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Speculative Fiction for All Ages
The Triumphant Conclusion to the Fenn Trilogy
By Colleen Drippé
The planet Fenn has been permanently cut off from the rest of the civilized worlds, leaving behind the Net Central’s troopers, bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, and even a missionary or two. They are outnumbered and culturally swamped by the colonists, a mixture of the half-converted and ferocious xenophobes who want all offworlders exterminated.
The bishop and the commander at Havekgerem, both have their hands full. The former must rein in a group of Faring Guards, fanatical, axe-wielding Lost Rythan exiles who are determined to protect him at all costs, while the commander tries vainly to police the region with his disgruntled troops. And in the midst of this come the Dawnstrikers, blackshirts blindly following their charismatic leader as he hatches a plan to not only kill all foreigners but also to wipe out their rival tribe. And they might just succeed…
The War Throughout the Dungeon
And Those Who Hate and Love
By Matthew Schmidt
Shocked by the discoveries in the furthest reaches of the Dungeon, the City prepares to delve even deeper for answers. A surprise attack by the subterranean Undercity throws them into chaos, and a massive war soon rages throughout the Dungeon itself. The Undercity proves a wily foe, and against all odds the City finds itself struggling to gain the upper hand. And all the while, the Dungeon remains capricious, mysterious, and deadly.
Alex Kenderman is recruited by the supreme commander of the City, Mansa Musa Red, to lend his tactical expertise to the war effort. He and his party must fight against Underdwellers and the Dungeon itself to obtain victory, before it is too late. But two sinister questions remain:
Why did the Undercity start the war?
And who will win it?
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Matthew Schmidt's The City and the Dungeon: The War Throughout the Dungeon is out now on audible.com.
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'ICE' Deporting Foreign Students Isn't Good For Anyone
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, better known as ICE, better known as shitty toilet slugs, will now be deporting any international students attending colleges that operate online. Considering that many colleges and universities, including Harvard, USC, Georgetown, etc., are suspending in-person education for their 2020-2021 semesters because of COVID-19, that essentially means almost all foreign students are going to be forced to leave the country.
It's a baffling move that screws over just about everyone involved. Obviously you can start with the students who presumably invested ample time, money, and resources in order to travel to America and study here. Said Valeria Mendiola, a 26-year-old graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, "If I have to go back to Mexico, I am able to go back, but many international students just can't." She's right. Many countries have travel restrictions in place because of that whole coronavirus thing you might have heard about, and that goes doubly for anyone traveling from the US. It's the classic philosophical case of having to deport an un-deportable person, but it's possible the scholars at ICE skipped that lecture in Philosophy 101, so we're not confident they'll be able to handle their self-inflicted conundrum well. You can almost feel the disgust lurching from Harvard University President Larry Bacow's mouth when he said this in a statement on Monday:
"We are deeply concerned that the guidance issued today by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement imposes a blunt, one-size-fits-all approach to a complex problem giving international students, particularly those in online programs, few options beyond leaving the country or transferring schools."
But Larry isn't just pissed on the behalf of his students. See, this new edict by ICE also screws over the American universities, and granted, it's hard to have too much sympathy for them when tuition costs about as much as a fleet of mid-sized sedans, but also consider this: In 2015, 28% of annual tuition revenue for American public universities came from foreign students. Any business is going to be in free-fall when suddenly losing a quarter of its potential revenue. If you're an American going to college and you think tuition is high now, just wait until those universities have to find a way to recoup that missing 28%.
But this move is baffling most of all because this just flat-out screws over America. Trump infamously opened his 2016 campaign by saying about Mexican immigrants, "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
It's the ethos with which Trump built his immigration platform and even if you were to adopt his horrible, xenophobic ideology as your own -- that some immigrants are worthwhile and some are not -- aren't these the immigrants you want? These are high-achieving students who got into colleges and universities who could go on to be scientists and engineers. It'd be like if we tried to deport Einstein back to Germany for telling us about atomic weapons because we were mad he was doing that research from his apartment.
Trump considers himself a nationalist, but if nationalism is doing what's best for your country at the exclusion of all else, then this isn't even nationalism. It is just xenophobia, and it is hurting our country badly.
Support Dan on Twitter and he will talk about his life with you in lieu of getting a therapist.

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A Mental Health Day Treatment Service for Children means nonresidential care provided on prescription of a physician in a clinically supervised setting that provides case management and an integrated system of individual, family and group counseling or therapy or other services assembled pursuant to an individually prepared plan of treatment that is based upon a multi-disciplinary assessment of the client and his or her family and is designed to alleviate emotional or behavioral problems experienced by the client related to his or her mental illness or severe emotional disturbance.
Up to 2 years with an annual fee.
The Division of Quality Assurance send desk or site renewal information at least 60 days prior to expiration. These materials are to be returned within 30 days of expiration. If you require duplicate information, contact the Division of Quality Assurance, Behavioral Health Certification Section at the number or email above.
The following applications are required for certification of a Mental Health Day Treatment Service for Children recertification:
- Mental Health Day Treatment Services for Children Program Application - DHS 40, F-00548
- Behavioral Health Services Recertification Application - DHS 94 Patients Rights and Resolution of Patient Grievances DHS 92 Confidentiality of Treatment Records, F-00276*
* These should be completed once per certificate annually.
Wisconsin administrative code
Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DHS 12, Caregiver Background Checks
Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DHS 13, Reporting and Investigation of Caregiver Misconduct
Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DHS 40, Mental Health Day Treatment for Youth
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Just A Picture (2018)
Just a Picture is my first solo LP length album. This was a project that I worked on for over a year. Written mostly in 2017, each track represents a different story in my life; whether happy or sad. I made sure I invested enough time into the writing process and the production of the album to ensure a good professional quality final product. With the help of my good friend Autumn Buysse, the superb production of Joe Samyn, and the exceptional performance from each musician on the album, I achieved exactly that. I'd like to give a million thanks to everyone who's supported me in this long process, and thank you to everyone who has or will purchase the album.
1 - Just a Picture
2 - Fade Away (The Turning Point)
3 - Ten Years to Say Goodbye
4 - Lagunera
5 - Change
6 - Walking Away
7 - Letter to Jade
8 - It's Been a Long Winter
Diego Agoytia – Guitar, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Lead Vocals
Taco Perry – Drums
Josh Moran – Guitar
Shai-li – Backup Vocals
Scott Dumas – Trombone
Alex Ensing – Tenor Saxophone
Brent Proseus - Trumpet
Produced and Engineered by Joe Samyn
Art by Lauren Dawn
*All songs written by Diego Agoytia and co-written by Autumn Buysse
*Horn parts written and transcribed by Scott Dumas
*Saxophone solo written by Alex Ensing
Special thanks to Ignacio Agoytia, Daniela Martinez, Autumn Buysse, and everyone who helped make this album possible.
Recorded February and March of 2018 at Western Sound Studios and Samyn Audio Studios. Kalamazoo, Michigan.


