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Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one 17 and younger admitted.
(Critics' Choices capsule reviews are by Kenneth Turan (K.Tu.), Justin Chang (J.C.) and other reviewers. Openings compiled by Kevin Crust and Matt Cooper.)
OPENING IN HOLLYWOOD THIS WEEK
"Anna and the Apocalypse" _ Zombies threaten to ruin a quiet town's Christmas in this musical comedy. With Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming. Written by Ryan McHenry, Alan McDonald. Directed by John McPhail. (1:37) R.
"Blood Brother" _ Released from prison, a man seeks revenge on the childhood friends he believes betrayed him. With Tremaine "Trey Songz" Neverson, China Anne McClain, Fetty Wap. Written by Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek, Charles Murray. Directed by John Pogue. (1:30) R.
"Default" _ South Korean drama about the 1997 Asian financial crisis. With Ah-In Yoo, Hye-su Kim, Vincent Cassel. Written by Seong-min Eom. Directed by Kook-Hee Choi. In Korean with English subtitles. (1:54) NR.
"DriverX" _ A struggling family man plunges into a sex- and alcohol-fueled world of ride-sharing. With Patrick Fabian, Tanya Clarke, Desmin Borges, Oscar Nunez. Written and directed by Henry Barrial. (1:38) NR.
"Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer" _ A miniature horse sets out to replace the retiring Blitzen on Santa's team in this animated tale. Voices by Josh Hutcherson, John Cleese, Martin Short, Samantha Bee, Jeff Dunham. Written and directed by Jennifer Westcott. (1:29) PG.
"Everybody Knows" _ Penelope Cruz stars as a woman who returns to Spain from Argentina for her sister's wedding, only to have her daughter abducted. With Javier Bardem. Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. In Spanish, Catalan and English with English subtitles. (2:12) R.
"The Great Buddha+" _ A security guard and his trash collector friend are drawn into the sordid affairs of a wealthy factory owner. With Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen. Written and directed by Huang Hsin-yao. In Minnan with English subtitles. (1:42) R.
"Happy as Lazzaro" _ The tale of an enigmatic man who may be a time traveler. With Adriano Tardiolo, Nicoletta Braschi. Written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. In Italian with English subtitles. (2:05) PG-13.
"Head Full of Honey" _ A young woman attempts to help her Alzheimer's-afflicted grandfather. With Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon, Emily Mortimer, Jacqueline Bisset, Eric Roberts. Written by Til Schweiger, Lo Malinke, Jojo Moyes; story by Hilly Martinek and Schweiger, based on a 2014 German film. Directed by Schweiger. (2:07) PG-13.
"Invisible Hands" _ Documentary explores how the world's largest corporations profit from child labor and child trafficking. Written by Shraysi Tandon, Chad Beck. Directed by Tandon. (1:20) NR.
"Making of the Five Heartbeats" _ Writer-director Robert Townsend's new documentary revisits his 1991 drama about an African-American vocal group. (1:25) NR.
"Martyr" _ A young man's drowning transforms the lives of friends in Beirut. With Carol Abboud, Hadi Bou Ayash. Written and directed by Mazen Khaled. In Arabic with English subtitles. (1:24) NR.
"Meow Wolf: Origin Story" _ Documentary about the DIY artist collective that built a massive Lovecraftian funhouse in a bowling alley in Santa Fe, N.M. With George R.R. Martin. Written by Morgan Capps, Christina Procter, Jilann Spitzmiller. Directed by Capps, Spitzmiller. (1:28) NR.
"The Mercy" _ In 1968, an Englishman sets out to become the first person to sail solo around the world without stopping. With Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Mark Gatiss. Written by Scott Z. Burns. Directed by James Marsh. (1:52) NR.
"Mirai" _ A 4-year-old boy travels through time meeting relatives from different eras in this animated fantasy. Written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda. In Japanese with English subtitles. (1:38) PG.
"Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" _ Dark retelling of the tale of the man-cub from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" mixes live action, motion-capture and animation. With Rohan Chand, Freida Pinto, Matthew Rhys; voices by Andy Serkis, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch. Written by Callie Kloves; based on the novel by Kipling. Directed by Serkis. (1:44) PG-13.
"Narcissister Organ Player" _ Feminist performance artist Narcissister is the subject, writer and director of this documentary focusing on her explorations of gender, racial identity and sexuality. (1:31) NR.
"Never Look Away" _ A young artist who fled East Germany is haunted by memories of his life under the Nazi and Communist regimes. With Tom Schilling, Paula Beer. Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. In German and Russian with English subtitles. (3:08) R.
"People's Republic of Desire" _ Documentary explores how digital relationships via live streaming affect real-life human interactions in China. Directed by Hao Wu. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (1:35) NR.
"The Possession of Hannah Grace" _ A morgue attendant fears a newly delivered, disfigured corpse is possessed by a demon. With Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson. Written by Brian Sieve. Directed by Diederik Van Rooijen. (1:25) R.
"Roll With Me" _ Paraplegic and recovering addict Gabriel Cordell tries to become the first person to cross the U.S. in an unmodified wheelchair in this documentary. Directed by Lisa France. (1:30) NR.
"Senso" _ Re-release of director Luchino Visconti's 1955 drama about the love between a countess and an officer during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. With Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti. Written by Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico; with collaborators Carlo Alianello, Giorgio Bassani, Giorgio Prosperi, Tennessee Williams, Paul Bowles. In Italian and German with English subtitles. (2:03) NR.
"Sex Weather" _ Two people spend the next day talking in bed after a drunken one-night stand. With Al'Jaleel McGhee, Amber Stonebraker. Written and directed by Jon Garcia. (1:28) NR.
"Song of Back and Neck" _ "The Office's" Paul Lieberstein wrote, directed and stars in this comedy about a lawyer living with chronic pain whose life begins to change when a beautiful client refers him to an acupuncturist. With Rosemarie DeWitt, Brian d'Arcy James, Robert Pine. (1:27) NR.
"Stadium Anthems" _ Mockumentary-style look at a faltering record label. With Toddy Walters, Jude Moran. Written and directed by Scott Douglas Brown. (1:39) NR.
"United Skates" _ Documentary about the intersection of roller skating and hip-hop culture. With Coolio, Salt-N-Pepa. Written by Dyana Winkler. Directed by Winkler, Tina Brown. (1:29) NR.
"Burning" _ Flawlessly acted by Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo and Steven Yeun, Lee Chang-dong's tense, slippery adaptation of a Haruki Murakami short story is a masterpiece of psychological unease. (J.C.) NR Limited
"First Man" _ Reteaming with "La La Land" director Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in a richly idiosyncratic space-race drama that thrills, moves and perplexes in roughly equal measure. (J.C.) PG-13
"Halloween" _ Jamie Lee Curtis makes a forceful return in David Gordon Green's scary, propulsive sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror landmark that shrewdly pretends the various reboots and follow-ups never existed. (J.C.) R
"The Other Side of the Wind" _ Shot between 1970 and 1976 and then left unfinished for decades, Orson Welles' long-awaited final feature is a cracked, corrosive vision, a cinematic hall of mirrors that fascinatingly reflects the fraught circumstances of its making. (J.C.) R Limited/Netflix
"Shirkers" _ Sandi Tan recounts the bizarre circumstances surrounding the loss and rediscovery of "Shirkers," the 1992 debut feature she made in Singapore, in this rich, strange and captivating documentary. (J.C.) Netflix
"A Star Is Born" _ No matter how many previous versions of "A Star Is Born" you've seen, the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga extravaganza about a star on the rise falling for a star on the way down should not be missed. (K.Tu.) R
"Suspiria" _ In a departure from the lush, sensual style he perfected in "Call Me by Your Name," Luca Guadagnino tackles Dario Argento's 1977 horror landmark and emerges with a brutal, politically charged and surprisingly melancholy reimagining. (J.C.) R
"Wildlife" _ Superb turns by Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal and a never-better Carey Mulligan power this drama about a marriage's disintegration in 1960 Montana, directed with intelligence and deliberation by Paul Dano. (J.C.) PG-13 Limited
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The equity market came alive last week with five days’ trading of MTN Nigeria (for our view of MTN Nigeria see Coronation Research, MTN Nigeria, Listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, 16 May 2019). It was interesting to see some major bank stocks sell off against the market’s trend, with the effect of giving them cheaper valuations than before. We think the forward-looking gross dividend yield of the top-five banks is 11.6% (2018: 10.6%), which is beginning to look interesting. We look forward to another week of strong equity turnover.
Last week we wrote that, with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s FX reserves now over US$45.00bn, it is highly likely that a Naira/US dollar rate of close to N360.00/US$1 can be held for the rest of this year. There is one fly in the ointment, however, the ongoing case against of Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) versus the Federal Government of Nigeria. See page 2.
Bonds & T-bills
The yield on a Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Naira bond with 10 years to maturity increased by 1bp to 14.25%, and at 3 years dropped by 7bps to 14.43% last week. The yield on a 364-day T-bill declined by 22bps to 13.45%. The yield on a T-bill with 3 months to maturity increased by 150bps to 11.68%.
Our oft-stated view that one-year risk-free Naira-denominated rates need to trade 250-300bps above inflation is now challenged by the 364-day T-bill trading at a yield 208bps above April’s inflation print of 11.37% y/y. As we do not see inflation coming down soon we think that 13.45% is unusually low. When we receive data for the volume of foreign buying of Naira-denominated securities we will recalibrate our view, if necessary, but until then we expect a richer yield than this.
The price of Brent decreased by 4.87% last week to US$68.69/bbl. The average price, year-to-date, is US$66.73/bbl, 6.92% lower than the average of US$71.69/bbl in 2018, but 21.88% higher than the US$54.75/bbl average seen in 2017.
Oil prices fell last week as the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released data indicating that crude oil and gasoline inventories had surged upwards. In addition, shale oil production in the United States has been rising, even during a period of pipeline bottlenecks. The overall expectation is of rising supplies and inventories. We think Brent will settle at a price north of US$0.0/bbl over the coming months.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index recorded a gain of 6.96% last week, taking the year-to-date return to negative 1.75%. Last week MTN Nigeria (+28.6%), Dangote Cement (+13.6%) and Fidelity Bank (+5.2%) closed positive while Sterling Bank (-17.2%), Flour Mills of Nigeria (-12.1%) and Access Bank (-10.1%) fell.
P&ID versus Federal Government of Nigeria
Back in March we wrote about the extraordinary legal case launched by the British Virgin Islands company Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) against the Federal Government of Nigeria (see Coronation Research, P&ID’s risk to Nigeria, 14 March). Here we report on recent developments in this case.
P&ID’s case alleges that: in January 2010 it entered into a contract with the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) which obliged it to build a natural gas processing plant while the FGN would build pipelines to bring untreated gas to the plant; it (P&ID) invested US$40m in the project (though it did not actually build a plant); the FGN did not build the pipelines specified in the agreement; it (P&ID) is entitled to compensation for lost earnings as a result; that the governing law is English. An arbitral court in the UK awarded P&ID just under US$6.6bn in 2017 with interest accruing so that the sum referred to today is around US$9.0bn.
Earlier this year it was reported that a hedge fund, VR Capital Group, which is a specialist investor in sovereign debt disputes, had taken a stake in P&ID. P&ID has been applying the arbitral award in US courts for over year.
Last week the attention reverted to London. The Times newspaper of the UK reported that a tribunal would rule on whether P&ID could seize assets belonging to the FGN in the UK.
Meanwhile last week, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the FGN continued to argue that it is protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and that the application of the FSIA should have been resolved before the court considered other merits of the case.
As with all cases of this type, the route to final resolution is probably some way off. But last week’s activity showed that the case is not going away.

