the primer must be first removed. This can be done using the short rod with a thinned extremity. The case is positioned on the base ring, and the de-capping rod is introduced inside the case. The thin extremity bears against the inner face of the primer cap. You have just to tap in the rod until the primer is pushed out of the case pocket.
The cartridge case, which is very strongly made, is generally only very slightly widened by the explosion and could probably be re-used without resizing. If resizing proves necessary, it can be done using the resizing tool. Clean the case, and lube it on its external face. Then enter it in the extremity of the cylinder which opposite to the one with the external grooves. Press the case until being in abutment against the cylinder opening. This should be done more easily using a vise (with padded jaws), but a nylon mallet can also be used.
To push out the resized shell, use the intended rod provided in the kit.
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My parents gave me my name. My mom named me after some forgotten member of their church I never met. My dad named me after the trickster, the shittiest family man in all scripture—who somehow was the steward of God’s love for this whole hot mess. I like to think I take after the former. More Jake than Jacob.
I love my name: Jake Tucker. It fits. It’s in the right key. Lately I’ve noticed some darker harmonies, the bass loitering just under the melody. That name Jacob is sticky. It’s sad and old and meaningful and I can’t shake it. My dad gave me a lot of things that have stuck. Things I’ve wanted to disown. Things that make me proud. And few things I don’t know what to make of.
Some of those things are stuff. I like stuff. It’s hold-able—has weight and color. After my dad died I got a lot of stuff. Stuff saturated in him: smells and stories. Stuff I am reluctantly seeing myself in. Stuff connecting me to him. Relics.
My dad used to fingerpick minor chords on his blonde Washburn acoustic guitar in his lonely office on wallowing evenings, usually just before Mom came home. My sister and I would watch TV and feel his sadness peak around the corner during commercial breaks and watch us like a gambler at the horse track.
After Hamburger Helper dinners, Mom would watch TV upstairs, Dad would retire to his office, and, on our cordial nights, sister and me would argue about what to watch. Sad lived in the walls and under the floorboards; like a family of rats we all ignored out of lethargy. Mom was angry-sad. Dad was self-pity. Sister and me were anxious. We heard them all scurrying through the walls whenever Mom sighed or Dad picked-up that guitar.
That sad worked its way into me. I think that’s where my predilection for Elliott Smith and Cool Ranch Doritos came from—like sitting in my Dad’s office closet spying and listening to him mumble Kingston Trio songs.
That guitar sits in a pile of miscellaneous mess now in my room. I tuned it yesterday—took me an hour. I picked at the corner of his rainbow “Praise the Lord” sticker, but decided to leave it. I don’t remember him ever singing a gospel song—but I think (hope) he wanted to. I just heard him sing: “Hang down your head Tom Dooley. Hang down your head and cry.” That chorus frightened me. There was deception in my dad’s melancholy chewing through the walls in a trembling tenor.
That same sadness is still in the guitar—spent and used, like a hurricane turned drizzle. No fright left in it. Self-pity’s trick uncovered—like Leah in the morning, a blessing unlooked for.
I looked up the chords to Tom Dooley today, sang along under my breath, and finger-picked as best I could. I felt the same sadness like family—his story in mine. That guitar has amazing resonance.
I caught my first fish on my first try. I left my line dangling with a red egg behind a rock on Troublesome Creek. I skipped stones. Rock-hopped. Explored the chattering stream. When I came back, a fingerling silver and green fish was flopping on my hook. My dad came to get it off the hook; I held the pole while my dad maneuvered the fish free. I lost interest, moved the pole, and the hook sunk into my dad’s thumb. Deep. Blood oozed out, dribbling into the creek. Dark. Dad cringed, winced with a clenched jaw.
That was the first fishing trip. The annual event soon had merchandise—wide-brimmed tan canvas hats, matching t-shirts “I’d rather be fishing with my dad/little buddy.” For some reason we wore the shirts fishing.
We took our last trip ten years ago. My dad got us new hats. I wouldn’t wear mine, said something about the style and fit. Navy blue. Avid Angler Fly Fishing Outfitters logo with ruddy streamer. I couldn’t bring myself to wear it. Wearing it would have said we were ok. By that time, we were not ok.
Every year after, my dad would ask about a fishing trip. And I was busy. The thought of days alone, hours in the car, with him—made me cringe.
When I found his hat amongst all the stuff, I bit my lip, clenched jaw. Remembered all those conversations, busy schedules. Denied requests. His persistence. Ignoring the broke us. His thumb bleeding into the creek, face wincing in pain.
