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Hello friends and fellow book lovers! After posting only one review in February, I’m back to posting them consistently this month. This week, I’m starting off with a doozy and that’s The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.
If you’ve been on booktube, book blogs, book twitter or book anywhere, you’ve been hearing about this book. When I saw this book at Sam’s Club, I knew I had to pick it up and see if it lived up. Without further ado, let’s get into my review of The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.
This is a spoiler-free review. I won’t be giving away any spoilers about the characters, plot or anything like that. At least, I hope I don’t but I’m sure someone will let me know lol. Either way, here are my thoughts on The Cruel Prince.
Before I jump into my review, I’m going to give some insight. I am not a fantasy lover or avid reader. I’m more of a contemporary reader so this is not generally a book I would pick up. Even with all the hype, I have to say I did enjoy it.
As per usual, I’m going to start off with the writing style. This is my first time reading Holly Black so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Personally, I really enjoyed her writing style and I can see why she’s such a beloved fantasy author. She writes such vivid and lovely descriptions.
At times, it felt like I could close my eyes and picture everything. Black also knows how to write complex and morally grey characters. Usually, I’m all about rooting for the hero but this book changed my thoughts on that. She also focused a lot on the political side of things which I think was done extremely well.
I won’t give away the plot of the book, but it basically follows Jude and her sisters, growing up in High Court of Faerie and Jude’s plan to join the Court. There were so many twists and turns in the story especially in the second half. Black kept me guessing and I loved it.
As for characters, I don’t want to give away too much again. Mostly, we follow Jude who is a morally grey character. There are certain points where you root for her and others where you wish you didn’t. She was incredibly brave, but still had an air of innocence and naivety to her.
We’re also introduced to Jude’s family including her sisters: Vivi and Taryn. As for the Fae characters, there’s the group of their schoolmates who hate Jude and relish in any chance to make her feel bad. I do tip my head to Black though as they were extremely well-written and were given significant backstories.
My main complaint about this book was its slow start. At least to me, the book started off incredibly slow. Once I got to the second half, it really picked up and I couldn’t put it down. Maybe it was just me, but the beginning just didn’t suck me in.
Overall as someone who isn’t a regular fantasy reader, I enjoyed The Cruel Prince and can see why everyone is hyping it up. It’s a good story with great characters and is a lot of fun.
I give The Cruel Prince 4/5 stars. Have you read The Cruel Prince? If so, what did you rate it? If you didn’t, are you giving into the hype?


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Jeff Conaway is critically ill in hospital after a possible overdose.
The actor, who starred as Bobby Wheeler in '70s sitcom Taxi, is in a coma at a California hospital. Although the name of the hospital has not officially been disclosed, local reports suggest that it is the Encino Hospital Medical Center.
His manager Phil Brock told The AP that the actor was found unconscious on May 11 and that his prospects of a full recovery are uncertain.
Conaway, who made his first appearance on stage aged 2 years old, also appeared as T-Birds gang member Kenickie in Grease and played Zack Allan on Babylon 5.
The 60-year-old has battled substance abuse for a number of years and appeared on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab to seek treatment for addiction to cocaine, painkillers and alcohol.
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James P. and Vicki L. Walls v. Commissioner., United States Tax Court - Memorandum Decision, T.C. Memo. 1995-426, Docket No. 6765-94., Filed August 30, 1995
James P. and Vicki L. Walls v. Commissioner.
United States Tax Court - Memorandum Decision
T.C. Memo. 1995-426
Docket No. 6765-94.
Filed August 30, 1995.
James P. and Vicki L. Walls, pro se. Alan E. Staines, for the respondent.
POWELL, Special Trial Judge: This case was heard pursuant to the provisions of section 7443A(b)(3) and Rules 180, 181, and 182. 1
1 Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in effect for the year in issue, and Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, unless otherwise indicated.
Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioners' 1990 Federal income tax in the amount of $615. Petitioners resided in Rescue, California, at the time they filed their petition.
The issues are whether petitioners may claim as dependents the children by a previous marriage of petitioner Vicki L. Walls (petitioner) and whether petitioners made an overpayment of income tax.
The facts may be summarized as follows. Sometime prior to 1984, petitioner married Kenneth Paul Simas (Mr. Simas), and they had two children. On February 17, 1984, the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara (the Superior Court), filed an Interlocutory Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage with respect to petitioner and Mr. Simas. The Superior Court ordered that "the legal care, custody and control of the minor children of the parties * * * be awarded jointly to * * * [Mr. Simas and petitioner] with primary physical custody awarded to * * * [petitioner]."
The Superior Court further ordered that "the marital settlement agreement of the parties dated January 12, 1984, is approved, attached hereto, and incorporated by reference, and each of the parties is ordered to comply with all of the terms and conditions stated therein." The marital settlement agreement stated that Mr. Simas "may claim the tax exemption for * * * [the children]. For any year in which support payments for said children are not over two months in arrears." (Reproduced literally.) On May 16, 1984, the Superior Court entered a Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. The judgment was not disturbed or modified until 1993.
During 1990 Mr. Simas was current in making support payments for the children, paying a total amount exceeding $5,000. Petitioners claimed dependency exemptions for the children in 1990.
Section 151(c) allows taxpayers an annual exemption amount for each "dependent," as defined in section 152. Under section 152(a), the term "dependent" includes certain individuals, such as a son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter, "over half of whose support, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, was received from the taxpayer (or is treated under subsection (c) or (e) as received from the taxpayer)." Generally, the child of divorced parents is treated as receiving support from the custodial parent. See sec. 152(e)(1).
The tax treatment may differ, however, if the parents were divorced pursuant to a decree of divorce or written agreement executed before January 1, 1985, and not subsequently modified, as is the case here. If the divorce decree or written agreement provides that the noncustodial parent is entitled to the dependency exemption, the noncustodial parent will be treated as having provided over half of the child's support if that parent provides at least $600 for the child's support. Sec. 152(e)(4). Accordingly, we find that Mr. Simas provided over half of each child's support within the meaning of section 152(a).
Petitioner argues that she is not bound by the marital settlement agreement because she was afraid of Mr. Simas and wanted to get the children away from him as quickly as possible, and because Mr. Simas threatened to seek custody of the children if she did not sign the agreement. In effect, petitioner is asking us to ignore the language of the final judgment of the Superior Court. If that judgment was obtained by duress or fraud, petitioner may seek relief from that court. But, until that judgment is set aside, it delineates the rights of the parties and, as a consequence, the right of petitioners to claim exemptions under section 152(a). We sustain respondent's determination on this issue.
In their memorandum brief petitioners noted that their tax return preparer had overlooked a withholding credit for 1990 reported on a Form W-2 in the amount of $1,309. The Form W-2 is part of an exhibit attached to the parties' stipulation of facts. Section 6512(b)(1) provides that "if the Tax Court * * * finds that there is a deficiency but that the taxpayer has made an overpayment of such tax, the Tax Court shall have jurisdiction to determine the amount of such overpayment, and such amount shall * * * be credited or refunded to the taxpayer." An overpayment of tax is "any payment in excess of that which is properly due." Jones v. Liberty Glass Co. [48-1 USTC ╤ 9113], 332 U.S. 524, 531 (1947).
The amount of the credit or refund is limited to the portion of the tax paid "within * * * [the period, immediately preceding the filing of the claim, equal to 3 years plus the period of any extension of time for filing the return], if on the date of the mailing of the notice of deficiency a claim had been filed (whether or not filed) stating the grounds upon which the Tax Court finds that there is an overpayment". Sec. 6512(b)(3)(B); see also sec. 6511(b)(2)(A). The wage withholding in question is deemed to have been paid on April 15, 1991, a date that falls within the 3-year period prior to the date the notice of deficiency was issued. Sec. 6513(b)(1).
Respondent concedes that petitioners overpaid their 1990 tax liability; however, the overpayment is limited to the amount of the payment in excess of the deficiency. Accordingly, we find that there is an overpayment in the amount of $694. 2 Based on the foregoing,
2 In their "Response to Respondent's Reply Memorandum Brief for Respondent", petitioners seek sanctions against respondent pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(g) for acting in bad faith regarding this issue. This is, at best, specious: this Court will not sanction respondent because the tax return preparer overlooked a credit and petitioners originally failed to claim a refund.
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Jane has built her expertise in women's mental health through her extensive work in the Department of Women's Behavioral Health at Women & Infants Hospital. Her style is warm and practical, combining biological regulation such as sleep and diet, with deeper psychotherapy work. She is the regional co-coordinator for Postpartum Support International in the state of RI, teaches in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and speaks and teaches locally and nationally on the subject of perinatal mental health. Babies are always welcome in session and Jane can help connect clients with specialists in baby sleep and feeding.
Jane also enjoys seeing artists and creative professionals. She holds an MFA in Photography from The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and taught art at both RISD and Brown, bringing a deep understanding of the unique pressures and forces at play for artists.
Jane appreciates the complexity of women's lives at all stages and takes an honest, holistic approach to therapy. She has devoted her career to supporting women's emotional health, and wishes to learn and share her experience as much as possible in both her teaching and clinical practice.
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Jane is out-of-network with most insurances, but she is happy to provide you with paperwork to make it as easy as possible to use your out-of-network benefits.
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A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The Times Square area consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north. Times Square, sometimes known as the 'Crossroads of the World,' has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of its city. Times Square is principally defined by its spectaculars, animated, digital advertisements. A taxicab is a vehicle for hire, with a driver, which conveys passengers between locations of their choice.

