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Go skiing for Thanksgiving? Yes, you can
You might have to drive a few miles for some Thanksgiving weekend skiing — Bogus Basin won’t be open (maybe in early December, fingers crossed) — but if you’re looking for some holiday schussing in Idaho, there are three just a couple of hours away.
Sun Valley opens to skiing on Thanksgiving Day, hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. An adult lift ticket can be purchased online for $92. There also is a ski, lodging buffet package, with prices starting at $265 per night with a four-night minimum stay. Visit sunvalley.com to purchase tickets or for more details
Brundage Mountain, McCall
Brundage Mountain Resort is closed on Thanksgiving Day, but is offering three days of free skiing and riding on its Easy Street chairlift Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Easy Street triple chair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 23-25. Smoky’s Bar & Grill will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. all three days, with the Fall Line Shop, Ski + Ride School and Brundage Guest Services open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“Our snowmaking team has taken full advantage of low temperatures so that we can open Easy Street for the season,” said resort spokesperson, April Whitney.
After Thanksgiving weekend, Easy Street will operate Saturdays and Sundays. But, with a series of storms in the forecast, the Brundage Mountain team is optimistic that additional terrain can be added soon.
The Easy Street lift and Easy Rider conveyor are free to all ages, all season long. This free access is a centerpiece of Brundage Mountain’s evolving Learn to Ski + Ride Program. New additions this year include the Beartopia Family Fun Zone and the 4x4 Learn to Ski + Ride Program, which offers four lessons and four rentals, plus a season pass, for $249.
If you go up Thanksgiving weekend, you’re also invited to the community’s annual Pray for Snow Party 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23 at the Activity Barn Snow Tubing facility in McCall. This year’s family-friendly party features live music from Innocent Man along with food from Brundage Mountain Catering, hot and cold drinks and bonfire sacrifices to the Norse god and goddess of snow, Ullr and Skadi. Find more at brundage.com.
Tamarack Resort is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Since it is so early in the season, the beginner area will be the only open terrain available for skiing, and the Discovery Chair will be turning from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Season passes will be honored for Thanksgiving weekend, or you can purchase daily tickets for $10; children 6 and under ski free.
The resort’s retail shop will be open for holiday gift buying and equipment rentals, and lessons will also be available. Hot Shots Café will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Seven Devils Pub will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The resort will close at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25, until its projected opening date of Friday, Dec. 14, when Tamarack hopes to open for seven-day-a-week operations, “if snowmaking and natural snowfall allow.” For more information, check the snow report at tamarackidaho.com.


QT3-15 automatic fly ash brick machine and block making machine.
It is special in concrete block making,equipped with different molds to produce various concrete blocks.
1.Super-strong steel structure ,made of extensive imported original parts,ensuring more stability and reliability for the main machine body.
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3.High-efficiency and super-strong vibration system ,computer control flow pressure of the hydraulic system ,realise vertically thus greatly increase products compactness and mold-box service life.
4.The cloth system adopts semi-closed screen reticular feeding unit to feed materials forcedly ,with evenness and even speed , ensuring product intensity.
5.Fitted with special hydraulic loading unit,readily realise mass and automatic production ,saving a great deal of human power ,maintenance , and circulating fund investment.
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Haiyan Huagong Machinery Co., Ltd is located in South Area C, Baibu Industrial Park, Haiyan County, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, we are a professional manufacturer of the cement block molding machine, brick making machine line. After continuous development and improvement by our good technicians , the technical level of the products in a leading position in the domestic industry.
Company registered capital is 100 million Yuan, covering an area of 5000 square meters and a building area of 3,000 square meters, we have above 100 employees, 42 sets of various types of production equipments.The annual output of all kinds of machines is almost 65 sets .
Over the years, Huagong integrated with of technology, production, sales as one, always insist in the "quality of survival, innovation and development, service and efficiency" as our business philosophy, we believe with our hard working, continuous improvement, the company will be stronger and design higher efficiency equipments.


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I'm a Japanology student, I eat out frequently day and like almost every Westerner I need to eat more healthy things. So I thought I'd follow the thread of logic and learn how to make bentou!
Any master chefs here who can link me to helpful websites and blogs? In any language, but preferably English or Japanese.
Ajinomoto's bentou section has recipes that only take 15 minutes to make with only three dishes. These are more traditional than this blog, which has selections of cute character lunch boxes but sadly there are no recipes. Here's another blog with instructions under the READ MORE cut.
EDIT: They're all in Japanese. Sorry!
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Zaobao: Real Madrid beats Real Sociedad; Hamburg suffered lore; Bielefeld coach Neuhaus dismissed get out of class,mia k
His end shocked Real Madrid fans. This will not happen! do not! The joy just now was suppressed by worry in an instant, and everyone looked at Mordred worriedly. mia k "Every major club will be so'cold-blooded'. It's just that Guti and Raul's affairs make everyone think that we are really cold-blooded. In fact, other clubs will do the same thing. It's just that we have been infinitely enlarged by the media."

