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46 days in November after the launch of xCloud gaming feature—Microsoft is set to launch the Xbox Series X. The Xbox Series X is the next generation gaming console from the Xbox desk.
The launch will come in November, but we’re not sure about the date yet, but the month is already set. So, if you’re considering the games and the subscription for the Series X, I bet you shouldn’t be, because—your previous games for the past console can also work with the Xbox Series X.
Games like the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Dirt 5, Gears Tactics, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Watch Dogs: Legion, Destiny 2, Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Madden NFL 21, and more are optimized for Xbox Series X.
The new generation console will work with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can get all the games you ever need with just a few dollar a month. And the fun part is that, the Game Pass Ultimate is available for all Xbox console, PC and cloud games.
The release will come with thousands of games to play. The games will span across all Xbox four generation consoles, with over 100 games ready to play, and you’ll only have to buy this games once to play.
Xbox and 343 Industries has confirmed that Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021
With the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate you can buy once and play your games across the four generations consoles, the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and new generation console Series X.

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Niall Staines is a digital artist who uses digital distortion on both city and nature landscapes in order to convey surrealness in his art.
His work is graphic, vibrant, and visually arresting.
Being based in Ireland, nature is a consistent theme in his work, often turning serene landscapes into surreal dreamscapes. As said in an interview, Niall follows a theme of isolation in his work, which presents a place that is almost, but not quite reality. He not only works with nature but also the city since both play parts in his everyday life. To enchant those that view his art, Niall utilizes graphic distortion, almost like a glitch in reality.

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Sansa Stark isn’t in my top three favorite Game of Thrones characters. Many would agree that she didn’t start out as a likable character in earlier seasons. She was a naive brat who sided with the wrong people. Her character development was a slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Again, this is coming from someone who hasn’t warmed […]
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Orchestrating Your Business Sale in Johor Bahru
ExitAdviser provides small business owners with a complete DIY platform to plan, prepare and advertise a business for sale. Sign up to get started today, or learn how does it work to orchestrate your own business sale in Johor Bahru (below).
Fast-tracking Your Business Sale
ExitAdviser simplifies the cumbersome task of selling a business into four, fast-forwarded tracks:
- Starting with checking your status, where you may want to check the sellability of your business, as well as communicate your decision to key persons and partners.
- Second, where preparing for sale where ExitAdviser’s Business Valuation and Sales Memorandum tools take care of the baseline price, creating your Memorandum of Sale document, and the basic review of your company both internally and externally, as doing business in Johor Bahru.
- Moving on the most tricky and crucial part — marketing your business for sale, helping to create your sale listing along with a custom Landing Page where it becomes easy for buyers to reach you in Johor Bahru. Behind the scenes, ExitAdviser is tied up with Google AdWords, the industry's most effective advertising platform.
- Finally, closing the deal, where negotiations, processing of legal documents, and due diligence takes place.
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Your Near-by Advisors in Johor Bahru
Qualified, pre-screened advisors such as Business Brokers and Appraisers are essential for an effective business sale. The right advisor can have a strong impact on the process timeline, the risks addressed, and the amount you receive.
Singapore Business Brokerage Pte Ltd
LNT Global Pte Ltd
Zack & Zul.Com Pte Limited
Gold Growth Business Brokerage
i-Success Group Business Opportunity In Singapore
Business Valuation Services - Appraisers
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CKS Property Consultants Pte. Ltd.
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The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
KTC Accountants Institute Nusa Jaya
SC Cloud Accountants
Related: Find Advisors Near You (online tool)
Doing Business in Johor Bahru
Singapore is the futuristic bridge between East and West. It is an attractive site for startups, offering access to capital and a highly qualified workforce. When it comes to culture, the city is a dense mix of Chinese, Indian and Malay as well as Western influences. Despite Singaporeâ€™s high urban density, it remains as one of the greenest cities in the worldâ€”nearly half of its compact land area is filled with lush greenery.
Singapore is one of the top ten city matches for 42.9% of Teleport users.
Cost of Living 4/10
Venture Capital 9/10
Travel Connectivity 3/10
Business Freedom 10/10
Environmental Quality 8/10
Internet Access 4/10
Leisure & Culture 7/10
Number of months to complete a business sale: 3 (in average)
As we know: Johor Bahru (Malaysian pronunciation: [ˈjohorˈbahru], Jawi: جوهر بهرو, Chinese: 新山; pinyin: xin shan, Tamil: ஜொகூர் பாரு), formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri, is the capital of the state of Johor, Malaysia. Johor Bahru has a population of 497,097, and its metropolitan area is the third largest in the country. It is also the southernmost city in Peninsular Malaysia. Johor Bahru was founded in 1855 as Iskandar Puteri when the Sultanate of Johor came under the influence of Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim.
ExitAdviser is an end-to-end FSBO platform for selling your company directly to potential buyers. By using the platform, your business located in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia will get the best exposure before it gets sold. ExitAdviser provides you with the right set of online tools, how-to guides and legal forms to fast-track the selling process.
Number of potential buyers for your business located in Johor Bahru: 34 (statistical estimation)
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Seminar: NASA’s Earth Observation Programs
October 5, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
How is NASA observing the Earth?
Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 5th, from 12 – 1 pm for Observing Forests from Space: NASA’s Interests and Capabilities in Earth Observation and Forest Inventory
Learn about NASA’s Earth observation programs such as GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Lidar) which is collecting LiDAR data for whole planet from space, and others. These datasets are being used for forest inventory, studying carbon cycling, topography, and a host of other ecological applications.
Presented over Zoom and shown on the big screen in Morgan Library Rm. 203. Watch with the group, or on your own, whichever works best for you!
Presenter: Mike Falkowski, Ph.D., NASA Program Scientist, Terrestrial Ecology Program, Earth Science Division


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The Dolphins have walked a tight rope all season, so why would Sunday’s game be any different? Miami endured a nail-biting second half that produced a 26-23 victory courtesy of Andrew Franks 21-yard field goal as time expired. The game wasn’t pretty, quarterback Ryan Tannehill left the game with a left knee injury, but Adam Gase’s squad fought through all the adversity and got to 8 wins. Miami needs to win one of the final three games to produce the franchise’s first winning season since 2008. Only then will this franchise have proof that a culture change has truly taken place.
The Dolphins found their homefield magic once again with this dramatic victory. They’ve now won five in a row at home, and they've done it by making plays. That’s all. They make plays. Well done and much-needed.
Dolphins get a sloppy but dramatic win that keeps playoff hope alive. But Ryan Tannehill's season looks over with a knee injury so it didn't feel like much of a win.
This seemed for a while like a game that was only going to be remembered by the people who put together those blooper reels. But now it might go down as the game Ryan Tannehill suffered his first significant injury. The win -- and Denver's loss -- means the Dolphins are still in the thick of the playoff race. But how much will Tannehill's knee injury impact those postseason chances? We'll have to wait and see.
Online Sports Editor
The Dolphins got their win, and now have a short week to prepare for the woeful Jets. If Matt Moore is called on for the final three games, can the Dolphins still sneak into the postseason?
We’ll see if it is a Pyrrhic victory with Ryan Tannehill’s serious-looking knee injury, but the Dolphins got a win that they needed to, though they should think about locking the doors to their indoor practice bubble after that sloppy ball-security display. The Broncos lost, so the Dolphins know they make the playoffs with a 3-0 finish if reeling Denver loses one more game.