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Leo Express, based in Prague, Czech Republic, had its first journey in 2012. Since that first journey, Leo Express has expanded its fleet of train and bus routes to cover much of Central Europe, providing passengers with a comfortable and modern means of travel. Because it is a Czech-based company, many of the routes it offers are to and from the capital city of Prague. With a number of different classes available, you’ll easily find a Leo Express bus journey that works for both your budget and your travel style.
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This is what happens when the mighty have fallen.
The Montreal Alouettes were the dominant team of this century — once upon a time — going to eight Grey Cups over an 11-year period, starting in 2000, last winning the Canadian Football League championship in 2010.
But they haven’t returned to the title game since then, the longest drought of any CFL team. And they’ve missed the playoffs the last two seasons, going 6-12 and 7-11.
Jim Popp, the only general manager this team has known since it returned to the league in 1996, was fired last November, two days following the conclusion of the regular season. His latest unsuccessful stint — or was it stunt? — as the team’s head coach ended in September, with Montreal at 3-9.
Popp, who moved down the 401 to Toronto, has been replaced by Kavis Reed, the Als’ former special teams co-ordinator and a GM rookie.
Jacques Chapdelaine, who went 4-2 as head coach after replacing the beleaguered Popp, was justifiably brought back so he can direct this team from the beginning.
And, in the Als’ seemingly neverending search to find a quarterback to replace Anthony Calvillo — an exercise that only began in 2013 — Darian Durant is the latest so-called Messiah.
Reed knew he had to improve the Als’ offence, particularly the quarterback and offensive line. Montreal has gone through a plethora of quarterbacks (Jonathan Crompton, Rakeem Cato and Kevin Glenn, to name a few) since Calvillo was concussed in 2013. All have managed to win games, just not consistently.
Durant, 34, will bring a veteran’s presence into the huddle along with Grey Cup experience. And the additions of import tackles Jovan Olafioye and Brian Simmons should stabilize a line that allowed a league-high 64 quarterback sacks.
The additions of Olafioye and Simmons has required a ratio change on defence, where co-ordinator Noel Thorpe long had the luxury of playing only one non-import.
While safety remains a Canadian position, the Als could well play two non-imports, veterans Keith Shologan and Jabar Westerman, at tackle.
And they’ll be missing middle linebacker Bear Woods, the outstanding defensive player in the East Division two of the last three seasons. He was released on the second day of training camp.
He was told, 30, he’s too old. And yet John Bowman, Kyries Hebert and Chip Cox, all well past 30, remain. Go figure.
THE MAIN MAN
This is a quarterback-driven league. Predictably, the Als’ fortunes rest on the competency, and health, of Durant.
The problem is, Durant has suffered some significant injuries recently and hasn’t played a full season since 2010. In 2014, he suffered a torn tendon in his right elbow. He missed most of the next season with a ruptured left Achilles tendon. A high ankle sprain forced him to miss three games last season.
At least Durant should play with a chip on his shoulder after Saskatchewan GM and head coach Chris Jones said the Roughriders were “moderately successful” under him.
OT Jovan Olafioye
OT Brian Simmons
WR Ernest Jackson
QB Darian Durant
QB Jacory Harris
WR Devon Bailey
WR Alex Pierzchalski
DT Keith Shologan
DT Jabar Westerman
LB Frederic Plesius
LB Anthony Sarao
While the addition of Durant has the most marquee value, he’s only as good as his surrounding cast. Wide receiver Ernest Jackson, a surprising free-agent addition from Ottawa, caught 88 passes for 1,225 yards and scored the winning TD in the Redblacks’ Grey Cup upset over Calgary. He compensates for the trade of S.J. Green to Toronto.
QB Rakeem Cato
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G Ryan White
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WR Marcus Henry
K Anthony Fera
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LB Winston Venable
LB Bear Woods
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If it seemed like middle linebacker Bear Woods was all over the field, he was. He established a team record with 126 defensive tackles, adding five sacks and two interceptions. Co-ordinator Noel Thorpe called him the centrepiece of the defence. He could be hard to replace.
RECENT TEAM RECORD
2016 - 7-11 (missed playoffs)
2015 - 6-12 (missed playoffs)
2014 - 9-9 (lost East final)
2013 - 8-10(lost East semi-final)
2012 - 11-7 (lost East final)
As seemingly bad the Als were last season, tied with Hamilton at 7-11, they would have made the playoffs had they won the season series against the Tiger-Cats.
That’s how poor the East Division was, and Montreal squandered a glorious opportunity.
Darian Durant’s an improvement over Kevin Glenn, but no longer can be considered one of the leading players at that position. But, if he remains healthy, this team could have a fighting chance to finish as high as second in the division. Reed and company would probably be ecstatic with a 9-9 record.
But, should Durant suffer a serious injury, all bets are off with Vernon Adams, still relatively inexperienced, leading the team.
We don’t see the defence being as strong or dominant, and it remains to be determined whether age has caught up to some of the key performers on that side of the ball.
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Kvika supervised the private placement of a 40% stake in Iceland Seafood International, which concluded on 11 May 2016. The market value of the holding was ISK 2.8bn, and the entire stake was sold to a broad group of investors. Iceland Seafood International has begun preparations for listing on the First North market and published a Company Description that can be found on the company's website, www.icelandseafood.is.
Iceland Seafood International is a leading sales and marketing firm in the export of fresh, frozen, and salted marine products. The company was founded in 1932, and its operations extend to all major seafood markets worldwide. Its headquarters are in Iceland, and it operates seven business locations in Europe and North America.
First North is an alternative stock exchange for growth companies in the Nordic region. First North uses the same infrastructure and distribution network as Nasdaq North, which provides customers, listed companies, investors, and other market participants ready access to roughly 80% of the securities markets in the Nordic and Baltic region. All firms listed on First North must have an agreement with a certified adviser. Kvika is Iceland Seafood's certified adviser for the company's listing on the First North exchange.

