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An exciting ride through the world of animal classification, physiology, behavior, and communication. Today the Animal Sciences, Zoology, form the knowledge basis for such diverse disciplines as human physiology and nutrition ... Genetics and animal breeding ... And the exciting field of wildlife ecology.
Plant sciences or botany! No biological science has transformed society more than the successive waves of agricultural revolutions - new ways of growing more food. It started with the domestication of cereal crops - wheat, rice and corn.

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When her hours were cut last year during the holidays, she supplemented her dwindling income by picking a job at a local car wash. But that still wasn’t enough, so she applied for day labor, “doing anything and everything I could” to support herself and her four children. She was working seven days a week.
Despite accepting partial rent payments in the past, her landlord called one night and asked for all of his money. When Donneka said she didn’t have it because she needed to pay her light bill, he sent her an eviction notice.
After attending our Culinary Arts Program Donneka got a full-time job
After two agonizing weeks of being homeless, sleeping in her two-door sedan with her four children, she sought help at Metropolitan Ministries. Once here, Donneka attended our culinary arts school and now has a job as a cook at the University of Tampa, where she earns $14 an hour.
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In an attempt to boost liquidity to financial institutions the US Federal Reserve has unveiled a scheme to support money market investors. Money Market Investor Funding will buy $540 million of short-term (up to three months) bank paper from funds. The Fed has created 10 private sector SPVs that can buy paper issued by up to 10 financial institutions – with concentration limits of 15%. Funds that sell into this programme receive 90% of the purchase price in cash and the rest as ABCP – which is effectively a first loss tranche for the individual SPV.

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Artistry Magazine is an online magazine based at Northeastern University, aimed to connect the school through artistic expression. We showcase the works of students, faculty and alumni and review art in and around Boston.
New Hampshire native Sam Carkin is a third year business administration major with a concentration in marketing and interactive media. Besides his passion for for photography, he enjoys skiing and travel. According to Carkin, he...continue reading
ONCE Ballroom in Somerville played host to three bands Oct. 14 for a night of spirited entertainment and broken boundaries. Half the Animal, an alternative pop rock band from Laguna Beach, California, opened the show....continue reading
Art can shapeshift—it compresses and remolds itself with the ability and inspiration of its creator. Spanish artist Pablo Picasso reflected this idea through his works, stating “one cannot truly follow the creative process except through a series.”...continue reading
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“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” followed a curious and caring woman as she interjected herself into the life of a dead man. Northeastern University Department of Theatre’s production of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” directed by Jonathan...continue reading

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2016 has been a wonderful year especially to those couples who have decided to spend their life forever together.
It’s another celebrity wedding filled year and Push recalls the 12 romantic ones that happened in 2016.
Ali Khatibi and Cristine Reyes
Cristine Reyes and mixed martial arts fighter Ali Khatibi had an intimate wedding in Balesin Island last January 27.
Vic Sotto and Pauleen Luna
After dating for more than 4 years, the two tied the knot last January 30 at the St James the Great Parish Church in Alabang. The two have a 35 year age gap.
Paolo Valderrama and Cris Villonco
Theater actress and singer Cris Villonco married businessman Paolo Valderrama at the Santuario de San Antonio Parish, Makati last April 30.
Arthur Burnand and Georgina Wilson
Georgina Wilson looked like a queen when she married British businessman Arthur Burnand at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Winchester, UK last April 30. Georgina recently gave birth to their first born.
Japoy Lizardo and Janice Lagman
Taekwondo athlete and commercial model Japoy Lizardo married his girlfriend, Janice Lagman in Tagaytay last May 8. Netizens felt nostalgic because Japoy was just a cute teen when he did a chocolate drink commercial, which made him popular.
Nico Bolzico and Solenn Heussaff
Solenn Heussaff and Nico Bolzico had a beautiful wedding in Combourg, France last May 22.
Adrien Semblat and Isabelle Daza
Isabelle Daza and her longtime boyfriend Adrien Semblat tied the knot in Italy last September 10.
Justin Pitt and Cristalle Belo
Before their beautiful wedding in Lake Como, Italy, Cristalle Belo, daughter of celebrity doctor Vicki Belo, had a civil ceremony with hotelier Justin Pitt last September 8. Their Italian wedding happened last September 15.
Francis Shotkoski and Francine Prieto
Former sexy actress Francine Prieto had an intimate wedding with American fiancé Frank Shotkoski in Casa Mariantonia, Capri, Italy last September 22.
Trevor Magallanes and Rufa Mae Quinto
Sexy comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto tied the knot with fiancé Trevor Magallanes in Blue Leaf Cosmpolitan in Libis, Quezon City last November 25. Rufa still looked stunning even though her baby bump was already visible.
Sean Fariñas and Karel Marquez
After dating for almost 4 years, actress Karel Marquez married Sean Fariñas at the Santuario de San Antonio Church in Forbes Park, Makati last December 1.
Paul Jake Castillo and Kaye Abad
Actress Kaye Abad got married to former Pinoy Big Brother housemate Paul Jake Castillo at the San Pedro Calungsod Chapel in Cebu last December 9. Kaye admitted she and Paul Jake plan to have kids immediately after.


Sourface, the indie funk band hailing from London and France make wonderfully catchy tunes inspired by their eclectic influences that give them a wholly fun and unique sound. Their first single ‘Sweet Dreams Suburbia’ was met with rave reviews and their second single ’21st Century Man’ followed suit, drawing comparisons to that of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the Steve Miller Band to name a few.
A relatively new band to the scene we don’t know a whole heap about them, but with a fresh new EP ‘Daytimes Past’ coming out in November we decided to get to know the band a little better.
Jeanie: Can you introduce the members of the band for me? I would love to know a little bit about all of you?
Sourface: Well, there’s four of us: Ludo, Alex, Matt and Tom. Ludo’s half-English, half-French – he moved to England when he was nine – and he plays the guitar and sings our English songs. Alex is French and grew up in Paris – he plays the bass and sings our songs in French. Matt’s English, he grew up in the countryside in the South-West where we’ve done most of our recording so far, he plays the various pianos and synths. Tom’s English but he grew up in Paris, and he plays the drums.
Jeanie: What inspired the new single and the upcoming EP, any particular music, films, people, quotes that inspired anything?
Sourface: Hard to say – each song from the EP is kind of its own world, inspired by something in our experience or an amalgamation of different musical influences. You can definitely pick out some key influences though: Vampire Weekend, bossa nova styles like Astrud Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and more classic stuff like Lennon and McCartney. 21st Century Man is more on the Beatles-y pole of that, combined I guess with a more cinematic feel influenced by artists such as Scott Walker.
Check the animated video for new single ’21st Century Man’ here:
Jeanie: How has covid affected the way this EP came together for you?
Sourface: Actually pretty nicely, before COVID we were all separated around Europe on our Erasmus year abroad. But when lockdown came around we found ourselves with a bunch of songs and a lot of spare time, so we got to making demos remotely with the band spread out over England and France by sending GarageBand files. When lockdown finally ended we all packed our bags and adventured over to Matt’s place deep in the English countryside with our producer Scott Ellis where we recorded 9 songs, four of which will be in our first EP, ‘Daytime’s Past’, which we are looking forward to releasing towards the end of November.
Jeanie: Back to the days of gigs, where was your favourite place to perform/most memorable gig?
Sourface: Being relatively new-born we’d only played 2 gigs before lockdown, but we were lucky to play a great show at the Notting Hill Arts Club a couple of weeks before lockdown came around. More recently though we played a gig at the Truskel in Paris which was raucous, great atmosphere.
Jeanie: If you could make a band up of any musicians who would be in it?
Sourface: Tom chooses Alan Wren from the Stone Roses. Matt says Sun Ra on the keys. Ludo would stick Gil Scott Heron on the vocals. And, Alex goes for Thundercat on bass. Make of that sound what you will.
Jeanie: If you could only listen to one song for the rest of the year what would it be?
Matt: I’d say Sunblind by Fleet Foxes from their new album because it’s already started to set the tone of my Autumn/Winter. It’s nicely positive and melancholy for this weird year.
Jeanie: Any new music discoveries you’d like to share with the world? (New to you not necessarily anyone else? My current favourite is “The beat goes on” by Sonny and Cher!
Ludo: I recently discovered Kris Kristofferson. His album ‘The Silver Tongued Devil and I’ has been playing on repeat over the last few days.
Alex: ‘Hanen’ by the 70s Tunisian Funk band Carthago is an absolute banger, the world needs to know.


