On Monday, October 8, 2010, Governor Schwarzenegger signed California’s $87.5 billion budget, after line item vetoes of an additional $963 million, including more cuts to Health and Human Services programs serving low income persons, children, elders and persons with disabilities. The Governor’s line item vetoes targeted mental health services, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, community-based programs for seniors and substance abuse programs, among others.
First – the good news: The new budget does not include a number of the drastic cuts proposed in the Governor’s May budget revision, including elimination of CalWORKS (California’s aid to families program), reductions in reimbursements for adult day health care services or drastic cuts to the IHSS program. Although the budget estimates $300 million in spending reductions from IHSS, only $35 million will be an actual cut by imposing a 3.6% reduction in caregiver hours.
The bad news: The budget still includes elimination of the Department of Aging’s Community Based Services programs and millions of dollars in cuts to child welfare programs, development disability programs and child care programs.
With no new revenue streams and no new taxes, Sacramento sources are already estimating a $23 billion budget deficit for next year
Following are a list of the major Health and Human Services cuts included in the final budget:*
• Department of Aging/Community Based Services programs: General funds of $6.4 million, which were restored by the legislature were cut by the Governor. These programs include Alzheimer’s Day Resource Centers, Brown Bag program, Respite, and Senior Companion.
• Substance Abuse Offender Treatment Program: Eliminates state funding of $18 million
Department of Health Care Services
• A decrease of $187.1 million General Fund by enrolling seniors and people with disabilities in managed care and deferring a managed care payment for two-plan and geographic managed care counties.
• A decrease of $84.5 million General Fund by freezing daily per diem hospital inpatient rates at current levels. This rate freeze is part of a transition to a new diagnosis-related payment (DRG) methodology that will provide fiscal incentives for cost effective and appropriate care (similar to Medicare).
• A decrease of $43.9 million General Fund due to a change in the methodology used to determine the appropriate funding growth for County Administration.
• A decrease of $26.4 million General Fund (including associated support costs) by strengthening efforts to identify, prevent, and detect fraud in high-priority areas, such as pharmacy, physician services, transportation, and durable medical equipment.
• A decrease of $15.2 million General Fund because of a recent pharmacy settlement with AstraZeneca. This national settlement resolves/addresses whistleblower lawsuits and federal investigations into marketing practices for the schizophrenia drug Seroquel.
•A decrease of $13.6 million General Fund by reducing radiology rates to 80 percent of the corresponding Medicare rate.
• A decrease of $10 million for various clinic grants.
• A decrease of $3.1 million General Fund by eliminating certain over-the-counter drug benefits (acetaminophen products) for adult beneficiaries.
• A decrease of $1 million General Fund by no longer paying Medicare Part B premiums for beneficiaries whose income exceeds the Medi-Cal threshold.
Department of Public Health
• A decrease of $52.1 million to the Office of AIDS
• A decrease of $18 million for the Infectious Disease Branch’s Immunization Program.
• A decrease of $7.6 million in local assistance funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
Department of Developmental Services – Regional Center cuts
•A decrease of $25 million to regional center operations and provider payments. Reductions will be increased from 3 percent to 4.25 percent. •A decrease of $5 million to the regional centers in 2009-10. Funding for Adult Day Health Care Services (ADHC) will be reverted because the ADHC reductions were enjoined by the court.
Department of Mental Health
• A decrease of $52 million from eliminating state funding for the AB 3632 mandates.
• A decrease of $30.4 million and 144.4 positions to the state hospitals related to an estimated decrease in 2010-11 caseload and the implementation of cost containment measures.
Department of Social Services
• A decrease of $365.9 million from utilizing an advance of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant funds for the quarter ending June 30, 2011 in lieu of General Fund. This will provide one-time General Fund relief without any adverse program impacts.
• IHSS: A decrease of $300 million in the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, comprised of (1) using IHSS provider-generated revenue to draw down additional federal funds and offset General Fund expenditures in the program ($190 million), (2) imposing a 3.6-percent across-the-board reduction to the hours assessed for IHSS recipients ($35 million), and (3) reflecting an updated caseload estimate based on an actual decline in recipients as compared to the previous caseload projection ($75 million).
• A decrease of $80 million to maintain the level of funding in the Child Welfare Services program that was included in the 2009-10 Budget.
• A one-time decrease of $70 million from eliminating state funding for the Seriously Emotionally Disturbed portion of the Foster Care program.
• A decrease of $12.4 million from reducing the reimbursement rates for license-exempt child care providers. This reduction saves federal funds in the Department of Social Services budget, which can be transferred to the Department of Developmental Services budget for use in lieu of General Fund.
Community Care Licensing
This Department, which licenses and oversees thousands of day care and residential facilities for children and adults, including nearly 7,800 Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs), has suspended the processing of new applications for all providers, provider appeals and staff training and will focus on complaints, incident report, enforcement actions (and follow-up actions), annual inspections and five-year inspections due to budget cuts and a hiring freeze.
*Source: California Department of Finance
For more information on California’s final 2010-11 Budget see:
California Budget Project: http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2010/100618_Budget_Comparision.pdf
California Department of Finance: http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/
The Full Budget Summary, including the Governor’s veto remarks.


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Beijing cuckoo completes epic Indian Ocean crossing
A male Common Cuckoo, satellite-tagged in Beijing in the summer, has completed an epic 3,700 km non-stop migration across the Indian Ocean to East Africa.
Flying from central India to Somalia, the cuckoo — named 'Skybomb Bolt' — completed the astonishing journey in just under four days, without stopping once. Even more amazingly, he did not stop on reaching the Somalian coast, continuing some 300 km inland to an area that had recently experienced rainfall, where he was last recorded on the evening of 30 October. It is likely that this 'wet' area offers good feeding opportunities.
Skybomb Bolt was the first male Beijing cuckoo to be fitted with a tag. He was caught at Hanshiqiao Wetland Park in the Shunyi District and named by pupils at the nearby Dulwich International School.
Skybomb is one of three cuckoos currently being monitored by the Beijing Cuckoo Project team. Another of the cuckoos, a female dubbed 'Flappy McFlapperson', is currently hot on the heels of Skybomb and another ocean crossing may be in the pipeline — on 31 October she was heading south-west towards Gujarat from her last recorded position in Uttar Pradesh. The third Cuckoo, Mèng zhi juan, was last noted near Chittagong, Bangladesh, in early October.

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I made sugar cookies yesterday and thought I properly chilled the dough. When they baked the shape of the cut-outs became a bit distorted an puffy on the sides.
Is there a tried and true way to get clean & firm edges so the cookies look best?
Thanks for your help!
It won't help now, but I have read that some people use the cutter (metal one, not plastic) on the cookies as soon as they come out of the oven to neaten up the shape. It has to be done quickly, though, while the cookies are still soft from the oven.
What recipe did you use?? I use NFSC (from this site) which hold it shape after they are cut. Very good recipe that I have used to make my cookies
NFSC fails me as well. And as said above, I do re-cut the shape after baking. It needs to be done while the cookies are still hot.

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Férias no campo e na praia.
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Uma antiga quinta onde se fazia azeite. Os donos aproveitaram as antigas casas dos trabalhadores e remodelaram-nos de modo a proporcionarem aos seus hóspedes, umas férias tranquilas. Coordenadas GPS …see more
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It is through Nuno the owner of restaurant casa do avo that we came in contact with Armindo and Rosaria and don't regret it.
This is a small rural tourist retreat with some houses and appartments bun… More
Lovely four bedroom villa with three bathrooms also with privet pool and garden for holiday rental.
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This property is excellent for family vacations, a lot of privacy and is very quite. Only guests can access the pool and garden through the houses, what is very secure for children. Pool have a children zone. Private barbecue with everything you need for outdoor meals K …see more
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"Fantastic villa, great location"
We stayed at this villa in July 13 with 4 adults and 2 toddlers. The villa was beautiful; clean and perfectly sized with a fantastic and generous BBQ and sun lounging area. It sits in a great location… More
Beautiful 2-bedroom Apartment With Sea Views
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I travelled to Portugal with Friends. Most of them were in a hotel but we (me, wife and 1 friend) stayed at this small but perfectly formed resort.
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"Appartamento confortevole e accogliente"
Un caldo e accogliente appartamentino in zona prettamente turistica tra l'inglese Albufeira e la più familiare Armacao de Pera.
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This traditional 4 bedroom villa is ideal for a beach family holiday, It has a superb location in Galé Resort, within walking distance to the beach and restaurants and the famous Apolonia Supermarket. …see more

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Doom Eternal's long-awaited ray tracing patch went live this week, bringing ray traced reflections and Nvidia DLSS to the game. We put it to the test by benchmarking Nvidia's RTX 30-series and AMD's RDNA 2 GPUs head-to-head, while also taking a look at the image quality on offer from both the ray traced reflections and DLSS implementation.
Watch via our Vimeo channel (below) or over on YouTube at 2160p HERE
00:00 Video start
00:15 Introduction and test setup
02:02 1080p benchmarks
03:42 1440p benchmarks
05:50 4K benchmarks
07:06 What’s the performance hit?
07:58 RT On vs Off image quality comparisons
09:10 What about DLSS?
10:39 Wrapping up
- AMD GPUs were benchmarked with the 21.6.2 driver.
- Nvidia GPUs were benchmarked with the 471.11 driver.
Intel Core i9-10900K
Overclocked to 5.1GHz on all cores
ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Wi-Fi
Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600MHz (4 X 8GB)
500GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2
|Games Drive||2TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5″ SSD|
|Chassis||Fractal Meshify S2 Blackout Tempered Glass|
Corsair H115i RGB Platinum Hydro Series
Corsair 1200W HX Series Modular 80 Plus Platinum
Windows 10 21H1
Graphics cards benchmarked:
- Nvidia RTX 3090 24GB
- Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB
- Nvidia RTX 3070 8GB
- Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8GB
- Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB
- AMD RX 6900 XT 16GB
- AMD RX 6800 XT 16GB
- AMD RX 6800 16GB
- AMD RX 6700 XT 12GB
Discuss on our Facebook page HERE.
KitGuru says: Have you tried ray tracing in Doom Eternal? Be sure to watch the video for the performance and image quality breakdown!


