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Information of legitimacy of oil palm progenies is important to guaranty the quality and to control commercial seeds procedures. A true and legitimate cross will produce progeny which has a combination of their parent's allele. The information could be obtained early in the nursery stage through DNA fingerprinting analysis. Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) is one of DNA markers used for DNA fingerprinting, since the marker system has advantages to acquire information of allele per individual in population and efficiency diverse allele of progeny and their parents. The aim of the research is to obtain legitimacy of 12 progenies analyzing in the oil palm nursery stage. Thirteen SSR markers were used to analyze 12 crossings number of oil palm. The genotypes data by alleles of SSR inferred and quantified using Gene Marker® Software version 2.4.0 Soft Genetics® LLC and analyzed based on Mendel's Law of Segregation. The result showed based on heredity pattern of progeny and their parent's allele that progenies H were indicated genetically derived from their known parents while progenies from A and G indicated as illegitimate crossing. Probability value for legitimacy of progenies of 9 other crosses has 0.031 and 0.5. Legitimacy analysis of progeny using SSR markers could be used to control the quality of crossing material and earlier selection in the oil palm nursery.
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We are a couple in our early 50's who moved up to the great state of Alaska in 2013. We were both born and raised in a small town in Wisconsin where we enjoyed anything outdoors: hiking, hunting, fishing, etc. Our dream had always been to move to Alaska, where we can really get involved in the beautiful scenery of a truly great state. Our dream began when the kids were young. We felt we needed to stay near our families for them to grow strong relationships with aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. As the kids grew up and went to college, we felt it was a good time to live out that dream, and they whole-heartedly agreed. Our time here has been amazing so far. We've been able to see various parts of the state and see many different things we hadn't been lucky enough to see in Wisconsin. Our daughter, Casey her husband Adam and their two labs live here in Seward. She works as a CNA at our local Emergency Room and Adam is a building contractor. Our son, Jake, is an engineer living in Montana with his wife, Brianna who is in the environmental science field. We have a dog, Brooks, who is an Alaskan Husky (Sled Dog) and loves to pull and hike. We like to stay active by hiking different trails in the area, as well as fishing, and hunting. We're more than happy to give advice or information of good places to see, eat, and visit in the area. Doug is currently the construction instructor at AVTEC (Alaska Vocational Technical School). He enjoys being able to help students learn a trade that will always come in handy. He's able to build relationships and make some great friends through his job. I(Kris) work at the local hospital, helping register patients in the ER and working in the billing department. The hospital is very small, with only 8 beds total. I really enjoy the friends I've made and seeing some of the interesting things that come into the ER, especially during the summer season. We first purchased this cabin in the spring of 2014. We lived in the 200 sq. ft. place with a total of 3 people and 1 dog as we built our permanent home in our free time. It took about a year to fully complete the new house. The next project was to fix up the little place and here it is, now a rental cabin! One thing to know about us is that we can't sit still. It's basically one project after another, which we really enjoy doing. Some of our favorite things are hiking, fishing, hunting, movies, popcorn, campfires, and grilling out. We enjoy trying new things and meeting new people. We'd like to help people get the same amazing experience we get on a daily basis. Even if you only stay a day or two, you'll be able to see and experience how amazing the area is and what people like so much about it. Our family quote for several years has been, "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain
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A Singapore-based company in which stakes are held by the family members of former Indian Minister of State S. Jagathrakshakan of the DMK has been linked to a record foreign direct investment of $3.85 billion in an oil refinery in Sri Lanka. MORE..
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Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Western, North-western, Southern and Uva provinces and in Anuradhapura and Mannar districts after 2.00p.m., the Department of Meteorology says. MORE..
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Minot baker makes her mark
It is important when starting a new business, to really establish and explore what your niche will be. How will you stand out in the crowd and make people take notice of your service or product rather than every algorithmically driven ad or boosted Facebook post?
For local baker Elizabeth Sund, it took a scroll through one of her social media feeds to discover what hers would be: painting the frosting on cakes with an artist’s palette knife.
“I saw one online. And I just thought, ‘That looks so cool!’ The idea that you could even paint a cake was so interesting,” Sund said, “My friend Roxy Mathis is a local artist. She and I got together to make one for the Great Tomato Festival. She actually did the painting. I watched her try it out. She had never done anything like that before either. I thought. ‘Oh, maybe I’ll try a few myself,’ and then by October I was selling them.”
Hailing originally from the Black Hills of South Dakota, Sund has both a master’s and a Ph.D in philosophy, studying at the University of North Dakota and eventually at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. After getting married and starting a family, she and her husband moved back to his hometown in the Magic City after the flood in 2013.
“You realize how much you just want to be with your family. We were living on the other side of the planet for three years, and we had our daughter while living there, which was really awesome. But it also made us think maybe it’s time to move home,” Sund said.
Always an ambitious home cook, Sund began taking home baking seriously around a year ago. Inspired by the Netflix series, “Great British Baking Show,” her production became so prolific she had no choice but to start a business, mostly because she was running out of willing mouths at home.
“I love to bake cakes, especially tall, really fancy cakes, and my family was tired of eating them like I couldn’t make as many as I wanted,” said Sund, “I had to start sending them out of my home if I wanted to make all the cakes I had in my imagination. That was really why I started in it and it really took off and I’m just in love with the process. It’s just been great.”
Christening her business Sundbakes, she approaches each cake and customer individually, using their personality and interests as a jumping off point for what the final look will ultimately be.
“Some people want to show you a picture of a cake they’ve seen online and they just want you to make a recreation and I don’t do that because it’s no fun,” said Sund, “So usually the way I like it when people order is they can tell me a little bit about the person.”
Operating out of her home, Sund has taken a keen interest in all the aspects of operating a modern business, even one as quaint as hers. She has thrown herself into maintaining a robust and functional website that streamlines the ordering process, and includes a blog series to boost impressions through search engines like Google.
“I never used social media before very much. I didn’t even have an Instagram account before I started this, and I just love it. I love sharing the stuff and food photography and putting things out there for people,” Sund said.
“I didn’t think I would when I started, I thought if people hear about me then that’s great. But it turns out I really love being an entrepreneur. It’s not something I ever studied before but I love all of those little bits of it, including building the website,” Sund continued.
Her interest in engagement extends beyond just potential customers, with Sund working with fellow bakers in the area to improve their own promotional skills. Sund has hosted classes at the Foundry in Minot, teaching other bakers how to properly photograph and showcase their bakes.
“Some people make excellent bakes. They can’t sell them because they can’t make them as beautiful as they are in person. So, I did a class, which might be considered teaching my competition all my secrets, but it was so fun that it was worth it.” Sund said, “They do such good work and I could just see that they just needed two or three tips to be able to take pictures that show the true beauty of their work.”
In addition to her elaborate creations, Sundbakes offers home-baked macaroons, and painted cookies, made to order. Her custom creation can be ordered at www.sundbakes.com.

