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SCI supports the Nepalese organization FOST (Foundation for Sustainable Technologies) to distribute solar cookers to those in need and train people how to make and use solar cookers.
For example, SCl donors helped provide a solar cooking workshop for 57 people.
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Many participants would not be able to afford to purchase solar cookers, or the supplies to make them, on their own.
Participants made their own solar cookers and were able to save 37% of their fuel expenses by solar cooking. Some participants started their own solar cooking restaurants to support their families.
FOST also taught over 5,000 students from 15 schools, Rotary Club members, and blind community members about solar cooking from June through October, 2015.
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EAGLE ROCK — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is planning to buy the former Bekins-Lane mansion, built in the 1920s by the founder of the Bekins moving company, and turn the 3-1/2 acre-estate on Hill Drive into a religious retreat for priests.
The purchase and plans have not been finalized, said Adrian Marquez Alarcon, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese. “We are currently in discussions with the Conservancy, local government and neighbors that would potentially be impacted.”
A letter sent to neighbors by a church public affairs consultant says the main residence, which sprawls over 5,000-square-feet, and most of the grounds would remain the same. However, several guest houses, a garage and pool would be demolished to make way for a two-story retreat center. On average six to eight priests would stay overnight in the mansion while six to eight persons would staff the retreat center.
“The mission is to provide a prayerful, peaceful and holistic environment in which priests [can be] strengthened and renewed in their relationship with god,” says the letter. “Therefore the focus is to provide an extremely quiet atmosphere.”
The church’s plans have generated some concern among neighbors, who have been posting and circulating letters of their own. Their concerns range from the impact on parking and traffic, construction noise, potential future expansions and a zoning change that might attract businesses to the neighborhood of single-family homes.
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Citizens who live in the shadow of phosphorus and nitrogen chemical operations carry the industrial burden of fertilizer for an entire nation.
When the Storm Hits
From Florida’s phosphate operations to Louisiana’s fence-line communities, are the nation’s fertilizer plants, mines and phosphogypsum stacks safe from worsening hurricanes and extreme rains?
In the Shadow of Phosphate
Florida is home to a majority of the nation’s phosphate mining for fertilizer production. Who lives near these sites?
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Along one section of the Mississippi River, three massive fertilizer plants contribute to Louisiana’s industrial pollution. Residents near the plants live with the risk of industrial incidents, accidents and the greater pollution burden borne by residents of the region.
These stories are part of The Price of Plenty, a special project investigating fertilizer from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and the University of Missouri School of Journalism, supported by the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.

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For the first five days following the attacks in Paris, the debate over how America should proceed in its war on ISIS focused largely on questions of rhetoric and refugees. Aside from Republican quibbles about what words we should use to describe our enemies and which refugees we should accept, none of the presidential candidates from either party offered a detailed alternative to the military’s status quo.
But on Thursday, Hillary Clinton revealed a strategy for combating the threat of terrorism that departs in significant ways from President Obama’s current battle plan.
“The United States has been conducting this fight for more than a year; it’s time to be begin a new phase and intensify and broaden our efforts to smash the would-be caliphate,” Clinton told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
The former secretary of State called for giving U.S. soldiers “greater flexibility” to embed with Iraqi troops at the war’s front lines and arming Sunni and Kurdish tribes in Iraq even if the government in Baghdad objects, reiterated her support for establishing no-fly zones in Syria, and urged the military to drastically expand its intelligence capabilities by hiring more Arabic speakers.
Obama expressed his opposition to Clinton’s suggestion for a no-fly zone in Syria just last month, when he dismissed the proposal as a political gesture.
But Obama wasn’t the only ally Clinton gently rebuked in her speech. She also scolded Turkey and the Gulf states for their inadequate contributions to the fight against ISIS, and then gave Silicon Valley a rap on the knuckles for its terrorist-enabling encryption technologies.
Finally, Clinton reiterated her support for the resettling of Syrian refugees in the face of widespread Republican opposition, saying, “After a major terrorist attack, every society faces a choice between fear and resolve. The world’s great democracies can’t sacrifice our values or turn our backs on those in need.”
While infinitely more detailed than any foreign-policy vision offered by her opponents in the Democratic primary, Clinton’s strategy is also considerably more hawkish than that of her party’s current president.
Whether the Democratic base will admire Clinton’s competence more than they question her interventionism remains to be seen. But at least among the chattering classes, initial returns were mostly positive.


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Minnesota novelist Lin Enger will discuss his new book, âAmerican Gospel,â from noon to 1 pm Monday, July 12, live on the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library Facebook page.
According to the book’s description, on a small lakeside farm in the woods of northern Minnesota, an old man awaits the Rapture, which God says will occur in two weeks on August 19, 1974. Days Ranch becomes the zero point of The End, drawing fanatics, curiosity seekers, and journalists – among them the Prophet’s son, a skeptical New York writer suddenly caught between his bossy father and the story of a lifetime. In the mix comes Melanie Magnus, a glamorous actress who has old allegiances to both father and son. Meanwhile, Nixon’s resignation stunned the nation.
Enger has published two previous novels, “Undiscovered Country” and “The High Divide”, finalists for the Midwest Booksellers Association, Society of Midland Authors and Reading the West awards. His stories have been published in literary journals such as Glimmer Train, Ascent, and American Fiction.
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A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he has received a James Michener Award, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and a Jerome Travel Fellowship. He teaches English at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
This presentation is sponsored by the Friends of Brainerd Public Library through their volunteer and fundraising efforts. The Friends are celebrating the 22nd season of the Brown Bag Lunch author series with a range of award-winning and acclaimed Minnesota writers.
While the Brainerd Public Library does not host in-person events, tours by the authors of Brown Bag Lunch will be featured as live events on the Brainerd Public Library Friends Facebook page. Events to come:
- July 19: Natalie Warren, âHudson Bay Bound. “
- July 26: Kathleen West, “Are we still? “
For more information, contact the library at 218-829-5574 or visit the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Friendsofthebrainerdpubliclibrary.


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Spend time in Ecuador's capital city and explore the biodiverse Galapagos Islands from the comfort of a cruise ship on this 10-day itinerary. After touring colonial churches and hiking in Cotopaxi National Park, catch a flight across the water to Santa Cruz Island, your launching point for the cruise. You'll wake up at a new island every day, maximizing your opportunities for sightseeing and exploring.
Hop around three of the most famous islands in the Galapagos archipelago. You'll transfer from San Cristobal to Isabel, and then to Santa Cruz on this 10-day adventure. On each island, you will spend your days looking for the endemic species that inspired Darwin's Theory of Evolution, like giant Galapagos tortoises and marine iguanas. Besides this, you'll hike volcanoes, snorkel around rock formations, learn about conservation, and visit uninhabited islands.

