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Sensational 7 Q & A with Pam Bachorz (Author of Drought)!
Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to hang out with your favorite author(s)? In an attempt to get a better understanding of authors, my Sensational Seven Q & A takes a closer or more personal look at these authors to give you a glimpse of the personalities behind the writing of your favorite books.
“Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not otherwise.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pam Bachorz grew up in a small town in the Adirondack foothills, where she participated in every possible performance group and assiduously avoided any threat of athletic activity, unless it involved wearing sequined headpieces and treading water.
Pam, who lived in Florida when she wrote CANDOR, currently lives near Washington, DC. When she's not writing, reading, working or parenting, Pam likes to go to museums and theater performances, and watch far too much television.
Her current novel, DROUGHT is in stores today!
If you were given a chance to travel back in time, what year or place would you go / Why?
I'd go somewhere that wouldn't make me 1. ill (bad water, plagues, etc!) or 2. eaten by large animals! Actually, I'd like to go back in time and meet Cleopatra, or Queen Elizabeth. Both must have been forces of nature and I'd like to see in person what they were like.
Describe your novel in seven words or less?
Enslaved girl can escape at terrible price.
Please share with us about your favorite book and fictional crush to date?
There are too many wonderful books to choose from! Just two examples: I was thrilled to see SHIP BREAKER win the Printz and I am a huge fan of Rick Yancey's MONSTRUMOLOGIST series. So I tend towards the light, fluffy reads (kidding!). Hmm, fictional crush, has to be Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables. Come to think of it, perhaps it's not entirely a coincidence that my husband has dark, curly hair!
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be / Why?
I'd like to be a brave warrior, maybe Paksenarrion from Elizabeth Moon's series. I read that over and over as a teen. Paks fought against injustice, with style!
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see playthelead role as you/ Why?
Well, realistically they'd choose someone ten-twenty years younger and thinner, right? So let's say Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep's daughter. I think we're going to see some very cool work from her in the coming years. Not that we really look anything alike!
If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be – please explain?
It should be NEVER SLOW DOWN, because I seem to be incapable of sitting still in my life--I'm always off to the next challenge, project or house.
How would you describe yourself/life in seven words?
Creative hard-driving woman tries to have it all. (Yes, ok, that's 8 and with a cheating hyphenated word!)
**Is there any additional info you would like to share with your readers about what’s next for you and your books?**
DROUGHT will be releasing as an audio book very soon, with a very talented narrator. So if you enjoy audio books, watch audible.com for that. After that, I'm writing my next story so it will be a little while until the next release. Keep your eyes on my website for announcements!
Thanks for stopping by Pam!
For more information about Pam Bachorz and her books, please visit her websitehere.
I'm just a girl with a crazy book obsession.
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Kunal Bahl, the Co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal, is counted among the pioneers of ecommerce in India. The 37-year-old’s journey has been an inspirational one, yet filled with many obstacles.
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Despite failing to secure an IIT rank in 2001 — “I remember I just went and played cricket for two-three hours that day,” he recalls — Kunal managed to find his entrepreneurial streak, and went on to build Snapdeal as one of the earliest successes in India’s startup ecosystem.
In a freewheeling chat with Tarun Davda of Matrix Partners, Kunal talks about his education in the US, moving on from failures, and finally launching Snapdeal — a platform with 200 million listings across 600 product categories. And the rest, as they say, is history. Read more.
You can listen to the Matrix Moments podcast here.
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In 2018, Bastin Gerald constantly heard friends, who worked in large tech companies, struggling to simplify Objectives and Key Results (OKR) practices — a collaborative goal-setting protocol for companies, teams, and individuals. A practitioner himself, he began working on Profit.co — a SaaS platform that helps enterprises adopt the OKR methodology and measure outcomes. The startup has since built a base of over 1,100 customers, up from 900 in 2019. It clocks 10 users per customer, on average. Read more.
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- Overseas education platform Leap, which runs Leap Finance and Leap Scholar, raised $17 million in Series B funding led by Jungle Ventures, along with Sequoia Capital India and Owl Ventures. It will use the funds to expand its product portfolio, strengthen its team across business and technological functions, and more.
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Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York City
April 4 & 5, 2008
AfterTaste 2 is the second annual international symposium dedicated to the critical review of interior design and to identifying pressing contemporary issues and practices that will challenge practitioners in the near future. It is intended as an expansive meditation on the concept of the interior environment and its constituent elements.
The Intellectual History of Taste
The theory of “taste” as category of aesthetic judgment and its evolution as a distinguishing characteristic of the interior designer.
graphic design by Lisa Maione
[biographies current to 2008]
J.M. Bernstein, after having taught for nearly 25 years at the University of Essex in England, and after spending a brief spell at Vanderbilt University, is now University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He works primarily in the areas of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, ethics, critical theory, and German Idealism. Among his books are: The Philosophy of the Novel; The Fate of Art: Aesthetic Alienation from Kant to Derrida and Adorno; Adorno: Disenchantment and Ethics; Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning of Painting; he edited and wrote the introduction for Classic and Romantic German Aesthetics. In all these writings, his goal has been to defend modernism as exemplifying a form of rationality and reason that escapes the reductions of scientific and instrumental rationality. He is currently at work on a book provisionally entitled Torture and Dignity.
James Casebere‘s pioneering work has established him at the forefront of artistis working with constructed photography. Foe the last thirty years, Casabere has devised increasingly complex models that are subsequently photographed in his studio. Based on architectural, art historical and cinematic sources, his table-sized constructions are made of simple materials, pared down to essentials forms. Casabere’s abandoned spaces are hauntingly evocative and oftentimes suggestive of prior events, encouraging the viewer to reconstitute a narrative or symbolic reading of his work. Casabere is the recepient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His work has been collected by museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum and the Metropolitan of Srt in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Kent Kleinman is professor and chair of the department of Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting at Parsons School of Design. His scholarly focus is the 20th Century European Modernism, and his book include Villa Muller: A Work of Adolf Loos, Rudolf Arnheim: Revealing Vision, The Krefeld Villas: Mies’s Haus Lange and Esters, and a forthcoming translation of Turnovsky’s Die Poetik eines Mauervorspruns. His articles and reviews have appeared in Bauwelt, Progressive Architecture, Domus, A+U, Bauart, Archis and the Architect’s Journal. He was awarded the Mellon Foundation’s Senior Public Goods Fellowship and was a Visiting Scholar at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal. He has received three Graham Foundation Grants, the national Bruner Prize; two Architect’s Journal 10 Best Books awards, a New York Council for the Arts gran, and a 2001 Progressive Architecture Design Award.
Julie Lasky is editor-in-chief of I.D., the award-winning magazine of international design. Prior to that, she was editor-in-chief of Interiors magazine, which she led to sevral national honors. A widely published writer and critic, she has contributed to The New York Times, Metropolis, Dwell, Architecture, Slate, Surface, The National Scholar, and NPR, and she is the author of two books: Borrowed Design: Use and Abuse of Historical Form (written with Steven Heller) and Some People Can’t Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry. Honors include a National Arts Journalism Program Fellowship at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and the Richard J. Margolis award for writing on the cultural life of postwar Sarajevo. SHe recently joined the MFA design criticism faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts.
Emmanuelle Linard is the Executive Director of Edelkoort Inc., the New York affiliate of the Paris-based Studio Edelkoort. Studio Edelkoort and Edelkoort Inc. have partered with major U.S. and international companies to identify and analyze future consumer attitudes, lifestyles, and economic trends. With a background in creation, production and public relations, French-born Emmanuelle Linard spent 10 years with the Edelkoort European office developing trend forecasts, managing production, and presenting audiovisuals internationally. Since 1999, Linard has directed Edelkoort Inc., developing trend projections for the U.S. market together with Li Edelkoort, the full-time staff in Paris, and the worldwide network of specialists affiliated with Studio Edelkoort’s “Trend Union”, which creates a collection of seasonal trend books and audiovisuals for the textile and fashion industries as well as the interior, retail, design and well being markets.
Tim Marshall became the Dean of Parsons School of Design in 2006, after having served as Parsons Associate Dean for Academic Affair for two years. Previously, he was Director of Academic and International Programs and Chair of the School of Design at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, where he held a range of academic leadership positions over 14 years. Tim has served as a consultant to academic istitutions in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, China and Singapore, and he has written and lectured internationally on academic topics related to design research and educatio. His most recent publication is Design Dictionary (Birkhauser, 2007), a volume he co-edited with Micheal Erlhoff, Founding Dean of the Koln International School of Design. Tim also has an extensive background as a professional photographer. He received his education at the University of South Wales and the City Art Institute of Australia.
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury is the Associate Chair of the Department of Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she teaches the history and theory of interior design, architecture and urbanism. She hold a Ph.D. from Princeton University, a Master of Architecture from McGill University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Victoria University of Wellington in her native New Zealand. She has taught at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Bard College, Barnard and Columbia Colleges ad the Pratt Institute. The University of Chicago Press will publish her book Chicago 1890: The Skyscraper as Urban Solution in 2008. She is currently researching a history of luxury in modern architecture and interior design.
THE QUAY BROTHERS
Stephen & Timothy Quay were born near Philadelphia in 1947. After graduating in 1969 from the Philadelphia College of Art, they studied at the Royal College of Art, London where they made their first short films (mostly lost), and met fellow student Keith Griffiths, who first collaborated with them on Nocturna Artificialia (1979). Working together as Konick Studios, with Griffiths’producing, the Quays have maintained a steady output of fastidious and hybrid puppet animation films, supplemented by design work for opera, theatre and ballet.
The Quay are renowned for their craftsmanlike methods and their unusual sources of inspiration. Apart from their puppets, which typically look like old dolls abused by many generations of children, they construct their own sets, arrange the lighting, and operate the cameras. The films draw heavily on early twentieth-century European visual and literary culture, particularly as represented by the Polish writer Bruno Schulz, Robert Walser, Frank Kafka. The Quays’cinema is short on conventional narrative but long on enigmatic visuals. Their work relies exclusively on the power of music as dramaturgy and this is reflected in all their short films along with the two feature films: Institute Benjamenta and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.
Recent collaborations with the choreographers William Tuckett and Kim Brandstrup and their small insert in Julie Taymor’s Frida (US, 2002) have introduced wider audiences to the Quays; while The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005), a live-action fairy-tale where a piano tuner attempts to rescue an opera singer from the clutches of a mad doctor in the Carpathian Mountains, is so bizarrely beautiful in its foggy, artificial, de-colorized way that it sure to attract new admirers. But the Quays remain director-animators for the cognoscenti-happy to live, like their films’ characters and objects, in a remote, hermetic maze.
Courtney Smith creates complex, manipulable pieces of deconstructed and reconstructed furniture. Her work transcends its minimal roots by delighting in the intellectual practice of conjugating order and disorder. Attentive to pattern and repetition, and fearlessly rigorous in its construction, it achieves a coy but deeply intelligent sensuality. Smith has exhibited her work throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America. She began her career based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she lived for 10 years before relocating to New York in 2000. in New York, her work was included in the “Greater New York, 2005” at PS1/MOMA and in 2006 she had a comprehensive solo show, “Tongue in Groove”, spanning the last four years of work, at the Chelsea Art Museum. She is represented by Roebling Hall in New York, where her latest solo show “BUild Up” took place in 2007.
Penny Sparke is a Professor of Design History and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Kingston University, London. Professor Sparke is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of the Society of Arts. SHe has taught the History od Design at Brighton Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. She has worked in the field of Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Design History and has lectured, curated exhibitions, broadcast and published widely in the field both in the UK and overseas. A selection of her book include An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century; Design in Context; and As Long As It’s Pink: The Sexual Politics of Taste. A special interest has been the meaning of design within the context of consumption and its relationship with gender and identity, in addition to focusing on the ‘interior’. In 2005 she published a monograph on the American pioneer interior decorator, Elsie de Wolfe, and her book The Modern Interior will be published in the summer of 2008.
Ioanna Theocharopoulou is an architect and an architectural historian who holds a Ph.D. in Architecture (History & Theory) from Columbia University. She received her training in Architecture at the Architectural Association in London. Here research interests include the impact of modernization processes on architectural culture, the history and theory of interiors, the transformations of domesticity particularly in respect to issues of gender, and the history and theory of sustainable design. Her publications include contributions to Paradigmata, 9th International Architectural Exhibition, Venice Biennale (Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2004); Negotiating Domesticity. Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture, an anthology edited by Hilde Heynen and Gulsum Baydar, (Routledge, 2005) and to the forthcoming Landscapes of Development: The Impact of Modernization on the Physical Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, edited by Pani Pyla and Hashim Sarkis, (Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008). Theocharopoulou has been teaching at the Masters Program in Decorative Arts, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum since 2004 and at the AAS Program at Parsons School of Design since 2005. She is currently teaching at the Graduate School of Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.
Anthony Vidler is Dean and Professor at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture from Cambridge University, and his Ph.D. from the Technical University, Delft. He taught at Princeton University from 1965-1992, directing the Ph.D. program and the Program in European Cultural Studies. From 1992 to 2001 he was Chair and Professor of the Department of Art istory, UCLA. He was a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York where he was an editor of the journal Oppositions and Editorial Director of Skyline. His books include The Writing of the Walls: Theory and Design in the Late Enlightenment; the prize-winning Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. Architecture and Society in the Ancient Regime; The Architectural Uncanny. Essays in the Modern Unhomely; Warped Space: Art, Architecture, and Anxiety in Modern Culture, and Histories of the Recent Present. The invention of Modernism forthcoming from MIT Press in June, 2008. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Lois Weinthal is Director of the Interior Design program at Parson School of Design. She is particularly interested in the relationships between architecture, interiors, clothing and objects, resulting in works that are linked through questions and curiosities and implemented through design projects that take on an experimental nature. She has received grants from the Graham Foundation, a Fulbright Award, and a DAAD Award for residency in Berlin that led to the exhibit, “Berlin: A Renovation of Postcards“, in Berlin and New York. In 2007, she curated “Architecture Inside/Out” at the Center for Architecture in New York ity. She has lectured, published, and exhibited widely in the field, and is principal of the design practice Weinthal Works. Weinthal studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art. SHe was previously Associate Profeesor at The University of Texas at Austin.
Allan Wexler works within the fields of architecture, design and fine art. He is represented by the Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York City and teaches at Parsons Schoolof Design. Wexler’s works explore human activity and the bult environment. He works as an investigator using series, permutations and chance rather than searching for definitive solutions. He makes buildings, furniture, vessels and utensils as backdrops and props for everyday, ordinary human activity. the works isolate, elevate, and monumentalize our daily rituals: dining, sleeping, and bathing. And they, in turn, become mechanisms that activate ritual, ceremony and movement, turning ordinary activities into theater. A collection of his works is published in the books Custom Built: A Twenty-year Survey of Work by Allan Wexler and GG Portfolio Allan Wexler.
Mark Wigely is Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. An accomplished scholar and design teacher, Mark Wigley has written extensively on the theory and practice of architecture and is the author of Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire (1998); White Walls, Designers Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture (1995); and The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida’s Haunt(1993). he co-edited The Activist Drawing: Retracing Situationalist Architectures from Constant’s New Babylon to Beyond (2001). Wigeley has served as curator for widely attended exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Drawing Center, New York; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; and Witte de With Museum, Rotterdam. He received both his Bachelor of Architecture (1979) and his Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Alfred Zollinger is co-principal of Matter Practice, an architecture and exhibition design firm founded with Sandra Wheeler. Matter has completed a range of public projects including exhibition designs for the National Building Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and International Center of Photography, as well as several residential projects. The practice maintains its own prototyping and custom fabrication shop and is characterized by Zollinger’s early training as a precision machinist and interest in making as a mode of critical inquiry. he studied architecture at Rhode Island School of Design, and completed his post-professional studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he was designer and fabrication specialist on a number of widely published projects completed by the Cranbrook Architecture Office. He has taught at RISD for three years and at Parsons since 2006.
AFTER TASTE 2 was organized by Kent Kleinman and Lois Weinthal of the Department of Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting at Parsons School of Design and made possible with the support of the Office of the Dean, Parsons School of Design.
Friday 6-8pm, Tishman Auditorium, University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Saturday 10-6pm, Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York City
February 27 + 28, 2015
Friday 6-8pm, Tishman Auditorium, University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue
Saturday 10-6pm, Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue
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Police in the Borders have arrested and charged two men with drugs offences.Read the full story ›
Two Police Dogs working for Cumbria Police have had a busy 24 hours.
Ozzy the Police Dog detained two suspects who had made off from patrols, following an incident on Tuesday evening.
A few hours later, fellow Police Dog Will managed to track a suspect who was hiding in a garden after fleeing from a stolen car.
Police in the Scottish Borders are appealing for witnesses following a vandalism and assault in Hawick.
Three men were seen at around 3am yesterday damaging a number of cars in the Roxburghe Drive and Stirches Road area.
At around 3.50am a 20-year-old man was assaulted by two males while walking on Princes Street.
He sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
The two suspects were part of a larger group of 4-5 males, described as 16-17 years old.
One of the suspects is described as wearing grey joggers, and a dark-coloured shell suit style jacket. He had a line shaved into his hair on either the right or left hand side.
The group were last seen heading towards the old Waverly Walk.
“This was a completely unprovoked attack and there will be an increase in high visibility patrols in the local area over the coming days.
“We’d urge anyone with information about either the assault or the vandalisms, or who recognises the descriptions of the suspects, to get in touch as soon as possible.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Police in the Borders are appealing for information following a number of thefts from vans in the Galashiels area.Read the full story ›
Police are appealing for information after three attempted knife-point robberies in Carlisle.
Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday officers responded to incidents at Bargain Booze on Central Avenue, Peking Chef at Petteril Bank Road and Pizza Hut on London Road.
The offender allegedly entered the three premises and brandished a knife at staff demanding cash but fled the scenes empty handed.
He's described as being white, aged in his 20s and 5’9 to 6’0 tall.
"We take incidents of this nature very seriously and would like to reassure the public that a team of detectives are working on this."
Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to make contact with Carlisle CID via 101 quoting log number CP-20160305-0247 or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
As the biggest celebration of the year is upon us, Cumbria Police remind party-goers not to start the New Year regretting their actionsRead the full story ›
Police are continuing to appeal for information following an alleged kidnap in west Cumbria.
The incident occurred on Monday 2nd November when a 41-year-old man from Egremont was bundled into the back of his own van after being flagged down by a male wearing a head torch, while travelling on Grove Road at around 6.45am.
The victim was tied up and transported in his own van from Grove Road to Mockerkin on an unknown route, arriving at Mockerkin after about an hour.
Police are appealing for information about the movements of the van - a white Citroen Relay High-Top van - on the day of the incident.
“We are still appealing for information from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area; it was very foggy at the time of the incident. Any information, no matter how small it may seem, could prove vital for our investigation.
“I would also like to reassure the public that these type of incidents are extremely rare and we are doing everything we can to ascertain what has happened.”
The offender is described as being around 5 foot 7 inches tall, of slim athletic build, with dark cropped hair.
It's believed that another vehicle and possibly two other suspects might have been involved in loading the contents of the victim’s van into another vehicle, at Mockerkin.
The offenders then left the van parked near to Mockerkin, with the victim in the back, and left the scene. At about 3pm the victim managed to turn the hazard warning lights of the van on. This may be recalled by someone who noted the vehicle being there.
He managed to free himself at around 8.45pm and got out of the van. He suffered minor injuries and was not threatened during the incident, but was left shocked and distressed.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Cumbria Police on 101 and ask to speak to an officer from North Cumbria CID or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Eight cars parked in Gretna were vandalised causing thousands of pounds of damage.
Police say the vehicles, parked in Central Avenue, had their paintwork damaged at various times of the day on Friday 6 November.
The cars included three BMWs, a Mercedes, a Fiat, A VW, a Peugeot and a Vauxhall Astra.
Police want to speak to anyone with information on who might be responsible.
"This is an absolute act of wanton vandalism for the sake of it. The cars in question were all parked along Central Avenue and whoever is responsible has caused damage which will run into thousands of pounds.
"I would encourage anyone who has any information which might help us identify those responsible to get in touch with us at Gretna on 101."
Police are appealing for information after a big fight involving more than 15 people broke out in Seaton near Workington.
The incident occurred on Saturday 13 June at around 4pm on the bridge crossing over Main Road. Several people were left with injuries that required medical attention although none of the injuries were serious or life-threatening.
Two 16-year-old boys from Workington were arrested in connection with the fight and are on police bail while enquiries continue.
The incident is now being investigated as part of Operation Rodeo, a proactive policing operation aimed at tackling criminal activity in west Cumbria. The operation has a team of dedicated officers working to bring those responsible for disorder and crime to justice.
Police say 56 arrests of local people aged 13 to 40 have been made so far.
“We have made a significant number of arrests as part of Operation Rodeo, and the increase in crime we saw earlier this year has now been reversed by a robust police response. However, we are still actively investigating a number of incidents as part of the operation. I would urge local people to let us know of any information that could be of use to bring those responsible for the disorder in June to justice.
“The day in question was Seaton Carnival Day, so there will have been a number of people in the area who may have witnessed the disorder.
“All reports will be dealt with sensitively and professionally.”
Anyone with information should call Cumbria Police on 101, and ask to speak to West CID. People can also report completely anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
A 19-year-old man from Whitehaven has been sentenced today at Carlisle Crown Court to:
- Two year supervision requirement
- Curfew for three months
- Sex offenders register for five years
- Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years
- Court costs of £60
Callum Seth, of Parton, Whitehaven, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to three counts of inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
On the evening of Thursday 14 August 2014 Seth was playing football with three boys aged under 10 years old when he made each of the boys expose themselves and perform a sexual act in front of him.
PC Annabel Scott said:
Seth’s behaviour was completely inexcusable, and I am pleased he has been brought before the courts to answer for his crime.
Protecting children in Cumbria is of the utmost importance to the Constabulary, and we work hard to bring those found to be abusing children to justice.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the victims and their parents for the bravery in reporting Seth’s actions to the police so that we could investigate.
I would urge anyone who has any concerns regarding inappropriate or abusive activity to get in touch – all reports will be dealt with sensitively and professionally.”
Anyone with concerns should call Cumbria Police on 101.