Hepatitis C is a virus that affects the liver. It is transmitted through blood to blood contact. Without treatment, people often develop chronic (long-term) infections which can lead to some developing serious liver disease.
New treatments have recently become available that can clear the infection from many people with chronic hepatitis C infections.
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We have a 920 which we gave to a relative to use. The screen has become unresponsive. The phone still works, it can be unlocked and receive incoming calls but the touchscreen is unresponsive.
It seems this problem can be caused by a firmware fault. Reflashing the firmware can fix it.
I tried reflashing using Windows Device Recovery Tool. The firmware version provided by the Recovery Tool was older than the current firmware on the phone. I decided anything was better than nothing so went ahead. I tried two or three time but each time the flashing process failed.
Nokia Software Updater (NSU) for Retail was another option suggested. I haven't managed to get this to work yet as it seems I haven't downloaded the correct file. I found a bunch of files for the correct ROM on Lumia Firmware but perhaps haven't got the correct one.
Has anyone been successful in reflashing a Lumia.
Any hints on either reflashing or fixing the problem appreciated.


Electroshock weapon technology utilizes a short-term high-voltage, low-current electrical discharge to override the body's muscle-triggering mechanisms. Frequently referred to as a stun gun, electroshock weapons are a relative of livestock prods, which have been around for over 100 years and are the precursor of stun guns. The recipient is incapacitated via 2 metal probes connected via wires to the electroshock gadget. The recipient feels discomfort, and can be temporarily paralyzed while an electric current is being used. Necessary to the operation of electroshock, stun weapons and cattle prods suffices existing to enable the weapon to stun. Without existing these weapons can not stun and the degree to which the weapon can spectacular depends upon its appropriate usage of current. It is reported that applying electroshock gadgets to more delicate parts of the body is even more uncomfortable. The maximum effective locations for stun gun usage are upper shoulder, below the rib cage, and the upper hip. High voltages are utilized, but because the majority of gadgets utilize a non-lethal present, death does not normally take place from a single shock. The resulting "shock" is triggered by muscles twitching frantically, looking like muscle spasms.
Many of the states enable these devices to be utilized in their jurisdiction, however some states restrict their usage. The states of RI, NY, MA, MI, IL, CT, and HI are states where these items are restricted.
After the students were shocked, the scientists evaluated the individuals' cognitive skills 10 minutes later, an hour later, a day after and a week after. "We were taking a look at, the length of time does it take for them to return to baseline, assuming there is a change?" Kane stated.
A stun gun is a self-defense item that can be used to stop another individual who is attacking you. It utilizes high voltage energy to rapidly incapacitate the attacking individual.
Attackers neuromuscular system is overwhelmed and controlled by the EID, disorientation, and loss of balance take place and direct voluntary muscle movement is lost. Must you make contact with the body of the assailant, no current will pass through your system.
The very first stun gun was really a stun glove and utilized an electrical existing that added a tube into a glove. This device was initially created in the 1930's however never actually captured on. It wasn't until the 1960's that the stun gun really got rolling when the Taser was developed.
Most of the states enable these gadgets to be used in their jurisdiction, but some states restrict their usage. The states of RI, NY, MA, MI, IL, CT, and HI are states where these items are restricted.
One to 2 seconds can trigger muscle spasms and a dazed mental state. Over 3 seconds can trigger loss of balance and muscle control, psychological confusion, and disorientation. Realize that 3 seconds is quite a very long time when in a physical struggle.
The 2 terms are frequently utilized interchangeably, stun weapons are really direct contact weapons that work mainly through pain compliance by affecting the sensory worried system. It can also cause some muscular disturbance, but that usually needs 3-5 seconds of direct contact. In comparison, the Taser is a long variety weapon that cripples the target by interfering with voluntary muscular control through the motor worried system.
The stun gun typically has a very high voltage, however the amperage is very low so as not to cause permanent injury, although the process can be extremely painful for the enemy. The individual getting the voltage can be disabled for approximately thirty minutes.
A stun gun is an excellent, safe gadget that can be utilized in situations where an immediate security situation needs quick action in order to neutralize an attacker. This gadget is perfect for such a scenario.
A stun gun's efficiency can differ depending on the particular weapon model, the size of the individual being zapped and the period of the actual zap. If you utilize the weapon for half a 2nd, a painful shock will surprise the person. If you zap him or her for one or 2 seconds, he or she need to experience muscle spasms and end up being stunned.
The net result of this is essentially harmless. After the electrical energy leaves the body, muscle and neurological activity go back to normal. This is why stun weapons launch periodic blasts of electrical energy to keep the opponent crippled. After repeated shocks, the enemy might be exhausted however not permanently harmed.
Attackers neuromuscular system is overwhelmed and controlled by the EID, disorientation, and loss of balance take place and direct voluntary muscle movement is lost. Must you make contact with the body of the assailant, no current will travel through your system.
Commonly referred to as a stun gun, electroshock weapons are a relative of livestock prods, which have actually been around for over 100 years and are the precursor of stun guns. Essential to the operation of electroshock, stun guns and cattle prods is adequate current to allow the weapon to stun. The very first stun gun was in fact a stun glove and used an electric present that ran up a tube into a glove. The two terms are frequently utilized interchangeably, stun guns are really direct contact weapons that work primarily through pain compliance by impacting the sensory worried system. A stun gun's effectiveness can differ depending on the particular gun design, the size of the person being zapped and the duration of the real zap.


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According to the statements in CoinShares’ report cryptocurrency investment products saw a total of $44 million in inflows last week, representing a very complex sentiment among investors.
Cryptocurrency Short Investment Products Are On The Rise
Short (bearish) investment product entries represented 75% of the total inflows, suggesting that overall sentiment is extremely negative for the asset class, likely a direct result of the continued impact from the FTX crash.
Assets under the management of the funds also fell to $ 22 billion, the lowest point in the last 2 years.
Regionally, there were inflows of short investment products in both the US and Europe, but there were exits in some shorts, suggesting that there is a divergence of opinion among investors as to whether the market has hit its lows.
to bitcoin Total inflows were US$14 million, but net flow was negative US$4.3 million when offset by inflows into short investment products. Total Assets Under Management in Short-Bitcoin is currently at $183 million, close to a $186 million high.
While Ethereum saw small outflows totaling $0.8 million, it also recorded the largest inflows to its Short-Ethereum investment products, totaling a record $14 million.
This negative mood is likely the result of the Shanghai update that will allow the withdrawal of staking assets and the continued uncertainty over hacked FTX ETH assets totaling US$280 million.
Altcoins, especially Solana, XRP, BNB and in polygon A series of debuts totaled $6 million USD.
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The legislation authorizes U.S. government agencies to assist Belarusian political parties, nongovernmental organizations, and independent media. U.S. agencies already can do that, however. Under the U.S. system, legislation carries little weight on its own until an appropriations bill provides money to implement it.
It's the sanctions portion of the act that has drawn protests from Minsk.
Belarus responded today by saying the United States is heading toward a Cold War-style confrontation. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said: "This openly hostile act leaves us with nothing but great sorrow.... Now, the United States will be solely responsible for repairing relations with Belarus."
It added that Washington is not respectful of the efforts by Belarus to build a sovereign state independent of foreign influence.
On still another level, Bush's signing of the Belarus Democracy Act -- which was passed by the U.S. Congress earlier in October -- amounts to a significant act of symbolism. Opposition figures in Belarus greeted the news with enthusiasm.
Oleg Manaev is director of the Independent Institute of Social, Economic, and Political Studies in Minsk. He told RFE/RL today that the U.S. action sends two important signals: "It is a very clear signal to the Belarusian authorities that their anti-democratic policy will not be accepted by the international community, by the United States."
The second signal, he said, is even stronger: "And the second signal on my mind is addressed to the people of Belarus, that those who support ideas of democracy and those who do disagree with the current policies introduced by Lukashenka and his government, they are not alone. They are not in minority. They are not forgotten in the international arena. And the United States shows them, this part of Belarusian society, at least half of the nation, that they will get some support -- moral, political, ethical."
Manaev's mention of "at least half of the nation" is in evident reference to an exit poll conducted on 17 October in Belarus by the independent Gallup Institute. That poll contradicted claims by electoral authorities that 77 percent of referendum voters endorsed dropping the constitutional provision limiting the president to two terms. Gallup concluded that the measure won only 48 percent of the vote -- and thus would have failed.
Irina Krasovskaya, wife of Belarusian opposition figure Anatol Krasovsky, also celebrates the act as a symbolic defeat for Lukashenka. Krasovsky is one of numerous political and media figures who have disappeared in Belarus in recent years. AFP news agency quoted her today as saying, "This is a serious sign for Lukashenka. I doubt he sleeps well tonight."
The Belarus Democracy Act also provides for radio and television broadcasts to Belarus that are geared to furthering democracy. U.S.-funded RFE/RL currently broadcasts eight hours a day to Belarus.
International organizations that monitored the Belarus voting almost universally concluded that it was undemocratic and open to fraud and that it was preceded and followed by repressive measures. Bush's statement yesterday said the elections were "conducted in a climate of abuse and fear."
Lukashenka has not commented on the Belarus Democracy Act specifically. But he used terse language when he told the United States to tend to U.S. affairs and to leave Belarusian affairs to Belarus.
Parliament member and Lukashenka supporter Nikolai Cherginets condemned the Belarus Democracy Act as infringing on Belarusian sovereignty.


