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Eden Sessions concert: Snow Patrol
Rock superstars Snow Patrol will be making their long-awaited return to the Eden Sessions after their memorable sold-out gig in 2006, and will be joined by special guest Irish singer-songwriter Lucy Blue.
In 2020, Snow Patrol released the five-track EP The Fireside Sessions. The tracks were written in collaboration with the band’s fans as part of their Saturday livestreams and recorded during lockdown. All proceeds from sales and streaming downloads went to The Trussell Trust charity, who support a network of foodbanks in the UK.

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I know it’s only a few days until Halloween, but I think this decoration can carry you right through to Thanksgiving!
Last week, I was visiting home and my family and I created this with my mom. My mom is a librarian and the teen group at her branch did a craft very similar to this and she said they came out adorable. She grabbed a few books from the discard pile and this past weekend while I was visiting we made our own version of it.
A funny little back story- I was actually home visiting family because I was going to a friends wedding- and the wedding was library and fall themed, so we made one for her and it was such a hit with the bride and all the guests!
First, get yourself a book that you don’t mind destroying. Check the thrift store or your local library for some that are headed to the discard pile that way you aren’t ruining a good book! Make sure it’s fairly thick (At least an inch to an inch and a half) and soft covered. Begin by peeling off the cover and outside binding (leaving the pages intact on the edge).
Then, cut along the line- I grabbed between 5-10 sheets of paper at a time. You could use sharp scissors or an exacto knife. I found the scissors to work for majority of the cutting and then I used the exacto knife to trim away the curve near the binding.
Whew. Give yourself a hand massage now- you deserve it!
(Side note – if you have a band saw, you could cut this on there- after my mom and I cut through ours, my dad walked in and goes “you know you could have that done in seconds on the band saw…” and then he cut his own in seconds…)
Take your pumpkin outside (or into a well ventilated area), and paperclip the first and last few pages together. You may have to bend the spine of the book in several places in order to get the proper curve. Work with it- it’ll get there!
After it’s dry, spread a generous line of hot glue onto the spine, and curl it around to glue it permanently into the circular shape. You could also glue together the first and last pages, but our spine was fairly flexible so we didn’t have to do that.
Grab yourself a stick from outside, hot glue it on top and then tie a ribbon around the stem to finish it off! We used an orange ribbon here, but green would look cute as well, as it could simulate a leaf.Here it is displayed at my friends wedding:

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Assessment of Trade-offs Among Urban Delivery Vehicles
C A Torres Cruz, Federal Highways Agency; X Ban, Jose Holguin Veras, Rensselaar Polytechnic Institute, US
The objective of this research is to study and analyze the tradeoffs between single unit trucks and heavy trucks in urban areas.
Effective intermodal corridor management, as its name suggests, must be aimed at ensuring the most economically use of the existing network. However, in order to achieve a quasi or optimal use, transportation agencies must be aware of the economic costs and benefits associated with the traffic of the different vehicle classes.
In the case of commercial freight traffic, there is widespread misconception about the relative economic and environmental impact of single unit trucks vs. heavy trucks. As it is widely known, a heavy truck generates more pollution and congestion than a single unit truck which is an obvious consequence of its larger size. However, what it is not frequently taken into account is that if the amount of cargo to be transported by each truck type is the same, heavy trucks are more efficient than single unit trucks. This leads to a situation in which, although the contribution to congestion and pollution of an individual small truck is smaller than the one for a semi-trailer, their total impact is larger because of the larger number.
The objective of this research is to study and analyze the tradeoffs between single unit trucks and heavy trucks in urban areas. This was accomplished by conducting micro-simulation, statistical modeling, economic valuation and optimization of a real world urban network. Micro simulations captured the tradeoffs of these traffic combinations in terms of levels of pollution, total travel time, and vehicle miles traveled for a typical urban area. Using the data obtained from micro-simulation, externality models were generated to assess the tradeoffs between different vehicle classes. Valuation of the externalities was used to complement the externality models to produce cost models that quantify cost of externalities. Finally, an optimization formulation was developed to find the tradeoffs among different vehicles classes in order to minimize the costs incurred by these vehicles. The analyses provide the basis to compute optimal traffic flows by minimizing cost of externalities (e.g. pollution, congestion and pavement deterioration).
The optimization model indicates that as the payload of a single unit truck is 3/5 of the payload for a heavy truck, then any type of truck will be optimal to use. However if the payload of a single unit truck is larger than 3/5 of the payload for a heavy truck then single unit trucks are optimal, otherwise heavy trucks are the best option to minimize social costs. This study contributes to understanding interactions of pollution, congestion and multimodal traffic in a urban network, which has significant implications for, transportation, energy security and the environment and externalities and pricing of transportation services.
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Google culls research projects to cut costs
Stephen Foley is a former Associate Business Editor of The Independent, based in New York. He left in August 2012. In a decade at the paper, he covered personal finance, the UK stock market and the pharmaceuticals industry, and had also been the Business section's share tipster. Between arriving with three suitcases in Manhattan in January 2006 and his departure, he witnessed and reported on a great economic boom turning spectacularly to bust. In March 2009, he was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.
Thursday 24 November 2011
Google is pulling the plug on another half-dozen research projects, including an attempt to improve the efficiency of solar power, in the third round of cost cuts since founder Larry Page became chief executive earlier this year.
The RE<C project, Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal, will be axed along with Google Wave, a once-promising instant messaging service, Knol, Google's answer to Wikipedia, and a string of other programmes. The company called the closures "spring cleaning, out of season".
Perturbed by rising costs, Wall Street investors have been calling on Google to rationalise its sprawling portfolio of research projects, which range from funding for green energy and space travel to in-house development of robots and self-driving cars.
The company has long allowed its engineers to work part of their time on long-term and potentially world-changing ideas. Some of these projects may turn into lucrative businesses in the future, managers hope, and in the meanwhile they make Google a magnet for some of the top talent in Silicon Valley.
However, Mr Page said at the time of his elevation to the chief executive job in April that he would prune projects that had the least chance of success.
Announcing the latest cuts on the company's blog, Google's senior vice-president of operations, Urs Hölzle, said: "We're in the process of shutting a number of products which haven't had the impact we'd hoped for, integrating others as features into our broader product efforts, and ending several which have shown us a different path forward."
Several of the projects in the latest cull had already been deprioritised by Google, including Wave and Google Gears, which had allowed app developers to create smartphone software based on Google products.
In 2009, the company's so-called green energy tsar, Bill Weihl, told Reuters that he expected to demonstrate working technology that could produce renewable energy at a cheaper price than coal, and said it was "even odds" that the technology would be ready in three years. Mr Weihl left Google earlier this month.
- 1 Nigel Farage: Me vs Russell Brand on Question Time – he's got the chest hair but where are his ideas?
- 2 Harry Potter fans can apply to the Hogwarts-inspired College of Wizardry
- 3 Jessica Chambers: 19-year-old woman 'doused with lighter fluid and burned alive' in the US
- 4 Russell Brand calls Nigel Farage 'poundshop Enoch Powell' in BBC Question Time debate
- 5 Orange Wednesdays are no more
Weather bomb in pictures: Storms cuts power for tens of thousands – and snow is on the way
Jessica Chambers: 19-year-old woman 'doused with lighter fluid and burned alive' in the US
Russell Brand calls Nigel Farage 'poundshop Enoch Powell' in BBC Question Time debate
Russell Brand was rendered speechless on Question Time by this man
Fury at Airbus after it hints the super-jumbo may be mothballed
Disgruntled RBS worker writes hilarious open letter to Russell Brand after anti-capitalist publicity stunt leaves him hungry
Shock poll shows voters believe Ukip is to the left of the Tories
Nigel Farage's approval rating hits 'record low' as popularity suffers in wake of Ukip sex scandal
Ukip candidate jokes about 'shooting peasants' in racist and homophobic rant
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The future of video is changing. Virtual reality is taking over gaming industries and it won’t be long before it will conquer Hollywood as well. The options of VR are endless and the virtual experience will become more and more lifelike with several companies developing 360 headsets, better cameras camera’s and even virtual reality chairs. How cool would it be if instead of listening to your history teacher blab about the history of Greece, you could actually visit ancient Greece. Being immersed into an alternative world seems like the ultimate entertainment dream. For those of you who are new to virtual reality, and also for those who are VR-guru’s, we have selected the top-3 360 videos of November that you have to watch!
Life is not always fair and sometimes the one concert you really, really wanted to go to sold out before you managed to get your hands on a ticket. get your hands on tickets. Watching crappy fan-made videos afterwards just doesn’t cut it. The future of video Virtual reality is changing that. Now you can experience the concert 360 degrees and even sing along really hard without having to be embarrassed. Not only live concerts are being captured in 360 videos, some artists are recording their music videos in 360 as well. The Weeknd is one of the first artist who made one of these videos, 360 and totally awesome.
We have been talking a lot about the options of virtual reality in entertainment, however there are so many more possibilities. The New York Times made a virtual reality app which is a 100 percent free and it is called NYT VR. With the app you can watch the documentary: The Displaced. This documentary, shot in 360, is about the life of three refugee children. The New York Times aspires to raise awareness to the problem of 30 million children who have lost their homes due to war. Jake Silverstein elaborated on the new film saying “By creating a 360-degree environment that encircles the viewer, virtual reality creates the experience of being present within distant worlds, making it uniquely suited to projects, like this one, that speak to our senses of empathy and community.”
And now the absolute must see video, especially if you have always dreamed of being an astronaut, the Apollo 11 VR demo. You can re-live Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. The demo was constructed with old video footage and audio recordings from NASA’s archive. The journey was created by virtualrealityreviewer.com and VR developer Drash. Currently a Kickstarter campaign is running for more of these outer space experiences in which the past gets mixed with the future through historical events.
You don’t need a Oculus Rift to experience any of these awesome 360 videos, a Google cardboard works pretty great as well. From now on YouTube will support VR as well so you can experience virtual reality on demand. “YouTube is about democratizing. It’s about bringing this kind of video to everyone.” – says Kurt Wilms, YouTube VR senior product manager. If you live in the Netherlands and you are dying to get on one of these VR-experiences asap, it is your lucky day. &samhoud media is organizing multiple VR pop-up cinemas throughout the country and there are still some tickets available. You can buy your way into a whole new world here