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Apple Cucumber Salad Recipe
Apple Cucumber Salad Recipe is an absolute winner recipe. Made by combining apples with cucumber, this salad is so refreshing to go with any continental meal of your choice.
Apple Cucumber Salad Recipe is a delicious crunchy salad made with apples and cucumbers as the name suggests.
The addition of mint in the salad adds to the freshness and the dressing of honey and lemon add the required to balance out the flavours of this oh so fresh salad.
These crunchy fruits and veggies are tossed in honey and pepper that is added to it.
Eat it as a summer meal by itself or pair it with a simple soup and sandwich for a complete meal.
Serve Apple Cucumber Minty Salad along with Lemon Coriander Soup Recipe and Cheesy Grilled Sandwich With Smoked Chicken Recipe or Broccoli Paneer Mayo Sandwich Recipe for a complete meal.
Try our other Salad Recipes:
- 1 Apples , sliced and cut into quarters
- 1 Cucumbers , sliced and cut into semi circles
- 3 sprig Mint Leaves (Pudina) , roughly chopped For the dressing
- Salt , to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper corns , crushed
- 1 teaspoon Honey
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
How to make Apple Cucumber Salad Recipe
To begin making the Apple Cucumber Salad Recipe, in a large mixing bowl, combine the cucumbers with the apples, honey, lemon juice, crushed black pepper and salt to taste.
Add a few chopped mint leaves and toss well.
Serve Apple Cucumber Mint Salad along with Lemon Coriander Soup Recipe and Cheesy Grilled Sandwich With Smoked Chicken Recipe or Broccoli Paneer Mayo Sandwich Recipe for a complete meal.
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Sonia Rykiel's dress is cut from crisp panels of black, red and white silk crepe de chine. Seen on the Fall '16 runway, this shirt-inspired style has slits beneath the collar and is pleated through the skirt for movement. Further its preppy feel with block-heel boots.
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Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill makes a mammoth 12 changes to the side that beat Gloucester 17-12 last Saturday.
Only Adam Thompstone, captain Louis Deacon and Ben Youngs retain their places as Cockerill rests his key players ahead of next week's Heineken Cup clash with Ospreys.
Tom Croft makes his return to the starting XV at flanker following nine months on the sidelines with a neck injury.
2 min: Tigers are awarded an early penalty at the breakdown on the halfway line. A lovely kick from Toby Flood puts Tigers in the corner. The line-out leads to a driving maul but Tigers eventually give a penalty away and their chance to score is gone.
8 min: PENALTY 3-0 It is Tigers who go behind as the returning Croft is penalised for not rolling away at the breakdown in front of the posts. Former Tiger Andy Goode makes no mistake as he strikes the ball cleanly and watches it fly over.
10 min: Tigers have the chance to restore parity as they win a penalty just inside the Warriors' half. But instead of going for goal, Flood opts for touch, which results in Tigers giving away a penalty at the breakdown and missing their chance to equalise.
14 min: TRY 8-0 Tigers now find themselves further behind as lovely footwork from Warriors' Jon Clarke sees him sidestep his way through the Tigers backline. He off-loads to Chris Pennell who plays in David Lemi in the corner and the winger dives over the line in the left corner. Goode's kick drifts wide of the posts.
20 min: PENALTY 11-0 Martin Castrogiovanni is pinged for not releasing the ball in front of the posts on his 10 metre line and Goode drills his kick straight between the sticks.
21 min: Castro finds himself in the bin. After a long TMO decision, the prop is shown a yellow card by referee JP Doyle for not using his arms in a tackle on Dean Schofield.
23 min: PENALTY 14-0 Croft is penalised once again at the breakdown on his 10 metre line, to the left of the posts. Goode strikes it clean as a whistle and Tigers are now 14 points behind. They desperately need some ball.
33 min: Fourteen-man Tigers look under pressure as Warriors continue to pile on the pressure just outside Tigers' 22. But a crunching tackle from Logovi'i Mulipola forces hooker Aleki Lutui backwards and wins a penalty which allows Tigers to clear. It is 15-a-side again now as Castro returns to the field.
38 min: TRY 14-5 Tigers get another penalty, and Flood opts to put Tigers in the corner with a little more than a minute on the clock. The gamble pays off as the ball is eventually spun out right to Mat Tait who beats his man and off-loads to Scott Hamilton, who gets over in the corner. Flood's kick again falls short.
40 min: It is a double whammy though, as Goode is given a yellow card for a knee in the back on Hamilton at the try and Tigers are awarded a penalty back on the halfway line for it. But, for the third time, Flood's goal attempt falls short of the posts.
h-t min: Worcester 14 Tigers 5
45 min: Not the start Tigers would have wanted as they give away two penalties in their own half in quick succession. With Goode in the bin, full-back Pennell takes it. His first hits the post and the second drifts wide. Tigers are lucky not to have gone even further behind.
50 min: TRY 14-12 Tigers are awarded a penalty on the right touch on the Warriors 22 but Flood opts to kick for the corner instead of taking the points. Tigers get a good rolling maul going and, after forcing two penalties, Tigers are awarded a penalty try. Flood quickly knocks it over.
63 min: Doyle does Tigers a favour as he pulls the play back for a penalty to Worcester on Tigers 10 metre line, despite the home side seemingly having a decent advantage. Goode, back from the bin, puts it wide. Despite being second best for the majority of the game, Tigers can still win this.
79 min: TRY 14-19 It is an incredible finish as Doyle awards Tigers their second penalty try of the game after Worcester are adjudged to have collapsed the scrum on their own line with just seconds to spare. Flood converts and Tigers have somehow managed to get out of jail.


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A portrait of an American woman who helped pioneer the fresher and simpler cuisine that emerged in California in the later 1970s.
A retrospective on the history and work of the famous American school for academic mastery of the performing arts.
A biography of the influential actor and director of silent film classics and his contributions to character expression and make-up effects.
An up-close look at the songs and lifestyle of the popular country western personality.
The colorful life of the choreographer and performer who has often been acknowledged as America’s most powerful and athletic dancer.
The impact of African-American author Ellison on the state of culture and literature in the United States.

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Nakaya Naka-ai Writer Araishu
Hand-turned and hand-finished, the Nakaya Naka-ai Writer in Araishu is available exclusively from us at Classic Fountain Pens. We can provide this pen with your choice of Nakaya 14k solid gold nib.
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MATLAB and Signal Processing and Statistical Analysis Toolboxes (R2008b, MathWorks; Natick, Massachusetts) were used to implement MDFA and statistical testing.
MDFA allows us to quantify the dynamics of a frequency component with respect to its complexity.
MDFA of skin BFO, the method proposed in this study, could be used to assess the effectiveness of exercise interventions on enhancing microvascular function in people with SCI.
Using MDFA, we were able to characterize the nonlinear complexity of sacral skin BFO and detect that people with SCI had a lower complexity than nondisabled controls.
An important challenge in applying the MDFA to detect the complexity of a frequency component (e.
We intended to test the feasibility of using MDFA to assess microvascular dysfunction in people with SCI.
Unlike traditional methods, in which the normalized amplitude of a frequency component is used as a quantitative measure of the related control mechanism of BFO, MDFA provides information about the nonlinear complexity of a blood flow signal, which may be used to study the interactions among various blood flow control mechanisms and the influences of SCI on microvascular functions.


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CCS is pleased to announce the publication on August 23, 2015, of Mark Griffith, Greek Satyr Play: Five Studies. The POD paperback, ISBN 9781939926043, is available now for $29.95 at this link, and should be available through other channels by late September. An ePub version should be for sale shortly. [Update: the ePub version is now for sale for $14.95 at this link and should be available through other channels in about 8 weeks.]
Like all CCS volumes, Greek Satyr Play is immediately available for open-access page view at eScholarship.org.
With a new introduction and some revisions, these five essays on Classical Greek satyr plays, originally published in various venues between 2002 and 2010, suggest new critical approaches to this important dramatic genre and identify previously neglected dimensions and dynamics within their original Athenian context. Griffith shows that satyr plays, alongside the ludicrous and irresponsible—but harmless—antics of their chorus, presented their audiences with culturally sophisticated narratives of romance, escapist adventure, and musical-choreographic exuberance, amounting to a “parallel universe” to that of the accompanying tragedies in the City Dionysia festival. The class oppositions between heroic/divine characters and the rest (choruses, messengers, servants, etc.) that are so integral to Athenian tragedy are shown to be present also, in exaggerated form, in satyr drama, with the satyr chorus occupying a role that also inevitably recalled for the Athenian audiences their own (often foreign-born) slaves. Meanwhile the familiar main characters of tragedy (Heracles, Danae and Perseus, Hermes and Apollo, Achilles, Odysseus, etc.) are re-deployed in an engaging milieu of erotic encounters, miraculous discoveries, guaranteed happy endings, marriages, and painless release from suffering for all—both for the well-behaved heroes and also for the low-life, playful satyrs (the “slaves of Dionysus”). In their fusion of adventure and romance, fantasy and naïveté, Aphrodite and Dionysus, Athenian satyr plays thus anticipate in many respects, Griffith suggests, the later developments of Greek pastoral and prose romance.


