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Do you ever feel frustrated when pest insects damage your plants? Wish your kitchen garden was more productive? You’re not alone! Even the healthiest gardens struggle with a few ‘unwelcome visitors’ at times.
If you have limited space for your food garden, then losing precious crops, can be even more disheartening.
The good news is there are design strategies you can use to:
- Maximise your space;
- Minimise pest insects;
- Enhance the beauty; and
- Even improve some of your harvests.
Design Tips for a Productive Kitchen Garden
Avoid this Common Design Mistake
Are you growing your kitchen garden organically? Are you building a healthy living soil? Then you are on the right track! However, some kitchen gardeners fall into the trap of making a very common mistake.
Do you plant the SAME vegetables in neat rows? No doubt this looks attractive! However, it can also signal the ‘green light’ to pest insects. How? Many pest insects find their favourite foods by sight and smell. Numerous flying insects identify their preferred food by the shape and scent of the plant leaves.
This can be an irresistible invitation for pest insects to make a beeline to your garden. A ‘Fly Thru’ self-serve restaurant with a big “WELCOME” sign! If you want less pests, then stop planting the same vegetables in rows!
However, as urban backyard gardeners, we want a continual small harvest week after week. We want a variety of foods.
“Designing for small, continual harvests makes sense for home gardeners.” – Anne Gibson
Food for Thought
If you’ve walked in the rainforest or bush, stop and think about this. Have you ever seen neat ROWS of one species growing naturally?
“Nature’s wisdom gives us a clue to plant survival in your garden.” – Anne Gibson
So what design techniques can YOU use to avoid making this mistake?
Interplanting and Plant Associations
Plant diversity is a key to survival in nature. A wide variety of species that support each other. By imitating nature’s patterns, you can confuse pest insects that are looking for a free feed at your place. This is a simple organic strategy you can use to your advantage.
A design technique that applies this pattern is Interplanting (or intercropping). The idea is to grow two or more different, but complementary, vegetables together. In the same pot or garden bed.
Diverse plant associations provide a range of benefits in an organic kitchen garden. Diversity plays a beneficial role in integrated pest management strategies.
So how do these plant associations or relationships work?
Most plants release defensive chemicals. These are nature’s inbuilt mechanism to help them survive pest and disease attack. Plant ‘chemical warfare’ of sorts! These chemicals are released via the soil, microbes and leaves. Pretty cool hey?
So how can YOU use interplanting and plant associations for less pests?
5 Design Strategies to Reduce Pests & Improve Production
1. Mutually Beneficial Relationships
Design your kitchen garden so plants have a mutually beneficial relationship with other species nearby.
According to Penny Woodward, author of one of my favourite books ‘Pest-Repellent Plants’, a good example is Catmint (a member of the mint family):
“Nepetalactone is the active chemical found in catmint and some other plants in this family. It repels some insects and, interestingly, is also a constituent of one of the pheromones, given off by aphids, which attracts parasitic braconid wasps.”
2. Design to take advantage of natural growth habits
A tall growing vegetable like corn, provides shade and stems for neighbouring climbing beans. Low growing pumpkins/squash have a large spreading canopy of leaves. These cool and shade the soil.
A guild is a group of plants that support each other, while growing near each other. This is an example of working with nature to interplant species with mutually beneficial growth habits. One example of three plants that help each other as they grow are beans, corn and pumpkin or squash.
You plant corn before sowing climbing bean seeds at the base of each stem. The corn stalks become tall, strong ‘stakes’ or living trellises for the beans to wind up. This saves you money and space. The pumpkin/squash are planted after the beans. This gives them time to start climbing. This planting design maximises horizontal AND vertical space.
- BEANS have bacteria around their roots that turn nitrogen from the air into a plant-available form in the soil. This free food benefits all three plants.
- PUMPKINS/SQUASH shade the soil, minimising moisture loss and weed growth which again, helps all three.
- CORN shares sugars to help feed the nitrogen-fixing bacteria on the bean roots. Corn also provides support for beans to grow vertically.
- For the space used, you can grow more food than you could if you planted each vegetable individually. So it’s a highly productive technique.
- Look at all the beneficial connections between just these three plants. Add more into the mix and you start to see how interplanting can create a healthier, more productive space.
You just have to play ‘Matchmaker’ with plants. You’ll soon see all sorts of flourishing relationships in your kitchen garden!
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3. Select plants to perform beneficial roles
Choose plants that share nutrients, improve the growth of other plants, attract beneficial predator insects and reduce pest attack. Legumes, like beans and peas, add valuable nitrogen to your soil via their roots. This free mineral deposit helps improve the soil for your next crop. Plan to take advantage of this. How? By planting a nitrogen-loving food crop from a different plant family, like tomatoes, next.
4. Interplant your kitchen garden with herbs
Herbs help provide a degree of insect protection. Many strong-smelling herbs help repel or confuse insects that damage food crops. Well chosen companion plants can also help deter and confuse pest insects. How? By the scent and shape of their foliage.
5. Plant flowers and scented herbs
Flowers help to attract beneficial predatory and pollinating insects. e.g. Dill, coriander/cilantro, sunflowers and parsley. These herbs all have small flowers that are a magnet for predatory wasps and other beneficial insects. They attract nature’s ‘Clean Up Crew’ for many pest insects in your kitchen garden.
“Herbs and flowers are valuable additions to any kitchen garden.” – Anne Gibson
From my personal experiences, thoughtful plant associations can:
- Save you work;
- Minimise plants lost to pests and disease;
- Increase habitat and food sources for beneficial insects and birds;
- Build a more diverse ecosystem;
- Save money spent on pest management solutions; and
- Help improve yields with better pollinated crops.
I hope these design tips give you some options to play around with in your kitchen garden. You’ll have less pests and a more productive, beautiful space. If you need help with designing your own sustainable garden, I offer a range of consulting services to get you started with confidence.
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Great tips. Prompted me to race out to my garden shed and see what I might have in seed packets there and found a treasure trove! Immediately planted multiple seeds from a mixed packet of plants that attract the right insects and added some zucchini to our vege patch too.
Love your site, just discovered it this weekend and will be coming back time and again.
Thanks for the feedback Kathie and welcome! Great to hear you’ve jumped into action and been inspired. If you haven’t already, I invite you to join my free newsletter and grab yourself a complimentary copy of my herb eBook. That way, you’ll get lots more tips I only share with subscribers. Happy gardening, Anne
Help the hairy caterpillars are eating my lettuce and kale
Check out these posts for help:
Coping with Caterpillars – Part 1
Coping with Caterpillars – Part 2.
