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New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the CongoBMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2074 (Published 10 May 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2074
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR) has declared a new outbreak of Ebola.
So far 17 people have died in the north west of the country, where the outbreak was declared on 8 May after two cases of Ebola virus disease were confirmed.
This is DRC’s ninth outbreak of Ebola since the discovery of the virus in the country in 1976. The last outbreak was in 2017 and killed eight people.
The World Health Organization said that it was working closely with the government of DRC to increase its operations in the country and provide a response similar to that in 2017.
Allarangar Yokouide, a WHO representative in DRC, said the organisation was also working closely with other partners, including Médecins Sans Frontières, to prevent and control the spread of the disease.
The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which can be fatal if untreated. The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in west Africa was the largest and most complicated that the world has seen. It was first identified in Guinea in March 2014 and spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and DRC, and was declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by WHO. That outbreak was declared ended in DRC in November 2014.


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It is a really great product. I bought it for Rs. 10000. Cycling is very smooth. The only drawback is the delivery time. I live in Borivali West, Mumbai and this cycle came from Malad, Mumbai. Despite living so close by, the cycle was delivered late.
I got deceived by the good reviews and very high ratings. This product is not at all sturdy. Definitely not suited for young people if you cycle with high speed the cycle will start moving and it's not at all. Bought this for my mother but I use it occasionally. It's really difficult for old people to get their legs across and to get up to the seat. The cycles paddle which came pre fitted came off. Every time I cycle I have to tighten it as it keeps getting loose. Not at all a good product.
I could assemble it in 45 minutes watching the video..batteries not provided..very nice product but display unit is bit unreliable..as it does not stay stable all the time..inadvertant changing of modes is seen..except that cycling is good..very comfotable..definite buy but display!!!!powermax engineers you need to fix it..thanks
Pros: Wonderful machine at a very attractive price of Rs.10,000. The delivery was done by the seller (the delivery men were from the company). The machine arrived 2 days earlier than promised. The delivery personnel were thoroughly professional They assembled the machine in under an hour.
The machine is good and sturdy, and relatively silent. No untoward noise comes out of it. A person in the adjacent room won't realise if somebody is exercising. One can continuously do exercise on it for hours together. My kid daughter does 15 minutes exercise on it all the time without using the resistance. Immediately after which I do.
The seat is good, and so is the backrest. The ergonomics of the handle bar at the seat is good and comfortable to support the back at the backrest
Cons: This machine is suitable only for people of height of at least 5'2". At the lowest setting of the seat height a person of 5'2" will be able to comfortably use this machine. A 5'1" tall person may be feeling a little uncomfortable even at the lowest height setting.
Sharing this review after 2 weeks, I installed it my own, product came with easy installation guide. Took me 30 min to install.
Excercise cycle serving the purpose for all ages. Easy, effective & comfortable to use. No any issues encountered so far. I am giving 1 star less just because of display. Well not easy for users but thats how it is for others brands too. Can be made bit better like digital chrome color display which can be visible even in low light. Rest everything’s seems to be as expected & functioning as worthy.
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Power max fitness cycle is the best choice. Go for it. It is light weight, has wheels to move around easily. Quality looks good and tension control works well. Seat height is adjustable and ladies at home can use it and my wife loves it. Hoping to get some fitness now ☺
The product packing was very nice and parts were properly wrapped and secured. You have to assemble the cycle by yourself but trust me it took me like 10 mins to assemble all things. There’s a manual inside and you just have to follow the steps. Now coming to height adjustments it’s good but the knob could be more better and easy. Pedals are flat and wide plus point!!! Sensors are fairly accurate when I compare it with my apple watch...!!!
Sensor wires are not so durable, the manufacturer needs to work on that..!!
Overall nice product but I believe price could be little less, still worth a buy!
Great product for exercise at an affordable cost,it delivers what it promises, display unit working fine and shows approximate data relating to speed,distance,pulse,calorie burnt,15 mins a day gives you a perfect start for the day,hats off to powermax team, keep up innovating ,thumbs up for the nice cycle
Cons: it becomes noisy when the tension level goes beyond 5 and the material that covers handles is slightly worn out after 2 months of usage at 2 spots Pros: framework is strong Seat is comfortable Pedals are strong Handles good Lookwise also good Easily portable
Overall you can buy it because of the cost benefit ratio.Also the customer support staff seems to be available to help u


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Learn inflammatory breast cancer symptoms. Inflammatory breast cancer may have different symptoms than common breast cancer types.
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Roughly one in four students cast a ballot in Wednesday's SGA senatorial elections for the coming academic year, marking an official end to the spring campaign season.
SGA election officer Jamel Pee said an estimated 575 students turned out to vote in Wednesday's campus-wide election. That's mostly on par with last year's turnout, Pee said.
A crowd of about two dozen onlookers gathered to watch as SGA election officials unveiled a banner displaying the results of the election around 6:20 p.m. Voting closed at 5 p.m.
Five of the nine candidates vying for Senator-at-Large won their bids to be elected. Sophomore Melissa Thompson led the way with 362 votes to carry the title of Leading Senator-at-Large.
Junior Sarah Brown followed not far behind with 324 votes, while Jonathan Cauthen, Gil Arquisola and Sage Harris each garnered the third, fourth and fifth place spots respectively by a 272-271-249 margin.
Eleven freshmen competed for the five open seats for sophomore senator. Dalton Turner narrowly edged out Nicholas Reynolds by a 155-154 margin to become the next sophomore class president. Mollie Davis, Austin Thompson and Ronnie Davis also won seats as sophomore senators, netting 139, 115 and 100 votes respectively.
All but one of the six candidates running for junior senator positions was elected to serve. Rodrigo Visbal won the job of junior class president over second-place finisher Khoi Le by a margin of 115-110. The three other junior senators elected were Justin Robinson with 104 votes, Branden Ryan with 92 votes and A.J. Patel with 82 votes.
In the race for senior senator as well, six candidates competed for a total of only five positions. Christina Vasquez narrowly beat out Kristen Blackwell to become the next senior class president in a 117-115 vote. Stephen Bradshaw, Matt Hickman and Matt Williams also won seats as senior senators by a 111-103-96 margin, respectively.
Outgoing SGA president Trenton White said that while he's excited for the new slate of senators, he wishes more females had been elected. Only five of the 20 newly elected senators are females.
"It's been a great turnout, but I'd like to see more women represented," White said.
Despite the gender imbalance, however, newly re-elected senator Branden Ryan said he thinks the SGA slate represents a diversity of students from different backgrounds.
"I think we've got a very strong group with a broad range of interests this year, and I'm excited to serve," Ryan said.
For more on this developing story, read the next issue of The Cluster, or check back in at www.mercercluster.com for updates.


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A raccoon found on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 on Bairdstown Road in Greene County has tested positive for rabies. This is the second confirmed case of rabies this year in the county. Animal control wants to remind all pet owners to make sure that all pets are currently vaccinated for rabies, we also ask that you do not feed or attempt to handle any stray or wild animals. If you have any questions or need to report any animal related issues please contact our office at 706-454-7039.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Address: 1110 C. Weldon Smith Dr., Greensboro, GA, 30642
Please have your pet spayed or neutered to help control the pet population. There are several groups that can assist with the cost of these procedures. You can call Animal Control for more information at 706-454-7039. State law requires that all pets be vaccinated for rabies by a licensed veterinarian.
We ask that you do NOT feed any stray or wild animals, as doing so could possibly be dangerous and create even more unwanted problems. We ask that you report all stray animals to Animal Control as soon as possible.
Just a friendly reminder that Greene County does have an Animal Control ordinance. Certainly give us a call if you have any questions about any of the Animal Control Ordinances. You can review them here.
Animal Control does not handle any wildlife complaints. If you are having issues with wildlife, you can contact The Department of Natural Resources at 706-595-4211. We do however recommend that you do NOT attempt to handle or feed any wildlife.
Am I liable if my pet bites someone? What should I do if my pet bites anyone?
Answer:Generally, you are legally liable for your pet's actions, and you can be held responsible in a criminal case. As such, you could be subject to subsequent litigation and potential damages for your pet's actions.
