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4 Bedroom Canggu Villa will bring you all the comfort you need whilst still conveying a real “Bali feel”. Spread on 1200 sqm, this villa and it’s 450 sqm building area has much, much to offer. A large open living area, over-looking your private pool and surrounded by lush tropical garden will make you instantly feel like you stepped into a haven where stress has no place to be.
The open kitchen, part of the living area is fully equipped should you decide to cook for yourself, or simply have one of our cooks on demand to come and organize lunch or dinner for you and your family.
A large dining table will accommodate all your dinner parties, or you could use the tables on the terrace next to the pool. Enjoy a breakfast with the sunrise, or dinner with the beautiful sunset colors that only Bali offers…and all this while you can hear the waves of the nearby Indian Ocean.
Still part of the main open living area, you will find a very comfortable set of sofas facing a huge flat screen TV, perfect for “movie night” while eating pop corn.
Enjoy a game of football or rugby with your friends on two separate cable TV providers, offering a huge choice of sports/news/movies/cartoons from around the world.
All bedrooms are very spacious and come with large en-suite bathrooms. They also have flat screen TV with international cable TV offering more than 60 channels from all over the world.
All bedrooms are fitted with top quality bedding and linen and since the villa is located in a very quiet area, your restful sleep is guaranteed!
Villa is also provided with a game room equipped with flat screen TV, Cable TV, DVD player and… a brand new Xbox with a few games ready to be played. Alternatively, this game room can be turned into a 5th bedroom with 2 single beds. The game room also has its own bathroom.
Villa includes an office space equipped with a scanner/printer should you need to work a little while on holidays.
Villa offers as well a rooftop terrace with a beautiful view over the surrounding rice fields and Mt Agung.
Last, but not least, Villa has a large private parking area that also comes with a half pipe skate ramp.
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A brand new 3 bedroom villa with ensuite bathrooms and private pool, garden and rice field view in Batubelig. Inspired by modern style lofts, we have combined very good materials (old teck, bricks, steel) with the unique traditional Balinese artwork (paintings, wood carving, leather and sculptures) all blended and in the middle of the rice-fields!. Nestled in the Batubelig street, you will appreciate the short distance (800m) to the beach the heart of Seminyak (500m) and Canggu (500m).
6 Bedrooms Private secluded villa in Jimbaran. Beautiful views of Benoa Harbour. Only 20 minutes to the action and excitement of Kuta, but come home to serenity and relaxation. The range of different room styles from standard double to two connected bedrooms (ideal for families) to self-contained units with full kitchen, lounge room, and two separate bedrooms.10 min to Nusa Dua’s exclusive shopping area and 10 min to the famous seafood restaurants on the beach at Jimbaran. 20 min to Kuta and the airport. 20 min to Uluwatu. 20
2 Bedroom Private Pool Villa Located in one of the best parts of Seminyak Bali, Petitenget, the villa is close to all the best restaurants, nightclubs and shops. Enough to satisfy the fussiest of holiday makers!
Your time is very valuable, we help you choose the villa according to your budget and taste, we will advise which villa is the best for your enjoyable holiday in Bali.
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The Debut Self-Titled Album Out September 2, 2014
Released by Forged Artifacts (LP) and ChillMegaChill (CS)
Distributed in the UK via GoldFlakeTapes
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From ‘Hold My Home,’ available 21/10 on Downtown Records.
Hookworms have announced The Hum, a new studio album due for release on Monday the 10th of November 2014.
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LCD Soundsystem Live at AB – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium, May 5th 2010
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NASA’s Opportunity Rover marked its 15th anniversary on Mars Thursday, though the space agency hasn’t heard from the intrepid explorer since a months-long dust storm covered its power-grabbing solar panels last year.
“Fifteen years on the surface of Mars is testament not only to a magnificent machine of exploration but the dedicated and talented team behind it that has allowed us to expand our discovery space of the Red Planet,” said John Callas, project manager for Opportunity at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California in a statement.
While Calas celebrated the impressive milestone, it was not without disappointment as Opportunity, also known as MER-B, has not been heard from since a massive dust storm rendered the rover incommunicado this past June.
“We are doing everything in our power to communicate with Opportunity, but as time goes on the probability of a successful contact with the rover continues to diminish,” Callas said.
On June 10, 2018, a dust storm engulfed the entire planet of Mars. The storm raged until early October, covering Opportunity with several layers of dust somewhere on the western rim of Perseverance Valley.
NASA officials theorize the dust covered the solar panels, blocking the sun and preventing the rover’s batteries from recharging. It wouldn’t be the first time during the rover’s 15-year stint on Mars that a dust storm rendered it temporarily incapacitated, though in previous instances shifting winds have blown Opportunity clean and it’s continued on its scientific mission.
Unfortunately, a wind event on Jan. 9 blew through the Perseverance Valley and Opportunity did not wake up, and hope for its resurrection diminishes daily.
Nevertheless, Opportunity’s mission has been a rousing success. Initially dropped on the Red Planet with its twin rover Spirit, the mission planned for the machines to be active for 90 sols (92 earth days). Instead, the Opportunity has been active for approximately 5,478 days since landing, taking photos, collecting soil samples and most importantly finding evidence of past water activity on the surface of Mars.
The rover has also made astronomical observations unique to its standpoint and given scientists insight into the atmospheric conditions of Mars.
The golf-cart-sized rover was designed to travel 1,100 yards during its stay, but has managed to travel about 28 miles, from Eagle Crater to Endurance Crater and then the Victoria Crater before reaching the massive Endeavor Crater in 2011. It’s been exploring the crater’s outer rim ever since.
Spirit, which landed the same day, also managed to collect soil samples and ample evidence of water activity on the planet’s surface before it powered down for good in March 2010.
If Opportunity fails to wake up, it leaves the 1-ton Curiosity rover as the only functioning NASA machine on the surface of Mars. Curiosity is currently exploring the interior of the Gale Crater. It is nuclear powered rather than solar powered, and was therefore unaffected by last year’s massive dust storm.
Curiosity will not be alone for long, as NASA has plans to land more robots on Mars in the next few years. The European Space Agency, Russia and China also have plans to explore the Red Planet with their own robots in the coming years, including some sent on a mission to search for signs of past alien life.


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Santa Claus knows his toys – not only does he plan them, create them, give them, and rejoice in them, he also plays with them. As an adult who still has the heart of a child, Santa knows that all of these elements work together to create the final product, and you can’t just plan and create without playing and enjoying as well.
(This is something that major corporate executives do not understand – they spend all their time planning a product, which may or may not be a good one, and even more time in marketing it to a specific audience, with the intent of making a lot of money. But they never play with it – on their own, or with their children, if they have any. The heart of a child no longer lives in the heart of a business executive, because if it did, then making lots and lots of money wouldn’t be the final goal of the surfeit of corporations that plague this world.)
In The Trainmaster, Santa is hard at work at his North Pole workshop in the planning and development stage of a train set that will go to some fortunate boy or girl on the planet. Although there is much precision and detail that goes into the creating of a train, there is enjoyment as well, and Santa enjoys the process of working on the trains as much as he does playing with the final product.
In that sense, he is a trainmaster indeed, because he knows that it is not enough to create a train that puffs around the track – the train itself must be pleasing, colorful, exciting to look at, beautiful to hold and behold – an instant heirloom that stands up to hours and hours of play and yet is there years later, when the child who played with it is now an adult – but hopefully an adult who still has the heart of a child.
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The apartment is comprised of one double bedroom, one shower room, living-area ( with double sofa bed ), kitchen, front verandah, roof terrace and private parking space. The property is spacious, bright and airy, furnished with some unique eclectic items. There is a private roof terrace, ideal for having your morning coffee or a glass of rum punch in the evening. The apartment is tiled throughout with a/c units in the living area and bedroom. Very close by are the bus stops to most areas of the island. You will also find three well stocked supermarkets, a gas station, doctor and dental office, pharmacy, rum shop, bakery.
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About the neighbourhood
Set in a historical part of Bridgetown. Period homes with mature gardens and stunning mahogany trees; great location, perfect ambiance. The area boasts superb examples of Barbadian period houses, circa 1860. We have a vibrant community of families. Our neighbourhood is so peaceful it’s hard to believe we are so central.
Great for getting around on public transportation. Brandon’s beach is a 10-15 min walk (check out reviews for this beach on trip advisor ). Take a short bus or taxi ride to the West Coast or South Coast and you will have your choice of several beaches and numerous bars and restaurants.
Car not needed
How to get there
Barbados has one airport, Grantley Adams. We can arrange for guests to be picked up by our regular, local taxi service.