The quickest organic solution is to get out there and hand pick them off. Look under the leaves for eggs and tiny caterpillars. Small holes = small caterpillars. They will do minimum damage when little but will quickly munch your lunch as they grow.
Lots of ideas to try. I may try the lillypilly as a first option – will let you know how it goes.
Great to hear Nyssa. Keep us posted!
So excited to find your website, as I have a small courtyard (in Brisbane) that I keep trying to grow herbs & veges in!!
Do you have any issues with possums eating your plants, and any advice on stopping them?
I have been using upside down wire rubbish bins but am looking for a more attractive option…
As an ex-Brizzie girl, I also experienced possums pinching my produce, so I understand your dilemma! They used to run along the fence at night and jump down into my herb garden – eat their fill – and jump back on the fence and up into the gum tree next door. I decided to stop them in their tracks & give them an alternative food source BEFORE they got to my herbs. I put up a small fruit bowl on the top of the fence so they ate their fill before going any further. Worked in my Brisbane garden. My sister has had a nightmare with possums so we’ve tried lots of things. The best solution for her was a sensor night light positioned where they came onto her property from the neighbour’s to eat her hanging basket plants. They prefer to eat in the dark so this startled them and has been somewhat successful.
Possums are opportunists who are looking for a free, easy feed. They love native fruits like lillypillies and quandongs & new gum leaves so if you have space for a pot with a lillypilly or other native food plant, this may provide a longer term preferred alternative to your garden produce. i.e. give them their first preference and they’ll be more likely to leave your vegie patch alone! In suburbia, unfortunately there is a lack of native habitat and fruit so possums and other wild ‘pest’ animals resort to eating what is available.
There are other options for stopping them – it’s a matter of trial and error. What works for some, doesn’t for others! It depends on your time, budget and space.
An ideal option is exclusion (currently what I’m using and I’ve had no further damage) – if they can’t reach it, they can’t eat it. Greenharvest are a local QLD company that have a variety of practical exclusion products you may want to consider. You can protect your whole garden or just parts of it. Or make your own wire cage. My mum had a portable wire frame around her townhouse vegie patch in Sydney and this was the only way she could harvest 100% of her greens. The sun & rain can still get in but possums can’t.
Another solution is to make a deterrent spray on the affected plants to make them less palatable. This is a recipe for Possum Repellent. Garlic spray works on smell & taste: Add 2 tablespoons freshly crushed garlic to 1 litre of hot water (+ add 2 tablespoons freshly crushed HOT chilli or tabasco sauce). Allow to stand overnight. Strain. Spray on foliage. Remember sprays are best used in the cool of the day to avoid burning your plants and will only last a few days. No good if it’s raining. Always use gloves & protective glasses; label & keep away from children as a safety precaution.
There are many other options including deterrent products like the Pestgard Yard Sentinel. There are some other ideas and comments here.
Some people have success with quassia chips. 300 grams of Quassia Chips (often available from agricultural stores) to 1 litre of water. Boil chips for 5 minutes. Strain and collect water mixture. Spray on ground when cool. I’ve never used this but apparently works for some people.
Hope this gives you some ideas – please come back and let us know what works! Good luck.
Hi Anne, I have a big problem with bugs eating my broccoli . I’ve tried chilli spray, to no avail. Also tried flour on the leaves which seemed to help. I only have about four plants and there’s still something eating them . I have coriander plants around them – which doesn’t seem to have made any difference. Do you have any suggestions?
When you say “bugs” it would help if you could be a bit more specific. Do you mean caterpillars? The most common pest for broccoli is the Cabbage White Butterfly caterpillar. I’ve posted a couple of articles on identifying them and organic strategies. These articles may assist you and be a good starting point.
Hope this helps. 🙂


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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted President Biden for his handling of the US border crisis Wednesday, declaring that drug cartels have more say on the border than the US government while Biden “sits around doing nothing.”
The Republican governor made the comments at a Wednesday press conference in Florida. He accused Biden of dereliction of duty with regard to both illegal immigration and the smuggling of drugs like fentanyl across the US border.
“The US is supposed to be the world’s leading superpower, and yet we can’t even maintain control of our own southern border?” DeSantis said. “The Mexican drug cartels have more to say about what goes on at the southern border than our own US government does.”
“Where is this president’s energy? Where is his vigor? Where is his commitment to the cause? He is just sitting around doing nothing of importance or nothing of note while the American people suffer,” he continued. “There is just no rule of law. It’s been tossed out the window.”
TEXAS REP SAYS GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT TOLD HIM 80,000 MIGRANTS HEADED TO BORDER WITH TITLE 42 SET TO EXPIRE
DeSantis went on to remark about how Martha’s Vineyard residents complained when Florida sent just 50 migrants to the wealthy town. Residents argued at the time that they did not have the resources to care for the people.
“Well look at some of these other places. They’re getting thousands of people coming illegally, and yet they’re just supposed to grin and bear it,” he said.
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The Florida governor’s Wednesday statements came just a day after he appeared to take a major step toward announcing a 2024 presidential candidacy. DeSantis is widely expected to enter the race and many perceive him as the most credible Republican threat to former President Donald Trump.
The governor severed his relationship with the statewide Florida political committee Friends of Ron DeSantis, a necessary step to launch a federal campaign. DeSantis has fundraised through the committee for years, and it currently has $86 million on hand.
The political committee is now led by state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, a close ally of DeSantis. Ingoglia did not comment on the development’s relationship to a potential 2024 DeSantis campaign, but he did confirm his new role from him to Fox News Digital.
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France has been ringing in the new rules on the stock options of the employees for luring the talent in and then competing with the top tech hub of United States.
Emmanuel Macron, who is the president is going to be on Monday for the announcing of the plans of the government which have looked to expand the scheme of stock options for inclusion of foreign companies with the employees in the country of France in the wake of rule changes.
The reforms package comes post the 500 start-up founders of Europe who called on the member states of European Union for updating and aligning with the rules on the stock options of employees which is giving the employees a chance for acquiring a portion of the company which they are working for.
These entrepreneurs which are including Patrick Collison CEO Stripe and the boss of TransferWise TaavetHinrikus, have warned of a happening of brain drain of the brightest and best in Europe in case the policymakers did not reform the ownership share of employees for helping the tech sector of European Union’s rival which is Silicon Valley.