- Why do Subs not have windows?
- Can a submarine survive a tsunami?
- Can a blue whale sink a ship?
- Who has the largest navy in the world?
- How many submarines does USA have?
- Which is the fastest submarine?
- What is the most dangerous submarine?
- How long is the largest US submarine?
- Which country has the best missile technology in the world?
- Which country has the best submarines in WW2?
- Has a submarine ever hit a whale?
- Which country has the most advanced submarine?
- Can you smoke on a submarine?
- What is the most advanced submarine in the world?
- Does the US Navy still have diesel submarines?
- Who has the biggest submarine?
- How many SSBNs does the US have?
- How deep can submarines go today?
- Who has the most aircraft carriers in the world?
- Which is the most powerful submarine in the world?
- What kind of sub is a Boomer?
Why do Subs not have windows?
No, Navy submarines don’t have windows or portholes so the crew can watch undersea life.
Submarines have only periscopes for outside vision, and those are only used close to the surface, a periscope depth (PD)..
Can a submarine survive a tsunami?
Submarines are relatively unaffected by weather or tsunamis when submerged in deep open waters. Once a submarine is deep enough the conditions on the surface are not felt. … Large enough waves can cause a submarine to be pulled (sucked) up to the surface.
Can a blue whale sink a ship?
While an accidental collision with a sperm whale at night accounted for sinking of the Union in 1807, the Essex incident some 30 years beforehand was the only other documented case of a whale deliberately attacking, holing, and sinking a ship.
Who has the largest navy in the world?
ChinaYes, China Has the World’s Largest Navy.
How many submarines does USA have?
The U.S. has 18 Ohio-class submarines, of which 14 are Trident II SSBNs (Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear), each capable of carrying 24 SLBMs.
Which is the fastest submarine?
It was the world’s fastest submarine. Originally named K-162, it was renamed K-222 in 1978. The submarine is best known in the West by its NATO reporting name Papa class….Soviet submarine K-222.HistorySoviet UnionSpeed:44.7 knots (82.8 km/h; 51.4 mph)Endurance:70 daysTest depth:400 m (1,312 ft 4 in) (estimated)18 more rows
What is the most dangerous submarine?
The World’s Five Most Dangerous SubmarinesHere’s What You Need To Remember: None of these submarines has been used in combat. … Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Submarine.Columbia-class Ballistic Missile Submarine.Project 955 Borei-class Ballistic Missile Submarine.Recommended: Why an F-22 Raptor Would Crush an F-35 in a ‘Dogfight’More items…•Nov 27, 2020
How long is the largest US submarine?
Measuring in at 175 meters, nearly 600 feet, the submarine has been in commission since 1980, with a few periods of significant refurbishment in its history. In addition to the submarine’s impressive length, it’s also 25 meters wide, giving it quite the presence in the water.
Which country has the best missile technology in the world?
Russia1-Russia. Around all other highly rated countries, Russia holds the first spot in the countries having the best missile technology. It has the RS-24 that has the capability to take nuclear weapons. RS-24 can carry almost four to six warheads.
Which country has the best submarines in WW2?
Germany may have built large number of submarines in WW2, creating “wolfpacks” of U-boats, but the US had the best-ever Allied submarines of WW2, the Gato-class and Balao-class submarines.
Has a submarine ever hit a whale?
In 2003, a British sub hit an Arctic iceberg during military exercises. … If the ping bounces back, that means it hit an object—like a whale, a ship, or another submarine.
Which country has the most advanced submarine?
Here are the 10 countries with the most submarines:United States (66)Russia (62)Iran (34)South Korea (22)Japan (20)India (16)Turkey (12)Colombia (11)More items…
Can you smoke on a submarine?
The Navy announced today a ban on smoking aboard submarines while they are deployed below the surface after medical testing showed non-smokers suffered effects of second-hand smoke. … Mark Jones of the Commander Naval Submarine Forces out of Norfolk, Va., said about 40 percent of the submarine sailors are smokers.
What is the most advanced submarine in the world?
Seawolf classThe boats of the Seawolf class are the most advanced but also the most expensive hunter-killer submarines in the world.
Does the US Navy still have diesel submarines?
The U.S. Navy’s last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland. With the decommissioning of the USS Blueback on October 1, 1990, the last ever diesel-electric submarine of the United States Navy had left the fleet.
Who has the biggest submarine?
The worlds largest submarines are the Russian 941 Akula (designated ‘Typhoon’ by NATO) class. The launch of the first at the secret covered shipyard at Severodvinsk in the White Sea was announced by NATO on 23 Sep 1980.
How many SSBNs does the US have?
14The United States submarine force consists of four operational classes – Ohio, Los Angeles, Seawolf, and Virginia – all of which are nuclear-powered.  The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs serve as the sea-based leg of the U.S. strategic triad.
How deep can submarines go today?
A nuclear submarine can dive to a depth of about 300m. This one is larger than the research vessel Atlantis and has a crew of 134. The average depth of the Caribbean Sea is 2,200 meters, or about 1.3 miles. The average depth of the world’s oceans is 3,790 meters, or 12,400 feet, or 2 1⁄3 miles.
Who has the most aircraft carriers in the world?
The United StatesThe United States has 20 aircraft carriers, the highest of any country, followed by Japan and France with four each. Ten other nations have aircraft carriers: Egypt. China.
Which is the most powerful submarine in the world?
VMF Typhoon-classThe nuclear-powered VMF Typhoon-class submarine is the world’s largest-displacement submarine.
What kind of sub is a Boomer?
Ballistic Missile SubmarinesBallistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) The Navy’s ballistic missile submarines, often referred to as “boomers,” serve as an undetectable launch platform for intercontinental missiles. They are designed specifically for stealth and the precise delivery of nuclear warheads.


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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) - The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident where a fire truck hit a pedestrian. This happened while they were responding to a call.
The man was hit shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday on Warrenton Road as he was crossing the street. The fire truck was on the way to a car accident on I-95.
According to preliminary investigations, the man was not using a crosswalk and was in a dark section of the six lane road when he was hit.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.

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WASHINGTON -- House Agriculture Committee Republicans who vocally supported billions in cuts to federal food assistance are big-time recipients of government help in the form of farm subsidies.
Reps. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) both cited the Bible last week to argue that while individual Christians have a responsibility to feed the poor, the federal government does not.
"We're all here on this committee making decisions about other people's money," Fincher said.
LaMalfa said that while it's nice for politicians to boast about how they've helped their constituents, "That's all someone else's money."
Yet both men's farms have received millions in federal assistance, according to the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that advocates for more conservation and fewer subsidies. LaMalfa's family rice farm has received more than $5 million in commodity subsidies since 1995, according to the group's analysis of data from the U.S. Agriculture Department. Fincher's farm has received more than $3 million in that time.
Last year alone, Fincher's farm received $70,574 and LaMalfa's got $188,570.
Spokespeople for the congressmen did not respond to requests for comment, but both LaMalfa and Fincher have defended their right to receive subsidies in the past when challenged by conservatives during primary elections. LaMalfa told a California paper that the subsidy system is needed to keep struggling farmers "on life support."
Fincher has said his farm would have shut down without the subsidies, which he argued protect American farmers from more heavily subsidized foreign competition. "We would be all for not having government in our business," Fincher told the Washington Post in 2010, "but we need a fair system."
The federal government's complex system of farm subsidies is supposed to shield farmers from some of the uncertainties inherent to the industry, but critics like the Environmental Working Group say the safety net unfairly benefits the biggest farms at the expense of smaller ones.
Congressional agriculture committees oversee both food stamps and farm subsidies. LaMalfa and Fincher support a farm bill that would eliminate some subsidies, such as direct payments, while boosting others, namely subsidies for crop insurance. The measure would simultaneously cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $20 billion over 10 years, or about 3 percent of the program's cost per year.
Donald Carr, a senior advisor to the Environmental Working Group, argues that LaMalfa and Fincher are basically hypocrites.
"Fincher's $70,000 farm subsidy haul in 2012 dwarfs the average 2012 SNAP benefit in Tennessee of $1,586.40, and it is nearly double of Tennessee's median household income," Carr wrote in a blog on The Huffington Post. "After voting to cut SNAP by more than $20 billion, Fincher joined his colleagues to support a proposal to expand crop insurance subsidies by $9 billion over the next 10 years."

