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2 edition of Kasinthula irrigation project,Lower Shire Valley, Malawi. found in the catalog.
Kasinthula irrigation project,Lower Shire Valley, Malawi.
Sir William Halcrow and Partners.
Written in English
Published for Commonwealth Development Corporation.
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Climate data measured at Kasinthula irrigation project Chipula and Kela villages in the lower Shire valley Malawi, the Majete Malaria Project in Chikwawa district, southern Malawi. Methods. President Professor Arthur Mutharika has launched the Shire Valley Transformation Project,which Malawians had to wait for 80 years to see,it’s it was initiated in ,all previous administration have failed to see it fly. The launch took place in Chikwawa under the theme: ‘Irrigation and cash crops for better life’.
Situational Analysis of Successes, Challenges and Failures of Irrigation Farming in Malawi: A Case Study Based on Four Major Irrigation Schemes; Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme, Domasi Irrigation. The multimillion kwacha irrigation project, Shire Valley Transformation program (SVTP) on Tuesday donated attire (uniform) for the game rangers at Lengwe National Park in Chikwawa district. The event was graced by minister responsible for Tourism Wildlife and Culture, Michael Usi who toured the park and also received the package on behalf of.
Another is a medium scale pond culture operation in the Lower Shire valley at Kasinthula and consists of 10 ponds with a total surface area of 8 ha. The main species farmed include Oreochromis mossambicus and Cyprinus carpio. The only other "small to medium" scale commercial fish farm in Malawi is the recently (–) privatised trout. Project Technical Team Coordinator for the project, Dr Rodrick Champiti said SVIP is a game changing project as Shire valley is expected to become an export processing Zone.
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The projects include Rural Irrigation Development, Rural Irrigation Development and Agriculture Infrastructure and Youth in Agri-Business Project. Shire Valley Transformation Program will co hectares of land which will bene small holder farmers in addition to Kasinthula Cane Growers and the farmers will be operating in.
The study was conducted in the rural village of Seseo (16o 05'S, 34o 50E), located 5 km South East of Chikwawa town centre in the Lower Shire Valley in southern Malawi.
The population (approximately ) lives in thatched adobe houses and subsists by growing rice and maize and herding small numbers of cattle, goats and by: The Kasinthula Cane Growers (KCG) Kasinthula irrigation project,Lower Shire Valley project is located in the inhospitable Shire Valley region in the south of Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Southern Africa.
Long droughts occasionally result Malawi. book famine and the twice-yearly rains frequently bring floods. Agricultural Administration 15 () Smallholder Agriculture in The Lower Shire Valley in Malawi-Analysisof the Experiencewith Cotton David Colman Departmentof AgriculturalEconomics,Universityof Manchester, ManchesterMl39PL,GreatBritain (Received March,) SUMMARY Applying insecticides to control cotton pests was the technologicalbasis of a large rural development projectin Malawi Cited by: 1.
The project will co hectares of land which will bene small holder farmers in addition to Kasinthula Cane Growers. The farmers will be operating in blocks divided in hectares.
Mutharika launches Kbn Shire Valley Transformation Project by Alex Chitwere Chikwawa, Ma President Professor Peter Mutharika has launched the Shire Valley Transformation Project describing it as one of the largest irrigation projects in Southern Africa.
The launch took place in Chikwawa under the theme: ‘Irrigation and cash crops for a better life.’ [ ]. The $ million Shire Valley Irrigation Project is expected to see a financial boost of $ million from the World Bank as well as $50 million each from the African Development Bank and the.
Mutharika launches Kbn Shire Valley Transformation Project. “Since the country is gifted with abundant water and irrigable land especially in the lower shire; developing a large irrigation scheme in this area is a timely intervention to increase agricultural productivity and food security as well as value addition for both domestic and international markets,” she added.
USAID, Lilongwe, Malawi: Unpublished report; Spiers AA, Mzilahowa T, Atkinson D, McCall PJ. The malaria vectors of the Lower Shire Valley, Malawi.
Malawi Med J. ; –7. Chiphwanya JA. Evaluation of insecticide susceptibility in malaria vector mosquitoes and their role in malaria transmission in central Malawi. The Bwanje, Limphasa, Kasinthula and Shire Valley irrigation schemes are part of the Green Belt Initiative introduced by the late president Bingu wa Mutharika.
To underline the significance of the schemes, government allocated money towards all irrigation schemes which, government says, are critical to the economy. Malawi - Shire Valley Irrigation Project: environmental assessment: Environmental and social management plan (English) Abstract.
The development objective of Shire Valley Irrigation Project for Malawi is to provide access to reliable gravity-fed irrigation and drainage services, secure land tenure for smallholder farmers, and strengthen management of wetlands and protected areas.
Country and project name: Malawi, Shire Valley Irrigation Project Phase I The Government of Malawi has planned to develop irrigation in the Lower Shire Valley since the s, in order to reduce the uncertainties associated with rainfed agriculture.
The proposed project is located in the extreme south of Malawi on the right bank. commercialization for targeted households in the Shire Valley •Will deve ha of land under gravity irrigation leading to economic growth and reduction of rural poverty in the Lower Shire Valley by establishing market-linked smallholder farming ventures and professionally operated irrigation services.
supply for irrigation from the Shire River, the main drainage river of Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is one of the major African great lakes, which is associated with the soils of the highly fertile alluvial plain along the river on the valley floor which offers excellent opportunity for cane production.
Official Malawi Government Online shared a post. See more of Official Malawi Government Online on Facebook. Once implemented, the project will assist farmers in upper parts of Shire valley to practice irrigation farming consequently improving food security and economic status of rural masses.
This article analyses vulnerability to climate related shocks across five districts in the shire river basin of Malawi. The analysis employs an indicator approach that integrates biophysical and socio-economic indices.
Principal component statistical analysis was used to calculate an index for adaptive capacity, sensitivity and exposure to climate impact for each of the five districts. There’s a very big potential in the Shire River Valley for using water during winter to grow food crops— maize, vegetables like beans and other legume crops,” said Fortes.
African Water Facility (AWF) is one of the organisations that support the development of irrigated agriculture to increase food security and economic growth in Malawi. Malawi - Shire Valley Irrigation Project: environmental assessment (Vol.
2): Executive summary (English) Abstract. The development objective of Shire Valley Irrigation Project for Malawi is to provide access to reliable gravity-fed irrigation and drainage services, secure land tenure for smallholder farmers, and strengthen management of wetlands and protected areas.
Government of the Republic of Malawi Ministry of Water Development and Irrigation Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP) 1. The Government of the Republic of Malawi has received financing from the African Development Fund / Nigeria Trust Fund to finance the Shire Valley Irrigation Project.
The principal objectives of this project are to. Malawi is situated in SE Africa and lies within the western branch of the East African Rift system (EARS).The lower Shire River valley occupies the southernmost part of the Malawi section of the rift.
The Shire River, the biggest river in Malawi, runs through the valley accounting for the outflow from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River.Figure 6: Floods in Lower Shire River Basin 22 January Spatio-temporal rainfall distribution in MIDSUP Malawi Irrigation Development Support Programme SFIP Small Farms Irrigation Project SUCOMA Sugar Corporation of Malawi.Sugar (Malawi) Ltd in the Lower Shire Valley in the South of Malawi Chikhwawa District.
The second producer is Dwangwa Sugar Corporation, also part of Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Ltd in Nkhotakota District. (e) The Dwangwa Sugar Cane Growers Scheme is an irrigated smallholder scheme supplying cane for.