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The Worcester physician who has become the third American to contract the Ebola virus, in Liberia, is a "great doctor," said Dr. Jackson Williams, division chief of pediatric hospital medicine at Baystate Children's Hospital, of Dr. Richard Sacra.
"I know Rick, and was very sad to learn today that he is sick with Ebola. He is a fantastic guy, and a great doctor who has really dedicated himself to working in Liberia," said Williams, who, like Sacra, has been making regular trips to Liberia, to help that West African country's medical personnel and hospitals recover from years of civil war.
Sacra, who is on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is with SIM USA, in Liberia, and had been working for a month, in obstetrics, at EWLA (Eternal Love Winning Africa) Hospital, outside of the capital of Monrovia, where he is currently being treated in an isolation ward for the deadly virus. The other two Americans, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, who contracted the virus in Liberia, were flown back to the United States, and have recovered. They also worked for the North Carolina-based missionary organization.
According to a statement on the UMass school's website, Sacra, a 1989 graduate, "has spent much of his career working overseas, including nearly two decades in Liberia."
"He has a faculty appointment at UMMS, as an assistant professor of family medicine and community health, as a function of teaching in the medical school’s residency program at the Family Health Center of Worcester, when he returns to the U.S. for periodic respite visits.”
Sacra lives in Holden, with his wife and three children.
According to the World Health Organization, the "cumulative number of cases" attributed to the Ebola virus, in the four West African countries, where the outbreak started earlier this year, stands at 1,711, including 932 deaths. But, those official numbers are predicted to become much higher. Health care workers are at great risk, as the hospitals treating the Ebola cases, lack basic equipment and the ability to enforce basic infection control. Sacra had returned to Liberia to help take care of patients not infected with the disease. Some hospital workers in the infected countries have gone on strike, because of hospital conditions.
Hospital-affiliated groups within Massachusetts, coordinated by the Office of Global Health at the UMass Medical School, as well as an organization called Save Healthcare Workers Lives - Fight against Ebola, have been working to raising money for needed supplies. Efforts are being coordinated with the Liberian Ministry of Health.
"Supplies are arriving (in Liberia), but I suspect distribution may be a challenge," said Baystate's Williams. "An even larger challenge now is getting enough health-workers to confront this crisis. The situation is still very serious for West Africa, and certainly has gotten even worse in the last couple of weeks."
"Our academic consortium did manage to raise nearly $50,000 to provide supplies to healthcare workers in Liberia. We sent our first shipment of 2,500 pounds worth of equipment about two weeks ago (it arrived this week), and we are strategizing with our Liberian partners on what they need and where it should be sent for our subsequent shipments."

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Create a smoky granola with a mix of freeze-dried berries. Wrap in foil, poke a few holes the wrapping to let the smoke in. Serve with kefir or yoghurt.
A blog explaining how to prepare a vegan full English on a BBQ recently went viral. Its instructions included using smoky tomatoes to make a fire-infused sauce, which was then combined with cannellini beans, portobello mushroom and grilled bread.
French toast also lends itself to the BBQ treatment. Serve with masses of berries: your choice whether to roast those on the grill as well!
Create smokey granola with a mix of and freeze-dried berries. Wrap in foil, poke a few holes the wrapping to let the smoke in. Serve with kefir yoghurt.
A blog explaining how to prepare a vegan full English on a BBQ went viral recently. Instructions included using smoky tomatoes to make a fire infused sauce combined with cannellini beans, a portobello mushroom and grilled bread
French toast lends itself to BBQ treatment too served with masses of berries, anointed on the grill too, perhaps.
It may sound counter-intuitive to grill salad, but charred greens have been modish for a while and grilling Romaine lettuce, little gem lettuce or chicory, makes for a striking BBQ salad especially when offset by some acidic citrus fruit. Sarit Packer and Sarit Srulovich, the beloved Israeli chef-proprietors of Honey & Co, pair red chicory with grilled peaches and almond tahini. Charred cucumber works well too. Grill for 10 minutes and serve with a whipped feta and dill dip.
Cheese, especially Greek styles, are just as good flying solo on a BBQ as they taste on a burger patty. Halloumi is a given but branch out and try the more mild and creamy Manouri which is a by-product of feta production and is delicious on kebabs with vegetables. Kefalotyri, a hard, salty cheese with a slightly piquant aftertaste, has a high melting point so will become crisp outside whilst the inside remains soft – perfect for summer grilling!
Once the BBQ has achieved peak white heat, it seems a pity to stop grilling after the savoury dishes are eaten. Fortunately many fruits take on a whole new appearance and taste profile after being shown the BBQ. The options are endless: char watermelon slices, serve grilled nectarines with cinnamon sugar butter or balsamic vinegar and black pepper syrup or grill a whole, peeled pineapple so that the outside is hot and sticky but the middle is juicy and sweet.
The robust, granular texture of pears works well on a hot fire and intensifies their flavour. They can handle the high heat, won’t fall apart and they carry the flavour of smoke and charring beautifully. Brush halved pears with honey mixed with cinnamon before grilling and serve with toasted pecans and whipped cream or ice cream for an indulgent dessert. Even strawberries can be slightly caramelised on a BBQ for a memorable Eton Mess.
Those with true chutzpah might want to try a fire-cooked cake. Upside down cakes are particularly forgiving and need charred fruits and syrup. Prepare in a skillet and bake on the coals for 40-50 minutes. Guests will enjoy the element of jeopardy at the very least!
Turkish coffee is traditionally brewed using a pan filled with sand to regulate the heat but coffee can also be prepared in the dying embers of a BBQ. The coffee warms slowly, ensuring a perfect creamy finish.
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Tom Swift And His Wizard Camera, by Appleton, Victor
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"Some one to see you, Mr. Tom." It was Koku, or August, as he was sometimes called, the new giant servant of Tom Swift, who made this announcement to the young inventor. "Who is it, Koku?" inquired Tom, looking up from his work-bench in the machine shop, where he was busy over a part of the motor for his new noiseless airship. "Any one I know? Is it the 'Blessing Man?'" for so Koku had come to call Mr. Damon, an eccentric friend of Tom's.


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Remembrance of Things Past. Swann's Way. Within a Budding Grove. The Guermantes Way. Cities of the Plain. The Captive. The Fugitive. Time Regained. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Terence Kilmartin and Andreas Mayor.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1982-88. Three volumes, 8vo. Cloth, d.w.'s designed by Enid Marx, spines to volumes II and III with some marking otherwise very good. Item #44137
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1. PRS for Music appoints new CEO
PRS for Music has appoint a new CEO, Andrea C. Martin, who has previously worked with a variety of organsations including Readers Digest Association, Royal Mail and ADT Canada. Read more in M Magazine.
2. London venue The Borderline to close
It was big news this week when DHP announced that London-based Soho venue The Borderline is to close. First opened in 1980s, The Borderline has seen a number of big acts perform on its stage including Amy Winehouse. Read more in NME.
3. Grassroots venues support available from Arts Council and Music Venue Trust
CMU reported that Arts Council and Music Venue Trust have new funds and support available for grassroots venues tech set-ups and other facilities.
4. Gender balance festival in Sweden
Swedish Music festival Way Out West have achieved a 50/50 gender split for the third year running, announcing Solange as a final headliner IQ Mag reported.
5. The BRIT Trust celebrates 30th birthday
The BRIT Trust has just celebrated its 30th birthday and has raised £26.5 million for a range of charities since it was set up in 1989. Read more on Music Week.

