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We see a bunch of celebrity's photos daily. Therefore, in this article we are going to look at some celebrity's photos that are extremely attractive and that deserve many views.
1. Dorea Chege
She is Dorea Chege alias Maggie of Maria. She is an actress, social media influencer and business lady. She is renowned for her influencial role in Maria television series that aired on Citizen television. Dorea Chege has most amazing photos that are extremely attractive. Take a look at the below photos.
2. Betty Kyallo.
This amazing television personality is one of the best social media influencers. Her photos especially on her Instagram are quite stunning. The following photo is one of her best photos that you deserve to see.
She is a Kenyan comedian. We always encounter her on facebook as well as, in churchill show. She is extremely funny. This comedian is beautiful. Take a look at her photos.
4. Kamene Goro
This social media celebrity work with Kiss 100 fm radio, one of the most popular radio stations in Kenya. She airs an amazing talk show in conjunction with Jalang'o alias Jalas. Kamene Goro photos are always pleasing. Here is one of it.
5. Mwende Macharia
She is a radio queen on radio Maisha where she does one of the most famous radio show known as connect. She is always passionate about young people and their talents especially in the world of music. Mwende is stunningly beautiful and the following photos is all you deserve to view.
6. Size 8
She is a Kenyan gospel singer. She is married to deejay Moh. This celebrity is quite wonderful and attractive. Take a look at her charming photos.
7. Jackie Matubia
She is a Kenyan actress. She is very popular. This actress is awesome and her physical appearance is amazing. Below photos deserve countless views.
8. Diana Murua
She is married to musician Bahati. She is a Kenyan singer who is recently doing well in the music industry. Diana is smart. Take a look at her photos.
9. Teacher Wanjiku
She is a Kenyan comedian who is very popular. Teacher wanjiku always kill the swag. Her photos are very charming.
10. Joyce Maina
She is a television presenter with switch television. She is an actress as well. She is a woman of style and fashion. See the below photo.
11. Nana Owiti
She is a television host with switch television. she is married to King Kaka. She is stylish and lovely. The following photos deserve million views.
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4 Bikes ~ Community Pool + Tennis ~ Nature Trails ~ Fitness center ~ Snowbird Friendly
Top Reasons to Book this Beautiful Home:
* 1 mile to Beach Highlands Neighborhood Beach Access
* 4 Bikes Included
* Located Next to Cypress Dunes Community Club House
* Infinity Pool (seasonally heated) overlooking Gulf and Topsail State Park
* Snorkel the Seahorse Reef-more info under Area Attractions below
* Tennis courts, Nature Trails and Fitness Center
* Close to Stinky’s Fish Camp, Grand Blvd, and Gulf Place
* Professionally Managed; 24/7 Service
*This property is NOT AVAILABLE for rent to those under the age of 25. No Exceptions.*
*Vehicles including pickup trucks with raised camper tops or other raised enclosures or commercial vehicles (including all vehicles with commercial lettering or logos), boats, trailers, large trucks, campers, jet skis, motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), or similar vehicles are NOT PERMITTED in the Cypress Dunes community.*
*We LOVE Snowbirds! Low Monthly Winter Rates*
Snowbird Season runs January thru February, on a monthly basis. To prepare a qualified quote, select your arrival date (must be the 1st day of the month) and the departure date (must be the 1st day of the month). Alternate dates must be pre-approved. All monthly rentals are subject to an additional $150 cleaning fee. Please contact us with your interest and to further assist!
*Wristbands need to be worn at the Pool, Tennis Courts, and Clubhouse and Guests will be charged $100 for each lost Wristband.*
After a day in the sun, you will want to kick back and relax at Blue Fish Cottage! This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home is located in the Luxurious Cypress Dunes community, just off Hwy 30A. Blue Fish Cottage has a laid back, coastal feel with gorgeous hardwood flooring and wainscoting paneling throughout. The living room is on the main floor with high vaulted ceilings in an open floor concept flawlessly transitioning the dining room, living room, and kitchen. Create a home cooked meal in the professional-grade kitchen with lavish quartz countertops. With a king bed in the Master Suite, a king bed in one guest room, and a full-over-full bunk bed in the other, this lovely beach home sleeps 6 guests comfortably. With two porches and balconies there is plenty of outdoor space to enjoy the salty beach breeze, sunrise, or sunset. Enjoy the sparkling community pool, get some fun exercise at the tennis courts, or take a leisurely stroll through the nature trails. Make Blue Fish Cottage your next place to relax and unwind!
Along the west of 30A, just east of Miramar Beach, you’ll find the luxury gated community that is Cypress Dunes. Here begins the 18 mile bike path that stretches all the way to Rosemary Beach. You will love neighborhood amenities here that include gulf views from the infinity edged swimming pool (seasonally heated for spring and fall school breaks and the holidays), outdoor fireplace, large hot tub, fitness center, and a second-level sundeck overlooking the Gulf and Coastal Dunes Lake. Stroll along the wooden boardwalk and nature trails, have a picnic on the expansive recreational lawn area or get your game on at the tennis courts. For luxury and convenience, Cypress Dunes truly has something for everyone!
The Bed Setup:
Guest Room: Full-over-Full Bunk Bed
Master Bedroom: King Bed with private balcony
Guest Room: King Bed with private balcony
30A is a fantastic destination, the beaches are some of the world’s best with sugar white sand and emerald green waters. You will find plenty of beach accesses along a 17 mile stretch of Santa Rosa Beach. It boasts unique shopping, fantastic cuisine and the incredible architecture that makes 30A famous. There are activities for everyone; kayak rentals, bike rentals, paragliding, fishing, golfing, hiking, swimming, tennis -- you'll find it all right here.
The Gulf Place community is located along a 26-mile stretch of sugar-white sand and turquoise waters of Northwest Florida’s celebrated Emerald Coast. As one of the 16 distinct beach neighborhoods in South Walton, it has its own distinct character and charm. This colorful community on 30A is comprised of 25 acres located in the heart of Santa Rosa Beach on the corner of 30A and 393. Gulf Place was specifically designed to slow visitors and locals down with palm tree-lined streets, wide sidewalks, colorful outdoor patios with large umbrellas, nature walking trails, green spaces and ample park benches to sit and enjoy the views. Gulf Place is unique from all the other South Walton neighborhoods. Residents and guests gather here to enjoy original art, boutique shopping, local cuisine, live music and a laid back atmosphere.
The snorkelers in your group will love the new artificial reef called Seahorse Reef, deployed in 2017. Located just 715 feet out from the Topsail Hill Preserve State Park access, it is becoming a haven for sea life. Each of the 4 snorkeling reefs comprises 40 acres of permitted sea bottom. The Seahorse Reef is at a depth of 13-18 feet. We strongly recommend that snorkelers use a kayak, paddleboard, or other flotation device when visiting the snorkel reefs. Sea conditions can and do change quickly and often. Enjoy!
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This property has a max occupancy of 6 guests.
Ages 13 or above
Infant - Age 12
Pets not allowed

