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TITLE and Creator: Powerball 60 by Richard Sanders and Bill Abbott
Effect: A spectator, or
multiple spectators, thinks of a number between one and sixty. After looking through your losing
lottery tickets, you reveal EXACTLY which number they were thinking of.
Price: $40 on
Teaching: I have to say right off the bat, I didn't watch the DVD that came with
the product first. I downloaded the PDF right away because I didn't have a DVD player handy at the
moment. I found that after reading the PDF that you can download that the DVD probably wasn't
To start, I will focus the review of the teaching portion on the written
instructions that came via downloaded PDF from the web upon entering my product code. The PDF
instructions are SUPERB. Within LITERALLY one minute I had the method down pat. The rest of the PDF
goes into different presentations, some different reveals, and some different overall routines.
The PDF is well written with excellent illustrations and photos when they are beneficial.
It's easy to navigate and covers MANY different things that can be done with the product, from a
single person, to multiple people, to even a method that works with you not even in the same room as
the person. The instructions even go so far as to give you some pretty good scripting that you can
use to go with each different routine. The scripting, in my opinion, is pretty good but if you don't
like what's provided it is still probably a good starting point for you to modify to come up with
something that will work for you.
A few days after getting the trick, I took some spare
time I had to watch the DVD, which is very well put together. The audio and video are great, the
menu is nice, and the graphics/editing seem to be done very well. Richard and Bill split screen
time, and each of them give you hints and tips on how to use the product.
The first bit of
the DVD is an in depth explanation of how the trick works. It shows you how to do it, all the ins
and outs of the product, and what you do to figure out the secret number.
It then moves on
to a set of sections where Richard explains one routine, then Bill explains one routine. Those are
the only routines on the DVD. The two that they show are pretty good ones, but I was hoping for some
more live performances of different routines. The routines they show also only include one live
performance for each one. I was hoping to get a few more views of live performances so that I could
hear the patter that they use for the trick. So I was a bit disappointed with the amount of routines
showcased, and the amount of live performances given.
The last section of the DVD goes
into some hints and tips for what to do if you miss the secret number during the trick. Ways to play
it out a bit longer so that you can make sure you've got the correct one. Things like that.
Overall, the quality of the DVD was very good, but I was hoping for a bit more out of it. Maybe
I would have felt differently about the DVD had I not read the PDF first...but in terms of content
the PDF absolutely SMASHES the DVD.
If you get this trick, watch the DVD definitely...but
do yourself a favor and ABSOLUTELY download the PDF file from the website that is mentioned inside
the package. The PDF contains so many more routines and so much more information that it is a must
have for this trick.
Quality of materials: The quality of the materials, in my opinion, is
absolutely perfect. The scratch off instant lottery tickets look JUST like the real thing...all the
way down to the perforations on the edges where they would have been hooked together. You even have
to actually scratch them off before you perform the trick, so if you so choose you could even leave
some of the scratch off silver paint on the ticket. You COULD even leave them completely covered,
and have your spectator actually scratch them off HERSELF and work that into the routine. There
isn't much that I would change about the gimmick. Even the instructions and information on the BACK
of the ticket appears to be really accurate and believable.
Difficulty: I am a beginner
when it comes to magic. I've been doing some small tricks for years, but just recently got seriously
interested in it as a hobby. As such, I don't have great control over tricks that require major
sleights or any kind of really advanced handling. I can honestly say that this trick is DECEPTIVELY
easy. Like I mentioned earlier, I literally had the method down in under a minute, and was
practicing less than five minutes later. The hardest part about this trick will be not laughing when
people start to react to the reveal. I have no problem saying that I don't think that anyone would
have any serious trouble learning this trick. Another advantage is the fact that there is ZERO reset
in order to be able to do the trick again. There might be a VERY slight reset for SOME of the
routines, but for most of them the trick resets as soon as it is done, so you are ready for your
next group or person.
Applications: This trick would be ideal for just about anyone. The
routines given in the PDF vary from close up to on stage. So anyone could use it for close up, for
street work, for restaurant work, or even for stage work. It would also be an ideal trick for any
level of magician...from someone that's just getting started to a seasoned pro. Very shortly after
getting the trick even a beginner will be able to perform it with good results, most of the effect
(as with any effect) will be in the delivery and the words you use, but the actual trick itself will
be able to be done in nearly any venue by any magician almost immediately after getting the trick.
One nice thing about this trick that seems to be a bit different than most that I have is
that I don't think there's any problem performing this trick more than once for the same group. With
many tricks, you don't want to perform it over and over again because someone might catch on, or the
reset might be visible, or you're worried that the impact will be less...but with this trick I don't
think that's quite as much of an issue. Because there is zero reset you don't have to worry about
someone seeing a method...and because everything is done in the spectator's and the magician's head,
there isn't any movement to catch on to. It also seems to keep the tension going after you've
already done it once. My wife is my guinea pig for tricks that I get. This is one of the only tricks
that I have that she has asked me to do over and over...and each time I did it she seemed even more
baffled. Of course, the spectators will realize that the lottery tickets have something to do with
the trick, but even after watching it several times the method still won't be clear to them. They'll
just be more amazed that you get it right EVERY TIME.
In Closing: I think that this effect
is absolutely awesome. I know that it's a new version of a trick that's been around for a good long
while, but the lottery tickets are something that EVERYONE can relate to AND they are an everyday
object, so it's not odd at all that you are carrying them around with you. From what I understand,
the older versions of this trick aren't as practical and don't use an object as common as the
scratch off tickets, and for that reason alone this trick is probably better than the other ones.
The DVD, in fact, in my opinion might be the only down side to this trick. I would rather
have paid $10 less and NOT gotten a DVD at all BECAUSE the PDF is so good. With that said, I
still VERY MUCH feel like I got my money's worth out of this trick.
10-Yes, it's that awesome.

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Issuing strong warning to those who back terrorists during counter-insurgency operations on Wednesday, Army Chief Bipin Rawat said that they will be treated as overground workers of terrorists.
“Those who obstruct our operations during encounters and aren’t supportive will be treated as overground workers of terrorists,” the Army chief said while paying tributes to the martyred soldiers in Delhi.
General Rawat said security forces in J&K are facing higher casualties due to manner in which the local population is preventing them in conducting the operations and “at times even supporting the terrorists to escape”.
“We would now request the local population that people who have picked up arms, and they are the local boys, if they want to continue with the acts of terrorism displaying flags of ISIS and Pakistan, then we will treat them as anti-national elements and go helter-skelter for them. They may survive today but we will get them tomorrow. Our relentless operations will continue,” said the Army Chief.
General Rawat said those supporting terror activities are being given an opportunity but if they continue with their acts then security forces will come down hard on them.
“We are giving them an opportunity, should they want to continue to then, we will continue with relentless operations may be with harsher measures and that is the way to continue,” he told reporters after laying wreath to the martyrs of Handwara and Bandipora operations.
On Tuesday, a Pakistani terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba managed to escape in a similar circumstance even though another one was killed during a gunfight at Hajjin area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir causing heavy causalities to the army.
Also, four soldiers including Major Satish Dahiya were martyred in two gunfights in north Kashmir.