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have been playing several fairly rainy nights of socially distanced performances at the Caverns venue in Pelham, Tennesse which concluded on Sunday night, but the previous night’s show took place on the birthday of the late John Prine. In honour of that occasion, Isbell and wife Amanda Shires played a belting version of the Prine classic ‘Storm Windows’ which was appropriate given the weather at the time. It’s not the first time they’ve played the song – indeed in 2014 the pair even got to sing it with its creator at the Grand Ole Opry. You can watch some of Saturday’s performance of the song below.
That is a wrap from us this week dear reader. We leave you with a clip of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires performing one of NPR’s marvellous Tiny Desk Concerts but this time at home. People can have desks at home you know. The songs are all from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s Spring release ‘Reunions’ which feels like as apt a title for an album this year, or maybe next year. As Jason says, this year has “been a little difficult, we haven’t gotten to do the thing we feel we were born to do.” This is probably the next best thing though. Have a good one.
Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell have released a new song called ‘The Problem’ in which they take on the characters of a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion. The track’s release coincides with International Safe Abortion Day which took place earlier in the week and proceeds from its sales will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, an Alabama based reproductive justice organisation. In the last year, draconian, punitive abortion laws have been enacted in Alabama and neighbouring states. “The South is in need of a lot of help,” Shires told Rolling Stone: “I don’t understand why it’s such a big issue, as big of an issue as it is. Because once you have a baby, there’s no social programming to help. It’s all control.”
You may have seen Van Morrison in the press last week raging against restrictions because of Covid with a new batshit song which goes: “No more lockdown / No more government overreach / No more fascist bullies / Disturbing our peace… No more taking of our freedom / And our God-given rights / Pretending it’s for our safety / When it’s really to enslave …” Ahem. Anyway Jason Isbell has taken note on his wife Amanda Shires’ weekly YouTube show I So Lounging, where he comments: “[Van] likes to say things, like the government asking you to not give everyone the COVID-19 virus is akin to slavery. I disagree with that statement very much.” Then putting on a mask he says, “I don’t know that this’ll protect me from the virus, but I’d like for it to protect me from Van.” They then do do a delightful cover of Van’s 1970 song ‘Into The Mystic’, so you know, we can still all be friends. Watch below.
Well that’s a wrap from us this week everyone. Enjoy the blistering weather, hopefully while listening to the wonderful new Charley Crockett album (but spare a thought for the poor folks in Abadan, Iran Climate change is “fake news” of course…) We leave you anyway this week dear reader with a clip of Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell playing three songs from the former’s album to kick off Literary Hub’s new video performance series in support of Mighty Writers, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that teaches reading and writing to thousands of low-income and marginalized students every year. “One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was when I was studying at Sewanee University in the south,” Shires said. “My professor, Andrew Hudgins — who is a fantastic and wonderful poet — told me that a lot of times when you’re writing, the actual start of where you think the start is isn’t at the start.” Find out more in the clip. Have a good one.
RS Country has a nice feature up at the moment on Amanda Shires’ fundraising ‘I So Lounging’ shows which have been broadcast live each evening over the last month and which feature her other half Jason Isbell, and Seth Plemmons among others. Continue reading “Amanda Shires: “I’m just going to play music every day””
Earlier in the week we gave you Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s remote rendition of their classic ’24 Frames’ and now just in time for the weekend they’ve released a version of ‘Something More Than Free’, the title track of Isbell’s 2015 solo album. Isbell is joined for the recording by bandmate and wife Amanda Shires surrounded by 400 Unit members Jimbo Hart, Sadler Vaden, Chad Gamble, and Derry deBorja. As RS notes, the song “about the grind of blue-collar existence and the hope for an afterlife that doesn’t require back-breaking labor” has a special resonance while so many employed via the gig economy are currently out of work because of the pandemic.
Apologies for completely missing this last week – Josh Ritter played one of NPR’s magical little Tiny Desk concerts last week, as they described it “with the enthusiasm of a young child and the wisdom of an old soul”. Accompanying him was Amanda Shires on fiddle and Jason Isbell on acoustic guitar, both of who played on Ritter’s recent album ‘Fever Breaks’ which indeed Isbell produced. You can watch it below. Continue reading “Josh Ritter plays NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell: Watch”
The 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards is happening next month over in Nashville and they have announced the performing lineup for their big ceremony which takes place on the 11th. The list includes (deep breath…) Continue reading “AMA announces its line-up for 2019 awards ceremony”
The Highwomen, if you haven’t heard, are a like a new up to date female version of the Highway Men (geddit?), the country supergroup from the 80s which included Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. The Highwomen are Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby, and they performed the song ‘Eagle When She Flies’ at the Newport Folk Festival Saturday night, with backing from Mr Shires, Jason Isbell. Their self-titled debut album is coming out in September.

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Well, I’m half-way through my four week astrology class and have yet to post about it. My apologies. I’ve had a busy two weeks. I’ve taken another course, one on Eclipses, and been very busy with my LOA sessions/homework/projects, then had an hour phone session earlier this week with an Evolutionary astrologer (all of which I intend to write about–mark my words!).
To be honest, all of this has taken a lot out of me physically and mentally and I haven’t felt inspired to write (and I need to feel inspired to write). I’m literally aching. Not good.
I will write a bit here now, but I’m seriously looking into getting some energy healing work done on me (again) or perhaps body work, so that I can return to my previous state of health (more about this later) and have it in me again to feel inspired to write.
So…my June 9th class–last night– Despite the aches, I attended class and I’m glad I did. More than what I learned in the class–I always learn so much just getting to know my fellow students and then looking at their charts–real-world experience, I think they call it.
My Taurus friend’s chart: I glanced at it and immediately noticed that her Neptune and Saturn are exactly conjunct and also exactly conjunct her IC. I asked her if she was a healer (as a recent realization for me–Neptune at the IC equates with major healing ability). She said, Yes. And I asked her if she was an artist (the planets were in Libra and her natal Venus is opposed it, up at the Midheaven, conjunct it from the 9th house) and she replied, Yes, that her previous profession was that of an opera singer.
That’s when I noticed the “performer” aspects in her chart: Leo rising, Moon in Leo close to her Ascendant but from the 12th house and Pluto in Leo in the first (house), which I told her provides strong stage presence and confidence in front of a crowd.
That was my brief synopsis of her chart, just from first glance of it. I found her chart very, very interesting. I hope I get a chance to chat with her further and find out what kind of healing she does.


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Hello, I’m Dana
I was 15, and rather than run, I chose yoga for my PE credits at High School (on a different continent) and immediately fell in love. At first I practiced Astanga and soon trained to teach, but then discovered Hot Yoga, which was both incredibly challenging and extremely rewarding. It was also the only type of yoga I could persuade my mother to try. In my two years of teaching Hot Yoga I’ve been developing my ability to create momentum, motivation and relaxation by projecting my voice in different ways to promote the natural progression of the class, so students can focus on their practice and get the best out of their time on the mat.