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Three variations on the Windsor chair in 1:24 scale: low back, fan back and sack back. There are designed to be built without support. Delicate but surprisingly sturdy. Shown with a dime for scale.
There's a short time-lapse here: http://flic.kr/p/bQpBB8
I'm running skeinforge 47 on a Replicator and needed to make the following adjustments to the stock profile:
*Under Dimension, set "Extra Restart Distance" to 0
*I print these in pairs, to give the print cooling time without waisting time. I prefer printing them in a line along the y axis instead of side by side to keep my second extruder from interfering.
*35mm/s works well for me, 40mm/s travel
*These are designed for printing at .25mm layer height. The bridges are carefully designed in and I can't guarantee this will print at other slicing heights.
*The file includes small discs under each chair leg. A raft is unnecessary.
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THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER will screen this week at the Arclight Hollywood on Wednesday Sept 23rd and Saturday Sept 26th as part of The Hollywood Film Festival. Don’t miss your chance to see this curiously inventive and intriguing documentary before its theatrical release next month.
Screening as part of THE HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER is told through the perspective of Fedor Alexandrovich, who was four years old in 1986, when he was exposed to the toxic effects of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown and forced to leave his home. Now 33, he is an artist in Ukraine, with radioactive strontium in his bones and a singular obsession with this earth-changing catastrophe. His investigation begins with a question: What really happened? Was there more to the story than the Soviet government let on? And, most importantly, what is the enormous steel structure now rotting away a few miles from the disaster site: a towering Cold War weapon nicknamed “the Russian Woodpecker” for the clicking sound it emitted, interrupting radio frequencies around the world?
THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER will be available on all major On Demand platforms, including Amazon Instant Video, Comcast’s Xfinity TV, Google Play, iTunes, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, Vudu, and Xbox, beginning on Friday, October in 16 NYC and LA Oct 30th.
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER- GRAND JURY PRIZE- World Cinema- Documentary
BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER- HERA AWARD- Best Debut Film
WINNER- LIFE TALES AWARD- International Competition
DOCAVIV FILM FESTIVAL 2015
NOMINEE- Best International Film
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INT’L FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER-Special Jury Prize- Documentary Competition
MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL 2015
WINNER- Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature
SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2015
NOMINEE- Grandy Jury Award
THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER, directed by Chad Gracia, which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will be released in NYC on OCTOBER 16th at AMC EMPIRE and select theaters, also available on On Demand.
It will open here in LA on OCTOBER 30th at the LAEMMLE MUSIC HALL.


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New York (July 20, 2009)–Tom Pfaeffle, a recording and live sound engineer who worked with Nirvana, The Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Rodney Crowell, B.B. King and others, was killed Friday night while vacationing with his wife in Twisp, WA.
The 49-year-old engineer, who owned The Tank Studio (Black Diamond, WA), was shot at the Blue Spruce Hotel, after apparently trying to use his key in the wrong room door. The 57-year-old suspect, being held for second degree murder and assault, shot Pfaeffle in the chest through the door; the engineer died at an area hospital two hours later. A second shot apparently went through a wall and nearly struck another person; police have not released the suspect’s name and are investigating a motive.
Over the course of his career, Pfaeffle, who also taught live sound production at the Art Institute of Seattle, handled live mixing for The Black Crowes, Heart, Love Mongers/Ann Wilson and Queensryche, and had worked as a sound technician for the Scorpions. He had also worked as rental manager for American Music, and as a freelance recording engineer, with clients including Nirvana, UB40, Aerosmith, Great White, Alice Cooper, Rodney Crowell, and B.B. King.
Members of indie band Kay Kay and the Weathered Undergroundtold Seattle TV station KING, “He is a Seattle icon of sound,” adding, “Anybody who has a studio in town or anybody who is a live sound guy with a venue in town learned from Tom.”
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Toyota will use January’s CES to unveil its fuel-cell concept car for the first time in North America.
The world’s biggest automaker will disclose its plans for fuel-cell vehicles in a news conference scheduled to take place alongside CES in Las Vegas on Jan. 6. Toyota’s fuel-cell concept vehicle, called the FCV, will also be on show at the event.
The prototype FCV uses a fuel cell that converts hydrogen to electricity. Unveiled first at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, the FCV is the kind of car Toyota hopes to put on the market in 2015. The company is aiming the produce a car with a range of at least 500 kilometers (311 miles) and a refueling time of about three minutes—close to the amount of time it takes to refuel a gasoline vehicle.
One of the advantages of such a technology is that it relies on a readily available fuel source, hydrogen, and produces only water as a by-product. The liquid hydrogen fuel is manufactured using electricity.
Fuel cell technology was once a hot topic in the electronics industry. About 10 years ago, many major electronics companies were prototyping and testing products based on fuel cells as an alternative to batteries. Typically, a squirt of methanol would provide enough power for hours of use. However, the technology never got to the mass market and many projects closed.
Some companies are still pursuing fuel cells for electronics and emergency power use.
At this year’s Ceatec show in Tokyo, Aquafairy, a Japanese start-up, demonstrated a hydrogen fuel cell that it said could be on the market in 2014. The company showed several prototypes and said it would succeed where others have failed because of its reliance on hydrogen rather than methanol.
CES is one of the biggest annual electronics shows in the world, and companies use the event to set their theme for the coming year. In recent years, as cars have become more high-tech, automakers have also been appearing at CES to unveil new technologies that they hope will define the driving experience of tomorrow.


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Clay County, FL - There is a growing problem in Clay County that you may not be able to fight.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says 28 people in the Oakleaf/Argyle area have reported being victims of credit card skimming, where the card’s information is taken without the card itself actually being taken.
Investigators believe there is more than one skimming device planted. They can be placed inside of gas pumps and ATM’s or be handheld and used when you’re not watching. While the CCSO has spent the past week checking area businesses, they have not yet located any skimming devices.
Clay County Captain Ronnie Gann says because of the state of technology now, “if you have not been a victim of your personal information compromised it is just a matter of time.”
He tells me the most vulnerable locations are stand-alone areas where you swipe a card- like at a gas pump. The device could be in an area like that for months skimming numbers.
He says the only way to avoid being skimmed is to pay cash for a purchase. WOKV further recommends you use ATMs inside banks to ensure they are not tampered with. You will also want to keep a close eye on your financial statements to ensure if your information is taken you can shut the card down quickly.
The people pictured to the left have been caught using fake cards with the skimmed information to purchase cigarettes, gift cards, gas and other items, and the Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help identifying them. If you have any information you can call Detective Wayne Simandl at 904-264-6512.