I wear that hat everyday. The crown is fading towards tan. If it still fit, I’d wear the t-shirt too.
My mom sold the house earlier this summer. I drove down to help her move. We slept in the living room after the move. A slumber party with sleeping bags and movies. The house was empty. I took the chance to remember. All the mixed feelings I had were in a quiet mood, tamed by acceptance, nothing to be scared of.
I investigated the scene. The scars on the fir trees that held the tree house dad and I built. The outline of tiny hands in the concrete. The crawl space that kept my dad’s secrets. The lawn swallowed up by moss. This was pilgrimage—following the steps of my dad. His miracles and the stations of his cross.

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Mercedes GP boss Ross Brawn has confirmed that the team will decide its driver line-up “later in the season”, while the team’s improved form has been put down to a new exhaust configuration it ran at the British Grand Prix.
The new exhaust design fitted to the team’s W02 challengers – believed to be similar in concept to those used by Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and McLaren – has been done with the aim of improving the efficiency of its blown diffuser.
Despite some struggles for Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in qualifying and the early stages of the race, their mid- and late-race pace was very promising.
And with the FIA having reversed its ban on off-throttle exhaust-blowing, this could be of further benefit to the Silver Arrows.
“We are on a new path with the exhaust system,” Brawn said after the race. “With the system we had before we had explored most of the potential of it, and we were finding it very difficult to make progress.
“The new exhaust system is quite encouraging because we are seeing greater levels of potential with the new system than we saw with the old system. I am optimistic we will find some good advances with the system.”
Meanwhile, on the driver line-up front, Brawn has again confirmed that it will be Michael Schumacher’s decision alone if he is remain in F1 for the third season of his comeback contract.
“He has a three year contract with Mercedes, and we are very happy with him,” Brawn told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“But if he feels that he doesn’t want to do it any more, then we need to talk about it. You can’t force somebody to do something,” he added.
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Part 2 of 2 from Dukes of Hazzard's episode Double Sting. The unbelievably scrumptious Daisy is still being held by the villains after hiding on the roof of their RV and spying on them. And now, as punishment for her escape attempt, she's tied with a fishing line while the bad guys contemplate sinking her into the lake. But miss Dukes is not so easily intimidated!
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Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am Mohamed Aslam. I am a simple Indian who loves writing. I don’t want to bore you with my bio data. I love Coffee, the important criteria for an author. My writings are based on different genre. My first book is “A Road to the life I want” a mystery novel. I love surprising people with my writing. So my novels as never expected.
My simple belief is doing what you love. Yes, I am really passionate about writing.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My fascination for books started during my school days. I loved reading books. I used to write poems and short stories during my school days.
I started my writing career in Wattpad. I have completed one book, ‘A Road to the Life I Want’ and it is available in Amazon (Ebook and Paperback). My writings are based on different genres.
I want to give the reader a new experience to live. I love writing because it gives a chance to live many characters. It creates a new experience to the Author as well as the Reader. I am currently writing “20 days to die”…
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I don’t have any favourite authors. I read all types of book. But My favorite genre is Mystery/thriller. I was inspired by my mother. She is the reason I started reading books and started writing.
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I am currently working on “20 days to die”. You can find my novel on Wattpad. The story is based on a person who is going to die within 20 days due to a brain cancer. His life changes when he discovers that death is on his door. What will he do in the last few days of his life? What can a person do with only 20 days to live. What will you do?
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Aaron Arrowsmith. “China.” From A New and Elegant General Atlas by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Petersburg and Norfolk: Conrad & Co., 1804. 9 5/8 x 7 7/8. Engraving by J.H. Seymour. Very good condition.
An excellent map of China from an early Anglo-American atlas. The maps were the works of Aaron Arrowsmith, one of the foremost cartographers of his era, and Samuel Lewis, one of the leaders in the nascent American cartographic field. This map is a fine example of Arrowsmith’s output, with detail of rivers, lakes, political divisions, cities and towns clearly and precisely presented. Also shown are the major mountain ranges crossing the country.