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Video of 25 years of Indian Polyurethane Association- IPUA
Posted 20 July 2017
This film celebrates 25 years of Indian Polyurethane Association- IPUA.
Started modestly in 1992 by a group of Polyurethane Processors to interface for governmental liaison and to create a platform for voicing concerns.
Today, it is a professional body of over 300 members who are amazingly energised to promote the use of Polyurethanes.
It is a unique body encompassing all the stakeholders from Multi National Corporation giants to Indian Industrialists, consultants and end users.
In these years it has taken a lot if initiatives to boost awareness and the usage of Polyurethanes.
PU TECH 2017 Wrap up
Posted 18 March 2017
This 2-day technical training aims to educate polyurethane based footwear industry members about the fundamentals of polyurethane, materials, processes, machineries, adhesives, safety and environmental awareness about polyurethane and trouble-shooting. The training will be followed by the lab visit to get acquainted with the testing of footwear.
This training is organized by IPUA Technical Center as a part of its initiative in skill development for polyurethane industry as well as technical advancement for members. Experts from the industry with many years of hands-on experience will be sharing their knowledge and best practices with the participants. This training will be useful to people who are working in the areas of raw material manufacturing, formulations, quality control, and processing. Participants will also get an opportunity to interact with the faculties, experts in polyurethane and footwear industry.
PU Tech’2017 Exhibition and Conference – 3 day Mega Expo of IPUA starts today,
Flagship Expo of IPUA starts today at India Expo Centre, greater Noida
New Delhi, 8th March, 2017:PU Tech’2017 Exhibition and Conference was inaugurated today by Mr. R C Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Limited at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. This 3-day Mega Event is one of its kind in that it brings together the entire polyurethane industry value chain together under one roof and is the flagship event of the Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA).
In his welcome address, Chairman of IPUA Mukesh Bhuta highlighted the thrust areas of the association in making polyurethane socially relevant with the Technical Centre at Pune as well as the education and capacity building initiatives in building insulation techniques through the India Insulation Forum & the Spray Foam Alliance of India. “From rigid to flexible, from solid to cellular, from paint and coating to adhesive, from plastic to elastomer, from film to fiber, from thermoplastic to thermosetting, polyurethane covers it all! No other single polymer has such versatility! Come and see it at PU TECH 2017! It’s all there!” says Mr. Mukesh Bhuta, Chairman IPUA
This edition is themed “Futuristic Polyurethanes’. With a per capita consumption of polyurethanes of just 200 gms, compared to China’s 2.2 kgs, India has a high potential to gain from the double-digit world-beating growth of this industry which caters to footwear, automobile, mattress, refrigerator or buildings. More and more, its importance in minimizing food waste through temperature controlled food supply chain, reduction of global warming gases emission through lightweight materials in automobile structurals and buildings insulation, high performance materials and coatings in the renewable energy mechanics, conversion from waste to wealth through wood binding – these are but a few examples of the efficacy of polyurethanes in making possible a creatively sustainable world.
The Keynote Speech was delivered by Mr. Steen Weien Hansen, Vice-President, Huntsman Europe. He said, “I am very pleased to be part of the PU TECH India this year. The event is a great platform, enabling key industry players to share ideas and insights about this growing part of the Indian economy. I wish the IPUA team every success with the organization of their 5th polyurethane event in South Asia”.
Chief Guest of the expo, Mr. R C Bhargava, reiterated “India is a very important market for polyurethanes and has a wonderful potential for growth. I expect a great conference of this type which brings together leaders of the industry from all over the world together leads to better production and faster growth of the industry.”
PU TECH 2017 has onboard all the stakeholders, both in India and abroad and promises to be the biggest and best ever. More than 250 exhibitors are participating from raw material suppliers, machinery and applications.
There are technical sessions to know about cutting edge technology across processes, trends and sustainability spread over the second half of the opening day and the first half of the second day. This event is designed to be able to answer the curiosity of an entrepreneur or a processor or a well-established customer or even a student.
Some of the highlights at the IPUA’s initiatives showcased are:Virtual Tech Centre, initiative to bridge Research with the Industry, The India Insulation Forum( IIF) and more recently launched Spray Foam Alliance of India( SFAI).
The industry is committed in its efforts to penetrate the public conscience with enduring solutions for a sustainable future country. As “Make in India” gains momentum in 2017, it is a very exciting time to explore and review technologies in Processes and Materials in the wide world of Polyurethanes. This is truly a golden opportunity to meet the best minds in the industry from across the globe.
About The Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA)
The Indian Polyurethane Association was formed in 1992. It is non-profit organisation created to promote a healthy growth of the Polyurethane Industry in India in the interests of the producers, processors, consumers and the society at large. It has been responsible for bringing together a heterogeneous group consisting of raw material manufacturers, machinery manufacturers, Processors, Moulders, laboratories etc under the banner of Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA). The Association comprises of members of all sizes global and domestic. It works together for the development of the industry. The main objectives of the IPUA are to increase applications using polyurethane and make the industry technologically savvy and socially relevant.
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Press Conference for the 5th Polyurethane Exhibition & Conference in India
Posted 21 February 2017
Event: Press Conference for the 5th Polyurethane Exhibition & Conference in India
Venue: Press Club of India, 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
Date: Tuesday, 21st February, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM
Representing the Client: Isaac Emmanuel
Representing the Consultancy: Moala Longchar, Namita Gupta, Ratna Duhan
Activities at the event:
Introduction of the panelists by Mr. Issac Immanuel
Media Q & A following the introduction
Media kits & gifts give away handed over to the media at the venue
Interviews done with the spokespeople:
Economic Times one-on-one interaction with MukeshBhuta Chairman and MD Expanded Polymer Systems and Chairman Indian Polyurethane Association, Ajay Durani, MD, Covestro India Pvt Ltd, RohitRelan, Chairman and MD – Bharat Seats Ltd and Sylvain Huguenard, VP Functional Materials and Crop Protection at BASF
Telecon with PTI following Press Conference - MukeshBhuta Chairman and MD Expanded Polymer Systems and Chairman Indian Polyurethane Association
This spotlight is on Department of Polymer Engineering at University of Akron
Posted 01 February 2017
This spotlight is on Department of Polymer Engineering at University of Akron- a very well-known institute for polymer engineering and science.
Once known as a city of rubber, University of Akron has been known for the pioneer ing work in rubber and plastics. Founded in early 1980s, the College of polymer science and polymer Engineering (CPSPE) is one of the multifaceted depar tments in University of Akron. CPSPE has about 35 faculty and grants masters, doctoral degrees in the polymer science and engineering. The research areas inc lude synthesis, interfaces, surfaces and adhesion, biomaterials, rubbers and elastomers, electronics and energy storage materials, film, fiber, bulk processing, modelling and simulation etc.
The department in partnership with industries and other institutes offers multiple services such as cont ract test ing, training for workforce skill development and processing through Akron Polymer Technology services. The training center also provides one day coursein ‘Polyurethane Elastomers: Chemistry, formulation and application’. Akron functional materials center – a joint initiative by the department and corporate members, drives innovation and collaboration to accelerate research discoveries to commercialization. Some of the notable work done in polyurethane at this department is as follows;
1. Moisture curing urea coating for aircraft coating where two cross linking mechanisms – organic react ion based on isocyanate – water and inorganic phase reaction based on silanewater react ions are used to prepare hybrid coatings to provide better adhesion and corrosion protection in aircraft coating application. A further modification of this composition eliminates the chromates completely in this application.[https://www.uakron.edu/cpspe/faculty/soucek-research-uup.dot]
2. Shape memory polyurethane nanocomposites. This research program was for the development of polyurethanebased nanocomposite materials with increased shape recovery stress and aimed for the applications such as implants and smart fabrics. [http://www.uakron.edu/dpe/people/profile.dot?id=c6e8da75-333e-4d6e-b7f2-e78e7ee67ed8]. In the same team, work on polyurethane based smart aerogel with shape memory effect and better mechanical integrity than the silica based aerogel is pursued for space application.
3. Polyurethane Scaf folds Biodegradable polyurethane based biomaterials with elasticity, high tensi le st rength, and biodegradation products that are non-toxic as scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug delivery. [https://www.uakron.edu/engineering/research/profile.dot?u=yy]
4. Large strain Transparent largeThermoplastic polyurethane magneto-active nanocomposite. This work was done in collaboration with NASA Glenn Research Center, Ohio Aerospace Institute and Tennessee Tech University to develop smart materials for space deployable applications. [https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110012003.pdf]

