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This alt-rock power trio kicked off its set with the “The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade” from the band’s debut album, 2011’s “The Big Roar.” This upbeat catchy rocker seemed like the perfect soundtrack for what guitarist/vocalist Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan described as a lovely evening, one she admitted was not a common occurrence in the band’s birthplace of Northern Wales.
For that matter, the petite blonde’s accent is so lilting, just her talking could have been musical enough. But the other songs Ritzy sang into her microphone adorned with a mass of light-bulb strings were just as appealing.
Standouts include the percussive rocker “The Last Thing on My Mind” and the introspective ballad “Liana”, both from the group’s latest release, the 2016 album “Hitch.” The short set also featured material from older albums, such as “Little Blimp” from 2013’s “Wolf’s Law.”
Drummer Matt Thomas was set up in an unusual position: on the right side of stage, so that he faced his band-mates instead of the audience while he bashed away at a drum kit that included a very large gong.
Drummer Matt Thomas
Also going against the norm was bassist Rhydian Dafydd, who seemed considerably more animated than the typical player of that instrument, occasionally running over to one or the other of his band-mates during the show.
Bassist Rhydian Dafydd
Rhydian & Ritzy
Rhydian & Matt
Despite getting noisier as it went along, this power trio’s set was surprisingly melodic overall, and definitely worth seeing.
This San Francisco band’s headlining gig was a week after the passing of funk/rock/pop/r&b superstar Prince, so it wasn’t surprising to hear “Let’s Go Crazy” being played as the group took to the stage. But what was surprising was that as the bandmembers picked up their instruments, they started singing and playing along with the recording, somehow managing to make that sound good instead of chaotic.
After the Prince opening, Train moved into its own material, kicking things off with a pair of its bigger radio hits: the mariachi-powered “50 Ways To Say Goodbye” and “If It’s Love” with its mid-tempo groove and stream-of consciousness lyrics.
The band followed those up with a pair of older hits: the easygoing “Get To Me” and the song that first put the group on the map, the 1999 single “Meet Virginia.” Lead singer Pat Monahan then announced that the group was in the studio recording songs for their upcoming album, after which the band played a new song called “The News” for the first time in public.
Monahan also remarked on how nice it was to have good weather for the show, and for good reason. For Train’s previous Sunfest appearance in 2013, the band had to deal with a soggy evening, complete with muddy grounds and a steady drizzle. But the group held the crowd’s attention then with a lot of audience participation, something which was repeated for this performance. As was the case in 2013, the song “Mermaid” was an invitation for the “little mermaids” to go onstage, and as he sang the songs “Marry Me” and “Bruises”, Monahan walked through crowd, shaking hands with the fans.
The band continued its set with more of its monster radio hits: “Calling All Angels”, “Save Me, San Francisco”, “Hey Soul Sister” and “Drive By.” The encore consisted of the piano ballad “Drops of Jupiter” and a faithful rendition of Prince’s signature anthem “Purple Rain.”
If fellow Sunfest headliner Meghan Trainor could be considered the typical pop phenomenon, this ‘80s New Wave band from Birmingham, England is the rare case of former teen idols being able to maintain their career long after the aging of their original fans past adolescence. Few witnessing the initial chart ascent of this MTV favourite could have predicted that thirty-five years later the group would still be going strong.
But going strong it is, despite the absence of original guitarist Andy Taylor. September 2015 saw the release of the band’s fourteenth studio album, Paper Gods, the title track for which kicked off its Sunfest performance.
Bassist John Taylor with guitarist Dominic Brown
Clad in a white jumpsuit, front-man Simon Le Bon roamed around the stage, belting out classic Duran hits such as “Wild Boys”, “Hungry Like The Wolf” and the theme song for the 1985 James Bond film A View to A Kill. But the new album was also represented by tracks such as “Pressure Off” and “Last Night In The City.”
Bassist (and fan favourite) John Taylor seemed to have more energy than anyone else on stage, spending his time either running around, slapping his bass, singing backup or playing alongside tour guitarist Dominic Brown.
John with Dominic Brown
But even when stationary, he still had a presence, as if he were some sort of rock-star superhero.
As a contrast, keyboardist Nick Rhodes remained true to his introspective self, spending much of the performance in his typical pose, looking down at his synthesizers.
And drummer Roger Taylor laid down the beat whilst being hidden by his cymbals.
Behind all those drums and cymbals…
… is Roger Taylor (Photo by Heather Morales)
Throughout the show, the band honoured its influences, both living and dead. One of the songs performed was the title track for the 1986 album Notorious, produced by legendary funk guitarist Nile Rodgers, who was also involved in the group’s current album. Also played was the band’s version of the rap classic “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mal.
But perhaps the cleverest tribute was to one of the group’s biggest influences, the late David Bowie. In the middle of performing one of its earliest hits “Planet Earth”, the band segued into Bowie’s first hit, the extra-terrestial rock classic “Space Oddity.”
Backing Vocalist Anna Ross & Simon
Also, at the beginning of the encore, Simon talked about how influenced they were by the late great funk/pop/rock superstar Prince, who had just passed away the previous week. Simon then dedicated the introspective ballad “Save A Prayer” to the Minnesota music legend, exhorting the crowd to hold up their cellphones to light up the night. The band then ended their career-spanning performance with one of their earliest smashes, the title track to 1982’s Rio. This up-tempo Duran classic featured saxophonist Andy Hamilton, who did the solo for the song’s recording.
Certainly a great ending to a great festival beginning.
Backing Vocalist Jessie Wagner
Backing Vocalist Anna Ross (photo by Erin McMahon)
The opening night of this year’s Sunfest could have been titled “Teen Idols, Then and Now”, with Duran Duran representing “Teen Idols Then” and this twenty-two-year-old singer-songwriter from Nantucket, MA representing “Now.” Meghan Trainor took to the stage flanked by a pair of dancers whose frenetic moves complemented her music, best described as a combination of retro-pop and hip-hop.
Trainor’s Sunfest performance marks her return to stage, having had her previous year’s tour cancelled due to vocal-chord hemorrhaging.
The first few songs of the set were taken from her major-label debut, 2015’s Title. But also making its live debut was the song “Watch Me Do”, a track from her imminent next release Thank You, due out on May 13th.
The crowd consisted mainly of younger music fans but also included Meghan’s parents.
Meghan saved some of her most popular material for last, waiting till the encore to perform the ubiquitous “All About The Bass”, and her latest hit “No”, the first single from her upcoming album.
As I said previously, this year’s Sunfest marked the first time that Empress K of Reggae Reflection and I had press passes for all five days of the festival. And while we had our share of challenges and mishaps, we won’t let any negative vibes kill our buzz, because this year’s lineup really delivered. With so many good bands and diverse artists playing sometimes simultaneously, we had to split up more than previous years to cover them all. But you the readers of our blogs and the Island Stage web magazine will be the beneficiaries, because our strategy of dividing and conquering enabled us to listen to and take pictures of about half of the fifty bands that played.
And as the local half of this press team, I was able to see a lot of my concert-going friends along the way, and they were able to see me. Here’s a picture of me in the photo pit for The Roots that was forwarded to me by my friend Alison Bourke, taken by her boyfriend Basel Hamad:
And here’s one of the pictures I took from that pit:
Damon “Tuba Gooding Jr.” Bryson of The Roots on Sousaphone
So sit tight for a whole lot of words and pictures about this year’s Sunfest…
A stylized view of Sunfest from the Captain Morgan Floating Bar (Photo by Alison Bourke)


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Cesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Makes the dog food more palatable and is easy for your pet to digest. It also is an additional source of protein.
Chicken By-Product Meal
Chicken By-Product Meal (natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine) includes fresh chicken meat along with internal organs and bones. Meat meal is a concentrated source of protein which contains up to three times the amount of protein as its fresh counterpart.
Ground Yellow Corn
This ingredient is considered to be a kind of filler that is generally inexpensive, and can sometimes be allergenic for pets. The lower on the food ingredient list, the less likely it is to cause digestive issues in your pet.
Isn’t necessarily a bad ingredient for dogs to eat. Granted, it’s not part of their wild ancestor’s diet of choice, but wheat does contain fiber and other beneficial vitamins. Wheat is sometimes linked to canine food allergies, so do be aware of this fact if your dog begins exhibiting food allergy symptoms.
Brewer’s rice is the leftover broken fragments of whole rice used in breweries. This is another kind of highly digestible carbohydrate.
According to the guaranteed analysis, Cesar Rotisserie Chicken Flavor & Spring Vegetables Garnish Dry Dog Food has 26% protein, 13% fat, 4.5% fiber, and 12% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 39.5%.