If your pet does bite someone, including yourself, that person needs to seek medical attention and you need to report it to our office immediately. If the animal is not current on its rabies vaccination, the animal in question would have to be impounded for observation. In some cases, the animal will have to be euthanized and then tested for rabies.
For any rabies-related encounter, please report your experience to the Greene County Animal Control office, not the Health Department.
Does my pet have to be registered with the County?
Answer: No, but all pets have to be vaccinated for rabies by Georgia law.
What is considered animal cruelty?
Answer: See County Ordinance concerning Animal Cruelty.
Where can I review the Animal Control ordinance?
Answer: You can read it here. If you have any further questions, you can call us at 706-454-7039.
Can you help me find my pet?
Answer: Yes, we can help you find your missing pet. The minute you discover that your pet is missing, contact our office at 706-454-7039. We will need as much detailed information about your pet as possible so that we can enter it into our system. All animals that are impounded are cross checked with our lost/missing animal reports.
Can I bring my pet in for adoption?
Answer: Yes, you can bring in your pet for adoption, you must sign an owner surrender form and pay a small surrender fee.
Do you dispose of dead pets?
Answer: No, our office does not dispose of dead pets. Some veterinarians will dispose of animals. We recommend that you contact your local veterinarian for help.
How do I file a complaint about my neighbor's pet?
Answer: To file any animal-related complaints, you can contact our office at 706-454-7039.
I'm having a problem with wildlife on my property. What should I do?
Answer: Contact the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division at 706-595-4211. While live animal traps can be purchased at local hardware stores, it is NOT recommended that you handle wildlife. Also, feeding wildlife is strongly discouraged.

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You’d think Photoshop could now do everything that’s asked of it but onOne says its plug-ins are as much about making these capabilities more accessible as about expanding them. Report by Paul Burrows.
Samsung is expecting big things of its ‘APS-C’ format interchangeable lens compact and aggressive pricing is going to help along with having a bigger sensor than the Micro Four Thirds models. Report by Paul Burrows.
The ‘independents’ offer some interesting alternatives to the standard zoom and Sigma has made its 17-70mm model even more appealing by adding optical stabilisation. Report by Paul Burrows.
Advances in inkjet printing may be becoming more incremental than monumental but there’s still a need to remain competitive hence Canon’s upgrade of its pro-level A3+ model. Report by Trevern Dawes.
Now largely a German venture Hartblei has gone to Zeiss to make the optics for its ingenious 360-degree rotating tilt/shift lenses for 35mm SLR/D-SLR systems.
The digital compact camera market is more fiercely competitive than ever but Ricoh had carved out a nice little niche for itself with models aimed primarily at enthusiasts and pros. Report by Paul Burrows.
Combining the extreme protection of a hard case with the portability of a backpack the Italian-made HPRC 3500 makes a lot of sense if you’re carrying camera gear into challenging environments.
Real innovations are reasonably rare in the world of studio flash equipment but Profoto has redesigned the monobloc with its new-generation D1 series. Report by Paul Burrows.
Ricoh is addressing one of the biggest issues keeping digital compacts off the radar for professionals – the limited dynamic range of very small sensors.
You know all is well with the world when you can again buy the traditional ‘fast fifty’ although Sigma’s revival of a classic design is packed with the latest technology. Report by Paul Burrows.
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Early voting starts Saturday and lasts through April 26, excluding Sunday, for the May 3 election. The ballots in the Baton Rouge area are listed below. To find out if there’s an election in your voting precinct, log on to the Louisiana secretary of state’s website at: www.sosla.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/GetElectionInfor mation/ReviewSampleBallots.
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EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
Jason Ellis, R
Ralph Washington, R
Consolidated School District No. 1 Proposition No. 1
To renew a 10-year, 2.78-mill property tax generating $8.9 million a year to maintain the reduced pupil-teacher ratio by employing additional teachers.
Consolidated School District No. 1 Proposition No. 2
To renew a 10-year, 1.86-mill property tax generating $5.9 million a year for employee salaries and benefits.
East Side Fire Protection District No. 5 Proposition
To renew a 10-year, 7.5-mill property tax generating $635,000 a year for hiring, training and equipping personnel and the development, operation and maintenance of the fire protection facilities.
Fire Protection District 6 Proposition
To renew a 10-year, 10-mill property tax generating $264,000 a year for fire protection facilities, including the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes and fire hydrants.
School District No. 4 Proposition
To incur debt and issue up to $25 million in bonds for school improvements, repayable by property taxes with an estimated increase of 16.83 mills in the first year of issue above the 9.770 mills currently levied.
Consolidated School District No. 1 Proposition
To levy a 10-year, 15-mill property tax expected to generate $3.6 million a year for: K-12 schools in Hammond; accelerated classes, visual and performing arts programs, International Baccalaureate programs, Montessori education, communication magnet programs, STEM extended day and other educational programs; and salaries and benefits of teachers and other public school personnel for those programs.
WEST FELICIANA PARISH
Parishwide Consolidated School District No. 1 Proposition
To levy a 10-year, 14-mill property tax expected to generate $3.8 million a year for additional support to the public schools and for any other lawful corporate purpose of the district, including school construction and maintenance, and salaries and benefits of school district personnel.

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What’s happened to Whitley Bay? It’s fast turning into a food and drink paradise: Hinnies, Nord, Papa Ganoush, Left Luggage Room, Elder and Wolf, Storm Cellar, Omni, the new Spanish City – where have I missed? Every time I visit the town, or a Metro stop either side of it, there seems to be somewhere new and good.
I’m sure locals would give a shrug of their collective shoulder at this; they know just fine what they’ve got, thanks. But for anyone not from the area, with hazy recollections of Whitley Bay’s grim, stag-frenzied past, this new state of affairs is nothing short of miraculous.
As far as I know, the upward trend all began with this little place: The Roxburgh. I had a great brunch here when it first opened at the beginning of 2015. My review began with the understatement: “It’s not exactly our region’s culinary capital”. I couldn’t really understand why a chef of Gary Dall’s skills and pedigree had chosen to open his first restaurant here. This chef from Wallsend had worked under Laybourne, and in Sydney, and used to be the private chef of touring rock bands. Why a tiny dining room in Whitley Bay?

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Frasier produces an old-fashioned radio drama in honor of the station's anniversary, but it plays as a farce. Gil: Edward Hibbert. Mel: Richard Easton. Noel: Patrick Kerr. Maxine: Hope Allen. Frasier: Kelsey Grammer.
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Three Baltimore residents are once again suing the Johns Hopkins University concerning the creation of a private, armed police force on campus.
Donald Gresham, Kushan Ratnayake and Joan Floyd filed Dec. 30 with the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, asking the court to nullify the memorandum of understanding signed by Hopkins and the Baltimore Police Department on Dec. 2. The memorandum is a key document outlining the jurisdictions between the two entities and allows Hopkins to proceed with further creation of its force.
“We are reviewing the complaint and generally do not comment on pending litigation, but we can say that the university is fully confident in the thoughtful statutory process the General Assembly set out for the development and operation of the Johns Hopkins Police Department,” said Hopkins spokesperson Megan Christin. “As we move into the implementation phase of the JHPD development, we continue to take seriously our opportunity and obligation to build a model, progressive police department.”
Hopkins’ police force has been a controversial issue for the past few years in a split between desire to address nearby crime and fear of police power abuse on and around campus. In the fall, protests ramped up as the university attempted to host town halls to discuss the memorandum and address questions and concerns. In-person town halls were shut down by protesters, and conversations were continued online, though limited.
In September, Gresham, Ratnayake and Floyd sued the university and the police force in an attempt to prevent the two entities from signing the memorandum. The residents dropped their suit after the document was signed.
The latest complaint from the plaintiffs states that the memorandum “amounts to a secret handshake between BPD and an institution that intends to operate its own armed police force.”
“What this MOU attempts to establish is not a ‘campus police force’ but rather an armed occupation whose jurisdiction and power should strike fear into the residents of Baltimore City,” said Ratnayake in a news release.
The plaintiffs argue that BPD is under local control as of Jan. 1 because Question H, which asked voters if they wanted to transfer control of the police department from the state to the city, passed in November. The memorandum identifies BPD as an entity of the state, so the plaintiffs argue the memorandum should no longer stand.