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It was a slow, painful awakening to realize last week that I have post-traumatic stress disorder.
He may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, though there is no proof of this yet.
For instance, people who have post-traumatic stress disorder suffer from excessively vivid and recurrent traumatic memories.
The Nashville, Tenn., VA had denied his disability claim for post-traumatic stress disorder.
The conversation turned to MDMA, and its use in treating veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ross says many of the children he met suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma.
A modern name for it might be post-traumatic stress disorder.
The illness is related to post-traumatic stress disorder, because it is also believed to be the result of some kind of trauma.
More than 15 percent of the population, he estimates, suffers from some form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
He is the author of The Evil Hours: A Biography of post-traumatic stress disorder (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
posttraumatic stress disorder n.
An anxiety disorder affecting individuals who have experienced profound emotional trauma, such as torture, rape, military combat, or a natural disaster, characterized by recurrent flashbacks of the traumatic event, nightmares, eating disorders, anxiety, fatigue, forgetfulness, and social withdrawal. Also called posttraumatic stress syndrome.
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A psychological disorder affecting individuals who have experienced or witnessed profoundly traumatic events, such as torture, murder, rape, or wartime combat, characterized by recurrent flashbacks of the traumatic event, nightmares, irritability, anxiety, fatigue, forgetfulness, and social withdrawal.
A psychological disorder in which a person continues to respond with distress to a traumatic event long after that event has occurred. The affected person may reexperience the event in their thoughts or dreams and exhibit a heightened state of arousal characteristic of extreme stress. Combat and rape are two of the most common causes of this disorder.
Note: PTSD was formalized as a disorder after the Vietnam War, when returning soldiers would often continue to show the signs of stress long after they had left the military.

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I think I first heard of Keanu Reeves in 1989 with the release of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. He had been in a handful of other films in the years leading up to his time travel adventure, but this was his first real hit. It was also a major contributing factor to many people always thinking of him as a bit of a surfer dude. A year before Bill and Ted, however, someone saw fit to cast him as more of a geek in 1988’s The Night Before.
As the film opens we are introduced to Winston Connelly (Reeves), an awkward high school student on prom night. He’s dressed in his bright blue tux, unfortunately, he’s nowhere near the prom. He’s stuck in the inner city with no money, no car, and he’s lost his date, Tara (Lori Loughlin). A large portion of the first half of the movie takes place in a series of flashbacks. We see how Winston only landed his date with the popular Tara because she lost a bet, the penalty for which was to go to the prom with a nerd. We also see Winston meet Tara’s protective cop dad (Michael Greene). Then we see how Winston managed to get the couple lost on the way to the prom. The two then end up in a seedy bar. However, the band at the establishment is led by the likes of George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, so it ain’t all bad.
When Winston returns to the empty bar, remember what we just saw was a flashback, he gets some help from a waitress he met earlier named Rhonda (Theresa Saldana) who helps him piece things together. It turns out that in a semi-drunken state, Winston accidentally sold Tara to a pimp named Tito (Trinidad Silva). Now Winston needs to get her back, but it turns out that she has been swapped by several nasty characters throughout the night. However, Winston is able to rescue her from a seedy hotel where she’s handcuffed to a bed. All that remains now is a final showdown with Tito and his gang.
The Night Before definitely takes some time to hit its stride. The abundance of flashbacks in the first half of the film is very confusing at first. In the first 20 minutes or so I wondered if Winston was actually “unstuck in time” Slaughterhouse Five style because it just wasn’t clear what I was watching. The film ends up abandoning the flashback format about halfway through, so I’m not sure why the writers even felt the need to go there in the first place. The film would’ve played out perfectly well were it done with a more linear structure from the start. Once the film drops the flashback gimmick it actually becomes much more entertaining. In some ways the film feels a bit like a teen version of Martin Scorsese’s 1985 film After Hours.
The film does manage a few mildly comedic moments, however as the film progresses it does try to pull laughs from some pretty dark places. For example, when Winston goes to rescue Tara he finds her in her underwear, handcuffed to a bed frame, about to be raped by a fat man before he sells her into sexual slavery in another country. Not exactly a scenario I would say has high potential for comedy gold. Though all you Full House fans who crushed on Aunt Becky will probably relish the opportunity to see her in her skivvies.
Despite the problems with the story, the cast does a solid job and helps keep the audience at least somewhat invested. It is interesting to note that both Reeves and Loughlin are playing against type, and pull it off pretty well. Reeves made more of a name for himself as the surfer dude type, so it’s unusual to see him as the vice president of the astronomy club. As for Loughlin, I’ve always thought of her as one of the ultimate 80’s nice girls. It’s a little strange to see her as a mean girl, but she makes it work and still manages to soften a bit by the end of the flick.
The Night Before is far from standing alongside the films that reside in the pantheon of 80’s teen movies. It tries some unique storytelling techniques and ends up struggling a bit. It still ends up being mildly entertaining with some nice performances from the leads. And hey, it’s got funky George Clinton music…what’s not to like about that?

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April 5, 2010 in General
Bloghorn is pleased to see that Royston Robertson, one of our writers, is the new cartoonist of the month at Prospect magazine. You can read the interview with him here. Fittingly it was published on April 1st. Along with many of his colleagues from the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation, Royston will be taking part in the upcoming Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival towards the end of April.


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The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a “windfall” from Medicare’s coverage of dual eligibles in the Part D drug program, according to a news report.
Companies are benefiting from the transfer of drug coverage for dual eligible beneficiaries from state Medicaid programs to the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The new benefit exempts Part D drugs from “best price” price rebates. Before the implementation of the drug benefit, drug makers were required to give these rebates to state Medicaid programs.
Without the rebates, the annual cost to states for drugs for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid would have been about 25% higher, said Stephen Schondelmeyer, a professor of pharmaceutical economics at the University of Minnesota.