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Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (formerly known as Vivendi Entertainment, Vivendi Visual Entertainment and Visual Entertainment) is an independent film, television, DVD and digital distribution company operating in the United States and Canada. It is also a distribution partner for independent content providers.
111 Universal Hollywood Drive, Suite 400, Universal City, California 91608,
|Products||Motion pictures, television programs|
|Owner||Vivendi (2004–2012) |
|Parent||Universal Music Group Distribution (2004–2012) |
New Video (2013–present)
Visual Entertainment was founded in 2004 to distribute DVDs as a division of Universal Music Group Distribution, which in turn is a subsidiary of Vivendi. In 2006, Visual Entertainment was renamed Vivendi Visual Entertainment. In 2008, Vivendi Entertainment expanded from home video into theatrical distribution.
On April 3, 2012, Universal disvested Vivendi Entertainment because of the buyout of EMI, and the company was acquired by Gaiam and merged with its home entertainment division, renaming the combined subsidiary Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment. It was one of the three units of Universal Music, never fully owned by EMI, that were forced to be sold; other such units were Sanctuary Records and V2 Records. On October 17, 2013, Cinedigm announced it was purchasing Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment for $51.5 million. Cinedigm plans to combine Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment with their existing home video business, New Video. The acquisition closed on October 21, 2013.[dead link]
The company has provided sales, marketing, and distribution services to studios such as The Weinstein Company, World Wrestling Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, Salient Media, NFL Films, Shout! Factory, GoodTimes Entertainment, Classic Media, Hallmark Channel, Indomina Releasing, Nasser Entertainment, Event Film, RHI Entertainment, Polychrome Pictures, Sid and Marty Krofft, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Blowtorch Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, DHX Media, Saban Brands, Saban Entertainment, Palisades Tartan, Palm Pictures, Nelvana, Razor & Tie, Dargaud Media, Pure Flix Entertainment, Codeblack Entertainment, Melee Entertainment, Dimension Extreme and Genius Products.
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- "VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPANDS WITH NEW NAME AND LOOK". UMG. June 7, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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|Oracle Migration Workbench Reference Guide for IBM DB2/400 V4R5 Migrations
Release 9.2.0 for Microsoft Windows 98/2000 and Microsoft Windows NT
Part Number A97252-01
This chapter provides troubleshooting solutions, information on offline data loading, and information on avoiding connection issues from the Migration Workbench to the IBM DB2/400 V4R5 database (AS/400 server).
Using the Migration Workbench capture Wizard you should connect to the IBM DB2/400 V4R5 database as a user with DBA privileges. It is recommended to log on as QSECOFR, as this user has total control over all aspects of the database. The Migration Workbench will attempt to FTP add-in programs to the AS/400 source system, in order to capture data relevant to the database which cannot be sourced in the database catalog. Therefore, the user you log on as will need write and read privileges for the AS/400 machine.
This version of the Migration Workbench does not support the migration of databases containing DBCS data. The Migration Workbench appears to freeze or quit prematurely if it encounters DBCS data.
A fast method of migrating data is to use the offline data loading facility. Using the Migration Workbench, the user can automatically create extraction scripts to export the IBM DB2/400 V4R5 database data into flat text files as well as SQL*Loader scripts. These are used to pump the IBM DB2/400 V4R5 flat file data into an Oracle database. This method of migration is considerably faster than via the Migration Workbench UI. In order to complete a successful migration using this method, the user should take note of the following:


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Through it all, Bigger struggles to discuss his feelings, but he can neither find the words to fully express himself nor does he have the time to say them. Bigger goes back to work.
He hated them because he knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help or protect them. It is symbolism that allows Wright to explain the entire novel in the first few pages.
Debatable as the final scene is, in which for the first time Bigger calls a white man by his first name, Bigger is never anything but a failed human. The book represents the tragedy of Bigger Thomas, a black boy raised in the Chicago slums during the great depression. Bigger has a similar experience.
James Baldwin, writing in the Partisan Reviewboldly linked the two novels. At the end of the novel Max groped for his hat like a blind man. InNative Son was for the first time published in its entirety by the Library of Americatogether with an introduction, a chronology, and notes by Arnold Rampersada well-regarded scholar of African American literary works.
Foley thus affirms two commonly accepted claims about Native Son: Bigger goes directly to Bessie and tells her the whole story. Modernity and Double Consciousness is praised for offering a new understanding of Western modernity and of the black diaspora, and even for revamping Atlantic studies.
His mother is singing the words: He would like to leave his responsibilities forever, but when he thinks of what to do, he only sees a blank wall. In the afternoon, he is ordered to take the ashes out of the furnace and make a new fire. As Ishmael Read put it in a recent article, "Richard Wright knew what he was talking about.
The name is created using Leet Speak. In the morning, he decides he has to kill her in her sleep. The Daltons lavish millions of dollars on black colleges and welfare organizations-while at the same time they continue to support a rigid caste system that is responsible for black degradation in the first place Margolies The black rat is seen as an invader and is killed.
They are incapable of viewing blacks as having sensitivity and intelligence. Britten interrogates Bigger accusingly, but Dalton vouches for Bigger. When he later sees the fiery cross that the Ku Klux Klan displays, he tears off the cross from his neck which Reverend Hammond had given him and throws it to the ground.
The epigraph states, "Even today is my complaint rebellious; my stroke is heavier than my groaning" Job Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. The same eventually happens to Bigger later in the novel Lee One parallel is the court scene in Native Son, in which Max calls the "hate and impatience" of "the mob congregated upon the streets beyond the window" Wright, p.
When Britten finds Jan, he puts the boy and Bigger in the same room and confronts them with their conflicting stories.
Although she dies earlier in the story, she remains a significant plot element, as Bigger constantly has flashbacks during stressful times, in which he sees various scenes from her murder. However, as they have been related through the narration, Bigger—typical of the "outsider" archetype—has finally discovered the only important and real thing:Native Son's Tragedy: Traversing the Death Drive with Bigger Thomas.
is a result of my conversations with Catherine Peebles about Lacan's ethics seminar and Richard Wright's Native Son. 1. It. Native Son: The Tragedy Richard Wright's Native Son a very moving novel.
Perhaps this is largely due to Wright's skillful merging of his narrative voice with Bigger's which allows the reader to feel he is also inside Bigger's skin. Spotlight on Tragedy: Bigger Thomas as America's Native Son.
Richard Wright's Native Son is a powerful novel. I think this is largely due to Wright's skillful merging of his narrative voice with Bigger's which allows the reader to feel he is also inside Bigger's skin.
Bigger Thomas - The protagonist of Native Son. A poor, uneducated black man, Bigger comes from the lowest rung on the American social and economic ladder. As his lack of education has left him no option other than menial labor, he has felt trapped his whole life, resenting, hating, and fearing the.
Native Fear: Richard Wright’s Native Son Anonymous Fear is a common emotional thread woven deep within the fabric of mankind. It drives our actions, dictates our beliefs and sometimes, as in the case of Bigger Thomas, mandates the type of person we become. Mar 01, · Bigger Thomas, the protagonist of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” cannot transcend blackness, and his blackness, in Wright’s hands, is as ugly and debased a.Download