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Kanye West has returned to the music world in full force having just released his eighth studio album ye and the collaborative projects with Kid Cudi’s Kids See Ghosts and Pusha-T’s DAYTONA. With a whole lineup of upcoming projects set on the horizon, West has just teased the potential tracklist of Nas’ highly-anticipated twelfth studio album, which he also helped to produce. West announced to the world that he would be producing Nas’ new album back in April, which would see the reemergence of Nas since his 2012 LP Life Is Good.
Both Nas and West have collaborated in the past, with West helping to co-produce “Poppa Was a Playa” on Nas’ 2002 The Lost Tapes and throwing down a verse on “Still Dreaming” from Nas’ Hip-Hop is Dead. Most recently, the pair joined forces on French Montana’s track “Figure It Out.” Nas’ seven-track album is set to release this Friday, June 15 followed by Teyana Taylor’s album out June 22. Take a look at the tracklisting below, courtesy of Kanye himself.
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It has been a while since I have posted anything; but quite literally, all my time has been consumed with reading the Twilight series of books. I know, I know, I’m very slow on jumping on this bandwagon. My youngest daughter had read them all last year and I think all the ladies at work, my sisters etc. But when I was at Bear Lake with my family this year they were all talking about it so much, I felt totally out of the loop. So I figured that since I was on furlough for a while I would read a good book. I purchased the first two because they were on a good sale. I read the first and started the second before I went back to work. Not thinking that I would get so caught up in the book.
I feel like I need to explain some of my apprehension to reading. First, I’m not that fast of a reader and the books were very long so I knew it was going to take me a while to get through it. Second, I know that once I get into a book all other things fall by the way side. So here I am a few pages from the end of the third book… (can’t wait to start the forth) hiding in the bathroom at work, doing the minimal expected of all my house hold chores. Trying to sneak a few more pages while I’m standing in line at the grocery store, and forget about sculpting, it has been non-existant since I started the books. I have been acting like a complete zombie with my head buried in the book. AHHHGGG! THE GUILT !!! I feel so guilty for wanting to spend all my time reading about Bella and Edward, when there are so many other things I need to accomplish. I wish that I enjoyed listening to audio books, but I think there is something missing from that, sitting down and getting lost in a good book is like candy to your brain, and if most books are candy, Twilight must be heroin!

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If you really want to understand Jim Crow-what it was and how African Americans rose up to defeat it-you should start by visiting Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the heart of the historic black downtown. William Sturkey introduces us to both old-timers and newcomers who arrived in search of economic opportunities promised by the railroads, sawmills, and factories of the New South. He also takes us across town and inside the homes of white Hattiesburgers to show how their lives were shaped by the changing fortunes of the Jim Crow South. Sturkey reveals the stories behind those who struggled to uphold their southern "way of life" and those who fought to tear it down-from William Faulkner's great-grandfather, a Confederate veteran who was the inspiration for the enigmatic character John Sartoris, to black leader Vernon Dahmer, whose killers were the first white men ever convicted of murdering a civil rights activist in Mississippi. Through it all, Hattiesburg traces the story of the Smith family across multiple generations, from Turner and Mamie Smith, who fled a life of sharecropping to find opportunity in town, to Hammond and Charles Smith, in whose family pharmacy Medgar Evers and his colleagues planned their strategy to give blacks the vote.
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Reclamation In Mining: Designed For The Future
Development and Innovation How reclamation in mining is helping to preserve Canadian water.
If you drive 55 km north of Vancouver along the Sea-to-Sky highway you’ll come across the quaint community of Britannia Beach tucked beneath the elbowed mountains facing Howe Sound.
For the better part of the past century, Britannia Beach was home to a high successful copper mine held by Britannia Mine Company and later Anaconda Mining until it was deemed uneconomical and closed in 1974. Unfortunately, that’s not where the story ends.
The problem and solution
Following closure in the mid-70s, this site spewed out one tonne of heavy metals into Howe Sound every day, says John Meech, Professor of Mining Engineering and Director of CERM3—The Centre for Environmental Research in Minerals, Metals, and Materials—at the University of British Columbia.
“Environment Canada called it the worst single source of metallic pollution in North America,” says Meech.
In 2001, Meech and his research group at UBC installed a plug in the 2200 Level adit—an entrance—preventing pollution from entering the water system.
“Blue mussels began repopulating the mouth of the creek within six months and pink salmon were photographed spawning in the creek about 10 years later,”
“Today a water treatment plant removes all the metals and neutralizes the effluent prior to discharge into Howe Sound—this demonstrates how fast Mother Nature can recover with a little help from us.”
Granted, the wide scale release of toxic metals into water systems is a dated practice—with mining companies utilizing technology to reduce their water use and minimize impact on the environment.
“Technology clearly is advancing but I think it’s also awareness that’s advancing,” says Jerry Danni.
“Technology clearly is advancing but I think it’s also awareness that’s advancing,” says Jerry Danni, Vice President of Environment for Vancouver-based mining company Goldcorp. “There’s a lot more collaboration with local stakeholders, communities and groups like the World Wildlife Fund than there was twenty years ago.”
Not to mention, recognition that there’s not only a need for that collaboration but there’s value in it when it comes to building trust with stakeholders, adds Danni. The collaboration is an example of an increasing sensitivity towards the needs of multiple stakeholders—from first nation communities with cultural considerations to locals using the water for agriculture and recreation.
“Before we even turn over a shovel of dirt we ask how it’s going to impact our closure plan,” says Danni. “When we develop new mines we design for closure.”


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If I was mayor I would so no to drugs, and try to stop teen pregnancies because I think that is one of the most sad things ever. Its almost like they are tacking themselves down to sadness and taking their kids with them. I would also make a home for the poor and the troubled. I would help teens and young children who have been abused or hurt in any other way.
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Showboat to open 150,000-square-foot facility aimed at millennials this summer
ATLANTIC CITY — Showboat Atlantic City is staking its flag as the millennial hot spot in the city this summer.
On Memorial Day weekend the hotel will open the Atlantic City Fan Expo, a 150,000- square-foot facility aimed at experiential entertainment.
The facility is a catchall for anything and everything millennial visitors might want, according to a press release from Meet AC.
The project is run by Venturis Partners, an Indiana-based company, and will be open every weekend during the summer.
Inside it will have esport competitions, board games, video games, cosplay and anime, along with educational seminars.
Showboat owner Bart Blatstein said the project is aimed at a younger demographic that is one of the largest in the world and that it will help Atlantic City continue to grow nongambling attractions.
“Gamers and esports is the largest sport in the world,” he said. “It crosses all lines — male, female, all languages and backgrounds.”
Blatstein said he began researching the idea of a gamer-focused project months ago, traveling to South Korea and Japan to learn more about the industry.
Outside the facility, a sandlot beer garden will be opening at the former volleyball court, with live music, movies and family entertainment, according to the release.
Derek Pew, a partner in Venturis Partners, said it will be a unique production.
“We wanted to create the most perfect shore experience we could — some place we would want to spend all our time and some place our children would want to spend all their time,” he said in a statement.
The facility will also take over the former House of Blues theater. The concert hall will become a 3,000-person arena for esports tournaments, similar to the one recently held at Caesars. The idea is to make the facility central to the increased interest in gaming in the United States.
“It will evolve over time and grow organically,” Blatstein said.
ACFX launches its website www.acfxpo.com at 5 p.m. Wednesday.