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While most of the big teams in Formula One, including Ferrari
, are planning to run battery electric Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) on their 2009 cars, the Williams team is following a different path. One of the few remaining independent teams, Williams has opted for a mechanical system. The system uses an electrically driven flywheel spinning at up to 40,000 rpm to recapture kinetic energy during braking. Under braking, the rear wheels turn a motor/generator that spins up the flywheel. When the driver presses a boost button on the steering wheel the flywheel releases its energy to drive the motor and provide an extra power boost.
The season opens up in Australia
March 29, but the team still hasn't decided whether to use KERS during the first race. When they do start running the KERS, it will be able to provide a boost of up to 80 hp for 6.6 seconds per lap. According to Williams, the system can cut lap times by about 0.3 seconds in its current form but that boost is expected to increase in future years. Williams is also talking to several automakers about adapting the technology to production vehicles.
A video with an animation of the system can be seen at the Williams site.
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Khammouane Province covers about 16,000 square kilometres, located in central Laos. This province shares border with Bolikhamxay Province in the north and Savannakhet Province in the south. The Annamite Mountain Range separates Khammouane from Vietnam in the province’s eastern frontier and the Mekong River Valley and Thailand make up the western boundary. Its capital is Thakhaek.
Khammouane is a land of rugged karst mountains which were once the refuge of a succession of ethnic groups fleeing the Haw invasions in the north during the 19th century. The famed Mu Gia pass at the end of route 12 was one of the main transit points of the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Indochina Wars.
Khammouane, meaning “happy gold”, is believed to have been named after the gold deposits found in the area hundreds of years ago. This region was part of the Sikhottabong Kingdom in the 6th-8th centuries. There are remnants of the ancient civilization including the Great Wall (Kampeng Nyak), Meuang Phone Stupa, and Sikhottabong Stupa-one of the most sacred in Laos. It also has much well preserved French colonial architecture similar to that found in Vientiane.
This dreamlike landscape has served as a sanctuary for a number of wild animals that were unknown to scientists until the 1990s. The khan younis, a small rodent-like creature the size of a small squirrel was found in Khammouane in the early 21st century and possibly will be the last remaining mammalian family to be described on earth.
Almost locals in Khammouane engage in farming. This province is home to a variety of ethnic groups such as Phouthai and other Tai-speaking people who living in the lowland river valley. Besides, the Makong or Bru, a Mon-Khmer-speaking ethnic minority, make up 13 about per cent of the provincial population. Smaller numbers of Phuan, Tahoy, Kri, Katang, Nguan, Atel, Themarou, and Maleng are mainly found in upland areas and the mountainous eastern region of the province.
The weather in Khammouane is southwestern monsoon. It often heavily rains from May to October, though storms from the South China Sea and Vietnam supplement the monsoon in Nakai Nam Then NPA’s mountains. The rains keep the area wet for nine months of the year and support the dense forests needed to sustain rare wildlife species.
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Whether it’s after school, during spring, summer and winter breaks, or on the weekends, there are always fun and enriching programs taking place at Ridgefield Academy.
After school Enrichment Clubs are very popular, open to the public, and fill quickly! RA offers clubs for students in Preschool through Grade 8, from cooking, acting and creating comics to dance, science, chess, art and Rock Band.
For our Middle and Upper School students, RA offers media-themed clubs in The Bridge, our state-of-the-art center for research and media arts. Topics might include traditional animation, comic-making, and video game creation.
During winter and spring breaks, RA offers Survivor Camp, full days of creative games and stimulating activities. Summer is a busy time on our campus as well; younger students enjoy Patriot Camp, a traditional day camp experience, while older students opt for Media Camp in The Bridge.
During several weekend during the school year, RA offers family workshops in The Bridge where parents have the opportunity to be creative with their kids on all kinds of media projects including use of our green screen and sound booth. Students become teachers at these well-attended family days!

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Rouses Market83 Votes Currently Open [Closes at 10:00 pm]
- Address: 1545 Gulf Shores Pkwy, Gulf Shores, AL 36542-3435, USA, United States
- Timings: 07:00 am - 10:00 pm Details
- Phone: +1-2519484715
- Time Required: 00:40 Mins
- Tags: Market, Family And Kids
Selling locally produced fruits, vegetables and freshly harvested fishes, the Rouses Market promise a scrumptious time for food lovers. The place also offers recipes, information on cooking techniques along with arranging cooking events and promotions. If you love cooking, a walk here will leave you curious for more while the happy foodie can take solace in all the fabulous flavors served here.
Dot forget to take a few takeaways to relish later.
How to Reach Rouses Market
- By using a Van service.
- By renting a Car.
- On foot
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This store has everything! Huge bakery, deli, salad bar, hot foods bar and even dry aged beef. I really liked this store.
Excellent selection of foods, beers, wines, produce, and baked goods. Employees are friendly and helpful. Best Cajun grocery store I know of.
I love the variety here. Excellent bakery, meat selection, cheese selection, sushi bar, salad & hot food bar, and more. A decent sized seating area with tables. Good prices. I wish I had one where I live.
They had a great selection of foods. The people were friendly and helpful. The store was very clean. The salad bar was awesome and their deli was huge.
Nice grocery store. I just had to run in for garbage bags during busy hours and the staff were super helpful and very eager to help get me out quick and fast since i had one small item. While walking through the market i noticed a very nice selection of fresh fish. The other meat selection seemed to be very well layed out and easy to find.


December 14, 2010
By Dave Hirschman
Aviat Aircraft has begun offering Airglas Cargo Pods on Husky aircraft allowing the rugged, backcountry aircraft to carry more cargo in and out of remote airstrips.
The pods weigh 25 pounds each and hold up to 170 pounds of gear.
With a supplemental type certificate, the pods can be fitted to any model Husky, and they take about 10 minutes to attach or remove. The Husky has a maximum gross weight of 2,200 pounds, but due to their small internal baggage areas, the two-seat airplanes usually fly at much lighter weights.
An Airglas Cargo Pod for the Husky sells for $3,500, and Aviat officials say the pods have a minimal impact on aircraft performance.
AOPA Pilot Senior Editor Dave Hirschman joined AOPA in 2008. He has an airline transport pilot certificate and instrument and multiengine flight instructor certificates. Dave flies vintage, historical, and Experimental airplanes and specializes in tailwheel and aerobatic instruction.
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The Spring Creek Project welcomes Libby Roderick for a free concert at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis on Friday, March 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. The concert serves as a celebration of the community’s work towards environmental and social justice.
Libby Roderick is a singer and songwriter, poet and activist, renowned both on Earth and in space. She hails from Alaska, but her work has been translated into many languages and sent to other planets. Even NASA played her song “Dig Down Deep” to encourage the Mars robot, “Spirit.” Roderick’s activism is dedicated to ecology and the environment; she has fought for wildlife preservation, indigenous rights, and higher education, often through socially conscious folk songs and writings.
She will be joined by Corvallis local Cassandra Robertson, an acoustically conscious folk singer whose music is known for its positive and inspiring vibes. The pair’s music will speak to the importance of social justice, unity, and the power of community. The Spring Creek Project welcomes everyone to this free event.