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|Omega 3 fish oil is a powerful anti-inflammatory nutrient.That’s important because the latest medical research shows that ‘chronic sub-clinical inflammation’ is a central cause of age related threats.
New Scientist in 2015 confirms this type of internal inflammation is involved in: “… muscle wasting and glaucoma, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, osteoporosis and arthritis, heart failure and high blood pressure, cancers, and lung, liver and kidney and skin disorders.”
|Vitamin D3. Low Vitamin D status, which is common, is linked to high blood pressure, chronic fatigue, a 50% increase in heart attack risk, dementia, prostate cancer and Type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D, of course, encourages calcium uptake to promote strong and healthy bones, but is also a vital element in a healthy immune system. The Nurses’ Health Study at Harvard University revealed that women who had the highest intake of vitamin D reduced their risk of developing breast cancer by almost 50%. It is difficult to get adequate Vitamin D from food alone.
D3 is the natural, more biologically active, form that is produced in reaction to sunlight and research shows it is more effective than the synthetic vitamin D2
|Curcumin. A meta-survey on curcumin published by the US National Institutes of Health shows its “… safety and efficacy against numerous diseases in humans … including promising effects in patients with various pro-inflammatory diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, gastric inflammation, atherosclerosis, diabetes, renal conditions and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.”|
|Polyphenols. These anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory micro-nutrients are derived from fruits and vegetables. Some are known to be important in gene expression – ‘turning off’ genes that promote disease and ‘turning on’ health protective genes. Some powerful polyphenols are the catechins in green tea and the procyanidins in grapeseed.|
|Lycopene is the compound that makes tomatoes red and recent research published in Harvard Health shows a probable role in reducing the risk of breast, prostate and bladder cancer – and possibly stroke.|
|Lutein (like lycopene) is an anti-oxidant carotenoid which may also have anti-cancer properties, along with a well-researched role in protecting vision.|
|CoQ10 is used by the mitochondria – the ‘power plants’ in each cell – to make energy. Natural levels fall as we get older.|
|Betaine, along with folic acid, has been shown to reduce blood levels of homocysteine. That’s important because raised levels of homocysteine are strongly related to increased heart attack risk.|
|Vitamin K is essential in the uptake of calcium for healthy bones. But that same function means it also helps prevent the unwanted calcification of soft tissue such as arteries. That’s why optimum levels of vitamin K, particularly the K2 form, are associated with a lower risk of heart problems.|
|Vitamin E is a potent anti-oxidant – it helps counteract the damage to cells caused when oxygen reacts with fats to produce unstable free radicals. For this reason there is evidence that vitamin E can help protect artery walls and brain cells. Vitamin E benefits the skin by helping it to retain moisture. It works synergistically with vitamin C. It is an important nutrient in a well functioning immune system.
Vitamin E is the generic name for tocopherols which in nature come in 4 forms – alpha, beta, gamma and delta. Nutrishield includes all 4 forms, which most supplements do not.
|Genistein is a soy isoflavone. Scientists have linked the fact that levels of cancer in Asia – and especially in Asian women – are considerably lower than in the West due to Asia’s much higher soy consumption. They subsequently have identified genistein as the compound in soy that is likely to be exerting this effect.|
|All other essential vitamins and minerals at significantly more than the RDA (Recommended Daily Amount) where research indicates that this will be more effective – such as vitamins C, B6, B12 and vitamin E.|
|Finally, the effectiveness of nutritional supplementation depends hugely on a proper formulation where the amounts, the most bioactive forms and the synergistic effects are optimised. For example, lycopene, lutein and curcumin are all best absorbed in the presence of fats – hence their high bio-availability in NutriShield due to the presence of Omega 3 oil.
The combination of all the nutrients is designed – allied to a sensible diet and exercise – to provide all-round health protection.
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Celebrities are some of the most privileged and lucky people in the world. Aside from, you know, having their every move documented and criticized and all.
I know, I can hear your hearts breaking, too.
Most of the time, with fame comes fortune, and celebrities are pretty fortunate. So it’s nice when they decide to give some of that back in the form of charity. The folks at the non-profit organization The Giving Back Fund have put together a list called Giving Back 30, which honors celebs who have written the biggest checks to charity.
And we won’t keep you in suspense any longer. Here are Hollywood’s most generous celebrities.
Meryl Streep and George Lucas made the list, along with Mel Gibson. Surprised? I was, too. And because of Mel’s place on the list, I’m going to be generous today, too, and not include a bunch of crazy racist quotes from him like I usually do when I mention his name in stories. It feels good to give back.
At the top of the list is actress Jami Gertz, who has helped donate $10 million through her husband Ressler Gertz’s foundation. Gibson comes in at three, giving away $6 million in charity. Lucas is forth ($4.2 million) and Streep ($2 million) is at eight.
Other celebrities that made the list include comedian Jerry Seinfeld ($1.7 million), Barbra Streisand ($1.5 million), Matthew McConaughey ($1.5 million), Alec Baldwin ($1 million) and Sandra Bullock ($1 million).
Kudos to these celebs and others for putting their fortune to good use. Open up those wallets, 1%.


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We did something a little different from ordinary sausage rolls today, which we are going to be serving up at Miss Two's third birthday party Saturday week. I know I've not been posting for a while, I've been getting snowed under a little, but things should calm down after the party at least.
Australian Sausage Rolls
Mine were in for a little too long
1.5kg sausage mince
500g kangaroo mince
2 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
1 tbsp Wild Pepper sauce (or other "bush tukka" type sauce - try Coles)
2 large onions
4 celery sticks
2 cooking apples
2 tbsp lemon myrtle (or any indigenous herbs, mountain pepper or dried bush tomato would go very nicely in this)
1.8kg pkt puff pastry sheets (10 sheet pkt)
Place onions, celery, sauce and apples in a food processor and mince very fine.
Place in a large bowl with the mince, add breadcrumbs & herbs and mix thoroughly.
Cut pastry sheets in half and roll out a bit thinner, place sausage mince on pastry.
Wet it one side and roll into a large sausage. Cut into required lengths and bake in 200c oven for 30min.
Also this week I'm sharing what the kids made last week, another dish for the birthday party, that I never got around to posting
Please leave a permalink to your own Kids Cooking Thursday post, as per the rules, and remember, if you don't leave a comment, that's fine, but I have no way of knowing you've left a link otherwise!