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Verizon Communications Inc. is reportedly close to buying Yahoo for $5 billion in cash. While the deal is not fully authorized and can fell apart for any unforeseen reasons, reports suggest that both groups have closed the deal and an announcement is expected in next couple of days.
Verizon is largest wireless carrier in US and keenly looking at web properties for past few years. Just last year it bought AOL for $4.4 billion and if this current deal goes through, Verizon will get access to one of most iconic web properties of this age.
Verizon is trying to position itself as one of the largest online property owner to compete with Alphabet Inc.
Yahoo, after glorious early days, couldn’t keep up with the trends and its usage kept declining. It still owns variety of services and millions of users.
Yahoo’s controversial CEO, Marissa Mayer, tried to revive Yahoo several times but failed and it appears her job is now finally going to get over.
Details say that this deal will include all web and mobile applications of Yahoo, but will not include any patents, that Yahoo will sell separately for few hundred million dollars.
Deal is expected to be made official in next few days.
For further reading: BloomBerg

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Loungefly Disney 101 Dalmatians 60th Anniversary Zip Around Wallet
Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the iconic animated Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians, with this lovely wallet! With an all-over print featuring a handful of precious puppies, this wallet offers everything you’d want for fans of this classic film, Disney, and dogs!
Color: White, black, red
Dimensions: 8”W x 4”H
Material: faux leather, polyurethane, plush
Features: wallet zips closed, has sturdy metal hardware, and features: applique, and printed details, 7 card slots, 1 ID window, 2 bill folds, zippered coin pouch


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Tips Before You Start
The gluten-free quick bread we are going to cook today is a 12-serving dish that can be made both with cannabis or without it. If you want to make this zucchini bread potent, you should buy some high-quality cannabis-infused butter. You can also make cannabutter yourself. Here is an easy recipe to make it at home.
Are you ready to start? Let us see what we need.
Loaf pan (9×5-inch)
Non-stick cooking spray
2 large mixing bowls
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons cannabis-infused butter
- 5 tablespoons regular butter
- 1 and ¼ cup flour (gluten-free)
- 1 and ½ teaspoon baking powder (gluten-free)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- Nuts of your choice (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Put eggs into a large mixing bowl.
- Add shredded zucchini, maple syrup, cannabis-infused butter, and regular butter. Put the bowl aside for a while.
- Put flour into a separate large mixing bowl.
- Add baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, sea salt, and xanthan gum.
- Stir the butter and zucchini mixture in the powder and flour mix.
- Use a mixer to combine the ingredients.
- Add some nuts to the mixture if you want.
- Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Place the loaf pan in the preheated oven.
- Bake for approximately 60 minutes until the inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the loaf cool down before cutting.
Now it is time to enjoy your delicious gluten-free zucchini bread! Cut the bread loaf taking into account its potency. Keep in mind that each of 12 servings contains approximately 17 milligrams of THC. Do not forget that this dish is cannabis-infused and should be consumed responsibly. Do not eat too much at once and try to avoid getting behind the wheel after enjoying this potent zucchini bread for the reasons of safety. Remember to keep this dish away from children and pets. We hope you liked our recipe. Have a perfect high!

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Oribe Hair Care put on another extravaganza at this year's Backstage Las Vegas event, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in May and featured business- and team-building tips, hands-on workshops and presentations by the iconic hairdresser behind the brand. You can read all about the event in our August
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Matrix recently partnered with Joplin, MO, salon Hairbenders to host a back-to-school cut-a-thon for residents of the city that had been ravaged by a tornado this spring. Here's a look at how the successful and inspiring event went down—for more images and information about the cut-a-thon, check out our October issue!
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Cutler Salons has announced that Bumble and bumble founder (and Vidal Sassoon: The Movie producer) Michael Gordon will be joining the company as a partner. Gordon will work alongside his former protege Rodney Cutler to help grow the Cutler business and brand. “Rodney has always been self-motivated and I know from working
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Joico Senior Vice President and General Manager Sara Jones is being presented with the Spirit of Life award at the City of Hope reception at Cosmoprof North America later this month in Las Vegas, and to celebrate this important honor, the company is spearheading a fundraising drive to raise awareness and money for the
on Jul 13, 2011
Love the Sebastian Professional shoot from our July issue (click here to see it)? We've got some behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot that features the artists talking about the product cocktails they used to create the gorgeous looks.

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From the Extension: A few food tips for healthy, happy holidays
According to eatright.org, Americans gain about one to two pounds during the holidays. While this doesn’t sound dramatic, research shows it adds up over the years. Luckily, there are ways to avoid holiday weight gain.
Tip 1: Don’t skip meals.
Saving your appetite for a big holiday party or feast? Don’t. Skipping meals during the day can result in overeating. It is especially important to have breakfast, as research shows that those who eat this important morning meal tend to consume fewer calories throughout the day. Include lots of fiber by eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Fiber-rich foods are high in volume and will satisfy hunger but are lower in calories.
Tip 2: Eat small portions.
Holiday meals tend to be large, buffet-style and include second and third helpings. A common mistake is eating large portions of foods that are perceived as healthy. It’s important to include nutrient-rich foods in your diet, but remember these foods have calories as well and should be eaten in moderation. Using this approach at the holiday dinner table will allow you to maintain a healthful eating plan – one that can still include dessert.
Tip 3: Pick a strategy to avoid overeating.
There are many strategies to help you avoid overeating. Using a smaller plate, for instance, allows you to put less food on your plate and encourages proper portion sizes. Also, start by filling your plate with vegetables and salad before going to the entrees and desserts. Eating a salad before your meal can help you eat fewer calories overall. Eat slowly and savor every bite, and before you go back for seconds, wait 10 minutes to see if you really are still hungry.
Tip 4: Keep moving.
After dinner, get some physical activity. This is a great time to go for a walk and catch up with family members or play catch or a game of basketball with the kids.
Tip 5: Visit with a registered dietitian nutritionist.
Need help figuring out how to politely refuse Aunt Sally’s push to fill your plate again? How about ways to stick with your personal lifestyle goals? For more information on eating well, contact a registered dietitian nutritionist in your area.
Mailing holiday treats
Many people enjoy cooking foods that are family favorites and mailing these items to family and friends. The same rules that cover the mail order industry also apply to foods prepared and mailed from home.
When mailing your favorites holiday foods, follow these recommendations from the USDA.
First off, make sure perishable foods are not held at temperatures between 40-140 degrees, the “danger zone,” for longer than two hours. Pathogenic bacteria can grow rapidly in the danger zone but might not affect the taste, smell or appearance of a food. In other words, you cannot tell a food has been mishandled or is unsafe to eat.
For perishable foods prepared at home and mailed, follow these guidelines:
- Ship in a sturdy box.
- Pack with a cold source, like frozen gel packs or dry ice. When using dry ice, don’t touch the dry ice with bare hands, don’t let it come in direct contact with the food and warn the recipient of its use by writing “Contains Dry Ice” on the outside of the box.
- Wrap box in two layers of brown paper.
- Use permanent markers to label outside of the box.
- Use recommended packing tape.
- Label outside clearly; make sure the address is complete and correct.
- Write “Keep Refrigerated” on outside of the box.
- Alert recipient of its expected arrival.
- Do not send to business addresses or where there will not be adequate refrigerator storage.
- Do not send packages at the end of the week. Send them at the beginning of the week so they do not sit in the post office or mailing facility over the weekend.
- Whenever possible, send foods that do not require refrigeration, like hard salami, hard cheese or country ham.


