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Ali and I are the masters of Thanksgiving leftovers. Today, Ali made a toasted sourdough sandwich with a fried egg, provolone, green bean casserole, and mustard.
I made this:
Triple-Decker Thanksgiving Sandwich
Serves 1, easily multiplied
3 slices pumpernickel bread, toasted
Cooked turkey, shredded (I prefer dark meat, but white will do fine)
1 slice pumpkin pie (or a single serving of extra pumpkin pie filling that has been baked in a mini custard dish)
Green bean casserole with caramelized onions (recipe below)
Salt and white pepper
On the first layer of bread, thinly spread mayonnaise and top with shredded turkey, salt and pepper to taste. Top with a second slice of bread, with thinly spread mayonnaise on the side touching the turkey, and pumpkin pie filling spread on the top.
Next, cover the pumpkin pie with green bean casserole, and top with the final slice of bread, that has a thin layer of cream cheese and cranberry sauce coating it. Anchor with a toothpick or two and enjoy.
Green Bean Casserole
Fills a 9x9 square baking dish
1 pound fresh green beans, cleaned and snapped into 1-inch pieces
2 white onions, thinly sliced into rainbows
1 cup stock
1.5 cups milk
3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Steam or boil green beans in salted water until tender. Strain into a colander and run under cold water to stop the beans from cooking.
Caramelize the onions in a large pan with olive oil, one tablespoon of butter and salt and pepper over medium heat. Stir every few minutes, until the onions smell sweet and turn a creamy brown, about 20-30 minutes.
Melt remaining butter in a medium saucepan. Add flour and whisk in until a thick paste forms. Begin gradually adding stock and milk and whisk until all the lumps of flour have dissipated. When the sauce becomes thick, salt and pepper to taste, and remove from heat. Add green beans and stir until combined.
Pour into a 9x9 glass baking dish and top liberally with caramelized onions. Bake in a 350 degree oven until bubbly, about 30-35 minutes.


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A coloring of the Target 342 color page, something which really required me ages to finish off, due to my lack of time and ordinary life issues. I put this lineart [I still suck at that] in my fav more than a year ago.. I'm a shame of an artist. Duh.
Line by [link]
Color and edit by me - Paint Tool SAI, PS CS4
KHR © Amano Akira
Don't alter and don't remove credits, thanks.

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A 20-year-old man was injured after he was reportedly shot multiple times Thursday night in Evansville.
Police said on Friday that the victim is expected to survived. He was identified as Keshaun Barnes. No arrests have been made.
According to an Evansville Police Department report, the incident happened at about 10 p.m., near the intersection of Riverside Drive and Governor Street.
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AC/DC's Malcolm Young is ''too sick'' to perform live with the band anymore, sparking rumours the rock group could split.
AC/DC's Malcolm Young is ''too sick'' to perform live with the band anymore.
The 61-year-old guitarist, who founded the Australian rock group with his brother Angus in the 1970s, is said to be seriously ill, sparking rumours the band could split after 41 years.
In an interview with Australia's ABC radio, Choirboys frontman Mark Gable, who is close friends with Malcolm and Angus, said: ''From what I understand, and it's even been confirmed in part by his son Ross, that it would appear Malcolm is unable to perform anymore
''It's not just that he is unwell, it's that it is quite serious. It will constitute that he definitely won't be able to perform live.
''He will probably not be able to record.''
He claims the band could still continue with plans for their 40th anniversary world tour and go on to record their first album since 2008's 'Black Ice' without Malcolm, after his nephew Stevie took his place during a past tour.
Mark explained: ''There was speculation that they had this even tacit agreement that if no member currently was able to perform, DC would cease.
''However, Alex Young's son Stevie replaced Malcolm Young a few years back for a tour, and nobody knew the difference.''
Mark has been close friends with AC/DC, also made up of singer Brian Johnson, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd, for a number of years after the Choirboys recording their first album in the same studio where the 'Whole Lotta Rosie' hitmakers worked on their first five records.
Regarding a world tour, Brian previously said: ''It's been 40 years of the band's existence, so I think we're gonna try to do 40 gigs, 40 shows, to thank the fans for their undying loyalty.''
The rock legends were also due to head back into the studio next month.
Corgan took to Instagram to confirm rumours of new Pumpkins material, saying the first songs could arrive as early as May.

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Israeli Court Rules Against Segregated Road
By ETHAN BRONNER
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a major access highway to Jerusalem running through the occupied West Bank could no longer be closed to most Palestinian traffic.
In a 2-1 decision, the court said that the military had overstepped its authority when in 2002, at the height of the second Palestinian uprising, it closed the road to non-Israeli cars. The justices gave the military five months to come up with another means of ensuring the security of Israelis that permitted broad Palestinian use of the road.
“The court was saying that you can’t reasonably find every Palestinian inhabitant to be a security risk,” noted Moshe Negbi, a legal commentator for Israel Radio, in a telephone interview. “The security considerations are legitimate but they have to find other solutions.”
...Limor Yehuda, the lawyer who argued the case for the civil rights group, said that she hoped the court would apply the ruling to all segregated roads in the West Bank in order to end the dual system there.
“We can see that as a society we are going in the wrong direction and endangering our basic values of a rule of democracy and rule of law,” she said.
...She had told the court that the rise of segregated roads in recent years approached apartheid but the chief justice, Dorit Beinish, chided her for using that term, calling it inappropriate and extreme.
...The dissenter in Tuesday’s case, Justice Edmond Levy, argued that the court should leave the situation in the hands of the military and defense ministry, and worried that five months were not enough time to create a new system.
Israeli settler leaders expressed alarm at the court’s decision, saying it would endanger Jewish travelers. They charged that the justices “never missed an opportunity to blame Jews for racism and provide Arabs with convenient conditions for the next terror attack.”
As peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians remain stalled, the threat of violence has risen slightly in recent weeks. Last week, an explosive device made of a gas canister and fireworks was found on Highway 443.
"Restricted" isn't good enough so that we don't have snide hints at racism or the American experience after the South African linkage?

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Mixed Greens with Apples, Candied Pecans and Cranberry Vinaigrette
Here is a healthy way to use up those bags of cranberries from Thanksgiving.
Author: Lemons & Anchovies
Recipe type: Salad
- For 1 cup of cooked, strained cranberries:
- 1 12-oz bag cranberries, fresh or frozen
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅜ cup water
- 2 tablespoons orange juice or lemon juice (feel free to add another tablespoon or two to make it more tart...or reduce the sugar)
- For the vinaigrette (see directions below for proportions):
- Olive oil
- Rice vinegar (a little sweeter but you can also sub red wine or cider vinegar)
- salt, to taste
- For the salad:
- mixed greens
- Feta cheese, cubed
- Red onion, thinly sliced
- Candied pecans (I use Trader Joe's but you can use any nuts)
- Apple slices
- To prepare the cranberries:
- Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the cranberries and cook over medium to medium-high heat until they pop, about 4-5 minutes. Add the juice and cook for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat and pass the cooked cranberries to a sieve to separate the skin and seeds. This will yield 1 cup. Set aside.
- To prepare the vinaigrette:
- There is no strict rule here. Adjust the proportion of oil, vinegar and cranberries to your liking. I started with 2 tablespoons of cranberries to 4 tablespoons of vinegar and ¼ cup of oil. Taste as you go. As you can see from my pictures, mine was light on the vinegar and olive oil so I added more of both after taking these pictures. Whisk together to emulsify.
- To assemble the salad:
- Toss the vinaigrette with the mixed greens, onions, cheese, apples and nuts--plate and serve.