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The WITTLE Family’s Top Picks for a Quarantine Partner
Earlier this week, we asked this question on our Facebook page.
"If you could quarantine with any celebrity, who would it be?"
Well, we got LOTS of fun answers to that question. A lot of people picked a country singer and we have the top choices from country music in the photo gallery below. However, there were some other fun choices outside of the country music world that we wanted to share.
In no particular order, here are some of the WITL listeners' picks for a quarantine partner:
- Betty White
- Matthew McConaughey
- Jimmy Fallon
- Sam Heughan (he actually had several votes)
- Mr. Clean
- John Travolta
- Ryan Reynolds
- Chris Pratt
- Jennifer Lopez
- Taylor Swift
- Dr. Phil
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- Bear Grylls
- Will Smith
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Emma Watson
- Sara said any celebrity chef--particularly one that cleans up
- Shawna said "none lol. I'll keep my fantasy about how cool they are instead of having it ruined".
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DmC Devil May Cry To Bring 60 FPS Action To PC On January 25th
Posted on Thursday, December 13 @ 13:43:19 PST by Jonathan_Leack
Capcom has announced that DmC Devil May Cry is scheduled to release on January 25th for PC. That's only 10-days after its console launch, and to make up for the additional wait Capcom is promising a fulfilled PC version running at 60 FPS as opposed to the 30 FPS cap on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In addition, it'll be available through Steam with achievements included.
For AMD users, Eyefinity will be supported at launch. Capcom Senior Producer, Alex Jones, said the following about its implementation in the press release:
This all sounds good, but you're going to need the proper PC to run this bad boy. Thankfully, the official minimum and recommended system requirements are available. See below.
Capcom is giving AMD the nod with DMC Devil May Cry, so we'll have to see how it turns out for Intel and Nvidia-based hardware. The recommended specs are certainly in the mid-tier, so we might see some noticeable visual improvements on the PC front.
Lastly, here's a trailer for your viewing pleasure:
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Wildfires have destroyed forests on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey, claiming at least eight lives. Yet, a political fire burns in Ankara, with debate on a cabinet shift heating up. President Tayyip Erdoğan netted reactions for distributing packages of tea to the fire victims in Marmaris and his motorcade keeping ambulances and fire trucks waiting in traffic so he might put the blame on particular cabinet ministers. A crucial cabinet meeting was scheduled for August 2, but it was postponed.
The rumors about the cabinet shift have already spread and this might help some ministers remain in their seats for some extra time, maybe until the end of September or early October. But it seems inevitable for Erdoğan to have some officials pay for consecutive shocks and failures.
One might ask what would a cabinet shift change since Erdoğan is making all decisions. This is right. Few believe that a cabinet reshuffle would lead to a change in Erdoğan’s politics; only a small number of ministers can play a significant role. Still, such developments point to a change in power balances and trends.
What is more, the shift might be limited to cabinet ministers. Some deputy ministers and high bureaucrats might also lose their seats. Contradictions, or in other words, negotiations between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its election partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have become visible and tangible.
Claim: Minister has already resigned
Education Minister Ziya Selçuk has already shared with his close circle that he presented his resignation to President Erdoğan days ago and the president accepted it. The reason behind it is not that Selçuk has become totally unable to do the things he wants to. Although the minister said schools in Turkey will open on Sept. 6 but Erdoğan has not announced a decision yet. It is speculated the minister will leave his seat because he cannot overcome some obstacles set by religious sects and cults, and his efforts to inspect some corruption claims have caused discomfort inside the AKP.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, targeted by fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker, who has raised serious allegations in his video allegations, seems to remain in his seat thanks to open support by MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli. But Health Minister Fahrettin Koca may pay for the rise in the number of new coronavirus cases after the Eid al-Adha, just like last year.
Another reliable source said Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli might also be dismissed. “Now everyone will think that it is because of the forest fires but if the wildfires did not erupt, ha would have been gone by now,” said the source. Almost everyone interested in Ankara politics thinks Pakdemirli will go. The cadre-building inside his ministry that he cannot prevent despite warnings and the allocation of some forest lands to particular businesses would harm Erdoğan more if he stayed.
The agriculture and forestry ministries were merged when Turkey moved on to the presidential system in 2018 from the previous parliamentary one. Now, sources say, they will be separated again. Pakdemirli cannot deal with both. No one can.
However, problems are not limited to the fields of forestry or agriculture.
Another separation in the pipeline may be the for the Treasury and Finance, a ministry formed by merging the two ministries under Erdoğan’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak. There is speculation that current minister Lütfi Elvan will remain as the Treasury Minister, and Mehmet Muş, who was appointed by Erdoğan to replace Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, might become the Finance Minister.
Culture, tourism, environment, urbanization
The Culture and Tourism Ministry will also be separated. There are rumors about whether current minister Mehmet Ersoy will remain as the Tourism Minister, who can now use the authority to permit constructions of buildings on forest lands, coasts, lakes, and plateaus following an Erdoğan decree last month.
The Environment and Urbanization, which has seen several changes, might be separated again. The fields of the two arms of these two fields already contradict each other.
So many changes in the cabinet mean several times more changes in the posts of deputy ministers, advisory staff, private clerk staff, ministry buildings, office cars, maybe office planes. But all these might also be considered as moves ahead of an election.
There is also a possibility that Turkey’s last Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, another politician mentioned in Sedat Peker’s allegations and who is the AKP deputy chair today, will become the Vice President, along with current VP Fuat Oktay. The president’s cabinet is not just made up of ministers in the new system.
Bahçeli’s outcry on Syrian refugees has been overshadowed by forest fires.
The experienced politician had spotted that the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and IYI Party stance about the inflow of Syrian and Afghan migrants were welcomed by the voters and the AKP’s Mehmet Özhaseki triggered reactions when he praised the migrants as “cheap labor.”
Bahçeli said Syrians who went back to their countries for Eid al-Adha should not return, arguing that their visit showed that there were no security problems. He said migrants were “damaging the ethnic structure of Turkey.” However, some of the AKP grassroots see the presence of Syrians not as demographic deterioration, but as enrichment in terms of increasing the already dominant Sunni population in the country.
Bahçeli’s step should be followed yet another step to attract Erdoğan’s attention and be perceived as a bargaining chip, I expected and I was not mistaken. The next day, Bahçeli said the Constitutional Court should not hide behind the excuse of “violation of rights” in order not to close the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). This is a balance that forces Erdoğan to make the right choice. Syria politics is on the one side and the Kurdish votes are on the other. And all these moves come ahead of Erdoğan’s talks with Bahçeli over a new constitution.
Talking about Syria… You might ask if there were any backstage information about the Foreign Ministry at a time when key developments take place about Syria, Russia, the U.S., Afghanistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Cyprus. You are right. There are rumors that there may be some surprises in that regard, but it will be more appropriate to share them after consulting a few more sources. That issue is far more critical.


