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Fighting for a Favorable Result in Your Case
A denial or negative decision in your immigration case can be disheartening – but it doesn’t mean you should give up. You have another chance at obtaining the results you are seeking by appealing the decision. Of course, you will want to work with a knowledgeable and proven immigration attorney who can fight for you and represent your best interests.
At Davis & Associates, we offer aggressive strategies when appealing immigration decisions. We understand that you have a lot on the line – and we want to help you achieve a favorable resolution. Our immigration appeals attorneys in Texas deliver high-quality representation and take the time to get to know each client so that their service is truly personalized.
The Basics of an Immigration Appeal
Time is of the essence when appealing an immigration decision – in most cases, you only have 30 days after receiving the decision to file your appeal.
Many clients find it beneficial to work on their appeal with a law firm that did not handle the original case. A fresh perspective can provide helpful insight into a better way to approach the appeal.
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Our immigration appeals attorneys in Texas handle all types of cases. With 60 years of combined experience, we have what it takes to build a strong appeal on your behalf.
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I recently read about the decision of the WNBA to continue a partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G) which will include brand exposure for P&G along with a P&G-developed program ("Imagine a Future") aimed at black girls and young women. At first glance this seems like a win-win combination: the WNBA benefits financially, while P&G gains access to potential customers who are at the age where they may be convinced to purchase P&G products specifically selected as brand tie-ins for this campaign.
While the benefits of this partnership are clear, what is less clear is whether a partnership with P&G truly fits with what the WNBA is about--first and foremost, to be "the premier women's sports league in the world." Following from that, it stands to reason that the WNBA has an interest in empowering girls and women. The league has taken it upon itself to focus attention on women's health through its Breast Health Awareness program, for example, and there is an annual "Inspiring Women" luncheon designed to celebrate women "who show the world what is possible."
All this is to say that the WNBA seems to have sincere intentions when it comes to empowering girls and women...which is what makes this partnership with P&G all the more disappointing. The brands that will be advertised during this campaign are Cover Girl (makeup), Tampax (tampons), and Secret (antiperspirant). These are all products that can become relevant for girls as they enter puberty, a demographic P&G surely hopes to reach through its connections with the WNBA. The company is keenly aware that if they can catch the attention of girls as they begin to use "health and beauty" products like makeup, tampons, and antiperspirant, they may gain customers who will be loyal to P&G brands for life.
However, while most women have come to think of these items as necessities, this isn't always the case. Antiperspirant, for example, is a relatively recent invention, and there are plenty of women who use alternative menstrual products for reasons ranging from environmental and health concerns to cost savings. Mainstream products such as those sold under the Cover Girl, Tampax, and Secret brands have also been called into question as far as potentially negative effects on women's health. The jury is still out on whether the materials used to make tampons are completely safe, and some of the ingredients found in mainstream antiperspirants and makeup offer cause for concern as well.
The WNBA is a business, and as such it needs to find ways to generate money that can be used to help sustain the league. However, the WNBA is also one of the elite professional women's sports leagues in the United States, and as such should strive to empower girls and women at more than a surface level. Truly caring about, and promoting, the health of girls and women should matter just as much as securing sources of funding. As Queenie has hinted at in the past [I'd love to read that screed someday, Queenie!] pinkwashing, something that occurs at some WNBA games, is rife with problems. So too is this partnership between the WNBA and P&G. For me, and for many, many, other fans of the WNBA, the league is tangible proof that women are more than capable of greatness--and that what we do matters and has value in this world. To have all of the achievements of the WNBA called into question through a partnership with a company whose only genuine motive is profit--even at the expense of women's health--works against everything the WNBA stands for.
The WNBA, and its fans, deserve better.

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Released in July 2019 to immediate widespread acclaim, former Purson singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM’s eponymous début album – her first with the Esoteric Antenna label, part of the Cherry Red group – was the result of an extended period of reflection. Containing some of her most compelling and daring songwriting to date, the album justifiably earned a Top 10 placing in the UK’s official independent chart.
As pre-orders of the Mercury Music Prize-nominated album were exhausted in just 48 hours, critics were united in their reactions to the solo artist’s reinvention. While major publications including Classic Rock, Mojo and Kerrang gave stellar ratings in their uniformly positive reviews, Cunningham also featured in a number of ‘Best of the Year’ polls. In Europe, popular German music magazine Eclipse voted her album the year’s ninth best release, however, back home in the UK, Prog listed it as 2019’s third best album, behind Opeth and Big Big Train.
Further accolades from Prog came when the magazine named Cunningham the “eighth greatest female musician of all time”.
Fronting a brand new five-piece outfit, Cunningham came storming out of the starting gate that summer with a live session on BBC 6 Music and an extraordinarily well-received tour of the UK, offering what reviewer Mike Ainscoe described as a “wholly immersive experience”.
All the signs pointed towards a golden 2020 for the Southend-born artist, who was in preparation for appearances at a raft of leading European festivals and a tour of North America when the COVID-19 pandemic put everything on indefinite hold. “The year had started so well with a very successful tour that was sold out at almost every venue,” said Cunningham. “The first vinyl pressing of the album flew off the shelves ridiculously quickly and we were just about to have a repress when COVID hit like a wrecking ball. I’m just one of hundreds of thousands of musicians whose careers were halted in such an unprecedented way by the cancellation or postponement of tours and festivals.
“Despite the crushing disappointment, we tried out best to remain positive, especially as many of the festival slots we were due to play were re-booked for 2021, such as Northern Kin and the Manchester Psych Festival.”
Sadly, the ever-popular Fairport’s Cropredy Convention was forced to postpone for a second year, meaning that Cunningham’s idyllic afternoon slot between the legendary Matthews Southern Comfort and Richard Thompson will have to wait until 2022. In place of last year’s festival, however, the event’s pioneering founders Fairport Convention invited Cunningham, 31, to take part as a featured singer on a ‘lockdown’ recording of their classic song ‘Meet On The Ledge’. Starring all five current members of Fairport, as well as Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Ralph McTell and Clannad original Moya Brennan, the track was released last August to raise funds for Help Musicians UK.


