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By ISLA WHITCROFT
Last updated at 22:06 27 November 2006
When her eight-week-old baby first became ill, Katie Taylor was worried but not overly so. 'Lauren's symptoms were vague,' Katie recalls. 'She was sleepy and hadn't fed properly for a few days.
'She also had a bit of sickness and diarrhoea but I didn't think that added up to much. She didn't even have a high temperature. In fact her
hands and feet felt cold.' However, Katie decided to go to her local hospital, Hillingdon General. 'Actually I felt a bit of a fraud taking Lauren to casualty and I fully expected to be given something for an upset tummy and sent home.'
Katie, then 21, remembers watching the casualty-nurse examine her tiny daughter and feeling remarkably calm. 'Then suddenly the nurse looked up and said "does she always have these spots on her legs?"
'I followed her gaze and saw five or six little purple marks, as if someone had dotted them with a Biro, spread over both her lower legs. As I slowly shook my head the nurse immediately began to reel off a list of people who had to be paged urgently.
'Then, with me trailing behind, she rushed off down the corridor with my baby in her arms.
Even then I didn't quite grasp the enormity of what was happening until she turned into a ward. When I looked up and saw that the sign above the door said "Resuscitation" I was hit by the most terrible sense of foreboding.'
Only a few hours before Lauren had taken a small feed and despite being a bit sleepy had managed a smile, but now she was slipping in and out of a coma, struggling to breathe and surrounded by people in white coats who were battling to keep her alive.
'From about six o'clock until nine, doctors worked on Lauren,' says Katie. 'I can remember them trying to get blood but her veins had collapsed. At some point they ventilated her because her breathing was so laboured.'
They decided to spare her the lumbar puncture, where fluid is taken from around the spinal cord for testing - because it was so obvious that she had meningitis, although a blood sample was sent off to the lab to find out what strain.
'Lauren's father, Tony, and I watched. We felt completely helpless. It was like a terrible dream.'
At some point during the drama, Katie heard the words septic meningitis and rushed out to call her parents.
'My mother was looking after my little boy Jamie, who was then two,' says Katie. 'I sobbed as I explained the doctors seemed to think it was meningitis and my mother cried too.'
By 10pm that September evening, a paediatric response unit had come from St Mary's Hospital in Paddington to the hospital in Hillingdon to take charge of Lauren. She was immediately whisked off to their specialist intensive care facilities .
'By the time I got to the hospital just about every inch of Lauren's body was covered in tubes and monitors,' remembers Katie. 'Her head was swollen with fluid because she was in organ failure and she was breathing through a ventilator. It was the most terrible sight and I felt completely numbed by the horror of it all.'
The next few days were a blur. Katie and Tony sat by Lauren's side as their little baby battled for her life. At some point the blood tests came back to show that Lauren had Streptococcus B septic meningitis.
It was a phrase that meant little to the young couple but an aunt found a website run by a charity called Group B Strep Support (GBSS), which explained that the bacterium is carried by the mother and passed to the baby during labour. 'I remember looking at this information and realising it was incredibly relevant to me,' says Katie. 'But I couldn't take it in.'
The literature about StrepB infections in newborns makes for chilling reading. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the primary cause of bacterial infection in newborns.
Every year around 700 are infected with it; 75 will die from septicaemia caused by the bacteria.
For babies such as Lauren affected after four weeks - when the bacterium usually presents itself as meningitis - the figures are even more grim: around one in ten die and a third of the survivors are left with significant brain damage.
GBS is passed immediately prior to or during birth, and can also cause premature births, stillbirths and maternal infections (putting the mother's health at serious risk).
What is so frightening is that a third of pregnant women carry the bacterium but don't realise it. In fact a third of all adults carry the GBS bacterium - it doesn't affect them, but it is fatal for foetuses and babies.
It's not clear why some babies are more susceptible than others, however, we do know that once a woman becomes a carrier, she remains so for life.
But as Katie was to discover later, a simple swab test routinely carried out in America and Australia in the latter stages of pregnancy would have established she was a carrier.
She could have then decided whether or not she wanted to have penicillin shots during the birth process, which would have all but eradicated the danger both to her baby and herself.
She did not have that choice nor do many other motherstobe. Although many women carry the StrepB bacterium, guidelines for midwives do not make informing mothers an essential part of antenatal care and, as a survey from Pregnancy and Birth Magazine revealed, a shocking nine out of ten pregnant women had never heard of the deadly bacterium.
This is all the more extraordinary because StrepB affects more infants than Down's syndrome or spina bifida - and it is treatable.
For while there is much public awareness about Down's and spina bifida, the tests for these are essentially for information only - the conditions can't be 'cured'. However, if a test reveals you carry GBS, a simple dose of antibiotics should ensure that the baby is unaffected.
The official line is that GBS tests are not cost effective. A National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) spokesman said: 'NICE's recommendation is that pregnant women should not be offered routine antenatal screening for GBS because evidence of its clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness remains uncertain.'
The test currently available on the NHS, called the HVS or High Vaginal Swab - is thought to be only 50 per cent accurate because of the way the swab is cultured in the lab.
However, there is a far more accurate method available which takes both a vaginal and rectal swab specifically for GBS.
This is the one used in America. It can be obtained privately at a cost of £32 (it's been estimated it would cost the NHS around £10 to offer it). This test should be performed around the 25th and 37th week of pregnancy and tests show it can indicate likely infection for the next five weeks - up to and including term delivery.
As a result of pressure from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) who issued screening guidelines in 2002, the NHS will now screen mothers who fall into certain high risk categories, such as showing signs of StrepB in urine or having had a baby previously infected.
But critics say this isn't enough. They point to the success of the screening programme in America, where women identified as carrying GBS are given a simple dose of penicillin during labour.
This practice has brought down the GBS infant infection rate by 75 per cent. In Australia, after routine screening in 1994, the rate fell by 75 per cent and in Spain the rate was an even more dramatic fall of 86 per cent.
'The fact that woman are not warned about StrepB during their pregnancy is an issue which should be addressed,' says Dr Paul Heath, senior lecturer in paediatrics at St George's Hospital in London.
'StrepB is a main cause of infection in newborns and having a test can go a long way to eradicating that danger.'
While it is 'shocking' that so few women appear to have heard of StrepB, it is not the testing that is the problem so much as what happens next, says Patrick O'Brien, spokesman for the RCOG.
Testing positive means 'either that the mother will, during labour, have to have a cannula inserted for the administration of penicillin, or an injection every four hours'.
'Some hospitals will just observe the newborn baby for signs of infection, but others will automatically give the baby antibiotics. And there is a danger of an allergic reaction to penicillin from both the mother and the baby.'
Dr Heath's view is that having tested positive not every woman will choose to have antibiotics. 'But the point is she should be given the knowledge about whether or not she is a carrier so that she can make the decision for herself.'
For Jane Plumb of the charity GBSS the position is clear: 'Women have to know about the test and be advised of the follow-up risks. How can you tell a woman who has just lost her baby or has had her newborn damaged by GBS that it could have all been prevented by a simple test?
'Until there is better information lives such as Lauren's will continue to be unnecessarily blighted.'
Katie remembers that a week after Lauren was admitted she was stable enough to be sent for a CT brain scan. 'The next day the paediatric consultant gave me the results.
'The outside of Lauren's brain should have been smooth and round. Instead all around the edge were little depressions, as if someone had taken an egg spoon and tapped their way around the exterior. But although there was widespread damage, they didn't know exactly how Lauren's recovery would be affected.
'It may sound strange but even though I knew it was terrible news I didn't cry. My parents and Tony were devastated and shed a lot of tears but I didn't. As far as I was concerned Lauren was still alive, and that was the important thing.'