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ANCILLOTTI - THE CHAIN GOES ON (Pure Steel Records)
The Italian band Strana Officina is probably the first Italian Heavy Metal band that was capable to become a legendary band. The brothers Fabio and Roberto Cappanera used to play in their fathers garage and their debut album ‘Rock’n Roll Prisoners’ can also be found in my personal record collection; Despite a car accident on July 23rd, 1993 both brothers died and the future of Strana Officina was compromised. The urge to continue was present and Rolando (drums) and son of Roberto and Dario Cappanera (guitars), nephew of Fabio and Roberto kept the spirit alive. All those years, they had a charismatic vocalist called Daniele ‘Bud’ Ancillotti who wanted to start a band on its own as well. Daniele teamed up with his brother Sandro ‘Bid’ Ancillotti and since 2009 the band Ancillotti was formed!
Bid’s son Brian Antillotti was recruited as a drummer and together with guitar player Luciano ‘Ciano’ Toscani, the lineup was completed. After the necessary rehearsals, the band entered the recording studio for a first effort, called ‘Down This Road Together’. This EP was released in September 2012, and contained four songs with a total duration of almost 20 minutes. Those that want to complete their collection will be happy to hear that those four tracks are featured on this debut album as well. ‘The Chain Goes On’ is released at the end of February 2014 and the 11 tracks take a total time of 45 minutes. The quartet is ready to revive the great Strana Officiana times again, and hope that this ‘family’ metal act will score success abroad Italy as well.
After the intro and the mentioned ‘lift off’, the first single of ‘The Chain Goes On’ is blowing your speakers with the metal hymn ‘Bang Your Head’. Those that want to check this song out, here is a link and prepare yourself to raise your fist in the air and prepare to do what the title of this track is commanding! ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhL92l6Ua0 ). My personal favorite song in this album is called ‘Devil Inside’ as it has all ingredients to get your neck muscles at work!
The music of Ancillotti isn’t technical at all, but it’s honest and straight from the heart; The songs have a low threshold to find out where the amusement part is, so we can easily say that Ancillotti is pure Heavy Metal with a nostalgic feeling to the 80’s. Probably, it might be a little dated for the new metalheads anno 2014, but have one thing in mind, as this is the origin of nowadays metal. Without bands like Strana Officina and nowadays Ancillotti, most of the millennium metal acts wouldn’t exist. This is the source, the cradle and the nascency of Heavy Metal, and they can be proud on their result. The band proves it all: some long approved methods are simply the best !
My rating: 84 / 100
95+ : Outstanding, high valued albums & Classic Ones… a direct purchase is advisable !
Between 90 and 95: Surpasses the style of music, must be heard/ordered by every Metal fan
Between 80 and 89: Good in its own genre, recommended for those hooked on it
Between 70 and 79: Decent but best previewing
Between 60 and 69: Rather moderate
Between 50 and 59: Bad, substandard
50- : Rubbish


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Gov. Larry Hogan makes final budget pitch — not to overspend
Outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan, with about a month left of his term, is pitching Governor-elect Wes Moore on some priority items for the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Hogan cautioned Moore and the Democrat-led General Assembly against overspending, during a Thursday press conference.
The state is expected to enter the 2024 fiscal year with a record surplus of more than $2 billion and nearly $3 billion in the Rainy Day Fund. Keeping that money in savings is “critically important,” Hogan said, pointing to inflation levels and economic uncertainty.
“It would be a mistake for the legislature to use its newly expanded budgetary power to return to the old habits of raiding the Rainy Day Fund or recklessly spending down the surplus,” Hogan said.
Among his budgetary priorities, Hogan highlighted funding for non-public schools and the state’s school voucher program, state parks, rental housing and homeownership assistance programs.
He proposed $220 million to help healthcare institutions such as the University of Maryland Medical System, Meritus Health, Sheppard Pratt and the Kennedy Krieger Institute to expand capacity.
And he emphasized continued funding of his three-year, $500 million police funding initiative. The goal is to "help recruit and retain more quality officers, to increase diversity, expand community policing efforts, improve training, to teach better de-escalation techniques, and to provide body cams and other technology and equipment upgrades for state and local police.”
Moore can make changes to the proposed fiscal 2024 budget before sending it to the legislature next month. Then the legislature can make cuts and — for the first time — move money around.


Arguably the use of an AGM battery is the best choice for an
installation in the Caravan, camping and off-road industry. It is, of
course, personal preference of what type of battery an individual
decides to fit to their caravan, motor home or camper trailer; however
it is in the opinion of “Home of 12 Volt” that the technology offered by
an AGM battery is the best suited in the circumstances encountered in
AGM stand for “absorbed glass matt”. A basic explanation of an AGM cell
is this: The cell is divided into 6 separate 2 volt cells, linked
together to produce a 12 volt battery. Each 2 volt cell is divided using
heavy duty ABS plastic. Within each 2 volt cell there are lead plates
which are again separated using “glass matt” sponges; these glass matt
sponges absorb the sulphuric acid (hence the name absorbed glass matt).
Essentially this means that the battery is a “bonded design”,
strengthening the battery for use on corrugated roads or rough terrain.
All batteries release gasses when under charge, however; AGM
batteries are VRLA (Valve-regulated lead-acid battery), this means that
instead of releasing gasses into the air when charging, the battery will
instead open “valves” between each cell and transfer gasses to the next
cell). This essentially means that under normal charging conditions
(with an approved and suitable charger) the battery will not release
dangerous gases into the air.
In summary, the AGM battery is leak proof, maintenance free, heat
resistant, vibration resistant and can be used on any side (even upside
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Whilst the Redback Extreme is not designed as a primary cranking
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the Redback Extreme (either 100 Ah or 120 Ah) as the secondary battery. Due to design of the heavier internal plates within the Extreme battery, it allows for rapid discharge and recharge of heavy draw appliances to be continually used.
Due to the internal characteristics of the battery, the Redback
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Discharge Rate Ah Capacity
20 Hour Rate 128 Ah
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A method of testing the individual locks of raw wool. This is done by holding the two ends of a lock of wool and pulling your hands quickly apart. There should be a audible snapping sound — but no damage to the lock.
This is also done, on a very different scale, with a just-washed skein of yarn. For this situation, put your arms through a skein and ‘pop’ the skein. This will even out most kinks in the skein.
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If you’re looking for a simple and elegant stitch pattern, look no further than seed stitch. This classic knitting technique is perfect for beginners and produces a beautiful textured fabric. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to knit seed stitch step-by-step.
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Introduction to seed stitch
Seed stitch is a basic knitting stitch that is easy to learn and can be used to create a variety of textures in your knitting projects. Seed stitch is worked over an even number of stitches and consists of alternating knit and purl stitches. When worked over multiple rows, seed stitch creates a lovely textured fabric that looks like tiny seeds scattered across the surface.
The benefits of seed stitch
Seed stitch is a great beginners knitting stitch because it is easy to learn and it creates a beautiful, textured fabric. Seed stitch is worked over an even number of stitches and consists of alternately knit and purl stitches. The beauty of this stitch lies in its simplicity – the knit and purl stitches combine to create a lovely texture that is perfect for both garments and accessories.
The best yarns for seed stitch
The best yarns for seed stitch are those that are sturdy and have a good amount of texture. This will help the stitches to stand out and give them extra definition. A worsted weight yarn is a good choice, as is a wool or wool blend.
The best needles for seed stitch
There are two types of needle that you can use for seed stitch – straight needles or circular needles. If you are using straight needles, then you will need to knit one row and then purl the next. If you are using circular needles, then you can knit all of the stitches in one go.
The best needles to use for seed stitch are bamboo or wooden needles. These materials are smooth and slippery, which makes them ideal for knitting this type of stitch. Metal needles can also be used, but they can be more difficult to work with as they can be very slippery.
How to cast on for seed stitch
Seed stitch is a basic knitting stitch that gives fabric a bumpy, textured look. It’s made by alternating between knit and purl stitches on every row. You can use seed stitch to make all sorts of things, from blankets to sweaters to dishcloths.
To knit seed stitch, you’ll need to know how to cast on and how to knit and purl stitches. Once you’ve mastered those basics, you’re ready to get started!
To cast on for seed stitch, start by making a slipknot on your needle. Then, insert your needle into the loop of the slipknot and pull up a loop of yarn. Put this loop onto your needle and tighten it slightly. You’ve now made your first two stitches!
To begin seed stitch, alternate between knit and purl stitches on each row. So, if you start with a knit stitch on the first row, work a purl stitch on the second row. Then, alternate between knit and purl stitches again on the third row. Continue in this pattern until you’ve reached the desired width for your project.
How to knit seed stitch
The seed stitch is a basic knitting stitch that gives a textured finish to your projects. It’s easy to knit and can be worked on any number of stitches, making it a great choice for beginners. Seed stitch is often used for borders, as it has a nice finished look.
To knit the seed stitch, you will alternate betweenknit and purl stitches across the row. On the following row, you will reverse the stitches, so that theknit stitches become purl stitches and vice versa. This simple pattern is easy to remember and will give your project a nice texture.
How to bind off for seed stitch
To bind off in seed stitch, work the first 2 stitches as follows:
knit 1, then slip this stitch over the second stitch and off the needle;
purl 1, then slip this stitch over the next stitch and off the needle.
Common seed stitch mistakes
Common seed stitch mistakes can be easily avoided with a little bit of knowledge. One common mistake is using the wrong size needle. Seed stitch is typically worked on a smaller needle than the gauge or tension of the project calls for. This results in a denser, firmer fabric that is less elastic and more difficult to knit.
Another common mistake is not working the stitches evenly. When knitting seed stitch, it is important to alternate between knit and purl stitches on each row. If you consistently knit or purl all of the stitches in a row, your fabric will not have the distinctive seed stitch texture.
Finally, many knitters make the mistake of thinking that seed stitch is automatically reversible. However, this is not the case. If you want your fabric to be reversible, you must pay close attention to which direction you are working each row. For example, if you are knitting a right-handed seed stitch fabric, you would work a right-handed purl stitch on every odd-numbered row.
How to fix seed stitch mistakes
To fix a mistake in seed stitch, simply pick up the dropped stitch and knit it together with the next stitch, as if they were one stitch. This will close any hole that was created when the stitch was dropped, and will also blend the stitches together so that the mistake is not as noticeable.
Advanced seed stitch techniques
If you’re looking to add a bit of texture to your knitting, seed stitch is a great way to do it. Seed stitch is made up of little clusters of “seeds” (or stitches), and by varying the number of stitches in each cluster, you can create all sorts of different textures.
Here are some advanced techniques for working seed stitch:
increasing and decreasing:
To increase in seed stitch, work 2 stitches into the same stitch. To decrease, work 2 stitches together as if you were knitting or purling them together.
creating diagonal lines:
To create diagonal lines of seed stitch, you’ll need to increase or decrease at the beginning and end of each row. For example, if you want to create a diagonal line that slopes down from left to right, you would increase at the beginning of odd-numbered rows and decrease at the end of even-numbered rows.
working in the round:
When working seed stitch in the round, you’ll need to use a technique called “fake purling.” To fake purl a stitch, insert your needle into the next stitch as if you were going to purl it, but don’t actually wrap the yarn around the needle. Instead, just let the yarn sit there on top of the needle. Then knit (or purl) the next stitch as usual and drop the fake purled stitch off the needle.


