German Forces Test Stabilized Camera System
German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement assigned UAV manufacturer EMT with testing of the MicroBAT 275, Bental's latest development of a stabilized camera system for light weight UAVs. The intention of the tests is to equip close range UAVs in the field with Bental's stabilized camera system.
"With the use of Bental's stabilized camera system we hope to improve the picture quality of surveillance flights by our close range unmanned aerial vehicles," says Guenter Freiwald, Project Manager Close Range UAV at the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement.
Headquartered in Israel, Bental manufactures electrical motion systems for aerospace and defense applications. Bental's latest development, a stabilized gimbal with daylight or night vision camera MicroBAT 275, optimally suits for integrating imaging sensors usually only found on larger platforms into light weight UAV.
"Our stabilized camera system MicroBAT 275 has a diameter of 2.75 inch and a weight including housing, of only 350g," says Oliver Kittan, representative of Bental in Germany, "This likely makes it the most light-weight and compact camera system of its kind in the world."
Several UAV manufacturers have already integrated Bental's stabilized camera system into their platforms. Among them are ITL with their UAV Lightener, and Oto Melara and Celin Avio with their UAV Ibis.
German UAV manufacturer, EMT, is currently testing integration of Bental's camera system into its UAV systems. "The low weight of Bental's stabilized camera system, MicroBAT 275, predestines it for use in EMT´s family of UAVs", says Kittan.
Bental Industries Ltd., a member of KMN Holdings, is a manufacturer of electrical motion systems which range from brushless motors and servo actuators via starter generators with permanent magnet technology and suitable controllers to stabilized gimbals with camera systems. Bental's products find application in unmanned aerial vehicles, jet engines, optronics, antenna drives as well as turret and weapon positioning systems of armored fighting vehicles.
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The Royal Danish Navy is boosting its autonomous mine countermeasures capabilities by procuring new uncrewed underwater systems.
A defence analyst claims that Russia's move to acquire and deploy Iranian UAV's in Ukraine tells of wider weapons supply issues and a depletion of stocks.
A team at the University of Maine will define a path forward to support advanced manufacturing of USVs, under a contract from the US Office of Naval Research.
Insitu receives order for 13 Blackjack and 25 ScanEagle UAVs.
Ukraine ordered 40 Warmates, half of which have already reached frontline units with the remainder to arrive by the end of September.
Despite a number of Skyborg test successes, a defence expert has questioned how the development of next generation drones will advance without activities being concentrated and clear requirements set out.


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After more than six decades, a better airport still eludes fliers–especially in the U.S. Here's why.
Is Stratolaunch ready to fly? Paul Allen's gigantic plane raises its nose off the ground in record breaking 126mph taxi test
The company says the Airlander 10 prototype 'served its purpose' and plans to move on to production models
After first emerging from its hangar in the middle of 2017, the Stratolaunch aircraft has been slowly but surely edging towards takeoff with a series of increasingly rapid taxi tests.
Elon Musk turned a few heads on Twitter yesterday, January 9 when he claimed that an upcoming Tesla car might have the ability to fly. But is such an idea actually possible?
The flying taxi space is becoming pretty crowded with what you could call audacious vehicle concepts, and Bell has just dropped another one to coincide with CES in Las Vegas.
Nobody owns the air. A look at the deception being perpetrated by the aircraft manufacturers and airlines charging for fuel they don't use.
Herb Kelleher, the larger-than-life Southwest Airlines impresario who taught the world that air travel did not have to be the exclusive plaything of the rich, died yesterday at 87.


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Square Enix today announced that, starting next month, the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy will be coming to Windows PCs.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13
In Square Enix's 'Inside the Square' video, we get to see everything that it took to create Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13. Square Enix has also announced that players will be able to download Tomb Raider's costume as day one downloadable content.
Brush up on the new ways you can dispatch your foes in this "Evolution of Battle" trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13.

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Here we go again. Last night, Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate majority leader and the head of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced a new unemployment extension bill. It is not actually strictly standalone: It includes an extension of the period in which homebuyers can close on a house and claim the homebuyer tax credit, a change agreed to in the House yesterday, and other provisions.
“Folks in Montana and across the nation are struggling to find jobs in this tough economy, and every day these benefits are lapsed is another day Americans worry how they will feed their families while they look for work,” Baucus said in a press release. “I urge my colleagues to stand with us to support American families and restore the unemployment insurance benefits that are often the only lifeline many workers have in this tough economy.”
Reid filed for cloture last night, and is working with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to move the bill today, though Republicans have repeatedly objected to any measure that increases the deficit.
The new bill extends federal unemployment insurance benefits through November 2010, and the closing period for qualification for the homebuyer tax credit to Sept. 30. It is technically a substitute amendment to the killed jobs legislation. Here is a summary of what’s in the bill:
Unemployment benefits: Restarts the emergency unemployment compensation program phased out at the end of May 2010. The program provides up to 53 weeks of extended benefits, depending on the state’s unemployment rate. The measure is retroactive — meaning that Americans who have lost their unemployment checks will be compensated — and goes through November.
Further extended benefits: Restarts funding for further tiers of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks.
Eliminates the penalty for part-time workers collecting unemployment benefits: Gives states the option to let U.I. claimants keep certain benefits if switching to state benefits would reduce their weekly U.I. check by at least $100 or 25 percent. These three provisions cost $33.9 billion over 10 years.
Extends the closing date for the homebuyer tax credit: Homebuyers need to have purchased a house by April 30, 2010. Now, they need to close by Oct. 1, not July 1, 2010. The provision is estimated to cost $140 million over 10 years.
Change to the Travel Promotion Act: The Department of Homeland Security was due to fund the Travel Promotion Board by the end of the year. This delays that funding start by a year. This change saves $95 million over 10 years.
No, you cannot claim a homebuyer tax credit from prison: Remember all those prisoners claiming the homebuyer tax credit — even when serving life sentences? This allows the IRS to disclose tax return information to prison officials, to help recoup money from fraudulent claims. This raises $6 million over 10 years.
Finding money elsewhere: This takes back $94 million in unspent Defense Department funding due to expire on Sept. 30, 2010. This saves $45 million over 10 years.