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About this Case Study
Working within an extremely limited space, ModSpace designed and delivered a floorless modular two story complex with classrooms and bathrooms on the lower level, and offices, a full kitchen/lunch room and storage on the second level. The training classes planned for the new facility included the need to periodically roll heavy equipment inside the training room without the use of a ramp system or other special equipment.
The original facility that would house the new building was completed in the early 1900s and expanded 48 times. As such, no accurate drawings were available to aid in the design of the new facility. ModSpace completed a detailed building survey and analysis of the existing conditions before it could design an in-plant classroom that would make the best possible use of the limited available space.
ModSpace designed a floorless lower level building that would complement the existing factory floor and enable trainers to easily move heavy equipment in and out of the training rooms. The “floorless” modular building was fabricated offsite and delivered on a temporary steel carrier system. This lower profile building also allows the assembly team access to the inside of the facility though the low overhead doors. The “floorless” lower level modules were removed from their carriers by the in-plant crane and set on to the existing pre-finished factory floor. Upper level modules were also designed with lower floor to roof heights. Once inside, the limited space and low roof height required a single 50 ton forklift to lift each module into place without the need of an overhead crane.
The modular solution allowed the factory to minimize onsite disruption to their day to day business operations. The finished two-story training facility is spacious enough for the customer’s growing employee training program while allowing them to have the trainers and training equipment within a centralized area to increase productivity and efficiency.


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Choosing A Wholesome Pet Meals We’ve come up with six ways to perform this generally difficult activity Individuals have mixed feelings on tuna. Some cannot get enough and others keep away from it. Your pet pigeon is the same approach. Attempt giving tuna as a deal with to your pigeon someday and see how they like it.
Cheap pet food include numerous fillers, these fillers are elements that aren’t meant to be consumed to canines. The fillers take up room in the bag, however they also simply take up room in your pets stomach. The dog will be unable to digest the nutrients, and this ends up as a giant mess in your backyard, and over time it may possibly result in digestive issues, and allergies. Should you selected to feed a healthy brand resembling Wellness dog food then these results aren’t very seemingly.
How do you want your house to be like?
Heartworm spreads from mosquitoes through bits to animals like canines, cats, foxes, wolves, coyotes, and other animals and even people that reside close to areas with massive mosquitoes populations. Heartworm an infection is dangerous, untreated pets could die, and the treatment is also risky. Be sure your pets are vaccinated towards heartworm.
Every pet wants meals and selecting the very best form takes studying the elements or talking to your vet about the dietary wants of the pet you’ve gotten. Most bigger pet stores carry all the popular manufacturers of pet food. Select to buy at the one that carries any particular meals your pet might must eat. In addition to food, you should also check into the numerous types of feeding bowls and watering dishes you possibly can can choose from as nicely.
Is there any form of discharge or staining?
Let’s step back and understand why probiotics for canine and sure micro organism should not only essential, however good for canines as well. “Pleasant bacteria that can be found inside the intestinal tract serve a major function in your canine by protecting their defenses up against sickness and disease.
Taking the very best care of a pet you may is going to mean spending money on many objects for doing so. In mild of the love you get in return, the price will find yourself small. Having enjoyable whereas getting the gadgets your pet will love is a superb feeling, but watching how your pet appreciates these things is a fair better feeling.
Similar to people, chubby animals can expertise a multitude of well being risks primarily attributable to their excess weight. Weight control is one thing we’re all facing, particularly with the horrible food on the market and the decline in train. The most effective options for weight control are sometimes the obvious.

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Throughout Israel and around the world Jews have been building this week the traditional sukkah hut, honoring the Feast of Tabernacles. But in Tel Aviv there are still some families and individuals who live in huts and tents for several months on end and even up to three years, ever since the 2011 social justice protests. Those people have become almost transparent to the public around them.
Over the past few weeks, it seems as if the protest has been standing again at our doorstep. The campaign over the price of chocolate pudding snacks has stirred up a public debate over the legitimacy of leaving the country — for the sake of life in places where the cost of living is lower. In a special festive interview on the eve of the Jewish Sukkot holiday, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said, ''We have failed in whatever concerns housing prices and cost of living, and we, the government, must deal with that.'' Nevertheless, Ya'alon called on young people not to give up: ''I don't believe that because of this people should leave the country. Those who care [about Israel] must stay here and help change things, lead the change.''
“A Sad Anniversary,” wrote journalist and activist Noam Sheizaf on the site Sicha Mekomit (Local Conversation) in July 2014, but in the same column he made sure to note that not everything is bad. “It [the protest] helped some of the most interesting developments in Israel today,” he tempers his sobering analysis of the socioeconomic situation in Israel. And that’s right. Alongside fascinating initiatives such as cooperative supermarkets and community banks, the social protest has empowered groups of citizens who sought to create change and gave them backing to realize dreams that in the past, before the summer of 2011, they would have abandoned in despair or lack of faith in themselves. Some of them chose to move to Berlin or to other European capitals to fulfill their dreams. Others chose a different, creative and local route.
When I arrive at Sheizaf, a tiny secular-religious community of 15 families in the Negev Desert, residents quickly explain that this is exactly the spirit that moved them to establish the community. “In the social protest we asked ourselves what to do,” said Ron Segal, 34, the oldest member of the community, originally from the southern community of Netiv Ha-asarah, “and establishing this community is the answer. The protest was marked by the notion of 'instead of complaining, get up and do something.' So we got up and did it. I look at the 15 trailers here in the village, and I say to you that this is our Rothschild.”
Segal referred to Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, which in the summer of 2011 was home to hundreds of tents erected by young people who decided to live in the public space in protest of the high cost of living and house prices.
The establishment of Sheizaf was a little less subversive and received the approval of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. Today, the head of the council, Shmulik Rifman, said, “Sheizaf is part of the council’s policy of achieving the settlement goal in Ramat HaNegev of 15,000 residents in the next decade, and answers the desire and need of many young people to live in a mixed religious and secular communal settlement.” Two years ago, on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat in 2012, the date of the establishment of the community, the scenario was rather similar: 10 families simply got up on a hilltop in the Negev Desert and established their homes there.
Shmuel and Dafi Adler lived in the southern town of Dimona and fell in love with the Negev. “Their dream was to create a mixed community of religious and secular Jews,” Segal said. “It started with an email they sent to friends and it caught on quickly. A sequence of determination, luck and a window of opportunity brought us here.”
This pioneering spirit has moved Sheizaf’s residents from birth: Segal’s parents, for instance, were among the founders of the Netiv Ha-asarah community. Vered Orenstein, who joined the community a year ago with her partner and son Zuri, who is now a year and nine months old, said her parents were among the founders of Shiloh in Samaria. “It’s a similar story, we are young and we haven’t grown tired of life. I have energy for adventures.”
And indeed they had energy. “When we came to the head of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council he told us, “I see a lot of people like you,” Segal said. Unlike others, this group was fueled by the protest, determined to create change. “We didn’t give up,” Segal added.
The Or movement, a nongovernmental organization that encourages settlement in the Negev and the Galilee, reports that this pioneering spirit, of moving to the Negev and making the desert bloom in the spirit of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, inspires tens of thousands of Israelis. Forty requests to join the community are sitting in Segal’s email inbox, testimony that the desire to lead social change is shared by many others. “I imagine standing on this hill in another 15 years and seeing 200 families,” Segal said as we stand on the hill overlooking the settlement. “Then I’d recall the process of establishing the community and know that we did something. That we brought change.”
“The spirit, the willingness and the ability of the members of Sheizaf realize the dream of making the desert bloom every day,” Roni Palmer, director and founder of the Or movement, told Al-Monitor. “I call upon anyone who ever dreamed about living in the Negev or the Galilee to simply call us and come.”
As befits social change leaders, about 10 of the 30 adults who live in the community are educators. The trailers surround a large playground that is used by the 20 children who live in Sheizaf. “Education is part of the story here,” Segal said. “We weren’t searching for an economic bonanza or a real estate opportunity. We want to create a preschool, a school, maybe a university-prep program. Education is at the top of our priorities. We wanted to establish a framework in the community for all the children, but bureaucratic issues prevented it from happening this year. Next year, we’ll have a preschool.”
In the meantime, in only two years the population of the community has doubled, thanks to the arrival of another five families, and to nine births in the last year alone. In embarrassment, residents joke, “There’s actually nothing much to do here …” But the growth in population is welcome in their view. The community has grown from 25 founders to 50 residents.
From the hill, one can look out on the tiny community that numbers 15 trailers, 60 square meters (646 square feet) each, arranged in two terraces. “Upper Sheizaf and neglected Sheizaf,” Segal said.
Meital Raz, the alumni coordinator of the Negev army preparatory program, said, “[I] want to grow old in the Negev, I love the landscape, the wide open spaces, that there’s only a few people around. It’s a community with a good quality of life that provides what I love: good education and good people.”
Indeed, all the ingredients needed for a revolution.