#1 Let's Shake Hands
To even the most common White Stripes fan it's easy to get behind (no pun intended) Jack White when he says that the band will never surpass their first album. Sure there's that raw detroit sound which in theory can be off-putting to the casual listener but really the album boasts enough catchy songs and clever production for it to go down well. Take into consideration that a band, whose most polished efforts are considered an example of the rawer side of rock 'n' roll these days, debuted with something that makes their later work sound like it could've been produced by Phil Spector. Okay that's an exaggeration but basically what I'm trying to get across is that The White Stripes self-titled debut is far-removed in terms of shimmer from later albums. Almost all White Stripes fans have had the moment where upon discovering Elephant or White Blood Cells or maybe even De Stjil go to their local record store and pick up a copy of their new favorite band's debut and upon listening to it feel like they have plunged into the depths of the bands rough origins that the radio is to terrified to play. However this isn't the case. Because, while we think we have a high tolerance for low fidelity recordings because we adore the debut, when pressed most White Stripes fans can't quite get behind Jack White when he says nothing the band creates will surpass their debut single: the ferocious Let's Shake Hands.
From the second it starts, Let's Shake Hands let's your ears knows that they're in for an aural roller-coaster: exhilarating but will leave them feeling extremely unwell afterwards. The recording is the very definition of lo-fi and this isn't helped by the fact that the only way for your average person to get hold of it is to download a poor digital transfer (even the officially released transfer leaves a lot to be desired). Really the only way to listen to this song is on vinyl and that will really blow a hole in your wallet. Which is a crying shame because I almost can get behind Jack White when he says that Let's Shake Hands is their best song. The reason being that even though it would not be my choice for personal favorite it tells you all you need to know about the band in under two minutes.
As I've dedicated an entire blog to him it's easy to guess that Jack White is my favorite figure in music, at least modern music. So if you put on Let's Shake Hands I could provide a commentary through the entire song listing every point that makes the man what he is as they present themselves. First thing that's noticeable is the guitar which is so childishly simple but at the same time more complex than any shredder could ever hope they could be. While now everyone can appreciate Jack's virtuosity via Blue Veins or Ball & Biscuit, what initially drew me to him as a guitarist is that he never plays a chord the same way twice. If given a choice between listening to Joe Satriani solo forever or Jack White strum a G chord forever I would go with the latter because his strive for childish imperfection gives his playing a completely unique richness, while his natural ability as a guitarist never makes it undesirable to listen to. This is extremely noticeable all through Let's Shake Hands, if this song had been recorded during the elephant sessions it probably would have come out as one of the most disposable tracks on the album but in it's complete Detroite garage glory it stands out as a career highlight. The same thing is true of the vocals, while later years would see Jack's singing becoming more restrained and subtle for recordings (it retained it's power in concert), here he simply shrieks his way through it in a way that has become a source of comfort in his studio output from De Stjil to Conolers Of The Lonely. And of course while it's now hard to think too hard about the bread and butter of every White Stripes recording, here the snare/crash/kick stylings of Ms. Meg White are something to cherish.
The performance that is the White Stripes debut single sounds like the band are playing as if their first opportunity would be their last. They throw all their cards on the table and put everything into not even two minutes of music. Nowadays it seems preferable to listen to the better quality live recordings that exist but that's missing the point. While I personally believe that The White Stripes have recorded better songs since I can see where Jack is coming from because when you put on that first song you can tell that it was recorded with the mindset that it never would be surpassed, and to me that's how one should approach recording a song.


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TPM wrote a story on Bill Whittle, at a Ted Cruz gathering, making a joke that Texans should start shooting as soon as they see California license plates driving into their residential areas. Now TPM presents it as news but you know they are really thinking it’s OUTRAGEOUSLY OUTRAGEOUS or they wouldn’t have cared. Also Ted Cruz.
They got it from Raw Story who emphasized how the Ted Cruz crowd (you know, those stupid barbarians from the Tea Party) kept laughing over and over when Whittle talked about shooting the cars with California license plates. Oh how they laughed. And laughed. And then laughed so more. OUTRAGEOUS!
Then of course some lefty goes on twitter and says Bill Whittle was advocating mass murder:
Blogger at Ted Cruz rally advocates mass murder of Californians. Audience laughs because, you know. ha ha ha. http://t.co/zm7WPVoYH1
— Dante Apollo Atkins (@DanteAtkins) January 13, 2014
What an idiot.
But you know, I think it’s pretty funny. See for yourself:
If you want to watch the full night, including both Bill Whittle (28 min) and Ted Cruz speaking (the rest), watch below:


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LEIDEN, The Netherlands, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Institute Pharma
(TI Pharma) has formed a consortium with Wageningen University,
Viral disease epidemics have increased in incidence around the world in recent decades. One of these diseases is caused by the Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. Originally, the disease was confined to Africa, but later spread to countries in Asia. Several cases of this disease have now been confirmed in various European countries. It appears to be spread by travelers returning from affected countries. In France, there have been more than one hundred cases and in Italy a few hundred. It seems evident that the mosquitoes able of transmitting this disease are also present in Europe. Whether or not the virus will spread further throughout Europe remains to be seen.
Virologist Ab Osterhaus, one of the research supervisors, says: "Considering the increasing spread of the Chikungunya virus in Asia, and probably also in Europe in the future, it is important to develop a vaccine against this virus that can be used not only to protect people living in the endemic area, but also travelers traveling to those areas.
The groups that are going to work together in this project have extensive expertise in the field of exotic viral infectious diseases as well as significant experience with the newest technologies in the field of vaccine development."
This TI Pharma project has a budget of EUR 2.3 million and aims to achieve a 'proof of concept' vaccine by the year 2012.
Chikungunya is a serious viral illness, which is transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito. The disease causes a sudden high fever, a rash and intense joint pain, which can result in disability, which can last several months. There is currently no vaccine or treatment available to combat this disease.
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City of Gastonia offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24 in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
Garbage and recycling pickup for Thursday and Friday customers will be affected. Thursday’s Solid Waste customers will have their green roll-out garbage carts emptied on Friday, Nov. 24. Green-week recycling customers who normally have Thursday pickup will receive service on Friday, instead.
Customers who usually have pickup on Friday will have their green roll-out garbage carts emptied on Monday, Nov. 27. Friday’s green-week recycling customers will have their recycling carts emptied on Monday, as well.


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Have you ever noticed how sometimes you get so caught up in the everyday routines of life that you forget about the rest of the world? We often run in the fast lane, which can be exciting and fun but also downright exhausting! Our kids can feel this quick pace as well, and that is why it is so important to teach them to be aware and to look out for others.
What does being aware mean? For children, it means teaching them empathy at a young age. The first step to having empathy for others is to simply be aware of those around you. When you’re a toddler, you have a “me” and “mine” attitude by nature. You want everything for yourself, which is a normal step for becoming self-aware. Eventually, you learn that there are others around you who also want to play and to be recognized. With the right environment, toddlers can start to appreciate other toddlers and they will learn to share and to play with respect for others.
Preschoolers pick it up a notch and by the time they arrive at kindergarten, sharing with others is a huge focus. There are lots of great books out there that help children identify with others and become more aware. Some of my personal favorites are:
Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book About Understanding the Feelings of Others by Cori Bussolari
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer
Stand In My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy by Bob Sornson
When children truly learn what it means to have empathy for others, they are prepared for the challenges of everyday life. Whether it’s choosing to help a friend with schoolwork; playing with someone at recess who doesn’t have a friend; picking up a teammate after a bad play; etc. all the choices we make have a huge impact on our world. Bene Bear can help solidify this concept by letting children make the choice to be kind, make a donation, or do something good for someone else. There is no better lesson in life!

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The Devil is strapping on his snowboard! I actually agree with the Gorebot. I have long urged the City to cut out this lollygaggling all over the country to conferences that, more often than not, are just hiring fairs. One years' travel budget should equip a great teleconferencing center in the Hamilton Hut, and the Green City could be a leader refusing to participate in any organization tha does not offer the videoconferencing option. City folk could still attend, on their own time and their own dime.