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The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with her Brazilian counterpart, Secretary General of Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Maria Laura da Rocha in a call February 22. They discussed the situation in Ukraine ahead of the one-year marker of Russia’s illegal, full-scale invasion. They also discussed the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Brazil, including cooperation on climate, inclusive economic growth, racial equity and justice, and regional democracy. The conversation follows the productive visit by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Washington and meeting with President Biden on February 10.
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After a mercifully undisturbed night in an Indian sugarcane field, I packed up and started cycling towards the Nepalese border. The road passed through a forest, a welcome change from the dense population that had thus far been the norm in India.
I returned to a sprawling urban area at the border itself. The towns on either side seem merged into one. A bridge marks the border but there is little in the way of border formalities; locals seem to come and go as they please. I reached Nepalese immigration and had to turn around as I’d not yet been to their Indian equivalent.
Getting to Indian customs proved a slight problem. An immigration official stopped me on my way back and demanded to see my passport. She spoke very little English but demanded to see my Nepalese exit stamp. She did not understand when I said I hadn’t actually been to Nepal yet! Thankfully an English speaker showed up and translated. The new arrival, Sarita, showed me to the immigration office. It was no wonder I’d missed it; it was a small, nondescript, empty building.
After about half an hour an immigration official showed up and stamped me out of India. Nepalese immigration was quick and I soon purchased my Visa on Arrival. I cycled away from the border, through the city of Nepalgunj.
Once past the city, the road entered a huge forest. The only residents I saw were monkeys. Traffic was minimal – which meant no honking, a sharp contrast to India. I greatly enjoyed it. In the evening I set up camp in the woods, my nicest campsite in weeks.
I continued to roll along, with a series of hills for my second day in Nepal. Mountains made an appearance the day after, for the first time in a few weeks.
According to Ignace (a Belgian with whom I cycled in Tajikistan), these mountains featured some of the best scenery he’d seen on his trip. Unfortunately clouds were omnipresent during my time there and I never got to see much of a view.
After a couple of days I descended out of the mountains and into Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city. That evening I met with a group of other cyclists for dinner: Ross, Pax, Robin and Sabina. I’d cycled with Ross and Pax in central Asia, and they’d more recently been cycling with Robin and Sabina, a Dutch couple. After a couple of rest days we all planned to cycle out of Pokhara together.
On one of those rest days Ross, Robin and I decided to ride a mountain bike trail around the nearby lake.
The road climbed steeply up. The surface was rough and there were a fair few pushing sections. Eventually we made our way up to a stupa atop a mountain.
We rode (and walked/carried) the bikes down a single-track trail. As we neared the city we saw a group of people filling bottles from a spring. They are then carried in baskets on women’s backs, secured with a strap around the forehead. The woman in the picture below was carrying around 30 litres.
We passed through some farmland. The fields were covered in monkeys!
We returned to Pokhara and met up with the women for lunch. We agreed to take another rest day tomorrow. Amongst the things I got done was purchasing a new tyre. It was 2.1 inches (53mm) wide, much wider than the tyres I usually use. The next couple of weeks would have particularly badly surfaced roads and I wanted the wide tyre for more comfort.
Another cyclist, Silas, arrived at my hotel. He decided he’d join us on our ride out of Pokhara, becoming the sixth member of our new group of cyclists.
November 18: 136 km
November 19: 154 km
November 20: 109 km
November 21: 95 km


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Despite the claim that the word is at our fingertips, the unreliability of many transportation and food service apps make them incredibly frustrating to use. Many people depend on these apps to either have drivers transport them from one location to the other or deliver food easily and quickly right to their door. However, problems such as higher prices, longer waiting times, and cancelations are causing grief amongst users of apps such as Uber, Lyft, UberEats and DoorDash.
Uber Technologies Inc. is known for their “convenient” transportation services, and has expanded to food delivery in recent years. There are 93 million active riders using the Uber app and 12.5 million active riders using Lyft each quarter, according to Backlinko.
Many people rely on these services to get them from place to place, but it is not always possible to get a ride to a specific location due to low driver turnout.
The average salary for an Uber driver in Pennsylvania is around $36,602, according to Statics.com. Still, many drivers have been experiencing pay reduction and, subsequently, wait time has gone up and even prevented service in some areas. According to CNBC, Uber and Lyft drivers were about 40% below capacity in 2020.
In order to accommodate drivers, cancellation fees are in place. A fee is charged if a driver has to wait on a rider for over two minutes. To combat the low turnout, giving drivers better reviews and larger tips may further incline them to stick with the position.
Although the number of drivers has gone down, people using food delivery apps is on the rise. These apps allow users to easily get a meal delivered from almost any restaurant of their choosing right to their door.
The main concern users face with these services is cancelation, which is also exacerbated by the lack of drivers. Essentially, the restaurant will have the food, they will be able to fulfill the order, but there is not a driver available to get the food to the customer.
We have had several experiences where UberEats has cancelled our orders. One editorial staff member on three separate occasions waited up to two and a half hours before the order was finally cancelled. Although the issue with the food wasn’t that the restaurant ran out, or that the driver couldn’t reach the location; the order was simply pushed back until the driver dismissed the initial pick up and delivery completely.
According to UberEats policy, “If a merchant runs out of an item or can’t accommodate your allergy or other special request, you may receive a notification giving you 10 minutes to update your order before it’s automatically canceled. You will not be charged if the merchant cancels your order.”
In our experience UberEats will delay your order until someone can pick it up. But if no one is in the area, then the order is ultimately cancelled. This may also have to do with the shortages in drivers since fewer drivers in the area make it harder for orders that fall through to get taken care of.
Restaurants, drivers, riders and pickup services must work together to make the process smoother and cost efficient for all parties, especially the drivers. Until then, good luck getting an Uber.


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Republican Sens. John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins voted against the ‘skinny’ Obamacare repeal bill, killing the GOP’s seven-year quest to unravel the Affordable Care Act early Friday morning.
The vote was stalled for more than an hour and all eyes were on McCain, who spoke to Vice President Mike Pence on the floor before he tipped the vote 51-49 in a spectacular defeat for the Republicans.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed the Senate, and said: ‘This is certainly a disappointing moment….I regret that our efforts were simply not enough this time.’
He concluded: ‘It’s time to move on.’
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer then took the floor and called for a bipartisan effort to make improvements.
He said: ‘We are not celebrating, we are relieved… Obamacare was hardly perfect. It did a lot of good things, but it needs improvement.’
Earlier Thursday evening, McCain and Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced they would oppose the bill unless they had a guarantee from Speaker Paul Ryan it would not pass through the House in its current state.
The senators were fearful the current bill, which would repeal individual mandates and leave 16million more Americans uninsured by 2026, would become law.
Instead, they hoped it would serve as a path for a House-Senate conference committee to try to work out another comprehensive healthcare legislation.
After Ryan spoke to the opposing senators on a conference call, McCain appeared to be the last holdout among the four as he spoke to Pence for more than 20 minutes on the Senate floor while the vote was stalled.
During a press conference on Thursday night, Graham slammed the bill and said: ‘The skinny bill as policy is disaster. As a replacement for Obamacare, it is a fraud.’
He added: ‘I need assurances from the speaker of the House and his team that if I vote for the skinny bill, then it will not be the final product. I’m not going to vote for a pig in a poke.’
Ryan tried to assuage their concerns, saying: ‘If moving forward requires a conference committee, that’s something the House is willing to do.’
While McCain initially branded Ryan’s response ‘insufficient’, the House speaker managed to convince both Graham and Johnson on a conference call to vote in favor of the bill, dubbed the Health Care Freedom Act.
McCain held out on declaring how he would vote, and all eyes were on the 80-year-old as he applauded Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who said: ‘Let’s start over. We can do better…It is not too late to turn back from this proposal’.
The convoluted developments played out as a divided Senate debated legislation to repeal and replace Democrat Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
With Democrats unanimously opposed, the slender GOP majority was divided among itself.
After both a comprehensive bill and a repeal-only option failed on the Senate floor earlier this week, McConnell and his top lieutenants turned toward a lowest-common-denominator solution known as ‘skinny repeal.’
The bill would repeal a few of the most unpopular pieces of the 2010 law known as Obamacare with the goal of getting something – anything – out of the Senate.
On Thursday night, the Congressional Budget Office said 15 million fewer Americans would be uninsured in 2018, with premiums 20percent higher by next year compared to the current law.
The number of uninsured Americans is expected to rise to 16 million by 2026. The bill would also decrease the deficit by $178.8 billion over the next ten years.
Any Senate legislation would be enough to kick the issue to a special negotiating committee with the House, which passed its own version in May.
If that panel can agree on a new bill, the full House and Senate would again have to approve the legislation – a process that could last for months.
‘I think people would look at it not necessarily based on its content, but as a forcing mechanism to cause the two sides of the building to try to solve it together,’ Republican Senator Bob Corker said. ‘That´s going to be the last chance.’