With the aim of promoting the fastest and most physiological vascular repair possible, the Evermine stent (Meril Life Sciences, India) has been brought to market, described as an ultrafine stent, measuring 50 micrometers. It is surprising to see how the engineers’ design to obtain the best hemodynamics can be translated to industrial production; I think that we are close to the limits of technological evolution in the field of coronary stents.
The Evermine stent, manufactured from an L605 cobalt-chromium alloy, has a variable strut width as well as a variable crown design to ensure an in vitro radial strength of 1.1 bar. Its coating contains two types of polymers, PLLA and PLGA, which release everolimus at a dose of 1.25 micrograms/mm2. The total thickness of the coating is 2 microns.
This stent can also be considered a hybrid stent, as it has an open-cell design in its middle area, which facilitates access to the lateral branches, and closed cells at the ends to maintain adequate scaffolding and improve its adaptability to the curves of the arteries.
Some very promising preliminary results are already available, from more than 500 patients in 3 studies with follow-up of 1 year: the Evermine 50 EES-1 Study, Evermine 50 EES-KLES Study and Evermine 50 EES-BGM Study.1 It has shown a thrombosis rate of 0% at 6 months and 1 year and a major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) rate of 2%. These data are consistent with the benefit of a faster endothelialization, with less inflammation and vascular damage, and, from a mechanical point of view, greater ease of implantation, as the device has high flexibility and good transmission of applied force. It comes in a wide selection of sizes, from 2 to 4.5 mm diameter and 8 to 48 mm length.
1. Sedaghat A, Sinning JM, Werner N et al. In vitro hydrodynamic and acute clinical performance of a novel self-expanding transcatheter heart valve in various surgical bioprostheses. EuroIntervention. 2018;13:2014-2017.
Keywords: Percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary stent.