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DURANGO, Colo. – Several of Colorado’s top politicians will hold a joint town hall meeting Friday afternoon directly after they tour the Gold King Mine with Environmental Protection Agency staffers, including the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.
Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hickenlooper, Rep. Scott Tipton and Durango Mayor Dick White will be among those attending the tour and subsequent town hall meeting, which will come a day before the two-year anniversary of the mine spill. Continue reading
New Mexico State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigations agents found the man accused of abducting his two young stepsonssometime Sunday, the FBI Phoenix office announced Monday.
The FBI did not say where 26-year-old Clinton Johnson was found, but did say it has yet to determine if he will face criminal charges.
Johnson is accused of taking his two stepsons from a campground in Wheatfields Lake, Arizona sometime Saturday. The boys were found on the side of the road just before noon Sunday in Manuelito Canyon, west of Gallup.
The boys were unharmed. Johnson allegedly fled on foot after dropping the boys off.
An Amber Alert for the two boys was first issued in Utah around 1 a.m. Sunday. The New Mexico Amber Alert was sent out around 10 a.m.
The FBI says the investigation into the case continues.
SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. – The FBI arrested a man Tuesday evening in connection to the abduction and death of an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped in San Juan County Monday afternoon and whose body was found Tuesday morning.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says Ashlynne Mike’s body was located about 6 miles south of the Shiprock monument around 11:30 a.m. Continue reading
For the third time in four years, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has vetoed money meant specifically to help keep the doors of the Gallup Detox Center – McKinley County’s only detox and shelter program – open and helping the area’s people with alcoholism and substance abuse issues.
Monday, Gov. Martinez announced she had signed the $6.2 billion budget passed by the state legislature. She line-item vetoed many portions of the budget, but one of those vetoes was $200,000 put specifically into the budget for the Gallup Detox Center, also known as the Na’Nizhoozhi Center, Inc. (NCI). Continue reading
GALLUP, NM — Two U.S. senators are calling what is happening along Historic Route 66 in the sprawling high desert of western New Mexico a “public health crisis.”
People are coming weekly in throngs from the vast expanses of Native American land reserves surrounding the city of Gallup – a quiet town along Interstate 40 often used as a stopover for travelers headed west – to work, hang out and drink alcohol.
But many of them never make it back to where they came from.
Over the past two winters, 24 people have died outside in the cold. Their causes of death range from hypothermia to alcohol poisoning and natural causes, but people in and around the city often group the deaths together and refer to them as being caused by “exposure.”
All of the people who died were Native American. Continue reading
Navajo Nation voters on Tuesday approved a change to the election code that would give the Navajo people the say over whether or not candidates for official offices speak and understand the language well enough to hold office.
The vote was tight, with 13,017 voting to change the language requirements and 11,778 voting to keep them the same.
Current Navajo law says candidates for the Nation’s highest offices, including president and vice president, must speak fluent Navajo.
The language requirement was the crux of an argument against former Navajo presidential candidate Chris Deschene, who was barred from running for office in the official presidential election because he was deemed not-fluent in Navajo despite winning the presidential primary election.
The new rules will go into effect starting with the 2018 election.
Lawmakers approved the vote after changes to the fluency requirement failed through other legislation.
More than 122,000 Navajos were registered to vote Tuesday, but only 21 percent of them voted.
Russell Begaye will be the new president of the Navajo Nation, according to unofficial election results that show Begaye drew more than 10,000 more votes than his counterpart, Joe Shirley, Jr.
Jonathan Nez, a three-time Navajo Nation Council delegate, will serve as Begaye’s vice president. Continue reading
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Council Speaker LoRenzo Bates issued a statement late Tuesday condemning the Navajo Nation Supreme Court’s order requiring the presidential election to be held April 21 and say the court is “overstepping its authority” and “displays a lack of respect for the authorities of [the] Nation’s three-branch government,” further exposing the rift between different factions of the Navajo government.
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Navajo Election Administration to hold a presidential general election “as soon as possible” with Joe Shirley, Jr. and Russell Begaye as the candidates. It also ordered the Election Administration to hold elections for the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors whose seats were invalidated in an Oct. 31 decision, but stopped at holding them in contempt of court.
The orders came in the invalidations of two Navajo Nation Council resolutions – CD-80-14 and CD-81-14 – the first of which called for a primary election for presidential candidates in June and a subsequent special general election in August.
The second resolution that was invalidated in Friday’s decision pardoned and reinstated the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors who were found in contempt in the October decision because they refused to follow through with a November presidential election.
Both resolutions came on the heels of the postponed Navajo presidential election, which were postponed mostly due to the fact that there was major disagreements between different factions of the Navajo government and people over the issue of language fluency and candidate Chris Deschene’s ability to fluently speak the language.
Deschene and Shirley Jr. were first and second the original primary in August and were thus slated as the two November candidates.
Dale Tsosie and Hank Whitethorne, both of whom had been presidential candidates, had filed a motion to hold Deschene, the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors and the Navajo Election Administration in contempt of court in October.
The two men are the ones who originally started the petition against Deschene over fluency requirements.
Friday’s decision denied Tsosie and Whitethorne’s petition to hold council delegate and election officials in contempt, but they will not be allowed to return, hence the upcoming election for the board.
Prior to the Oct. 31 decision, the Navajo Nation Election Board Commissioner, Wallace Charley, told KOB that the board would go to jail before it removes Chris Deschene from the presidential ballot for the upcoming election.
“The Navajo are citizens of the United States; there is a constitution that gives the principle that people have a right to vote, and their votes cannot be denied,” Charley told KOB. “So based on that, the Navajo Board of Elections Supervisors will not back off on this principle. Whether that means going to jail – fine. We’ll go to jail and see what comes out of this.”
The Supreme Court also requested Friday the Speaker of the Council convene a special session for the council to talk about how to fund the election.
The Navajo Nation Council on Wednesday approved a special run-off election to be followed by a general election, scheduled for next summer, to determine who will be the new president and vice president of the Navajo Nation, according to the Navajo Times.
The council voted 11-1, with Charles Damon II as the sole vote against, to hold the run-off election on June 2, 2015. All 17 of the original candidates who ran in this year’s primary would be qualified to be in the run-off election, including embattled candidate Chris Deschene.
Those 17 candidates will have their $1500 filing fee waived; new candidates will still have to pay it.
The special general election would then take place on August 4, and the new president will be sworn in in September if all goes according to plan.
President Ben Shelly has ten calendar days to approve the motion. He would also have to approve another piece of legislation passed by the council Wednesday that seeks to pardon and reinstate the nine members of the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors who were removed from their positions after being found in contempt of court by the Navajo Supreme Court earlier this year.
The elections bill would also provide around $317,000 to the Election Administration to fund the special elections.
Tuesday, Deschene filed a motion with the Navajo Office of Hearings and Appeals to void the order that disqualified him from being president in the first place.