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Saturday 16 November
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Join us for this unmissable one-day workshop with the master calligrapher, Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang from China. Learn the essential techniques and formation of letters of this unique fusion of Arabic and Chinese calligraphy from a calligrapher who has been acclaimed worldwide for his work. Haji Noor Deen will give you a step-by-step guide throughout the day and will inspire you with the love of his craft in his inimitable and engaging style.
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For our Junior Guests - Family Friendly London Hotel
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Children are welcome in our luxury restaurant, The Grill, and Chef has created a delicious menu specifically with our younger guests in mind. Try and catch Fleming Frog enjoying cupcakes & croaka-cola during your stay!
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Now that President Trump has dissolved his shady voter fraud commission, a Supreme Court case being heard Wednesday represents fraud alarmists’ next best chance to boost their voter purge campaigns.
The case, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, is a challenge to Ohio’s scheme for purging people who haven’t voted recently from the voter rolls, a scheme the state implemented under pressure from conservative legal activists, including one who later joined the Trump voter fraud commission.
Voting rights advocates fear that a ruling in favor of Ohio’s system will be used by voter fraud alarmists to pressure other states to more aggressively kick voters off the rolls. Conservative groups like the American Civil Rights Union and Judicial Watch for years have been bullying local election officials with notices and in some cases lawsuits pushing them to purge their rolls.
“They want the ability to use non-voting to remove people,” Demos senior counsel Stuart Naifeh, who is representing the Ohio challengers, told TPM. “And in these cases that they’ve brought or threatened to bring, they want counties or states to adopt that as a practice.”
Under Ohio’s regimen, if a person does not vote in a two-year period, they are mailed a notice to verify or correct their address. If they do not respond to the mailer, and don’t vote within the next four years, they are removed from the voter rolls.
Tellingly, four Republican commissioners from Trump’s now-defunct commission are involved in legal briefs supporting Ohio in the case. Trump’s Justice Department is also backing Ohio, a reversal from the Obama administration’s position.
The case is just one battlefront of a larger war being waged against the National Voter Registration Act — the so-called “Motor Voter” law that streamlined the process by which people can registered to vote and put standards on how states could clean their voter rolls.
“It really seems like this is the direction that people who want to restrict voting are moving in,” said Dale Ho, the director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “And this case, by potentially weakening the NVRA’s restrictions on purging, could help with that effort.”
The list maintenance issue is “harder to track” than voter ID, Ho said, because “you don’t need law to do a purge, it’s just an administrative practice.”
J. Christian Adams, a Republican on the Trump commission, himself said recently that voter ID was “yesterday’s fight.” Adams was listed of counsel on a 2012 lawsuit pushing Ohio to more aggressively purge its voter rolls. Ohio adopted the new purge scheme as part of settling that case. Voting rights advocates challenged the new scheme in court, and the Supreme Court is now taking it up after an appeals court ruled against Ohio.
Even before the Trump administration took over the White House and started sending signals of its own voter purge pressure campaign, a group of exiles from George W. Bush’s scandal-plagued Justice Department began filing under-the-radar lawsuits against local election officials alleging that they weren’t doing enough to clean their rolls. Two of these DOJ alum — Adams and Hans von Spakovsky — went on to serve on Trump’s commission. A third, Robert Popper, was a witness at the commission’s September meeting. (The purge process that is being challenged was the result of a lawsuit brought by Popper’s group Judicial Watch, the same lawsuit in which Adams was listed of counsel.) A Judicial Watch spokesperson told TPM Popper was not available to comment for this story.
All three men are named in legal briefs supporting Ohio’s purge protocol, as are two other Republicans on the commission, former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick.
A few other states and localities have adopted the use of non-voting to begin their purge protocol — in some places, as the result of settlements prompted by lawsuits that Adams’ group, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), brought on behalf of the American Civil Rights Union, on whose board Blackwell sits.
If the Supreme Court greenlights Ohio’s use of non-voting to trigger its purge protocol, it could lead to other states adopting the process or embolden PILF to step up its browbeating of local election officials into changing their practices. Some 17 states have joined a brief in support of Ohio’s scheme, led by Georgia which has a similar regimen and has emerged as a voting rights battleground as Democrats seek to make electoral gains there.
“A ruling that communicates that states need to be more aggressive in their purges is likely to have outcomes that we have seen before, where sloppy purges lead to eligible voters not being able to vote on election day,” said Myrna Perez, deputy director of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program.
PILF, in response to TPM’s inquiry, sent a statement from Adams accusing the “interest groups” opposing him in the case of “keeping voter rolls filled with dead and ineligible voters.” Von Spakovsky, who sits on PILF’s board, did not respond to TPM’s inquiry.
The legal question at hand is a complicated one, as the Supreme Court will have to muck through NVRA language that is murky and at times, contradictory on whether non-voting is a permissible reason to begin purging a voter.
According to Perez, there’s a possibility that the Supreme Court will hand down a narrow opinion saying Ohio’s process in particular, by starting the process after just one federal election cycle without a vote cast, is too unreliable.
In the friend-of-the-court brief, Adams filed supporting Ohio, he not only defended the process, but suggested that it should be the model elsewhere.
“Other states should be encouraged to take similar and even further action to protect the sanctity of our nation’s elections,” he said.


Mercedes-Benz unveiled a preview of its next-generation compact range during a presentation at the 2023 Munich auto show. The automaker showcased a teaser photo featuring a lineup of four vehicles, with the Concept CLA-Class taking the spotlight as it was officially unveiled in Munich.
The teaser photo also included three other vehicles, namely redesigned versions of the CLA-Class Shooting Brake, GLB-Class, and GLA-Class. However, noticeably missing from the lineup were redesigned versions of the A-Class, A-Class Hatchback, and B-Class. Mercedes-Benz has made the strategic decision to drop these models in order to focus on higher-margin vehicles.
The redesigned CLA-Class will be the first to hit the market, with plans for a late 2024 debut as a 2025 model. Prototypes of the CLA-Class have already been spotted, indicating that the production model is well underway. All four vehicles in the compact range will be based on the new Modular Mercedes-Benz Architecture platform, known as the MMA. This platform is primarily designed for electric powertrains, but it will also support gas engines. It is expected to be utilized for all next-generation Mercedes models, including those in the C-Class segment.
Above the C-Class segment, Mercedes-Benz will have the MB.EA platform for medium and large models, the AMG.EA platform for high-performance AMG models, and the Van.EA platform for light commercial vehicles. All of these platforms, including the MMA, will be exclusively electric.
The Concept CLA-Class previewed the specifications for electric vehicles based on the MMA platform. It boasts a range of approximately 350 miles and supports quick charging with the ability to add over 100 miles in less than 15 minutes, thanks to its 800-volt electrical system.
In addition to the new platform, the MMA will introduce Mercedes’ own operating system called MB.OS. This operating system will come with its own infotainment and navigation systems but will also be compatible with popular alternatives like Google Maps, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto phone mirroring systems.
Overall, the next-generation compact range from Mercedes-Benz promises to be a significant step forward in terms of technology, performance, and sustainability. The company’s decision to focus on higher-margin vehicles and transition towards electric platforms demonstrates its commitment to meeting the evolving demands of the automotive industry and the increasing emphasis on sustainable mobility. With the Concept CLA-Class leading the way, Mercedes-Benz is poised to deliver a compelling lineup of compact cars that combine cutting-edge technology with the luxury and style the brand is known for.


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• The insurance company plans to drop itsmutual status to become a public company.— mutual noun [countable] :
• In insurance, two forms of companies coexist in the UK, mutuals and public liability companies.— see also demutualize
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He has now left the company by mutual agreement.mutual benefit/advantage »
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Some mutuals converted to banks.
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The entrance of Iowa farmers into the business of handling grain dates back almost to the beginning of the country grain trade in the state, that is, about the time of the Civil war. Prior to that time, Iowa producers had teamed their grain all the way to Chicago or, later, to one of the river markets that grew up at several points on the Mississippi. By 1860 there were six short railroad stubs connecting towns in the eastern counties of the state with these river markets, and three roads had rail connections east to Chicago. But it was not till in the late 60’s and the 70's that the expansion of railroads over the state, the great increase in cereal production and the marvelous development of export trade gave a great stimulus to the local grain shipping business.