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MSO Marimba Ensemble Holiday Show
12/11 – 7:00 pm – “Friends of the Orchestra” – MSO Marimba Percussion Ensemble Holiday Show, Sing-a-Long
Five members of the MSO Percussion section will be at Westminster Village, to play the marimba, on Tuesday, December 11th, at 7:00 pm. The ensemble will be playing a selection of Christmas songs such as Silver Bells, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, The Christmas Song, and more. They will also be playing some carols that folks can sing along to.
Members of the Ensemble: Cheryl Guise, Cara Pittenger, Stephanie Carter, David Robbins and Greg Wolff.
Some of our selections…
- Russian Dance (Trepak)
- Frosty The Snowman
- Silver Bells
- Dance Of The Flutes
- The Christmas Song
- Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
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There will be no race for the ages between horse racing’s biggest stars next month in Arkansas. The camp of Rachel Alexandra, the filly who is the reigning Horse of the Year, wants no part of the undefeated mare Zenyatta for now.
Jess Jackson, Rachel Alexandra’s co-owner, announced the decision Sunday, but he has been thinking of skipping the $5 million race for weeks. He and Rachel Alexandra’s trainer, Steve Asmussen, had been concerned about her level of fitness.
She missed training time here in December and January because of the cold and rain, and when she did get to the track for her timed breezes, something was amiss.
“She either did too little or did too much,” Asmussen conceded Thursday morning. “We are doing our best to get her ready for Arkansas, but we’re behind schedule.”
When Zardana blew past Rachel Alexandra in the stretch of the New Orleans Ladies Stakes on Saturday, they learned just how far behind they were. Zardana is a nice horse, and the race chart reads that she won by a slim three-quarters of a length. But a 6-year-old mare whose best races were run in Brazil, like Zardana, should not be passing the Horse of the Year.Continue reading the main story
When, barely 20 minutes later, Jackson and Asmussen watched Zenyatta run her record to 15-0 by weaving through a field of some of nation’s best fillies and mares at Santa Anita, they had no choice but to bail on the Apple Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn Park.
“Yesterday’s race while a disappointment, helped us define Rachel Alexandra’s racing condition,” Jackson said in a statement. “While she is healthy, just as I had anticipated, she is not in top form.”
“Steve and I discussed this fully,” he said, “and we now regret we tried to accelerate her training in order to meet the Apple Blossom schedule.”
It is certainly disappointing to horse enthusiasts, and Jackson and Asmussen will be the target of some name-calling. Something of a Hatfields and McCoys feud has developed between the backers of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta ever since Rachel Alexandra won the vote over Zenyatta for Horse of the Year.
They should not be ridiculed. They have made a wise decision.
The public, the sport and fans across the country have too much invested in these two amazing and accomplished athletes. Because of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, for the first time in decades the sport has been made accessible and relevant to folks who thought horse racing was a time-capsule relic, and a cruel one at that.
It is far more important to preserve that sentiment, as well as Rachel Alexandra’s dignity, than it is to force some sort of showdown that has often ended in calamity. Remember Ruffian against Foolish Pleasure?
Rachel Alexandra is not 100 percent fit right now, and beyond being away from the racetrack for six months, she is also coming off a clever but grueling 3-year-old campaign. Eight victories, three against the boys and one of those races against older male horses.
Rachel Alexandra needed that race Saturday. Jackson and Asmussen said she came out of it fine and would be the stronger for the effort. Maybe she will need even more patient and gentle handling in the coming weeks and months.
“We have a whole season before us to help define her greatness,” Jackson said. “She will tell us when her next race will be.”
Is it really that important for Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to meet on the racetrack?
No one would like to see that happen more than I would. But if it doesn’t, will either Rachel Alexandra’s or Zenyatta’s accomplishments or the awe they have inspired be diminished?
There was an e-mail message in my in-box from a fourth-generation horseman and breeder who knows more about thoroughbreds than most.
“Sometimes fillies want to be broodmares and lose their competitive edge,” it read. “Zenyatta looked like a tiger and Rachel looked resigned to me, but time will tell.”
And time is what she will get. If the New Orleans Ladies Stakes turns out to be Rachel Alexandra’s last race, so be it. She is one of the greatest horses of our time, and we all should feel fortunate to have seen her run.Continue reading the main story


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Lawyers for three Somali men accused of killing four Americans aboard a yacht claim the deaths resulted from actions by the U.S. Navy and the FBI.
Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four Americans aboard a hijacked yacht last year, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.
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Vinay Sharma is a class act in this Padatik–Rikh co-production. If acting forms the essence of theatre, one cannot hope for a more unobstructed demonstration of it than here, undoubtedly his tour de force as an actor in the three decades I have seen him perform.
But first the play itself. Written by Canadian dramatist Gabriel Emanuel, it distinctly improves upon his much better-known monologue, Einstein, which Naseeruddin Shah has presented throughout India. The reason is very simple: Einstein attempts to encapsulate a whole life, an impossible task, whereas Mark Twain: Live in Bombay! confines itself to the author’s lecture at the Novelty Theatre, Bombay, in 1896, through which Emanuel draws on some other important moments from Twain’s career. The element of pleasant surprise also figures, because few Indians know that Twain not only visited India, travelling up to places like Varanasi, but even performed here. Emanuel’s imaginative reconstruction of the talk unearths material from Twain’s corpus politically relevant today (some suggested by Sharma to Emanuel), and naturally prefers the typically American tall tale and expansive humour (epitomized in the famous misquote, “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”).
Sharma brings every precept of Stanislavskian realism into his portrait. He looks the spitting image of Twain, which we can verify by checking out photos online. But he has also conducted research down to minutiae: he tailored his suit to match Twain’s favourite with patch-on pockets and waistcoat, accessoried with red rose and polished tan shoes that set off the classic all-white. He cultivates a slight swagger and, skilfully, just the right degree of American accent that provides verisimilitude without affecting audience comprehension. And, most impressive, he sustains this flawlessly for nearly two hours (including intermission), when most Indian soloists balk at crossing 60 minutes, fearing loss of their stamina as well as spectators’ attention spans.
As director, Sharma devotes equal care to props and music. The journal he occasionally consults bears apparently authentic 19th-century stitching, and Twain’s books on the desk sport their first-edition covers. He selects contemporaneous background tracks: ragtime and work songs. Lighting designer Sudip Sanyal could project historic ads, posters and notices of the event too, in keeping with the antiquarian touch. The only improvisation that can get out of control occurs when Emanuel inserts his stock audience-participation device, making Twain invite a volunteer, which ended anticlimactically in the show I attended. And a more conclusive finale seems warranted. Other than that, bravissimo!
(From The Times of India, 8 March 2019)


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Michael John Iafrate
Michael John Iafrate, Mikey, Mike, Stipey
Born into mortality: Jan 1, 1977-Born into eternity: May 12, 2021.
As if his own verbose hand were holding the pen in mine, I’ve uttered thousands of words too many before coming to terms with the wretched word-limit of an obituary…
I write Michael’s tale at his desk, under the awning of his Master’s Degree from Wheeling Jesuit Univerity; a “Christ of Maryknoll” icon; a poster from a show protesting MTR; and a wall of post-its including a set list for a future Tom Petty tribute, editing notes on his grandfather’s book, and the outline for a spiritual retreat in Cherokee he was co-planning. Nestled in the corner, too, is artwork from the kids, a photo of his dad, a Ghostbusters figurine, c.d.s, Ganesh, recording equipment, and a statue of Weird Al.
He was so many things:
Father. Partner. Son. Brother. Friend. Activist. Liberation theologian. Singer-songwriter. Musician. Magician. Artist. Vegetarian. Voice impersonator. Advocate. Bibliophile. Writer. Teacher. Student. Seeker. Punk.
Most of all, he was heart. His life was service. His breath a song. And he spoke, sung and wrote with pure precision. True to his pacifist values, his crescent eyes and smile themselves were disarming. Though he persistently tackled any injustice he encountered. Forever committed to the side of the oppressed, and save for that conservative stint in younger years, he was always on the right side of history.
Born in Valparaiso, IN, but his fire was ignited in Appalachia. He remained infatuated with and tethered to these mountains. By chance, the last smell from this earth he enjoyed was a honeysuckle vine, snuck into his hospital room.
Forever unearthing new ways to serve and practice his reverence for God and her creation, and true to his open, interspiritual heart, he sought every corner of the earth for insight.
A gentle Dada. Sweet, nurturing, weird and funny — he could impersonate Pee Wee, Kermit, his wife, or the pope at the drop of a hat. And he gracefully provoked in his children critical thinking, asking more questions than there may ever be answers for, and being devoted to justice, truth, and love.
His absurd intelligence bonded to a myriad of interests made fertile ground for his creative contributions. His musical expansions reached from heavy metal bands to solo “theo-folk.” And he was immensely proud to be co-coordinator of CCA, with his partner-in-uncovering-crime, Jeannie Kirkhope. As far as academic reaches and accomplishments, I’m tempted to just link his CV here. Yet he was always destined to leave partial works behind, as his ideas were more prolific than any lifetime could sustain.
Michael leaves for the time being his partner and spouse, Jocelyn Carlson; a trio of girls too damn young to be acquainted with this heartache: Hazel, Isidora and Cecilia; his brudders: Andrew Iafrate, Justin Carlson (Melissa Langlais); his sisses: Angela and Janet Iafrate; his nephew, Luca Iafrate; his M.O.M., Janice Iafrate; and his mom and dad-in-laws, Rosemarie and Jeffrey Carlson. He leaves also his paternal grandparents, a slew of cousins, an astounding number of friends, his dog whom he hated (but loved), many colleagues, and a revolution to stomp out systemic evils.
His maternal grandparents; his father, Michael; his brother-in-law, Kristofor; and many others had been awaiting his arrival to the Great Mystery.
All of this is to say … he will be ceaselessly missed.
But, still, it is not just you and I who have lost him — the lives of so many marginalized and oppressed persons have lost his advocating voice and spirit. We mourn deeply for that valley of hurt.
Keep his fires burning by ….
Finding his organization’s works and projects here: https://www.ccappal.org
Listening to his music here: https://miafrate.bandcamp.com…and as always — be the church you wish to see in the world and continue to fight like hell for the living.
Michael Iafrate, iPresente!
A Wild Church mass in his honor will be held: Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 at 2 p.m., Camp Russell Park-Ogelbay, Wheeling, W.Va.