Two days after the scan, doctors began the process of removing the support systems. 'First of all they removed her sedation and then the ventilator came out. Seeing her breathing on her own, was a fantastic moment. I knew for sure that she was going to live.'
Further MRI scans confirmed the earlier diagnosis. Lauren had suffered brain damage which meant she would be blind, unable to use her limbs, and would suffer from learning difficulties for the rest of her life.
She spent another three weeks in hospital before finally being allowed home on October 5, 2000.
'I had waited for this moment for so long but I was terrified,' remembers Katie. 'I looked at this tiny baby, who was blind, brain damaged and on anti-convulsing drugs, and I wondered how I was going to cope. But that didn't last long.'
When Lauren was 18 months old Katie and Tony parted and Katie was left on her own with her two small children.
'I just carried on as before,' she says. 'My family were fantastic and I even managed to complete a course in counselling. Lauren had great moments, too. Although she didn't have the strength to sit unaided, she learned to roll over and best of all she was smiling.'
Further operations followed to strengthen her legs in the hope of helping her stand with a walking frame.
It has been difficult for her mother coming to terms with her role in her daughter's condition. 'I did go through periods of feeling very guilty,' says Katie. 'But I know that logically I can't blame myself. I asked around my friends who had had babies and no one had heard of StrepB either. It's mind-boggling that in this day and age no one has thought to tell pregnant woman of the very real risk to them and their baby.
'Even if the Government doesn't want to pay for the test they should give us the chance to know about the test and to pay for it ourselves.
'No one can say that my daughter isn't valued. She has a smile that lights up a room and a giggle that can't help but cheer you up. But she is also blind, unable to sit up unaided, fed through a tube in her stomach and will probably never walk properly or talk.
'Lauren will never marry, never know the joy of having children or even simple pleasures such as watching the sun set over the sea.
'How can you say all that wasn't worth the cost of a test?'
For more information on StrepB in pregnancy go to www.gbss.org.uk or call 0870 803 0023 The Doctors Laboratory offers the StrepB test; call 020 7307 7373.
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Transport plays a significant role in the economy of the country. Fuel is the food for transport. Petrol, diesel, autogas, and CNG are significant fuels. It has been observed that the inflation in the price of petrol is the maximum. In 2001 the price of petrol (Mumbai), diesel, autogas, and CNG was Rs.28, Rs.15, Rs.30, and Rs.26 respectively. In 2019 the price of petrol, diesel, autogas, and CNG is Rs.74, Rs.65, Rs.33, and Rs.46 respectively. If the trend continues, petrol is going to be super expensive, and walking will be the best option for humankind.
Amidst all the price hikes, there is an individual who was determined to reduce petrol consumption because decreasing the cost was not in his control. Mr Arvind Khandke, a cloth merchant from Kolhapur, developed a mechanical valve that minimizes petrol consumption by 30%. The perfect example of ‘Jugad’, when you can’t decrease the price reduces consumption.
What’s Mr.Khandke’s method?
Before understanding the method, one must know what carburettor is. It is a part of a vehicle that mixes the appropriate proportion of fuel and air for the engine to ignite. It needs to be set. If it is not fixed correctly, then the engine runs inefficiently or does not start at all.
It was during 1980, Mr Khandke found that the air filter in the vehicle was oily. He thought that the air-fuel mixture was escaping from the carburettor. A valve type device was fit in the carburettor to prevent the wastage. Then in 1983, mild steel was used by him to design the prototype of the valve. But the flap of the valve was heavy. So it did not work efficiently which made him change the material of the flap. He designed a new valve using nylon and polypropylene, which will be appropriate for 1HP to 1.25HP engines.
In 2018, he updated the valve to accommodate a water pressure kit. The reason for adding the water kit was to heat the water and the steam generated from heating can be used as an energy source to enhance the performance of the engine. The average of the engine is increased, and the percentage of petrol supply decreases. There is also a reduction in carbon deposits. This results in slow wear and tear of engine and increases the life span of the engine oil.
The first valve made sure that the air-fuel mixture does not escape from the carburettor and used the air-fuel mixture to the fullest. The version of 2018, in which the water kit was added reduced the petrol consumption by up to 30 per cent.
Initially, Mr Khandke used to change his engine oil for every 2000 km. Now he changes it after 5000 km. He has also patented both his devices.Mr. Khandke developed the valve because of his interest in auto-innovation. He has no plans to commercialize the product — a real example of a man following his passion.
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Fashion designers in the Arab world are about to get their own reality TV competition.
Dubai One has announced the launch of "Fashion Star", which will begin airing in February. Featuring 12 aspiring designers, the contestants will create designs under the mentorship of internationally acclaimed Lebanese designer Reem Acra .
The judging panel will include Acra as well as Hanaa Ben Abdesselem, an internationally recognised Tunisian designer and Lancôme ambassador, and Ramzi Tabiaat, creative director of Kuwait online retailer Al Oustoura. A range of top fashion experts will also appear as guest mentors on the show.
"There are a lot of singing competition reality shows in the Arab world and none for fashion, so we wanted to introduce this and see how it goes," the general manager of Dubai One, Sarah Al Jarman said, according to Gulf News .
For this first season, the designers have been pre-selected by the show's producers.
"We were looking for established designers, more than just amateurs." Jarman said, according to The National . "Some of them already have their own lines. This was an opportunity for them to grow and to be challenged. They are from a range of countries, showcasing the designers we have in the region – from the UAE, India, Bahrain and Morocco, for example. They are all young and between the ages of 20 and 30."
"Fashion Star" was formerly an American reality show that launched in 2011 on NBC. The show was short-lived however, and was canceled after just two seasons. Will the concept fair better with an Arab audience?
The show is set to launch on Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. in the UAE. It will be broadcast in Arabic with English subtitles and run for 11 episodes.


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“Graphics are 100% generated by an algorithm in one shot. No edit or post-processing. I used videos recorded from trains windows, with landscapes that moves from right to left and trained a Machine Learning (ML) algorithm with it.”
Mesmerizing project by Artist Damien Henry with deep learning / neural network algorithms. And there is also a very interesting paper about neutral networks that reproduce what our brain sees, I just stumbled upon via Nerdcore: Sharing deep generative representation for perceived image reconstruction from human brain activity.
An interesting video essay by Rishi Kaneria about the story behind the music video to Radioheads Daydreaming. Most of those theories and secrets have been gathered through subreddits. Some theories are probably a bit obsessive but still reveal a lot of hidden insights in Thom Yorkes life and dream world. A mysterious, yet beautiful storytelling style.
The music video is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. You can watch it here. Thanks to Claudia for sharing this video!
After a few self-experiments, I came to the conclusion that no visualization comes close to what we experience in dreams. Also when sharing dreams, the perception of dreams is individual for all of us. However it is interesting that even blind people have sort of a similar perception of the world as people with sight. That’s probably the case because of story telling and describing the world to blind people from people with sight. For example: A sun has to be round and is shining.
A interesting investigation from graphic designer and artist Tobias Gutmann shows that a lot of people are stuck with a conventional representation of the world. He asked people from different cultural background to draw a house and a world. The similarities and differences between people from different background and especially kids are impressive!
You could say that the perception of the world is always very individual. Especially when compared with kids, people from non-western countries or even computers.
The same counts for dreams as dreams are fractals from something we maybe have experiences or not and put together in a way that most of the time doesn’t really make sense. You could go further and say that as soon as you share a dream, it is no more your dream but now the dream of someone else. Because this person is looking from a different angle on your dream interpretation.
I set myself the goal to find out how we can generate a (kind of) language for dreams with the help of generative art forms through programming.
After a lot of experiments with different visualizations code examples from the web and math formulas, I found a tutorial from tsulej describing folds and fractal flames and how to handle them in processing. Through variations you can generate flavour in fractal flames that generate beautiful, mysterious objects and drawings. I found a lot of similarities to dreams in those drawings and decides to investigate more time finding out how they work and how I could implement them into my dream project.