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San Antonio officials are shutting down the Alamo Plaza for the next five nights amid continued protests over George Floyd’s death. Heads up for your Monday morning commute, a massive accident caused major delays on the I-610 West Loop. SkyEye video showed the massive pileup with five or six cars on the West Loop at Bissonnet. All The eastbound lanes of the Sam Houston Parkway feeder were closed Sunday morning due to a rollover crash involving two vehicles. It happened in the 10900 block of Antoine Drive some time before 11:30
After a demonstration against police violence blocked traffic in Austin on Interstate 35, police used tear gas and rubber bullets. A great road trip is more than getting from point A to point B. It functions as a restart button; a cruise control for the mind. But it’s also a chance to gain inspiration, connect with a corner of
On a beautiful summer’s day the Kalamazoo Farmers Market might draw 5,000 people. This market season that will not be the case as physical distance is maintained. On this day two years ago, May 28, 2018, the Houston Rockets set an NBA playoff record by missing 27 consecutive 3-pointers in their Game 7 loss to the Warriors in the Western Conference finals. The
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Flann O'Brien, the principal pseudonym of Brian O'Nolan, otherwise Brain O'Nuallain Biography
(1911–66), the principal pseudonym of Brian O'Nolan, otherwise Brain O'Nuallain
Irish novelist and humorist, born at Strabane in Co. Tyrone; from the age of 13 he grew up in Dublin, where he was educated at Blackrock College and University College. In 1935 he entered the Department of Local Government in Dublin, where he remained until his retirement through ill-health in 1953. At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), his highly unusual first novel, was favourably received. He was deeply discouraged by his publishers' rejection of The Third Policeman (1967), the posthumously published novel which is widely regarded as his masterpiece. In consequence, he resorted to journalism as a channel; under the pseudonym ‘Myles na Gopaleen’, his ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’ column appeared in the Irish Times from 1940 until the year of his death. The articles, initially in Gaelic and subsequently in English, became celebrated for their wittily acerbic commentaries on Irish affairs in general and the cultural life of Dublin in particular; na Gopaleen's columns are collected as The Best of Myles (1968), Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn (1976), and The Hair of the Dogma (1977). He also wrote for a number of other Irish newspapers under a range of pseudonyms including ‘George Knowall’ and ‘Lir O'Connor’. In 1943 three of O'Brien's plays were produced in Dublin, two of which, Thirst and Faustus Kelly, are included in Stories and Plays (1973). An Beal Bocht (1941), a novel in Gaelic issued under the na Gopaleen pseudonym and translated by P. C. Power as The Poor Mouth (1974), is among the finest of his works; its assault on the Free State's institutionalized versions of Gaelic culture takes the form of a hyperbolically unrelenting portrayal of life in the far west of Ireland as a rain-sodden ordeal of privation. The acclaim which greeted At Swim-Two-Birds upon its reissue in 1960 had a stimulating effect on O'Brien, who had long felt disregarded as a novelist. The Hard Life (1961) conducts its ‘exegesis of squalor’ with characteristically mordant humour and bizarre narrative developments; although considered the weakest of his books, The Dalkey Archive (1964), in which James Joyce is found to be alive and working as a barman, is rich in fantastic strategies. His reputation as one of the most important Irish writers of fiction to succeed Joyce now seems assured. Of a number of books published on O'Brien the fullest and most authoritative is the biography No Laughing Matter (1989) by Anthony Cronin.
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If you’re a fan of action movies and TV comedy, you’ve probably heard of Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza. Over the years, the two have made a name for themselves with notable projects such as Avengers: Age of Ultron and Parks and Recreation. While Olsen and Plaza have pursued different genres in film and television, their paths eventually crossed while filming Ingrid Goes West in 2017. Prior to the release of the aforementioned project, pop culture enthusiasts couldn’t get enough of the duo’s hilarious off-camera friendship. While a few co-stars met early in filming, Olsen and Plaza’s friendship grew out of a one-off encounter in LA
During an interview with W Magazine, Olsen revealed that they first met at the Mohalk General Store in Silver Lake. “I was just out shopping with my friends,” Plaza added. In response, Olsen revealed that the two had a mutual acquaintance. “And I knew one of your friends and we all met. Then that was it. But that was a long time ago,” she explained.
Luckily for fans obsessed with their friendship, there are plenty of moments that prove Olsen and Plaza are far from just co-stars.
Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza’s friendship blossomed during Ingrid Goes West
In 2017, moviegoers were introduced to Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen’s hit dark comedy Ingrid Goes West for the first time. Set in LA, the film follows Plaza’s titular character and her strained relationship with social media influencer Taylor Sloane (Olsen). While the two shared a destructive and manipulative friendship on film, their real-life relationship off-camera was the complete opposite.
In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Olsen and Plaza gushed about becoming obsessed with each other while filming the aforementioned movie. “I think I became obsessed with getting a reaction from Aubrey, making her uncomfortable,” the WandaVision star explained. Plaza echoed similar sentiments, revealing that she had Olsen’s picture as her lock screen. “I’m obsessed with everything. It’s me! Look at her. She’s beautiful, she’s talented, she goes far.”