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A large warehouse and distribution center for the American brand Milwaukee of the international conglomerate Techtronic Industries is being built in Magnice, in the Kobierzyce municipality near Wroclaw.
Milwaukee - a brand of the international conglomerate Techtronic Industries. What they do.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is an international company that develops, manufactures and sells power tools and accessories. These include hand tools, personal protective equipment and garden tools. They are reached by professionals, construction workers, plumbers, mechanics, electricians, roofers and carpenters, arborists and those responsible for urban greenery.
Milwaukee tools are currently manufactured in China, Germany, Mexico, the United States and Vietnam. Since 2005, the company has been owned by Techtronic Industries of Hong Kong.
Milwaukee is investing in a large logistics center near Wroclaw, Poland.
The company stresses that the number of professionals reaching out for Milwaukee's solutions is expanding significantly every year.
To meet the needs of customers and end users, we have invested in a logistics center in Poland. This will contribute to increasing the fluidity of warehouse processes and the efficiency of supply chains, but will also increase our competitiveness, increase our market share and position in the region
Konrad Lewicki, General Manager Eastern Europe, Techtronic Industries Eastern Europe Sp. z o.o.
Warehouse and distribution center of the American brand Milwaukee. Location.
The Milwaukee logistics center is located in Panattoni's largest investment in Lower Silesia - Wroclaw South Logistics Hub. It is managed by DSV - Global Transport and Logistics, which plays the role of 3PL (Third Party Logistics) - a method of operation in which one or more logistics functions are outsourced to an external company.
Techtronic Industries has entrusted the logistics operator to manage the Milwaukee brand's warehouse operations, including product receiving, warehousing, packaging and distribution, among others.
Milwaukee logistics center at Wrocław South Logistics Hub
The area of the warehouse dedicated to the U.S. brand Milwaukee is, as much as 73 thousand square meters, which is more than 10 football fields.
Later this year, the Milwaukee logistics center will serve a total of 20 countries, including Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Nordics and the Balkans.
Since May, the logistics center has been handling deliveries in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania and, since August, also to Sweden, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Finland. In the last quarter of this year, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia and Malta will join the list of countries.
Milwaukee Heavy Duty Power Tools Manufacturer.
Launched in 1924, Milwaukee is a manufacturer of Heavy Duty power tools, portable power tools and accessories for professionals.
The brand offers a growing number of cordless tools devoid of the drawbacks of combustion-, mains- or air-powered solutions - all without compromising on power and performance.

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Gudinski is probably best known for transforming Kylie Minogue from suburban soapie star to international superstar as the ‘Pop Princess’.
Born in Caulfield, Melbourne in 1952, Gudinski was the son of Russian parents who were part of Australia’s post war migration boom.
A high school dropout, he began his career in music launching Mushroom Records in 1972 after promoting dance hall events in Melbourne.
It was under Mushroom in which he signed bands and artists such as Skyhooks, Split Enz, The Choir Boys, Jimmy Barnes, Minogue, and more recently Eskimo Joe and Evermore.
So revered was he in the music scene, he was dubbed Michael GODinski.
But even he admitted he didn’t always get it right.
In an interview on ABC radio he said, “I would have been fired, seriously, ten times if I wasn’t my own boss.”
Mushroom was reported to be on the brink of collapse until 1974 when he signed Skyhooks which dominated the charts with their debut album ‘Living in the 70s’ selling 240,000 copies.
One of his more notable mistakes was refusing to sign ‘Men at Work’ who became international stars with “Down Under”.
In 1977 he consolidated his role in the music business by opening a Melbourne night club specialising in live music. It was called the ‘Bombay Bicycle Club’, later becoming the ‘Bombay Rock Club’.
It was his foray into promoting emerging talent.
In 1979 he founded the Frontier Touring company where he promoted concert tours.
By the early eighties he was the go-to man for any artist wanting to make it in the Australian rock scene, earning him the title as the ‘Godfather of Australian music’.
By then he had the recording and concert side of the business sewn up.
He would go on to buy and sell record labels including selling out of Mushroom and buying Festival records.
And last year when Australia was under lockdown, the music didn’t stop thanks to his online creation called ‘The State of Music’ which enabled artists to still perform during COVID-19. It was later adapted for ABC TV as ‘The Sound’.
News of his death earlier this week stunned the biggest names in the business, both locally and internationally.
Upon hearing about Michael Gudinski’s death, Bruce Springsteen said:
“My friend Michael Gudinski was first, last and always a music man. I’ve toured the world for the last fifty years and never met a better promoter.”
Jimmy Barnes wrote on Twitter:
“Today the heart of Australian music was ripped out. I felt it, my family felt it, the music business felt it.”
And this from Kylie Minogue:
“My heart is broken and I can’t believe he’s gone. Irreplaceable and unforgettable.”
We should all be thankful for Michael Gudinski. He helped bring us much of the music we listen to today and gave us the opportunity to experience the unforgettable rock concerts he brought to our cities and towns.


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How to light a bbq with a looftlighter? Otherwise, it will be difficult to start the fire.
Make sure you can still access some of your firelighters for step 4.
How to light a fire pit without firelighters. Not very green but if you are desperate! Move any of the larger bits of charcoal that fall into the hole to either side. At less than 1p per fire it’s far more cost effective than using kindling or chemical firelighters.
In fact any sort of fat. Kindling will first catch fire, and then it will burn the logs. Once you’ve lit your firelighters you may want to add more briquettes.
Spatchcocking and grilling a whole chicken on the weber charcoal grill; And when you light the fire. It will absorb the diesel and allow you to start your fire quickly.
The important thing to remember is that a fire needs three things to survive, heat, fuel and oxygen! Put a pumice stone in some diesel for a couple of minutes; Place kindling or finely split dry firewood on top of the newspaper.
Plug in and turn on the heat with the safety key. You may want to leave a thin layer of ash in the heart to help insulate the fireplace, but it is vital that your chimney is fully clear to enable the airflow to rise up and out. So easy to light and keeps burning for long time.
First, dig a hole through the ash to expose the grate in the middle. #alfapizza how to light a fire pit don’t settle for having to waft the flames of your firepit in an attempt to get the slightest of embers to ignite. You can add wood logs to keep the fire pit.
Leave the rest of the ash as it is. Simply pop out the chimney and one of the air holes at the base, stack some logs around our handy little firelighter, light with a match and wait. Light the fire before you turn the gas on.
Now, light the fire starter/tinder and allow the fire to burn. Super easy to make used oil heater. The wood/logs should have a small opening to light the fire.
#1 plug in the device. Put lightly scrunched up newspaper on the sand inside a clay chimenea, or the log grate of a metal one or firepit. These fire pits are pretty easy to operate.
Then, loosely scrunch a couple sheets of newspaper and put them in the hole. Then position the nozzle of the grenadier at the base of the fuel. Lights kindling and coal so easy and effectively both open fire and multi fuel burner.
Break or cut a long candle into a few pieces without cutting through the wick. When you turn the gas on before lighting the fire, some of the gas gets trapped in the pockets in between the pit. It says to use a couple if going with zip normally but in practise i use more.
This opening should not be in the direction of the wind. Create a few small candles by pulling the wax away from the wick. Tear out one or two of the solid diy firestarter egg cups to start to get those campfires burning.
Great eco fire lighters a perfect christmas gift. It’s best just to empty out all the old ash debris and light your fire pit from scratch so you can see the bottom of the bowl when you start. Can you light a fire without firelighters?
There is only one thing that you need to remember: Then place wood chips, smaller logs on top and as the fire. Hints for preparing your fire bed for logs simply arrange 2 or 3 logs in one direction on the grate with 2 or 3 logs on top at right angles.
Light the edges of the extra cardboard around the edges of a diy firestarter or use two of these campfire starters. Just a circle a few inches across. Find out how to light bioregional homegrown charcoal.
Barbeque lighting the expert way: Just take the stone out of the ashes once your fire has burned out and put it back in a jar with diesel in it. Gather a handful of tinder and place it in the middle of the fire pit.
How to light a fire pit fire. The traditional method this is the most commonly suggested way of laying an open fire in a hearth, or outside in a fire pit. 3) use kindling to light your fire you’ll find it’s pretty difficult to get kiln dried logs to combust when trying to light a fire from scratch.
I expect wax crayons would work as well. I've managed to light my fire using two milk cartons and no kindling before. We’re not asking you to ruin your favourite set of date night candles to light your fire, all you need is one or two long candles.
#2 build a small pyramid of charcoal in the centre of your bbq. #4 once you can see coals spark or glow, move the device back an inch and keep it pointing in the same direction. The great thing about this stone is that you can use it again.
There are various ways to light a fire pit and you’ll find each person may have slight differences on how they go about it. Make sure the fireplace is clean. Rib pro rotisserie charcoal grill cooks with indirect heat;
Place a few firelighters amongst the coals or timber. Keep an eye on your briquettes to. Here are a few practical ways to get your fire going quickly and efficiently when you’ve run out of firelighters:
With your charcoal or timber/ wood chips stacked in simply lift up some coals toward the base and inside the pile and then place in your firelighters. #3 place the lighter at the base of the pile and press the ignite button.