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Description of the reformed system
Timetable for sections of the Act
The "Child Support, Pensions, and Social Security Act 2000" has about 3 dozen sections in it that define changes to the way the CSA works. (The other half of the Act is not about child support). Although most people think of the reforms as a new, simplified, formula, they are far more than this. (The new formula is the biggest change).
About one third of the child support sections of the Act came into operation during 2001, mainly during January and April. (One section of the Act came in during 2000). These include:
- Change of terminology (for example, "non resident parent" replaced "absent parent").
- Disqualification from driving for persistent avoidance of payment as an intermediate penalty before prison.
- Penalties for lying or for not supplying information when able to do so.
- New powers for inspectors that gives them a more permanent status.
- Bringing England and Wales into line with Scotland for "presumed parentage", so that a father who was married to the mother while she was pregnant can be taken to be the father unless countered by a DNA test.
- The jurisdiction of the CSA extended to non-resident parents working abroad for UK organisations.
- Some minor changes concerning appeals, etc.
(Separate articles will describe these in more detail).
Timetable for the new formula itself
Switching to the new system
The timetable for the new formula is complicated, and a key date has not yet been defined. In summary:
There is currently no published date for starting the new formula. Guesses include November 2002 up to mid-2003. (Existing cases need to be stopped for 6 months before they could restart as new cases).
Existing cases will be converted to the new formula using a "conversion date" that has not been announced. It may be during 2004, but could be earlier or later. All existing cases will be converted to the new formula on or soon after that date, at their next payment. People will be told 2 months before that date what the new amount will be.
Phasing-in to the new amount
Where there is a significant difference (up or down) between the existing amount and the new formula, the new payment will be "phased in" over up to 5 years, with the first change taking place at the time of conversion. The amount paid per week will be changed every year, and if there still a difference after 5 years, the new formula amount will become payable.
The "phasing in" amount, by which the weekly payment is changed every year, depends on the non resident parent's net income per week:
- If the income is at most £100, the amount is £2.50.
- If the income is between £100 and £400, the amount is £5.00.
- If the income is at least £400, the amount is £10.
These dates are mostly dictated by "Commencement Orders":
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What you won't see during February's BracketBusters weekend are a few teams -- Oakland, Belmont, Florida Atlantic, Harvard and Princeton come to mind -- that could end up being a story in March.
For one reason or another, these teams weren't selected to participate or their conferences may not have chosen to join the event.
But there are still enough teams with a realistic shot of winning their regular-season conference titles or have automatic bids in the conference tournaments to fill the 11 televised games.
Some have a chance to be NCAA first-round winners with the right matchups. ESPNU will announce the pairings for the Feb. 18-20 games on Monday, Jan. 31 (6:30 p.m. ET).
Here are my suggestions for the 11 TV games on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU (the other 92 teams will be paired up over the same weekend). Remember, home and road designations were set prior to the season with a return game scheduled for the following season:
1. Utah State at Saint Mary's: This has been a BracketBuster game in the past, in large part because these two teams are the two best teams in the field. Utah State and Saint Mary's are en route to being at-large candidates, even if neither wins the WAC or WCC, respectively. Organizers shouldn't let anything influence them on this decision, if either coach doesn't want to the other again. This is important to make the event work. This game has to happen since it is the most obvious of the 11 to occur.
David Allio/Icon SMIWho wouldn't want to see Charleston's Andrew Goudelock take on Hofsta's Charles Jenkins?
2. Hofstra at College of Charleston: If Utah State versus Saint Mary's is my No. 1, this is easily No. 2. Two of the top guards in the country not named Jimmer Fredette and Kemba Walker reside in this matchup. And the teams are on their way to challenging for the CAA and Southern Conference titles, respectively. Charleston's Andrew Goudelock (23.4 points per game) and Hofstra's Charles Jenkins (23.7 ppg) are 20-plus scorers, and both have a legit shot to play in the NBA. This would be one of the better one-on-one matchups of the season.
3. VCU at Wichita State: The projected favorites in the Colonial and Missouri Valley should play in this event. VCU is in a tussle with Hofstra and others in the CAA, while Wichita State is trying to best Missouri State and Indiana State for the Valley title. This type of game won't shift either school into the at-large pool, but it would be a solid power-rating game for possible seeding. Oh, and it would be a high-octane affair that's up and down with few delays.
4. Missouri State at Valparaiso: The Crusaders and Bears are the surprise teams in the Horizon and Missouri Valley, respectively. Each team has a chance to unseat the prohibitive favorite in its conference in Butler and Wichita State. This would be a grinding matchup between two teams few would want to play in March.
5. Cleveland State at Indiana State: The Sycamores handed Missouri State its first conference loss, and Greg Lansing is conducting a revival in Terre Haute. Indiana State lost in three overtimes at Wichita State. Had they pulled out the victory, the Sycamores would be the favorites in the Valley. Meanwhile, Cleveland State, which won its first 12 games, is tied with Valparaiso atop the Horizon (7-2) heading into its two-game road trip to Illinois, in which it plays Illinois-Chicago and Loyola.
6. Creighton at Old Dominion: The Monarchs would have been higher up on this list a few weeks ago after it beat Clemson, Xavier and Richmond in late November/early December. ODU followed that up with a win over Dayton on Dec. 11. But the Monarchs have slipped a bit in the CAA with a 6-3 mark. ODU still has enough quality wins to be in contention for an at-large berth, and playing Creighton won't hurt -- as long as it wins that game. The Bluejays have been inconsistent so far at 5-4 in the Valley, but they did play a quality slate of games in the nonconference. The problem is they didn't win contests against Northwestern, BYU and others.
7. Austin Peay at Northern Iowa: Last season's NCAA darling (before Butler) has had its moments this season. The Panthers won the Las Vegas Classic over New Mexico and knocked off Iowa State, but they got off to a slow start in the Valley by losing three of their first four. Northern Iowa has now won five consecutive games. Meanwhile, Austin Peay is tied with Tennessee State atop the Ohio Valley, one game ahead of preseason favorite Murray State. The Governors nearly beat Memphis in overtime and have played six OT games so far, losing four of them.
8. Ball State at Murray State: The Racers were a trendy pick (by me) to be a top-25 team and possibly win the 76 Classic in Anaheim. But Murray State didn't fare well after beating Stanford, as it lost consecutive games to UNLV and Oklahoma State. It had already blown its other "up" game at Ole Miss in mid-November. But this team still has a chance to be a factor in an NCAA first-round game if it can win the OVC tournament. Meanwhile, Ball State has become the best team in the MAC with a 5-0 start in the West and a 13-5 record overall. The Cardinals got drilled at Butler early, nearly beat St. John's in overtime, own a quality win over Indiana State and beat the Big East's worst team in DePaul in OT.
9. Maine at Fairfield: Lost amid the Penn State euphoria of beating Michigan State and Illinois at home was that Maine defeated the Nittany Lions in State College by 10 points on Dec. 21. The Black Bears have also won at UMass and are currently 6-1 in the America East. They're one game up on Vermont after beating the Catamounts in Burlington, which is no small feat. Fairfield was the preseason pick to win the MAAC and is holding serve with an 8-1 record atop the standings. The Stags aren't going to get an at-large berth, and unlike Maine, they couldn't win at Penn State. Pitting the leaders of the America East and the MAAC in February simply makes too much sense.
10. Montana at Long Beach State: The 49ers are atop the Big West with a 6-2 record and have played a tough slate of games against San Diego State, Clemson, Washington, Utah State, North Carolina and Saint Mary's. They lost every single one of those games, but at least Long Beach State has been tested. Montana won at UCLA and beat Oregon State. The Grizzlies were an NCAA tournament team last season under coach Wayne Tinkle. Montana is a half game behind Northern Colorado in the Big Sky standings after losing to the Bears on the road. The standings could tighten up the week before the event, when Northern Colorado goes to Missoula.
11. Boise State at UC Santa Barbara: The Broncos have been one of the surprise teams in the WAC behind first-year coach Leon Rice. Boise State just won at rival Idaho, and that should be enough for it to get one of the final televised games. Rice took over an experienced team, which lacked quality wins in the conference. But the Broncos are 5-2 in the league this season and have matured. Santa Barbara is 3-3 in the Big West, but it does have road wins at UNLV and at Santa Clara -- which Gonzaga couldn't get -- so that should elevate the Gauchos ahead of Cal Poly.


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Khan academy is an online learning platform [501 (3)(C)] non-profit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Their resources are available at no cost and are aimed to be a personalized learning resource for all ages. They offer practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
Within their biology section they have three courses which would be of interest as an introduction to this topic. Classical and molecular genetics, DNA as genetic material and gene regulation. We have embedded a video as an example, and recommend that you visit their website for more background and information about the topic.
Talking about competency
The American Nurses' Association developed a guide "ESSENTIALS OF GENETIC AND GENOMIC NURSING: COMPETENCIES, CURRICULA GUIDELINES, AND OUTCOME INDICATORS" (2002). This guide provides a sound foundation to work from when starting your journey on understanding why genomics and genetics are fundamental to health for all. Read the guide here.
Kathleen A. Calzone et.al concluded that 'Outcome Indicators assist the academic and continuing education nurse community to prepare the nursing workforce in genetics/genomics and provide a platform from which to build tools needed to achieve this goal.' Full article here
In 2013, De Sevo published an article "Competency of nurse educators in genetics/ genomics knowledge", another useful read. Full text article here .


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I bought quinoa from two different shops recently. The pack I purchased from the first shop said that the quinoa had around 6g of protien per 100g, and the pack I bought from the second shop (different brand) said it had 16.3g per 100g.. Why would there be such a large difference between the two?
Were they both the same color or of differing colors?
One likely refers to cooked weight and the other to dry weight.
all the protein in the water??
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Still appreciate the post how do you like the scal?I have only a couple of range bench sessions with the Scal + ski feet (they’re ginormous!). I am not a bipod expert and am only going to use them on the bench. I bought the ski feet to be able to shoot (almost wrote “engage”, jesus) prairie dogs in quick succession.
I haven’t shot the Scal much with the rubber feet. The ski feet slide easily on carpet-covered range benches, and sometimes “stutter-slide” a little when quickly slid over 4+ inches to get into position. I don’t think the stutter thing is affecting shooting, it’s just a gross movement thing.
Edit: just reread the OP post. My answer has nothing to do with his situation, sorry. Consider it background info, I guess.
Well, since I posted the original post today (and I didn't go to the range today), my opinion is the same .Still appreciate the post how do you like the scal?