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Director General of Turkey's Participatory Ziraat Bank, Osman Arslan, said that there is a strong demand by Gulf investors to enter the Turkish labor market and invest in Istanbul and Turkey, especially the Qatari investors who are at the top of the list of Gulf investors.
Arslan added that the Gulf investor is now waiting for the results of the Referendum in Turkey, which will be held mid-April.
He pointed out that the direct investment that will come from these countries to Turkey is of great importance for the markets, where a large number of direct investments will be expected not only in real estate but in many industrial, commercial and construction fields.
Arslan explained that the results of the Referendum in Turkey will have a very significant impact to attract foreign investors, mainly investors from the Gulf, where economic stability is the cornerstone of a large number of investors around the world and from neighboring countries in particular.
"The exchange rate of the dollar, euro, and other international currencies are crucial for investors wishing to invest in Turkey," Arslan said, adding that many international and regional heads of business are also intending to enter the industrial sector in Turkey.
Arslan expressed his wishes to reach the economic growth that Turkey has witnessed in 2006.
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The culture clash that permanently changed American theater
Highbrow/Lowdown explores the twentieth century's first culture war and the forces that permanently transformed American theater into the art form we know today. The arrival of jazz in the 1920s sparked a cultural revolution that was impossible to contain. The music affected every stratum of U.S. society and culture, confusing and challenging long-entrenched hierarchies based on class, race, and ethnicity. But jazz was much more than the music—it was also a powerful cultural force that brought African American, Jewish, and working-class culture into the white Protestant mainstream. When the influence of jazz spread to legitimate theater, playwrights, producers, and critics rushed to distinguish the newly emerging literary theater from its illegitimate cousins. The efforts to defeat the democratizing influences of jazz and to canonize playwrights like Eugene O'Neill triumphed, giving birth to American theater as we know it today.
"An elegant, erudite, and thorough study . . . The venture into music history and the impact, both positive and negative, of jazz on culture, and especially the emergence of a literary art theater, is the book's most obvious unique contribution . . . the analysis of the place of various critics and the audience in a period of major cultural change involving class, race, and ethnicity is especially welcome."
"Highbrow/Lowdown stakes out the secret history of how that yawning abyss between mass culture and serious theatre came about—a dynamic that still plays out to this day both in the commercial and resident theatres. This intellectual study, a revelatory blending of music criticism and drama history, delves into the critical and artistic antagonisms between jazz and classical music, the serious and lively arts, as well as the old and new middle-class tastes."
"A book about the fracturing of the theater audience in the 1920s using jazz as a lens. [Savran] points to jazzy composers such as Gershwin, who never got his due while he was writing because of his embrace of jazz . . . What is intriguing about Savran's book is how these class distinctions still hold true today."
—All About Jazz
"Like a canny fight promoter in the perennial American culture wars, David Savran puts the reader ringside for a blow-by-blow account of the Battle of the Brows--high, middle, and low. Setting Jazz Age entertainments at one another, with 'legitimate theater' duking it out with nightclub revues and movies pummeling vaudeville, Highbrow/Lowdown tracks the rise of heavy-weight Eugene O'Neill to the top of the card, but it also makes heroes of the referees--the drama critics and audiences who crowned the winners. This is performance history as an innovative 'political economy of culture,' and it's a knock-out."
—Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater, Yale University
"A stunningly original analysis of music and theater in the 1920s as inseparable faces of jazz. Savran grounds his social history on a huge array of primary sources while drawing, without fanfare or jargon, on theorists such as Adorno and Bordieu. His musical analyses of Gershwin, John Alden Carpenter, and George Antheil are not just first class but path breaking. No student of jazz as a Western cultural phenomenon—or of any American music or theater in the 1920s—will dare miss this powerfully illuminating, unabashedly reliable, beautifully written book."
—Rose Rosengard Subotnik, Professor of Music Emerita, Brown University
"An important book that raises crucial questions about how and why a literary 'art theatre' came to be seen among tastemakers and canonizers as 'legitimate'. Savran makes the persuasive argument that jazz needed to be defeated in order for the art theatre to take center stage, using an impressive variety of tools to make his case."
—Andrea Most, University of Toronto
"While there are other causes for the near death of serious drama in the United States, Savran makes a convincing, fascinating argument for locating the source of the malaise in the jazz age. Highbrow/Lowdown is essential reading for anyone interested in American theatre history."
—John Clum, Studies in Musical Theatre
"... Throws light on the development of serious theater in America and, in its imaginative viewing of theater through the lens of jazz, offers an innovative way of analyzing social classes and their desire to be entertained."
—Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies
"One does not need an extensive understanding of modern American drama or jazz music to understand the implications of Savran's argument. Written in a style that eschews the overly arcane and theorhetical for an interdisciplinary diction, Highbrow/Lowdown invites wide and multiple readerships."
—African American Review
"Impressive in depth as well as breadth, Highbrow/Lowbrow rewrites 20th-centure theatre history."
—Shane Vogel, Indiana University, The Drama Review
Winner, Joe A. Callaway Award for Best Book in Theater and Drama
Honorable Mention, Barnard Hewitt Prize, American Society for Theatre Research, 2011
Winner Kurt Weill Article Prize, 2011
Author David Savran has selected a series of musical compositions especially for this site, that he feels help to identify some important trends discussed in the book. Read the descriptions below and click the links to hear a clip of each song.
Fred Astaire, "Fascinating Rhythm" from At the Movies
NOTE: The big hit from Lady, Be Good!, the Gershwins' first Broadway smash, "Fascinating Rhythm."
Caroll Gibbons & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, "Crazy Rhythm" from The Charleston
NOTE: "Crazy Rhythm," the 1928 song by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Irving Caesar that explains what happens when a highbrow meets a lowbrow.
Various Artists - AVID Entertainment, "Sweet And Low-down", from George Gershwin - A Celebration: Fascinating Rhythm
NOTE: The big hit from Tip-Toes, the Gershwins' 1925 hit, "Sweet And Low-down."
Various Artists - AVID Entertainment, "When Do We Dance?", from George Gershwin - A Celebration: Fascinating Rhythm
NOTE: "When Do We Dance?" from Tip-Toes.
Various Artists - AVID Entertainment, "These Charming People", from George Gershwin - A Celebration: Fascinating Rhythm
NOTE: "These Charming People" from Tip-Toes.
Michael Tilson Thomas; Garrick Ohlsson, "Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra/Allegro," from Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris: Classic Library Series
NOTE: George Gershwin's Concerto in F, the work that proved that he could write serious concert music.
The New Palais Royale Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble, Maurice Peress, "Ballet Pour Instruments Mecanique et Percussion, Roll One," from The Original Ballet Mechanique - George Antheil's Carnegie Hall Concert of 1927
NOTE: George Antheil's Ballet mecanique, the most scandalous and revolutionary piece of music of the 1920s.
Vaughn De Leath, "I'm Just Wild About Harry," from Ukulele Lady
NOTE: "I'm Just Wild About Harry," by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, the big hit of Shuffle Along.
Michael Tilson Thomas, "Rhapsody in Blue," from Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris: Classic Library Series
NOTE: George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (1924), the piece that changed American music forever.
Read: Review on All About Jazz | 8/25/09
Read: Review on Jazz Times | 12/01/09

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So we finally get out to see 'Casino Royale' last night. And that new Bond, actor Daniel Craig seems an excellent choice for the new James. But here's the problem: through this 2+ hour movie I keep hearing Phil Ligget's voice in my head saying 'he's the Danger Man Paul!' through the whole friggin flick.
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How do you kill the economy? Pass a balanced budget amendment.
Guest post by Publius
The House recently passed “Cut, Cap and Balance” (see John McCain’s fantastic take on it here). Republicans are convinced of the need for a balanced budget amendment, and one of the most cited arguments for they give for a balanced budget amendment is that 49 states have one so the federal government should too.
The concept of a balanced budget amendment sounds intuitive enough. “Ordinary Americans and 49 states have to balance their budgets,” the argument goes, “so Congress should too.” Well, not exactly.
First, there is a huge difference between the balanced budget “amendments” (several states have laws instead of constitutional amendments) at the state level and the proposed amendment at the federal level. The state amendments, for example, do not even attempt to balance the entire state budget. Instead, they almost exclusively only apply to a state’s “general fund.” The general fund oftentimes constitutes less than half of a state’s budget. It is the fund out of which general expenditures flow and into which general revenues enter. “Special” expenditures and revenues, such as gasoline taxes, education expenses, etc., have nothing to do with the general fund and are exempt from the balancing requirement.
If Congresspeople would stop and think about their argument for a moment, they would quickly realize that the balanced budget requirements at the state level either can’t apply to the entire budget or are laxly enforced. Most every single state is currently running a deficit, and has been for several years! Further analysis by these Congresspeople would also show the issue isn’t lax enforcement- at least exclusively.
In 1987, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations published an oft-cited study (PDF) of state balanced budget requirements. The study examined each state’s budget balancing requirements and the mechanisms each used to enforce the requirements. It then ranked each state on a scale of 0-10, with 0 being no enforcement mechanism and 10 being the strongest possible enforcement mechanism. 26 of the states ranked a “10,” and in 2004, California recently became the 27th state to join that category by adopting an amendment to its constitution. Here’s how those states have done with their deficits since FY 2009:
States in categories 3-5 (fairly lax enforcement) had the largest deficits by far over the measured periods, but states in category 10 (most stringent) were the next worst deficit spenders. Ironically, states with little to no enforcement mechanism had almost no deficit (though only 2 states fit in this category, so not much of a sample size). This suggests that stringent enforcement of a balanced budget amendment is insufficient to produce a balanced budget for the states.
The scatterplot table below (amounts in thousands) shows the deficits by year, state and category. California’s enormous deficits and NY’s 2010 deficit were removed from the scatterplot because they shrunk the scale of the chart so much the rest was not legible:
The scatterplot is a bit messy, but it shows the size of the deficit for each state within the 0-10 enforcement categories described above. There’s no getting around it. No matter how strict a state balanced budget requirement is, states continue running deficits during this economic downturn. This doesn’t mean the balanced budget requirements have no impact- only that they don’t accomplish what Republicans in Congress think they accomplish.
One might ask, “Why isn’t the federal proposal (which demands that the entire budget be balanced) more workable than the state proposals?” Well, first consider that the federal “general fund” only accounts for about about 35% of the entire federal budget. That number includes defense spending, however (which is considered “discretionary” even though it has a history of only going up). Non-defense discretionary spending only accounts for about 15% of the budget.
A true “balanced budget amendment” like what Republicans have proposed could require that money which is allocated to defense spending or other mandatory spending (social security, Medicare, Medicaid, interest on the debt, etc.) be cut in order to balance the budget. In FY 2010, for example, the deficit was about $1.3 trillion. Total non-defense discretionary spending in FY 2010 was only $714 billion. Even if all non-defense discretionary spending was eliminated in FY 2010 (no spending on education, justice, health, roads or other infrastructure, etc.), we would have still had a $586 billion deficit. Total defense spending in FY 2010 was only $663.7 billion, meaning to avoid any cuts to mandatory spending (which, as its name implies, is money we must spend), the Department of Defense budget would have been reduced by 88% (to a total of $77 billion). The last time defense spending was that low was 1973.
As should be obvious, when a severe recession hits, it’s quite difficult to balance a budget. In fact, it’s also precisely the wrong thing to do in a recession (when spending should go up as a stabilizer). The federal government has a macroeconomic role through fiscal policy which it cannot play if it is hamstrung by a balanced budget amendment. But even assuming that wasn’t the case, there’s just not enough discretionary spending to cut to balance a budget in a severe recession. Recessions reduce tax revenue dramatically because people lose jobs and stop paying FICA and income taxes. There just aren’t enough discretionary dollars to eliminate to keep pace. That means defense spending and/or mandatory spending has to be cut. So who should cut it?
This is the next problem with the balanced budget amendment. The enforcement mechanism. If the Constitution requires Congress to balance a budget and it doesn’t- what happens? In some states, the governor can eliminate spending without legislative approval (like a line-item veto). In 2010, however, there is no chance any politician would have voluntarily eliminated 100% of discretionary spending plus a large amount of defense/mandatory spending. The courts, then, would be required to mandate the cuts or, alternatively, raise taxes (also a bad idea during a recession). One can only imagine the Republican cries of “activist judiciary” in such an instance- and ironically they would have been the ones demanding that the judiciary take such an activist role. I should mention that tax increases could be adopted in lieu of spending cuts, but I haven’t spent much time on that option because: a) Republicans would never agree to tax increases; and b) to ensure no tax increases are passed, Republicans have proposed in Cut, Cap and Balance that all tax increases require a 2/3 vote, effectively making them illegal.
So, what happens if the courts also don’t act to force the budget to balance? The Constitution is violated and, as we are seeing with the debt ceiling debate, the nation’s credit rating would beat risk as a consequence (thereby threatening global economic instability).
Of course, the federal amendment could be fashioned to look more like the state balanced budget requirements and only apply to discretionary spending. Needless to say, such an amendment would not eliminate federal deficits (which is the stated purpose of enacting such an amendment). The amendment would be circumvented entirely in recessions (appropriately so from an economic perspective) which would only serve to undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. The accounting tricks employed by states to “balance their budgets” would only be magnified at the federal level thereby creating far more frustration with the system (California technically has a balanced budget this year, despite its projected $17.9 billion deficit).
The balanced budget amendment as included in Cut, Cap and Balance is quite possibly the worst economic idea any major party has actively promoted in modern history. It can’t work- except to wreak havoc. Few other proposals stand to do as much harm to the US and global economies, particularly during recessions.
(Cross-posted at The Fourth Branch.)