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Stream or download this week's Bedazzled Radio Hour - "Matrimonial Fears". Songs about matrimony, weddings, wives & the married man. Link
At 11AM EST today, acclaimed author Holly George-Warren will be on the show to discuss her great new biography of one of Bedazzled's musical heroes, "A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man" (Viking). Tune into WGXC 90.7 FM if you're in the Hudson, Catskill, Acra areas of Upstate , NY. Or you can stream it here or from WGXC.org
""WHERE IT'S AT" Pt 1 featured 4 Vancouver bands from the 1960s - The Collectors, The Poppy Family, My Indole Ring and Papa Bear's Medicine Show, all introduced by British recording star Lulu ("To Sir With Love"). The Collectors with Howie Vickers (lead vocals), Bill Henderson (lead guitar/ later lead with Chilliwack), Claire Lawrence (sax), Glenn Miller (bass), Ross Turney (drums) with a sound described as New Vibrations, performed "Lydia Purple." The Poppy Family with Terry (guitar) & Susan Jacks (lead vocals), Craig McCaw (sitar) and Satwant Singh (tablas), performed raga rock with "Beyond the Clouds." My Indole Ring with John King (lead vocals) were a psych or acid rock band. Their songs were "Wake Me, Shake Me"/"Orange Float Petals." Finally Papa Bear's Medicine Band with Vic Stewart (lead vocals) played goodtime music and their song "Georgie." Craig Wood was Papa Bear. The CBC national pop music series "Let's Go" ended in June 1968 followed by a CBC Vancouver Special "Where It's At" featured each well known band performing a different type of music from the pop music field. A series of the same name followed and lasted till June 1969."
Not only does this record not spin at 45 RPM (it's a 7" 33) but it ain't even an original copy (it's a counterfeit of the rare 1978 original). Doesn't matter though; what's contained within the grooves is some of the most white-hot rock n roll that was cut to tape in the 1970's. Turn it up LOUD.
It's with a heavy heart that I write this post; as I was The Stooges touring guitar tech for a few years, I was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time with the late, great Scott Asheton (aka Rock Action). Not only was the man a force of nature behind the drum kit, but he was a generous, kind soul and a remarkable human being.
Teamed up with former MC5 guitarist Fred Smith, Rationals vocalist Scott Morgan and bass player Gary Rasmussen from The Up, Sonic's was a Detroit rock n roll supergroup that ran on high octane fuel and burned at 400 horsepower and then some thanks in no small part to the talents of the four members, but GOD DAMN does Scott drive this track into a whole other dimension with his drumming. Sadly, the group never released an LP during their lifetime. One thing I'll share with you that Scott said to me once was that he felt as a drummer that 'the music played him'. He was practically a poet in how he bashed out the beats.
Miss you lots, Scott.


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Preview Kevin D’s remix of “I Need A Girl, Pt. 2” below and download it exclusively on DJcity.
With its catchy hook and recognizable guitar riff, “Bump, Bump, Bump” peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. It has remained a staple throwback for many DJs over the years.
Although this is the first time that Tomcio has been featured on DJcity, the Amsterdam resident has had two tracks on DJcity’s Top 50 chart: a remix of Christina Aguilera‘s “Genie in a Bottle” and a rework of R. Kelly‘s “Thoia Thoing.”
Preview Tomcio’s “Bump, Bump, Bump” remix below and download it exclusively on DJcity.
Following Puff Daddy & the Family’s performance at the BET Awards, Hot Damage has dropped a twerk remix of “It’s All About the Benjamins.”
The original version, which was released 17 years ago and hit number one, is a staple in many throwback sets. Hot Damage’s 100 BPM rework makes it playable in the peak time, though, thanks to new drums and a festival friendly drop.
Stream below and download on DJcity.
Related: Diddy, Ma$e & Others Discuss Making ‘Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down’
Diddy, Ma$e and others discuss the making of 1997’s “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” in the latest episode of Complex’s Magnum Opus — a series that documents the making of classic songs. During the video, Diddy speaks on why they sampled Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “The Message” and how their track helped pioneer “talk-rapping,” while Ma$e recalls the recording process and shooting the music video. The track’s co-producer Nashiem Myrick and engineer Doug Wilson also reflect on its development and impact.
“It was the experiment that turned into a legendary formula.” – Diddy
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Fear of Period Dramas
25 May 2016 at 12:03 pm
International development organisation WaterAid has produced a light-hearted short film using clips from popular “period” dramas to highlight the most awkward #perioddramas and raise awareness of issues faced by more than one billion women around the world who do not have access to a toilet.
WaterAid’s 10 most awkward #perioddrama moments imagines how the world’s literary heroines may have dealt with their periods in a bid to help remove the silence and stigma that surrounds the issue.
Paul Nichols, WaterAid Australia’s chief executive, said we needed to talk openly about the issue as being able to deal with periods in a hygienic and dignified way was crucial to women’s wellbeing.
“Whilst our film is light-hearted, we have a heavy heart when we observe how many women in the developing world have to cope with their periods without being able to lock the toilet door behind them,” Nichols said.
“When there are no safe, private toilets in schools, girls often skip school during their period, or drop out of school altogether once they reach puberty.
“We need to talk openly about this issue and remove the silence and stigma that surround periods otherwise it will be much more difficult for women and girls to call for change, such as having access to a toilet and running water at school, that will enable them to deal with their periods and play a full and active part in their society no matter what time of month.”
The Not for Profit launched its #perioddrama campaign to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May.
It follows research that found 67 per cent of women in the UK admitted to adapting their lifestyle because they fear awkward #perioddramas.
Three-quarters of respondents (76 per cent) said a major fear was blood leaking onto clothes when out in public, 55 per cent of women said they had a dread of smelling bad, 42 per cent expressed coyness around having to hide sanitary products on their way to the toilet in the workplace, 42 per cent of women said not knowing where the next toilet might be while travelling was a preoccupation while 25 per cent admitted craving huge amounts of chocolate.
Only 6 per cent of women reported experiencing no fears of period dramas.
The survey also highlighted that most women still consider it an embarrassing and taboo subject.
Four out of five women (81 per cent) said they would never ask a stranger for a sanitary product if caught short, while 37 per cent wouldn’t even ask a friend or colleague.
More than half (52 per cent) said they felt less confident than usual when experiencing a period drama and most women (89 per cent) agreed that men were at an advantage for not having to deal with period dramas.
Nichols said it was an issue that needed attention.
“Every woman and girl should have access to facilities to manage her menstruation in a hygienic way, wherever she is, in privacy, safety and with dignity,” he said.
“Women in our region are greatly impacted by lack of toilets. In Papua New Guinea over 80 per cent of the population don’t have adequate toilets and 60 per cent do not have access to safe water. While in Timor-Leste 60 per cent of people do not have sanitation and 30 per cent do not have safe water.
“By giving this issue the attention it deserves, we will help ensure every women and girl has access to water, safe toilets and somewhere to wash by 2030.”


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I have set up a small 2.5 gallon tank for one of my Betta fish with a small Red Sea Nano HOB filter. I am in the process of just letting it run for a while before putting him in there. After a couple days the water started to smell funny so I checked the ammonia and it was at 1ppm (still no fish in the water yet). I did a 50% water change to see what happened. Couple days later ammonia was back up to around 1ppm. I suspect the rock I have in there is causing this because it came from another tank. Perhaps fish slime and/or waste stuck in the pores of the rock? And yes, I cleaned the rock, gravel, and plant very thoroughly before adding them to the tank. Not sure if i'm missing anything or what I can do other than throw out the suspect rock, lol.
Oh for the record, I am familiar with the Nitrogen cycle. I have already cycled other tanks and have a very happy healthy betta in a cycled 5 gallon right now.

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Water Outage Planned for Mesa Drive and Melody Lane 2018
Residents and businesses along Mesa Drive and Melody Lane will experience a water outage between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. beginning Wednesday, January 31
The affected areas will include:
- Residents along Mesa Drive between Peachtree Hills Road and Genesis Lane.
- Residents along Melody Lane between Gasline Road and Mesa Drive.
Adjacent areas also may be affected by the outage. If water on your street is scheduled to be turned off, crews will post a door hanger notice a minimum of 24 hours in advance.
Once service is restored, residents may notice discolored water due to iron, manganese and calcium deposits. Although the water is safe to drink, the city recommends waiting to wash laundry until after the water becomes clear.
The discoloration should disappear within 24 hours. If it does not, residents should flush all faucets in the house for five minutes. If the discoloration remains, call the Las Cruces Utilities at 526-0500 for assistance.


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One of the concerns in the second half of the twentieth century is the issue of increase of using abbreviations and acronyms. From the natural geographic point of view, the main reason of this increase is related to international organizations such as the UN as well as inclination toward conducting multi-discipline and multi-organizational research in the framework of research groups. Unfortunately, in many books and papers the main meanings of abbreviations do not exist. Therefore, a list of abbreviations we deal with in many natural geographic sources has been presented here. Abbreviations of journals can be found in the World List of Scientific Periodicals, and a list of abbreviations of organizations is available in Buttress’s World Guide to Abbreviation of Organizations (London, Leonard Hill, fifth edition, 1975).


