2003 - Boz Scaggs L.A. Times Interview
(Boz at the Playboy Jazz Festival)
[By Don Heckman, Special to The Times]
Boz Scaggs as a Playboy Jazz Festival headliner? That should come as somewhat of a surprise to jazz aficionados at Saturday's opening event in the annual two-day celebration at the Hollywood Bowl.
What, they may wonder, is the veteran pop star of the '70s and '80s doing on the same stage that will showcase the likes of Dave Brubeck, Al Jarreau and Dave Holland?
Scaggs' presence isn't as unexpected as it might seem. This year's 25th anniversary event is offering one of the most musically eclectic programs in memory, ranging freely from pop to jazz to blues to world music.
In addition, Scaggs, 59, has his own special connections with the world of jazz. The first is his latest album, "But Beautiful," in which he takes on the classic jazz-associated songs in the Great American Songbook, an outing that adds him to a growing list of rock and pop artists -- from Willie Nelson and Linda Ronstadt to Rod Stewart and Steve Tyrell -- who have found inspiration in the songs of Rodgers & Hart, Ellington, Gershwin, etc.
Still, why was the blues-based singer-songwriter of such pop hits as "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" motivated to join the trend and devote an entire album to this repertoire?
"Because it's there," he says, in characteristically epigrammatic fashion. "It's harmonically rich, and it's been more challenging than anything I've ever done.
"Not that it was something I expected to do," he says. "It began a few years ago, when I sang 'My Funny Valentine' as part of an acoustic set I was asked to do for a benefit. When I saw the reception I got, it piqued my imagination to look further into standards."
Scaggs was encouraged to take a jazz-framed view of those standards as the result of his close musical association with pianist Paul Nagel (whose quartet, featuring saxophonist Eric Crystal, performed on the album and will back Scaggs at the festival).
The result is a collection of laid-back ballads in which his sparse vocal style fits smoothly into an engaging jazz setting. His association with jazz did not, however, begin with "But Beautiful," which recently topped Billboard's Jazz Album chart.
In oddly synchronistic fashion, Scaggs recalls that it dates back to a Playboy-sponsored program.
"My first jazz album," he says, "was the 'Playboy Jazz [Allstars Album, Vol. 2]' of 1958. I guess I was in the seventh or eighth grade at that time. I don't know where I got the record, but it had the winners and the runners-up. Gerry Mulligan, can't remember who else, but I could probably still hum every solo from every winner in every category."
All of which may not exactly place Scaggs in the top category of jazz vocalists. But it does provide an intriguing subtext to this 25th Playboy festival.
What better evidence of the long linkage between jazz and the festival than the fact that a teenager from a small Texas town can discover the music from a Playboy all-star recording and then, more than four decades later, become a headliner at the festival.
Scaggs is upbeat about his new linkage with jazz.
"I'm going to be around this music for a while," he says. "I love its melodic and harmonic qualities, and it's going to impact what I sing and what I write. The door's been opened."


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The long wait is nearly over for all you eager farmers out there, as FarmVille 3’s release date is on the horizon, and we finally get a first look at FarmVille 3, the long-awaited sequel to 2014’s FarmVille 2. Fortunately, it’s clear to see that Zynga has kept the essence of the franchise alive with its upcoming game.
We might have to wait for FarmVille 3’s release date, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dissect the sneak peek clip. In the 20-second video, we get to see a family of cows rejoicing following the birth of their newest member, while a little lamb is then seen bouncing around in its own happy world before its parents shower love upon it. Following that, you get to see many farm animals in the wonderful countryside – you best be ready for your heart to melt.
Seeing all these beautiful animals may well leave you wanting to breed and nurture your own swarm of baby animals. Well, good news, as FarmVille 3 introduces a new gameplay feature that sees you do exactly that. Many baby animals are waiting for you to shower them with love. Overall, there are more than 150 unique varieties across various species, including horses, foxes, alpacas, and pigs.
FarmVille first came onto the scene in 2009, making the series 12 years old. In that time, the games have picked up more than 700 million downloads across Facebook, browsers, and mobile devices.
Check out the preview below if you want to get a peek at what awaits you in FarmVille 3.
Farmville 3 release date
The good news for all you keen farmers out there is that FarmVille releases on November 4, and the even better news is that pre-registrations are now open – just visit the official website here.

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The Office Cleaning World is Going Green
Going green is almost as good as working outside. Allergies bother millions of people every year, causing many to suffer. Their symptoms can range from itchy, watery eyes and runny noses, to more serious ailments that can affect people’s ability to work. For this reason, business owners and managers should consider green cleaning methods to help reduce the possibility that the office cleaning will add to their allergy issues. Maintaining a green clean office can aid in this effort and here are some things to consider: in some situations, chemical components of office cleaning products can trigger allergic reactions especially for eyes and nostrils. Consider using a commercial cleaning service that uses environmentally-friendly products.


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Washington lobbyists who represent some the world’s largest companies are contributing heavily to Republican presidential candidates. So far, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has done the best, pulling in about $200,000, a Washington Post
examination of records showed.
More than 100 registered lobbyists have contributed to Romney campaign, according to the Post’s study of donor and lobbying records. In addition, a team of lobbyist fundraisers have bundled almost $1 million for the campaign of the former equity fund executive.
Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, brought in about $72,000 from 42 lobbyists through September, plus an additional $77,000 that a banker bundled. Other GOP candidates who have gotten contributions from lobbyists include Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum.
Republicans are hoping to use contributions from lobbyists and corporate political action committees to offset President Barack Obama’s fundraising prowess. GOP donations have come from lobbyists who represent technology firms and the oil industry, the Post reported.
“I was a Republican before I was a lobbyist,” Kirk Blalock, who represents dozens of major corporations including BP, Coca-Cola and Time Warner, told the Post. “For me it’s about working for a cause I believe in and not about my business of lobbying.”
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On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted his plans for a massive jobs and infrastructure plan to help America recover from the virus.
“With interest rates for the United States being at ZERO, this is the time to do our decades long awaited Infrastructure Bill. It should be VERY BIG & BOLD, Two Trillion Dollars, and be focused solely on jobs and rebuilding the once great infrastructure of our Country! Phase 4,” he tweeted.
Trump has been calling for such a plan since he ran for president. The Democrats, knowing it means union jobs and eyeing Trump’s increased poll numbers and greater chances for reelection, are not unreceptive.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said, “I think the odds are we’ll need more legislation. First, we don’t know the extent of the crisis in terms of the magnitude, so that could rise. But there are going to be problems that we don’t realize now that we’re going to have to grapple with. So I think the odds are high there will be a COVID-4.”
Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin likes the idea, “This is a very popular program with Republicans and Democrats, and the president likes it a lot…We will absolutely go back to Congress and ask for more money.”
It will be insane for Democrats to oppose this bill, though some will. It steals a page from the Democrat playbook and uses the crisis to achieve something the president has wanted all along, an infrastructure program to renovate the country’s roads, bridges, tunnels, and other structures that have gone without major repairs for decades.
Unions will put heavy pressure on Democrats to sign on and the American public, many who will have lost their jobs, will be eager for a plan that brings many jobs back to the economy.
This piece was written by PoliZette Staff on April 1, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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Your Favourite Photoshop Tutorials in One Place
The Making of Mystic
In this time, we will focus on the big picture steps taken to create this image. You’ll learn some incredible techniques in this tutorial, and get a view into how the designer creates beautiful photo-manipulation based images. You can also apply the techniques into your image.
When you have the opportunity to design your wall paper at home or design patterns for cloth or bags, you may need to calm down and learn experience and tips, because the flowing, seamless patterns is not easy to achieve. Then welcome to follow this tutorial to experience the fairly painless way of creating a seamless pattern.
To some common Photoshop users, they may not be familiar to create a smudge signature. The procedure for this creation is not as complicate as you thought. You can generate your signature in few steps using blending mode’s function.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a text pattern in the grass field. Of course, you can create the pattern you like by the same method. The field off by playing with the levels are finished by increasing the contrast and cropping the image to make it more horizontal.
In this tutorial, you will be able to learn how to feature a soft drink product. It really relies on a combination of using difference blending mode and radial blur filter to achieve unique colors, contrast, and lighting to emphasis the effect.
In this tutorial, it will show you how to create a very awesome poster in just 10 steps. This tutorial will be done by Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but you can use other tools instead if you find something nicer.
This tutorial is going to demonstrate you how to apply texture to a uneven surface. Flatly applying a texture across a whole image (as a means to age it or degrade it) is simple stuff. Realistically applying a texture to an uneven surface is much more difficult as more photoshop techniques are required.
In this tutorial, it will demonstrate you how to create the awesome retro. Sometimes, it is better to apply the retro for your background rather than an image. As retro creation is relatively simpler. You can create your own retro easily by changing the color setting.