I really hope so! Hi Stranger made by Kirsten Lepore.
Really obsessed right now with this brand new video game called Everything by Artist & Digital Designer David OReilly. It showcases that the most beautiful things, aren’t the things that work like reality but play with our perception on the world. A big inspiration for my final project outcome.
In a talkshow about dreams in Sternstunde Philosophie on SRF from 2014, two specialist have an interesting talk about how dreams affect our life. Bestselling author Stefan Klein & Dream research scientist Melanie Schädlich talk about different aspects of dreaming.
Besides talking about the training potential of lucid dreaming they also talk about how blind people dream and how people thought they dream before the age of color television.
Stefan Klein says that people, mostly raised in the age before color television, thought they would dream in black and white. But that wasn’t actually true and more an assumption when they tried to describe their dreams. There are different studies, that say different things. But surprisingly also blind people can dream visually. They can even draw their dream as the picture above shows. Out of narratives, they can figure out how the things look like and afterwards can translate them into the real world.
Klein also points out that during the night we are actually also kind of blind. Our eyes are closed and our imagination are designed from our visual cortex. And more importantly, he assumes that our feelings are translated into pictures.
Another example he makes is when we don’t see the face of a man for example, it’s because we miss some information. But the missing information is actually not that important. The feeling and emotions we build up in our dream are the key to what we may want to find out.
One assumption could be that it’s not really about the symbolics of our dreams or for example who the person in the dream is, but more about the reality related interpretation – and especially how we do feel about what we see.
Klein further makes the (bold) statement that the origin of the world is happening in our head.
In science dream research may still used to find out how our brain works. You could even pose the (philosophical) question that dreams are the key to our awareness and identity. But for the normal dreamer, that’s maybe not really the most important thing we want to find out. It’s more about how we want to life & how we want to build up our (self)awareness. Not only in our day life but also in our dream state.
I also want to point out the very beautiful question the presenter asks the two guest at the end of the broadcast:
“Is there a dream you want to dream? Or is this not that important and should we just be more befuddled by our dreams, like watching a film in the cinema.”
So how we dream is very much influenced by our environment but can still be very diverse. But most importantly for myself, dreaming is a very strong storytelling phenomena.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley’s AB 2127 was passed off the floor of the State Assembly this morning. AB 2127 seeks to reduce brain injuries and concussions among California’s middle and high school football players by limiting “full-contact” practice time and by ensuring student-athletes who have suffered a brain injury do not return to the playing field too soon.
“Over the past several years, there has been national visibility on the impact of hard hits in youth through professional football,” Cooley said. “We have a multitude of evidence that this does not just affect professional athletes, but that younger kids who are still developing are just as susceptible. Medical research has shown hits don’t have to produce a concussion to have long-lasting effects.”
AB 2127 prohibits full-contact football practices in the off-season. 19 other states have taken this step. The bill also limits the amount of “full-contact” practice teams may hold during the pre-season and regular season to two (2) per week, and they shall not exceed 90 minutes in any single day. Coaches can structure practice sessions of any length to address skills development, conditioning, and drills against static pads or equipment; the 90 minute limit only applies to full-speed, full-contact, game-like sessions. Drills that result in contact that are intended to teach proper tackling technique, but do not involve collisions or activity typical of an actual football game are not considered “full-contact.” Finally, AB 2127 institutes a supervised return-to-play protocol for athletes who have suffered a concussion or brain injury.
This bill, if signed into law, would make California one of several states to take preventative measures to limit concussions in middle school and high school football. Texas, long-known as a center of high school football, allows only 90 minutes of full-contact practice per week during the regular season.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which oversees high school athletics in California, supports AB 2127. CIF wrote in support that “there is scientific consensus that…reducing “full-contact” practice time in high school sports, especially football, is a very positive step in the right direction to decrease traumatic brain injuries. Other states have already implemented similar laws.”
“This is a reasonable bill, and is also supported by a wide array of expert medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Neurology, and the California Psychological Association,” said Assemblyman Cooley.
Assembly Bill 2127 will now head to the California State Senate.
Assemblyman Ken Cooley represents the 8th Assembly District which includes the communities of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Rosemont, Wilton and other portions of unincorporated Sacramento County. For more information, please visit http://asmdc.org/members/a08/

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Are you a campus student or looking for a second job? Applying for a job in the hotel industry in the U.S. might be a wise idea.
You might settle your bills with the bonuses you get from open-handed customers. The most memorable moment of working in U.S. restaurants is the incredible tips you get from customers.
Leaving tips for waiters, which serve as bonuses for outstanding service, is an ancient culture in the United States. This fascinates most individuals from other parts of the world.
Today, the minimum salary for an entry-level waiter position is $2.13 per hour, or $85.20 in a week, depending on your region.
Most of their income is based on tips. You might get tipped 15% of the pre-tax bill for average service, as well as 20% for remarkable service. Servers put in significant efforts and customer service to get useful bonuses from clients.
Various top restaurants in the U.S. offer their waiters the most effective tips. Take a look below.
1. Morton’s Steak House
You can generate a reasonable amount of money working as a server at Morton’s Steak House. The popular chain of the restaurant began its operations after its inception in Chicago in 1978.
Since then, Americans have been enjoying its unique and irresistible menus, especially their amazing steaks.
Morton’s Steak House has average pay rates ranging from $11.37 income per hour for the bartender to $43,845 annual income for the servers.
2. Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Ruth’s Chris is an upscale steakhouse with over 194 locations in the United States. Servers at the restaurant have salaries ranges from $3231 to $55170.
The US-based restaurant, formerly referred to as Chris Steak House, acquired its popular name, Ruth’s Chris, after a kitchen fire in 1976 destroyed it.
The owner, Ruth Fertel, had to relocate to sustain the business operation. So, she placed her name on it.
Ruth’s Chris offers the highest-quality beef. They receive supplies from beef joints that are nationally recognized in the country. The gratuities at Ruth’s Chris are not automated, unlike most regions.
3. The Palm
The Palm, an elegant dining Washington steakhouse, is a former family-owned restaurant with large celebrities’ visits. Most U.S. residents list it as one of the best restaurants to have your steak.
The Palm restaurant also serves other menus, including Italian dishes alongside rich mouth-watering sauces such as the clams sauce. Servers at the Palm receive income of $7 at an hourly rate.
4. In-N-Out Burger
In-N-Out Burger is a fast-paced restaurant in the United States. It hires ethical individuals who ensure the operations run smoothly.
The restaurant outshines its competitors by avoiding freezers and serving customers with smiley moods.
In-N-Out Burger, whose influential founder is Harry Synder, gained its name from the pop-in and pop-out food ordering operations. Servers at the popular restaurant acquire their tips from guests visiting the dining place.
5. TGI Friday
The TGI Friday zone initiates an amazing experience for anyone living in New York City and Texas zones. You would not want to miss it.
Founded by Ray Blanchette, TGI Friday is an enticing restaurant with an American and everyday experience that ultimately initiates an unforgettable experience. The restaurant has its headquarters in Texas in the USA.
TGI Friday place offers amazing casual meals in the presence of high-profile restaurant professionals who sum up the whole idea of enjoying and experiencing good times in restaurants.
The Masa restaurant is one of the best restaurants in New York City in the USA. “Masa gives you an experience.
In my opinion, you’re not just eating food. You are living it,” is a standard mantra line coming out from most of its customers. The Masa restaurant is a Japanese restaurant full of fantastic food and an exhilarating experience worth a lifetime experience.
Established in 2004 by Chef Masa Takayama, Masa restaurant is a Japanese that wholesomely delivers enticing Japanese food to the people of New York.
Find this exciting place on the fourth floor of the Time Warner building at 10 Columbus Circle at Manhattan in New York City. The business offers no menu services and just the chef-selected meals, which constitute $595 per person.