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Afropop superstar and DMW singer, Mayorkun drops the official video to his new and trending music single, “Let Me Know“.
“Let Me Know” would be Mayorkun’s first music instalment for the year 2021 and he wastes no time dishing out the music video.
The visual encapsulates the track’s energy, with Mayorkun and his partner enjoying the stunning sights of Cappadocia, Turkey in a very dreamy experience
“Let Me Know” is taken off his forthcoming sophomore album, which would be out later this year. The video was directed by Sam Kirk & Omar.


Plymouth scores four times in the second period, upends Sudbury 6-2. Garrett Meurs assisted on a first period score for the Whalers. Each team scored once on the power play. Plymouth's four goal barrage in the second period came in a span of just 2:44.
Sarnia edges Owen Sound 2-1. The Attack had 29 shots in the game, but were 0-4 with the man advantage. Joseph Blandisi was minus one for Owen Sound. It was the first regulation loss for the club on the young season.
Val-d'Or falls to Drummondville 4-3. Each club scored twice in the second period. Gabriel Beaupre did not factor in on any goals for the Foreurs. All four goals for Drummondville came on the power play. Val-d'Or has dropped back-to-back games.
Saskatoon trips up Swift Current 2-1 in overtime. Both regulation goals came in the final period. Duncan Siemens assisted on Josh Nicholls game winner in the extra session. The assist helped to earn Siemens third star of the game honors.
Seattle trims Prince George in overtime 2-1. The clubs combined to go 0-5 on the power play. After Prince George held the lead since the late stages of the second period, Seattle tied the contest with just nine seconds left in regulation. The Thunderbirds scored at the 2:00 mark of the overtime period to steal the game. Troy Bourke was minus one for the Cougars.
Luleå HF dumps Växjö Lakers HC 5-1. Jonas Holos had over 24 minutes of ice time for the Lakers and managed one shot on goal. He was minus one for the game. His club has lost their last two games.
MODO Hockey tops Linköpings HC 5-3. Joachim Nermark, who still is finding ice time difficult to come by, recorded one shot on goal for his team while skating on the fourth line. He was credited with a hit in the game.


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Chester Business Quarter could create over 1,100 new jobs - Executive told
6 September 2010
Chester's proposed Central Business Quarter will have the capacity to create over 1,100 new jobs.
Members of Cheshire West and Chester Council's Executive will learn of the potential jobs boost when they consider a development framework for the proposal next Wednesday (8 September).
The framework, the result of six months work, will establish standards and guiding principals for development within the proposed business quarter.
Approval will be a major milestone in plans to create a vibrant, distinctive and sustainable business quarter east and south of the City's main railway station.
A report before members from Director of Culture and Regeneration, Charlie Seward, states that the Business Quarter area has the capacity to deliver at least 500,000 square feet of new office space and a further 150,000 sq feet of retail/leisure/active commercial space.
Over 870 of the 1,100 new jobs would represent high-value knowledge-based office employment.
"It is therefore a major scheme with huge potential to drive significant economic growth and transform Chester City Centre’s commercial offer", said the Director.
The Draft Development Framework and Vision were both a subject of a six week public consultation in May and June this year which included a manned exhibition at the railway station, public meeting and letters to all residents and statutory consultees.
Comments from over 80 written responses have been assessed and taken into account in the preparation of the development framework.
Cllr Herbert Manley, Executive Member for Prosperity, said: "Approval of the Business Quarter Development Framework will be a major milestone in our plans to realise the City's full commercial potential.
"Consultation has gone extremely well and revealed very strong interest among residents and businesses in the area.
"We have listened very carefully to what everyone has to say particularly with regard to traffic, access and egress issues."
Added Cllr Manley: "If approval is received we will begin discussion with the land owners and the prospective development partner on phase one with the intention of submitting a planning application later this year."
The area around the railway station - Chester Rail Gateway - has already been identified as a key development opportunity for the North West region.
Proposals are long term and it is envisaged that the full development of the business quarter will take up to 15 years to achieve.
It is recommended to members that the first phase of the scheme includes a visible landmark building with a strong link to the station and a new public realm proposal.
"Delivery will be private sector lead but in a strong partnership with the Council and public sector", said Mr Seward.
Funding sources being explored include the European Regional Development Fund, Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas and the emerging Regional Growth Fund.

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Abel Massalley speaks on Dr. York’s trip to Liberia West Africa in 1997, his naturalization, diplomatic status, and Repatriation as required by International Law!
Group shows support to the Republic of Liberia Freeing its Citizen and Diplomat from U.S. Super Maximum Prison
On Monday October 29th. 2018 supporters of Dr. Malachi Z.K. York will gather at the Liberian Embassy in Washington DC on 5201 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20011 from 12pm – 4pm as a part of the #FREEDRYORK movement to show their support to the Republic of Liberia in their continued efforts to have Dr. […]
President George Weah’s maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) received not only commendations and a plethora of jubilation for ably presenting Liberia’s case but challenged with a series of protests. A demonstration was staged by supporters of jailed Dr. Malachi Z. York, in an effort to claim President […]
Who is Dr. Malachi Kobina York: An internationally recognized Liberian citizen, Diplomatic agent, and Consul General for the Republic of Liberia A world renowned author of over one thousand books dedicated to the sole purpose of liberation and unification for all people A famous Musician and Inspirational song writer Philanthropist and founder of Numerous NGO’s, […]
By David Menjor, Daily Observer Liberia Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abel Massalay has expressed fear that time might go against efforts to free Dr. Malachi Z.K. York, if the Liberian government does not act in an appropriate and timely manner to get him out of jail. Massalay informed the Daily Observer recently via mobile phone […]
Alleged Victim Taariq Noel, born October 25th, 1985 who was 16 years of age at the time of the trial was recorded in the transcripts as testifying against Dr. Malachi Z York. On July 12th, 2007 Taariq Noel signed an affidavit confirming that his original statements during the trial against Dr. Malachi Z. York were […]