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(Reuters) - The U.S. approval of audio products maker Bose Corp’s new hearing aid, which can be used without a doctor’s assistance, could pressure traditional makers of the devices struggling to keep up with demands from more tech-savvy users.
The approval here sent shares of hearing-aid makers sliding, including those of market leaders William Demant and Sonova Holding AG.
The Bose Hearing Aid is a user-fitted hearing aid that can be adjusted through a smartphone app, enabling patients to fit the hearing aid settings themselves.
“With the approval of the Bose hearing aid, it appears at least one consumer electronics manufacturer is looking to target this market,” Bernstein analyst Lisa Clive wrote in a note.
“It will be interesting to see if this is the first of a number of new entrants. For instance, we know Samsung has looked at hearing aids in the past.”
The FDA is in the process of drafting regulations regarding new over-the-counter category of hearing aids that are expected to be implemented in 2020.
About 37.5 million adults report having some trouble hearing without a hearing aid, the FDA said. Hearing loss can be caused by aging, exposure to loud noises, certain medical conditions and other factors.
While users may fit, program and control the Bose Hearing Aid on their own, the device must comply with applicable federal and state laws regarding the sale of hearing aids, the FDA said.
Credit Suisse analyst Christopher Gretler said Bose’s ambitions in hearing devices have been evident ever since it started to sell the Bose Hearphones, a conversation-enhancing headphone that is specially designed to help hear in louder environments.
Shares of William Demant, GN Store Nord and Sonova fell nearly 10 percent and were at the bottom of the pan-European STOXX 600.
Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty
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The morning after Sookie Stackhouse released the cluviel dor, she not only saved her long time friend and crush Sam Merlotte, but she got more than she bargained for. Now with the Changeling about to enter the world, Sookie must do all she can to protect the precious soul inside of her from the bickering of past lovers, to the plans of the Queen of Oklahoma.
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Aurora had been cursed since she was a little girl. Always seeing the past and future but there is one thing Aurora cannot explain. The mysterious male that had haunted her visions since she was little. Now, in a tale as old as time, Aurora must face challenges to break her curse. Based on the Black Dagger Brotherhood books and the sequel to Lover Wild.
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Inspired by J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood. Mayhem, son of Wrath has always wanted just to be like the other males, a member of the Brotherhood, but when he meets the wolfen Luna, he will have to make choices and answer the one question everyone wants to know. Can true love conquer all?
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This story takes place during the whole story of A Clockwork Orange and goes a little beyong that when Alex starts to think of going straight and narrow.During his real horrorshow eegra he stumbles upon a molodoy devotcha to his liking.
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Greek modern atmospheric metallers Scar Of The Sun have signed a deal with Scarlet Records for the worldwide release of their much anticipated debut album A Series Of Unfortunate Concurrencies, a multi-dimensional musical concept blending many elements and influences, from gothic and doom atmospheres to modern electronic samples, from symphonic arrangements to the Swedish sound, with a touch of progressive structures and lots of heaviness and drama.
The album was co-produced and mixed by renowned Canadian producer Rhys Fulber (Paradise Lost, Fear Factory, Megadeth, Machine Head) and mastered by Greg Reely (Paradise Lost, Strapping Young Lad, Theatre Of Tragedy, Fear Factory, Machine Head) and features special guest appearances by Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity), Bob Katsionis (Firewind), Marios Iliopoulos (Nightrage), Chris Antoniou (Septic Flesh) and Leah Randi (Conjure One).
A Series Of Unfortunate Concurrencies will be released in Europe on May 26th 2011 and in the USA on June14th 2011.
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|“||Adds 1 damage on critical hits for each enemy the squad can see (up to 5).||”|
– In-Game Description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- When combined with Aggression and Close and Personal, this ability can allow an Assault armed with a shotgun to reliably deliver hard hitting critical hits at close range. Note: Close and Personal has been reworked in XCOM: Enemy Within.
- When utilizing the Second Wave option Training Roulette, this ability can be an especially powerful option for Snipers as their sniper rifles also grant high crit chances and the use of Headshot can further boost those chances.


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Dance Deewane: 4th September 2021, 5th September 2021, Season 3, Urmila Spl
Dance Deewane 3 4th September 2021, 5th September 2021 Episode Updates:
Colors TV's Dance Deewane 3 is entertaining the audience this weekend with the addition of special guest judge Urmila Matondkar with the episode being dedicated to her.
Dance Deewane 3's recent promos for this weekend (04-09-2021, 05-09-2021) episode shows the contestants Pallavi Tolye and Soochana Chorrge giving a special tribute to Urmila Matondkar and performing to the song 'Chamma Chamma'.
Dance Deewane 2021 latest promo shows Pallavi dancing with her choreographer and performing a Kathak dance while Urmila reveals that she and Pallavi have worked together for a very long time.
The second promo for this weekend's (4 September 2021, 5 September 2021) episode shows the guest Urmila Matondkar giving a Nath (Nose ring) which is considered prestigious in the Marathi community to Pallavi as way to give respect.
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Thank you for creating this web site. In 1959 I became a member of Students for Integration on the University of Minnesota Campus in Minneapolis, and soon joined CORE, which I remained a member of until about 1969. During those years, we were following our conscious, in search for a way out of the dark and terrible Cold War repression of the 1950's. Who would have thought that at 60 we would be considered relics of history, and have young people wanting to know about our lives? I am so pleased to be a part of passing the stories about the work that we all did together on, especially to young people...so they might "carry it on".
I along with six others from Minnesota was a 1961 Freedom Rider. We were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi at the Greyhound Bus Depot for intentionally violating the Federal Transportation Act. I spent 90 days in the Hinds County Jail and Parchmen Penitentiary, and was one of a very few held longer than sixty days. After leaving prison, I went on to Monroe North Carolina to work for Robert Williams as the Black Power Movement was forming. There I was honored to meet and work also with James Forman. I somehow (most probably protected by my white skin,) just missed having my head busted open as James did during a police riot there. I learned about leadership from these men, and have been guided by the powerful experience of knowing them throughout my life.
My wife of 37 years and I now live in St. Paul, we have remained active throughout our lives working together against the Vietnam War, and in tenant and affordable housing struggles, as well as in the movements for a healthy environment, the family farm and Native American Treaty Rights. Today we are active in the struggle for affordable health care for all Americans. Through it all we have supported youth and tried to make ourselves available to them. They are our future. It is fearful to think that they may have to live through a new period of McCarthyism, but we are hopeful somehow that young people can pick up the "Freedom Banner" ...knowing that they have some rusty old shoulders to stand on.
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My poetic sequence on domestic violence and sexual assault, “danse macabre,” has been published by Pink Plastic House Press’ The Lost Library literary journal. These are the title poems from my unplublished chapbook that was a semifinalist in Glass Poetry’s 2019 Chapbook Series, and includes the poem “American Gothic” from my debut poetry book, Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot.
“danse macabre” was originally published as the prose poem sequence “House of Horrors” at Queen Mob’s Teahouse. I recently pulled the original work from that journal when the founder’s predatorial behavior toward a young female poet came to light. I’m very grateful to Pink Plastic House‘ editor for offering to republish these poems and building a lovely new home for them and other displaced work.