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Microsoft has launched a new app called “Emoji8” that allows users to compare their own facial expressions to emojis and get evaluated with scores.
“‘Emoji8’ uses ‘Windows Machine Learning (ML)’ to evaluate your facial expressions while you imitate a random selection of emojis. You can play on the app even when you don’t have an Internet connection,” Killian McCoy, Program Manager, Microsoft wrote in a blog-post on Friday.
The app is available for those using Windows 10 October 2018 update. It is available for free download in the Microsoft Store.
“This app will give you a great end-to-end example of how you can use the Windows ML APIs to create simple yet magical experiences,” McCoy added.
Microsoft has notified nearly 10,000 customers in the past year who were targeted or compromised by nation-state attacks originating from three countries — Iran, North Korea and Russia.
According to Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President for Consumer Security and Trust at Microsoft, 84 per cent of these attacks targeted its enterprise customers, and about 16 per cent targeted consumer personal email accounts.
“While many of these attacks are unrelated to the democratic process, this data demonstrates the significant extent to which nation-states continue to rely on cyber attacks as a tool to gain intelligence, influence geopolitics or achieve other objectives,” Burt said in a blog post late on Wednesday.
The company has seen extensive activity from the actors it calls Holmium and Mercury operating from Iran, Thallium operating from North Korea, and two actors operating from Russia it calls Yttrium and Strontium.
“This data has been compiled by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center which works every day to track these global threats,” said Burt.
Since the launch of Microsoft “AccountGuard” last August, the company has uncovered attacks specifically targeting organisations that are fundamental to democracy.
“We have steadily expanded AccountGuard, our threat notification service for political campaigns, parties, and democracy-focused non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to include 26 countries across four continents.”
Microsoft has made 781 notifications of nation-state attacks targeting organisations participating in AccountGuard.
This data shows that democracy-focused organisations in the US should be particularly concerned as 95 per cent of these attacks have targeted US-based organisations. Many of the democracy-focused attacks target NGOs and think tanks.
“As we head into the 2020 elections, we anticipate that we will see attacks targeting US election systems, political campaigns or NGOs that work closely with campaigns,” warned Microsoft.
The company demonstrated the first voting system running Microsoft ElectionGuard technology at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado, on Wednesday.
“ElectionGuard can enable a new era of secure, verifiable voting. It is also possible to make voting more accessible for people with disabilities and more affordable for local governments while increasing security,” said Burt.
“ElectionGuard” is free and open-source and will be available through the repository GitHub as a software development kit (SDK) later this year. (IANS)

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The Death of into Small Dog Kennels
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The measurements of the booth are picked dependent on how big is its owner and the state of the surroundings. From the beginning, you should choose the measurements of the dog’s house and cut out every one of the specifics on the intended size. Hence, it’s miles better to select something of your correct size.


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Who Created the World? God or Jesus or both together?
The creation of the world is told at the very beginning of the Bible. In Gen. 1:26 God says: God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
God also says this: Isa. 44:24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself;
So God has done it alone and created everything. Psalm 33:6 confirms this: By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. And Psa 148:5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
When Jesus was born (became flesh) of the Virgin Mary, he became the Word of God who conveyed the will and message of God to mankind. Jesus was not in my opinion, in heaven creating the world at the beginning of the ages, but the world was made by the Father alone as testified by Isaiah at 44:24.
Jhn 1:10 He [Christ] was in the world, and the [new] world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.” – God promises that “I make all things new” (Rev 21:5) but it is not the same thing as the original creation of the world. Also, pay attention to Eph 1:10: “with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.”
You need to keep strictly separate the physical world (the universe, Gr. Cosmos), created by Jehovah God and the spiritual future world, created by the high priest, Jesus Christ.
“1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world (literally: ages).”
ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν ἐν Υἱῷ ὃν ἔθηκεν κληρονόμον πάντων δι’ οὗ καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς αἰῶνας
In Hebrews, does it really mean that the world was created through Jesus? The word ‘world’ comes from the Greek word αἰών aiōn. In Strong’s Lexicon, the meaning of the word aion is defined like this:
αἰών aiṓn; from the same as G104; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; especially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):—age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without end).
A better translation of the Hebrew letter could, concerning the creation of the world, be like this: … through which He created the coming ages (the Messianic era). This translated version is also supported by NENT: 2 hath at the end of these :days spoken to us in a Son, whom he appointed heir of all, through whom also he made the ages; 3 who being the Glory’s effulgence, and the very †image of his :substance, and †upholding :all things by the word of his :power, when he had made purification of :sins, sat down on the right of the Majesty on †high;
KJV 1789 says Heb 1:2 the following: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; – The preposition is wrong, not by Jesus, but through him, that is, Jesus’ crucifixion allows people to enter into the coming era by Jesus. The future time is also discussed in the next chapter: Heb 2:5 For he has not subjected to angels the habitable world which is to come, of which we speak;
At least the translation does not follow the most important meaning of αἰῶν (aion), which is related to time and times. The physical, material world is in Greek cosmos, but its creator was God the Father. Aion means the world as a human being perceives it in terms of his intellectual development; modern time (world) in relation to the times to come and eternity.
According to my interpretation, Paul’s idea is not to give evidence of the creation of the world (cosmos), but of the leading part of Christ in the reign of man in the coming ages, eternity, the kingdom of God. God has given us the opportunity, through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus Christ, to enter the kingdom of God in the future. Jesus is the heir of this new world (Millennial kingdom), its king. Christ will be the high priest of the true kingdom of God which starts after the last judgment has been executed.
God has spoken through His Son in the last days, and in earlier times he spoke through the prophets. From this, you could draw the conclusion that the creation of the world through Christ involves the creation of the future world that Christ has already begun on earth.
God the Father created alone the world, the universe testifies Isa 44:2 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?); God created the heavens, the stars, the entire universe (cosmos), but through the death of Jesus was created the messianic era. The same says Heb 1:10 And, You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands;
In Proverbs 8:30, it is stated that Jesus was a master workman of God in creating the world. This, however, does not mean that Father God was not the real creator, the architect. In Gen 1:26, God says, “Let us make …” To whom did he say so? For his own master worker, Jesus, if you believe in Jesus’s pre-existence, or to angels, who also rejoiced at the outcome.
For by [or in] him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him.
ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
because in Him all in heaven were created … Preposition ἐν (en) in him, not he. If Paul wanted to say that Christ created everything, he would have said it directly. Now he uses the words in a way difficult to understand. Earlier, I wrote who alone created the world, God the Father. He also created the visible and invisible powers. After his resurrection, Christ ascended to Heaven and was exalted above all these powers. All of them have been created and been foreseen by God, and they were assigned to Christ. 1 Pet 1:19 “but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, the blood of Christ; 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,
Col 1:17: καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” – Those who regard this as referring to a moral creation, interpret it as meaning that he has the pre-eminence over all things; not as referring to his pre-existence (Barnes’).
Many Trinitarians think these verses witness the pre-existence and divinity of Jesus. Barnes: ”And by him all things subsist” – or are sustained. The meaning is, that they are kept in the present state; their existence, order, and arrangement are continued by his power. If unsupported by him, they would fall into disorder, or sink back to nothing. If this is the proper interpretation, then it is the ascription to Christ of infinite power – for nothing less could be sufficient to uphold the universe; and of infinite wisdom – for this is needed to preserve the harmonious action of the suns and systems of which it is composed. None could do this but one who is divine; and hence we see the reason why he is represented as the image of the invisible God. He is the great and glorious and ever-active agent by whom the perfections of God are made known.
The above verses of Paul are difficult to understand and Peter found this himself and wrote (2 Pet 3:16): … “as also in all His letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction”
10:12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
38:16 But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us, …
9:6 You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.
5 Who [God] removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger 6 Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble; 7 Who commands the sun, and it doesn’t rise, And seals up the stars; 8 Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea; 9 Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
33:6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
89:11 The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.
115:15 Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
124:8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.
136:5 To him who by understanding made the heavens; For his loving kindness endures forever:
148:5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
42:5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk therein:
45:18 For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
44:24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; – Is this God the Father, or Jesus Christ, the Son of God speaking? According to one opinion (Gill’s Bible Exposition), the Son of God: These are the words of the Son of God, of Christ, the Redeemer of his people; and the following show him to be the Mighty God, and so able to redeem them, and therefore was appointed to this work, and undertook it.
I cannot accept this position because God spoke in ancient times through his prophets, not through his son Jesus. The prophets, like Isaiah as quoted above, were prophets of God the Father. In their message, it is the Father God who speaks. Jesus became the last prophet and the Word of God after these prophets. God has made Jesus Christ the heir of the future world. This is when the kingdom of God, the new world, is established (created) on earth. This is also about the coming event and God’s sure promise. Satan is still the king of this world, as he said to Jesus in the wilderness when he offered the world to Jesus if Jesus consented to worship Satan. In Heaven, Jesus is already above all creatures and when he comes for the second time, God’s promise is fulfilled and Satan is excluded from his present position as the god of this world.
17:24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,
4:11 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, because you created all things, and they came into existence and were created because of your will.