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Google is now responsible for routing more organic traffic to online publishers than Facebook in almost every media category.
Google has overtaken Facebook as the number-one referrer of external traffic to news articles online, according to a new report by technology company Parse.ly.
Analyzing referral traffic data from more than a million articles on the Internet, Parse.ly discovered that Google search now accounts for 46 percent of all major referral traffic, followed by Facebook (29 percent), Twitter (2.2 percent) and Clipboard (1.7 percent).
Facebook had in recent years become the top source of traffic to third-party sites published by online media companies, but the social media giant famously tweaked its algorithms last year after criticisms arose that it had circulated fake content created by Russia-backed companies in the months leading up to the 2016 Presidential election.
Those algorithmic changes now emphasize content posted by users’ contacts over its news feed and have subsequently diminished the site’s value among the online media outlets, newsrooms and brands that depend on Facebook for routing organic traffic to their content.
Findings by Parse.ly suggest that beginning last year, referral trends began shifting away from Facebook and toward Google, with referral traffic volume from Facebook falling 25 percent between February and October 2017 while Google’s traffic surged at the same time.
When broken down by article category, Parse.ly found that Google now refers more traffic than Facebook in every category with the exception of lifestyle, education, law/government/politics and real estate.
Facebook remains especially strong when it comes to driving traffic to lifestyle content, outpacing Google by eight percent overall. However, even in this category, Facebook has ceded ground, as Parse.ly found that prior to Facebook’s reversal last year, 87 percent of audiences discovered lifestyle articles through the social media platform. One category within the lifestyle group — food/drink — now sees more traffic from Google, and Google referral traffic to health and fitness items now equals Facebook in terms as well.
Parse.ly’s report also found that combined referrals from external traffic sources other than Google and Facebook increased by about three percent last year, with 35 percent of traffic to media sites now coming from sites such as Twitter, Drudge Report, Google News and Flipboard.
The findings were based on Parse.ly’s analysis of eight billion page views from more than a million articles within the company’s network of more than 2,500 media sites between April and May 2018.