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Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch visits a meeting of Cartoon County in Brighton and chats to David Lloyd, Daniel Locke, Joe Decie, Steve Carroll, Nye Wright and Tim Pilcher about their work and how the experience of living and working on the South East Coast has influenced their comics. The show was recorded in June 2011, at The Cricketers Pub, Brighton.
- Panel Borders: Brighton Comix airs at 8.00pm, Sunday 10th June 2012, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
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Weekly Roundup for November 18, 2022
Published: November 18, 2022
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following:
- Community health update
- County opens new airport terminal
- Housing Hero of the Month
Community Health Update
Sonoma County doctors are seeing an increase in flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases.
These airborne diseases are spread in similar ways, and there are simple steps residents can take to lessen their impact. Measures such as washing our hands frequently, wearing masks and staying home when sick will increase chances of keeping ourselves and our families healthy. But the best way to protect yourself and your family is to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and the flu.
Many providers will give a flu and COVID shot in the same visit. They are available at your primary health care provider or most pharmacies. You can also find an appointment through MyTurn.ca.gov or socoemergency.org/emergency/coronavirus. You can also get COVID vaccinations at the vaccine clinic in Roseland and at the Rohnert Park Community Center. The COVID vaccine is available for anyone 6 months and older, and the bivalent booster is available for anyone 5 years and older who is at least two months past their last COVID shot.
Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County’s health officer, strongly recommends that everyone continue wearing masks in indoor public settings with large groups of people gathered close together. This is especially important to protect those who are elderly and who are immunocompromised. High-quality surgical or N-95 masks work best.
Just over 79 percent of the eligible residents in Sonoma County have been vaccinated for COVID-19 and nearly 22 percent have received the new bivalent booster. While both numbers are above the state average, nearly four out of five eligible Sonoma County residents have still not received the updated booster, which contains components of the original virus strain and the omicron variant to provide broad protection against COVID-19.
County opens new airport terminal
The newly renovated terminal building at Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport made its debut this week, part of a $40 million project to modernize the airport.
The building now offers more than 27,000 additional square feet of space including a revamped ticketing lobby, improved double-lane security lanes, a large main lobby with four additional boarding gates and dedicated concessionaires, an outdoor seating area, a new baggage claim area equipped with two baggage carousels, improved public viewing areas and car rental areas, and local artwork recognizing the airport’s namesake, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.
“This state-of-the-art airport terminal is the culmination of years of hard work and will complement an already exceptional air travel experience to and from Sonoma County,” said James Gore, chair of the Board of Supervisors.
The airport’s Capital Improvement Plan is projected to support an average of 164 jobs annually, generate $100.9 million in total payroll, $31.2 million in tax revenue, and $231.7 million in economic output in Sonoma County.
For information about Charles M. Schulz — Sonoma County Airport, call 707-565-7243 or visit https://sonomacountyairport.org.
Housing Hero of the Month
Zach Powers, a property owner in Sebastopol, has been named the county’s Housing Hero for November as part of an ongoing campaign to promote the benefits that housing vouchers offer to both tenants and landlords.
Powers, who has been renting out properties in Sebastopol for eight years, started renting to housing voucher holders three to four years ago. He was unaware of the program until he got information from a local housing nonprofit, SHARE. Now, he calls SHARE or the Housing Authority whenever he has open units because, he says, the process for filling the units is easier than going through normal means.
“It feels good to provide housing to people who really need it and provide housing that is safe, secure and stable,” said Powers.
The County of Sonoma and City of Santa Rosa launched the Housing Heroes campaign in September to encourage greater participation in housing rental assistance and home-sharing programs. Vouchers help low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled afford decent, safe and clean housing.
Some of the benefits that Powers said he has experienced from renting to Section 8 Housing Voucher recipients include always receiving the rent on time, not having to charge below market rate for his rentals and often ending up with long-term renters.
View a video of Powers’ story or or nominate a Housing Hero at https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/housing-heroes
Other County of Sonoma News
Permit Sonoma announces policy and technical working groups for well ordinance update
Sonoma County Probation Department awarded grant to supervise people with multiple DUI convictions
Sonoma County Continuum of Care opens nominations for vacant seats on board
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Today we’ll give a listen to two great talents of the macabre; Edgar Allan Poe and Boris Karloff. In real life he was a wonderful human being but few actors have portrayed evil or diabolical characters any better than Boris Karloff. He was a such fan favorite on Inner Sanctum Mysteries the actor ended up starring in fifteen episodes during the show’s first season. Once we mix in the classic Poe story The Tell-Tale Heart, you know we’ve got a must listen so kick back and enjoy the episode as it originally aired on August 3rd, 1941.
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(Australian Associated Press)
South Australians are installing rooftop solar at such a rate authorities are preparing for periods the electricity grid won’t have any demand.
Australian Energy Market Operator chief executive Audrey Zibelman says 2400 South Australian homes a month are getting rooftop solar.
By December next year there’s expected to be another 36,000 homes with solar.
“Which means there will be times of year that we have actually no demand for power from the grid,” she told a Smart Energy Council forum on Wednesday.
“Which is a very challenging thing for us to manage, and we have to really now start thinking about the changes.
“From a system operation standpoint it’s not a question of policy, but it’s a question of reality – how do we change this very, very quickly.”
AEMO has seen some of its lowest ever demand recently in SA.
It is tweaking the power system so solar power created during the day is stored in order to be used later, shifting usage and demand.
There are 2.5 million rooftop solar systems in Australia, compared to 100,000 in 2010.
A panel is installed every six and a half minutes.
“We’re essentially adding a generator almost every month or two months throughout the National Electricity Market,” Ms Zibelman said.
AEMO is preparing for about 70 per cent of the electricity supply to come from renewable sources by 2030.
Over the next 20 years 63 per cent of the coal fleet will retire because of age.
They will be replaced with wind and solar, along with firming such as storage or gas, depending on the price.
Ms Zibelman on Tuesday announced her resignation from AEMO for Google X.

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Ohio Hops and Malting Barley Conference and Trade Show
Hops is a main ingredient beer manufacturers use to provide bitterness to balance the sweetness of malt sugars in their product. As more Ohio-based craft brewers seek to procure hops grown locally, interest in growing these crops continues to rise. This conference will help new growers learn how to get started growing both hops and malting barley.
Workshop topics will include:
- Planning to make your hop farm profitable
- How brewers select their hops
- Managing diseases in the hops yard
- Collaborative marketing - Ohio Hops Guild
- Hops fertility management using petiole analysis and fertigation
- Greenhouse to field, giving hops a jumpstart
- Enhancing beneficial insects in your hop yard
- Identifying and managing hops pests
- Using cover crops as an integrated pest management tool in hops
- Weed and herbicide management
- Soil selection, preparation, and fertility
- Drying, cleaning, and packaging barley for the malting market
- Malting barley diseases and management strategies
- Malt facilities and markets in Ohio
Something new to the conference this year will be the divided courses for attendees, with sessions for both beginner and advanced growers. This will provide more effective information for each grower, more time for questions from the growers, and better use of time to reach out to the growers according to the stage they are in.
Don’t miss this year’s conference and trade show...including a social banquet on Wednesday evening that will provide time for face-to-face interaction among the educators, growers, and vendors. To access the full conference agenda and register, visit http://go.osu.edu/OhioHopsAndBarleyConference.