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Trees of Texas: An Easy Guide to Leaf Identification (W.L. Moody, Jr. Natural History Series) Hardcover – 1 Oct 2003
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"...contains a wealth of fascinating information on both native trees and those introduced species that are widely naturalized. Here beginner and experienced naturalists alike can learn to identify most Texas trees while, at the same time, delving into the folklore, history, and wildlife ecology of the Lone Star State." - John and Gloria Tveten
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Every mission starts at star port. This is a large project that has presented the opportunity to learn Godot. I work on this off and on and the basic frame work is in place. Ultimately I want to create a system for non-technical folks to load in a 'story' and have the story script turn into the exploration space opera of there own design. I have forever wanted to make a Starflight Style RPG. I made several failed attempts in Unity. Since Picking up Godot progress has been slow but steady and it acutely seams like something I could accomplish, using Godot. Every
Like the original Starflight the game map and star systems and planets are procedurally generated. Not using fractals like the real Starflight. Create as many star systems as the computer can manage.
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The Prime Minister and Chancellor will be fined
Carrie Johnson, the PM’s wife, has also been told she will receive a fixed penalty notice.
The news was confirmed by no 10 officials on Tuesday afternoon, after the PM, his wife and the chancellor found out they will be fined.
The Metropolitan Police has now issued 50 fines for breaches of lockdown regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street, it was also confirmed today.
Police have been investigating 12 gatherings held at Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, after an internal inquiry found the prime minister’s staff had enjoyed alcohol-fuelled parties, with Boris Johnson attending some of the events himself.
The PM had initially insisted “guidance was followed at all times” and that he had been “repeatedly assured that there were no parties”. Mr Johnson also told the Commons he was “furious” to see footage of staff joking about holding illegal parties in Downing Street.
In December, when Mr Sunak was asked whether he had attended any Christmas parties the year prior, he told the Commons: “No, I did not attend any parties.”
A reminder of when Boris Johnson said he was "furious" to see footage of staff joking about holding illegal parties in Downing Street.
All the while he knew he had attended them himself. pic.twitter.com/kiJw2iBQZw
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) April 12, 2022
The Met Police initially said it would not investigate allegations of rule-breaking at Downing Street. But it then did a U-turn when senior civil servant Sue Gray, who has been leading the inquiry, passed on information.
Now, the force has already issued 50 fines for breaches of lockdown regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street.
The Met Police statement said: “As of Tuesday, 12 April 2022 we have made over 50 referrals for fixed penalty notices (FPN) to the ACRO Criminal Records Office for breaches of COVID-19 regulations who following the referral issue the FPNs to the individual.”
The statement continued: “We are making every effort to progress this investigation at speed, this includes continuing to assess significant amounts of investigative material from which further referrals may be made to ACRO [Criminal Records Office].”
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public.
They must both resign.
The Conservatives are totally unfit to govern. Britain deserves better.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) April 12, 2022
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer slammed the pair and the Conservative Party as being “totally unfit to govern”, adding “Britain deserves better” and urging the two to resign.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and London Mayor are also amongst those calling on Johnson and Sunak to go.
Should Boris Johnson resign?
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) April 12, 2022
The fines come at a time when Parliament is in recess, meaning MPs will not have the immediate opportunity to hold the pair to account. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is demanding Parliament is recalled so that MPs can hold a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.
“This is a government in crisis neglecting a country in crisis,” he said.
This a breaking news story. More to follow…
- Partygate: 20 fines to be issued by police over Downing Street parties
- Is this the ‘Partygate’ picture of Boris Johnson we’ve all been waiting for?
- Boris Johnson ‘faces £10,000 in Partygate fines’ as PM expected to be quizzed by police
- ‘Partygate’ PM regards the Queen’s ‘unwavering dedication to this nation’
Man in least diverse place in England perfectly explains why immigration is vital to UK
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As the Senate dithers on clean energy reform, every branch of the government “” Congress, the Obama administration, and the courts “” is investigating the oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana that has killed 11 workers and left three in critical condition. Brad Johnson has the story in this Wonk Room repost.
The obliterated hulk of the Deepwater Horizon rig has sunk to the ocean floor, the shattered drilling apparatus now leaking thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf. Attempts to shut down the leaks by underwater robot have failed, so authorities are considering building an underwater dome and setting the growing oil slick ablaze before it reaches shore. The rig is owned and operated by BP America and Transocean Limited.
Administration officials Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the “the next steps for the investigation that is underway into the causes of the April 20 explosion that left 11 workers missing, three critically injured, and an ongoing oil spill that the responsible party and federal agencies are working to contain and clean up.” There is a joint investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard (under Napolitano) and the Minerals and Mining Service (under Salazar) into the explosion’s death and destruction.
In the House of Representatives, energy committee chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) and oversight subcommittee chair Bart Stupak (D-MI) launched an investigation into “the adequacy of the companies’ risk management and emergency response plans for accidental oil and gas releases at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and other offshore deep water or ultra-deep water drilling facilities.” In letters to BP America CEO Lamar McKay and Transocean CEO Steven Newman, the lawmakers cite the “apparent lackof an adequate plan to contain the spreading environmental damage” and request documents by May 14.
In the Senate, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) have called for a joint hearing by the Senate commerce and energy committees to oversee the efforts by the federal agencies involved (NOAA, MMS, and the Coast Guard).
A lawsuit has been filed in the federal courts by the wife of one of the victims, charging Transocean, BP America, and Halliburton with negligence. Halliburton “was engaged in cementing operations of the well and well cap,” which may have failed and caused the explosion.
In 2005, an explosion at BP’s Texas City Refinery killed 15 workers. In response to safety violations at that facility, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration levied a record fine of $87 million against BP, which BP promptly challenged in court. Since 2006, there have been 509 fires resulting in at least two fatalities and 12 injuries on rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
If this doesn’t give somebody pause, there’s something wrong. I have always said it would need to be far enough, clean enough and safe enough. I’m not sure this was far enough, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t clean enough and it doesn’t sound like it was safe enough.’


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What is going out with? Internet dating can be defined as the choosing a time frame to go out over a date to people. That is basically the same that you do when you choose your own personal partners, as well. You do it just for fun, simply because friends. There are various types of dating that have been practiced for quite some time. You can find a large number of dating communities in all cuts and sizes and sizes. For those that wish to consider things to the next stage, you can try online dating or you may go to live dating situations that will provide you with the chance to connect to a lot more people.
Dating is growing rapidly an early level of romantic relationships in human beings where two individuals meet socially to the goal of either evaluating the other’s compatibility as a potential partner within a sexual marriage or a everyday friendship. It will always be a form of flirtation, consisting typically of physical social relationship, done by each parties. This how do you get a mail order bride is likewise referred to as “chemistry”. People employ various associated with order to develop the relationship and develop the chemistry among themselves. The true secret element of dating is to make the person you happen to be dating to feel essential, although he or she is not. The easiest way to do that is to speak to them of their interests. To do that, you must develop a rapport with these people.
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Bollywood filmmaker and TV serial director, Kundan Shah who introduced the genre of dark comedy to Indian cinema passed away at the age of 69 at his residence following a heart attack. He is one of the reasons why the 80s and 90s is considered golden era of Indian television. From showing realism to smartly taking jibe at current situations, his films were relatable and found place in people's hearts. The product of India's premier institue Film and Television Institue of India, Pune, won National Award for his debut film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. He was one of the directors who returned their National Awards over growing state of intolerance within the country. His was known for putting his heart in his films and serials. Let's have a look at some of his memorable works:
Jaan Bhi Do Yaaro: The 1983 cult classic was a satirical comedy that took a dig at rampant corruption in politics, bureaucracy and media. The topic which holds significance till date has immortalised Shah. The timeless movie starred Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah, Neena Gupta, Satish Kaushik and Bhakti Barve. Shah won Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director and Ravi Baswani won Filmfare Best Comedian Award for the movie.
Nukkad: Nukkad aired between 1986-87 on Doordarshan and earned rave response from viewers. Starring Dilip Dhawan, Rama Vij, Pavan Malhotra, Sangeeta Naik and Avtar Gill, the characters of this comedy serial became household names. The episodes revolved around the issues of lower income class people.
Wagle Ki Duniya: The sitcom directed by Kundan Shah aired between 1988 to 1990 on Doordarshan and was based on creation of cartoonist R.K. Laxman. Starring Anjan Srivastav and Bharati Achrekar, the serial was based on everyday struggle of a middle-class man. Shah Rukh Khan made guest appearance in the serial before his big debut with Fauji (1988).
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa: At time when male lead of the movie were all required to do was thrash goons and romance actress, this directorial venture of Kundan Shah portrayed the hero as loser. This was Shah Rukh Khan's one of the early films which strengthened his base in the industry. Starring Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Deepak Tijori and King Khan, the movie completes 23 years in 2017.
Kya Kehna: The movie which was based on pre-marital pregnancy and society's views was one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2000. It starred Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Chandrachur Singh, Anupam Kher and Farida Jalal. The movie won Best Story Award at 46th Filmfare Awards.