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New research now underway could virtually eliminate the use of freshwater in extracting bitumen from Alberta's oilsands.
By adapting existing technology, a University of Alberta associate professor and researcher believes that she can change the way bitumen, a thick, tar-like form of petroleum, is recovered, while at the same time making the industry more environmentally friendly.
And it all boils down to decaffeinated coffee - or at least the process behind it: Supercritical fluid extraction.
"Cleaning up contaminated soil using supercritical fluid is something that I've been working on for several years," says Selma Guigard, an associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the U of A.
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|University of Alberta associate professor Selma Guigard is in the early stages of developing a method that would cut down the use of fresh- water in extracting bitumen from the oilsands.|
"If I can extract petroleum products from contaminated soil, then I should be able to extract bitumen from oilsands."
Supercritical fluid extraction uses a fluid that is neither liquid nor gas but has intermediate properties of liquids and gases.
Guigard brings carbon dioxide past a certain temperature pressure so that it becomes a supercritical fluid. At that point, it has the right properties for extraction.
"There's been some work done in the literature, but nobody really followed through fully in the past because there were concerns that it could never work on a large scale," says Guigard. "Now technology has advanced so much ... that people are no longer worried that it can't be feasible at such a large scale."
She adds one example of successful supercritical fluid extraction on a large commercial scale is Maxwell House, which uses the technology in the decaffeination of coffee.
If Guigard is right - her research is in its early stages - she hopes to cut down dramatically the amount of freshwater used to remove gooey bitumen from the oilsands.
"We use lot of water to extract bitumen from the oilsands," she says. "We use between two to five barrels of freshwater for one barrel of oil or bitumen. With the technique I use, we would use much less to no water."
Guigard also thinks that the water remaining in existing tailings ponds - a byproduct of the bitumen extraction process - could be recycled and used if her method is adopted, instead of using continuous new supplies of fresh water.
The energy industry is very aware of the environmental concerns surrounding the oilsands, including the use of water, the release of greenhouse gas emissions and impacts on the land, says Brian Maynard, vice-president of stewardship and public affairs for the Calgary-based Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
Any technology that allows the industry to reduce its environmental impact is of interest, he adds.
"This is one of many technologies that are being pursued," says Maynard. "There may not be any one technology (solution). One technology may work better in one situation; another technology may work better in a different project."
However, he is confident such research will eventually produce the answers oilsands firms are seeking, and notes the industry has a long track record of research and innovation.
"Fifty years ago, the oilsands were not able to be developed from a technology perspective," Maynard says. "Since that time, the industry has committed a lot of brains and money to crack the technology to allow it to be developed on an economical basis.
"And I'm personally convinced it will be able to address the environmental concerns through the application of technology."
But it's not just preservation of water that has Guigard pumped about her research. Other potential benefits await, such such as changing the nature of the tailings ponds, which in turn could save wildlife.
"The important thing is this unfortunate event - the recent death of about 500 ducks that landed in an oilsands tailings pond with most dying after being covered in the oily residue - has basically made people, industry and government realize we need to do something about these tailings ponds," says Guigard.
"We can't just continue with the status quo. We need to investigate new technologies and new waterless technologies or technologies that use substantially less water."
While Guigard's work wouldn't eliminate tailings, it would make them less attractive to some wildlife as there would be no watery-like pond.
She adds it's too early to say how long it might take for her research to become a practical application in the oilsands. Such technology would be more costly when compared to existing extraction methods, with Guigard estimating a cost of $20 per barrel as opposed to the current $8 to $15 a barrel.
"We're looking for funding this for this," she adds. "We've done some preliminary modeling and some extractions and we're looking for funding to go to a full-fledged program. We've approached a few companies, but we haven't been able to secure the funding yet."
Guigard is working in collaboration with Warren Stiver, a University of Guelph professor and NSERC chair in environmental design engineering.
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Versalift lightweight launch
04 April 2018
Time International is set to introduce a new lightweight series of Versalift vehicle mounted platforms at the Intermat exhibition in Paris, taking place during April.
The new Versalift Telescopic Light (VTL) series merges the boom design of the manufacturer’s Versalift VT series with the low weight of its Versalift ETL series. The result of this fusion is a brand new, lightweight telescopic platform series for light commercial vans, chassis and pick-ups available with a standard class B driving licence.
“With the VTL, we once again set out to push the boundaries in the industry and design the best possible vehicle-mounted platform for installation on light 3.5 t vehicles, and I am happy to say that we have done just that,” said Per Cæsar Torp, sales director at Time International.
The new Versalift VTL features ultra-high strength steel booms in a formed profile, designed for maximum rigidity and ultra-smooth operations in the bucket.
Compared with the existing lightweight Versalift ETL, the new all-steel turret of the VTL is both bigger and more rigid, which, in turn, increases the length of the boom and improves the working envelope of the entire platform. These improvements result in a significant improvement in working height and lateral outreach, said the company.
Structurally, the VTL is very strong despite its low weight supporting a bucket capacity of up to 265kg, (although a 265kg bucket capacity only is offered on vans and trucks with a GVW of at least 5 tonne for stability reasons).
The Versalift VTL is compatible with existing Versalift ETL and ETM vehicle installations from the roof downwards as it uses many of the same mounting components. Due to this compatibility, the VTL is already available in a range of sizes and configurations for several popular commercial vans, chassis and pick-ups including the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Renault Master, Ford Transit, Iveco Daily and Ford Ranger.
The Versalift VTL is designed and manufactured in Europe and all booms are powder coated in full compliance with the C3 ISO standard to withstand the often harsh changing seasons in Europe.
Both the boom and the turret feature a clean design with no exposed components or plastic covers for low life-cycle costs and easy maintenance.
Despite all the innovations, the new Versalift VTL series does not compromise the crucial leftover payload as it actually weighs slightly less than a similar Versalift ETL installation and significantly less than a similar Versalift ETM installation.
For safety, the spread of the A-frame outriggers and the tail swing of the new turret are kept within the mirrors of the vehicle for optimum performance without compromising safety.
In addition, the valve bank is mounted at the pedestal for safe, ground level emergency descent operation.