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Public well being is a broad subject that impacts our lives in a number of methods. It goals at bettering well being on the native, nationwide, and worldwide ranges, paving the way in which for more healthy societies. This text offers an in-depth understanding of public well being, its significance, profession prospects, challenges, and its substantial contribution to our each day lives. If you wish to be taught extra, then hold studying and educate your self with our complete information.
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Moreover, public well being promotes well being fairness, guaranteeing well being entry and constructive well being outcomes throughout numerous populations. This work includes addressing social determinants, like revenue and training, which may unjustifiably have an effect on the well being of weak teams. The affect of public well being extends to sectors past healthcare, impacting areas equivalent to training, housing, and transportation. By bettering the well being of populations, public well being not directly promotes social stability and financial productiveness.
In conclusion, public well being holds a central position in bettering the general well being and well-being of society. Regardless of the challenges confronted, public well being professionals proceed to attempt for more healthy communities, higher well being fairness, and the formulation of efficient well being insurance policies. Their dedication and work make a contribution to our lives and can proceed to be more and more important within the face of world well being points.

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OH. MY. GOD! DVD and digital release details for @BESTWORSTMOVIE
Ever since the monstrous TROLL 2 came on the scene in 1990, followed by its subsequent documentary BEST WORST MOVIE 19 years later...well...let's just say we're fans here at Gordon and the Whale. Heck, more than fans. Family! But that is the true beauty of this little documentary that could. If you consider yourself a lover of film (and who doesn't, right?), no matter bad or good, BEST WORST MOVIE makes you feel as if you have become a part of the phenomena that surrounds the best worst movie ever made.
We first had the pleasure of meeting TROLL 2 star/BWM director Michael Stephenson, TROLL 2/BWM star George Hardy, and the rest of the crew at SXSW '09 as the film had its festival premiere there. Multiple interviews later (including one with two actual trolls), one recent Q&A in Dallas, and two years of you hearing us vocalize our love for all things Nilbog, you will finally have your chance to share in the magic in the comfort of your own home starting November 16. Let the hunger pains begin!
See all the details for the film's DVD and digital release after the break.
BEST WORST MOVIE” PARTNERS WITH NEW VIDEO FOR DVD AND DIGITAL RELEASE
Award-Winning, Critically-Acclaimed Documentary about the “Worst Movie Ever Made”
Available on Multiple Distribution Platforms Beginning November 16
New York, NY – September 15, 2010 - How many people can claim they starred in the worst movie ever? Michael Paul Stephenson will forever be known as the screaming, whining, ten year-old who saves his family by urinating on their dinner. Today, he is the director and producer of BEST WORST MOVIE, a critically-acclaimed documentary inspired by his role in what has been crowned the worst movie of all time: TROLL 2.
New Video, a leading independent film and TV distributor, announced today that BEST WORST MOVIE will be available on Tuesday, November 16, via DVD and digital platforms. A film festival favorite in 2009 and currently playing in theaters nationwide, BEST WORST MOVIE will be released under New Video’s Docurama Films brand.
In this hilarious and heartfelt story about the strange nature of celebrity, a sunny Alabama dentist and a self-deluded Italian filmmaker struggle to come to grips with their role in the worst movie ever made. The result is a tender offbeat journey that pays homage to lovers of bad movies and the people who make them, while investigating a deeper story about the catharsis of redemption and the humanity that exists in making even the worst movie ever made.
The DVD includes more than an hour of deleted scenes and interviews; fan contributions, including music videos and mash-up trailers; Filmmaker Q&A with Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and a provocative message from TROLL 2’s Goblin Queen, Deborah Reed.
The DVD and digital release of BEST WORST MOVIE closely follows the Blu-ray release of TROLL 2 in October from MGM.
BEST WORST MOVIE is written, directed and produced by Michael Paul Stephenson; produced by Lindsay Stephenson, Brad Klopman and Jim Klopman.
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New Video is the world’s leading independent Blu-ray, DVD and digital distributor specializing in cutting-edge documentaries, independent films, cult hits, collectible television series, sports and classic kids programming. Home to some of the most prestigious names in entertainment, including A&E®, HISTORY™, Lifetime®, Major League Baseball®, Major League Soccer®, Scholastic Storybook Treasures™, Arthouse Films, Docurama Films®, NEWVIDEO NYC, and Flatiron Film Company, New Video showcases over 5,000 titles in its catalog. As the digital distributor arm, New Video Digital provides over 11,000 hours of film and television programming from more than 120 trusted brands to download and streaming platforms including iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Xbox, Sony PlayStation and Amazon. Since 1990, the company’s mission has been to further the goal of providing audiences with top-notch special interest content. www.newvideo.com.
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By Emma Sanderson, Fall 2021 Marcellus Policy Fellow
American foreign policy in Somalia has failed. For years the United States has been entrenched in a counterterrorism campaign against al-Shabaab, Somalia’s most prominent militant group. Today, the U.S. war in Somalia offers a clear example of what happens when Washington leads with its military despite mounting costs, with little to show in curbing insurgency or achieving greater U.S. national security. The root causes of conflict in Somalia require a new approach.
The United States must reassess its mission in Somalia and recognize that its current strategy sustains the cycle of conflict and hinders stability. This will require Congress to take hard steps toward increasing transparency and oversight. Washington must reprioritize its foreign policy, opting for diplomatic solutions to Somalia’s political and governance problems with the objective to end military commitments and encourage self-sufficiency.
The United States’ presence does not inherently guarantee a functioning Somali government or an autonomous security force, but it is clear that sticking with the same military-led strategy will not deliver those results. If the U.S. reorients its policy toward a diplomatic approach that engages Somali leaders and civilians on reconciliation and reform, it has the potential to resolve key issues driving al-Shabaab’s insurgency.