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The nights are drawing in, the leaves are starting to fall from the trees and Christmas is on it’s way, so that means it’s time to launch our annual Christmas Toy Appeal, and this year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.
For 2021 we have teamed up with Goole’s HEY Credit Union as well as Two Rivers Community Pantry to help reach even more families in need this festive season.
Not only that, but various Goole businesses including Tesco, Morrisons and McDonalds have also joined forces to act as drop off points, making this Goole’s largest toy appeal yet!
The last 18 months have undoubtedly been difficult for many families and although we are beginning to emerge from the pandemic many people are still struggling to get back on their feet.
That’s why this year we want to make Christmas extra magical for every family in our area and we need your help!
Thanks to the work of HEY Credit Union and Two Rivers Community Pantry all toys donated as part of the appeal will be distributed directly to families in Goole and surrounding areas who are need of support this Christmas.
Families can be referred to receive a gift from the appeal through schools, social workers, the community pantry and other avenues, with the credit union already working with hundreds of families across our area.
Joanne Evans, branch manager at Goole’s HEY Credit Union said: “The last 18 months have been incredibly difficult and we know many families are still struggling right now due to the end of furlough, the reduction in the Universal Credit, increasing fuel prices and much more.
“Two Rivers Community Pantry has been inundated with families in need of help so it made perfect sense to link up with them for this year’s appeal and reach even more people.
“The community pantry has kindly allowed us the use of one of their rooms to store all the toys donated and the Goole Times, Morrisons, Tesco and McDonalds have all agreed to be drop off points too.”
Councillor Anne Handley from Two Rivers Community Pantry added: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with HEY Credit Union to support this appeal and do something good for the people of Goole and surrounding areas this Christmas.”
Last year, due to the pandemic, Goole Times asked readers to donate via our JustGiving page, and generous readers managed to raise over £600 to help purchase toys for families in our area. This year, we are happy to begin accepting physical toys once again, so if you can, why not add an extra toy to your shopping cart and drop it off our office on Boothferry Road to bring a smile to a local child’s face.
Jane Rogers, editor of the Goole Times said: “We are thrilled to see so many organisations and businesses in Goole coming together for this year’s appeal.
“Every year we are overwhelmed by the support and generosity of local people and we hope the community will pull together once again to help people in need.
“Last Christmas was tough for many people, with people being unable to see there loved ones and feeling the pinch financially, so let’s help make this Christmas the best one yet for everyone in our community.”
Donations of new toys, or money if you prefer, can now be made at the Goole Times office on Boothferry Road, as well as at the Goole branch of McDonalds on Rawcliffe Road.
Donation trolleys will also be in place at Morrisons and Tesco following the conclusion of this year’s poppy appeal.
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“I Can See Clearly Now”
by Johnny Nash
from the Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack
1972 Buy the album on Amazon
Okay, so this came on shuffle and I was “Oh man, I might have rated this too high… riding the way from a great film.” Then I also thought, “This is unfortunate, I just reviewed the album.” But fuck it. This is a magnificent song. I’m a few drinks in. I still stand by that statement. I wasn’t in a great mood when I started playback, but within fifteen seconds this song had changed my mood. That, my friends, is the power of music. The power to change your mood from bad to good, or from sad to glad, from peaceful to menacing or even from flaccid to erect. You know I’m right. Whiskey is delicious.
“The City That Day”
by Matt Skiba and Kevin Seconds
from the album Split
2002 Buy the album on Amazon
I was really hoping this album would come up on the 5-star shuffle this week. I was hoping for one of the other songs I’ve got in this playlist, because they’re more like 6 or 7 stars, but this is the one that came up, and them’s the rules.
I don’t have any idea how I first got turned on to this album, but man, do I love it (I think I used to think I should give 7 Seconds a try, and saw this and picked it up). Half of the songs are 3 stars for me (meaning good but not something I listen to all that often, and they’re not portable), and one is 4, but the others are all 5 stars, which is not normal for me.
“High Speed Changer”
by Orange 9mm
from the album Driver Not Included
1995 Buy the album on Amazon
Oh sweet, I was hoping some Orange 9mm might crop up during this month. I first heard these guys on a CMJ sampler when they were on their final album – Pretend I’m Human. That album is great, but definitely on the more experimental side. When I told a co-worked about this new band I had discovered, he quickly schooled me on their earlier albums. Good call.
by Smashing Pumpkins
from the album Siamese Dream 1993 Buy the album on Amazon
Having a Smashing Pumpkins song pop up on one of my five-star shuffles is a sure bet, particularly if it’s from the first two albums. I was so excited when the “Cherub Rock” video debuted as I was one step closer to listening to their new album. Their debut, Gish was and still is one of my favorite albums of all times and this new track didn’t disappoint, me at least. The record company wanted “Today” as the first single, but Corgan strong-armed them into releasing this as the first track. I’m glad they did – it gave me a little time to adjust to thought of my darling band becoming huge. You could feel the shift about to happen with the Pumpkins. Continue reading November Five-Star Shuffle: “Cherub Rock”→
by Face to Face
from the album Big Choice
1994 Buy the album on Amazon
In my first year of college, I met my friend Brendan, and in between watching boat loads of horror movies and drinking boat loads of cookies and cream shakes at Village Inn, we listened to and talked about a whole lot of music. We already had some crossover favorites, but he also got me into a bunch of punk (or punk-ish) bands – NOFX, Blink 182, Pennywise, Propagandhi, and, you guessed it, Face to Face. Though there’s certainly a time for the lightheartedness of the first two bands, I always appreciated that Face to Face was more sincere without being super hardcore, and I love the singer’s voice.
“The Wrong Child”
from the album Green
1998 Buy the album on Amazon
Sorry to disappointment our adoring fans, because I know I am one day late on my 5-star entry for last week, so getting it in now. And what a punch in the gut depressing entry it is. I think I’ve mentioned before that I was a big R.E.M. fan in my youth, probably up until around Automatic for the People. I don’t remember if Green was their first album I had, and I might argue that Document or Life’s Rich Pageant are better albums, but Green is still the pinnacle of their albums for me. The one that had the most impact and stuck with me the most. In fact, thinking about it now, I should probably do it as an Album of the Month at some point, so let’s get to the song.
“Lucas With The Lid Off”
from the album Lucascentric
1994 Buy the album on Amazon
Music videoswere my primary form of music discovery back in the day. Whether it was falling in love with metal bands watching “Dial MTV” or learning about Madchester music on “120 Minutes,” I got more new music exposure via the boob tube than the boom box.
Most of the videos were cheesy, boring or both, full of concert footage, lip-synced performances or weirdly stretched-out, Vaseline-coated imagery. But every once and awhile, music videos would stumble upon greatness and I think it’s time we called some of these out, particularly since nothing in the past 10 years is probably even watchable. Continue reading MVA 101: “Lucas With the Lid Off”→
“Somebody to Shove”
by Soul Asylum
from the album Grave Dancers Union
1992 Buy the album on Amazon
Soul Asylum is one of those bands that I never normally think about; they don’t really orbit in my 90s universe of music. But occasionally a song of theirs will come up on the local 90s station or Pandora/Spotify/iTunes and I gotta give it up to them. They’ve got some great tunes, and this is definitely one of them. Continue reading November Five-Star Shuffle: “Somebody to Shove”→
by They Might Be Giants
from the album Flood
1990 Buy the album on Amazon
This is probably my favourite TMBG song. There’s something about it that’s so simple and so beautiful and so catchy. I actually made Lance try this with me once or twice at karaoke, acapella, looking at the lyrics on my phone, when there was a lull in songs in the queue, because I just want so badly for it to actually be in the book. It never ever will be, but this is one of those songs that we would totally add if we ever opened a karaoke bar, and that if we actually lived in the same city (or country) we would practice together until we could nail it. It’s such a fun song to sing (I can never decide which part I would prefer to do), even if it’s just doing it loudly in the car. If I’m in a place where I’m alone and can sing this, I will almost always do it a few times in a row when it comes on shuffle.
“Why Would I Want to Die”
from the album Concrete Dunes
2002 Buy the album on Amazon
I love the idea of a monthly theme based on shuffling, and not being able to skip, but the problem is for me my 5 star playlist is only has 122 songs on it (vs. 2448 4 stars), so all of them are going to be things I love and almost never skip. I’m very restrictive about what makes 5 stars, whereas there are plenty of moments of potential embarrassment (if that’s what Lance was hoping for) in the 4 star list (I’m not entirely positive Lance and I use the same criteria for our rating system). But, this month is about the best of the best, so onward.