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SpectraSensors, Inc., the leading supplier of moisture, CO2 and H2S analyzers for Natural Gas Pipeline applications announced today, May 15, 2007 that it has acquired Integrated Information Technologies (IIT), a leader in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other Software Products for Natural Gas Pipeline Industry.
“This acquisition of IIT will greatly enhance SpectraSensors ability to provide complete solutions for gas quality measurement while adding capability to provide software solutions for data acquisition, monitoring and control in critical process monitoring applications.” states George Balogh, CEO of SpectraSensors, Inc.
IIT has been providing SCADA turnkey solutions to oil, gas, and utility industries for over 15 years and will continue to support its customers with a larger support network through SpectraSensors Sales, Applications Support and Training Center in Houston, Texas.
Richard Cline, former CEO of IIT, will join SpectraSensors Houston based team as Director of Software Applications Support, for both pipeline as well as refinery based applications. In addition to software products, IIT and SpectraSensors have developed a new Energy Meter for real time monitoring of BTU content of gas for upstream and downstream applications.
“The new SSI Energy Meter uses the same proven laser technology in other SpectraSensors products know for reliable and near maintenance-free operation”, stated Dale Langham, V.P. of SSI. “We believe the market has been asking for a lower cost real time energy measurement instrument for sometime. SpectraSensors Energy meter has answered the challenge with speed, reliability, and substantially lower cost of ownership.”
All SpectraSensors gas quality measurement products will be on display this week at the International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement (ISHM) in Oklahoma City, OK, as well as the Sales, Applications and Training Center in Houston, TX.
About SpectraSensors, Inc.
SpectraSensors, Inc. headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California, was incorporated in 1999, as a technology spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The company is a leading manufacturer of optically based gas analyzers for the analytical process and natural gas markets. Typical applications include non-contact measurement of moisture, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and other contaminants in natural gas pipelines, refinery and petrochemical processes, and airborne water vapor and other atmospheric measurements from commercial aircraft for the U.S. and International Weather Services. More information: www.spectrasensors.com.


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GRILLING OUT IS IN TO STAY; OUTDOOR COOKING ISN'T JUST FOR SUMMER ANYMORE. - barbecue grill outdoor
Port Washington, New YorkY.-Summer may be officially over, but the food season has been cooking.According to a study by NPD Group Inc., 8 of the 10 adults baked last year and 1 of the 5 families baked in winterIn fact, although summer is the peak season for barbecues, the other three seasons are also the reason for the increase in barbecue usage.For those who sell the grill, this may mean a new opportunity.According to the NPD study, winter barbecues have grown by nearly 4% over the past two years, while the number of families that say barbecues in the summer has dropped by 3%.Gas Grill users tend to grill each yearMore rounded than charcoal grill users."The study is surprising that the growth in the use of grills comes from seasons outside the summer," said Arnie Schwartz, vice president of national diet trends for NPD.Growth takes place in winter, spring, and fall, which is true across the country.Not just the West Coast or the warm area."The seasonal nature of the barbecue extends the time for retailers to sell the grill," Schwartz said."If people are using them all year round, there is a chance to sell them all year round," he said .".The trend is already clear, suppliers say."Yes, this is the trend that started four years ago and is indeed gaining momentum," said Mike Kempster, executive vice president of marketing at the ailing Palentine.-Headquartered in Webster Stephen products"We did an important business in the fourth calendar quarter with stores such as Sear, Home Depot and Lowe's," added Kempster ."."Even Target, who once left the grill after July 4, left the grill on the floor all year round.According to a study from Columbus, GeorgiaHeadquartered in CharBroil, 78% of the unit sales of the grill have occurred in the retail market since August.But 22% of unit sales arecalled off-season."Considering that many retailers closed down when they came back --to-The number of hits in the school, which is a lot of sales from a few retailers who choose to stay in 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Low- and middle-income families in Hawaii pay a larger share of taxes than the top 20 percent of earners in the Islands, ranking the state the fourth worst in the nation with a tax system that favors high earners, according to a study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Hawaii ranked behind Arizona, Arkansas and Florida, while Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington rounded out the list of the 10 states with the highest taxes on the poor, the study found.
The study found that people in the bottom 20 percent of income groups — those earning less than $17,000 — pay a total of 13 percent in taxes, when general excise, property and income taxes are combined. The next 20 percent, people earning between $17,000 and $32,000 a year, pay a combined 12.4 percent in taxes, while the middle 20 percent, who earn between $32,000 and $50,000 a year, pay 11.6 percent.
The fourth 20 percent of earners, those making between $50,000 and $81,000, pay a combined 10 percent, while the next 15 percent pay a combined 8.4 percent in taxes.
The top 5 percent of earners pay the least amount of their income in taxes, according to the report. The 4 percent earning $159,000 to $326,000 pay a combined 7.5 percent, while the top 1 percent, who earn $326,000 or more, pay a combined 8 percent.
The data show that the bottom earners pay the highest percentage of G.E.T., while the top earners pay the most income tax.
The group noted that the Hawaii Legislature is considering several bills this year that would help to reduce the tax burden on low-income families by creating a state earned income tax credit program and a poverty tax credit.
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Historic preservation in the United States has an image problem. The field has evolved from a conversation among an elite few regarding select monumental buildings judged solely for their appearance or national significance, to a dialogue among many about collections of buildings appreciated for their pluralistic contexts and meanings. Despite these advancements, the discipline is still regularly accused of being elitist, exclusionary, and opposed to equity. A 2019 Forbes article, “Historic Designations Are Ruining Cities,” calls preservation a “good idea that’s gone too far” by constraining cities’ ability to adapt to changing economic conditions and provide for various segments of the population.1 Though such allegations belie the substantial efforts made in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to diversify and broaden the field’s scope, they are not without merit. In the United States, this is in large part due to the disjuncture between preservation’s expanded theoretical ideology and the narrow, architecture-centric preservation policy infrastructure, the latter of which is embedded with structural barriers that favor mainstream narratives over those belonging to underrepresented, marginalized communities.
Today, preservationists are called upon to demonstrate near fluency in a wide variety of fields—economic and urban development, community development, climate change, disaster management, Indigenous rights, earthen architecture, public health, and others—in addition to showcasing native expertise in skills ranging from documentation to values-based planning approaches. Said differently, the preservation field is in a pubescent stage of figuring out what it wants to be when in grows up, and it has no shortage of parental voices offering opinions about its future. Of these voices, one that undergirds the rest calls for an improved focus on equity and diversity both in process and outcome. Preservation’s supporters and critics increasingly demand greater and more comprehensive inclusion of minority and marginalized communities in the preservation process to ensure fairer distribution of preservation’s costs and benefits. Given the current climate of political and social unrest and dialogue, ignoring such a clarion call threatens to stagnate the preservation field and its contributions to contemporary issues, as well as substantiate accusations that the field is incompatible with equity.
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Little Garners SEC Recognition for Second Straight Week
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas freshman kicker Cam Little has been named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after drilling 3-of-3 field goals, including the walk-off game-winner in overtime, in the Razorbacks’ 16-13 win at LSU. The Moore, Okla. product grabbed his second conference award in as many weeks after he was named freshman of the week for hitting three field goals in a win over Mississippi State on Nov. 6.
Little recorded makes of 27, 37 and 48 yards against the Tigers, nailing the game-winner from 37 yards out. It was the first Arkansas game-winner on the game’s final play since Connor Limpert’s 34-yard field goal at Ole Miss.
The rookie leads all FBS freshmen with 17 made field goals this year, which also ranks second overall in the SEC. He moved into a tie for the eighth-most makes in a single season in program history with Alex Tejada (2007), Todd Latourette (1998) and Todd Wright (1992).
Little picked up his third weekly award from the conference office this year, adding to his two freshmen of the week awards. He is the first Razorback to earn freshman of the week twice in the same season since Dre Greenlaw (2015).
Earlier this season, Little connected on four field goals in Arkansas’ 20-10 victory over No. 7 Texas A&M to earn his first career freshman of the week recognition.
Little is contributing $10 for every made field goal this season to Down Syndrome Connection of Northwest Arkansas and it up to $170 in donations.
The Razorbacks are ranked No. 21 in this week’s AP Poll and travel to face No. 2 Alabama this weekend in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.
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Atlantic Coast LB Camden Hardy commits to Wake Forest college football
One of Northeast Florida's top prospects for the 2024 football class is setting his sights on the ACC.
Atlantic Coast linebacker Camden Hardy committed to Wake Forest on Tuesday night, announcing his selection of the Demon Deacons on Twitter.
An All-First Coast selection who stood out as the Stingrays' star performer in an 0-10 season, Hardy picked Wake Forest ahead of nearly a dozen other schools with offers, including Power Five programs Duke and Illinois.
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Standing at 6-3 and 220 pounds, Hardy is ranked as a three-star recruit by national recruiting organizations. In the 247Sports composite, he's evaluated as a top-50 edge rusher in the 2024 class.
Hardy is capable of playing both outside linebacker or as a defensive end, and has effectively rushed the passer in multiple roles during his Atlantic Coast career.
He's also a second-generation football star. His father, Kevin Hardy, played for the Jaguars from 1996 to 2001, including Pro Bowl honors in 1999 and four playoff visits as a starting linebacker. The Jags selected him at No. 2 overall in the 1996 NFL Draft out of Illinois.
Camden Hardy's older brother, Langston Hardy, is also a Division I player who signed with UConn two years ago.
Camden Hardy: High school statistics
At Atlantic Coast, Hardy recorded 52 tackles, 9.5 for loss, and 7.5 sacks during his junior season, plus a pair of pass breakupts.
As a sophomore, he finished with 57 tackles, seven for loss, and five sacks during a playoff campaign. Among his best performances was a game with nine tackles and two sacks against Spruce Creek in 2022.
Wake Forest continues Jacksonville-area success
For Wake Forest, Camden Hardy's commitment is the latest success story in Northeast Florida recruiting.
The Demon Deacons have picked up the signatures of numerous Jacksonville-area prospects in the last few recruiting classes, from quarterback Santino Marucci (Bartram Trail) to offensive lineman Derrell Johnson (Lee/Riverside) to safety Davaughn Patterson (White).
Among their top defensive performers of late has been linebacker Ryan Smenda, the Times-Union's defensive player of the year in 2017.