The Fisker Ocean is finally on sale, over four years after it was first revealed to the world. Customer deliveries began in Demark one month ago, meanwhile US deliveries commenced last week.
The only version of the electric crossover currently being delivered is the $69,000 launch edition, which produces 550 horsepower and can sprint from 0-60 miles per hour in just 3.6 seconds. Dubbed the Ocean One, the launch version is powered by a 106-kilowatt-hour (net capacity) battery pack and has an estimated EPA range of 360 miles.
Daniel Simonsen recently took delivery of his Ocean One in Copenhagen, Denmark. He recorded a brief review of his new vehicle after one week of ownership.
Overall, Simonsen is very impressed with the Ocean. He initially praised its innovative technological features, like the high-resolution digital rear mirror.
The Ocean's suspension is superb, with Simonsen noting how comfortable the vehicle feels going over speed bumps and rough terrain. Its driver assistance technology also works well, although Simonsen didn't go into too much detail on it.
The Ocean's straight-line performance is excellent according to Simonsen. With Boost Mode engaged, the Ocean One fairs similarly to a Tesla Model Y Performance in terms of acceleration.
The 17-inch infotainment system is clear and responsive with a logical layout. Build quality also appears to be quite solid.
Although the firm's CEO Henrik Fisker was responsible for a seperate Fisker brand that built the Karma several years ago, this is technically a new Fisker venture with all new staff - making it a startup. Hence it's impressive that owners are this happy with the build quality and infotainment.
Perhaps a lot of that is down to production being outsourced to Magna Steyr in Austria. A trusted producer for the past 20 years, Magna builds around 200,000 vehicles per year. On top of the Ocean, Magna Steyr currently produces several renowned models from legacy automakers including the Mercedes C-Class, BMW 5-Series, and Jaguar I-Pace.


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Studies have shown that n-3 fatty acids, more so than n-6 PUFA, can prevent ischemia-induced fatal ventricular arrhythmias in experimental animals. n-3 fatty acids make the heart cells less excitable by modulating the conductance of the sodium and other ion channels. Clinical studies further support the role of n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias which, in the US, account for 50-60% of the mortality from acute myocardial infarction and cause 250 000 deaths a year. In the intervention trials, there was no change in lipid concentration, suggesting that the beneficial effects of n-3 fatty acids were due to their antithrombotic and antiarrhythmic effects.
The antiarrhythmic effects of n-3 fatty acids are supported by clinical intervention trials (Diet and Reinfarction Trial (DART), Lyon Heart Study, Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto miocardico (GISSI)-Prevenzione Trial,
Indo-Mediterranean Diet Heart Study). Their results strongly support the role of fish or fish oil in decreasing total mortality and sudden death in patients with one episode of myocardial infarction. Therefore, the addition of 1 g/d of n-3 fatty acids is highly recommended for the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
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FMVSS 302 refers to the combustion test of vehicle interior materials, the full name is Flammability of materials used in the occupant compartments of motor vehicles.
FMVSS302 specifies the fire performance requirements of interior materials for vehicle compartments, and the standard specifies the requirements for the flame retardancy of materials used in passenger compartments of automobiles. The purpose is to reduce deaths and injuries caused by vehicle fires, especially vehicle interior material fires caused by similar matches and cigarette fire sources.
FMVSS302 is suitable for passenger cars, multi-function passenger vehicles, trucks and buses.
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Sample size and quantity: 102mm×356mm×thickness (the thickness of the sample used in the car, but not more than 13mm, if it is greater than 13 mm, it must be cut into 13 mm.) At least 5 samples, if along different directions If there are different burning speeds, at least 5 samples must be sampled in each direction in different directions. If the size of the material does not meet the requirements of the test, a sample that meets the requirements of the test shall be made.
The horizontal flammability tester can detect the relative burning rate and flame retardancy of textiles, especially automotive interior fabrics. Flame retardant properties of automotive interior materials under fault and abnormal conditions.
The tester is composed of a test part and a control part and adopts an integrated design, which is convenient for on-site installation and debugging.
The shell and important parts of the test chamber are made of stainless steel, which is resistant to smoke and gas corrosion. The control system has a high degree of automation and has an automatic ignition function.
Digital display of temperature and time, convenient observation and recording, stable and reliable use
1. The sample does not burn, or the speed of the flame burning horizontally on the sample does not exceed 102mm/min
(Note: When the surface of the sample is cut out, this determination requirement is not applicable to testing the horizontal flame burning speed of the surface);
2. From the start of the test timing, if the sample burns for less than 60 seconds, it stops burning, and the damage length of the sample does not exceed 51mm from the position where the timing starts, it is considered to meet the requirements of FMVSS302.
(Note: The starting position of the time recording is 38mm away from the ignition end, when the fire reaches this position, the time starts to be recorded)
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I live in Texas and it is ridiculously hot in the attic. I try to improve ventilation in the attic, but the problem is that in the summer, winds in my area are almost nonexistent, I would like an engine ventilation fan, but if I understand the energy losses of the savings in cooling and solar power fan seems the ideal solution. Has anyone had any experience with these? Can anyone recommend a brand? I live in the Dallas area.
We sell lots of natural light attic fans solar. They get great reviews, here's an example: "As soon as we installed our fan Hawaii, the temperature in the attic has dropped 50 degrees and installed since we have not had to use our air conditioning unit. The rooms are about 10 degrees cooler than today. An excellent product. The engine is quiet and he worked for three years without a hitch. … Our unit works even when the sky is cloudy. It works on UV! "You can see http://www.altestore.com/store/Lighting-Fans/Solar-Attic-Fan/Natural-Light-SOLAR-ATTIC-FAN-W-20-Watt- Panel/p2435 /. They are not recommended if you have a ridge vent, because they will not have proper air circulation, but if you have gear and / soffet or vents, it works fine.