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We just spotted those two new official pictures of Outlaw King, the upcoming action biography drama movie starring Chris Pine in the lead role:
“Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) fights to reclaim the throne.”
Will you join Chris Pine in his fight against the English?
No official release date yet, but the film will premiere at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival.
Stay tuned for updates.

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Aboriginal group MG Corporation seeks partner for first step into Ord agriculture
A prominent North West Aboriginal corporation is to embark on its first foray into agriculture, after putting out calls for a partner to help develop land in stage two of the Ord irrigation area.
MG Corporation has called for expressions of interest for a joint-venture partner to develop agricultural enterprises on two plots of farm land at Goomig, near Kununurra.
The property is being transferred to the corporation by the State Government under a 2005 indigenous land use agreement.
One 285ha lot is due for completion next year, while a 390ha lot is expected to be completed in about two years. Expressions of interest for both close on November 2.
Both are part of the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project, and are within an agricultural area initially developed by the Government. A nearby area is farmed by Kimberley Agricultural Investment.
KAI has successfully grown maize, chickpeas, sorghum and chia in the area, as well as undertaking a commercial trial of cotton.
MG senior legal counsel Dominique Reeves said the corporation had also put out a call from potential joint-venture partners for its broader agricultural port-folio, as well as its significant pastoral landholdings.
“We hope to receive proposals which not only contribute economic returns, but also offer employment and training opportunities for MG (Miriuwung and Gajerrong) people,” she said.
The proposed development is part of a bigger plan to explore the full potential of the lands at MG’s disposal, totalling more than 400,000ha.
MG people also have native title over 14,000sqkm of land in the East Kimberley.
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Shuffle | SBTRKT
Transitions I - III
For those sick of enduring the wait for more of masked producer SBTRKT's sublime soulful bass music, that wait finally ended today with the announcement of Transitions, a series of six instrumental tracks spread across three EPs, each with "animated" packaging designed by A Hidden Place, the artist behind SBTRKT's iconic tribal masks.
The series gets its inspiration from London beatmaker's music prior to his 2011 self-titled debut LP. Whereas the record featured noteworthy vocal contributions, most notably from Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano and Sampha, Transitions reaches back to the instrumental sound that dominated his catalog prior to that.
"This is music written over the last year, whilst recording for my second album," SBTRKT says. "Much of the music I released before my debut album was instrumental and I want to continue to share this side of the music I make." With the crunch and clap of his skipping productions swirling with the electric hum of synths and deep bass underpinnings, the output is at times moodier than the brightness he displays on SBTRKT, but it all displays his keen ability to hover between vintage UK Garage, wobbly hip-hop instrumentals, and soulful bass ambiance.
All six tracks can be streamed now at transitions.sbtrkt.com, where they are also available for digital download. Later this month, each EP will see a vinyl release via the Young Turks label.
— Joshua P. Ferguson
Preview a few of the series' finer moments below:

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Cheap phones are becoming good, and good phones are becoming cheap. Devices like the Moto G5 Plus are proving that you don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to have a great phone, and ZTE’s new Blade Spark seems to be a great entry in the budget phone category.
For one penny shy of $100, you get a 5.5″ “HD” screen (my guess is 720p), an unspecified 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor, a ‘selfie button,’ Dolby Audio, a 13MP rear camera, a 5MP front-facing camera, and Android 7.1.1.
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TorqTech attachments are compact and perfectly balanced with a smooth surface finish. Ergonomically designed, they offer easy access to the treatment area and are more comfortable for both the dentist and patient.
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This chart looks at the Dow Jones Transportation Index over the past 25-years on a monthly basis.
The trend for Transports is up and nothing of late has changed the long-term trend.
Transports are testing 3-year rising support at (1) with momentum at levels heights only seen three other times in the past quarter-century. When momentum was this high in the past, Transports struggled for a while going forward.
Joe Friday Just The Facts- Transports could see selling pressure increase if support breaks at (1)!