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Four women suing Google for pay discrimination just had their lawsuit upgraded to a $600m class action
Legal challenge now on behalf of more than 10,000 others
A lawsuit spearheaded by four female Google ex-employees claiming the ad giant pays men higher wages for doing the same job was granted class-action status this week.
On Thursday, Judge Andrew Cheng of the Superior Court of California in San Francisco, said [PDF] the plaintiffs – Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease, Kelli Wisuri, and Heidi Lamar – can not only proceed against Google but also can represent more than 10,800 women who may have also been unfairly paid less than their male colleagues at the internet titan.
Their complaint was filed in 2017, seeking damages from Google that could now balloon to $600m given its status. The women argued Google had violated the California Equal Pay Act, and failed to pay them their full wages after they quit or were dismissed.
“Google has discriminated and continues to discriminate against its female employees by paying female employees less than male employees with similar skills, experience, and duties; by assigning and keeping women in job ladders and levels with lower compensation ceilings and advancement opportunities than those to which men with similar skills, experience, and duties are assigned and kept; and by promoting fewer women and promoting women more slowly than it has promoted similarly-qualified men,” their paperwork stated.
“The net result of this systemic discrimination is that Google pays women less than men for comparable work.”
Ellis was hired as a frontend software engineer working on a team at Google Photos in 2010, and had at the time four years of experience working as backend developer. She was taken on as a level-three engineer, a grade associated with graduates and other early-career workers.
Within weeks of joining the company, she said Google had hired a male colleague with the same qualifications as her but as a better-paid level-four engineer. When she applied for a promotion, it was denied. It is alleged managers acknowledged her “excellent” performance reviews yet didn’t want to pay her at the same rate as her male counterparts because she hadn’t been at the company long enough.
She eventually did get promoted to level four, and claimed that by then male engineers who had similar backgrounds and experiences were already at higher levels and, thus, were paid more. Ellis quit Google in 2014, blaming its “sexist culture."
Google doesn’t just discriminate against women in technical roles, the lawsuit alleged. Kelli Wisuri was employed in sales as a level-two employee in 2012, and claimed men in sales were given level-three status. Although Wisuri was a sales representative, she said Google considered her to be on the “Sales Enablement ladder,” a class that has less pay than someone in a fully fledged sales role.
She said pretty much all workers on the sales ladder were men, and 50 per cent of people on the sales-enablement ladder were women. By 2015, she resigned, too.
- Intel laid me off for being too old, engineer claims in lawsuit
- Ex IBM sales manager, fired after battling discrimination against subordinates, wins $11m lawsuit
- Age discrimination class-action against HP and HPE gets green light to proceed
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A similar case was put forward by Holly Pease. As a corporate network manager, she oversaw data warehouses, software applications, and various services internally. But throughout her eleven-year career at Google, she was never promoted to a ladder that was considered technical.
Pease claimed even though she helped other employees pass technical interviews to get onto more senior technical positions, managers told her she “lacked technical ability.”
Finally: Heidi Lamar joined the lawsuit in 2018 [PDF] after earlier filing her own case against Google. She said she had discovered her male colleagues employed as preschool teachers were being paid higher starting salaries than nearly all the female ones at Google’s Children Center in Palo Alto.
A Google spokesperson told The Register: “We strongly believe in the equity of our policies and practices. For the past eight years, we have run a rigorous pay equity analysis to make sure salaries, bonuses and equity awards are fair. If we find any differences in proposed pay, including between men and women, we make upward adjustments to remove them before new compensation goes into effect.
“In 2020 alone, we made upward adjustments for 2,352 employees, across nearly every demographic category, totalling $4.4m. We also undertake rigorous analyses to ensure fairness in role leveling and performance ratings.”
It’s not the first time Google has faced such allegations. Back in February, it was ordered to cough up $3.8m in back pay for female engineers who earned less money than their male colleagues, and for discriminating against Asian women applying for jobs in technical roles.
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After receiving no changes for the 2018 model year, the 2019 Honda Civic benefits from a handful of subtle upgrades. Coupe and sedan models undergo a handful of small exterior changes for 2019, which include a redesigned front grille and a more aggressive rear bumper.
Another new standard feature for all 2019 Civic models is the Honda Sensing suite of driver-assistive technology. The suite adds systems including active cruise control, collision detection with forward collision warning, road-departure mitigation with lane-departure warning, and lane-keeping assist.
The 2019 Civic is available in coupe, hatchback, and sedan body styles. Hatchback models are available in LX, Sport, EX, EX-L Navi, and Sport Touring trims, while coupe and sedan models are available in LX, LX-P, Sport, EX, EX-T, EX-L, and Touring varieties. Honda also offers the Civic Si and the Civic Type R, which are performance-oriented versions of the popular compact vehicle. For 2019, the Sport trim is available for coupe and sedan models for the first time.
Depending on the trim level, either a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine making 158 horsepower and 138 lb.-ft. of torque or a turbocharged, 1.5-liter 4-cylinder with an output of 174 hp and 162 lb.-ft. of torque is found under the hood. Either a continuously variable transmission (CVT) or a 6-speed manual mates to the engine to drive the front wheels.
Lastly, the Civic Si uses a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine making 205 hp and 192 lb.-ft. of torque, while the Civic Type R utilizes a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine with 306 hp and 295 lb.-ft. of torque. Both of these sporty Civic models are only available with a 6-speed manual transmission.
Changes to the 2019 Honda Civic:
- Coupe and Sedan models receive updated exterior styling
- Standard Honda Sensing driver-assistive technology for all models
- Sport trim now available for Coupe and Sedan models
- Sport and EX trims gain audio system with 7-inch display, volume knob, and smartphone projection technology
- 18-inch wheels for Touring model
- Redesigned steering wheel controls
- New, larger center console cupholder
- New exterior paint colors: Platinum White Pearl (all models), Molten Lava Pearl (sedan only), and Tonic Yellow Pearl (coupe only)
- Improved halogen and LED headlights
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As more and more manufacturers kill off traditional passenger car models, Honda provides the popular Civic with new features for 2019. While the new Sport trim for coupe and sedan models does not include the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, all 2019 Civic models now include new driver-assistive technology, which should help make the compact car safer in everyday driving. For decades, the Civic has proven itself time and time again as a dependable vehicle, and the improvements made for 2019 show that Honda has no intentions of pulling the plug on the successful Civic anytime soon.
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. – One man and two juveniles were arrested Sunday afternoon after deputies say they were forced to use their K-9 to break up a fight outside of a McDonald’s.
According to an arrest report, the fight started inside the McDonald’s on Maricamp Road.
The restaurant’s manager asked them to leave.
The fight continued outside the McDonald’s, where it was all caught on cellphone video.
The sheriff’s office says it was so bad that even in broad daylight, the deputy had no choice but to release his K-9 onto the people involved.