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How does your enclosure perform in terms of efficiency?
25 June 2013
Where enclosures are concerned, packing density is rather more important to the IT sector than it is to industrial users. You have only to look at a modern server installation where just one enclosure may have a power dissipation requirement in the region of 20 to 30kW. That is a great challenge for cooling technology.
Rittal - The System
Generally, industrial cooling requirements are around a tenth those of the IT sector. Target temperatures are also a factor. In the IT sector, cooling to a constant temperature of 22°C in front of the servers is mandated, whereas the optimum temperature within an industrial enclosure might be closer to 35°C.
Essentially, this is down to operational economies; more cooling than is necessary will result in higher energy bills. On the other hand, higher enclosure temperatures may shorten the useful life of the electronic components housed by the enclosure. Is a compromise the only solution?
Well no, actually. Rittal’s approach is to make the cooling system as efficient as it is possible to make it, cost-effectively and without compromising the cooling performance, thus satisfying the disparate needs of both the IT and industrial sectors. And that requires a considerable degree of innovation in terms of design.
Rittal is a company that prides itself on the efficiency of its enclosure climate control systems. Examples include a new generation of fan-and-filter units, the energy-saving Blue e cooling system with intelligent control, and new product concepts in liquid-based cooling for both IT and industrial users.
Once the cooling loads have been determined, there are essentially three methods to consider. Cooling can be provided with ambient air - fan-and-filter units or air/air heat exchangers would suffice, so long as the ambient temperature is less than the desired internal temperature. If this is not the case, ‘active’ cooling will be necessary.
In the latter case, IT infrastructure cooling using water as the heat transfer medium has developed apace in recent years, and the technical developments for IT users now benefit industrial users as well; Rittal’s LCP cooling system is case in point.
The other ‘efficiencies’
Beyond the economical use of energy, there are other ‘efficiencies’ that can be attained with the right enclosure system. The IT industry is particularly dynamic and its needs are constantly evolving.
Making sure that the components and modules are available to meet these needs also has to do with efficiency. This is where the ‘Rittal – The System’ programme comes into effect. Rittal’s partnerships with the big server manufacturers and industrial enclosure suppliers, is all about thinking ahead to determine what these companies will need for the future.
Further efficiencies are to be found in terms of installation. An enclosure manufacturer has little chance of influencing raw material costs, other than making economical use of costly materials such as copper. However, they can use the most intelligent design and production processes in order to achieve installation gains – and thus further cost efficiencies for their customers.
If products can be assembled in a few minutes as opposed to a few hours, for example, then that also contributes in terms of system efficiency. A good example of installation efficiency is provided by Rittal’s new base/plinth system, Flex-Block, a novel design that uses recyclable plastic materials. Whereas the assembly time for a conventional base/plinth is about ten minutes, Flex Block can be installed in just one minute.
You can find out more about Rittal – The System – a complete hardware-to-software enclosure system offering here.
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The Facts: Young has officially ascended to the throne. The Alabama product and No. 1 overall pick took his place atop the highest of Panther pedestals Thursday, joining the starting lineup for the first time in Carolina's organized team activities. HC Frank Reich told reporters this is all part of his plan to have Young ready to go for training camp, the regular season and beyond. "Bryce has taken the snaps with the ones this week," Reich said Thursday. "That was something at the beginning that (general manager) Scott (Fitterer) and I kind of earmarked the time when we thought would be best. Kind of mapping out, talked it through with the staff, you know, at the beginning of the offseason, this was kind of the time that we had marked this week to just kind of move him up."
Diehards Line: All that said, Young isn't the official starter. "Not yet," Reich said when asked if he felt comfortable naming Young the Week 1 starter. "He's showing everything you want to see. But again, this goes back to even the draft, you don't make a decision until you have to make it, right? We'll just keep giving him and our team the opportunity to get better and to earn that starting role. So far, he and a lot of our guys are taking the steps needed to earn that spot. But we don't have to make that decision yet, so we'll just kind of keep chugging along here." Reich is, in typical coach fashion, avoiding speaking in absolutes when it's early June. For all intents and purposes, though, this is Young's job, and Young's team.

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This work employs adaptive reduced order models (ROMs) in the design of model predictive controllers for stabilization of processes that are mathematically expressed as parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) systems. Initially, we construct a locally valid ROM of the PDE system employing the basis functions computed by applying an adaptive model reduction methodology called APOD on a small data ensemble. This ROM is then utilized in the design of model predictive controllers (MPC) under constraints on the control action. As periodic closed-loop process data becomes available (during closed-loop operation under the constructed MPC), we recursively update the ROM by employing our computationally efficient adaptive model reduction methodology thus extending the validity of ROM over the current operating region. The effects of employing the adaptive methodology on performance of MPC is studied. The design of such MPC controllers is illustrated by employing the methodology on numerical simulations.


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Evaluation of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Efficacy on Chemotherapy Treatment in triple negative Breast Cancer by continuous live Cell Imaging
Affiliation: Hochschule Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Germany
Keywords: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Demetrios Award, Master Thesis
Categories: Demetrios Project, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Medicine
Triple negative breast cancer is heterogeneous type of breast cancer which, due to its high proliferation, aggressiveness, rapid progression and poor prognosis, is still a challenge to treat. These characteristics, together with distant metastasis, make this breast cancer subtype resistant to standard treatment. With the lack of targeted therapy, conventional chemotherapy is still the only established treatment option, where mostly taxanes and anthracyclines are chemotherapy of choice. Therefore, there is a need for investigation and development of new effective therapy regimens with goal to improve clinical therapy outcomes. Recently, it has been reported that autophagy has a protective role in response to anti-tumor treatments in many cancer types, including breast cancer, leading to chemotherapy resistance and has gained significant interest in cancer research. Here, we assessed the role of autophagy inhibitors, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine on MDAMB-231 TNBC cell line and chemotherapy drug efficacy in this cell line when these autophagy inhibitors were administrated in combination with chemotherapy, camptothecin and gemcitabine. The cell responses were observed by continuous live cell imaging, robust method that enables detection of dynamic morphological changes, thus providing better insights of complex cellular processes. Our data suggest that when MDA-MB231 cells were ptretreated with either 30 µM chloroquine or 30 µM hydroxychloroquine followed by chemotherapy drug administration, in this case gemcitabine and camptothecin, dead cell area was in significant increase, compared to drugs given as single agents. Moreover, even when chemotherapy drugs were administrated at lower doses after chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine pretreatment it followed the same pattern of significant dead cell area increase. These findings indicate potential anti-cancer effect of both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and suggest further clinical investigation of these autophagy inhibitors in combination with chemotherapeutics and in different cancer types due to their potential value in the development of novel cancer therapies.

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Vinda Devi, Gurbina Devi and many Musahar women are resolutely fighting the living conditions faced by their marginalised community in the remote village of Gaurishriram, UP, which lacks even basic facilities like housing, water or sanitation. These brave women have come out winners in their struggle against poverty, lack of education and health care, sparking hope among the Musahars of a better future for their children. Rinu, a widow who works as farm labour to feed her three children, is determined to educate them. “No doubt I am struggling for survival today, but I want my children to have a better future.” she says. Dreams are what the iridescent eyes of these Musahar women of Gaurishriram are made of.
Belonging to one of the most marginalised and ostracised communities, the 97 Musahars families of Gaurishriram languish at the very bottom of the society, eking out a living by working as unskilled farm or brick kiln labourers. Lack of facilities for generations have forced them to live in unhygienic conditions with no proper housing, electricity or even water or toilets. For the longest time, the community had been in the dark about the available Government facilities and schemes.
The situation, however, is looking up today in Gaurishriram. The women are in the vanguard of a gradual transformation taking place in this tiny village. Determined to free their families and children from their dismal living conditions, the women of the community came forward as a group in 2016. Vinda, along with 60 women, formed a group with the help of terre des hommes partner SKVS, an organization working in the area. The group met regularly, trying to understand the reasons for their vulnerable conditions and to find a way forward. Regular interaction with the team helped the women garner vital information about the entitlements and benefits offered by several Government schemes aimed at elevating their lives.
In May 2016 the spirited group organized a 10-day MNREGA registration camp in their village with the help of SKVS team, where 150 members received their job cards and 65 families got 14-days of work at the Block Development Office. It was an unforgettable day for the members of the group when they received Rs.2,436 in their accounts for their 14-days of work. Happiness spread across the faces of these soldiers of development as they basked in the knowledge that their children and family members will never go unfed from now on. Gurbina Devi, an active member of the group says, “Development is impossible without information and knowledge. This is our stepping stone to a brighter tomorrow.”
Today, as these feisty women continue their struggle in demanding 200 days of work per year from MNREGA, their sustained effort is reflected in the households of Gaurishriram. A long journey lies ahead of them, but for now, hunger and poverty have been conquered and the women can look forward to educating their children, living in pucca houses, better healthcare facilities and good clothes for their families.


One of my favorite emails each morning is "Al's Morning Meeting." Written by former journalist and current Poynter contributor and consultant Al Tompkins, the daily email is designed to provide reporters with story ideas and insights to emerging trends in the industry.
Yesterday, he described how he posts his video blogs. Using a camera he bought online for $60 and other inexpensive software that actually provides a teleprompter for it, he shows just how easy it is to do a video report suitable for the Web. Watch the video and you'll be ready to start posting yourself.
Have other tips like this to share with other government communicators? Send us an email at email@example.com or leave a comment below.