“Hopkins rushed to make a deal with BPD before the end of 2022, and the result doesn’t hold up to scrutiny,” said Floyd in a news release.


Niger govt approves dissolution of NSIEC
Says ‘our devt policies may be tough’
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has approved the dissolution of Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), effective May 29, 2023.
The dissolution directive was contained in a statement, yesterday, by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman.
He stated: “Members of the commission are directed to hand over all property of the state government in their possession to the most senior director in the commission, with immediate effect.”
He also said his administration would soon come up with developmental policies and programmes that may be painful to some persons.
The governor gave the hint, over the weekend, in his keynote address at Sallah Durbar, known as Bariki, at Wadata Palace in Bida Local Council.
Bago appealed to those that might be affected by the policies to take it as contribution to fatherland.
While assuring the resident that he would fulfil his campaign promises in the area of security, potable water, quality education as well as good healthcare system, he enjoined the people to embrace agriculture for food security.
The governor also assured citizens that his administration would promote the state’s cultural heritage across the globe.
According to him, attention will be given to tourism and culture, just, as he promised, to rebrand Nupe Kingdom in line with his urban renewal policy.
He congratulated the Etsu Nupe for a successful Sallah Durbar and called for continuous prayer for the success of his administration.
Earlier, the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, disclosed that “the Bariki is part of the yearly Sallah,” which allows the people to display their rich cultural heritage.
Abubakar noted Bida as one of the 46 cultural cities in the world, adding that the city’s rich cultural heritage afforded its people opportunity to showcase their cultural heritage in South Korea and South Africa.
The monarch, however, admonished his subjects to be loyal and law-abiding, assuring that the emirate and the Council of Traditional Rulers would synergise with the state government to promote tourism in the state.
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Endocrine disruptors in the environment
Environmental toxins in drinking water: phthalates part 1 of 4 phthalates as endocrine disruptors in the environment reproductive, endocrine, immune, genotoxic, and nephrotoxic damages in wildlife. Endocrine disrupting chemicals in drinking water: risks to human health and the environment february 25 endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with the body's key signaling means that the vast majority of chemicals in our water supply and environment are. According to the national institute of environmental health sciences, endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may interfere with the body's endocrine system and produce adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune effects in both humans and wildlife. Bestselling author, environmental health advocate, healthy hom. Information on the environment for those involved in developing so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals the impacts of endocrine disrupters on wildlife, people and their environments - the weybridge+15.
Endocrine disruption found in fish exposed to municipal that exposure to the wastewater from a major metropolitan sewage treatment plant caused endocrine disruption in male fathead has been identified as a source of endocrine disrupting chemicals to the aquatic environment. Endocrine disruptors in the environment: 9781118852934: medicine & health science books @ amazoncom. Endocrine disruptors: major step towards protecting citizens and environment brussels, 4 july 2017. Endocrine disrupting chemicals may impact a broad range of health effects although there is limited evidence to prove that low-dose exposures are causing adverse human.
An environmental health advocacy organization has released a list of what it says are the 12 worst hormone-disrupting chemicals these chemicals, known as endocrine disruptors, interfere with the actions of hormones in the human body in some way -- for instance, by imitating natural. Endocrine disrupting chemicals (edcs) have been implicated in the development of obesity, diabetes and cancer and are found in a wide array of products including pesticides, plastics and pharmaceuticals edcs are potentially harmful, even at low concentrations, equal in some cases to mere. Explainer: what are endocrine disruptors toxicologists the scientists who study the action of poisons have begun referring to these hormone mimics as endocrine disruptors nonylphenol the name for a family of pollutants that can survive in the aquatic environment for a long. Endocrine disruptors like bpa and phthalates lurk in everything from cleaning products to fragrances try to steer clear of these chemicals by following a few easy tips.
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To these chemicals as endocrine disruptors endocrine disruptors these chemicals are found in many some environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as ddt, are highly persistent and slow to degrade in the environment.
- Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment 511 endocrine disruptors as mentioned above, pesticides can be endocrine disruptors many other chemicals are also classed as endocrine disruptors, ie they interfere with the synthesis, secretion.
- Lower iq, adult obesity and 5% of autism cases are all linked to exposure to endocrine disruptors found in food containers, plastics, furniture, toys, carpeting and cosmetics, says new expert study.
- Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may interfere with human hormones from the us national library of medicine [.
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (edcs) unep/who side event and technical briefing of iccm3 on endocrine disruptors in nairobi training package for the health sector on children's environmental health endocrine disorders and children module pdf. What are examples of endocrine disruption such effects may have an endocrine-related basis, which has led to speculation about the possibility that these endocrine effects may have environmental causes however. Exposure to environmental estrogens and other endocrine disruptors can occur through a variety of different pathways because they are ubiquitous in the environment, they are found in our food, air, water, soil, pharmaceutical products, household products, and cosmetics to name a few. I served on the us environmental protection agency (epa) endocrine disruptor screening and testing advisory committee (edstac) from 1996-1998, the national. What are endocrine disrupting chemicals and why should you be concerned the endocrine system is a network of glands and organs that produce, store endocrine disrupting chemicals (edcs) are substances in the environment (air, soil or water supply), food sources. These chemicals are called 'endocrine disruptors' or 'endocrine disrupting chemicals' 13 the presence of edcs in our environment raises concerns because: harmful effects have been observed on reproduction, growth and.

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Art can be the finishing touch to your interior, filling up wall space, tying together your décor and adding in a bit of personality. But it’s not always easy to know what kind of art to buy, or where to hang it. Luckily, there are a few design concepts, popular styles of art to try and rules of thumb that will help you along the way.
Here is our room-by-room guide on choosing the right art for your home.
The kitchen is the perfect place for displaying fun, graphic prints or photos, and is usually suited to smaller pieces as there tends to be less available wall space. Here, art can be displayed above the sink or a kitchen shelf or hung up on those small sections of wall between the appliances and the door. If you are really lacking in wall space, you could lean small works of art on the shelves, or even use the side of a cabinet like a wall.
As kitchens tend to naturally have a lot going on, opt for simple pieces that use just a few colours. Think along the lines of modern art or photography, retro prints, travel posters or even word art that will put a smile on your face first thing in the morning.
This is a place where you can really let loose with your art, but as it’s a room that’s so heavily used, it’s important to get it right. Large-scale pieces tend to work best in the living room, with a good rule of thumb being that it should take up between two thirds and three quarters of the wall space. If in doubt, go bigger! You needn’t add just one piece to fill up the space. You can always create a gallery wall or get two or three pieces that work well together.
As you will be looking at the art in your living room a lot, it’s important to find something you love. But to make sure your space doesn’t feel too overwhelmed, try and find an image that has at least one colour in it that matches something in your decor. This could be something big, like your sofa or rug, or something small like a cushion or accessory. Making that link will help to create a cohesive interior and help tie the room together.
Large-scale art hung over the bed is the perfect fit for almost any bedroom, but as there tends to be plenty of wall space you can really choose whatever spot you like. Opposite the bed or above a dresser is also a great choice. If you prefer smaller pieces of art, these can look beautiful displayed above your bedside tables.
As the bedroom is the room where you sleep, more understated pieces tend to work well, whether that’s an abstract print with a muted colour palette, grayscale or simple landscape photography, or anything with a serene and minimal feel. However, if your bedroom interior is more on the fun and colourful side, feel free to go for a bright, bold piece that really expresses your personality.
Art in the office should inspire creativity, and is the place to fill with all the pieces you love the most. It’s the perfect spot for a gallery wall, where you can mix and match art of different styles and sizes to create a kind of mood board for your home. For a similar look that you can change as often as you please, you could try displaying different pieces on a floating shelf above or next to your desk. Then you can move prints around or add new ones whenever the mood strikes.
Choosing art for the office is really about finding pieces that speak to you, so feel free to break the rules! Mix traditional landscapes with contemporary photos, or abstract artwith graphic prints. As long as you love it, then it has a place in your office!