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Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pockets of food insecurity. These can appear and develop for many reasons. And in some cases, simple nature-based solutions can make a significant difference to people’s lives.
Vihiga County, western Kenya—one of the most densely populated of the country’s 47 counties with an average household farm size of 0.4 hectares—is characterized by a high rate of population growth and dwindling farm sizes, and a land that is increasingly becoming uneconomical for farming. Pressure on land has led to a decline in food production and an increase in poverty. As a result, people are now moving into Kakamega rainforest in search of land for farming and settlement, causing severe destruction to the forest ecosystem.
To tackle these problems, the county government of Vihiga, in February 2017, decided to prioritize the commercialization of African indigenous vegetables to boost farmers’ incomes. Some 2,500 farmers have been recruited, in an exercise started in June 2018 to increase production of these vegetables.
Initial challenges included lack of quality seeds and training in best agronomic practices for sustainable, quality production.
However, things have been looking up since early 2018 when the initiative attracted technical and financial support from a Global Environment Facility-funded project, Scaling up Sustainable Land Management and Agro-Biodiversity Conservation to Reduce Environmental Degradation in Small Scale Agriculture in Western Kenya. The project—implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and executed by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization—runs until July 2022 and aims to set small-scale agriculture on the path to much greater sustainability, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes sustainable land management as: “the stewardship and use of land resources, including soils, water, animals and plants, to meet changing human needs, while simultaneously ensuring the long-term productive potential of these resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions”.
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Despite the importance many societies place on youth, it is a difficult time to be young. In May 2022, the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) surveyed 6,000 Generation Z respondents across 10 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom) to understand their views on mental health, particularly in the context of an unprecedented global and regional crisis.
Their responses were also compared to other generations as the survey also included 1,229 millennials (25–40 years old), 1,300 Gen Xers (41–56 years old), 1,391 baby boomers (57–75 years old), and 106 from the Silent Generation (76–93 years old).
The survey was developed with guidance from the following European child and adolescent psychiatry experts:
Prof. Svedin Carl-Goran, Sweden
Prof. Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Spain
Prof. Bernadka Dubicka, UK
Prof. Stephan Eliez, ESCAP Past President, Switzerland
Prof. Jörg Fegert, ESCAP President-Elect, Germany
Prof. Manon Hillegers, ESCAP Board Member, The Netherlands
Prof. Arne Popma, The Netherlands
Prof. Jean-Philippe Reynaud, ESCAP Treasurer, France
Prof. Benedetto Vitiello; Italy
Survey results were consistent with what respondents in the United States said in January 2022: Gen Z reports poorer mental health when compared with older generations. Specifically, climate change, the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 were noted as contributing to high distress. Moreover, almost 25% of Gen Z respondents reported that their mental health worsened over the past three years. A number that is higher for Gen Z than for any other generation.
However, Gen Z respondents appear to have a more nuanced view regarding stigma related to mental illness. In Europe, Gen Z seems less inclined to stigmatize or discriminate against people with mental illness, even if they stigmatize themselves. Negative attitudes about stigma, self-referential or otherwise, can discourage people from talking about their mental illnesses. The personal, professional, and educational networks available to Gen Z in Europe can benefit from a better understanding of the specific challenges faced by this generation. The study highlights what Gen Z respondents in Europe see as their most central mental health issues, as well as potential ways to offer improved support.
Overview of key findings from the study
Comparing generations, Gen Z has higher levels of mental health problems (reporting "poor" or "very poor" mental health is about 20%). In the U.S., the rate of mental health problems is even higher, at about 25%. In Europe, women are significantly more affected than men.
Most Gen Z respondents say they are very worried about global climate change (47%) and the war in Ukraine (41%), and the COVID 19 pandemic (28%). Respondents' stress levels vary by country.
Results showed that the stigma of mental health issues amongst Gen Z is still high – both in terms of society’s perception as well as one own’s perception. In fact, Gen Z were more likely to see mental health illnesses as the result of poor upbringing or a character flaw. This attitude does not mean though that their willingness to discuss their mental health with others or their acceptance of people with mental illnesses is inhibited.
The survey found that 19% of Gen Z respondents reported that they would not rely on their doctor with a concern about their health, compared to ~7% of Baby Boomers. They were most likely to talk to their friends about mental health concerns (52%).
According to the data, this generation has a strong interest in support through psychotherapeutic counseling (approx. 44%), peer support and group activities (approx. 50%), respectively online resources (telemedicine, apps, online training, online chatbots, etc.).
They also believe that school psychology support is important, preferring peer support networks, workshops to address behavioral and health problems, and counseling. While 70 to 89% of Gen Z student respondents reported that their schools provide behavioral-health resources, still about 30% say that either the school doesn’t provide resources or that they don’t know whether or which resources are available at school. Their first source of information is social media – whether to get advice from others, follow therapists or to download relevant apps.
In addition, direct health-related support measures play an important role in job choice. On average 67% of Generation Z respondents said that availability of behavioral-health resources were important when selecting their employer.
At the ESCAP Congress in Maastricht, youth delegations were invited to participate in Youth Dialogue workshops on mental health issues. The results were then presented and discussed during a Policy Debate. The importance of including and really listening to young people in these discussions was highlighted. Prevention and early detection plans needed to be part of every school and resources had to be easily accessible.
We intent to further associated youth representatives at our next ESCAP congresses. Indeed, we believe that they represent the future and are important partners for ESCAP.
You can view the study (which also shows the results for each country) on the website of the McKinsey Health Institute.


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4x 150g hapuka fillets (or firm white fish)
300g salt cod fritter mix
1 First make the chimmichurri and salt cod fritter mix. These can easily be made a day or two in advance and kept refrigerated.
2 Pre heat a deep fryer to 180deg.
3 Heat a grill to its highest setting.
4 Bring a pot of salted water to the boil.
5 Place the fish on a flat metal tray. Brush the fillets with melted butter and season well with salt. Place under the grill and cook for between 5-10 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish. (perfectly cooked fish shouldn’t be falling apart and should just turning translucent in the center)
6 Whilst the fish is cooking, divide the salt cod mix into 8 and place in the deep fryer. Cook for 4-6 minutes until they are a deep golden brown and floating on the surface.
7 Trim the broccolini stems and drop into the boiling salted water for 2.5 minutes until tender. Remove, drain well and dress with a little olive oil or melted butter.
8 Once all components are cooked they can be arranged on the serving plate. Garnish with lemon wedges and a drizzle of olive oil and serve immediately.
Salt Cod Fritters
150g salt cod (bacalao)
500g large baking potatoes (such as agria)
2x spring onions
1tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
1x lemon, zest only, finely chopped
1x egg, beaten
oil for deep frying
1 Rinse fish under cold water to remove excess salt. Place fish in large bowl, cover with cold water and refrigerate, covered, overnight. Ideally you should change the water two or three times. Drain fish; discard water.
2 Place fish in a large saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain fish, discard water; remove skin and bones then flake fish.
3 Bake the potatoes in their skins until very soft. Cut in half and allow to cool until you can handle them. (do not cool too much otherwise the potatoes with turn gluey) Remove the flesh (you should have 300g) and push through a fine sieve. Reserve the skins for stuffing and serving another day!!
4 Finely chop the spring onion and place in bowl with the flaked fish, parsley, lemon zest and potatoes. Beat in the egg and check the mixture for seasoning… Be aware that it shouldn’t require salt as the fish is quite salty.
5 Divide the mixture into 8 balls and place on plate lined with baking parchment. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6 Heat vegetable oil in deep fryer, deep skillet or wok; deep-fry fritters, in batches, until browned and heated through. Drain on paper towels.
Piquillo Pepper and Pumpkin Seed Chimichurri
1 cup fresh coriander leaves (loose packed)
1 cup Italian parsley (loose packed)
1 clove garlic
1 tsp dried Mexican oregano
1 tsp smoked paprika
3 x piquillo peppers (fire roasted Spanish red peppers)
100g pumpkin seeds, roasted
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and ground
200mls extra virgin olive oil
50mls red wine vinegar
1 Place all ingredients except the pumpkin seeds into a food processor.
2 Process until the herbs are finely chopped.
3 Add the pumpkin seeds and pulse until the pumpkin seeds are broken up. The mix is ready and will keep in the fridge for up to a week.
The Carousel thanks Mark Sycamore, Executive Chef from Tequila MockingBird and christchurchnz.com for this recipe