The set of “Ingrid Goes West” wouldn’t be the last time Plaza showed her “obsession” with the “Godzilla” star. During the film’s Los Angeles premiere, the Parks and Recreation star showed up in the same Marc Jacobs ensemble as Olsen – leading to a hilarious interaction between the two. “I don’t know how that happened. I think we just have good taste,” Plaza coyly told the Associated Press. In response, Olsen described the Legion star as “crazy,” before playfully opening up about her own obsession with Plaza. “I love you to. I have a comfortable place outside of her home,” she told the news outlet.
Fans have dumped Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza as a couple
Since starring in Ingrid Goes West, Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen have been labeled “Friendship Targets” due to their hilarious interviews together. However, their various appearances together have also prompted some fans on social media to post the two as true romantic partners. One Twitter user wrote, “The fact that Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen are both married and not to each other pains me.” Another fan tweeted, “I hit my all time low watching videos of Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen, who yearn to be together.”
While the two acclaimed actors are both in committed relationships, Plaza has previously expressed interest in marrying Olsen. During her 2020 appearance on Stir Crazy with Scott Horowitz, the Black Bear actor performed Married, F**k or Kill – with Scarlet Witch, The Wicked Witch of the West and Maleficent as her choices. When asked about Olsen’s character, Plaza said she would “marry The Scarlett Witch” before extending the sentiment to Olsen. “If I could have Elizabeth Olsen as my wife, my life would be destined. She would be the best woman I could ever dream of,” she revealed.
While Plaza and Olsen may never walk down the aisle, fans can still appreciate their iconic friendship through “Ingrid Goes West” and various compilations of their interviews.


Here is the fourth item from my "Albany Insider" column that was cut for space from the print editions:
James Skoufis, a third-year Orange County state assemblyman that Senate Democrats hope will challenge a longtime GOP senator seen as potentially vulnerable, has told his would-be opponent he will not run against him in 2016, according to a source briefed on the conversation.
The source said Skoufis personally delivered the news to Sen. William Larkin (R-Orange County) during a recent meeting between the two. Larkin has said he intends to run for a 14th term next year.
Contacted by the Daily News, Skoufis said he and Larkin "speak all the time."
"We work quite well together, but in terms of next year, I haven't made any political decisions yet," he said. "It's too soon."
Senate Dems have targeted the Larkin seat as they attempt to win control of the chamber in the 2016 elections. Skoufis confirmed the Senate Dems have been courting him to run for the seat next year.
At 28, Skoufis is the youngest member of the Legislature.
He seemed to hint that if Larkin, who is serving his 13th two-year term in the Senate, ultimately decides not to run, it would be an easier decision whether to make a bid for the Senate.
"An open seat is very different than running against an incumbent," he said.
And given his young age, some say Skoufis could be willing to wait another two years to take his shot at the Senate out of deference to Larkin, a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
Republicans say the fact Skoufis, according to the source, told Larkin directly he would not challenge him is a blow to the Dems, coming weeks after the GOP won a commanding victory in a special Senate election in the Binghamton area.
One source with ties to the Senate Dems say they feel confident they can claim the Larkin seat whether Skoufis runs or not. The source said he seen data showing that Larkin is weak against "multiple opponents." He did not provide the numbers.
Also, the Dem said, Larkin defeated a Democrat with little institutional backing by only a narrow 52.5% to 47.5% margin in 2012, which was the last presidential year that often benefits Democrats when it comes to turnout.
"Bill Larkin is a flawed candidate in a Democratic district," said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.


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Hey, NFT buyer. How’s your day going? Can we talk for a minute?
I know enough about what NFTs are, so no need to explain it (again). What I want to talk to you about is all the other ways you could spend your money on art that directly and indirectly improves your life and the lives of those around you.
I’d like to introduce you to the idea of art as a social investment, rather than an economic investment. Sounds weird to you, huh? Stick with me, it’ll all make sense soon.
You know how you spent anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars on nonfungible tokens attached to copies of digital art made from a template? Well, what if I told you you could have invested that money into artists, creators, and other people who are creating thought pieces, theatrical productions, works of comedy, podcasts, films, novels, music, games, and countless other nonfungible art that benefits us all?
“But how does some weird play or nerdy D&D game or podcast benefit me,” you ask? I’m glad you asked that question, my bro/sis/pal.