There are more than 4 million animals living in the wild in Tanzania, from more than 430 species, according to Lonely Planet. There are more than 1,000 species of birds, 60,000 species of insects and 100 species of snakes. In short, Tanzania is the place to see a wide array of wild animals in their natural habitat.
Lions live together in prides of 20 or more. Typically, there are 12 or more lionesses and three or four male lions. The cubs stay with their mothers until maturity, when the males go off to find their own pride.
Males are distinct from females with their long, shaggy manes. Their job is to defend the pride from predators. The females do most of the hunting and work together in groups to track and hunt antelopes, gazelles and zebras.
Lions can be as large as 6 1/2 feet long and weigh as much as 420 pounds. They are a threatened species.
Hyenas are the scavengers of the savannah. They love to hang around on the fringes of the lions' kills, then come in and eat whatever is left after the pride of lions leaves. They also work together as packs to hunt wildebeest or antelope. Hyenas usually zone in on a sick or weak animal in a herd and then work together to bring it down.
Hyenas live up to 25 years in the wild and can weigh as much as 190 pounds.
Chimpanzees live in communities that contain dozens of animals and are very social. They actually use tools to make their nests or dig grubs, or to smash open nuts. Chimps contain 89 percent of the human genetic blueprint and are intelligent enough to learn sign language.
In the wilds of Tanzania, chimpanzees eat mainly fruit and plants but can also eat meat. The species is endangered because of hunting. In the wild, chimpanzees live up to 45 years and are, on average, the same size as a small human: between 4 and 5 feet tall and weighing up to 130 pounds.
The largest land animal on the planet is the African elephant. It can reach 14,000 pounds and grow as tall as 13 feet at the shoulder. African elephants are herbivores and spend much of their day eating up to 300 pounds of grasses, roots, fruit and bark.
Female elephants live in herds with their babies. The gestation period is the longest among mammals: 22 months. At birth, the elephant calf weighs about 200 pounds and is about 3 feet tall. Bull elephants live a solitary life, mingling with other elephants only during mating season.
Elephants are a threatened species and are often poached for their ivory tusks.
Zebras live together on the plains of Tanzania in herds of thousands. Smaller family units exist inside these large herds and consist of one male, a few females and their colts.
The distinctive stripes of a zebra's coat are unique; no two animals have exactly the same pattern. The stripes might help them evade predators. Zebras eat grasses and plants, and they are one of the main food sources for lions and hyenas.
Zebras live up to 25 years in the wild. They can be as tall as 5 feet at the shoulder and weigh as much as 990 pounds.


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Portuguese official Miguel Nogueira will serve as the match referee for Nigeria’s international friendly against the Mambas of Mozambique.
Nogueira’s compatriots Paulo Bras, Ana Loide and Bruno Viera will work as assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official, respectively.
The encounter is billed for the Estadio Municipal de Portimão next week Monday.
It will be the fifth meeting between both countries.
The encounter will start at 4:00 pm Portuguese time (same time as in Nigeria).
The Eagles are expected to start arriving at their Penina Hotel and Resort, Portimao, on Tuesday, with a first friendly against the Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia coming up on Friday.

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Joe Casely-Hayford, one of the great British fashion designers of his generation, has passed away at the age of 62 after a three-year battle with cancer.
Casely-Hayford began his career on London’s tailoring hotspot Savile Row before studying at Central Saint Martins. An obituary published this morning — 4 January — on the website of i-D, the fashion magazine with which Casely-Hayford had a long collaborative relationship, praised the designer for how he effortlessly “blended detailed tailoring with a street-friendly edge.”
Over the years, Casely-Hayford dressed everyone from Benedict Cumberbatch to Jarvis Cocker, Michael Fassbender to Lou Reed. In 1992, U2’s perma-sunglassed frontman Bono became the first man to feature on the cover of Vogue. He was wearing Joe Casely-Hayford.
His clothing was found on catwalks, high streets, and in galleries across the globe.
The Guardian quotes long-term GQ editor Dylan Jones as saying, “He [Joe Casely-Hayford] was one of the mainstays of the industry in the 80s, and was an inspiration to a whole generation of young designers. His name was also one of the first British brands to gain genuine global recognition. He will be greatly missed.”
Casely-Hayford was awarded an OBE in June 2007.
- Multi-disciplinary artist Samuel Burgess Johnson on his work for The 1975
- Amanda Baldwin translates everyday objects into fine art reflections of society
- Animator and illustrator Anna Katalin Lovrity works with “brave and rough shapes”
- Charles-Henry Bédué photographs the intimacy and mystery of family homes
- Erik Brandt releases his final Ficciones Typografika as a book documenting the project’s entirety
- Jan Enkelmann's new book Smoking Chefs does what it says on the tin
- Photographer Ryan Duffin embraces the quirks of his subjects and the outtakes of life
- Q is the world’s first genderless voice hoping to eradicate gender bias in technology
- How and when do you shut down your studio? Carly Ayres on the decision to close HAWRAF
- Alexis Jamet's animations are warm, nostalgic and beautiful in their simplicity
- KFC's latest ad reminds you it's not AFC, BFC, or even CFC


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Reluctant Kentucky clerk gets time for gay marriage appeal
MOREHEAD, Ky. - A Kentucky county clerk who objects to same-sex marriage will not have to issue marriage licenses while she takes her case to a federal appeals court.
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is being sued by two gay couples, and U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her last week to issue them licenses despite her objections.
But on Monday, he granted her request to stay his decision while she pursues her case before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Davis has refused to grant marriage license to anyone in Rowan County since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Kentucky's governor ordered her to issue the licenses immediately, or resign. She told the judge that after consulting God, she decided she couldn't comply.
Bunning said Monday that Davis is not entitled to more time before complying or resigning, but with "emotions are running high on both sides of the debate," he delayed his order anyway.
The ruling imposes more delays on the efforts by two couples to get marriage licenses in the county where they live, work and pay taxes following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide in June.
Davis said saying it would violate her Christian beliefs to issue a license to a same-sex couple that has her name on it.
"It is comparable to forcing the religious objecting nurse to perform an abortion, the religious objecting company or non-profit to pay for abortions or abortion-related insurance coverage, the religious objecting non-combatant to fire on an enemy soldier, or the religious objecting state official to participate in or attend the execution of a convicted prisoner," Davis' attorney Jonathan Christman wrote.
Stays of court orders are common to maintain the status quo pending an appeal, but in this case, the delay enables the continuation "of an unlawful policy," the plaintiffs' attorneys complained.
Davis wants Kentucky lawmakers to pass a law allowing county clerks to opt out of issuing marriage licenses for religious reasons.
Davis faces fines and a possible jail sentence for contempt of court if she loses the lawsuit.
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who went around Kentucky's Democratic attorney general to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage in federal court, has declined to call a special session on the issue.
, but she can only be impeached from her $80,000 a year job by the state legislature, and lawmakers won't reconvene until January.