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It’s been an explosive past 24 hours for the Bitcoin market. The leading cryptocurrency traded as high as $10,429 on Monday, surging higher as dozens of millions worth of short positions were liquidated on BitMEX.
Prices have since retraced since the start of this move. BTC trades at $10,100 as of the time of this article’s writing.
“Bitcoin and Ethereum funding rate on BitMEX perp futures are 0.16% and 0.19%. Normally, bitcoin funding rate is at around 0.01%. Longs are the overwhelming majority in this ongoing run.”
Still, analysts are calling for even more upside despite the derivatives warnings.
Bitcoin Primed to See Even More Upside
Bitcoin’s latest breakout brought the cryptocurrency above some notable levels.
Mohit Sorout, a partner at crypto fund Bitazu Capital, shared the chart below to illustrate this point.
In breaking past $10,000, the cryptocurrency has broken above a textbook symmetrical triangle in a “volume-backed breakout.”
Symmetrical triangles are common chart patterns marked by tightening price action in both directions, then an eventual volume-backed breakout that decides in what direction an asset will trend next.
In Bitcoin’s case, bulls are in control, with the asset breaking above the triangle as aforementioned in a win for bulls.
According to Sorout’s analysis, this breakout “suggests a measured move until $11,500.”
Others have shared in the optimism, with a select few sharing even more cheery sentiment than $11,500.
As reported by Bitcoinist previously, the chief executive of Real Vision, Raoul Pal suggested that the breakout that transpired on Monday was the “biggest chart pattern break out” in BTC’s history.
While it isn’t clear above, the chart shows that Bitcoin has broken above the downtrend that formed at the $20,000 all-time high.
$100,000 in two years is the prediction based on this chart, the former head of Goldman Sachs’ hedge fund sales division wrote in an April newsletter.
The Fundamentals Are There
The fundamentals back the expectations of even more upside for the cryptocurrency markets.
Financial analyst and author Preston Pysh recently identified three such fundamental factors suggestive of a further rally in the Bitcoin market. They are as follows:
- Through Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust, institutional players have been accumulating a vast amount of Bitcoin since the halving and even prior to that. Data suggests Grayscale’s clients alone have a 50% lead on the inflation of the BTC monetary base.
- The Chinese yuan has tumbled against the U.S. dollar due to Hong Kong tensions. BTC may act as a safe haven in this scenario, some have postulated .
- The U.S. dollar may be reaching a point where it will “break” due to macro trends, which would force the creation of a new financial system.
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Circle Internet Financial, a global internet finance firm and issuer of USD Coin (USDC), today announced that it is preparing to issue a fully-reserved, euro-pegged stablecoin from the United States called Euro Coin (EUROC). Available June 30, Euro Coin is a regulated, euro-backed stablecoin issued under the same full-reserve model and built on the same pillars of trust, transparency, and security that have made USDC one of the world's most trusted digital currencies.
idexo is pleased to announce the first blockchain launch of its MultiChain NFT collection, launching first on Ethereum on June 29th, and available for free minting for followers of idexo on Twitter and members of its Telegram group. On Twitter, users can enter to mint with a tweet and on Telegram through a simple command with its idexobot Telegram bot.
ArtMeta, the first fine art metaverse, will host its premiere event alongside Art Basel in Switzerland on June 18, 2022. The gathering of leaders across the worlds of fine art and web3 will feature the first tour of ArtMeta's Fine Art Metaverse along with the unveiling of a never before seen digitized version of a blue chip artwork.
New York, 14 June 2022: Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the metaverse, and its subsidiary Quidd, the original digital collectibles and NFT marketplace and studio, today announced the launch of Quidd Mintables, a feature that enables Quidd users to mint supported digital collectibles in the Quidd app into NFTs on blockchain. The first collection launched with this feature is Quidd X Atari Mintables Collection.
The KCGI competition is divided by Individual Competition and Team Battle, in which participants stand a chance to divvy up a prize pool of 200 BTC, up from 200 BTC in the 2021 edition. For the Individual Competition, traders can claim the title of top winner by either profit or P/L ratio. With exceptional trading skills and acute insights, the winning trader triumphed in these two battlefields with a total profit of 819906.47 USDT and a P/L ratio of 82689.36%, far exceeding the runner-up by considerable gaps.
As the crypto and blockchain industry continues to develop, there is certainly no shortage of P2E games, and for good reason. After all, with record-setting inflation and massive unemployment rates throughout the world, it would make perfect sense that an increasing number of people are actively seeking new, innovative and reliable ways of earning money. In fact, the P2E sector has been so successful that many have begun depending on it as their main source of income.
Ancient8, a GameFi infrastructure developer and Vietnam's largest blockchain gaming guild and community, today announced the completion of a US$6 million private round of financing led by Makers Fund and C² Ventures, with participation from existing and new investors Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Folius Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, Th3ia Capital, Sky9 Capital, and Play Ventures, among others.
Paxos, the leading regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, announced the launch of financial advisor crypto trading within Paxos Crypto Brokerage. This functionality allows broker-dealers to provide a comprehensive wealth management solution to financial advisors so that they can seamlessly trade crypto on behalf of their clients. This new feature will help advisors and their clients overcome the barriers to accessing the fastest-growing asset class.
Ever imagine being able to visit the bank branch virtually (without leaving home) or conveniently discussing investment plans with an advisor? Well, the day is not far when individuals will be able to transact, access banking information and avail various banking products from the comfort of one's home. Kiya.ai - one of the most innovative digital solutions providers serving financial institutions and governments globally, today announced the launch of India's first-ever Banking Metaverse – Kiyaverse.
LABEL Foundation has announced that it has officially integrated with Binance Custody to take advantage of their highly secure cold storage solution. With this integration, LABEL’s native tokens can be kept safely as the $LBL is now supported by Binance Custody and the tokens are safely stored using their institutional and insured cold storage feature. Moreover, both BEP-20 and ERC-20 are available for deposits as well as withdrawals. If all goes well, the LABEL team hopes to further expand its partnership with the Binance ecosystem in the future as well.