We’re all living through a pandemic that has gone on so long we can’t remember what it was like to not have to wear a mask in the grocery store. How many times did you turn to music, Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, film, your favorite podcast, or to Etsy to buy some comforting thing for your apartment whose walls you’ve spent eons of time within? Those are all made by people who need to pay their bills and need money to buy food, medicine, clothes, and furniture. And most of the time, you willingly consume the fruits of their labor for free.
Independent artists are very likely the same people who, in 5-10 years, with some luck and grit (and YOUR support) could very well be creating their own Netflix shows, charting on the Billboard Hot 100, or selling their designs to a major fashion label. Wouldn’t it be cool if your NFT money could instead invest directly in these artists; giving back to those people who kept our spirits, hearts, and minds afloat during this difficult time, and ensuring they can continue making art for all of us to enjoy? Wouldn’t it be super awesome to make sure they can keep making the art that we can turn to when life gets hard, or boring, or when we simply just want to laugh and feel good?
Below are some ways you can support independent artists and creators of all kinds. Have at it! That NFT money is burning a hole in the environment somewhere!
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CashApp/Venmo/Paypal/Zelle gifts/donations directly to artists (they often link this information on their social media)
Additionally, you can buy artwork (physical, digital, or any combo thereof) directly from artists. You can even commission custom pieces to give as gifts! Cool, right? Why not skip the NFT farms cranking out images from a template, and instead commission original art directly from a creative artist? It’s a thrill you don’t want to miss out on.
At the end of the day, it’s your choice what to do with your spending money. Once you’ve done all the responsible adult things like paying bills and donating to worthy causes, I hope you’ll consider including artists and creators as recipients of your hard-earned discretionary funds. After all, you’ve been consuming and benefiting from the hard work of artists and creators your entire life.


On Saturday, September 9, Joe Crawford, Republican candidate for the 44th House seat, will Meet.The.Bloggers*.
Crawford is a first-time candidate and is taking on Vernon Sykes, who formerly held this seat.
This interview will immediately follow the 10am intervirew with Summit County Council candidate Ilene Shapiro.
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600-year-old linen bras found in Austrian castleBreaking News
A revolutionary discovery is rewriting the history of underwear: Some 600 years ago, women wore bras.
The University of Innsbruck said Wednesday that archeologists found four linen bras dating from the Middle Ages in an Austrian castle. Fashion experts describe the find as surprising because the bra had commonly been thought to be only little more than 100 years old as women abandoned the tight corset.
Instead, it appears the bra came first, followed by the corset, followed by the reinvented bra.
One specimen in particular "looks exactly like a (modern) brassiere," says Hilary Davidson, fashion curator for the London Museum. "These are amazing finds."
Although the linen garments were unearthed in 2008, they did not make news until now says Beatrix Nutz, the archaeologist responsible for the discovery....
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Meet the new 207 at Geneva Peugeot takes the covers off its new 207 at the Swiss show.
On sale in both three and five-door form in the UK this June, the 207 will be sold alongside the 206, its smaller predecessor, for a while.
There are six engines available from the car's launch: three petrol engines and three diesels. The cheapest petrol and diesel motors offer 75bhp and 70bhp respectively, while outputs of 90bhp and 110bhp are provided for both fuels further up the range.
What about a 207 GTi? Almost certainly – and it might take a few styling cues from this 207 RCup that's also on show at Geneva.
Don't expect the 280bhp in the racecar 207 to work its way under the bonnet of the GTi, however. The GTi is likely to get a 170bhp from a newly-developed 1.6-litre petrol that will also be sold in 115bhp and 150bhp outputs.
And convertibles and estates? Yes – the new 207 CC is highly likely to make its debut at the Paris Motor Show, but you might have to wait until 2007 to get a look at the SW estate.


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Failed state: Can DR Congo recover?
Published: 21st Nov 2011 07:43:48
As the Democratic Republic of Congo prepares for just its second general elections in four decades on 28 November, Congolese affairs analyst Theodore Trefon considers whether this failed state, still recovering from a war which led to an estimated four million deaths, can ever be rebuilt.
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo expect very little from the state, government or civil servants.
In fact, ordinary Congolese often repeat expressions like "the state is dying but not yet dead" or "the state is ever present but completely useless".
It seems they also expect little from the upcoming elections and there can be little argument that DR Congo is indeed a failed state.
Ordinary citizens are poor, hungry and under-informed.
The government is unable to provide decent education or health services.
The country - two-thirds of the size of western Europe - is a battleground.