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54 theft allegations on buses received from January 2010 to February 2011and customer complaints about some other irregularities has led to the authorities of Foundation Metrovía to implement video cameras in each of its shuttle buses in order to record what happens inside and then analyze it.
Each of the 110 Metrovia buses is equipped with a camera. Next week, the installation process will begin in the buses.
There is already a vehicle fitted with a video camera: the 2148, working in the circuit of Guayas Judicial Police (PJG). This vehicle has helped to make the tests.
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MFAN Publishes Series Of Blog Posts Responding To Aid Architecture Proposals
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Redesign Reaction: Empowering aid: The real disruptive play for U.S. foreign policy
Anthony Pipa, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program and former chief strategy officer at USAID, outlines how development, strategy, leadership, measurement, and innovation matter in any plans to restructure U.S. development programs (8/4).
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Redesign Reaction: Reinventing Our Institutions for the Future of Global Development
Ann Mei Chang, former chief innovation officer and executive director of USAID’s Global Development Lab, and Smita Singh, founding director of the Global Development Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (retired) and former member of President Obama’s Global Development Council, discuss their ideas to create a truly “fit for purpose” U.S. aid architecture (8/9).
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Redesign Consensus: Development Community Defends Independent Lead Aid Agency
MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram and Connie Veillette, and Tessie San Martin, Plan International USA president and CEO, outline 10 core commonalities that fall under three main themes in various aid architecture proposals, concluding, “As the administration continues its consultations and drafts its own proposal, we hope they will elevate these common threads and meaningfully engage Congress in the process” (8/10).
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Redesign Data: Dueling Dashboards
Sally Paxton, the U.S. representative for Publish What You Fund, and George Ingram, chair of Friends of Publish What You Fund, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and MFAN co-chair, discuss “two websites that purport to publish the same information, one at State (ForeignAssistance.gov) and one at USAID (Foreign Aid Explorer), but the published data is often at odds with each other.” They conclude, “[W]e could both avoid duplication of effort and ensure higher quality and more consistent data by combining these two databases into a single website housed at USAID” (8/15).
Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network: Redesign Reaction: Getting to the nitty gritty to make the most of foreign aid
James Kunder, a member of MFAN’s Executive Committee and former acting deputy administrator of USAID, discusses the details of MFAN’s recent publication “A New Foreign Aid Architecture Fit for Purpose.” Kunder writes, “It has forced us to focus on the nuts and bolts of HOW we organize to effectively reach whatever ultimate goals policymakers set for U.S. foreign aid…” (8/23).


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Fried eggs, anyone? There really is nothing I can say in my defense here, except to own up to the fact that I totally caved in to the idea of a crispy, fried soft-boiled egg. I like to think of myself as a person with a modicum of self-restraint, but in the last week I’ve lost all perspective. I’ve made 9 10 of these “fried eggs” in the last 5 days. Of course, I tell myself that it’s all research for the blog, but who are we kidding here.
The back story on these little gems is that while on the treadmill the other day and watching one of my food shows, the particular recording I was watching caught a brief (like 20 seconds) snippet of the end of another show describing these fried eggs served at a restaurant (never got the name). All I caught was that the eggs were soft-boiled, rolled in panko breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese and then fried. That’s all the info I had, but it was enough. I wanted them. Bad.
The chickens are laying like crazy right now, so fresh eggs were not a problem. But I totally feared the idea of trying to peel a soft-boiled egg, especially a really fresh one. But as it turned out, I needn’t have fretted.
I had the rare brilliant idea to shock those little eggs in ice water right after cooking them, and those shells slipped right off. You probably already knew about this, but I'm happy to say it really works! Anyway, the peeling was easy, and the shells that remained a tad stubborn got a spoon shoved under their shell.
The next challenge came in getting the panko breadcrumbs to stick to an egg. Not an easy thing to accomplish, I must say. The first few tries were rather pathetic, so I resorted to the flour/egg/breadcrumb assembly line and got pretty good stickage.
All that’s left after that is to heat your oil, dunk those puppies in for about 20-30
seconds and you’re done. You can eat them right then sprinkled with a little salt and pepper (which I highly recommend), or you could use them to top a salad or maybe as a delectable garnish to some creamy, cheese-y polenta.
I am hooked, people. I lay awake at night dreaming of the next perfect way to eat these, as if they aren’t already a perfect thing unto themselves. But I have imagined them sitting atop a bowl of pasta or risotto, or melding into a thick bowl of bean soup,or gracing the top of a veggie pizza,or perched on top of a plate of grilled asparagus, or ……
PANKO-CRUSTED FRIED SOFT-BOILED EGGS
¼ cup flour
1 beaten egg
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
salt and pepper
Bring a pan of water to a boil and gently submerge the eggs into the water. Boil for 5-6 minutes and then remove and place in a bowl of ice water. Let the eggs completely cool in the ice water which should take about 10 or 15 minutes.
When cooled, peel the eggs by gently tapping them around the equator of the shell. It’s easiest to peel the horizontal middle of the eggs first and then remove the rest of the shell. If the shell is difficult to remove, gently slide a spoon between the shell and the egg, dislodging the shell.
Heat 2 cups of vegetable oil in a small saucepan. While that heats, place the flour, the beaten egg and the breadcrumb/parmesan cheese mixture in 3 separate bowls. Mix a little salt and pepper into each bowl. Dredge each soft-boiled egg in the flour, then coat with the egg and then finally with the breadcrumbs.
Drop a bit of breadcrumbs into the oil and if it sizzles quickly, the oil is ready. Using a small stainless steel wire strainer (also called an Asian skimmer or spider strainer), gently place one egg at a time in the hot oil. Gently turn the egg with the strainer to brown on all sides. This should only take no more than 30 seconds. Remove the egg to a paper towel and continue with the rest of the eggs.
These can be eaten immediately with a little salt and pepper or stored in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator (after they’ve cooled completely) for up to a week. To serve, re-warm on a small baking sheet in a low oven for about 10 minutes (I do this in my toaster oven on the “keep warm” setting.
These would also be great served atop a salad, polenta, pasta, risotto or a thick stew or bean soup.
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Nessel joins humane societies to stop puppy scams
The State of Michigan is going to be working with both the Humane Society of the United States and the Michigan Humane Society to stopping puppy scams in the state.
Michigan's Attorney General's office has received nearly 20 complaints of puppy scams since 2017.
It is reported that U.S. consumers spend at least one-billion dollars each year without knowing that they may be buying their dog from a dog scammer or puppy mill operator
Both of these illegal operations often do not deliver the same dogs to potential owners as were promised.
This often leaves owners with huge veterinary bills.
Another popular scam consumers face include that taking of money for dogs that do not exist.
The attorney general's office will formally announce the partnership with both organizations on Thursday.

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Lanka IOC sees industry growth
Demand for petroleum products :
The petroleum industry is performing reasonably well due to the
stable economic and political environment. It has recorded a 10 percent
growth in keeping with the country’s economic growth. “The industry
growth is excellent and encouraging. We expect the growth momentum to
sustain and continue as the country’s rapid development activities are
progressing islandwide at present.
K R Suresh
The petroleum industry will benefit from wide travelling especially
from domestic travellers,” Lanka Indian Oil Company PLC (Lanka IOC)
Managing Director K R Suresh Kumar told Daily News Business.
The company recorded marginal profits for the first half of this year
and is expecting a better third quarter performance. “It is important
that the current growth scenario continues. “We will provide value
addition for our customers and measures will be taken to add more
services to Lanka IOC’s 153 petroleum outlets. We are looking at setting
up supermarkets and introducing state-of-the -art technology at the
service facilities. We plan to seek local joint venture partners for
these additional facilities,” he said.
The number of retail petrol sheds will be expanded in the near future
covering areas that the Lanka IOC is not present at the moment.
As the company outlets are well-received by customers the expansion
will derive more business.
The company will introduce additional services providing value
addition for its customers in the coming months.
There will be five new branded service stations within the next two
months. It also launched extra premium 95 high quality petroleum product
targeting the high-end car owners which is eco-friendly. This product
will be available in 20 petrol sheds by next month.
“We foresee more demand for petroleum products in the coming years.
We also see a reasonable growth in the lubricant business. We will add
more countries to our lubricant export market,” he said.
The Lanka IOC is actively supporting the Government’s road
development activities It imports bitumen necessary for road repairs
from the Middle East. This has a good demand and a growing business. The
company is also looking at the bunkering business and plans to provide
services at the Hambantota port when the need arises. This function is
already operates in Colombo port.
“The petroleum industry has the Government’s support and there are
positive moves taken to develop the industry. The action is needed to
make operations viable and it is necessary to review prices constantly.
The industry could be a key sector in development,” Kumar said. Lanka
IOC owns 103 petrol sheds and the rest are operated on a franchise