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“COVID is a unique virus,” Dr. William Moore of NYU Langone Health told Engadget. Most viruses attack the respiratory bronchioles, resulting in a pneumonia-like area of increased density, he explained. “But what you usually won’t see is a tremendous amount of cloudy density.” But that’s exactly what doctors are discovered with COVID patients. “They will have an increased density which appears to be an inflammatory process of pneumonia rather than a typical bacterial pneumonia, which is a denser area and in a specific location. [COVID] appears to be bilateral; it appears to be somewhat symmetrical. “
When the epidemic first hit New York City, “we started trying to figure out what to do, how we could actually help manage patients,” Moore continued. “So there were two or three things going on: There was a huge number of patients coming in, and we had to find ways to predict what was going to happen. [to them]. “
To do this, the NYU-FAIR team started with chest x-rays. As Moore notes, x-rays are performed regularly, essentially whenever patients complain of shortness of breath or other symptoms of respiratory distress and are ubiquitous in rural community hospitals and large metropolitan medical centers. The team then developed a series of metrics to measure complications as well as patient progression from ICU admission to ventilation, intubation and potential mortality.
“This is another clearly demonstrable metric we could use,” Moore said of patient deaths. “Then we were like ‘okay let’s see what we can use to predict that’, and of course the chest x-ray was one of the things that we thought was very important.
Once the team established the necessary metrics, they set about training the AI / ML model. However, this raised another challenge. “Because the disease is new and its progression is not linear”, explains Nafissa Yakubova, manager of the Facebook AI program, who previously helped NYU develop faster MRIs, Engadget told. “It’s hard to make predictions, especially long-term predictions.”
In addition, at the start of the epidemic, “we did not have COVID datasets, above all there were no labeled datasets [for use in training an ML model], “she continued.” And the size of the datasets was also quite small. “
So the team did the next best thing: they “pre-trained” their model using larger publicly available chest x-ray databases, in particular MIMIC-CXR-JPG and CheXpert, using a self-supervised learning technique called Momentum contrast (MoCo).
Fundamentally, as Towards data science Dipam Vasani explains, when you train an AI to recognize specific things – for example, dogs – the model has to develop this ability through a series of steps: first to recognize lines, then to basic geometric shapes, then to more patterns. detailed, before being able to distinguish a Husky from a Border Collie. The FAIR-NYU team took the first steps of their model and pre-trained them on the larger public datasets, then went back and refined the model using the smaller COVID-specific dataset. “We don’t make the diagnosis of COVID – whether you have COVID or not – on the basis of an x-ray,” Yakubova said. “We’re trying to predict the progression of its severity.”
“The key here, I think, was… to use a series of images,” she continued. When a patient is admitted, the hospital will take an x-ray and then probably take more in the next few days, “so you have this time series of images, which was essential to have a more accurate prediction.” When fully trained, the FAIR-NYU model managed a diagnostic accuracy of around 75% – on par and, in some cases, exceeding the performance of human radiologists.
It’s a smart solution for a number of reasons. First, the initial pre-training is extremely resource intensive – to the point that it is simply not possible for individual hospitals and health centers to do it alone. But using this method, massive organizations like Facebook can develop and will develop the initial model and then provide it to hospitals as open source code, which these healthcare providers can then complete the training using using their own data sets and a single GPU.
Second, since the initial models are trained on generalized chest x-rays rather than COVID-specific data, these models could – in theory at least, FAIR has not yet tried it – be adapted to other respiratory diseases by swapping just the data used for fine tuning. This would allow health care providers not only to model a given disease, but also to adapt that model to their specific locality and situation.
“I think that’s one of the really amazing things the team has done from Facebook,” Moore concluded, “is take something that’s a great resource – the CheXpert and MIMIC databases – and power apply it to a new and emerging disease process that we knew very little about when we first started doing it, in March and April.


Pampas grass, occasionally by its longer name American pampas grass, silver pampas grass, or in Latin as Cortaderia selloana known, is one of the most popular and well-known ornamental grasses. Retro and boho interiors, as well as wedding decorations inspired by these styles, are completely incomplete without a few bunches of this aesthetically pleasing ornamental plant. Pampas grass is instantly recognizable by its large, feathery, fluffy and graceful panicles perched at the top of long stems. They are a bit like ostrich feathers in appearance, but are much more environmentally friendly and also significantly cheaper. With proper drying and storage, pampas grass bundles can last up to 3 years without losing their fluffy texture. But did you know that you can keep this pretty ornamental plant in your own garden or even on the balcony? In the next few lines we would like to share with you practical pampas grass care tips as well as exciting facts worth knowing about this exotic beauty. Just keep reading!
The graceful pampas grass is a great eye-catcher in the garden
A must-have in boho style
Interesting facts and trivia about pampas grass
Pampas Grass is a perennial, evergreen, herbaceous clump plant that can reach staggering heights of over 4 meters. It can be visually separated into two parts – a dense tuft of shoots with long, thin and sharp deciduous leaves and long peduncles with feathery, panicle-shaped inflorescences growing out from the middle. Each individual mature plant can produce around 20 panicles during its annual flowering period from June to November.
The decoratively valuable panicles themselves can be up to one meter long and have different colors. Although silvery white is the most common, the different cultivars can also sprout off-white, taupe or light brown panicles.
Silvery white is the most common, but not the only pampas grass color
In the market and in some botanical gardens you can also occasionally spot pampas grass with pink or purple panicles. Interestingly, despite their visual similarities, they are two different plant species. The latter is called purple pampas grass or Andean pampas grass, in Latin Cortaderia jubata. It is common in mountainous regions, while the American species is native to the pampas, i.e. large grasslands in South America. In our gardens, however, both pampas grass species have very similar care requirements.
Pampas grass can thrive both in beds and in large pots, both growing methods have their unique advantages and disadvantages. In the container, for example, you have full control over the soil and its nutrients as well as external influences. On the other hand, pampas grass in the tub never grows as large and lush as that grown in the garden. If you want to get the best results from a potted pampas grass, then your best bet is to choose a dwarf variety such as B. Pumila or Evita.
Dwarf varieties can thrive quite well on the balcony or patio
Is Pampas Grass Toxic to Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, and Other Pets?
If you have pets that have access to your yard or potted plants, it’s always important to do some thorough research to make sure they’re actually safe. Many popular and seemingly harmless ornamental plants can actually be fatal to our fluffy friends.
Fortunately, this is not the case with pampas grass – this plant does not contain any toxic substances. Because of its sharp and cutting leaves, your pets will generally stay away from this plant themselves. However, gardeners with grass pollen allergies should avoid this ornamental plant.
All pets can and should be trained not to bite plants
The ideal location for optimal pampas grass care
When speaking of the ideal location for a plant, one should first look at the climate in its natural place of origin. Cortaderia selloana comes, as already mentioned, from the Pampas. These vast expanses of grass have a temperate climate with average temperatures of around 18 degrees, only occasional rainfall and plenty of sun. The soil is fertile, sandy, loamy and well-drained with a neutral to slightly acidic pH.
The origin of these ornamental grasses is in the name
It’s important to keep all of these climate characteristics in mind when choosing the right spot for your pampas grass. This should be sunny or partially shaded and relatively dry. Places exposed to strong winds or drafts should be avoided. Despite excellent flexibility, the tall stems of this ornamental plant can still snap.
One of the best locations to plant pampas grass is right next to the south-facing wall of the house. This will not only serve as a wonderful background and let the decorative ornamental plant shine, but will also provide the most sunlight.
If you want to place several plants next to each other, for example to create a privacy barrier, then do this with a distance of at least 1.5 meters between them. With good care, pampas grass can grow super fast and suppress other plants all around. In our gardens you can expect about 1 meter of growth per year.
Pampas grass looks particularly good in Mediterranean and boho gardens
Substrate, fertilizer and watering
Pampas grass is very undemanding in terms of soil and fertilizer. However, if you want to mimic its natural environment and be rewarded with lots of panicles and vigorous growth, it is best to plant it in a rich, humus rich, well-drained soil. A pH between 5.5 and 6.5 is generally perfect.
The young plants are planted in spring, after the last frost. In their first year, the small pampas grasses should not receive any fertilizer. It is only in the second year that they are fed every 2 weeks up to the beginning of August at the latest, with a diluted, ordinary flowering plant fertilizer. Compost and worm castings tea are also very suitable.
Regular but moderate watering is a real keyword for optimal pampas grass care. The soil should not dry out completely, but it should not be too wet either. Check the soil moisture with a finger before each watering. These ornamental grasses all too often suffer from root rot in our regions.
This ornamental grass feels very comfortable in the rock garden
Hibernation and pruning
Snow is a real rarity in the Pampas, but here it’s on its head. Although pampas grass can withstand temperatures as low as -15 degrees, it absolutely requires protection from the cold from December. To do this, make a dry and dense “winter jacket” around the ornamental plant. All the leaves are gathered up and tied with a string. Dry leaves, straw and fir greens are then attached all around. A jute bag is also useful. In the end, the whole thing should resemble a teepee.
It is imperative that the weather is dry when you tie the pampas grass
Only take off the “winter jacket” after the last frost. Now is also the time to remove all dry and dead plant parts. The straw-like foliage can usually be easily pulled out. However, the dry flower stalks must be cut off with sharp pruning shears. Always wear gardening gloves and long-sleeved clothing when working with the pampas grass, as the sharp leaves can leave small cuts.
If you plan to prune pampas grass later in the year for decorative purposes, it is best to do so before the flowers fully open. Then hang the stems upside down to dry. After about a week they are ready to be arranged.
Pampas grass care is very unproblematic under suitable conditions, but it also has its unique characteristics. If you do everything right, this ornamental plant will reward you year after year with wonderful blooms in the typical boho style.
Be careful not to cut off the young shoots
Make your own arrangements with cut flowers from your own garden
Pampas grass flowers are full of seeds that the little songbirds love to pick


- Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said Jen Psaki is at the top of her game as press secretary.
- On Friday, Fox News' Peter Doocy pressed Psaki on Biden's travels to the US-Mexico border.
- Psaki said Biden doesn't need to travel to the border for a "photo-op."
Despite his criticisms of the Biden administration, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said he thinks Press Secretary Jen Psaki is "one of the best press secretaries ever," during a segment on Friday's White House press briefing.
At the briefing, Psaki sparred with Wallace's colleague, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, who pressed her over President Joe Biden's remarks during a CNN town hall on Thursday that he has been to the US-Mexico border.
Psaki said that Biden has become "well-versed" in every aspect of the country's immigration system throughout his political career, has traveled to Mexico and Central America during his tenure as vice president, and has worked on bipartisan immigration reform.
"He does not need a visit to the border to know what a mess was left by the last administration. That's his view," Psaki said, adding that Biden did do a drive through visit in 2008.
Doocy followed up and asked: "Does that count as a visit? He said 'I've been there before.' You're saying he drove by, does that count as a visit?"
In response, Psaki said Biden does not need to visit the border for a "photo op," something she said former President Donald Trump was focused on. She added that Biden's approach to immigration reform will be different than Trump's.
During his time in office, Trump made several visits to the border, including one trip that he reportedly said was just a photo opportunity that was "not going to change a damn thing."
Wallace said his reaction to the exchange was that both Doocy and Psaki are "at the top of their game," even comparing Doocy to Sam Donaldson, the chief White House correspondent for ABC News during the Reagan administration.
A 1987 episode of NPR's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, "Confronting the President,", described Donaldson as a reporter known for his loud, aggressive manner of questioning then-President Ronald Reagan.
"And since I was working in the press corps when Sam Donaldson was there, that's a very grudging compliment on my part," Wallace added.
Wallace said he doesn't know if "anything was particularly accomplished" from the exchange but that Doocy and Psaki both "gave and got pretty good."


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Power producers rose nearly 17 per cent to Rs 1,02,684 crore in February this year, reflecting persistent stress in the sector.
New Delhi: Total dues owed by electricity distribution companies to power producers rose nearly 17 per cent to Rs 1,02,684 crore in February this year, reflecting persistent stress in the sector.
Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 87,888 crore to power generation firms in February 2020, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification and Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators).
However, total outstanding dues of discoms towards power generation firms in February slightly dipped from Rs 1,03,116 crore in January this year and Rs 102,676 crore in December 2020.
The PRAAPTI portal was launched in May 2018 to bring in transparency in power purchase transactions between generators and discoms.
In February 2021, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 45 days of grace period offered by generators, stood at Rs 91,549 crore as against Rs 73,867 crore in same month a year ago.
The overdue amount stood at Rs 92,120 crore in January 2021 and Rs 93,599 crore in December 2020.
Power producers give 45 days to discoms to pay bills for electricity supply. After that, outstanding dues become overdue and generators charge penal interest on that in most cases.To give relief to power generation companies (gencos), the Centre enforced a payment security mechanism from August 1, 2019.
Under this mechanism, discoms are required to open letters of credit for getting power supply.
The Central government had also given some breathers to discoms for paying dues to power generating companies in view of the COVID-19-induced lockdown.
The government had also waived penal charges for late payment of dues in the directive.
In May, the government announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion for discoms under which these utilities would get loans at economical rates from Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and REC Ltd. This was a government initiative to help gencos to remain afloat. Later, the liquidity infusion package was increased to Rs 1.2 lakh crore and further to Rs 1.35 lakh crore.
Last month, Power Minister R K Singh had said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that “so far, loans of Rs 1,35,497 crore have been sanctioned (under the liquidity infusion scheme and Rs 46,321 crore have been released to states/DISCOMs by REC and PFC (Power Finance Corporation)”.
The minister had also explained to the House that due to the consequent nationwide lockdown, the revenues of the power distribution companies (DISCOMs) nosedived, as people were unable to pay for electricity consumed.
Discoms in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana and Tamil Nadu account for the major portion of dues to power gencos, the data showed.
Overdue of independent power producers amount to 46.31 per cent of the total overdue of Rs 91,549 crore of discoms in February.
The proportion of central PSU gencos in the overdue was 40.21 per cent. Among the central public sector power generators, NTPC alone has an overdue amount of Rs 14,110.26 crore on discoms, followed by Damodar Valley Corporation at Rs 6,200.08 crore, NLC India at Rs 6,047.48 crore, NHPC at Rs 2,538.10 crore and THDC India at Rs 2,004.66 crore in February 2021.
Among private generators, discoms owe the highest overdue of Rs 17,178.62 crore to Adani Power followed by Bajaj Group-owned Lalitpur Power Generation Company Ltd at Rs 4,817.12 crore, SEMB (Sembcorp) at Rs 3,178.40 crore and GMR at Rs 2,195.12 crore in February 2021.
The overdue of non-conventional energy producers like solar and wind stood at Rs 12,346.04 crore in February 2021.


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Most educational programs, even those with solid art programs, portray art as a reprieve from homework and arithmetic. Frivolous and fun, art is a way to decorate the realities of learning, growing up and living. But not this program. "Hi Art!" exposes kids to opera and other forms of high art starting at toddlerdom. A bold mission, it's true, but a hugely successful one thus far. In its 15 years of running the program has become one of the most talked-about in New York.
Cyndie Bellen-Berthézène, "Hi Art!"s founder and director, said, "Great art transmits something that is essentially human." It doesn't just color our lives, it has the power to be at the core of how we live. Although when I think of opera we tend to think of a stodgy, elderly woman with teeny binoculars and white gloves, at its core opera is pure human expression. The words, the costumes, the sets, all take the back seat to an indescribable momentum and feeling. What is more accessible than that?
It's a nice idea, but would it work? Visions of tiny children with baby binoculars flashed through my mind. I entered the airy space, combining the best aspects of an artist's loft and a preschool classroom, mixing Pollock-ish mammoth canvasses with, well, large amounts of glitter. Bellen-Berthézène told me about the roots of the project; she was an opera singer, her husband a composer, and the duo would regularly play opera for their daughter. Bellen-Berthézène soon realized her toddler daughter had internalized the music in "Petrushka," predicting the next scene while she couldn't even see the TV. Bellen-Berthézène used her daughter, who was an unusually apt communicator for her age, to express the connection that, presumably, other children were feeling to high art but just could not communicate. "We assume everything has to be made very small for kids," Bellen-Berthézène said. "When in fact kids learn a tremendously large amount, they just don't have the language for it."
My visit to "Hi Art!" came just days after the launch of the “Impact Creativity” campaign, which supports theater education programs in low-income schools around the country. The program is "in response to the alarming decline in funding for arts education and seeks to... help shape a more intelligent, diverse, confident and creative 21st century workforce by investing in arts and theater education as essential learning." This shift from excess to essence is a huge one, one that both "Impact Creativity" and "HiArt!'s" non-profit offshoot, "The Time In Children's Arts Initiative," bravely enact.
In came the kids. Bellen-Berthézène had given be a little background on this particular class. Pulled from one of the Bronx's struggling districts, this kindergarten class was composed of children with special needs and learning disabilities as well as some without. All were from low income families, many from troubled homes. Hi Art! was a sort of permanent field trip, bringing the kids by bus to Chelsea for around two hours once a week.
They immediately flocked to Bellen-Berthézène and I, who were seated on two red, velvet pillows. "Miss Cindy!" they screamed as they gave her hugs and squeezed her hand. The eyed our cups of coffee, spurring choruses of "What are you drinking?" And then, seeing our crossed legs, "Are you doing yoga?" Immediately a cloud formed around us of pint-sized yogis chanting "om."
Bellen-Berthézène sat the kids down to continue watching Rimsky's "Sadko," an opera they would watch and interact with over a two month period. But first, dance time. The kids were glowing as they bounced and twirled to the number, scarves in hand, but they were more than just excited to jump around. They were clearly feeling the music, hovering to the ground in the lull before the crescendo, and then leaping up at the throbbing climax. They didn't have the vocabulary to discuss the progression of the opera, but they were definitely aware of it.
Then we watched a performance. For a moment the kids air-conducted but soon they were transfixed on the screen. Bellen-Berthézène translated the Russian lyrics into an English fairy tale. Then the children interacted with the opera, making a collage based off the day's clip. Although I couldn't stay, the class would later climb through the interactive installation at Tanya Bonakdur Gallery.
The trip was a great example of how opera could change from being a passive pastime of the culturally literate to a vessel for universal human expression. In other words, through programs like these, the opera changes from elitist to equalizing. When those kids were dancing to opera, they got it. As Bellen-Berthézène said, "Mozart speaks to five year olds from the Bronx as much as it speaks to 60 year olds at the Met."
Correction: A previous edition of this article stated the class viewed was part of the HiArt program. In fact it was part of HiArt!'s non-profit offshoot, The Time In Children's Arts Initiative.