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‘Extra’ ditches the Grove for Universal
After holding court for several years at the Grove, “Extra” is moving to the Valley. The second-longest-running entertainment newsmagazine in syndication will kick off its 20th season at Universal Studios Hollywood on Monday, Sept. 9. Hosted by Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos in front of a live audience, the show will broadcast from a variety of locations throughout the theme park and the adjacent Universal CityWalk amid the studio tour, rides, stores, restaurants and, oh yeah, the world’s largest working movie and television studio.
"As the Entertainment Capital of L.A., our goal is to deliver first-class entertainment that brings the world of Hollywood movie-making magic within arm's reach of our guests," said Larry Kurzweil, president of Universal Studios Hollywood and CityWalk. "As the broadcast headquarters for this very exciting venture with 'Extra,' we are thrilled about the unimaginable opportunities that our guests will have when they visit us and know there's a chance they too can 'rub elbows' with Hollywood's A-list."
"We are thrilled to partner with Universal Studios Hollywood, which symbolizes everything 'Extra' is about,” added senior executive producer Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey. “It's a place people go to be a part of the Hollywood experience, and that's what we do on 'Extra'—we give our audience a chance to mingle with celebrities and be part of a daily event."
Visitors to Universal Studios and CityWalk may stumble upon “Extra” filming Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They’ll have a chance to interact with Lopez and Menounos as well as see celebrity guests like Hugh Jackman, Vin Diesel, Eva Longoria, Jack Black and Sofia Vegara, who are already scheduled to appear in the 20th season. In addition, the show will expand its “Friends with Benefits” segment, in which the audience plays celebrity trivia games for prizes.
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This event is open to all ages. We will have a variety of craft projects using recycled products.
Cardboard Fort Contest
This contest involved families competing against each other to CREATE the most amazing cardboard fort. The competition is limited to 10 families; each registered family can have up to 5 members. At least one family member must be a parent.
Pre-Registration is Required
Register at www.fountainhillsaz.gov/REC
Earth Day Activities
- Milk Jug Face
- Water Bottle Mobile
- Bags from recycled vinyl banners
- Dog Toys to donate to the Humane Society- by Fountain Hills Library.
- Gardening- Planting
- Rock Painting
Visit the Epcor and Republic Services booth for fun activities, prizes, and education.
Recycled Art Contest Winners will be announced at 11:45 AM at the event.

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With the global population projected to reach over 9 billion by 2050, sustainability is becoming a top priority in cities around the world.
Consequently, the anticipated population growth will create sustainability issues such as aquifer depletion, increased emissions of carbon dioxide, increased municipal waste, and more pollution.
Smart technologies are the answer to tackling these issues quickly and efficiently because you can’t correct what you can’t measure. Furthermore, by adding sensors to the physical environment, city governments are receiving valuable data and actionable insights to make smart decisions, increase efficiency, and offer a better quality of life for their citizens.
Fybr has created an IoT (Internet of Things) Platform to give communities the real-time data to help reduce pollution and utilize resources more efficiently. The platform is comprised of a robust wireless network of intelligent edge-devices with scalable storage and processing of fast moving big data and a full suite of applications for turning the raw data into actionable insights – all designed to deliver the highest level of accuracy on a secure network in real-time. Fybr provides a variety of use cases that help cities obtain their sustainability goals including, Smart Parking, Smart Lighting, Smart Water Management, and Environmental Monitoring.
It is estimated that 30% of the congestion on city streets comes from people looking for places to park. More vehicles mean more carbon emissions, more wasted gasoline, and more stress on your community and its environment. We reduce that congestion by making compliance and space turnover easier to manage. Our technology also allows communities to track and adjust parking dynamically. That means more parking spaces, available more often. And with less circling motorists searching for spots, both you and the environment benefit.
LED lighting consumes 50-80% less energy than conventional streetlights, but gathering data and gaining remote, intelligent control of streetlights can not only save even more, but also deliver features that extend well beyond cost savings.
Remote monitoring also lets public works teams see the big picture. Knowing which streetlights or areas are consuming the most power, combined with traffic and pedestrian activity patterns lets them make informed decisions on lighting policies to optimize individual streetlights or entire communities – all to maximize safety and energy conservation.
Smart Water Management
Water management has become more critical in our cities and communities and can have a large economic impact, combined with safety and environmental implications.
Sometimes, too much water can be a problem. With storm and sewage pipe monitoring systems, detecting both depth and flow rates in real-time gives waste management teams a better picture of what’s flowing where, so they can make proactive decisions to keep sewage systems from overflowing and polluting our waterways. Fybr’s water solution can monitor flood-prone areas and alert emergency responders and drivers alike of road hazards – saving valuable time, resources and lives.
Air quality is a global problem that causes asthma, respiratory diseases, lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke – affecting people of all ages. With our air quality monitoring sensors that measure both gasses and particulates, communities can track air quality at the city block level. City officials can track pollutants to their source to eliminate big polluters, while citizens can monitor air quality in real-time to make data-backed decisions about their daily activities that can lead to improved health and wellness.
Smart City solutions certainly align with green initiatives saving cities time and giving them the right tools to make critical decisions that impact the environment and make our cities better places to live and work. At Fybr, we believe Smart is the new Green™ for communities around the globe.


In the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. With brilliant, dark minds and a legion of slave labor at their disposal, the Nazis believed the path to ultimate victory was to out-build and out-engineer their enemies. To them, bigger definitely meant better, and better meant more lethal. As Hitler's grip on Europe tightened, he ordered men like Wernher von Braun, Ferdinand Porsche and Alfried Krupp to build increasingly outlandish machines and structures to realize his master plan. Creating huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns and some of the original weapons of mass destruction to control a nation, conquer a continent and win the war. This is World War II told from a new perspective. The series uncovers the engineering secrets of six iconic mega-structures, tells the stories of the evil geniuses that designed them and reveals how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.


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EA has just announced that they will debut Star Wars Battlefront at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA next month. A post on EA’s Star Wars hub doesn’t reveal much about what to expect from the game, but just about anything will be more than what we’ve heard thus far.
“We could not thing of a better or more appropriate place to debut the game officially for the first time than the premier event that celebrates the Star Wars universe and the legions of fans who have fallen in love with it.”
Star Wars Celebration takes place between April 16 and 19. It’s likely that we’ll get to see the game in action for the very first time. DICE has been quietly working on Star Wars Battlefront for some time. EA announced Battlefront back at E3 2013 after signing a partnership to exclusively make games for the popular science fiction franchise and Lucas Arts was shuttered.
EA says that there will be more information in the coming weeks, and that there is “exciting news” about all the EA Star Wars games coming soon.
- This article was updated on March 19th, 2015


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27 May 2006, source: Reuters
SRINAGAR, India, May 27 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kashmir on Saturday against the alleged molesting of a teenage girl by Indian soldiers, witnesses said.
The protest came two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired peace talks in Kashmir and vowed "zero tolerance" of misconduct and human rights abuses by troops in the region, racked by a 16-year-old Muslim separatist revolt.
A Reuters photographer said more than 500 angry protesters had blocked highway traffic in the Singhpora area, about 20 km (12 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir's summer capital.
"Down with security forces," the protesters, some of them young women wearing headscarves, shouted.
Indian army officials denied the molestation charge.
"This is a baseless allegation concocted by the people," said army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel V.K. Batra.
Police said they would investigate.
"We have received a complaint from locals and the police is investigating," said Abdul Rashi, a police official. He did not give further details of the alleged incident.
Indian authorities deny any systematic violation of human rights in Kashmir. They say all reports are investigated and that they punish those found guilty.
More than 45,000 people have been killed since the revolt broke out in 1989 in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in mainly Hindu India.