The bathroom may not be the first room that springs to mind when you think about buying art for your home, but there’s no reason you need to skip this room when displaying your favourite pieces! With that being said, there are some practical considerations when it comes to choosing art for your bathroom. It must be able to withstand humidity and moisture, meaning that anything with a glass frame is a definite no-go (unless it’s been professionally sealed). Moisture can get trapped beneath the glass and the print and can do real damage to the print beneath. Instead, opt for inexpensive canvas pieces that will be significantly more resilient.
In the bathroom, art can look great hung above the toilet or tub, and can make a fun focal point when displayed above your towel or robe hooks. As the bathroom is somewhere we go to relax, fine art prints and photography can help add to that serene and peaceful feel.
Choosing the best art for your home can be a challenge, but we hope we have given you some useful guidelines on how to approach buying art for every room.
At Magna Canvas we have a wide range of affordable art, with options to suit almost any kind of space or style. To make things easier, you can even browse our selection by room, helping you find the perfect piece for your home. If you have any questions or need a bit of guidance, we would love to help. Get in touch using our contact formand we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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Over the last year, IoT has moved from being a futuristic vision to an increasing market reality. The Internet of Things is also considered to be a game changer in terms of the digital representation of the real-world (more precise and correlated data from real events and occurrences) and new ways of collaboration and exchange. An important action is now to stimulate the creation of IoT ecosystems, integrating the future generations of applications, devices, embedded systems and network technologies and other evolving ICT advances, based on open platforms and standardised identifiers, protocols and architectures.
The biggest challenge will be to overcome the fragmentation of vertically-oriented closed systems, architectures and application areas and move towards open systems and platforms that support federation of multiple applications at global scale.Scope:
Research and Innovation Actions
The scope is to create harmonised IoT architectures and reference implementations, integrating future generations of devices, embedded systems and network technologies and other evolving ICT advances. These environments support citizen and businesses for a multiplicity of novel applications. They address the issue of security and privacy mechanisms for devices, architectures, service and network platforms, including characteristics such as openness, dynamic expandability, interoperability, dependability, cognitive capabilities and distributed decision making, cost and energy-efficiency, ergonomic and user-friendliness. In the context of EU-Korea cooperation, the focus is on federation and interoperability of IoT platforms. It covers the integration of existing approaches and development of common IoT Reference Architectures towards joint IoT infrastructure reference implementation models and IoT standardisation, taking into account smart and semi-autonomous objects and issues of semantic interoperability.
Prototype installations shall be linked to pilots in the area of smart city, health care or smart service with smart factory and smart logistics. Proposed solutions should be experimented and tested through a federation of existing IoT testbeds.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 1.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.Expected Impact:


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This is my favorite picture from this week. I was taking a lot of sunrise and sunset pics and I actually took this one this morning and I just love the way the clouds were positioned as the sun was rising.
This one I took yesterday taking my son to school.
This was the moon the other night, but for some reason the zoom on my camera would not pick up what I wanted it too:( Still a cool pic, but kinda creepy as well.
This is of the sunset on Wednesday, I wish I had taken it from my front yard to avoid getting the house in the picture..
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QARAQOSH, Iraq – Over the centuries, the Middle East has always been a land where expectations tend to experience especially tough collisions with reality, so it probably should be no surprise that a massive effort to rebuild the Christian village which was the epicenter of a brutal ISIS onslaught in 2014 has, at its heart, three grand paradoxes.
Qaraqosh – or, as the 96 percent of the population that’s Christian call it, “Baghdeda”, because Baghdeda is Aramaic rather than Arabic and is part of a broader push to reclaim Christian identity here – was the largest Christian community on the Nineveh Plains, a swath of land that overlaps the border between Iraq and Kurdish-controlled territory.
When ISIS began advancing on the plains in 2014, virtually every man, woman and child, some 100,000 people in all, were forced to flee to the nearby city of Erbil, where they turned the Christian enclave of Ankawa into one of the world’s largest informal IDP camps, only in this case taking refuge with the local churches.
When the jihadist forces were driven back out of the Nineveh Plains three years later, a vast mobilization called the Nineveh Plains Reconstruction Project was launched to make possible the return of the Christian residents of the area by rebuilding their homes, schools, clinics and churches.
It’s a joint effort of the Syria Catholic, Syriac Orthodox and Chaldean Catholic churches, and it’s supported by the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need, along with major grants from sources as varied as the Hungarian government and the Knights of Columbus. Considerable headway has already been made; in Baghdeda, for instance, some 2,000 homes have already been rebuilt, and slightly over half of the town’s pre-ISIS population of 50,000 has returned.
(The Knights of Columbus are a principal partner of Crux.)
One paradox surrounding what’s been described as the “Marshall Plan” of the Nineveh Plains is that, sometimes, the people it’s intended to benefit can be ambivalent about whether they actually want it. At times, speaking to Christians here can seem like being trapped in a music video by The Clash in the early 1980s, since the defining question often is: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
It’s not that people here aren’t deeply, forever grateful for the thousand and one ways in which the Church has come to their rescue, but for every one determined that no one’s going to take away their birthright, there’s another convinced there’s little realistic hope of a stable future and they’re ready to move.
That contrast is often especially strong among the young, and it’s illustrated in Qaraqosh by Revan Habib, a young engineer, and Miriam Basim, who’s studying engineering at a university in the nearby city of Mosul.
For Habib, 28, the idea of leaving his home is almost literally unthinkable.
“I love this land. My family, the people I love are all here,” he said, speaking at the local headquarters of the reconstruction project that he serves as an engineer, making assessments of proposed projects and helping to generate cost estimates.
Habib exudes strong conviction in saying that not only must Baghdeda be rebuilt, but that it will be: “We’re saying to everyone that our people will stay here,” he told me. “We’re not leaving this land.”
Yet Basim, 21, has precisely the opposite instinct.
Basim happened to be living at school in Kikurk when the ISIS surge began, and at one point found herself hiding under her bed along with dormmates as the sound of fighting drew alarmingly close. She and her parents now have returned to Qaraqosh after taking refuge in Erbil, and they’re among the fortunate ones whose homes needed only light repairs.
On Tuesday, she ticked off her requirements for what it would take to convince her to stick around after she finishes her studies: 1) employment, meaning good jobs; 2) security, meaning a long-term absence of violence; and 3) infrastructure, meaning decent roads, schools, shops, and so on.
When asked if she thinks the odds of getting all that are strong enough she’s willing to take a shot, she hesitates, and then finally concedes she wants to go to the United States or Australia.
“I think it’s better there,” she says.
These two reactions may initially seem logical opposites, but it’s important to remember that the fight or flight instincts are both rooted in the same experience of a perceived threat. A related paradox about reclaiming the Nineveh Plains for Christianity, therefore, is that radically different conclusions about its prospects reflect the exact same deep trauma that all Christians here have suffered.
The Mayor of Qaraqosh
At one point late on Tuesday morning, I found myself sitting in a conference room of project headquarters listening to Father Georges Jahola, a Syriac Catholic priest, deliver an overview of work accomplished and future plans.
Earlier, Jahola had shown us around his parish at the Church of Behnam and Sara, one of the churches most heavily damaged by ISIS. Among other things, he pointed out graffiti the occupiers had left behind, including “ISIS will remain forever according to the prophecy” and, inevitably, “Allahu Akbar.”
I’d experienced some of his star power in the region that morning, when along the road from Erbil to Qaraqosh we breezed through checkpoints manned by both Kurds and Iraqis who waved us through the moment they saw him at the wheel without any questions asked.
As I watched Jahola explaining a vast aerial photo of Baghdeda on the wall, then display housing recording, zoning materials, construction bills, and other mountains of documentation pertaining to the effort, a question stirred in me.
“Does this town have a mayor?” I asked.
Surprised, he had to wait for the question to be translated, and assured me that yes, not only is there a mayor, but they have very cordial relations.
The obvious follow-up was, “What does that guy do?”
In fact, there was no accurate map, no accounting for where people lived, no sense of what the total damage caused by ISIS was and what it would cost to rebuild, and certainly no plans to do so, until Jahola began working on it in 2017. (In fairness, I was told the civil mayor does attend a lot of ceremonial functions, many to mark the opening or completion of construction projects sponsored by the Church.)