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The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 188 on revised uniform unclaimed property act sponsored by Rep. J. Young. Sen. Koch presented the bill which repeals the unclaimed property act and replaces it with the revised unclaimed property act.
On March 16, the following testified in favor of the bill: the Attorney General’s Office, the Indiana Credit Union League, and the Indiana Bankers Association. The Committee held the bill for amendment.
On March 24, the Committee amended the bill by consent. Amendment #7 removes the requirement that an apparent owner have the same mailing address for both an inactive and a related account for purposes of indicating an interest in property. Amendment #8 revises language regarding the date a pension account or retirement account is considered abandoned, limits the published notice of property held by the attorney general to property with a value greater than $100, revises language regarding the reporting and record maintenance requirements for property that was not previously required to be reported, requires the attorney general to adopt rules regarding virtual currency and digital assets, and makes technical corrections. The Indiana Bankers Association and the Attorney General’s Office testified in support of the amended bill. The amended bill passed 11-0.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/188


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10 Jun June 10, Kinda slow
Only weighed in a 14 pounder yesterday, so kind of slow. We know the kayak guys are doing well, but the weather was kind of snotty last night and we didn’t see too many boats out. Neil and Nate, who politely do not describe their location, had a great time yesterday. They said for a couple of hours the bass would only follow their plugs and not hit. Eventually it turned on and they had a great time for themselves. Knowing those two that means a good number of big fish.
By the way, Neil Allen, who was out with Nate yesterday, is the craftsman behind the Striper Sniper line of custom made plugs. You can see his story at ntacustom.com. His new Kona Popper was profiled in a recent On The Water magazine article. He’s also a master rod-builder and has been pumping them out for a long time. Here’s a photo of both Neil and his Kona Popper.


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During Sunday night’s 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof accepted the award for Outstanding Limited Series and gave a speech in which he encouraged others to “embrace paradox.”
“Stop worrying about getting canceled,” he said from what appeared to be his office while his masked-up fellow writers stood behind him, “and ask yourself what you’re doing to get renewed.”
It was advice phrased in television-industry parlance that could have worked just as well in a political speech, which was appropriate given Watchmen’s dual role as an exciting comic-book saga and a condemnation of systemic racism. It also applied to the vibe of the entire 2020 Emmy Awards, the first of the major awards shows — if your letter ain’t in EGOT, you don’t count as major — to unfold on national television during a pandemic.
The Emmys is, first and foremost, a live program designed to celebrate entertainment while simultaneously being entertaining. But the political could not be ignored this year — not in Mark Ruffalo’s acceptance speech for his work in HBO’s I Know This Much Is True, a speech that passionately called on Americans to vote; nor in the Breonna Taylor T-shirts worn by the lead and supporting-actress winners in the limited-series field, Regina King and Uzo Aduba; nor the fact that the “In Memoriam” segment kicked off with a brief tribute from host Jimmy Kimmel to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
One could argue that the whole Emmys ceremony itself, broadcast with nominees Zooming in from various locations and a far greater reliance than usual on working Wi-Fi, embraced paradox. For the first five minutes, when Kimmel walked onto the stage of Staples Center and began his monologue, footage of the crowd from last year’s ceremony suggested we were watching an awards show no different than any other awards show. Then the lights came up, Kimmel acknowledged that the place was empty, and Jason Bateman, pretending to be a cardboard cutout of himself that had been placed in a seat, decided to leave when he realized he would be required to laugh at Kimmel’s jokes.
The remainder of the first hour, during which Schitt’s Creek, in unprecedented fashion, won every single Emmy in the comedy categories, still sort of felt like a regular awards show. The Schitt’s Creek gang was gathered in Toronto at a socially distanced party held in a festive space that looked, if not like the Emmys, at least a little like the Film Independent Spirit Awards. All seven of the initial Emmys handed out were received in a celebratory environment that wasn’t somebody’s house. Whether you thought Schitt’s Creek deserved so many Emmys or not, there was something appropriate about this turn of events, and not just because so many people binge-watched Schitt’s Creek during the pandemic. The fact that we couldn’t watch people gather at the Emmys in L.A., but we could watch some Emmy winners gather in Canada, served as a subtextual reminder that other countries are doing much better than America is right now. (Yes, the Schitt’s Creek folks self-isolated after testing negative for COVID-19. I stand by my point.)
The PandEmmys, as Kimmel dubbed them at one point, embraced other paradoxes, both by design and by accident. The presentation of the awards this year was designed to match, as closely as possible, the way the Emmys unfolds in any other year. But it was also a testament to how much a live audience is needed to make the night flow the way it should. On more than one occasion, including an unnecessary gag involving Randall Park and an alpaca, and another in which Sterling K. Brown pretended to believe that This Is Us had won the Emmy for Best Drama, you could actually hear the dead air where audience laughter would have been. Yes, these moments were a bit awkward, but it was an awkwardness born of necessity, and the sheer novelty of the whole endeavor helped offset what might have been bum moments in a normal Emmys telecast.
But another uncomfortable paradox of the evening couldn’t really be chalked up to grading on the pandemic curve. In keeping with the night’s open embrace of the political, the ceremony went out of its way to highlight conversations about inclusion, featuring segments with Issa Rae and America Ferrera discussing the ways in which Hollywood higher-ups patronized and overlooked them because of their race and ethnicity. As nice as it was to hear Rae and Ferrera tell their stories — Rae’s button about the male executive who belittled her pitch getting fired was especially satisfying — the packages also underlined a contradiction that’s plagued the Television Academy when it comes to recognizing diverse voices with Emmy gold. On the one hand, more Black actors won this year than ever before. On the other, two of the three shows that dominated the ceremony — Schitt’s Creek and Succession — feature creators and principal casts that are entirely white. And despite Watchmen’s multiple wins for Black actors and for Cord Jefferson’s writing on “This Extraordinary Being,” it was ultimately Lindelof who accepted the big prize, a dissonance he seemed ready to acknowledge both in his speech and his “Remember Tulsa ’21” T-shirt.
Throughout the evening, you could sense the tension between Emmys-as-usual and an awareness that this year was anything but. The three-hour program — seriously, all the clap emoji to producers Reggie Hudlin and Ian Stewart for ending this thing exactly on time — was filled with celebrities as it is every year, but, in a hat tip to the folks doing the “real work,” also featured a variety of essential workers announcing the winners in all of the supporting-acting categories. (Get it? Supp-or-ting?) It was the “relatable” Emmys, where regular people were as involved in the proceedings as the celebrities, and you could see Stephen Colbert at home hugging his dog when he lost in the variety-talk category. But it was also still the glam Emmys — Zendaya wore not one but two runway-worthy ensembles; some tuxedos still made their standard appearances — as well as the just-plain-weird Emmys, thanks to the interns in hazmat suits who handed out some of the awards.
It was also an Emmys that looked back at a recent, less troubled TV past, not just in its attempts to cling to normalcy in its format where it could but in its throwbacks to old television. When Jennifer Aniston joined the broadcast from home, after an early appearance at Staples Center in which she and Kimmel literally almost started the fire, she brought Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow on-camera for a mini Friends reunion. (Bateman was there too, as part of a The Switch–Horrible Bosses–Office Christmas Party reunion, I guess?) David Letterman, in a prerecorded announcement of the Outstanding Variety Talk Series winner — Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, no surprise — read some discarded jokes from his gig as Emmy host in 1986, tossing index cards aside with a glass-smashing sound effect that brought back memories of his own late-night talk-show days. But there were acknowledgments of the new as well, particularly in what was the most surprising win of the night: the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama victory for Zendaya, who, at 24, became the youngest winner ever in that category and only the second Black woman to win it. (Viola Davis was the first in 2015.)
But overall, the evening stuck to awards-show tradition as much as possible, showing us the faces of all the nominees as winners were announced and giving those who received Emmys the space to make acceptance speeches. Throughout the evening, winners uttered thank-yous over and over again in a manner that sounded, to my ears, more personal. Jefferson, who, with Lindelof, received an Emmy for writing the Watchmen episode “This Extraordinary Being,” thanked his therapist. Aduba called out “Mom, I won!” to her mother in the next room. Ruffalo was able to acknowledge his wife, Sunny, while she was sitting next to him on a sofa looking like she was going to cry. Normalcy was invited to the Emmys, but its plus-one this year was a sense of abnormality.
This merging of normalcy and abnormality really stood out in the two acceptance speeches delivered by Jesse Armstrong, the British creator of Outstanding Drama winner Succession. In the first, when the series won for its writing, Armstrong gave more or less a typical acceptance speech, thanking the cast, the crew, HBO, and a bunch of names that didn’t mean anything to those watching at home, as is standard awards-show operating procedure. But in the second speech, and the last one of the night following Succession’s win for Outstanding Drama, he was first interrupted by a phone that rang in his hotel suite, a thing that doesn’t happen during most Emmy acceptance speeches. Then, rather than saying thank you, he offered a series of un-thank-yous.
“Un–thank you to the virus for keeping us all apart this year,” he said. “Un–thank you to President Trump for his crummy and uncoordinated response. Un–thank you to Boris Johnson and his government for doing the same in my country. Un–thank you to all the nationalist and sort of quasi-nationalist governments in the world who are exactly the opposite of what we need right now. And un–thank you to the media moguls that do so much to keep them in power.”
Thank you but also un–thank you: That about sums up the 2020 Emmys, which, given how much could have gone wrong, were pulled off relatively seamlessly. By the end, I am sure the producers and everyone involved in pulling together the broadcast were just glad they got through it. And there may be no sentiment more 2020 than that: a feeling of relief that it’s all over.