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“If certain lives do not qualify as lives or are, from the start, not conceivable as lives within certain epistemological frames, then these lives are never lived nor lost in the full sense.”
- Judith Butler, Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?, 2009
Palm Beach – GAVLAK is pleased to present Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.): Elegy for the Venezuelan Exile. This show marks the artist’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery and will feature 13 new works made in 2022 employing his well-known materials of mica, quills, feathers, and acrylic paint to create an elegy for the Venezuelan crisis. An elegy is a lyric poem composed “to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead”1; a way to aesthetically represent loss and to share it with others going through the same experience. An artist talk with Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.) and Rosario Güiraldes, Associate Curator at the Drawing Center will take place on Saturday, December 3 at 4 pm, coinciding with the New Wave Art Wknd Gallery Open House from 3 to 5 pm. Elegy for the Venezuelan Exile will be on view from November 23 – December 12, 2022.
In this new series, Alvarez uses his psychedelic and imaginary style, to explore social issues that up to this moment were considered a self-referential escape in his work. Alvarez left Venezuela and established himself in the United States at the age of 24. His life story as an immigrant is unavoidably linked with the painful rift in the Venezuelan social structure. Venezuelan society has been witnessing a prolonged Complex Humanitarian Emergency for many years2. As of September 2022, more than seven million Venezuelan refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers live in different countries around the world, many people not surviving the journey and perishing along the way3. The exodus from Venezuela is among the few countries that do not have international protection policies matching its magnitude.
Alvarez’s work looks to answer the question: How do we conceive the lives of those lost? The first voice of this elegy song is, Going Back to Infinity (Víctor Rincón, Elegy for a Venezuelan Dream), 2022. On top of a wood panel and covered with an iridescent mica surface, feathers, ink, color pencils, and acrylic paint are compiled to produce a baroque microcosmos of enthralling textures and charged materials with different densities and a luminous chromatic range. From a nucleus, multiple forms of petals, buds, and shoots explode. In the center of this seductive organic group, there is an image of a laying body that is akin to an icon, the only image of a figure in the exhibition. It’s an intervened photograph of the lifeless body of Víctor Rincón, a young Venezuelan who was a friend of the artist’s family. The young man perished while crossing the Darien jungle. The Darien jungle is one of the most biodiverse places on earth. Today it is tragically famous for being considered one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world, spanning 165 miles between Colombia and Panama. In the middle of this extraordinary nature, Víctor becomes a martyr, a collective symbol for all those who lost their lives trying to reach a brighter future.
Likewise, the twelve pieces consisting of the series Songs of Freedom, 2022, answers to the same conceptual aesthetic logic as Going Back to Infinity. In these works, there are no figures. They are concentric compositions that irradiate vital impulses and bursts of color from a central nucleus. The bursts reaching out to be seen and felt by the viewer. Each one of these pieces has a subtitle with the name of a Venezuelan who has perished while escaping. They are Humberto Avila, Carmen Ortega, Silverio Colmenares, Judith Cáceres, Pedro Ascanio, Virgilio Trujillo, Juan David Pulido, Yurvi Caridad, and Yaelvis Santoyo. These names symbolize broken and lost lives. Two works in the series do not hold names but represent those whose names and stories that may never be recovered. The light within them carries on through this work and will not be lost or written off as a statistical number.
The visual language of Songs of Freedom is defined by the materials Alvarez engages with. The materials used in these fantastic collages are feathers, quills, and crystals, powerful objects used by shamans. In Alvarez’s work, they become a source of the imaginary, emblems of place and transformation. His works are on flat panels, but they radiate out, catching light and shadows in the mica and feathers, creating a depth of dancing beauty and meaning. The dark center gives way to bright rings of pinks, blues, and yellows that fade out into leaping feathers. The nucleus both pulls the viewer in and expands beyond the borders of the work.
Elegy for the Venezuelan Exile establishes itself as a profoundly subjective declaration seeking collective poetic and political consequences. There are no portraits of migrants, instead a collective memorial dedicated to the ongoing human catastrophe. An elegy to symbolize the inability to portray the millions of stories, faces, and lives that encompass the narrative of the Venezuelan exile.
This writing is an adaptation of Elegy For The Venezuelan Exile written by Fabiola Arroyo, an accompanying essay for the exhibition.
Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.) has performed and exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Kitchen in New York, NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia, Gavlak Gallery in Los Angeles and Palm Beach, Marlborough Gallery in New York, The Moore Space in Miami, Ratio 3 in San Francisco, Jeffrey Deitch in New York, the Yerba Buena Center for The Art in San Francisco, The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Beth Rudin DeWoody’s The Bunker Artspace in West Palm Beach, The Kemper Art Museum in Kansas City, The Drawing Center in New York and the San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas, among others. In 2020, he was included in A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience at the Taubman Museum of Art, he created for the Sarasota Art Museum, an impressive 10.5 × 78 foot vinyl mural, his largest vinyl mural to date, he was included in a group presentation by GAVLAK at The Armory Show as well as creating his largest painting to date, The Life Within You, a 9’ L × 24' W tour de force for The Core Club in NYC.
1 Dictionary, Merriam-Webster
2 “Complex Humanitarian Emergency”. “This term started being used at the end of the eighties by the UN to describe the differential character of the major crisis that have proliferated since the end of the Cold War. They are complex mainly for 3 reasons: a multiplicity of causes that are interrelated to various po-litical, economic and sociocultural causes. Its impact is all inclusive, meaning that it affects all life’s or-ders, with a strong destructive and destabilizing effect. Lastly, it requires an international response based on multiple mandates which allow to work on various fronts, such as humanitarian action (in-cluding providing essential goods and services to survive, as well as the protection of victims), high level diplomacy.” “Civilis | The Complex Humanitarian Emergencies have a political character”. October 10, 2017 https://povea.org/actualidad/civilis-las emergencias-humanitarias-complejas-son-de caracter-politco/
3 According to numbers provided by the Venezuelan Interagency Coordination for Refugees and Migrants. www.r4v.info/es/refugiadosymigrantes


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The numbers don’t lie when it comes to the describing the early-season performance of the Lower Bucks County football teams in the Suburban One League.
Through the first three weeks of the season, Pennsbury, Neshaminy, Council Rock South, Council Rock North, Truman and Bensalem are a combined 4-14.
What’s more, many of those teams have two league losses, meaning they are already pretty much out of league title contention. Furthermore, unless they can turn things around dramatically immediately, making the playoffs will also not be in the cards.
For the most part, the outlook for this week doesn’t look much better. The one plus is Truman and Pennsbury are playing each other, which means one of them has to win.
Truman (1-2) at Pennsbury (0-3), Friday, 7 p.m. >> The Tigers broke through by crushing Hatboro-Horsham last week, but everybody has been blasting the Hatters. Pennsbury has hit rock bottom. The Falcons have lost nine in a row and been shut out four straight times. This is probably Pennbury’s best chance for a win, but it’s Truman with the better athletes.
Souderton (2-1) at Neshaminy (0-3), Friday, 7 p.m. >> The Redskins are reeling after losing at Pennridge while Souderton has been surging following a tough opening loss at North Penn. Neshaminy will have to really step it up on both sides of the ball. Souderton has scored 110 points in three games and has all kinds of momentum after last year’s playoff run.
Council Rock North (1-2) at Pennridge (2-1), Friday, 7 p.m. >> Following an opening win over New Hope, Rock North has given up 42 points in each of its last two games. This doesn’t look good for the Indians. Featuring a strong running game and a stout defense, Pennridge is also a very tough out on its home field.
Council Rock South (0-3) at Central Bucks West (2-1), Friday, 7 p.m >> West comes in with two straight wins after an opening loss to Coatesville. Last week the Bucks shut out Abington (1-2), which is another Sub One National team with two league losses already on its record. Rock South has not been able to get its offense going and has given up 79 points in the last two weeks.
Conwell-Egan (3-0) at Bonner-Prendergast (2-1), Friday, 7 p.m. >> Rolling along with three straight wins, the Eagles figure to be tested here. Class 4A Bonnie-Prendie owns a win over Roman Catholic and gave up only one touchdown in its two wins. Look for Conwell-Egan to have enough to get its league season off to a successful start.
Bensalem (2-1) at CB East, Saturday, 11 a.m. >> Although the Owls did drop their first game last week, it was in a respectable 23-12 loss to undefeated Upper Dublin. This is a great chance for Bensalem to really make a statement. C.B. East was not expected to be all that great this year, but it has been running the ball well and has won two in a row after beating Neshaminy and Central Bucks South. This could very well be the best game of the week.
Bristol (2-0) at Pennington (1-0), Saturday, 1:30 p.m. >> Mike Ciotti’s well-coached Warriors easily handled Jenkintown last week, while Pennington opened with a lopsided victory over Morrisville. This also has the potential to be a good game. These teams have tended to play competitive games against each other and Bristol’s defense will be tested by England quarterback Huseyin Simsir and running back Isaiah Muse.