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Apple Inc, the iPhone making giant that filed a lawsuit on a software making firm dubbed Corellium has chosen to go soft on the latter, as it will be using the said company related service to track down iPhone users who are using the device to store and share child se$%^& abuse content.
Corellium is a business firm that offers iPhone scanning software to security researchers interested in inspecting virtual iPhones for R&D purposes. Apple chose to shut down the software making firm with a lawsuit as it was found violating the company’s intellectual property.
But by keeping aside the difference, the two companies seem to have joined hands for the good of iPhone users who are active online.
Corellium has launched an Open Security Initiative that will offer a $5000 grant to independent researchers interested in security and privacy of mobile applications. This will include scanning of Apple iPhones for explicit images of children and matching them with the database of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and then notifying the government about the guilty.
Currently, the iOS giant is looking into the pros and cons of allowing third party software to scan its user phones. As it doesn’t want to involve in any kind of controversy related to mobile security- a story observed in the Pegasus surveillance software developed by Israel-based NSO Group and used by various governments across the world to spy on citizens.
Note– Apple has taken security of its users seriously till date and has refused many government legal requests (including United States) to break into the iPhone technology to monitor the online activities of various iPhone users without a valid reason.


Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 20th, 2010
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Clr 5, Law 5, Pal 4
This spell functions like dispel evil
, except that you are surrounded by constant, blue, lawful energy, and the spell affects chaotic creatures and spells rather than evil ones.
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The Alberta mom of a boy who disappeared and not using a hint almost 43 years in the past says she has new hope for solutions after media reviews about her son’s case.
“It has been a whirlwind,” Denise McKee stated.
“It’s totally clear that you simply and the opposite media have outed the RCMP.”
McKee beforehand instructed World Information she was pissed off with the Alberta RCMP’s dealing with of the file.
In keeping with RCMP, Jeffrey Dupres disappeared on April 24, 1980 within the city of Slave Lake, about 200 kilometers north of Edmonton.
Jeffrey was three when he performed in his entrance yard, and bought permission from his mom to go see a pal subsequent door.
He was final seen carrying a long-sleeved beige shirt with brown trim, rust-colored pants and darkish brown orthopedic footwear.
The then 26-year-old mom went downstairs within the household residence to throw the laundry within the dryer when a knock on the door caught her consideration – it was the neighbor little one Jeffrey was alleged to be enjoying with. He regarded for his pal.
The mom began wanting in every single place for her son, checking with neighbors, after which she referred to as the RCMP.
Mother continues to be trying to find solutions 43 years after her toddler disappeared in Alberta
The RCMP stated Wednesday that on that day — April 24, 1980 — the division was coping with a wildfire that compelled evacuations from the northern Alberta city when McKee contacted them.
“The officer on responsibility responded and began making inquiries within the neighborhood and Mrs. Dupree’s residence, her yard and any areas the place Jeffrey was final seen have been checked,” Chief Supt. Gary Graham.
Graham is the officer accountable for Japanese Alberta for the RCMP.
He stated over the subsequent week, the neighborhood of Slave Lake was searched 5 occasions – on foot and by air.
“Each residence, each constructing. Each car we might discover, that entire city was scrutinized and reviewed.”
Over the many years, a lot of ideas got here in – however by no means what investigators wanted to crack the case of the lacking toddler.
“Nothing substantial and nothing that may give us hope that we will deliver the investigation to a decision,” Graham stated.
Jeffrey’s mom lengthy felt she was the first suspect after being questioned and even requested to take a polygraph check.
A long time later, RCMP confirmed she handed the check and was dominated out as a suspect in 1980 — however she was by no means instructed.
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Lacking father of three present in shark’s abdomen, recognized by tattoos
“The RCMP didn’t do nearly as good a job as anticipated of speaking key parts of the investigation to the household,” Graham stated.
“After all we apologize that she has needed to cope with this for the previous 40 years.”
McKee stated she accepts the apology — nevertheless it’s actually motion she needs, progress on the case.
“I wish to be enthusiastic. I wish to consider. I wish to, however I have been there, executed that many occasions.”
Slave Lake RCMP launch age-progression images of boy who went lacking in 1980, ask for public’s assist
Through the years, the household saved their search going. A reporter, Anna J. James, who had as soon as lined Jeffrey’s case within the media and had since turn out to be a non-public investigator, provided to file the file.
A GoFundMe has been began to assist pay for issues like posters and billboard adverts, and James hopes volunteers with totally different expertise will step ahead to offer their time and experience to the trigger.
A $5,000 reward is being provided for info resulting in Jeffrey’s whereabouts. There’s additionally a Fb web page referred to as What Occurred to Jeffrey Dupres?
Over the many years, pictures of age development have been made within the hope of discovering Jeffrey. James had simply had a brand new one executed and was attempting to think about what Jeffrey would seem like at the moment at 45.
It was additionally lately despatched to the media by the Slave Lake RCMP.
Mom determined for solutions about toddler’s disappearance, 43 years in the past
On Wednesday, RCMP stated they have been now reviewing Jeffrey’s file — one thing his mom appreciated.
“Effectively, it is positively extra hope. I actually have not had any hope in a very long time,” McKee stated.
One factor the RCMP needs to clarify: investigators consider her little one, who would now be middle-aged, continues to be alive.
“Investigators over the previous 40 years have all the time maintained that the Jeffrey can be alive.”
Why? Two causes stand out.
- RCMP say they haven’t come throughout a report of a deceased or somebody and not using a background.
- A number of witnesses in 1980 stated they noticed Jeffrey being led by a girl in a more recent blue Chevy or GMC truck. There was a person behind the wheel.
“Up to now we have now not been in a position to find that car or these two folks,” Graham stated.
Jeffrey can be 45. RCMP stated he might not know who he actually is, however he will not have any child images.
He can also have glasses or stroll with a limp, police stated.
“It’s essential to have moved round lots in your formative years. Perhaps you even really feel such as you’re totally different from the remainder of your loved ones,” Graham stated.
No matter what occurred to her boy, as she turns 70, McKee simply needs some solutions so her household can have closure.
“I wish to know,” she stated. “I wish to know for positive.”
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Latin Name: Papio cynocephalus ursinus
Lifespan: Both males and females live up to 18 years.
Weight: Males 32kg, females 15kg.
Chacma Baboons are found throughout southern Africa, except in the very arid regions.
Diet and Feeding:
Baboons are omnivorous feeding on a variety of fruits, leaves, grasses, roots, tubers, tree gum, insects, spiders and scorpions. They will also hunt prey such as reptiles, birds and other mammals.
During the Impala (Aepyceros melampus) lambing season, Chacma baboons have been known to run in and snatch the new-born lambs to feed off them.
Just below the tail, on the rump area are horny epidermal callosities. With females in oestrus, the callosities swell up substantially and serve as clear signal to the males of their breeding condition.
The dominant males herd and mate with the females in oestrus. The Alpha male does most of the mating.
Young males that have no dominant ranking within the troop have no mating rights. Mature females in most cases won’t give them the opportunity to mate unless the social bond between two is very strong. This type of mating is not tolerated by the dominant males and could prove very dangerous for the young male if caught in the act.
After a successful copulation from one male or a number of different males, the female then goes through a 6 month gestation period and gives birth to a single offspring. Females can give birth at any time of the year.
Youngsters are totally weaned from 6 to 8 months and share a very strong bond with their mothers. In the fist few weeks after birth the mother carries her baby in her hands and arms and as the baby grows it then holds onto its mother by the hair and hangs under her belly while walking. As the youngsters legs get stronger, it then moves onto the mothers back, using her raised tail as a back-rest.
Interesting Facts on the Chacma Baboon:
The canines of a mature Chacma baboon are longer than those of the lion.
Leopard will often hunt baboons, but young and inexperienced leopard can be killed by baboons when mobbed and bitten from different directions by a number of large dominant male baboons.
Young Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) and baboons will on occasion play together, but as adults baboons will hunt Vervet monkeys.
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Postdoc, Cornell University
Rick studies the situated interaction of culture and cognition, along with the resulting implications for sociological theory and methods.
Culture, cognition, religion, politics, active learning
Martin, John Levi, James Murphy and Rick Moore. 2018. “Protest Movements and Citizen Discontent: Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party” Sociological Forum 33(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12435
Moore, Rick. 2017. “Sardonic Atheists and Silly Evangelicals: The Relationship between Self-Concept and Humor Style.” Qualitative Sociology 40(4):447–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-017-9364-9
Moore, Rick. 2017. “Fast or slow: Sociological Implications of Measuring Dual-process Cognition” Sociological Science 4: 196-223. https://doi.org/10.15195/v4.a9