A staircase lift is generally a tool for physically lifting individuals, normally those with flexibility specials needs, backwards and forwards stairs. Typically a rail is affixed to each of the staircase treads for physically raising an individual. Lifting systems or a chair are affixed to the rail additionally. Stairway lifts can be hydraulic, pneumatic, or electric.
Hydraulic stair lifts are the most usual and preferred. These staircase raises worked on electricity and provide smooth as well as safe and secure trips. Nonetheless, they are rather heavy as well as require more space. Additionally, given that they are powered by electrical energy, they can be utilized just in well aerated spaces. If you or anybody in your household has a wheelchair impairment that makes it tough to stand up as well as down from a mobility device, a stairway lift may be the best service. stair lift exterior
Many electrical stairway lifts are fully security functions. They do not use power, yet instead count on sensing units and security breaks to quit when they struck the leading or base of the stairs. They additionally supply assistance if the individual is incapable to stroll up the staircase because of a physical constraint. When you press the brake button on the electrical staircase lift, it will certainly stop, allowing the person to safely draw himself or herself up. It is very important to see to it the stair lift has enough braking power.
A power interruption may disable the stair lift. The batteries need to be altered regularly, and also they must never be left connected in for greater than five minutes each time. Due to the fact that they work on electricity, you need to beware not to overload them. Never leave them in a dark, wet location. Even if the battery meter shows that they are fully billed, you should not leave the unit on or near the stairways for prolonged time periods.
If your stairs are not vast enough to suit a manually run stair lift, you may want to consider a motorized chair. A power chair is a hassle-free alternative if your stairways are not too steep to enable a hands-on lift. You can manage just how high you go when you are in a mechanized chair. Some versions can be managed from a remote control.
Another kind of stair lifts are those that can be folded up. Lots of people with handicap to make use of these. For people who have difficulty climbing up staircases or moving conveniently on them, folding stairlifts are an alternative to lifts. The seats of these versions are typically lowered to the ground, so the individual can enter the chair with little to no support.
Some individuals might prefer a staircase lift that is powered by foot power. These types of lifts are available for both straight and curved stairs. It is not recommended to install these lifts yourself. Specialist setup is best. Ensure to look into the setup costs to see if they are within your budget. or dogs stair lift
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Most manufacturers do not suggest making use of stair lifts for children less than 18 years old. These are not secure. Parents should discuss their worry about their youngsters’s doctor to figure out if stair lifts are appropriate for their child.
You need to think about the price of mounting a straight staircase. Straight staircase lifts are much more pricey than curved ones. Determine your exact cost in advance so you can plan your remodeling as necessary. The quantity of area you have readily available in your house will certainly also impact your stair lift expense. Action the length as well as size of your stairs as well as see to it the stair lift price will certainly fit in the area readily available.
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Stairway lifts are offered in a number of styles. The straight and also traditional stair lift has a solitary rail system, which is typically placed at the end of each straight rail. There are several variations to this system, which have different ways in which they can be utilized. In the straight model, the lift travels linearly up the stairs. In the circular model, the lift travels in a circle. A variation of this design is the rotary stairway lift, which enables the user to manage the angle of the traveling lift.
The safety and security features of each stair lift vary according to the design being bought. Several of these safety functions include railing gadgets that can hold a wheelchair firmly so it will certainly not slip or create an injury. Handrails need to also be solid sufficient to maintain a wheelchair in position when the lift is in usage.
The price of a stairway lift will depend on the version, the sort of products made use of, as well as the quantity of modifications needed. It is very important to bear in mind that a lot of models do not require much alteration, if any kind of, on the day you buy it. Your stairway lift cost might likewise include a fee for the big salami to the local garage if it is required. Various other choices that will certainly influence your stair lift expense are the elevation of the touchdown, the size of the landing, and the angle of the touchdown. mazon stair lift
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Claptrap, or CL4P-TP is known for his overenthusiastic personality, will four of them in multiplayer be as annoying as you think it will be?
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Nintendo has showcased 47 new homepage themes for its 3DS handheld that fans can download individually for a small fee.
The downloadable themes give the 3DS a visual overhaul by adding new wallpapers and background images, as well as custom icons folders, music, and sound effects.
A gallery of the themes be found below, and features designs based on characters such as Mario, Link and Yoshi, as well as games such as Monster Hunter 4G and Animal Crossing. Also featured are more basic designs and wallpaper patterns.
Currently these operating system makeovers are only available in Japan, but Nintendo Europe recently mentioned an October release date for the west.
New themes for your #3DS Home menu arrive in October, bringing backgrounds, icons, folders, music and sound effects pic.twitter.com/YISqoDeQxi
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) August 29, 2014
Prices start at 100 Yen, which equates to about $ 0.90 (£0.60), but do not sell for any more than 200 Yen.
Nintendo’s new themes are available for both the 3DS and 3DS XL, and will also be compatible with the New Nintendo 3DS–the latest handheld version from Nintendo, featuring customisable back plates, as well as a second analogue stick, and NFC technology.
Though set to ship this year in Japan, the New Nintendo 3DS US release date is currently set for some time in 2015. It will also be region locked.
|Rob Crossley is GameSpot’s UK News Editor – you can follow him on Twitter here|
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The Windows 8 home menu…which might see some big changes.
Windows 9 has not been officially announced, although we expect Microsoft to reveal the next version of their Windows operating system during a widely rumored press event scheduled for tomorrow, September 30. But in the meantime, the president of Microsoft Indonesia has reportedly spilled early details on an upgrade program for current Window 8 users. According to Indonesian site Detik (via PCWorld), Andreas Diantoro confirmed that “Windows 9 will be a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users.”
His full quote, translated by the handy but not entirely perfect Google Translate was: “Easy, when the OS (Windows 9) was launched later, users who have been using Windows 8 just need to do the update via his device. It will be installed automatically.” He reportedly made this comment at the Hotel Mulia in Jakarta.
A US Microsoft representative said that they have nothing to share at this time. But we’ll keep you updated on the further details as they’re made available, as well as what this could mean for PC gaming. On a related note, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, talked about renewing the company’s focus on PC gaming earlier this year at E3.


A series of dramatic robberies at department stores like Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s have left shoppers and retailers on edge.
In one incident on Wednesday, a group of robbers hit the Westfield Topanga Mall outside Los Angeles, reportedly spraying an employee with pepper spray and making off with about $25,000 worth of designer handbags.
Earlier this month, a group of about 90 people reportedly ransacked a Nordstrom in Walnut Creek, California, running into the store with weapons and stealing about $100,000 worth of merchandise before driving away in a fleet of getaway cars.
“I probably saw 50 to 80 people (with) like ski masks, crowbars, like a bunch of weapons,” one eyewitness said of the Walnut Creek robbery.
Other so-called “smash-and-grab” incidents have been reported recently across California and in other states, and officials believe these robberies may be orchestrated by criminals running larger networks of crime.
"They’re paying the individuals to do the robberies,” Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney, said in a recent press conference. “They collect the goods and then fence them and move them to other parts of the country.”
In 2020, California was home to three of the nation’s top 10 cities for organized retail theft: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.
Officials are investigating why “smash-and-grab” incidents seem to be on the rise now. Some point to copy-cat incidents while others point to legislation that reclassified felony theft offences as misdemeanors.
Criminologist Scott Decker shared some tips for shopping safely amid the rise in organized retail theft.
“I think people need to keep their wits about them,” he told NBC’s Erin McLaughlin on TODAY. “Don't flash cash. Keep your purse in two hands or close to your body under your coat. At the sign of trouble — loud noise, cars where they don't belong — get off the sidewalk, get off the street.”