Hence the second paradox of the Nineveh Plains Reconstruction Project: Although people here routinely complain that the central government ignores them, it’s sort of hard to know what would be left for government officials to do even if they got serious about it, other than perhaps starting at least to pay some of the bills.
Over a long conversation at project headquarters, Jahola acknowledged there had been some criticism at the beginning from Christians who wondered if it was really safe enough to go back, especially after a Kurdish independence referendum in September once again raised fears of renewed conflict.
“What they were saying was, ‘Safety first, then reconstruction’,” Jahola said. “But I told them it has to be the other way around: Once we rebuild, then we’ll be safe. If you go back as an individual, you’re weak. If we go back as a neighborhood, we’re strong.”
“Security doesn’t just come from the government or the army,” he said. “It also comes from us.”
Jahola was joined by Faraj Issa Yaqoob, the senior engineer on the work being done in Qaraqosh. Both take pains to explain the rigid controls used at every step along the way, ensuring that the people asking for money actually live in the houses they claim and intend to remain (should they leave, they have to either give the house to another exiled family or pay back the funds); that the work being invoiced was actually performed, and that it’s up to standards; and that people really do stay.
Among other things, rather than involving contractors in the process, the project only disburses funds to the homeowners themselves, and they’re responsible for getting the work done for the amount allotted. (The most chronic complaint after things are done, some of Jahola’s staff say, is naturally from people who think they didn’t get enough money.)
Both Jahola and Yaqoob were born in Qaraqosh, both have lived there their entire lives, and both exude an iron conviction that the place will be Christian forever.
“This place belongs to the Christians,” Yaqoob says simply. “They’re trying to take it, but we’ll fight them.”
Will it last?
At least for most Westerners, it would be hard to imagine spending vast amounts of time and energy, and at least some money – though staggeringly little by developed world standards – on building thousands of homes, in effect rebuilding entire towns, without any confidence those homes will last.
Yet that’s the story here.
When I asked several young engineers, including Revan Habib, if they were sure they’d see this work through to the end, all expressed vigorous conviction that they’ll get it done. Yet when I asked the same talented, idealistic, and incredibly dedicated young people if they’re sure those houses will still be standing five years from now, all offered some version of “how could we know?”
“It’s not up to us,” he said. “It depends on others … it depends on America, on Europe, on Iran, on so many.”
In other words, there’s a deep conviction here that the future is not truly in their hands, and whether peace and prosperity will ever arrive depends on the judgments of forces they can’t control.
As we finished speaking, I snuck outside for a quick smoke break, and several of the young men soon joined me. They began peppering me with questions: “Do you think peace will come to Iraq?” “What are the Americans going to do?” Most plaintively of all, perhaps, was, “Do you think we’re safe here?”
Jahola seemed a bit a more sanguine. He too believes there’s a long-term regional contest being played out in his corner of Iraq, asserting that Iran has a clear strategy to bolster the Shiite presence here and to suppress the Christian community. For the time being, however, he doesn’t believe ISIS is coming back because, for now, he says, “the game is finished.”
The final paradox, then, is that the heart and soul of this reconstruction effort, supported by groups such as Aid to the Church in Need and the Knights of Columbus, is formed by people deeply worried that all their efforts over time could once again go up in smoke.
They’ll do it anyway, they say, because they’re fighting for something that justifies the risk.
Yet even their leader, spiritual father and unelected mayor, Jahola, has his own way of hedging his bets. At one stage we were getting out of a car, and I asked if he really believes the other fifty percent of the population of Qaraqosh/Baghdeda that hasn’t yet returned will eventually do so.
Jahola took off his sunglasses, paused, and then flashed a smile: Inshallah, he said, a very Middle Eastern way of saying you really shouldn’t be overly confident about anything.

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All bloggers who apply and qualify for the first ever, JackAsserfist Blogger Association..... (see and apply in post below to find out if you qualify. We're particular. You must have JackAssery skills and be willing to have photos, yours or your pets, displayed in JackAsserfists videos made by me. An honor and a privilege to be sure.)
where was I? Hang on................
Oh yeah, will be receiving in the next post, their new JackAssery names. And will heretofore, in any JackAssed post be known only by those names.
smarty-pants people need not apply.
Thursday addendum: I'm slammed with work over here. (please feel sorry for me. I like that) Anyhow, while I'm playing catch up...if you all look to the left ...I write with my right hand so...yeah...the left.....where my "vote for me" button has been, you'll see I replaced it with something a little more meaningful. And it's fun to do. If you click on that button it takes you to a site where you can test your vocabulary skills and at the same time donate rice to hungry people.
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At 11/28/2007 2:01 PM, jillie
Ok...here's the BIGGEST jackassery move of the day...I've just tagged you....LMAO!!!
You can thank me later ;o)
At 11/28/2007 2:27 PM, gab
Honestly.....I gotta be the biggest jackassery ever. Im afraid not only do I relate to this kinda stuff I do this kinda stuff. And still I leave people scratching their heads wondering if Im playing with a full deck!
At 11/28/2007 2:44 PM, lime
oh i am so relived to know i qualify! and if you really want the fish lips picture go to my blog and search 'vbs' that should bring it up.
At 11/28/2007 4:11 PM, cadbury_vw
i'd be happy to attempt to join the club, but...
it's part of my job to help people avoid jackass moments
no, really - it's part of my job
i may be too uptight or forward planning to be in the club
At 11/28/2007 10:53 PM, Emma Sometimes
It's hard not to drive around here without at least participating in said jackassery.
I have had more drivers lately tell me I'm #1. They even wave their finger at me, isn't that nice?
At 11/29/2007 6:51 AM, Vi vi vi vooom!!!!!!!!
Does this mean I've gotta send you a picture of me actually licking my nose? Damn, that'll teach me for being a jackassery! I can def send you a picture of my gold fish swimming on his back (before he died, really!)
At 11/29/2007 12:46 PM, Crabby
Jillie, I'm almost afraid to look what the tag is. You do know I never remember to do the darn things. I was gonna do Roxies cuz it was easy but....I totally forgot about it till....well, now. LOL!
Gab, You're a natural. Possibly even officer material.
Lime, I really do want the fish lip pic. It's my all time fav. That pick alone got you into the JaskAsserfist Association.
Cadbury, do you realize, man....if that's what you do for a living, my family "alone" could keep you in business till long after time for you to retire. Unless we accidentally kill ourselves off, of course.
Lee Ann, so far, so good.
Em, I knew you were a natural. I just knew it. Dooz too. And Slick where ever the hell he is lately.
Vi, the floating fish woulda been perfect. You can send any pics you want long as they're JackAsserfist pics. I might even make a separate JackAsserfist blog. With all you guy's (I don't care if it's not a word) new JackAsserfist names on the links. LOL!
Sign, you GOTTA be in. You've done some crazy stuff. I've been reading your blog for 2 years. You're as nuts as we are. LOL!
Jillie, fer sure! Sadly, I'm STILL working today. Can you believe it? Cuz I can't. It's like I woke up one day in work hell.
K, people. Always remember and never forget are new motto.....
to be dumb.
At 11/29/2007 12:48 PM, Crabby
Um....ok. I meant...."our" new motto. I know that word cuz it only has 3 letters. The 3 letter word is my personal specialty.
At 11/29/2007 5:53 PM, jillie
Well you need to tell work that the JackAserfist Society needs their prez...STAT! LOL...I'll give you a forged note ok? lol....
Man, I have got some major butterflies in my gut right aboot now...big game tonight :o@
At 11/29/2007 6:47 PM, Top cat
what the hell you doin anyway?
word on the street is you adopted one of them there pigs that escaped galens porky pig posts and that's why your so busy, cleanin the slop and all.
At 11/29/2007 7:33 PM, Crabby
Jillie, good luck on that game tonight!
Manny, ya think? And JackAsserfists only. Gotta be. We need a place that only talks about dumb stuff.
oh crap.....wait......that's here.
TC, I've gotten myself in over my head....aGAIN. Can you believe it? Well, I guess you probably can. LOL!