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You should have experience working with young people in a youth work or sports setting, with knowledge of the challenges and experiences faced by young people going into employment as well as a working knowledge of multicultural inner-city areas and an ability to relate to young people of all backgrounds.
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- Bridge the gap between potential employers and FFP young people, bringing employers to the Academy to highlight their requirements as well as bring in partners from different sectors to highlight what a career path may look like.
- Work with the fundraising team to identify, develop, and engage potential new corporate and major partners to create structured opportunities for young people to gain work experience, internships, apprenticeships, and potential employment.
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Please send a copy of your CV, and a 2-page maximum cover letter detailing how you meet the criteria of the job description and why you are interested in the role to email@example.com.
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Fight for Peace will only ask an individual to provide details of sensitive information, including convictions and cautions, that it is legally entitled to know about. Most of our staff and volunteers will be in Positions of Trust and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check must be completed by anyone who meets the government’s definition of ‘Regulated Activity’ or ‘Regular Activity’ within our activities and services. We do not want this to be a barrier to those who have the potential to add great value to the work we do.
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Purah and Robbie first gameplay
At the Tokyo Game Show today, Koei Tecmo debuted the first gameplay of Purah / Robbie in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and showed off one of the new cutscenes.
Guardian of Remembrance is the second part of the game’s Expansion Pass. It includes new characters, additional stages, and new story sequences.
Purah and Robbie were previously revealed as new playable characters for the latest Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC. The two actually fight together, and use an array an ancient technology to take down weapons.
Here’s a first look at them in action:
Outside of Purah and Robbie as well as another new character addition that has not yet been revealed, the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC will offer new story sequences involving the Battle for Kakariko Village, Battle of Goponga village, and more. Players will be able to learn more about the champions and Terrako.
As far as stages go, the new DLC drop will include the Coliseum, Lanayru Road, and more. It’ll offer a look at how these places looked 100 years in the past.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity will release its Guardian of Remembrance DLC on October 29. It was previously planned for November, so it’s releasing earlier than expected. The first wave of DLC, Pulse of the Ancients, is available now as part of the game’s Expansion Pass.
Visit the official Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity site here.


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I "borrowed" other people's pictures from Mason's Seattle trip to post them here.
Rehearsal for the performance later that evening.
Band kids all cleaned up for the performance.
The saxophone quartet received a standing ovation from the audience at the conference. Mason's band director shared that he overheard a teen girl in the audience say, "I'm going to marry that Bari Sax player!"
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour
Argosy Harbor Tour, Pier 55
Mason ran into a Klein Oak band buddy, Jerome. It's a small world after all.
Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe
The Hawks have landed back in Austin.

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Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Revelations Surging in and Internal Legal Procedure
The recent surge in public reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault including rape by well-known men and men in leadership positions in looks to me like a legal procedure is being applied that shows even in the context of the difficulty of getting cases into U.S. courts the prevalence of the problem, a prevalence that hardly began only in recent decades.
The pattern seems to be that some complaints are being examined by outside attorneys or journalists using methods guided largely by how lawyers would examine it, and are doing so not primarily from individual plaintiffs’ viewpoints but from the viewpoints of potential defendants who are employers of or contracting with the alleged perpatrators. Those potential defendants are looking alarmed at substantial chances of expensive settlement payouts, as described by their own trusted attorneys.
Old files are likely being opened because investigating counsel are concerned about subpoenas and depositions revealing information to litigating plaintiffs’ counsels, so that even cases once disposed of are being reexamined, even if that means contacting people who left the relevant organizations.
A perpetrator seems always to have multiple complainants, in these reports. That suggests that, while counsel may feel they could win against a single complainant by making her seem not credible enough for a jury award, that would be too difficult against multiple complainants describing contact with one perpatrator in ways that show some similarities, even where each plaintiff’s case is tried separately.
Journalists may be ignoring weaker cases, such as sole-complainant cases, in order to preserve institutional credibility and financial resources for stronger cases, but a large number of sole-complainant cases are likely occurring, too.
A nonlegal reason may also be leading to more of these firings of and disassociations from perps: larger percentages of leadership and middle-management positions are now fulfilled by women, compared to a few decades ago, like even as late as when Anita Hill’s complaint became public.
Thus, even if it is true that sexual harassment cases have become harder for survivors to litigate (I think I read that the Supreme Court had narrowed the possibility of survivors winning hostile environment cases, which are much more common than quid pro quo cases) and despite the spread of arbitration systems that probably destroy or hide many claims from female workers, cases that can survive litigation and yield costly outcomes favoring the women are growing in number.


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If you ask for a record from a government agency and they deny access or deny your reasonable request for a fee waiver, what options do you have?
If you have requested a record from an agency and your request was denied, there is an appeals process, which is laid out in Part 4 of the Government Records Access and Management Act. First, you must send an appeal to the Chief Administrative Officer of the agency the records belong to. If that is denied due to a restricted classification or request for a fee waiver is denied, it’s not over. You can appeal to the State Records Committee.
What is the State Records Committee?
The State Records Committee is a public body established by the Utah Legislature in 1992 under the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) (Utah Code 63G-2). The Committee meets every month to hear record access appeals.
The Committee has seven volunteer members:
During each hearing, both the record requester and the government agency are given 20 minutes to present testimony and evidence to support their case. During these presentations, the Committee may ask questions. After testimony is complete, the petitioner (requester) and respondent (government agency) each have 5 minutes for closing statements. When the Committee members have no questions, they go into deliberation, which could include an in camera (private) review of the records in question.
Top L-R: David Fleming (previous private-sector manager representative), Ken Williams, Patricia Smith-Mansfield.
Bottom L-R: Holly Richardson (previous citizen representative), Nancy Dean.
All deliberation and motions of the Committee are in a public forum. A Committee member will make a motion to either grant the appeal in whole or in part, or uphold the governmental entity’s denial in whole or part. If the motion is seconded, the Committee will vote on the motion. Based on the Committee’s vote, an official order will be sent to all parties and posted to the Archives website. If either party disagrees with the order they can appeal the Record Committee’s decision to the district court.
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We have a State Records Ombudsman, Rosemary Cundiff, who can help you navigate this process. She provides mediation free of charge and often helps resolve these appeals before the hearing. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.org, 801-531-3858.


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Last month, lawmakers rejected the 585-page general withdrawal agreement last month, which was negotiated with her European counterparts in two years. May has not yet managed to sweeten the deal.
On Wednesday, Parliament certainly voted against a one-page outline of a Brexit plan proposed by the opposition labor party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Labor's vision for a gentle Brexit would have seen Britain now stay in line with EU customs, tariff and regulatory regimes and the continent's internal market. A relationship would mean that Britain will continue to E.U. immigrants to live and work in the UK while being withdrawn from the E.U. law.
The British parliament's rejection of Labour's plan – which is widely expected – involves a reluctant Corbyn to throw his weight behind a new public vote on Brexit.
Amid fears of further flaws in his ranks, the Labor Party announced earlier this week it would support a second referendum if its own Brexit proposal were rejected.
Corbyn confirmed on Wednesday night in a statement: "We will return a public vote to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit or a disastrous outcome."
While momentum for a second referendum has grown in recent months and advocates swam Wednesday, Wednesday, it is unclear how many legislators actually want a surplus.
A second referendum will express parts of the British public, including many of the pro-Brexit protesters outside of Parliament on Wednesday, some holding full-fledged placards that read "leave leave" and "Brexit means Brexit – not extortion. "
If British lawmakers admit that they may have a delay in Brussels, European leaders have warned that an extension will not be automatic.
French president Emmanuel Macron speaks in a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "a Brexit delay will have to be" justified by "new British choices," suggests that the May government will have to indicate where it is going all the way – as opposed to asking for more time, just because they are stuck


Hope IM not out of turn here, I can respond
to part of the question. Chris has 22/5s. The hitch height at the top of a Holland hitch is generally about 46" high. I don't think Chris installed an air ride hitch, but IM not sure.
Most of these tractors have air slide hitches. The kingpin on your trailer fits the Holland like a glove.
The chassis suspension on air ride tractors is self adjusting. They adjust to the amount of weight placed on the hitch. The owner can lower the height about 1/2" without a problem.
Doing this tends to soften the ride even further.
I should have a 99 Volvo with autoshift identical to the one on the site below ready to go in about 4 weeks if you have any interest.