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Dr. Pearse Lyons, native of Ireland and founder and president of Alltech in Kentucky, has decided to move a portion of the company’s whiskey producing sector back to his homeland in Ireland.
The Irish Examiner reports on the move, which will help spur some job creation and will see a type of “full-circle” movement for whiskey production.
Alltech, an animal and health nutrition group based in Kentucky, has already begun the move over to Ireland with the shipping of of a number of Vendome whiskey stills. The stills are used by multi-tiered Alltech’s Lexington Brewing Company, and made in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
The new whiskey, which has yet to be named, will be distilled by Carlow Brewing Company, founded in 1996 by the O’Hara family and is best known for the O’Hara stout range.
Dr. Lyons said: "A truly momentous event has happened as the first stills are shipped from Kentucky to Ireland, completing the cycle with this fantastic craft finally returning to its place of origin. This will set the stage for a new Irish whiskey with a Kentucky flair."
Seamus O’Hara, managing director for Carlow Brewing, is looking forward to the jobs that will be created in Ireland due to the move.
“This is an opportunity that we are delighted to explore,” said O’Hara. “We have been working very closely with Alltech to get this joint venture off the ground.”
“We have our own experts and we will also be trying to tap into Alltech’s expertise. And, of course, Dr Lyons also has a lot of personal expertise in this area."
Indeed, Dr. Lyons does have his fair share of personal expertise. Dr. Lyons has served as a master brewer for Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, and comes from generations worth of coopers. He holds several degrees - a master’s degree in brewing and distilling, and a PhD in yeast fermentation.
At the moment, Alltech is known for their production of Town Branch Bourbon. Dr. Lyons has said that Alltech is bringing whiskey full-circle, taking his Kentucky stills back to Ireland where the history of whiskey began.


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Hollie Doyle set to strike again on Glen Shiel
Glen Shiel provided jockey Hollie Doyle with a first group one victory in the mud at Ascot last October and the combination can stage a repeat in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (4.20) at the royal meeting today.
This seven-year-old gelding has improved with age and proved a revelation last autumn, finishing second in the group one Sprint Cup at Haydock Park in September before gaining a first top-flight success here.
He was far from disgraced on his reappearance at the Curragh, travelling well up with the pace for a long way before the lack of a recent outing told on what was his first start for seven months. That run should have put him spot-on for this and ground conditions have come in his favour


Ford is recalling another 2,900 Ranger pickup trucks including 190 in Canada because they have been linked to two deaths due to defective Takata airbag inflators.
The most recent occurred in July 2017, with Ford notified on December 22. In January of 2016, Ford recalled about 391,000 Rangers in the USA and Canada from the 2004 to 2006 model years to replace the driver's air bag inflators.
"It is extremely important that all high-risk airbags are tracked down and replaced immediately", the federal safety agency said in a statement.
In total, at least 100 million units across all auto manufacturers have been affected worldwide - while 20 people have died in related accidents, and scores more have been injured. The problem brought a criminal conviction and fine against Takata and forced the Japanese company into bankruptcy protection.
The latest recall by Ford involves vehicles already recalled in 2016. Ford is now issuing an urgent new recall for Rangers with inflators made on that day because of the immediate danger from this lot of inflators.
Myanmar army admits forces joined killing of Rohingya
Such behaviour shows a contempt for human life which is simply beyond comprehension. The Myanmar government has consistently denied all accusations.
Japanese air bag maker is recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty air bag inflators as it expands the largest automotive recall in USA history.
A Takata spokesman said the company will make all attempts to ensure it can deliver replacement inflators as soon as possible. Instead, Ford will send teams to the owners' homes to tow the vehicles to a fix shop and provide loaner vehicles. Some owners may have ignored the first recall notice in anticipation of the final fix announced in December, she said. A November report from an independent Takata recall monitor showed that automakers have fixed only 43 percent of the faulty inflators.
Several other automakers also have low completion rates.
Millions of affected vehicles have been recalled since flaws were found in the airbags in 2014.
Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, said in a statement on Thursday the latest death is evidence of "the very definition of a failed recall" pointing to the earlier Ford death in 2015.


text: Not often (nearly never, actually) do I broach the subject of hip-hop. If I do, it usually has something to do with Mike Skinner, which is probably enough to make any serious hip-hop aesthete speak derisively. Even now, it’s not really of my own accord – I can’t take credit for finding this, I didn’t just happen upon it…a friend of mine questioned me about it a couple of times last week. The track comes courtesy of Mat Weddle, frontman of Arizona folk band Obadiah Parker. An acoustic folk cover of Outkast’s Hey Ya? I tried to conceptualize it. My spirit of inquiry had me tracking it down on the internerd a few days later. Cheers, Mat. It’s beautiful.


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Pure Biologics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the biological drug and non-systemic therapies discovery and development. We operate in the areas of immuno-oncology, autoimmunology, and rare neurological diseases, conducting research based on our own technology platforms for the selection of active molecules – antibodies and aptamers.
Pure Biologics also offers commercial partnership options in several areas including early phase biological drug discovery and development, selection and characterization of antibodies and aptamers, as well as protein production, purification and analysis.
Pure Biologics has been operating on the market since 2010. Its headquarters and laboratories are located in Wrocław, Poland. Main areas of activity include biotechnology, biological drug discovery and modern therapeutic solutions based on antibodies and aptamers. Employing almost 100 people, and with a broad portfolio, Pure Biologics is one of Poland’s largest biotechnology companies.
Due to its highly experienced research staff, cutting-edge infrastructure and business acumen, the Company conducts all phases of drug development – from target selection and validation to preclinical studies – on its own.
Additionally, by specializing in the selection of aptamers and antibodies, and in the biophysical analysis of molecular interactions, and the production and analysis of recombinant proteins, Pure Biologics is engaging into partnership with pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies, as well as research institutes all over the world.
Pure Biologics’ therapeutic portfolio includes new immunooncology therapies and non-systemic treatment of autoimmune, neurodegenerative and rare diseases. It is a total of a dozen projects, including five key projects in which we use antibody and aptamer technologies to develop molecules with therapeutic potential.
Pure Biologics engages in commercial collaboration, offering contract research covering three main specialties – aptamers, antibodies and proteins. Our solutions combine a team of highly qualified scientists, the potential of our technology platforms and many years of operational experience.
We bet on stable and balanced development in all key operation areas – our therapeutic portfolio, scientific and business expertise, infrastructure and networking. Our plans envisage achieving financial independence and profits by commercializing therapeutic candidates, allowing us to pursue our next, advanced ideas.