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Look at that cute little puppy! So young and playful but what games are safe and suitable for such a tiny pup? Plenty! In fact, games are very important to a young developing dog to help their mind and body grow. While your little one may not be able to go for a 5 mile run with you, there is so much you can do with your two month old puppy that you may have a hard time choosing what activity to do first!
While it may seem like an age old game, it is still one of the best! Teaching a puppy how to play fetch is like giving them a game they can play forever for the rest of their lives. While many puppies will naturally be full of energy and inclined to run, they do not automatically know how to chase, catch and return a ball. They need your help for this! Not only will playing fetch get out a lot of that puppy energy but it will also teach your two month old little one a new skill - a double win!
Even though your pup may seem young, it is best to start training them right away. A two month old puppy is smarter than you may think! While it is good to start with the basics like sit, lie down and stay, you can really teach your dog anything you'd like as long as you are consistent and involved in the training (you can't expect your pup to magically learn to roll over without your help!). Think about what types of tricks you would like your dog to be able to do any start teaching! Now is the best time to start training that puppy!
Other than playing fetch, tug of war is also such a classic doggy game that your two month old pup should learn. While some people are skeptical of playing tug, thinking it teaches your puppy bad habits (pulling a toy from a person can be seen as acting dominant), tug can be very fun! It is also a great game to play in the house or in places where your dog may not have a lot of room to run around. All you need is a rope toy and you're ready to go! Hey, you can even play a tugging game while sitting down!
Keep your two month old puppy busy by hiding their favorite treats throughout the house. Your dog will get to use their keen sense of smell to find the hidden treasure!
There is nothing cuter than a puppy chasing bubbles! Go outside and blow some bubbles for your dog - watch as they snap at them with their mouth, trying desperately to catch just one!
Finding an activity to do with your two month old pup is actually quite easy. When your dog is so young, every game is new and exciting to them! Puppies also tend to be so full of energy that they will be very excited and ready to fully participate in any activity you may try. So run, fetch, tug and train your new puppy until you are both tired and ready for a pup nap!

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This Wednesday marked the eighth anniversary of the death of Turkish singer Muslum Gurses, a national legend for his mournful, melancholy lyrics and contributions to arabesque music.
Gurses was best known for his mournful tunes blending Turkish folk instruments with Arabic or “arabesque” (arabesk) melodies, and his albums sold millions. He died of heart failure in 2013 when he was just 59 years old.
The Turkish public had a love-and-hate relationship with the popular singer. While the 1980s saw his songs banned in Turkey, some of his passionate fans are known for having cut themselves with razor blades at his concerts.
Gurses’ real name was Muslum Akbas. He was born on May 7, 1953, in a village in Sanliurfa, a southeastern province long known as underdeveloped.
When he was 3 years old, his family had to move to the southern province of Adana due to economic difficulties.
He could not continue his education after primary school and worked as a shoe repairman as well as a tailor for a while.
In a television interview, the legendary singer recalled his time in Adana:
“We were living in a small house. At that time, Adana was, of course, very hot. Everyone was lying on the roofs. We also sleep on the roof, just because it was hot. We were singing [songs] in my own way.
“Our neighbors would say, ‘Your voice is good. Sing one more, another one'” he recalled.
He mentioned a friend of him, Mustafa, who attended the Public Education Center and playing baglama, an indigenous Turkish lute-like instrument.
“I asked him if I could attend [to the education center],” Gurses recalled at that time, adding he learned a lot there.
Despite his father’s unwillingness, her mother supported the singer to participated in a singing contest held in a tea garden in southern Adana province when he was 14 years old in 1967, in which he won.
He took the stage as a headliner in a casino in Adana, attracted great attention.
While Gurses gave concerts in various venues in Adana, he sang live folk songs on Turkey’s state radio TRT – Cukurova every Saturday since 1967.
He released his first record in 1968, started to climb the career ladder rapidly.
But perhaps the most tragic incident in his life came when he was still a young man, in 1969, when his father stabbed his mother to death.
Gurses, who never wanted to talk about the painful incident he experienced, made two records in Istanbul, where he came after his mother’s death.
Assumed dead, Gurses was one-time placed in morgue
Another tragic event in Gurses’s life took place nearly a decade later, following his mother’s death. He had a traffic accident on his way back to Adana from the nearby Tarsus district, where he was touring Anatolia in 1978.
After the accident, Gurses, who was thought to be dead, was taken to a morgue and later was noticed at the last moment he was still alive and was taken into operation.
Due to the accident, his forehead was severely damaged, and a plate was put on his head to protect his brain. He also lost his sense of smell due to the accident, started to speak slowly because his hearing was seriously damaged.
The legendary singer made his second breakthrough with his new albums in the 1990s.
Gurses’ 2006 collaboration with Turkish novelist and songwriter Murathan Mungan is one of the reasons his fan base changed. The album they made together, Ask Tesadufleri Sever (Love Loves Coincidences), features western musical instruments and reinterpretations of songs by such luminaries as Leonard Cohen, Bjork, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan.
During his nearly 44-year of career, Gurses released a total of 78 albums.
A movie titled “Muslum” telling the life story of the legendary singer was released in 2018.
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A former De Aston student will be heading to Beverly Hills next month to pick up an Academy Award.
Philip Mclauchlan will be one of 25 people honoured at the annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation to be held on February 9.
Dr Mclauchlan is being recognised for his work creating the Mocha planar tracking and rotoscoping software, along with Allan Jaenicke, John–Paul Smith and Ross Shain, through his company Imagineer Systems.
The special effects computer programme has been used extensively in the making of many Hollywood blockbusters.
Philip attended De Aston from around 1975 to 1982, do you remember him?