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On May 3, 2017, Henry Fenton argued before the California Supreme Court in the case of Lewis v. Medical Board of CA (S219811). Fenton Law Group represented Dr. Lewis against the Medical Board in a matter that culminated with Mr. Fenton’s oral argument on May 3 before the California Supreme Court. The issues in the case focus on (1) whether individuals have a protected privacy interest in their controlled substance prescription information and (2) whether a physician can assert those privacy interests on behalf of their patients. Mr. Fenton argued that the Medical Board practice of accessing controlled substance prescription data was unconstitutional and that the Medical Board’s access to the Controlled Substances Utilization Review and Evaluation System (“CURES”) was illegal. Privacy and healthcare experts await the Court’s Decision in this important case.
Fenton Law Group was pleased to have the support of the following entities who filed Amicus Briefs (Friend of the Court Briefs): ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, California Psychiatric Association, California Dental Association, American Dental Association and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
More information on Lewis v. Medical Board of CA (S219811) can be found here.

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Neovascular glaucoma associated with an iris melanoma: A clinicopathologic report
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A 48-year-old man had uniocular neovascular glaucoma, with the only apparent predisposing factor being a primary epithelioid melanoma of the iris. The new vessels disappeared following total excision of the tumor. These findings have implications regarding the mechanisms of neovasculogenesis.
Shields, M. B. and Proia, A. D., "Neovascular glaucoma associated with an iris melanoma: A clinicopathologic report" (1987). Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of. 512.

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Drilling operations are increasingly getting deeper, chemically harsher, hotter and more expensive. As a result, operators need effective and proven technology to work in such harsh mud systems. The loss of liquid to reservoir formation carries a high risk of permeability damage. In order to solve these problems, fluid loss control additives are utilized. Fluid loss control additives are primarily used to maintain a constant fluid volume within a slurry of cement to ensure that the performance properties of slurry remain within an acceptable range. Fluid loss control additives are customized for specific applications and these custom formulations assist operators maintain wellbore stability and overall drilling efficiency while minimizing HSE footprint.
Various types of additives are available in the market for fluid loss. Recently, the American Petroleum Institute studied grapheme oxide as an additive and it performed well as a filtration additive in water-based drilling fluids at low concentrations. Attributing to environmental demands in the oil and gas industry to prevent the destruction of coastal habitat and marine resources, environment friendly fluid loss control additives have become a necessity. Fluid loss control additives are available in various special grades, including LGT, MGT and HGT. These additives have low solubility in hydrocarbons and minimum plastic flow in all grades, they also impart excellent filtrate control in oil based drilling fluid systems.
Global Fluid Loss Control Additives Market: Segmentation
Based on additive type, the global fluid loss control additives market can be segmented into water soluble and water insoluble additives.
Global Fluid Loss Control Additives Market: Dynamics
Environmental safety concerns and pertaining regulations are contributing to the increase in demand from the oil & gas drilling industry. The petroleum industry is encouraging research on drilling fluid sand additives, such as non-toxic viscosity reducers and fluid loss control additives. These factors are expected to boost demand and drive the global fluid loss control additives market over the forecast period. Further, surging oil & gas drilling activities, supported by the increasing demand for end-products and rising investments in the oil & gas projects, are also slated to push the demand for fluid loss control additives over the forecast period.
Environmental regulations encourages the utilization of water based fluids and its application in areas where the oil based drilling fluids have been utilized owing to the certain challenges.
Preventing the destruction of aquatic bodies, such as coastal areas, fishes and oceans, with the introduction of environmental and user friendly fluid loss control additives in water-based muds for oil & gas drilling operations is one of the key trends identified in the global fluid loss control additives market.
Global Fluid Loss Control Additives Market: Regional Outlook
On the basis of geography, the fluid loss control additives market is dominated by Middle East & Africa and North America regions, owing to the availability of significant oil reserves in countries, such as Canada, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Asia Pacific and Europe are expected to exhibit moderate growth in the global fluid loss control additives market over the next decade. Latin America is also expected to register moderate growth in the market over the forecast period.
Global Fluid Loss Control Additives Market: Market Participants
Examples of some of the market participants identified across the value chain of the global fluid loss control additives market include Schlumberger Limited, BASF SE, Halliburton, Newpark Resources Inc., Sepcor, Inc., Kemira, Tytan Organics, Aubin Group and Global Drilling Fluids & Chemicals Limited.
Key manufacturers of fluid loss control additives are found to be involved in research & development activities in order to enhance their market presence across the globe. The global fluid loss control additives market is one of the most consolidated markets as there are a small number of players involved in the manufacturing of additives.
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Voters will have an opportunity this fall to weigh in on a number of proposed amendments to the Texas constitution.
- Ten proposed constitutional amendments will be on the ballot this November.
- Among those of interest to rental property owners are flood control measures, temporary tax exemptions following a disaster and increased state funding for school districts to reduce property taxes.
- The election will be held November 5.
Voters will go to the polls on November 5, 2019 to consider 10 constitutional amendments. Several are of interest to the rental housing industry, including:
- HJR 4 by Phelan/Creighton which would provide $1.7 billion in state funding for flood control and mitigation. (TAA supports)
- HJR 34 by Shine/Bettencourt to allow the legislature to enact a law providing for a temporary property tax exemption following a disaster. (TAA supports)
- HJR 151 by Huberty/Taylor provides funding to help provide increased school funding resulting in property tax relief. (TAA supports) Editorial note: Technically, TAA did not take a position on this amendment but it is very much in line with support for lower property taxes.