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It could be that there's a lot of political reasons why a legislature might want to introduce a restrictive bill and sponsor it. But that doesn't mean that the bill is going to go anywhere, there's more this year than there were last year so we at least have reason to be concerned about what might happen next.
People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino.
By passing this bill, the state assembly has sent a clear message : if you live in the community, you should be able to vote, disenfranchising people on parole is a vestige of Jim Crow and because of the racial disparities plaguing New York State's criminal justice system, it has had an enormous impact on Black and Latino New Yorkers. We look forward to the governor putting an end to it by signing this bill into law.
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With Johan Santana pitching at Shea tonight, Met fans will no doubt be reminded (wink) of another Santana who once roamed the same territory Jose Reyes currently occupies; the enigmatic, Rafael Santana.
Wearing #3 for the Mets, Rafael was a key player on the 1986 World Series Championship team. Known mainly for his slick fielding, Rafael was a mainstay in the #8 spot. Night after night, when Davey Johnson filled out that lineup card, you knew Rafael would be penciled in just ahead of the pitcher. Hitting .218, with one HR (no doubt a torrid blast) and 28 RBI, Santana was intentionally walked 12 times, tying him for 10th that season.
While I don’t have any dramatic memories of Santana doing anything spectacular, ala Lenny, Mookie, Keith or Strawberry, I do recall a shocking excerpt from Jeff Pearlman’s hilariously entertaining book, “The Bad Guys Won!”
In it, Ed Hearn, backup catcher for the ’86 Mets, tells a ‘warm, fuzzy’ story about how a passed out Santana, fully exposed, urinated all over himself and on the back of Hearn’s seat. “Eight out of ten guys would have drilled him,” Hearn said, “I was nice enough to straighten him up in his seat.”
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The International Trademark Association has announced that its annual meeting will be carried out virtually in 2021 as the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic continue.
The association had previously unveiled plans to host an in-person meeting in Houston, Texas, on November 15–19.
In an announcement released yesterday, April 28, INTA’s chief executive Etienne Sanz de Acedo confirmed that the association had made the decision in response to ongoing concerns presented by COVID-19 because of too “many unknowns”.
He said: “While some countries fortunately are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, others unfortunately are in a mounting crisis. The status of the pandemic, vaccine administration, quarantine requirements, government and company travel restrictions, etc, are continually shifting, creating too many unknowns to plan a large-scale, in-person event for November.”
The statement added that in these uncertain times, one of the organisation’s greatest strengths is being realistic and flexible.
“After much reflection, research, and consultation with the INTA officers and the board of directors, it had decided that a virtual meeting would be more appropriate at this present time,” said Sanz de Acedo.
“In making this change, we, as always, have considered as the highest priority the health and safety of our registrants, sponsors, staff, and others,” he added.
All education sessions, business development opportunities, and committee meetings will occur on INTA’s virtual platform during the meeting but the association confirmed that it would be hosting in-person one-day events in selected cities.
“With the “Virtual +” format, we will be providing high-quality educational content, dynamic business development sessions, and social activities on a virtual platform which, as proven by our past events, are very conducive to gathering for learning and networking,” said Sanz de Acedo.
The association added that with its “plus element”, it had the flexibility to add smaller in-person events such as discussion forums, receptions where appropriate from safety and logistical standpoints. It confirmed that more details would be forthcoming as it continued to monitor conditions around the world.
“With this approach, we will achieve the desired objective—to still come together as a community, but in the safest, most sensitive, and most prudent way given the unsettling circumstances,” concluded Sanz de Acedo.
The ‘virtual +’ annual meeting will be held on November 15–19, 2021.
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Morphological and biochemical characterization of two fish pathogenic bacteria: Aeromonas salmonicida and Yersinia ruckeri for rapid diagnosis of fish disease
Keywords:bacteria, yersinosis, furunculosis, oxidase, agglutination
Aeromonas salmonicida and Yersinia ruckeri are two common pathogenic fish bacteria responsible for furunculosis and Enteric Red Mouth disease (ERM), respectively. For the characterization of these two pathogens, a series of morphological (pigmentation, hemolyse, motility and body shape), biochemical tests (Gram staining, catalase, oxidase and API 20E strips) and a soft ionization technique (MALDI-TOF/MS) were performed in the laboratory. Pigmentation, motility, hemolysis and body shape was used as a preliminary identification of the bacteria. Both of the species were identified with the entire biochemical test without any doubt except API20E strips test. Although the API profile of A. salmonicida (0006104) was identified with high confidence (99.6%), but Y. ruckeri was misidentified as Vibrio mimicus. There are strong supports against Vibrio mimicus as it is a human pathogen, grow at a temperature more than 20oC, motile and oxidase positive bacteria. The Y. ruckeri is a non-motile fish bacteria and oxidase negative which are consistent with the study results. Agglutination test with Bionor Mono kit was also identified the bacteria as Y. ruckeri. For rapid diagnosis of infectious disease, accurate identification of pathogen is very important for commercial aquaculture.
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About Cracked the Band
Cracked the Band came together in 2002, when longtime friends Chad Nevola and Tom Gonnella stepped away from acoustic performances to begin work on original music described by critics as, “mature, emotional rock with a pop sensibility.”
Cracked the Band headlined at the Station Night Club between 2002 and 2003 until the infamous night of the fire that destroyed the club in February, 2003. Thereafter, the band entered the studio to begin work on its first CD. Enlisting John Souza as the band’s permanent drummer, and working alongside producer/engineer Russ Martin, the band emerged after 11 months with the LP "Open.
Music from Open has been described as “passionate yet cerebral,” “entertaining, melodic rock with purpose and direction,” and “a sprinkling of influence from Matchbox 20, Incubus, Muse, and other powerhouses of the post-grunge genre - a worthy disciple of Matchbox 20 with teeth.”


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The Animal Welfare Society of South Africa will be hosting an event in celebration of Mandela Day on Sunday, July 18. No amount of load shedding can take away from the fact that our pets are the light of our lives.
You can change the life of an animal simply by choosing to support the Animal Welfare Society of SA. Every penny that you donate goes directly towards the outreach, education and sterilisation programmes to make a difference in the lives of animals.
Your small donation can make a great impact! Become a force of greatness this Mandela Day, and support the Animal Welfare Society of South Africa’s Mandela Day Campaign.
To all sponsors and supporters, here are a few donation choices as follows:
- Sign-up as a MySchool Card benefactor https://www.myschool.co.za/supporter/apply/
- Sponsor a Canine Care Package to the value of R67 https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/animalwelfaresocietyofsouthafrica
- Donate R67 towards the costs of their Outreach Campaigns https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/animalwelfaresocietyofsouthafrica and https://www.givengain.com/c/awscape/
- Donate R67, R670 or R6 700 towards the cost of an alternative power supply for their hospital (as above).
Kindly support the Animal Welfare Society of SA, because your donation can help to change an animal’s life forever.

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Venous Thromboembolism and Route of Delivery - Review of the Literature
Abstract Venous thromboembolism events are important causes of maternal death during pregnancyandthepostpartumperiodworldwide.Are view of the literature with the objective of evaluating venous thromboembolism events in the puerperium according to the route of delivery was performed through a bibliographic survey in the Medline, LILACS and Scielo databases. We observed that patients submitted to cesarean sections present a significantlyhigher riskofdeveloping venousthromboembolismwhencomparedwiththose who undergo spontaneous vaginal delivery. The pathophysiological bases for this difference were explored and described in this review, as well as the indications of prophylaxis and treatment. Doctors and health professionals must be continuously vigilant regarding this condition, since it is associated with high morbidity and mortality.

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United Way begins CEO search
The United Way of Central Carolinas has formed a 9-member search committee to find its new CEO, six months after the nonprofit's long-time leader was fired in a pay scandal. Two high profile public officials will be part of the search. Charlotte City Manager Curt Walton and Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones have agreed to help the United Way find a new CEO. They were chosen by search committee co-chairs Frank Emory - a local attorney - and Bank of America executive Susan Faulkner. Emory says the choice of Walton and Jones was based on their expertise, rather than a desire to restore the United Way's reputation with local leaders: "To get the two managers struck us as a good way to have people who are on a day to day basis dealing with community services, human needs," says Emory. "As well as people who are dealing with campaigns." Employee fundraising campaigns at the city and county raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the United Way each year. Emory says protecting those funds was not on his mind in choosing Walton and Jones. However, the County is currently considering ending the exclusive right the United Way and the Arts and Science Council have to solicit from its employees. The search committee also includes a health care executive, two businessmen and two nonprofit leaders. Emory says they'll hold their first meeting tomorrow, but he says there's no deadline yet to find a new leader for the troubled nonprofit.


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The National Security Agency is withholding 90-year-old information on early American cryptanalytic efforts against Russia and the Soviet Union from a 20-year-old document on the grounds that releasing the information could “reasonably be expected to cause identifiable or describable damage to national security.”
Specifically, the NSA claims that the release of the information would harm another government agency’s (OGA) “intelligence activities (including covert action), intelligence sources or methods, or cryptology” – the OGA cited by the NSA is either the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) or the CIA.
This is part of a larger pattern of security agencies refusing to declassify historically important but very old documents.
The NSA withholding 90-year-old information adds to a growing list of dubious secrets. Other (by no means exhaustive) examples include:
The CIA withholding documents from 1917 and 1918 — including a document that described World War 1 “secret ink” recipes and instructions on how to open sealed letters covertly. The CIA kept these documents secret until 2011, and then misleadingly crediting their declassification to “recent advancements in technology.” The real reason these documents saw the light of day, however, was of a decade-long Freedom of Information Act fight, lawsuits, a Mandatory Declassification Review request, and finally, an appeal to the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel to pry the documents loose;
The Defense Department needlessly redacting Nikita Khrushchev’s public statements about Jupiter missiles in Turkey from a 50-year-old document;
The DIA withholding large sections of a 1975 biographical sketch of General Augusto Pinochet on national security grounds, including Pinochet’s liquor choices – “scotch and pisco sours” – even though it had released the document a year earlier without the redactions;
Multiple instances of declassification authorities withholding the contents of documents on anti-ballistic missiles, strategic arms control, and U.S. policy toward China, all of which had been declassified years earlier, with one of them even published in the State Department’s historical series, Foreign Relations of the United States;
Defense Department classification of “Poodle Blanket” contingency plans from 1961 for a possible confrontation over West Berlin; and
Declassifiers withholding different portions of the same State Department document four times over a 12-year period.
Clearly keeping Pinochet’s drinking preferences a secret to Americans is a national priority!
I have to believe the core reason for this is the security state’s belief that the general public has no right to see any document or information and they resent having to provide anything. I struggle to imagine any legitimate reason to keep any of this historical information a secret. Perhaps I lack the proper imagination or grounding in the security apparatus. But this is bad for historians and bad for public knowledge about the nation’s past. It also scares me–if the security state thinks this sort of thing can’t be public knowledge, I can only imagine the far more damning things they will never reveal.