I recently bought a small Sanyo CA9 video camera and devised a very simple rig which screws into deck fittings.
This is a VERY rough video, showing the shot I could achieve with the camera mounted on the furthest most fittings and the nearest. As you'll see, the big problem is the lens just isn't wide-angle enough for what I'm trying to achieve. Nor is the small lens very good quality. For fast video in HD it's great, but not for a boat mount I fear.


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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium October 2018 Events
Palos Verdes homes owners have plenty of fun events taking place this month through the end of October right here in “their own back yards.” Cabrillo Marine Aquarium will be having their Salt Marsh Open House on Saturday, September 29, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. You can join the CMA educators to learn about the Salinas de San Pedro wetlands habitat at Cabrillo Beach by using binoculars and microscope to observe live animals. You will also be able to view the birds of the marsh, learn about the native plants and observe the changes in the tides. This event is free and open to all ages.
On Tuesdays, beginning October 2, 2018 through Tuesday, October 16, 2018, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Whalewatch Naturalist Training will be offered where volunteers (college age and up) are trained as naturalists to narrate whale watching trips on boats that depart from landings December 26, 2018, through April 2019, for observation of gray whales, dolphins, sea lions and birds. Naturalists also will be giving presentations in classrooms. Meet at the John M. Olguin Auditorium. Training begins on October, 2, 2018, and the last day to join the program is October 16, 2018. No reservations are required. For more information call (310) 548-7562.
SEA Club – Science Education Afternoons for Grades 2-3 will start on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, and continue on Wednesdays through Wednesday, October 24, 2018, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. On four consecutive Wednesday afternoons you can join CMA educators for hands on after school marine science adventures. Opportunities include observing animal behavior; exploring rock shore tide pools and discovering the wonders of the salt marsh while examining nature through microscopes and much more. Participants help to plan the schedule. The pre-registration cost is members $27 & non members $30, and it will include a SEA Club t-shirt. Pre-registration is required for these classes at (310) 548-7562.
For more information on any of the events listed above go to www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org.
To read my last article on Cabrillo Marine Aquarium click here.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro.
Photo courtesy of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

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Recipe-Lemon Pepper Tofu
Me and sour stuff have a lil' something going on. I will take sour candy over sweet candy any time, any day. There is something so mouth watering about the sensation of sour on your tongue, and the tartness of certain fruits gets me all nostalgic for childhood. It reminds me of seeing how many Warhead candies me and my friends could eat with tears coming out of our eyes, and mixing freshly squeezed lemons with sugar and water to make fresh lemonade on a hot summer day.
As someone who has spent A LOT of time experimenting with non-dairy cooking, I have come to appreciate lemons on a whole new level. They are key in making the most convincing sour cream and bring a bit of much needed brightness to coconut cream based soups and sauces.
For this recipe, I wanted to feature lemon as a main ingredient, so I've got the juice and zest of lemons ALL up in this tofu,
This dish is a great entree, and the leftovers (if there are any) are great cubed and tossed on a salad the next day. Well, that's what I would have done anyway, but the hubs got to them before I did, so I gave him that look.
As I said, I really love sour stuff. If you are not as into that as me, I totally get it, just reduce the amount of lemon juice and zest to 2 lemons instead of 3. If you have the time, you can marinate the tofu overnight for extra flavor power. If not, try to give it at least 30 minutes if possible.
1 log of super firm tofu, found at the local wet market OR 1 block packaged extra firm tofu (about 400g), pressed for at least 1 hour to remove extra moisture
1/2 C white rice vinegar
juice of 3 lemons, freshly squeezed
1 tsp maple syrup (optional)
1/2 C cornstarch
1 C soy milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1 C panko breadcrumbs
1/2 C flour
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
zest of 3 lemons
Oil for pan frying
1. Slice prepared tofu into 1.5-2 inch thick rounds or squares, depending on the kind of tofu you are using.
2. In a shallow dish, mix together the rice vinegar, lemon juice, and maple syrup.
3. In 3 shallow dishes, prepare the breading ingredients. The first one should be used for the corn starch. In the next one, mix together the soy milk, apple cider, vinegar, and pepper. We want to make sure this dish is more peppery so we are adding pepper to the liquid as well as the dry mixture. In the last dish mix together the panko breadcrumbs, flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, and lemon zest.
4. Prepare a large pan to set the coated tofu on. Working in small batches, coat each piece of tofu in corn starch, then coat in the wet mixture, and finish with a hearty coating of the panko breadcrumb mixture.
5. Heat pan or wok over medium-high heat and add 1-1.5 inches of cooking oil to it. Once the oil is hot, add your first small batch of tofu to the pan. Cook approximately 2 minutes on each side, until crispy and golden brown.
I topped the tofu with dried parsley (coz I didn't have fresh) and cashew parmesan. It was so tasty!

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Most City departments will begin closing to the public every Friday starting June 29th due to budget constraints.
06/13/2018 2:22 PM
Changes are coming to the intersection of North Depot Street and West Fesler Street.
07/25/2017 4:26 PM
The popular Concerts in the Park start on June 25th at Rotary Centennial Park.
06/19/2017 8:31 AM
The Santa Maria Public Library is offering its Adult Coloring Program twice during May.
04/26/2017 4:44 PM
Santa Maria’s popular Downtown Fridays will kick off its second year on Friday, March 31st.
03/03/2017 2:24 PM
SMAT expanded holiday service, increased fares, and improved evening service, as of Feb. 13th.
02/01/2017 8:32 AM
There will be no trash and green waste/organics collection services, or street sweeping, on Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day).
05/27/2022 8:40 AM
A full-scale emergency response drill will be conducted Friday morning at the Santa Maria Public Airport.
05/26/2022 4:44 PM
Author talk with Lynne Cox, and book signing of "Tales of Al" at the Library on Thursday, June 2nd.
05/26/2022 4:00 PM
On Friday evening, May 27th, Broadway from Cook Street to Stowell Road will be closed in both directions for a car cruise.
05/25/2022 9:12 AM
The Public Library invites caregivers with children ages 3 to 5 to a relaxing morning of yoga, accompanied by stories.
05/23/2022 5:26 PM
Love on a Leash volunteers will bring dogs to the Public Library on Friday, May 27th for an afternoon of reading.
05/23/2022 5:22 PM
There will be two SMPL to Go Bookmobile neighborhood visits in the community on Friday, May 27th.
05/23/2022 4:36 PM
Register online, in person, or by phone, for a rich variety of youth and adult recreation classes this summer.
05/23/2022 1:48 PM
Register now for a free workshop to make a pinhole camera, to be held Wednesday, May 25th at the Public Library.
05/23/2022 1:39 PM
May 19th hearing on the 2021 Annual Report of Water Requirements, Supplies in the Santa Maria Valley Mangement Area.
05/18/2022 8:38 AM
The City and Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce are pleased to recognize these two local businesses.
05/18/2022 8:30 AM
Register for a free DIY jewelry rack workshop for adults, to be held Saturday, May 21st at the Public Library.
05/17/2022 10:56 AM
The Public Library is partnering with two financial professionals to offer two free workshops about financial literacy skills.
05/17/2022 10:30 AM
Pitch those empty recyclable bottles and cans into a new sculpture at the City's Hagerman Softball Complex.
05/16/2022 10:10 AM