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What does the Timedance compilation Patina Echoes represent in the larger scheme of UK dance music? And what agenda am I imposing in asking this question? Well, I'm not sure.
I've got my head deep in writing and IRL-generated anxiety--turns out a lot of people don't get the concept of time being worth money, like srsly--so I approach this review with both hesitation and joy. The hesitation arises over the fact that in writing a review about the first album-length statement from a label I've broadly identified as being at the center of an ever-expanding network of nuance and trying to reconcile my own still-gestating and always-changing thoughts with the utilitarian need to at least try and write a review that's informative without throwing anyone into the deep end I'm currently wading my way out of. And, well, the joy comes from trying to at least listen to the music as music firstly, narratives set aside if only for a moment, perhaps uncovering an unconsidered angle in the process.
Let's get to it as I'm going to ramble. Timedance is a label founded in 2015 by Omar McCutcheon. Born in Bristol but not quick to identify as a Bristol Producer (in the sense that the city has a rich, storied, and intimidating musical history), his father and uncle ensured he grew up against a very British backdrop of "dub and punk and jungle." One of the defining shared sensibilities that is true for everyone that has released on the label is the importance of dubstep in their individual musical journeys. An extension of that love which is shared by the new young producers making their debuts on Patina Echoes is the fact that the internet was truly a tool that allowed Batu to use those oh-so-important ages between thirteen and eighteen to begin his path to production and music unavailable in his immediate environs.
When I discovered dubstep and the underground world surrounding it I was about 13. I was already writing music and had some experience with DAWs. There was an overwhelming urge to contribute to that scene. I'd never experienced such a collaborative, community like spirit. Even though I was very very much on the fringes I wanted to add something I guess. There was also a network (dubstepforum) ready and waiting where I knew I could be supported. Despite not really knowing anyone around me who guided me with production I got so much help on the internet.
Dubstepforum and Dissensus were/are two music forums--remember those? No? CHECK ONE OUT--that arose around dubstep and an increased critical debate about its merits and role within the Hardcore Continuum (HCC; more on that in a sec pls). The former was more 'fanboy' to again speak broadly, but as Omar notes, it was where those truly serious about making dubstep could congregate to learn from one another. As he also notes, he was on the fringes, another defining characteristic of the music we will be talking about: functional, club-focused music that also works well as home listening that tends to either push at the margins of an establish genre or style. Or, as Parris has put it, artists like himself, Bruce, Beatrice Dillon, Minor Science, and Actress make "music [that] sits nowhere but at the same time sits everywhere."
Personally, I've found myself settling on an idea that positions itself somewhere between those two poles, one within genre and the other outside or beyond it. To these ears, so much of the dreadful pastiche we've heard across almost all new music everywhere has morphed into 'bricoliche' (a portmanteau of 'bricollage' and 'pastiche'). After all, very few pop songs can be seen as engaging n any form of 'genre purism,' often instead going for an uninspired mèlange. At some point in the mid-90s, subgenres started emerging like trip-hop, illbient, and I supposed other forms of the brand of music some have referred to as 'sampledelica' for the way a wide range of samples are collaged together to create something that sometimes is more than the sum of its parts. These genres also got stale fast, indicative of the boom-and-bust cycle most electronic genres have undergone: a period in which a new style or form emerges out of or in response of (or both) another genre or tradition. The idea of 'tradition' in modern dance music has almost always been the remit of disco, house, techno; all three of which persist as the three principle classifiers under which so much music is filed.
The idea of a tradition is much more slippery as it often involves a retroactive picking out of patterns that emerge over the passing of decades or centuries, though we're definitely in the short durée for the purposes of this piece. While a term that certainly has folksy connotations, to me, tradition isn't far away from dogma or religion as fractures often emerge within the same continuum--be it rap or, for our cases, the HCC. In its most basic sense, the HCC refers to a period in which pirate radio was dominant in the pre-internet 90s and early 00s, a "lineage" of genres that goes Hardcore->Jungle->UKG/2-Step->Grime->Dubstep->? Now, all the bickering this idea will be covered extensively, but at this point, I think it's just important to remember the terms was coined by one bloke, Simon Reynolds, to describe a wide-ranging London-centric neo-modernist charge towards the 'new.' That, for some people, the new is going to start sounding old is a symptom that many thinkers have identified.
What honestly bothers me more about the term's existence is that it is inevitably used 'incorrectly' by more passive music fans/writers as I've just recently seen and heard it referred to as a genre or as something still going on (the debate is pretty conclusive on that part--the internet killed the nuum and everything else we loved about the 90s. Oh well). That incorrect use of language would perturb a writer isn't exactly astonishing, but it's certainly led me down a rich well of reading and thought.
For if the post-dubstep period (2009-2012) was an overly media-hyped and self-conscious attempt to reignite the excitement dubstep incited in so many people of my age and younger (born 1984) that itself was a continuation of the hype-facilitated blossoming and withering of numerous genres in the 90s and 00s, there has been a conspicuous lack of press or criticism in the past five years of UK dance music (or "UK techno" as it seems to be called). And I'm not necessarily saying that this is necessarily a 'good' or 'bad' thing but rather simply curious and perhaps an indication of an inability on the part of the press to at least try and connect the dotsa. While Batu's almost a decade younger than me, it's a riot talking to other producers like Facta, Ploy, and Beneath as we all share a reverence for dubstep that's, well, not particularly 'cool' at the moment. We also all watched something we love turn into an utter parody of itself, which starts to explain the hesitation amongst these producers to be lumped together under some generalist genre tag when 'techno' or 'bass' seems to get the point across (but does it really?) Of course, the people who mock dubstep tend to not have the slightest clue as to what dubstep originally was, only what it became (like thinking of trip-hop as car commercial music rather than having a Proustian flashback where Portishead, Massive Attack, and seemed to attempt to supersede genre singularity before being reterritorialized by the 'formula-fication' of their sound).
Nevertheless, what we've been seeing in the past five years is what, to my ears at least, sounds like the first iteration of UK dance music that was perhaps born of the nuum but not tethered to it, neither the practices that defined the HCC--dubplate and sound-system culture, pirate radio, mentasm stabs, and science of the breakbeat, vocal, and bass variety. Today, two of those musical traditions are very much alive, but one could also argue drum-and-bass science really goes back to Jamaican dub. What really matters for this generation of producers, or at least the eleven assembled on Patina is seemingly a reflection of McCutcheon's desire to "showcase how we can still have dance music that isn’t relying on any specific pre-existing tropes. It can feel familiar in some ways and still feel fun, but be exciting.” Experimentalism and formalism have long seem tailor-made for one another, especially in the mid- to late-90s rise of glitch and other microscopic forms of house and techno that, much like the junglists a few years earlier, got into not just the DNA of rhythm, but sound as well. While I'll vouch for Villalobos and a number of other producers that can be grouped under the MNML umbrella that ruled the 00s, the sound design valued by dear Ricardo was something to be ultimately imitated and the genre receded into the purist stage (when the diehards either remain or arrive late).
Taking in the work being released by dubstep dons Peverelist's Livity Sound and Pinch's Cold Recordings and vanguard steppers like Hemlock and Hessle alongside labels like Timedance, Wisdom Teeth, Mistry Muzik, No Corner, Hotline, and many others reveals a club music that is often more rhythmically varied and sonically adventurous, from low-end to high. That Patina Echoes--which carries in the long tradition of dance music label comps--opens with a voice both new to the label and vinyl altogether speaks to the FWD>> mentality that's persisted on from dubstep even as it takes forms its originators could have never imagined.
Cleyra's "Naked" is a vaporous, sensuous take on what I've started referring to as the broken bass style that has concretized into something of a template, though one whose inward-looking rhythmic complexity keeps things fresh. Such is the case on "Naked" as pillowy pads and hand percussion give the whole thing a decidedly lounge-y vibe--albeit one that sounds like it's located in never-ending field of grass. It's jungle by way of UKG rhythm is light but forceful, providing the track with the necessary forward energy and calming vibes to both gently guide the listener into the world of Patina Echoes while priming the repeat listener with a chance to hear rRoxymore's "bRINGTHEbRAVE." Complimenting her recent Thoughts of An Introvert' Part 2's triad of tracks that married nimble drum programming with quasi-cacophonous (and vary intense) harmonics, "bRING" starts off with a two-minute rhythmic-melodic vamp, the cutely-phased percussive sixteenth notes providing the rhythmic anchor for the pummeling, punctuated kick drum assault that follows, wafts of the carnivalesque floating about. I gotta admit, the fact that Batu, Ploy, Bruce, and a few others all studied sound design comes across in so much of what that nexus of producers both does and interact with, rRoxy achieving a balance between a Timedance-friendly bass breakdrop (coined it!;) and her own curious melodic sensibilities and a track that speaks to the incredible mastering job Beau Thomas does on everything he seems to touch (as I was not feeling the track via the initial stream).
Completing the opening build-up that kicks off the comp is rising techno producer Chekov's "Stasis 113," a blistering fusion of machine noise and syncopated kicks that will snap any neck in the immediate vicinity. The track is very much a development of the ideas presented on his EP for Shanti Celeste's Peach Discs, a theme, er, thematized by Via Maris, another graduate (I believe) of 'dubstep university,' Where his first two records were lithe rhythmic rollers, his three-track EP for Beneath's Mistry imprint saw him going from slowly seismic belters to the more diminuitive with the miniaturized UKG waltz of "Toys" (recently deployed to devilish effect on Parris's must-hear RA podcast...and scoop that Beatrice Dillon on Fact too!) It doesn't take too long for "Side Effects" to invoke its title as the driving, percussive intro gives way to a pensive low-end and radar synth laser shots. French champ Simo Cell comes sauntering with the low 100sBPM of "Consider the Internet" (early contender for song title of the year, folks!) Evocative of the type of slow tom-drum techno sambas conjured up on Batu's Marius EP from last year but boasting a formidable percussive bass drone.
After this parade of familiar faces, we're treated to the ascetic-yet-bombastic "Sleep Rotation" that in equal steps reminds one of the dank atmospherics of Sleeparchive with the go-for-broke high-end sound madness that harkens back to mnml's most formless moments (while still remaining pretty damn formalist!) Outré techno producer Metrist, who also released the second Timedance record under his fantastic L.SAE, gave me a solid reminder of what made those tracks so special on the blinding "Auld Flaurist": a willingness to push things until the seams start to split. What begins as another exceptional cut of weirdo techno soon transforms into a ghetto tech banger based around a single, stuttering vocal utterance. It's phenomenal. He's soon joined by fellow Timedance stablemate and all-around stallion Bruce, an artist whose ear for samples and his ability to manipulate them into something truly otherworldly has been on display since his Delia Derbyshire-sampling breakthrough debut "Not Stochastic." And while this factoid is perhaps irrelevant, it's also hard not to hear the brief but intensive composition "Let's Make The Most Of Our Time Here" as both a loving homage to his country's considerable history of post-musique concréte musical voyagers and a statement of intent towards the brand of 'futurism' that labels like Timedance represent: one that's in constant dialogue to the past without ever kowtowing to it. What's so remarkable about "Let's Make"--and perhaps accounts for my generous/presumptive reading--is that it actually manage to capture that sense of excitement/thrill of discovery that makes listening to early electronic music like Derbyshire or her contemporary Daphne Oram feel so electric. You hear the producer starting out with a number of fixed elements and mold them into every sonic shape imaginable with sounds appearing as if they're occupying two different states of becoming at once. It's emergent music, music built around a sense of process and not-knowing what may next arise from the rainbow puddle. Considering that Bruce helped win Timedance some serious attention via his big room destroyer "I'm Alright Mate," that his appearance on the comp will be in the form of an amorphous experimental jaunt speaks to the restlessness that seems to animate so many of these producers, never content to stay still in just one style or genre while actually offering up a substantial piece of music (it feels that token nods to experimental music have become part and parcel of dance music at this point, but experimental music's role in many of these producers' work should not be downplayed in the least.)
While I was unfamiliar with Neinzer's music before hearing "Horus," it has the unenviable task of following Metrist on the vinyl pressing of the comp and more than holds its own. Riding a percolating post-Livity pretzeled rhythm, he introduces choral-like slabs of materialist ambiance like voices in cement being smashed with a dubwise sledgehammer. It's evocative of Shackleton in spirit, while carving out its own singular sonic space.
Calling to mind a more tribal A Made Up Sound through his elastic yet rugged broken beats, Nico's "Soft Opening" harkens back to the album's opening moments as its steely veneer melts into a vat of aural velvet. Speaking of velvet, label badman Ploy (who has a new record out on Timedance at the end of the month!) closes the album with its second beatless composition, and like Bruce's, it's a doozy. Built around a blooming smear of polychromatic chords, "=O" shimmers in a way few 'ambient' tracks ever seem to these days. To me, it's oddly reminiscent of the future jazz heard on Huerco S.'s Loidis record its ability to render the music liquid and the notes and space in between somehow fuse into one blisteringly beautiful closing statement.
Like the album itself, the title Patina Echoes seems to offer a vague statement of intent or summation of the contents contained within. A word that first originated to refer to the aquamarine film that appears as a result of extended oxidation in metals such as copper or bronze, it's a sign of aging and duration and a pretty one at that (just see the picture at the top of this article). As tried-and-true genres like house, techno, jungle, broken beat, UKG, 2-step and many others are woven into the album's eleven tracks, each piece provides yet another vantage point into the curious development of these established forms as they never resist the past but rather use it as a springboard past pastiche into something truly fresh-feeling. Could these tracks have all been conceivable ten or twenty years ago? Probably. But why waste one's time worrying about that when the music itself is accomplishing things not plausible twenty years ago and the people making it come from no fixed place or position and are able to connect and exchange ideas regardless of geography? Patina Echoes is not a game-changer and I sincerely doubt it was developed to be. What it is is one of the best representations of what's exciting in dance music right now, both in the UK and well beyond it. The new singularity is a plurality and Patina Echoes effectively captures the myriad voices and ideas now coexisting in a shared, open space in a way that is simply unprecedented.