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In the wake of this week’s elections – which the Center for Responsive Politics estimates featured $5.8 billion in spending on the presidential and congressional races combined – two University of Virginia law professors reflected on the relationship between money, free speech and campaign finance.
• Deborah Hellman
Professor of Law
While it’s nice to see the president congratulating the many volunteers who pounded the pavement over the last several months, as they did for him, for Gov. Romney and for the many other candidates, I still come away from this presidential election dismayed by the amount of money spent by individuals, corporations and other groups – a figure news sources estimate at about $2 billion.
So far, the Supreme Court has not allowed many restrictions on money in campaign financing. Such restrictions are allowed only if they prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption. At the same time, the court has insisted that it is responsible for defining corruption and has done so using a very narrow definition – as the quid pro quo exchange of money for votes.
Yet the public conversation in the media is rife with comments about how Candidate X receives a lot of money from Industry Y – suggesting that the candidate will now feel beholden to serve the interests of that industry. These comments suggest that most of us have a more generous understanding of what “corruption” might mean.
In order to define corruption, we must define good government, as the two are simply flip sides of the same coin. But it’s not the court’s role to decide what constitutes good government. The people, through their elected representatives, should define the terms of good government and so should be permitted to broaden their understanding of what corruption of government entails.
• Michael Gilbert
Associate Professor of Law
The 2012 election was characterized by unprecedented spending – and unprecedented secrecy.
“Dark money” groups, by which I mean organizations that do not disclose their contributors, spent over $200 million on federal races. Many have called for disclosure of the sources of such money on the grounds that disclosure informs voters. It helps, they claim, to know whether a coal company or the Sierra Club paid for a particular ad. Others reject disclosure on the ground that it chills political speech. Some donors do not want to publicize their identities and, if forced to do so, will choose to remain silent.
Both of those claims – disclosure informs voters, disclosure chills speech – have become conventional wisdom. And both might be wrong.
If disclosure chills speech, then it gives rise to an information tradeoff. Without disclosure, voters observe many speech acts, but they do not know the sources of the acts. With disclosure, voters observe fewer speech acts, but they do know sources. Sometimes voters will be better off in the first world and sometimes in the second.
All of that assumes that disclosure chills speech. But it might not. Knowing the sources of speech not only helps voters evaluate it and decide which candidate to support, it helps them decide how strongly to support that candidate. The information gained from disclosure may cause some people to engage in more political speech than they otherwise would, and in the right circumstance that could increase speech overall. So disclosure does not necessarily chill speech; it might thaw it.
If disclosure thaws speech, the information tradeoff disappears. Disclosure provides information by revealing sources and by producing more speech.
The 2012 election is behind us, but disclosure remains front and center in the debate over campaign finance. It turns out to be a complicated policy instrument, and we are just beginning to understand its effects.
(Note: Gilbert's forthcoming Iowa Law Review article, “Campaign Finance Disclosure and the Information Tradeoff,” discusses these ideas in more detail.)

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Charlotte de Witte has released a new EP.
The belgian techno DJ, producer and KNTXT label boss has announced 'Return To Nowhere', a four track release which lands her label today (12th).
Comprised of long-awaited IDs, ‘Return to Nowhere, ‘Ensemble’, ‘Sgadi Li Mi’ and ‘What’s In The Past’, the EP follows releases on KNTXT from Alignment, Monoloc and Chris Liebing.
You can purchase 'Return To Nowhere' here.
Charlotte de Witte will release two remixes of Jerome Isma-Ae’s 1994 hit ‘Hold That Sucker Down’ next week.
Set to land on Friday 24th April on Armada Music, the Belgian techno star puts some fresh flavours into the dancefloor classic, offering both a ‘Rave Remix’ and a ‘Trance Remix’.
A new EP from German DJ and producer Sascha Borchardt, aka Monoloc, is coming next month.
Set for release via Charlotte de Witte's KNTXT label, four-tracker 'Left The Planet' will be released on February 7th.
Promising "forward thinking, hugely detailed grooves", check out the tracklisting and artwork for the release below.
A2 Left The Planet
B1 Sky Is Broken
Charlotte de Witte has announced the next KNTXT tour, taking her famed party and newly-launched label on the road across Europe this winter and drafting a wealth of on-point guests to join.
The Belgian techno high-flyer will cap off a year of relentless headline shows, BBC Radio 1 and Studio Brussels residencies by hosting five dates at some of finest venues in the UK and on the continent.
Charlotte de Witte has shared a video for 'Liquid Slow', her brand new collaboration with Chris Liebing.
The first release on her newly-founded KNTXT label, the track sees de Witte and Liebing directly channeling the rumbling techno that's an essential part of their DJ sets.
The video, which was shot in Sao Paulo by director Fernando Nogari, follows the story of two struggling young lovers. You can watch it below.
Charlotte de Witte has launched her KNTXT label with a collaborative EP alongside Chris Liebing, 'Liquid Slow'.
A new concept for de Witte's KNTXT brand, which includes a touring club night and radio show, 'Liquid Slow' comprises of the hypnotising title track and acid-infused roller, 'In Memory'.
Charlotte de Witte has announced the first release on her KNTXT label.
A new concept for de Witte's KNTXT brand, which includes a touring club night and radio show, the label will launch next month with a collaborative EP from the Belgian DJ/producer and techno stalwart, Chris Liebing.
Charlotte de Witte has announced the launch of her new label, KNTXT.
With KNTXT already established as de Witte's radio show and techno party series, the label offshoot promises to be an "inclusive home that values purity and strength and strives to be a progressive player".
Charlotte de Witte is taking her techno KNTXT showcase on the road in March.
Launched in 2015 at Belgian techno club, Fuse, KNTXT will make its international debut at London's Fabric on March 16th, as well as T7 in Paris on March 23rd.
Ahead of that, 4Y KNTXT will take place at Fuse on February 1st.


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Hong Kong’s cultural scene spans everything from top-flight fairs showing blockbuster works to gritty street art and a blossoming home-grown community
This cinematic city offers iconic views, stunning rooftop bars and, a little further afield, pretty beaches and great hiking.
The airport express train takes less than 25 minutes to the city centre, so with hours before your next flight there is time for a flying visit to cafes and sights – and maybe even some shopping.
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The lesser-visited islands of Hong Kong’s archipelago offer an escape from the city, with everything from rock-hard climbs to ancient forts – and the occasional wild bovine
In Kowloon’s former Cattle Depot, artists defy the Beijing crackdown with alternative artworks of all kinds: there’s something provocative to look at, for free, every day
Venerable sweet shop Kwan Kee makes cakes and puddings from scratch every day, winning the Kowloon takeaway recognition from Michelin
The 13th annual Demographia international housing affordability survey ranks the affordability of ‘middle-income’ housing in 406 cities – and for the seventh year running, one stood above the rest


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Pea Ridge National Military Park Might Just Be The Most Haunted Park In Arkansas
In 1862, during the American Civil War, Pea Ridge National Military Park was the site of a major battle between the north and the south. Over 20,000 soldiers took part in the fight which led to thousands of men losing their lives.
Nowadays, Pea Ridge National Military Park visitors have claimed to hear voices that sound like shouting. Guests to the park have also said to hear the sounds of drums and gunfire. Furthermore, other guests have said to have the feeling as if they’re being followed during their time at the park.
Since thousands of soldiers died in the battle, it makes sense that their spirits might linger. If your curiosity to meet these ghosts is getting the best of you, read on to learn more about Pea Ridge National Military Park.
Along with exploring for paranormal activity, the park has tons of trails for hiking and educational events for the entire family.
To learn more about Pea Ridge National Military Park’s hours and admission, visit here.