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Fulham style overcomes Bluebird brawn in festive thriller
Strong winds and heavy rain dampened the Boxing Day atmosphere at Cardiff despite the Bluebirds and Fulham delivering a late Christmas in South Wales.
The Cottagers eventually ran out 4-2 winners, inflicting a first Championship home loss of the season on the hosts, with man of the match Ryan Sessegnon demonstrating why he might attract interest during the January transfer window.
The versatile 17-year-old netted 12 minutes from time to make it 3-1 to the visitors. Cardiff gave themselves hope with a 92nd minute header by substitute Callum Paterson, but Stefan Johansen struck deep into added time to send the away fans into raptures.
The conditions were horrible for both sets of spectators but made for an exciting game, with the ball zipping off the surface and presenting a tough test for the goalkeepers.
Despite their team sitting second in the table behind Wolves going into the match, the home supporters were subdued throughout, while the energy of their Fulham rivals in the stands seemed to translate to the team in white.
Slaviša Jokanović’s team, seeking a third win in four games, were quicker to every 50/50, moving the ball around quicker and seeming like they wanted it more.
In the fifth minute, Johansen found himself in an advance position through on goal. Bruno Manga brought him down, but the referee waved ‘play on’ as the Fulham players appealed.
Just seven minutes later, however, their fans were celebrating as Tim Reem’s back-post header put them ahead. That blow sparked the Welsh side into life, and they began to pressure Fulham on the ball, leading to a scrappy period littered with fouls.
As the half drew to a close, Fulham again found themselves bombing forward on the break with numbers supporting the attack.
The ball was pinged to Ryan Fredericks on the right wing, but his attempted cross was cut out by Sol Bamba, and Fulham had to settle for being 1-0 up at the break.
The second half began very much like the first, with Fulham dictating the play and creating the better chances, while Neil Warnock’s men resorted to cynical fouls.
It was only a matter of time before the visitors struck again, and their pressure told in the 56th minute. Sessegnon was the provider as he coolly took the ball past his covering defender, giving him the time and space to pick out Floyd Ayité as he steamed through for the simplest of tap-ins.
This time, the celebrations were short lived, as Cardiff hit hit back a minute later with the goal of the game. A Fulham clearance landed at the feet of striker Kenneth Zohore who hit a half volley from 25 yards out which flew past Fulham keeper Marcus Bettinelli.
Suddenly, the home fans found their voices, and Fulham knew they had a game on their hands.
Warnock went for broke with a double attacking substitution in the 73rd minute, bringing on Paterson and Rhys Healey. Fulham responded by sending right winger Rui Fonte into action, with both teams chasing the win.
Fonte quickly made his mark, playing a lovely ball out to Sessegnon who chested it down and slotted calmly past keeper Neil Etheridge, seemingly sealing victory and sending some of the home fans towards the exits.
Paterson’s late goal for 3-2 felt more like a consolation effort, and with Cardiff throwing everything at Fulham to try and get the equaliser, they left themselves exposed at the back. Johansen’s audacious chip to make it 4-2 was the last kick of the game.
Fulham simply outclassed Cardiff, bossing the midfield where the contest was ultimately decided. The win kept them in 11th place, while Cardiff slipped to third behind Bristol City after they beat Reading.