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The Cranford Hotel is hosting "Sunday Roast". Join us every Sunday for a new price fixed menu. Just $20 bucks.
This Sunday, April 22, 2012 menu is as follows:
Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella & Basil with Garlic Crostini *** Roasted Meatloaf Glazed Carrots Roasted Rosemary Potatoes Mushroom Gravy *** Banana Split Sundae
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CAIRO – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who was formally re-elected to a fourth seven-year term in May despite allegations of fraud by many Western countries, took the oath of office Saturday in Damascus.
A military band welcomed Assad as he walked down a red carpet before entering the palace to be sworn in and speak to a large crowd of officials and dignitaries.
Two army officers carried copies of the Quran and Syria’s constitution, on which Assad took the oath.
He said in his speech that the main cause of Syria’s current economic crisis was the freeze of his country’s assets held by Lebanese banks. By some estimates, Assad said, Syria has $40 billion to $60 billion in Lebanese banks, which is enough to stall the economy and depress the value of Syria’s currency.
Khattar Abou Diab, who teaches political science at the University of Paris, told VOA he thought Assad was vastly overestimating the value of Syrian assets held in Lebanon, and that the Lebanese government, under pressure from Hezbollah, has been sending subsidized goods, including gasoline, to support the Syrian economy.
Diab said Lebanon has been supporting Syria economically since 2016 with subsidized gasoline and food staples, so Assad is wrong to claim that Lebanon is the cause of Syria’s economic woes. Syria, he argued, has been run badly and various mafia figures, including Assad’s cousin and a clique close to his wife, control the economy.
Joshua Landis, who heads the Middle East department at the University of Oklahoma, tells VOA that while Assad’s focus on Lebanon’s bankruptcy “is an attempt to shift responsibility for the terrible conditions in Syria,” it is also true that “Lebanon’s bankruptcy devastated Syrians as well as Lebanese, “with the Syrian currency falling from 500 pounds to the dollar to 4000 to the dollar in tandem with the collapse of the Lebanese pound.”
“Syria,” he adds, “had an extremely primitive banking system (which) no one trusted, so Syrians kept their savings in Lebanese banks.” “When Lebanon froze those accounts,” he stresses, “Syrians lost what money they had squirrelled away.”
Party points to aggravating factors
Members of Assad’s official Baath political party and other supporters of his regime told state TV that U.S. government sanctions on Syria and Turkish and Kurdish control over portions of the country had aggravated the country’s economic crisis.
Paul Sullivan, a Washington-based Middle East analyst, told VOA that he thought the Assad regime “destroyed the Syrian economy with F-minus economic policies and then destroyed the country with a massacre of its people and its economy.” Syria’s frozen assets, he said, amounted to “a lot less than what Assad and his cronies have stolen from the people.”
An official government tally said Assad won over 95% of the vote in the May 26 election in parts of the country under government control. Sullivan called the 95% figure “pure dictatorial manipulation.”
Assad contended that neighboring Turkey, which still controls portions of the country, “was trying to impose its will on the Syrian people, but its goals were foiled by the election results.”
Diab pointed out that Assad’s supporters used to chant “Assad or we burn the country,” in the days after conflict broke out in 2011. “Assad finally won the conflict,” he said, “and the country was burned, and now he is ruling over a pile of smoking ruins.”
Assad’s father, Hafez, came to power in a coup in 1970, ruling Syria for 30 years. His son succeeded him when he died in 2000.
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The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen
In Sarah Addison Allen’s The Peach Keeper, Paxton and Willa are the granddaughters of two women who founded a local women’s club that will be celebrating its 75th anniversary. A gala is to be held for the anniversary gala at an old historical home that Paxton has had renovated into an inn, but when a tree on the property is removed, a skeleton is discovered, and family secrets that tie the two girls together start coming to the surface. This is a wonderful story about friendship, love, and self realization.
I absolutely love Allen’s style of writing; it is very lyrical and beautiful with such a smooth flow. She is able to paint such a clear picture of what is going on that you don’t have to try hard to imagine the story playing out. The characters are very strong and likeable; the author puts them through situations that many people experience in real life that are not just found in fiction, making them relatable to the readers. Each character has their own personality and they mesh well with the other characters. I really like the relationship between Willa and Paxton and I enjoyed how their friendship grew and became a strong bond, not to mention their relationships with Colin and Sebastian.
The setting is in a small NC town called Walls of Water, and it feels like it is its own little world; cozy and close-knit (mostly). There is also a small magical touch to it that adds to the mystery of what happened in the past. This novel is so well-written that you can’t help but to be sucked into it and become involved with the characters. The Peach Keeper is such a beautiful novel; beautiful style, beautiful story, beautiful cover, and I highly recommend it to any and every reader.
Lovely, engaging, meaningful, highly recommended, 4.5 stars!

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Brownwood High School graduate Shelby Miller made his first start of the season for the National League West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, as he lowered his season ERA below 2.00 in a 6-1 road victory.
Miller worked only the first inning and allowed one hit with one strikeout as his ERA dipped to 1.95 through 32 appearances in 2023. Miller, 32, has pitched 37 innings this season and allowed 8 runs on 15 hits with 37 strikeouts and 18 walks – all in relief prior to Sunday.
In his 11th Major League Baseball season, Miller – the 13th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft – owns a 39-58 career record with a 4.11 ERA, 681 strikeouts and 349 walks in 814 innings pitched. Miller has appeared in 198 games and made 133 starts.
The Dodgers are the eighth franchise for which Miller has pitched, joining the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants.
Miller made his MLB debut on September 5, 2012 with St. Louis.
On May 11, 2013, Miller tossed a one-hitter with the Cardinals, retiring the final 27 Colorado Rockies batters in a row after yielding a lead-off single. Miller notched 13 strikeouts in the contest.
Miller appeared in the 2015 All-Star Game as a member of the Braves, as he posted a 3.02 ERA in 33 starts with a 6-17 record. Miller was one out away from recording a no-hitter against the Florida Marlins on May 17, 2015.