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Playboy chef Todd English has lost control of his Union Square restaurant Olives because of his bad-boy antics.
The Gerber Group has taken over English’s eatery at the W Union Square Hotel, and a source tells us the move is because of his recent “erratic behavior,” which includes “going off the rails” and having a hot and heavy, three-way make-out session with two women in public at a nightclub.
A source close to the deal told us, “The Gerber Group was recently contacted to take over management of Todd English’s Olives after reports of erratic behavior by the famous chef, and because of the close and long standing relationship they have with the W Hotel.”
Gerber Group — originally founded by Rande Gerber, along with his brother Scott Gerber who now runs it — also operates Stone Rose Lounge, Whiskey Blue and Kingside in Manhattan. A Gerber rep said in a statement that the company has taken over “management and operations of Olives at W Union Square from Todd English Enterprises.” And that, “Todd English is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations.”
A rep for English — who Page Six recently reported was seen getting hot and heavy with two women at nightclub Provocateur — insisted that the restaurant’s menu and name will remain. “Olives New York will remain Todd English’s Olives and serve the same delicious food . . . We are working in collaboration with the Gerber Group to continue the same great restaurant at the W Union Square,” the rep said.
Soon after we revealed English’s antics with the two women, a photo of him in a hot tub with three topless babes separately made the rounds.
“Todd was in a 3 ¹/₂ -year relationship, but that ended, and he’s acting like he has gone off the rails,” a source told Page Six of the off-the-menu antics. At Provocateur, he was “literally having a threesome in front of everyone. It was crazy.”
His former girlfriend Candice Sonneman was seen confronting English with the two women, exclaiming, “How could you do this? . . . We dated for over 3 ¹/₂ years!”


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LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, and its technology-demonstrating precursor LISA Pathfinder, form an ESA/NASA collaborative project, selected as an ESA Cornerstone and included in NASAs Beyond Einstein initiative.The primary objective of the LISA mission is to detect and observe gravitational waves emitted from Massive Black Holes and galactic binaries in the low-frequency band which ranges from 0.1 mHz up to 1 Hz with a goal of extending the measurements down to 30 µHz. The underlying measurement principle is a laser interferometry system built up with three satellites that are flying in a triangular constellation with an edge length of 5 million km.The interferometric measurements of LISA are only possible once the three laser links between the three spacecraft of the LISA constellation are established. This phase is addressed as the constellation acquisition for LISA. LISA constellation acquisition is challenging, given the weak signal received by the spacecraft 5 million km away, inherent limits of the attitude sensors accuracy, orbit determination accuracy issues and the time required to phase-lock the incoming and outgoing laser signals. In order to counteract all these adverse constraints and make the LISA constellation acquisition possible, the laser pointing must satisfy challenging performance requirements during the whole duration of the acquisition phase. This thesis proposes a strategy for the acquisition control of the LISA formation based on the use of a Kalman filter: it pre-processes the measurement data providing enhanced signals for the controller, which has the very same structure used in the science mode. The Kalman filter is designed such that it realizes a continuous blend of the sensors data, providing a massive disturbance rejection. Simulations and sensitivity analysis are performed in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.


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The incident, which was first reported at about 3.32pm, involved a road ambulance, an air ambulance and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Crews to the A172 near Ingleby Cross.
Motorists were facing long delays due to the incident.
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Multiple people were cut from their cars by fire crews using hydraulic equipment and motorists are still advised to avoid the road if possible.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "Crews remain at the scene of this three vehicle road traffic collision. A number of people have been released by crews using hydraulic cutting gear.
"Fire crews from Northallerton, Stokesley and two from Cleveland Fire attended a three vehicle road traffic collision. Crews extricated trapped occupants who were then treated by Ambulance crews at the scene.
"Please avoid the area where possible."


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Galway United seek a fourth successive league win as John Caulfield’s 100% league record since taking the reins last month continues (kick-off 7.45pm).
A dramatic 2-1 win over Shamrock Rovers II at Eamonn Deacy Park seven days ago saw the Tribesmen move within six points of the play-offs.
Kevin Farragher’s injury-time goal sunk the Hoops after Shane Duggan’s first-half goal had been cancelled out by Michael Leddy.
"The First Division is tight. Wexford have caused some teams really big problems and they were leading against Bray Wanderers with five minutes to go last week before conceding a few goals,” said Caulfield.
"Wexford have a few very attacking players in Jack Doherty, Kaleem Simon and Conor English.
"They create chances and score goals, we're aware of their threats, but we've had a full week of training to prepare and we have to deliver a top performance now.
"It's great to have supporters back in the stadium, it's not as many as we'd like, but it's still huge for us.
"We've done quite well in a short period of time, but we're just looking to take each game as it comes and we must be ready for each game, and we have to play to our strengths.
“There's no excuse, if we're not right or we're not concentrating on the Wexford game, then we will drop points."
Cian Murphy, Joshua Smith, Conor Melody and Micheál Schlingermann are injured, while Enda Curran and Maurice Nugent will undergo late fitness tests.
Wexford will look to bounce back from the disappointment of a late, late reversal against Bray Wanderers last week as they visit Deacy Park.
Brian O’Sullivan’s side led as late as the 86th minute through Karl Fitzsimon’s first-half strike, but conceded three goals late on.
Gary Shaw’s penalty was followed up a minute later by Sean McEvoy’s headed goal, before Darragh Lynch sealed a 3-1 win for Bray in injury time.
"I thought against Bray it was a positive performance for 85 minutes where defensively we were solid,” O’Sullivan told the club’s official website.
“I think we frustrated and didn’t give many chances up on the night.”
O’Sullivan was pleased with the performance of Waterford loanee Jack Larkin, but has lost Karl Manahan to injury, while Jack Doherty is also a doubt.
“Larkin recently recovered from a hamstring injury and played against Bray,” said O’Sullivan.
“I thought he was excellent on the night and his range of passing is something we probably were missing all season, so it’s great to have him back as he is a really good player."
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan.
The sides’ first meeting this season, in early March, was the final league game before lockdown and saw a scoreless draw play out at Ferrycarrig Park.
Mikey Place and Francely Lomboto are Galway’s top league goalscorers with three apiece, while Kaleem Simon is Wexford’s top scorer with two.
Galway United 1/8; Draw 5/1; Wexford 12/1.
Galway United 2 – 0 Wexford
Injured: Cian Murphy, Joshua Smith, Conor Melody, Micheál Schlingermann.
Doubtful: Enda Curran, Maurice Nugent.
Injured: Conor English, Karl Manahan.
Doubtful: Jack Doherty.


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Tyrone have been beaten by Dublin in the All-Ireland football championship Super 8s.
Mickey Harte's men went down by 14 points to 1-14 in Saturday night's match in Omagh.
The Red Hands now need to beat Donegal on August 5th to reach the semi-finals.
In the other game on Saturday, Donegal got the better of Roscommon, winning by 20 points to 13.


Excavation is an essential part of many utility, construction and infrastructure projects, but traditional excavation methods can be time-consuming, costly, messy and even dangerous.
Fortunately, vacuum excavation is a more efficient and safer way to excavate - and it’s quickly becoming the preferred option for many projects and industries.
What is vacuum excavation?
Vacuum excavation – also known as suction excavation - is a non-destructive method of excavation that uses high-powered suction to remove soil and other materials from a site.
The suction is generated by a vacuum excavation truck, which is equipped with a large tank and a powerful pump. The vacuum excavation truck uses high-pressure air or water (where the ground is more stubborn) to loosen the soil, which is then sucked into the tank by the vacuum pump.
What are the benefits of vacuum excavation?
One of the main advantages of vacuum excavation over more traditional excavation methods is its non-destructive nature. It allows for excavation in sensitive areas without causing damage to underground utilities, like gas mains, electrical cables and water pipes.
This method of excavation minimises utility strikes and the delays and costs typically associated with that. It also minimises injury to operatives, who can control the intake nozzle via remote control from a safe distance.
A vac ex truck is also the go-to when traditional excavation methods are impractical or even impossible, such as densely populated and built-up areas, or where access to the site is tricky. Extension hoses can be used to increase the workable radius around the truck itself.
Vacuum excavation also tends to be faster, quieter and more precise than traditional excavation methods. It is also cleaner and more environmentally friendly as it reduces the number of vehicles and machinery needed on site, generates less dust and debris, and the material excavated can be easily backfilled or removed and disposed of.
What applications can vacuum excavation be used for?
Potholing to confirm the location of known utilities on construction sites
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Made in Chelsea series 14 is well underway and it’s everything it promised to be.
Sam and Tiff have broken up again, Liv and Digby are getting serious and Harry Baron is predictably annoying everyone. Throw in a surprise (and aggressive) cameo from Alik, and it’s everything we expected.
With the Christmas special in sight, viewers are starting to wonder if Frankie Gaff and Jamie Laing are going to reignite their on-again-off-again relationship for the finale – or if they are going to make a big change and go their own ways.
But it looks like Frankie made a dramatic change of her own this week, trading in her signature blonde locks to go ten shades darker.
The now brunette reality star took to her Instagram to share the transformation, posting two photos of her new look.
’New hair,’ she captioned her selfie, with a second imaged captioned, ’10 shades darker’.
‘Looking gorge Frankie, thanks for coming in to see us!’ commented Daniel Galvin London, the hairdressers she credited with creating her new look.
We wonder what Jamie thinks of the new look – maybe we’ll find out in the Christmas special?