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Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' press conference
General Aladeen of the People’s Republic of Wadiya loves New York. On Saturday night, the despot stopped by SNL‘s Weekend Update to banter with Seth Meyers. This morning, he cheerfully threatened Matt Lauer’s family on the Today show. And just a few hours ago, the Supreme Leader, Chief Ophthalmologist, and excellent swimmer — he can even do the breaststroke! — stopped by Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria for a press conference with reporters from around the world.
Aladeen, of course, is the latest alter ego of Sacha Baron Cohen, a comedian who promotes his movies with in-character stunt appearances. And though Baron Cohen’s performance at today’s press event didn’t break new ground — the jokes were familiar for anyone who’s watched footage from The Dictator or read about Aladeen’s appearance at CinemaCon — his enthusiasm for playing his new character shined through.
Baron Cohen arrived in the hotel’s Empire Room fashionably late, preceded by a crowd of “subjects” hoisting fawning signs (sample text: “Say No to Democracy”) and flanked by a quartet of hot, stony-faced women wearing itty-bitty military uniforms and berets. After ribbing a guy who had shouted “sit down!” at another reporter — “You want me to sit down? Who is the f–ing dictator?” — the actor launched into his well-oiled routine: “Welcome, devils of the Zionist media, and death to the West! Today, I wish to highlight the plight of a terribly endangered group, the innocent victims of a global human tragedy: dictators.”
Baron Cohen’s general went on to decry the treatment of his authoritarian comrades, noting that their only crimes are embezzling money, oppressing their people, and “doing a tiny little bit of genocide.” Then Baron Cohen mourned a few of the dictators who have fallen in recent years: “Saddam, Kim Jong-il, Gadaffi, and Oprah.” While western nations chew up our planet’s resources, he went on, despots are working to save the earth: “We conserve our land by burying thousands of opponents in single mass eco-graves.”
When Baron Cohen facetiously thanked the U.N. for “their brave inaction over Syria,” the crowd laughed uneasily. But most of the actor’s quips went over well — especially when he began taking pre-screened questions from the assembled journos. (Like any good dictator, Baron Cohen had his team read all queries beforehand; a select few were then invited to ask him just one question each. The gimmick worked with the event’s despotic theme, and also gave Baron Cohen time to prepare snappy answers.)
A reporter from Canada asked for Aladeen’s opinion on the American film industry, which gave Baron Cohen an opportunity to praise fantasy films like “Lord of the Rings and Schindler’s List.” As the conference went on, two dominant themes emerged: playful anti-Semitism, which has long been an integral part of Baron Cohen’s schtick, and playful sexism. Baron Cohen even asked one Israeli journalist to prove he was a Jew — and the journalist obliged by letting the actor get a peek at his undercarriage.
The actor also made reference to having done or wanting to do “sex activities” with several female reporters — most notably, a pretty journalist from E! The general pretended to be delighted by how many of the journalists assembled were women: Watching a woman working is “like putting a dog on roller skates,” he said, borrowing a quip from Jack Donaghy.
In between asking one short reporter if her legs had been chopped off and sharply ordering another to stop giggling, Baron Cohen had plenty of chances to flesh out his latest character. He revealed that Wadiya’s version of Two and a Half Men is one of his favorite guilty pleasures: “It used to be called Three Men, but one of them tried to steal a grapefruit. Also, I love the TV program 24. You have it here, but we play it backwards so it has a happy ending.” He spoke about his father and mother, who both died young (she in childbirth, via strangulation; he in a hunting accident, when he was hit by 97 stray bullets). He declared his support for Rick Santorum, despite the ex-presidential candidate’s “liberal views.”
And he made reference to his character’s dalliance with Megan Fox, a moment that’s teased in The Dictator‘s trailer. That led to one of the most uncomfortable moments of the entire conference. The off-color joke Baron Cohen told revolved around the star’s unconfirmed pregnancy; according to the actor, Aladeen couldn’t be the hypothetical kid’s father because of the way he and Fox were intimate. Let’s leave it at that.
About half an hour after he waltzed into the Waldorf — and minutes after exhorting that Israeli journalist to pull down his pants — Baron Cohen ended the conference. In true Aladeenian fashion, his parting words were a cordial threat to those assembled: “Enjoy the prostitutes we brought in, or the boys, if you like, if you’re from Canada. And as long as you write good reviews, your families will be released.” Then the actor posed for a few parting shots before taking his leave — and, perhaps, trying to locate that comely E! reporter.
The Dictator hits theaters May 16.

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Are you a hardworking, phenomenal multi-tasker looking for a fast paced, enjoyable work environment? Are you compassionate, friendly and take pride in your excellent customer service skills. At Damonte Ranch Animal Hospital, we are looking for our next exciting addition to our team. If you are interested in applying for our full-time receptionist position, please contact us at, 775-852-8522. We look forward to meeting with you soon.
Southwest Veterinary Hospital is looking for a full-time veterinary assistant
Southwest Veterinary Hospital is an AAHA accredited practice that opened its doors in 2008. We are looking for a full-time veterinary assistant with experience, maturity and excellent customer service skills to join our team.
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The Aquaponics hybrid urban growing system that Sahib demonstrated during the Aquaponics Urban Gurus Workshop was a prototype. Over the course of the next few weeks, Sahib will share with you the endless possibilities of how to grow your own food locally and naturally without the use of harmful pesticides and chemical fertilizers by using these Aquaponics hybrid urban growing systems. These Aquaponics hybrid urban growing systems can be scaled to size and can be replicated. They can be modified to be operated off grid as well as expanded as the need arises. Such systems can be used to have fresh food at home, work or anywhere they are set up. They are excellent tools to use as teaching aids so that we can empower the future generation with the knowledge to grow their own food locally by natural means. Sahib’s Aquaponics hybrid urban growing systems can be the basis of feeding the family, the community as well as provide income to the urban farmer. Sahib will also share how such systems can be used in urban retail economy, both by food establishments as well as food/produce retail outlets to enable the consumer to purchase food that has been grown locally and by natural means. Food that is “live” (a new twist on the label “Fresh”), and the type recommended by most medical and health professionals as what we should be eating.
...You will be able to build them yourself with local materials or purchase them form Sahib Aquaponics.
Hi, you can't actually see it in the pictures... I laminated a 2x4 to the backside of the 6" board to add structural strength. The span could be longer by using this method. Of course 'what' you had in the tubs would determine the overall length.
The 6" boards I used here were 5/4 decking boards....which have a nice smooth finish and a rounded edge. To save some on the cost, I could of used 'corral boards'...which are a PT 6" board, a full 1 " thick and 16 feet long....the finish isn't quite as smooth. 'Some' home depots carry them, tractor supply carries them too.
To keep the cost down....I bought a white food grade barrel and a can of rustoleum spray paint for 'plastic'. The paint makes it look a lot nicer. A 100 gallon or a 150 gallon rubbermaid stock tank would work nice too.
Sahib Aquaponics Hybrid Urban Growing Systems: Update on “The Zero Lot / Backyard Gardener” System
Sahib Sandwich Towers & Recirculating Wicking Beds
Last week, Sahib shared with you the prototype of the Aquaponics Hybrid urban growing system that we call “The Zero Lot / Backyard Gardener” System and introduced two growing methods, the raft system and the media beds. This week we have introduced what David Hart, one of Sahib Aquaponics key members called “Sahib Sandwich Towers” as well as recirculating wicking beds.
The idea of building the “Sahib Sandwich Towers” actually came to me last year when I tried using Nate Storey’s ZipGrow Towers. We have just been extremely busy in other Aquaponics research, preparing for the Florida and the Aquaponics Source Farm Tours, building Phase II and organizing the inaugural Aquaponics training workshops by Aquaponics Urban Gurus (December 10th & 11th 2011), that we have only got around to actually building them now.
Let me state at the very outset. Nate’s ZipGrow Towers are excellent for vertical growing in Aquaponics Systems, and I recommend them wholeheartedly. They do provide excellent vertical growing mediums and are a valuable asset in Aquaponics. Having said that, I personally I found using them is at times a little challenging. They do require considerable force in pulling out the filter media and reinserting it with planted seedling. I was not always successful in being able to achieve this task successfully on my own. Further, always looking to maximize the growing space in my extremely limited urban space, I felt that one side of Nate’s ZipGrow Tower was being underutilized. I planned creating vertical towers of different widths and lengths that would be easy to use and provide two growing areas. The vertical towers would come apart like two slices of bread or a roll to allow for the transplanting of seedlings. Once all the seedlings had been transplanted on both sides on one half of the tower, the remaining tower would be guided back over the planted tower and be ready for hanging. The vertical towers would have fixed nuts & bolts on one side and allow flexibility of growing opening by use of a wing nut on the other side. When I described this to David Hart, he immediately said “Sahib Sandwich Towers’.
The following photographs will show you how they function and enable you to see how they have been built. We will be building them in various lengths and widths and they will be available for purchase shortly.
Read more at http://sahibaquaponics.com/?p=295

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Purple-sprouting broccoli has great flavor, a long harvesting season and is extremely good for you.
A single portion provides half your daily requirement of carotenoids, plus high levels of folic acid and vitamins A and C.
If you choose the right varieties, and time your seed sowing well, you can keep harvesting your crops from autumn through to early summer the following year. Purple-sprouting broccoli is extremely hardy, tolerating temperatures below freezing, so it’s a good winter crop.
Like other brassicas, purple-sprouting broccoli thrives in a fairly heavy, alkaline soil. Avoid growing it on an exposed site, where the wind will buffet the stems and loosen the soil around the roots.
Sow the seeds into small pots or multi-cell trays, using a good quality multi-purpose or loam-based seed and cuttings compost. Once large enough to handle, prick seedlings out and transplant into single 4" pots, watering in well.