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Bangor’s City Status was granted as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in June
The Princess Royal, Anne officially conferred city status on Bangor in a special ceremony at Bangor Castle.
Many residents, including children from nearby Bangor Central Integrated Primary School and students from Bangor Academy, Bangor Grammar, Glenlola, St Columbanus and SERC, came to the Castle to welcome the Princess and to mark the historic occasion.
The local Sea Cadets provided a ‘guard of honour’ and representatives from the Coastguard and RNLI also met the Princess Royal.
Bangor’s City Status was granted as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in June. During the ceremony, the Princess unveiled the ‘Letters Patent’, the legal instrument issued by King Charles III to formally confirm the status of ‘City’ to the former town.
She offered her congratulations to Bangor and to all who had contributed to the award of city status.


Last of 3 wanted murder suspects turns himself in
DONALDSONVILLE - The last of three suspects wanted in connection with the homicide of Adoriji Wilson turned himself into Ascension Parish Sheriff's detectives late Wednesday evening, according to Chief Deputy Tony Bacala.
Michael "Ma-man" LeBlanc, 32, of Donaldsonville was considered armed and dangerous due to his extensive criminal history including other murder charges, according to APSO.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Marishell "Kool-aid" Ealem, 28, and Charles "Stubby" Broom, 48, in connection with the murder on June 11.
The trio is accused of the shooting of 37-year-old Adoriji Wilson who was found shot to death on a porch on June 2 and all three will face second-degree murder charges.


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MAC Viper Debuts in Russia on Leningrad Rock Concert
First ten fixtures in RussiaA variety of original effects, designed by Elena Morozova specially for the Leningrad concert, included looks from the first 10 MAC Viper fixtures delivered to Russia.
Aleksandr Blednykh, an owner of Euroshow, shares his impressions of the fixture. “The Viper is a great product. It’s fast and bright,“ he says. „I like it very much and we are looking forward to receiving more of them. Another important thing for me is that we have finally got a serious alternative to the Sharpy. There are too many of them out there and it is a one-function-fixture. From this point of view, the Viper Profile is much more interesting because of its wide range of capabilities.“
Creative experiments and MAC 101
Another interesting element of the show was eight pods (frames) of MAC 101 fixtures, each pod consisting of 16 of the compact LED projectors, which Elena used as the main tools in her design. The frames were supplemented with lines of Martin LC 2140 LED video screens and connected to a media server.
“Two years ago we worked on an Enrique Iglesias concert and spied this attractive idea,“ says Aleksandr Blednykh. “We had in mind a personal project and decided to realize it but used other construction to truss the MAC 101. At the Iglesias concert, the frame pods were made of truss and we created a mobile construction with wheels. In other words, we improved the idea for more convenient usage.“ The welded frames were also fastened to controlled winches so they could change their position, creating additional visual effects.
On the Leningrad concert, the MAC 101 frames worked as one big fixture to provide powerful back lighting. In addition, the designer programmed static scenes, which the audience found delightful. Sixteen MAC 2000 Wash XB™ moving heads and 20 MAC 250 Beam™ fixtures were also used for beam effects and lighting of the audience.

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Floor plenum airtightness
In July 2016, BSRIA published BG65/2016 Floor Plenum Airtightness – Guidance and Testing Methodology. This replaced BG 12/2010 Floor Void Airtightness – Air Leakage Specification,
Since the introduction of airtightness testing as part of the Building Regulations, the air leakage of buildings has steadily reduced as construction teams have become more familiar with the requirements. By introducing lower specifications for floor plenums, it is hoped that the effect will be similar.
It is important that conditioned air in a floor plenum flows into the occupied zone and does not leak into cavities, risers, stairwells, heating trenches or other adjacent zones. A properly sealed floor plenum will allow the diffusers and grilles to fulfill their primary role of delivering air at the correct flow rate. As a result, the airtightness of floor plenums can be a serious energy efficiency issue.
BSRIA’s new guide addresses these issues and places upper limits on the air leakage of floor plenums. Distinctions are made between air leakage to adjacent spaces (normally referred to as plenum leakage), and uncontrolled air leakage into conditioned zones (normally referred to as raised access floor leakage). A testing methodology for both plenum leakage and raised access floor leakage is given, and guidance on achieving both is provided.
To download or purchase the guide, go to the BSRIA Bookshop.
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ALPE Achondroplasia Foundation is based in Gijón, Asturias, north of Spain. It was founded in 2000 by Carmen Alonso, Miguel Lopez and the Press Lewis family. Now, the work done in the ALPE clinic is also accomplished by the support of James Healey. The Press family founded ProChon Biotch Ltd. in Israel to search therapies for achondroplasia. Since its creation, ProChon pioneered scientific advances in achondroplasia research.
The ALPE Foundation work is a holistic approach for children and adults with achondroplasia, fully oriented to meet educational needs, early care and stimulation, school support, social integration, prevention of health problems that are recurrent in achondroplasia, improve physical and psychological development of children, promoting research projects and methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment for achondroplasia.
The ALPE method was developed to increase the global potential of children with achondroplasia. They are assessed in a global perspective and for the prevention of secondary pathologies to achondroplasia. The children’s natural potential is improved with specifically developed physiotherapy techniques, speech therapy and osteopathy, and the medical follow-up is done by specialists in neurosurgery, orthopedics, ENT, physiatry, genetics, pediatrics, physical therapy, speech therapy and nutrition with experience with ACH. All is done in order to increase each children’s capacity to feel stronger, more balanced and grow the healthiest possible.
Clara is now 4 years old and she has a regular follow-up in a central pediatric hospital in Lisbon in: neurosurgery, ENT, pulmunology and physiatry. The follow-up in orthopedics is done by Dr. Luna, in Málaga, south of Spain. He has a highly relevant experience in ACH and assesses children coming from ALPE Foundation.
All the support and assessments done in the ALPE clinic and by the professionals that work for ALPE are free.
Clara has physical therapy 2x/week, hydrotherapy 1x/week, speech therapy 1x/week, occupational therapy 2x/week and has swimming class 1x/week. Recently Clara had her annual assessment in the ALPE clinic, done in two consecutive days.
26/09/2016: 11,30 h Dr. Ibaseta – Orthosontics /12.30 h Dra. Bascarán – Audiometry/ 17,30 h Dra. Aldama – ENT
27/09/2016:11,00 h Carmen Barreal – Physical therapy-Osteopathy /12,00 h Dr. León – Pediatrics /13,00 h Belén Ojeda – Speech therapy
A photo report from the assessments
Briefly, the reports of the assessments will be analysed here for better understanding of the therapies applied.