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History of Marla Bay
In the spring of 1864 a native Englishman named John Marley pre-empted 160 acres surrounding the bay where he built a log cabin. On a small spread of land to the west he raised timothy hay, scythe-cut his crop and baled it with a crude hand press. Marley also planted potatoes and other vegetables and sold them to travelers passing through. Marley bore the dubious distinction of being listed on the first tax rolls of Douglas County, with a personal property valuation of $25. On November 19, 1870, Captain Augustus W. Pray of Glenbrook bought Marley’s ranch for $407.10 in back taxes. Although an account of this pioneer’s life after he left the bay is lost to history, John Marley’s name remains on the cove and was shortened over the years to Marla. Pray cleared the choice timber and then sold the land to William McFaul who moved his family from Zephyr Cove in 1884. In 1890, Joe Short of Carson City took over the McFaul Ranch until 1893 when the McFaul’s returned to partake in wood brokering and ranching. In 1912, McFaul died and the ranch was purchased by the Cogel family. In 1922, builder of the Devaux automobile, Norman DeVaux , bought the quarter section of land surrounding Marla Bay. He built a private lodge on the north slope of Round Mound. After the 1929 depression, Arthur K. Bourne took over DeVaux’s property and by 1935 had doubled his holdings of Tahoe property. The lodge was utilized as a commercial summer resort known as Round Hill Resort. Bourne built other lakefront homes north of the resort in Marla Bay.

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Timeline Description: Rutherford B. Hayes was the nineteenth American President. His election is one of the most debated victories in American presidential history. He served only one term.
|1822||Rutherford is born
Rutherford was born in Ohio shortly after his family moved there. His father died before he was born, and he was raised by his mother.
|1836||Rutherford attends Seminary
Rutherford's early schooling involved many common schools, and when he was fourteen he enrolled in a Seminary in Ohio. He studied Latin and Greek.
Rutherford went on to study at Kenyon College and finally Harvard. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845.
|1850||Cincinnati and a law practice
Rutherford moved to Cincinnati and opened a joint law practice. While there, he met Lucy Webb who would later become his wife.
The first public office Hayes held was that of City Solicitor in Cincinnati. He held the position until the Civil War began in 1861.
|1861||The Civil War
Rutherford joined the northern army and fought for the Union during the Civil War. He was wounded in battle.
|September 1861||A War Hero
Hayes fought in many war battles during the Civil War. Some of the more well-known battles included the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Valley Campaign of 1864.
After the war, Mr. Hayes was nominated by friends for the office in Congress. He accepted the nomination and won the election, even though he didn't campaign due to fighting in the war.
Hayes was soon elected Governor of Ohio. He served there for almost ten years.
|1869||Civil work as governor
While acting as governor in Ohio, Mr. Hayes worked diligently toward civil services. He opened schools for the deaf as well as for troubled girls, and he also fought for the rights of the former slaves.
|1876||The Presidential Election
After accepting the nomination for president candidate, Hayes ran for president. However, his campaign didn't go well, and he thought he would lose.
On the day of the election, early counts at the voting polls indicated Hayes had lost. By the end of the night it appeared he had won, but no one believed it and the re-counting went on for months.
The effects of the Civil War on the south were great. President Hayes' greatest desire was to restore them to good standing, and he worked diligently while president to get them back on their feet.
President Hayes had told the people early on that he planned to serve only one term, so at the end of his first four years he retired. Hayes and his family moved back home to Ohio.
|1893||President Hayes dies
After moving back to Ohio, Hayes lived several more years with his family in his home state. He passed away at the age of 71.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Twilight Zone!!
Gallery1988 in LA will be hosting a show of Twilight Zone inspired pieces from a host of peeps, including myself (my piece above based on the "5 Characters In Search of an Exit") and fellow friendorfoer Kiersten Essenpreis. Let me tell you, going back and watching all the classic Twilight Zone episodes probably took more time than the actual paintings, but man, it is fun. What an amazing show.


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|Revised Romanization||Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol|
|McCune–Reischauer||Paegun hwasang ch'orok pulcho chikchi simch'e yojŏl|
Jikji (Korean pronunciation: [tɕiktɕ͈i]) is the abbreviated title of a Korean Buddhist document whose title can be translated to "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings". Jikji Simche means, "If you look at a person's heart correctly through the Zen meditation, you will realize that the nature of the heart is the heart of Buddha.". Printed during the Goryeo Dynasty in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type. UNESCO confirmed Jikji as the world's oldest metalloid type in September 2001 and includes it in the Memory of the World Programme.
Jikji was published in Heungdeok Temple in 1377, 78 years prior to Johannes Gutenberg's acclaimed "42-Line Bible" printed during the years 1452–1455. The greater part of the Jikji is now lost, and today only the last volume survives, and is kept at the Manuscrits Orientaux division of the National Library of France. The BnF has hosted a digital copy online.
The Jikji was written by the Buddhist monk Baegun (1298–1374, Buddhist name Gyeonghan), who served as the chief priest of Anguk and Shingwang temples in Haeju, and was published in two volumes in Seongbulsan in 1372. Baegun died in Chwiam Temple in Yeoju in 1374.
The Jikji comprises a collection of excerpts from the analects of the most revered Buddhist monks throughout successive generations. Gyeonghan compiled it as a guide for students of Buddhism, then Korea's national religion under the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392).
The text propounds on the essentials of Seon, the predecessor to Japan's Zen Buddhism.
The Jikji consists of two volumes. The metal-print Jikji that was published in Heungdeok Temple is kept in the Manuscrits Orientaux division of the National Library of France, with the first page of the last volume (Book 1 in Chapter 38) torn off. A wood-carving print of Jikji published in Chwiamsa Temple contains the complete two volumes. This is kept in the National Library of Korea and Jangsagak and Bulgap temples as well as in the Academy of Korean Studies.
On the last page of Jikji is recorded details of its publication, indicating that it was published in the 3rd Year of King U (July 1377) by metal type at Heungdeok temple in Cheongju. The Jikji originally consisted of two volumes totaling 307 chapters, but the first volume of the metal printed version is no longer extant.
There is a record indicating that in 1377 Baegun's students, priests Seoksan and Daldam, helped in the publication of Jikji by using moveable metal type and the priestess Myodeok contributed her efforts as well.
Although made from movable type, Jikji and Johannes Gutenberg use different methods for printing.
The surviving metal type's dimensions are 24.6 × 17.0 cm. Its paper is very slight and white. The whole text is doubly folded very slightly. The cover looks re-made. The title of Jikji also seems to be written with an Indian ink after the original. The cover on the surviving volume of the metal type edition records in French "The oldest known Korean book printed with molded type, with 1377 as date", written by Maurice Courant.
The lines are not straight, but askew. The difference of the thickness of ink color shown on drawn letter paper is large, and spots often occur. Even some characters, such as 'day' (日) or 'one' (一), are written reversely, while other letters are not printed out completely. The same typed letters are not shown on the same paper, but the same typed letters appear on other leaves.[clarification needed] There are also blurs and spots around the characters.
Towards the end of the Joseon Dynasty, a French diplomat bought the second volume of the Jikji in Seoul and took it off to France, where it is now kept at the National Library of France in Paris.
According to UNESCO records, the Jikji “had been in the collection of Victor Emile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy, a chargé d'affaires with the French Embassy in Seoul in 1887 during the reign of King Gojong. The book then passed into the hands of Henri Véver, a collector of classics, in an auction at Hotel Drouot in 1911, and when he died in 1950, it was donated to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, where it has been ever since.” Today only 38 sheets of the second volume of the metal print edition are extant.
In May 1886, Korea and France concluded a treaty of defense and commerce, and as a result in 1887 official diplomatic relations were entered into by the treaty's official ratification by Kim Yunsik (1835–1922) and Victor Emile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy (1853–1924). Plancy, who had majored in law in France and went on to study Chinese, had served for six years as translator at the French Legation in China, between 1877 and 1883. In 1888 he went to Seoul as the first French consul to Korea, staying until 1891. During his extended residence in Korea, first as consul and then again as full diplomatic minister from 1896–1906, Victor Collin de Plancy collected Korean ceramics and old books. He let Kulang, who had moved to Seoul as his official secretary, classify them.
Although the channels through which Plancy collected his works are not clearly known, he seems to have collected them primarily from the early 1900s. Most of the old books Plancy collected in Korea went to the National Library of France at an auction in 1911, while the metal-printed Jikji was purchased in that same year for 180 francs by Henri Véver (1854–1943), a well-known jewel merchant and old book collector, who in turn donated it to the French National Library in his will.
The metal-printed Jikji became known to the world in 1901 through its inclusion in the appendix of the Hanguk Seoji, compiled by the French Sinologist and scholar of Korea, Maurice Courant (1865–1935). In 1972 the Jikji was displayed in Paris during the "International Book Year" hosted by the National Library of France, gaining it worldwide attention for the first time. The book was "rediscovered" by Dr. Park Byeongseon who was working as a librarian in the National Library of France. Dr. Park died in 2011.
The Jikji was printed using metal print in Heungdeok Temple outside Cheongjumok in July 1377, a fact recorded in its postscript. The fact that it was printed in Heungdeok Temple in Uncheondong, Cheongju, was confirmed when Cheongju University excavated the Heungdeok Temple site in 1985.
Heungdeok Temple was rebuilt in March 1992. In 1992, the Early Printing Museum of Cheongju was opened, and it took the Jikji as its central theme from 2000.
Only the final volume of the Jikji is preserved by the Manuscrits Orientaux department of the National Library of France.
On September 4, 2001, the Jikji was formally added to UNESCO's Memory of the World. The Jikji Memory of the World Prize was created in 2004 to commemorate the creation of the Jikji.
The right of ownership remains disputed, with the French National Library maintaining that the Jikji should remain in France, while Korean activists argue it should belong to Korea. The National Library of France says that as an important historical artifact of all mankind, the Jikji should remain in France as it represents a common, worldwide heritage, and does not belong to any one country. In addition, they claim the Jikji would be better preserved and displayed in France because of the prestige and resources the Library possesses. On the other hand, Korean organizations claim that it should belong to its country of origin and that it carries historical significance for the Korean people. The Committee to Bring Jikji Back to Korea led by the American Richard Pennington is one such organization in Seoul, Korea that is working to repatriate the Jikji back to Korea from France. The French President François Mitterrand promised to investigate ways to return various Korean books including the Jikji, should the French high-speed rail technology be exported to Korea. From April to June 2011, 297 volumes with 191 different Uigwes of the Kyujanggak (Oegyujanggak), were shipped back in four separate installments and subsequently kept at the National Museum of Korea. However Jikji was not included, following opposition in France, including a protest lodged by the librarians of the National Library.