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Battery customers tend to clamour for the same things.
Whether they need a small battery to power a consumer electronic device or a large industrial battery system to manage the energy needs of an ocean-going marine vessel, the demands are often strikingly similar.
“Everybody wants more energy capacity in a smaller footprint and they would love to spend less,” said Alpha Technologies chief marketing officer Dave Boroevich, whose Burnaby-based company designs energy systems for industrial users.
The global battery market — now estimated at around $60 billion annually — has been forecast to hit more than $86 billion by 2018, fuelled largely by the growth in consumer electronics and electric and hybrid-electric cars.
Boroevich said new technologies — including lithium-ion batteries that have dominated the market in recent years — are more expensive than traditional lead-acid batteries but they often provide more power and last longer.
“When lithium-ion first came out, they tended to be eight to 10 times more expensive than lead-acid batteries but now it’s only about four to five times the cost,” he said.
Corvus Energy vice-president of global marketing Grant Brown said his Richmond firm’s industrial lithium-ion batteries are popular among marine industry customers even though they are considerably more expensive than conventional lead-acid batteries.
Vessel owners often shift from diesel energy systems to hybrid-electric systems because they can save up to 25 per cent on fuel costs. A typical Corvus sales contract on a vessel can range from about $1.5 million to $5 million.
“It’s cheaper to have our system for 10 years than having to replace traditional batteries four or five times over that time span,” Brown said.
Cadex Electronics chief executive officer Isidor Buchmann, whose Richmond firm designs battery chargers and analyzers, said batteries are “electric-chemical devices” with limitations dictated by chemistry.
He said it’s common to hear forecasts of exponential increases in future battery power and durability but stressed that’s easier said than done.
“I have attended a lot of industry seminars lately and everybody likes to draw a curve right up to heaven when it comes to energy density,” Buchmann said. “But we have kind of reached the peak so we are mainly making refinements now.”
He noted the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries has doubled in the past decade but there have been some high-profile drawbacks along the way.
Sony had to recall nearly 10 million lithium-ion batteries in 2006 after they overheated during use, causing some devices to burst into flames. The problem was caused by microscopic metal particles that punctured the thin separating material in the batteries, causing short-circuiting.
Buchmann said that in theory, the energy density of batteries could be increased 10-fold with the use of solid lithium metal but that’s still a scientific pipe dream.
IBM is working on a lithium-air battery — a metal-air chemistry that uses the oxidation of lithium at the battery anode and reduction of oxygen at the cathode to induce an electrical current.
That technology could potentially increase the energy capacity of existing lithium-ion batteries by five to 15 times but Buchmann said there are issues with the purity of oxygen required to make it work.
“Even the pollution of a city could foul the battery,” he said.
The proliferation of smart phones, tablets and other devices has made consumers hungry for the ability to recharge those products whenever they want and a North Vancouver firm has quietly developed a portable hydrogen fuel cell charger that meets all safety requirements.
The device — developed by Bic Inc. (formerly Angstrom Power) — can recharge devices anywhere so consumers don’t have to rely on electricity from wall outlets.
It’s the size of a small juice box, weighs less than half a pound and uses a replaceable fuel cartridge that can recharge a smart phone four or five times.
So why isn’t it on the market yet?
Ged McLean, director of Bic’s fuel cell division, said similar external battery chargers that use cheap conventional batteries from China make it hard to break into the market now.
He said Bic would have to make a considerable investment to ensure the replaceable fuel cartridges are widely available.
“The payback might take a long time so there could be a huge business risk,” McLean said. “It’s not a technology challenge — it’s about finding an appropriate business model that will provide a return on the incremental investment.”
Boroevich said while lithium-ion batteries dominate the market now, there are many other new technologies vying for attention, including nickel-metal hydride and sodium chloride batteries.
Manganese, cobalt, zinc and aluminum batteries are also at various stages of development.
“A new one seems to come out every month and an obvious winner probably won’t be determined for decades,” Boroevich said.
Simon Fraser University Fuel Cell Research Lab director Erik Kjeang feels there will be room for several of the emerging battery technologies in the market.
“I think we will see quite a variety of different solutions being available in the future as our needs keep changing and increasing,” he said.

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H.G. Wells didn’t have time travel lit all to himself in 1895 when he published The Time Machine. A prolific Canadian-born writer named Grant Allen, also known for his mysteries, came out with The British Barbarians.
Copycat? No. Allen’s work is in some ways even the opposite of Wells’. Instead of the time traveler coming from the late 19th century, he goes to it. The focus is on satire rather than science, with Brits carved up over matters such as land ownership, sex, marriage and the general Victorian treatment of women. This time traveler is more anthropologist and activist than gearhead. Allen’s mindset reminds me in some ways of Edward Bellamy’s in Looking Backwards.
Would I recommend The British Barbarians, which you can find in ePub, Kindle/Mobi and other formats at Project Gutenberg and Manybooks.net? Read this one only if you’re you’re like me and, among other things, enjoy oddball novels that are political tracts in disguise. Most of the book is glacially slow. Still, the pace of the plot picks up later on, complete with a rather physical showdown between the time traveler and a jealous husband. Meanwhile here’s most of a contemporary review:
“Grant Allen has begun a series of stories in which he will criticize the world as he sees it from the hill-top of experience and study. A wonderfully handsome man suddenly arrives in England and studies British subjects as he has already studied the barbarians in other lands. He is writing a book on ‘taboos’ and ‘fetishes,’ and finds wonderful specimens to describe in the daily life of contemporary Englishmen.”