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It seem like a distance memory when it looked like winter wonderland in the Canadian Rockies, when everything was covered with snow. The attached picture was taken last month of the frozen Hector Lake in the distance. all covered with snow, surrounded by peaks and forest. Soon after the picture was taken, the temperatures went up, for the lows and the highs. Most of the snow has gone from the trees, the mountains are little more exposed and for the lake, it still has ice and snow but if this weather pattern continues, the water might be opening earlier than normal. Time will tell, for now I have the pictures to remind me what winter looked like at the start of this season.
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Ducks Win Late Innings To Beat UW
EUGENE, Ore. — A vintage formula proved successful again for the Oregon baseball team Saturday, when the No. 17 Ducks used stout pitching and late-inning production at the plate to beat Washington at PK Park, 5-1.
Starter Cullen Kafka pitched into the sixth while allowing one run, and three relievers shut out the Huskies the rest of the way. That gave Oregon's hitters time to find their rhythm, and the Ducks rallied for five runs across the seventh and eighth innings to win for the second time in the series.
"They're not gonna give you a bunch of stuff; you've gotta earn beating them," UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. "And that's what I thought we did today."
How It Happened: The game was scoreless through four innings, but didn't lack for drama. The Ducks tried a double steal with runners at the corners and two out in the second, but saw Anthony Hall cut down at the plate.
The next half inning saw another runner thrown out at home, when UO left fielder Tanner Smith threw out a Husky trying to score from second on a single. Smith singled with one on and one out in the third, and a two-out walk by Gabe Matthews loaded the bases, but Aaron Zavala stung a ball right at the second baseman to end the inning.
"I was really proud of the ball club," Wasikowski said. "This would have been an easy game in several situations to give in. I thought there were some really well-struck balls that went right at fielders."
Washington broke through in the top of the fifth, when Michael Brown worked a leadoff walk and took second on a passed ball. Brown moved to third on a base hit by Johnny Tincher and scored on a wild pitch. Tincher was sacrificed to third, but was caught stealing to become the third player of the day thrown out trying to advance home from third.
UW starter Tyson Guerrero threw a workmanlike six innings, keeping the Ducks scoreless while striking out just one. The Ducks worked four walks against him, plus three hits, requiring Guerrero to throw 97 pitches and for the Huskies to go to the bullpen in the seventh. That's when Oregon struck.
After Jack Scanlon with hit by a pitch with one out, Gavin Grant drove a single between the third baseman and shortstop. Smith was up next, and he launched a home run to right-center that gave Oregon a 3-1 lead.
"Really up until the last couple innings, we kind of just tried too hard, maybe put a little too much pressure on ourselves to get a lead early," Smith said. "I think as the game went on we kind of settled as an offense, and found the rhythm of the game."
The Ducks added on in the eighth with a leadoff walk by Zavala, a flyball by Josh Kasevich that got by the center fielder for an RBI triple, and an RBI double that Sam Olsson drove just inside the third-base lane for a 5-1 lead. UO relievers Nico Tellache, Andrew Mosiello and Kolby Somers, meanwhile, got the last 10 outs of the game with eight strikeouts, including all five hitters Somers faced.
At The Plate: Smith had his 16th multi-hit game of the season, and his fourth home run of the year was his team-leading 26th extra-base hit. The Ducks continue to get production up and down their lineup, scoring five runs Saturday even though their 2-4 hitters combined to go 1-for-13.
The Ducks won each of the first two games of the weekend against the Huskies, bouncing back from losses the previous Saturday and Sunday at Washington State. The team returned to Eugene via bus after that series, which Smith said provided plenty of time for reflection on those losses, and how to bounce back.
"It was an identity ride, for sure," Smith said. "That really put us in the right mindset, and put everything on the table for us as to where we need to go as a team."
On The Mound: Kafka struck out six while allowing five hits and two walks with three hit batters. He allowed just one run with some help from Tellache, who entered with two on and two out in the sixth and coaxed a flyball to end the threat.
Tellache (2-0) then retired the side in order in the seventh, and thus was the winning pitcher thanks to Smith's three-run homer in the bottom of the inning. Mosiello saw runners reach on an error and a base hit to open the eighth, then struck out a hitter before handing the ball to Somers. The UO closer earned his eighth save by striking out the next two hitters plus all three he faced in the ninth.
"My breaking ball was working really well today," Somers said. "I think that's what got all the off-balance swings. It just felt good to get another win, and hopefully we can go out and get the sweep tomorrow."
Up Next: The Ducks send Brett Walker (4-2, 3.98) to the mound for the series finale Sunday at 12:05 p.m.


Another of the principle variations between the iPhone eleven and the iPhone XR is hardware. As you’d expect, the iPhone 11 has a bump in hardware, transferring from the A12 chip found in the iPhone XR to the A13 chip. Both gadgets are clean in operation but the iPhone 11 provides a better battery life than the iPhone XR, although the iPhone XR is actually excellent nonetheless.
The iPhone 11 meanwhile, has a 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera on the front, with an aperture of f/2.2, next-gen Smart HDR for pictures and 4K video recording at 24fps, 30fps and 60fps. There’s also a sluggish-movement video possibility on the iPhone 11’s entrance camera, allowing for what Apple calls Slofies. In reality, it is a fairly gimmicky characteristic – like Animoji and Memoji – however you possibly can have some enjoyable with it. Nothing has changed when it comes to show when it comes to the cheaper iPhone models – the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR are equivalent.
This results in improved battery life on the 2019 iPhones thanks to the extra efficient A13 Bionic chip. The iPhone eleven has as much as one hour longer battery life than the iPhone XR (its direct predecessor).
Despite the identical rating, the company says the Pro versions are capable of survive being submerged for up to 30 minutes in 4 metres (roughly 13 feet) of water, double the depth the iPhone eleven can withstand. The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone eleven Pro Max all ship without a headphone jack (hardly a shock contemplating Apple ditched the port years ago).
True Tone technology remains to be on board, together with a wide color gamut, and there is nonetheless Haptic Touch over 3D Touch. The iPhone XR in the meantime, has a single rear digicam – making for the principle distinction in design between these two handsets – and it has the Apple brand larger up the rear, while the iPhone branding sits in the direction of the bottom.
Is iPhone 11 Pro Max too big?
The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are Apple’s new flagship smartphones, featuring the new ‘Pro’ design and specifications, including upgraded camera, display and processor. As their predecessors, all the three devices have been confirmed integrating Qi-Certified wireless charging.
If you are thought of a brand new iPhone and were already planning to splurge on a Pro version, you may be tempted to max-out on the iPhone 11 Pro Max — however you should not. The iPhone eleven Pro has all one of the best upgrades of the new telephones, without a few of the downsides that accompany the iPhone eleven Pro Max. There are a variety of larger-finish features which might be obtainable in the iPhone eleven Pro and 11 Pro Max. Lastly, the iPhone eleven Pro Max is on the market in 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB, priced at $1,099, $1,249, and $1,449 respectively within the United States.
The iPhone eleven can face up to being in water at a depth of up to 2 meters for half-hour, whereas the iPhone 11 Pro doubles that to four meters. Some Apple Arcade titles truly felt like they lagged a bit, or had frame rate points on the iPhone XS in comparison with the brand new model. The new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone eleven Pro Max include three rear cameras. We knew they had been coming, we simply maybe did not count on them to make the difference that they do. You will miss out on the telephoto shooter and its 2x optical zoom, and the iPhone 11’s Liquid Retina LCD display isn’t fairly as nice because the Pro’s OLED panels, but for many users, the $300 in savings might be price it.
Despite its main sensor being just 12.2MP, similar to the iPhone eleven Pro, it grabs superbly balanced pictures virtually each time. According to Apple, the out of warranty restore cost for an iPhone eleven that’s deemed to have suffered liquid harm is $399, while the iPhone eleven Pro Max will run you $599. Even if you pay for AppleCare+ coverage, it’s still $ninety nine for any of the iPhone 11 collection. According to Apple, the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro have earned an IP68 water resistance score.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max doesn’t add many features that the eleven Pro doesn’t already have. Is it price carrying round a whole half pound iPhone for the slight improve?
Based on Apple’s inside testing, the iPhone 11 is rated for up to 17 hours of offline video playback, up to 10 hours of streaming video over Wi-Fi, and up to 65 hours of audio playback per charge. After half-hour, both touchscreens nonetheless worked, the cameras took photos with none proof of fogging or water ingress on the lenses, and speakers performed back audio.


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Family, offcourse, cycling, reading and writing. I've written 2 books so far but am in the process of writing no. 3. (But it will go on, after that one, I Know)
I was born in a little town in the Dutch province of 'Drenthe'. When I was 18 years old, I joined the R. Neth. Navy and became a warrant officer 1 eventually. Now, being retired, I work about 24 hrs pro week.
Live and let live, I suppose. respect your fellow men, love yr family and try to be a good person. (Hippie language eh?)