People scramble to survive in the unpitying urban informal economy, such as Toussaint, a teenage boy who lives in the capital, Kinshasa.
He sells peanuts in the poor district of Masina to help his mother raise money to feed his younger brother and sisters.
The citizens of DR Congo pray to be delivered from the brutal militias that still control parts of the eastern provinces, where rape has become so commonplace that one senior UN official called the country "the rape capital of the world".
The Democratic Republic of Congo covers 2,344,858 square km of land in the centre of Africa, making it the 12th largest country in the world.
I asked a university colleague if he thought things could get worse.
Well, there was an eclipse that day”
"When you are rock bottom, you can still dig deeper," was his response.
Public administration is in shambles. Civil servants have mutated into predators.
Ferdinand Munguna is a retired railway worker in Lubumbashi, the mineral capital of DR Congo in the south of the country.
He has to bribe the man working in the pension office who requires "motivation" before processing the old man's file. Mr Munguna complains that his pension is "hardly enough to buy soap".
Starting a business in DR Congo takes 65 days compared to the sub-Saharan African average of 40 days. In neighbouring Rwanda it takes three days.
And guess which country has one of the worst air safety records worldwide?
The prestigious Foreign Policy magazine's Failed States Index puts DR Congo in the critically failed category. Only Somalia, Chad and Sudan (when it included South Sudan) have worse rankings.
The recently released UNDP report on human development indicators put the former Belgian colony at the bottom of the 187 countries it surveyed.
On the political front, President Joseph Kabila has shown much more interest in regime consolidation than implementing his five-point development agenda - which most Congolese consider more as a political slogan than a development initiative.
When criticised, Mr Kabila's henchmen resort to the ultimate force of dissuasion.
Take Zoe Kabila, the president's brother, who ordered his Republican Guard escort to beat up two traffic officers because they did not give his 4X4 priority.
Usually immune to the brutality of the security forces, even people in Kinshasa were shocked by this incident at a busy downtown intersection.
Numerous cases of journalist beatings and killings have also been reported.
Floribert Chebeya, a highly respected human rights activist was murdered, allegedly by members of the president's inner circle.
Poor leadership is a major problem for DR Congo.
In the absence of a functioning state or similar, even the best-intended projects can have perverse side effects if they are carried out without comprehensive feasibility studies or efforts to understand local culture and practices.
An international medical NGO provided mosquito nets to a poor village in the Upemba region of Katanga. Many lakeside villages in the mineral-rich province suffer from a high rate of malaria-induced child mortality. Sleeping inside these nets is the best way to avoid mosquito bites and malaria. But this laudable action created a human and ecological catastrophe.
As the mosquito nets were free and abundant, fisherman used them as fishing nets. Given their extremely fine mesh, not only were fish removed from the lake but all other forms of micro-fauna and micro-flora too. The lake gradually became covered with a black scum. Villagers lost their sources of livelihood and food supply.
It took a Belgian priest two years to get the villagers, who believed they had been cursed, to realise what had happened and before the lake was able to regenerate.
There are few figures on the political landscape with vision, leaders able to bring an end to corrupt government, reduce poverty, solve the country's security problems or improve the well-being of ordinary people.
DR Congo bashing has become a mantra amongst academics, humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policy makers.
But I think that this is unfair.
While it is important to maintain pressure on Kinshasa's unabashedly corrupt political establishment, we also have to consider the country's troubled past.
Few societies have accumulated so many woes.
Those old enough to remember say the whip and chain is what they associate most with Belgian colonialism.
Others however are nostalgic and wish for the Belgians to return to solve the country's problems.
Cold War policies facilitated the maintenance of the brutal dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko.
He ruled what was then named Zaire for 32 years, supported by the West because of Cold War strategic interests.
Two wars - the liberation war that toppled Mobutu and "Africa's first world war", from 1997-2002 - are overwhelming obstacles to development, state-building and well-being.
DR Congo is also victim to what is commonly referred to as "the resource curse". The central government cannot control borders with its nine neighbours.
Much of DR Congo's coltan, a mineral used in computers and mobiles, is illegally exported through Rwanda. Precious tropical hardwoods are siphoned off through Uganda.
DR Congo's financial and technical partners - the so called "international community" - are also to blame.
They have no master plan for reform. They do not share a common vision and often implement contradictory programmes.
Belgium supported the idea of decentralisation arguing that it could bring government accountability down to the grassroots level. The World Bank blocked the process.