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Journalist, publicist, author, and entrepreneur Hope Katz Gibbs started her career as a newspaper reporter after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. In the years since, she has won awards for feature and column writing for articles that have appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Miami Herald, Costco Connection, and dozens of other business, education, and general interest magazines, newsletters, and blogs. Read her clips at HopeGibbs.com.
Hope got into the PR business in 2001, when she put her masters degree in educational leadership from The George Washington University to work and became the director of communication for the City of Fairfax Schools in Northern VA. Soon after, her PR client list expanded to include the international futurist think tank, Social Technologies, which was based in her stomping ground of Washington, DC.
In 2008, Hope incorporated The Inkandescent Group, LLC, and since then has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, educators, authors, and small-business owners increase their visibility through her PR and book publishing services. “PR Rules: The Playbook,” available in April 2014, is the first book published through her Inkandescent Publishing Company. Learn more at InkandescentPR.com.
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Billionaires feel the sting of a populist backlash
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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Democratic party race to challenge US president Donald Trump highlights the unprecedented power accumulated by the ultra-rich.
Not for a century have billionaires had so much clout or caused as much controversy as now. The number of billionaires globally rose 55 per cent in the five years to 2018 to a record 2,230, according to GlobalData, a research company. It is the greatest concentration in wealth since the Gilded Age of US plutocrats at the end of the 19th century.
Many wealthy people have profited from revolutionary technological change, driven by the internet and digitalisation, which has created fortunes in everything from taxis to financial engineering. A few hundred have benefited disproportionately, establishing global businesses that critics condemn as monopolies.
Governments, regulators and tax officials have struggled to keep up, often leaving billionaires and their advisers to set the rules of the game. The losers, especially workers in industries hammered by upheaval and people living in those regions dependent on them, have responded with fury.
Politicians have called for tough responses, notably trade restraints, punitive taxes (especially on foreign entities), immigration curbs and an assault on the concentration of economic power. What began as a few cries of anger from a populist fringe has become mainstream.
Wealth-tax plans put forward by Elizabeth Warren, one of Mr Bloomberg’s rivals for the Democratic nomination, have provoked criticism from billionaires in a dispute that resonates globally. Lloyd Blankfein, the former Goldman Sachs chief executive, said on Twitter: “Vilification of people as a member of a group may be good for her campaign, not the country.”
In the UK, the opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn warned billionaires during his election campaign that they could “pay a lot more tax” if he won power. Germany’s Social Democrats, chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partners, have adopted the slogan “Prosperity for all not just riches for the few”.
Billionaires are fighting their corner, especially with regard to their businesses, but have given ground on areas ranging from workers’ pay and corporate tax to data management.
Countries are increasing minimum wages, notably the UK. Meanwhile, developed economies in the OECD have co-ordinated moves to stop multinationals dodging tax by booking profit from high-tax countries in low-tax jurisdictions. In data, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, regarded as super-tough when introduced in 2018, is becoming the global standard.
None of these changes is aimed specifically at billionaire-led companies but all have an effect on billionaires and how they are perceived.
For example, Facebook, the social media company, was once seen as a largely benign means of communication. Today it faces multiple regulatory challenges over how its data is used and misused. Its billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg, previously seen as a useful geek, is now cast as a threat to democracy, including by Hillary Clinton, the former US presidential candidate.
On top of this come calls for higher taxes for billionaires, especially in the US. Wealthy people, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, were initially supportive but Ms Warren’s plan for a wealth tax — rather than the higher income taxes Mr Gates backed — has spooked America’s rich. They fear her ultra-millionaire tax of 2 per cent on assets above $50m and her 4 per cent “billionaire surtax” (6 per cent in total) on assets above $1bn.
Josef Stadler, head of the ultra-high net worth unit at UBS, the world’s largest private wealth manager, told the FT in November that there was “a natural tendency today to be critical when it comes to wealth accumulation. There is sometimes a fear that there is a new aristocracy coming.”
He said such concern had gone too far, with insufficient credit given to billionaires for their talent and capacity to reshape industries by taking risks that others shun. “I am not saying billionaires should be heroes, but at least they should be recognised [for what they do].”
This, though, is a hard sell at a time when the middle classes, and not only factory workers and administrative staff, feel they are losing out due to technological change and globalisation. They have seen living standards slip, at least in relative terms.
The OECD says the average income of the richest 10 per cent of the population in member countries is about nine times that of the poorest 10 per cent, up from seven times 25 years ago.
“The economic crisis [the 2008 crash and its aftermath] has added urgency to the need to address inequality,” says the organisation, even though economists still argue over the causes of inequality and how much it has increased in recent decades.
Matthew Fleming, a partner at Stonehage Fleming, a UK wealth adviser, warns that the rich risk losing the argument, even if they give away their money through philanthropy.
He says: “The real issue for the wealth sector is the public perception of wealth. The perception of inequality. The reality of inequality. There is nobody beating the drum [loudly enough] for socially responsible capitalism.”
FT correspondents dissect the common challenges facing the world from the cyber arms race to the migration crisis; they ask whether the governance tools available are fit for purpose

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text: Acute lung damage (ALI) outcomes from lack of alveolar-capillary hurdle integrity as well as the evolution of high-permeability pulmonary edema leading to alveolar flooding and significant morbidity and mortality. permeability. Using siRNA strategies aimed against known HMGB1 receptors (Trend, TLR2, TLR4), we systematically driven which the receptor for advanced glycation end items (Trend) may be the principal receptor signaling HMGB1-induced TER reduces and paracellular difference development via p38 MAP kinase activation and phosphorylation from the actin-binding proteins, Hsp27. These research add to knowledge of HMGB1-induced inflammatory occasions and vascular hurdle disruption and provide the prospect of clinical treatment in sepsis-induced ALI. permeability of Caco-2 intestinal epithelial monolayers (Sappington et al., 2002). Nevertheless, endothelial cells will be the perfect focuses on in the vasculature for circulating inflammatory cytokines and therefore an impact of HMGB1 on endothelial cells will be logical for eliciting a systemic inflammatory response. HMGB1 ligates three known receptors all expressed on the top of endothelial cellsthe receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and TLR4. RAGE functions like a pattern recognition receptor and binds a number of ligands, including HMGB1 and AGEs, which are essential in the vascular complications of diabetes (Bierhaus et al., 2005). RAGE ligation leads to sustained activation of NFB and increased RAGE expression, which insure maintenance and amplification of the inflammatory signal (Bierhaus et A 740003 al., 2005). Signal transduction through RAGE utilizes many mechanisms, like the MAP kinases ERK1/2, p38, and SAPK/JNK, aswell as rho-GTPases, phophoinositol-3-kinase, as well as the JAK/STAT pathway, and A 740003 via the direct generation of reactive oxygen species (Bierhaus et al., 2005). RAGE participates in murine sepsis, with RAGE?/? KO mice protected against the lethal ramifications of cecal ligation and puncture via alterations from the innate immune response. This protection was abolished by reconstitution of RAGE in endothelial and hematopoietic cells (Liliensiek et al., 2004). RAGE can be the principal receptor for HMGB1 in bone marrow-derived macrophages, with macrophages from RAGE?/? mice releasing small amounts of proinflammatory cytokines in response to HMGB1 than macrophages from control or A 740003 TLR2?/? mice (Kokkola et al., 2005). HMGB1 also interacts directly with TLR2 and TLR4 on macrophages (Park et al., 2006). Both A 740003 TLR2 and TLR4 are HMGB1 receptors and potentially exert greater Flrt2 influence than RAGE in HMGB1-mediated activation of NFB in cultured macrophages (Park et al., 2004). Macrophages from genetically engineered mice show the need for TLR4 and MyD88 in HMGB1-mediated TNF release, while anti-TLR2 antibodies decrease HMGB1 cell surface binding on cultured murine macrophage (Yu et al., 2006). Taken together, HMGB1 receptors may actually exert cell type-dependent effects. The receptor most actively involved with vascular barrier regulation is unknown. HMGB1 increases expression of adhesion molecules in endothelium including ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 (Fiuza et al., 2003; Treutiger et al., 2003), and induces upregulation of inflammatory mediators such as for example TNF, IL-8, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (Fiuza et al., 2003). Recently, HMGB1 was named a putative pro-angiogenic factor that stimulates endothelial cell proliferation, chemotaxis, and monolayer wound repair (Mitola et al., 2006; Schlueter et al., 2005). Furthermore, HMGB1 continues to be proven to promote mesoangioblasts, vessel-associated stem cells that migrate to damaged tissues, to transmigrate across an endothelial monolayer (Palumbo et al., 2004). Such evidence points to endothelial cell participation inside a pro-inflammatory cascade in response to HMGB1, however the question remains concerning whether HMGB1 directly affects endothelial barrier regulation and if so, where receptor pathway do these effects become transduced. HMGB1 produces transient phosphorylation of MAP kinases ERK, JNK, and p38 in endothelial cells (Fiuza et al., 2003), signaling pathways involved with EC activation and barrier function. Activation from the p38 MAP kinase is connected with EC barrier dysfunction via actin-binding protein Hsp27 (Garcia et al., 2002), a known downstream target of p38 MAP kinase whose phosphorylation status.