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Booking now open for Opportunity Nottingham's virtual Annual Event 2020
On Tuesday 17th November 2020, join Opportunity Nottingham to explore psychological approaches and interventions that can support people facing Multiple Disadvantage.
To open the event, Nick Maguire, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Southampton will focus on the mental health issues implicated in homelessness. His current research considers personality disorder in this cohort, and also the impact of CBT as a treatment.
John Connolly, Lead Counsellor at Westminster Homeless Health will talk about his work in psychological intervention in non-clinical settings for those facing homelessness. David Murphy from Nottingham University, will provide an overview of a recent research project which considers the impact of CBT on people facing multiple disadvantage.
There will also be a choice of two workshops during the event from the below selection:
Workshop Session One - attendees can select Workshop One or Two
Workshop One: Responding to Death – this workshop explores a study into the impact of hostel staff finding the body of a resident, and the type of support they may need afterwards
Facilitator: Josh Valoroso, Clinical Psychologist
Workshop Two: Evaluating PIE and TIC approaches – this workshop will explore approaches taken in Nottingham, and how the impact can and is being measured.
Facilitator: Anna Tickle, Clinical Psychologist and Robin Johnson, founder of the PIE concept.
Workshop Session Two - attendees can select Workshop Three or Four
Workshop Three: Staff wellbeing – a workshop exploring interventions for frontline staff facing work related stress.
Facilitator(s): Andy Reeves, Clinical Psychologist and Jo Devenish, Wellbeing Practitioner
Workshop Four: Rules, roles and responsiveness – this workshop will explore how working in a holistic and strengths-based way can empower people to fulfil their potential.
Facilitator(s): Opportunity Nottingham Lived Experience Team
Anna Tickle, Clinical Psychologist at Opportunity Nottingham and Framework, will close the event. She will consider adopting psychology principles when organisations do not have direct access to a psychologist.
IMPORTANT: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, this event will take place online. All registered attendees will be provided with relevant information in the run up to the event.
Workshops must be booked in advance, and a link will be provided via an email once a place at the event has been registered.

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Weather forecast for Sunday 14th June. Cloudy start becoming sunnier, risk of a thunder storm, 21 c.
Written by Steve Hopley on June 14, 2020
This is the weather forecast for Sunday 14th June and the outlook for Monday 15th June.
A cloudy start to the morning. Skies will start to clear becoming sunnier.
A warm afternoon with some sunshine and a risk of some heavy showers possibly thundery. Today’s top temperature reaching 21 centigrade.
The evening and overnight.
Risk of an isolated thundery shower during the evening. Sunsets at 21:33, overnight low of 9 centigrade.
Outlook for Monday 15th.
Bright and sunny spells, feeling warm 21 centigrade, chance of a thundery shower late afternoon onward’s and into the evening.


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From white to black and in between a scale of greys.
From light to darkness, all that is in between is also part of who I am.
Life sometimes is a rainbow, but sometimes is made of different tones of grey, but beauty and appreciation can be found even in the darkness and in the greyness if I learn to live and befriend them.
There can still be beauty in what can appear to the naked eye as the ugliest or most boring landscape.
I often fail to accept all parts of myself. I repeatedly try to ignore the darkness and the various tones of grey, naively pushing them away from my awareness for as long as I can. But they cannot be ignored for long and the longer I avoid to face them the harder is the struggle when the time comes to face them because my own life will not allow me to hide them away forever. Some time ago I learned to pretend to be different in a desperate search for approval and integration. The reality of who and how I am cannot be denied for long eventually the effort to hide from myself becomes too hard and a vicious circle of numbing and self-loathing starts. I forget that to be whole, I need to reunite all parts of myself including the darkness without letting it destroy the light and the colours that are also alive in me. I often forget that there is a sense of freedom in being open and accepting that my life is imperfect and that perfection like control is an illusion.
Recently, I sat with my darkness. I had a liberating and hard conversation with it. It was an intensely private and painfully embarrassing honest conversation. I brought my dark and grey corners into the light and for once I let go of all pretences.
Now, for me, maybe, it is the time to just relax into the now as it is, to accept that maybe full clarity and meaning is not possible right now, to learn to love my life as it is right now and only focus on being fully present.
Maybe soon it will be the time for start a search for a more fulfilling and colourful life.
Sometimes I need to accept that my best is not so inspiring and it is still ok.
The Guest House – Poem by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
“This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be cleaning you out
For some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from the beyond.”


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Chem Commun (Camb) 2021 Nov 23. Epub 2021 Nov 23.
Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China.
Novel chiral AIEgens bearing optically pure amino groups were synthesized and showed excellent discrimination for a series of chiral acidic compounds and amino acids. Interestingly, after supramolecular assembly with 4-sulfocalixarene, the obtained complexes showed enhanced enantioselectivity for chiral acids. Read More


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text: Mount Alexander Shire’s only soccer club has something for everyone interested in the World Game. Harcourt kids and adults are involved at all levels. Young ones play small sided games locally. Mixed, male and female junior teams compete in the the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League. Mens and Womens seniors teams play in Melbourne Metro leagues. Plus, there’s social kicks, futsal and special events too.

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Millions of Chinese people made overseas travel during the eight-day Golden Week holiday in early October.
With that in mind, many Southeast Asian tourism boards are trying their best to lure Chinese tourists, the largest source of foreign tourists in this region, as seen in their eye-catching taglines such as "Malaysia, Truly Asia" "Amazing Thailand" and "Your Singapore."
But for Malaysia, which used to rank the ninth in the most visited country in the world in 2010 but slid to 12th in 2016, it could face an uphill battle after it was replaced by Thailand in the ranking in last year, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
In an interview with Xinhua, the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board or Tourism Malaysia's chairman Siew Ka Wei listed the lacking of point-to-point flight connectivity to tourism resorts and flight cancellations, among others, as the main challenges.
"However, we are making progress in responding to the challenges by easing the visa rules, engaging in smart partnerships with airlines, working with private sectors and maximizing the use of digital marketing," said Siew, a veteran businessman who has become the leader of the board since September last year.
To boost Chinese tourists arrivals, Malaysian government introduced a visa waiver program called eNTRI in March 2016. An eNTRI holder is entitled to a maximum of 15 days for each visit.
The tourism body is also partnering with China Southern Airlines to have better connectivity between China and Malaysia, and established partnership with Alibaba Group's online travelling platform Alitrip to encourage more Chinese to visit Malaysia.
Besides, Siew said the board focuses on penetrating China's second and third-tier cities that have high interest for travel to Malaysia by encouraging charter flight operations to provide accessibility from these cities into Malaysia. Currently there are 470 weekly flights connecting China and Malaysia.
On the Malaysian side, he noted that the board is encouraging Malaysian agents to provide tailor-made tourism products and packages, such as angling events to cater to Chinese fishing enthusiasts in addition to the popular durian tour packages.
With all these efforts in place, Siew remains optimistic on the Chinese market. Indeed, he sees the improvement of the Chinese tourists number in Malaysia in recent years.
"Our Chinese tourist arrivals may not be as many as Thailand but we were seeing double digit growth over the past two years," Siew said.
Chinese tourists are the third largest foreign tourists for Malaysia after Singaporeans and Indonesians.
In 2016, Malaysia saw its Chinese tourist arrivals surge by 26.7 percent percent year-on-year to 2.12 million, while their total receipts growing 38.2 percent year-on-year to 7.93 billion ringgit (1.88 billion U.S. dollars).
In comparison, Thailand remained as the main favorite spot for Chinese tourists, with 8.76 million arrivals last year, followed by Singapore (2.86 million) and Malaysia.
Siew, however, expects the uptrend to continue, supported by the increased flight frequencies between China and Malaysia and also joint efforts between Tourism Malaysia and industry players in the promotion and development of packages.
According to him, the projected Chinese tourist arrivals this year is 2.14 million, a slight increase from 2016. The board is aiming a higher target of 2.25 million Chinese tourists to Malaysia next year.
Perhaps, as described by Siew, Malaysia has advantages on language proficiency, numerous islands and beaches, which the Chinese tourists love to explore. This may help Malaysia to differentiate itself when facing the direct competition from other Southeast Asian countries.