Bank experts have some control of the treasury in Kinshasa but they have absolutely no idea of how resources in the provinces are managed.
Data collection is a surreal concept in DR Congo - many offices do not have electricity, let alone computers.
Absence of national sovereignty is another hallmark of a failed state.
DR Congo is a country under international trusteeship. Important decisions are taken by World Bank technocrats, UN officials and increasingly by international NGOs.
When the electoral campaign officially opened last month, candidates travelled to Europe and the US to garner support.
The UN mission, Monusco, is playing a key logistical role in the elections by transporting ballot boxes across the vast nation. People would not be able to vote without this kind of support.
Whatever accountability there is in DR Congo is directed towards international backers, not the Congolese people.
Congolese authorities have abdicated from the development agenda.
Road rehabilitation and bridge building have been delegated to the World Bank and Belgian Technical Cooperation.
Monusco is supposed to look after the security sector. The World Health Organization and medical NGOs try to deal with the public health challenges.
The UK is involved in reinforcing governance programmes, while churches provide primary education.
The state is an absentee landlord - outside partners do its work.
So DR Congo is on an artificial life-support system. But replacing the state, or acting on its behalf, is not viable in the long-term. It undermines state-building momentum.
Sources: Estimated figures from the UN and World Bank
DR Congo and its partners are clearly confronted by the tragedy of powerlessness.
The system is such that when things do not work, go wrong or do not move forward, it is never really anyone's fault.
There are plenty of good excuses. A colleague told me when asked why he did not show up for an appointment: "Well, there was an eclipse that day."
While DR Congo is clearly a failed state, Congolese society has not failed.
On the contrary it is strong, vibrant, dynamic, tolerant and generous. People have a sense of taking charge of their own destinies.
Women form rotating credit systems to compensate for the absence of an accessible banking system.
Farmers band together to hire a lorry to get their cassava or charcoal from the central city of Kikwit to market in Kinshasa.
Bebe, who lives in the Paris suburb of Griney, sends money home to Kasai via Western Union. Some months it contributes to school fees, others it pays for medicines for her ailing mother-in-law.
Her father will spend some of it on Primus, the beer of choice in Kinshasa.
"Elikia" means hope in Lingala and there is much of it throughout the country.
Hopes for positive change will come from the people, not from the Congolese political establishment, and certainly not from outside interventions.
Theodore Trefon is senior researcher at the Royal Museum for Central Africa and author of the blog Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure.
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Alexander Machkevitch, Honorary President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), and EAJC Chairman Aaron G. Frenkel visited the refugees and congratulated them on moving to the next stage of the Canadian asylum process. Machkevitch and Frenkel were instrumental in arranging the refugees’ entry to countries bordering Afghanistan, as part of their evacuation. This was the first time they met with the people they helped rescue. The two leaders were welcomed by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
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The 87 Afghans are currently living in a refugee center in the Kolaveri resort, near Tirana, Albania's capital. IsraAID has a team on-the-ground in Albania, ensuring the refugees at Kolaveri can meet their ongoing needs for education, mental health support, child protection, community-building, and medical care. The refugee group, supported by IsraAID, recently opened a community school at the center, teaching English, French, vocational skills, photography and more for adults and children of all ages.
"It was an honor to help these people escape from Afghanistan, an honor to save their lives,” noted Machkevitch in an emotional statement. “I have a deep connection to those who seek asylum because of my parents’ story. My father, who was born in Lithuania, and my mother, who was born in Belarus, were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan in 1941 when their home was occupied by the Nazis. As Jews, they faced the threat of death. I am here today because they were rescued.”
“From the moment this group of refugees left Afghanistan to now, IsraAID’s primary focus has been ensuring they have everything they need to embark on the difficult journey of building new lives for themselves,” said Yotam Polizer, IsraAID’s CEO. “Witnessing first-hand as the group has built a thriving community in Albania, supported by IsraAID’s team, has been humbling. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our partners and supporters in this ongoing process, and we hope that before long the group will be granted final approval to travel to Canada for long-term resettlement,” he added.
A total of 2,221,828 Afghan refugees were registered in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan by the end of 2021. According to the United Nations’s Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Afghans now make up one of the largest refugee populations in the world.


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This paper presents novel development of a reconfigurable assembly cell which assembles multiple aerostructure products. Most aerostructure assembly systems are designed to produce one variant only. For multiple variants, each assembly typically has a dedicated assembly cell, despite most assemblies requiring a process of drilling and fastening to similar tolerances. Assembly systems that produce more than one variant do exist but have long changeover or involve extensive retrofitting. Quick assembly of multiple products using one assembly system offers significant cost savings from reductions in capital expenditure and lead time.