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The New York Yankees entered Wednesday night hoping to avoid an embarrassing series sweep by the Chicago White Sox, and for most of the game it looked like they’d be successful. Despite several squandered opportunities with runners on base, they took a one-run lead into the bottom of the ninth. Mariano Rivera came in for the save, but Adam Dunn slapped one past third base with two outs to tie the game. In extras, Robinson Cano‘s go-ahead homer would be for naught after Alejandro De Aza drove in the winning run on a walk-off triple.
And just like that, the Yankees lost another game that should’ve been theirs. Even worse, they fell to seven games back in the Wild Card hunt.
The good news on Wednesday was that C.C Sabathia wasn’t completely horrendous like he had been in his previous five starts. He made it through seven innings with limited damage, searching for a way to get his tenth win of the season. Sabathia put the Yankees in a position to win but got no help from the offense or the bullpen. He wasn’t charged with the loss, but he’ll have to wait even longer for that tenth win.
Had the Yankees won on Wednesday, it still wouldn’t have changed the fact that they have not won a series since the beginning of July. Earlier in the year, it seemed like the Yankees just had to stay afloat until they got healthy. Now it’s looking like they’re sinking faster than ever, and their playoff hopes are becoming a long shot.

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Every year over 400 participants from cities (local governments), international organizations, NGOs, business and academia join ICLEI Resilient Cities Congress for a discussion on topical issues in urban resilience and adaptation to climate change. This special 10th anniversary edition of the Congress will feature a spacious and luminous open exhibition area for participants to mingle and network in between sessions and during coffee breaks. Seize the opportunity to present your projects to an international and multidisciplinary audience while engaging directly with a wide range of resilience experts from various geographical and professional backgrounds.
Exhibitors are featured on the ICLEI Resilient Cities website as well as in the program booklet.
We welcome organizations and companies both from public and private sector to showcase their work over the course of this three-day event in Bonn, Germany.
Among our previous Congress Exhibitors: UN-Habitat, UN Environment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), European Environment Agency, European Green Capital, Munich RE, Plantagon International, Siemens, Tetra Tech, Xylem, and many other organizations and companies.
Exhibition stands feature:
Please contact us directly at resilient.cities(at)iclei.org should you be interested in becoming an Exhibitor.

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100 Weight Loss Bowls: Build your own calorie-controlled diet plan
You can shed pounds—each bowl in turn.
Placing all the nourishment for a dinner into one bowl may seem like an odd method to get more fit. Be that as it may, this technique makes divide control while additionally adding to a decent eating routine. Each formula in this book has a mark to signify whether it's under 300, 400, or 600 calories. Numerous plans likewise have banners to mean whether they're sans dairy, gluten free, or vegetarian, helping you guarantee you're not going to eat whatever may cause concern.
100 Weight Loss Bowls incorporates these highlights:
• 100 heavenly plans for breakfast, informal breakfast, compact dinners, fast suppers, and solace food
• Different sorts of bowls, including pho, grain, smoothie, rice, jab, acai, and Buddha
• Expert exhortation on the most proficient method to manufacture supper intends to assist you with meeting your weight reduction objectives
Since 100 Weight Loss Bowls contains an assortment of plans, for example, leafy foods, fish and rice, and noodles and vegetables just as plans motivated by global cooking—you may never need to eat from a plate again!
About the Author
Heather Whinney is an experienced home economist, cookbook writer, and food stylist. She has served as the food editor for several national magazines in England and the United States. She's the author of Cook Express and The Gluten-Free Cookbook (both by DK Books), and she was also the cookery school manager at Cordon Vert in England, where she developed her love of writing recipes.
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The World Championship Cheese Contest, initiated in 1957, is the largest technical cheese, butter, yogurt, and dry dairy ingredient competition in the world. This year drew a record-breaking 3,667 entries from 26 countries! Entries undergo technical evaluation that uses objective measures of cheese defects to select products in each class which best exemplify perfection.
"For generations, cheesemakers have honed their craft with a commitment to excellence, and that shows in the work of World Championship Cheese Contest winners," said John Umhoefer, Executive Director for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.
This year, Norseland is proud to share the achievements of our partners, who earned awards across a variety of categories:
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Whether one agrees or disagrees with Steve Chapman's views, one has to admit that his logic is usually impeccable.
That is why it was surprising to find two logical inconsistencies in his May 7 column, "Fear of teenagers and faith in punishment."
Mr. Chapman dismisses the argument that the recent drop-off in juvenile crime may have resulted from an ongoing crackdown on such crime, which has involved unprecedented levels of juvenile incarceration in adult facilities. In doing so, he cites Florida, "where the rate of violent crime among kids is 48 percent higher than the national average."
He goes on to say that this should not be surprising because studies show that "delinquents sent to adult facilities are far more likely to revert to crime when they get out than kids sent to juvenile institutions."
But nowhere in the article does he provide, or even cite, evidence that the incidence of juvenile incarceration in adult jails is higher in Florida than it is nationally.
How could increased juvenile detention among adults be leading to higher juvenile crime rates in Florida when no evidence is presented that more kids in Florida are mixed in with adult criminals?
Then Mr. Chapman fails to address the next logical question. If imprisoning kids with adults leads to higher juvenile delinquency rates, why has an increase in such incarceration nationwide coincided with a decrease in juvenile crime rates?
In other words, if his logic holds in Florida, why doesn't it hold nationwide?


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Alexander “Grey” Feaster has all the symptoms of a man in love. He can’t stop talking about the new lady in his life — her soft voice, her gentle ways, her natural beauty. Feaster, 39, just received the 2015 Freightliner Cascadia Evolution, the newest member of the J.B. Hunt Transport Services fleet.
Anthony Harris keeps his dog tags hanging inside his truck. Brent Stoufer and Joshua Matson wear camouflage ball caps while on their routes. All three have something in common: They are military veterans and are among the first drivers to participate in Hunt’s Heroes, a new program officially launched in April by J.B. Hunt Transport Services.


Who doesn't love freshly washed sheets and pillowslips when they hop into bed at night? Crisp, fresh bedlinen may even help you sleep better.
But not everyone has time to strip the bed and replace the sheets, pillowcases and quilt covers every week!
So . . . is there a way to keep sheets smelling fresh for more than a week?
Obviously different circumstances, habits and personal preferences will result in different laundering frequency, but there are ways to keep your sheets smelling and feeling fresher for longer.
Here is a cheat sheet to keep your sheets and pillowslips fresh:
1. Showering before bed will certainly prolong the time between washing your sheets and pillowslip. A clean face and body will help keep your bedding clean and fresh.
2. Airing your sheets and quilt cover during the day, or even for an hour before you make the bed, can help keep your bedlinen fresh. Leave your bed to air and make it just before you leave for work. That way it has had time to air, and dry out any dampness and unwanted smells for the night before.
3. Using a linen spray to freshen up your bedding in between washes.
Linen spray is a product generally made of water and essential oils. Spritzing a fine mist of linen spray over bedding, sheets and pillowslips will give them a refresh between washes and will keep them smelling great. A little goes a long way, so you can get a great value out of every bottle, or you can make you own!
Here's how to DIY your own linen spray.
The ingredients for homemade linen spray include distilled water, essential oils and witch hazel to help the essential oil emulsify with the water. If you don’t have witch hazel, you can use plain vodka or rubbing alcohol instead.
2 tablespoons witch hazel or vodka
10 drops essential oil
6 tablespoons water
Lavender is a favourite scent for linen spray and it’s one of the less expensive oils with many benefits. Eucalyptus spray is good for when you’re fighting the flu. Peppermint or citrus are both uplifting and refreshing oils, and they can help repel insects as well. Combining scents like Lavender, Mandarin, Roman Chamomile, and Valerian can help with sleeplessness. https://happydiyhome.
4. Choose bedlinen that is made from natural fibers. Sheets, pillowcases and quilt covers made from natural fibers are far more likely to stay fresh for longer because of the properties of the natural fibers. Bamboo, Cotton and Linen are anti bacterial and anti microbial, and have the added benefit of being moisture wicking. These fabrics let your skin breath and keep your feeling comfortable throughout the night. All these natural fabric properties will keep your bedding cleaner and fresher for longer.