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Then one day a friend told me about this:
It's just a little appliance like a waffle maker. You spoon in some cake mix and a few minutes later, you have little cake balls. So easy. So cheap (less than $20 at Target for the cooker). And something to make the kids happy. I'm in!
|They cook up nice and round.|
|You can make a bunch in a short time. (And if you have extras, they keep well in the freezer for a treat later.)|
|I made up a little plate for each kid with everything they needed to decorate some cake pops.|
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|Brekken is mad at me because I made him stop eating long enough to take a picture.|
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||IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 from 3,890 votes
||Release: 12 July 1961 (USA) /
||Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
||Director: Irwin Allen,
||Stars: Barbara Eden, Charles Tannen, Del Monroe, Frankie Avalon, Henry Daniell, Howard McNear, Joan Fontaine, John Litel, Mark Slade, Michael Ansara, Peter Lorre, Regis Toomey, Robert Sterling, Skip Ward, Walter Pidgeon
||Synopsis: Admiral Nelson takes a brand new atomic submarine through its paces. When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, the admiral must find a way to beat the heat or watch the world go up in smoke. Written by <[email protected]>
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I still remember seeing this film at movie theaters way back when I was
a lad. Of course I didn't hear very much of it due to all the shrieks
and squeals from the teenage girls in the audience over Frankie Avalon.
That curiously enough didn't matter because Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea is a very visual film.
It might seem a little old hat today, but we've been through two more
generations that have seen the United States Navy become an atomic
fleet of submarines and surface carriers. It was only seven years
earlier, in 1955 that the U.S.S. Nautilus was launched as our first
atomic submarine. In homage to that wonderful visionary Jules Verne who
foresaw atomic power one hundred years earlier the Navy named it after
that famous undersea ship of Verne's great novel 20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea. The nuclear submarine was a wondrous thing in 1961.
The idea of a nuclear power submarine was the brainchild of Admiral
Hyman Rickover. Rickover was a tough minded s.o.b. who usually got
whatever he wanted by any mean necessary including bullying. Hard to
believe that the gentlemanly Walter Pigeon could play him, but he did
and well as Admiral Harry Nelson, the ersatz Rickover.
What's happened here is that the Van Allen radiation belt that
surrounds the Earth has caught fire and temperatures are climbing all
over the world. The planet is doomed, but Walter Pigeon's got an idea
to save it. Fire a missile and seed the belt with more radiation, kind
of a nuclear backfire and the blaze will end.
A lot of people are telling him it won't work, but Pigeon brushes them
all aside. The only two who have faith in him are his assistants played
by Peter Lorre and Barbara Eden. But our intrepid admiral pushes
Of course the U.S.S. Seaview encounters all kinds of obstacles along
the way, but that's the rest of the story.
The cast does very well for itself and young Frankie Avalon as a junior
officer comes off rather nicely. Frankie sings over the title credits,
but during the movie plays a trumpet. Avalon in fact was a trumpet
virtuoso and a singing career was an afterthought. The fickle finger of
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea still a nice science fiction adventure
even though it is dated.
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Attorney General Candidate Shows Momentum Amongst SCGOP Stalwarts
Former Assistant Solicitor and former Assistant Attorney General Alan Wilson recently won two major straw polls in his race for the Republican nomination for Attorney General. At both the South Carolina Republican Party’s Silver Elephant Dinner on April 24th and at the Berkeley Republican Breakfast Club on May 1st, Alan Wilson emerged as the favorite for Attorney General.
In the SC GOP Silver Elephant Dinner straw poll, Wilson received 48% of the vote in a three candidate race. In the Berkeley County Republican Breakfast Club straw poll, Wilson garnered 45% of the vote – thirteen points more than his nearest opponent.
While straw polls are far from scientific, both events were large enough to show the momentum of Wilson’s campaign. More than 800 activists attended the Silver Elephant dinner from across the state and more than 200 activists came to the Berkeley County Republican Breakfast Club.
This isn’t the first momentum for Wilson’s campaign. He has been endorsed by a vast majority of South Carolina sheriffs.


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Moi Day is a holiday that’s observed annually on October 10th in Kenya. The purpose of this day is to honor former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi – who first served as Vice President and then as interim president in 1978 when President Kenyatta died.
This holiday honoring him was an official holiday until August 2010 when the Constitution of Kenya was promulgated and it was temporarily removed from the country’s list of National Holidays. In 2017, this would change and Kenya’s High Court reinstated this day as a public holiday. In 2019, the name of the holiday was changed to Huduma Day.
The History Of Moi Day (Hudma Day)
Kenyan President Daniel Moi was the longest-serving head of state in Kenya and was president up until 2002. October 10th was set aside to mark his coming into power after President Jomo Kenyatta died in August of 1978.
For a brief time after 2010, this holiday was removed from the list of national Kenyan holidays but the High Court of the country reinstated the holiday in 2017. The holiday continued as Moi Day until December of 2019 when the name of the holiday was officially changed to Hudma Day. Daniel Moi died on February 4, 2020. He was 95 years old.
Observing Moi Day
Moi Day, now known as Hudma Day, is usually observed by the community engaging in volunteerism and public service, and by national prayers across the country. All Kenyans are encouraged to promote social justice, sustainable development in their communities, and national unity.
It’s also a day for Kenyans to think about their place in the country and how they can work towards the betterment of society for not only current generations but future generations as well.

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Injunctions against Harassment and Orders of Protection can be issued by any court in Arizona regardless of the location of the plaintiff and defendant. They can be issued either ex parte (with only one person present) or after a hearing. Both are good for one year after service on the defendant. Only the judge can terminate or change them.
Service of process charges apply to Injunctions and may be deferred or waived depending on your financial circumstances. You may discuss this with the clerk when you visit the court to file for an order or injunction.
Order of Protection
The purpose of an Order of Protection is to restrain another person from committing an act of domestic violence, as defined in Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3601A. To be granted an order, you must be one of the following:
Injunction Against Harassment
The purpose of an Injunction against Harassment is to restrain a person from committing acts of harassment. Harassment, as defined by Arizona Revised Statutes 12-1809R, is a series of acts over any period of time directed at a specific person that would cause, or has caused, a reasonable person to be seriously alarmed, annoyed or harassed and that serves no legitimate purpose. Harassment includes unlawful picketing, trespassory assembly, unlawful mass assembly, concerted interference with lawful exercise of business activity and engaging in a secondary boycott as defined in section 23-1321 and defamation in violation of section 23-1325. Judges within Mohave County will sign Restraining Orders any time during normal business hours. You do not need an appointment or prescheduled time though you should call the court in advance to confirm that the judge will be available when you wish to appear.
Injunction Against Workplace Harassment
The Injunction Against Workplace Harassment, which went into effect on December 31, 2000, is very similar to the more familiar "Injunction Against Harassment".
There are two basic differences between the regular injunction against harassment and the new workplace injunction. First of all, a person petitions for a regular injunction, whereas a business, or an authorized agent of a business or employee, petitions for a workplace injunction. Secondly, a regular injunction protects a person, and follows that person around, whereas a workplace injunction protects a place, stays at that place and protects employees, customers, visitors - whoever comes into that place.
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Scientists have found a new way to tease out signals about Earth’s climatic past from soil deposits on gravel and pebbles, adding an unprecedented level of detail to the existing paleoclimate record and revealing a time in North America’s past when summers were wetter than normal.
A research team led by UC Berkeley soil scientists obtained data about precipitation and temperature in North America spanning the past 120,000 years, which covers glacial and interglacial periods during the Pleistocene Epoch. They did this at thousand-year resolutions — a blink of an eye in geologic terms — through a microanalysis of the carbonate deposits that formed growth rings around rocks, some measuring just 3 millimeters thick.
“The cool thing that this study reveals is that within soil — an unlikely reservoir given how ‘messy’ most people think it is — there is a mineral that accumulates steadily and creates some of the most detailed information to date on the Earth’s past climates,” said senior author Ronald Amundson, a UC Berkeley professor of environmental science, policy and management.
The study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , shows the rich potential held within soil deposits known as pedothems, which form growth rings on rocks. The samples used in the study came from Wyoming’s Wind River Basin.
Because these soil deposits are commonly found in drylands all over the world, they can provide a rich source of data for paleoclimatologists, the authors said.
“We can now begin to develop records of how local and regional climate boundaries have shifted through time and in response to worldwide warming or cooling,” said study lead author Erik Oerter, who conducted the research as part of his UC Berkeley Ph.D. dissertation.
120,000 years of history in 3 millimeters of rock
Pedothems are a powerful complement to existing geological records of past climate, including ice cores, lake and ocean sediments, and stalactites and stalagmites in caves. They have the advantage of being fairly ubiquitous in regions now populated by humans, unlike the polar regions where ice cores are often obtained.
Key advances in the ability to precisely analyze micro-samples of soil deposits enabled researchers to extract telltale signs of climate change.
“By using micro-analytical measurements on spots as small as 0.01 millimeters in diameter, we can develop time series of past climate conditions in a way that no one has done before,” said Oerter. “It is evident that the carbonate coatings formed in concentric bands around the rocks, much like the annual growth rings in a tree, except that these laminations form over timescales of several hundred years.”
The researchers used laser ablation and an ion microprobe, much like a tiny dental drill, to obtain microscopic samples for analysis. Uranium isotopes were used to date the deposits, while oxygen and carbon isotopes revealed clues about the precipitation, temperature and soil respiration at the time the mineral was formed.
For instance, warmer rain from the Gulf of Mexico resulted in higher levels of oxygen 18 compared with the cold precipitation from snowstorms blowing eastward across the Rockies. The ratio of carbon 13 and carbon 12 isotopes reflected levels of soil respiration, which is a proxy for plant productivity.
Uranium isotopes were used for dating the sample, but they were also used to calculate how much rain the soil receives, serving as a type of “paleo rain gauge,” said Oerter, who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah.
Finding what other records couldn’t
The new data revealed that 70,000 to 55,000 years ago, in the midst of a minor ice age, the pattern of precipitation in North America shifted from one dominated by a west-to-east flow of storms from the north Pacific to a south-to-north flow from the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers attributed that to a stable, high-pressure system that parked itself over massive ice sheets that covered eastern Canada and northeastern United States, which helped bring up more air from the south.
That atmospheric circulation translated into wetter summers and drier winters in central North America, a reverse of the usual pattern in which more precipitation falls in the winter.
“This is a new insight from geologic sources of paleoclimate data,” said Oerter. “The techniques that we developed can now be applied to similar soil deposits to fill in key gaps in the paleoclimate record. The information will be useful to improve the accuracy of climate models by providing known conditions to calibrate them to.”
Other study co-authors include researchers from the Berkeley Geochronology Center, University of Melbourne, University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University and Wisconsin Lutheran College.
The National Science Foundation helped support this work.
Pedothem carbonates reveal anomalous North American atmospheric circulation 70,000–55,000 years ago ( Link to abstract in PNAS )