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A Union man was arrested Friday after police say he left a 2-month-old boy who had recently had surgery alone.
Christopher Shane Vaughan, 39, of 1208 W. Main St., Apt. 3-A, was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, an arrest warrant states.
According to an incident report, a woman came to check on the baby about 8 p.m. and found the infant in his “bouncy seat” alone in the apartment. The woman told an officer that she was at the apartment for 20 minutes before Vaughan arrived. The infant had recently undergone surgery for stomach issues, the report states.
Vaughan told police that he hadn’t been gone long, and had gone across the street to use the phone because he couldn’t get in touch with the child’s mother, the report states. Officers noted that Vaughan appeared to be intoxicated and smelled of alcohol. The child’s mother later arrived and also smelled of alcohol, according to the report.
The Department of Social Services responded and placed the child in the custody of a family member, the report states.
Vaughan remained at the Union County Jail Monday on a $10,000 bond.
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DEA head Michele Leonhart is at it again, criticizing Pres. Obama's drug policy and the Department of Justice for not cracking down in newly legalized marijuana states, Colorado and Washington.
Referring to a conservative backlash in the Netherlands, which has led some coffee shops to bar foreigners, Leonhart told the House Appropriations subcommittee at a hearing on Wednesday, "We should've learned from that and never gone forward with what we've seen in this country."
The DEA's chief administrator, who's s a holdover from the Bush presidency, previously took issue with Obama for saying marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol. She also was upset about the White House playing a softball game against drug-law reformers, the One Hitters (and losing) and the flying of a hemp flag over the White House lat 4th of July.
Dan Riffle, federal policies director at the MPP, is calling for Leonhart's head: "Publicly criticizing and questioning the competence of your supervisor would get anyone fired in the private sector. It's frankly astounding to me that Ms. Leonhart is still employed and American taxpayers continue to foot her $165,000 salary to publicly campaign against the president's policies."
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Binance CEO recommends starting small with crypto.
With an estimated fortune of $96 billion, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, participated in an ODDO BHF bank live event to talk about various topics related to the cryptocurrency sector and blockchain technology.
On occasion, Zhao recommended that people should start with little money, allocating less than 1% of their money to know the crypto market and understand how the technology works. His main concern is related to the security of the funds as the individual is solely responsible for his/her crypto funds.
In addition, the billionaire also addressed topics such as NFT, metaverse, web 3, decentralized finance (DeFi), state regulation, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), transaction scalability, and of course, his exchange, Binance plans.
Start small, then increase your exposure.
When asked about cryptocurrency investments, Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as CZ, was very concerned about the safety of users. He urged newcomers to start with little money until they familiarized themselves with technical issues before allocating more capital to cryptocurrencies.
“The first thing I would recommend for anyone new to cryptocurrencies is to start small. Use less than 1% of your wealth, depending on how rich you are. Don’t put a lot of money into cryptocurrencies at first. The best way to learn is to start with little capital, make transactions, use crypto; without practically doing that, you won’t be able to learn about them. Don’t invest large amounts; there are big security issues you need to be aware of to keep your cryptocurrencies safe. Start small, learn about them and gradually increase your investments if you like this type of investment; not everyone needs to like cryptocurrencies; there are many different investment opportunities globally.”
Continuing, Binance’s CEO also recommended that people must learn by doing their own research and suggest not to invest in projects just because they were referred by a friend or social media influencer.
As for investing in the number of projects, CZ says the fewer, the better. In this way, the investor can better understand what he is doing. This tactic seems to have worked for the billionaire; CZ has previously revealed that he has only two cryptocurrencies in his portfolio and plans to donate 99% of his wealth.
Web 3 and Metaverse
Both web three and the metaverse, Binance’s CEO, stated that they are two terms that still do not have a precise meaning, as each person sees them differently. In other words, there is still no consensus on their definitions.
Regarding his vision, CZ says that web 3 is a decentralized internet with more rights for users, combined with more use cases, mainly with financial integration. As for the metaverse, he explains that some people believe it is related to virtual reality (VR), while others say we don’t need such hardware for any such experiences.
Future of Binance
First, Zhao addressed regulatory issues, reaffirming that they are suitable for the industry. This is in line with his past statements and the hiring of several former US IRS agents.
In response to the question of going public, as Coinbase did through its IPO, CZ stated that “this is not out of the question,” although he recalled that this is a difficult task, everything could change in the future.
When asked where Binance’s headquarters will be in the future, CZ stated that he wants to establish one in each country. As for a global headquarters, Zhao said they are still studying regulations from different countries.
Finally, in addition to already being one of the richest men in the world and with big plans to expand his business, CZ may soon become the richest in the world.