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November 26, 2021
Free monthly Jazz concert led by brilliant emerging musicians.
Friday Music: Jazz Jam – November 2021
Dates November 26, 2021 - November 26, 2021
Times 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Price Free but booking is essential.
Location Oxford House Cafe
Join us for a special monthly jazz performance curated by emerging young jazz musicians. Each show will be an opportunity to hear wonderful live music led by brilliant energetic young musicians. This ensemble includes William Hobson and Harry Toulson, a unique set of musicians currently in their final years studying at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and drama. After 10 years of study William and Harry have performed at various different venues including Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and the Royal Albert Hall. Involved with projects such as Paper Lantern, Unswung Heroes and the VV experience, these various styles have contributed to a unique characteristic of playing which is not one to be missed.
This performance forms part of Oxford House’s Friday Music programme, a series of afternoon music performances in our cafe throughout summer. Performances are ticketed and have limited capacity so booking is essential. If all ticket for this show have all sold out, please keep checking the website to see if more tickets have been released or please book another performance.
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FINGER LAKES FILM TRAIL
Three Destinations. Three Counties. Three incredible stories of early American filmmaking.
FLFT proudly presents Race Films/Race Matters: Starting Conversations About Race, a new digital series that looks at issues related to race and racial equality through the lens of race films. Explore this engaging new series at fingerlakesfilmtrail.org/race-films. It's free and available to all.
What is the Finger Lakes Film Trail?
The Finger Lakes Film Trail (FLFT) is an inter-county initiative in NYS launched in 2019 by the Wharton Studio Museum in Ithaca, in partnership with the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, and the Case Research Lab and Cayuga Museum in Auburn. The FLFT highlights the historical importance of the Finger Lakes Region in the development of motion pictures and visitors on the FLFT.
A trip on the Finger Lakes Film Trail provides an engaging narrative of the region's role in early American filmmaking: George Eastman developed a flexible film that was a critical contribution to the launch of the motion picture industry; Theodore and Leopold Wharton, prolific writers, directors and producers of silent films and serials, created Wharton, Inc. Studios on the shores of Cayuga Lake; and Theodore Case and his associates revolutionized the motion picture industry with the development from sound-on-film technology.
The Finger Lakes Film Trail and Race Films/Race Matters: Starting Conversations About Race were made possible in part by a grant from Humanities New York.


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If you’ve always wanted to say “I do” at the place where dreams come true, Disneyland Paris has joined with Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings to make it happen — provided you’ve got the budget to match.
The Walt Disney Company has increased its ownership in the operating group behind Disneyland Paris by a further 9%, boosting its stake to 85.7% amid reports it aims to secure a complete takeover of the long-struggling company.
Alongside the new lighting installations, here’s two more tidbits of new Disney Illuminations information: the show will include scenes based on The Lion King and Finding Nemo. If it didn’t already sound a lot like Shanghai’s Ignite the Dream before, it really does now.
More details have been revealed about two of the lesser discussed new Disneyland Paris 25th Anniversary events: The Starlit Princess Waltz and Mickey presents “Happy Anniversary Disneyland Paris”. Together, both will bring Royal Castle Stage back to life several times daily.


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I live here in Mexico and was able to pick up a LB426500 yesterday morning (returning a LA426100-3d no magic remote) and have been pleased at the difference.
I have this on HDMI 1 in PC mode as a monitor for my HTPC setup (AMD- CPU/GPU-old 5770). I found that not choosing PC mode (making it necessary to change your scaling in CCC) and keeping it in HDMI makes any video I play glitch a tad every few seconds. I tried it with several different file formats, all acting the same. In PC mode, everything is as smooth as butter.
I still am confused as to whether this TV is actually 120hz or not as it has MCI 600 (new true motion phrasing). I can tell you one thing though, scrolling sites such as this are super smooth compared to anything else I have ever witnessed. The 3D playback is way clearer than the 6100. I checked that right off the bat just to see if there was a noticeable difference, and I played Wreck It Ralph which I had tested the night before just for this and couldn't see the miniscule dots in their eyes anymore. Looked great.
What I would like to have is an option to use the true motion while in PC mode as I watch sports and surf more than anything and I will have to revert back and forth to use that feature between movies, videos, and sports (the glitch being non apparent for sports as I am Streaming that). I tested different settings last night using true motion on a WNBA game and got the best results with it set on smooth.
Other than that little dilemma I can say that this TV is gonna be a keeper. When first turned on you get a good look at how bad of a backlight bleed your gonna get because they have everything maxed and just a little LG cube spinning (or something) right in the middle. I had bleed in every corner so I immediately loosened the screws on the back and the left corners are barely noticeable now while the top right is still there but is not very bad.
I have been reading this thread and was worried about the Global Dimming effect people are getting on the 7000 series and was concerned about that because I turn everything down as low as possible in Expert 1 to use as my Movie watching choice, cause I like it dark,dark,dark! Anyway, I have been reading that the 3000 dropped the local dimming the 7000's use. I tried to replicate it using the Gravity scene that was used earlier to showcase this problem and didn't get that at all. So here's to crossed fingers, because that would drive me nuts. I would probably have to return this thing and I don't know what I would do then because I like passive 3D.
If anyone has any suggestions to my HDMI-PC woes or would like something answered about this model, I' do my best . thanks