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CAN was first created for automotive use, so its most common application is in-vehicle electronic networking. However, as other industries have realized the dependability and advantages of CAN over the past 20 years, they have adopted the bus for a wide variety of applications. Railway applications such as streetcars, trams, undergrounds, light railways, and long-distance trains incorporate CAN. You can find CAN on different levels of the multiple networks within these vehicles – for example, in linking the door units or brake controllers, passenger counting units, and more. CAN also has applications in aircraft with flight-state sensors, navigation systems, and research PCs in the cockpit. In addition, you can find CAN buses in many aerospace applications, ranging from in-flight data analysis to aircraft engine control systems such as fuel systems, pumps, and linear actuators.
Medical equipment manufacturers use CAN as an embedded network in medical devices. In fact, some hospitals use CAN to manage complete operating rooms. Hospitals control operating room components such as lights, tables, cameras, X-ray machines, and patient beds with CAN-based systems. Lifts and escalators use embedded CAN networks, and hospitals use the CANopen protocol to link lift devices, such as panels, controllers, doors, and light barriers, to each other and control them. CANopen also is used in nonindustrial applications such as laboratory equipment, sports cameras, telescopes, automatic doors, and even coffee machines.


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The SNSPA Scholas Occurrentes Regional Centre, through the international program University of Meaning and in collaboration with the international network of Scholas Chairs, organizes, on February 26, 2021 starting at 4 PM (Bucharest time), the webinar “Education and Development in (post) pandemic Times”.
This event will bring together experts, teachers and practitioners who will address the effects of the pandemic on education.
In organizing the event, it was taken into account that the impact of the pandemic is deeply felt by the education systems on which various pressures act, both related to the need for digitization and the immediate need to educate. This impact is not isolated and the effects of the crisis are felt both on national and international curricula and on research and funding. The digital divide has become more acute, as the coronavirus crisis has rapidly increased the need to be “online”, while in 2017, according to UNICEF, 29% of young people worldwide (15-24) were not. Moreover, the dropout rate is higher in the current conditions.
Restricting the movement of people who have been potentially exposed to the disease has been shown to have a strong psychological impact on them. According to the World Health Organization, children and young people tend to be adversely affected by isolation and may manifest anxiety and fear. To these the challenges related to the adaptation of the curriculum to online teaching and, implicitly, those of quality assurance in the new context are added.
In addition, knowing that almost 60 million people are expected to be exposed to poverty due to the global pandemic and given the current impact of the crisis on education institutions, the questions the event seeks to answer are: “What will the new normality of higher education look like and how can it be shaped?”, “What role does solidarity play in trying to overcome the crisis in a way that does not deepen existing structural inequalities?”, “How do you balance the priorities regarding education and development in times of crisis?”. We sense that some answers to these questions, as well as possible solutions to address the effects of the current crisis already exist and that a shared experience in this regard could emerge by creating a meeting space. As Pope Francis himself said in the Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti, “We need new ways of self-expression and participation in society. Education makes this possible to the extent that it allows every human being to shape his or her own future”.
The event will be held in English and Spanish (with simultaneous translation), and participation is open and free, upon registration.

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The victim, a woman in her sixties, was walking her dog in her neighborhood just outside of Leavenworth when she was attacked by the bear, according to CCSO’s chief of patrol, Adam Musgrove.
Did you see the college wrestlers attacked by a grizzly bear?
Yes, it's a tourist trap and i remember what it looked like before it got prettied up into a Bavarian looking town. I have to admit, it's prettier now then back in the good ole days. Heck i'll even stop there when visiting relatives in East Wenatchee.Yes - Leavenworth. A TRUE tourist trap. I use to visit before it made such a drastic change. It's about 175 miles due West of me here.


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Now that Syria has sort of blown up in President Obama’s face he’s once again turned to the economy. In a speech marking the fifth anniversary of the demise of Lehman Brothers the president sought to take credit for anything he could find good in the economy and blame the rest on the Republicans. Nice try, Mr. President, but the people are no longer buying it.
He bragged about 7.5 million private sector jobs he has created but the facts tell a completely different story. The fact is there have only been a little over a million jobs created since Obama took office. This is one of the slowest, if not the slowest, recoveries from a recession in the history of the country. Why?
Well, for starters, George W. Bush and the Republicans have nothing to do with it. Consider this. Obamacare is turning the American work force into part-timers. There are stories every day of companies that are cutting employee hours so they don’t have to bear the sticker shock of higher healthcare costs under Obamacare. And the working poor are being hurt the most. Here’s the reason. Obamacare mandates that an employee pay no more than 9.5 percent of their income on health insurance. Of course, health insurance is a fixed cost so, naturally, it’s a bigger percentage of someone’s salary making $30,000 than it is someone making $300,000. So, if your employer is now paying 60 percent of your health insurance they don’t have to pay more money for the higher-salaried employee but they do for the lower-salaried employee.
Consider this example. The Kaiser Family Foundation says the average family insurance plan is now just north of $16,000. For that employee who’s making $300,000 by law they can’t pay more than $28,500 of their salary toward health insurance. So even if they were footing the whole bill their employer wouldn’t be obligated to pay anything toward their health insurance.
Now let’s take the employee making $30,000. By law they can’t pay more than $2,850 toward their health insurance. If their employer is now paying 60 percent they’re paying $9,600 of that $16,000 health insurance tab. Under Obamacare they’ll be required to pay $13,150 or 82 percent of that person’s health insurance. Now do you understand why lower-paid employees are getting cut back to under 30 hours? If you’re employed under 30 hours then your employer isn’t required to pay a dime of your health insurance.
We also have far more people trapped on welfare since Obama changed the standards during the recession. More people on welfare means fewer people working. Obama’s EPA has waged war against the oil and coal industries, killing tens of thousands of jobs in the process. At a time when there’s an oil boom going on in North Dakota, primarily on private land. Were the president to open up public land to oil development experts say we could be energy independent in five years, only having to import a little oil from Canada. Imagine that. No more entanglement in the Middle East over oil.
Between the president stubbornly standing in the way of getting at our energy resources and blocking the completion of the Keystone Pipeline millions of potential jobs go unfilled. The way to economic recovery is through a booming economy and that comes from allowing the private sector to create jobs, not by killing them. Unfortunately, the recession is still real for most Americans.
This is your economy, Mr. President. After nearly five years at the helm there’s simply no one left to blame. It’s time for you to own it.