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Avoid stocks and make these 7 investments instead to improve your odds of enjoying a positive return in what may be a brutal 2023, according to PIMCO
As a recession approaches, interest rates peak, and stocks continue to struggle, strategists at PIMCO shared exactly how to invest in 2023.
A veteran chartmaster expects the bear market to continue into 2023 after the latest rally fizzles — but these 4 types of stocks appear to be set up for strong gains next year
As the new year approaches, Chartmaster David Keller shares when the S&P 500 will hit new highs and where the charts say to invest right now.
A top-performing fund manager who warned of a huge collapse for stocks 6 months ago shares why he changed his tune and became bullish — and where he's investing now
With inflation slowing down a recession is no longer a guarantee. Salem Abraham shared how he's investing and managing risk heading into next year.
Here's how to spot gems in the junk bond market and earn income even if a recession hits in 2023, say the managers behind a top-rated fund
Two top fund managers shared why risky junk bonds can be treasure — not trash — even though a recession is likely to hit in 2023.
Buy these 7 stocks now for reliable income as high inflation stays 'alive and well' in 2023, says the manager of a top-8% dividend-focused fund
Inflation came in lower than expected but will still be a problem in 2023. Fund manager Mike Morey shared seven dividend stocks to buy now for income.
The UBS stock chief who called the latest stock market correction shares how to protect your portfolio heading into what he fears will be an ugly 2023
David Lefkowitz of UBS is uneasy heading into 2023 as interest rates rise. Here's how investors can prepare their portfolios for a recession in 2023.
UBS is calling for historically weak global growth and lower inflation in 2023. The firm said these 33 stocks will outperform as inflation peaks.
The manager of an international Fidelity fund breaks down why he invests without obsessing over traditional valuation metrics — and how it's helped him beat 91% of competitors this year
A portfolio manager behind Fidelity's market-crushing international small cap fund shared why it will keep outperforming with a recession looming.
Here's how to invest to take advantage of the best outlook for long-term investors since 2010, according to JPMorgan Asset Management
JPMorgan Asset Management strategists said this is the best outlook for long-term investors since 2010. Here's how to position your portfolio now.
Here's how to pick winning stocks that can help your portfolio survive a recession, according to the managers of a $42 billion fund that beat 92% of peers in the past decade
The portfolio managers behind a five-star fund that's beaten 92% of peers in the past decade shared their investing strategy and tips for success.
Goldman Sachs: These 24 cheap stocks boast strong dividend growth and double the yield of the typical stock — and are set to outperform in a recession
Dividend stocks outperform during times of weak economic growth. Goldman Sachs shared 24 cheap stocks with yields twice the median.
Sell stocks after the massive market rally in October and make one simple adjustment to your portfolio to score easy income while limiting risk, according to Truist
Strong stock market gains will soon unwind, says Truist. Here's how investors should position their portfolios and limit risk heading into 2023.
The co-manager of Vanguard's $48 billion income fund has beaten 88% of competitors this year by finding winning dividend stocks using this simple strategy
Sharon Hill of Vanguard has a $48 billion income-focused fund that's beaten 88% of peers this year. Here's how she spots high-quality dividend stocks.
An economic nightmare is a near certainty as inflation stays hot while a recession nears. UBS says to forget the normal defensive playbook and instead invest your money in these 3 industries.
Markets are pricing in close to a 100% chance of stagflation. Keith Parker of UBS shared three places to invest right now as recession risk looms.
A market-crushing fund manager shares his investing strategy and how to avoid landmines in international markets as Europe hurtles towards a recession
A global recession may be inevitable as Europe and China struggle. Top 3% fund manager Jim Nelson shared his secrets to investing in foreign stocks.
Goldman Sachs shares exactly how to position your stock portfolio as a make-or-break Q3 earnings season kicks into high gear
Q3 earnings reports will likely determine where stocks go from here. Goldman Sachs shared an investing playbook to follow now for outperformance.
Here's how to spot high-quality dividend stocks and manage risk in an unprecedented bear market, according to a 33-year investing veteran who runs a $16 billion fund
John Linehan of T. Rowe Price shared how he manages over $16 billion in assets and gets steady income from dividend stocks as the economy weakens.
Billionaire hedge fund titan Seth Klarman reveals how he finds investments that meet his standards and his 2 favorite principles of investing
The value-investing legend gave a rare interview to author and investor David Rubenstein for his new book, "How to Invest: Masters on the Craft."
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How to invest with the S&P 500 at risk of falling up to 28% in the next 3 months as valuations contract, according to an investment chief and 5-star fund manager
The Leuthold Group's Doug Ramsey thinks the S&P 500 could fall another 28%. Here's how Ramsey is investing now to protect his portfolio from the pain.


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The wrath of barrenness in Kamba culture
By Lilian Kaivilu
Peter Mulwa, a 54-year-old Kamba elder says barrenness was highly detested in the traditional Kamba culture. “Although today we believe that childlessness is a plan of God, this was not the case with our fathers. They believed that it was caused by women taking in hot ghee,” explains Mulwa.
Further, the women were taken to traditional healers who would perform rituals to enable conception. The barren women would be given a chain and some chicken eggs to apply around their waist.
Mulwa says that women who do not bear children or those who do not get sons specifically are allowed by the culture to get the services of surrogate mothers. But unlike the commercial arrangements of surrogacy, surrogate mothers in the Kamba culture require women to literally marry young women as their wives, with the sole aim of getting children on their behalf. The child bears the surname of the ‘woman-husband’.
Mulwa, however, explains that for a woman to marry a surrogate mother, the former must ensure that the surrogate is not from her clan of the husband’s clan. “It is a normal marriage where the parties pay dowry. This marriage is recognised by the Kamba traditions,” he explains. But if the surrogate turns to be barren, the dowry is non-refundable. Mulwa emphasises that a surrogate should not have been married before.
In the Kamba culture, a surrogate mother is used solely for getting children to a barren woman or one who does not have sons. Kamilu* knows this too well. “I regret ever being married as a surrogate. I feel that I was married here purely for the sake of giving this woman children. Just because she was wealthy and able to afford dowry,” says a frustrated Kamilu*, now a mother of eight. “I feel like I wasted my prime years. But the decision on whom to marry lay with my parents,” she remembers.
She, however, explains that as a surrogate, the woman chooses who to bear children with. Asked whether such an arrangement sets up women for multiple sex partners, Kamilu quickly agrees. “Out of my eight children, only three are from the same man. And the woman who has married me has no idea of any of these men,” she reveals.
Mumbe Mumbi, a mother of nine shares in Kamilu’s frustrations. According to the Kenya Reproductive Health Care Bill, 2014, A surrogate parenthood agreement is valid if, among other requirements, it is in writing and is signed by all the parties thereto.
But Mumbi painfully remembers the naivety with which she entered the surrogacy setup in 1975. “I was very young. I had no idea what marriage was all about. The woman who would later become my ‘husband’ just came to my late parents’ home and said that she wanted me. I had no choice,” she narrates.
At the time, Mumbi was unaware of requirements and duties of a Kaweto. “I did not even know whether I was supposed to act like a wife or a daughter since the woman was way older than me.” The now mother of nine would later learn that she was to married in that particular home solely to bear children for her ‘husband’ Mumbi. The woman Mumbi was married to, did not have any children after her first twins, born blind, died shortly after birth.
After three years of miscarriages, Mumbi got her first child in 1978. In the Kamba culture, a surrogate mother, popularly known as Kaweto, is expected to sire children with a man of her choice.
Legally, the Kenyan law requires the consent of the husband in instances where a woman wants to procure the services of a surrogate mother. “Where the surrogate mother is married or involved in a permanent relationship, the agreement shall not be valid unless her husband or partner has given his written consent to the agreement and has become a party to the agreement,” reads the Kenya Reproductive Health Care Bill, 2014.
But Peter Mulwa, a Kamba cultural elder insists that in the Kamba culture, there are no written agreements in such marriages. “Just like any other customary marriage in the Kamba culture, a woman who does not have children, or one who has only daughters and wishes to have sons, can formally marry another woman to bear her children,” says Mulwa. Such a marriage, he argues, does not require any written agreement other than the basic dowry payment.
Quick facts about Kamba cultural surrogacy
- The dowry for a surrogate mother is paid just like the normal customary marriage
- Unlike in the requirements by the Kenyan law, there is no written agreement in a surrogacy marriage in the Kamba culture
- Kamba customary laws allow for surrogacy, popularly known as Kaweto
- Surrogacy is mostly practiced by barren women or women who desire to have sons and are past the child-bearing age
- In Kaweto setting, the surrogate mother chooses who to sire children with. She is, however, expected to keep a father-daughter relationship with the husband to the woman she is siring children for
- If a woman marries a surrogate and she does not bear children, the culture expects her to keep the surrogate as her own child
- Children born of a surrogate mother bear the surname of the woman who married her (the surrogate)