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Planned Parenthood says denial is not murder, but choice
Planned Parenthood lobbyist Alisa Lapolt Snow provoked well-deserved backlash last month for testifying in opposition to Florida legislation HB 1129, which awards infants born alive within the context of abortion the same rights of infants born alive via natural birth. The proposal specifically requires the abortion facility to provide lifesaving care to such infants and mandates transportation and admission of the newborn to a hospital.
When questioned regarding Planned Parenthood's intention for a born-alive child that has survived an abortion, Ms. Lapolt Snow stated that "any decision that's made should be left up to the woman, her family and the physician." She further lamented the "logistical issues" presented by requiring Planned Parenthood to transport the newborn to a hospital that may be up to 45 minutes or an hour away. Many in the room stared in stunned disbelief, their mouths agape in horror, a response that reverberated across the nation.
Barbara A. Zdravecky, board chairwoman of the Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, found her organization in the unenviable position of being portrayed as advocating infanticide and scrambled to Ms. Snow's defense. She touted the superior medical care that Planned Parenthood provides women and craftily excluded any mention of abortion services. She also assured the public that in the "vague set of extremely unlikely and highly unusual medical circumstances" presented by the legislature, "of course Planned Parenthood would provide appropriate care to both the woman and the infant."
This response raises the question: If the proposed provisions would be applied unquestionably, why is Planned Parenthood so vehemently opposed to the bill?
Ms. Lapolt Snow's testimony exposes the truth of Planned Parenthood's agenda, which has not strayed from the ideology of its founder, Margaret Sanger: elimination of the unwanted, unplanned and undesirable. They artfully employ buzzwords of "promoting women's health" and "supporting women's autonomy" to peddle their wares of eugenics and racism. However, what tenable "autonomy" or "women's health" argument exists to deny lifesaving support to a born-alive, fully delivered infant or to require the transportation and admission of the infant to a hospital?
Australian philosophers Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva published an article in the February issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics, "After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?" that sent shock waves around the globe. Yet in America, Planned Parenthood has endorsed similar ideology and tacitly acknowledged that the law should not distinguish between taking the life of an unborn and a born-alive infant within the abortion context. They argue that if the mother and her physician determine that a born-alive, fully delivered child should be denied medical attention and left to die, no one should dare to interfere with that decision.
This novel ideology justifying infanticide framed a court decision in Canada last year in which a mother delivered and then killed her newborn child. The court reasoned that because the defendant, Katrina Effert, was legally permitted to take her child's life within the context of abortion anytime before birth, then why not after? Alberta Court of Appeals Justice Joanne Veit overturned the second-degree murder conviction and replaced it with infanticide, sentencing the defendant to a three-year suspended sentence, a trivial penalty for strangling a newborn child. Would the ruling have been different had the child survived for a few hours, days, weeks or months? There is no sure footing on this slippery slope.
While we rightly disavow with horror Planned Parenthood's justification of infanticide as barbaric and cruel, how many of us condone aborting the unborn by vacuuming, scraping or dismembering them to deliver their little bodies piece by piece? In the United States in 2010, 1,270 babies were reported to have died after surviving abortions, and it has been estimated that nearly 33,000 survivors of abortion are alive today. This scenario clearly is not a "vague set of extremely unlikely and highly unusual medical circumstances," and born-alive infants deserve the same chance at life as their aborted brothers and sisters. There is no difference between taking the lives of the unborn by abortion and denying a born-alive child lifesaving care and treatment: Both are killing, and neither is justifiable.
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According to reports, a mystery snake is said to have sneaked into the accounts office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital and made away with N36 million cash.
A team of auditors was dispatched to different state offices of JAMB to take inventory of the sold and unsold scratch cards and recover whatever money that might have either been generated or mismanaged during the period of the sale of scratch cards. On their visit to Makurdi office of JAMB, a sales clerk, Philomina Chieshe, told JAMB registrar and his team that she could not account for N36 million she made in previous years before the abolition of scratch cards.
In the course of interrogation, Philomena confessed that it was her housemaid that connived with another JAMB staff, Joan Asen, to “spiritually” steal the money from the vault in the accounts office.
“I was one of the four sales clerks attached to JAMB office in Makurdi. My responsibility was to sell scratch cards to candidates and not involved in handling the revenues. It was the responsibility of Joan Asen and my other senior colleagues. I only remit money when am done selling the cards
Philomina in her confessional statement said that Joan Asen and her accomplices confessed that they have been stealing the money “spiritually” through a mysterious snake that always sneak into the office to swallow the money from the vault.
According to her “It was a mystery to me too. I have been saving the money in the bank, but I found it difficult to account for it. So I started saving it in a vault in the office. But each time I open the vault, I will find nothing. I became worried and surprised how the millions of Naira could be disappearing from the vault. I began to interrogate everybody in the house and office, and no one could agree on what might have happened to the money. I continued to press until my housemaid confessed. She said that the money disappeared “spiritually”. She said that a “mysterious snake” sneaked into the house and swallowed the money in the vault.”
See reactions of Nigrians to the viral story below.
Recall that this same JAMB remitted only about N51 million to Govt Accounts between 2010 and 2016. In 2017, under new management appointed in 2016, it remitted N7.8 Billion. Now that new management is carrying out audits at State offices, and stories that touch are emerging. https://twitter.com/dailypostngr/status/962298905068060673 …
Naija press no go kill Persön.. Strange snake swallows N36 million cash in JAMB office 😂😂😂😂
— SAMKLEF X S K E L E B E (@SAMKLEF) February 10, 2018
So snakes are now swallowing JAMB money in Nigeria ehn?
Imagine someone somewhere in Nigeria claiming that a strange snake suddenly came to swallow N36Million belonging to JAMB from her office
Anyway, e no dey shock me anymore. As far as it happens in Nigeria I'm cool with it pic.twitter.com/SEXQsn3GhD
— Bródà Ayo🇳🇬 (@sovereignayo) February 10, 2018
1. What is N36million cash doing in Jamb office
2. When did money become part of the menu in a snake’s diet
3. What and why is a snake here in the first place?
4. Why is this news page verified?
5. Why is Nigeria useless like this?
6. Who did we offend?
Let’s all chill, I know someone in this country that has a snake as pet. He must have taught the snake some few moves and gave it jazz too. Tell it to go to the JAMB office and swallow the N36M. This is the only explanation that will help that story. I’m just too weak
So a snake spiritually swallowed N36 million in Jamb office. At this point let us sell off this country. Am done, give me my share.
RT if you’re also interested in getting your share.
Maybe the “Snake” that “swallowed” up N36 Million of public money at JAMB in Makurdi is hiding somewhere near the ‘banks’ of River Benue?
Source — Gistreel

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Deputies recover body of missing boater
The Macomb County Sheriff's Dive Team say they've recovered the deceased body of missing person Virdest Orlando Day from Lake St Clair.
Day's body was located approximately 300 feet south of Huron Pointe off of Lake St. Clair Metro Park in 7 feet of water.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate this incident, however; no foul play is suspected at this time.
The Coast Guard command center in Detroit received notification at about 8 p.m. local time of a 44-year-old male who fell off a 27-foot powerboat near Metro Beach on Lake St. Clair and never resurfaced. He was wearing a red life jacket, but it was not properly buckled and came off as he hit the surface of the water.
A Watchstander in the command center issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, diverted a crew aboard a 25-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores and launched a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit. Local agencies also responded, augmenting a coordinated search that continued throughout the night. A Macomb County dive team was also on scene using a side-scanning sonar system to search beneath the surface of the water.


Binghamton Potholes: Find, Fill, Repeat
Binghamton public works crews and their counterparts around the Northeast are facing a seemingly impossible task as they make emergency pothole repairs.
Over the weekend, police reported a major hazard on Riverside Drive at the Johnson City line.
Big potholes prompted eastbound drivers to use the westbound lane as they entered the city.
Even after the holes had been filled with a hot patch asphalt mixture, many motorists continued to swerve into the opposite lane at the city line.
Public works employees have been dispatched to some of the worst spots in recent days trying to address the most dangerous pavement problems.
Public works commissioner Gary Holmes says the "hot pack trailer" the city utilizes has been getting a real workout this winter because of the large number of potholes that keep opening up.
Holmes encourages Binghamton residents to report major problems when they spot them so crews can be assigned to make repairs as quickly as possible.


text: Flue gas desulphurization gypsum (FGD) is a major solid waste in coal-fired energy plants, and the appropriate reuse of this resources is still a major challenge. In this study, the feasibility of FGD as a calcium source to produce hydroxyapatite (FGD-HAP) for the immobilization of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in spiked soil was investigated. The effects of FGD and FGD-HAP on soil properties and redistribution, bioaccessibility and plant uptake of Pb and Cd were examined. Results showed that application of FGD and FGD-HAP could significantly improve the enzymes activities of contaminated soils, but the effectiveness was more pronounced with FGD-HAP. Addition of only 1% FGD-HAP could effectively reduce bioavailable Pb and Cd concentration in soil as measured by CaCl2 extraction by 60.6% and 65.4%, respectively. On the other hand, plant available Pb and Cd could significantly decrease by 93.8% and 73.2% after amendment of 5% FGD-HAP. Significant changes in the micro-scale distribution of heavy metals before and after FGD-HAP treatment demonstrated that while heavy metals were predominantly associated with iron/manganese oxides in untreated soil, high correlation between heavy metals and phosphorus/sulfur was observed in FGD-HAP treated soil. In addition, results of the leaching tests showed that incorporation of FGD-HAP enhanced the retention capacity of heavy metals in soil, indicating that application of FGD-HAP could diminish the environmental risk of leachable heavy metals to groundwater. Overall, this study highlighted the potential value of FGD-HAP as a low-cost and high-efficient amendment for remediation of Pb and Cd contaminated soils.