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The opinion of the court was delivered by: Harry S. Mattice, Jr. United States District Judge
Plaintiff H. Cameron MacManus initially filed this action in the Chancery Court of Bledsoe County, Tennessee against Defendants Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority d/b/a Erlanger Hospital and Bledsoe County, Tennessee alleging breach of contract, procurement of a breach of contract in violation of Tenn. Code § 46-50-109, tortious interference with Plaintiff's contractual relationships, and interference with Plaintiff's prospective business advantages. (Court Doc. 1-2.) Defendant removed the case to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. (Court Doc. 1-1.)
Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Remand [Court Doc. 20]. For the reasons explained below, Plaintiff's Motion to Remand will be GRANTED.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The facts, as recited below, are not in dispute.
Plaintiff is an osteopathic physician licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee. (Court Doc. 1-2 ("Complaint"), ¶ 1.) Defendant Bledsoe County is a governmental subdivision of the State of Tennessee which owns Bledsoe County Hospital, d/b/a Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital ("Erlanger-Bledsoe"), which is a 25-bed acute care hospital located in Pikeville, Tennessee. (Id. ¶ 3.) Defendant Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, d/b/a Erlanger Health System ("Erlanger"), is a governmental hospital authority located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Id. ¶ 2; Court Doc. 4 ("Answer"), ¶ 2.) Erlanger is the lessee and operator of Erlanger-Bledsoe. (Answer ¶ 3.)
Plaintiff is board-certified in family medicine and has had medical staff privileges at Erlanger-Bledsoe since 1994. (Id. ¶ 5.) On March 5, 2008, Plaintiff received a letter from Dr. James W. Kennedy, notifying him that his medical staff privileges at Erlanger, including his privileges to admit patients to Erlanger-Bledsoe, had been suspended. (Id. ¶ 6.) The stated basis for this suspension was an audit of a number of Plaintiff's patients' charts. (Id.; Complaint ¶ 6.) Dr. Kennedy's letter relied upon certain provisions of the Erlanger Staff Bylaws. (Complaint ¶ 7; Answer ¶ 7.)
On March 28, 2008, Plaintiff filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of Bledsoe County claiming that the suspension of his medical privileges constituted a breach of contract, procurement of breach of contract in violation of Tenn. Code § 46-50-109, tortious interference with his contractual relationships, and interference with his prospective business advantages. (Complaint ¶¶ 11-14.) Plaintiff requested injunctive relief to restore his privileges, an award of damages, and attorney's fees. (Id. at 4-5.)
Defendants removed the case to this Court on April 24, 2008. (Court Doc. 1.) Plaintiff then filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Issuance of Show Cause Order and the Court set a hearing on Plaintiff's motion for May 12, 2008. (Court Docs. 3,5.) At the hearing on Plaintiff's preliminary injunction motion, the Court sua sponte raised the issue of whether it has subject matter jurisdiction over this case. After hearing brief argument from both parties, the Court recessed the hearing to afford the parties an opportunity to file briefs on that issue. Plaintiff filed a Motion to Remand and a supporting memorandum on May 13, 2008 [Court Docs. 20, 21] and Erlanger responded on May 15, 2008 [Court Doc. 22]. Defendant Bledsoe County represented to the Court at the hearing that it has no position on whether this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action and will defend in either forum.
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Walburn v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 431 F.3d 966, 970 (6th Cir. 2005); Hudson v. Coleman, 347 F.3d 138, 141 (6th Cir. 2003). Accordingly, "it is presumed that a cause lies outside this limited jurisdiction, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction." Hudson, 347 F.3d at 141.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), a civil action brought in state court may be removed to federal court if the federal court has original jurisdiction over the matter. Federal courts have original jurisdiction over "all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treatises of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
Defendants removed this case because they contend that it "require[s] the resolution of a substantial question of federal law (i.e., whether a proper 'professional review action' was conducted by Defendant pursuant to the [Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ('HCQIA')])." (Court Doc. 1 at 2.) Defendant*fn1 argues that "[a]lthough not expressly pled in Plaintiff's complaint, a federal question is nonetheless both intrinsic and central to Plaintiff's causes of action." (Id. at 4.)
A. Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule
"To determine whether the claim arises under federal law, we examine the 'well pleaded' allegations of the complaint and ignore potential defenses[.]" Beneficial Nat'l Bank v. Anderson, 539 U.S. 1, 6 (2003). Even "a defense that relies on the preclusive effect of a prior federal judgment or the pre-emptive effect of a federal statute will not provide a basis for removal." Id. (citations omitted).
It is undisputed that, Plaintiff has not raised, on the face of his complaint, a federal question. Plaintiff's claims are based solely on state law. See, e.g., Kadinger v. Wayne Chemical, Inc., 56 F.3d 64 (6th Cir. 1995) (breach of contract is a state law claim). Accordingly, Plaintiff's complaint does not facially raise an issue of federal law that would confer subject matter jurisdiction on the Court.
B. Exceptions to the Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule
There are, however, limited exceptions to the "well-pleaded complaint" rule. One exception is the artful-pleading doctrine, which states that a plaintiff may not "avoid removal jurisdiction by artfully casting their essentially federal law claims as state-law claims." Federated Dep't Stores, Inc. v. Moitie, 452 U.S. 394, 397 n. 2 (1981) (quotation marks, citations, and edits omitted). A related exception is the complete-preemption doctrine, which states that removal is proper "when a federal statute wholly displaces the state-law cause of action through complete pre-emption." Beneficial Nat'l Bank v. Anderson, 539 U.S. 1, 8 (2003). A third exception is the substantial-federal-question doctrine, which applies "where the vindication of a right under state law necessarily turn[s] on some construction of federal law." ...

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Pediatricians Warn Against Using Plastic Numbers 3, 6, 7
The next time you use a plastic container or bottle, you might want to look at the little number inside the triangle recycling symbol.
In a report issued last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said that plastics with the recycling codes 3 (phthalates), 6 (styrene) and 7 (bisphenols) should be avoided unless they are labeled as "biobased" or "greenware," which do not contain these chemicals.
The AAP also warned that plastic should not be heated in microwaves or placed in dishwashers, as the heat can cause chemicals to leach into food.
Parents can take steps toward protecting children against harmful food additives. Health Magazine draws on AAP tip… https://t.co/hh3VxKHyFc— Amer Acad Pediatrics (@Amer Acad Pediatrics)1532543412.0
The AAP's report, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, adds to a growing body of evidence that plastic not only negatively impacts the environment, it can also negatively impact human health.
"Rapidly accumulating scientific evidence suggests that certain chemicals added during the processing of foods and those that may come into contact with food as part of packaging or processing may contribute to disease and disability," the authors wrote.
"More than 10,000 chemicals are allowed to be added to food in the U.S., but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unable to ensure all of those chemicals are safe," they added.
As AlterNet reported, plastic No. 3—used in plumbing pipes, clear food packaging, shrink wrap and more—contains the phthalate DEHP, which has endocrine-disrupting properties. Plastic No. 6, aka Styrofoam, can leach styrene, a suspected carcinogen, especially in the presence of heat. Finally, plastic No. 7—or hard plastics—is likely to leach bisphenol A (BPA) and/or biphenol S (BPS), which are known endocrine disruptors.
The AAP said children are at particular risk when they are exposed to these chemicals.
"The potential for endocrine system disruption is of great concern, especially in early life, when developmental programming of organ systems is susceptible to permanent and lifelong disruption," the authors state.
The aim of the report is to highlight the emerging child health concerns related to the use chemicals added to food and food packaging. The AAP is also calling for stronger food safety requirements from the FDA.
The report offered pediatricians the following guidance to give to families:
- Eat fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables when possible.
- Avoid microwaving food or beverages (including infant formula and pumped human milk) in plastic, if possible.
- Avoid placing plastics in the dishwasher.
- Use alternatives to plastic, such as glass or stainless steel, when possible.
- Look at the recycling code on the bottom of plastic products and avoid plastics with recycling codes 3 (phthalates), 6 (styrene) and 7 (bisphenols) unless plastics are labeled as biobased or greenware, indicating they are made from corn and do not contain bisphenols.
- Encourage handwashing before handling foods/drinks.
- Wash all fruits and vegetables that cannot be peeled.
Humans Eat More Than 100 Plastic Fibers With Each Meal https://t.co/OAJTA9sE3t #microplastics #plasticpollutes @PlasticPollutes— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch)1523042620.0
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2019 and have continued climbing this year, despite lockdowns and other measures to curb the pandemic, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, citing preliminary data.
- 13 Must-Read Climate Change Reports for 2020 - EcoWatch ›
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Gimme a Break
All my life i dreamt with become a dancer, not any dancer, a classical dancer.
I just remember when i was young so much younger than now, i was walking on the street and i turned my face to see a beautiful theatre, it had a big billboard informing the next play and it called The Swan Lake. I still remember the expresion of my face when my mother told me that it was a masterpiece where a lot of girls danced with the rithm of the magic, I was really fascinated.
With the passage of the days, I started to have more and more interest in the ballet, but
unfortunately it was proportionally contrary with the money that was getting into house.
My family was becoming in one poor, so I had to help with the work into house because I had two brothers more.
Slowly I started to be against of my own family, because they had broken my dreams.
- Mary you can´t go out tonight, you have to help with the business, you poor brother has been working all the day. She said.
- Yes I know mother but I can´t continue supporting this, I´m gonna live my life for me.
- I just am sorry. I limited me to say.
So then i took my turn and I followed the way that I was choose, dance.
It was a hard decision, it was too hard be alone and far away of my family. However I needed a break to do my own history.
I travelled to london, to the lands where I've never been before, where exactly was producing the boom of the classical music; and that went hand in hand with the classical dance, my destiny.
Then I dedicated every sigh to the dance, but I had to work to get money for survive.
Magically I started to have a career professional as dancer, too much sacrifice was having good results.
Coordination, posture, expression, big jumps, big drops, turns, colors, sounds, ballet shoes, makeup, lights, stenography, dress, smile, practices, reliability, professionalism. I reached it, I finally got to be a dancer.
“Where there is a way, there is a chance”