A letter which had been signed by the executives of tech and coordinated by the venture capital firm known as Index Ventures which has been sent to the lawmakers all across the continent in the previous year. Index Venture is an investor in companies such as Deliveroo and Adven and has claimed that the tech workers of United States are owning twice the amount of equity in the companies which they work for rather than the counterparts of Europe. These changes have ensured that the options are priced at the value which is fair.

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In September 2023, we embarked on a collaborative journey with Sarah Mitchell, a prominent figure in the food distribution industry based in Toronto, Canada. Sarah sought to enhance her cold chain logistics by investing in the purchase and installation of KingClima Small Truck Refrigeration Units. The primary objective of this project was to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of perishable goods, ultimately improving the quality and reliability of her food distribution services.
To maintain consistent and precise temperature control within the small trucks, ensuring the preservation of perishable goods during transit.
To increase the overall efficiency of the food distribution fleet by optimizing temperature control and reducing product spoilage.
To reduce carbon emissions by utilizing eco-friendly refrigeration technology in line with Canada's sustainability goals.
Challenges: Navigating Canadian Extremes
Ensuring seamless integration of the refrigeration units with the existing small trucks' infrastructure.
Complying with Canadian regulations on refrigerants and emissions to meet environmental standards.
Return on Investment (ROI):
Balancing the upfront investment with the expected savings from reduced product spoilage and lower operating costs.
Phase 1: Needs Assessment and Planning
The project commenced with an in-depth needs assessment to understand Ms. Mitchell's specific requirements. Our team collaborated closely with her to analyze the fleet's size, cargo capacity, and the range of products being transported. A detailed project plan was then developed, outlining the installation process, training program, and budget allocation.
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known for their reliability and energy efficiency. These units were customized to seamlessly fit the small delivery trucks and configured to operate with eco-friendly refrigerants, aligning with Canada's environmental regulations.
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An imbalanced serum IgG subclass pattern was identified in 10 patients with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) showing remarkably low subclass levels of various combinations. IgG2 levels were significantly reduced as compared to normal controls. The IgG subclass-specificity of antibodies to toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) was investigated by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. TSS-patients lacked pre-immunity to TSST-1 in all four IgG subclasses. Normally acquired immunity to the toxin as well as the serological response developing in two patients with TSS was generally restricted to IgG1 and IgG4. A strong booster response of all four IgG subclasses was seen in three patients with S. aureus septicaemia due to TSST-1 producing strains. The lack of specific IgG1 and IgG4 antibodies to TSST-1 and the low serum IgG subclass levels found in the TSS-patients could be of pathogenetic significance and help to explain the susceptibility to TSS in certain individuals.
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Oh, before we move on, here’s the press release which ARAMCO issued days after the departure we wrote about. They didn’t mention the terminal by name, but there’s a nice photo of it in their release.
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Few wine countries, if any, can compete with Italy in terms of the number of grapes used for wines. The ten most planted grapes account for only 38% of the total plantings.
In France the top-ten account for 70% and in Spain 75%.
“Other grapes” are thus planted on and extraordinary 62% of the total vineyard plantings in Italy of 682,000 hectares (the world’s 4th biggest plantings). Sangiovese and Montepulciano are decreasing, while Glera (used for the incredibly popular prosecco) and Pinot Gris both show strong increasing trends. We can expect even more Prosecco in the future.
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(Collectively, “Parties” and each a “Party”)
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- The Contractor’s relationship with the Company will be that of an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or should be construed to, create a partnership, agency, joint venture, or employment relationship. Contractor has the choice to work for other corporations including competitors of the Company. Contractor will not be entitled under this Agreement to any of the benefits that the Company have for its employees, including but not limited to group health insurance, life insurance, profit-sharing, retirement benefits, paid vacation, holidays or sick leave, or workers’ compensation insurance.
- The Contractor is a self-employed freelancer engaged under a contract for service in line with the gig economy, and the Company does not owe the Contractor any obligations typically associated with an employer-employee relationship. He/she will provide and fulfil services for the Company as described below in clause 2, and will be taking on the name of being an Express Buddy. Upon any physical or digital acknowledgement, the Contractor deems to have read, understood, agreed and accepted this Agreement. If at any point in the future, the Contractor chooses to rescind this Agreement, and wish to discontinue participation, he/she will be allowed to disrupt his/her services at any point after written notice is given.
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- Express Delivery Buddy
- The Contractor will be providing delivery services for the Company.
- A personal or Company owned/rented vehicle may be used.
- Collection and drop off includes but is not limited to food/flowers/parcels/furniture.
- Contractors are encouraged to accept all bookings when on duty for better ratings.
- Punctually during collection of items and timely delivery of those items to customers.
- Check and account for the items received.
- Prioritise the best route if there are more than one delivery location in the booking.
- Inform the Company immediately when experiencing any urgent issues causing a delay.
- Check and account for cash collected.
- Document and keep record of any information on deliveries if problems are encountered.
As the Company only acts as an intermediary/medium, its responsibilities and liabilities are limited to exercising reasonable care in the screening & selection of suitable Contractors. The Company solely performs its duties as a middleman to link up a Contractor to offer personalised services to its customers. These Services do not comprise of, nor is it intended to be construed as a representation of being the Company being an employer/principal to the Contractor.
- Exemption Of Liability
Based on clause 1.2 & 2.2, the Company is not responsible nor liable for any loss or damage, by or related to, Services carried out by the Contractor on behalf of the Company. In particular, the Company will not be liable for any claims against the Contractor. The Contractor shall indemnify the Company against all actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, statutory penalties, expenses and costs (including legal costs on an indemnity basis) in respect of any claims made against the Company arising from any breach of this Agreement by the Contractor, or arising from any acts and/or omissions of any Contractor that are matched to its customers. The Contractor is to be held liable and will fully indemnify the Company for all damages caused by the Contractor’s misconduct or negligence. He/she will be considered as an independent provider matched by the Company to its customers for the sole purpose of fulfilling the abovementioned Services. Henceforth, this indemnifies the Company to any and all liabilities not limited to the following:
- For any accident, injury or death to any person in the course of Service.
- Any damages done to the customer’s vehicle.
- Any loss or theft of any property that belongs to the customer.
- Any parking fines, speeding tickets or any traffic offences caused by the assigned Contractor.