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We've got it all wrong. See, here in the United States, we take our children to school in minivans and crossovers, many of which have DVD players that allow each party inside the vehicle to completely ignore the others. For lack of a built-in DVD player, there are iPads, iPhones, iPods, Playstation Vitas, Nintendo 3DS and whatever other electronic device is gripping the youths of America.
Something – we don't know what yet – is coming from Polestar. While we'll be recovering from next week's LA Auto Show and Tokyo Motor Show (and starting to slack off ahead of an extended Thanksgiving weekend), the official tuner of Volvo products has announced plans to unveil its latest creation in less than two weeks.
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The Nintendo GameCube (or NGC) is a video game console system produced by Nintendo, for which several Sonic the Hedgehog series games were released. It competed with the Sega Dreamcast (which ceased production before the system's launch), the Playstation 2, and the Xbox.
It was the first Nintendo system to use discs as a storage medium for its games. However, its discs were small and weren't full-size DVD discs. Partially due to this, there was no DVD playback functionality.
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2002): The GameCube port of Sonic Adventure 2 which had many added features such as extra Chao options, more 2 player stages and other minor changes.
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002): This was a compilation game for the 7 Sonic games on the Mega Drive/Genesis, plus Flicky and Ristar as an added bonus.
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003): The GameCube remake of Sonic Adventure. The game had added missions and featured all of Sonic's Game Gear games as unlockables.
- Sonic Heroes (2004) Was the first original 3D Sonic game since Sonic Adventure 2.
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005): Another compilation game which included Sonic CD, Sonic R, Sonic the Fighters and the 6 Sonic Game Gear games that weren't in Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005): This was a main series game focusing on Shadow the Hedgehog.
- Sonic Riders (2006): This is a spin-off Sonic game focused on Racing on hover boards called Extreme Gear.
- Duo Pack: Sonic Heroes/Super Monkey Ball : A compilation pack containing Sonic Heroes and another Sonic Team title Super Monkey Ball
Sonic Related Demo discsEdit
- Preview Disc: A rare, purchasable disc of demos that contained levels from SEGA titles, Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
- Mario Kart Double Dash: Bonus Disc: A rare disc that came with pre-orders of the game Mario Kart Double Dash in the United States. Amongst the many previews on this disc was a playable demo of Sonic Heroes consisting of two levels, and two playable teams: Team Sonic and Team Dark.
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- Storm the Albatross
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was the first time Sonic appeared on a Nintendo console, having been the mascot for SEGA and a rival to the company for many years before this. He still is the mascot, but Sega stopped making consoles.
- Sonic Shuffle is Sonic's only Dreamcast title to not be remade on the GameCube.
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was released on the GameCube before Sonic Adventure DX, even though Sonic Adventure DX was made first as the original Sonic Adventure.
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- Nintendo GameCube at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Page 52, fifth sentence - on the occasion of International Book Week a flash mob is started in facebook
Hundreds of Ukrainians joined the flash mob in facebook social network on the International Book Week.
It's very simple: one has to take the nearest book, open it at the 52nd page and make the fifth sentence from the top their status.
The source shall not be specified, but the rules of the flash mob shall be spread further.
As it turned out, textbooks, including in foreign languages, are the nearest books to most readers.
There are also dictionaries and, of course, fiction.
And what book is the nearest to you?
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My Eye Wont Stop Twitching
My left i has been twitching for a long time now and i sleep a lot and my left eye wont stop twitching i even got new glasses then it stops?
I am on my second day of my period and my left eye won't stop twitching. I thought I might be dehydrated so I drank water and it didnt help?
Lack of sleep: and use of sinus medications may be contributory. If the problem persists see your doctor. Best of health to you. Thank you for trusting HealthTap. ...Read more
The bottom of my left eye keeps twitching ..For.The last 3 weeks and wont stop...Foes it mean something?
So my right eye lid twitched almost constantly for over a week now that has stopped by now my neck on the left side won't stop twitching.Do what???
Leave it alone: There is no reason for alarm. These things happen to everyone. As long as you are otherwise healthy, and not concerned about medicine side effects, you will be alright. If you are not that healthy or you use suspicious medicines, it may help to have lab tests or a medicine list review. ...Read more
My left eye has been twitching for like 3 weeks now, and it won't stop i've tried getting more sleep and putting warm clothes on my eye i don't what ?
Eye twitch: In the lids there exists a muscle that is called mueller's muscle. It responds to your circulating adrenaline, whose production by the body happens in response to stress. Local conditions such as cysts, concretions (calcium deposit) may be a physical cause that may induce mueller;s muscle to twitch. To stop it eliminate the cause of it, see your eye doc (ophthalmologist), . ...Read more
Eye twitching: If this is a pulling or quivering sensation in one or several eyelids then it is likely mykyomia which tends to be intermittent and resolve after months. If it is bilateral or forceful it may be hemifacial spasm or bilateral blepharospasm and these may be benign but require evaluation. Lastly especially in a child it could be a tic or habit spasm. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
See your doctor: Problems like these can only be correctly handled by your doctor in person. He/she needs to listen to you, perform an examination and possibly run labs or other tests. That's the only way he/she can find out what's going on and what to do about it. ...Read more
Eye twitch: In the lids there exists a muscle that is called mueller's muscle. It responds to your circulating adrenaline, whose production by the body happens in response to stress. Local conditions such as cysts, concretions (calcium deposit) may be a physical cause that may induce mueller;s muscle to twitch. ...Read more
Myokymia: Localized muscle twitching over the eyelids is usually benign and self limited, and can be associated with fatique, eye strain, and lack of sleep. Typically, it is intermittent and quite benign. (very rarely, it involves the face on one side, and if this occurs, see a neurologist). ...Read more
What do you suggest if my eye has been twitching on and off for the passed week and a half. what is wrong with it and how do I make it stop?
Eyelid soaks/scrubs: One of the most common causes of eyelid twitches is inflammation in the oil glands of the eyelashes. Search "blepharitis". Hot compresses followed by scrubbing the edge of the eyelid with q-tip wet with hot water and a tiny dab of johnson's baby shampoo and control (but not cure) blepharitis. ...Read more
For the past 2 months my right eye has been twitching non-stop. Does anyone know what could cause this?
My left eye has been twitching for several days non stop and I feel like Ice is on my head or something cold on and off it's hard to explain?
Right bottom eye lid has been twitching for over 3 months now all day long. Noticible to others, will stop for 2 days about every 9 days and comes back?
Tic, tic, twitch: Twitching confined to the muscles immediately around the eyeballs is usually benign, caused by a variety of things such as stress, sleep deprivation, excess caffeine, or habit tics. If you have any other muscles involved besides those "periorbital" ones, then something else is wrong. Local nerve irritants or blood vessel compression of nerves near the brain stem are decidedly rarer. ...Read more
Twitching: Find out the cause & treat that, for example, if on medications or substances or nervous condition. ...Read more
Muscle spasm: What you describe sounds like a common condition called orbicularis oculi myokymia. It's a type of spasm in muscles around the eye. It tends to present in times of stress. It can cause the vision in that eye to vibrate, as well. If symptoms are severe or not resolving over time, you should see an ophthalmologist. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
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How to stream Premier League in the United States, is the most asked question. In the dynamic and ever-changing world of sports, soccer holds a special place, especially in the United States. The English Premier League (EPL), with its staggering 5 billion global views, stands as a testament to its popularity. Understanding the various ways to stay abreast of the Premier League is crucial for any soccer enthusiast.
This article aims to navigate through the diverse options available to stream Premier League matches live in the US, ensuring that fans don’t miss a beat of what’s happening in the world’s most-followed soccer league.
Stream Premier League: A Deep Dive into Premier League Streaming Options
When it comes to stream Premier League matches in the United States, there are several options to consider. Apart from NBC Sports, which requires a cable or satellite subscription, fans can choose from platforms like Fubo, Sling Blue, YouTube TV, and Hulu Live. These platforms provide access to a range of channels including NBC (in select cities), USA Network, CNBC, ESPN, and FOX Sports, ensuring comprehensive coverage of the league.
For those looking for a more focused approach, Peacock Premium, NBC’s paid subscription service, broadcasts 175 games per season. With a monthly fee of $5.99 or an annual charge of $59.99, it’s an affordable option for die-hard fans.
Stream Premier League: Don’t Miss a Game
Keeping track of the Premier League schedule is essential for fans. Sling Blue, for instance, offers live and on-demand broadcasts at various times throughout the week. From Friday evening games to the intense Sunday morning clashes, the schedule is packed with action. Be sure to mark these times in your calendar:
- Fridays, 2:45-4:45 pm ET (USA Network)
- Saturdays, 7:45-9:45 am, 10 am-Noon, 12:30-2:30 pm ET (USA Network and NBC)
- Sundays, 8:30-10:30 am, 11 am-1 pm ET (USA Network)
- Mondays, 3-5 pm ET (USA Network)
The Social Aspect: Stream the Premier League at Local Pubs
The Premier League matches are frequently televised live at local bars across the United States, catering to fans who desire a more communal football experience.
Numerous official club websites provide a list of pubs that can broadcast games, and numerous fan groups, such as Everton USA, One United USA, and Arsenal America, propose excellent bars that are suitable for watching games.
Your viewing experience can be considerably improved by having the opportunity to interact with other supporters at these sites.
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Radio Broadcasts: Another Way to Stream Premier League
On the off chance that you are unable to see the Premier League matches, listening to them live is an excellent alternative. TalkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 are two examples of stations that provide live coverage.
However, a virtual private network (VPN) could be necessary to listen to BBC Radio 5 from a location outside of the United Kingdom.
Stream Premier League: A World of Options for Premier League Fans
The world of live streaming for Premier League matches in the US is rich and varied. With numerous platforms offering seamless access, fans can easily follow their favorite teams and players. Whether you prefer watching on a big screen, at a local pub, or listening to a live radio broadcast, there’s an option for every type of fan.
Thank you for taking the time to read this comprehensive guide. If you found it helpful, please consider sharing it and recommending Trending News Buzz for the latest and most buzz-worthy news. Stay connected with the world of soccer and never miss a moment of the thrilling action in the Premier League!