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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThe purpose of this study is to estimate a reasonable size and an appropriate structure for the Army of Reunified Korea (the Korean Federal Army, KFA). In addition, this study discusses methods of integrating Korean People's Army (KPA) personnel of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (PDRK), now commonly referred to as "North Korea," into the KFA. To do this, this study starts with a planning threat from the People's Republic of China (PRC), estimates the combat potential of that threat, and then estimates the KFA forces needed to provide a robust defense against that threat. In addition, this study analyzes the appropriate composition of the KFA, using Germany's military integration as a reference case. The proposed KFA components are High-ntensity Combat Units (HICUs), Homeland Defense Units (HDUs), and an Expeditionary Unit. The HICUs consist of two mechanized corps and one armored corps each, with forces that include nine heavy divisions, three armored divisions, and three artillery brigades per HICU. The HDUs consist of 18 homeland defense infantry divisions and one capital defense command, which have two homeland defense infantry divisions for a total of 20 homeland defense infantry divisions. The Expeditionary Unit consists of one brigade. The proposed personnel strength of KFA is approximately 350,000, which is about two-thirds the size of the current Republic of Korea Army (ROKA). North Korean military personnel could be utilized in the KFA through transforming and downsizing KPA combat units. To minimize dissatisfaction of discharged KPA professional soldiers, Reunified Korea should provide them with alternative job prospects by using them for reconstruction of the North Korean region, hiring them into military-related jobs, or providing training for other forms of employment.Republic of Korea Army autho
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California sea lions have fully rebounded under the protection of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), with their population on the West Coast reaching carrying capacity in 2008 before unusually warm ocean conditions reduced their numbers, according to the first comprehensive population assessment of the species.
The sea lion population is healthy and robust, the new research found, and its recovery over the past several decades reflects an important success for the MMPA. The landmark 1972 legislation recognized marine mammals as a central element of their ocean ecosystems, setting population goals based on levels that would contribute to the health and stability of those ecosystems.
The MMPA calls those levels the Optimum Sustainable Population (OSP), and provides options for states to take over management of species that have reached their OSP.
California sea lions have now reached those levels, according to the new assessment by scientists from NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Southwest Fisheries Science Center. They published the results of the long-term collaborative study today in the Journal of Wildlife Management.
"The population has basically come into balance with its environment," said coauthor Sharon Melin, a research biologist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center who has tracked sea lion numbers in Southern California's Channel Islands for years. "The marine environment is always changing, and their population is at a point where it responds very quickly to changes in the environment."
Scientists combined the results of sea lion pup counts in the Channel Islands, aerial surveys of sea lion rookeries, survival rates and other information to reconstruct the growth of the sea lion population from 1975 to 2014. They gained enough insight into the dynamics of the population to fill in gaps from a few years with little data.
Market hunting, bounties, pollutants such as DDT and other forces depressed sea lion numbers in the middle of the last century. The new study found that the species then rose from less than 90,000 animals in 1975 to an estimated 281,450 in 2008, which was roughly the carrying capacity for sea lions in the California Current Ecosystem at that time. It then fluctuated around that level, reaching a high of 306,220 in 2012 before declining below the carrying capacity in the years since as ocean conditions changed.
Such a long-term reconstruction of the sea lion population has never been done before, said Robert DeLong, leader of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's California Current Ecosystems Program and a coauthor of the new research.
The researchers found sea lion numbers very sensitive to environmental changes, especially changes in ocean temperatures that affect their prey. Their models based on past population shifts predict that an increase of 1 degree C in sea surface temperature off the West Coast will reduce sea lion population growth to zero, while an increase of 2 degrees will lead to a 7 percent decline in the population.
"When the California Current is not productive, they respond pretty fast and dramatically," Melin said. "They're out there in the ocean sampling it all the time. That makes them a very powerful indicator of what's happening in the marine environment."
Marine conditions since 2012 have illustrated that. An unusual marine heat wave off the West Coast known as "the blob" combined with an El Niño climate pattern reduced pup production and survival, with thousands of malnourished pups stranding on Southern California beaches. NOAA Fisheries declared the elevated number of deaths an Unusual Mortality Event in 2013.
The sea lion population dropped to just over 250,000 in 2013 and 2014.
"This is not just a story about continued growth of the population," DeLong said. "These last several years have brought new environmental stresses to the California Current, and we've seen that reflected by the sea lions."
Understanding the relationship between sea lion numbers and the environment can help scientists detect signals of coming change. Wildlife managers can then use that information to anticipate and prepare for shifts in the ecosystem and its inhabitants.
"It helps us to understand the factors driving this population, because we can incorporate them into management decisions," said Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources in NOAA Fisheries' West Coast Region.
The general recovery of sea lion numbers has had other consequences on the West Coast, including conflicts with people over beach access where sea lions haul out and concern about sea lion predation on threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead in the Northwest. NOAA Fisheries has authorized Oregon, Washington and Idaho to remove individually identifiable sea lions near the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam that have been spotted repeatedly preying on fish protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The species maintained OSP levels even when small numbers of adult males were being removed to protect salmon runs in the Columbia River and climate events were depressing growth. That suggests that the removal of a limited number of sea lions in such programs is unlikely to affect the population as a whole, Melin said.
She stressed the value of long-term data in understanding the dynamics of the population. "If we had looked only at the last five years, we would have thought sea lions were in a tailspin," she said. "Because we know the history of the population, we can put the recent decline in perspective."


Two well-used cash machines have been targeted with skimming devices, reports suggest.
The devices can be used to 'clone' a cash machine user's cash card, allowing scammers to steal money from their account.
Officers have received a number of reports of skimming devices at the Post Office on Chipchase Road, between Monday February 17 and Tuesday March 3.
Most recently there was an incident reported at the Co-op on Linthorpe Road on Wednesday March 4.
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "Whilst it is difficult to recognise a skimming device, police would ask members of the public to try to use cash machines which are covered by CCTV or are indoors - i.e. inside a bank or building society - or try to use a cash machines during daylight hours or ones in a well-lit area.
"The public can also check for small cameras attached to an ATM, always cover their PIN whilst entering it at a machine, never accept help or become distracted by strangers and check bank statements against withdrawal slips.
"Police would also urge people to keep an eye out for anyone acting suspiciously near to these machines or anyone in a vehicle who may be watching the ATM."
Anyone with information is asked to call Cleveland Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Triple Olivier Award-winning international opera and theatre director Francesca Zambello will direct. Her American debut took place at the Houston Grand Opera with a production of Fidelio in 1984. She debuted in Europe at Teatro la Fenice in Venice with Beatrice di Tenda in 1987 and has since staged new productions at major theatres and opera houses in Europe, America and in the UK, including at prestigious venues such as the Royal Opera House and the Royal National Theatre. She was recently awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her contribution to French culture and the Russian Federation's medal for Service to Culture.
The new production of Show Boat marks the first ever fully-staged musical in the round at the Royal Albert Hall. Premiered on Broadway in 1927, this groundbreaking musical was considered the first musical of the modern era, dealing not only with passion and flamboyance but also with racial prejudice, poverty and abandonment.
Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, the story follows the lives and loves of a song and dance troupe. At the Royal Albert Hall, a large company with two choruses will be joined by 65 musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Zambello’s production.
The Albert Hall production is co-presented by Raymond Gubbay. It is designed by Peter J Davison with costumes by Sue Willmington, choreography by Arthur Pita, lighting by Andrew Bridge and sound by Bobby Aitken. The musical director is David Charles Abell.
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“I’ll always remember when I first heard Lester. I’d never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I’d never heard before or since. To be honest with you I didn’t like it much at first.
“When Prez first came to me at the Reno Club in Kansas City it was like nothing we’d ever heard. And it was consistent. In all the years he was with our band he never had a bad night. No matter what happened to him personally, he never showed it in his playing. I can only remember him as being beautiful.”
– Count Basie
It’s never a bad idea to listen to Lester Young, and to be reminded of the complexity of his life, and of his enormous impact on American music and culture. I ran into this wonderful one hour lecture by his biographer, Douglas Daniels — at the time professor of history and black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara — that you may enjoy:
I was fortunate to interview Mr. Daniels in 2002, when his biography was released. You can read it by clicking here. Additionally, there is an excellent piece by blogger Andrew Green focused on Young’s solo on Basie’s 1936 recording of “Lady Be Good”. Click here to read it.
Some classic clips of Lester Young and others…
The cover of a 1956 album (this one a German release) simply titled “Pres”