For Christmas this year I decided to copy all of Bob's family's photos and albums, scan them, repair them, and put them on DVDs with music. What I didn't realize is how many pics they have! 4 shopping bags and 5 boxes...not counting albums. I may be getting brain damage from the scanner light going back and forth and back and forth. sigh.
At 11/29/2007 7:41 PM, BTExpress
Nope, I don't qualify. I guess I've made a jackass of myself. ;-)
I posted a chick flick for HNT just for you this week. Just keep the paint balls to yourself until you see it.
At 11/29/2007 8:30 PM, G-Man
I'll eat an egg salad Sammy, with a side of slaw...Maybe some onion rings too!!
Then wait with camera in hand...
Dr. Methane at your service!!
At 11/30/2007 12:04 AM, buddha_girl
The first time I ever heard the gem of a word JACKASSERY was at work. You know I work with "tomorrow's future." One of my teammates coined the term when she wrote up a kid who was being a turd. She said to me, "It's for general jackassery."
I now use this word with pleasure on a daily basis. I have even gotten away with saying it at work and in other public places without repercussions because people have NO idea what I'm saying.
Good, fucking times.
I ADORE JACKASSERY (the good kind) and ADORE YOU, CRABBERS!
I may not have animals, but I do have a kid. Knowing that you also have a boy who still curls the hair on your head with his antics, you should also be aware that sons qualify as pets. Let me know what you need for video purposes if the situation arises.
At 11/30/2007 1:19 AM, Emma Sometimes
Do you have an email? and 2) are you interested in a cre8buzz invite..it's just a place to get more traffic to your blog with the few good aspects of myspace..really, it's worth it!


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OPERATION AVALANCHE Review
Director: Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson and Owen Williams make independent, amateur filmmaking look good. In fact, they make it downright stunning on occasion in their new film OPERATION AVALANCHE, which, surprisingly, isn’t too dissimilar to their previous film THE DIRTIES. Trading high school cinephilia, bullying, and school shootings for period centric, high tension political espionage, the team still functions on a film within a film level. Once again, they manage to take it away from a cheap convention and turn it into something with a lot of character, as well as stylistic intensity. It’s a marvel that their sensibilities translate so well, so far away from traditional, contemporary independent works, to which their attitudes seem more fitting. But their ambitious tackling of the high concept pays off, both despite and because of their unabashedly endearing tenacity.
More like Astro-not! *SLAM DUNK*
OPERATION AVALANCHE opens on two members of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s A.V. sector in 1967, following up on a tip that Stanley Kubrick might be a spy. In their reporting back, they come with a pitch for another mission: pose as a clueless documentary crew (filming everything as this film’s framing device) and infiltrate NASA to investigate their status on the Apollo missions, ultimately to sniff out a KGB mole. Upon approval, their mission slowly begins to spiral and tighten as more and more information unravels, cancelling out and contradicting each other. To make matters worse, interpersonal tensions arise, jeopardizing deep friendships and the lives within them.
With THE DIRTIES being about high schoolers and being made like it were by high schoolers, OPERATION AVALANCHE captures a similar sense of untethered ambition. The transplanting of perspectives initially doesn’t feel all that different, which felt worrisome right off the bat. Both films open on ambitious youths being looked down upon for their unbridled creative works, unaware of the heft of the real world right outside their fantasies. Yet OPERATION AVALANCHE pushes onward, determined to establish itself in the Cold War era. The period details in costume, production design, and even cinematography are specific, but lived in enough to be pretty convincing throughout. At first it feels like a student project trying hard to be a period piece, but eventually OPERATION AVALANCHE looks and feels pretty legitimate, mainly thanks to Johnson’s lively and excited direction.
I say we bring back saying “I do declare,” for it’ll be fun!
The plot and pace of the film is quite enticing right off the bat, bouncing around with comedic irreverence and genuine intent. One moment they’re in a heist film, and another they’re in a conspiracy thriller, followed by a buddy comedy. Johnson’s ability to go back and forth between these tones feels natural, particularly because he pushes the film ahead with the real gut feeling that it’s a documentary. The camera work, revealed through editing, does everything in its power to function like a documentary. The performances all around strive for real, most of the time succeeding with flying colors due to volleying with actual reality; Matt Johnson and his crew pulled some real guerrilla hijinks to get this film made. They snuck into NASA posing as a documentary team, both as the conceit of the film, but also as a cover. Johnson notoriously goes around traditional filmmaking decorum for the sake of capturing a reality that’s as close to our own as possible. Even in a period piece, this methodology pulls off some real magic that only independent productions could be remembered and lauded for.
It’s odd but exciting to say OPERATION AVALANCHE executes nail-biting thriller cinematics akin to classics like BLOW UP and THE CONFORMIST. The documentary conceit Johnson boldly chooses to work with extends the intensity through shaky cameras and disadvantageous camera angles, and fully into patient cat and mouse games, and even improvised car chases. The camera (half film, half digital transferred to film with the print dirtied up; clever process, actually) is an active participant, and sometimes has to hide, creating great moments of dread. Its frequent zoom and telephoto photography call to mind recent fare like Alex Ross Perry’s LISTEN UP PHILIP, but also throws back to more time fitting classics, not so much playing dress up but employing old tricks like they haven’t been worn in a while.
When you listen to your friend’s mixtape because you love them but it’s trash
Scenes of characters observing film strips and still photos, noticing something they wish they hadn’t, feel as 60s and 70s as the authentic stock footage they implement and even manipulate throughout. To top it off, there’s a chase scene near the end of this film that delivers on being one of the most unnerving and aggressively frightening sequences in cinema this year. Think GUN CRAZY plus CITIZENFOUR levels of visceral unease. Considering this film’s capabilities as odd is purely because not many independent features really dare to try what this film does, let alone succeed at all. There’s a confidence flowing through this film’s veins that not only call attention to its impressive craft, but actually enthralls and captures imagination in several key moments.
The one aspect that doesn’t connect so strongly with the rest of OPERATION AVALANCHE lies in the lead performances not necessarily fitting to period convention. Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, and the rest of their team are decidedly Canadian, and predominantly speak like they’re from the generation they’re really from. It’s an odd toss up, as despite the lack of period consistency, Johnson and Williams perform with such dedication to their character that it almost feels worthy of excusing. Their drama, down time, and shared comedic moments are palpable and filled with such unique life that it becomes hard to leave by the end of the film. There’s no doubt that Williams and Johnson are bound for some great performances in the very near future, and there’s no denying that they even give great performances here. It’s more a question of them turning in the right performances for the film. But even with the disconnect, OPERATION AVALANCHE chugs along without panic.
Is this Krav Maga?
Like a magic act so bold in premise that there’s fear it won’t be pulled off, OPERATION AVALANCHE throws a bunch of balls into the air. For a sophomore feature effort, and one that is literally Matt Johnson’s graduate thesis film, what it manages to catch is impressive far beyond the film school level. This is an exciting little film that deserves exposure outside of the festival circuit. Matt Johnson is a performer and director who, without blinking, makes his ambitious craft almost look effortless, only because he puts his blood in the work and directly on the screen. Not only do he and his crew set out with stars in their eyes, but they legitimately follow through, from THE DIRTIES’s stunning closing scene, all the way to OPERATION AVALANCHE’s third act that doesn’t feel obligated to stay light. There’s a philosophical and cinematic effort to follow through from Johnson that makes him stand out. OPERATION AVALANCHE is evidence of an unfiltered independent voice who feels as close to the definition of independent as any other indie director has ever settled. It can’t escape all of its amateurish caveats, but they took their intentions to the finish line regardless. It’s blood-pumping cinema that transcends the pitfall of being a spirited but embarrassing effort, and instead becomes a scrappy fighter of a film whose bark is just as loud as its bite. It deserves to be seen.


Since a handful of sneak previews were released, speculation has been flying around the web about the new BMW M3. Despite the fact that it’s not due to be officially unveiled until later this year, and sold to the public from 2014, early photos and other details leaked by insiders still drop some major hints about what we can expect from the next iteration of one of BMW’s most iconic cars.
BMW first announced the M3 in 1985, and since then it has seen no fewer than four incarnations. The first was a 2.3-litre four-cylinder engine, delivering 200 horsepower; the most recent a 4-litre V8 delivering an impressive 420 hp. The challenge for BMW is to build on that legacy, whilst maintaining their track record for a great-looking, comfortable and high-performance car.