Chef Maya Takayama enjoys preparing the meals by himself. He competently and amazingly includes seasonal and exotic ingredients like truffles. Another instance of the consumed exotic products has fish that freshly come in from Japan.
The Masa restaurant’s interesting things include the fact that the restaurant has no existing menu. And that Chef Maya tends to accurately keep a record of the specific menu title and review remarks from his customers.
Maya restaurant is also one of the only two sushi restaurants in North America to have a hinoki wood sushi bar that is usually worth US$260,000.
7. Bazaar Meat
Bazaar Meat place describes a perfect ideal place for satisfying and unforgettable steak and some fine wine. The memorable steakhouse offers dinner, dessert, tasting menus, late-night and drinks meals.
It has these fantastic features like private dining, seating, parking, reservations, full bar, alcohol servings, etc. Founded by Jose Andres, the Bazaar place covers multiple geographical places like Las Vegas, the South Beach, and Beverly Hills.
The fantastic business offers an incredible experience to its customers that consistently enriches its customer retention rate.
Based in Atlanta in Georgia, the Staplehouse is a casual American restaurant. It is a great fan of fresh ingredients. The place offers impressive meals like the grilled broccoli roasted with peanuts, ram, home-cured bacon, bechamel, etc.
Dinner comes in two ways: The option of dining the à la carte or the restaurant’s popular five-course tasting menu.
An amazing fact about Sundays is that the place gets to offer Sunday brunch between noon and 4 pm hour periods. The area does not operate on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Opened by Chef Ryan Smith, Ryan aims to artfully prepare exciting meals and initiate an unforgettable experience for his people.
9. Industry Kitchen
It is located in Manhattan in New York. The Industry Kitchen is a vibrant place for first dates and even more dates.
The area is a cozy, safer, and welcoming place with fantastic food and services. Their setup is wanting and heavenly enough to create lifetime memorable memories.
The site provides day and brunch meals, events, drinks menus, etc. Some of the popular dishes you would not want to miss their experience with include thanksgiving pizza, diablo, and the vanilla bean cheesecake.
The place also prepares modern American cuisine with seasonal market ingredients and the alternate typical meals that New York people generally love.
The industry kitchen is an indoor type of restaurant setting that caters to a more extensive range of people.
It is located just next to the Historic South Street Seaport. The Industry kitchen is a 5,000 square foot area zone. It has a great potential of accommodating almost 300 people both in outdoor and indoor seating.
It has unforgettable geographical views of the Brooklyn Skyline and the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges.
Industry Kitchen also broadly caters to events type of occasions. Event clients get to occupy either the whole dining room or just a right section of the outdoor deck. The management team is excellent and massively shares the same vision of enacting a unique and wonderful experience for everyone.
Serendipity restaurant is known for its fantastic food and exquisite dessert. It is located along 225 E 60th St. NYC in New York. It is an exciting place for artists and those seeking great inspiration.
Since its inception in the year 1954, Serendipity place targets to create a vibrant and bring their customers back to the same heaven spot. Some of the great desserts include the world-famous Frozen Hot Chocolate that has been captivating a larger group of dessert fans.
A number of the restaurant’s fantastic ice cream pints include the cookies and cream remix, the outrageous banana split, humble pie, strawberry fields sundae, forbidden Broadway sundae, etc.
The Serendipity restaurant operates to provide iconic services to keep their customers running back to the restaurant to gain unforgettable and craving taste.
Waiter tipping in restaurants is a common practice in the U.S. Under federal law, the average minimum amount for tipped waiters is at least $2.13 on an hourly basis.
Customers treat the outstanding waiters with significant generous bonuses. Most of the tipped waiters use the money to settle their bills. The standard tip is normally 15-25 percent of the total bill amount. For the well-performing waiters, they might get gratuity even more than 25 percent.
Above are some of the top restaurants in the U.S you might receive great tips as a server. Always remember the number of your tips depend on your region and the type of hotel.
Waiters in the most expensive restaurants in the country tend to get more tips from their giving customers. Upon visiting the United States’ best restaurants, leave tips as a symbol of appreciation to the hotel staff. Let the hardworking waiter keep the change.
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Rafael received his PhD in Planning from the University of Waterloo. He has a broad research interest in evaluating socioeconomic issues of minority/marginalized population in urban areas and understanding the planning/policy implications. His doctoral thesis investigated immigrants’ residential settlement patterns and transportation outcomes and the impact of transit quality on immigrants’ choice of residential locations and commuting modes.
Previously, Rafael was a lecturer (sessional) in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo from 2015 to 2016. He taught research methodology and economic analysis for regional planning courses during the tenure. He was also a tenured lecturer at the Independent University, Bangladesh, from 2006 to 2009, teaching introductory and advanced courses in environmental science and management.


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Michigan redistricting: Court finds new Detroit maps better for Black voters
- Federal court finds “no basis to reject” redrawn state House districts in metro Detroit
- Redrawing process came after metro Detroit voters successfully argued the commission improperly used racial data to draw maps
- New map adheres more closely to county and municipal boundaries and increases number of majority-Black districts
New Detroit-area state House districts redrawn by Michigan’s citizen redistricting commission are fairer to Black voters and will take effect in time for this year’s elections, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
In a new opinion, a federal three-judge panel that rebuked the commission’s original work in several metro Detroit political districts determined there was “no basis to reject” the commission’s revised map, dubbed “Motown Sound FC E1.”
The new map “departs significantly” from the original plan, the court found, adhering more closely to county and municipal boundaries and increasing the number of majority-Black districts.
Edward Woods III, the commission’s executive director, in a statement thanked the public for providing input on the redrawn map options. The “Motown Sound” map commissioners submitted to the court was the favorite map of many Detroit residents and advocacy groups.
“Despite doubts and concerns raised, the Commission demonstrated once again that it could focus on its purpose to draw fair maps with citizen input,” Woods said.
- Trial to weigh if Michigan legislative maps discriminate against Black voters
- Michigan redistricting: Mapmakers finalize new metro Detroit House map
- Can Michigan redistricting panel play nice, draw legal maps? It may get messy
In the original map, nine districts containing portions of Detroit extend well into the northern suburbs. Detroiters contended those districts diluted their vote by extending from the city far into suburbs.
The proposed drafts remedy that by generally clustering districts in the city, creating the possibility of more Detroit residents and Black elected officials in the Legislature in future sessions.
No incumbent lawmakers would have to move or run against a fellow lawmaker under the new map — an outcome the commission said was coincidental, but one that Detroit-area voters suing the commission argued was statistically rare.
During the process, several commissioners said they paid no attention to where sitting lawmakers lived while they worked to comply with the court order.
Judges dismissed concerns from plaintiffs that the latest map was an “incumbency protection plan” that would disenfranchise Black residents into perpetuity, noting that argument “assumes a degree of passivity among Detroit-area voters that finds little support in the record.”
“The record shows an energized electorate that was profoundly unhappy with the racial gerrymander,” the opinion reads. “And in six of the seven districts at issue here, African-American voters will have markedly more power to elect their candidate of choice in 2024 than they did in 2022.”
The latest configuration, largely drawn without the use of racial data, also boosts Black majorities in areas where critics of the redistricting process said commissioners initially kept the Black voting age population artificially low.
According to data provided by the commission, 11 Detroit-area districts would have majority-Black voting age populations in primary election contests under the new map.
Commission data indicates the state’s partisan balance wouldn’t change much under the proposed configuration, giving Democrats an edge in 60 of the state’s 110 House seats.
A Bridge Michigan analysis of several draft maps considered by the commission found the modified districts generally lean Democratic, but some by significantly smaller margins, which could jeopardize the narrow majority Democrats currently hold in the chamber.