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After revealing a teaser spot showing Danny DeVito floating in a vat of chocolate, M&M's has released its full 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring the actor transformed into a human version of the Red M&M.
The commercial was released today (January 29) online in advance of its airing during the first quarter of Super Bowl LII this Sunday, Feb. 4, on NBC. It focuses on how M&M’s spokescandies cope in a world filled with people who want to eat them.
The new spot, which was created by BBDO New York, opens with Ms. Brown walking down a busy sidewalk alongside Red, who complains that people keep trying to eat him. He discovers a ‘lucky’ penny and wishes he could become human. Miraculously, his wish is granted and he takes on the human form of DeVito. After Red transforms, he walks around asking if people want to eat him, to comic effect. As he rejoices in his less edible human form, he gets smacked into reality by a passing truck.
“When casting for a human that embodies the personality of our Red M&M’s spokescandy, we were looking for someone who is known for having a sarcastic sense of humor and know-it-all wit – Danny DeVito was the perfect human match,” said Allison Miazga-Bedrick, brand director, M&M's. “We hope our fans will be entertained by how we bring Red together with an iconic celebrity in a way that’s never been done before.”
Knowing that more people watch Super Bowl ads online, the brand tapped into the popularity of social influencers by casting YouTube star, actor and singer Todrick Hall in this year’s commercial. During the spot, DeVito asks Hall, “Do you want to eat me?” – and Hall responds by shaking his head in disgust.
“We often collaborate with social influencers to create and share branded M&M’s content in their own colorful and fun way,” said Miazga-Bedrick. “This time, we flipped our approach and surprised Todrick Hall’s fans with an unexpected appearance in our Super Bowl LII commercial.”
Leading up to the big game, in the Super Bowl LII host city of Minneapolis, M&M’s will bring a Twitter-activated vending machine to the Super Bowl experience on Saturday, Feb. 3, to give fans a chance to view the new commercial and taste M&M’s chocolate candies. Additionally, cars on several Metro train lines will be wrapped in M&M’s branding leading up to the game.


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The glowing laptop accessory is meant to increase productivity in distracting open offices.
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21 Savage: All We Know about the Atlanta-Based Rapper
September 19, 2022
Yung Baby Tate, now known as Baby Tate, is a rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Her chosen career path was not accidental, as both her parents are musicians and their musical influence shaped her life.
Tate Sequoya Farris, known as Baby Tate, was born on May 13, 1996, into a musical household and chose to walk in her parent's footsteps.
The rapper's parents are deeply involved in the music and entertainment industry. In addition to being a Grammy Award-winning singer, Baby Tate's mother is also a songwriter, producer, and actress.
Baby Tate's father is also a singer and a songwriter and was featured on her mother's debut full-length album even before they conceived her. She revealed that her mother exposed her to different types of music that helped shape her musical taste and creativity.
At six, she attended her first tap dance recital, and by age ten, she played the piano, sang in the church choir, made jingles with her mother for fun, and attended performing arts schools.
When she turned 13, she could produce beats using the GarageBand app, and in 2015, she released the "ROYGBIV" EP. However, it was after the release of her sixth EP, "After The Rain," in December 2020, that Tate became a social media sensation.
In the EP, her second song, "I Am," featuring Flo Milli, gained popularity on social media due to its catchy chorus with the most viral self-affirmations.
She has since garnered over 500,000 Instagram followers and over 990,000 TikTok followers. Despite her success, Tate feels fans are sleeping on most of her songs.
Tate's father is David Ryan Harris, a singer, and songwriter in Los Angeles. He was born on April 19, 1968, in Evanston, US, and his music ranges in genre from R&B to folk.
He is a talented vocalist who plays the guitar, piano, drums, and more and has had the experience of being part of a band and a solo artist.
Tate's father is influenced by the writing style of Stevie Wonder and the melodic vibes of Paul McCartney and Prince. He has collaborated with DMB, Mariah Carey, Santana, and Tate's mother.
David has also worked with artists like Nelly as he was one of the writers on the rapper's top charting single "Just a Dream." Nelly released the single in 2010.
The single not only won the "Top Streaming Song’" at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards but also certified quadruple platinum in the US and Australia and platinum in the UK.
In June 2022, Tate's father received the APRA AMCOS Billions Award as the single he co-wrote, which Sony Music Publishing published, surpassed one billion streams.
Tate's mother, Dionne Farris, was born in New Jersey, US, on December 4, 1968. She is an R&B soul singer, actress, songwriter, and producer nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1996 Grammy Awards.
She grew up around music and was a fan of Diana Ross, whom she met at eight. Her focus shifted from taking dance lessons as a child to singing in her early teens.
After high school, Dionne entered and won the Miss Hemisphere Pageant in 1987 after singing Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love For You."
Dionne Farris at the BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors in Beverly Hills on February 17, 2017 | Source: Getty Images
In the early 1990s, she was part of the hip-hop group "Arrested Development" and featured on their hit single "Tennessee." She had a successful career and made it to the top of the music charts.
Around the same period, she wrote songs for TLC and sang background for Xscape and El Debarge. Dionne has also composed songs for movies like "The Truth About Cats & Dogs," "Love Jones," and "Cold Case."
Dionne Farris at the 7th Annual Black Music Honors in Atlanta on May 19, 2022 | Source: Getty Images
Tate Yung grew up seeing her mother's Grammy in their living room and wished to have one of hers up there too. Though she is yet to win a Grammy, her contributions to the "Revenge of the Dreamers III" album earned her a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
That same year, she announced a new partnership with Issa Rae's record label "Raedio." In 2021, she joined the "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" cast.
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Wideband Acoustical Holography (WBH), which is a monopole-based, equivalent source procedure (J. Hald, “Wideband Acoustical Holography,” INTER-NOISE 2014), has proven to offer accurate noise source visualization results in experiments with a simple noise source: e.g., a loudspeaker (T. Shi, Y. Liu, J.S. Bolton, ”The Use of Wideband Holography for Noise Source Visualization”, NOISECON 2016). From a previous study, it was found that the advantage of this procedure is the ability to optimize the solution in the case of an under-determined system: i.e., when the number of measurements is much smaller than the number of parameters that must be estimated in the model. In the present work, a diesel engine noise source was measured by using one set of measurements from a thirty-five channel combo-array placed in front of the engine. The noise source distribution was reconstructed at the front face of diesel engine and it was possible to successfully localize and visualize the major noise sources over a broad range of frequencies, even when using a relatively small number of microphones, as in this case.
Acoustical holography, Equivalent source method, Wideband acoustical holography, Diesel engine, Noise source identification
Acoustics and Noise Control
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Tongyang Shi, Yangfan Liu, J. Stuart Bolton, Frank Eberhardt and Warner Frazer, “Diesel Engine Noise Source Visualization with Wideband Acoustical Holography,” SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-1874, 2017, 7 pages. doi:10.4271/2017-01-1874.