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On Friday 28 October 2022 the European Court of Justice prevented the extradition of a Serbian national from Germany to the USA on the basis that he had previously been convicted and sentenced for the same offences in Slovenia. The court determined that Article 45 of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement (CISA), regarding the ne bis idem (double jeopardy) principle, overrode the terms of an extradition treaty between Germany and the USA. The ECJ found this to be the case despite the requested person being a non-EU national.
The Serbian citizen, identified as HF, was convicted in Slovenia in 2012 for the offence of “attacking information systems” between December 2009 and June 2010. He was sentenced to one year and three months’ imprisonment, later commuted to 480 hours of community service, which he served in full by 25 June 2015.
On 4 December 2018 the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an arrest warrant against HF concerning charges of “conspiracy to participate in racketeer influenced corrupt organisations and conspiracy to commit bank fraud and fraud by means of telecommunication” and an INTERPOL Red Notice was issued.
HF was arrested in Munich on 20 January 2022, with the USA submitting an extradition request on 17 March 2022. A previous extradition request made by the US to Slovenia in 2020 was rejected by the District Court of Koper, Slovenia on the basis that a Slovenian court had delivered final judgment in respect of the relevant acts. The US warrant included acts carried out after 2010, however the Slovenian authorities stated that there was no suspicion that any offence had been committed in respect of these acts.
As a result of the previous conviction the German court was uncertain as to the lawfulness of the proposed extradition to the USA and referred the question to the European Court of Justice.
The US extradition request was made under the auspices of the “Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America concerning extradition” of 20 June 1978 (the Extradition Treaty). Under Article 8 of the Extradition Treaty “Extradition shall not be granted when the person whose extradition is requested has been tried and discharged or punished with final and binding effect by the competent authorities of the Requested State for the offence for which his extradition is requested.” Thus, Article 8 appears to only permit extradition to be refused in a case of double jeopardy where the previous conviction and sentence were imposed by Germany, and not any other EU member state.
The German court was concerned that this conflicted (in conjunction with Article 50 of the “Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union”) with Article 54 CISA which states that “A person whose trial has been finally disposed of in one Contracting Party may not be prosecuted in another Contracting Party for the same acts provided that, if a penalty has been imposed, it has been enforced, is actually in the process of being enforced or can no longer be enforced under the laws of the sentencing Contracting Party.”
The court sought the ECJ’s guidance as to whether Article 54 CISA overrode the provisions agreed in the Extradition Treaty, particularly in the case where the requested person is not an EU citizen. The court also queried whether, if Article 54 CISA took precedence, the effect would be that Germany would be unable to extradite a third-country national whose case had finally been disposed of in another Member State.
The ECJ first found that a request for extradition falls within the scope of prosecution referred to in Article 54 CISA “where such execution constitutes an act of a member state contributing to the effective prosecution of a criminal offence in the third country concerned.”
The reference to “person” in Article 54 CISA did not distinguish between EU and non-EU citizens, and was only concerned with the jurisdiction in which the prior conviction and sentence had been located, not the nationality of the individual. Therefore, the relevant rules would apply to third country nationals, a conclusion which supported the objectives pursued by the provision.
The objective of the CISA provision is intended, as described in Advocate General Collins’ opinion in the case, “to ensure legal certainty through respect for decisions of public bodies that have become final, in the absence of harmonisation or approximation of the criminal laws of the member states.” It is also important to ensure that “a person whose trial has been finally disposed of in one member state can travel within the Schengen area without having to fear prosecution for the same acts in another member state” per the Judgement of the ECJ. Thus, the driving principle behind the provision may be seen to be to ensure the proper mutual and co-operative functioning of the various jurisdictions of the European Union. As AG Collins writes, “were it possible, in the area of freedom, security and justice, to bring multiple prosecutions against the same person for the same acts, the purpose of such an area would be defeated and the principles of mutual trust and mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters would be infringed.”
As to the conflict with the Extradition Treaty, the ECJ found that member states must exercise their power in compliance with EU law and principles. The Court considered the Extradition Treaty to be subject to the separate extradition treaty between the EU, as a whole, and the US. Whilst that treaty does not specifically set out the ne bis idem principle as a reason to refuse extradition, it places an obligation on member states to follow EU law and principles, rendering them unable to conclude any treaty terms that conflict with these principles. AG Collins makes it clear that “member states are required to [act] in compliance with EU law and, more specifically, with the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Charter, including the principle ne bis in idem enshrined in Article 50 thereof, and cannot therefore enter into obligations which are incompatible with those arising under EU law”
The ECJ’s focus on legal consistency throughout the EU area creates an interesting difference between the scope and application of double jeopardy rules at the EU level as opposed to national level, such as that applied in the UK.
Double jeopardy in the UK
The rule against double jeopardy in the UK is set out at sections 12 and 80 of the Extradition Act 2003 covering both EU member states and other countries respectively. Following Brexit the application of Part 1 of the Extradition Act may be reviewed, as has been discussed in this blog before, however the UK courts have upheld the applicability of this act as concerns member states to this date. Both s12 and s80 of the Extradition Act bar extradition “by reason of the rule against double jeopardy if (and only if) it appears that he would be entitled to be discharged under any rule of law relating to previous acquittal or conviction” by a UK court in purely domestic circumstances.
The UK rules, so engaged, fall into two categories; that of autrefois convict (or acquit) and the prevention of an abuse of process. Both principles apply where the original conviction was in a foreign jurisdiction as is set out in R v Thomas  QB 604, where the accused had previously been convicted in Italy (although the UK court permitted that extradition as there was no prospect of punishment by the Italian court). Both principles were held to apply in extradition cases in Fofana & Belize v Deputy Prosecutor Thubin  EWHC 744.
The autrefois bar applies where the accused is charged with the same offence in fact and law as the previous conviction (or acquittal). This is a narrow bar focussed on the legal basis of the charges brought, which must be the same, rather than merely arising from the same incidents. As Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest states in Connelly v DPP  AC 1254 “The test is […] whether such proof as is necessary to convict of the second offence would establish guilt of the first offence or of an offence for which on the first charge there could be a conviction.”
The bar for abuse of process is somewhat broader, preventing extradition where the request arises out of the same or similar facts as the prior conviction. As Lord Devlin states in Connelly “As a general rule a judge should stay an indictment [or per Fofana an extradition] when he is satisfied that the charges therein are founded on the same facts as the charges in a previous indictment on which the accused has been tried, or form or are a part of a series of offences of the same or a similar character as the offences charged in the previous indictment.”
However, Lord Devlin did identify that not every second trial [or extradition] would always be an abuse of process. “The judge must then, in all the circumstances of the particular case, exercise his discretion as to whether or not he applies the general rule.” Therefore while the application of this bar may be broader, it might be challenged, for example where the previous sentence was unable to be applied, where new evidence has emerged or where new victims have been identified.
Principle v Politics
The differing approaches of the UK and EU courts lead to different effects. UK law is grounded in preventing the injustice or abuse of a second trial brought for the same offence or incident, while the European principle seeks to maintain a common legal framework and area within the community and to support the principle of freedom of movement.
While the double jeopardy principle is applied equally to all foreign jurisdictions with which the UK has an extradition treaty, the EU level principle in CISA only protects requested persons whose cases have finally disposed of in other member states, making it narrower in scope.
Similarly, whereas the application of the EU rule is as broad as the abuse of process bar in the UK, requiring only that the extradition be for “the same acts”, it is much more restrictive in the exceptions to that bar. Under Article 55 CISA, member states declare that they are not bound by Article 54 where:
- The incident took place in whole or in part in their own territory
- The offences constitute an offence against national security or equally essential interests of the member state
- The acts were committed by officials of the member state in violation of the duties of their office.
Once again, the focus here is on mediating between the interests of member states, in creating a common legal area, rather than the UK focus on empowering judges to decide whether it would be unjust to order extradition.
The recent ECJ judgement has further developed the EU wide ne bis idem rule at community level. However, being based on the international market rules framework of the EU, this principle is guided by the need to maintain integrity in the community rather than the application of the double jeopardy principle itself. As a result, this bar to extradition is limited in scope to convictions arising from other EU member states and assumes those convictions to be a complete bar to further prosecution save where to do so would create friction between member states.