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Creative people like to express their emotions through their craft whether it be writing songs or painting a picture. If you’re a film producer, however, you develop a TV show that reflects your past relationship. This is exactly what Meghan Markle’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson plans to do.
Trevor and co-producer Don Farah have come up with a show inspired by Meghan and Trevor’s marriage. More specifically what would have happened if the two had children.
Fox has picked up the untitled show. The screenplay will be written by Modern Family’s executive producer Danny Zuker while Christine Gernon of New Girl will direct.
According to Deadline, the premise of the show is: “Divorce is hard. Sharing custody is harder. Sharing custody with the British Royal family when your wife marries a prince, in the unforgiving spotlight of London’s tabloid media, is next level.”

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Senga has been manufacturing connectors for over 37 plus years, and has machined all types of connectors for a wide range of different applications, from fiber optics to military specs connectors to electrical interconnect hardware for harsh environments and aerospace applications. One capability we have, that is quite unique for job shops, is our ability to BROACH. This capability has enabled us be a premiere supplier to many of the top connector manufacturers. Senga's CNC machines have the capability to broach and thread parts all in one location for faster and more accurate machining. These machines are custom designed to allow Senga the ability to produce keys, keyways, slots, double-start threads, triple-start threads, keyway clockings, and intermade abilities on both the ID and OD surfaces.