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GLD Policy Roundtable
Morocco has one of the most advanced local governance systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Despite its monarchical structure, the regime has held local elections since the 1960s and local councils play an important role in providing services and addressing the everyday needs of Moroccan citizens throughout the state. On September 8, 2021, Moroccans elected about 30,600 local council seats and 678 regional council seats.
Join us for our upcoming policy roundtable on October 25th, where we have invited experts to discuss the results of the most recent elections, implications for local governance, and the impact of autocratic rule on shaping policy outcomes at the subnational level.
Time and date
Monday, October 25, 2021
16:00 - 17:30 (CEST/Gothenburg)
15:00 - 16:30 (GMT +1/Rabat)
09:00 - 10:30 (CST/Wisconsin)
16:00 - 16:10 Welcome, introduction of participants and background
16:10 - 16:50 Presentations
16:50 - 17:30 Discussion
Marwa Shalaby (chair)
Marwa Shalaby is an assistant professor in the departments of Gender and Women’s Studies and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Shalaby was the Fellow for the Middle East and Director of the Women’s Rights in the Middle East Program, Rice University, Texas and a Visiting Scholar at the Program of Governance and Local Development (GLD), University of Gothenburg. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Politics and Religion and Review of Economics and Political Science. Shalaby’s research areas are comparative politics, democratization, and research methodology. Her work focuses primarily on the intersection of the politics of authoritarianism, and women in politics. Her research also aims to explicate the micro-dynamics and outcomes of electoral institutions under competitive authoritarianism, mainly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In addition, she is working on a cross-national project exploring the drivers of political tolerance in non-democratic and transitioning states.
Saloua Zerhouni (panelist)
Saloua Zerhouni is a professor of political science at Mohammed V University in Rabat where she served as vice-dean in charge of scientific research and international cooperation (2012-2014). Her work primarily focuses on the democratic transition in Morocco and the role of political elites. Her interests also include the study of the parliament and legislative politics, elections, Islamist parties, youth forms of political engagement, and political participation under authoritarianism. During recent years, she became more interested in issues related to marginality and different forms of violence among the youth and vis-à-vis women. Zerhouni is the author of numerous articles; she is the co-editor of a book on “Political Participation in the Middle East” (2008).
Zerhouni was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2016), Sciences Po Bordeaux in France (2013), and other international universities and institutes. Between 2001 and 2003, she was an associate researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin (SWP). In 2009, she was named a Fulbright Scholar in Residence and taught at Illinois Wesleyan University. Zerhouni is the co-founder of the Moroccan Think Tank Rabat Social Studies Institute (2011) where she was elected as president in 2016.
Romain Ferrali (panelist)
Romain study how social networks influence political outcomes. He is particularly interested in issues related to development, especially in North and Sub-Saharan Africa. His research uses game theory and a variety of quantitative methods including network analysis, causal inference, and structural estimation. Romain’s main project examines the relationship between the network structure of an organization and corruption. He explain why corruption sometimes involves vast conspiracies, and sometimes isolated individuals. He also propose ways of designing organizations that are more resilient to corruption. Aside from his academic work, Romain is also the scientific advisor of Tafra, an NGO based in Rabat, Morocco that advocates for the rule of law through access to data.
Francesco Colin (panelist)
Francesco Colin is a Ph.D. researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His research focuses on citizens’ participation in local governance in Morocco, particularly on how citizens perform the right to petition to bring forward their demands at the local level. He is also an Associate fellow with the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis in Rabat, working on policy advocacy and inclusive civic education.

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The Swedish travel startup Traveas is going public – it will be listed on AktieTorget, the stock exchange for developing companies. They will be offering Traveas stock for the public between 7th of May and 25th of May. Trading with Traveas stock will begin on 26th of June. Traveas pre-money valuation is at 17,5M SEK (1,65M €)
We had a brief chat with Jack Melcher-Claësson, co-founder of Traveas about the listing. Jack told us that there are basically two factors in why this new stock emission is interesting. Firstly, as we told in the title Traveas will become a public company. Secondly, the reason for them gathering up money is the need to be able to run faster in the European market. Their press release tell us that they are looking for an investment around 3,5 M SEK (330k€).
Traveas has done quite a bit of work before hand to build their business to the point where the money is put into good use. They have signed deals with very attractive partners such as VIA Travel and Seat24. Their service is being used in many European countries, including Germany, France and England. Traveas has estimated and discloses that they will be able to receive a positive result on a monthly basis with about 100 000 bookings. The aim is to achieve profit by the end of year 2009.
We wrote about Traveas looking to land an investment around 2-4M SEK back in March. It’s admirable when you dig into the situation a bit more. Traveas is a travel company looking for funding in the midst of economics crisis. Even though Jack told us that they are not looking for a VC investment that would bring them a lot of money and thus responsibility, the decision to go public in such an early stage is very interesting.
Firstly, if you think of an early stage company going public with a small valuation – they bring in a lot of capital from thousands of individual investors, making the capital acquisition more probable. However, when you go public you agree to bind by the financial rules and laws of the governing country. I’m not an expert of the Swedish judicial system, but it’s obvious that you are required to disclose a relatively large amount of information regarding your business.
By no means is it clear that Traveas will be able to pull through the investment, but the odds of it not going through are very minimal. Sweden is in very good economic health despite the downturn in the economy. With the weakening of their currency, the crown, they have managed to create a lot of interest in their products and thus exports are going to pull them through this economic downturn – something many of the Euro countries are very jealous of. Furthermore, the investment is not that big – we’re talking about amounts less than half a million Euros.
What are your thoughts on this sort of financing? Should more startups embrace alternatives such as this?


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Gigi Hadid Suffers Nip Slip During Versace Show In Milan (VIDEO)
Gigi Hadid had a nip slip on the runway while walking in the Versace show on Friday during Milan Fashion Week. At one point as Hadid made her way down the catwalk, her right breast popped out of the black Versace dress she was modeling. Without missing a beat, the model continued her strut. See the video below.
While some outlets are speculating that it may have been on purpose, the wardrobe malfunction was 100 percent unintentional. Hadid tweeted shortly after the nip slip, “Wardrobe malfunctions happen on the runway every day of fw & are…unfortunate,lol,but let’s talk instead about the new VERSACE CHOKERS & the bags & the boots & the coats & everythinnngggg, killin me Donatella @Versace!!!!!!!” Call us crazy, but Gossip Cop suspects more people will be talking about Hadid’s nip slip than the boots and coats.
Hadid, who opened and closed the Versace show, can be now seen on the March cover of Vogue Paris completely naked, though with her legs crossed and right hand strategically placed across her breasts. She also recently walked in New York Fashion Week and made her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debut in December. If you are so inclined to see Hadid’s nip slip while walking in the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week, check out the video below.