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How Do Sound Waves Travel Through the Air?
We all know that sound waves travel through the air, but have you ever wondered how they do it? In this blog post, we’ll take a look at how sound waves travel through the air and what factors influence their travel.
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What are sound waves?
Sound waves are pressure waves that travel through the air (or any other medium). They are created by vibrating objects, which create compressions and rarefactions in the air molecules. The human ear can detect sound waves that have a frequency (the number of times per second that the wave vibrates) between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz.
How do sound waves travel through the air?
Sound waves are actually vibrations of air molecules. As the sound wave travels through the air, it causes the air molecules to vibrate. These vibrations eventually reach your ear, and your brain interprets them as sound.
Sound waves travel through the air at a speed of about 340 meters per second. The speed of sound is different in different materials, and it travels more slowly through liquids and solids than it does through gases.
What is the speed of sound?
The speed of sound is dependent on the medium in which the sound waves are travelling. For example, sound waves travel faster through solids than they do through liquids or gases. The speed of sound also varies depending on temperature. In general, the faster the molecules in a medium are moving, the faster the speed of sound will be.
The speed of sound in air is approximately 343 m/s (1,126 ft/s) at sea level. This means that if you were to clap your hands and start walking away from a listener, they would hear the sound of your clap some distance away after you had already moved past them.
How does the speed of sound vary with temperature?
The speed of sound waves through the air is affected by the temperature of the air. The warmer the air, the faster the sound waves travel. The speed of sound is also affected by the density of the air. The more dense the air, the slower the sound waves travel.
What is the speed of sound in different mediums?
The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. In dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 metres per second (1,125 ft/s; 1,236 km/h; 768 mph). This is about a mile in five seconds or approximately 1,100 yards in three seconds.
The speed of sound varies depending on the medium through which it travels For example, it travels more slowly through water than it does through air. The speed of sound in different mediums is given by the following equation:
v = sqrt(B/(ρ*μ))
v is the speed of sound (in metres per second),
B is the bulk modulus of the medium (in pascals),
ρ is the density of the medium (in kilograms per cubic metre), and
μ is the shear modulus of the medium (in pascals).
How does the speed of sound change with altitude?
The speed of sound is not constant, but rather it changes depending on the temperature of the air. In general, the speed of sound increases as the temperature of the air increases. For example, at sea level on a standard day, the speed of sound is about 761 mph. However, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the speed of sound is only about 667 mph.
What is the relationship between the speed of sound and the density of the medium?
The relationship between the speed of sound and the density of the medium can be explained by the wave equation. This equation states that the speed of a wave is proportional to the square root of the ratio of the elastic modulus to the density.
In other words, the speed of sound is directly proportional to the square root of the stiffness of a medium divided by its density. The speed of sound is inversely proportional to the square root of the density of a medium.
So, in general, denser materials will absorb more energy from sound waves and will slow them down.
How does the speed of sound change with frequency?
The speed of sound is affected by the medium it is traveling through. For example, sound waves travel more slowly through water than they do through air. The speed of sound also changes with frequency. High-frequency sound waves travel faster than low-frequency sound waves.
What are the effects of sound waves on the human body?
Sound waves are vibrations that travel through the air, and when they reach the human ear, they cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are then transmitted through the bones of the middle ear and transmitted to the inner ear, where they are converted into electrical signals that are sent to the brain. The brain then interprets these signals as sound.
Sound waves can have different effects on the human body, depending on their frequency. Low-frequency sound waves can cause a person to feel dizzy, while high-frequency sound waves can cause pain.
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If you are preparing for the IELTS exam, you know how important it is to have a good vocabulary. The IELTS tests your ability to understand and use a wide range of words in reading, listening, writing and speaking. The more words you know, the better your chances of getting a high score.
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French music software and hardware company, Arturia is proud to announce the availability of Matrix-12 V. Arturia returns to its roots by bringing back the classic sound of Oberheim’s mighty Matrix-12 analogue polysynth as an authentic-sounding sensational soft synth, albeit one on steroids, boosted by modulation and effects extras in abundance.
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Matrix-12 V effectively emulates all the original parameters of Oberheim’s expansive (and expensive) mighty Matrix-12 analogue polysynth. Perhaps the crowning glory of legendary Californian synth designer Tom Oberheim’s namesake Californian company, the Modulation Matrix that gave rise to this innovative instrument’s notable name was a revelation at the time of its 1985 launch. Its ability to enable flexible routing to rival the monstrous modular systems that preceded it in decades gone by, but buried its ‘patch chords’ behind the vast vista of a futuristic-looking frontage for accessing multiple menu pages with few hands-on controls.
Top-tier synthesists such as British synth pop pioneer Vince Clarke and German electronic trailblazers Tangerine Dream were among its early adopters, attracted to the 15 filter types and almost endless modulation possibilities — cutting-edge even by today’s standards — and, of course, Oberheim’s trademark thick and warm sound that was thicker than ever thanks to 12 truly-independent analogue voices with two oscillators apiece.
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Newcastle Eagles are back where they belong at the top of the BBL Championship table after last night's thrilling overtime win at bogey club Leicester.
The Eagles have never fared well when facing the homecourt Riders for the first time in the season, and had lost their opening game in the East Midlands for the last three years.
But in the wake of Friday night's convincing win against rookies Worcester, last season's clean-sweepers were determined to pile on the pressure after making a rocky start to their title defence.
And Newcastle held their nerve to clinch the victory in overtime after the two teams tied 73-73 after four quarters.
Fab Flournoy's men - stung by the criticism from former favourite Andrew Sullivan this week - edged a tight opening period 14-13.
And the Eagles were still shading a thrilling contest by a point at the half. With the visitors leading by two points going into the final quarter, it always looked like a see-saw encounter would be too close to call.
And the teams could not be separated in normal time as Newcastle faced the extra period for the second time in eight days.
An overtime loss to Scottish Rocks earlier this month must have been preying on the minds of Flournoy's men. But the Eagles outscored their rivals 12-5 to close out a fourth league win of the season.
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Construction begins on southern Ontario's largest wind farm
PORT BURWELL, ONT-Groundbreaking ceremonies were held July 22 for what will be southern Ontario's largest wind farm, the $186-million Erie Shores facility. Once it begins operating in April 2006, Erie Shores will generate 99 megawatts (MW) of electricity from 66 wind turbines stretched along 29 kilometres of the northern shoreline of Lake Erie between Copenhagen and Clear Creek, Ontario. More than 25 farmers in the area are hosting the wind turbines. The project is owned by Clean Power Income Fund (CPIF) and developed by AIM PowerGen, a prominent windpower developer with projects in western Canada, Ontario and Atlantic Canada. "Erie Shores will provide enough electricity for 32,000 Ontario homes, and will be ready in time for next summer's requirements," noted CPIF CEO Stephen Probyn. The project was one of the successful bids in the Ontario government's November 2004 request for proposals for 300 MW of renewable energy. GE Energy is engaged as both the turbine supplier and operator of the wind farm. The company will deliver 66 of its 1.5 SLE turbines under a fixed-price supply agreement, and will provide operating and management services to Erie Shores for its first four years. AIM PowerGen's agreement with GE also includes a four-year warranty on the equipment's power curve and performance. The Erie Shores wind farm holds a 20-year, fixed-price power purchase agreement with the Ontario government.


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} Nov 26, In this video I give you guys an unedited version of the basic fundamentals of pruning figs for production or grafting purposes. KNOW your objective before.
Sep 21, Pull your fig tree from its container and break apart the root ball, unwinding tangled roots. Place the fig tree in the hole at the depth it was planted in the container. Hold the trunk straight and fill in the hole with soil. Water the newly planted fig until the soil compresses around the plant and becomes saturated with water.
Apr 01, If it is a fig bush it will help it grow branches equally around the bush side. 2. Prune the First Winter AFTER Planting. When learning how to prune fig trees, the first winter AFTER planting you will want to prune your fig tree. During this first winter, you will want to prune all but 4 to 6 branches. Jun 11, Cut back all of the branches on the standard by a half to two-thirds.
While this does count as severe pruning, the fig tree can cope with this and it will regenerate new, vigorous growth quickly. 3 Deal with the roots. Jun 06, The first time you should be doing fig bush pruning is when you first transplant your young fig tree. When a fig tree is first planted, you should trim a fig tree back by about half.
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The Marine Pollution, as defined by the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for United Nations Educational and Scientific Commission, is the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances into the marine environment, resulting in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources, hazards to human health, or hindrance to marine activities and reduction of amenities. Marine Pollution and Coastal Degradation are principally caused by increasing pressure on marine and coastal natural resources, use of oceans for dumping of waste including nuclear waste; industrialization and tourism in coastal areas.
Sources/Causes of Marine Pollution
Sources of Marine Pollution are –
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2. Industrial Effluents joining seas and oceans,
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4. Sewage brought to the sea by rivers,
5. Offshore oil rigs,
6. Recreational activities,
7. Agricultural pollutants brought to the sea by rivers.
Major Pollutants in sea water and Consequences
The pollutants associated with marine environment are pathogens, sediments, solid wastes, sewage, heat, brine, toxic organic substances, petroleum, nutrients, radioactive materials, acids, bases, torn fishing nets etc. Rivers transport dissolved organic nitrogen to estuaries at a very high rate mainly in Europe and South- East Asia. Nitrogen levels are exacerbated by widespread loss of coastal wetlands, coral reefs and mangrove forests. The elevated nitrogen inputs in marine and coastal areas are causing serious eutrophication in marine waters. It has emerged as a worrying trend not foreseen about three decades ago. Blooms of toxic and undesirable phytoplankton are increasing in frequency, intensity and geographic distribution. According to UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) severe eutrophication has occurred in several enclosed or semi enclosed seas, including Black Sea.
Human activities such as port dredging, landfill, Coastal dumps of solid wastes, coastal constructions and road building, cutting of coastal forests, beach and reef mining, trampling, anchor and diver damage, tourism and recreation cause alterations in the marine habitats. According to the IUCN-1996, one half of the wetlands and more than half of the mangrove forests have been lost over the past century.
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The layer of oil spread on the surface of the sea water due to leakage or accidents of oil carrying tankers in the sea water, is called as oil spills. The oil on the surface of the sea water gets spread due to following reasons –
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2. Natural seepage of water,
3. Disposal of used automobile lubricants etc. into sea water
4. Offshore production losses associated with oil refineries.
5. Dramatic increase in the coastal sewage discharge during last three decades.
6. Transport of dissolved inorganic nitrogen by rivers to estuaries. This condition is mainly observed in the Europe and South –East Asia where nitrogen levels are exacerbated by widespread loss of coastal wetlands, coral reefs and mangrove forests.
The oil spread on the sea water acts as an insulating layer between air and water. Due to this, the oxygen of the atmosphere cannot mix with water. The deficiency of dissolved oxygen in water kills varieties of sea animals. The sea birds that catch fish by dipping into sea water become unable to fly due to oiling of their wings.
It is due to frequent oil spills that sea otters, many sea birds, whales and many other species of the marine environment have become endangered. The oil spill damages fisheries and Mari culture, and causes serious economic losses to the local public and the governments.
The pollution in coastal bays, estuaries and wetlands threaten many species of fish inhabiting these places. 260,000 barrels of oil was spilled from oil tanker Exxon Valdez into Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989. About 4.4 billion Litres (0.2 billion gallons) of oil was spilled in about 8,539 oil spills in 1999, in and around the waters of the United States