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Authorities urged Americans to stay indoors and stock up on food after a fierce winter storm killed 11 people and forecasters said the Arctic blast could bring record low temperatures.
There was no sign of respite Saturday from the brutal chill that has struck since the start of 2014 in parts of the northeastern United States and Canada, prompting New York and New Jersey to declare a state of emergency.
Following heavy snowfall Thursday, one of the coldest Arctic outbreaks in the past two decades is set to plunge America's Midwest close to record cold conditions.
Chicago could on Monday see some of its most bracing weather ever, with temperatures hovering around minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius), weather analysts said.
Gusty winds could bring what forecasters at the National Weather Service called "very dangerous levels" of wind chill.
"Incredibly, it may feel as cold as -50 to -60 (Fahrenheit) on Sunday night over sections of the north-central states with the frigid air remaining in place into early next week," it said.
In such conditions, exposed skin would suffer frostbite in as little as five minutes, forecasters cautioned.
Authorities have urged people in the worst-hit areas to spend the first weekend of the new year at home for their own safety and to allow rescue and clean-up teams to get to work as quickly as possible.
"Chicagoans are a hearty bunch," said Matt Smith, spokesman for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services.
"But when temperatures get as cold as they are predicted, you want to start thinking out things in advance," the Chicago Tribune quoted him as saying, adding that the department had advised people stay indoors and ensure they have medical supplies and food.
In Minnesota, Governor Mark Dayton has already announced schools will be closed Monday "to protect all our children from the dangerously cold temperatures."
The storm has been the first big test for New York City's new Mayor Bill de Blasio, who only took up his job Wednesday.
"If you want safe, clear streets, stay home," he said Friday.
In an unrelated incident, New Yorkers' attention was at least temporarily distracted from the weather when a private plane was forced to land on a highway in the city's Bronx borough due to engine trouble, injuring the pilot and two passengers.
Thousands of domestic and international flights have been canceled or delayed in several US cities including at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, while thousands of miles of roads were also snarled.
Added to the mix was a flood alert for much of the Atlantic coastline of Massachusetts.
Coldest NFL game ever?
On Friday, a worker was killed when he was crushed by a 100-foot (30-metre) pile of salt being prepared to treat roads in the Philadelphia area, media reports said.
A 71-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease froze to death after walking out into the cold and getting lost in northern New York state, according to authorities.
At least nine other deaths were blamed on the storm, nicknamed Hercules.
Eastern Canada has also been badly hit, and residents in many parts of Newfoundland lost power, local media reported.
Temperatures there had plunged to five degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind chill made it feel as cold as minus 31.
The bracing weather was also set to impact Sunday's crucial National Football League playoff between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers.
Some media outlets speculated that the eagerly anticipated clash at the open-air Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, might be the coldest NFL game in history as freezing temperatures and blustery winds threatened a windchill factor as low as minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Packers say they will help fans battle the big freeze at the open-air stadium by handing out free coffee and hot chocolate.
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5 Luxurious (But Affordable!) Face Oils For Dry, Sensitive Skin
Even if you know face oils can give your skin an instant, glow-y boost, you might not know which ones will work for your particular skin type. If you've got dry, sensitive skin, however, you've come to the right place. The best face oils for dry, sensitive skin — outlined below — focus on replenishing moisture, treating irritation, and reducing inflammation, while also providing your skin with added benefits like protection from environmental damage.
While most oils can and will relieve dry skin, some do a better job than others — especially if your skin is on the sensitive side. Rosehip oil, for example, not only hydrates, but also contains essential fatty acids, vitamins, and beta-carotene, which fights free radical damage, restores elasticity, and fades discoloration and scars. Similarly, pure vitamin E oil, or argan, jojoba, and camelia oil, can effectively treat dehydrated skin while also evening out your complexion, reducing redness, and working to keep your skin firm and bright. Whichever oil you choose to fight dry skin, keep in mind that formulas that don't contain pore-clogging fillers (like silicones) are always going to be the best choice. Carefully read the ingredients before you click "purchase" to avoid anything that may cause acne or irritation. Also, when it comes to oil, less is more. For best results, just massage a few drops into your skin.

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Welcome to the first part in the Web Optimization & SEO series! Throughout this series of articles, we'll be diving deep into how to improve your websites performance, usability and SEO.
We'll start out by taking a look at possibly one of the largest factors of any website when it comes to speed and performance, images.
As we all know, images play a crucial role in most modern websites and applications as they are one of the most expressive and powerful forms of communication available to us.
From ecommerce stores and retailers to blogs and estate agents, images drive the content on the web, provide valuable context, reference and infuence umong users.
Let's start with the low hanging fruit and work our way up to some of the more complex but powerful tools and practices for getting the most performance and SEO from our images on the web.
Image alt text
Possibly the fastest and easiest way to eek out some SEO performance out of your images is with descriptive alt text.
Whilst it's not going to grab you any performance gains, descriptive image alt text will help search engines understand what the image is about and by proxy, what your page is likely to be about too.
Don't try to stuff your alt text with as many keywords as possible, that's silly. Instead, try to describe the image in a short, concise and descriptive way.