Early indications are that they have more than acquitted themselves, combining a series of smart tricks and modifications to produce a lighter, faster and more powerful car with the same eye for luxury inside.
Under the bonnet
Whilst the current M3 uses a four-litre V8, the new one has a three-litre straight six with twin turbochargers. (Early reports were that the 2014 iteration would have a third turbo, powered by electricity to reduce lag and further increase efficiency, though sadly that now looks like it’s probably hype – this time around, anyway.) Despite its inline six and smaller engine, word is that it will deliver up to 450 horsepower.
Unlike the electrical steering of its predecessor, this M3 will revert to hydraulic steering – customers prefer it and so that’s what they got, along with regular tyres instead of run-flats. A six-speed manual paddle shift will be offered as well as seven-speed dual clutch, which will also please fans.
Lighter, faster, sleeker
BMW has found a few ways to slim down its new M3 to make even more of the extra power. They’ve shed over 200 lbs by making more extensive use of carbon fibre and composites. The result is to shave the car’s 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) time down by three-tenths of a second to 4.3 seconds – possibly faster, since ‘official’ figures tend to be a little on the conservative side – and give it a top speed of 180 mph, though this is usually limited electronically to 155 mph. To help you handle the extra speed, the new M3 has a limited-slip differential, as well as the hydraulic power steering.
All that extra speed and power warrants a bit of a redesign, too. BMW have beefed up the bodywork a bit, giving the new M3 a more muscular feel without overcooking it. Front air intakes are flared, the alloy wheels are a little larger, and a quad exhaust shows it means business. Inside you’ll find heavily-padded sports seats and a motorsport-feel steering wheel.
The bottom line?
The power boost and lighter weight predictably end up heavier on the wallet, and the new M3 is slated to start at £55,000.
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MWC Move to Be Possibly Announced on Friday
As San Jose State fans know, it's been a steady but often rocky climb out of the dungeon for San Jose State athletics, and football in particular. Over the last few years hopes have risen and then dashed that SJSU would be moving out of a sinking Western Athletic Conference. Numerous reports this week have stated the move is now a done deal, and a press conference has been announced by the SJSU athletic department with the expectation that the move will be officially announced, according to the San Jose Mercury News
It is also expected that Utah State will be joining the Spartans in moving to the MWC.
When former athletic director Tom Bowen came on board to revive San Jose State athletics, many were demanding the football program be eliminated or dropped from Division 1 play. Now, with football on the rise in both results and attendance, along with recent conference championships in men's and women's golf, and swimming/diving, along with womem's gymnastic winning the WAC regular season title, SJSU athletics is on the rise, and will culminate with the expected move to the MWC.
There are still some glaring issues that, according to sources, nearly derailed the invite. Men's basketball has been dismal and some fear the inclusion of SJSU hoops will lower the RPI score of the Mountain West. Also, facilities were said to be an issue. However the plans for the North End Zone project, including the Bill Walsh Center, certainly helped in that area.
If true, the move to the Mountain West will greatly enhance the stature of San Jose State athletics and reunite the program with several traditional rivals, including Fresno State and Nevada.
Of course what San Jose State would bring to the conference is a rising athletics program, as well as the huge Bay Area television market.
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Volunteers clear thousands of pounds of trash from the Missouri River in Kansas City
The Missouri River Relief cleanup drew more than 150 volunteers, even with the threat of severe rain. Volunteers picked up a 10-mile stretch of the riverfront in Kansas City, finding everything from tires and lawn chairs to headlights and fenders.
More than 150 volunteers joined Missouri River Relief Saturday for a large-scale trash cleanup along a 10-mile stretch of the riverbank in Kansas City. The volunteers join tens of thousands of others who have participated in river cleanups across the state in the past two decades.
Since it was founded in 2001, Missouri River Relief has hosted 212 river cleanup events with over 31,000 volunteers. In that time, they’ve collected more than 2 million pounds of trash.
Trash enters the Missouri River in many different ways – from illegal dumping, local litter or flowing downstream from far away tributaries. Alyssa Thomas, the stewardship and outreach coordinator for Missouri River Relief, said the cleanups help keep the river healthy but also help them ensure the trash doesn’t flow into larger bodies of water.
“We like to say we all live downstream,” Thomas said. “Picking it up where it's at will keep it from eventually getting down to the Gulf and then in those big trash patches you see out in the middle of the oceans.”
During the cleanup, volunteers were ferried along the river, starting at Riverfront Park, by boats to pre-scouted cleanup sites. Sometimes, Thomas said, volunteers will see mini trash islands in the river when large patches of it get caught on rocks during strong currents. But most of the trash comes from flooding or litter tossed off bridges and on roads or trails near the river.
There are six dams along the Missouri River. Kevin Tosie, operations director for Missouri River Relief, said a lot of the trash comes downstream from the closest dam to Kansas City: Gavins Point Dam on the border of Nebraska and South Dakota. Tosie also says you can tell a little bit about a region based on its trash.
“Kansas City loves QuickTrip,” he said. “It is like your bread and butter and it really shows on the banks downstream of here. Where this cleanup is today is actually upstream of kind of the most polluting river from Kansas City, which is the Blue River. Downstream of there is where we really see a lot of the outflow from Kansas City. A lot of the trash here is coming from the Omaha, Nebraska, area and those tributaries.”
Thomas said they take people along the river by boat to reach areas that aren’t accessible by foot.
“A lot of the trash that we find on the river is draining out from the Kansas City area,” Thomas said. “So those are areas that normal people will not be, usually, they're pretty secluded. There's so much more trash out there. If we can get to them by boat and then pull it off directly on the river, it saves a lot of footing.”
The Saturday event was 10-year-old John Gravinos’ first river cleanup. He and his group found shoes, tires, old library books, a radio, a flip-flop and a turtle fossil.
Gravino, who volunteered with the Greater Kansas City United Nations Association, said volunteering with Missouri River Relief helped him realize what he can do as a young environmentalist.
“I think it's important (to clean up trash), so our river's going to be more clean,” Gravino said. “If the rivers are clean, there will be less pollution.”
Ingrid Gomez drives past the river every day on her way to school at Rockhurst University. There, she lives in campus housing that prioritizes sustainability, so she and many of her floormates decided the cleanup was a natural extension of their mission.
“It was so interesting to learn how sacred the river is,” Gomez said. “We are so privileged to live around a river and because of that, we are not as mindful of our water usage or rationing. I thought (the cleanup) would be a great way for me to not only do my part but also give back to the river for the life that it gives.”
Gomez estimated she and her group picked up more than 12 bags that can hold 35 pounds of trash. The clean-up reframed Gomez’s relationship with the river, and she said she wants to make sure others are empowered to take care of it, too.
“When you just throw trash out in your backyard or on the roads, it's coming back to the river,” Gomez said. “So it's not necessarily that people are coming here and dumping their trash in the river. If everyone takes the responsibility that they have just based on how much the river gives to us, I think it would make a big difference in how much trash we're picking up today.”
Thomas said newcomers like Gavino and Gomez turn into cleanup regulars, which is why registration for this event filled up in a matter of days.
This is the second cleanup that Mark Bates, regional director for St. James Winery and Public House Brewing, has participated in. The winery has water conservation programs of its own and has supported Missouri River Relief for more than a decade.
Bates drove in from St. Louis for the event and plans to go to every cleanup the organization hosts in the state. He said he always finds something interesting.
“I was expecting consumer debris, like water bottles and whatnot, but there was a lot of construction debris – railroad ties and nails and cables – so I was surprised by that,” Bates said.
While the trash collected Saturday won’t be weighed for another few weeks, Tosie said volunteers collected an “enormous” amount of trash before the next flood.
“A typical cleanup of this size really results in anywhere from five to seven tons (of trash collected) if you include scrap metal and tires,” Tosie said. Every time we have a high water event or a really heavy rainfall in Kansas City, we see that steady flow of styrofoam and plastic roll down the river.”
Missouri River Relief is hosting three more cleanups this year across Missouri and Nebraska. Tosie said he hopes events like this inspire people to dedicate time to conservation work.