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We are truly humbled to win the Bronze award in Excellence in Learning & Development award. We are also absolutely stoked that Lars Voedisch was awarded Independent Agency Head of the Year and Prayaank Gupta won the Rising Star of the Year (Independent Agency). Congratulations to each and every member of the PRecious family and to our clients for placing their trust in us.
PRecious Communications was shortlisted under the following six categories at the inaugural Marketing Talent Awards (MTA) presented by the Marketing Magazine.
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Wildflowers along Moran Creek Trail #2, July 18, 2020 – Madelon Martin
We got Moran Creek Trail #2 opened up yesterday, July 2. It’s a good thing we had a decent-size crew. Aside from the usual brushing out, we had to remove 33 blow-downs, some of them pretty substantial — not as bad as last year’s 54, but still plenty of work.
We were the first up the trail this season, but had at least 10 people come through while we were working.
As mentioned in a previous post, we got Trail 2 mostly cut out on July 2. Yesterday (July 6, 2015) a group of us went in with a chain saw and finished up a few of the balkier items, especially a big old spruce blocking travel at the 2.5 mile (4 km) point.
Barring additional blow-downs, the trail is clear.
Bill is happy now
Randy, Sue and Greg look pleased, too

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Discuss and Debate #ClimateChange
One of the most important social issues affecting this planet and life as we know it.
Humans should act to fight climate change
Do we need nuclear power for sustainable energy production?
Global overpopulation is a myth.
Should the EU introduce a carbon tax?
Can Climate Change Be Reversed?
Would the world be a better place without humans?
Should nuclear energy replace fossil fuels?
Should fracking be banned?
Should governments push for 100% renewable energy?
Should Private Cars Be Forbidden In Large Cities?
What is the worst world problem of the utmost concern?
Are the Milankovitch Cycles major causes of climate change?
The use of plastic should be avoided.
Is the United Nations the best forum to tackle climate change?
Are the rich or the poor more responsible for environmental damages?
Should The US Have Pulled Out Of The Paris Climate Agreement?
Humans will be responsible for their own extinction
Should Governments Subsidize Ethanol?
Should renewable energy sources replace fossil fuels?
There should be further research on solar geoengineering.
Are battery electric vehicles better than hydrogen fuel cell vehicles?
Should the use of 1080 poison be encouraged?
Do wind farms have more advantages than disadvantages?
Deep sea oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight should be banned


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Nyack Alumna in Remake of Tony-Award Winning "Dreamgirls"
Nyack Communications alumna, Markita Prescott, will appear in a remake of Dreamgirls, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. A limited run will be presented at the Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Long Island University campus on the corner of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
A May 2006 graduate, Markita is no stranger to the stage or the camera. She has appeared on the long-running television series, The Cosby Show and in many nationally aired television commercials, as well as in off-Broadway productions.
Tony Award winning actor Ben Harney, who co-starred in the original Broadway show, is the director. The seven performances are presented by BAMSS (By All Means Save Some) Theatre Works, a group established as “a concept combining multiple disciplines of theatre with biblical principles in workshop settings to develop vibrant creative community and an understanding of how to serve it.”
Show dates and times are:
November 17 at 7:30 p.m.
November 18 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
November 24 at 7:30 p.m.
November 25 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
November 26 at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets are $49; students and seniors with ID, $39; VIP seating with pre-show reception for opening night on Saturday, November 18, $100. For more information, phone the box office at 718.488.1624 or visit www.kumbletheatre.org
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The story of a broken down English department at a nondescript university. Russo is great at two things: the goings on between long-married couples, and places in decay. He puts them both together here and the story is often laugh out loud funny.
This immediately became one of my favorite novels. The characters are interesting, funny, and completely believable. (If you have spent any time working in higher education, you will able to recognize the characters and their foibles from your own experience.) I cannot say enough good things about this novel.
I only have two regrets: (1) that Audible does not have all of the author's books in its library, and (2) that the reader has not recorded more books of interest to me (I am not a fan of Danielle Steel or Robert James Waller) - he did a great job.
Live in Sydney, Australia. South African heritage. Love audio books. Constant company on my non-stop business travels.
This came across as a little self-indulgent and, on reflection, a petty piece of writing. The microscopic ego driven pernickety nature of academic politics is almost cliched so found myself not relating to the characters. The story chugs along with a certain predictable banality and I was waiting for it to be over. Maybe I'm being a tad harsh. Maybe my expectations were too high. It was too contextually tight - was looking for broader relevance and insight into the thing called human being.
Russo has two subjects: academe and the working class, and he is equally at home and wry about both. This one is about academe and it's about the funniest in that line since Lucky Jim. Actually it has Lucky Jim licked coming and going, but then LJ is kind of dated. But it's in that mold. Zany maverick prof pulls every stunt he can think of to get himself turfed but just when it seems he's finally done it...well, you'll have to read it. You won't be sorry. This is America's funniest good novelist since Bellow in his Augie March days.
Richard Russo is one of the best writers living today. He's funny; he's witty; and he's insightful. I'd recommend any of his books. But this audio book is really worth the time. It got me from Orlando to Boston. You won't be disappointed.
Having thoroughly enjoyed 'Empire Falls' and 'Nobody
s Fool' and reading the raving reviews here, I was sorely disappointed in this BORING stream of first person 'cleverness' about nothing of interest.
I have a feeling that maybe this genre may appeal to academic insiders and admittedly, I dumped it at about the 4 hour mark. Maybe it gets better but I'll take a pass as no character or plot developed for me within my tolerable listening span.

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Raleigh County, WV.-The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public about a scam in our area. Victims are being called by someone identifying themselves as an Investigator/Deputy with the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office. The suspects are telling victims that they have missed Grand Jury Duty and they have a warrant for their arrest. They are also calling and telling victims that they have not paid a citation and they need to pay.
The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office does not make calls about Jury Duty or take monies for citations.


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December 2, 2012
IRSA Expert Workshop Report
IRSA invited several key figures in wide ranges of backgrounds to discuss issues related to Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of Borneo. Vice President of IRSA Dr Budy P. Resosudarmo of ANU, Dr Lydia Napitupulu of University of Indonesia, and Dr M. Handry Imansyah of Lambung Mangkurat University (UNLAM) shared their research results on economics development and poverty alleviation. The issues about human development and migration was shared by Professor Tadjuddin Noer Effendi of Gadjah Mada University and Professor Chris Manning of ANU. Both experts presented rich data on the people of Kalimantan from sociology and economics perspectives. Dr Atmarita of Ministry of Health presented data on the status of health of Kalimantan people based on several surveys conducted by the ministry. Others issues discussed during the first day of workshop were “cultural diversity and adaptation” by Martinus Anang (Forestry, Mulawarwan University), “ethnics conflict” collaboratively shared by Edward Aspinall (Political Science, ANU), Ahmad Muhajir (IAIN Antasari), Wijaya Kesuma and Thamrin Jafar (Tanjungpura University).
On the second day, the experts discussed three main topics namely, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation, and global changes and local resilience. On the first topic Retno Maryani (ICRAF) explored the issues of dynamics of land uses and forest management in Kalimantan. Dr Petra Mahy (Monash University), Professor Luthfi Fatah and Professor Udiansyah both from UNLAM explored the issues of mining and local development. An expert from Wageningen University, Bambang Gunawan, shared his expertise on fisheries and coastal management. On the second topic, Erik Meijaard (The Nature Conservation) and Sugeng Budiharta (University of Queensland) talked about biodiversity of Kalimantan. Danielle Kreb and Budiono both from Rare Aquatic Species of Indonesia talked about rare aquatic species, while, Hendrik Segah (Hokkaido University) shared his expertise on peat land management. On the third topic, Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo talked about REDD and forest management, Tim Brown (World Bank) elaborated local climate change impact and adaptation, and Budy P. Resosudarmo (ANU) presented macroeconomic perspective of climate change policies.
Professor Sutarto Hadi, Vice-rector for Planning and Cooperation Affairs, UNLAM, on the opening speech shared his concern on Kalimantan as a rich as well as poor region. The people of Kalimantan are living in the region which is rich with natural resources, but they are, unfortunately, not able to take advantage of this natural haven. On the contrary, what they get is a natural disaster. Many people from outside Kalimantan come to this region. These individuals collaborate with a few irresponsible local residents that lack the knowledge of the devastating consequences of exploiting the natural resources in the area. What we observe as residents of Kalimantan is the destruction of our natural environment through mining and massive plantation. The effects of this industry result in floods, landslides, and forced migration of the people of Kalimantan. As the people see the exploitation of their land, they, in turn follow this example and exploit their resources without considering the damage being done to the environment. Sutarto hoped this expert workshop will provide a framework for a sustainable development of Kalimantan with equal perspective on environment and the people. He realized that there is not much time left to save Kalimantan. All of us have a responsibility to act while the opportunity is still available.
Original text: www.unlam.ac.id/web/2012/11/irsa-expert-workshop-development-environment-and-the-people-of-kalimantan/
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- What is produced in anaerobic?
- Is glycolysis aerobic or anaerobic?
- What is the substrate for glycolysis?
- How many ATP are produced in case of aerobic glycolysis?
- What percentage of ATP is produced by aerobic glycolysis?
- Is fermentation aerobic or anaerobic?
- What is anaerobic respiration example?
- Are bicep curls anaerobic?
- What is the end product of anaerobic glycolysis quizlet?
- Why does aerobic glycolysis happen?
- What are the end products of aerobic glycolysis?
- What happens during anaerobic glycolysis quizlet?
- What are 3 examples of anaerobic activities?
- How much ATP is required during the investment phase of anaerobic glycolysis of a glucose molecule?
- What are the products of anaerobic glycolysis?
- What are 5 anaerobic activities?
- Where does anaerobic respiration occur in human body?
- Is walking anaerobic?
What is produced in anaerobic?
In anaerobic respiration, glucose breaks down without oxygen.
The chemical reaction transfers energy from glucose to the cell.
Anaerobic respiration produces lactic acid, rather than carbon dioxide and water..
Is glycolysis aerobic or anaerobic?
Glycolysis, as we have just described it, is an anaerobic process. None of its nine steps involve the use of oxygen. However, immediately upon finishing glycolysis, the cell must continue respiration in either an aerobic or anaerobic direction; this choice is made based on the circumstances of the particular cell.
What is the substrate for glycolysis?
Glycolysis is a partial breakdown of a six-carbon glucose molecule into two, three-carbon molecules of pyruvate, 2NADH +2H+, and 2 net ATP as a result of substrate-level phosphorylation. Glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell.
How many ATP are produced in case of aerobic glycolysis?
4 moleculesIndeed, via glycolysis/OXPHOS cells generate 36 molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose, while via aerobic glycolysis only 4 molecules of ATP are produced.
What percentage of ATP is produced by aerobic glycolysis?
The anaerobic glycolysis (lactic acid) system is dominant from about 10–30 seconds during a maximal effort. It replenishes very quickly over this period and produces 2 ATP molecules per glucose molecule, or about 5% of glucose’s energy potential (38 ATP molecules).
Is fermentation aerobic or anaerobic?
Fermentation is another anaerobic (non-oxygen-requiring) pathway for breaking down glucose, one that’s performed by many types of organisms and cells. In fermentation, the only energy extraction pathway is glycolysis, with one or two extra reactions tacked on at the end.
What is anaerobic respiration example?
Anaerobic respiration is the metabolic process in which oxygen is absent, and only the stage of glycolysis is completed. … Some examples of anaerobic respiration include alcohol fermentation, lactic acid fermentation and in decomposition of organic matter.
Are bicep curls anaerobic?
There are two types of exercise, aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic exercise, such as jogging, depends on oxygen to produce energy, while anaerobic exercise can be performed in the absence of oxygen — picture a biceps curl. Both types of exercise require energy but use different routes to get it.
What is the end product of anaerobic glycolysis quizlet?
pyruvic acid (pyruvate) is the end product of aerobic glycolysis while lactic acid (Lactate) is the end product of anaerobic glycolysis.
Why does aerobic glycolysis happen?
Glycolysis is the major pathway of glucose metabolism and occurs in the cytosol of all cells. It can occur aerobically or anaerobically depending on whether oxygen is available. This is clinically significant because oxidation of glucose under aerobic conditions results in 32 mol of ATP per mol of glucose.
What are the end products of aerobic glycolysis?
Aerobic glycolysis is a series of reactions wherein oxygen is required to reoxidize NADH to NAD+, hence the name. This ten-step process begins with a molecule of glucose and ends up with two molecules of pyruvate.
What happens during anaerobic glycolysis quizlet?
Anaerobic glycolysis – pyruvate reduction to lactate: Via lactate dehydrogenase. This reaction occurs in the cytosol and requires NADH. … Only 2 molecules of ATP are produced from the glycolysis of 1 molecule of glucose.
What are 3 examples of anaerobic activities?
Examples of anaerobic exercisehigh intensity interval training (HIIT)heavy weight lifting.calisthenics, like plyometrics, jump squats, or box jumps.sprinting (while running, cycling, or swimming)
How much ATP is required during the investment phase of anaerobic glycolysis of a glucose molecule?
Review: The energy investment phase of glycolysis involves the investment of two ATP molecules and results in the formation of two molecules of glyceraldehyde phosphate.
What are the products of anaerobic glycolysis?
Lactate formed during anaerobic glycolysis enters the gluconeogenic pathway after oxidation to pyruvate by lactate dehydrogenase. After intense exercise, the lactate produced diffuses from the muscle into the blood and is taken up by the liver to be converted into glucose and glycogen.
What are 5 anaerobic activities?
Types of anaerobic exercisesweightlifting.jumping or jumping rope.sprinting.high-intensity interval training (HIIT)biking.
Where does anaerobic respiration occur in human body?
Anaerobic respiration happens in muscles during hard exercise. Glucose is not completely broken down, so less energy is released than during aerobic respiration. There is a build-up of lactic acid in the muscles during vigorous exercise.
Is walking anaerobic?
Anaerobic exercises are exercises that involve short bursts of intense activity. Examples of aerobic exercise include brisk walking and riding a bicycle. Sprinting and weightlifting are forms of anaerobic exercise.