A simple fix for a potentially big reward.
Images come in many formats, all of which have pro's and con's and there's simply not an answer for "What's the best image format for the web".
Use case should steer the file format you choose on an individual image basis, selecting several image formats for the job at hand.
Let's take a look at the 4 most common image formats used on the web:
JPEG or JPG stands for the "Joint Photographics Experts Group" and are commonly used all over the web and are a great choice for photos and digital photography.
- Pros - Relitively small file size
- Cons - Lossy compression, doesn't support transparancy or animation
- Use case - Photographs, real life images, smaller images
PNG stands for "Portable Network Graphics", also seen and used all over the web and the ideal choice for drawings, illustrations and graphics. Unlike JPEG's, PNG's support transparent backgrounds and feature lossless compression.
- Pros - Lossless compression, good amount of detail & colors, supports transparancy and animation (APNG)
- Cons - Larger file size
- Use case - Drawings, illustrations, complex graphics, transparency
GIF stands for "Graphics Interchange Format" and have been around for a long time. First patented in 1984, GIF's can be found all around the internet and also support animation.
- Pros - Lossless, animated
- Cons - Only supports up to 256 colors
- Use case - Small animated images, Reddit memes 😁
SVG stands for "Scalable Vector Graphics" and was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. Unline JPEG's, PNG's and GIF's, an SVG is not a rasterized, instead it uses vectors which can be scripted and animated.
- Pros - Infinitely scalable, resolution-independent, fast, flexible
- Cons - Not an actual picture
- Use case - Logos, vector atrwork, graphics & icons, animations, effects
There's no debate here about JPG vs PNG vs GIF vs SVG. They all have thrie specific use case and you should think about what file format to use and where.
Correctly sized images
Common sense should tell you that uploading a 2540x1440px image to be displayed as a 720x576px image on your website isn't a good idea.
Correctly sizing your images to fit the content of your site will return instant perfoamance improvements as the browser isn't having to work as hard downscaling your ridiculously large image to render in a tiny area.
Resizing your images is fast, easy, free and provides a quick win for reducing load times. Just open the image in any good editor and get resizing!
Image filesize & compression
OK so you've nailed the first step of resizing the physical dimensions of your images, but have you considered the actual size of the file? I'm talking in bytes here.
Compression can dramatically reduce the filesize of your image whilst retaining most of the quality of the original.
As we've already discussed when looking over the different image formats available, you'll notice some formats are "Lossy" and others are "Lossless".
"Lossy" images degrade in quality when compressed, whereas "Lossless" image formats retain the same quality after compression. It's up to you how much compression to apply to a lossy image and decide if you're happy with the quality or not.
Again, there's no one shot answer here, it's all about experimenting and finding out what works for your images and content.
Compressing images is also pretty simple, with plenty of tools available on the web, desktop and via the command line.
Online compression tools
You'll find some great drag and drop image compressors online, consider some of the tools below for optimizing your images in the browser:
We're going to cover some more advanced compression and optimization tools later in this article.
Next gen image formats
When using some of the page speed testing tools, you may have seen a message like:
Serve images in next-gen formats
Next gen images are a group of image formats, developed to address the time taken to doanload and render an image by providing superior compression algorithms and quality characteristics.
The problem with these new formats comes down to browser support, like most fairly new technologies on the web, it takes time and agreement from the major browser developers such as Chrome (Google), Firefox (Mozilla), Safari (Apple), Edge (Microsoft) etc to implement these new file formats and features.
There's no doubt that these image formats are good, it's just there's not enough infrastructure in place to support them, yet.
These formats include:
- JPEG 2000
- JPEG XR
A great resource for comparing the latest browsers and technology is caniuse
For example, as of Jan 29 2019, Firefox has added support for WebP, whilst it's not supported in Safari and many of the mobile browsers after WebP's initial release in September 2010!
And it's not only browser support, as far as I'm aware there's not a great deal of support for working with many of these next gen file formats on your computer.
In summary, next gen image formats are coming and provide many nice features and performance bumps, but we're not quite ready for them.
Lazy loading or deferring images is the practice of only loading images when they enter the clients viewport in the browser.
For example, say you have a fairly long page with many images below the fold (Below the visible top portion of your page) you'll only want the browser to render the immidiately visible images, up at the top.
As the user scrolls down your page and brings the below the fold content into view, your images are downloaded and rendered by the browser.
This way, the page feels responsive and the user is greeted with an almost immidiate loading of the above the fold images. It's only when they begin to scroll down and bring the lower images into view that they get downloaded and rendered on the page.
Perceived load speed is critical when it comes to user retention and bounce rate. If a page feels slow and takes seconds to load, it might be too late and you've lost a user.
IntersectionObserver functionality. If you're running some kind of content management system like Wordpress, I'm sure a quick plugin search for "lazy loading" will bring up some promising results.
Otherwise, head over to the
IntersectionObserver documentation here at the Mozilla developer site for more detail and examples of how to implement it yourself.
Consider using a lazy loading library. Check out the following:
Using the picture element
<picture> tag offers a way to provide several versions of an image and allows the browser to select the best image for the given scenario.
All modern websites should be responsive, which means multiple screen sizes and resolutions, which also means images will be downscaled to whatever size of viewport the client is using.
<picture> tag allows us to provide multiple versions of the same image in varying sizes and let the browser render the best fit for that device.
<picture> <source srcset="banana-sm.png" media="(min-width: 576px)"> <source srcset="banana-md.png" media="(min-width: 768px)"> <source srcset="banana-lg.png" media="(min-width: 992px)"> <source srcset="banana-xl.png" media="(min-width: 1200px)">   </picture>
We can use the
media attribute in the
<source> tag to provide breakpoints, to which the browser will render if it matches, otherwise fall back to the
Read more about the
<picture> tag over at the Mozilla developer docs here
Advanced image optimization
There may come a time when manually resizing, compressing and creating multiple versions of your images gets too much and you need to let machines do the work.
Fortunately, there are services to the rescue!
A CDN, also known as a content delivery network is a service where your images, videos and other static assets are delivered via a third party provider with servers located across the globe containing copies of your media.
If the benefits of this are not immidiately apparent, consider this scenario:
- Your web server is located in the UK, hosting all of your images, files and media
- A user in Sydney Australia is browsing your website and requesting files from over 10,000 miles away
- Your server has to send all of that data along a copper wire, under oceans, seas and across continents to reach that user
Even though electricity travels at ALMOST the speed of light, there will be some noticable delay when it comes to getting that data to your user.
That's where a CDN can become invaluable.
A CDN works by caching a local copy of your files to a server located much closer to your user. When the said file is requested, your CDN provider will deliver said media from the closest server, saving crucial time and speeding up the deliver process.
As images are often some of the largest objects send from your server, leveraging the power of a CDN is a great choice for serving them fast.
image CDN providers
There are several services that offer a CDN combined with image optimization service, effectively killing 2 birds with one stone:
Image optimization CDN
As your site begins to grow and requirements for automating the labour intensive tasks increases, you might want to consider some API based solutions for your image optimization needs:
Image optimization APIs
Most of these services are paid or have some for of subscription based model, however there are some great free and open source alternatives for optimizing your images and integrating into your workflow.
Command line tools
Command line tools work by running a command in your computers terminal or command prompt, mostly built and maintained by members of the open source community. These tools will automate a lot of the painful tasks for you and make light work of resizing, compressing and optimizing entire folders of images and can become an essential tool in your pipeline.
These tools do require some developer knowledge but should be fairly simple to implement:
- https://github.com/google/guetzli (JPG/JPEG)
- https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg (JPG/JPEG)
- https://pngquant.org/ (PNG)
- https://github.com/google/zopfli (PNG)
- http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/ (GIF)
- https://github.com/svg/svgo (GIF)
Image optmimization GUI's
If running a command in your terminal is too scary, there's always a GUI option (Graphical user interface)
Throughout your journey to optimizing your website, you'll need some tools for the job.
Google provides some nice free tools for auditing your websites images, including:
You can also fire up the Chrome of Firefox developer console and visit the
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Appeal to challenge Westminster Council's motorbike parking charge rejected
A BID to challenge the legality of Westminster Council s unpopular motorbike parking charge was rejected by the High Court on Friday. In a landmark case, the court ruled against an appeal by campaigners to stop the council from levying a �1 per day on-str
A BID to challenge the legality of Westminster Council's unpopular motorbike parking charge was rejected by the High Court on Friday.
In a landmark case, the court ruled against an appeal by campaigners to stop the council from levying a �1 per day on-street parking charge for motorcyclists.
Two judges ruled that the levy is not simply a device for Westminster Council to raise revenue.
They also threw out claims by leaders of the "No To Bike Parking Tax" campaign that the council had not carried out a full consultation before introducing the scheme.
Campaign chairman Warren Djanogly had accused the council of acting outside its powers and claimed the fees were unlawful.
But Lord Justice Pitchford said in his ruling that budgeting for a modest surplus did not invalidate the scheme or mean there was an ulterior motive in charging motorcyclists.
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"It was, and is, accepted by the council that charging measures may not be introduced for the purpose of increasing either its general income or its income to be applied for transport policy purposes," he said.
Mr Djanogly, 47, a management consultant who rides a Yamaha 1300 Midnight Star, said the legal cost of the battle is being met by donations from more than 700 campaigners, many of whom packed the court during the hearing and judgment.
Cllr Lee Rowley, Westminster's parking and transportation boss, said: "Our decision to charge motorcyclists �1 per day to park has been rigorously scrutinised, open to widespread public debate and has now been tested in the High Court.
"We have always maintained that with huge demand for on-street space in Westminster charging motorcyclists a small sum to park was reasonable and fair and I'm glad the judge has re-iterated this.

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Air Service Basel GmbH
Large enough to handle, but small enough to care
The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse, located in the border triangle between Switzerland, Germany and France, wins increasingly more attraction for business travelers. The competent team of Air Service Basel is a leader in the handling and maintenance of corporate jets and private aircraft.
Air Service Basel, which began operation in 1967, is a full service FBO, as well as an EASA and FAA approved Maintenance Organisation and Repair Station, at the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse (LFSB / LSZM) in Switzerland. Air Service Basel’s maintenance department includes a highly qualified and flexible team of licensed aircraft mechanics with a wide range of capabilities for piston, turboprop and turbine aircraft.
Air Service Basel’s FBO terminal offers an exclusive, discreet and secure environment, incorporating a private VIP passenger lounge, pilot’s briefing room and private hangar parking, together with perfect customer-focused services including limousine arrangements, crew transport, fuel support and customs clearance.
Quick. Flexible. Discreet. This is how Air Service Basel cares about its customers. «Our motto is: large enough to handle, but small enough to care», says Claudio Lasagni, CEO of Air Service Basel. The company focuses on a complete set of services. The range extends from the handling of aircraft and their maintenance up to longterm hangar parking for aircraft up to the size of a Boeing B737 or Airbus A320.
«The customer and his needs have priority – and this 24 hours a day», Claudio Lasagni makes perfectly clear. Because Air Service Basel is a medium size company, the structures are very slim. Thus they can respond very flexible and quickly to any requests of their customers. Absolute discretion is always guaranteed. This may possibly be one of the reasons why the offers of Air Service Basel and the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse find so much resonance. «Our service is very personal. We do never treat our customers like on the assembly line. We serve everyone really individually», says the CEO of Air Service Basel, “and each of our clients is personally known”.