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In the summer of 2016, it is difficult to find optimism in the field of environmental science.
Yet last month, I gathered with a throng of 2,500 coral reef scientists for the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu. Knowing the extent of the tragic coral bleaching and death that has unfolded on coral reefs this year, I expected a week of doom and gloom. But, to my surprise, the conference gave me more cause for hope than for pessimism.
This is not because the situation facing coral reefs is any better than I’d thought – if anything, it’s worse. Rising greenhouse gas concentrations, warming waters, and stagnant politics have put the biodiversity of coral reefs, along with many other ecosystems, into a sharp decline. On the Great Barrier Reef – a vibrant ecosystem so structurally significant that, unlike the Great Wall of China, it can be seen from space – nearly 25% of coral is dead, from this year’s bleaching alone. At one panel at ICRS, researchers shared photographs and time-lapse footage of coral bleaching and subsequent death around the world. As they flicked through photo after photo, the conference hall adopted the atmosphere of a funeral.
No, things are not looking good for coral reefs, or for many other ecosystems struggling to keep up with the whirlwind of environmental change that stems from human overpopulation, consumption, and industrialization. One scientist, Peter Sale, called coral reefs a “canary” in the proverbial coal mine that is our changing earth. “There are a whole bunch of canaries that are at risk,” Dr. Sale said. “And when the canaries go, our civilization goes.” Continue reading On Action and Optimism: Notes from the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium


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Scoring cheap flights isn’t the only way to save money in our travels.
When it comes to Europe, budget airlines like Ryan Air and Wizz Air jet off to some really cool spots, but there’s just something magical about exploring Europe by train.
Not every country is worth it, however. Sometimes taking that cheap flight is justified with the sky-high prices of train tickets.
At least 3 popular countries are doing it right by offering unlimited rail passes to tourists to this spring.
Let’s get the trickiest deal out of the way. France is one of the most visited destinations on the planet with endless cities and storybook towns to explore.
While flights are plentiful from all over the world, seeing this mega popular country by rail is the adventure of a lifetime.
But let’s not sugarcoat France’s train travel deals; there are a lot of caveats in what they’re currently offering.
Rumors have been swirling for months of a one-size-fits-all approach, but right now it’s a oui bit complicated.
In their defense, France definitely encourages train travel by both locals and visitors as they have banned domestic flights over 2 and a half hours long.
With no official word on the next steps for an unlimited pass, here is what is official this spring:
Occitanie Rail Tour – a $24 to $60 unlimited pass up to six days operated by liO Train with weekend discounts as low as $1 per ticket. (Excludes July and August)
This deal will allow travelers to see some of the shining stars of France away from the shadow of Paris, with phenomenal cities like Toulouse, Montpellier and Mediterranean beach resorts.
Beyond the Occitanie Rail Tour, there are special deals for the Brittany, Hauts de France, and Nouvelle Aquitaine regions of France, but not quite “unlimited” per se.
Although, Brittany will have hefty discounts up to 75% via TER BreizhGo this summer.
Portugal has been one of the trendiest destinations In Europe as of late for many reasons. This incredible country caters to all types of travelers with affordable stays, delightful cities and otherworldly islands, which is a bummer you can’t hop across the ocean by rail.
Nevertheless, Portugal’s mainland is still a stunner and perfect for train travel, especially with the latest offering.
The roughly $50 National Rail Pass was such a hit that the concept has been extended and now offers even more stops included with the pass.
Formerly, intercity and urban routes weren’t covered but that has now changed with the new and improved unlimited pass.
The one caveat is you have to provide a passport photo and fork over an extra $6 to activate your pass, but that’s worth a Starbucks drink back home, right?
As much as digital nomads love Portugal, there may be no better way to see all the sites on the cheap.
Germany is one of the most historical countries in all of Europe, yet the talk of the town is the monumental shift in public transportation.
The approximately $50 Deutschlandticket (or D-ticket for short) was the original concept of unlimited rail travel in Europe, at least at this crazy low price point.
Travelers can go anywhere in the country for less than $2 per day with the exception of taking what’s classified as long-distance trains.
But, local and regional public transport including trams and buses are all fair game. As an example, a single ride between Berlin and Hamburg will cost about $80, so there’s no question becoming a passholder is the right move.
It’s not confirmed if the pass will be offered next year, so there’s no better time to take advantage as the government has only committed to funding this venture through 2024.
Germany may not gain worldwide attention like France, but this country is easy to reach with many direct flights from the U.S.
Once here, travelers can hit the ground running by train to make their way to bustling cities like Berlin and fairytale towns like Dinkelsbühl.
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Acupuncture For High Blood Stress A brand new Treatment That Will work
Because occasions immemorial, Acupuncture can be a special remedy for decreasing large blood strain in human beings. High blood strain refers to a situation where blood starts exerting stress against the walls of arteries, veins as well as the chambers in the heart. Over a specified time period, this heavy rush of blood begins damaging the lining from the blood vessels. It could also lead to arteriosclerosis, which means hardening in the arteries.
Symptoms of higher blood stress
High blood strain signs are usually acute in human beings. They contain sudden dizziness, flushed faces, nervousness, severe headaches, restlessness, tough breathing, nose bleeding, insomnia, intestinal complaints, depression, brief temper and emotional instability. The diagnosis of large blood pressure is carried out once the typical strain tends to repeatedly rise. Another physical signs of high blood stress consists of constant tendency to urinate, lower in eye vision and muscle weakness.
Acupuncture combined with electrical stimulation or electro-acupuncture can decrease elevations of blood pressure in human beings. When the analysis was conducted for your 1st time, acupuncture needles were inserted on the inside from the forearm just over the wrist, but to no avail. Researchers then began including electrical stimulation for the needles, which means that electrical would commence flowing from your needles to the body. Whilst high frequency of stimulation had no effect, reduced frequencies of electro stimulation reduced blood stress efficiently.
A thorough research on acupuncture exhibits that the inserted needles excites brain cells, creating them to release neurotransmitters that often heighten the heart’s actions. To cure higher blood pressure, acupuncture inserts needles on particular factors on the wrist, forearm or leg, to excite the opioid chemical compounds within the brain and reduce excitatory responses of the cardiovascular systems. This eventual decrease in heart activity and require for oxygen can decrease blood strain to a great extent. Additionally, it promotes inside the healing of other heart-related situations like myocardial ischemia and hypertensions.
Other acupuncture treatments to reduce high blood pressure
Whilst you might be undergoing acupuncture therapies for curing higher blood pressure, you can also use herbs like Tian Ma [Gastrodia Rhizome], Xia Ku Cao [Prunella] and Shan Zha to cut back high blood pressure. You need to inject the juices of these herbs into your blood to achieve much better final results.
A special and all-natural acupuncture therapy for large blood pressure also contain pressing of the skin on the back of one’s hand in between the thumb and index finger.

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NEW DELHI: Unidentified persons allegedly barged into the house of Manish Sisodia's media advisor and "stole important documents" containing details of the meetings between the Deputy Chief Minister and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the last one year.
Sisodia has written to Police Commissioner Alok Verma alleging "foul play" as "valuable items" including laptop, mobile, music system were not stolen, but certain "important papers" of the briefings were missing from the South Delhi residence of his media advisor Arunodaya Prakash.
Referring to CBI's raid at Kejriwal's former principal secretary Rajendra Kumar's office last December, Sisodia alleged "when they did not find anything in the raid, they are now getting items stolen from the houses".
Based on the complaint, an FIR under sections 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) and 380 of IPC (theft in dwelling house) has been registered at Malviya Nagar police station against unknown persons.
Additional DCP (South) Nupur Prasad said, "An FIR has been registered and the case is being investigated." The alleged incident took place on the intervening night of July 17 and 18 when Prakash was not at his home as he was busy with the preparations for TalktoAK programme of Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat.
"This is a very serious issue as brief notes of the media advisor to CM and Deputy CM were stolen from his house. No valuable items were missing from the house which indicates foul play. It is a deliberate attempt. Prepared notes of the meetings of CM and Deputy CM over last one year have been stolen," Sisodia told reporters here.
He said he has written to Police Commissioner and asked him to investigate the case from all angles. Prakash said when he reached his house in the morning of July 18 it was found ransacked.
"All valuable items including laptop, mobile, music system were in place. However, my important notes from the meeting of CM, Deputy CM and others were found missing. A forensic team inspected the house and picked up some finger prints from scene," he said.