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The US President released a video from the White House saying “We’re going back, we’re going back to work. We’re going to be out front. Don’t let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center by helicopter after the White House announced that he “will be working from the presidential offices at Walter Reed for the next few days” after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bethesda, M
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President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19, facing a staff hit by a wave of infections and a campaign further shadowed by the pandemic four weeks before Election Day.
Wearing a white surgical mask, Trump gave a thumbs-up and waved at reporters as he walked to the executive mansion from the helicopter that flew him back from the Walter Reed Medical Center outside Washington.
Leaving the military hospital earlier in the evening, he responded to a reporter’s question about how many people were infected at the White House by saying: “Thank you very much.”
The Republican president, running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 US election, was admitted to the hospital on Friday after being diagnosed with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
“Feeling really good!” he said on Twitter earlier. “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Though his doctors said he still was not “out of the woods,” Trump appeared maskless and defiant in a video released shortly after he returned to the White House from Walter Reed Medical Center.
“Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it,” Trump said. “We’re going back, we’re going back to work. We’re going to be out front. … Don’t let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful.”
The disease has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and more than 209,000 in the United States alone – the highest death toll of any country.
Trump, 74, has not had a fever in more than 72 hours and his oxygen levels are normal, his medical team told reporters in front of the hospital. The doctors declined, however, to discuss any toll the disease could have on the president’s lungs or disclose when Trump last tested negative for the coronavirus.
The team added that the president had received supplemental oxygen twice in recent days.
“He may not entirely be out of the woods yet,” Dr. Sean. P. Conley, the White House physician, said. “If we can get through to Monday with him remaining the same or improving, better yet, then we will all take that final, deep sigh of relief.”
But Conley said the medical team believed Trump was ready to leave the hospital, stressing he would have world-class medical care around the clock at the White House.
Conley said doctors were in “uncharted territory” because Trump had received certain therapies so early in the course of the illness.

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Outgoing Information and Communications Technology Sec. Eliseo Rio is questioning the timing of the appointment of Sen. Gregorio Honasan as new secretary of the said agency.
Rio said that he is doubtful why Malacanang was hastening the transition on leadership when the DICT is currently busy in choosing for the third telco player in the country.
According to Rio, he doesn’t find any reason why Honasan should immediately take over DICT.
The outgoing official hopes that he will remain in the said post until the agency is able to confirm the third telco player, because of the hard work involved throughout the process.
The DICT and National Telecommunications Commission has given provisional authority to Mislatel Consortium as the third telco players; but will have to go through a post-qualification review before they finalized their decision.
Mislatel Consurtium is partly owned by Davao business tycoon Dennis Uy; a known President Rodrigo Duterte supporter.
On Friday, via text message sent to reporters, Sen. Honasan said that he has already accepted President Duterte’s offer to head the DICT. He will automatically resign from his Senate post once he assumes office and has been confirmed by the Commission on Appointments.


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- Legenday musical auteur Brian Wilson, at Denvers Paramount next Wednesday.
The collapse of the 1967 Beach Boys album SMiLE, the "greatest rock and roll album that never was," remains one of the most enigmatic stories in popular music history. The release of SMiLE last month by Brian Wilson, who composed the album before pulling the plug on it so long ago, should be counted a triumph. And with Wilson performing his masterpiece to sold-out audiences and standing ovations coast to coast, including an Oct. 24 performance at Denver's Paramount Theater, it's hard to keep from smiling.
The Beach Boys will be remembered for their early 1960s pure-pop songs about girls, sports cars and surfing. But by the mid-1960s, spurred by the Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian Wilson could see big changes coming to the music world. The Beach Boys entered a musical arms race with The Beatles, recording the experimental Pet Sounds in 1966. That album sold fewer records, but it became a critical smash. Not to be outdone, The Beatles began work on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the album that would usher in the psychedelic era.
But Wilson wasn't ready to concede victory to his transatlantic rival. SMiLE needed to be even more ambitious than Pet Sounds. To this end, Wilson hired abstract lyricist Van Dyke Parks and converted his home into a kind of psychedelic hide-out. He planted his piano in a huge sandbox so he could twist his toes in sand while he composed. He set up an indoor tent filled with large pillows for his stoned friends and fellow musicians.
When the band returned from the road later that year, SMiLE elicited mixed reactions from them. Many of the lyrics were bizarre, the music fantastical and unlike anything ever recorded before -- some of it to be performed wearing fireman helmets. Tensions rose between Wilson, Parks and the band. Disheartened, Wilson shelved the recording sessions in the spring of 1967.
The Beach Boys careers never recovered. Wilson's life increasingly disintegrated in the following years as he slid into a decades-long blur of drug addiction, alcoholism and mental illness. SMiLE, however, gained reputation with each passing year. Fragmentary bootlegs of the original recordings confirmed to most critics and fans a colossal mistake had been made in shelving SMiLE. Wilson would disagree when questioned about it, often calling the music "inappropriate."
What a joy, then, to see Wilson resurrect SMiLE this fall as a recording and cause for an American tour. Whatever demons Wilson confronted to release SMiLE have been vanquished by the sheer creative glory of this music.
The album (or concert) consists of three song movements: the first opens with "Heroes and Villains" dealing thematically with American colonial expansion; the second deals with the innocence of childhood; and the third deals with the elements of nature and a happy life, concluding with "Good Vibrations." The album's liner notes credit some 20 musicians playing everything from clarinets to power drills on "Workshop" and celery on "Vega-Tables."
Even more than Pet Sounds, the album often credited for revolutionizing the "album" in popular music, each song on SMiLE is played as part of a whole work of art. Had SMiLE been released in 1967, the album's popular influence would undoubtedly have been great and far-reaching. SMiLE in 2004 arrives better late than never to fill a 37-year gap in record collections the world over, and the SMiLE tour should bring grins decades overdue.
-- Dan Wilcock
Paramount Theater, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - A tiny county in the northern Florida Panhandle, facing the prospect of court-ordered gay marriage going into effect next month, filed an emergency motion on Tuesday asking a federal judge to clarify whether it must marry all gay couples.
The request follows statewide confusion over a U.S. Supreme Court order last week declining to extend a stay on a ruling that found the state’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. The order cleared the way for gay marriages to begin on Jan. 6.
The state association of court clerks interpreted the order to apply only to Washington County, which was cited in the case. Accordingly, the group asked officials in the county to seek clarification in federal court on behalf of the state’s 66 other counties.
Instead, Washington’s county attorney filed a motion asking whether the order applies only to the two men involved in the case, or to all couples who may seek licenses there.
That could mean thousands of couples flocking to the small town of Chipley, a rural crossroads in the far Panhandle.
“We’re kind of the guinea pigs walking through it, but we will issue a marriage license on Jan. 6,” said Jeff Goodman, the attorney for Washington County. “The question is whether it’s going to be one or going to be multiples.”
He said it was in the county’s best interests to file a narrow appeal to U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Florida’s Northern District in Tallahassee, who in August became the first federal judge to strike down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, passed in 2008.
The high court’s order would make gay marriage legal in 36 states, including Florida.
Gay activists have threatened to sue any counties that do not grant licenses once the stay runs out.
“Clerks who refuse to issue marriage licenses are violating the constitutional rights of Floridians,” said Nadine Smith, chief executive officer of the advocacy group Equality Florida.
“They will face costly litigation and the enduring shame of history,” she added in a statement.
Reporting by Bill Cotterell; Editing by Letitia Stein and Eric Beech