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When COVID-19 shut down the Junos along with almost everything else in the province, Anderson was forced to temporarily reorient the focus of his podcast.
“When the pandemic first started, I wanted to tell stories where the pandemic was directly impacting certain people, maybe certain organizations,” he said.
His first COVID-19-related podcast came from his own place of employment — the Sherbrooke Community Centre — where he focused on how people in the city were keeping vulnerable citizens safe. Then it featured housing advocate Chris Randall to discuss the homeless population’s struggles in the pandemic, followed by Candace Gabriel talking about the importance of the Summer Snack Program.
Stevie Horn, a special collections librarian with the Saskatoon Public Library, said someone recommended Anderson’s podcasts to her for the COVID-19 collection project, so she reached out to him personally to make the request.
Horn said the collection currently includes more than 200 individual items, both digital and physical. The project is still accepting submissions, and Horn said digital items like a podcast fill a different niche for the library.
“Podcasts seem to be enduring in a way blogs and other media aren’t necessarily,” Horn said. “They’re less ephemeral than some online things are.”
As Anderson steps into his third season — the recently-released first episode is about Wanuskewin and the people working there — he said it’s exciting to know some of his podcasts will be preserved for future listeners.
Going into a new season, there are always more stories to tell.
“Right now, we’re living in the midst of a historical event,” he said. “I just admire the people that are continuing to do what they do to make this community such an amazing place.”
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Royal Enfield is one of the oldest motorcycle brands in the world. It is also the oldest motorcycle brand in continuous production. So old that if your grandfather was a motorcyclist and he rode a Bullet, you too can go out, buy one, and ride the same thing today to please him for your name to be added in the will.
Over the years, the brand has garnered lakhs of fans and a cult following. The retro appearance and that ‘Thump’ still make hearts skip a beat and not just adults, even kids love Royal Enfields. We have come across a video that showcases a battery-powered miniature model which has been built from scratch by a father for his son in Kerala’s Kollam district. This is basically a toy version of the Bullet 350, and one that looks very similar to the original version.
The video which has been uploaded by Mind vision ktr on their youtube channel shows a mini version of a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle which looks very similar to the original version. The video explains that the battery-operated Bullet was built at home, complete with the classic round headlamp, single-pod instrument cluster with a speedometer and odometer, and chrome-finished leg guard. The rear wheel is driven by a belt. Considering the attention to detail, the man probably owns a Royal Enfield Bullet himself.
The man from Kollam imbibes the same design and used fibre for building the bodywork of the mini Bullet and steel was used for the frame. The video states that the bike’s battery charge can last for about 3 hours. Nothing more is known about the mini Bullet but it is indeed a fantastic example of creativity taking DIY to the extremes. The miniature Royal Enfield Bullet measures 122cm in length and 65cm in height.
The toy Bullet is powered by an electric motor which is powered by a 12V battery kit. It also features a suspension system which looks exactly like it is on a Bullet. From the video, It is evident that the father had spent a lot of time to build something unique for his son and he has been successful too.


Poland Faces Harsh EU Reality in Push for Coal Exemptions
(Bloomberg) -- The Polish government’s hopes to get special treatment from the European Union for its coal-dependent economy may be quashed by the bloc’s strict approach to limiting the dirty fuel.
The EU’s largest eastern economy needs to build more coal-fired power plants to avoid blackouts and an economic slump, Poland’s energy minister said last week in the southern city of Katowice. That puts him on a collision course with the EU’s representative for Energy Union, who reiterated at the same event that the regulator won’t allow subsidies for coal-fired plants.
Poland has ignored EU calls to quickly walk away from the highly polluting energy source, saying its economy is too dependent on coal. Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski claimed western Europe is partly to blame for the nation’s reliance on coal, when it allowed the Soviet Union to take control over Poland after World War II.
“Nobody is plotting against Poland,” Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission’s vice president for Energy Union, said in Katowice, the capital of the nation’s coal region. “It’s not the Commission which wants to have 100 percent of renewables when dealing with a country: but it’s Google, it’s Ikea, it’s Tesco.”
Poland generates more than 80 percent of electricity from coal, mainly from its own deposits. The government says reducing that to 50 percent by 2050, the maximum achievable level, will cost 200 billion zloty ($52 billion).
Black Versus Green
For the time being, the plan is for the state-controlled utilities to add 10 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity by 2025 at a cost of as much as 60 billion zloty. The government is also seeking to introduce a capacity market mechanism that will pay power producers for keeping their plants available, shielding them from potential losses on the new projects. It estimates the solution will bring the utilities 26 billion zloty in additional payments by 2027.
“The Polish view on the energy policy is completely different to that of the EU’s,” said Pawel Puchalski, head of research at BZ WBK SA in Warsaw. “It’s difficult to marry the two. They are rather green and we are definitely black.”
He doesn’t see the capacity market being backed by the bloc as Poland “can’t expect to get free gifts” and count on the EU to agree to yearly payments of 3 billion zloty to utilities. However, Puchalski said the government will somehow find a way to build new plants. The cabinet of the ruling Law & Justice party has made rescuing coal producers its priority and providing stable demand for the fuel is crucial for the miners’ existence.
Poland’s plan may fall on deaf ears as the EU is strongly insisting on slashing greenhouse gases. The government is already locking horns with the bloc after it started a procedure against Brussels, known as the yellow card. It argues that proposals for new carbon dioxide limits rule out the construction of coal-fired plants and deny the nation its right to shape its energy mix.
The Polish government has some crucial questions to answer regarding its approach to coal, according to the EU’s Sefcovic. “Are we investing in the right technology, are we investing in something that will be relevant in 15 to 30 years? Or do we have a risk of stranded assets and the loss on investments?”
Even as Poland is swimming against the tide, it’s not “running away from the reality,” Deputy Energy Minister Grzegorz Tobiszowski said in Katowice. “But if we rely for more than 80 percent on coal for electricity generation, how can we change that? Not to say what for.”
The WIG-Energy Index, which includes the nation’s biggest utilities such as state-controlled PGE SA and Tauron Polska Energia SA that would benefit from the mulled capacity market mechanism, dropped 0.8 percent, heading for a five-week low as of 9:08 a.m. in Warsaw.
There’s no alternative to building new coal-fired plants because Poland can’t risk power shortages, according to Krzysztof Kubiszewski, an analyst at Trigon Dom Maklerski SA. “Any attempt by the EU to impose its own solutions in the energy policy won’t end with a compromise from the Polish side,” he said.