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Cary, NC – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Cary and all of Central North Carolina from Friday, January 6 at 7 PM through Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 7 PM.
Accumulations of 3-5 Inches?
NWS is predicting three to five inches of snow with locally higher amounts possible. The probabilities break down like this:
- Greater than one inch – 87 percent
- Greater than two inches – 80 percent
- Greater than four inches – 63 percent
- Greater than 6 inches – 44 percent
Map from Weather.gov
Timing of Snow
The latest forecast calls for a mixture of snow and sleet Friday night changing to all snow by Saturday morning. Heaviest precipitation is expected between midnight Friday and noon on Saturday.
Arctic Air Pays a Visit
The NWS forecast is based on a 60 to 70 percent chance that an Arctic air mass will reach down to the Piedmont this weekend. Temperatures on Saturday will struggle to get above 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday is forecast to have a low of 11 degrees Fahrenheit.
Warmer air is forecast for Wednesday with a high near 53 degrees Fahrenheit.
Story from staff reports.


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Black Gold Online Alpha Test Begins
Snail Games has announced that its upcoming Steampunk / Fantasy MMORPG, Black Gold Online, will launch its Closed Alpha testing period today, March 20, at 2:00 PM PDT. Eligible players will be able to access the game’s Closed Alpha from March 20 to March 30.
Combining fantasy with gothic steampunk, Black Gold Online is set in a world of epic struggle as two factions vie for control of a powerful, crystallized energy known as “Black Gold.” On one side, players will experience the land of Erlandir, filled with magic drawn from the life and nature found around the ancient jungles and temples of the terrain. The other side features the land of Isenhorst, a mechanized society of giant walking cities, which utilizes engineering and mechanized equipment to gain supremacy.
Starting today, players can explore and experience the various content within Black Gold Online’s Closed Alpha, including a large number of quests, eight different classes across different factions, crafting, vehicle construction, faction vs. faction battlegrounds, and open-world PvP. As the game is currently in development, players will be experiencing an earlier Alpha version of the game and are encouraged to provide any and all constructive feedback to Snail Games for improvements to Black Gold Online.*
For more information on Black Gold Online, please visit: http://bg.snailgame.com/home/
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In 2012, I read and was traumatized by Kodama Naoko’s Fujiyuu Sekai. It’s one of my most popular reviews, presumably because folks who read scanlations are equally as traumatized and want someone to tell them it’ll be alright.
Well, this hideous monster is back in a new collection, Fujiyuu Sekai Perfect Edition (不自由セカイ 完全版) and things are most definitely not alright.
Reo befriended Meiko back in high school when Meiko was not treated well by her classmates. Popular and attractive, Reo drew Meiko into society. Meiko joined the tennis club in order to be closer to Reo and, as a result, hurt her ankle during practice. One day not long after, Reo offered to walk Meiko home, but she refused because she was getting better. Reo went off and unknown to her, Meiko was attacked and raped.
Now, years later, Meiko is still making Reo pay for it. Meiko is abusive and neglectful, Reo is tortured, and the fact that they get a “happy” ending is only one of the many things wrong with the narrative.
I reluctantly coughed up for the Perfect Edition, hoping that any new chapters would have Meiko abjectly begging for forgiveness or, barring that, Reo walking away and getting a better life. But no. In all my many concerns about the wrongness of all the plot elements in this story, the one resolution Kodama-sensei went with hadn’t even occurred to me. Because, god, no. (I’m not saying that it might not work, I’m saying this story needs to die in fire.)
Overall – 3, down 2 points from the original.
In 2012, I said, “It really could have been good, but it wasn’t.” In 2016, I have to admit that this was just a shitty manga that had no chance of being good.

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Manning, Giants Accused Of Selling Fake Memorabilia
According to a lawsuit filed by a sports collector Wednesday, the Giants and quarterback Eli Manning created fake “game-worn” football memorabilia in order to pass it off as real and sell it, writes the NY Post.
The allegations, which are part of a lawsuit filed by Eric Inselberg in Bergen County Superior Court, include charges of civil racketeering, breach of contract, malicious prosecution and trade libel, and claim that Manning participated because he wanted to keep certain items for his personal collection.
For more on this story visit: Josh Katzowitz, CBS Sports
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Five Conference Programs Scheduled for Nighttime Appearances in Upcoming Campaign
Park Ridge, Ill. The Big Ten Conference office released the game times and television plans for five home football contests today to appear during prime time on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. A Big Ten contest will be featured during prime time in at least five of the nine weeks of intraconference play, including four appearances by Penn State, a pair of games for Ohio State and Wisconsin and one contest each for Illinois and Michigan.
The Big Ten home schedule will hit prime time during the opening weekend of conference action on Saturday, Sept. 27, when Penn State hosts Illinois at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. The Fighting Illini defeated the nationally-ranked Nittany Lions last season on the way to their first Rose Bowl appearance since 1984. PSU collected at least nine wins for the third straight season after winning the Valero Alamo Bowl, giving head coach Joe Paterno his NCAA-record 23rd bowl triumph.
The conference’s nighttime slate continues with a pair of Wisconsin home games the following two weekends, with the Badgers hosting Ohio State on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 and Penn State on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN or ESPN2. Wisconsin is coming off a fourth straight season with at least nine wins, the longest streak of success in school history. The Buckeyes are aiming for a fourth straight Big Ten Championship and an unprecedented third consecutive outright crown after reaching the BCS National Championship game the last two seasons.
Nighttime games will continue on Oct. 18 when Penn State hosts Michigan for a 4:30 p.m. ET game to appear on ESPN or ESPN2. The Wolverines welcome new head coach Rich Rodriguez for the 2008 season after Lloyd Carr ended his time on the sidelines with a victory in the Capital One Bowl. The Big Ten’s final prime-time outing on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 will feature Penn State at Ohio State on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET.
The Big Ten will hold the 2008 Football Media Days and 37th annual Kickoff Luncheon on Thursday and Friday, July 24-25, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, featuring all 11 head coaches and some of the conference’s top returning players. The 113th season of Big Ten football kicks off on Saturday, August 30, with 10 of 11 schools in action.
2008 BIG TEN PRIME-TIME FOOTBALL GAMES ON ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Sept. 27 – ILLINOIS at PENN STATE, 8 p.m. ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 4 – OHIO STATE at WISCONSIN, 7 p.m. CT, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 11 – PENN STATE at WISCONSIN, 7 p.m. CT, ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 18 – MICHIGAN at PENN STATE, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 25 – PENN STATE at OHIO STATE, 8 p.m. ET, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2


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6 Facts About Everyone Thinks Are True
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During tests these people do undergo a lot of discomfort as they think on what to do in the long run. When you are ready then you need to look at what tests are given and this will give you all you need in the process. When you are having the best things then you should decide on some of the things which can make you have the right feelings for you as well. Exams are always meant to sharpen the skills that someone has learnt in class and this will ensure they are having the right things which they do. With exams you can be certified for a certain course or jobs which come with you as you are doing the exams. In this article you will learn to know of the guidelines which can click for more used to have better test preparations.
Your preparations can be done the day before the real actual date. You should be prepared and this is one of the best ways you can get things done for you and can better before you wake up. It is always a good idea to get what you need to get a day before for you to be sure of the whole of the test. When prepared you will not have a lot of scrambles the whole day. Always ensure you have the best materials in place and have all the other things with you as well. Make you read more here you are having the right rest to ensure your brain is working for the best day work.
Eating now a good meal is always good for you in the process. Eating well is very important and in the process you will benefit from it as you will have the right energy. When you are going to the exam ensure you never go when you are hungry and you should ensure you eat something good. You may always click get it hard to concentrate and that is why you need to have good food for you to have good concentration for you.
When you want to have good time then you need to be having some of the good time for you to discover more. When you want to think as an individual then you need to be having good time as it will be needed during concentration for you to be well. If you have some test anxiety then you should allow yourself to have a little bit of time so that you can have all you need in the process. You will always feel more relaxed and your nerves will be calm as well.