Recent trends advocate Reconfigurable Assembly Systems (RAS) as a solution; designed to have exactly the functionality necessary to produce a group of similar components. A state-of-the-art review finds significant benefits in deploying RAS for a group of aerostructures variants. What’s more, improvements to robot accuracy and decreasing costs of capital equipment means reconfigurable systems are becoming more economically viable. Designing the part family for commonality and robotic assembly from the outset enables the assembly system to be quickly customised to each variant using modular tooling. A novel design framework is introduced to manage the design complexity and iterations between design and manufacturing. The framework innovation restructures the design process so design and manufacturing teams can collaborate precisely on structural design for assembly, enabling reconfigurability with the use of common assembly processes. The work presents the development of a RAS demonstrator and wingbox which is designed using the framework.


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Variety is the spice of life. If you agree with that, thenMaster Keaton is for you. If one episodeis mystery, the next is romance and the episode after, a slice of life. Younever can expect what type story the next episode is going to bring and at what setting. This anime screams adventure. Keaton is a half-Japanese half-British Archeologist, part time lecturer, Ex SAS, historian, Insuranceagent. He is humble, intelligent and simple. While you may thinkKeaton is made as a “Jack of all trades” kind of character, which he kind ofis, he is simply used as an conduit to tell various short stories. Hence inmost episodes the stories and the characters involved takes the center stageinstead of the MC, there also a few episodes devoted to Keaton’s past. Moststories take place in Europe and a few in Japan but all of them have a westernfeel to them. The only problem I had with it was it had no overarching plot, itstarted abruptly and ended sort of abruptly (the OVAs has a better ending) The animation seemed a bit lacking in budget but oddly itfits well with stories. Character designs of course has Naoki Urasawa’strademark. The musical scores were heavenly for me, something which not onlyfitted the anime but you could listen to separately.


The question of why Taiwan doesn’t have nuclear weapons has been a subject of curiosity and debate. Despite external pressures and past attempts, Taiwan has chosen not to pursue nuclear weapons. This article aims to shed light on the reasons behind this decision in simpler terms.
Taiwan’s Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
In the late 1960s, Taiwan started a secret project to develop nuclear weapons. They obtained nuclear technology from other countries, like Canada and the United States, under the guise of using it for civilian purposes. The goal was to create the necessary materials for building nuclear weapons.
International Scrutiny and Pressure
During the 1970s, Taiwan focused on producing plutonium, a key component of nuclear weapons. However, their efforts caught the attention of international organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Under pressure from the United States, Taiwan agreed to stop their nuclear weapons program in 1976.
Revelations and Dismantling Efforts
In 1987, the existence of Taiwan’s secret nuclear weapons program became public. A high-ranking Taiwanese official, Colonel Chang Hsien-yi, defected to the United States and shared documents revealing the program’s details. Taiwan was forced to dismantle its program due to international pressure, particularly from the United States.
International Pressure and Diplomatic Shifts
The revelation of Taiwan’s nuclear weapons program strained its relationships with other countries. The United States, concerned about regional stability and preventing nuclear proliferation, remained firm in its opposition to Taiwan’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Taiwan’s credibility and diplomatic standing were affected.
Why Taiwan Doesn’t Pursue Nuclear Weapons Today
Following the dismantling of its program, Taiwan made a clear commitment to international non-proliferation agreements. The country chose to prioritize peace, stability, and responsible international engagement. It focuses on diplomacy and relies on alliances, such as its close relationship with the United States, for its defense needs.
Taiwan’s decision not to pursue nuclear weapons can be attributed to several factors. Despite starting a secret nuclear weapons program in the past, Taiwan faced international pressure and chose to abandon it. Today, the country upholds non-proliferation agreements and emphasizes peaceful solutions and diplomatic efforts to maintain stability. By doing so, Taiwan demonstrates its commitment to responsible global engagement and the pursuit of peace.


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I took pictures in our downtown today. I wanted to capture the people in a small town. I can imagine the difference between our idyllic town and a larger city like New York. The place I took pictures is the hub of our town, yet the people are sporadic throughout the city. My oldest son lives in Washington D.C. and when he comes to visit, he’s amazed at little movement is outside. He said it was so quiet. Just the way I like it.
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Very picturesque! Looks like a nice country town (nicer than Australian country towns, anyway. I can say that, I live here lol) 🙂
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