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What the Buccaneers need to do
The Buccaneers definitely have more talent in their running back room than in past years, that much is undeniable. The biggest issue is that the Bucs don’t need six running backs. In fact, Tampa Bay doesn’t “need” more than three.
When you break down the play calling and the usage of backs, there is almost no reason to keep five or six backs on the roster. The Buccaneers are a pass-first team, and they will continue to do so with Brady at the helm.
Tampa Bay has enough versatility with its first three that keeping three other backs on the roster seems like a mistake with roster allocation. If the Bucs keep ten offensive linemen, two quarterbacks, four tight ends, and six wide receivers, they will already be at 22 offensive personnel without the running backs.
If the Bucs plan on keeping three special teams players (punter, kicker, long snapper) that can’t play other positions, they will want to end up with approximately 25 offensive players, meaning there is space for three running backs in this scenario.
The other problem with the five-back idea is that the Bucs would have to free up space at quarterback and at tight end to add to the roster in other areas. Parting ways with Ryan Griffin makes sense, but taking four tight ends seems like too few.
It will be tough to thin the unit to make it fit the roster, but keeping five backs seems like an impossibility for the time being. Injuries will play a massive role in the coming weeks but look for the Bucs to keep four of the six options from above, and for the unit to be the best that it has been in years.


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Art in the Spotlight – Terrence Mahon, Recording social injustice with sculpture
By Dee Dee Colabella
The past year has certainly been unprecedented for several reasons and many found themselves locked down at home consuming the news, trying to make sense of all that was happening in the world. This moment in history will undoubtedly be the inspiration for many works of art for years to come. Terrence Mahon, an artist from Ridgefield, was touched profoundly by something that came through the news, and his reaction has now become solidified in metal and plaster.
“People consume the constant stream of news, and it is ubiquitous, causing you to become overloaded with a sense of numbness,” said Terrence Mahon reflecting on his piece. “Reading about something and caring about it is one thing, but doing something about it is a whole other matter. That’s the bell that rang on May 25th in Minneapolis when George Floyd was murdered on the streets of America. The days that followed with protests and riots which came in the wake of that cold-blooded murder hit me with an innate intensity, and I knew I wanted to change how the narrative and events are understood and discussed.”
His installation piece Police Line hit the public eye while displayed at RPAC Gallery’s Seeing 2020’ exhibit, September – November 2020. While entering the gallery, visitors were confronted with an 8’x4’ platform of a chalked outline of George Floyd with the sculpture of protestors gazing down. The expressions and strong body language boldly demonstrated their anger and disgust from another intance of police brutality.
“Anyone who walked into the gallery couldn’t help but encounter it, creating a confrontation that wouldn’t allow you to close your eyes to it,” said Mahon. “This was another type of reporting of the event because it was setting it in the street. The last eight minutes of George Floyd’s life was ground into gritty asphalt.” The creation of the protest relief sculpture capturing the anger and intention of “enough is enough” was the spark that ignited the rest of Mahon’s current collection, and its origin is a mystery even to the artist himself.
As a resident artist at the RPAC Art Center, he arrived at the studio sleep-deprived on May 27th and sketched at his drawing table before taking a walk for lunch. When he returned, he saw something he didn’t recognize; rough sketches that resembled protesters in a series that appeared like cryptic heads and shoulders. It was a view of the protesters. Following this moment, Mahon’s training and history as a designer were kindling for the fire to bring this project to life.
“It was the strangest experience because normally, as a creative designer, you know everything that’s on that table,” he recalled. “However, I didn’t remember intentionally creating the sketches. I understood this had developed subconsciously, so I began to process it. I knew it was a one-point perspective of the protesters and the collective rage and angst of this mass of people; a human bomb waiting to go off. The pin was pulled, and the bomb would go off because people can’t be treated like this forever. A lot of it had to do with the anticipation of cities going up in flames. These are diverse cities with high racial tensions, and I knew this well because I lived in all of them. To me, they were tinderboxes”.
Mahon grew up in Cleveland, OH, and graduated as an Industrial Designer from the University of Cincinnati, Design and Architecture Program before moving to Milwaukee, WI, to pursue his career. In 2018, he moved to Ridgefield, and was in a creative, exploratory mode enabling him to join Thrown Stone Theatre doing set construction and creating larger installations for ACT of CT. In 2019 he joined RPAC as a resident artist.
“The pieces I create reflect on the totality of my design and art experience. Everything is at play; composition, delineation, materiality, processes, and interior architecture. Before creating the George Floyd installation, I focused on creating relief sculpture wall art working with more abstract shapes, textures, and lighting.” Mahon’s art has a prism-like quality and is known for interior design as it utilizes varied lighting to contribute to its character. His gilded gold and silver pieces are particularly luminous at night, blurring the lines between sculpture and wall art.
Mahon is currently working in a private studio to create a series of large installations similar to “Police Line” George Floyd. Works in progress convey the tragic deaths of Alton Sterling, Breonna Taylor, and Freddie Gray using diverse materials and conceptual design to report on the way they lost their lives, all with the same intention when he began this endeavor. “I want people to be moved the same way I was moved, in a visceral way to the point of wanting to become involved, because as I said before, there is a difference between caring about it and getting involved.”
Mahon’s new Social Injustice series premieres in the new D.Colabella Fine Art Gallery, 446 Main Street beginning early 2022. The series will be featured in galleries and museums in cities across the country. Details are available by calling RPAC Gallery, 203-894-5609.•