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As partner of the Dutch-based Hudig & Veder Group, Hartel Shipping & Chartering, has awarded Holland Shipyards Group for the delivery of three newbuild coasters of 3.800 DWT.
Kroezen Ship Support, as Technical/ISM/ISPS/MLC Manager, are proud to be a part of these new build sustainable vessels and are close involved in the development.
The new vessels, designed by Conoship, measure 89,42 m by 13,20 m and will have a cargo hold capacity of 5.530 m³ and a tween deck to allow for increased project cargo capacity.
In response to an increased focus on sustainability, Hartel Shipping has opted for a diesel-electric drivetrain, allowing for running on sustainable fuels now and later on in the future. The newbuilds are propelled by two 374 bkW electro motors and have a total installed power of 749 kW. The frequency-controlled, diesel-electric power train regulates the speed of the screw on the basis of variables such as load factor, water level and navigation route, resulting in fuel saving up to 35% and significantly fewer emissions.
Further energy savings, on this already remarkably efficient design, will be realized by fitting a VentiFoil® system on the first vessel. With these sails, further efficiencies of 8% - 12% can be realized.
With these new vessels, Hartel Shipping will position its fleet on the forefront of sustainability in the short-sea market. For Holland Shipyards Group, this order marks a return to the short-sea market, as well as an expansion of its sustainable efforts in other market segments than ferries, inland ships and workboats.
- Kroezen Ship Support is a young and dynamic company focusing mainly on technical management, as well as maintenance- and support to sea-going vessels. The founders of Kroezen Ship Support enjoy extensive experience in technical management both as owner and captain, and are therefore well aware of all the practical- and cost-effective aspects in regard to maintenance and technical management.


When you are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 on a computer that has more than 8 logical processors, the Windows Experience Index rating is unavailable in the system properties. Additionally, when you run the WinSAT command (Winsat.exe), the command exits with a fatal error message. For example, you receive the following error message when you run a WinSAT CPU -Encryption command:
Error: The WinSAT XML does not adhere to the schema.
This problem occurs on a computer that has more than 8 logical processors. For example, you have a computer that has two quad-core processors and hyper-threading is enabled for these processors. In this example, you have 16 logical processors because hyper-threading makes each core appear as two logical processors to the operating system.


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Elegy Iv - Poem by Henry James Pye
The solemn hand of sable-suited night
Enwraps the silent earth with mantle drear;
Thick gathering clouds obscure fair CYNTHIA's light;
Nor shines one star the dusky scene to chear.
O'er the sad mansion, hid in aweful gloom,
The Æthiop darkness spreads her ebon sway;
Save that alone from yonder studious room
The wasting taper sheds a trembling ray.
Now, while the tenants of this sacred dome
Turn the grave page, or sink to soft repose,
Along the Gothic cloisters let me roam,
And, deep in thought, the tedious moments lose.
Now breathes the whistling wind a mournful song,
And pattering drops the drizzly tempest tell;
While Echo stalks the gloomy vaults among,
Sadly-responsive to the midnight bell.
And hark!—the staring owl with boding strain
Shrieks notes of terror from the learned grove.
Ah horrid sounds! full well ye soothe my pain!
Full well your music greets despairing love!
No longer now around the social bowl
I join the festive laugh, or sprightly lay;
But pour in ceaseless sighs my lovesick soul,
Till fades the lamp at bright AURORA's ray.
How at the fragrant hour of rising morn
Would eager transport throb in ev'ry vein,
To hear the swelling shout and jocund horn
Invite the hunter to the sportive plain!
But, ah, the gay delights of youth are fled!—
In sighs and tears my fading life I wear;
So the pale lilly hangs its drooping head,
When frosts untimely blast the ripening year.
Philosophy, thou guardian of the heart,
O come in all thy rigid virtue dressed!
With manly precept ease my killing smart,
And drive this tyrant from my wounded breast.
Oft would my eyes, disdaining balmy sleep,
The aweful labors of thy sons explore,
Fathom with restless toil each maxim deep,
And hang incessant o'er the sacred lore:
Alas! opposed to love how weak, how frail
Is all the reasoning of the unfeeling sage!
No forceful arm can o'er his power prevail;
No lenient hand the wounds he gives asswage.
Yes, tyrant, yes; thou must retain thy power,
Till my torn bosom yields to stronger Death:
Still must I love, even in that fatal hour,
And call on DELIA with my latest breath.
And when all pale my lifeless limbs extend,
And fate has sealed the irrevocable doom,
May then my memory find a faithful friend,
To write these votive numbers on my tomb:
'Here rests a youth, who, Love and Sorrow's slave,
'Gave up his early life to pining care,
'Till worn with woe he sought, in this calm grave,
'A safe retreat from comfortless Despair.'
So, when the stone lies o'er my clay-cold head,
If chance fair DELIA to the place draw near,
With one sad sigh she may lament me dead,
And bathe the senseless marble with a tear.
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PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) -- A massive law enforcement training event called Urban Shield in Alameda County has not only brought officers from around the country to Pleasanton, but protesters as well.
The protesters formed a human shield to protest Urban Shield, a weekend of training exercises for law enforcement and first responders. This group questions the tactics used, calling them militarized war games.
"When we have local health responders trained in military tactics and policing tactics, because then the intuition is that when you are treating something as a health related emergency it ends up being criminalized. People end up being hurt," said Alicia Bell, Stop Urban Shield protestor.
The ACE train station across the street from the Alameda County Fairgrounds prepared early for the protests, closing the gate of one of the entrances at 5:45 a.m. and checking for train tickets at the other entrance so only passengers could get in to the parking lot, exasperating some commuters.
"It was busier it took longer I was getting a little angry," said a commuter.
A few people who saw on the news that this was happening, quickly made their own signs and showed up to present the other side.
"The police have to be ready for all types of situations and these people who say police are turning in to a military force, that's just not the case they are here to protect and serve the people of this country," said Dennis Mulhall, Pleasanton resident.
The protestors covered several entrances at the fairgrounds, but at one location cars drove around them. Another was unmanned and participants easily got inside and started their conference without interference. Still, protestors say they plan to go the distance.
"We're willing to stay until they shut it down until we have to," said Mulhall.
Urban Shield will continue through the weekend at the fairgrounds.
Protest held against Urban Shield in Alameda County
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Heartbroken shelter puppy finds love
When Monique arrived at the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, she was just a tiny puppy whose life had barely begun. In her first few weeks in the world, she’d lost her home and ended up in one of the country’s busiest shelters, one that takes in a staggering 32,000 pets every year (an average of almost 90 pets a day). Monique looked just as overwhelmed, dejected and lonely as any young one might feel in a strange place, separated from her family. The only comfort she seemed to find was curling up in her metal food bowl.
Monique’s life could have been painfully short, and it nearly was. Palm Valley Animal Center has the largest lifesaving gap in the state of Texas. That means an average of 44 animals are killed there every day, due to lack of space. But since the shelter has asked for help, Best Friends has been working hard the past several months alongside staffers to save more lives. Monique was one of those.
In addition to revamping the shelter’s programs, Best Friends is working to transport 800 dogs and puppies out of the shelter to Best Friends’ network partners across the country who have space to take in more animals and can help find them new homes. That’s how Monique was moved out of the shelter and into a warehouse space where dogs and puppies await placement and transport. Because Best Friends has sent staff from all areas of the organization to help with the project, Monique met dozens of different people during her stay. And it’s safe to say she stole the hearts of everyone around her.
In the many photos and videos shared by staff, you can see her go from dejected to a sweet, sassy, happy little puppy. Best of all, she’s now safe and sound at Portsmouth Humane Society in Virginia, where she’ll likely be adopted just in time for the holidays.
Puppy goes from sad to sassy
Monique became a staff favorite the moment she arrived at the transport area. Watching her curl her tiny body into her food bowl moved staff to provide her with her own pink crate and blanket. She also got her first toy, which she loved instantly.
Once she started to feel better and get more comfortable, Monique’s personality began to emerge. And what a personality it is! She may be scrawny, but she’s got a larger-than-life attitude. She became known for her one-of-a kind puppy bark and constantly wagging tail.
It was the arrival Best Friends marketing staff that marked another turning point in Monique’s life. After spending the day working at the shelter and in the transport area, Kayla Zakel, national marketing senior specialist, got the green light to spring the puppy from her kennel and bring her back to the pet-friendly hotel where she and colleagues were staying.
Celebrating a puppy’s firsts
We’re not sure what Monique’s first few weeks of life were like before she ended up at the shelter. But it’s a safe bet that she probably had never stayed in a hotel. For weeks, she’d been one of hundreds of animals in a hectic environment, and now she was the one-and-only four-legged guest in the room.
Her temporary foster moms got to work, giving Monique a bath and trimming her nails — her first-ever spa treatments.
After thoroughly exploring the room, discovering her reflection on the refrigerator door and eating a hearty dinner, Monique ended her day with another first. She got to snuggle up in bed under the covers, next to Kayla.
Monique moves on
For the next several days, Monique became an unofficial mascot, sitting in on meetings where everyone took turns holding her. She got another toy of her very own and a pink sweater that seemed made for her — complete with a ruffled neck and faux pearls.
Then came the big day everyone had been waiting for. Monique would be joining other dogs and puppies for a ride across the country to a community where puppies don’t face the same challenges as those in Edinburg, Texas. Through our network partners, Best Friends has been reaching out to identify shelters and rescue groups eager to take in puppies and the kinds of dogs flooding the Edinburg shelter.
Jay Garrett, one of two Best Friends staff members working at the Palm Valley Animal Center (PVAC), says: “Puppies like Monique arrive at PVAC every single day. We also receive large numbers of orphaned, sick and malnourished puppies. Without rescue organizations willing to step up and save these vulnerable puppies, they could face a short and sad life — without happy endings like Monique.”
In different parts of the country, puppies like Monique can get adopted almost immediately because there’s a huge demand and not many puppies in shelters. It’s just a matter of getting the dogs and puppies to them. So, Kayla helped little Monique board the “rescue express” bus for the Portsmouth Humane Society in Virginia.
For Monique, the trip was another milestone — her first cross-country trip. She and her fellow canine travelers made it safely to their destinations, and Monique received the kind of attention she’d become accustomed to. The Portsmouth staff, fully briefed on their new addition, had a special area befitting a puppy princess ready for their tiny charge.
When Monique got off the bus, a suite with pink blankets and pink princess bowls awaited her. She couldn’t stop wagging her tail.
Monique will soon be available for adoption, and it’s safe to say that she’ll be settled in her very own home in time for Christmas. Then she’ll get to know the joy of another milestone — her first day in a home.
Photos courtesy of Best Friends staff and the Portsmouth Humane Society