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I've been slow to write short stories, but for a reason that's been a gift. In August, I became an editor for Owl's Nest Publishers. Owl's Nest is based in Madison, Wisconsin, not far from where I live in Iowa.
I recently met with Karin, the owner. We chatted in the Barnes and Noble café, and I brought along one of Karin's books, Son of the Deep, so my daughter, Shannon, could have an author-signed copy. Karin wrote to her, "All our lives are stories."*
It's for the love of stories and for the lives interwoven with them that I'm thrilled to write, edit, and be a part of the Owl's Nest team. Owl's Nest is committed to producing good books for families, and says, "Our vision is to make space for the in-between stories—the stories about the magical years connecting childhood and adulthood." I've linked their website below. Check out their new and upcoming books for older kids and teens.
In the meantime, I completed a short story about Salva, a bilingual middle schooler. Her inner struggles manifest as she tags along with her older brother on a summer day, and readers will cheer for Salva, especially when she encounters a magical surprise. This story was a writing-prompt challenge with my friends at the GCD Writers' Guild. I labored to put together 3,000 words—writing a novel is like running a marathon—but I viewed this story as training for a 5K. If I'm to be an editor, I need to stay in shape as a writer.
Other recent writing projects include an interview with an editor I know from the GCD Writers' Guild. Benjamin has edited and published several articles I've written for Gospel-Centered Discipleship. You can click on the link further below to see how we collaborated. He explains the mystery of article pitching. Soon after, I pitched an article idea of my own to an online publication!
I also spent hours writing a book review that stretched both my organizational skills and theological thinking. My review on Amazon received four helpful votes. Book reviews can be viewed as a thank-you note to the author for their time spent.
Lastly, I'll end with a haiku I wrote and submitted to the annual University of Iowa writing contest. Haiku poems are only three lines with a limited 5,7,5 syllable-count. I prefer haiku over solving Wordle puzzles.
Words clichéd can spurn
Concrete sidewalks, only yours
To trod and discern
It's cliché to say, "A picture is worth a thousand words," so instead of commenting on the image, I hope you'll discern how the above photo ties into my very short poem. I took this picture while vacationing in Alabama.
If you'd like to read something longer, here's my recent article published by friends at GCD which stemmed from visiting the Gulf Coast in Alabama. https://gcdiscipleship.com/article-feed/undersea-refuge-and-strength?rq=friesen
Owl's Nest Publishers: https://www.owlsnestpublishers.com/#/
Book review for Trevin Wax: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1TQVEXVNSM00T/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=151400500X
* Updated paragraph 11/14/22

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Apologies and vows of reform have been heard Monday at a congressional hearing on poor living conditions and bureaucratic problems for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The issue boiled into a controversy when The Washington Post published a series of articles last month, but members of the House panel today grilled officials over earlier reports of the failures.
One lawmaker asked a panel of witnesses "where have you been?" They included Undersecretary of the Army Peter Geren and the Army's top two generals. The California Democrat chastised them, saying there were "alarm bells going off," but that it "doesn't seem to get up the line of command."
For his part, Geren acknowledged the Army has "let some soldiers down." Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley, currently the Army's surgeon general and a former commander at Walter Reed, says eleven other installations around the country are being examined to make sure they don't have similar problems.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Me: Soddy was correct about the love of money, but C. H. Douglas was correct about BOTH the love of money AND the integrative infrastructure tool of double entry bookkeeping within which monetary policy could temporally resolve the deepest problem of economics….the monopolistic paradigm of Debt Only as the sole vehicle for the creation and distribution of credit/money. That is, his solution was INTEGRATIVE and so by definition WISE as in having both a philosophical and a policy component, an empirical and meta/philosophical component, BOTH an abstract AND a temporal analysis.
The thing that Douglas didn’t have was a knowledge of quantum mechanics and an analysis of the concept of paradigms and their signatures both of which came later. Finally, he didn’t do a complete natural philosophical analysis of the wisdom concept of grace which is the concept behind the new monetary and economic paradigm of Gifting and which is the concept behind Wisdomics-Gracenomics which extends and innovates Douglas’s theory.
You are quite correct in pointing out the importance of cost accounting which economists have virtually no knowledge of and especially have no knowledge of its significance. They rely upon fallacies like the quantity theory of money and the velocity of its circulation. They forget that all money actually re-circulating within the economy is business REVENUE which must be expensed against gross profit before any of it becomes anyone’s actual individual income, and then against all other expenses before net profit is determined. Gross profit might be 30% while net profit might actually be 3% or less. The velocity of money has absolutely nothing to do with increasing total INDIVIDUAL income and is actually merely a measure of the ability for enterprise to meet their expenses and still profit, and the velocity of money has been dropping for many years.
The way to increase total individual income is to take rational, universally beneficial, ethical and unobtrusive control of the point of final retail sale with a digital 50% discount/rebate monetary policy that enables people’s purchasing power and business’s potential revenue to double and also to transform modern economy’s chronic problem of inflation into beneficial price deflation.
“Many members of humanity have taken the wrongheaded interpretation Adam Smith’s views of “unrestrained commerce” as the basis for society. So, how we cure this false notion of the humanity, commerce, ecology, and the planet? I’ve seen little indication that the calls for grace will fix this.”
It’s called Wisdomics-Gracenomics for a reason. Wisdom is the superior human mental discipline and thorough goingly integrative of every other relevant -ology in addition to economics like finance, human psychology, anthropology, history, political science, etc. etc. Hence it by definition cannot be some shallow analysis or simplistic “fix”. Grace is the pinnacle concept of Wisdom and hence cannot be but well considered either. Grace is the calculus of Wisdom as it is love in action/a dynamic, interactive integrative flow continuously applied….and its policies reflective and effective of such when they are considered in the light of ethics. That’s why I have mentioned numerous times here that an essential aspect of implementing the policies of Wisdomics-Gracenomics would necessarily be a cooperative effort on the part of the helping professions, the clergy, the educational system and the government to acculturate the many aspects of grace. Did you miss the half dozen times I have posted this?
And as far as ecology is concerned I have also mentioned before that the policies and structural changes to finance of Wisdomics-Gracenomics would enable full funding for any research and innovations that might enable more production with less resources as well as the off planeting of the wasted energy of production…so what are we waiting for???
“On Craig’s seeing C H Douglas as behind the times, I would like to suggest seeing money as merely an accounting device is just one way of devaluing it, but in practice it leaves banks interpreting both credits and overdrafts in our accounts as gifts to them.”
First Douglas was and still is way ahead of virtually all present day economists in that his philosophy of monetary gifting was wiser and his policies were more insightfully, strategically and effectively implemented at the triple power point of retail sale.
Second you must have missed the several times I mentioned that the money creating power in a Wisdomics-Gracenomics economy would be taken away from PRIVATE finance and a publicly administered national bank and central bank guided by the philosophical aspects of grace would distribute its loans and monetary gifting policies. This is good economics in that cost cutting is always a valid economic consideration and the public bank not needing to make a profit in a directly distributive economic/monetary system can distribute 0% loans created by the central bank. It is also Occam’s Razor in that it is easier to administer, regulate and control a single entity instead of many whose purpose is other than systemic stability and an ethic like grace. Also macro-economics being a very recent body of knowledge and macro-economists not necessarily being good at seeing beyond their present mental and paradigmatic horizon miss the fact that giving private finance a monopoly power over the primary factor in a monetary economy is not wise, is not a legitimate business model especially for big ticket items because it is post retail sale…and that a publicly administered banking system funded directly by a sovereign government could then costlessly be dovetailed into being the NEW final point of retail sale as the 50% discount/rebate policy to mortgages, autos, etc. Thus stabilizing the economy and resolving the conundrum of Douglas’s A + B theorem and Steve Keen’s re-discovery of same with his statement that when the rate of change in debt falls the economy will go into recession and yet if it must ever increase the continual build up of debt will also inevitably out strip the ability to service that debt….with the policies of the new monetary and economic paradigm of Free Gifting.
DT: It seems to me that, by not defining your terms, you are missing most of the story here, Craig. What most people think of (wrongly) as “the economy” includes not only business but usurious money-lenders, bookmakers and speculators gambling with other people’s money. As Aristotle defined the terms, that is not economics but chrematism, and the amount of money circulating in that is about twenty times as much as circulates in the real economy. The real economy being dependent on the chrematists for money and as a whole paying interest as well as repayments to it, this contributes but a tiny fraction of the money circulating in chrematism, where the faster the money circulates, the higher are the incomes of the “1%” who are banking and bookmaking. The net drain of borrowed money from real business may be negligible in terms of chrematic circulation (the point of the “disappeared” Citigroup report) total, but it has been a lot in terms of the real economy, leading to bankrupt businesses off-loading their unrepayable “debts” to their customers, who are now not only suffering “austerity” and being forced into debt but being deprived of their houses. Perhaps you have not noticed emptying roads and decaying infrastructure indicating just how dramatic has been the reduction in monetary circulation within the real economy?
Wisdomics-Gracenomics (and any other truly insightful and sane economic theory) …would not allow private banks to create money/credit any more because the publicly administered national banking system at the behest of the new monetary authority/central bank would now be the only entities doing that. Hence there would be nearly no speculation by the national banking system and any used for those purposes by private banks with already distributed and saved money that did not pan out would be entirely the responsibility of the investors, never be able to be used to extort bail outs and would never rise to the systemic point of being :too big to fail”.
Publicly administered banking can do all of the good things and more that private banking can do and not do all of the things that private banks have historically repeatedly done that is destructive, dominating and inhumane.