Commissioners aren’t done with their work yet — six state Senate districts also thrown out by the court will be dealt with later this spring.
Districts that will see changes under the new map include:
- House District 1, currently represented by Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit
- House District 2, currently represented by Rep. Tullio Liberati, D-Allen Park
- House District 3, currently represented by Rep. Alabas Farhat, D-Dearborn
- House District 4, currently represented by Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit
- House District 5, currently represented by Rep. Natalie Price, D-Berkley
- House District 6, currently represented by Rep. Regina Weiss, D-Oak Park
- House District 7, currently represented by Rep. Helena Scott, D-Detroit
- House District 8, currently represented by Rep. Mike McFall, D-Hazel Park
- House District 9, currently represented by Rep. Abraham Aiyash, D-Hamtramck
- House District 10, currently represented by House Speaker Joe Tate, D-Detroit
- House District 11, currently represented by Rep. Veronica Paiz, D-Harper Woods
- House District 12, currently represented by Rep. Kimberly Edwards, D-Eastpointe
- House District 13, currently vacant
- House District 14, currently represented by Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit
- House District 16, currently represented by Rep. Stephanie Young, D-Detroit
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Adam Gidwitz, author of the wonderful A Tale Dark and Grimm series recently dropped a totally fantastic podcast series, Grimm, Grimmer, and Grimmest. Adam had told me it was in the works ages ago so I was excited to listen to it and was not disappointed. I’ve watched Adam tell stories to kids for ages and he is truly wonderful. And so is this podcast series as they’ve done a terrific job giving that same experience to listeners. The production is outstanding, heightening Adam’s unique and witty storytelling talent. I can’t recommend it enough anytime, not just today. In fact, last week I was on a field trip with my class of 4th graders and, on impulse, brought along a Bluetooth speaker and played three of the stories on the bus ride. The kids were completely absorbed. And right now, as I write, I’ve got three who couldn’t go to PE because of various ailments and they are listening (and giggling and participating) with pleasure. So, yes, I can’t recommend them enough!
To celebrate I invited Adam to answer a few questions about the podcast.
Let’s start by you giving us a bit of background as to why this sort of podcast exactly. What is it about the Grimm stories, the oral tradition, and the translating of that into a medium of today that speaks to you?
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote their stories down starting in 1810, drawing principally on stories that were part of the oral tradition in Germany at that time. Many of these were stories that were told around the hearth at night. Which meant that they weren’t just for kids. They were for everyone. Yes, the kids had to like the stories. But so did Mom, and Dad, and Grandma, and Crazy Uncle Friedrich. In a time with no electronic entertainment, no film, no radio—this was one of the prime modes of family entertainment. What’s exciting to me about podcasts is that they lend themselves to the same kind of family entertainment. Instead of turning on a TV and not looking at one another for three hours, I am imagining families making a fire in the fireplace, or everyone curling up in the big bed, and listening to an episode of Grimmest together. Or just laughing together on the drive to and from school. That works, too.
Where did the podcast idea come from and how did you work with Pinna to make it a reality?
I’ve been telling Grimm fairy tales to kids for about a decade now. The idea for my first book, A Tale Dark and Grimm, came from an experience of telling a truly grim Grimm tale to a classroom of second graders. One of them asked me to make it into a book, and I did. Since then, whenever I visit a school, a library, or a book festival, I am often telling real, grim Grimm tales to the kids. My favorite part of which is hearing them laugh and scream and make unexpectedly zany comments. I had been wishing that there was a way to share these experiences with more people. There was something so magical about telling these old tales live, and getting the reactions I was… So when Pinna came to me last year and said, “We’re looking for authors to create audio shows for kids; do you have any ideas?” I said, “YES!”
So the podcast sounds like me going into a classroom of kids, and beginning to tell a story. But then we zoom off, aurally, to the Kingdom of Grimm, where actors and sound effects and atmospheric music help me tell the tale. But we keep jumping back into our world as I ask the kids questions, or they laugh, or they heckle me (yeah, they heckle me). All of that is unscripted and, in my opinion, the best part of the show. Though the stories are pretty good, too.
How are you choosing the tales to tell? I mean, there are so many!
Right! Well, when I wrote my books A Tale Dark and Grimm, In a Glass Grimmly, and The Grimm Conclusion, I went through my big book of Grimm’s tales and chose some of my favorites. But they had to fit together somehow. And there were many that I loved but that I had not fit into the books. So I went back through the books and chose twenty of my favorite Grimm tales—ten for season one and ten for season two. I then did some rewriting. Not to fracture the tales: I’m honestly not a big fan of fractured fairy tales—I like the real ones. I just like them retold for modern kids. That doesn’t mean changing the setting or softening them at all. It means making the jokes work today (because humor, of any kind, doesn’t tend to age well), and ensuring that modern kids can care about the main characters, and get invested—which makes the modern kids more scared when something terrifying happens.
How did you schools and kids participate? Did you do the sessions over and over or once and then just edited them? They sound incredibly immediate, just like the ones I’ve seen you do with our students over the years.
Thank you! So, I would rewrite the tale, as I said above, and then I’d read it to the kids. They’d only get to hear it once, though we had two schools, and at one school there were two groups, so there were a few stories I was able to read three times. But always to different kids—so the kids’ reactions are indeed immediate and unscripted and absolutely genuine. I didn’t even ASK them to comment. But once they knew they could, comments just burst forth. And we captured them on the mics. The first time that happened, it was a magical moment. I was reading them my retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, and I think I made them laugh, and there was this beautiful giggle. And I remember looking at a microphone and thinking, “We got that. We captured that. Everyone is going to get to hear what kids sound like when they really love one of these fairy tales.” It was one of the happiest moments of my year.
What else would you like to tell us about the podcast, series, and anything else?
Only that everyone can hear all of Season 1 now, for FREE, on Apple Podcasts! We don’t know if they’ll be on there for free forever, so go listen right now! Just search Grimmest on Apple Podcasts and it comes right up! And I really recommend listening all the way through Episode 10. I think you’ll know why when you do…
Indeed…thank you, Adam. Now, everyone, go and listen. You can thank me later.


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My Sunday routine now includes cutting up bits of vegetables for my daily salads. Today I sliced and diced carrots, celery, crisp cooked green beans, radishes, and snap peas. Then, I put some frozen green peas and some canned black beans in mason jars, as well. Refilled my small mason jars with walnuts and almonds. Hard boiled half a dozen eggs. (I don’t eat yolks everyday…cholesterol, but the whites are wonderful!)I rescued some linguine we were going to toss out on Saturday, cut the long strands into bite size bits and put those in a jar, too. So, my salads for the week are good to go. It is so satisfying to open the frig, pull out all my glass containers, pop off the tops and sprinkle all the vegs together.


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Stettler's Cold Lake (also known by the locals as Buttermilk Slough) has undergone a refurbishing project where three local fellows featured in this East Central Alberta Review newspaper article. We wanted to hear more about what they did, so we contacted and invited them to attend our regular meeting on March 21st.
If you don't know, Cold Lake lies between the southeast edge of the town of Stettler and along the north side of Highway 12. Highway 12 is a major route in East Central Alberta that runs west of Lacombe through Stettler and east to the Saskatchewan border.
But we're not talking about the city of Cold Lake, which is north and east of Stettler and runs pretty close to the Saskatchewan border! That said, people travelling through Stettler on their way to Cold Lake may have, on occasion, found themselves at taking a little rest stop at this local bird sanctuary!
We're grateful that Al Campbell attended our meeting and gave a short presentation about the project's history. Here's what he shared.
Cold Lake was originally known as Buttermilk Slough because the runoff from the local factory caused the water in the slough to turn almost buttermilk-coloured. Waterfowl still visited regardless. This little lake has existed since before the rail line was built, followed by the town of Stettler. Only until 1991 did the lake finally get some attention as a bird sanctuary, which required some attention.