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Whether your little one has friends from school, a sports team, or a holiday, friendship bracelets are the perfect gift for their favourite friends. Learning how to make friendship bracelets is a fun activity your kids will love and what’s best of all is the enjoyment they get from sharing the results with their friends and receiving a bracelet in return.
Friendship bracelets take a bit of time to make (they’re a great rainy day activity), so it’s important for your child to think about which of their friends merits such a special gift. And since each completed friendship band is supposed to be a unique gift, your child can show how much they know and care about their friends by choosing colours and designs to suit different personalities and styles. Plus if you look after them well these precious gifts of friendship can last for years.
Read our guide on how to wash friendship bracelets for tips. There are many different guides on how to make a friendship bracelet, but they generally fall into three categories: Knotted (woven) friendship bracelets; plaited friendship bracelets; and wrapped friendship bracelets. Below we show you how to make bracelets that are knotted. For any type of friendship bracelet you will need to buy embroidery threads in different colours. You’ll also need a pair of scissors and some sello tape. If you want to make things a bit more spectacular, try adding beads or charms to your bracelets too – the sky’s the limit in terms of creativity!
How to Make Easy Friendship Bracelets with Simple Knots:
The simplest version of a knotted friendship bracelet features a diagonal stripe design. Once you’ve mastered the knotting technique, you can experiment with different knotting patterns – the Internet, and Pinterest boards like this one, provide plenty of guides for learning more complex designs.
- Choose two or more different coloured embroidery threads.
- Cut four lengths of thread of a meter in length (if you want a wider band, cut more lengths).
- Fold the threads in half (so you have a bunch of 8 threads) and tie a knot at the folded end to form a small loop big enough to fit your finger through.
- Either tape the loop to a surface, or place it over the forefinger of your dominant hand.
- Lay the threads in the order you would like the stripes to be.
- Take the outside thread furthest to your right; pass it over and behind the thread next to it; push the end through the resulting hole; and pull tight to form a single knot.
- Form a second knot in the same way, with the same threads.
- Then, use the same outer thread, knot twice on the next thread over.
- Continue in the same way until you have knotted across all the threads from right to left. The result will be a woven stripe.
- Repeat the same steps until you have created a length of woven band long enough to encircle a wrist.
- Cut the remaining lengths of thread to approximately 10 cms long.
- Divide the threads in two, and plait them, knotting them tidily at the end.
To wear the bracelet, wrap it around the wrist of the recipient, pass one plait through the loop at the end and tie it in another knot to the other plait. It’s a nice touch if your child puts it on their friend themselves. You can either cut off the tails or keep them on as extra decoration – the choice is yours.
With dangling threads – and the tradition of not removing friendship bracelets until they fall off – there’s always the danger of getting your bracelets mucky. However, if you hand-wash them gently with Persil small & mighty, you’ll have no problem keeping your friendship bands clean. Find out how to wash a friendship bracelet here.
Did you and your child have fun learning how to make friendship bracelets for kids? We’d love to hear your stories – share them with us in the comment box below.


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Heroes of SoulCraft Press kit
Heroes of SoulCraft (HoS) is an Arcade MOBA in which 2 teams fight against each other in fast-paced, tactical matches full of action and fun.
Angels vs. Demons team battles in quick, tactical games full of action and fun
If you like our previous games SoulCraft 1 & 2 you will love Heroes of SoulCraft
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Today GoPro (GPRO), the company known for their portable video cameras for on-the-go and athletic lifestyles, revealed their Q1 2022 earnings today and it would appear that the company was able to beat their revenue by a penny. GoPro was expected to have EPS of 8 cents, but the actual EPS ended up being 9 cents per share, which just narrowly put them ahead of said expectations. GoPro had an expected revenue of $216.75 million but had an actual revenue of $217 million, meaning it just barely beat those expectations.
According to GoPro’s own Q1 2022 earnings report, the company saw a massive influx of new subscribers that was 85% year-over-year with that number now resting at 1.74 million subs. GoPro also had a major increase in cash and investments of 52% year-over-year that brought in the company $450 million.
GoPro founder and CEO, Nicholas Woodman stated, "We hit the ground running in 2022, successfully growing year-over-year revenue and profitability while launching exciting new products. With several additional products slated for launch later this year, we expect to continue this TAM-expanding trend."
GoPro’s report also noted the follow financial results:
- Revenue was $217 million, up 6% year-over-year from $204 million.
- GoPro.com revenue, including subscription revenue, increased 8% year-over-year to $89 million, or 41% of total revenue. Subscription and service revenues totaled $19 million, up 73% year-over-year.
- GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 41.8% and 42.0% respectively, up from the prior year period at 38.6% and 39.2%, respectively.
- GAAP net income was $6 million, or $0.04 per share, up from a net loss of $10 million or $0.07 per share in the prior year period. Non-GAAP net income was $15 million, or $0.09 per share, up 214% from $5 million, or $0.03 per share in the prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $21 million, or 10% of revenue, compared to $11 million, or 5% of revenue in the prior year period.
- Cameras with retail prices at or above $400 represented 92% of Q1 2022 camera revenue, up from 79% in Q1 2021.
- Q1 2022 Street ASP was $414, up 13% year-over-year.
GoPro’s Q1 2022 earnings report also highlighted the success of their recently launched desktop app and the launch of the HERO 10 Black Bones drone camera along with their second Technical & Engineering Emmy award along with a few other landmark accomplishments in the last year. GoPro has definitely made a name for itself with its versatile and user-friendly cameras and equipment and the numbers would appear to backup their position as a major player in the audio/video industry. Even though the company only beat their expectations by a penny, that’s still a win for GoPro. Be sure to keep it locked right here on Shacknews for more earnings reports and tech coverage.