- Any other unforeseen losses or damages, once the Contractor has parked and exited the vehicle.
- Any fee waiver to the customer that resulted from the negligence of the Contractor.
- Any illegal possession in accordance to Singapore laws that might result in a civil or criminal offence.
- Any direct or indirect consequential loss such as any loss of profit, loss of enjoyment, loss of revenue, loss of data, or loss of earnings, and, to the extent permitted by law, the Contractor shall not have any recourse against the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents.
- Any replacement or sub-contractor engaged by the Contractor to fulfil the Services is subjected to this clause, whom may enjoy the benefit of, but must enforce the terms of this paragraph in accordance with the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act, Chapter 53B of Singapore.
- Service Fees & Payment
- The compensation payouts associated with the Contractor’s service for each particular role are available and may be accessed via the Company’s Express Buddy application or website (https://www.expressgroup.sg/buddies/).
- The Company reserves the right and has sole discretion to change Service Fees at any time and shall notify the Contractor in advance in the event of such change. If the Contractor still uses the Company’s application or continues to do any of the aforementioned Services on behalf of the Company, the Contractor shall be deemed to accept such change to the Service Fees.
- The Company may make deductions from the Contractor’s Service Fees in the event that the Contractor does not return the cash collected from customers to the Company. Trip or fee waivers granted from the Contractor’s negligence due to a gross lack of punctuality or spillage etc, will also be deducted from the Contractor’s application wallet or future earnings if the amount is insufficient.
- Insurance Coverage
- For Contractors that need to drive a customer’s vehicle to provide Services under this Agreement, they will have to be covered under the motor insurance coverage of the Customer as an authorised driver.
- For Contractors using their own vehicle to provide Services under this Agreement, they will be solely responsible for the purchase and maintenance of adequate insurance coverage which minimally must include a third-party liability insurance.
- Intellectual Property Ownership
The Company where applicable, shall own all right, title and interest, including all related intellectual property rights, and by extension, the Service and any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by the Contractor or any other party relating to the Service. This Agreement does not constitute as a sales agreement and do not convey any rights of ownership in or related to the Service. This includes but is not limited to the Company’s name, the Company’s logo, the Company’s customers, any proprietary knowledge etc, and there is no right or license to be granted to use them.
Even as a freelance private independent Contractor, he/she shall observe complete confidentiality in relation to all information and data relating to the Company, its services, customers, products, business affairs, marketing and promotion plans or other operations and its associated companies which are disclosed by or on behalf of the Company (whether orally or in writing and whether before, on, or after the date of this Agreement) or which are otherwise directly or indirectly acquired from the Company, or any of its affiliated companies, or created in the course of this Agreement. The Contractor shall further ensure that such confidential information should only be used in order to perform the Service, and shall not without the Company’s prior consent, disclose such information to any third-party nor use it for any other purpose.
During the course of the Contractor’s engagement with the Company, or upon the discontinuance of the Contractor relationship, he/she will not solicit any customer of the Company. Whether or not still a customer of the Company and whether or not knowledge of the customer is still considered confidential information.
He/she is also not allowed to incorporate, or seemingly provide services that are currently being provided by the Company, personally solicit customers in any way, or even aid/assist any other person to solicit any such customer for a period of 5 years from cessation of the Contractor relationship with the Company. As there is no employment contract involved with the Contractors, date of cessation will be considered to be the day that the Contractor completed his/her last task or booking for the Company.
However, the Contractor is allowed to work for other on-demand platforms or companies providing similar services to the Company if he/she does not solicit any of the Company’s customers. In the event that the Contractor derives any economic value, and causes the Company to suffer tangible or intangible loss for the above breach, damages of up to SGD$200,000 will be claimable via legal means from the Contractor.
If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of law to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) that provision shall be deemed amended to achieve as nearly as possible the same economic effect as the original provision, and (b) the legality, validity, and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
- Injunctive Relief For Breach
Contractor agrees that his/her services under this Agreement are of a unique character that gives them particular value; Contractor’s breach of any of such obligations will result in irreparable and continuing damage to the Company, for which there will be no adequate remedy at law; and, in the event of such breach, the Company will be entitled to injunctive relief and/or a decree for specific performance, and such other and further relief as may be proper (including monetary damages if appropriate).
- Security And Data Protection
Contractor shall comply with all his/her obligations under the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) at his/her own cost. Contractor shall only process, use or disclose Customer Personal Data (which refers to data about a customer who can be identified from that data alone, or from that data and other information which Contractor has or is likely to have access to) strictly for the purposes of fulfilling his/her obligations and providing the Services under this Agreement.
Contractor shall protect Customer Personal Data in Contractor’s control or possession by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized or accidental access, collection, use, disclosure, or copying of Customer Personal Data.
Contractor shall not retain Customer Personal Data (or any documents or records containing Customer Personal Data, electronic or otherwise) for any period of time longer than is necessary to serve the purposes of this Agreement.
Contractor shall indemnify the Company against all actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, statutory penalties, expenses and cost (including legal costs on an indemnity basis) in respect of Contractor’s breach of this clause or any act, omission or negligence of Contract that causes or results in the Company being in breach of the PDPA.
The Parties shall seek to resolve any dispute regarding the interpretation of clauses of the Agreement primarily through good faith negotiations. In the event that Parties are unable to resolve their dispute, they shall submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Singapore. This Agreement and any dispute arising out of or in connection with its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore.
- Declaration Of Contractor
The Contractor hereby declare that all details furnished and the documents submitted to the Company are true and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief. He/she undertakes to inform the Company of any changes therein immediately. In case any of any information and/or documents submitted, are found to be false or misleading or misrepresenting, the Contractor is aware that he/she may be held liable for it.

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NAADAC’s 2019 Advocacy in Action Conference and Hill Day was a success! NAADAC members and other addiction professionals from across the country gathered at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on April 10, 2019 to attend briefings on legislation, national budget, and advocacy issues, and receive a robust training on effective advocacy for meetings on Capitol Hill.
The event included guest speakers from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL), the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NATAP), and the Bureau of Health Workforce at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
June S. Sivilli the Associate Director of Public Health, Education and Treatment at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, provided the opening keynote session. Sivilli discussed the National Drug Control Strategy, including the major objectives for treatment, prevention, and recovery for ONDCP, and spent time addressing questions from attendees on ONDCP’s future goals for the addiction profession.