Dave Dennis, who then worked with Alberta Forestry, Wildlife, and Parks, hatched the idea for the project. In 1991, the Department of Forestry granted approval via a license to install four tire nests and four rock islands. Work began in 1992. Straw was placed in tires supplied by Dave Dennis. The Town of Stettler supplied the rock islands. Today, two of the four islands remain, as the others have sunk below the water level.
Stu Salkeld of the ECAR (East Central Alberta Review), happened by Cold Lake on March 1 and saw the endeavours. He wanted to get more insight into this thirty-three-year-old project and decided to interview the gentlemen responsible for an interesting newspaper piece. Of the three gentlemen he spoke with, Bob Rawlusyk and Al Campbell volunteered to maintain the nesting platforms for the last several years.
Wally McComish helped over the last three years and crafted several platform nests. About three years ago, Bob got the barley straw from Kevin Baird, who farms north of Gadsby. Kevin suggested that canola straw would work much better instead, as the oil content of the stalks makes the straw nearly waterproof and sticks together much better. Romar Powersports loaned an ATV for the project.
We encourage you to check out Stettler's Cold Lake and see what wildlife it has attracted. A gravel walking trail has been created all around the lake, which is about one mile long in circumference. Watch for waterfowl such as Canada geese, Tundra swans, lesser scaup, goldeneye, mallard ducks, shovellers, blue-winged teals, different species of shorebirds, and more. Remember your camera (or binoculars) when you go visit this local bird sanctuary!


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Distance 8.5 km return, height gain 470 m, moderate
Christian Hoffmann's mountain (two ns please) is an excellent day trip from Indian Oils trailhead. The view west and north is stupendous, taking in everything from Junction Mountain through Gibraltar to Bluerock Mountain and beyond.
Start: Indian Oils trailhead on Hwy. 546.
The going is occasionally steep but easy to follow. There is one section where you have to step across low deadfall. Here is a track log of the hike
Note: The bridge over Tiger Jaw Falls has been replaced.
The Sheep trail has some minor water damage, but nothing to worry hikers. A route has been well flagged through the deadfall area on the flat section before the summit meadows.
Dave cut out some of the deadfall Jun 27, 2018. Thanks Dave.
- Summit area of Mount Hoffmann. View north to Bluerock Mtn.
Please refer to the trail description in the guidebook, especially for unofficial, off-trail hikes.
Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Volume 4 Trail #24
Trailhead: Indian Oils 50.62183N, -114.69686W
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Creative Agency RK Venture Utilizes the Power of Virtual Reality to Deliver Haunting Experience on the Dangers of Drunk Driving for the New Mexico Department of Transportation
Agency partnered with Left Field Labs and Microsoft on innovative anti-DWI project
Albuquerque, NM – Creative firm RK Venture has collaborated with LA’s Left Field Labs to produce ENDWI (VR): Lives Changed Forever, a powerful virtual reality experience for ENDWI, the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) anti-drunk driving initiative. Based on details of an actual drunk driving crash, the intense immersive experience follows three protagonists: a drunk driver, a state trooper who is first on the scene, and a victim whose life is upended by the horrific crash. Interviews for ENDWI (VR): Lives Changed Forever were facilitated by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and performances were captured at Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Capture Studio in San Francisco. The VR experience premiered at the recent 2018 Governors Highway Safety Association meeting in Atlanta, GA, and will tour New Mexico extensively as part of NMDOT’s continued effort to raise awareness around the dangers of drinking and driving.
“A virtual reality experience is capable of triggering an emotional response that traditional means of behavioral change messaging is not,” said Richard Kuhn, owner and executive creative director of RK Venture. “With Left Field Labs and Microsoft, we were able to create a compelling and undeniably impactful ‘You are there’ experience that completely immerses viewers in the narrative, allowing them to see, hear, and feel, the very real destruction drunk driving brings to the lives of those who choose to drive under the influence, their innocent victims, and first responders.”
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The award-winning RK Venture team has provided stellar advertising, design, and strategic services to both private and public sector clients for thirty years. In addition to creating numerous award-winning statewide campaigns for the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), RK Venture created the highly successful "Take the Train” campaign for Metrolink, southern California’s passenger rail system. The team also collaborated with LA Metro (Los Angeles County, CA bus and rail system) to develop a mobile component to LA County's Vetsgo511 website, which connects military veterans with needed services, and conceived and produced the celebrated “Awesomazing" multi-platform campaign for RCN, an industry-leading high-speed internet, digital TV and phone service provider.
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Left Field Labs is a creative agency specializing in inventive thinking with intentional impact. The team of designers, developers, and strategists has developed and launched hundreds of globally recognized digital products and experiences, for an array of clients including Google, Uber, Estée Lauder, Disney, VMware, and Harvard University.
About NMDOT & ENDWI:
NMDOT‘s mission is to provide a safe and efficient transportation system for the traveling public, while promoting economic development and preserving the environment of New Mexico. NMDOT’s ENDWI campaign is a cross-government effort involving NM State Police, the Department of Transportation, the Governor’s Office, and local and county police, which works to raise awareness around the issue of drunk driving in New Mexico. For more information: endwi.com
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The Noble Alliance Between Local Growers and Their Communities by Alleah Schweitzer
Published Date: 09-09-2016
If you’ve ever been to a farmer’s market, you’ve certainly encountered a comforting display of organized chaos, with merchants hawking their wares, the incessant chirping of “free samples!”, the vibrant displays of assorted produce arranged by taste and color, and, perhaps most notably, the interactions between growers and buyers. Aside from all the excitement, an important dynamic is taking place at nearly every farmer’s market across the country which combines environmental, economic, and cultural benefits together to add strength to communities by advancing local identity and improving resiliency.
Buying locally is often cited for its environmental advantages. For example, supporting local growers reduces transportation distances (known as food miles) food must journey to reach commercial outlets. Food produced by industrial agricultural methods typically travels an average of 1,500 miles from farm to table according to data reported by the Center for Urban Education and Sustainable Agriculture. Therefore, reducing food miles plays a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. CO2 and other pollutants) and lessens their environmental impact. Consumers who buy local, (e.g ” localvores“) can claim bragging rights declaring their carbon footprints are lower than those who don’t buy locally. “It’s a start” as the Lord of Madingley, Sir John Browne is still fond of saying.
Traceability of food has become an increasingly important point of consideration among well-informed consumers. How farmers steward their landholds, specifically how they care for soil, water, people, plants and animals is central to these concerns. Local food production and distribution systems offers consumers opportunity to witness, up close how farmers manage these important ecological aspects and reward those who take these responsibilities seriously. Small landholders and farms are also more likely to adopt sustainable agricultural practices and be transparent about them as compared to their industrial agricultural counterparts. From the engaged consumer’s perspective, meeting people responsible for growing their food adds an extra dimension of certainty, security, and accountability.
A system in which food is sustainably grown, processed, traded, and controlled within a common local framework fosters numerous economic and social benefits, according to data published by The Foundation for Local Food Initiatives, a cooperative community interest organization based in the United Kingdom. Money spent on locally produced food and goods has a multiplicative effect. New Economics Foundation Researcher Dan Boyle has observed that for every dollar spent on locally produced food, nearly $2.50 of value remains within the local economy. According to Boyle, “Money invested locally is nearly twice as efficient in stimulating community growth”.