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Tesco staff will have to work until they are 67 to get a full pension
Tesco will force its staff to work until they are 67 to get a full pension, it announced yesterday, in a move that experts warned will be copied by bosses across Britain.
As well as demanding an extra two years before staff retire, the supermarket giant, Britain’s biggest private sector employer, is switching the inflation rate at which its workers’ pensions build up from the retail prices index to a cheaper measure known as the consumer prices index.
For an employee on £26,000 a year, the two moves combined could wipe up to 20 per cent – or £88,000 – from their pension pot.
Every little helps? Tesco staff will now be forced to work for two more years before benefiting from the full company pension
Private firms are clamping down on
pensions that they insist are too expensive as people are living longer
than ever before.
Others are likely to copy Tesco, which will save them a fortune but represents a significant attack on retirement dreams.
Last night, Joanne Segars, chief executive of the National Association of Pension Funds, warned: ‘Tesco certainly will not be the last company to look at these options.’
The move also copies the Government’s changes to the state pension, with
the age at which it can be claimed being increased to 67 between 2026
Hard working: The company's new law will affect more than 170,000 employees
About 37,000 pensioners currently receiving a Tesco pension will not be affected by the changes.
A Tesco spokesman said: ‘We are keeping one of the best pension schemes in the UK for our staff and making some changes to ensure it is sustainable for the future.’
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CHICAGO — Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown discussed recent public safety efforts in his semi-regular media availability.
He began with some statistics comparing 2022 to 2021. Specifically Brown stated:
- Homicides are down 19%
- Shootings are down 20%
Brown also compared a few Columbus Day weekend crime statistics with the same weekend in 2021. Those were:
- Homicides dropped 50%
- Shootings fell 24%
- Shooting victims declined 40%
His final crime statistics focused on the CTA and compared October 2022 so far with the same time period in October 2021:
- Overall crime declined 29%
- Violent crime is down 27%
Brown also updated the media on the number of guns CPD officers have confiscated.
- 307 guns taken in the first ten days of October
- 10,126 guns so far in 2022
Reporters present then had a chance to ask questions, many of which focused on the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. In summation, a suspect has been identified and detectives are working to build a strong, evidence-based case to present to the state’s attorney’s office which will then decide if charges are warranted.
You can view the entire press conference in the video above.


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Crown Fire Central and South Norfolk LeagueThe major attention was on the fifth round of the Ben Smith Memorial Cup, the league's premier cup competition.
Crown Fire Central and South Norfolk League
The major attention was on the fifth round of the Ben Smith Memorial Cup, the league's premier cup competition.
Only one team from Division One made it through to the last four to guarantee that there will be at least one team from outside the top division contesting the final on May Day Bank Holiday morning.
That team was Dickleburgh who squeezed home by the odd goal of three against Thetford Rovers Reserves.
The other first division sides were all eliminated.
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Bradenham Wanderers Reserves beat Narborough 3-1 at home while Northwold S&SC accounted for Swaffham Town A, courtesy of 5-3 away win.
In a replayed fourth round match, Sporle knocked out Gressenhall by the odd goal of three and will now entertain West End in the remaining fifth round match.
In the second round of the Dick Davey Ambulance Cup, there was only one home winner.
Dereham Town A achieved that success with a 2-1 win against Cockers.
Teams from Division One did better in this competition with Shipdham winning 3-1 at Castle Acre Swifts and Hingham Athletic beating Rockland United 2-0.
There was one second division winner with Morley Village beating Hingham Athletic Reserves 6-0.
Necton Reserves came from 4-0 down to take their tie with Bawdeswell to a penalty competition, but Bawdeswell eventually came out on top, winning the penalty shootout 3-2.
The other three successes were for Division Four teams with them all knocking out teams from higher divisions.
Thurton and Ashby won by the only goal of the game at Hethersett Athletic, Splitz United beat Hindolveston 4-2 and Stoke Ferry won by the odd goal of nine at Shropham United.
There was just one match in Division One which second-placed Bridgham United won, beating Cranworth by the only goal of the game.
The Division Two leaders Tacolneston opened up a six-point gap at the top with an important 2-1 home win over Nostro.
Bunwell beat bottom team Saham Toney Reserves 5-0 to move up to fourth and Wymondham Town A won
2-0 at West End.
The one match in Division Three saw Wendling achieve a welcome victory at Great Cressingham by the odd goal of five.
In Division Four, Scarning United beat Beetley United
2-1 to move out of the bottom two places and Breckland Wanderers and Narborough Reserves took a point each from a 2-2 draw.


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It was an event that marked the first step for fresh Business Management graduates to step out into the world and stand true to their lessons and learning at IIM Raipur. As the beginning of new phase of their lives 41 students of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) were awarded their diplomas at the 2nd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Management on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
|Dignitaries lighting the lamp|
The Convocation ceremony began with the traditional lighting of the lamp and rendering of Saraswati Vandana, invoking the Goddess of Learning to bless the ceremony and all participating. Shri Hari S. Bhartia then announced the formal beginning of the Convocation.
In such an austere environment, the Director of IIM Raipur, Prof. B.S.Sahay, released the Director’s report
where he informed the audience of various achievements made by the Institute in the past year.
|Director reporting the milestones of IIM Raipur for the year 2012-13|
“As you step into the world with innumerable opportunities do remember that there are a set of responsibilities that you carry - a responsibility that ensures the growth of the society and nation, a responsibility that you will ensure the ethical code and emerge as leaders in a world of mercurial values. My dear students, you must dream big, you must think big and must to do big.”
The director also threw light on the placements of the graduating batch illustrating that prominent recruiters made their presence felt in the placement process on the campus. Despite the economic slowdown, a total of 52 companies had shown interest. Offers were made in various functional areas spanning Finance, Operations, Marketing, Sales, General Management and Strategy. These companies were among the market leaders in their segments. Some of the prominent companies which participated in the process were HSBC, Ranbaxy, JSPL, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, Godrej & Boyce, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, Usha International, HT Media, BPCL, Infosys BPO etc.
|Shri Sam Pitroda addressing the students|
Focus on Job,
Focus and develop a Disciplined life,
Cultivate a Positive attitude, remember that “the glass is always half full”
Understand and follow Corporate Roles and Relationships,
Be a team player,
Innovate, develop a multidisciplinary approach and sharp analytical abilities and
Develop the art of self-review. “Develop a sense of what you are, where have you reached and what you have to do.”
The students indeed were motivated by his words.
|Batch 2011-13 taking their pledge|
Excitement filled the air as the students were awarded medals and their diplomas with proud parents beaming with joy. Amidst thunderous applause the medals were awarded by Shri Sam Pitroda who stood as an ideal and icon for the young minds. Medals for meritorious performance and all round leadership potential were awarded namely:
The Board of Governer’s Chairman Gold medal for best academic performance in the graduating class was awarded to Kanika Khandelwal.
The Director’s Gold Medal for second best academic performance in the graduating class was awarded to Navjeet Siddhu.
The Post-Graduation Programme Chairman Gold Medal for the third best academic performance in the graduating class was awarded to Mayank Raizada and Amit Singh.
Best overall performance medal for outstanding all round performance including excellent organizational abilities, leadership qualities, overall conduct, institution building and active participation in extra-curricular activities was awarded to Srinath Vijayan.
The Convocation came to an end with the national anthem followed by a sumptuous dinner.