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According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), total sales of passenger vehicles, which include cars, utility vehicles and vans, surged to 265,320 units last year from 231,917 units sold during the corresponding month of 2016. On the sub-segment basis, sales of passenger cars rose by 10.83 per cent in the month under review to 186,523 units from 168,303 units in January 2016.
Utility vehicles’ off-take during the month zoomed by 24.47 per cent to 62,264 units, while the sales of vans edged up by 21.65 pc to 16,533 units. In contrast, the industry data revealed that sales of overall commercial vehicles came down by 0.72 per cent to 61,239 units in January. The segment is a key indicator of economic activity.
The three-wheelers segment sales plunged by 28.21 per cent to 31,345 units during the month. In addition, overall sales of two-wheelers, which include scooters, motorcycles and mopeds, declined by 7.39 per cent to 1,262,141 units. Product-wise, scooter sales in the month under review dipped by 14.50 per cent to 373,382 units, while the motorcycle sub-segment sales logged a decline of 6.07 per cent to 819,386 units.
On the other hand, mopeds’ off-take augmented by 28.83 per cent to 69,373 units. The industry data disclosed that the Indian automobile sector reported a decline of 4.71 per cent during January 2017 – with total sales at 1,620,045 units across segments and categories. Moreover, the overall exports across categories slipped by 7.67 per cent to 255,301 units which were shipped out during last month.


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Any given Friday, at around 9:30 p.m., stand along Southwest Broadway and, if the weather’s nice, you’ll discover an electric parade.
The Friday Night Ride, a weekly event that started about four years ago, brings as many as 100 electric unicycles, e-bikes and skateboards through downtown Portland. The riders cheer, blare music and sway on their vehicles, which are usually covered in colorful LED lights.
“Everybody who sees us is energized by what we’re doing down there,” said Jason Messer, one of the ride leaders. “We bring a big band of positive energy through the town.”
The ride is organized by the Portland eRiders, a group of personal electric vehicle owners who get together for food, drinks and regular treks through Portland.
The ride started as a gathering solely for Onewheels – self-balancing electric skateboards with a single large all-terrain wheel in the center. But over the past year or so, more and more electric unicycles, or EUCs, have joined the ride. You’ll also see e-scooters, electric skateboards and a few e-bikes in the mix. All personal electric vehicles are welcome to join.
“The electric unicycle and the advancements in the electric skateboards and the scooters have really just diversified our group,” Messer said. “Every month there’s a new vehicle that we’re looking at.”
The vehicles change but the route never does. Riders meet at 7 p.m. on the Eastbank Esplanade outside OMSI, below the museum’s neon sign. They roll at 7:30 p.m. and head across the Tilikum Crossing bridge, then regroup at the Salmon Street Fountain.
“It’s like a parade,” said e-skateboard rider Raymond Cabine. “You’ve got guys on the Onewheels that go pretty fast, and you got guys on skateboards that can’t keep up with them, but we all stay together anyway.”
The rest of the route brings the group east across the Hawthorne Bridge, west across the Steel Bridge, and north along the West Esplanade, with a stop at Lucky Lab in Northwest Portland for drinks, food and to charge up.
The second leg includes a route down Broadway and to the South Waterfront, where riders stop at Growler Guys before returning over the Tilikum. In all, it’s about an 11-mile, four-hour ride.
“Especially for any new person to the city, it’s a wonderful opportunity to see nooks and crannies that you typically wouldn’t see,” said Alonzo Jones, who’s been riding his e-bike with the group for several months. “Especially when the weather’s really nice, it’s a beautiful experience.”
The group rides year-round, any Friday that it’s not raining. Even then, you might find a handful of eRiders on the town.
“We talk shop, we geek out, we ride. It’s really chill, silly, fun,” said Daniel Choi, who rides a Onewheel. “Bombing down Broadway at night with a group of friends, it’s actually very empowering. Every Friday Night Ride that you go, you meet someone new and you make new friends, and I think that’s something that is missing in a lot of today’s society.”
The Onewheel was “a little midlife crisis present for myself,” said Choi, who had turned 50. “And it saved my life, it really did. It got me out of the house, it helped me with staying in the moment, finding peace during the pandemic. I was able to socially distance and just ride.”
As the electric technology advances, some of the vehicles can reach speeds of more than 50 mph, but the leaders try to keep this ride slower and calmer. The group pace is about 15 mph.
“It’s this sort of flowy vibe, as if you’re surfing in the streets,” said Ran Magen, who serves as a moderator of the Portland eRiders Facebook group. The Onewheel, he said, “has this level of control where you can slow down to 2 mph and go next to people, so you have this mobility in the city that is really great.”
One of the keys to the event’s success has been consistency, so occasional riders can always find the group. Portland’s bike-friendly culture, wide pathways and scenic waterfront also make for a fun ride.
But ask just about anyone involved in the Friday Night Ride and they’ll say the heart of the ride, and the reason it’s lasted so long, is Robert David Cyders.
Cyders, known throughout the Onewheel community by his online moniker “Uno Wheeler,” was one of the ride’s early organizers and its biggest promoter.
Cyders was born and raised in Portland and graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School. He was a tinkerer, always interested in mechanics and hands-on trades. He had a dream job as a building engineer for OMSI, said his sister, Dianne Watson. But about seven years ago, he was diagnosed with a heart condition.
“They said he had an enlarged heart from a virus that he got, we don’t know from what, and it caused atrial fibrillation, so his heart would be racing for no reason all the time,” Watson said.
It meant Cyders had an irregular heartbeat, with a high risk of heart failure. He became winded easily. The job at OMSI was too much, and he took a part-time job at The eBike Store where he repaired and sold e-bikes and other e-vehicles.
That was where he discovered the Onewheel, and he was immediately smitten. He found a group of other early-adopters, and they started meeting up outside OMSI for weekly rides.
“The Onewheel transformed his life,” said Thad Gillispie, another of the ride organizers. “It was kind of, oddly enough, a personal mobility device for him in some ways. But it was more than that because it opened up a whole community to him.”
Every time he sold a Onewheel, Cyders encouraged the new owner to join the ride. He led the weekly events by carrying a homemade reflective flag fastened to a baton.
“‘Come to the Friday Night Ride’ was his gospel,” Messer said.
Indeed, there’s something spiritual about the way some of the riders speak about their electric vehicles.
“The Onewheel is the most intuitive vehicle you’ve ever ridden, it understands your micro-muscle reactions, and you can develop a relationship with your Onewheel that can put you at one with it,” Messer said. “It allows you to be so present in the moment because you have to be so aware of your surroundings, and it just is a meditation that you’ve never experienced before.”
Cyders had actually served as a youth minister when his kids where young, Watson said.
“He may not have been ministering the word of God,” during the ride, Watson said, “but he ministered life, he ministered happiness and an outlook on life. He shared love, and I think that is his ministry. Love each other. Love life.”
Cyders wasn’t shy about telling people he had a heart condition, though many of his friends didn’t realize how serious it was. When he died in his sleep on Dec. 19, 2019, at age 54, the eRider community was shocked.
“When he passed, four or five people had to pick up the slack of what he was doing on his own. It became a team effort,” said rider Andrew Osterman, aka Drew Wheeler. “I didn’t realize how much he took upon himself until he was gone, and then the community had to come together to fill the void that he left, though it will never be filled.”
Messer and Gillispie now take turns leading the Friday Night Ride, carrying on Cyders’ legacy and, quite literally, his flag.
“It’s kind of like taking a little piece of Robert with us,” Messer said. “The glue that the original riders still bond around is him and his philosophy of just having such a stoke for life. It really does get a little ethereal at times, we feel like he’s watching over us.”
Four years ago, the Friday Night Ride started with about a dozen Onewheel riders.
Today, it’s common to see more than 100 people show up, on electric bikes, skateboards, unicycles and scooters.
“Robert was just the heart of it,” Gillispie said. “We’re just here for the journey that he started. And I don’t know how long it will last, but as long as he’s willing, and looking over us, we’ll keep doing it.”
IF YOU GO: The Friday Night Ride meets at 7 p.m. every Friday on the Eastbank Esplanade under the neon OMSI sign. The ride begins at 7:30 p.m. any night it’s not raining. All personal electric vehicles are welcome, but riders should wear helmets and protective gear and ride at their own risk.
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A new survey was made available on Friday, February 1 through the District 15 website to allow parents the chance to rank in order of preference whether they would like an early or late release, and on what day it should happen for the 2013-2014 school year.
The survey (links below) must be completed by Friday, February 8.
A previous survey was provided for parents, though it met with great opposition from parents who requested numerous times that a Friday early release option be provided.
Information now provided on the D15 website does not indicate Friday early release as an option, but once the survey is begun, the option is present, in addition to all days of the week.
Parents will have to rank first, second and third choice, and if they do not, the survey will not be valid. Reasons for the preferences also are requested.
English and Spanish hard copies of the survey also were sent home with the youngest child of each household, according to District 15.
Deputy Superintendent for District 15 Jim Garwood said an automated phone message was made to each D15 household on Friday, February 1 telling parents to expect the survey in their student's backpacks, in both English and Spanish.
Calls were also made in Spanish to Spanish-speaking households, Garwood said.
For more information, visit the District 15 website.
The survey in English can be found here.
The survey in Spanish can be found here.
According to Superintendent Scott Thompson, parents of children who will be entering District 15 in the fall also are able to participate in this survey.
In the area where it asks where your child will be attending, put the school that you child will be going to, and in the comments section, indicate your child will be entering the school system in the 2013-2014 school year.
If you have questions, the D15 office number is 847-963-3205