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& our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer& matter how eloquent the oration.& & Dieter F. Uchtdorf "Faith without works is Dead"
I started reading my BOM daily again. I'm goign to keep up with this chart - or maybe exceed it? Book of Mormon Reading Chart -- By the end of each month, you know what page you should be on to finish by Dec
"Seek heavenly guidance one day at a time. Life by the yard is hard; by the inch — it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day — and then one more, and then one more after that, until we've lived a lifetime guided by the Spirit, a lifetime close
His journal was 33 black binders on the shelves of his personal study when President Spencer W. Kimball was called to be President of the Church in Since then, he has frequently counseled and exhorted members of the Church to keep personal journals.


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The scrapyard is like no other. It is like a graveyard of decaying matter, deliberately being catalysed to incubate future of farming.
Here, the skeleton of a truck being remodeled into a motorised sprayer, a Russian bore hole drilling truck, a heap of cowdung and 56 bleating goats share the same space.
The same compound accommodates rotten pieces of metal and cannibalised engines and parts waiting for rebirth. There is also a robust demonstration plot with towering dhania which are over five feet tall.
This is the theatre of dreams for James Kuria Kiboi, 67-year-old restless grandfather, a self-taught mechanical engineer, who is forever tinkering with biological and metallic matter to breathe life to discarded waste from the market or grounded motor vehicles.
To his peers at Nyahururu’s jua kali area in Laikipia County, Kuria is a ‘mubogothi’, (one who is forever mumbling or a sleep walker/talker) but Kenya is relishing his innovations.
His two warehouses Jalabet Engineering and Agriflora Organic Solutions separated from scrap yard by a dirt road are distinct. Here, we find Kiboi instructing a group of workers, busy stuffing and weighing some granular fertiliser into 50 kilo bags which are then sealed and stacked ready for the market.
In the same room is a plant occupying half the room. This is a contraption of imported and local parts which he uses to crush dried bones from goats, cow, egg shells and mix them with a concoction made of ash, decayed fruits and vegetables.
Shortly before they are put in a mixture, which Kiboi explains was imported from China, the concoction will be conveyed into a granulator, which bacteria, EM which will assist in compounding them into granules or grains.
And to make the granules uniform in size, the mixture is passed through a screener that discriminates bigger particles which are returned to the mixture to be crushed and granulated, before being ultimately weighed and bagged in standard 50 kilo bags.
Kiboi, says he first dreamed of packaging manure way back in 1999, explaining from the time he graduated from Nanyuki High School in 1976, he has never been employed.
“I have dedicated my time in trying to solve problems experienced by farmers using the mechanical engineering skills I was taught at high school.”
Initially he collected manure, heaped it and covered it near his workshop where he was also fabricating farm implements such as chuff cutters, foliage choppers and parts for tractors and saw mill benches.
He would then let manure, collected from offal and unwanted entrails of cows and goats gathered from the slaughter house decompose for three months and then sell it.
However, after selling 50 tonnes at a rate of Sh200 per unit, Kiboi was distracted by demands of his engineering workshop and shelved the idea in 2005.
However in September 2017, Kiboi revived the project, marking the birth of Agriflora Organic Solutions after installing a processing plant.
Agriflora Organic Solutions has potential of processing 150 bags of fertiliser daily. Production capacity, he explains will be enhanced once he acquires a drier which will make the granules dry faster. Currently, it takes four days for the powdery manure to be turned into granules because it has to be spread in the warehouse. The drier will reduce this to hours.
This time, he will not be distracted by the demands of his workshop for he has recruited his 40-year-old son, Kiboi Kuria, a Japan trained mechanical engineer. He too is learning agronomy.
Kiboi, and his wife, Phoebe Kirigo, a graduate accountant are now running the plant, now processing granulated organic fertliser as well as foliar feed (liquid fertiliser), with the help of Strathmore University and Finland who offer a mentorship programme to commercialise their idea).
“Our organic fertiliser which is slow, releases 17 nutrients and acts as a conditioner to soil. We have sold it to farmers in Murang’a, Nyeri, Kakamega, Laikipia, Nyandarua and other counties,” Kirigo adds.
When we visited Dominic Gitau, at his straw berry farm in Nyahururu, he explains that he has adopted organic farming in his one acre farm because he did not want to poison his soil with synthetic fertiliser.
“I am an enthusiast of organic farming. I also make my own compost manure by making use of all weeds and vegetation in my farm with goat and chicken manure. By allowing some choice leaves from certain crops to ferment with the use of rabbit urine, I maker foliar.”
However, since it takes months for the fertliser to be ready, Gitau has been applying Kiboi’s granulated fertiliser.
“Just look at that juicy straw berry. You cannot believe that I planted it less than a month. I have never applied synthetic fertiliser but the results are stunning. My soil too is not acidic,” Gitau says.
In neighbouring Nyandarua County’s Gikingi location, 27-year-old Samuel Mungai has been using the organic fertiliser to boost his carrot and potato farming.
The budding farmer says he opted to use organic fertiliser since he was targeting to sell his produce to hospitals.
“I have friends who have patients living with diabetes. They are under instructions to eat vegetables grown organically. This is a niche market I intend to exploit. I am going to harvest my half acre crop sometimes in January and I am confident the rates will be good.”
Abraham Kigo, a crops officer with the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of Igwamiti, in Laikipa County says organic fertilisers are more beneficial to the farmer than the conventional types.
According to the expert, a farmer planting one acre of maize or wheat requires about 75 kilos of fertiliser which costs about Sh4,500. The farmer has to spend an additional Sh4,000 for top dressing.
“However farmers who use Agriflora organic fertiliser in my area only spend about Sh4,500 to buy one and a half bags. They do not need to top dress. They also realise higher yields compared to their counterparts,” Kigo says.
He adds that while a farmer using synthetic fertiliser harvested between 15 to 20 bags per acre those who applied the organic fertiliser improved the structure and texture of the soil and got between 20-25 bags from the same acreage.