How will the role of the CIO evolve in 2014? The safest bet in making such predictions is saying “the same way it did in 2013”. Evolutions are not bound to calendar years. However, with the ongoing digitalization and increasing pressure on IT from the business as is happening for some years now, a few trends and shifts might happen faster than many expect while new technologies bring new questions, challenges and opportunities.
Shifting business priorities, changing consumer behavior, different demands regarding work and the speed of a globalized and ever faster ‘real-time’ economy, have a huge effect on the IT department and the CIO. Add to that increasing pressure and shifting technological priorities/challenges and the picture is clear.
The general attitude among business executives towards IT and the CIO is not very positive. This is especially true in divisions and across business functions where the demand for digital technologies and skills is very high.
Marketing and customer-facing executives are clearly among those putting most pressure on IT as they feel the heat of a digital and connected “prosumer” and the inability to respond properly to changing shopping, entertainment, socializing and information-seeking behavior.
The life of the CIO in 2014 will be challenging (as it was in 2013) indeed.
Increasing business demand
As mentioned and known there is an increasing pressure on IT and the CIO to ‘be closer to the business’ (and thus other departments and the customers).
That pressure isn’t new but it gets more attention than ever and it’s probably the key evolution we’ll see throughout 2014 as well: the redefinition and in some cases even reinvention of the role of the CIO.
Daniel Burrus described the changes in enterprise IT and the role of the CIO well when writing “The old way was about technology-centricity; the new way is about technology-empowered business strategies. The old way was information management; the new way is information intelligence. The old way was IT systems management; the new way is platforms that enable new value chains and integrated ecosystems. The old way was cost management; the new way is driving business transformation and accelerating growth”.
Defending the crucial role of IT
In the same HBR blog post Burrus says that the CIO’s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to enabling innovation.
That’s one of the shifts that’s certainly happening. However, it’s not a matter of black and white. Sometimes the status quo needs to be defended and maybe the CIO should claim more attention from other C-level executives in that regard as well: the traditional back office role of IT is not gone. On the contrary, without having the technological backbone and the proper processes in place, the business can’t function.
Especially with new technological (and thus business) evolutions, someone will have to make sure the infrastructure is there and is securing the business. IT is indispensable in many technological and business evolutions. The ongoing rise of cloud computing, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), making information available when and where it matters in a secure yet more open way, the Internet of Things, the list goes on.
Especially in areas such as cloud computing (with a move towards hybrid cloud models and away from owned data centers) and in Big Data (before putting it at business use, you need the skills and processes to capture and manage data), IT has a challenging yet crucial role.
Enabling and educating the business
Does the dual role of IT and the CIO (sustaining innovation and the business on one hand and making sure stuff works) lead to a new role?
Some claim it does and feel the CIO should either be ‘complemented’ with a Chief Digital Officer either become one himself and be less involved with IT as such. In some organizations this works, in others it doesn’t. Let’s not forget that in this digital business reality EVERYONE will need to be more digital-savvy and social-savvy, just as today’s empowered and connected customer is.
C-level executives and many others still lag behind in this sense as well. C-level execs, including CEOs, need to be tech-savvy too. So, the role of the CIO could also partially be one of educating and enabling to make the whole business more ‘digital’. The same goes for sharing the know-how and experience CIOs have regarding IT investments. As these are more and more done by other departments in specific areas (e.g. marketing), the CIO can support the different divisions by educating and supporting them and not see some technology investments done by other divisions as shadow IT.
What if, instead of adding new roles as we always tend to do amid evolutions, visionary CIOs with a clear understanding of the business and of the traditional IT role, gained more support as the transition towards digital and social business is happening with digital transformation for the customer-adaptive business at the core of it?
Focusing on the I of Information
Until further notice, IT still knows best where key digital assets and resources are stored and how the whole information architecture and digital backbone of the enterprise looks like.
While IT will play an ongoing role in enabling others to turn these assets, data, information and technologies into action and provide a more ‘open’ access (and in some cases even turn over the lead), the know-how of IT will remain essential for quite some time in understanding the broader and underlying technological realities, challenges and risks.
Information, the I of IT, and several areas such as information management, data management, etc. are crucial for today’s organization and the CIO has a clear role to play in it. Especially as we’re evolving towards a data-driven, content-intensive and real-time economy with on top of it the next shift in technology: from the connection of networks and the connection of people (social) to the connection of, well, everything, including ‘things’. Having rapid access to the right content and information is a must for everyone and certainly in customer-facing operations such as the contact center.
The CIO as Chief Collaboration/Innovation Officer
There are many challenges for the CIO in 2014 and a complete overview might turn out to become a book, especially when going into organizational details and looking at technology trends.
However, if there’s one conclusion to draw from all the above it’s this: the CIO of tomorrow will be an excellent collaborator and strategist, able to make the case for IT investment and push the business in the direction of digital business instead of just being pushed.
To be able to achieve that, change will in many cases be required but at the same time the CEO will have to clearly understand the crucial role of IT and digital/social technologies in the enterprise, as well as the importance of moving fast without forgetting the needs of security and continuity that are essential for each organization.
The CIO as the manager of an innovation ecosystem
Although information is crucial in the knowledge economy, there are other I’s the CIO will be facing more: Insights and Innovation. I would also add Intelligence to it.
In its 2014 CIO predictions and evolutions web conference, IDC stressed the importance of transformation and within the context of it, the role of Insights and Innovation. The research firm emphasized the migration towards third platform technologies, each with their own “impact” timeline and degree of difficulty/risk/investment.
In an ongoing evolution towards IT as a service and keeping in mind all the I’s, some core drivers and evolutions according to IDC are:
- Over 70% of CIOs will change their primary role from directly managing IT to become an innovation partner who deliver information insights and value-added services.
- The impact on IT, according to IDC, will be the need to innovate in use of information and technology to improve the business.
The mentioned prediction also has two other major IT impacts:
- The role of the CIO will move even more towards coordinating supplier innovation: finding, managing and rewarding those vendors that support innovative projects.
- Secondly, many IT processes will be standardized and ‘traditional IT tasks’ will be delegated to CTOs and/or trusted partners. This enables the CIO to focus more on the business outcomes and the innovation and enablement function that is increasingly expected from him or her in an overall business agility context.
The CIO becomes a strategic partner, yet at the same time he will be confronted with third platform challenges, both internally and externally.
- Big data and analytics whereby there is internal competition on one hand and analytical skills need to be acquired on the other. The CIO as a CIIO or Chief Information Intelligence Officer, as IDC calls it. And by the way: it will not be the only additional hat the CIO will have to wear…
- Increasing risks as the shift towards a business role will drive the need to cut IT costs at one hand and accelerate agility on the other, with cloud adoption as both a driver and consequence. At the same time, third platform evolutions, such as social, mobile and the cloud, will require another security approach whereby internal threats and threat assessment will become increasingly important. The CIO will have to find extra funding in the IT security budget for these mentioned reasons, IDC concludes.
- Choosing and managing the proper partner ecosystem, especially as IDC expects that by 2016, 80% of the IT budget will be based on providing service integration for a broad portfolio of internally and externally sourced IT and business services.
- Assist the organization in digital transformation as the need to transform affects more and more industries, business processes and aspects of the overall business ecosystem.
These are just some of the challenges and the evolutions IT and the CIO face in 2014 – and many years after that.


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Handwashing with soap is a powerful diarrhea prevention tool and could save the lives of more than 350,000 children every year!1 It’s simple, it’s cheap, and its impact is dramatic.
If all communities practiced universal handwashing, diarrhea risk would drop by nearly half.1
Handwashing with soap can achieve major reductions in childhood diarrhea and pneumonia by breaking the transmission cycle. Since diarrheal infections are transmitted through the fecal-oral route, routine handwashing eliminates the bacteria and viruses that cause diarrhea, particularly when regularly practiced after using the toilet, after changing a baby’s diaper, and before preparing food.
Behavior change and supportive health policies are key to ensuring handwashing and the benefits it can bring. Education about hygiene in the home, at school, and throughout the community can be powerful tools. See how WASH in schools programs in Zambia are educating the next generation.
And of course, proper hygiene is only possible with safe water.
1 Greenland K, Cairncross S, Curtis V. What can hand hygiene do for the world? 2012. London, UK: Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Photo: PATH/Gareth Bentley

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My name is Josh. I'm twenty-three years old and I'm addicted to the internet. It's very rare that I actually act my age, but I suppose that's not always a bad thing... right? I'm an artist by nature: drawing portraits and painting landscapes being my favorite mediums. On top of that, I'm also a literature nerd. I can never have enough books and I can never read just one at a time.I've been known to have stacks of books beside my bed that I have started and haven't finished just yet.
I like fashion and male models, classic literature and mythology, video games and sci-fi/fantasy movies, comic books and cups of hot tea, roleplaying online and following pop culture.
This blog will consist of a lot of random things. Sometimes it will be very childish and covered with pictures of Pokemon and Sailor Moon, sometimes it's full of half-naked men, and sometimes I'm ranting or complaining about someone that you probably love. It's the nature of the beast, I suppose.