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A new web-based app is turning out to be the ultimate social distancing tool for local liquor store owners and their distributors.
BeverageX, created by a Denver-based company, allows for easy inventory management and ordering for liquor store owners as well as convenience and grocery stores selling alcohol. It is providing a critical link between employees and distributors.
Once logged in to the store’s portfolio of products, the viewer can quickly find which products require counts, those that need reordering or whether there is an inventory performance issue.
"This reduces the amount of time people are needed in-store and improves social distancing for all," said Kevin Byrne, BeverageX founder. The platform, "Simplifies product ordering making it so easy for retailers that they place orders in minutes, not hours."
In Pueblo West, Big Bear Wine & Liquor is trying the new app.
"We are currently using this at both (2037 S. Pueblo Blvd., Pueblo, and 940 Hailey Lane, Pueblo West, ) locations. This new product is a game changer especially for times like these," said Ryan Seybold, Big Bear Wine & Liquor co-owner.
"It has worked great for us. I am excited to see how it will impact both the industry and our business in the coming months," Seybold said.
"It is the ultimate social distancing tool for both the business owner and the distributor. By minimizing in-store business activities during these challenging times, we’re not only better protecting our employees and distribution partners from COVID-19, but also every Big Bear shopper who walks the aisles of our stores," Seybold said.
The company is waiving all fees while social distancing guidelines are in place.
Colorado became the first statewide market for BeverageX. Last week, all off-premise retailers and distributors that use a point of sale system were able to access the service nationwide.
So far, Seybold said, the app, "Has helped us save on payroll which in turn has given us the opportunity to give back to the community."
Although business in general has increased at the Big Bear liquor stores, Seybold said he suspects alcohol sales in general as an industry may be flat or down.
"The amount of alcohol that is consumed at bars and restaurants is not factored into any of these numbers. Bars and restaurants are struggling mightily and we have friends in the industry that say although they can sell alcohol out their doors it definitely isn’t making up for those lost sales," Seybold explained.
"Despite being up in business we recognize that our friends in the restaurant industry are struggling to survive. We along with the distributors are trying to do our part by buying meals for our staff from them to help support them as much as we can," Seybold said.
To learn more about the new app go to beveragex.com or log on to https://youtu.be/HBA0LAQhOIc.


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We returned to the barracks to make-up our bunk-beds, also "wash-up". Monday to Friday was the work week - we dressed in our work clothes of denim. At 7:00AM we marched to the mess hall for our morning breakfast - at 7:45AM a daily inspection of the barracks by a camp officer - we had to have our bunks, foot lockers and clothing gear in a military precision form. At 8:00AM a whistle gave notice to report to our work assignment. This was handled by the U.S. Grazing Service, with a foreman in charge of a 30 man crew.
As we boarded the stake-body trucks for our job site, we were given brown paper lunch bags - the lunch never varied, the same old:
At 6:00PM we "lined-up" outside the barracks, facing the flag pole for RETREAT. With the lowering of the American flag, we then marched to the mess hall for dinner. Each man ate at his assigned table. Waiters served the food to the tables by the boys who were on a rotated K.P. list.
The Post Exchange was opened to the boys from 7:30PM-9:00PM. Available was soda, candy, etc. We were permitted to buy a $2.00 book of tickets stubs on credit. It was later deducted from our pay on payday which came at the end of the month. Our salary was $30.00 a month, $8.00 in cash to each boy and the remainder of $22.00 was sent home by the government.
It wasn't such a bad deal to receive clothing, bed and board and health welfare in the difficult depression years of our time. I lived and enjoyed everyday of my life in the C.C.C. Camp at Bloomfield, NM.
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Six local teams will play for a Busline League large school division championship on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Belfast. The schedule for championship games is as follows: 10 a.m. 7th boys GSB (white) vs. Medomak (blue) noon 7th girls Medomak (white) vs. Boothbay (blue) 2 p.m. 8th girls Boothbay (white) vs. THMS (blue) 4 p.m. 8th boys THMS […]
Lincoln Academy girls basketball team avenged an earlier season loss to Spruce Mountain on Jan. 25 with a 57-48 win on the road. The win was the sixth straight for the Lady Eagles. LA was led by Kaitlyn Feltis 14, Cagney O’Brien 13, Anna Hatch 8 and Brie Wajer 7. Spruce Mountain was led by […]
Medomak Valley boys basketball team improved to 13-0 with an 80-57 win at Camden Hills on Jan. 25. The Panthers were led by Cam Allaire 25, Brent Stewart 16 and Kyle Donlin 15. Camden was led by Curtin with 13 and Heidorn 9.
Camden Hills out scored Medomak Valley girls basketball team 20-12 in the fourth quarter, to pull out a 69-62 win in the Panthers den on Jan. 25. The Windjammers were led by Kassie Krul with 22 ( 13 in the fourth quarter), and Charlotte Messer and Kris Kelly with 14 each. Medomak was led by […]
Lisbon made their shots from downtown and enough foul shots down the stretch to pull out a 55-49 win over Wiscasset in the Wolverines den on Jan. 25. Wiscasset jumped out to a 12-2 lead, and led 17-9 at the quarter break, Lisbon rallied in the second, scoring the final nine points of the half […]
Wiscasset senior Ethan James scored his 1,000th career point on Jan. 25 during the Wolverines home game with Lisbon. The milestone shot came with 6:51 to play in the half when James crashed the offensive glass and scored on the put-back. James became the third player in Wiscasset history to reach milestone. He joins Laurie Smith […]
The Medomak Valley boys basketball games, scheduled for Tues., Jan. 24, have been postponed until Wed. Jan. 25. Freshmen boys play at 4 p.m., JV at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. The game will be played in Camden. Medomak girls play Jan. 25 at home as scheduled.
Wiscasset basketball games with Lisbon, scheduled for Tues., Jan. 24, have been postponed due to the predicted snow storm. The games will be made up on Wed., Jan. 25. Wiscasset boys play at home at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. (JV first), and the girls play at Lisbon at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. (JV […]
Due to the weather forecast, Lincoln Academy games with Spruce Mountain, scheduled for Tues., Jan. 24, have been postponed. The girls game at Spruce Mountain will be made up on Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. (JV) and 6:30 p.m. (Varsity). The boys game will be made up at Lincoln on Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. […]
Medomak wrestlers competed in a tournament in Ellsworth on Jan. 21 and placed fifth with 72 points. Steven Thompson won the 138 pound title and earned his 100th career win. Eli Miller placed second, Eric Benner third and Colby Hyde fourth. Colby Hyde (106) placed fourth. Hyde was pinned by Cara McGray (Mad) in 3:02; pinned […]
Hall-Dale pulled away from Wiscasset in the second half for a 63-55 win on Jan. 21 in Bulldog territory. The game was tied 29-29 at the half, before Hall-Dale went on a 16-11 run in the third and 18-15 run in the fourth to win by eight. The Bulldogs were led by Alec Byron 20 […]
Hall-Dale girls basketball team clipped the Lady Wolverines in Wiscasset, 40-28 on Jan. 21. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead. Wiscasset closed the gap to three by the half, 17-14. Wiscasset tied the game twice, once early in the third and once early in the fourth. In both cases, Hall-Dale went […]
Lincoln Academy girls basketball team won their fifth straight game on Jan. 20 on a road trip at Winslow, 49-39. Lincoln girls are 8-4. The Lady Eagles were led by Brie Wajer 15 and Kaitlyn Feltis 15. Winslow was led by Kervin 12 and Littlefield 7.
Medomak Valley boys basketball team improved to 12-0 with a 60-47 win at Erskine Academy on Jan. 20. The Panthers led 12-10, 30-22 and 44-29 at the quarter break. Medomak was led by Cam Allaire 27, and Kyle Donlin 12. Erskine was led by Jack Jeweitt 13 and Braden Sage 9.


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August 12, 2016
Alere Inc., maker of faulty INRatio blood testing devices, said it has received a Justice Department subpoena for records related to the devices’ accuracy and “interactions with the FDA.”
July 13, 2016
The FDA said faulty INRatio blood testing devices had “minimal” impact on a clinical trial of blood thinner Xarelto that FDA head Robert Califf co-chaired.
July 13, 2016
Alere, maker of INRatio blood testing devices whose potentially fatal flaws POGO spotlighted, said it is taking the machines off the market.
October 20, 2015
Five years after approving the blood thinner Pradaxa without an antidote, the FDA approved an antidote and said it was “medically necessary” when bleeding “can’t be controlled."
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On Wednesday, POGO's Angela Canterbury testified in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on the wrongful surveillance of whistleblowers at the FDA.
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Fly Before You Buy: Tom Christie on Realistic Combat Testing
The Project On Government Oversight's Dan Grazier recently sat down with Tom Christie, a former Director of Operational Test & Evaluation at the DoD from 2001-2005, to talk about the critical need for realistic combat testing before the Pentagon buys new weapons.