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Music has been my biggest passion for as long as I can remember. I started out with an accordion that my parents bought for me when I was 13.
A few years later, as I began playing at a local church, I focused my efforts more on the piano, and that has been my primary instrument since. My mother has always enjoyed accordion music, so of course I still keep one around to play her requests.
Most of my professional experience has been in the field of information technology and electronics. Toward the end of 2015, I decided to try something else, so currently I work as a draftsman/estimator for commercial steel buildings.
My hobbies include playing the piano, tinkering with electronics, and building things.
I have always felt a call on my life to serve in the music ministry to some degree. I did play at a local church from around 2001 through 2008, then spent several years not playing much at all.
I've recently felt that nudge again to start serving in some way, and really that's what this site is about. I'm not serving or involved in a particular church at the moment, but through the power of the internet, I can put my music online and reach people wherever they may be, geographically and spiritually.
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An article in the Washington Post on February 20th 2009, reports that a new initiative has been unveiled to help childhood obesity. The initiative, which is spearheaded by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, is designed to give children better access to health care to help fight obesity. The children concerned will have a 4 visits to a dietician and 4 visits to a doctor paid for by participating insurance companies. The hope is that these sessions will help by giving them advise on healthy eating enabling them to lose weight.
Health Ranger Mike Adams voices concerns that dieticians do not have the necessary training to help these children. He comments that many of them do not appreciate that there is a nutritional difference between raw and cooked foods and therefore is skeptical about the value of the help they may be able to give
Whilst it is clear that the parents of obese children need educating in the understanding of what constitutes a healthy diet, there is understandable concern about who, if anyone, is eligible to ensure that the parents get good, sound advice from somebody who really knows what they are talking about. Tho whole family needs to be prepared to make dietary changes if the child is to follow a successful weight loss regime
Very often the best person to advise on a health issue of any kind is somebody who has suffered that complaint themselves and has found a natural healthy way to solve it
I recently read a review of an ebook called “Overcoming Childhood Obesity” by Julia Pearce. Julia was herself an overweight child and experienced the humiliation of being taunted and teased about her weight. This book covers:-
- The causes and symptoms of childhood obesity
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- Plus, how to help your child keep the weight off for good and much, much more!
Commenting on her book, Julia says
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If you have a child who is overweight why not help them to lose weight now and ensure that they don’t become an obese adult with potentially life threatening health problems.

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Delusional revolutionary Malcolm Scrawdyke (a mesmerising John Hurt) leads his Party of Dynamic Erection – Wick (John McEnery), Irwin (Raymond Platt) and Nipple (David Warner) – in an enraged battle against an unseen nemesis in this chilling dark comedy.
Financed by George Harrison and based on the celebrated stage play by David Halliwell, Little Malcolm was shot in wintry Oldham by director Stuart Cooper (Overlord) and cinematographer John Alcott (A Clockwork Orange). It won the Silver Bear at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.
BFI Flipside is dedicated to rediscovering the margins of British film, reclaiming a space for forgotten movies and filmmakers who would otherwise be in danger of disappearing from our screens forever. It is a home for UK cinematic oddities, offering everything from exploitation documentaries to B-movies, countercultural curios and obscure classics, If it's weird, British and forgotten, then it's Flipside.
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Put Yourself in My Place (Francine Winham, 1974, 25 minutes): Fraught gender relations trigger a startling role reversal in the polemical comedy staring Judy Geeson (Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
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How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people with Alzheimer’s
About 90 % of all persons with mild Alzheimer’s disease experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, most frequently apathy, depression, anxiety and irritability. These symptoms are associated with greater morbidity, a reduced quality of life for the patient, an increased burden and depression for the caregiver, and higher costs of care and nursing home placement.
Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic debilitating mental condition manifested by cognitive and memory deterioration, progressive impairment in performing the activities of daily living and a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances. In 2006, the worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease was 26.6 million; this number is predicted to quadruple by 2050. Mild cases of Alzheimer’s disease make up the largest proportion of all Alzheimer’s disease cases, with 15 million worldwide.
Neuropsychiatric symptoms are a primary predictor of nursing home placement. Thus, interventions aimed at treating these symptoms might have a tremendous effect on patients, caregivers and society.
Teri et al. reported empirical evidence from a controlled clinical trial of two CBT-based interventions to treat depression in people with Alzheimer’s disease. One treatment involved increasing engagement in pleasant activities and events and the other involved behavioural problem-solving strategies. The participants in both intervention groups showed significant improvements in depressive symptoms compared with those in the two control groups, and these improvements were maintained for 6 months after the trial. The ‘pleasant events’ treatment resulted in a large effect size (d = 0.9–1.7 for three different depression measures), with 52 % clinically significant improvement (versus 20 % in the control groups). In addition, there were also significant improvements in caregivers’ depression scores, but no improvement for the caregivers in the control groups. Increasing engagement in pleasant activities, including social, physical and leisure activities, is not only important for reducing depression, but also decreases the amount of daytime sleep taken, improves night-time sleep and reduce wandering, aggression and agitation.
As well as behavioural techniques, cognitive restructuring is one of the major techniques in CBT. In their cognitive model of depression, Beck et al. describe cognitive schemas as core components of emotional disorders, e.g., a negative view of oneself, the world and the future (the ‘cognitive triad’) in the case of depression. Cognitive behavioural therapy includes strategies to change those negative thoughts and beliefs. Since the individual’s ability for introspection and reflection is a prerequisite of cognitive restructuring, and this ability is progressively impaired in dementia, it has been suggested that this technique is most likely to benefit patients with mild dementia. The point beyond which cognitive restructuring is not useful anymore has yet to be identified.
Structured life review
A structured life review was shown to be effective in treating depression in older people; in fact, it is among the most effective treatments for depression in older age. A structured life review involves individual sessions, in which a person is guided chronologically through life experiences and is encouraged to evaluate them. It is more effective than unstructured reminiscence therapy, one of the most popular psychosocial interventions in dementia (effect size: 0.92 versus 0.46, respectively). A life review is increasingly used for people with dementia and is effective in reducing their depression. Effect size is in average small for cognition (g = 0.33) and depression (g = 0.31). It helps patients with Alzheimer’s disease gain access to past memories and thereby enhances their sense of personal identity, maintains their self-worth and offers them a pleasurable experience.
The majority of the therapeutic techniques stem from the CBT literature, including behaviour analysis, psychoeducation, advice on establishing pleasant activities, guidance on self-reward to motivate oneself, cognitive restructuring through Socratic dialogue and guided discovery, training in behaviour management, problem solving and stress management. The life review, though not a CBT technique in origin, is used in a highly structured variant to fit into the general CBT approach. The techniques in the couples counselling sessions, which do not belong to traditional CBT either, mainly include adopted behavioural strategies, i.e., training in communication and problem solving, planning and cognitive restructuring.