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THE LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Comic fans have been buzzing about the AFI short film The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special ever since Comics2Film broke the news of it last week. The number one question on most readers' minds is "where can I see it?"
Unfortunately, we don't have an answer to that one yet. It's a student film made without the permission of DC Comics, so any legitimate distribution of the movie is tricky.
However, this week C2F did talk to James W. Thompson, Jr, the production designer for the film. Thompson shares some behind-the-scenes photos from the project and gives us some insights as to how AFI students, on a shoe-string budget and a limited schedule, brought the main man to caustic life.
"We had a week and a half maybe two weeks to prep for this particular film. And then we have four days to shoot," Thomson said, adding that the school only allots $2400 for the movie's budget. "Then you have about a week and a half to edit this film, score it and screen it. To throw a piece like this together in that amount of time is a really cool thing."
Thompson said he tried to reference the comic books as much as he could when working on the Lobo movie. "It's difficult because when you look at stuff that's drawn within comics and you have to somehow materialize it and it has to function within our world. It's not an easy task," Thompson said. "For instance, a gun was drawn oversized. You're not going to find [a gun like] that so you have to make that."
Thompson said that his art department budget was about $800 for the movie. Given that, the art department had to make do with the materials they could find in the AFI inventory. "The stainless steel walls that were behind Santa Claus, they were flats that were donated to AFI. I thought this would be really cool to take that industrial, stainless steel and then put a fire place in it and paint it so that it's Christmassy and homey," Thompson said. "The same thing with the control booth for the elves."
Scrounging for parts in the AFI inventory raised a few eyebrows on the production.
"One of our prop designers, Melanie Rein, she said after the piece was done she was quite amazed because she saw the stuff that I was pulling out of the yard and she looked at this stuff and said 'what's he going to do with this shit," Thomson told us.
The Space Bar, where the film opens, was also quite a challenge, leaving the design team to start with the movie-set equivalent of a blank canvas.
"It was this totally white room, there was nothing in there. I had to convert [it] into a black, space kind-of bar that you see. The trick of it was that I was not allowed to paint the walls," Thompson said. "So I had to cover the walls with paper and fabric and everything possible so that it looked like a bar but yet, not touch those walls."
The team managed to create an environment that convincingly portrayed the seedy world Lobo lives in. Thompson also emphasized that the the production design is clearly a team effort. "Without all these people I couldn't possibly have done it. My job is to keep them all on the same page."
Thompson had particular praise for the supervising art director Gretchen Houk and properties master and assistant to the production designer Melanie Rein. "The beautiful thing about both of these people is that they're not students. They're professionals in the real world and they do this sort of thing in their spare time because they enjoy helping students get their work out. They live for the art," Thompson said.
Thompson applauds everyone involved with the movie for contributing to the top-notch production. "One of the things I learned working on these short films in school is that, even though the script is really good and even though the members of the team all were talented, if they didn't work together as a team then the film was going to flop," Thompson said. "Although all of my films had aspects of them that were good, this was the only one that I think that everyone was on the mark with what they had done."
Daredevil has arrived! The Daredevil website is now up and running.
The website is available both at DaredevilMovie.com and TheDaredevilMovie.com. Although the site seems quite preliminary, it does include a nice Flash intro. Unfortunately, the intro cannot be skipped... Go directly to http://www.thedaredevilm ovie.com/index2.html to bypass it.
Once inside the site, you can mouse over the brail menu to reveal various areas of the site, including access to photos, interviews and downloads. Currently there are some nice wallpapers of DD and Elektra featuring new artwork.
Of course, the most popular content on the website is the Daredevil teaser trailer, which debuted this weekend attached to Minority Report. The trailer is currently only available in Quicktime format, but is provided in three different resolutions.
Thanks to The Mighty El Stupidor for the scoop!
Twentieth Century Fox held a press conference in L.A. last week to promote the film and Comics2Film was there. In attendance from the crew were director Mark Steven Johnson, stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, John Favreau and Joe Pantoliano and producers Gary Foster and Avi Arad.
Fox released new artwork and photos from the film as part of the press kit.
Affleck and Duncan owned up to being huge fans of the characters they are playing in the film.
Daredevil was a favorite of Affleck as a kid. He had stopped reading the comics for a while, but re-discovered Daredevil while talking funny books with Kevin Smith over the course of filming Mallrats and Chasing Amy. Affleck said the comics author and screenwriter "was impressed with my knowledge of the Daredevil storyline."
When he was approached for the role, the actor said it was a no-brainer to accept.. "Everyone has that one thing from their childhood that they really remember…and this (Daredevil) was that thing for me."
Similarly Duncan said he was very familiar with the character before he got the role. He told the press he has always read comics and specifically looked for titles that had the Kingpin character. Getting the role of Wilson Fisk was "a dream come true," Duncan remarked.
In fact, the actor also said his only childhood was so similar to Kingpin's it was "eerie." As a kid Duncan revealed he was always picked on and beat up until he learned to fight back and make other kids respect him.
Affleck commented that the movie contains a lot of anime-influenced, kung fu wire fighting. And who has greater mastery the techniques: Affleck or Garner? "She had so much training from the Alias thing, she shames me every day," Affleck revealed.
Garner told reporters that fight choreography on Daredevil takes longer than her hit show Alias because it's more specific. She and Affleck have trained for 6 weeks, 3 hours a day for one fight scene that they were to shoot that day.
Affleck said he trains a little bit every day, working with the billy club and working out his kung fu moves.
Garner talked about Elektra's costume and compared her black, movie outfit to the costumes seen in the comics.
"Elektra has two different costumes in the comic. The one that's more well-known is the red, with the sashes and apparently nothing underneath," Garner said. "I have to say, I had nothing to do with changing the look. She also does wear a black leather costume throughout some of the comics."
The actress also commented on James Acheson's designs for her and her co-stars. "The costume designer, Jim Acheson, has done an incredible job of taking something that could be so embarrassing and making it as cool as possible," Garner told reporters. "All of the super-hero looks have a real hip element to them and they are not your average kind of man in tights. Mine is no exception to that. It's not average. It's fun."
Producer Avi Arad also commented on the process of translating costumes for the big screen. "Sometimes it's a tough leap of faith to go from the comic-book pages to the big screen," the producer said. "You've been into the books forever and you see something change, black versus red, there are issues that have to do with production design, with cinematography, that make decisions and we try to make an homage to the books."
Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays the Kingpin, was very enthusiastic about his wardrobe, "Coming from being in three-and-a-half hours of make-up on Planet of the Apes and another hour on Scorpion King, this is just like a breath of fresh air," the actor said. "You just don't know. It's very refreshing to come to set and get dressed up in the nice suits that they had made for me and then to be able to have to fight in these suits is really like the coolest thing on earth at this point. I love it."
For Affleck, part of the Daredevil costume wasn't so comfortable, but it did help him get into characters. "I have the contacts that I wear and they're deep blue," Affleck said. "So when I wear them, I am, in fact, blind. So the challenge is actually not to walk into furniture."
Twentieth Century Fox has announced that production on X-Men 2 is underway in Vancouver. The studio will release this, the next film in its X-Men motion picture franchise, on May 2, 2003.
X-Men grossed nearly $300 million theatrically worldwide, was a video and DVD phenomenon, and pioneered the current wave of comics to film adaptations.
X-Men 2 reunites all of the principal cast members of the 2000 blockbuster, including Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, recent Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, and Academy Award-winner Anna Paquin.
Also returning are the original's key creative team, led by director Bryan Singer. Re-joining Singer are producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, and executive producers Avi Arad and Tom DeSanto.
In addition to its star-studded returning cast, X-Men 2 will feature favorite mutant characters from the vast X-Men comics universe, who are new to the film franchise. Alan Cumming (The Anniversary Party) joins the cast as Nightcrawler, a mutant who can teleport himself from one point to another almost instantaneously. In addition, X-Men 2 will showcase the talents of young actors who play mutant children, each possessing unique powers, known as the X-Kids. Shawn Ashmore portrays Bobby Drake, aka Iceman; and Aaron Stanford is John Allerdyce, aka Pyro.
Also joining the X-Men cast are award-winning actor Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) as the villainous Stryker, a former Army commander who holds the key to Wolverine's past - as well as the future of the X-Men - and Kelly Hu (The Scorpion King) as Stryker's assistant, Yuriko Oyama, who has her own surprises for the heroic team.
Director Bryan Singer's credits include the acclaimed drama The Usual Suspects and Apt Pupil, as well as X-Men. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner's credits include Free Willy, the upcoming Timeline and You've Got Mail. Ralph Winter, who has a producing deal with Fox, most recently executive produced the studio's summer 2001 blockbuster Planet of the Apes. Avi Arad recently executive produced the blockbuster Spider-Man, and serves as producer on Fox/Regency's upcoming Daredevil and on The Hulk.
The X-Men 2 screenplay was written by David Hayter and Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris, based on a story by Bryan Singer and David Hayter (writing credits are not final).
One final bit of X-Men 2 preview comes from a scooper known as The Woman Without Fear. She was kind enough to drop in with a picture of some X-Men 2 promo artwork.
The two-sided display is an 8.5" x 11" card that was handed out by Fox publicity at the recent International Licensing show in New York City.
The cards reveal the returning X-Men and also purport four new mutants for the sequel. However, the identities of the new mutants are blurred and stamped "Classified".
Variety reports today that screenwriter Linda Woolverton has agreed to script the Fathom film for Lightstorm Productions and 20th Century Fox.
Top Cow founder/CEO Marc Silvestri, along with Spike Seldin and Chris Carlyle, will produce alongside Jon Landau, Rae Sanchini, and the uber-famous James Cameron. Titanic Jim's main appeal for the property springs from, oddly, a scene on a ship: In the comic's first issue, a young woman with no memory is found on a yacht. This "underlying theme of an ordinary person facing extraordinary circumstances", according to Variety, is what drew Cameron's interest.
Woolverton's past credits include Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Homeward Bound, and partial credit on The Lion King. Stay tuned for more details as production on Fathom gets deeper.
The home video release Blade II just can't get here fast enough. New Line Home Entertainment has announced that the DVD is now slated to arrive in stores August 30th. This is moved up from the previously announced date of September 3rd.
The movie will be released on VHS with two separate language editions (English and Spanish) with an SRP of $22.94. A 2-disc Platinum Edition will also be in stores with an SRP of $29.95.
Blade II will be available for preorder on August 6th.
Thanks to James Harvey and Scott for the lead.
MEN IN BLACK 2
The Hollywood Reporter has posted it's review of the forthcoming blockbuster, Men in Black II. In the front page blurb, HR was fairly non-committal on the film's quality, although hedging it's bets against any MiB runaway success.
The periodical said "Naturally, what was hip and original in the first movie is now familiar and less hip in the sequel. Nevertheless, director Barry Sonnenfeld and company retain much of the rubbery alien slapstick humor."
HR went on to kiss up to the film's leads, as well as their teammate with "All American team Smith and Jones continue to play off each other smoothly, and a bigger role has been created for that instant laugh-getter Frank, the cigar smoking, tough-talking pug." And finally, HR predictably said that "the critics will have fits, but most younger audiences will be in stitches."
In one final act of vaguery, HR again played both sides of the field "MiB II may not approach the gross of [the first film], but then again it's not impossible." Apparently we'll have to wait for a more solid opinion as more review come trickling over the internet.
ROAD TO PERDITION
Can't wait to see Tom Hanks seek righteous revenge with a Tommy gun? Then check out, The Road To Perdition Fansite which recently posted four pages of nice, high resolution photos from the upcoming film adaptation of the graphic novel by Max Allen Collins. The site also recently added a making of section. This section features the official production notes for the film.
Thanks to Dark Horizons for the lead
Ever wish the Hulk would ditch those silly purple pants? Well, at the risk of sounding cliché... Be careful what you wish for.
Entertainment Weekly's Scott Brown and Adam Duerson report that when the CGI Hulk that appears in Ang Lee's Hulk film goes on a rampage, all the Green Goliath will be wearing is green... That's right, nothing more than his irradiated birthday suit.
However, those of you who are worried about gamma-mutated naughty bits don't need to fret. Universal executive Mary Parent said, "Ang made a creative choice...to have him naked. It's like he's first born. He's posed in a way that's not revealing. Obviously, we're not having frontal Hulk nudity.''
The article also reported that former TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno would be playing a security guard when he makes his cameo appearance in the film.
Thanks to GrendelGuf for the tip.
SPIDER-MAN ANIMATED SHOW
If you were hoping to see MTV's animated Spider-Man show this fall you will have to be a little more patient. Toonz one's Vincent Benenati reported that MTV has delayed the show's premiere date to early 2003, possibly January but perhaps even later. The show was previously set to premier this November.
The delay may be a result of rewriting, which Spider-voice Niel Patrick Harris has previously attributed to the unexpectedly explosive success of the Spider-Man film.
The BBC News site reports that the animated series Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future will finally air in the UK next month. The network reports that the show will begin airing on Channel 5 on July 6.
The CGI animated show has been completed for some time now, and has been airing on Fox Kids Latin America since December of last year. There's been little talk of if or when the show will be available to American audiences.
The 26-episode show stars Greg Ellis as Dan Dare and features Robbie Coltrane, Tim Curry and Charles Dance as guest villains.
Thanks to Andrew Skinner for the lead.
Alonzo Washington, activist and creator of Omega 7 comics, told Comics2Film that his recent contribution to Spider-Mania will soon reach a national audience.
Back in May, Th e Kansas City Star contracted a gaggle of comic book artists to conjure up Spider-inspired comics in celebration of the Spider-Man movie and the character's anniversary. Washington, along with comic vets like Steve Lightle (Legion of Super-Heroes), Kerry Callen (Halo and Sprocket), Anna-Maria Cool (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), Mike Worley (Simpsons Comics), Josh Cotter (The Fun Book), Ande Parks (Green Arrow), Rick Stasi (Spider-Man Adventures) and Hector Casanova (Guffman & Godot) all contributed strips for the event.
Now, Washington, who was also an extra in the Spider-Man movie (try and find him in the Unity Festival crowd), tells us that the strips will be reprinted in an upcoming issue of Comics Buyers' Guide.
Washington's own strip featured a team-up between his flagship Omega Man character and the web-slinger.
WITCHBLADE SEASON 2
Many curious viewers tuned into the June 16 second-season premiere of Witchblade, which Variety reports scored the show's highest rating ever. The show earned a 3.1 ratings share of cable households, breaking the previous record, a 2.7 share for the premiere and finale episode of season one. The show averaged about a 2.3 share for last season.
Thanks to Dex for the scoop.
THIS WEEK ON JEREMIAH
In the world after the Big Death, knowledge is power -- but there are some people who believe knowledge is evil, thinking that's what caused the Big D in the first place. This is what Kurdy and Jeremiah learn in "Out of the Ashes", this week's episode of Jeremiah.
While Kurdy (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) helps a self-appointed librarian learn to read and fend off zealots who are convinced that books are the root of all evil, Jeremiah (Luke Perry) embarks on an arduous journey with a wheelchair-bound woman determined to deliver her father's ashes to the remote island where she was raised. The episode is written by Sam Egan and directed by Mike Vejar.
"Out of the Ashes" airs Friday, June 28th at 10:45 P.M. on Showtime. An encore showing is slated for Sunday, June 30th on Showtime Beyond at 11:37 p.m. (ET & PT) following the premiere of Odyssey 5.
Preview clips of the show are available online at Showtime's Jeremiah site. Click "Episode Preview" from the site's nav.
THIS WEEK ON SABRINA
Sabrina serves up a second slice of "Humble Pie" on this week's encore episode of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) and her roommates band together to help Morgan (Elisa Donovan) after her family financially cuts her off, but when Morgan refuses to get a job to pay her friends back, Sabrina serves up a big helping of "humble pie." Brian Roberts directed the episode written by Laurie Gelman.
"Humble Pie" airs Friday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m. on The WB Network.
Thanks to author and comic book movie journalist Andy Mangels for the info.
NEXT WEEK ON JUSTICE LEAGUE
Next Sunday night brings an encore airing of "In Blackest Night Part II," on Justice League on Cartoon Network.
The Green Lantern faces an intergalactic tribunal and accusation of Genocide. It's up to the Flash to defend him in court while the other League members uncover the truth.
"In Blackest Night Part II" airs Sunday, June 30th at 7:00 p.m. on Cartoon Network. Additional showings are 7:00pm on Friday, July 5th and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday July 6th.
Cartoon Network also presents a repeat airing of "War World Part II" on Saturday, June 29th at 10:00p.m.
NEXT WEEK ON WITCHBLADE
Sara investigates a rock and roll murder in "Static", next week's episode of Witchblade.
When a rock star meets his untimely demise, Sara (Yancy Butler) and Danny (Will Yun Lee) are called in on a series of strange homicides. But when Sara discovers that the killer is using a trail of mayhem to lure her into a trap, her investigation turns into a fight for the Witchblade.
"Static" airs Monday, July 1st at 9 p.m. on TNT. An encore showing airs Tuesday, July 2nd at 11 p.m.
Thanks to Dex!
NEXT WEEK ON SMALLVILLE
Secret pasts come back to haunt Clark and Lex and threaten their futures in a repeat showing of "Zero", the July 2nd episode of Smallville.
Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) faces the consequences of his shady dealings in Metropolis years ago when an old enemy comes to Smallville intent on destroying his life, ultimately putting Clark (Tom Welling) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) in harm's way. Meanwhile, Clark has his hands full as he tries not only to protect Lex from the past, but also keep Chloe (Allison Mack) out of his after she discovers a mystery surrounding his adoption. Michael Katleman directed the episode; story written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, teleplay by Mark Verheiden.
"Zero" airs Tuesday, July 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET on The WB network.
Thanks to author and comic book movie journalist Andy Mangels for the info.