On April 11, 2019, attendees gathered on Capitol Hill where they were prepped for meetings with legislative representatives by staff from the offices of Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Congressman Hal Rogers, and Congressman Dave Joyce. Following the briefing, NAADAC Executive Director Cynthia Moreno Tuohy presented the 2019 Legislator of the Year award, which was awarded to Congressman David Joyce (14th District of Ohio) for his demonstrated commitment to addiction professionals and the individuals they serve.
When the briefings concluded, attendees conducted over two dozen meetings with Members of Congress and their legislative representatives. In these meetings, advocates brought attention to the issues that concern addiction professionals, such as a need for national credentialing standards, the need to reject efforts to align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPAA standards, the need to invest in the addiction workforce through funding for HRSA’s loan repayment programs and the minority fellowship program, and the need for further study to be conducted on the effects of medical marijuana.
NAADAC would like to thank our impressive lineup of featured speakers, who include Garth Van Meter, Gary Tennis, Israil Ali, Julie Shroyer, June S. Sivilli, Marvin Ventrell, Michael Kemp, Patsy Cunningham, Robert Morrison, Sherri Layton, and Tim Casey.
NAADAC would also like to thank our Bronze Sponsor Acadia Healthcare for its generous support!
View the photos from this year's conference on NAADAC's Facebook or the 2019 Advocacy in Action webpage.


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- Sailing to a paradise so close to home
- GEORGE MEDOVOY, FOR THE DAILY PRESS
- CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA • It's a little stretch of paradise off the coast of busy Los Angeles.
My wife and I first came here more than 40 years ago, and now after all these years, we boarded a big Catalina Express vessel for the hour-long c... Full story
- Summer getaway at Hesperia Lake
- GEOFF FISK, for the Daily Press
- HESPERIA • For fishing, camping, picnics and general family fun in the outdoors, Hesperia Lake Park is one of the best year-round destinations for families in the High Desert.
A part of the sprawling Hesperia Recreation and Park District, Hespe... Full story
- Desert Lakes Cool off at Spring Valley Lake
- BY GEOFF FISK, FOR THE DAILY PRESS
- VICTORVILLE • If you live at Spring Valley Lake (or know someone that does), it doesn't get much better than relaxing at the water on a summer weekend.
Spring Valley Lake resident Thad Eacret, 35, and his brother Travis, 33, took Thad's recentl... Full story
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- Mobile, Alabama: 5 free things for visitors MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Mobile is that "other" city on the northern Gulf Coast, the one that sometimes gets lost between the beaches of the Florida Panhandle and the nonstop party of New Orleans. Local promoters call it "secretly awesome."...
- Florida Keys creatures: Fish, birds, 6-toed cats KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- Activities for visitors to the Florida Keys range from snorkeling, boating and fishing to bar-hopping in Key West at sunset. You don't even have to leave your car to enjoy the tranquil scenery of water and sky on either side of the toll-free Florida Keys Overseas Highway, a series of bridges and roads that connects the 125-mile (200-kilometer) chain of islands. And while the Keys are not as well-known for beaches as other parts of Florida, a few spots - like love...
- The beach in Costa Rica: Surfing, riding, fishing GUIONES, Costa Rica (AP) -- A vacation to escape the cold led us to Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, where we went surfing, horseback riding, deep-sea fishing and even visited a dry tropical forest. Our extended family of seven, ranging in age from 17 to 55 years old, ranked it one of the best vacations ever....
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The fresh announcement of the Meizu 16T smartphone, interesting in all respects, on October 23, 2019, unfortunately, didn’t “cheer up” domestic users anymore, as the company, having lost control, flew over the side of the Russian market.
Now officially Meizu technology is not presented at our place, although the company naturally continues to produce mobile devices, and at the moment, one of the most attractive of them in terms of price and performance – Meizu 16T – is an affordable smartphone on Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
Specifications Meizu 16T:
- Dimensions: 160 × 78 × 8.3 mm, 183 g
- Display: 6.5 “, 18.5: 9, 2232 × 1080 (~ 382 ppi), Super AMOLED
- Processor: 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, 2.84 GHz, Adreno 640
- Camera: 12 megapixels, f / 1.9 (main) + 8 megapixels, f / 2.2 (wide-angle) + 5 megapixels, f / 1.9 (depth sensor); 16 MP, f / 2.2 (front)
- Memory: 6/8 GB of RAM, 128/256 GB of permanent, UFS 3.0
- Battery: 4500 mAh
- OS: Android 9.0 Pie, Flyme 8
- Communication: USB Type-C, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, LTE
- Case color: orange, blue, green
- Cost: from 19 000 rubles
Material and appearance
Meizu 16T received an inexpensive plastic case without the use of metal in the side frame. However, the design of the smartphone looks attractive and stylish. The mirrored rear wall shimmers in the rays of light, but the devices in all colors still look solid, without excessive clumsyness.
At the same time, the case has wide enough lateral edges, they are not pointed, so the device is held securely in the hand. The plastic coating, although glossy, but not slippery, and not very easily soiled: the device does not slip and is not covered by fingerprints.
The buttons are installed on one side, the keys are smooth, but large and have a pleasant elastic course. The card slot on the other side does not have a memory card slot, it only supports connecting two nanoSIM cards.
The remaining elements are grouped at the bottom: here is the Type-C connector, speaker, microphone, and even a 3.5 mm headphone audio output. At the top you can see the hole of an additional microphone, which means that there is probably a noise reduction system.
The speakers, by the way, work in stereo mode, which adds even more points to the piggy bank of a decent device.
There is no cutout for the front camera on the front panel, here the designers didn’t arrange everything “not the old fashioned way”, but the frame thickness of only five millimeters allows all the necessary elements to be placed and not to take away the space of the front area from the screen too.
The screen itself is made using a Super AMOLED matrix with a diagonal of 6.5 inches and a resolution of 2232 × 1080. Physical dimensions are 71 × 148 mm, aspect ratio is 18.5: 9, dot density is 382 ppi.
The maximum brightness level is 430 nits; the screen is not one of the brightest. Density with resolution is also not maximum, but in general the display is not bad in terms of color reproduction and contrast. At angles, the brightness does not drop as much as on IPS-screens; auto-adjustment of brightness works adequately in the sun and in the dark. The fingerprint sensor is hidden under the glass of the display.