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When darkness falls, trains lead to trepidation
On a sunny afternoon, train stations and bus stops do not seem like no-go zones. But once darkness falls, it is a different story for the people who use them.
Teenager Katie Stampalia said she was incredibly reluctant to catch trains after dark because it made her feel nervous and uncomfortable.
Speaking from Glendalough train station last night, the 16-year-old said she only caught trains because she had no other choice.
"I would only catch trains at night with friends and I wouldn't do it after 11pm."
Tony Devine, of Gosnells, said he caught the train into the city for work every morning and afternoon, but he used his car or taxis in the evenings. "I don't use it (at night) because of the reputation it's got," he said.
Pensioner Irene Kidd, who also lives in Gosnells, said she did not have any complaints about the trains and buses, but that she always got a taxi home in the evening.
"You would be stupid to come down here at 9pm," she said.
Douglas Woods, of Mandurah, argued that more guards were needed to quell alcohol-fuelled trouble on the trains. "I've seen a lot of trouble on the trains. I'd rather catch a bus than a train definitely," he said.
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Hugh Hudson, most entertaining identified for Academy Award-a hit film Chariots Of Hearth, has died on the age of 86, an announcement on behalf of his household said.
The filmmaker, who turned into once within the wait on of the 1981 drama about myth of two British runners within the 1920s, died in clinical institution in London on Friday following a short illness.
The movie, which turned into once Hudson’s big-show conceal debut, scooped most entertaining picture, current obtain, writing and costume safe on the 54th annual Academy Awards in 1982.
A assertion on behalf of his household said: “Hugh Hudson, 86, loved husband and father died at Charing Hideous Health center on February 10 2023 after a short illness.
“He turned into once most entertaining identified for steering the Oscar a hit film Chariots Of Hearth. He’s survived by his wife Maryam, his son Thomas and his first wife Sue.”
Outmoded stage and show conceal actor Nigel Havers, who conducted Lord Andrew Lindsay within the severely-acclaimed film, suggested the PA info company: “I am past devastated that my big excellent friend Hugh Hudson, who I in actuality beget identified for greater than 45 years, has died.
“Chariots Of Hearth turned into once one of many greatest experiences of my expert lifestyles, and, cherish so many others, I owe great of what followed to him. I shall omit him a good deal.”
Born in 1936 in London, Hudson went to boarding school sooner than going on to beget a examine Eton College – although he reportedly resented his association with the smartly-known school.
After leaving Eton, he started nationwide service within the Dragoon Guards, and remained within the Military reserve of Officers till being discharged in 1960.
His hunch to the creative industry came later within the sixties, for the length of which length he labored in a London-primarily based completely mostly promoting firm sooner than making the hunch into documentaries and television commercials.
The work introduced him to the consideration of producer David Puttnam, who would later hunch on to safe Chariots Of Hearth.
The film turned into once nominated for an complete of seven Oscars, including a most entertaining director nod for Hudson, and received four.
Primarily based on the British Film Institute (BFI), it turned “one of many final decade’s most controversial British motion photos” on account of its notion as a “radical indictment of establishment snobbery”.
Chariots Of Hearth is ranked at amount 19 on the BFI’s High 100 British Motion photos.
News of Hudson’s loss of life comes factual now not up to 9 months on from the loss of life of the film’s composer, Vangelis.
The Greece-born electronic composer, who took home the Oscar for most entertaining current obtain in 1982, died in Could goal final One year in a French clinical institution.
After Chariots Of Hearth, Hudson directed a different of alternative motion photos starring high-profile actors including Al Pacino, Colin Firth and Kim Basinger.
“With this slim, inviting physique of motion photos, Hudson would perhaps maybe well even be viewed as one of British cinema’s most proficient, tantalising underachievers,” the BFI said.
Hudson is survived by his wife, old James Bond actress Maryam D’Abo who starred in The Residing Daylights, and his son Thomas.

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Imagine, if you can, a naked man standing on the edge of a cliff. His body is contorted, torso parallel to the ground, his head against a large stake, like a man listening to the top of a fence post. The sharp end of the stake is only partially embedded into the ground. There is a giant hammer in the man's hand, pulled back awkwardly, painfully, ready to strike another blow against his own temple, driving the stake further into the Earth. Behind him are hundreds of stakes already planted in this manner. It is a classic vision of Hell, of self inflicted agony. Then again, maybe not.
"I'm interested in irrational behavior," John Jacobsmeyer says as he prepares his latest canvas for exhibition. Tomorrow it will be trucked from the artist's studio in the Portsmouth Button Factory. "The whole point of making a painting at all is to pose provocative situations."
Here even the frame is provocative. It is curved at the bottom and top, like an egg with either end lopped off. It is large; the nude is near life-sized. It is colorful and maddeningly precise. The beautifully depicted figure could have dropped from the Sistine ceiling. The sky is a brilliant blue and the scenery is both familiar and strange. Clouds seem to float upside down. The landscape and vegetation is half comforting, half nightmarish. And that giant hammer, on second look, appears to be made of soft plastic, not a weapon, but a child's toy. So why is the man hitting himself? How is he driving in the stakes with a toy hammer? In a world used to easy answers, Jacobsmeyer delights in discomfort his images evoke.
"I'm not teaching you a lesson here. I'm not asking the questions. I'm just providing an environment and planting the seeds of a narrative," says Jacobsmeyer.
The viewer may feel otherwise. The painting appears to scream questions while hiding great insight. Jacobsmeyer insists that his painting, revolting at first glance, is merely a catalyst. Most viewers are used to film, Jacobsmeyer says, where ideas are actively presented and the viewer is carried along with the images and the story. In a painting, he says, it is the medium that is passive and the viewer who moves through time, catapulted by a single provocative image. The image may come from the artist's revelation about life, but the revelation cannot be taught. It can only be discovered again by the viewer. That's why, Jacobsmeyer says, the artist must work only with raw material he knows well. The painter represents the truth he understands. The rest is up to the viewer.
But many viewers are not willing or able to do that work. Viewers frequently tell the painter that they admire his skill, but not his subject matter. For the artist, he says, they are inseparable. A recent series of pictures continually depicts cattle. Why cattle? Because Jacobsmeyer knows cattle. His father raises them in Northwood nearby.
"I'm in a meat locker," Jacobsmeyer says, describing the genesis of a recent image. "I'm painting a pastel. I'm freezing. Half of these giant carcasses are wrapped in sheets. Two men came into the meat locker and began to undrape the meat, revealing the carcasses. Then they left. Then I knew what the painting was about. It was about revealing of truth, undressing the truth."
Jacobsmeyer, who teaches art at the University of New Hampshire and the NH Institute of Art, has joyfully chosen a very solitary path. His work, at least, draws powerful reactions. He likes that. And he loves painting in a way that seems to play along the edges of the sublime and the mischievous. There is no better feeling, he says, than when a painting is coming together well, when the ideas and images begin to resonate. But what about the poor viewer? Jacobsmeyer smiles.
"You can't have the sublime without the vulgar," he says categorically. That may be where his resonance begins. Jacobsmeyer's work is most disturbing, at first glance, because it comes out of a classical tradition many viewers find so comfortable. In the midst of all that is comfortable, just for the truth of it, the artist makes a shocking suggestion.
"If the art of traditional painting is a church, then I guess you could say I am misbehaving in the church of painting."
Photo of John Jacobsmeyer by Gary Sampson
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Wind is forecast to be a little stronger than I like for Monday, but maybe I'll get out for the first sail of the year. Temperature and sunshine look just about right to me.
Work has kept me busy for the last couple of days, so I haven't had a chance to catch up on the Everglades Challenge. Kristen finished in fine form after 5 days, 7 hours, 38 minutes.
Dawn came in at 5 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes. From the tracks it appears she, along with others, may have sought shelter on a tiny island in Florida Bay as a storm, below, passed over. Check out Dawn's blog for more details. I stole the photo, shot by Santiago, from her site - stuck in the mud and apparently enjoying every minute of it.
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Last night, the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. As they ran on the field ahead of the game and later celebrated in their locker room, they played Meek Mill’s Dreams and Nightmares title track. Now, Meek has responded to their win. “I wish my current situation was different, and that I could be with my brothers on that team, and the other Eagles fans, in celebrating this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” he told NBC’s John Clark, who later posted the full quote on Instagram. See Meek’s entire statement below.
In November, Meek was sentenced to 2-4 years after violating the terms of his probation. One month later, he was denied a bail hearing. Many artists have spoken out against the judge’s decisions: JAY-Z called the sentencing “unjust and heavy-handed,” while Meek’s formal rival Drake said, “Free Meek Mill,” during a show last year.
Revisit Pitchfork’s “The Essential Wisdom (and Freestyles) of Meek Mill.”