I bought a computer a couple years ago and want to start playing WoW again and also Diablo when it comes out but really need a new graphics card, thanks for your help. I'd really like to just replace the graphics card, but can get a new setup if it's an absolute must.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: this week
BUDGET RANGE: 200
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: WoW and possibly Diablo
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 - 500w power supply
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Hewlett-Packard A6530F(KQ496AA), AMD Phenom X3 8450(2.1GHz), 64 bit Triple Core Processor
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: neweegg, but any really
I would still reccommend the 6870. You can see a discussion between the 6870 and GTX460 in this thread. The GTX460 is a little cheaper, but the 6870 is more powerful, newer, and more efficient. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307958-33-6870
I don't know if you can get the processor to 3Ghz, but you should overclock it some. 2.1Ghz will be a limiting factor in some games. But that upgrade is for another day.


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Deteriorating mental health affects work productivity in Asia
Many employees across Asia are at risk of developing mental health illnesses and if left unaddressed, will cost organisations financially and adversely impact workplace productivity.
According to the inaugural Aon TELUS Health Asia Mental Health Index report, 82% of employees in Asia have a high (35%) to moderate (47%) mental health risk. Stress, anxiety, and burnout were identified as key drivers of reduced productivity, with 45% of respondents saying that their mental health is negatively impacting their work.
Compared to last year, more than 51% of employees feel more sensitive to stress this year, 33% are finding it difficult to concentrate on their work and 47% end their workday feeling mentally and/or physically exhausted.
Cost, lack of information, and the stigma attached to mental health issues are some of the barriers that are preventing mental health issues from being addressed. Over half of the respondents (54%) also believe that their career opportunities would stall should their employers find out about their mental health issues.
Urging organisations to assuage these fears and implement support structures, Tim Dwyer, Chief Executive Officer, Health Solutions, Asia Pacific, Aon, said, “Supporting employees’ wellbeing is necessary for organisations to maintain high levels of engagement and productivity to deliver measurable return on investment. Organisations must therefore address these [mental health] issues head-on while developing an integrated strategy informed by data and insights.”
The Aon TELUS Health Asia Mental Health Index report surveyed 13,000 employees in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam in November 2022.


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I ask because of the progress I see over at the new Central Market coming in to Preston Royal. Clearly, having Whole Foods at Preston Forest has made our lives in this neighborhood eons better. Now Trader Joes is coming to us first over on South Hulen Street in Fort Worth (Fort Worth first, huh?) and word is they will also be opening a store at Walnut Hill and Central. TJ also allegedly wants the current Lamps Plus building on Knox, and will probably get it when the LP lease is up next year. That will be GREAT for those homeowners. My fingers are firmly crossed for all of these!
So I ask you: does it improve property values to have a proliferation of great grocery stores in the neighborhood?


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Technology could be the end of personal privacy
The following is from an editorial in the San Jose Mercury News:
The more we hear about President Barack Obama's attitude toward privacy, the less we like.
The latest eyebrow-raiser is the administration's argument that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches. The president last week asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue, arguing that a cellphone is no different from any other object a suspect might be carrying.
This isn't the 1990s. Today's smartphones contain users' financial records, medical records, emails, texts, photographs, browser histories, information about their workplaces, who their friends are and where they go. Police who want information about suspects in the 21st century might prefer access to their smartphones over a house search.
Unfortunately, the case before the court is not a good test. It's about a Massachusetts man who, in 2007, appeared to be selling crack cocaine. Police arrested him, seized his phone and found his address and the names of people he had been calling. The information led them to his house, where they found guns, cash and drugs, leading to a conviction.
The defendant's lawyer appealed, arguing that accessing his cellphone without a warrant violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The First Circuit Court of Appeals agreed. But the Obama administration argues there was little difference between looking at the cellphone and going through his address book to locate the man's home, which is allowed by the courts.
Technological advances will only make it easier for police and the government to access information that Americans reasonably expect to be private. It doesn't look like the president's going to help.

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ADRIAN PHEIFFER – THE MAN WHO SAVED KILLARNEY
At an emotional gathering in the Killarney International Raceway clubhouse on Saturday, 27 October, the Western Province Motor Club bade farewell to the man primarily responsible for the formation of the club, the ‘ideas man’ who saved the circuit from almost certain closure in 1965 and who devoted most of his adult life to motorsport in the Western Cape – not for his own gain but for the benefit of all competitors and racing fans.
Adrian Pheiffer got into motorsport at a very young age. He attended the Friday practice for the 1937 Grosvenor Grand Prix at Pollsmoor as a six-year-old with his father, Henry “Fireworks” Pheiffer, himself a keen amateur racer, where he was introduced to top drivers Bernd Rosemeyer, Ernst von Delius and Earl Howe.
He served his apprenticeship as a motor mechanic and in 1955 took ship for England, because he wanted to watch “real motor racing”. However, the 1956 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was a huge disappointment because, unlike at Killarney, nobody knew who he was, so he couldn’t get anywhere near the cars or the drivers. The circuit still closely resembled the bomber base it had been during the war, so he couldn’t see much from the spectator area.
By then Pheiffer had had enough of English weather and decided to go home. Overland. On a motorcycle. Given that he had never ridden a motorcycle in his life, it was just as well that he couldn’t afford one – or he would still be stuck in the Sahara desert.
So he did what we all did in the 1950s and 1960s when we wanted to go somewhere and didn’t have any money – he stuck out his thumb. It took about fourteen weeks and, apart from a few nervous moments in Kenya at the height of the Mau Mau campaign, he had no problems. He was even offered a few nights’ free accommodation at an hotel on the shores of Lake Victoria in exchange for servicing the owner’s cars.
When he got back to Cape Town he finished off a three speed, 1172cc side valve Ford-engined Spyder that he and his friend Willie Meissner had been working on before he left. He fitted a hand-formed sheet-metal body and entered it in a handicap race at the old Killarney circuit in 1956.
The handicappers took one look at the car’s somewhat basic bodywork and its unknown rookie driver, and gave it an enormous start – so much so that not even South African champion Bill Jennings in his famous Riley Special could catch him, which is how he beat the national title-holder to win his debut race.
Pheiffer also took part in one of the early LM Rallies from Pretoria to Lourenco Marques as navigator for Alan Wolman in a Jaguar XK120 which, he says, was totally unsuited to the task. However, one of the marshals on that event was a young lady from Pretoria called Jutine Nykamp. Ever the gentleman, he has never revealed what he did to make such an impression, but when she later moved to Cape Town, the two met up again and (after 59 years), are still together.
In 1959 The Metropolitan Motorcycle Car Club (Mets), under his chairmanship, negotiated a loan of £20 000 from the Divisional Council for the construction of a circuit to the Formula One standard of the time. It was ready just in time for the inaugural Cape Grand Prix, promoted by a joint committee representing the Cape’s major motorsport clubs, on December 17, 1960.
Unfortunately the ground around the circuit was still bare and a fierce South-Easter created a sandstorm on race day. Despite the presence of Stirling Moss and a number of other top drivers, attendance was poor and together with various factors not budgeted for, the race, which was won by Moss from works Porsche team-mate Jo Bonnier, was a financial flop.
The 1961 Cape Grand Prix, a triumph for Trevor Taylor after Lotus team-mate Jim Clark uncharacteristically spun out of the lead going into the Malmesbury Sweep, was almost as bad, leaving the Mets with very little money in the kitty and a huge outstanding loan.
Somebody had to pull something out of the bag, so Pheiffer came up with the idea of a mammoth motor show at the Goodwood Showgrounds. Staged over eight days, it included a “Go-karts for Hire” track, as well as Nascar-style stock car racing (after modifying an existing chassis to create the first modern stock car in South Africa). The show was a huge success, paid off the club’s debts and enabled Cape Town’s motorsport enthusiasts to start thinking about the future.
At this point the Mets had a circuit but no cash, the upmarket Amateur Automobile Racing Club had money but no venue, and the rest contributed nothing but hot air. Once again it was the ideas man who proposed that the clubs should merge to form a single administrative body for the circuit.
The Cape Peninsula Motorcycle & Car Club opted out but the AARC, the Kape Kart Klub and the Motor Sport Marshals merged with the Mets in 1965 to form the Western Province Motor Club, with Pheiffer as the first chairman.
Before that, the Kape Kart Klub had been another of his bright ideas. Inspired by an article about a large roller-skate powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawn-mower engine in an American magazine, he built the first kart in Africa and launched the first formal karting organisation in Africa.
After a year as chairman he stood down to concentrate on racing. He’d competed in a Cooper with an Alfa Romeo engine and Hewland gearbox in the 1961 SA Formula One series and the 1962 South African Grand Prix at East London, where he crashed out and wrecked the car.
That same engine and box were then installed in locally-built replica of a Lotus 23. It was named the APM, after those involved – Adrian, Peter and Maurice – and finally ended up with a 1595cc twin-cam Ford competition engine. In between he raced all manner of saloon cars taking two Western Province championships along the way.
When his racing career ended Pheiffer became involved again with the administration of the club, especially in promoting the karting section and persuading the motocrossers to move from Noordhoek to Killarney. He also became a regular contributor on motorsport to local newspapers, and continues so to this day, being published regularly in the Cape Times, Cape Argus, Die Burger, TygerBurger and a number of electronic media including Independent Online and Wheels24.
He also wrote and compiled the prestigious “Killarney, 50 Golden Racing Years 1960 to 2010” which will forever stand as his monument, and has been honoured with a number of motoring journalism awards, including the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists’ Motorsport Journalist of the Year in 1988 and the Colin Watling Award for Special Services to Motorsport in 2010.
The Western Province Motor Club has bestowed every award that it makes on Pheiffer for his outstanding contribution to the club and to motorsport in general, including the Edgar Hoal Memorial trophy and one of only 13 life memberships that have been awarded during its history.
He plans to retire to Darling in November 2018 but will continue to produce the Club’s quarterly magazine, The Blower. His daily presence at the circuit, however, will be sorely missed.