Solar Powering America is an interagency initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support greater solar deployment. Each agency’s unique and independent solar programs are featured in Solar Powering America’s online resource library for use by the solar community. These programs support the goals set forth in the President’s Climate Action Plan, which include doubling U.S. renewable energy deployment between 2012 and 2020 and installing 100 megawatts of solar on federally-assisted housing.
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The White House announced the Clean Energy Savings for All Initiative on July 19, 2016, which will work to ensure every household can choose to go solar. Learn more.


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MCA initiates action against firms failing to provide details of registered office, officials.
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has started a crackdown on companies that have not filed the e-form ACTIVE by June 15. The form allows geo-tagging of a firm’s registered office location and includes photographs of office, directors as well as details of CEO and other key officials.
According to sources, firms which haven’t filed ACTIVE form will be tagged as “ACTIVE non-compliant” and their directors as “director of ACTIVE non-compliant company”. The companies that are found to be non-compliant would be red flagged and could face action from government agencies like IT department, ED, Sebi, etc.
In February this year, the MCA issued Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2019 and Companies (Registration offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2019 under which a company incorporated on or before December 31, 2017 has to file its particulars and that of its registered office in the e-form ACTIVE. The last date for this compliance was April 25, which was later extended till June 15.
As on April 2019, there are a total of 18.84 lakh companies registered in India, of which a little over 61% or roughly 11.57 lakh firms are active.
A senior government official said, “This was started three months back to track bogus firms and shell corporations. There have been instances where several companies were found to be operating from a single registered address or where the office showed no signs of any operations.”
Besides, putting compliance responsibility on directors is an effective measure to ensure that companies provide their details and tag their registered office locations, he added.
AMRG & Associates Partner Rajat Mohan said, “Public tagging of non-compliant corporates may also be red flagged by IT systems of various stakeholders like RBI, Sebi, BSE, NSE, Income Tax authorities, GST authorities, investors and vendors, forcing them to be vigilant while having business transactions with all such companies,” he added.
Another government official explained that with geo-tagging rules, the requirement of putting data of exact location such as latitude and longitude, photographs of registered office and other details would help identify cases where one building houses multiple shell companies or whether the said company is really operational or has been created for illegal purposes.
“Now tagging of companies and directors who did not file e-Form Active (INC-22A) is in progress and till the time this is being done e-filing of this form has been suspended. The filing of e-Form (ACTIVE) will again start post the completion of this cleansing exercise,” he added.
After a company and its directors are tagged with non-compliance, the ministry will give a showcause notice to the company to explain its position. If the entity does not give a sound reply or fails to reply, its details will be shared with investigating agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Details of listed non-compliant firms which fail to reply will be shared with the capital markets regulator Sebi. Such companies will be eventually deactivated, if found guilty, the official revealed.


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SMIT buying AdsteamÆs Liverpool towage operation
Adsteam Marine Ltd. has agreed to sell its Port of Liverpool harbor towage business to Dutch shipping group Smit Internationale, giving the Rotterdam-based company its first step into the United Kingdom harbor towage market.
No financial details of the agreement were disclosed.
The sale was forced by the U.K. Competition Commission making a condition of A.P. Moller-Maersk-owned SvitzerWijsmuller’s takeover offer for Adsteam that one of the companies sell their Liverpool operations.
'SvitzerWijsmuller welcomes this initiative to address the U.K. Competition Commission's concerns, and hopes that the sale of Adsteam's Liverpool harbor towage business to SMIT will be completed over the next coming weeks once the above conditions have been met,' SvitzerWijsmuller said in a statement.

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Auto Repair Tips You Ought To Read
As a car owner, fixing a broken car is never a fun thing to handle. If you take the time to learn a little more, you really can save lots of money and aggravation. Apply all of the tips and advice in this article. You will find it very useful when your car breakdowns.
Get a reliable battery charger to keep in your vehicle. Learn to locate the points where the battery charger connects.
Don’t underestimate how important it is to keep an emergency car kit for granted. You should put together a kit that includes the tools you need to change a tire, help you get some extra gas and tire changing tools as well.
An emergency kit is a must for your car. It should have tire changing tools, a battery charger and tools to top up your gas tank. You may also want to add some batteries, a flashlight and a few blankets in the event that you break down at night.
You do not have to contact a mechanic when your car has problems. There are a few things that can fix easily yourself. If the job is not too complicated, you can save some money by doing the repairs yourself.
Always keep a record of any maintenance done to your car is repaired. If you have more problems later, your mechanic will appreciate having access to your past records.
Although shops are generally trustworthy, you don’t want to pay too much. Search for a reliable shops that is knowledgeable with your kind of vehicle you have. These shops will give you the best bang for your car repairs.
Always keep and eye on the radiator to make sure that it is full. Let the car run a couple minutes, shut your engine and open up your hood. You should never open the radiator of a car that is running. Use a dipstick to check the radiator’s fluid level, and remember to always mix water in with your coolant if need be. Some coolants come premixed.
Replacing the bulbs on your taillights or taillight is much cheaper when you both time and money. While it’s easier in some vehicles than others, it is much cheaper to do it yourself. Ask a friend if they can show you learn how it should be done.
It pays to keep track of your oil changes. You have to change it regularly to keep your vehicle runs smoothly. If you don’t change it, your car may not last as long as it could.
Check the car’s tire pressure every time you fill up the tank. Look at them and be sure nothing has become embedded in them. You don’t want to risk driving around with weak tires.
Getting a good referral is the ideal way to discover a great auto technician. Ask the people you know and trust who they take their vehicles to. You can learn about the quality of work, the pricing and if they were satisfied with the service. People will tell you about the mechanic’s honesty and if their experience was a good one.
Take pictures of your vehicle prior to bringing it into any shop. Some unethical shops may strip your car in order to up their bottom line. You need to be able to document what the vehicle looks like in case your mechanic fails to fix them or makes things worse.
Do not diagnose difficult auto repair problems yourself. What you may see as a simple fix can really be very complicated, especially in newer computerized vehicles. Let a repair shop do the issue. Tell them what you’ve observed, but allow them to determine the cause.
Some unscrupulous body shops may replace your tires with older models. This is done so they can profit from your loss. Mark your tires before taking your car to an auto shop. If the chalk isn’t there, question the shop about what happened.
Go over your owner’s manual and dog ear the most useful pages. This will help you when it comes time for you to visit your mechanic if a major problem occurs. You may even discover how to solve your car problems yourself.
Car problems can be a hassle to deal with. They can also be very expensive too. By learning all that you can do to make sure you’re prepared for your vehicle to break down then you’ll be able to make sure your vehicle is up and running in no time. This will also allow you to save money.
These days, everyone wants to know about the world of car, but not everyone knows where to turn for the right information. Thankfully, this article contains excellent tips to help you move ahead. You do, however, need to apply what you’ve learned to realize any benefit from this article.