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OFFICIAL NOTICE: Library to Host Opportunity for Public Comment on Internet Policy
The San Antonio Public Library will host an opportunity for citizens to speak at its next Board of Trustees meeting on September 25.
The topic will be the possible change to the Library’s Internet Policy.
The meeting will take place at 4:30pm in the Central Library Auditorium. Citizens interested in speaking must sign up prior to the start of the meeting.


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I found this and it has me rethinking a MTL.
ASV's were popular here in my neighborhood when they first came out, a lot of farmers bought them, some contractors as well, I've run all the rubber tracked skid steers, when you compare them to rubber tired skid steers, the dollars per hour climb considerably. I'd call them a fad for this area, as one told me, everyone needed one until they got it, then they couldn't get rid of them fast enough. I know quite a few mechanics that work on them, none of them have much good to say about them. There must have been somewhere between 30-50 of them in my neighborhood when they came out, there are none left, most all were traded on rubber tired skid steers after only a short time. A lot of the owners told me that unless you absolutely need one don't buy one.
I hear all the complaints and the list is pretty long, if your in an area where it freezes during the winter, good luck running one, depending on what you plan to do with it and who runs it will determine just how high priced the upkeep is on one, I've heard most all the horror stories of the repair costs there has been associated with them, maintenance is also an intense ordeal, especially when its frozen out or in severe mud, the cat versions seem to cause even more problems than the asv's, not sure if its the power put to the tracks or not, but those tear the drive lugs off the tracks more than the asv's, idlers cause considerable grief, as does the terrain that you use them on. I've run them all, to use them they are not bad, but I'm glad I don't have to pay to repair them and keep them going, all my customers that had one, provided us with one to use when we needed a skid steer on site to use instead of bringing in our own skid steer, several owners told me that it costs about 100 bucks ever time you turn the key on, I don't know of any that claimed to get over 1000 hours on a set of tracks, most are under 500 hours, usually due to some failure or drive lugs torn off or tracks stretched to render them useless. I've seen them with the undercarriage snapped clean off and laying on their sides, with locked up idler wheels, worn idlers with tracks spit off, tracks torn up, stretched tracks, drive lugs missing on belts, frozen solid track components, blown drive motor hoses which I've helped to fix, a job you only volunteer to do once. A new machine would be nice to own, a used one, depending on who had it and how it was operated, I'll pass, someone else can have the fun.
I've also noticed over the years, that with tracks you can get a lot further into the mud than with a rubber tired machine, I've seen them so far in and then sank that only to top of the rops stuck out, whereas the rubber tired machines would have never got far enough into the mud to worry about, not sure if its a bragging point or not. We've run them side by side with a rubber tired machine and for some reason they won't climb a hill as steep as a rubber tired machine will loaded, they stall out or spin the drive lugs in the tracks, I'm told thats how you stretch the tracks out, not sure if its true or not. I've been called in to retrieve so many of them that I've lost count, they are heavy and will float over soft terrain up to a point, then they sink like a rock and by then most can't be pulled out, they are like most tracked machines and when the tracks sink, your done moving anywhere and since the front of the tracks are not too high and when loaded the weight is on the front idlers more and causes them to sink pretty fast, this is an observation and also what owners told me over the years. I've also been told that when they bog down in the mud, they don't have the ability to pull themselves out and will stall the tracks or rip the drive lugs off the belts, I've run one that did just that, I can't say I was impressed with the performance of them, on dry ground or just soft ground they work fine, in mud I'd opt for something else.
With the hours on the used ones you mentioned I'd never buy one with a run out undercarriage, the repairs might exceed the value of the machine. I'd also talk to the local repair people that actually work on them, and also price the undercarriage components and figure about half the life of what anyone tells you to expect to get, especially if you've never been around the rubber tracked machines before. There are a lot of variables to determine track life, most are where you plan to use them the rest is who is running the machine, nobody will ever tell you there is such a thing as how to extend the life of the tracks, only what shortens the life of them, a big point to keep in mind.
I have no idea what your planning on using one for, but I'd talk to plenty of people that have owned one and also still have one before ever buying one, if a rubber tired machine will do the jobs your wanting to do, buy one of those instead and hire someone will a rubber tracked machine for the jobs that a tired machine won't do, otherwise best of luck.
I'm not trying to put down any machine and I hope the asv lovers here don't take my post as an attack in any way, its just observations and also what owners have told me over the years from my area and how they were used, I'm sure there is plenty of people who think the world of the machines and in their applications they might be just that.