Formally, we have a three-chamber, but only two main modules are removed here – ordinary (Sony IMX362, 12 megapixels, f / 1.9) and wide-angle (Samsung 4H7, 8 megapixels with aperture f / 2.2). The third, auxiliary module, is just a depth of field sensor (5 MP, f / 1.9), used for portrait mode with background blur.
Here, surprisingly, there was no “ultra-pixel” resolution of the main module is only 12 megapixels, but it removes, it is no worse than the now fashionable 48 megapixels with 4-in-1 technology. Decent color reproduction, high detail and good contrast create a good picture.
The wide-angle module does not pass according to these parameters in the central part of the frame, but it loses sharpness and blurs details at the edges. When shooting at night, the picture repeats. In general, both cameras are not bad for their price, they shoot unmatchedly better than any Vivo V17.
There is no telephoto lens, which means there is no optical zoom either. However, on the viewfinder screen there is, for some reason, a digital zoom button up to 2x, obviously, just a tribute to fashion. Naturally, digital zoom gives a mediocre picture, and at a maximum of 8x magnification it becomes problematic to consider anything at all.
There is no separate module for macro photography here either, however, the AI copes with such a task on the main camera due to the beautiful blurring of the background. Not to say that there was a very high level of detail, but there are different tasks. On the screen of the smartphone itself, such a “pseudo-macro” looks decent.
More shooting examples:
The video camera can shoot in maximum quality 4K @ 60fps. Apart from the lack of optical stabilization and, as a result, jerky shooting on the go, the picture comes out pretty well in terms of detail and sharpness. By the way, by default it encodes in H.265, and only Meizu smartphones do this. Color reproduction, of course, is lying, dragging colors into unnaturally acidic caustic tones.
Selfie here makes a module with parameters of 16 megapixels (f / 2.2), and here everything is far from so rosy. At least in the new Oppo / realme smartphones, front-facing cameras produce much more contrasting and high-quality images. Here, the whiteness and lack of contrast are everywhere, although the detail and sharpness are not so bad. In general, the selfie camera does not work out at 100%, as in the already mentioned Vivo V17.
Performance and Software
The question of choosing SoC from Qualcomm remains indisputable, and even the flagship one of the most powerful and ergonomic. Thanks to this, the average Meizu 16T, unexpectedly, became one of the most, if not the cheapest smartphone based on the top Snapdragon 855 chip.
This 7nm platform has eight cores (1 × 2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3 × 2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4 × 1.78 GHz Kryo 485). The GPU uses the Adreno 640 graphics processor. Memory can be installed 6 or 8 GB of RAM, storage capacity of 128 or 256 GB.
This platform does not need a special introduction. Unlike the same Huawei Kirin, Qualcomm solutions are leading not only in processor tests, but also in graphics, which has the best effect on playing the most interesting and demanding games.
In the AnTuTu benchmark, the smartphone is gaining more than 430 thousand points, which is close to the maximum figures. In GeekBench SoC scores 3546 points in single and 10 372 in multinuclear tests.
Оболочку Flyme, которая устанавливается во все смартфоны Meizu, отечественный пользователь как-то традиционно недолюбливает за чрезмерную лаконичность в чём-то, а в чём-то другом — замудрённость там, где это и не нужно.
Be that as it may, the interface also has a number of settings and additional functions that expand the capabilities of a regular Android OS. Here, and translucent panels, and multitasking, and support for gesture control – everything is present. But the shell, really, as they say, is not for everybody. I had a Chinese version on the test, there is only English, without Russian.
Network capabilities, thanks to a top-end hardware platform, are maximum. Here is support for all the most famous satellite systems, and the ability to work in LTE Cat.20 networks with an amazing speed up to 2 Gb / s with all Russian frequency ranges. As well as Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, but, as usual, there is no NFC.
Meizu 16T has a built-in battery capacity of as much as 4500 mAh. With such a volume and ergonomic SoC from Qualcomm with good optimization, as well as an economical AMOLED display, the smartphone shows excellent autonomy results.
The battery capacity is enough for about 20 hours of watching videos or 7 hours in games with a minimum brightness of about 150 cd / m². With support for mCharge fast charging (18 W), the process takes 1 hour 30 minutes. There is no wireless charging.
In the basic version with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory, the smartphone is priced at $ 280 (~ 17,300 rubles). At $ 40 more expensive will be the option with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory, and the top version with 256 GB of storage will cost $ 350 (~ 21,700 rubles).
For the Russian market, as already mentioned, there is no official price for certified devices, but you can purchase this unit from unofficial dealers at a price of 23 thousand rubles for the youngest to 25 thousand for the older configuration. On AliExpress, the price starts at 19 thousand rubles .
It is worth recognizing that at this price, with one of the best processors today, as well as a good main camera, decent stereo sound and high autonomy, the Meizu 16T is considered one of the most interesting mobile devices in its price category in terms of “best price and technical features” today. It is a pity that Meizu has not yet decided to officially return to our mamarke.


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Just how do I understand that true love exists? We have seen not many but extremely unique relationships in my entire life which have offered me personally the aspire to have confidence in real love. I’ve additionally seen relationships that just never work. This informative article will concentrate on what I discovered during my research and experience on love.
What exactly is prefer?
This will be concern that’s been explored by philosophers and poets, and just about everyone else also, so long as people have been in existence view it.
Love can be explained as a strong bond between individuals. There are numerous kinds of love: brotherly love, motherly love, love for animals, love for activities or places, and everyone’s favorite- intimate love. The objective of this short article is always to focus solely on intimate love between two different people. Intimate love will likely to be understood to be a profoundly tender, passionate for the next, including desire that is sexual passion. Dictionary. com separates the very first component as well as the intimate component. This interesting was found by me. Can it be to state that true romantic love cannot occur with no dimension that is sexual? I do believe it may, specially when the few may well not actually manage to make love. However the intimate component takes the psychological, emotional and religious love to another degree; the physiological degree. Intercourse alone however is certainly not love. This would be apparent. It could be the point that enables you to smile within the or the thing that makes you cry at night morning. A deep, real love could be something which is larger than obsession, a much much deeper reference to another person by which we are able to share our entire selves because of the other individual; our preferences, interests, worries, memories (pleased and unfortunate), dreams, and invest quality time with one another.