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I like to fit a material model on the measured EPS data (see attachment) in ABAQUS. The problem is that a *Hyperfoam model can not be combined with any plasticity and a Mullins effect can not be used in a crushable foam model. Can anyone tell me what to do?
You might be able to combine a traditional hyperelastic material model with a plasticity or Mullins effect model.
If that is not accurate enough then you can switch of a more accurate and advanced user-mateiral model, e.g. the Micromechanical Foam Model (MFM (http://polymerfem.com/index.php?pageid=umats)).
What are the drawbacks of a traditional hyperelastic material compared to the Abaqus Hyperfoam model? It seemed to me that you are not very enthusiastic about the FeFp model in ABAQUS (according to your review), is there a specific reason why you think it will work for this specific case?
Is it possible to simulate plasticity in the Micromechanical Foam Model?
The hyperfoam model in Abaqus is very similar to the standard hyperelastic Ogden model. The reason I sometimes recommend the hyperfoam model for foam materials is simply based on experience. I have used it multiple times and it works relatively well for low density soft polymer foams.
Besides that, there is really only one reason it migth work better than the other hyperelastic material models. The reason is that it has the ability to specify the volumetric response a sum of different terms. This can potentially improve the predictions.
You are also right about the FeFP model - it's not my favorite at this time.
It should be possible to accurately predict the experimental data that you provided using the Micromechanical Foam Model (MFM), and yes, the MFM can simulate plasticity.
How do I get this MFM model? Do I need to have more testdata than a compression and sheartest to fit the model?
The MFM is only commercially (http://usermaterial.polymerfem.com/) available. Send me a message (http://www.polymerfem.com/forums/sendmessage.php) if you want more info.
The MFM model can be calibrated using compression and shear data. It is typically important to also have confined compression data in order to calibrate the volmetric response of the model.
i am doing a EPS modeling using the ABQUS, i seen your compression stress strain graph,,,,
i will be really happy if kindly let me know what is the density and the young modules, v ratio, ,,ect,,,
I don't have that information :confused:
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When technology fails, we look for someone to blame. If our systems cannot cope with these failures, then it is hopeless to demand better people: we need better systems.
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Queen Hotel and Eccleshill WMC will contest the Amateur Cup final after winning two cracking Bradford Sunday Alliance League last-four clashes.
A 4-2 victory against fellow Division 3B team Lyceum booked Hotel’s passage, while 3A high-fliers Eccleshill edged out section rivals Greenwood 3-2.
Both semi-finals took place at Rawdon Meadows, with Hotel ending the reign of cup holders Lyceum despite missing a penalty.
Lyceum led through Ryan Aujla but defender Richard Marshall equalised for Queen, who fell behind again to Jack Barker’s goal having squandered that spot-kick opportunity.
But Craig Louch hit an unstoppable volley to level the scores for a second time and further strikes by man of the match Saqlain Shah and Sam Prest put the match out of Lyceum’s reach.
The other semi-final saw Eccleshill WMC hit back from 2-1 down to see off Greenwood by the odd goal in five.
Andy Corker had actually given Eccleshill the lead with a smart finish from a corner, only for Greenwood to turn the tables with two goals in three minutes.
But captain Joe Sanderson pulled WMC level again with a great first-time finish from another corner just before the interval.
It then needed a Nico Carriciu own goal to settle the outcome in a tight second half as he deflected Chris Lee’s free-kick.
White Star trailed to a Karl Fawcett strike after 35 minutes but hit back to put themselves in pole position for the title.
Andy Benjamin pulled the hosts level with 20 minutes to go and Mark Betts sealed the points with a late free-kick.
Mill Lane went down 5-3 at home to Peel Park, who led 2-0 at the interval through cousins Matty and Anthony Hannan.
An Adam Turner free-kick put Park three up and although Lane battled well to draw level, Turner’s second goal and one from Tez Hargreaves foiled their comeback.
Second-placed Napoleons Casino beat leaders Buttershaw Celtic 4-2 to establish themselves as firm favourites for the Division One title.
Napoleons built an early two-goal advantage and although replies from Mally Nicholson and Gary Stoyles restored parity, the hosts were able to pull clear again with two late strikes.
There was also a top-of-the-table clash in Division 1B as Swaine Green climbed to second while preventing opponents Alexander improving on fourth position by winning 4-1.
Aaron Heywood grabbed a double for the visitors, with Kevin Sanasy and Elliott Holmes adding one each. Leaders Red Lion hit top form to demolish bottom side Wrose Bull 14-2. Kyle Shah claimed four goals and Arron Kershaw added a hat-trick.
Grass Greener United remain top of Division 2B after winning 8-1 at basement outfit Titans. James Brown struck a hat-trick and Rob Coulter bagged a brace.
Two penalty misses cost Grass Greener A a Division 3B point at leaders Park, who won 3-1 as Alan Cuff provided the only consolation goal.

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