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Todd Krainin of Reason TV produced this mini-documentary about how "audio-visual recording technologies are fundamentally changing the privacy-versus-security debate in cities all across America." It's called "Surveillance State: Maryland is Listening to You."
Ed from the UK Open Rights Group writes, “Right now, the Government is ramming a new snooping law through Parliament. The Investigatory Powers Bill would force companies such as Sky, BT, Google and Facebook to keep detailed records of what we do online for a year — even if we are not suspected of committing […]
Matthew says: For nine days in 2012, the Los Angeles County Sheriff used a spy plane to record low-resolution images of every corner of Compton. Residents of Compton were not told they were under aerial surveillance. The LASD initially claimed Compton was chosen because the city is flat. Critics pointed out most of Los Angeles […]
NYT: “The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said.” Translation: NYPD creates new secret secretive program to spy on Muslims. (Thanks, Matthew!)
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Kolkata: Even as the political parties appealed for calm in the wake of protests being staged by Trinamool Congress against the manhandling of its leaders by the SFI activists in Delhi yesterday, violence was reported from Kolkata when TMC and CPM supporters clashed in the Presidency University here.
According to reports, the clashes erupted when TMC supporters ransacked labs at the Presidency College. Few students were also reportedly injured in the incident.
This come hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the CPM backed cadre for manhandling her and TMC Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission office in Delhi on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, West Bengal Chief Minister said, “I was manhandled by the CPM cadres. The police did not allow me entry inside the Planning Commission office. I don’t know how things are planned.”
“There were some outside elements. The ruckus is being created by the CPM cadres. My party workers are holding peaceful protests in West Bengal. The CPM leaders are all hypocrites,” she said.
Mamata also told reporters that since she was unwell she would return to Kolkata today but will come to Delhi in future.
“I am leaving for West Bengal today. But I should say Delhi is not safe,” she said.
Minutes ahead of her brief interaction with media, West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan said the manhandling of Mamata Banerjee and other TMC Minister Amit Mitra by the SFI activists was premeditated.
“Attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior TMC ministers was premeditated. The Left must tender an apology to the state’s Chief Minister over the incident,” West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan said.
The Governor also described the incident as a blot on democratic values.
The reaction from the state’s Governor comes as the ruling Trinamool Congress is holding protests across the state in condemnation of the alleged manhandling of Mamata Banerjee and Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission office in Delhi by SFI activists on Tuesday.
The Trinamool Congress workers are staging rallies, holding protests in Kolkata and other parts of the state to protest against the SFI attack on their leaders.
Both, Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress`s general secretary Mukul Roy have urged supporters to ensure peace at the rally.
Security has been beefed up in all sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident. The Chief Minister is also expected to arrive in Kolkata anytime as she has cancelled her scheduled meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
Meanwhile, an FIR has also been registered against some SFI activists who were involved in attack over the Trinamool leaders. The SFI has also condemned the attack on the two senior TMC leaders and called for peace. The Left Front has demanded a probe into yesterday`s incident and demanded a judicial probe. The CPI-M has also called an emergency meeting to discuss the political situation.
Mamata Banerjee and the state’s Finance Minister Amit Mitra were heckled outside the Planning Commission office in the national capital by the SFI activists protesting a young comrade`s death in Kolkata allegedly in police custody.
Dozens of protestors from the SFI waited for the Trinamool Congress leaders outside the Planning Commission office and raised slogans against Mamata Banerjee when she came with Mitra and other ministers to meet the commission`s Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Agitated students carrying placards pushed Mitra around and shouted slogans as he tried to enter the Planning Commission office, a stone`s throw from Parliament. In the melee, his white kurta was torn.
Banerjee later cancelled her scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, citing ill-health. Meanwhile, Mitra was Tuesday evening hospitalised at AIIMS after he complained of chest pain. He is said to be stable today.
The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh also spoke to Mamata last night and expressed regret over the unfortunate incident.
The Chief Minister, who earlier was advised not to get down from her car and instead drive straight inside the complex, chose to walk through the agitators who were shouting "Mamata down, down".
Banerjee was also accompanied by Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim. They too were allegedly pushed around.
A fuming Chief Minister, who was surrounded by the angry crowd, later complained to Ahluwalia, who described the protest as "unwarranted".
When asked by reporters about the incident, Banerjee said, "These are hooligans...Left is playing dirty politics." They can`t stop me. They can kill me. They can`t stop me from discussing development issues of the state," a fuming Banerjee told reporters.
SFI leader Ritabrata Banerjee said, "Our protest is to show Mamata Banerjee that Sudipto Gupta`s death was not a petty matter. People are deeply concerned about what is happening in West Bengal."
Hours after the two TMC leaders were heckled by the SFI activists, the - CPM and SFI offices were targeted in West Bengal’s Habra. CPM`s district office in Siliguri was also vandalised, a former CPM leader`s car was ransacked in Sreerampore and a condolence meeting in Barrackpore for Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old activist who died last week, was disrupted.
The SFI protest followed the death in police custody of the organisation`s leader Gupta in Kolkata April 2.
Union Minister of State for Planning Rajiv Shukla condemned the incident outside the Planning Commission office and said, "It was wrong to use such meetings for political purposes".
CPI-M leadership sought to distance itself from the incident. "We do not approve of any personal targeting," CPI-M leader Nilotpal Basu said.
CPI leader Atul Anjan said people have a right to protest but there was no place for indecency.
With IANS inputs

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Book Review: The Midnight Library
This fictional story with major self-help vibes, follows Nora as she finds herself in the space between life and death.
From the first page, I was intrigued as you're immediately thrust into the mind of Nora, who has decided to kill herself. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a fictional story with major self-help vibes that follows Nora as she finds herself in the space between life and death. There, she's able to sample alternative versions of herself - alternative realities shaped by decisions, small and big, that's she made or hasn't made in her life - as if choosing from a menu.
One of the most poignant parts of this easy to read story for me occurred early on, when a grief-stricken Nora decides to experience what her life would have been like if she'd made her cat an indoor only cat. It leads to the same results and to the realisation that in this instance, nothing she could have done would have stopped her beloved pet from dying and so the guilt she felt was futile.
While the book was enjoyable, with short chapters and the knowledge that if you don't like the current story line - or version of reality that Nora's experiencing - it'll soon be over, makes the book particularly readable. It explores the topics of suicide, guilt and nature vs nurture vs context (Nora sees the world through how others sees her) but keeps the conversation light and surface-level.

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Three people died when a plane crashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday evening.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said one individual onboard the plane and two others on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed at the Bayside Waters Mobile Home Park, Fox 13 reported Friday.
Video footage shows the fire that erupted after the incident, engulfing trees and damaging other mobile homes at the park as firefighters worked to quell the flames:
NEW: Footage shows firefighters and police responding to the scene of a small plane crash at a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida. Fire officials say “several” people have been killed. https://t.co/8fyIcMTShN pic.twitter.com/bZZ9buhRxU
— ABC News (@ABC) February 2, 2024
“When the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V-35 plane crashed into the small, close-knit, 55-plus community, it immediately burst into flames. Residents say they heard something like an explosion or a bomb going off,” the Fox article said.
An image shows first responders at the scene with smoke filling the air:
Clearwater: Report of plane crash with fire involving several trailers at mobile home park off Teakwood Dr. pic.twitter.com/RrrXqZwM8R
— IONTB.COM (@IONTB) February 2, 2024
When speaking with reporters following the crash, Clearwater Police Chief Gandy said his officers arrived to support firefighters as they battled the blaze:
View this if you will as a serious traffic crash, one of our traffic homicide crashes. That’s how we approach these things. Scene preservation is critical and because we’re here before FAA and NTSB it’s our responsibility to ensure this scene’s integrity. So that’s what my units are doing, we’re ensuring the scene is secure and maintained. We work with the medical examiner’s office to remove any victims and work on victim identification. We work to find any witnesses so we can turn all of that information over to our federal partners. Clearly, local law enforcement doesn’t determine causality and causation with aircraft crashes.
Chief Gandy appears with Fire Chief Ehlers to give the latest on the plane crash.
Posted by Clearwater Police Department on Thursday, February 1, 2024
The plane apparently did not have its lights on and was coming down at a 45-degree angle, witnesses claimed, the Fox article said.
We’re on scene of a small plane crash at a mobile home park south of Clearwater Mall. Multiple mobile homes have caught fire. Firefighters from multiple jurisdictions are on scene. pic.twitter.com/1vBLnTnY8R
— Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department (@clearwaterfire) February 2, 2024
Aerial video footage shows the crash site damage on several surrounding homes:
— Spectrum Bay News 9 (@BN9) February 2, 2024
“FAA officials say the pilot reported engine failure and responders on the ground began staging for an emergency landing at Clearwater St. Pete Airport (PIE), before the plane crashed about three miles north of the runway,” the Fox report noted.