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Microwave Polynesian Meatballs
|Lean ground beef||1 Pound|
|Onion||1 Medium, diced|
|Ground ginger||1⁄8 Teaspoon|
|Bread crumbs||1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)|
|Egg||1 , slightly beaten|
|Condensed tomato soup||21 Ounce (2 cans, 10 1/2 ounces each)|
|Packed brown sugar||1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)|
|Canned pineapple chunks||20 Ounce, well drained (1 can)|
1. In a bowl mix together ground beef, half of diced onion, ground ginger, bread crumbs and slightly beaten egg.
2. Shape into walnut size meatballs and place them into 3-quart glass casserole.
3. Cover partially and cook on ROAST (7) for 5 minutes, stirring once during cooking.
4. In a large mixing bowl mix together condensed tomato soup, brown sugar, remaining onion and pineapple chunks and add to partially cooked meatballs.
5. Stir well, without breaking up meatballs.
6. Cover, cook on ROAST (7) for 15 minutes, stirring twice during cooking.
7. Serve the meatballs in a serving dish along with the cooked gravy or sauce.
Calories 499 Calories from Fat 93
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10 g16.1%
Saturated Fat 4 g19.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 117.9 mg39.3%
Sodium 1149.6 mg47.9%
Total Carbohydrates 74 g24.6%
Dietary Fiber 3.2 g12.7%
Sugars 56.8 g
Protein 28 g55.1%
Vitamin A 11% Vitamin C 16.1%
Calcium 5.1% Iron 17.3%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

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Summery: Facing waning book sales, fickle fans, and mounting debts, Charles Dickens was feeling anything but merry. His publishers believe that a new book for Christmas will turn the tide but the holiday is only a few weeks away and Dickens is feeling downright Scrooge-ish and has a bad case of writers block to boot. It will take a very special muse to help Dickens make piece with the ghosts of his past and write a classic book that will endure for many Christmases yet to be.
My Thoughts: A fun, light-hearted read for the holidays, Mr. Dickens and His Carol is a highly fictionalized version of how Dickens’ A Christmas Carol came to be written. Perfect for enjoying with a cup of cocoa by a cozy fire, this festive holiday book is a great addition to your Christmas reading list.
Hello again, book lovers. I may have mentioned it once or twice, but Little Women and the rest of Louisa May Alcott’s books were a huge part of my childhood and have meant a lot to me and to generations of women in my family. Not only that, but Louisa was also one of my heroes when I was growing up and has been a big influence on my life. It’s her birthday today and so in celebration of this wonderful author, I decided to share my book review of The Little Women Letters and a Little Women – inspired outfit for the holidays. Enjoy!
Summery: Lulu Atwater is a bit of a loss. While her vibrant younger sister is living a charmed life as an aspiring actress and her solid, dependable older sister is about to get married, Lulu has no idea what she wants to do, where she fits in, or if she will ever find love. Then she discovers a trove of letters written by her great-great-great-grandmother, Jo March. As Lulu works her way through the letters, she discovers more about the lives of the “Little Women” from whom she is descended and gains insight and understanding into life, love, and sisterhood.
My Thoughts: I’ve read Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys more times that I can count so I cautiously excited when I discovered The Little Women Letters. Through these three books, I followed the lives of the “Little Women,” (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy), from their girlhood to marriage, motherhood, and beyond – reading with interest as their children and Jo’s “boys” from her school at Plumfield grew up and started lives of their own. So the thought of visiting with the March family once again was something I couldn’t resist.
When I opened the book and read the first letter from Jo to Amy, I was shocked at how well the author, Gabrielle Donnelly, captured Louisa May Alcott’s voice and tone. I mean, it was seamless and I really felt like I was reading a lost chapter of a Louisa May Alcott book – at least at the beginning. But as the book progressed, I began to have the sneaking feeling that Donnelly may not know that Louisa May Alcott wrote two sequels to Little Women, and that there were a whole host of characters and much more of the March family history to draw on so she just began making stuff up as she went along. Instead of Lulu and her family being descended from either of Jo’s sons, Donnelly gave her a daughter. When Jo and her husband start their school for Little Men, instead of using any of the Plumfield boys from the books, Donnelly created some generic character and plugged him into the letters. She also liberties with the plot of Little Women too. She creates a ill-fated love affair for Jo and has Meg turning into an obnoxious match-maker but completely ignores Laurie and his proposal. In fact, Laurie is only mentioned once or twice until he comes home married to Amy. And while, Beth’s death features large in the letters, Lulu only discovers letters from Meg, Jo, and Amy.
As an Alcott super-fan, these changes, omissions, and weird additions prevented me from loving this book as much as I wanted to. That’s not to say that there weren’t things to enjoy about the book. It’s just that it was a bit of a mixed bag for me and to be honest, a more casual fan, especially one who read Little Women years ago and hasn’t come back to it as often as I do, would probably enjoy it more than I did.
When I think of the holidays, I think of time spent at home with family and few books evoke that feeling quite as well as Little Women. With this in mind, I designed this warm holiday outfit with a Little Women Novel Tea Necklace from the C. S. Literary Jewelry Etsy shop and a Little Women book purse by Novel Creations. There’s so much to love about this outfit but the best parts, (for me anyway), is how it reminds me of my own family and how many of us have grown up with the March sisters. My Little Women tea necklace was inspired by my own memories of drinking tea and talking about this book with my grandmother and the book purse has the same cover as the much-loved copy of Little Women I have on my own bookshelf. All together this beautiful outfit captures everything that is warm and cozy and bright about the holidays.
WARNING: Do not read Dear Fahrenheit 451 unless you are prepared for your to-read pile to swell and grow exponentially.
(Don’t say I didn’t warn you!)
Dear Dear Fahrenheit 451:
I knew the moment I read your title that we were destined to spend some time together. I mean, what’s not to love about love letters and break-up notes to books!? Still, I am not sure what I enjoyed more, geeking out with you about the books we both love, discovering new books to check out in your pages, or knowing that I’ve dodged some bullets in my frequent quests through my public library. I loved all the little insights into the librarian life and the reading lists at the end of the book were a delightful surprise.
Thanks for the memories and for all the book recommendations!
See you around the library,
In The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, author, Theodora Goss, combines and re-imagines several classic horror stories, (including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, etc.), to create a literary mash-up with lots of humor and more than a touch of girl power. The best way I can think to explain it is to imagine a feminist version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, where the “daughters” of famous mad scientists band together to solve a series of grisly murders. With an assist from Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, the ladies use their unusual talents and abilities to confront their monstrous pasts and to track down the mysterious Société des Alchimistes.
While the narration, as told by Catherine Moreau with lots of commentary and interjections from the other ladies, could be a little distracting for some readers, I found it amusing and thought it gave the reader a sense of all the different personalities that were coming together to form the team. The author did a great job of giving enough backstory for each of her characters so the reader doesn’t feel lost if they haven’t read all of the original books but for those who have, the little literary shout-outs and references were a lot of fun. My only complaint was, considering the mad scientist theme of the story, if I was going to include an Arthur Conan Doyle character in the book, I would have gone for someone from The Lost World as opposed to Sherlock Holmes. Still, since the Alchemist’s Daughter is obviously the first in a series, there is still time for the ladies to encounter many more literary figures on their adventures.
All in all, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter is a fun romp through classic horror / adventure stories and makes a great Halloween read for a reader who wants something suitably spooky for the season but not especially scary or gory.
After a run of disappointing reads, it was a delight to discover A House Among The Trees by Julia Glass. The book centers on the recently deceased children’s book author and artist, Mort Lear, and the various characters who are left to pick up the pieces after he dies, including his long-time assistant, an actor who will be playing Mort in an upcoming bio-pic, the man who unwittingly inspired the character that made Mort famous, and the museum curator who is desperate to secure Mort’s papers and drawings for her museum. There’s a lot to sink your teeth into with this book, particularly themes of honoring the people we lose, (their stories and their legacies), of how and why people distance themselves from each other and how easy it is to get trapped – even by things that originally seemed positive. But what I really loved the most about A House Among The Trees was the author’s skill at creating her central character. Glass used the real-life children’s author, Maurice Sendak as the foundation for Mort, grafting layers of fiction onto elements lifted directly from Sendak’s life and using Sendak’s classic children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, as inspiration for the fictional story book that rocketed Mort to fame and fortune. In the hands of a lesser author, this could have backfired badly, but Glass manages to use just enough of the real author to make Mort feel like a real (and beloved) part of her readers’ childhood and to infuse Mort’s book with the same sort of menace and wonder that was often found in Sendak’s work. This works well to draw the reader into the story, giving them a real emotional connection to Mort and making them feel invested in his story and legacy.
I hate to admit it but I am a bit of a purist when it comes to books. It’s rare that I find a modern take on a classic that is both faithful enough to the original text to avoid annoying me but that still brings something new and interesting enough to the story that makes it worth reading. To my surprise, Sarah Shoemaker’s Mr. Rochester – a re-telling of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre – manages to achieve both. Since the original book was from Jane’s perspective, readers only learned what Mr. Rochester chose to share about his past and motivations. But Shoemaker takes advantage of that fact and provides a rich backstory that builds upon Bronte’s foundation. In the first part of the book, we learn about Rochester’s youth and education and I got both a slight Dickens vibe at times and subtle parallels to Jane’s early years.
Later on, Shoemaker turns her attention to life at Thornfield Hall after Rochester meets Jane Eyre. During this part of the book, the author turns the original dynamic on its head so that now it’s Jane that comes across as inscrutable and out of reach, while Rochester becomes increasingly desperate to force some acknowledgement of her feelings from her. Since the odds are that anyone reading this book will have read the original story and know how it ends, Shoemaker focuses on exploring the motivation behind some of the Bronte’s most baffling plot points – specifically why Rochester behaves the way he does when he is trying to win Jane’s love and why his father and brother trick him into marrying Bertha in the first place even though they knew she was mad. If at times the author works a little too hard to justify some of Rochester’s odder moments, including dressing up as an old gypsy woman or pretending to be in love with Blanche when he really wants to marry Jane, it’s totally forgivable since she, (and Charlotte Bronte), have done such a good job at making Rochester into a character that readers want to love. The extra plot elements she added to explore the history between the Rochester and Mason families was interesting and well done and I have to admit, after all the ups and downs of the story, I broke into a huge grin at the line, “Reader, she married me.”
All in all, I definitely recommend Mr. Rochester for all my fellow Charlotte Bronte fans who are looking to revisit this classic story.
The ultimate “staycation read” for when you are longing to run away from your everyday existence, The Enchanted April is every bit as enchanting as the title suggests. The story tells of four English women, each struggling with various disappointments and loneliness, who decide to pool their resources and rent a romantic Italian villa for the month of April. Although the woman are very different in background and temperament – which leads to the occasional, (and rather funny), butting of heads – each experiences a sort of renewal during their stay at San Salvatore.
My only complaint about this light but highly enjoyable book is that the resolution of all the character’s problems seemed to come together rather quickly and easily without much more effort than a simple (and much needed attitude change). I guess the moral of the story is that it’s easier to evaluate your life and make changes in a villa on the Mediterranean than back home in your everyday life, and if that’s the case, I am more than willing to try it. I would have also loved an epilogue (or a sequel) that explored how all of these vacation epiphanies and romances continued (or didn’t) once everyone got back home. But other than that, I really enjoyed this fun little novel and highly recommend that you add it to your summer reading list.
Have you ever been disappointed in a new book by one of your favorite authors? That’s the situation I found myself in this week after reading Morgan Llywelyn’s After Rome. I really wanted to love the book as much as I have loved other Morgan Llyweln books but, as hard as I tried, I really couldn’t see After Rome as anything other than a pale and lifeless re-treading of old stories and characters that Llywelyn has used to much better effect in her previous books.
After Rome, particularly suffers in comparison to the book Morgan Llywelyn wrote about the coming of the Romans, Druids. If After Rome was a stronger book, it would have felt like a continuation of the saga that Llywelyn told brilliantly in Druids, but instead the two main characters felt like blander reincarnations of Druid’s two main characters without any of their strength and personality. And while Druids had an engrossing plot that had me emotionally invested from the first page, After Rome never seemed to reach any kind of satisfying payoff with a plot that just trailed off rather than concluded.
I seriously considered not reviewing After Rome because I adore Morgan Llywelyn and her brand of historic fantasy inspired by Celtic / British myths and history. As a long-time Morgan Lywelyn fan, I just think that it would be a shame if a new reader picked up After Rome as their first Llywelyn book and judged her writing by it. So instead, here is what I think. Skip this book and instead pick up one of the many brilliant Morgan Llywelyn books that came before it. I STRONGLY recommend Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, Finn Mac Cool, Red Branch, Lion of Ireland, Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, and, as you can probably guess, Druids. You won’t regret it.