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The Unofficial Star Wars–Inspired Book of Cocktails
Drinks from a Bar Far, Far Away
Rhiannon Lee, Georgie Glass
- 128 Pages
- June 28, 2022
- ISBN: 9781510768956
- Trim Size: 5in x 7in x 0in
Become a Jedi Master of mixology with some of the best cocktails from across the Star Wars Galaxy.
There is no need to worry if you are a cocktail Wookie, as this sacred text contains helpful bartending tips and Jedi tricks to suit those of all levels! Channel the force and let The Unofficial Star Wars–Inspired Book of Cocktails be the Yoda to your Luke Skywalker with fifty drinks from Chalmun’s Cantina in Mos Eisley on planet Tatooine.
Cocktails made with alien ingredients such as activated charcoal and color-changing reagents are the perfect accompaniment to any May the Fourth celebration or Star Wars movie marathon. This book's cocktails are guaranteed to keep guest spirits (as well as blood alcohol levels) high and stop the party from turning to the Dark Side.
These are the cocktails you have been looking for:
- Baby Yo-daiquri
- Blue Bantha Milkshake
- Wookies and Cream
- Emperor Palpatini
- Darth Mauled Cider
“Rhiannon steps right out of the cantina to bring cocktail aficionados this special treat from a galaxy far, far away! A clever and fun journey through the Star Wars saga (and your bar cart), these recipes will have you reaching for your nearest cocktail shaker and lightsaber. This book and its cocktails are strong in the Force.”