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5G IoT Market is expected to grow from USD 2.6 Bn in 2021 to USD 208.23 Bn by 2029, at CAGR of 72.96% during forecast period.
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Rosie Cooper, MP for West Lancashire, has been named ‘Parliamentarian of the Month’ by national road safety charity Brake for her work in campaigning to prevent further tragedy on West Lancashire roads following recent fatal crashes in her constituency.
Following a crash in October 2008, in which Lathom High School pupil Christian Willis, 14, was hit and killed while crossing Houghtons Road, Rosie secured agreements with Lancashire County Council to install a Speed Indictor Device (SPID) on Houghtons Road, as well as agreements to tidy up pathways near Lathom High School and provide better lighting to encourage pupils to use the safer walking routes to and from school.
Rosie has called on the Council to reduce speed limits to 20mph outside schools in West Lancashire and on other routes where there are concerns for residents’ safety. She is also planning a speed reduction initiative in the New Year, with local police.
Rosie Cooper MP says: “Keeping children and pedestrians safe is a major concern in areas like Skelmersdale which as a new town had many roads built without pavements. Some people don't feel safe enough using the paths and underpasses to get around so it is not uncommon to see people walking on the road alongside fast moving traffic.
"In West Lancashire the solutions to the problems of road safety vary as the challenges differ between the rural and urban roads. Following recent fatalities involving children, I am calling for a reduction in speed limits, especially outside schools and I am working with the police, schools, and local authorities to improve walking routes, provide wardens to make our roads safer and to do whatever it takes to stop this dreadful waste of lives."
Cathy Keeler, Head of Campaigns at Brake says: “Brake is delighted to name Rosie as Parliamentarian of the Month to recognise her hard work in campaigning for improvements to road safety in West Lancashire. There can be nothing more devastating than the death of a child on our roads. It’s great to see communities working together to prevent these tragedies.“


Grand Power Pistols Now Exclusively Distributed in the USA by Eagle Imports
The advanced technologies and ergonomic superiority of the Slovakian produced sport, civilian and professional pistols from Grand Power has arrived.
Wanamassa, NJ (September 2014) – Eagle Imports, Inc., importers of the popular Bersa line of firearms and exclusive distributor of the Metro Arms family, is proud to announce the exclusive US distribution of the Grand Power brand of performance semi-auto pistols. Known internationally as one of the most modern, innovative pistols produced, the Grand Power brand employs high quality materials and state-of-the-art processes and manufacturing to deliver an ergonomically designed, low recoil pistol for sport shooting, civilian carry and law enforcement and military professionals.
Innovation lies in the unique, worldwide patented rotating barrel locking system that minimizes felt recoil and muzzle rise. The pistols are fully ambidextrous. Slides, frames and barrels are made from extremely durable, high quality steel. The proprietary polymer grips are ergonomically designed to offer a positive and comfortable grip. The Grand Power pistol line includes compact and full size in .22 LR, .380 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP and 10mm Auto in sport, concealed carry and professional models.
“Grand Power is very pleased to partner with Eagle Imports in this exclusive distribution agreement,” Jaroslav Kuracina, Grand Power CEO and Owner commented. “Eagle Imports is well known for their exceptional customer service to their brands, as well as the sales distribution channel, right down to the end users. We look forward to a long and positive relationship with Eagle Imports and firearms enthusiasts in the U.S.”
About Grand Power:
Grand Power was founded on the passion and expertise of CEO and owner Jaroslav Kuracina. After many attempts to have his innovative pistol produced in his home country of Slovakia, he finally succeeded through the generosity of private investors in 2002. Today, Grand Power is one of the up and coming firearms brands world-wide, winning awards at IPSC and on the battlefield. www.grandpowerusa.com
About Eagle Imports:
Founded in 1988, Eagle Imports is proud of its history and tradition of being an exclusive firearms distributor in the United States. Eagle is committed to fulfilling Bersa’s, Metro Arms’, Comanche’s, and now Grand Power’s, mission in the USA and for providing the ultimate after-sale experience for all of their products. www.eagleimportsinc.com


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5 stars for Zoraida Grey and the Family Stones by @SorchiaDubois #paranormal #uf #bookreview
Title: Zoraida Grey and the Family Stones
Author: Sorchia DuBois
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Adventure
How many Scottish witches does it take to destroy one small-town fortune teller?
Granny’s dying, but Zoraida can save her with a magic crystal of smoky quartz. Too bad the crystal is in Scotland––in a haunted castle––guarded by mind-reading, psychopathic sorcerers.
Getting inside Castle Logan is easy. Getting out––not so much. Zoraida stumbles into a family feud, uncovers a wicked ancient curse, and finds herself ensorcelled by not one but two handsome Scottish witches. Up to their necks in family intrigue and smack-dab in the middle of a simmering clan war, Zoraida and her best friend Zhu discover Granny hasn’t told them everything.
Not by a long shot.
Zoraida Grey is a woman on a mission: fly over to Scotland and retrieve a magic crystal in order to save her granny from death. Sure, the castle is haunted and belongs to family members she never knew existed. Easy peasy, right? Nothing is ever easy for Zoraida and before she can lay her hands on the crystal, she's in the middle of a clan war, an ancient curse, and two sexy Scottish male witches. Zoraida must figure out a solution and fast because time is running out and Granny is dying for the crystal.
Zoraida Grey and the Family Stones is a humorous Scottish paranormal adventure I couldn't put down. Zoraida is such a fun heroine and I connected with her right away. The adventure parts in Scotland are so well written, I closed my eyes and was transported there. With a big cast of characters, it might be easy to get lost but each one is detailed brilliantly. They leaped from the pages. The plot itself started out a bit slow but gained momentum once we landed in Scotland. The magical/paranormal elements were well-crafted and filled out the story. The ending had a cliffhanger. Normally, I don't care for that type of ending but it gave me the incentive to start the next book in the series. If you're a fan of gothic paranormal romance, you'll love this book. If you're looking to start a new paranormal romance series, pick up this book today. Fans of Ilona Andrews will also love Zoraida Grey and the Family Stones. Highly recommend!
My Rating: 5 stars
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Sorchia Dubois is the pen name of a mysterious, retired English teacher who lives deep in the forest in a tall house with nine cats. Sorchia writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and small-town murder mysteries. She published her first book in 2018 at the ripe age of mumblety-seven and plans to publish at least ninety-nine more. Her latest accomplishment is to survive cancer, which was no fun, but served to broaden her perspective—that’s for sure. Currently, she’s working on All the Pretty Knives, the first in a new trilogy to be released 2021-22.
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CALSTAR first U.S. medical transport firm to go with H135
October 21, 2015 By Airbus Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters Inc. has announced that California Shock Trauma and Rescue (CALSTAR) has ordered five H135 air medical helicopters. CALSTAR is the first U.S. customer for this significantly improved and updated variant of the most popular twin-engine helicopter chosen by air medical transport service operators.
The order announcement was made Monday in a ceremony at the Airbus Helicopters Inc. booth on the opening day of the Air Medical Transport Conference in Long Beach. CALSTAR, based in Sacramento, Calif. is one of the nation’s leading air medical service providers and a long-time operator of Airbus helicopters.
“We are honored that an outstanding air medical transport and emergency medical services provider such as CALSTAR continues to place their trust in Airbus Helicopters aircraft and services,” said Chris Emerson, President of Airbus Helicopters Inc. and Head of the North America Region. “CALSTAR is one of the many air medical providers that continue to choose Airbus Helicopters aircraft and contribute to our success as the market leader in this vital segment of the industry.”
CALSTAR selected the H135 (formerly EC135 P3) following a fly off with competing models that included tests in late summer heat and high altitude. CALSTAR flies many of its critical patient transports in the Sierra Nevada range and nearby foothills.
“CALSTAR followed a very rigorous review process that included a detailed analysis by third party expert Conklin & de Decker Associates and hands-on trials by our pilots and flight nurses,” said Lynn D. Malmstrom, President and CEO. “The H135 became the clear leader after we were able to test its capabilities in our unique high/hot operating environment.”
The new H135s will replace CALSTAR’s remaining four legacy BO105LS helicopters. The first H135s are expected to go into service in the spring of 2016. This aircraft acquisition represents the conclusion of a fleet modernization plan launched in 2012.
The H135 recently received Federal Aviation Administration type certification for operation in the U.S. The H135 is the industry reference for light twin-engine helicopters due to its performance, safety features, operating efficiency and cabin flexibility. CALSTAR currently operates eight EC135s, the previous version, that it ordered in 2012.
Equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW206B3 turbine engines and a new, larger main rotor, the H135 provides 440 pounds of greater payload capacity in hot-and-high operating conditions. It also has improved performance and payload at lower altitudes.
The H135 has several new or improved safety features. Its modern glass cockpit includes the Garmin GTN 750 fully integrated navigation, communication and GPS avionics system. This system allows enhanced operation under instrument flight rules (IFR), improving safety margins at night, or in hazardous weather and terrain. The H135 also has excellent one-engine inoperative (OEI) performance. The helicopter is equipped with Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC), fire detectors, transmission chip detectors with quick-disconnect plugs, and a crash-resistant fuel system.