Of course many of us have experienced the power of local food to cultivate tradition, identity and pride. Restaurateurs who source locally are limited to the seasonal yield of farmers. Their menus reflect these limitations. Terroir, a French word for the physical and cultural traits of a location, lends notions of identity and community. We have witnessed this phenomena develop in California during the last generation with the emergence of a cuisine, reflecting the flavors of this dynamic region, by culinary pioneers like Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and Judy Rodgers of Zuni Café. Direct collaboration between chefs and farmers shapes the taste, identity and pride of a community. This phenomenon, not unique to California, can be observed in other places, for example France for its cheeses and wines, and Vermont for its maple syrup, to name two locales. Contributions to a community’s flavor profile instill meaningful relationships with food growers, chefs and consumers and enrich those exposed to this interplay. As Amy Trubek ruminates in her insightful book, The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey Into Terroir, “The people growing the potatoes and mangoes, making the wine and cheese, and cooking the bouillabaisse and mushroom lentil salad can enable us all to taste place if they are given the cultural tools and structure.”
Next time you find yourself at a farmer’s market, take a moment to absorb the unique atmosphere of diversified collaboration. Take advantage of the knowledge of farmers and sellers at the market, many of whom are eager to discuss their products or share their values. Be mindful of your food choices and the role you play in supporting this dynamic relationship and your ability to integrate local and seasonal ingredients into your diet. While achieving a totally local regimen is nearly impossible, making small substitutions or dietary adjustments can profoundly benefit the environment, stimulate local markets, and foster community development.
About The Author – Alleah Schweitzer – An occasional contributor to “Food for Thought”, is a native of Connecticut and Graduate of the University of Redlands where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science in 2014. Ms Schweitzer is a fellow of the Sustainable University of Redlands Farm (“SURF”) program and profoundly interested in issues related to sustainable agriculture, food security, food globalization and the implications of a local diet.

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skyjake.fi was offline for about 15 hours, but is up and running again.
In a rather peculiar sequence of events, a small box full of batteries, screws, dice, and other small items fell from a bookshelf nearby and landed directly on the server PC. The box in question hadn't been touched in days, so I was rather surprised that it suddenly decided to take a plunge. Immediately following the impact, the PC started making a loud rattle but the noise subsided after a while. I was busy looking after my son and filed the incident as suspicious but not something that required immediate attention.
Well, I continued having a busy evening so I didn't follow up on this until the sharp smell of overheated dust started permeating the house. And sure enough, the PC was still running but the CPU heat sensors were at maximum levels. I shut down the PC but didn't have time to investigate further right away. This took down the skyjake.fi capsule, Mastodon instance, my Gitea server, and other services proxied through the system (e.g., Weblate and Lagrange's LibreTranslate instance).
This morning I opened the case up for examination. Turns out an unused power cable had come loose and stuck itself into the CPU fan. I did recall hearing minor rattles every now and then — some part of the cable may have been in contact with the fan already before. I removed the accumulated dust, applied a zip tie to hold the cable in place, and turned the machine back on.
Fortunately, everything was still working fine. I was worried a data migration was in the cards, and tentatively planned to move the disks to another PC and run them inside a VM. However, this machine is only five years old so it should have another five before something serious starts falling apart.
(Note to self: keep the shelves and cables better organized!)
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The trend for new mothers to lose lots of weight in a short amount of time could be detrimental to their infant's health, they warned.
But women who pile on the pounds after giving birth also put their next child at risk, they said.
Effects can include premature birth, greater risk of stillbirth and high blood pressure.
Women should therefore try to maintain a healthy weight before, during and after pregnancy to give their child the best start in life, said two doctors writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
The experts are Jennifer Walsh, a specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at Coombe Women's Hospital in Dublin, and Deirdre Murphy, professor of obstetrics at Trinity College, University of Dublin, and Coombe Women's Hospital.
They warned that the current obsession with what women weigh, and its series of conflicting messages, also extended into pregnancy.
"Women of reproductive age are bombarded with messages about diet, weight, and body image," they said.
"There is growing concern on the one hand about an epidemic of obesity, and on the other about a culture that promotes 'size zero' as desirable, irrespective of a woman's natural build.
"With at least half of all pregnancies unplanned, women need to be aware of the implications of their weight for pregnancy, birth, and the health of their babies."
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Leave the television, internet and books aside today. There's real, live history waiting on New Jersey's towpath canals.
Starting at 11 a.m., the Canal Society of New Jersey invites the public to the final 2008 Canal Heritage Day, focusing on the Morris Canal and Waterloo's Canal Town.
Those in attendance will have the chance to ride down the Morris Canal, while learning the history of the waterway. There will also be a tour of the Waterloo Village, along the ancient stagecoach road, rich with historical homes and buildings.
Children in attendance will be able to try their hand at wooden toys and darts in a designated play area. All activities are free, and the village's grounds are open for hiking or picnics.
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So now we know: In addition to being a darn good football team, the Atlanta Falcons are the world’s best sandbaggers.
In working 13 games of varying quality, they’d dropped the hint that this team was no better than before and was, ergo, bound for the same one-and-done postseason fate. Turns out the Falcons were just being sly. “Go hyperventilate over somebody else,” they were saying, “while we win enough games to put ourselves in position. And then you can tell us again how we can’t beat anybody any good when it matters.”
On Sunday this unassuming crew dropped a 500-pound sandbag on the collective noggin of the reigning Super Bowl champions. Forty-nine weeks ago, the Falcons were overpowered 24-2 in the Meadowlands. But these Falcons, as was made manifest Sunday, are not those Falcons. These Falcons not only beat the haughty Giants by 34 points but pulled off a deft bit
Fifteen seconds left, eight yards from victory. We know how the epic SEC championship game played out – for late tuners-in, Alabama beat Georgia 32-28 on Dec. 1 – but what exactly went into those 15 overstuffed seconds? Why did what happened happen?
We begin at the end, or very near it. (All the voices heard below spoke at a Georgia media session this week in Athens.) An apparent clinching interception by Dee Milliner with 45 seconds remaining was overturned by video review, handing the Bulldogs a glimmer of life that would become a starburst. Quarterback Aaron Murray found tight end Arthur Lynch for 15 yards, then wide receiver Tavarres King for 23, then Lynch again for 26.
In 30 seconds the Bulldogs traveled 64 yards against the nation’s top-ranked defense. A game that had seen five lead changes was eight yards from a sixth.
Murray: “We’d gotten a little break (on the
Athens – Depending on the index, Georgia is ranked No. 5 (USA Today coaches’ poll), No. 6 (Associated Press) or No. 7 (BCS) in the land. Counting the national championship game, the BCS fits 10 teams into five postseason games. Georgia, alas, is not among them.
The Bulldogs are bound for the Capital One Bowl, which is essentially the consolation game for losers of conference championships. (Georgia’s opponent is Nebraska, which lost to Wisconsin 70-31 in the Big Ten title tilt.) With three losses, the Cornhuskers probably belong in the Capital One. Georgia does not.
At worst, Georgia is the nation’s third-best team. It went 11-1 in the regular season and won the SEC Eastern Division, which this time around was no junior circuit. (Florida is ranked No. 3 in the BCS standings, South Carolina No. 10). But the Bulldogs were penalized for falling five yards short in one of the greatest
Our weekly Heat Check arrives, perhaps inappropriately, on a chilly morning.
FALCONS: The good news — well, to some ears — is that they’re getting a new stadium. The bad news is that they stunk out Bank of America Stadium on Sunday, losing by 10 points to the last-place Carolina Panthers. Atmospheric reading: The Falcons are in a really weird place, and by this we don’t mean Flowery Branch or the doomed Georgia Dome. They clinched the NFC South with a month to spare, which essentially thrusts them into another preseason. They know they’re going to the playoffs and they know they’ll need to play well once there, but the reality is that these final regular-season games mean next to nothing.
HAWKS: Had a chance to nose ahead of the Miami Heat in the NBA Southeast. Didn’t do it, losing by nine after a pretty stout first half. This came two days after an eye-opening road victory at Memphis.