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Well I’m happy to say, I’m back to this here space after another longer than planned break. And although I’ve been gone for longer than I would have liked, I can at least bring you a recipe that should more than make up for my absence. The month of June was quite literally packed to the brim with family parties, end of school year activities, writing projects and sadly for me a horrible bout of illness.
Whose ever idea it was to spread the cold in summer deserves a serious talking to. Like a sit down, come to Jesus, talking to. Without getting into the gory details, whenever I get a cold I always, always lose my voice. It seems to park itself right in the middle of my throat and this time, no amount of cough syrup, cough drops or hot lemon tea was going to make it budge. Although I must say I poured a little Jack Daniels Honey Whiskey into my honey lemon tea one night and well, that almost made the whole sickness thing worthwhile. Almost. Have you tried that stuff? I feel a new obsession coming on.
I so would have loved to have had some of this ice cream on hand last week. It, like so many other containers of ice cream around here went the way of disappearing in very little time. If I could find a place to hide ice cream like I hide chocolate I would. Hot, hot summer Seattle weather and hungry teenage boys almost always add up to never enough ice cream. I even tried the old “Do not eat on pain of death” sticky note, but they claimed it was no where in sight and they were starving and hot. Did I mention they were, and it is hot? Too hot to be stuck inside with a cold. Without ice cream.
The good news this is a recipe for no-churn ice cream and is as easy to make as it is to turn on the mixer. It’s a basic vanilla base, with some cooked fruit, along with in this case, some crushed vanilla Oreos. It really would be amazing with some crumbled shortbread or even graham crackers, if you happen to have any of that lying around.
With that in mind, I’m off to try my hand at making some more ice cream this week for the 4th. I’m thinking I ‘ll definitely have to try something maybe with a layer of blueberries and strawberries to rock the whole red, white and blue thing. If I figure out a way to throw in some honey whiskey, I’ll let you know.
This recipe is my latest article for the Issaquah Press and you can get it by hitting the link HERE


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Ocean City, NJ Mayor Jay Gillian Will Likely Face Divided City Council
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian has won an impressive 4th consecutive term as Mayor of Ocean City. His father, Roy Gillian preceded him and was a great Mayor of Ocean City from 1985 to 1989. He left office on his own terms after serving one term in office.
Long-time City Councilman Keith Hartzell ran a strong campaign, losing a relatively close election to Jay Gillian by a margin of 54 to 46 percent (2,299 votes to 1,893).
What remains to be seen, will the Ocean City Council be divided?
It’s a 7-Member legislative body with three members, incumbents Karen Bergman and Pete Madden and a newcomer John Polcini, who ran successfully with Gillian as a ticket.
Three additional incumbents: Bobby Barr, Tom Rotondi, and Jody Levchuk supported Hartzell and all three of these members will remain on the city council.
You can’t blame Rotondi if he has some pretty hard feelings going forward. An anonymous negative flyer was distributed during the campaign that challenged Rotondi’s public service career as a corrections officer.
The flyers contained provably false allegations. We will not re-victimize Rotondi by repeating the false allegations here.
In electoral politics, this is the kind of dirty tricks tactics that can have lasting implications going forward.
Rotondi was already a member of the City Council when he ran for a new term. Even with the dirty tricks, Rotondi only missed taking Madden’s seat away from him by about 50 votes.
However, Rotondi still remains on City Council.
Had Rotondi won a second seat, he would have resigned his ward seat which would have created a vacancy on City Council.
If Rotondi had pulled off the win, he would have taken a staunch Gillian ally (Madden) off of the City Council.
It was an interesting political maneuver by Rotondi. It almost worked. Was the negative flyer the difference? Gillian has stated that he had no involvement with this dirty tactic whatsoever.
Rotondi is not an open Gillian “hater,” but, he demonstrates a more independent philosophy of governance which means his vote is not guaranteed to anyone.
Only time will tell. But, the early signals following last Tuesday’s non-partisan elections yield that although Gillian won his 4th consecutive term and all three of his Council running mates also won Gillian will hold no better than a 4-3 working majority on City Council.
Could the late dirty campaign flyer have cost Rotondi a swing of 25 votes versus Madden for the 3rd open at large Council seat?
Sure, it could have been the difference. That’s the whole reason that dirty tricks have been played since the beginning of our Republic.
These tactics do not come without risk. Never underestimate the potential damage that can linger when dirty campaign tactics are employed and the victim still remains on the governing body.
Such is the case with Rotondi. With a split City Council, things should be interesting in Ocean City going forward.
There was a nearly 45 percent voter turnout on Election Day. That’s about 1,000 more votes than the most recent past election.
Do not expect things to be politically quiet in America’s Favorite Family Resort.
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Ventilation of large objects, such as production buildings and constructions, office centers and housing complexes, is connected with movement of considerable volumes of air. Neither ordinary conditioners, nor, especially, household fans will cope with this task. Here the special powerful equipment designed and placed in a special way is necessary.
Industrial ventilation can be both all-exchange, and local. In the first case the system services the room in general, and in the second only its specific places. Also it should be noted that though ventilation can be as stitched (to the room clean air moves), and exhaust(respectively the contaminated air is removed), as a rule in practice the mixed type, i.e. forced-air and exhaust is used.
The problem of industrial ventilation consists in supporting the structure and condition of air meeting hygienic requirements in the production room. Except hygienic, requirements following from features of the production technology, from product storage conditions, and also safety of the equipment and building constructions can be imposed.
Calculation of industrial ventilation is made at stage of preparation of basic data for the project.