Why does Pittsburgh need resilience?
Air quality issues. Inequality. Public health challenges. Flash floods. Infrastructure failure. Extreme weather.
There are just a few of the chronic stressors and acute shocks that challenge and threaten Pittsburgh. Though Pittsburgh has made significant progress in improving environmental stewardship and transitioning from a city in decline to a thriving hub of innovation, technology, education and medicine, we recognize there is still a need for focused, inclusive efforts to ensure all Pittsburgh residents and visitors live well and succeed.
In 2014, the City of Pittsburgh joined the 100 Resilient Cities Network, powered by the Rockefeller Foundation, and with the support of the RAND Corporation, has since engaged with more than 2,000 Pittsburghers to understand the City's resilience challenges and develop analyses, reports and actions to address them.
Pittsburgh Equity Indicators
The City of Pittsburgh began the Pittsburgh Equity Indicators project in 2017 to assess annual progress toward equitable opportunities and outcomes for Pittsburghers of all races, genders and incomes, and to inform the City's investment decisions. Support by funding and guidance from the City University of New York Institute for State and Local Governance, the research team led by the RAND Corporation developed a framework and associated indicators to measure equality in both outcomes and opportunities in Pittsburgh.
The City of Pittsburgh received technical support and resources from a variety of organizations and companies to strengthen particular areas of concern including stormwater management, cybersecurity, mobility, air quality, waste and energy production.
These partnerships include:
- American Geophysical Union and Thriving Earth Exchange for support in conducting the City's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Fourth Economy Consulting: ONEPGH Investment Prospectus
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On Wednesday, to get our 2014 started on the right note, Adam and I decided to get up at 7am and drive the 2.5-3 hour drive from Vegas to Zion National Park in southern Utah. (Full Disclosure: I did not stay up until midnight the night before.)
You'll quickly discover from this post that I found Zion to be breathtakingly gorgeous and I couldn't stop taking pictures.
Our plan was to tackle Angels' Landing. Spoiler Alert: We didn't make it all the way to the end...we did about 4.6 miles of the 5.4 mile hike. After reading about it online, I suspected this would be the case. More on that later.
Before starting the hike, I wanted to drive around the park a bit to see/drive through the 1.1 mile long Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel. This tunnel was completed in 1930 and still has no lights inside. There are some vents/windows that let natural light in from time to time. Also, the ceiling of the tunnel is so low that tall vehicles, like RVs and buses, must pay for permits to close the tunnel to oncoming traffic and drive through straight down the middle! There are park rangers stationed at each side to stop traffic when one of these large vehicles is coming through.
After driving through the tunnel and then driving back through the tunnel again (the tunnel was about 5 miles out of way), we headed to the Grotto Trailhead, where our hike to Angels Landing would begin. Angels Landing itself is a fin looking rock structure that juts out from the walls of Zion Canyon. Supposedly, it got its name when a visitor in the early 20th century looked at it and exclaimed that only angels would be able to land on it.
Hiking to Angels Landing is no easy feat. And, as you'll see, we didn't make it the entire way because of this silly attachment to my mortality that I can't seem to shake...
The trail starts out simple enough by crossing this lovely bridge that goes over the Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River that travels through Zion Canyon.
The trail continues along the banks of the river at an very modest incline (almost unnoticeable). The trail is mostly sand at this point but it is well traveled and very well maintained. As we hiked this section, we even saw several elk (at least I think they were elk) grazing along the river. They were completely unbothered by our presence.
After about 10 minutes of walking, the trail became paved and started getting more and more steep. This is where we would check off the first major chunk of elevation increase by winding uphill and then starting a series of fairly long switchbacks.
|The view from the top of this first chunk of switchbacks|
Once you get to the top of this section, you head back into a narrow canyon that is very aptronymic Refrigerator Canyon; the change in temperature was very noticeable.
The trail through Refrigerator Canyon is largely flat, which was a welcome break after the previous climb. It was also nice to recover a bit, because I knew that Walter's Wiggles were still in front of us. Walter's Wiggles is a series of 21 steep switchbacks that take you up and out of Refrigerator Canyon.
|wiggle it, just a little bit|
The wiggles weren't as hard as I imagined they would be. However, I did get nervous about coming back down the wiggles when I saw the snow and ice.
At the top of the Wiggles lies Scout Lookout. When you reach Scout Lookout, you've traveled 2.1 miles and gained about 1000 feet in elevation. It took us about an hour to get to this point. Scout Lookout is a nice place to stop and contemplate your next move on the trail. It is also a nice place to stop and eat a snack. (Surprisingly, there are also restrooms up at Scout Lookout!)
|The view of Angels Landing from Scout Lookout. Doesn't look so bad, right? Ha.|
You'll also find a series of extremely encouraging signs here about the remainder of the "trail" to Angels Landing:
At this point, if you want to continue to Angels Landing, you're going to need to learn how to manage any fear of heights or falling. The "trail" is extremely narrow in places and you're also surrounded by extreme exposure. Pretty much every where you look, you see a fatal 800-1200 foot drops. In order to make this section even remotely safe, the National Park Service installed these metal chains in most places along the trail. We decided to give it a try, but given the snow and the corresponding semi-slick conditions, I was not optimistic that I would get very far before I freaked out.
|Adam ascending the very first section of the chains|
In reality, I was pretty much freaking out from the second I first touched the chains. The scrambling was actually pretty basic, but it is amazing how the threat of a fatal drop-off can change your perspective.
Like I said in the beginning, we did not make it all the way to the end. We got to a point where we were sufficiently freaked out and decided to head back.
Once we got back to Scout Lookout, we decided to follow the West Rim trial a bit higher and see the view. I'm so glad we did. It was breathtaking.
I really liked our perch up on the West Rim, but it was getting chilly and the sun was sinking behind the mountain on the right, so it was time to head back down to the car. Everything, including Angels Landing, was so beautiful, I just wanted to take it home and hang it on my wall.
|queen of cheesy photos =)|
We got back to the car close to 4:30 mountain time and headed back toward Vegas. However, we were starving and St. George (about 45 minutes from Zion) is home to the closest Cracker Barrel to Vegas...so, yeah, that happened.
It was an amazing day trip and I feel confident suggesting that every single person that reads this should go to Zion. Even though it was a little chilly, I highly recommend going this time of year too. Zion is so popular that during the peak months (April-November, I think), you can't drive your car back to through the scenic highway to the trailheads. Instead, you have to park and ride a shuttle to all the sights. Because January is part of the off-peak season, the trams/shuttles weren't operating and visitors were permitted to drive the scenic highway and park at the trailhead. So much better.
I'm hoping that my 2014 is full of experiencing the outdoors!! Here's to a fantastic 2014; I hope your new year is off to a great start like mine!!

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Yankees Cashman is slowly, but surely, making his presence felt
The Yankees and all teams for that matter can only be as good as the 25 players in the clubhouse at any given time. Brian Cashman is tasked with the job of providing those players, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to sit around letting this thing just fall apart at the seams.
Yankees General Manager, Brian Cashman, made quite a name for himself at last year’s trade deadline bringing in a haul of young talent that left other teams gawking in amazement. But as it is in all of baseball, that was then, and this is now, and what have you done for me lately?
In the space of three days? Quite a lot. Chris Carter has been jettisoned from the team, and Tyler Austin is the regular first baseman at least until (if ever) Greg Bird returns to the lineup. This was no small deal as the recently penny rich Yankees had to part with about $2 million of Carter’s salary, pro-rated from now to end of the season.
And just today, the Yankees called up Tyler Wade as a replacement for Starlin Castro who appears to have suffered a hamstring injury. The team is still waiting on the results of tests being performed on Castro today to learn how long he will be absent from the lineup.
Cashman, constructively, gives in
But again, this is a big move that Cashman made because it means that Wade must be added to the 40-man roster before he can don the Pinstripes in Chicago. Add one, and major league rules say you have to subtract one. As this is written, there is no word yet from the Yankees as to the player they’ll remove from a coveted roster position.
The Yankees, as we know, are built on a winning tradition and there is no way in hell that the organization will let this chance go by to steal a Pennant and possibly, even a World Series
A few days ago, I examined the pitchers currently on the 40-man roster, and I couldn’t uncover the problem in losing as many as three pitchers to a potential Rule 5 draft selection by another team. But as I’ve said many times, Cashman and Joe Girardi know better, and it’s likely that they’ll have a more difficult choice because they see the big picture.
And unless the Yankees decide to move headlong into the trade market, additional adjustments to the 40-man roster will be necessary, only because of players like Chance Adams, Dustin Fowler, and Clint Frazier, all potential callups, are not on the roster either.
Fowler (.291, 12 HR, 42 RBI) and Frazier (.250, 12, 41) both continue to impress at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and either could provide a stopgap solution in the outfield at least until Aaron Hicks returns in a month or so.
Adams continues to pitch lights out for the Railriders and could, depending on what Cashman does in the trade market, fit in nicely as a starter in the rotation. The caveat being, of course, that he be added to the roster moving the line down from there.
The Yankees are poised to show their fight and might
The Yankees, as we know, are built on a winning tradition and there is no way in hell that the organization will let this chance go by to steal a Pennant and possibly, even a World Series.
Take a stroll through the major leagues as we sit here today at almost the half-way point in the season, and what so you see?
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- Yankees top prospects butt heads after Giants’ gritty win over Commanders
- CC Sabathia defends Yankees’ massive Aaron Judge contract
- Scott Boras closed Yankees-Carlos Rodón deal from Fenway Park, put cherry on top
- Orioles are bailing out Yankees and AL East by botching free agency
- 4 blockbuster trade targets that could be Yankees next ‘big’ move
We see a Red Sox team that can’t get out of their own way except for every fifth day when Chris Sale is pitching. We see the Cleveland Indians who just lost three straight and first place to the Minnesota Twins on their home field.
We see the Colorado Rockies who, until a week ago reigned in first place in the NL West, are now sporting a six-game losing streak while the Dodgers are on fire.
Think that’s bad? How about the Rockies (video) giving up five runs on four wild pitches in the seventh inning against the Dodgers? Think we have problems?
Or, how about the Cubs and their fans who somehow believe that every position player on their team is worthy of a vote to the All-Star team, even though Kyle Schwarber now resides in the minor leagues and is currently listed as the eighth best outfielder in the league, according to a recent fan vote update. But that’s okay because they also think Jason Heyward is the third best outfielder and deserving of a trip to Miami.
Sorry for the digression, but it annoys me when fans insist on making a mockery of the game.
The point, though, is that all of these teams are struggling and each one joins the Yankees in the need to bolster their starting staff. Even the Dodgers can’t survive on four or five innings from Rich Hill, even though they knew what they were getting when they signed him.
And the Astros, everyone’s pick as the most stable team in the majors this season, have ongoing health issues with Dallas Keuchel, and even with him healthy still need another starter.
Brian, lead us on…….
So, it’s refreshing to see Cashman taking the gloves off and preparing to do battle with the deadline looming, four weeks away. And it’s even more refreshing to see that he’s willing to dip down into the talent that is brewing in the Yankees farm system, even if it means exposing players he once coveted.
Yankees and Mets: The stars are aligned to make them swap partners
The Yankees and Mets have rarely been involved in trades over the years. But this year, the stars are aligning in ways that could alter that dramatically.
This thing is very winnable, but it will take a ballsy effort by Cashman, much like last year, to nail it down. Or at the least, to give the Yankees a formidable chance, not only to recover from their recent rash of injuries but to put the 25 men in the clubhouse who will constitute the team down the all-important stretch run.
Because as many have said, it’s not important where you start, it’s where you finish that counts.