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JACKSONVILLE – Jaguars.com senior writer John Oehser each week during the 2018 regular season will speak with a writer or media member covering the Jaguars' opponent.
Up this week:
New York Giants website writer/editor as the Giants prepare to play the Jaguars at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday.
Question: The Giants went 3-13 in 2017 after an 11-5 season in 2016. Head Coach Pat Shurmur, offensive coordinator Mike Shula and defensive coordinator James Bettcher are all starting their first seasons with the organization. So, how do the Giants feel about themselves entering the 2018 regular-season opener?
Answer: We certainly feel much better than we did a year ago. We really overhauled the roster and we have a new coaching staff led by Pat Shurmur. I would say there's a lot of optimism. We certainly feel good about the upgraded roster, particularly on the offensive line. We like the skill players. There's a lot of confidence in [quarterback] Eli Manning, a lot of confidence in Coach Pat Shurmur. We're certainly looking for a turnaround season.
Q: And this team seems to feel it's closer to the 11-5 team in 2016 than last season's 3-13 team, correct?
A: We like to think that last year was the aberration and the playoff season was more the norm. But it's all about going out and proving it. We can talk all we want, but as [former Giants Head Coach] Bill Parcells always said, "In the NFL, you are what you are." We have to own that and it's our job to prove it.
Q: You always start with the quarterback. Manning went through a lot last season, missing a start late in the season and then returning to the lineup a week later. He's 37, but he's a veteran who knows his way around an offense and he must think he's still elite.
A: He does know his way around an offense, but you have to remember: it's a new offense. It's his third offense in three years. But he's a bright guy. He's been around football his whole life. He picked up the offense quickly. He's beginning his 15th season. Shurmur, the offensive coaches and the front office have a lot of confidence in him and feel like he has a lot of football left in him. We still here consider Eli one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL. Now, he did not have a good season last year. He would be the first to tell you that. Not to make excuses, but if you look at who was blocking for him and who he was throwing to, it's no surprise the statistics are not what they usually are.
Q: Everyone knows about wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Ditto running back Saquon Barkley. This looks like one of the better offenses in the NFL if you just consider the skill positions …
A: There are certainly a lot of weapons. Odell Beckham Jr. did not play in the preseason, but he has looked good in practice. We went to Detroit and practiced [against the Lions] in a very competitive situation and he looked good there. He obviously is one of the best receivers in the NFL and a very dynamic player; [wide receiver] Sterling Shepard is a very good receiver and [tight end] Evan Engram is sort of a big wideout. Barkley, who a lot of people considered the best player in this draft, is an elite running back who can also catch the ball. We have a lot of offensive weapons, and we completely revamped the offensive line so Eli has time to find those weapons.
Q: You mentioned the major overhaul on the offensive line. Is that really the key to the offense this season?
A: I wrote a long time ago that you cannot win in this league with a bad offensive line. We proved that last year, sadly. When Ernie Accorsi was the general manager here, he used to say, "The offensive line is the heart and soul of your team." I believe that. We have three new players on the offensive line, and the two holdovers are playing different positions, so basically it's new players at all five positions (left tackle Nate Solder, rookie left guard Will Hernandez, center John Halapio, former Jaguars right guard Patrick Omameh and right tackle Ereck Flowers). The offensive line gave us no chance last year. Eli was running for his life. I do think that is a key. I'm not saying it's a great line filled with All-Pros, but it's certainly an upgraded position group that will give us a chance to win.
Q: Defensively … everyone knows about cornerbacks Janoris Jenkins and Eli Apple. How does the rest of the unit stand entering the season?
A: We've switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4 under James Bettcher, who was at Arizona [as defensive coordinator from 2015-2017]. The players all really like the defense. They say it's an aggressive defense and Bettcher pushes the right buttons – and made the correct calls in the preseason. I would say the strength right now is going to be the ability to stop the run. We have a good interior line in [defensive tackle] Damon Harrison and [3-4 end] Dalvin Tomlinson and rookie [3-4 end] B.J. Hill. Alec Ogletree and B.J. Goodson are the inside linebackers. We need to develop, frankly, a pass rush. [End] Olivier Vernon has a sore ankle, and he's our best holdover pass rusher. But I think right now we're going to be much better stopping the run than we have been in our recent past.
Q: Final question: You said earlier the Giants believe last season was an aberration. Is this a playoffs-or-bust situation?
A: In some respects I guess it is, because if you're up here you read about how the window's closing on Eli and we really haven't taken advantage of Eli's prime. Eli will tell you he's still in his prime and he has a lot of good football left – and he's not going anywhere any time soon. I would say given he's 37 and he's in his 15th season … to us, every year is playoffs are bust – and we were a bust last year. So, yeah, I think we're going to contend for the playoffs. The confidence around here is we're going to contend for the playoffs. We just have to go out and do it.


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My first attempt at making jam. Couldn’t do the regular kind because I do not have all of the crap one needs for that huge process. However I will tell you right now, DO NOT walk out of the kitchen while the mix is cooking on the stove top….it WILL boil over and will be a bi*ch to clean, just ask my husband!!!
- 4 cups strawberries
- 5 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 pkg ( 1-3/4 oz) powdered fruit pectin
Wash berries. If you want chunky jam, try a potato masher or ricer to leave a little “chunk”. If you want less effort, like me, and don’t like “chunks” in your jam, place them into a blender.
In large bowl, add berries, sugar, syrup and lemon juice. Let stand for 10 minutes.
In kettle, add berry mix and water. Stir in pectin. Bring to a full boil on high heat. Remember, DO NOT leave the kitchen at this point!! Boil for one minute, that’s it, and stir constantly.
Remove from heat. Skim the foam off.
Pour into jars, I used the plastic ones made specifcally for freezer jam (Menards). Fill leaving 1/4 inch at the top for expansion room. Cover and let stand overnight, place into freezer within 24 hours. Refrigerate 3 weeks or freeze up to one year.


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International regulations are pretty insane. For example, France requires you to submit your software to them for review that's supposed to take up to 2 weeks. This isn't just for product releases, it includes everything, including patches.
Apple, MS and Google can get away with it because they have large legal teams that help them with all the various rules and regulations. For smaller companies, it's simply too massive to bother taking more than an off-the-shelf solution.


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A sinister phone pervert has been placed under supervision for repeatedly making anonymous sex calls to women in Hull.
Matthew Cunningham, 36, of Newtondale, Sutton Park, admitted harassment offences against five women when he appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court.
The offences took place between May 21, 2017, and February 7 this year. In each case he "repeatedly and anonymously" telephoned the women and "used sexualised language" towards them.
Magistrates described his crimes as "sexually explicit and repeated offences", that were "sustained" and "targetted".
Cunningham received a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and was placed under the supervision of the probation service for 12 months. This includes up to 20 days of rehabilitation.
He was also made subject to a restraining order indefinitely, which bars him from contacting any of the women, directly or indirectly, again.
Cunningham was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.


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This article is intended for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Read our related article about helping your loved one through dating for Parents and Guardians.
When it comes to dating, people with and without disabilities approach this stage of relationships with many of the same questions, doubts, fears and hopes: Will this person be easy to talk to? Will we have enough in common? What if my breath stinks? Will they like me just as I am? We are all human and want to be seen as our whole self and not be scrutinized by our segments.
Here are eight tips to consider when navigating the dating world:
- Have patience. The person you are dating (or hope to date) may not be around people with disabilities or your particular disability often. Give them grace when they ask certain questions or do certain things to “help” you. In the end it takes open communication from both parties to reach an amicable state in which you both feel comfortable.
- Have confidence. Got a date? Great! Go into the date feeling confident! Don’t try to talk yourself out of it or let your doubts overtake your mental state. Every person has nerves going into a date, the important thing is to let your true self shine and be confident.
- Share what you feel comfortable with. When meeting someone new, they may have questions for you about your disability. Answer or supply information about what you feel comfortable with and move on to the next topic. Just like their brown eyes aren’t the only interesting thing about them, your disability doesn’t define you.
- Talk with someone you trust about it. Dating can be scary, exhilarating, weird and amazing. You may feel things you’ve never felt before. Have someone you trust that you can talk with about your feelings. Not sure what’s appropriate behavior? Ask your trusted advisor. Feeling sad? Or great? Talk with someone about it. Communication is key.
- If you are meeting someone for the first time, pick a safe and suitable location. The internet and dating apps have opened many doors for people with disabilities to meet and form relationships with people they may have never had the chance with before. Make sure to tell a loved one when, where and with whom you are going on a date or have them nearby if you feel safer.
- Not connecting? Don’t feel bad about it. It’s called dating for a reason. Not everyone you meet will evoke sparks and that’s ok. Maybe you can’t get agree about your favorite basketball teams or politics. If you just don’t mesh, don’t worry about it! If it’s meant to be, you’ll know. Every person is unique and sometimes it takes time (and a few bad dates) to meet the right person.
- If they don’t want to date you because of your disability, it is their loss. It can hurt to feel rejected because of your disability but in the end, it is only the other person’s loss. You deserve to be loved and respected for all of you, and if they can’t see what an amazing person you are, they don’t deserve your time or tears.
- Know that you are worthy of love. Every person on this planet deserves to find happiness. Just because you have a disability, does not mean that you are less than anyone else. Get out there!
Above all, make sure to remember to have fun! Dating is a big deal for anyone and can be especially so for someone with a disability. Remember who you are and what makes you special. Ask your date questions and make sure to listen. Be polite and have a sense of humor. And above all, have fun and know that the other person is just as nervous as you are. You are both in this together!
For more resources on dating, check out Love on the Spectrum on Netflix for a fun, real-life look at dating with autism. The Undateables is a British docuseries following people with many different disabilities while dating. You might also want to read “Love, Dating, Relationships and Disability.”

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