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Meditation exercise is sought after to quiet the racing thoughts in your mind. It can produce a deep state of relaxation and tranquillity. The four earlier discussed practices included Alternate Nostril Breathing, The 100-Breaths Technique, Full Body Breath Scan and Lip- Touching Breathing.
Here are four simple practices to help you:
Walking Meditation: Though you can practice this any time you’re walking, you may want to find a peaceful place to stroll, in nature. If it’s safe to walk barefoot, this will give you a sense of being more connected to the earth. Stand with your spine straight, with your shoulders and arms relaxed, and take a few inhalations and exhalations to breathe in calming energy and breathe out tension. Now begin slowly moving forward and sync your breathing with your steps – right foot, inhale; left foot, exhale. Use all of your senses to fully experience where you are – the warm feeling of sun on your face, the soft sound of wind rustling leaves on trees. The goal is not to arrive at a destination; it’s simply to be present in the experience of walking.
Meditative Shower: It’s easy to let go of all other thoughts when you’re standing under a stream of water, set to the perfect temperature for you. Take this time to tune into your senses. Choose a soap you love so that the scent is intoxicating. Enjoy the sensation of the water on your skin, and feel it drip down your back, your calves, and your heels. Notice when you begin thinking about the day ahead (or behind you). Don’t judge the thoughts or yourself for having them. Instead, visualise them going down the drain and then
bring your focus back to the experience of cleansing your body and mind.
Chore Meditation: Whether you’re vacuuming, dusting or washing dishes, it can be your meditation if you immerse yourself completely in the activity. Washing dishes, for example, can be both satisfying and grounding. Feel the warm water on your hands; let yourself enjoy the experience of making something dirty clean again. Don’t think about finishing or what you’ll do when you’re done. Focus solely on the doing and see if you can find a sense of acceptance and presence in doing it slowly and well.
Mindful Eating: Instead of eating quickly with one eye on your food and the other on your phone, turn mealtime into meditation. It doesn’t take long to eat, so why not put everything aside and take this time for you? Your texts, emails, and social media pages will still be there when you’re done.
Breathe deeply and try to identify the different nuances of scent in each item on your plate. When you’re eating, take deep breaths between each bite, and think about your meal like a foodie, appreciating the different flavours and textures. If you find your thoughts wandering to things you’ve done or have to do, bring your attention to the feeling of the fork in your hand. Then breathe deeply, take a bite, and focus on savouring the food in front of you.
Any of these techniques can be incorporated into your day to begin to reap the benefits. And it really only takes five minutes, though you may be tempted to do more once you get started. Mindfulness just feels that good. In a world where it’s all too easy to get distracted and caught up in your thoughts and fears, there’s nothing quite as calming as a few moments of pure presence.

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New Emergency Operations Center open in time for hurricane season
Photo: Video by fox4now.com
LEE COUNTY, Fla. - The new Lee County Emergency Operations Center is the exact opposite of the previous one. It's spacious, technologically advanced and emergency management officials tell us it's ready to handle just about anything mother nature sends our way.
"Our goal is to get our community back to normal as quickly as we can," said Gerald Campbell, Lee County Emergency Operations Center, "By having all the key players under one roof, in a safe building, we make sure that happens more quickly."
The new emergency operations center is decked out with state of the art technology to help key decision makers do their jobs in an emergency.
"One day something bad will happen that requires more than local management and now we have the tools to do that," said Campbell.
Those tools range from advanced high speed internet to cutting-edge LED displays that allow emergency officials to manage briefings, hurricane tracking maps and satellite feeds simultaneously from the situation room.
The emergency operations center is as safe as it is advanced.
"Everything is engineered to be safe with 200 mile and hour wind speeds or better," said Campbell.
That's strong enough to withstand wind speeds higher than Hurricane Katrina or Andrew.
The building is also self sufficient for up to seven days; giving emergency officials the basic supplies they need like food, water, and power -- to weather the storm for up to a week.


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Directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong
As the female-focused action films that later became collectively called Jane Bond films evolved, other studios quickly jumped into the action to capitalize on the Black Rose/Connie Chan mania. Besides the already reviews Dark Heroine Trilogy, another entry is Gold Button. Gold Button features mysterious star So Ching and shows off some of the James Bond spy influences that helped shape a good number of the Jane Bond films. We have such wonderful things as doomsday weapons, an all-powerful secret gang, female agents, gunfights, punching, gangs of girls in swimsuits, dozens of nameless henchmen, a masked boss of the evil gang, spy gadgets, a film named after a flower/characters named after a flower, and stolen theme music (including the James Bond theme!)
Things get a bit more sleazy than the female-audience targeted Connie and Josephine flicks. Fanny Fan is naked in the back, while female characters are forced to disrobe and threatened with rape, and we see undies tossed on the floor. But even the sleaze is held back, the women wear one-piece swimsuits instead of bikinis! I am not sure if Mingxing Film Company is imitating 1966’s Golden Buddha with the extra sexiness, or if these films began production before Golden Buddha and it is ramping up things for another reason. Gwan Jing-Leung did the stunt work, and Wong To produced.
So Ching displays not nearly as much charm as Connie Chan and Josephine Siao in her appearances in front of the camera, probably due to her not growing up while making movies like those two. But she does have that beauty contest winner appeal and serious tone (contrasted by Fanny Fan playing the sexpot here!) After making several Jane Bond type films and a few other pictures, So Ching seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth. So Ching, if you have ever returned to Earth, please let us know!
Fanny Fan Lai started acting in 1957 after winning that often entry point into Hong Kong cinema, a beauty contest. Acting under the name Wan Li-Hong in Shaw’s Cantonese division, she failed to achieve much success until she joined Shaw Brothers’s Mandarin division as Fanny Fan, and became a star with 1959’s The Pink Murder. She became known as a sexpot and bad girl, probably best for her role in The Golden Buddha. Her nickname was the Oriental Brigitte Bardot. She retired from film in 1969.
As you can probably guess from the craptacular images included in this review, Gold Button is not available on in any sort of format you can find acceptable. I scored this from a Hong Kong tv broadcast someone uploaded to a Chinese YouTube site, complete with the station’s squashed picture due to the widescreen not being anamorphic. The uploader took it upon himself to blur out the station logo, so the top right of the screencaps look like someone smeared vasoline all over them. There is also a small segment of the film missing, and the very small compression on YouKu means if I blew the images up any larger than I have, they’ll just look like a bunch of blurry squares. As there is little information on Gold Button out there, it is currently unknown of the three other films So Ching made that feature many of the same cast are also part of this series or their own thing. TarsTarkas.NET will let you know the second someone uploads squashed tv recordings of the film for us to gawk at and write lame jokes.


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Recently released data from a national animal shelter study by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) shows a dramatic decrease in the euthanasia of homeless dogs and cats in U.S. shelters. According to the ASPCA
“an estimated 1.5 million companion animals are euthanized in U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year, a decrease from about 2.6 million estimated in 2011.”
An increase of 18.5% in national adoptions to the reduction in the euthanasia of homeless dogs and cats.
ASPCA Releases New Data Showing Remarkable Progress for Homeless Dogs & Cats (3.10.17)