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Public transport, older people & linear parks
I’m one of a group of local people who have been invited to become trustees of the Knowle Park Community.
The parkland will be created and given to public ownership once proposals for new housing at West Cranleigh Nurseries is given approval, creating a beautiful open space with facilities for families and visitors to the village.
One feature of our plans, and the reason for writing this post, is a linear park connecting each of the three areas of the Knowle Park and West Cranleigh Nurseries site.
This linear park will have the advantage of linking a local retirement village with Cranleigh High Street, and opening up access to the Wey and Arun Canal.
Browsing through the various studies and surveys which land in my email inbox each day this morning, I thought about the proposals for the linear park at Knowle Park and also its connection to this retirement village when I saw a press release from two respected organisations.
The Future of Transport in an Ageing Society is a new report by think tank The International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) and charity Age-UK. It highlights the travel problems faced by millions of older people.
According to the report, one third of over 65s in England never use public transport. This is despite the availability of free bus travel.
The authors of the report found that approximately 35,000 people aged 65-84 in England have difficulty walking even a short distance, but are restricted to using public transport. This makes any journey difficult.
They also found that 1.45 million over 65s find it quite difficult or very difficult to travel to a hospital, whilst over 630,000 over 65s find it difficult or very difficult to travel to their GPs.
And it’s the oldest old, those who are in poor health and those living in rural areas who are let down the most by the current public transport system.
Considering the over 80s, less than 55% find it easy to travel to a hospital, a supermarket or a post office.
Only 20% of those living in rural areas use public transport each week, compared to 38% of those who live in an urban setting.
There are suggestions in the report for improvements to public transport for older people, with a call on the new Parliament to deliver more flexible transport services which better reflect the needs of older people.
The authors suggest advances in technology, including driverless cars, could further expand the range of transport options open to older people.
Access to transport is something we all need to consider in light of an ageing population.
Living for longer is positive for society, but it also presents some big challenges; public transport is one of these.