A woman has been charged with leaving a 3-year-old and an 11-month-old in a hot car at a suburban Kansas City mall.
Authorities say two people have died in a head-on crash south of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The Grasshopper Mower Company out of Moundridge had their products on display at the White House.
Later this afternoon, the Kansas Supreme Court will hear the arguments from attorneys on the new school funding law
Some streets in downtown Wichita are sporting more Beatle sounding names in honor of Sir Paul McCartney.
That law phases in a $293 million increase in education funding over two years.
The Wichita Police Department says three suspects opened fire at an apartment in the 500 block of Laclede Street Saturday.
The former Maize South star is tied for fifth heading into day two of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
Moran, in an email statement Monday night, said he “could not support the previous version of the bill,” and “cannot support this one.”
Sedgwick County is taking extra precautions against the measles after at least one case of the virus has been confirmed.
Kansas head coach David Beaty can’t wait to see what’s in store for his team this upcoming season.
Local standout Wells Padgett’s strong performance highlights an exciting day one of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
The backpacks were delivered and signed for by someone Salvation Army officials don’t recognize.
KSN photojournalist Raoul Cortez to check out some of the Wichita water playgrounds.
The family of Madison Coe authorized the release of her last image sent via text message before she died while staying with her dad.


Just got my mustang out today and took it for a drive and realized my speedometer wasn't working and also my kilometers were not going up, no matter how far I drove. And also my temperature garage is bouncing from half to cold.
Went trough my fuse guide in the owners manual and I looked a the fuse 6, 10A because it matched all my problems, and bought a new fuse and it fixed everything. Thank you very much for the feedback though! Much appreciated!
Yea well it wouldn't have been stupid! Cause you were right lol. But ya it's all fixed, but my temperature gauge Is still bouncing around. Why could that be? I checked my coolant levels and it's good. So I'm not sure..
No my engine isn't overheating, the gauge is going from cold to about 1/4 way to hot. So not even half, but I check my engine and it gets hot, but not overheating hot. So it's not cold. Nor too hot, and my coolant level is fine.