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The pipe dream of new vaccines for old problems
Vaccines are commonly invoked in discussions of public health policies since prevention is always felt to be better than cure, and since recent success stories of disease eradication or control such as smallpox are ascribed to vaccine use. New vaccine research is therefore a major component of many public health policies. However, it is important to recognise limitations inherent in vaccine research in order for its place in public health policy to be realistic.
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Afghani Mutton Pulao Recipe
- 2 black cardamoms
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1 tsp black cumin seeds
- 1/3 cup cooking oil
- 2 large sized carrots
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup raisins or quantity to taste
- 2 medium sized onion
- 700 g mutton
- 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
- salt to taste
- 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- prepared pulao masala
- 2 – 3 green chilies (optional)
- 1 tomato (optional)
- 3 bowls of water
- 500 g basmati rice
- salt if needed
- 1 tsp whole spice powder
- Soak the rice in cool water for 30 minutes. Rinse until water runs clear.
- Prepare Pulao Masala by grinding together black cardamom, green cardamom, and black cumin seeds. Kee the spice mixture aside for later use in the recipe.
- Meanwhile, heat 1/3 cup of oil and add julienne-cut carrots in a cooking pan. Saute on medium heat for a while, till the carrots become tender. Add sugar and cook for a few minutes more. Then add raisins and cook till the raisins begin to swell up. Retrieve the cooked carrots and raisins using a slotted spoon leaving the oil in the pan.
- Now add sliced onion in the same pan and cook medium-high in the leftover oil till the onions become golden brown. The darker the onions become, the darker the rice will be.
- Add mutton, stir cook until color changes. Then add ginger and garlic paste and stir cook for another 2 minutes. Now add salt, cumin seeds, and the pulao masala you have already prepared and kept aside as per the quantity mentioned above. Optionally, you can also add sliced green chilies and diced tomato. Stir cook for a while.
- Add 3 bowls of water to submerge all the meat and bring it to a boil. Cook on low flame for 1 and half hours with the lid on till meat becomes tender.
- Now add the soaked basmati rice, salt if needed, and cook on high to medium flame till the water begins to boil and then reduces until there is very little water left in the pot. Stir once or twice in between using a slotted spatula, being careful not to break any rice pieces. See the picture below.
- At this point, reduce the heat to the lowest possible, season with whole spice powder, and add the cooked carrots and raisins. Cover with the lid and allow it to steam like this for 10-12 minutes.
- To serve, plate the rice on a rice platter, add the chunks of mutton scattered with carrots and raisins on the top.
- Your Afghani Polau is ready! Serve with salad and raita!
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Only three years ago Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) were being snapped up by traditional broadcasters for huge sums, but their fortunes are changing according to Ampere Analysis.
Latest research suggests YouTube has reached a per-hour revenue ceiling in some markets, with its income generated by advertising from an hour viewed now equal to that of broadcast TV. Ampere believes this is a key factor influencing MCN’s waning growth – and valuations.
In 2015 Ampere reported that traditional broadcasters were buying MCNs for nine figure deals – sums that were 25 to 30 times net revenue. Time Warner and Disney invested $200m and more, expecting to profit from growth in the future. We later identified that the underlying MCN valuations were beginning to fall, but this was countered by rapidly growing consumption of OTT media services. However, this growth in consumption is no longer compensating for the inherent decline in the value of each view, with average valuation per monthly view plummeting to just $0.01 – a 10-fold decline since 2015. Ampere’s data suggests that this may be because certain OTT platforms are approaching a revenue ceiling in some territories.
It’s a slip and slide for MCNs:
• In 2014, the average valuation per monthly view for MCNs stood at $0.12 (i.e. for each additional monthly view, the company price at acquisition increased by 12 cents). This figure had halved by 2016 to $0.06 but was neutralised by consumption growth.
• Today the valuation has plummeted to $0.01 per monthly view.
• One of the major MCNs, AwesomenessTV, was valued at $650m when Verizon acquired a stake. In July 2018, it was snapped up by Viacom for possibly as low as $25m plus debt*.
Has YouTube’s per-view revenue really peaked?
One reason for MCN valuations falling is that some OTT video platforms may be reaching a soft revenue ceiling in certain territories, so the opportunities to monetise aren’t there. Per hour of video delivered, YouTube makes about $0.025 in revenue globally, but its US viewers are five times more valuable, meaning that in the USA it generates income at almost the same rate as broadcast TV.
• One billion hours of viewing per day generates $11bn a year for YouTube by Ampere’s estimates; the same time nets the US broadcast TV market roughly $70bn in ad revenue.
• But YouTube monetises US viewers at 5x the rate it monetises the average viewer, which brings its domestic per-hour-viewed revenue figure in line with the average for US broadcast.
• Consequently – even with Google’s targeting and ad sales capabilities, Ampere believes it may be fast approaching the limits of its ability to grow per-stream revenue.
Richard Broughton, Director at Ampere Analysis says: “As YouTube reaches parity per hour viewed with broadcast TV, MCNs valuations have plummeted. The market has experienced a complete reversal from 2014 when MCNs were changing hands for vast sums on the promise of future profit. While growth rates in video consumption are still strong for multi-channel networks, eking out margins remains challenging. Bringing production further in-house and consolidating and combining networks to manage fixed costs are a few of the ways in which MCNs and their owners can reverse the recent trend.”


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BY Jennifer Feller.
Medicinal cannabis campaigner Lucy Haslam has responded to the Federal Government’s announcement that it will legalise medicinal cannabis with a cautious welcome.
After losing her son Daniel to cancer in February this year, the former nurse has been heavily involved in political discussions surrounding legalisation.
“I am pleased that politicians are ready to get on board but I hope and pray that the outcomes are in the best interests of the patients and that reform is more than political grandstanding,” she said.
Over the past year, Ms Haslam has grown increasingly impatient with political delay and has been working on her own initiative to make medicinal cannabis accessible.
She has told Australian Story of a radical plan to grow and supply cannabis herself, and has already assembled a team to work on the Tamworth-based project.
“At the moment we are looking for a property in Tamworth to set up a small research and development facility,” Ms Haslam said.
“My goal is that in the short- to mid-term we’ll be able to produce a product to supply people like Dan who need compassionate access to medical cannabis now.”
The team has recently applied for a New South Wales Government exemption to cultivate the drug and is waiting for a decision.


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925 Sterling Silver Hearts Toe Ring
Price: from £3.75 to £4.75
With 11 hearts you will be totally loved up! 4.5mm at the widest point, these toe rings are available in Classic solid sterling silver, gold plated and rose gold plated solid sterling silver. The perfect accessory to pep up your toes!

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Featuring a square neckline, zigzag topstitch detailing, a removable waist tie, and patch pockets at each side. Also available in Walnut.
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Made from our Luxe Lightweight Denim — an extra fine denim woven from 100% BCI sourced cotton. For best care, cold gentle machine wash and dry in the shade. Wash with similar colours before first wear.
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The payroll company that left local IT contractors waiting for wages after it turned up at the centre of a $165 million tax fraud investigation has been placed into administration.
David Ianuzzi and Vincent Pirina from Veritas Advisory were appointed as joint administrators of Plutus Payroll Australia on 6 June, just weeks after the alleged director of the company was arrested in the far reaching tax fraud case.
According to Veritas Advisory, the voluntary administration will allow for an independent insolvency practitioner to take control of, and investigate, the affairs of the company. During that time, all creditor claims are to be put on hold.
The appointment comes three months after the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) froze the accounts of the outsourced payroll management service, leaving hundreds of IT contractors around the country without wages for weeks.
Plutus Payroll, which focused heavily on the IT industry, was subsequently identified as being allegedly at the centre of what has been described as the largest tax fraud investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in the country’s history.
According to the AFP, the company was allegedly being run by several members of a syndicate alleged to be responsible for the multimillion-dollar tax fraud against the Australian Government.
The AFP arrested and charged nine people on 17 May for their association with the syndicate.
Plutus Payroll’s alleged director, Simon Anquetil, was arrested following his return to Australia on 18 May, and was the 10th person to be arrested as a result of the investigation.
While the AFP has alleged that the fraud revolved around Plutus Payroll, it stressed that the company is, in fact, a legitimate business that provided payroll services to its legitimate clients.
However, the money received from the client companies was allegedly transferred to subcontracted companies – alleged to be controlled by syndicate members – to process payroll.
While processing these payments, funds paid by legitimate clients to service tax obligations were allegedly diverted by the syndicate for their own personal gain.
It remains to be seen whether IT contractors on Plutus Payroll’s books will receive all of their entitlements, such as superannuation, even if they receive the wages owed to them.
In late May, however, the ATO released guidance confirming that workers who had been on Plutus Payrolls’ books will not be penalised when their pay as you go tax withholding (PAYGW) amount reported as being withheld is not actually paid to the ATO.
At tax time, the amounts withheld from applicable contractors’ pay will be applied when their income tax liability is assessed, the ATO said.