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World War 2 Escape Lines – France & Belgium
The Pat O’Leary Line
This line began in 1940 when stranded soldiers were ‘helped’ by French and Greek civilians in southern France. Following on from Dunkirk, St Valery and Calais, the ‘helpers’ assisted allied servicemen with their efforts to evade the Germans, and make their dangerous journey from northern France to Marseille; here they would be met by mountain guides and couriers who would take them over the Pyrenees into Spain and onward to Gibraltar.
Although the line originally ran from northern France to Marseille, it later expanded its activities to assist those servicemen who had made their way to neutral Switzerland. As well as making their escape over the mountains, servicemen were also evacuated by sea, taking them from the beaches of southern France, direct to Gibraltar.
Many of the ‘helpers’ were arrested, and the line almost closed when enemy agents infiltrated the group in early 1943. Despite this setback, the line re-routed through Toulouse and ran until the end of the war.
|Lewis MacDonald was a wireless operator in the Royal Signals when he was captured at Neuve-Chapelle after fighting in the rear-guard action at St Valery. On his fourth escape attempt he was finally successful, although suffering from the beatings that he had taken at the hands of the Gestapo. MacDonald risked travelling south from Paris by train, but found himself sharing a railway carriage with a lady and a small boy and two German officers! After a while the boy began speaking to his mother in English – MacDonald remained silent. Fortunately the Germans left the train and MacDonald was able to speak to the woman, who was apparently trying to get to England, and eventually America, to join her husband.|
After many adventures trying unsuccessfully to get across the Pyrenees into Spain, MacDonald again found himself locked up – this time in a French POW camp. The escape committee in the camp arranged for MacDonald to escape. Outside the camp he discovered that his contact was none other than the lady he had met on the train – Elizabeth Haden-Guest, a member of the Pat O’Leary escape line. Elizabeth took him to a safe-house in Marseille where he joined a group of evaders who were about to cross the Pyrenees into Spain. Then it was onwards to Gibraltar and home.
The Shelburn Line
The Shelburn Line was mainly in use between December 1943 and August 1944.
It was different from many of the other mainland escape lines because it often took groups of evaders to safety, rather than just one or two men at a time.
The escape line’s route was primarily by sea. Evaders were taken to the Brittany coast then from there they went by motor gun boats [MGBs] across the English Channel back to England.
|Flying Officer Gordon Carter, a Canadian, was serving as a navigator in 35 Squadron RAF when on the night of 13th February 1943 his Halifax was hit by heavy flak while bombing the German submarine base at Lorient in Brittany. Gordon parachuted out and landed in a ploughed field. A young French boy saw him land and helped him hide his parachute, then led him to a farmhouse, where he stayed overnight.|
Gordon was then moved between several safe-houses. He eventually met up with a man called Guy Dubrevil, a secret agent working from London, who arranged for him to be picked up by a submarine and taken back to England. Unfortunately, although Gordon waited off the coast all night in a small dinghy, the submarine never arrived.
Gordon returned to his safe-house then a new courier, Georges Jouanjean arranged moves to other safe-houses in the area. George’s sister Janine Jouanjean was given the job of taking Gordon between the safe-houses on bicycles.
After many safe-houses, and many adventures, Gordon was eventually taken back to England on a rather dilapidated fishing boat called the “Dalc’H Mad”. In May 1945 he returned to Brittany to find his courier Janine and they married on 11th June 1945.
The Comete Line
The Comete line was a Belgian run organisation for escape and evasion.
When the Germans occupied Belgium in 1940, many Belgians wanted to continue the fight for freedom in any way that they could. Resistance started by simply visiting those British servicemen who had been injured while fighting in northern France and had then been left behind in Belgian hospitals as the British Army withdrew.
After the fighting at St Valery, Dunkirk and Calais, many allied servicemen who had been captured by the Germans were marched through Belgium and Holland to the River Rhine. From there they were taken on barges to Germany, then later to POW camps, many of which were situated in Poland. On the marches through Belgium and Holland the prisoners were lightly guarded, making escaping relatively easy, so some were able to simply slip away and begin their evasion. Local villagers secretly assisted the escapers and evaders and provided them with food and shelter.
In 1941, Comete organised an escape route from Brussels, in Belgium, to the western Pyrenees. The route then crossed the Spanish border and from there the evaders were eventually moved south to Gibraltar.
|Flight Lieutenant Albert Day of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was serving with 77 Squadron of the RAF, when on the night of 5th/6th August 1941 he parachuted out of his damaged Whitley bomber over the Ardennes on the return journey from a bombing raid on Koblenz. The plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire, but before baling out the crew managed to destroy all codes and sensitive material that would be of possible use to the enemy if the wreckage was found.|
Once on the ground Al spent ten days evading before he was contacted by a Belgian helper called Henri Mares. Mares took Al to a safe-house then, for several weeks, he was moved between many other safe-houses, both for his own safety and for that of the helpers. Eventually he was moved to Brussels travelling by bicycle and train – always remembering to keep a short distance away from his guides in case of capture.
In Brussels Al stayed at the home of Mme Dufour while false papers and identity cards were arranged for him. Madame and her children Jean and Monique cared for Al well, making him feel like one of the family. Unfortunately the safe-house was compromised and Mme Dufour and Jean were arrested.
Monique managed to smuggle Al away, and he was moved to the safe-house of Mme Deporque. It was there that he learned that his false papers had arrived and it was time to ‘go down the line’, although he was not well and recovering from pneumonia. However Al did begin the journey on 22nd December; guided first by Frederic de Jongh and then passed to ‘Nadine’ [the code name for Andree Dumon] who took Al and three other airmen to Valenciennes on the Belgian / French border.
From Valenciennes the group was taken by Andree de Jongh on a very long train journey via Paris to the safe-house of the De Greef Family on the Spanish border. On Christmas night 1941 the party was guided over the Pyrenees and across the River Bidassoa into Spain by the mountain-guide Florentino. From there the airmen were passed into the safe-keeping of the British Consul.
Al Day returned safely to England and resumed combat operations, as a fighter pilot with 418 Squadron RCAF.