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Figure 2-1. Direct Current Wave Form
Figure 2-2. Alternating Current Cycle
the positive terminal of the battery. It provides only one
possible path for current to flow. Current flow passes
through circuit components, battery, and resistor, one
after the other, or in series.
Parallel. A circuit in which two or more electrical
resistances, or loads, are connected across the same
voltage source, as shown in figure 2-6, is a parallel circuit.
The parallel circuit differs from the series circuit in that
more than one path is provided for current flow. The
minimum requirements for a parallel circuit are the
A power source.
A resistance or load for each current path.
Two or more paths for current flow.
Compound. A compound circuit is a combination
of series and parallel circuits. A series-parallel circuit
consists of groups of parallel resistors. An example of a
series-parallel circuit is shown in figure 2-7. The
requirements for a series-parallel circuit are as follows:
Power source (battery).
More than one path for current flow.
A control (switch).
Safety device (fuse).
2-6. Measuring Equipment. Various lights, testers, and
meters used to measure electrical values are explained in
the following paragraphs.
Test Lights. Test lights consist of ordinary low
voltage incandescent lamps, neon lamps or headsets, and
a pair of leads for connecting the indicator to the circuit to
be tested. These testers are simple pieces of test
equipment used to. check the continuity of fuses and line
circuits. These testers do not give accurate qualitative
measurements such as can be obtained with a meter.
However, their simplicity is of considerable advantage
when open and closed circuit tests are made. The neon
and lamp testers also can be used to distinguish between
ac and dc supplies and to test capacitors. In some testers
a switching arrangement allows a source of voltage to be
inserted in series with the test lamp, so that circuits with
no voltage applied to them can be checked.
Continuity Tester. A continuity tester uses the
measurements of resistance. It can be used to check for
opens, shorts, or grounds, as shown in figure 2-8.
. The D'Arsonval meter, as
shown in figure 2-9, is a dc galvanometer consisting of a
narrow rectangular coil suspended between the poles of a
permanent magnet. The D'Arsonval meter movement is
a current measuring device which is used in ammeters,
voltmeters, and ohmmeters. The D'Arsonval meter is
being phased out by digital measuring equipment.


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Speaking with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Thursday, Obama called his 2006 decision "a political vote."
"I think that it's important to understand the vantage point of a Senator versus the vantage point of a president," he said. "When you’re a senator, traditionally what's happened is this is always a lousy vote. Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit for the United States by a trillion dollars. As President, you start realizing, 'You know what? We can't play around with this stuff."
"So that was just a example of a new Senator, you know, making what is a political vote as opposed to doing what was important for the country. And I'm the first one to acknowledge it," he said.
Obama also conceded that when the current Senate is faced with the same decision, some members may make the same calculation he did.
"The burden is going to fall a lot on Democrats in the Senate to make this happen, but in both chambers, we’re going to need some votes from the other side," he said.
Congress is likely to take up a debt limit increase measure after it returns in May from a two-week recess. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said this week the United States will reach its current $14.29 trillion borrowing threshold on May 16, but that his department can maneuver some of its payments to buy some time -- probably fewer than two additional months.
Congress has voted to raise the debt limit 75 times since 1962.


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Judge Rinder has said he'll keep dancing after being booted out of Strictly Come Dancing 2016.
The TV judge lost his place in last night's results show but hopes to keep his Salsa hips going with pro partner Oksana Platero.
At the weekend the top five remaining couples danced to impress the viewers at home as well as judges Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood in the Quarter Fnals.
In Sunday night's results, the marks from the judges were added together and combined with the results of the viewer vote.
Who left Strictly Come Dancing 2016 last night?
Those in the bottom two were Sports Presenter Ore Oduba and his professional partner Joanne Clifton, and star of Judge Rinder Robert Rinder and his professional partner Oksana Platero.
It was the second time in the dance off for both but for one it was the last and it was Judge Rinder who left Strictly Come Dancing 2016 this week with a unanimous decision from the judges to save Ore.
Following his exit, Judge Rinder said his experience on Strictly Come Dancing this year "wonderful and extraordinary".
"I used to watch Strictly and hear people talking about their journeys and I would groan like everybody else, but that is exactly what I have done, I have been on a journey with Oksana. It's been one of the most profound joys of my life," he enthused despite leaving.
Pro dancer Oksana added: "He is a man of many words and I am a woman of only a few words, and I love him."
And Judge Rinder added: “We are going to Salsa Club! I actually want to keep up with some of the ballroom stuff and want to keep up with the foxtrot.
“In fact I am going to open my own club and call it Foxtrot and Cocktails!”
Strictly Come Dancing 2016 continues Saturday and Sunday night on BBC One.
Judge Rinder and Oksana will appear on BBC Two's It Takes Two tonight from 6:30PM.


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Thursday, February 13th, 2014 at 2:57pm. 26001 Views, 3 Comments.
2013 was a year of significant improvements for the Portland real estate market. The number of distressed sales, otherwise known as bank owned or short sales, has significantly dropped over the past year, resulting in fewer “underwater” homes being placed on the market. RMLS reported this month that distressed sales dropped from 28.6% to 15.1%.
Prices in 2013 were also significantly improved in the Portland Metro. RMLS reported a 12.8% increase in the median home price last year for the Portland area. Typically, as the market goes up, the number of distressed homes for sale goes down. This is good news for both sellers and buyers.
We at JMA are thrilled that the market is getting so much healthier. This improvement allows for buyer to search for…


Studying the real-time kinetics of gene expression quantitatively in vivo is technically very challenging but could offer genuine insight into fundamental biological processes. In two related papers in the Journal of Cell Biology and EMBO Journal, Ono and colleagues describe the novel reporter mouse Tocky (‘timer of cell kinetics and activity’; the homonym ‘toki’ means ‘time’ in Japanese). The Tocky model uses a fluorescent timer protein that spontaneously shifts its emission from blue to red with a distinct half-life. Through appropriate pairing of the timer protein and quantitative modeling, it is potentially possible to monitor transcriptional activity in vivo for any gene of interest. The authors use Tocky mice to investigate the kinetics of gene expression in regulatory T cells during differentiation and under inflammatory conditions.
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Fehervari, Z. All about timing. Nat Immunol 19, 901 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-018-0195-y


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Cabin Chills Quilt Kit featuring Old Made Fabric by J Wecker Frisch
The Cabin Chills Quilt Pattern by J. Wecker Frisch features pieced houses and uses the Old Made Cards Panel (P10591-PANEL).
Finished size is 50 3/4" x 79 1/2"
Quilt kit includes all fabric to make quilt top as shown in picture. Batting and backing to be purchased separately.


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St. Patrick parish in Carmelite Review
The latest edition of The Carmelite Review, the newsletter for the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, contains articles about Carmelite communities and ministries coping during the pandemic.
One article by Fr. Gerard Power is about St. Patrick parish. The Review can be read at www.carmelites.net/cr/.


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The Coalition Government has today released the final report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) Foreign Currency Conversion Services Inquiry.
This is the first report of its kind released by the ACCC that finds Australians are paying too much for foreign currency conversion services, particularly for international money transfers, and the main beneficiaries are the major banks.
In October 2018, the Government commissioned the ACCC to hold an inquiry into the supply of foreign currency conversion services in Australia. Of the more than $40 billion in foreign currency transactions that take place in Australia each year, the ACCC's report finds that;
- Prices are difficult to compare
- Customer inertia is limiting the growth of smaller providers and new entrants
- Loyalty to the big four banks costs consumers
- Payment cards are generally cheaper than foreign cash, travel cards and international money transfers
- De-banking is a significant threat to competition in the supply of international money transfers
The ACCC report also found that currency conversion rates vary substantially between different providers. By way of example, a customer transferring A$10,500 to the United States could save up to A$550 by using the cheapest provider.
The ACCC's report also highlighted that Australian consumers are paying higher fees than consumers in other countries. The ACCC found that in some circumstances Australian consumers are paying 30 per cent more than those in the US for the same service.
In response to these findings, the Government strongly supports the ACCC's recommendations to increase competition and lower transaction fees. The ACCC has released a "Guide for Consumers" on their website including the following advice to consumers:
- How to shop around to get a better total price
- Suppliers offer better retail rates online
- Cash is more expensive at the airport than other locations
- When using a credit or debit card overseas, consumers should avoid the option of paying in Australian dollars as this is usually a more expensive option
The ACCC will now assess industry's implementation of the recommendations and report back to Government within 12 months to ensure that action has been taken. If the ACCC finds industry is not complying with these recommendations, or that the implementation of these recommendations has failed to address the concerns that have been identified, the Government will consider taking further action to ensure that consumers are properly informed and not being taken advantage of.
The Government also agrees with the ACCCs proposal to urgently conduct further work on the issue of de-banking, where third party providers are denied access to banking services by the major banks, who are also their competitors.
The Government will establish a taskforce to consult with all relevant stakeholders and report back with further reform options, ensuring that compliance with Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws does not unnecessarily stifle competition.