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UTV Chief Ronnie Screwvala on 10 GAME-CHANGING CHALLENGES FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
MUMBAI, March 17, 2010. Mr. Ronnie Screwvala, CEO & Founder Chairman, UTV Group, today spelt out a 10-fold game-changing challenge that the entertainment and media industry would have to contend with in the coming years.
Giving the keynote address at FICCI FRAMES 2010 here, Mr. Screwvala said the games changers in the industry would be the scale of operations, competition, consolidation, mobile technology, youth, gaming, broadcasting, cable, assertiveness, the boldness to consume content.
The fast changing mobile technology, he said, would be the key revenue earner as content on the mobile phone is going to be highly monetisable. Telcos, he said, was making more money than any other medium, and the mobile phone was emerging as the number one camera in the world.
Mr. Screwvala said that broadcasting, especially DTH, had changed the media landscape in India and by next year DTH would reach 30 million homes in India.
He said the need of the hour was a 360 degree connect with the consumers as industry players look beyond just the traditional mediums by reaching the consumers across multiple platforms in order to establish a stronger connect. They are taking the help of multiple touch points at the same time to communicate to the consumer across platforms like TV, print, radio, OOH, films, internet, mobile and retail.
Games, Mr. Screwvala said, was the most underconsumed market in India today. But all this was going to change as the worldwide gaming market is poised to become a US$ 45 billion dollar market.


By late 2016, a robotic spacecraft, the size of an average coffee table, will hopefully make a soft landing on the moon, where it will begin mining its lunar surface. The robot in question is part of a contest that will grant its winners a $30 million prize. The objective? To explore the surface of the moon, but also to inspire others to usher in a new age of space exploration.
The most difficult task to be performed in this mission is the soft landing. A successful soft landing occurs when a spacecraft is able to land without causing any damage to the vessel or the items contained within it. This feat has only been achieved on three separate occasions despite various attempts.
The group that is working on this project, the Moon Express, has unique access to NASA through a public-private partnership, which permits them to utilize NASA’s expertise in engineering, as well as in other fields. This also allows them to use the Kennedy Space Center launch facilities when they are ready to send off their finished robot.
Once the robot reaches the moon, it will start mining its surface. Since the map of the moon has already been made, they can direct the robot where they want it to go and use it to mine what could possibly be raw resources in the future, such as rare earth elements, moon rocks, and platinum metals.
However, the biggest opportunity for mining on the moon is to obtain Helium-3. This particular element, although found in a vast supply on the moon, only occurs on Earth in very small amounts. Because Helium-3 is a very clean energy source, it could have an enormous influence on the Earth and on its environment. For example, it could be easily used to fuel nuclear fusion reactors and, in theory, produce enough fuel to run our whole planet’s supply of industries. The Chinese have also announced that they would like to mine this element, should they have the opportunity.
Water on the moon is also an exciting possibility, which could have an enormous impact on space exploration and for astronauts. The moon could potentially function as a station of sorts, where water could be extracted and used to help “fuel-up” rockets, before astronauts continue on their way. Scientists state that when we consider the moon as a part of our Earth and its ecosystem, it allows us to dream bigger and to see the possibilities that may not have been present before.


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Prolonged drinking and smoking no doubt leads to different types of cancer. But according to a recent study, if individuals with this habit are addicted to another beverage i.e. hot tea or coffee they are putting themselves at the higher risk of esophageal cancer.
The study published in the Internal medicines conveys a good message to all smokers and drinkers to avoid having hot beverages. People with esophageal cancer have the least chances of survival. About 85 percent of people die off from esophageal cancer each year in the United States.
Amid people who drank hot tea along with alcohol and cigarette noticed 5 times increased levels of esophageal cancer than those completely said ‘NO’ to these three addictive habits. Dr. Canqing Yu from China led a research that trailed 456,155 having age between 30 to 79 people for 9 years.
The results were amazing. Individuals who drank hot drink along with cigarette and alcohol were at the greater risk of esophageal cancer as compared to those who consumed tea alone. The thermal injury caused by consumption of hot beverages increases other risk factors, said researchers who previously worked on this study.
Quitting consumption of hot beverages in people who are addicted towards smoking and alcohol intake is the only option to stay hands apart from this kind of life-threatening cancer. In past few years, World Health Organization came across the fact that any sort of hot beverage having the temperature up to 149 degrees F including tea and coffee can put an individual at the higher risk of esophageal cancer.
People in the United States prefer drinking tea and coffee at lower temperatures and hence have a lower risk of cancer. In all the study not only figures out people in China but also those in other countries who have the habit of drinking tea along with tobacco chewing, smoking and drinking alcohol.


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Boston Gymnastics academy recently took 7 girls to compete in the Lincolnshire Gymnastics association Level 5 championships held at Spalding Gymnastics club.
They all had a great competition and managed to come away with a County Champion in the Age 10 yrs group. There was a total of 84 gymnasts entered into the competition over the whole day. The overall score for the Boston girls are as follows:
Emily Fordred finished 7th overall scoring a total of 45.733. She also managed to place 3rd overall on the Floor and came 3rd in her age group (Age 12 yrs)
Millicent Walker came 13th overall with a score of 44.600. She finished 2nd in the Age 9yrs group and managed 6th overall on the Beam.
Amelia South finished 14th overall scoring 44.567. Her best result was 2nd overall on the Bars and 3rd in the Age 9yrs group.
Eden Gardner finished 37th overall with a score of 42.867. She managed a 5th overall on the Beam and came 11th in her Age 10yrs group.
Erin Titchmarsh finished in 44th position overall with a score of 42.317 and came 6th in the Age 11yrs group.
Tia Robinson came 45th overall on the day with a score of 42.200 and also came 10th in the 12yrs Age group.
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New Yorkers announce first UK festival date of the summer
The New York band, who announced yesterday (May 23) that they will release their new album ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’ on September 5, will play underneath headliner Plan B at the event.
Jersey Live Festival takes place on September 3–4 at the Royal Jersey Showgrounds on the Channel Island and is set to be headlined by Plan B and Madness. Katy B, The Streets, Cage The Elephant, Santigold, Jamie Woon and Nero are also booked to play.
See Jerseylive.org.uk for more information on the festival.


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Construction continues at the store. The exterior walls have the sheetrock up, and the interior walls are mostly framed. You can actually see the layout of the store a bit now. Here's a picture of Amber, looking back into the semi-private seating area (with the bathrooms behind). The restaurant going in next to us just finished putting up the plywood exterior of their walls. It looks like most of the seating will be on the side opposite us, which is fine.
My next mountains to conquer are the small supplies purchases, hiring the staff for the store (any takers?), buying and setting up the sound system, and designing our menu displays (any graphic designers interested in giving them a bit of a jazzing up?). I also need to find an artist to paint a small mural on a wall above some cabinets. I've seen some samples from a number of artists locally; if anyone knows any good (not too expensive) artists who would be interested in painting a fun little mural for us (I already have the content and style basically worked out), drop me a line.
I'm going to be spending a lot of time in Boulder this next month, working with the stores up there, making sure everything is ready and we've got all our procedures figured out and making sure employee training goes well. As far as I can tell, everything is on track. I've been reading through all the manuals for the different parts of the business. I'm eager to get all the little prep work out of the way and get out there and start making and selling ice cream. Speaking of which, I have a number of distributors I need to call to set up our accounts.
Before I sign off, I'd like to take a moment to say a few words about our coffee roaster, Colorado Coffee Merchants. Eric, who owns the business, used to be a firefighter, and roasting is basically a hobby that grew and grew and grew until he became one of the premier coffee providers in the region. If you stop by their coffee shop/roasting facility during the week, you can see them roast the beans while you wait for your latte. It's pretty fun. I'm also glad to say we found a local (Colorado) company to provide our teas. Most of them are organic and a good number are fair trade, if you're looking for that kind of product. We'll be making drip coffees, espresso drinks, freshly brewed hot and iced teas, and some unique drink items (chai cider, espresso over gelato; things like that). So feel free to come by, pull up a chair next to the fireplace, pull a book off the bookshelf, and enjoy some cold gelato and hot espresso while you look out at Pulpit Rock.