On Monday, the man charged with making the Atlanta Falcons’ pitch for a new stadium actually made a case for the current one. “We don’t need a building to play in next Sunday,” team president Rich McKay said. “The Georgia Dome is a good building. We love playing in it. (Falcons coach) Mike Smith has an incredible record in it.”
So why, if the Dome is dandy, was McKay sitting at a dais with Frank Poe, executive director of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, briefing the assembled media an hour after the GWCCA board unanimously approved terms that will surely lead to the building of a new stadium?
Because in sports as in life, new and shiny trumps tried and true. The Dome opened in 1992, and it’s a nice place two decades on, but by 2017 it’ll be gone, having been rendered superfluous by its billion dollar baby brother.
Said McKay: “We need a new stadium for the long term,
There are people who say that only championships matter, that finishing second is the same as finishing last. To those people, we say this: Go away now. Go away while we honor — and yes, that’s the proper word — as gallant a runner-up as we’ll ever see. Go away and let us speak of the Georgia Bulldogs.
They’d waited 30 years for a game this big, and they came as close as you could come to winning it without actually winning. Three times they took a lead over the mighty Alabama, and even after what should have been a crushing Tide touchdown with 3:15 remaining, even after what seemed a clinching Bama interception inside the final minute … even then, these Bulldogs found themselves with first-and-goal and time flying.
That they fell five yards short, that a tipped Aaron Murray pass for Malcolm Mitchell was caught by a falling Chris Conley and the final five seconds ticked away,
This post is an adjunct to the game column, which can be found here.
1. Alabama shattered the SEC Championship game record for yards rushing. The Tide ran for 350 yards, with two backs — game MVP Eddie Lacy and backup T.J. Yeldon — each going way over 100. (Lacy had 181, Yeldon 153.) And it was, almost inevitably, the fear of the Alabama ground game that spawned the Tide’s winning touchdown. AJ McCarron threw deep to Amari Cooper, who had run past Damain Swann, for the winning touchdown with 3:15 to play. But Alabama couldn’t run out the clock inside the final two minutes, and it nearly cost the Tide the game.
2. Even the best in the business sometimes whiffs. Alabama coach Nick Saban waited until five seconds remained in the first half to use his first timeout. After converting on third-and-2 at the Georgia 39 with 42 seconds left, the Crimson Tide allowed the clock to tick
At the SEC Coaches’ Luncheon at the Hyatt on Friday, emcee Dave Neal asked Nick Saban if it was easier to keep a team motivated as a favorite, or if being an underdog was preferable. Whereupon Mark Richt said, “What does he know about being an underdog?”
Saban’s Crimson Tide is favored today by eight points over Richt’s Bulldogs, but an awful lot of folks — this correspondent included — are picking Georgia. Still, this matchup couldn’t have caught Saban unaware.
“Last summer I was at the lake (Burton, where every big-name college football coach has a summer house) and I was fooling around in the yard, and two guys rode up on JetSkis,” Saban told Richt at the luncheon. “One of them was your quarterback Aaron Murray and the other was your center (David Andrews). And they said, ‘We’ll see you in the SEC championship game.’ ”
And here both teams are, Alabama ranked No. 2 to
Mark Richt apprenticed at Florida State when the Seminoles played for five national championships in eight seasons, and he came to Athens expecting more of the same. “That was the plan coming in,” he said Friday, “but it hasn’t happened yet.”
It could well happen Saturday. If Richt’s team wins the SEC championship game, the plan will have come to fruition. Twelve years Georgia’s coach, Richt has never been so close to playing for the BCS title. Twelve years Georgia’s coach, the path finally is clear.
A coach can never know when, or if, his moment will arrive. Richt had great early success – three division titles and two SEC championships in his first five years – and then he had rather less. We began to wonder if a fine career could ever bring the ultimate validation. Well, it’s there to be seized under the off-white roof of the Georgia Dome, there to be seized in the kind of
This post is an adjunct to the Falcons-Saints game column, which can be found here.
1. The Falcons set out to prove a point. After losing in the Superdome 17 days earlier, coach Mike Smith noted that his time wasn’t winning the line of scrimmage. The Falcons rushed for 46 yards that day. They rushed for 71 yards on Thursday night’s opening drive, which culminated in a Michael Turner touchdown. On the drive, they deployed guard Mike Johnson as a tight end for more oomph. Said Smith: “The game of football is about the line of scrimmage. I thought we did a nice job of getting our running backs to second level, which is how you have 100 yards rushing in a half.”
2. This secondary keeps losing men but making plays. Cornerback Brent Grimes was lost after the opening game, and Asante Samuel left this game early after re-injuring the shoulder he seems to tweak every week. But subs

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A wanted New Castle man was arrested and charged Saturday with robbing two restaurants near Newark, according to state police.
Officers with the New Castle County Police Department took 26-year-old Michael S. Berwick into custody Saturday during a traffic stop, said Master Cpl. Gary Fournier, a spokesman with Delaware State Police. He was then charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony.
Police charged him in connection with robberies on March 9 and March 13 in which a man implied he was armed to get cash from employees at Great Wall Chinese Restaurant and a Dunkin' Donuts, Fournier said.
In each robbery, Fournier said Berwick would enter the restaurant and give an employee a demand note for cash that would imply he was armed. After he got the money, Berwick would run from the building and no injuries were ever reported, Fournier said.
Police said it was video footage, as well as interviews and physical evidence, that helped them link Berwick to the crimes.
He was taken to Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington after failing to post $70,000 cash bail.
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Framed upholstery fabric with colorful patterns can make a bold statement on a large wall. This piece is in a float frame, but other styles and colors can be used, too. Make sure the fabric is mounted properly to avoid the wrinkles shown here. A quilt can also be framed to fill a large wall space.
We love our TVs, but they are not exactly a great design piece in most rooms. By integrating the TV in with custom framed art, it is less obvious, yet is still right there when you want to watch your favorite shows.
A single, large piece of custom framed art provides a great way to fill a wall and to make a BIG statement!
As an alternative to one large piece of framed art over the fireplace, create a grouping of smaller pieces. Vary the colors of the art, mats and frames to add visual appeal.
Here’s a classic, old-world powder room with frames galore! This definitely has a masculine touch for dudes with style!
Sometimes it is fun to take a whimsical approach with your frame designs. In this case we used wooden dowels to create “stems” for the tulips prints. These were attached to the frames with screws and extend to the floor.
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The 4th of July is one of the most celebrated holidays in America. People gather around and celebrate America’s Independence in many different ways. On average during the 4th of July weekend, 74 million Americans will attend a cookout, 150 million hot dogs will be eaten, and over 600 million dollars will be spent on fireworks. Sounds like a great time right? Of course it does!
Unfortunately, some people will not be celebrating on the lake or at a cookout. Some people will be behind the wheel of a truck this weekend. These people are essential to our country. They help deliver all the things that people have the freedom to buy, use, and enjoy. Since they don’t always get to enjoy the 4th like most Americans, it is only right for everyone to thank them for what they do. Truck drivers are vital to the economy and they work hard so we can have everything we want. So, if you see a truck driver this weekend, be sure to thank them for all that they do.
Another way that pedestrian drivers can thank truckers is by driving safely. Although this weekend is one of the most fun weekends of the year, it is also one of the busiest and most dangerous holiday weekends for travel. Over 40 million people will travel 50 miles or more by car. With so many people traveling at one time, safety becomes even more important. Not every driver on the road will be driving safely, that is why truck drivers must be extra cautious during this time. If 40 million drivers on the road doesn’t make you want to drive safely, then maybe the fact that over 68 million cases of beer will be bought this weekend. This weekend has some of the highest rates for DUI and drunk driving related accidents. This number can be reduced if we all do our part. Truck driver or not, you must be extremely cautious while driving this weekend. Pay attention and be aware of the vehicles around you. Remember, the life you save just may be your own.
Have fun and be safe this weekend.