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AS I contemplated my last full calender year in my job, I got around to thinking how much it had changed over the years - especially in the last decade.
The internet has made a huge impact on the media - particularly the various sporting websites - as have social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Whereas years ago you could speak to a football manager on a Monday and, if you were lucky, pick up a couple of stories you could store away for use later in the week, that is virtually impossible in today’s 24/7 society.
For a start you are competing against the club’s own media department who are often more interested in getting the news on to their various media platforms rather than getting in touch with their local paper.
As they have greater access to all club officials and players than the media, it makes them hard to compete against and I personally get little job satisfaction in running a story, albeit with a slightly different angle, the day after it has appeared on a club website.
Vary rare, these days, do you get the chance to interview a new signing on the day he puts pen to paper. Even when you do, as was the case when Doncaster Rovers signed Habib Beye, the club’s media department were down and filming.
They are also there at both pre and post match interviews.
It is not something which just happens in Doncaster.It happens at every other Football League club.
It happens, though at a lower level, when it comes to covering Doncaster Knights and the Dons.
You sometimes wonder whether covering the main clubs to the same extent as in the past is still a good use of your time.
Of course it is because a genuine supporter of a club can’t get enough information about their team and will read any number of match reports - which fortunately remain unique and are still enjoyable to write following a weekend match - less so in midweek when you tend to have much less time to put a personal stamp on things.
Seasoned journalists, as opposed to many people involved in various websites, boast both the experience and the independence to tell it how it is and not be restricted in their reporting - particularly regarding things of a sensitive nature.
Those lucky enough on a paper to get the chance to do some feature writing can also still have an impact on local affairs and decision making.
I take great satisfaction that some Doncaster Athletic Club officials at the time felt my arguments in this column had played a part in the building of the new athletics stadium at the Keepmoat Stadium and invited me to get my spikes out and have a run on the track on the day it opened.
I may be old fashioned, but I still enjoy both writing for a paper and reading stories in a paper rather than online, though all of what I write goes online and that is the direction the industry is undoubtedly heading.
Despite the fact that not everything has changed for the better in sports journalism during my five decades working in the town - not least the fact that I never seem to be off duty these days - I will retire next year - unless I ask to stay on in part-time capacity - with a lot of fabulous memories .
I’ve covered various major finals at such as Wembley (old and new), Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium, and such events as world boxing title fights as well as interviewing many famous people - Frank Bruno, Steve Davis, Seb Coe, Bobby Charlton and Martin Johnson to name but a few.
I have also met thousands of people in the course of doing the job over the years, many of whom I regard as friends.
I hope to meet many more people on the local sporting scene and beyond in the next 15 months or so.


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Top Of The Town has a rich history in the local community. Originally constructed in 1966, around the same time as the famous Bourbon and Beefsteak Hotel, it was first known as the Top Of The Cross Motel and employed many local residents.
In the late seventies the building underwent significant refurbishment to become the Top Of The Town Motel. A first class restaurant called Four Stars was opened up on the 14th floor in March 1980 under the guidance of chef Chris Callas (The most expensive main course was $8.50!) The accompanying Bar International was a city hotspot for local residents and visiting celebrities alike.
In 1980 the famous Tropicana Caffe opened on the site, in an area that was previously used as a garage. In 1993 John Polson started the ‘Tropicana Short Film Festival’ (as it was originally known) as an informal short film screening for cast, crew and friends. More than 200 people showed up for that first screening! Inspired by the turn out, John decided that a full-fledged short film festival was the next step. Tropfest featured early works from renowned Australian film makers such Joel Edgerton, Sam Worthington and Elissa Down. Tropfest soon went global and is now the world’s largest short film festival.
In 2003 Top Of The Town was redeveloped as a residential tower, following similar conversions at the Gazebo and Sebel Town House hotels in Kings Cross. It was already a cornerstone of the vanguard of modernist urban architecture in the area, but the redevelopment added two more floors and possibly the most luxurious penthouse apartment in all of Sydney. Currently the building accommodates 91 apartments whose residents appreciate the conveniences and lifestyle offered by this amazing location.


Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Matt Carthy TD, has called on the Taoiseach to call for the EU to change course in its approach to the brutal Israeli attacks in Gaza. He said that if the European Council does not take the opportunity to follow the lead of UN Secretary General, António Guterres, then Ireland must.
Speaking on Wednesday during Dáil statements ahead of this week’s European Council Teachta Carthy said:
“The remarks of UN Secretary General, António Guterres, are words that should be heeded. Regrettably, the strength of his calls have not been matched from within the EU.
“In fact, the European Union, which has long championed itself as a leader for peace, international law and conflict resolution, has failed to live up to any of those principles in recent weeks.
“This week’s European Council meeting can be the opportunity to change course.
“Ireland must be the voice at EU level that condemns war crimes regardless of who commits them.
“Ireland must be the voice that demands an end to the Israeli siege and attacks on Gaza.
“Ireland must be the voice that says that the Palestinian people have a right to freedom.
“Ireland must be the voice that says end the occupation, the annexation, the apartheid being inflicted on Palestine.
“We must try to bring the European Union to that point.
“But, we cannot limit ourselves to the narrow parameters of an EU consensus.
“It is pointless to simply say that Israel must abide by international law when it is blatantly breaking international laws every single minute of every single day.
“So, if the European Council doesn’t step up to the mark, Ireland must.
“The demand most simple must be: An immediate and full ceasefire and the universal application of and adherence to international law with the explicit condemnation of those who breach it, including Israel.
“For a decisive international intervention that leads to a negotiated settlement and an independent Palestinian state.
“In making those calls, it may be that the Irish government will be in a minority on the European Council.
“But, they will be representing the views of the vast majority of the Irish people.
“And, as seen by the remarks of General Secretary Guterres, you will be representing the views of the majority of humanity.
“This week is the opportunity to change course. I hope that the members of the European Council seize that opportunity.
“But, even if they don’t – Ireland must.”


text: For those of you who haven’t read the bio page, I’m an author who really wants to be published. I have three novels completed. The first is pretty ugly, so I’ve put it on a shelf (learning experience, right?). The other two (entitled Created and Cascade) have been polished up and I’m taking them to the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Conference to pitch to editors this week! In case you’re interested in what they’re about, I’ve included the one sheets here. Anyway, I’ve had too much to do for the conference to be able to write blog posts, but I’ll be back next Monday (September 29th) with a new devotion. See you then!


The Treasury has just four staff chasing the country’s most wanted tax cheats, it has admitted.
Minister David Gauke said HM Revenue & Custom’s “fugitive unit team” has only four full-time officers trying to catch 124 tax fugitives.
In a written parliamentary answer, he said: “The HMRC Fugitive Unit team consists of one higher officer and two officers managed by one senior investigation officer.
“The team focuses not only on the fugitives publicised in the Most Wanted campaign but also on all current HMRC fugitives. There are 124 HMRC fugitives.”
By contrast, there are 450 staff assigned to dealing with the changes to the child benefit system introduced in January this year.
Shadow Exchequer Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP said: “People will be astonished at the revelation that just four tax inspectors are chasing 124 tax fugitives despite George Osborne claiming this to be a priority.
“David Cameron’s government is totally failing to tackle tax avoidance and evasion or give it the priority it needs. The amount of uncollected tax rose last year and the Swiss tax deal has raised just a fraction of the revenues promised.”
The Treasury said: “The Fugitive Unit role is to review, trace and locate, and where possible extradite all current HMRC fugitives (including those featured in the Most Wanted campaign) and bring them before the UK court specified in the First Instance or Failure to Appear Warrant.
HMRC staff (including the Fugitive Unit) use all available systems and resources to carry out this work.”
In 2012, HM Revenue & Customs published the FBI-style rogues gallery for the first time.
Ministers vowed that the 19 men and one woman who had cheated the country out of £765million in tax would be pursued “relentlessly”.