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Something is happening.
There’s quiet here, in a morning where I woke too early and fell victim to a busy brain that was ready for Thursday far before the rest of me felt like it. There is stillness outside, movement in. There’s a thought I’ve held in my hands for a long time, turning it over and over again like a smooth river rock: language is the closest we come to magic on this earth.
What I can’t stop thinking about this morning is what language actually is. It’s a thing that connects people; it’s a thing so private we dare not let words escape our mouths. It can travel through time and deposit emotions thousands of years old into a mind that’s only been here a few years. It is printed; it is sung. There’s a philosophical debate about whether language is public or private or both, whether it’s something we use to explain our world to ourselves or to explain ourselves to the world or both or neither.
What interests me today is how it unlocks doors in us that we might prefer to keep bolted–and doors we’ve been hammering at with our hands until our wrists throb with the impact and still nothing will budge. Learning a new language is a dance of breaking through and running into walls alike. It’s moments of absolute pure clarity and moments of being humbled by how much you don’t know. Today I’m interested in the former.
I wish I could tell you exactly when it was that I first wanted to learn Gaelic (or Polish, or German, or Spanish). I’ve tried to answer that question when it was posed to me several different times this week, several different days in a row, by several different people. Mostly I felt like I was fumbling my answer. So let me try again, this time to try and explain it to myself:
Polish is an old friend who first greeted me by asking how I felt about George W. Bush. It’s moments of shock and laughter at my first attempts and curiosity about why I’d even try. It’s the first time we were able as friends to move from my native tongue to his. It’s having a conversation that bridges years and salmon-coloured walls and halting nervousness and bone deep camaraderie.
German is laughter and community. It’s being surrounded, unintentionally, by words that just sort of hover there, happily existing until I can’t help but ignore them. It’s afternoons in Kraków sitting across a desk in a room that smells of paper and floor cleaner, reading out newspaper articles. It’s a sick anteater. It’s a cafe on the Rynek playing word games and packing imaginary suitcases with absurdities and extraordinary moments of friendship.
Spanish is kind of like that too, but quieter and waiting and nonetheless ready. It’s accidentally using a slang word that’s faintly vulgar in a conversation with a friend’s grandma because I learned it from context but didn’t quite grasp the tone. Whoops. It’s laughter at my expense without malice or meanness, just the understanding that sometimes this stuff is hard–finding the funny keeps it human.
And threaded through all of that, Gaelic’s been there, woven through whatever tapestry makes up my life like a song I feel like I should remember the words to because I know I’ve heard it a thousand times, maybe a thousand thousand times, maybe I always knew it, maybe it always knew me. Every so often I’d turn and look at it, with longing and frustration because I just couldn’t reach.
Language is magic. The word for bicycle in Polish is rower, pronounced like Rover if you can roll your r’s, and I always liked that because it reminded me of an old friend’s cat, and her little brother who couldn’t pronounce his r’s and said them like y’s and used to very earnestly tell me that “Rover goes pee pee in the yitter box.” Which has nothing at all to do with bicycles, but for whatever quirky little programming makes up our brains, it kept that word cemented in mine. The word for bicycle in Gaelic is rothair, pronounced a little like the Tolkein land of Rohan, if the han part were faintly head instead. And I made a noise that was neither of those words when I discovered that, because now the Gaelic rothair is married to the Polish rower and a pinprick of time a long time ago, and a bit of silliness.
Language has something of physics that makes it up, like the strong nuclear force that holds the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom. It connects things that don’t seem like they should go together and yet do, likely in more than one way, as unexpected as a Polish-Gaelic cognate pair. It connects people.
Yesterday I was diligently going through my wee (not really that wee) list of common words, trying to see what holes there are, what I need to fill into my Gaelic foundation before I can really start to build. This is where something happened, between forest (coille/mòr-choille) and key (iuchair). I like that it happened there, even on an arbitrary alphabetical list. I make my home between forests and keys fairly often. It’s a good place to be.
The word was a month, and the month was June, which in Gaelic is quite literally the young month. An t-Òg-mhìos. The thing that happened was a thing that is starting to happen with a lot of frequency to a lesser degree. Often now I’ll look up a word and discover I’ve heard it before. (Laugh at me if you’d like for not bothering to learn the names of months before now.) Last night I saw the word and immediately said, “Oh!” I knew precisely where I had heard that word before, so I went there. It’s a song from Julie Fowlis’s album Mar a Tha Mo Chridhe, called Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird a’ Chuan. I looked at the line of lyrics, which I’d listened to recently but hadn’t really heard, and suddenly it was clear. Clear as the June dew it was speaking of, and I heard it. That thread of song woven through and unreachable was right there, in my hand, where I could see it and hear it and feel it for what it was.
If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is.
This morning I finished my fiftieth day of consecutive yoga. For years people have suggested it to me, but I brushed it off because I am the Least Flexible (TM) and because I’m that kid who got told too often that they were precocious and smart and that smart was something you were and not something you built and thus I still suck at realising I’m allowed to suck at things before being good at them or kind of okayish at them.
So anyway, in January I decided to give it a shot and got on the mat. Fifty days later, something is happening.
I can put my nose on my knees now. That’s not something I used to think would be a life goal, but it’s been a hard few years of navigating this world where Nazis are bubbling out of the mire again and we entered the darkest timeline. Touching my knees with my nose may not serve any greater purpose to the world, but one thing it did teach me is that sometimes I can surprise myself. Two days ago, I went into a forward fold with a now-familiar kind of relief and release, letting my weight hang, and I realised my palms were on the mat and my legs were straight. I’d been so focused on finding what felt good and right for my body that I forgot I used to be unable to touch my toes from that position at all and suddenly I’d reached past them. Then yesterday? I balanced the weight of my body on my hands in crow pose. Just for a couple seconds, barely even a breath, but if you’d asked me to do that a year ago I’d likely have made a noise like a crow at you and flown away squawking.
It’s something to build on, something to move forward from. Something to enjoy right now or right then or whatever dot of time is currently flashing by.
In giving myself space to explore, I was able to better understand the language of my body. And now, looking forward, I’m excited for what comes next, because language is a breathing, powerful, living thing that connects people and bridges time and space.
Now Gaelic is laughing so hard I cry with people who were strangers in September. It’s someone quietly muttering “dè cho mòr?” (how big a CAKE, you perverts) and giggles filtering through a classroom and someone replying with “bhodca ‘s orains, mòran taing” which is not even a logical progression but makes sense in a context we made together. It’s sixty blending voices striking a chord that hums through my skin. It’s seeking language within language to be able to speak about myself with clarity. It’s people from points all over a map drawn to one singular space and moment. It’s being a bit of a deer in headlights and muttering under my breath until I can pronounce a line of a song without tripping over my tongue. Gaelic is becoming a friend instead of a distant hope. Language is transformative.
Something is happening. Something magical.