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Botanical Name: Selaginella kraussiana and other spp.
I'll just say it up front. Clubmoss requires high humidity, so unless you live in the tropics, you'll want to boost the humidity around this plant to keep it lush and green.
Its mounding habit is made up of creeping stems that spread quickly across the soil, forming a dense mat of foliage. Selaginella adds a wonderful texture to any plant grouping. Its unusual, branching foliage gives it another common name, Spike Moss.
Many types of Selaginella are available for sale. Variegated and gold varieties will add beautiful contrast to your collection.
Golden-green Selaginella kraussiana 'Aurea' is a popular cultivar. 'Variegata' has creamy white tips, giving it the common name, Frosty Fern. Tiny-leafed 'Brownii' forms a tight mass that spreads out, rather than up.
Want something truly unusual? Selaginella lepidophylla is a desert plant, known as the Resurrection Fern. It's sold completely dried out and rolled up in a ball, looking like dead foliage. But once you soak it in water, you can watch the ball unfurl to a lush green rosette.
Prune it back in spring to keep this spreading plant under control. You can prune up to half of the plant, if you want. It's a vigorous grower and will fill out again. Don't toss out those stem cuttings, either -- they root easily for more plants.
Repot in spring when it outgrows its pot. Clubmoss has shallow roots, so a shallow pot will do. Use a pot with a drainage hole to prevent soggy soil, which will lead to root rot. Want to use a decorative pot without drainage holes? Use it as a cachepot. Just slip a plain nursery pot into the cachepot. I put small rocks in the bottom of cachepots to keep the inner pot above the drainage water.
Is Selaginella poisonous? No -- it's safe around cats and dogs.
Origin: South Africa
Height: About 2" to 6", depending on the species. It spreads out rather than up. You can keep any variety small by pruning it back.
Light: Moderate light. Keep it out of direct sunlight, which can scorch foliage.
Water: Aim to keep the potting medium lightly moist at all times, but don't allow the plant to sit in water. It's a good idea to use a pot with a drainage hole to prevent root rot. Remember to always use room-temperature water for your tropical houseplants because cold water is a shock to them.
Humidity: High -- above 50% relative humidity. Indoor air can become extremely dry during the winter months. Use a humidity monitor, rather than guess -- it's the only sure way to know whether the air is too dry for your houseplants. If the air is dry, mist the plant every morning with room-temperature water or stand the pot on a tray of wet pebbles. Keep clubmoss in a terrarium to maintain humidity around it, near a cool-mist room humidifier or in a Wardian case.
Temperature: Average room temperatures (65-75°F/18-24°C). Try to maintain a steady temp -- Selaginella doesn't like it too cold or too hot, especially drafts. Keep this plant away from entryways and heat/AC vents.
Soil: Peat moss-based potting mix with perlite or horticultural sand added for good drainage.
Fertilizer: Selaginella is not a heavy feeder. Feed monthly spring through fall with a balanced (such as 10-10-10 NPK) liquid fertilizer, at half strength. Add fertilizer while watering to prevent burning the roots.
Propagation: Division or stem cuttings. Take stem tip cuttings in spring or summer. Just give the stems contact with the soil and they'll take root as they grow, forming a spreading mat.