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Unity and shared values are the key to framing a sucessfull,viable,practicable and fair UK constitution.Seperatism and nationalism,whist appealing to the short sighted and selfish aims of pedagogues and exremists(like Master Salmond) never produce anything
of any enduring value.
There has been lots of talk from multiple sources(IE Cameron and in the Press) that,as the Scottish Parliament is to get a whole
new raft of powers,the idea that the regions of England should get devolution should be revived.This would be a big mistake.
In the firsr place.the
UK needs smarter,not bigger,or more layers of,government.We need to make the existing systems better,fairer and more responsive.This can be done by making it smaller and more efficient.Bloated administrations tend to lead to slow to respond,inefficient,overly
bureacratic and sometimes even corrupt governance.Look at Brussels.Point proved?
Second,whist emphatically not advocating a centralized imposition of values
from one part of the UK,we believe that there has to be certain shared values between all parts of the UK.Not the values of one dominant group,but certain values that can be subscribed to by the reasonable consensus of the majority of UK citizens,based,perhaps,
on shared history and the outlook that follows from that shared narrative.Within that set of shared values,the various traditions in the UK can co-exist.We must avoid the great danger inherent in regionalism of breeding an insular attitude.This could
very likely leads to the balkanization of the UK and encourages national fragmentation.Local traditions are important and are to be encouraged,but not to the point that they sponsor antagonism towards other parts of the country as this promotes the disintegration
of the UK.Regional assemblies would greatly encourage such balkanization.
Third.regional assemblies would lead to overly ambitious politicians abusing
local issues to make a name for themselves.They would only interest themselves in local matters that help their careers in regional politics and ignore other important matters,leading to a decline in shared national values.This would aid nationalist politicians
who seek to break up the UK.All in all,regional assemblies creare problems and promote division.
Lastly,we mustn't forget that,in the dying days of
the last Labour government,a referendum was held on creating regional assemblies in England.There was a crushing 'no' vote.Simple fairness dictates that there should be no new referenda on this issue for some considerable time as it is the settled will
of the English people that they have rejected this idea.
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Moving South Dakota Forward also received $200,000 from the National Education Association, according to its report, as well as what appearst to be a total of $10,000 in donations from the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations. Moving South Dakota Forward, which was formed by the South Dakota Education Association and SDAHO, reported spending $970,462.79 so far and had $145,977.88 cash on hand at the reporting deadline.
Then there is the token opposition. The No on 15 committee, which wasn’t officially organized until early October, reported spending $15,885.09 and had $25,374.91 cash on hand. The biggest contributors to the No on 15 effort were Harvey Jewett of Aberdeen, who gave $10,000, and Dusty Johnson’s old PUC campaign committee, which donated $3,000.