“It is the case that they are close enough now in their capabilities that from a US policy perspective, we ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving that objective” of being able to deliver a nuclear weapon against US targets, Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said Thursday during a question and answer panel at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Since “you’re now talking about months” until North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has the ability to credibly threaten the US with a nuclear attack, Pompeo said, “our capacity to understand that at the detailed level is in some sense irrelevant,” the Washington Examiner reports.
Given the status of the situation, US President Donald Trump has “concluded that we need a global effort to ensure that Kim Jong-un doesn’t have that capacity … It’s now a matter of thinking about, how do you stop the final step?”
North Korea analysis website 38 North argued August 1 that the Hwasong-14 ballistic missile tested by North Korea on July 28 “demonstrated a substantially greater range” than previous missiles, specifically, a range “possibly sufficient to reach the East Coast of the United States.”
Trump seeks to keep North Korea from having “the capacity to hold America at risk,” the espionage official stated. “The president’s made it very clear” that he will do whatever it takes to stop Kim, including the use of “military force if necessary.”
“We are not out of time but we are running out of time,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said at the policy forum, Channel News Asia notes. “There are those that say, ‘accept and deter’… ‘accept and deter’ is unacceptable,” the security adviser said.
— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) October 1, 2017
Pyongyang maintains that developing a nuclear deterrent is a smart policy necessary for self-defense. “The DPRK is being convinced over and over again that the development of nuclear weapons is the right choice. And we are boosting efforts in that sphere so that we could neutralize the nuclear threat from the United States,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry official said at a nonproliferation conference in Moscow Friday.
Speaking in Seoul this week, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon all but confirmed that “accept and deter” was the most likely path forward.
“It might not be wrong to say there is no chance for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons,” because the North Korean government “believes nuclear weapons are its lifeline.” Kim "believes his regime and North Korean society will collapse if he gives up nuclear weapons,” the South Korean official said.


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Another brief piece here. So… Wild Thing. The first thing to know is that this is a sequel to last year’s Beat the Reaper. I didn’t know this going in, but the book was fine without this knowledge. But you may want to read it first. Maybe. But I’m not you.
The second thing to know is that this book is a total “turn your brain off” read. Our main character, Pietro Brnwa (on the run from the mafia under the assumed name of Lionel Azimuth) is sent to investigate the possibility of a lake monster with Violet Hurst, a “sexy and self destructive paleontologist” (and yes that is from the back cover).
The most important question… Is it good? A monster hunter book, shelved in general fiction? Well… Yes. Good action, funny characters, ans the mystery that drives the plot is engaging and fun.
Most interesting? The thirty pages of notes and annotations that follow the story. Bazell did his research and is also quite well read. Annotations (mostly asides from Brnwa) litter the novel itself, and they bring a good amount of levity and humor to the text as a whole.
Look for this book in your favorite shop on Feb 8th if you’re hunting for a fun, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful read about modern politics, small town life… Oh, and sea monsters!


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New restaurants, such as Alberta, on Magazine Street, have opened, and venerable ones, such as the aforementioned Upperline, have returned, even though epicures await the return of icons such as Dooky Chase, a Creole landmark in Mid-City; Dunbar's Creole Cooking, Uptown; Willie Mae's Scotch House in Treme; and Commander's Palace, an upscale restaurant in the Garden District.
Habitat for Humanity's Musicians Village, where struggling artists can get no-interest, no-down-payment loans for houses through "sweat equity," recently handed the keys to its first property owner, singer Omar.
And a consortium of business, government and cultural leaders--including the Chicago-based owner of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans--has announced plans to build a 200,000-square-foot National Jazz Center and 20-acre jazz park as a tourist destination and a boon for development in the Louisiana Superdome area.
Yet everyone knows that this summer could be crucial in determining the future of New Orleans' distinctive culture.
With only one major convention booked for the season (a gathering of the American Library Association, which ended last Wednesday), the popular Essence Music Festival having decamped to Houston and visibly tiny audiences in the French Quarter for the typically slow summer months, a culture hangs in the balance.
One more hurricane could wipe away the remnants of the city's artistic life, residents said.
"If we get a hit this summer, then that's going to be very alarming because then [New Orleans artists] are going to be very leery of returning and making a real commitment to this town," said Jason Patterson, a longtime jazz advocate.
"Everybody is terrified," said Aiges, the Louisiana talent promoter.
"If we get clobbered over the head, the carpet will be pulled up over us."
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About the writer
Howard Reich, the Tribune's jazz critic, has been writing about New Orleans culture since the late 1980s. He is the author, with William Gaines, of "Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton," a biography of the New Orleans jazz giant. The book was inspired by Reich and Gaines' 1999 Tribune series, "Jelly Roll Blues." Reich is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Music.


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Watch: Sasha and Digweed reunite for mesmerizing live set
Before the global dance music boom, before “EDM” and all of the connotations which followed, before even Martin Garrix was born, there was Sasha & John Digweed. Known to many as the pioneers of true progressive house and some of the first-ever “superstar DJs” the world had ever known, they were widely remembered for their genre-defining sets and mix compilations such as the widely acclaimed Renaissance series that set a standard for mixing.
As the pair slowly began to focus on their solo careers in the late 00’s, dual sets became less frequent until a six-year hiatus was recently ended back in March with a surprise B2B set in London. Following the tremendous feedback the pair then announced (ironically on April Fool’s Day) that they would be getting back together for The Social Festival. The two legends played together on the main stage last night to a packed out crowd for one of the biggest reunions dance music has ever seen.
Thankfully, those not in attendance didn’t have to miss out on all of the action as John Digweed’s management took to his Facebook page to live stream just over 25 minutes of the B2B for fans to feast their ears on.
The pair played behind a massive screen setup and as usual blitzed through a dreamy selection of progressive tunes with a sprinkling of techno thrown in for good measure. As can be seen in the video the crowd were going absolutely wild and we can only hope this signals a new chapter as well as more tour dates for the pair of dance music legends. Amongst the tracklist was a number of IDs as well as the new cut from Kolsch entitled “Kir”. Tracks also appeared from the likes of Underworld and Sasha himself.


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Restaurant featuring bubble tea, ramen and sushi opening at Empire Place
The retail development in front of The Empire Mall will add the Asian concept in one of its newly constructed retail centers – the same building that recently announced Smoothie King.
“There’s nothing like it at Empire Place,” said Raquel Blount of Lloyd Companies, who represents the development. “It’s complementary to what’s happening within the rest of the center.”
Taichi Bubble Tea is being franchised locally. The menu includes a variety of ramen dishes, a “sushi burrito,” poke bowl and salad bowl, in addition to more than a dozen fruit teas available in green or black tea.
“If you’re a new franchise to the market, your best opportunity to get the most brand recognition and the most people to see your concept is being in that area, just because it has so much draw and such a strong customer base,” Blount said.
Construction is expected to start soon with an opening next year.
Empire Place has one more space with a deal in the works, plus several more available in the building that’s filling up, and one more open building.
“It’s been good,” she said. “But we’re entering into that retail time where it’s difficult to get retailers to talk about space, because they’re in the time period where they need to focus on sales.”
Interested in joining the retail mix at Empire Place? Contact Raquel Blount at 605-728-9092 or Raquel.email@example.com.