“We should all care,” he said. “In Kansas City, the drinking water comes from this river. On top of that, there's aquatic life to think about and people who rely on this river for recreation, food and water. ”


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He began as Grim Death, although that may seem redundant, and he was happy with that for years. “Grim death” first appeared in print around 1600 in a play called The Roman Actor by Philip Massinger: “But when grim death, by Aesculapius’ art, is frighted from the house, and health appears in sanguine colours on the sick man’s face, all is forgot…” Another early literary reference to him comes from John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667): “Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe.” By the 1800s, however, grim death takes a turn for the more picturesque and adopts the guise with which have become familiar.
Imagined as a reaper, a harvester of some allegorical human farm field, our first reference comes from a collection of German poems known as Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Youth’s Magic Horn”, 1805-1808) and, close on its heels, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) called “The Reaper and the Flowers”: “There is a Reaper whose name is Death, and, with his sickle keen, he reaps the bearded grain at a breath, and the flowers that grow between.”
But why a sickle, and not a guillotine, dagger, sword, gun or noose? Why a reaper in a hooded cloak and not an executioner in a hood? The reason really gets back to the way Longfellow describes it, where we can imagine a sickle, cutting an impartial swath through the crop. Without prejudice or a thought for the individual, the sickle brings everything down to the same level. In the hands of the personification of death, the sickle tells us that we will all share in this fate, without exception.
Also, the sickle has a double association. Although harvest time means that the life of the crop is coming to an end, the lives that depend on the crop are renewed. The cycle of the farmland and the labor of farmers through the seasons reaches its anticipated fulfillment. A circle of growth closes where death is the necessary precursor to the start of the next round of new life. In short, the sickle is also a symbol of fertility and continued life. Even the form of the sickle is a study in opposites: the upright handle for the male, the curved blade for the female. As an aside, the change from sickle to scythe likely just reflects the development of the technology of farming tools. Today, we refer to a scythe. Symbolically, they are the same thing.
Of Planets and Castration
Explanations of the origins of the grim reaper often focus on the Greek or Roman myth of Saturn (I’ll use the Roman version, since the names of the characters are more familiar.) It is no coincidence that Saturn is not only the god of triumph, but also the god of plant growth and harvests. He used a sickle to castrate and depose his father, Uranus, stopping his endless emanations of ‘precious bodily fluids’ and therefore the constant creation of the universe. In doing so, Saturn not only triumphed and claimed the throne of the gods, he enabled the beginning of time and the history of man. Symbolically, Saturn represents order, control and the knowledge of reality, even when that reality is at odds with our desires. But Saturn’s mission isn’t necessarily one that brings sadness. He ultimately shatters illusions and unrealistic expectations. In the end, he forces us to abandon everything except what is real.
Bringers of Death
The appearance of the grim one is well known, conjuring up not only the scythe, but one of the most prevalent symbols of death in all history, the human skeleton. Sometimes shown as just a skeleton but more often dressed in a cowled robe, the skull is aways visible. However, not all personifications of death have looked like the reaper. For the ancient Greeks, he was a bearded and winged man. For the Japanese, Inazami-no-Mikoto was a woman, a goddess of creation and death. In Hindu scriptures, death was even thought to disguise itself as a child. Various religions even have an Angel of Death, giving him different names and appearances.
The Positive Spin
There is an upside to the grim reaper tattoo and it comes from the larger group of tattoos with which it shares symbolism. Memento mori is Latin for “remember you must die.” While the message may seem as grim as the reaper, it is actually quite the opposite. Many of the tattoo symbols that draw on images that are directly related to death–the skeleton, a skull, even an hourglass–are really about life. Memento mori is an exhortation to remember that the nature of human existence is transitory. Live life is its message. Live and enjoy it while you can.


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12 Times Panama Nails the Best Beaches
Panama is a beach and island lover’s paradise, with its two long coastlines and more than a thousand islands. Where else on earth can you surf in the Pacific Ocean in the morning and take an evening dip in the Caribbean Sea, all in the same day?
We’ve scoured the best beaches Panama has to offer. Here are our top 12, in no particular order. Since each beach has its own charm and unique characteristics, it would be almost impossible not to be able to find the tropical beach atmosphere you seek somewhere along the coast of Panama.
1. Santa Clara & Farallón, Pacific Coast: These two are the most appealing beaches along the Pacific Coast, and the best for swimming. Best of all, they lie within a 2-hour drive of Panama City. Here the water is bluer and the sand is whiter than what you’ll find in many neighboring beaches closer to the city.
2. Isla Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro: Cayos Zapatillas, or the “Slippers Islands” (so-called because they resemble footprints), not only fulfill the beach lover’s fantasy with their soft sand backed by a tangle of jungle. They are also surrounded by a rich display of coral that attracts hordes of fish, which makes for some excellent snorkeling.
3. Boca Chica, Chiriquí: We are a bit partial to Boca Chica, which offers pristine ocean views of tropical blue seas, lush vegetation, and remote islands with white sand beaches and swaying palms. Not to mention, this area also offers world-class fishing, diving, and snorkeling.
4. Santa Catalina, Veraguas: Originally a highly coveted secret surf spot, Santa Catalina probably has the most consistently great waves in Panama. It is the closest access point to Isla Coiba with its world class diving, pristine beaches, and nature reserve.
5. Contadora Isand, Panama: The beaches here are sandy brown, with warm waters suited for snorkeling and swimming. Contadora Island is one of Panama’s more affordable beach destinations.
6. San Blas Islands, Guna Yala: This is by far Panama’s premier beach destination with with powdery white sand, extensive coral reefs, piercing turquoise water, and clusters of enticing palm trees. The indigenous and colorful Kuna population administers this province, and their unique culture is one of the best reasons to visit the region.
7. Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama: The Pearl Islands are a relatively unsung beach destination, despite the fact that this Pacific archipelago is close to Panama City, has some of the country’s best snorkeling, and boasts white sand beaches and calm waters. Outside of holidays and the hard-core summer, you won’t find crowds here, even during weekends. It’s well worth a short boat ride to enjoy solitude at one of Panama’s best beaches.
8. Isla Coiba National Park, Veraguas: This island is Panama’s number one diving site. It’s rather remote, but its incredible beaches and the Isla Coiba National Park make it worth the excursion. If the main island is too crowded, try venturing to Granito de Oro where the beaches are so idyllic that midsize cruise ships make stops here.
9. Las Lajas, Chiriquí: One of the lesser known beaches in Panama, Las Lajas is worth a visit, with its swaying palm trees and perfect water temperature. This beach is known for having just the right amount of waves for bodysurfing. Given that the beach stretches for more than 8 miles, it is also the perfect walking beach as well.
10. La Barqueta, Chiriquí: Strong currents at this black sand beach mean the water is not ideal for swimming. However, like Las Lajas, it is lengthy and good for walking. It’s also home to an impressive nature reserve.
11. Playa Los Destiladores & Playa Venao, Azuero Peninsula: There are a multitude of beaches lining the coast of this peninsula, but these two are the best. Located within a 20-minute drive from one another, you can surf both in one day. Not into surfing? Try the protected cove at Playa Venao, where it is calm enough for a swim, or travel a bit farther east for the best beach surfing hotspot.
12. Burica, Chiriquí: Looking for an underpopulated stretch of some of Panama’s best beaches? Burica, apart from a few small towns and one accommodation, is absolutely desolate. So what is its attraction? Lots and lots of isolated beaches, rows of palm trees, and at times surfable waves. The beach is formed with gray sand and striated rocks that stretch all the way out into the sea.
Which of these Panama beaches is your favorite? Are there any others you think we should have included? Comment and let us know!
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Good information. Thanks.
Missing North beach of Isla Viveros/Las Perlas, which is definitely one of the most beautiful beaches in Panama. Perfect white sand and turquoise waters. And for boaters, there is a sandy island nearby, coming out at low tide only.
Hi Jay, thanks for the suggestion, we will take a look at that beach!
Curious where straw markets might be, if I relocate from Canada I can sell stuff. Looking at Boca Chica, Bocas del Toro, Santa Catalina etc. Need traffic from tourists at the local markets