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09:30AM - 9:40AM – Welcome and opening
09:40AM - 10:20AM – Are supercomputer centers ready for the big data era?, Invited talk by Si Liu, TACC
As of 2021, the big data explosion continues, and the best supercomputers in the world are close to the exascale. Many applications on supercomputers deploy machine learning models and involve a huge amount of data nowadays. This generates enormous opportunities and challenges to supercomputer users, as well as supercomputer administrators and supporters. In this presentation, we will talk about the work and experience of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). Particularly, we will demonstrate 1) how we configured and managed TACC’s supercomputer systems to satisfy different scientific requirements and support various software stacks; 2) how we prepared multiple storage systems for diverse data usage and I/O work; 3) how we developed new tools and workflows for maintaining various user environments, bundling jobs, and improving I/O performance; and 4) how we designed new training programs and materials for staff and users.
10:20AM - 11:10AM – Session 1
Amit Ruhela, Stephen Lien Harrell and Richard Todd Evans. Scaling Containerization on multi-Petaflops CPU and GPU HPC platforms.
Richard Evans. User-oriented Lustre Filesystem Monitoring.
11:10AM - 11:30AM – Break
11:30AM - 12:45AM – Session 2
Miguel Ferreira, André Neves, Rodrigo Gorjão, Carlos Cruz and Miguel L. Pardal. Smart meter data processing: a showcase for simple and efficient textual processing.
João Vilaça, João Paulo and Ricardo Vilaça. Geolocate: A geolocation-aware scheduling system for Edge Computing.
César Borges and João Paulo. Realistic Assessment of Faults in Storage Systems.
Each paper has 20 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for questions and answers.


When the two meet on Friday, a fortnight after the royal said the UK’s Rwandan deportation policy was “appalling,” Boris Johnson will advise Prince Charles to keep an “open mind” about it.
The Prince of Wales should be able to recognize Rwanda as a nation that has undergone “substantial transformation” since the 1994 genocide, according to the Prime Minister.
Asylum seekers deported from the UK would be sent to Kigali, the country’s capital, under the flagship policy, which is in jeopardy after a European court effectively grounded the first flight last week. Mr. Johnson intends to avoid visiting the housing in Kigali.
On the sidelines of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali, Mr. Johnson and Prince Charles, who are both visiting Rwanda for the first time as Prime Minister, are scheduled to have a “cup of tea and a chat.”
The Prime Minister was asked what he would tell Charles before the meeting.
“I am delighted that Prince Charles and everyone here is today to see a country that has undergone a complete, or very significant transformation,” he responded.
When asked if, during his meeting with the heir to the throne, he would defend the deportation strategy, Mr. Johnson responded, “People need to keep an open mind about the policy, the critics need to keep an open mind about the policy. Many people are able to recognize its clear benefits. Therefore, it goes without saying that I will bring up that point if I see the prince tomorrow.
Yes, it hasn’t come up yet, of course, but the PM promised to defend the policy if it does.
The Times reports that the government’s new deportation policy has angered the heir to the throne.
The Prince оf Wales had expressed his displeasure in a private cоnversatiоn, accоrding tо the newspaper.
“He expressed his dissatisfactiоn with the pоlicy,” accоrding tо the sоurce. “He believes the gоvernment’s entire strategy is appalling,” he said. He was clearly dissatisfied with the gоvernment’s cоurse.”
It happened after Mr. Jоhnsоn met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame fоr private talks. During thоse talks, the twо praised the “successful” depоrtatiоn plan despite the fact that the Prime Minister arrived in the east African cоuntry befоre any asylum seekers and that the strategy was beset by legal disputes.
“The Prime Minister met Rwandan President Paul Kagame this mоrning, in his first engagement in Kigali ahead оf the Cоmmоnwealth Heads оf Gоvernment Meeting,” a Dоwning Street spоkesman said after the meeting.
He expressed his gratitude fоr being in the lоvely city оf Kigali and thanked President Kagame fоr Rwanda’s remarkable sоcial and ecоnоmic develоpment in just a few decades.
“The leaders discussed ways tо address the internatiоnal fallоut frоm Putin’s invasiоn, including sharply rising glоbal fооd prices, which are hitting African cоuntries the hardest. The Prime Minister welcоmed Rwanda’s mоral stance оn the war in Ukraine.
The successful UK-Rwanda Migratiоn and Ecоnоmic Develоpment Partnership, which is cоmbating risky smuggling gangs while giving peоple a chance tо start оver in a secure natiоn, was alsо praised by the leaders.
The Prime Minister expressed his hоpe that CHOGM wоuld be a great success as the UK handed оver the Cоmmоnwealth Chair-in-Office tо Rwanda. President Kagame and the Prime Minister cоncurred that the Cоmmоnwealth is a special fоrum fоr addressing urgent glоbal challenges and that the Summit shоuld be an example оf cооperatiоn and develоpment.
I just had a fantastic cоnversatiоn with Paul Kagame, Mr. Jоhnsоn said.
“This is sоmething he cares deeply abоut. He has spent a cоnsiderable amоunt оf time as a refugee. He is familiar with hоw it is. He оbserves the issue оf vulnerable peоple being trafficked internatiоnally and acrоss the English Channel.
“He sees this as a chance fоr the UK and Rwanda tо wоrk tоgether tо address a grоwing glоbal issue.
He declared, “It’s nоt just abоut migratiоn. “It cоncerns a variety оf tоpics, including green technоlоgy, financial services, and educatiоn and trade, amоng оthers.
“It is a partnership that is grоwing.”
He claimed that thоse whо were against the pоlicy were dоing sо because оf “an оutdated perceptiоn, perhaps a stereоtype оf Rwanda.”