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JILL Biden said she "felt like a failure" after her divorce, but claims she met Joe after the split, despite claims of cheating from her first husband.
The first lady made the comments on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday, her first solo interview since her husband was sworn into office.
Jill's ex husband, Bill Stevenson, whom she was married to from 1970 to 1975, claims that they split up because Jill began an affair with the now-president.
However, Jill, 69, hasn't responded to those allegations, and maintained that she struck up a romance with the president after going through a difficult divorce.
"It took me a long time, it took me at least a year to get on my feet again," Jillsaid of the divorce during the interview with Clarkson.
"I didn't know anybody who had been divorced. I felt like it was a failure on my part [and] I lost my self-esteem because I kept thinking, 'What's wrong with me? Why couldn't I make this work?'"
Jill, a college professor, maintains that she had met the president once before they began dating, but their relationship became romantic after her divorce in a sort of "blind date" setting.
"I look back on it now and I think, if I hadn't gotten divorced, I wouldn't have met Joe," she told Clarkson, who is currently going through a divorce herself.
"I wouldn't have this beautiful family I have now."
Stevenson, however, has suggested that the president and first lady began their romance while he was still married to Jill.
He told The Daily Mail that he first met the now-president when Joe was running for a Senate seat in 1973.
At the time, Joe was married to his first wife Neilia, who died in a car crash shortly after they met.
He believes the affair with Jill began in 1974 and claims he asked Jill to leave their home after he found out.
The president and first lady have been married since 1977 and have one daughter together, Ashley.
Jill is also a step-mother to the president's two sons from his first marriage, Hunter, and Beau, who passed away from cancer in 2015.
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Ford Motor Co. has started a year-long program that entails the carmaker reimbursing its 3,200 dealers for part of their cost to advertise on Google and other search engines. Stacey Coopes, chief executive of FordDirect, a digital marketing arm for Ford and its dealers, said that the carmaker is aiming to introduce Ford dealers to paid search if they aren't using it as well as to boost the budget of dealers who are employing such method.
"Ford is making a big bet on digital," she during the National Automobile Dealers Association convention. Just like other co-op reimbursement, the amount will be fixed to the new-vehicle sales of each dealership. A source privy with the program told Automotive News that Ford's monthly reimbursement will average about $500 per dealership.
Paid search is a form of online advertising wherein dealers bid for keywords that will have their ads placed at the top or right side of a search page on Google or another search engine. Dealers only have to pay for the ad when a shopper clicks on it or when a link on the search page takes them to their Web site.
To be eligible for the reimbursement, dealers have to use one of four program-certified vendors to manage their paid search: Dealer.com, L2TMedia, PureCars or Search Optics, Coopes said.
Ford is not the only carmaker using such programs leaning on digital advertising. Chrysler Group, Scion and others brands have also launched or changed co-op programs to increase dealers' digital advertising and capitalize on changing shopping patterns. [source: automotive news - sub. required]


Small, premium laptops – really small – have gone out of fashion in recent years. The smallest computer sold by Apple has a 13.3-inch screen. Dell’s tiniest XPS comes with a 13.4-inch panel. HP’s Specter x360 line is limited to a 13.5-inch screen, which the company lists as a 14-inch square. The 11- or 12-inch laptops you can buy (those that aren’t tablets trying to disguise as something else) are usually cheap and slow. Modern laptops have significantly reduced weight and bezels and frames, making it easy to tote around those 13-inch or larger screens, finding a premium, consumer laptop with a 12-inch or smaller screen for the ultimate in portability. is a challenge.
That’s where Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go 2 comes in. The least expensive laptop Microsoft sells (not counting Education’s Laptop SE alone), the $599-and-up Laptop Go is also the smallest and lightest, with a 2,12.4-inch screen. And weighs just under two and a half pounds. But it retains the Surface Design aesthetic and features, including a comfortable keyboard, clear speakers and microphone, a smooth trackpad, and a 3:2 aspect ratio.
Of course, that portability doesn’t come without compromise. The Go 2 doesn’t have the range of processor, RAM, and storage options of larger laptops, sticking with an 11th Gen Core i5 processor and maxing out at 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Battery life doesn’t even reach half a day’s work for me. It’s not a computer for heavy, demanding workloads (and certainly not gamers or those doing creative visual work). It’s for someone who just needs to stay on top of email, create some documents, and browse the web and wants a small, lightweight on-the-go machine. After all, it’s just right in the name.
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The Surface Laptop Go 2 retains Microsoft’s minimalist Surface aesthetic: Its squared-off wedge shape is similar to the first-generation Go from 2020, or the slightly shrunken Surface Laptop 4. This time, you can get it in a sage. Green in addition to light blue, gold or silver options. It’s green in color in my review unit, and it’s good enough. I’m not upset that this year’s green phone trend is now shifting to laptops.
Although it’s Microsoft’s least expensive laptop, it doesn’t look or feel like a cheap computer, with tight tolerances, a lack of chassis flex, and a rigid hinge with perfect one-finger opening. (The lack of sticky stickers on the deck is also rare in this price range.) Like the larger Surface computers, the Go 2 has an aluminum lid and deck—though Microsoft uses aluminum-like plastic panels on the bottom. Surface Laptop 4, it never had a negative impact on my experience. You would be hard pressed to find a good computer in this price range.
The Laptop Go 2 has the same port selection as its predecessor, which is to say, it’s kinda shoddy. There’s a single USB-A port for charging and docking, a single USB-C port (not Thunderbolt, sadly), a 3.5mm headphone jack, and Microsoft’s magnetic Surface Connect port. You can use that USB-C to connect to an external display or charge a device, but you won’t get the benefit of the superfast data transfers that Thunderbolt brings. Microsoft’s larger Surface Laptop is similarly port-limited, so it’s no surprise, but here’s another couple USB ports to really let you leave dongle life behind.
The Laptop Go 2’s screen is also unchanged from its predecessor – a 12.5-inch, 3:2, 1536 x 1024 touch panel. It’s not the brightest or most pixel-dense screen, but in my testing, peak brightness hit a respectable 360 nits, which is enough for me to use the laptop under one umbrella without any problems. In normal indoor conditions, the comfortable brightness (about 200 nits) on the slider was about 70 percent. (Aside: If you plan on using the Go 2 outdoors, you’ll want to leave the polarized sunglasses at home. The polarization on the screen meant that by the time I wore my sunglasses, the display was black, Unless I’ve rotated the computer 90 degrees. I haven’t had this issue with my MacBook and the same sunglasses, so it’s probably something Microsoft can fix next time.) Touch response on screen is as expected , though it’s not compatible with Microsoft’s Surface Pen for stylus input.
Like other Surface computers, the Go 2’s screen is well calibrated and color-accurate out of the box. It covers 99 percent of the sRGB spectrum, 74 percent of AdobeRGB, and 76 percent of P3 according to my colorimeter, which means it can be used for photo editing work without issue. But most people buying this computer will appreciate the screen’s pleasing colors and contrast and lack of color shifting or ghosting. They’ll also appreciate the 3:2 aspect ratio, which gives you more vertical real estate than the typical 16:9 screen you’ll find in this price range, ideal for web browsing and document work.
The Laptop Go 2 has an excellent keyboard with well-spaced keys, comfortable travel, and quiet responsiveness, despite the laptop’s small dimensions. My only real complaint is the lack of a keyboard backlight, which should be non-negotiable at this price and is found on many other popular laptops in this price range. The trackpad is smaller than that of modern MacBooks or XPS laptops, but it worked perfectly fine for tracking, scrolling, and other multifinger gestures, and I had no problems with palm rejection.
The power button, in the top-right corner of the keyboard, houses an integrated fingerprint scanner for Windows Hello authentication (on advanced levels, not the base model). The more expensive Surface computers use facial recognition cameras, but the fingerprint sensor is quick and easy to use; I didn’t give up on facial recognition at all. There’s also a little light around the scanner to help you locate it easily when you open the lid.
The camera uses a 720p sensor instead of the 1080p found in other Surface computers. It’s by no means surprising, but it’s not the worst either, with sharper images and more detail than either Dell’s XPS cameras or the 720p camera on Apple’s latest 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro. It’s surrounded by two microphones, which provide clear video call audio, with the Laptop Go 2’s speakers below the keyboard deck.
All Surface Laptop Go 2 models have the same Core i5-1135G7 quad-core processor. It’s a capable chip and had no problem handling my normal workload of dozens of browser tabs, Slack, Twitter, email, Zoom, and other work apps spread across multiple virtual desktops. However, it is not useful for AAA gaming or creative work. For fun, I ran the PugetBench benchmark for Adobe Premiere Pro, which we use to evaluate more powerful laptops, and it scored 155. We usually see scores in the 700 and above range in laptops that have discrete graphics cards and more powerful processors. Don’t buy this if you’re planning on editing 4K videos; This is not the laptop for you.
The base configuration of $599 comes with just 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which isn’t enough. My $799 review unit has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage; This is the only model I recommend buying. Any less RAM or storage and you’ll run into performance issues or storage problems relatively soon. That price is $100 less than the similarly equipped first-gen Surface Laptop Go, but it’s still far from cheap. (At the time of this writing, both Microsoft and Best Buy have discounts that range from $40 to $100, meaning you can get a top spec for about $700. That’s not a bad deal. )
Despite its small size and weight, the Laptop Go 2 isn’t a fanless computer, and its small fan is audible and often annoying. My first review sample had a clicking sound when the fan was on low speed (at which it would spin frequently) which was quite annoying in a quiet room. A replacement didn’t have that problem, so it’s possible it’s limited to that specific unit. Higher fan speeds present a more general whooping sound, but I usually only heard them when zooming calls or running benchmark tests. The bottom of the laptop also gets hot, but the deck and palm rest stay comfortably cool.
However, battery life is probably the biggest problem with the Surface Laptop Go 2. With my standard workload and screen set to around 200 nits, I averaged less than five hours of use between charges. For days I had to plug it in before noon to make sure it didn’t die in the middle of a meeting or while working on a document. I have an uncanny ability to kill laptop batteries faster than a lot of my colleagues, but many 13-inch laptops can easily last twice as long with my workload, so you really don’t need to look for something like this. Slightly smaller size and light weight have to be given importance to be accepted. of battery performance.
Between the fan noise, noticeable heat, and lousy battery life, I wish Microsoft had used just one Arm-based processor in this computer. The Surface Pro X, Apple’s latest computer, and a lot of the Arm chips in some Chromebooks, have enough power to match the usage profile of such a computer, plus run cooler, don’t require fans, and much better. is battery life. Windows 11 keeps getting better with Arm as well, and it seems like it’s the right kind of computer to take advantage of.
Throughout my time using the Surface Laptop Go 2, I was reminded of Apple’s 11-inch MacBook Air and 12-inch MacBook from 2015. They were both high-end, small computers designed to be as lightweight and portable as possible. , while still providing excellent keyboard, trackpad and capabilities. They also made compromises when it comes to battery life and power (and ports).
The Surface Laptop Go 2 feels like a modern version of those compact laptops, complete with similar limitations. It’s too expensive to be a real budget option, not powerful enough for demanding users, and doesn’t have the battery life to last all day away from an outlet. You can get more performance, battery life, and a computer for less money than a Chromebook or even any other Windows laptop.
However, the Laptop Go 2 is a smaller, lighter computer with a comfortable keyboard, trackpad, and screen all wrapped up in a good-looking and -feeling package. It comes with a real processor and enough RAM and storage to do the actual work, unlike other subcompact computers. If those are specific things you value and are looking for in a laptop, well… the Surface Laptop Go 2 is basically your only option right now.