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Texas confirms first case of newly emerging virusJuly 7, 2014 Updated: July 7, 2014 9:57pm
HOUSTON — Texas health officials have confirmed the state's first case of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness that causes severe joint pain and is now emerging in the Western Hemisphere for the first time.
The patient, who lives in Williamson County near Austin, recently returned to Texas from a trip to the Caribbean, where the virus was detected late last year and now has been suspected or confirmed in more than 135,000 people. It has not yet been transmitted in the continental United States.
Carrie Williams, a Texas Department of State Health Services spokeswoman, said that, “with other states confirming imported cases, the concern now is that there is the potential for local spread and more cases.”
Infectious disease specialists in Texas have been on the lookout for the virus even before its detection in the Caribbean in December.
How chikungunya virus is transmitted
Two types of mosquitoes spread chikungunya: aedes aegypti (pictured at right) and aedes albopictu.
Chikungunya makes about 90 percent of people bitten sick
Aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus mosquitoes also transmit dengue fever
Texas is the 28th state where the virus has been identified
There are two types of mosquitoes that spread chikungunya: aedes aegypti and aedes albopictu.
Chikungunya is not as lethal as West Nile, also spread by mosquitoes, but it makes about 90 percent of people bitten sick, said Dr. Kristy Murray, a Baylor professor of tropical medicine. By contrast, only 20 percent of West Nile victims become sick.
The joint pain can be excruciating, but most people feel better in a week to 10 days. Still, Murray said some patients can have joint pain that lasts a long time, months or even years.
Other symptoms include fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash, usually on the trunk or limbs.
There is no treatment for chikungunya beyond non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as acetaminophen and naproxen.
The name chikungunya comes from Africa, where the virus was discovered more than 60 years ago. It translates to “that which bends up,” a reference to people contorting with joint pain. The virus is also common in Asia.
Texas becomes the 28th state where the virus has been identified in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 114 cases in all, but thus far the only one transmitted on U.S. soil occurred in Puerto Rico, a hotspot of neglected tropical disease.
Aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which bite in the day, also transmit dengue fever. Culex mosquitoes, which bite in the evening, transmit West Nile.
Chikungunya is not transmitted from direct person to person contact, but a person with the disease can be the source of the virus for mosquitoes that then transmit the virus to others through a bite. Unlike West Nile, it is not spread to birds by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
Debboun said the primary control method will be an awareness campaign — encouraging people to wear long sleeves and pants when outside, draining standing water where mosquitoes can breed, using approved insect repellent and using air condition and making sure doors and windows are screened to keep mosquitoes out.


Often, these new methods of interacting with data have come about quick and fast where legacy systems whose hardware or software components could not keep up have been left 'unmanaged' within the data centre. Until now, infrastructures have broadly remained the same, and now with infrastructure as a service model maturing as commodity technology items, these unmanaged devices are becoming 'exposed' to the outside world. These systems were not designed for internet interactions outside their domains but now are being 'classified' with new mature technologies that require the unmanaged systems to be either patched or to have protocols to be updated.
To help with identifying those gaps for legacy technologies, Nathan provided real life examples on how to apply the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) to perform cyber resilient assessments. CAF is an organisation tool that is divided into 4 objects whose output is categorised in the familiar 'Not Achieved' or 'Partially Achieved' way. It allows you to take a thorough risk-based approach that is typically missed or neglected for these legacy operational systems. The benefits of the CAF systems is that the output itself is designed to identify the system 'requirements' which can then be used to manage constraints, functional or non-functional requirements, which then can be mapped to your required security level.
The risk assessment remains continuous and actually show that working to the 'status quo' is never a good idea. The CAF principals are not part of a typical design remit, and so an organisation can use the outputs in many ways, such as, implement policies or procedures or even helping to design the approach to monitoring telemetrics, which then can feed testing disaster recovery and resilience i.e. Design, Build, Asses. So whether you are securing electric grids, waterworks, oil pipes, smart buildings or any utilities-based control systems. CAF is versatile enough to work with the 19650 BIM standards or the IEC 62443 series of standards - and many more.
The guidance from NSCS on CAF can be downloaded from here


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Couple face drug charges; engine purchase leads to credit card fraud allegations
Published 12:00 am Sunday, July 13, 2014
A China Grove man and a Kannapolis woman were charged with felony possession of heroin and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia Friday.
According to court documents, Brittany Danielle Donahue, 23, and Jeramie David Lackey, 25, were found with heroin and a tie rig, pair of scissors, pocket knife and spoon to prepare and contain a controlled substance.
Bonds for both were set at $5,000.
A Concord man purchased a $427 engine for a 1999 Honda Accord using a credit card that wasn’t his, according to a report at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.
Shane Preston Mauldin, 29, is charged with obtaining property by false pretenses. According to documents, he made the purchase at the Triad Auto Parts on Alamance Church Road in Greensboro. He was arrested Friday, and is being held on $1,000 bond.
According to court documents, a Concord man was found with 2261 grams of marijuana Friday.
Joseph Scott Gardner, 26, is charged with possession with the intent to manufacture, sell and/or deliver marijuana.
His bond was set at $1,000.


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Rebels welcome back key players
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Getty Images
QUICK TAP: WIDER HIGHLANDERS SQUAD GET CHANCE
The pair were at full fitness despite their disrupted preseason.
Coach Dave Wessels said, "Probably the biggest thing for us is just that the way those guys have competed in their rehab to get to the level where they are.
"Both of them have hit some personal best fitness markers which is sometimes not easy when you're in a different environment, you're not training with the main team and then to have them back in training for the last two weeks has been pretty special," he said.
"We're working hard to try and create an environment where guys are just working hard to compete every day with each other, get better themselves but also get better with the people around them so I think Adam and Reece deserve their selection for having done that."
Wessels said changes to the side who beat the Brumbies were minimal because the players earned the chance for retention.
"We want to be true to the fact that we're rewarding guys who compete in everything and want to be there and show desire to want to play and I think we've stayed true to that," he said.
Here's your team for our first trans-Tasman game of the 2019 @SuperRugbyNZ Competition."I thought the guys who played against the Brumbies, a lot of them deserved to retain their spots and in some instances we've made changes because it's pretty hard to split between two guys so we're giving somebody else an opportunity. We're excited for Friday night," he said.
We take on the @MelbourneRebels at AAMI Park on Friday 1st March at 7.45pm AEST (9.45pm NZT on @skysportnz ).#NothingElseMatters #Highlander pic.twitter.com/ukcum0OsGv— Pulse Energy Highlanders (@Highlanders) February 26, 2019
Wessels goes into the game looking for more consistency from his side around the set piece.
He believes his pack have worked on, and improved, their scrum technique during the bye week.
"I thought we scrummed well at times [against the Brumbies] but we were inconsistent…but it's something we've worked on over the last couple of weeks.
"We're very fortunate to have some experienced players like Tetera Faulkner, who's played 80-90 games, Sam Talakai, who's starting tighthead this week and Anaru Rangi, because it's not their first rodeo, so we're confident with how they'll go," he said.
?? OPINION | Is the gap between the Australian and New Zealand conferences closing?
READ ?? https://t.co/4OGmmBlDLg#RaiseTheStakes pic.twitter.com/MEwMCB4sOq— Super Rugby (@SuperRugbyNZ) February 27, 2019
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