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If you are a spiritually mature person you will understand the significance of the spiritual guidance and the power of intuition.
The universe always sends you various messages and signs and the more attention you pay to them, the more recognizable and accurate they become. Some people need time and training to develop their intuition, while others already possess some spiritual gifts.
If you are one of these people, you should learn how to recognize them, since they are the key to your spiritual awakening.
1. You are emphatic
Empaths are able to experience the other people’s pain and emotions, both on physical and emotional level. Most empaths cannot handle this burden, since it overwhelms them. If they learn how to deal with their gift and don’t let the pain of others to affect their lives, their empathy can be considered as a spiritual gift.
2. You are a strongly intuitive person
Self-doubt is the main reason why some people aren’t intuitive and don’t rely on their instincts. To be intuitive means to be able to recognize the right things in your life, to make the right decisions and to be confident in the messages that the universe sends you.
3. You always wake up during the spiritual hour
If you regularly wake up somewhere between 3 and 4 a.m. then it could be a sign of spiritual awakening. It is believed that this is a ″spiritual hour ″or also known as ″connection hour″. In other words, you are about to receive some message since the spirits try to communicate you.
Make sure you embrace this moment and don’t go back to sleep immediately. Stay up for a bit and focus on your emotions, memories, sensations and thoughts. At first, you may not feel anything but with regular practice you will find out the reason for this spiritual gift.
4. You often have premonitions that always come true
These visions either come in the form of pictures that randomly appear in your mind, or a feeling you might have while talking to someone.
If your visions often come true, you probably have a spiritual gift that allows you to see and feel the things on a much deeper level. You should also pay attention to what you feel when you have these visions, since they are a kind of warning that serves to protect you from an impending danger.
5. You often have nightmares
Vivid nightmares are clear signs of spiritual awakening. They seem so real that you wake up panting and sweating. If the nightmares disturb you while you are awake that means that you need to rely on your intuition and receive the messages from the universe.
It is believed that when some spirits want to reach you, but they fail to, they may turn to nightmares. Also, pay attention to your dreams, since they have a hidden message or a guidance that refers to some of the problems you are struggling with in your life.
Reference: Mind Body Green

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July 8, 2015
(This is part of a 365 project during my 70th years where I write and illustrate a blog on each day’s gift.)
Today was broken into pleasant bits, meeting with friends briefly and catching quick hugs. It was an unfocused day catching up with email—with both good and bad news—and making connections. Days like this leave me a little muddled as I unfold all the layers.
However, I can always count on David bringing things together in a more concrete way through food. On the way home, we stopped at Papa John’s Farm where David insisted that I take a silly photo of him in front of a corn sign. Then he shopped and bought melon, kale (my idea for kale chips which he rants against), and one corn on the cob for me.
After I finished baking the kale chips, a two-dollar bag turned into one bowl of nutrition, he worked on dinner preparation. It’s considerate how, as household cook, he fixes tilapia for me even though he doesn’t like it and corn on the cob. I think I found a treasure when we connected 35 years ago—a husband, cook, chauffeur, friend, laugh generator and soulmate.
When I was little, the Baltimore A-rabbers used to come through our back alley and my mother bought fresh fruit and vegetables. Today, with produce shipped from all around the globe, we have an abundance of choice but not always an abundance of quality. Peaches shipped from a distance don’t even taste like peaches. They are picked so early that they never ripen. However, freshly picked vegetables and fruit cannot be beat. My dinner corn on the cob tonight tasted like it was picked this morning.
When it comes to food, the best connections are those close to home.
My gift today is fresh corn on the cob.
You can find links to my other posts on this project here:

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Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee shakes a leg with Varun Dhawan (Pic: Instagram)
Bollywood superstars Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon were recently in Kolkata to promote their upcoming flick Bhediya. While in the City of Joy, David Dhawan's son met up with the iconic Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. And what's more, the two even shook a leg to a number from Prosenjit's upcoming flick - Prosenjit weds Rituparna.
VARUN-PROSENJIT SHAKE A LEG
Prosenjit Chatterjee, son of the legendary actor Biswajeet, who himself has attained iconic status in Bengali cinema shared a clip with the Bhediya actor where the two can be seen shaking a leg to the title track of Prasenjit Weds Rituparna.
In the clip the two actors can be seen matching each other’s' steps, with Proasenjit hugging Varun Dhawan at the very end. Prosenjit shared the clip alongside the caption, "Look who perfectly matched steps on #PWR song! Thank you so much @varundvn! Best wishes always and especially for #Bhediya."
A number of people reacted to the viral clip, with one person writing, "Too good," while another commented, "Bumba da sobai ke dhore dhore ei nach ta koracche (Bumba da is catching hold of everyone and making them dance to the tunes of this song)."
Rituparna Sengupta too reacted to the post tagging Varun Dhawan and sharing fire, heart and raising both hands emoji.
PROSENJIT'S DHAWAN CONNECT
Not many might know this, but the camarederie shared by the legendary actor with Varun Dhawan is perhaps also because the two share a close bond. For the unversed, Prosenjit Chatterjee's Hindi film debut was with the 1990 film Aandhiyan, which was directed by Varun's father David Dhawan. The film not only starred Shatrughan Sinha, but was also Mumtaz's comeback movie and her final film.
Bhediya, starring Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon and Abhishek Banerjee in pivotal roles and will release on November 25.


Wandsworth governor: I’ll consider yoga, scaffolding and a tattoo parlour in my prison
29 Sep 2016
“Whether they are with us for a week, a month or a year, we want every single person to learn something every single day.”
The governor of Wandsworth prison has said he would take advantages of his new freedoms to push the boundaries of what is possible in prison.
Speaking at the Prisoner Learning Alliance conference in Cardiff, Ian Bickers said he was in discussions to build a scaffolding tower, offer yoga classes and even instal a tattoo parlour within Wandsworth, which is the UK’s biggest jail.
“My principle is pushing boundaries,” he said. “I do it to engage prisoners, to make a change and see a difference.”
Wandsworth was named as one of the government’s six ‘reform’ prisons in the last Queen’s speech, meaning Bickers has an unusual amount of autonomy for a governor, including control over his own budget.
“When they asked me if I wanted to be a reform governor, I didn’t ask what they meant, I just said ‘yes - I’ll do it’,” he said. “I had understood enough - that they were going to give me the money and let me get on with it.”
Bickers said he sees education as the best way to rehabiliate the men within his prison.
“I was really keen that as a reform prison we put education at the centre of everything we do,” he said. “Whether they are with us for a week, a month or a year, we want every single person to learn something every single day.”
Before Wandsworth was named a reform prison, Bickers said he felt had “hugely constrained by an organisation that had centralised itself”. As a reform governor however, he said he is “shocked” by the degree of freedom afforded him.
His plans include opening up access to IT and the internet in his prison. To do this, he said he will follow the examples from mainstream education, looking at how schools use firewalls to limit and monitor what websites students have access to.“If schools can do it, why can’t prisons?” he asked.
Bickers said he had a raft of businesses, schools and colleges “falling over themselves” to get involved in Wandsworth. He plans, for example, to team up with London restaurants to open a cookery school within the grounds.
“Push forward, and a lot of times you’ll find you’re pushing against an open door.”
Bickers admitted that his discussion of a tattoo parlour was likely to unnerve people at the government’s National Offender Management Service, but assured the audience that prisoners would not practice on each other.
“Anyone who’s been inside a prison will meet men who are excellent artists,” he said. “It makes sense to find a way to use and develop that skill. After all, you can earn more running a tattoo parlour than you do as a prison governor!”
As the sector waits for the government to enact legislation on prison reform, he urged other governors to follow his radical approach. “Don’t wait for someone to knock on your door and say ‘Ta-ra! Reforms are here!” said. “Push forward, and a lot of times you’ll find you’re pushing against an open door.”
Education, said Bickers had “changed his life”. At 14, he said, he “preferred messing around to learning” and was pulled aside by a PE teacher who told him “You, Mr Bickers, are going the wrong way,” and encouraged him to take up running to keep him out of trouble.
Since then, he said, he had had an unwavering belief in the ability of education to transform identities and lives, and is determined to pass this on to the men in his care.
From graduates to prison officers
“Graduates should be thinking ‘I want to be a prison officer because I could be able to change lives’"
Bickers was one of 150 sector experts at today’s PLA conference, who included prison staff, policy makers, charity workers and former prisoners. Panellists discussed the sweeping changes to prison education that Dame Sally Coates called for last year, and their future under a new Justice Secretary.
The conference also heard from Bodil Isakden, programme director at Unlocked Graduates, the government’s new scheme to attract university leavers to become prison officers.
Isakden called officers “unsung hereos”, who do an incredibly difficult and important jobs “without the recognition that doctors or lawyers would get”.
In such a role, said Isakden, even a “tiny conversation could make a huge difference”.
“Graduates should be thinking ‘I want to be a prison officer because I could be able to change lives’,” she said. “It can be an amazing career, and what we need are enthused and motivated people to make a difference.”
Like the Teach First scheme, graduates would receive training as they go along and would be expected to stay in the profession for two years. They would start as basic grade prison officers and would earn a Masters at the same time.
After this, said Isakden, they might continue in the prison service, might join the Ministry of Justice, or might go into the private sector. In this way, she said, the Unlocked scheme could help to create “more Timpsons” - businesses that were open to employing former prisoners.
Contextualised learning in Scotland
"It's sneaky teaching at its best"
Meanwhile, Katharine Brash, who is heads prison work at Scottish education provider Fife College, painted a picture of the state of custodial education north of the border. She focused on Polmont Young Offenders’ Institute, where there had been a conscious drive to change the way education is delivering, making it more engaging and inclusive for young people.
“For me what makes Polmont stand out is that there has been a real drive towards positive change,” she said. “Learning spaces are much more inviting and lessons are shorter. There is a realisation that we have to move away from silo working, and we’ve adopted a whole-prison approach with all staff working together to help each individual.”
Polmont has completely abandoned traditional timetables and is teaching all core skills through ‘contextualised learning’, said Brash, meaning students take on large-scale projects on topics such as Brexit, the Celts and World War I boy soldiers, which develop multiple skills at once.
A project on The Holocaust culminated in an event that was planned, prepared and hosted by the boys themselves, who displayed poetry and created 100 felt flowers attached to luggage tags to commemorate Holocaust victims. There were 100 attendees from the community, to whom the boys each gave a 20-minute presentations. All of this contributed to a formal accreditation for work across a number of subjects.
“It was not an easy task but it had a huge impact on learners,” said Katharine. “Those directly involved continued to read about the subject long after the project had ended.”
Feedback about the new approach has been very positive, said Katharine, with one boy remarking that “It teaches us about things we didn’t think we were interested in”. The initiative, she concluded, was an example of “sneaky teaching at its best”.
Read PET’s report on education in youth justice here.
The PLA conference was kindly hosted by Cardiff Metropolitan University, where the Widening Access team are committed to encouraging and supporting former prisoners to study degrees.