I've been looking for a 4"-4.5" quad rail and have had a hard time finding good descriptions on whether or not some of them need smithing. I know free float tubes usually do but several of the quad rails I've seen are been described as free float rails. And the attachment to the upper receiver looks a little different than the carbine length rails. Has anyone used pistol length rails? And how difficult it was to attach it to the upper?


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Exploring your own city like a tourist can seem like a ho-hum date night. We live in the Bay Area, and we host loads of out-of-town guests, so we're on top of exploring San Francisco like a tourist. However, what about some of those deep dive experiences that aren't in the guide books and on Trip Advisor? How do you find someone with a paddle board that wants to take you to a secret cove, a barista willing to teach you some Latte art or a local chef that goes foraging?
These are the little gems that we look to experience together as a couple. The out of the box items that might be easy enough to do, yet a little tricky to find. Well look no further...we have you covered. Did you know that Airbnb is more than lodging, they also offer local host unique experiences. Simply visit their site, and click on the experiences button.
Airbnb experiences aren't available in all cities yet, however this is also an excellent time to put in your bid as a local host! What kind of cool experience could you offer in your city or home to other couples that are visiting? Sign-up is easy, and just think of the adventure in your own back yard!
Here are some of the fun things we found with just a few clicks:

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Plans to allow an extra 25 caravans at a fruit farm in Tuesley to accommodate 150 more workers have been approved.
The ‘success’ of Tuesley Farm, near Godalming, combined with developments in growing and productivity of the crops, means that additional accommodation is ‘urgently required’ at the farm, according to the owner, the Hall Hunter Partnership (HHP).
The application, which asked for a change of use of an area of the farm located to the south side, was discussed at the area planning committee meeting on Wednesday May 18.
It was approved subject to two additional conditions, the first being the applicants needed to produce a travel plan, and the second that the applicant had to produce an HGV management plan.
“The committee all voted in favour and they also voted that if those two additional conditions were not met, they would then refuse,” a spokesman for the borough council said.
The application allows for 25 caravans and associated infrastructure including pedestrian paths.
The production of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries and redcurrants all takes place on the 469-acre farm, which is in the green belt and serves the UK market through the major food retailers.
The farming enterprise currently employs about 70 full-time staff and around 300 seasonal workers.
'Accommodation urgently required'
The planning statement said: “The success of the farm, combined with developments in growing and productivity of the crops at Tuesley Farm, means that additional accommodation is urgently required at the farm for 150 workers.
“The living accommodation to be provided cannot reasonably be provided or made available by any other means, taking into account the number of agricultural workers to be accommodated, while the functional requirement for that accommodation needs to be available on site in order to be able to respond flexibly to crop picking needs according to agronomic and climatic circumstances.
“The proposed siting has been carefully considered in order to be both functionally efficient and safe and also to relate to existing development on the farm in such a manner that avoids unacceptable encroachment upon the countryside. The proposal will not cause any loss of productive agricultural land on the farm.
“As the proposal relates solely to the essential requirements of the existing agricultural use of Tuesley Farm, it is, by definition, not inappropriate development in the green belt.”
The proposal was met with some criticism with 10 letters of objection having been received including from Busbridge Parish Council.
The parish council said: “Busbridge Parish Council finds it extremely difficult to accept the stated need for an increase in the seasonal workforce at Tuesley Farm from the current 300 to 450 workers, hence their stated need for an additional 25 caravans and all due to an almost magical increase in the yield of the blueberries.
“We accept that HHP does now grow more blueberries than previously.
“These are, however, on land that used to be used for strawberry production which also needed to be picked.
“The total acreage in cultivation at Tuesley Farm has not therefore changed.”
The parish council also highlighted the need for screening for the caravan site.


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We are excited to announce registration is open for the ANCOLD 2020 conference in Perth, Western Australia. With venue social distancing restrictions in WA now opening up to larger gatherings and border restrictions looking to ease over the next few months, we will be delighted to be able to run the annual conference in its intended and optimal face to face format.
A record number of paper proposals have been received which will culminate in a high class technical program. This also enables us to showcase many poster presentations that will add great value to the overall program.
We look forward to you joining us in Perth in October, to collaborate and celebrate the Australian dams industry.
IMPORTANT NOTE | COVID-19
The health and safety of our community remains very important to us. At this time the ANCOLD 2020 Conference is still scheduled as planned, from October 7-9, 2020 in Perth Western Australia.
We are continuously monitoring and evaluating COVID-19 updates and will follow guidelines and policies put forward by by the Australian Government Department of Health and Australian Federal and State Governments. The main priority is the health and well-being of our staff, volunteers and delegates and we will provide consistent updates on this site as they become available.
The ANCOLD 2020 Conference Organising Committee will analyse alternatives including postponement should any changes to the program become necessary due to advice and restrictions still in place at that time.
The inherent value of the ANCOLD Annual Conference lies in the face-to-face sharing of experiences and networking, not just the content of presentations. Therefore at this stage we are not offering online attendance.
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