Love is NOT lust, obsession, a competition, or a game title. It is a sign that it may just be one of these things and not true, deep love when it starts feeling like this. an estimate we browse the other really hit my brain: “We want that which we know will not endure, but we love just those actions that are eternal. time” it absolutely was perhaps not credited to anybody and A google search resulted in absolutely nothing, but what truly matters this can be a message. If it seems fake or unworthy of calling real love from the start keep your eyes available plus don’t disregard the warning flags. Keep in mind these terms and inform your self when you have to be reminded: it is advisable become alone compared to bad business. Even though it is correct that any relationship requires work and compromise, you will find limitations. If you think as if you are not delighted or otherwise not being your real self, they are major signs that there’s difficulty. Among the indications I have actually had in a previous relationship ended up being that a close friend of mine noticed that each time I happened to be expected about my gf that my face and sound tone changed. It took a pal pointing it off to make me understand that I became within an unhealthy and relationship that is unhappy.
Simple tips to Discover Love
“just how can we find love?” is a tremendously typical concern on just about everyone’s brain. As well as for valid reason. Life may be pretty awesome, and love makes it better yet.
1. Stay positive.
Picture your dream partner and whatever they shall end up like. Make a summary of faculties and keep in mind that personality characteristics tend to be more crucial compared to real, though those are essential also. Get up every morning seeing your day ahead as an opportunity to better yourself as well as your life, while during the time that is same other people also.
2. Improve your self.
Discover a language, find out more (get the kinds of publications that you’re passionate about, you will find publications for EVERYONE!), remain busy and then make yourself great. If you will find negative people/bullies, that you experienced, start distancing yourself slowly from their website. It might feel only a little embarrassing to start with, but you’ll achieve the new environment that is positive. Believe me. It’s also real you, you have to love yourself what they say: For someone to love. Do just what it will take to demonstrate your self that you will be worth a pleased, fulfilling relationship. Whether it is engaging in better form, consuming healthy, making brand new buddies, or finally finishing college, do so! Your own future self will many thanks for this.
3. Meet individuals.
I believe people sometimes forget that people are social animals and therefore we have to connect to the other person. Perhaps the gesture that is smallest or connection will satisfy these emotional means. We have all them, too. Even the”loners” find other “loners eventually” to be “loners” with! Volunteer, join/start a written guide club, simply take a class, keep in touch with individuals within the food store and get for meals, confer with your moms and dads, your waiter, and meet people they know. You can expect to begin meeting a lot of people it’ll ensure it is effortless to produce friends that are new. Keep in mind to not overwhelm yourself along with these new individuals. Folks have a real means of weeding on their own away from our everyday everyday lives and that means you don’t need to, and those that hang in there would be the people you need anyhow, so every thing calculates. Escape your safe place! Perhaps the comment that is smallest about any such thing when you look at the environment can start the gate for the free-flowing discussion! Some individuals want to talk and certainly will speak to anybody. This firsthand was learned by me. And it also will significantly boost your self- confidence whenever you notice it on your own. One of the better publications that i’ve keep reading this topic is talk to Strangers always (shown in Amazon.com capsule on right).
4. Be proactive.
A lot of people have a passive part whenever it comes down to love. I do believe from it as being a figures game; like you(same interests, values, etc.) the chances of you meeting someone compatible with you grows exponentially if you are moving about in circles of people. We state exponentially because through every brand new individual you may fulfill 3 more and more people -so meet 3 brand new people and therefore possibly implies that you can fulfill 12 individuals total. After which those brand new individuals may introduce more! It really is a chain effect. I actually don’t such as the basic notion of sitting straight back and awaiting one thing to take place. Leonardo da Vinci stated, “People of success hardly ever sat as well as allow things occur to them, they went and occurred to things.” This is actually the mindset that we accept simply simply take with love. However for some, it really is good enough to settle-back and wait to see just what the present on life brings.

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A Curious Guide to London
From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you know, unearthing the capital's secrets and commemorating its rich, colourful and unusual history.
Brimming with tales of London's forgotten past, its strangest traditions and its most eccentric inhabitants, this book celebrates the unique, the unusual and the unknown.
- By Simon Leyland
- ISBN: 9780593073230

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Monday, March 14, 2011
Chicken 1/2 kg
Small onion a handfull
Big onion 1 No(chopped)
Tomato 1 No (chopped)
Curry leaves few
Coconut 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Oil 4-5 tbsp
Mustard seeds 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chillies 5-6 no
Sombu (saunf) 2 tbsp
Jeera 1 tbsp
Pepper 2 tsp
Cardamom, cinnmon and cloves each one piece
Coriander seeds 2 tbsp
Oil 2 tsp
Heat oil and fry all these spices to golden colour and powder it.
METHOD :Wash chicken and keep aside.
Saute the small onions in a tbsp of oil to golden colour.Grind to smooth paste.
Grind the coconut to a smooth paste.
Heat oil in kadai and temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Then add onions and small onion paste and saute well. Add tomato and cook till soft.
Now add the chicken pieces and saute well for about 10 mins.Add the powdered masala and saute for about 5 mins.
Now add little water and salt. Cover and cook.
When the chicken is cooked add the coconut paste and cook for 5 mins.
Serve for rice and tiffin items.

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The Chicago Bears opened the 2021 season with an embarrassing 34-14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday Night Football, where it wasn’t Chicago’s offense that was the biggest disappointment.
The good news is the rest of the NFC North also lost, so the Bears are somehow tied for first place in the division with the Packers, Vikings and Lions. Small victories, right?
Here are 14 crazy stats from the Bears’ loss to the Rams in Week 1.
David Montgomery has scored a touchdown in seven consecutive regular-season games
David Montgomery picked up right where he left off last season with another impressive outing, where he logged 108 yards on 16 carries. One of those runs was a 3-yard touchdown, which extended his streak to seven consecutive regular-season games with a touchdown.
RB @MontgomerDavid now has a streak of seven consecutive regular season games with a TD dating to Week 12 of the 2020 season.
— Chicago Bears (@BearsPR) September 13, 2021
Justin Fields is the first Bears rookie QB to rush for a touchdown in a season opener since 1960
Rookie Justin Fields made his brief debut in five plays for the Bears. But it was his last play of the night that was his best — a 3-yard rushing touchdown that gave us a glimpse of what we can expect from this offense once he’s starting. Fields became the first Bears rookie quarterback to rush a touchdown in a season opener since 1960. He’s the second Bears rookie to score a touchdown in an opener since running back Tarik Cohen in 2017.
QB @justnfields is the first Bears rookie QB to rush for a TD in a season opener (since 1960). Fields is the first Bears rookie overall to score a TD since @TarikCohen in the 2017 opener.