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Disney has been on a roll using its well-known intellectual properties as TV series such as the fairytale-based Once Upon A Time, as well as a series based on Marvel Comics’ espionage and law-enforcement agency for super-powered beings, S.H.I.E.L.D.
On a different topic, Junction Point, the video game development studio behind Disney’s Epic Mickey, was shut down yesterday, reported IGN, a video game news site.
As a gamer, it’s sad to see a video game studio — especially one that provided an interesting angle to Disney games — close its doors.
There’s no evidence that this is linked to earlier reports that Disney was going to make some layoffs, but it seems to fall in line with what analysts told me of it coming from the interactive/studios sides of the company.
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With a view to take you off the beaten track, this bar crawl in London pays particular attention to Camden's live music venues, with stops offs at the Barfly and Blues Kitchen as well as the indie clubbing haven, Koko on a Friday night. Share with your friends. Available to book any night of the week and with free shots, free entry to each venue and free queue jump included in the ticket price, this is an ever popular choice of bar crawl. Amy, a lab manager for a bank, said: "My grandparents were counting the beat with each other to make sure they were in time, it was my favourite part. Already have an ?
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Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is bringing the television series 77 Sunset Strip to the big screen as a period piece. Stephen Chin is in talks to write the script with Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern) directing.
The show ran for 6 seasons on ABC from October 1958 through February 1964, and starred Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Stuart "Stu" Bailey and Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer, both former government agents who ran a private detective agency based in a stylish office at 77 Sunset Strip. From its flashy production values and steady stream of popular guest stars to its iconic theme music, it was considered at the time to be one of the coolest shows on television.
The series was based on novels and short stories written by producer Roy Huggins, who introduced the character of Stu Bailey in his 1946 novel The Double Take. (Huggins would later go on to develop and produce several crime dramas, including The Rockford Files.)
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Automated monitoring of a whole production plant, equipped with a variety of different machines is a challenging task. Particular industries are introducing their own XML based schemas to ease the integration process. Print industry attempts to accomplish this with Job Description Format (JDF). However, a number of older print industry machines is rarely ready for such an integration. For integrating a real production plant, here is proposed a novel approach in utilizing a concept from Internet of Things (IoT) called edge computing, to enhance and integrate various printing and finishing equipment status in a unified manner. Edge computing assumes that a lot of processing is on a remote node and that the data is eventually aggregated to another location. For edge nodes small board computers (SBC) with wireless connectivity were used to collect data from machine sensors and store it locally. The data collected on the edge indicates status and operational speed over time of a machine and could be used for various analysis later. Edge node stores all data to a local database that could be accessed remotely or the node could be converted to a JDF compliant producer. The data from edges is then collected to establish a plant wide monitoring system that is a part of management information system. The concept presented here was successfully implemented in a real production environment.
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There aren’t many things in this world that we can be certain about, but aging marks an all too important exception. Towards the goal of understanding the marks of this unavoidable process, we’ve seen the epigenetic clock, which looks at CpG sites that are certainly differentially methylated as we age. However, a new perspective to interpret the sands of time has emerged and it takes advantage of the uncertainty in senescence by examining which CpG sites show variable differential methylation as we age.
This massive meta-analysis lead by the lab of Bastiaan Heijmans at the Leiden University Medical Center (the Netherlands) examined whole-blood CpG methylation profiles from 3295 people aged 18 to 88 using the 450K array. Here’s what they found:
- Of the 429,296 CpGs examined:
- 99,466 are age-related differentially methylated positions (aDMPs).
- 8,625 are age-related variably methylated positions (aVMPs).
- 321,565 are age-independent.
- To validate that their results weren’t confounded by the populations studied or alterations to cell-type composition, they compared their findings to large public data sets of whole-blood and purified monocytes, where 6,366 aVMPs (78.4 %) were validated in both and used for some in-depth analysis.
- Making use of the Epigenomics Roadmap, they found that aVMPs are depleted at active regions of the genome and enriched at polycomb-repressed regions.
- Taking advantage of matching RNA-seq gene expression profiles for most (2044) people, they compared the two and found:
- 1,988 aVMPs (31.2 %) are associated with gene expression of 1549 genes in cis, with those genes (e. Hox and clustered protocadherins) having functions related to neurodevelopment.
- 1816 aVMPs (28.5 %) are associated with the expression of 854 coding genes in trans. These regions are defined by either an age-related gain of methylation at CpG islands marked by PRC2 or a loss of methylation at enhancers.
- The trans-aVMP methylation pattern also extends to aging in other tissues and multiple cancer types.
- Genes associated with trans-aVMPs that are upregulated have functions related to DNA repair and apoptosis, while downregulated genes have functions related to cellular metabolism.
First author Roderick Slieker shares, “In cancer cells, we found changes in the regulation of the DNA at the same sites as if the differences occurring with ageing were a precursor of the disease. We therefore want to study whether a dysregulated DNA increases the risk of different forms of cancer and, conversely, a ‘youthful’ DNA is protective.”
Senior author Bastiaan Heijmans concludes, “Obviously, health depends on more than just the regulation of our DNA. But we do think that the dysregulation of the DNA is a fundamental process that could push the risk of different diseases in the wrong direction.”
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted an itinerary and review and we’ve been pretty buy since we left Marburg! This post is a bit of a mixture of a few things – my first music festival, some show jumping, crossing country borders over 17 times and sharing a pitch with about 200 college students. We left Marburg (sad face) and headed to Hasselt in Belgium for Pukkelpop before entering The Netherlands for some time in horsey country. Read on to hear more about one of the oddest fortnights on this trip so far.
Highlights and Lowlights
- Pukkelpop 2022 was great! Good music, nice people, clean and just generally great fun
- Horses were aplenty at the Longines Global Champions tour
- We got to enjoy the cooler weather by the North Sea coast
- Sharing a pitch with 200 college students isn’t exactly my idea of a relaxing time
- Our Valkenswaard campsite was a poor choice
- We had a bit of a lull and some dull few days
Below, I have listed some of the extra facilities available at the campsites we’ve stayed at. Each campsite also had the basics – toilets, showers, sinks for dish washing (a god send as we don’t have running hot water), laundry facilities, bins, grey water disposal, chemical toilets and fresh water.
Pukkelpop 2022 in Hasselt Belgium
Campsite – Camping Relax on wheels- a festival campsite
Cost – €185 for four nights for two people including electricity
Facilities – portaloos, showers, food stands and a thrift shop. There was no chemical toilet, grey water disposal or fresh water
Accessibility score – 2 / 5
See here for further detail on my accessibility scoring system.
This was your typical festival campsite that was essentially just a big field with rows and rows of campers and caravans in it. It was nothing special and didn’t have a lot of the basic facilities that an established campsite does BUT we were only there for 4 nights so we really didn’t mind. However, it was extortionately expensive for what it was, especially when you compare it to what we get in a “normal” campsite. Maybe its not fair to compare the two but it was hard to ignore it!
The accessibility of this campsite left a lot to be desired. Pukkelpop did have an area reserved in one of their other campsites specifically for people with a disability but that was for tents only. As we are in the van, our only option was Relax on Wheels. The site was just a big field so signage was minimal, the ground underfoot was long grass and there was no map. I get that it is a festival campsite, but at the same time, PKP were very open about the accessibility of their event, and I felt that this particular site wasn’t accessible enough.
Now, on the other hand, the festival itself was very good. Attendees with a disability could register beforehand to avail of extra services such as wheelchair platform access, help with tent building or personal care, bringing a chair or medication into the festival grounds, access to the accessible bathrooms and use of the induction loop for hearing aids among many others! I registered beforehand and got access to the wheelchair platforms, accessible bathrooms and the press / VIP entrance which was also designed for people with varying abilities. Being able to pre-register was great as it was all sorted in advance and I didn’t have to go and try to get it organised when I arrived.
During the event, I used the wheelchair platforms a couple of times but they didn’t make a huge difference as they were at the very back of the venues!
As a first festival experience, I think I had one of the best! It was such a well organised and clean festival, with a huge variety of acts, places to eat and drinks stands. We were never in a queue for very long either, which was a big plus!
One of the stands they had on site were for ear plugs, which was a great idea. We both bought a pair of the festival ones that can be reused and allow you to hear the music while wearing them. As I rely so much on my hearing to compensate for my vision loss, I didn’t want to risk damaging it. I immediately bought a pair and used them at every gig. They were great!
Valkenswaard – for music festival number 2 and horses!
Campsite – Camping Dommelvallei
Cost – €27 per night for two people including electricity
Facilities – bar, pool tables, playgrounds and swimming pool
Accessibility score – 2 / 5
Full disclosure, this was one of our least favourite spots for a number of reasons. We picked it because it was close to the Tops International Arena, where there was one leg of a show jumping league on. In hindsight, we should have stayed a bit further away from the show grounds and just travelled to it, rather than staying beside it.
The only space they had for us was in a large field, which we would be sharing with what we were told was a school induction, with 300+ students and their parents. I think there was a bit of a breakdown in communication here because we thought school and parents meant younger students heading into secondary school or something like that. NOPE. It was college students with some chaperones. Very different altogether.
To be fair to them, the students were clean, tidy, respectful and were quiet by 11pm each evening. There were some parties in the evenings and music played all day but they were OK to share a field with. It was kind of like being back at Pukkelpop but a lot less fun.
The main issues we had were with the campsite itself. It was way too expensive for what it was, especially as we didn’t have a designated pitch (we just parked up in a part of the field). there were no helpful signs anywhere. I only found one ladies shower (by chance) and it was really unclear which toilets were male, female or unisex. The chemical toilet also did not have a sign and it was right beside the dish washing sinks which was a bit gross. There was also no toilet paper or hand soap provided, which I would expect for €27 per night! In addition, the staff were not very friendly, nor helpful. We were also working for 2 days while here, and we were coming off the back of a weekend at a music festival so it all combined into a perfect storm of unhappiness for a couple of days. This is a perfectly normal part of travel and vanlife and we’ve bounced back since!
Things to see and do – We went to the Valkenswaard leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour, one of the biggest show jumping leagues in the world. It was great to see the beautiful Tops International Arena and support the Irish riders who all did incredibly well.
The campsite was a very short drive from Malpie Nature Reserve which we visited one day for a nice walk.
North Sea Bliss in Burgh-Haamstede
As a complete antidote to the above two festivals, we headed to the west coast of The Netherlands to Burgh-Haamstede. One of the best things about this place was that it was much, much cooler – think Ireland in the summer. Lots of wind, and some sunshine. Glorious.
En route to the campsite, we stopped at Baarle Hertog which is a little piece of Belgium within The Netherlands. We crossed the border between the two countries 14 times in 20minutes as we walked around this town. There is even a house here that straddles the border, with one part in Belgium and the other in The Netherlands.
Campsite – Camping de Duinhoeve
Cost – €30 per night for two people including electricity and Wi-Fi
Facilities – bar, restaurant, pool, snack bar and playgrounds
Accessibility score – 4 / 5
This was a beautiful campsite, with great facilities on its doorstep. We had a nice shaded pitch close to the modern sanitary blocks. It was right on the beach, cycling and walking tracks and had a bike rental spot just down the road. The staff were really lovely and the whole campsite was really well maintained.
It was a very accessible site. There was a good map handed out at reception, signs on the toilet and shower doors and very few steps (although I did trip up one in the restaurant). The lighting around the site was very good too. I didn’t see any tactile paving or signage around the site or around any of the paths and cycle ways which is the main reason why it didn’t get a 5.
Things to see and do – We felt that we wouldn’t really experience The Netherlands if we didn’t rent some bikes and test out the cycle tracks. So we did just that and cycled across the island and part way across one of the huge dams that are built to protect the country. As a visually impaired cyclist, I am extremely slow and cautious, so much so that I was constantly overtaken by other cyclists. I was very nervous cycling around but got used to it after a while. The designated cycle tracks make it really easy to navigate and stay safe. Apart from a minor crash into a pillar and big bruises from the pedals, it was a pretty uneventful bike ride!
There are excellent cycle tracks and routes set up all around The Netherlands. These are identified by numbered nodes that you can follow. They have an online map and app too which makes it really easy to plan your route.
As fuel for our cycle we stopped at Pannekoekenmolen de Graanhalm for some pancakes before heading off. They were delicious.
That’s it for this fortnight. The next two weeks will be spent in Utrecht, Aalsmeer and Leiden as we do some house and pet sitting, fix a broken tap and (hopefully) enjoy some thunderstorms! Thanks for reading, Aoife x
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