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A century ago this month the U.S. passed the Volstead Act, which prohibited the sale, production, and use of alcohol in the U.S. Prohibition was repealed 14 years later. In recent years, collectively the U.S. consumes about 8 billion gallons of alcohol a year.
Efforts to ban alcohol in the U.S. began in the 1820s and were fueled by religious revivalism. The state of Maine passed the first prohibition laws in 1846.
The campaign against alcohol coincided with the women’s suffrage movement because alcohol was seen as destructive to families and marriages. When U.S. troops left to fight in World War I in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson instituted a temporary wartime prohibition to save grain for the war effort. The 18th Amendment which banned alcohol was submitted to Congress about the same time and was passed with three-fourths of the states’ approval in Jan. 1919. The Volstead Act was passed in October 1919 and provided guidelines for enforcement.
The Prohibition era began with a decline in drinking and less arrests for drunkenness but long term enforcement was not successful. With the death toll of gang warfare and cost of policing illegal sales rising, support for Prohibition began to decline during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt’s first presidential campaign was partially based on repealing the 18th Amendment and after he won, the 21st Amendment was ratified by Dec. 1933. LDS stronghold Utah, was the 36th state to ratify the end of Prohibition.
Alcohol might be the drug that is the most widely enjoyed in the United States but it is also credited as the third leading cause of preventable death behind smoking and bad diet by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2017, about 47,000 Americans died as a result of opioid overdose and more than 88,000 died from alcohol-related causes.
U.S. beverage industry, 2016
Percentage of total 53 billion gallons
Alcohol consumption by years
Liters per person per year
Percentage of drinkers
The average number of drinks per capita consumed in a week, by decile, for adults 18 and older. This is from a 2006 survey of more than 43,000 people by the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Nearly 30% of Americans are not drinkers, but 10% of adults drink heavily.
Binge drinking: 5 or more drinks on an occasion for men or 4 or more drinks for women.
Heavy drinking: 15 or more drinks per week for men or 8 or more drinks per week for women.
According to the CDC, binge drinking is the most common, costly, and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States.
Taxes by state
Californians are said to pay more taxes than any other state but they can raise a glass to celebrate that it’s not the case when it comes to booze. Of all alcoholic beverages subject to taxation, hard liquor has the highest tax rates. Here are maps of each state from the Tax Foundation that show the difference in taxation for liquor, wine and beer. California ranks near the bottom for all three.
Sources: CDC, Library of Congress, National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Beverage Information Group Top photo from Wikimedia Commons