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Vermont US Senator Leahy voted for a
on you, by allowing the US Military to secretly arrest, detain,
torture, and maybe even kill you. We know what side Leahy is on.
Should Leahy continue to draw pay and sit in his Senate seat if he
has turned over his authority to DHS, the TSA, military, and the
Pentagon? Vermont US Senator Bernie Sanders was one of 7 of 100 US
Senators who voted against that very same bill. We know what side he
I don't think anyone should even try drugs.
The US Government supplies most of the hard drugs. So use of their products mean they take all your property and you go to prison. So, that is why I am for legalization of all drugs. If you hate what the US Government is doing, try to reduce the cocaine and heroin used, it will cut off the funding for wars, citizen imprisonment for political excuses, torture, official murder-for-hire, and their black operations.
We need the police in the US not treat us like enemy combatants in a war zone.
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In this scene from "The War on
Weed," correspondent Christof Putzel hits the streets of New
York City with NYC Resistance, an underground videographer who films
some of the 600,000 "stop and frisk" searches performed by
the NYPD each year. Ninety percent of those who are stopped are black
and Latino, and while across the country in Seattle many are allowed
to openly smoke marijuana, in New York there are far harsher
consequences -- and questionable tactics being used by
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Walk Out Into the Wild
Discussing climate change can stir strong opinions and, especially when considering what to do about it, can leave many people feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. It’s made me wonder if there might be a better way to approach this ubiquitous and increasingly foreboding topic.
Consider what Antoine de Saint Exupéry said, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Thinking of the environment and climate change in a similar way makes sense to me as we’d naturally want to care for and preserve something we’d first grown to love.
This was brought home to me several years ago when my husband and I purchased a 50+ year old off–grid cabin on some acreage on a mountain in southwest New Hampshire. No electricity. No running water or pluming. Frankly, most folks we knew thought we’d lost it, especially our grown children. “You crazy kids!” they all said.
Oh, but in just a few months, I’d discovered some important things: like how much soot and ash can come out of an old wood cookstove and how good it can feel to bring it back to life; how our blessed spring bubbles up our water and sends it down the mountain straight into our sink as long as we keep the hose clear; how the spirit of the land is wild and has clearly been well loved; how the tall trees and hovering mountains shelter us and whisper in the sweet night sounds; how the old stone fireplace mantal keeps close the special rocks, treasures, from the children in days past and now from our own grandkids; how a screen porch opening to the wild can be all that’s needed to cleanse, heal and restore a weary soul; how dirty feet, clean hands and a grateful heart become “the” most appropriate attire to dine with the Great Spirit; and, how I can walk around the land and, suddenly, without notice, irrupt into singing!
So, crazy? “YES!” Thank God! But it would get even better! Early on I started feeling like our new piece of heaven needed a name. About that time, my husband and I had gone for a walk in Mine Falls Park close to where we live in town and I’d found three feathers. I was thrilled because in the Native American tradition feathers are considered special omens from the Great Spirit.
A few days later, as we were heading out to try a new trail near our cabin, I said, “Hey, how about if we call our camp 3 Feathers?” My husband agreed it’d be okay but pointed out that I hadn’t found the feathers on our land or anywhere near the mountain. So, I let the idea rest. Then, as we were heading back, I saw the most beautiful large feather and then shortly after another one that looked just like it but was much smaller. Soon, as we came in eye shot of our Jeep, my husband said jokingly with a smile, “Okay, find another one and we’ll call it 3 Feathers Camp!” And within a few feet, I looked off to my right over a field and there it was about twenty feet out—the third feather—but not just any feather, a dove’s feather. So now our camp had a name!
I’ve found again and again a sense of wonder, magic, that comes from leaving the paved sidewalks and the known, familiar ways, and stepping out into the wild, untamed, forest all around us. I especially love the old roads, long abandoned, hidden under the moss, grasses, stones and dirt. What stories do they yearn to share if we could only hear? And the less traveled trails guide me to find all those treasures just waiting for their special place on our mantal. So much beauty to be seen, heard, discovered, held, loved.
Would I do anything to protect our small piece of heaven. You bet! Could I knowingly hurt it in any way? Never! And, as importantly, it continues to awaken in me a growing sense of care for the wild places everywhere.
So, let’s not assign ourselves tasks to save the environment. Instead, let’s first walk out into the wild, magical, forest all around us and allow it to awaken a longing hidden deep beneath multitasking and our over–scheduled way of life. Let’s bring our fishing poles so the fish may remind us that to thank it for its life is the true blessing. And let’s find an old trail waiting to take us deep into a place we’ve never been—a place that propels us to love.
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National Geographic : 1927 Oct
HOW LATIN AMERICA LOOKS FROM THE AIR U. S. Army Airplanes Hurdle the High Andes, Brave Brazil Jungles, and Follow Smoking Volcanoes to Map New Sky Paths Around South America BY MAJOR HERBERT A. DARGUE* U. S. Army Air Corps, Flight Commander SINCE the golden age of Pizarro and Magellan, of Sir Francis Drake and bold buccaneers of the Spanish Main, adventurers from the Seven Seas have scattered their bones along Aztec and Inca trails from Mexico to the Horn. In all the eventful annals of exploration, no other land ever excited men's imagina tions more than has this vast and still only partially known area which we call Latin America. First came the halcyon days of Colum bus, Cortez, and Balboa, bearded men in armor, with the Cross in one hand and a Toledo blade in the other-daring days of incomparable achievement, when a few score Spaniards with courage and craft conquered the far-flung Montezuma Em pire, and hordes of Indians threw away their spears and ran from the frightful, centaurian aspect of men on horses. Then another age of adventure and roughhewn romance that saw whaling fleets and gold-mad California treasure seekers rounding the cold, stormy Horn or seeking a short cut to fortune through the jungled gates of Panama. Now our own day of exploration, with its restless quest for mines, ranches, raw materials, railroad rights, and oil fields-a quest that sends thousands adventuring, from the Rio Grande down to Patagonia, building up a great mutual commerce, helping Latin America develop its own rich resources, and finding a market here for its own surplus products. But adventure always and the romantic lure of that ever-amazing Latin Amer ica-a kingdom of contrasts between icy * The author wishes to acknowledge his in debtedness to all members of the Pan American Flight for data taken from their journals, espe cially to Capt. Ira C. Weaker, the official historian of the flight, and Frederick Simpich. peaks and humid jungles, between grass huts of savages and marble palaces of classic cities old in culture; a beckoning land, inviting exploration now just as when Columbus came; a challenging land, with little-known, uninhabited regions, perilous to fly over, waiting now to be discovered from the air by the winged Pintas, Niiias, and Santa Marias of to (lay. GAS-BURNING DOVES OF PEACE START LONG FLIGHT So I was happy when told I should take an airplane and fly 22,000 miles, from Texas down to Patagonia and back; from Texas, by air, over the pagan Toltec Trail, past smoking Central American vol canoes; over the tombs and ruined cities of the Anihuacs and Incas; down the far away coast of distant Chile; up among the clouds and giant condors of the high Andes; out across the wide, flat pampas; up the long, lonely, jungle-lined shores of Brazil, and then home across the friendly blue water and green isles of the Carib bean, blazing a new trail in the conquest of the air (see map, page 452). The Pan American Good Will Flight, this long air voyage was called, and the fleet of U. S. Army planes under my com mand were sent to carry friendly greet ings from Uncle Sam to twenty nations of Latin America, stretching from Mexico down to Argentina. Roaring up from Kelly Field on the morning of December 21, 1926, circling over San Antonio and the old Alamo in the clear, bright air of Texas, we pointed our amphibian noses boldly toward Cape Horn, waved adieu to cheering friends, and were off on the first aerial circum navigation of the Southern Continent ever attempted.


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Off My Needles/Hooks:
The Blue Yoke Sweater is done! I'm quite surprised that I used only about five and a half balls of Filature Lanarota Chaco or about a little over 1100 yards.
I was only halfway through the yoke when I'd stopped working on this in 2006, and seriously, I have no idea what my problem was with finishing it. The yoke decreases were following the modified EPS percentages and worked like a charm. And I got the collar right this time by adding an inch worth of short rows to the back collar ribbing. Oh, and I also changed to a size US5 (3.75mm) needle for the last round and for the bindoff round of the collar. Made it much neater looking. I think the next time I make a yoke sweater I will decrease an extra eight stitches (rather than the four I did here) after the final yoke decrease round. But other than that I'm quite pleased how this turned out.
BBS or Big Black Socks were made for the Socks for Soldiers group, and I'm ashamed to say started almost three years ago. These are "Team Knit" socks, with the legs knit on a CSM (Circular Sock Machine) then forwarded to me to add the feet. That's right. All I had to do was add the feet and it took me this long to do it. I get fifty lashes with a wet skein for that. Feet were knit using US0 (2.0mm) and US1 (2.25mm) needles.
Mom's Mitts were started on Jan 13th using some unlabeled blue-toned mystery yarn and size US5 (3.75mm) needles. Mom went into the hospital on the 19th for pneumonia, and I finished them on Jan 21st while sitting at her bedside. It is just a vanilla afterthought thumb mitt with ribbing at the cuff and seed stitch at the fingers. They are about 10.5 inches long.
The 40lb Stashdown Goal (in grams): 18,144; Grams Used: 829; Left to Go: 17,315

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