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Space & the Planets (Learning Adventures Kindergarten)
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11 rows This book covers the topic of astronomy and is all about planets, stars, and other space components. It has real pictures from NASA that shows some fascinating wonders of Cosmos.
It has pictures of black holes too. So if you have a thirst for knowledge about space, then this book. “Breathtaking pictures show the otherworldly magic of the solar system in The Planets, a heavy and handsome book made up of stunning photographs from the archives of NASA, each with a substantial caption by science writer Nirmala Nataraj.
The images are at once humbling and uplifting: Here in the black void of space is Saturn’s frozen moon /5(). Although our solar system is still very big, it does seem a bit more knowable than our entire universe.
🙂 In any case, our whole family had a great time to learning about the planets and solar system during our space unit. Below I review nine children’s books about the planets and our solar system.
11 rows This book is a space coloring book for girls, boys, and kids who love space. It highlights full. The Planets Unique 3-D digital artworks present the planets as never before. In addition to its wealth of visual detail, The Planets also details essential facts in fresh, colorful infographics, timelines that track our relationship with each planet, and a directory that contains the must-know information about major Solar System objects and space missions.
Chapters on each planet and obj/5(). Use a combination of nonfiction and fiction books about our solar system to get students interested in space. Read More. Sort by Name. Book The Planets in Our Solar System By. Kevin O'Malley, Franklyn M.
Branley. Grade s. K-2 Book Our Solar System (Revised Edition). A good space book can feed a kid's obsession or inspire a new interest in exploring the wonders of the universe. Here are ’s favorites.
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Planet Flip Book. This next week at school is Space Week. I created this planet flip book that is a fun way to introduce the order of the planets from the sun. This activity is simple and effective, all while pulling in some fine motor skills practice. To begin this activity, I introduce the sun and each planet, showing pictures and sharing.
An Amazon Best Book of. A delightfully fun, fact-filled planetary tale from the creator of the Baby University series. Travel around the solar system and celebrate what makes each planet unique. From Neptune to Mercury and all the planets in between, each one is different and each one is happy to be what they are/5().
Space Coloring Book for Kids: Fantastic Outer Space Coloring with Planets, Astronauts, Space Ships, Rockets (Children's Coloring Books) by Blue Wave Press | out of 5 stars Lovely book and a great way to introduce the solar system to young children.
Gorgeous illustrations and good language for toddlers (and older). My son hasn't grasped the concept of planets, space, orbit etc but I hope it will come as he certainly loves reading this s: K. Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Planets is an awe-inspiring journey through the Solar System, from Earth to Mars and layer by layer, planets and other objects in the Solar System are taken out of the night sky and presented on a white background, revealing every detail of their surface and internal anatomy Pages: The Kids Book of the Night Sky by Ann Love and Jane Drake; Scholastic Atlas Of Space, Johanne Champagne (Editor) The Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy & Space by Lisa Miles, Alastair Smith and Judy Tatchell; Eyewitness Workbooks: Stars and Planets, (DK Eyewitness Books) Boy, Were We Wrong About the Solar System by Kathleen V.
Kudlinski. ME And My Place In SPACE By Joan Sweeney Illustrated by Annette Cable Where are you. Where is the Earth.
Where is the moon. Where is the sun. Me and My Place. - Kids will love this little FREE Printable Planet Book This little reader is a great reference tool for kids to learn about the planets in the solar system.
The book, "The Planets in Our Solar System ", describes the planets in our solar system. It also includes models of sizes of plans and their distance from the book can be used to help students learn the order of the planets and be familiar with relative sizes of the planets.
Appropriate for a third grade lesson on planets.4/5. Planet Facts Interesting Planet Facts Mercury – The smallest and fastest planet, it zips around the Sun in only 88 Earth days. Venus – Venus’ thick atmosphere makes it the hottest planet in our solar system.
Earth – The only planet in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. Mars – Mars was a wet and warm planet billions of years ago.
Books shelved as space-and-life-on-other-planets: Hospital Station by James White, Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt, C. Rhatigan, Joe Space: Planets, Moons, Stars, and More. Random House, $ EARLY READER Content: G.
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This is a simple explanation about space. It includes an explanation of the planets in our solar system and what they are made of. The book explains stars, universes and meteoroids. It also explains how space affects us here on earth/5. The book is also peppered with hands-on activities to demonstrate aspects of the journey and the planet's conditions.
This book is not Aldrin's first proposing a mission to Mars, but this one is. Ice planets have figured prominently in science fiction, such as Hoth, an ice planet featured in The Empire Strikes Back, or Gethen, an ice planet in the novel The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K.
Le Guin. An ice planet named Fichina is featured in the Star Fox video game series. Ancient Mesa (Ancient Mare in the Japanese version) is a venue in F-Zero Maximum Velocity. The book we are reviewing is the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space.
This is a great book for learning all about the solar system and the planets. A book about traveling to the moon. This book mixes illustrations with actual photographs of the moon.
If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty A longer book about a trip to the moon and what it takes to get there. Explore My World: Planets by Becky Baines Learn what a planet is and explore the planets in our solar system.
More Space. brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.
The nine planets of the solar system may be divided into two groups: the inner, or terrestrial, planets, and the outer, or Jovian, planets. This division is based not only on distance from the Sun, but also on the physical properties of the planets.
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BOOKS READ ALOUD FOR CHILDREN SOLAR SYSTEM Author, Illustrator and designer: Jill McDonald Penguin Random House LLC Look up in the sky. Can you see the moon?. The book is a celebration of the robotic probes and astronaut photographers that have set out to explore the solar system, and the enormous images.
Praise for The Planets. So staggering you go whoa. every few seconds Cox is the Attenborough of the Solar System Guardian.
Spectacular. [Cox s] ability to convey maximum information in a clear and minimalist style is so softly winning and persuasive The Sunday Times. Professor Brian Cox continues to boggle our minds Daily Mail.
It was life affirming, it was perspective s: Putting Brian Cox’s sweeping storytelling abilities front and centre, The Planets is a history of our immediate universe that reads like an epic novel. With the aid of regular contributor Andrew Cohen, Cox paints a picture of the rise and fall of interstellar bodies and the grand narrative of the cosmos, in this lavishly produced publication.
Space and the Planets book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. The Magic School Bus Fact Finders are detailed research guides on fa /5(8). Join us a we read about Eric's the Bears favourite things and his amazing adventure to the awesome red planet.
What will he find? Eric and the Red Planet: A.The Planets of our Solar System Book A Printable Book for Fluent Readers: Astronomy Calendar: Print out the following pages to make a Planets Book for fluent readers.
Have the students cut out each page, including the tab. Staple the pages together at the left, then you have a short information/activity book.
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There is no doubt that many international dance companies tour the UK as a result of the work of Dance Consortium. However it is also venues, young dancers and many others that also also benefit from its work, regardless of the fact Dance Consortium was established with the specific aim of touring international contemporary dance around the UK.
The organisation has 17 members which are all large-scale theatres. Since its formation in 2000 it has presented 40 tours by 22 different dance companies to the UK, companies which have travelled across the globe and performed to over 600,000 people. Its members contribute to just over half its income through membership and performance fees, and member venues cover all technical, marketing and overhead costs.
Subsidy is also required however. Dance Consortium was funded through Arts Council England Grants for the Arts until 2008, and has since received £489,000 per annum as a National Portfolio Organisation to support the costs of the tours and make a contribution towards overheads. Company fees can range from £12,000 to £25,000 per performance, and other costs include flights, accommodation and local transportation.
Each tour lasts between five and six weeks, visiting two venues a week with two performances in each venue. An education programme accompanies each venue visit with post-show Q&As, open rehearsals, workshops with local schools, colleges and dance groups (from young dance students to the over 55s) and opportunities to meet international choreographers, dancers and artistic directors. Dance artists can then share what they have learned with dance students in the UK, for example, passing on a legacy of inspiration to the next generation of performing artists. The benefits extend far beyond cost-sharing and audience development however, also enabling each of the member theatres to build its own capacity and expertise, as well as benefiting the UK dance sector.


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Weird Tales Dec 1939 First Hannes Bok Cover; Lovecraft Poem; Robert Bloch
Author: Andre Linville, C.L. Moore an Forrest J. Ackerman, Clark Ashton Smith (Verse), David H. Keller, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., H. Warner Munn (Conclusion), H.P. Lovecraft (verse), Robert Bloch, Seabury Quinn, Thorp McClusky, Virgil Finlay
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In case you haven't noticed, we're huge fans of the whole pastel-hair thing—we'll throw a less-than-natural hue on our heads any day of the week. The one thing we're growing tired of, though, is the chalky, dried-out texture that tends to accompany that look. It was pretty awesome in the winter, but now that the sun is poised to start shining, we want locks that'll gleam right along with it. So when expert hairstylist Garrett Markenson mentioned he'd come up with a way to give hair a metallic finish, we knew it was what our lives were missing.
"It's impossible with today's technology to literally get a metallic finish, but you can recreate it using color and product," he explains. "It's like the liquidy look of leather pants or a shiny purse. It's a wet look." Notably, though, it involves dry hair—which is appealing to those of us who can't pull off the slicked-back-hair thing.
The first step of metallic hair happens in the salon chair. Garrett says to ask your colorist for a multidimensional blonde base color that features dusty, cool-toned pinks. "You'll need really strong ash tones and pink champagne hues," he says, explaining that it should look like a very pale combination of rose gold and white gold. To make this color more sustainable, you can ask for it to be blended with your roots. That way, it'll grow out into a perfect ombré.
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Flipside Circus, Queensland’s largest youth arts company received 3 nominations for the critically acclaimed We Live Here in this year’s Matilda Awards – Queensland’s theatre awards for excellence, including Best independent production, Best Director and Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work
We Live Here, is a good example of Flipside’s commitment to creating nation leading circus arts and youth arts. We Live Here tells the stories of young people and their families from Hummingbird House (Queensland’s only hospice for children and young people). The project was a collaboration in every sense; it was a collaboration between young artists from Flipside Circus’ performance troupe and professional artists, between circus makers and theatre makers, between Metro Arts and Flipside Circus, and between the creatives and the Hummingbird House community.
The result is a work of artistic excellence that was developed with a community and that authentically tells this communities stories.
CEO and Creative Producer Robert Kronk says “Our strategy is about experimenting with form and content while committing to excellence in training and performance. Collaborations like We Live Here help us to develop skills and new works. It is also about building pathways for young artists – not just so that they can ’emerge’ as artists in the future – but so that they are valued as cultural creators now.”
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Yesterday Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) announced on Twitter that Treyarch will be discussing the history of their popular Call of Duty Zombies game mode at this year's E3 Coliseum Exhibition. The event will be hosted by Geoff Keighley.
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