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Lámina is a queer and trans-feminist cultural project aiming at being intersectional and inclusive. The cultural space founded by Indigo Canullo Stefanelli and Betel Mabille offers creative workshops, lectures, moments of share&care, round tables, research opportunities, screenings, readings, exhibitions, coworking and tools for social emancipation. The value of personal experiences is essential at Lámina Queer Space.
QUEER they are and they want to celebrate queer folx & women as well as they deserve it. As Indigo says : “With no representations, we feel alone and lost. If we don’t know that someone else -even one single person- to who we can relate exists our there… we believe we’re the only one. The only one feeling something, liking something, looking like something. Once we gather, we feel strong and empowered. We feel in charge. We feel validated and alive.”
THE COMMON GROUND is Lámina Queer Space first physical event at Galerie Toison d’Or. Several queer artists, from different backgrounds and media, are invited to show their art in the heart of Ixelles. Opening event is on Thursday June 24th With live performances by TUMBA, Ephélide//de mots, Biche de Ville, Camille Pier and Nina Fafchamps & Jean Samuel N’Sengi. Exhibition then continues till July 8th with artists Harmony Masego Benegusenga, Jean Samuel N’Sengi, Leyla Cabaux (ley.cab), Fatma Ben Aissa, Wafa Ben Romdhane aka Waf, Emmanuel Cortés, Loup KASS, Miska Tokarek and Camille Dejean.
“A shout for our existence. Our queer bodies deserve to exist. Our queer bodies deserve to resonate. Our queer bodies have a common ground under their feet. They’re grounded in pain and trauma, but also joy and growth.”
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Zack Abron rushed for a 10-yard touchdown in Saturday's scrimmage.
April 6, 2002
COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Missouri Tigers held their first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday on Faurot Field in Columbia. The scrimmage lasted over two hours as each first, second and third team player played around 50 plays each. Head Coach Gary Pinkel gave his impressions of the first scrimmage.
"I think like most spring scrimmages, there was some good and some bad," said Pinkel. "The intensity is greatly improved, the enthusiasm is better and they're hitting harder."
The Missouri defense highlighted the scrimmage, holding the Tigers' offense to only three touchdowns. Two of those touchdowns came in red zone situations. Junior running back Zack Abron was the standout player for the Mizzou offense. Abron broke away from the first team defense for a 20-yard dash on the first play of the scrimmage. The third team All-Big 12 performer had Missouri defenders bouncing off of him all day. His most impressive run was a 10-yard touchdown run where he plowed over two would-be tacklers.
The defensive star of the scrimmage was redshirt freshman Quincy Wade. The product of Lindbergh High School in St. Louis was seemingly in on every tackle. Wade laid several hits on Missouri backs and receivers that had the crowd buzzing. He also had one of two Missouri interceptions on the day. The other interception belonged to walk-on linebacker Ryan Binkholder, a senior who lettered for three years at Westminster College.
"The No. 1 defense played well today, and they should," said Pinkel. "There is experience there, they're strong and they're quick. Keith Wright stood out today. He really made some good plays, as did Quincy Wade."
Missouri quarterbacks Kirk Farmer, Brad Smith and Santino Riccio all split time between the first, second and third team units. Farmer and Smith both threw touchdown passes to tight end Ben Frederickson in back-to-back series during the red zone portion of the scrimmage.
The Mizzou defense held the Missouri offense out of the end zone during the two-minute drill of the scrimmage. Smith led the first team offense to a field goal with four seconds to go in the scrimmage. Smith connected with junior wide receiver Shirdonya Mitchell four times during the two-minute drill, before redshirt freshman Ben Lambert kicked a field goal to end the scrimmage.
NOTES First team All-Big 12 wide receiver Justin Gage did not scrimmage on Saturday. Gage, who helped lead the Missouri basketball team to the Elite Eight just two weeks ago, is being brought back slowly to allow his body to rest.
Several former Missouri players were in attendance on Saturday, including all-time leading rusher Brock Olivo. Other former Tigers watching the scrimmage included All-Big Eight offensive lineman Mike Bedosky, and recent Tigers Jamonte Robinson, David Monroe and Duke Revard. Long time Mizzou assistant coach Harry Smith also attended Saturday's scrimmage. Smith was an assistant coach in 1941 and coached under Don Faurot and Dan Devine from 1952-1966.
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Both Eric Beale (played by Barrett Foa) and Nell Jones (Renée Felice Smith) said goodbye to their NCIS family in last week’s final episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 12. Foa recently took to Twitter with a touching message to CBS viewers who may still be recovering from his unexpected decision to leave the series.
Long-running NCIS: Los Angeles regular Barrett Foa has opened up to fans following his character Eric Beale’s departure after last weekend’s saddening season 12 finale.
Viewers were emotionally crushed when they realised last week’s episode was both Foa and his co-star Renée Felice Smith last as part of the spin-off’s main cast.
Rather than officially sign on as the replacement for Operation Manager Hetty Lange (Linda Hunt), Nell Jones decided her time with the NCIS had come to an end.
In the emotionally devastating season finale, ‘A Tale of Two Igors’, Eric and Jones decided to leave the sun-soaked beaches of California behind them and head up a new tech business in Tokyo.
On the following Monday, Barrett Foa took control of NCIS: LA’s official Twitter page with some words of encouragement for Beale’s grieving fans.
He captioned the video message: “From flip flops to leather jackets, Los Angeles to Tokyo, we’ve been with them through it all.
“Let’s hear it for Eric Beale and Nell Jones! Ops won’t be the same without them.”
The star then appeared to be incredibly affected as his 12-year journey with the series came to an end.
With the show already renewed for a 13th instalment, there’s a strong possibility either Eric or Nell will be back on screens within the year.
Foa continued: “So, it was a little bittersweet seeing Beale and Nell ride off into the sunset in his matte-black Lamborghini, but I think the adventure is gonna continue outside of Ops.”
He then began to choke up as he teased his possible next appearance.
The star went on: “Yeah, it’s gonna be a while until you see the Wonder Twins back again but… sorry, I’m getting a little emotional.”
“I know that Beale and Nell, and I know that Barrett and Renée will be having the time of their lives. We’ll see you soon.”
His video was promptly met with some moving messages from fans wishing Foa the best of luck for his future projects outside of NCIS.
Outside of the CBS spin-off, he has recently made several guest appearances in the final season of Will & Grace, and returned to the stage in 2020 for a Missouri-based production of Angels in America.
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Is Lazarbeam getting a Fortnite skin? We explore the YouTuber’s new teaser and supporting evidence of an Icon Series skin.
Since the release of Ninja’s Fortnite skin, fans of the game have been speculating about which creators could be next. We’ve now seen Loserfruit, Lachlan, and TheGrefg receive skins in Fortnite, along with celebrities like Travis Scott and Marshmello.
Well, according to Lazarbeam, it could be him.
Lazarbeam Icon Series Skin
On March 1, Lazarbeam scheduled a video entitled, “MY FORTNITE SKIN REVEAL.” Fans immediately wondered whether or not the Australian YouTuber – known for his gags – was pulling a fast one on his fanbase.
We still don’t know whether or not this announcement is legitimate, but the early signs point to it being the real deal. Lazarbeam even assured his followers that it isn’t clickbait.
Fortnite data miner, iFireMonkey, added further legitimacy to the announcement by looking at the files for the planned video.
“The Lazarbeam Icon Series video appears to be only 2 Minutes and 25 Seconds long according to the videos content details,” he wrote on Twitter. “Due to the video length being pretty short, I would say this is 99% confirmed to be his icon series skin.”
The video is scheduled to release at 5:00 PM EST (2:00 PST), so we’ll know more when we can watch Lazarbeam’s announcement.
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If this is Lazarbeam’s entrance to the Icon Series, it would be the first time that a creator revealed their skin before it was leaked. This could be why Epic and Lazarbeam are announcing it now – before it enters the game files for data miners to find.
Of course, there’s still a small chance that we’re one of the many fans who are taking the bait. We’ll let you know when we see the video in a few hours.
SypherPK, Loserfruit, and other Fortnite Creators receive mysterious DVDs of Crop Circle footage
Several DVDs containing crop circle footage have been sent out to Fortnite creators following the leak of an imminent alien invasion.
Just after Fortnite update v16.50 revealed an impending alien invasion, content creators started to receive mysterious DVD players containing DVDs of crop circle footage.
Fortnite v16.50 threw players a curveball once dataminers revealed that aliens would be invading the game. Starting towards the end of Chapter 2 Season 6, UFOs will randomly abduct players and teleport them to different locations on the map. There are also various quests that point towards the existence of extraterrestrial lifeforms.
A lot of fans are speculating that this means Season 7 will be themed around aliens. However, there’s more than just datamined files that suggest this. A few Fortnite content creators have received packages in the mail containing portable DVD players and a DVD titles “They’re Coming”.
Crop Circle DVDs might be related to Fortnite
Creators AussieAntics and Martyn Littlewood were among the first to post about the mysterious DVD players. According to them, there was no indication it was from Epic Games or related to Fortnite. However, only people who are notable Fortnite creators received these packages.
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It was later confirmed that LoserFruit, a creator who has her own Fortnite skin, also received a similar package. She shared footage of the DVD while streaming on Twitch. Streamer SypherPK also received a DVD player and shared the crop circle footage with his stream as well. Interestingly enough, each creator’s DVD showed a different crop circle located somewhere in the real world.
While there hasn’t been any confirmation from Epic Games or Fortnite that this is related to the game, this wouldn’t be the first time Fortnite dabbled in alternate-reality teasers. For Fortnite Chapter 1 Season 5, Epic Games erected several real-world statues and riddled secret codes within the game. This is seemingly another stunt to raise anticipation for Chapter 2 Season 7.
With Season 7 being a few days away, Fortnite is starting to hype up its arrival. It’s no coincidence that the discovery of aliens coming to Fortnite occurred simultaneously to creators receiving crop circle footage. Season 7 starts on June 8 when Fortnite is invaded by aliens.
Clix promises change following backlash from controversial laxative tweet
Cody “Clix” Conrod promisesto be more mature while streaming and on social media following his Fortnite Creator Code being disabled.
After Pro Fortnite player and Cody “Clix” Conrod had his Support-a-Creator code disabled, he promises to start being more mature while streaming and on social media.
16-year-old Conrod posted a tasteless tweet on May 11, 2021, that involved putting laxatives in a girl’s drink without her knowledge. While the tweet was meant as a joke, Epic Games saw it as unacceptable behavior from someone representing its platform.
As a result of the tweet, Epic Games disabled Clix’s Fortnite Creator Code and also removed Clix’s name from featured creative maps. Soon after facing these repercussions, Clix posted a series of remorseful tweets stating that he knew what he had tweeted was wrong.
Clix promises to be more mature
A few days after his Creator Code was disabled, Clix posted another tweet promising a change. He stated that he would be more mature during streams and on all social media platforms. Clix stated, “I just love f*cking around and being myself, but with the huge community I have, I needa start setting an example.”
Clix has amassed 3.9M followers on Twitch and 1.7M on Twitter. Many of his followers believe his actions weren’t “that bad” or that they should be excused because of his age. However, Clix now seems to understand the responsibility that comes with having such a massive following.
As of right now, Epic Games hasn’t re-enabled Clix’s code, and his name is still removed from several featured maps. It’s unknown how much Clix will suffer financially from the loss of his code. Fellow NRG member and Fortnite streamer Ronaldo recently revealed that he hadn’t even seen $1M from his creator code. Yet, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins claims he was able to make $5M from his code in a single month.
It’s too early to see if Clix will keep his promise to become a more mature streamer. His sorrowful tweets could be a knee-jerk reaction to facing backlash. Or, it could be the product of self-reflection. Only time will tell whether Clix is really turning over a new leaf, or if his immature sense of humor will get the best of him.
Ninja claims he made $5M from his Fortnite Creator Code in a single month
During his return to Fortnite, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins claimed he once made $5M in a single month from his Creator Code.
During a recent stream on Twitch, gaming superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins claimed that he made $5 million in a single month through Fortnite’s Creator Code program.
Epic Games first introduced the Support-a-Creator code program back in 2018. In the middle of Chapter 1 Season 6, players could enter a code while purchasing items from the shop. A small portion of each sale would then go to the creator whose code was used.
This eventually branched out into other games owned by Epic Games. Rocket League content creators and streamers have their own codes that can be used in the item shop. While it isn’t too difficult to qualify for a Fortnite Creator Code, it takes a lot to turn a decent profit.
Ninja makes $5M from Fortnite Creator Code
Yesterday, May 13, 2021, Ninja returned to Fortnite live for the first time in months. While playing with pro-player NRG Ronaldo, the two started to discuss wages earned from their Creator Codes. Ninja stated, “I think the most I’ve ever made in a month off of the Creator Code was like five-mil. I’m not joking.“
While there hasn’t been any physical evidence showing that Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has made this much money, it wouldn’t be surprising. Ninja was once the largest streamer on Twitch and has made multiple million-dollar deals since his peak.
Ninja has proven in the past that he is more than capable of taking advantage of situations like the Fortnite Creator Code program. When Twitch introduced its Prime Subscriptions, fellow streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek accused Ninja of sub botting. When in reality, Ninja continuously plugged and encouraged his viewers to sign up for Twitch Prime and use their free subscriptions on his stream.
Since returning to Twitch after being bought out of his contract with Mixer, Ninja has seemed quiet compared to his career’s peak. He’s no longer flossing by himself in Time Square or playing Fortnite at Coachella.
That being said, Ninja’s remarkable gaming career has yet to be matched by someone else. Even with the likes of Grefg pulling millions of viewers in a single stream, or Dr. Lupo who raises millions of dollars a year for charity. Ninja’s presence in the media outside of gaming is what separates him from the rest of the gaming community.
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