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The World Today - Thursday, 19 October , 2006 12:50:00
Reporter: Kate Scanlan
ELEANOR HALL: Filipino workers, who are in Australia on the Federal Government's 457 visas and who say they were sacked for joining a union, have rejected the Prime Minister's claims that the union is blocking Immigration Department attempts to investigate their case.
The workers say the union has made no attempt to stop them talking to investigators, and that union representatives accompanied them when they met with Immigration Department officials for the first time this morning.
In Brisbane, Kate Scanlan reports.
KATE SCANLAN: The Filipino welders were brought to Brisbane two months ago, on 457 temporary visas, by the labour hire company, Dartbridge Welding. They say they were promised $40,000 a year, but are earning closer to 27,000, and are being forced to fit the bill for overpriced accommodation and transport.
The Federal Government agreed to investigate the case after three of the men claimed they were sacked after joining a union. But yesterday in Federal Parliament, the Prime Minister accused the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union of trying to obstruct that investigation.
JOHN HOWARD: I'm also advised that the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs attempted to interview the workers yesterday with the AMWU, that's the relevant union being present, but the union refused to assist.
KATE SCANLAN: But the sacked workers have leapt to the union's defence, saying they haven't been silenced.
ROY YABUT: The union has not stopped us talking to anyone, we just asked the union to help us and they have been very good to us, you know. And the Prime Minister is wrong.
KATE SCANLAN: Roy Yabut says the union has done nothing but help the men since they learnt of their termination on Monday. He says the workers are happy to answer any questions about their treatment and working conditions.
ROY YABUT: We will talk to anyone provided the union is there to help us, you know, because we are just new here in this country.
KATE SCANLAN: Doug Cameron is the National Secretary of the AMWU.
(to Doug Cameron) Did the union make any attempt to try and stop Immigration Department officials talking to the men?
DOUG CAMERON: Absolutely not. We've got no control over either the Department or the individual workers. We don't control these people. They have come to us and they have asked for support. We are giving them support.
These are workers that have been basically dumped in the backdrops of Brisbane, with no access to transport, no decent wages, no decent conditions, and they've asked for our help and that's what we are doing.
KATE SCANLAN: The union and the workers met with the Department a short time ago. Later this afternoon, the men will appear before Queensland's Industrial Relations Commission, which is conducting an inquiry into the effect of the Federal Government's new industrial relations laws.
The new owner of Dartbridge Welding, the company that employed and sacked the welders, has defended his decision to let them go. Dennis Hickman says it wasn't because the men joined a union.
DENNIS HICKMAN: It was explained to me that I had to make immediate changes in the number of staff. And let me say this, it's a very, very difficult decision to have to retrench three workers. I did not unlawfully dismiss these men at all. I simply don't have the money.
KATE SCANLAN: But Doug Cameron says the company has a case to answer.
DOUG CAMERON: The behaviour of the company is absolutely abominable. There are, in our view, legal breaches of the act, and there are also moral obligations a company should have in this country. And you can't just, you know, abide by the letter of the law if you behave immorally. And that's what's happening here.
ELEANOR HALL: That's Doug Cameron, the National Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, speaking to Kate Scanlan in Brisbane.

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Owner of the Law Office of F. Anthony Koushan in Beverly Hills, California, since 1993, Anthony Koushan is a graduate of the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. During his time at the school he excelled academically, appearing on the dean’s list, and focused on matters of Torts, real property and remedy while working towards his juris doctor. Prior to enrolling in law school he received a bachelor of arts from California State University in Los Angeles. As an undergraduate he studied English and economics. F. Anthony Koushan also studied English and philosophy at Richland College in Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Koushan has practiced law throughout Los Angeles for more than two decades, establishing a reputation for his comprehensive commitment to each client he takes on. His firm is 100 percent dedicated to personal injury cases, allowing attorneys to hone their specialties in areas such as auto accidents, spinal and brain injuries, wrongful death, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability, foster child abuse, and many more aspects of the personal injury field.

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Introducing the Newland AIDC FM3280: A Technological Leap in Barcode Scanning
Newland AIDC, a leader in the field of automatic identification and data capture, proudly unveils its latest innovation – the NLS-FM3280. This two-in-one fixed mount barcode scanner is not just a leap forward in barcode scanning technology; it's a multifunctional marvel that integrates the convenience of Near-Field Communication (NFC) with superior barcode scanning capabilities. Designed to meet the evolving needs of diverse industries, the FM3280 stands out as a versatile and robust solution for data capture challenges.
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The design of the FM3280 prioritizes user convenience. Its installation process is streamlined, and compatible with the mounting positions of the FM3080, simplifying upgrades for existing users.
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The Newland AIDC FM3280 is more than just a barcode scanner; it's a testament to Newland AIDC's commitment to innovation and quality. It stands tall against competitors with its superior resolution, wider field of view, and unique wide voltage support. But the true strength of the FM3280 lies in the backing it receives from Newland AIDC's robust technological background and its expansive global service network.
This combination of advanced technology, versatility, and reliable support positions the FM3280 not just as a product but as a comprehensive data capture solution poised to redefine the standards in its domain.


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In light of recent events involving Covid-19 outbreak, it is more important than ever to highlight, promote and help local businesses survive and thrive. As we enter April 2020, we want to share with you the journey of Sarah Dougal and her business- Made You Look Jewellery.
A Graduate of the Jewelry Arts Program at George Brown College, Sarah Dougall is the trail-blazing entrepreneur and brainchild behind Toronto’s famous Made You Look Jewellery Studio and Retail Gallery. Established in 2001 as Toronto’s first large scale jewellery collective, her unique vision and the one-of-a-kind environment she created, helped launch the Toronto Jewellery Arts community into what is now a mecca for designers and collectors alike.
What’s more? This bustling community of creativity has helped to transform Toronto’s once down-and-out neighbourhood of Parkdale, into what is now a dynamic retail strip full of unique independent businesses.
What made you want to become an entrepreneur?
I always felt petrified of being under someone else’s control. Being responsible for my own destiny, designing change and providing exciting opportunities for other creative people, is my oxygen. Being a leader is in my blood, I did not want to wait around for someone else to create the world that I wanted to live in.
Why ‘Made You Look Jewellery’?
Made You Look Jewellery studio and gallery was established with a unique vision for creating a community for talented independent jewellery designers to thrive and shine.
At the time, in 2001, jewellery designers lacked studio space and good places to sell their work, so Made You Look was established as a venue for artists to come together to collaborate and help each other move forward in business and to be known as a central hub for customers to see a wide variety of work, all under one roof.
Over the years Made You Look has represented hundreds of award winning designers and been home to some of this cities most unique and sought after talent. Made You Look was also one of the first businesses to open up shop in Parkdale, at a time when the area was still considered undesirable. Gradually this part of Queen Street West has become one of the most interesting strips, with an abundance of unique local businesses who specialize in one-of-a-kind services and products.
What success have you enjoyed so far?
After 20 years of selling hand made jewellery to the public, it has been amazing to see people step away from shopping at the mall to choose individuality instead. The DYI movement, the 100 mile radius rule and conscious living has helped solidify why opening my business provides the public with exactly what they wanted. This kind of business makes people feel good and that feels like a big success to me!
Any advice for aspiring entrepreneurs?
Being an entrepreneur means choosing the path of most resistance. I run my business like every year is year 1. The minute you think you have figured everything out, you are in trouble. You must stay curious, you must keep learning and it must always feel hard, then you know your are doing something right! To have a successful business you need 3 things: You need to have a good idea, you need to have some money and you need lots of stamina.
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