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Hughes Green Team Hosts Great Backyard Bird Count Event
2014-02-13 · By Editor
The Long Beach Hughes Middle School Green Team Club is hosting, and invites nature lovers of all ages to to participate in, the 17th annual “Great Backyard Bird Count” (GBBC), at the Dominquez Gap Wetlands, in Long Beach, on Sunday, November 16, from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
The GBBC is an annual bird count held over a 4 day period each February (this year from February 14th through the 17th) in an effort to create a yearly snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds. Participants simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds they see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count.
The Hughes Green Team Club is hosting this event to introduce Long Beach residents to the GBBC program, to the Dominguez Gap Wetlands, and to the amazing diversity of birdlife to be found right in their urban backyard. No special bird knowledge is required to participate and all ages are welcome. Youth Guides from the Green Team Club have been trained to identify 30 birds common to the Wetlands and will be on hand to assist visitors new to bird watching. Also, the school’s librarian and chief bird lover, Dr. Diane Riska-Taylor, will also be available as a local guide. Riska-Taylor is an animal behaviorist specializing in birds. Cameras and binoculars are suggested!
The GBBC was launched in 1998 as a joint project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, and in partnership with Bird Studies Canada. It was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Since 1998, more than 100,000 people of all ages, and walks of life, have helped to gather data on the world’s bird population on a scale that would not otherwise be possible.
For the first time, the GBBC went global in 2013 and shattered records, thanks to integration with the eBird online checklist program launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab and Audubon. Participants reported their bird sightings from all 7 continents, including 111 countries and independent territories. More than 34.5 million birds and 3,610 species were recorded—nearly one-third of the world’s total bird species documented in just four days.
The Dominguez Gap Wetlands is a 30 acre restored side-channel spreading grounds parallel to the LA River. The Los Angeles Department of Public Works manages 27 such spreading grounds, each serving as a water conservation zone. The restored area has been planted with native and riparian vegetation which fosters a wide variety of bird life.
To visit Dominguez Gap Wetlands for the GBBC, enter off Oregon Avenue at the intersection of W. Del Amo and Oregon. There is no parking lot for the Wetland; but street parking is available as marked.
To learn more about the count visit www.birdcount.org and view the winning photos from the 2013 GBBC photo contest. The Great Backyard Bird Count is made possible in part by sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited.
For more information regarding this event, please contact Hughes Middle School Green Team Adviser,
Cathy Procopio at 562-673-2401.


If we’re gonna talk politics, we might as well have a pint or two.
Ballots + Brews features local Topeka, KAN brewers followed by discussion on all things government and politics at all levels. Featuring interviews with elected officials, Ballots & Brews help break down all those political things you’ve always wondered about and we try and have fun along the way.
Think of it like the “Daily Show” meets CSPAN meets “Schoolhouse Rock?”
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Just over a year after government forces violently suppressed the country’s mass pro-democracy protests in 2011, Bahrain entered its second four-year cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights (UPR). On 6 July 2012, member and observer states of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) submitted 176 recommendations to the Bahraini government, addressing a wide range of issues from criminal justice reform to women’s rights. That October, the government partially or fully accepted 158 of these recommendations, pledging to take the requisite steps to bring the country’s practices in line with international human rights standards.
Four years later, at the end of Bahrain’s second cycle, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) is forced to confirm its 2014 midterm assessment: the government’s second chance has become yet another missed opportunity.
Since 2012 – and since the 2011 pro-democracy movement, more broadly – the Bahraini government has intensified its campaign against civil society and peaceful political opposition, imposing increasingly draconian restrictions on basic freedoms that have stifled progress across the spectrum of human rights. ADHRB, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have assessed both the Bahraini government’s technical implementation of its second-cycle UPR recommendations as well as its larger efforts to resolve the country’s major political and human rights challenges.
We find that the Bahraini government has failed to fully implement any of its 176 second-cycle UPR recommendations. Of the 158 recommendations accepted by the government, only two have seen any significant progress toward implementation. ADHRB, BCHR, and BIRD have not perceived any substantive progress for 133 recommendations and assess that 23 others have been merely technically implemented with little to no substantive impact.
Key Figures and Findings
76% of the second-cycle recommendations are wholly unimplemented
These include issue areas such as:
- Criminal Justice; Freedom of Expression, Media, and Press; Treaties and International Human Rights Mechanisms; National Dialogue; Implementation of BICI; Religious and Cultural Rights
13% of the second-cycle recommendations have seen only technical progress
These include issue areas such as:
- Compensation for Victims; Women’s Empowerment; Children’s Rights; Welfare
1% of the second-cycle recommendations have been partially implemented
These comprise two recommendations to:
- Establish an Arab Court of Human Rights; and Rebuild Shia Religious Sites
10% of the second-cycle recommendations were rejected outright
These include recommendations to:
- Abolish the Death Penalty; End Violence and Impunity; Release Political Prisoners (specifically Abdulhadi al-Khawaja); and Ratify Specific Treaties including the Rome Statute, Strengthen Cooperation with UN Human Rights Mechanisms, and Facilitate Country Visits by the UN Special Procedures
|Implementation Status||2014 Midterm Assessment||2016 Final Assessment|
At the end of its second UPR cycle, the Government of Bahrain has proven either unable or unwilling to implement almost any recommendations, including those to reform its criminal justice system, curb the use of torture, or institute sufficient protections for fundamental human rights like free expression, assembly, association, and belief. Rather, Bahraini authorities continue to arbitrarily arrest, disappear, torture, and imprison individuals for exercising these rights. Since 2012, the government has significantly expanded its penal code, counterterror legislation, and cybercrime law to broadly restrict civil society and effectively criminalize all forms of dissent. The government has additionally taken steps to harass, dissolve, and constrain most of Bahrain’s civil, political, and religious organizations.
Notably, some important issue areas had seen limited improvement at the halfway point of Bahrain’s second UPR cycle, such as women’s rights and gender equality. Yet today, the government has significantly regressed even here, targeting women human rights defenders for reprisal and issuing problematic new policies such as a male guardianship system for female religious pilgrims. For these reasons we have downgraded the ratings of several recommendations since ADHRB’s 2014 midterm assessment, resulting in a lower final evaluation.
Ultimately, the poor implementation status of Bahrain’s second-cycle UPR recommendations underscores a disturbing backward trend in the overall human rights situation. ADHRB, BCHR, and BIRD therefore call on the international community to not only hold the Bahraini government accountable for this complete failure to fulfill its second-cycle UPR obligations, but to also issue an even more thorough, pointed set of recommendations for the upcoming third cycle. We additionally urge the international community to take all possible measures to ensure the Government of Bahrain responsibly and transparently commits to a path of true reform as laid out by the UPR process for the next four years.
 A Follow-Up Report on A Bahrain’s UPR Second Cycle: The Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Bahrain, ADHRB, 23 April 2014, http://www.adhrb.org/2014/04/a-follow-up-report-on-bahrains-upr-second-cycle-the-deteriorating-human-rights-situation-in-bahrain/


Freedom of the press is extremely precarious in South Sudan, where journalists work under constant threat and intimidation, and where censorship is ever-present.
Radio is the most popular medium in South Sudan, with more than 40 radio stations operating in the country’s 10 states. The main ones – Miara, Eye Radio, and Catholic Radio Network – face intimidation attempts and censorship from the authorities. There are two state-owned TV broadcasters, the national South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation and the regional EBC, and six newspapers, four published in English and two in Arabic. Only two of the English-language newspapers – No. 1 Citizen and City Review – are free of government influence.
Most of South Sudan’s political leaders apply a great deal of pressure to impose their agenda on the media. National TV and radio suffer greatly from a lack of independence and are threatened and sanctioned if their programmes don’t toe the government line. Media shut-downs nonetheless became less frequent after the Media Authority (MA), the regulatory body, was established in 2017. Officials from the National Security Service (NSS) often raid news media or printing plants in order to censor specific content. Several articles from the Al-Mouqif newspaper were thus deleted in 2019.
In 2013 and 2014, the President enacted the Media Authority Act, the Broadcasting Corporation Act, and the Right of Access to Information Act, which constitute the legal framework for the promotion of press freedom and access to information. But these laws have not prevented repeated and continuous press freedom violations by government officials and the NSS.
Media ownership is highly concentrated and has created dominant players. State-owned media and media backed by politicians tend to receive more advertising than their privately owned counterparts. Taxes and the cost of officially registering a media outlet are very high, leaving the media short of funds and creating a favourable environment for corruption. Economic constraints have forced several media outlets to close in recent years.
The civil war that broke out in December 2013 between supporters of the president and those of the vice-president revived ethnic conflicts that affect journalists’ work. Reporters belonging to one ethnic group cannot cover events in parts of the country where another ethnic group dominates. Women journalists have been denied authorisation to conduct interviews and cover events.
At least nine journalists have been killed since 2014. They include British-American freelance war reporter Christopher Allen, called the “white rebel” by the authorities, who was shot dead while covering a rebel group. Impunity prevails in nearly all cases. Both South Sudanese and foreign journalists who try to provide independent reporting expose themselves to execution, torture, abduction, arbitrary detention, poisoning, and harassment. In the face of these dangers, many decide to stop publishing or leave the country.