— Chicago Bears (@BearsPR) September 13, 2021
Andy Dalton's longest pass attempt was 16 yards
The Bears’ downfield passing attack was nonexistent against the Rams. Andy Dalton’s longest pass attempt was 16 yards. Every other starting quarterback attempted at least four passes of 15-plus yards in Week 1. Only five of Dalton’s 38 attempts were for 10 yards or more, a vote of confidence from his head coach.
Andy Dalton's longest pass attempt was 16 yards tonight. Only 5 of his 38 attempts were for 10 yards or more. #Bears
— Zack Pearson (@Zack_Pearson) September 13, 2021
The Bears offense had 0 three-and-outs
It wasn’t all bad news for the Bears offense in Sunday night’s loss. Believe it or not, Chicago had zero 3-and-outs during the course of their Week 1 game, which is growth for this unit. Pat O’Donnell, who’s usually quite active during a game, had just one punt. But 14 points isn’t going to get it done, especially with this defense.
Dalton is now 0-6 on Sunday Night Football
Dalton struggles on Sunday Night Football continued in his Bears debut, where he’s now 0-6 all-time. Over the course of his career, he’s thrown 10 touchdowns and four interceptions and completed 58.4 percent of his passes.
Sunday Funday Fact: Bears QB Andy Dalton is 0-6 in his career on Sunday Night Football. He’s thrown 10 touchdowns and four interceptions on SNF while completing 58.4 percent of his passes.
— Kevin Fishbain (@kfishbain) September 12, 2021
Bears defense had 0 tackles-for-loss
The Bears defense was atrocious against a high-powered Rams offense, who had their way with them throughout the game. One of the more surprising stats was that Chicago didn’t muster a single tackle-for-loss against Los Angeles. They also only logged a single pass breakup.
The #Bears defense didn't have any tackles for loss against the Rams, and they only had 1 pass breakup.
— Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. (@wiltfongjr) September 13, 2021
Bears offense went 0-for-4 on fourth down attempts
Nagy knew he could’t rely on his defense to keep the game close, which is why the Bears went for it on fourth down four times against the Rams. They failed to convert each of those attempts, including a 4th-and-15.
Marqui Christian was roasted
Chicago might be in the market for a new slot corner — step on up, Duke Shelley — after Marqui Christian’s night against the Rams. Christian allowed five catches on six targets for 85 yards, two touchdowns and a huge blown coverage for one of those scores by Cooper Kupp.
Marqui Christian allowed five catches on six targets for 85 yards and two TDs last night.#Bears
— Erik Lambert (@ErikLambert1) September 13, 2021
Montgomery had 82 rushing yards after contact
Montgomery showed up ready to fight for every yard against the Rams, and he racked up 108 rushing yards and a score. But 82 of those rushing yards came after contact, where Montgomery now leads the NFL through Week 1.
David Montgomery rushed for a total of 108 yards yesterday.
82 of those yards came after contact and leads the NFL after week 1. pic.twitter.com/iokaeTZiPZ
— BFR (@BearsFilmRoom) September 13, 2021
Rams had 10 plays that went longer than 14 yards; the Bears had 2.
While the Bears had a balanced attack with running the ball with Montgomery, they failed to accrue any big plays. Chicago had two plays that went for more than 14 yards — according to The Athletic — and both of those were in the running game. By comparison, the Rams had 10 players that went longer than 14 yards.
Bears allowed 30 points in season opener for first time since 2015
The Bears allowed 34 points to the Rams in their season opener, which were the most points allowed by Chicago in Week 1 since 2015, according to The Athletic. When we start getting into 2015 territory, you know something’s wrong. The Bears allowed more than 31 points for the first time since a 49-7 loss to open the 2003 season.
Bears averaged 5.2 yards per rush
The Bears run game was the most encouraging part of the entire loss, where they totaled 134 yards on 26 carries for an average of 5.2 yards per rush. Granted, most of that came on Montgomery’s 108 yards on 16 carries for an average of 6.8 yards per rush. But it was certainly a bright spot.
Matthew Stafford had a 156.1 passer rating
Matthew Stafford was nearly flawless in his Rams debut, where he completed 20-of-26 passes for 321 yards, three touchdowns for a 156.1 passer rating. It was the best in his 21 games against the Bears, where he just abused Chicago’s secondary all game.
Bears held the ball for 35:14
The Bears did something right on offense controlling the time of possession with a balanced attack led by Montgomery. Chicago won the time of possession battle, holding the ball for 35:14 compared to the Rams for 24:46. And yet, they couldn’t do much else right, which led to a Bears’ defeat.


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Has this post been exhausted yet? Nope. (A recent comment there: "If Jordan Peele doesn't use this as a sound effect, we riot.")
This reminded me that, despite all the syncs leading up the release of the Jordan Peele film NOPE, I never actually got around to watching it. I thought I'd peruse the plot summary on Wikipedia and see what it was about. When I opened the Wikipedia page, though, I first clicked on "Reception" to see if people had generally thought it was good (they had, natch), and then I started pressing "Page Up" to get back to the plot. Two page-ups took me to the soundtrack listing, though, where the title of the third track arrested my attention: "La Vie C'est Chouette." I wondered what chouette meant. Well . . .
Although "owl" was the meaning highlighted by Google, chouette is apparently much more commonly used as an adjective, meaning "nice, pleasant," and that is how it is used in the song, by Jodie Foster. When I looked up the lyrics, this bit got my attention:
Toute une nuit, mais avec qui?Toute une nuit, mais avec qui?La vie c'est chouetteAll night, but with who?All night, but with who?Life is nice ("owl")
Qui, unlike our English who, doesn't sound like owl onomatopoeia, and the possibility of a deliberate bilingual pun seems remote.
I was led to this song by my post about Michael and an Owl. When I first linked Michael and the owl, in "The Locust Grove crop circle," it was through the word qui:
If the serpent is the Metal Worm, who is Michael? He's Mr. Owl, of course. In the de Vos painting of Michael, written around his hand is the Latin motto Qui ut Deus? -- a translation of the literal meaning of the name Michael. In English, it would be Who is like God?
and then a gif of a blinking owl saying "WHO?"

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Adoptions continue at Homeward Bound shelter, but fosters needed for cats
GLOUCESTER TWP. — The dogs began barking as soon as Val Miller opened the door to the kennel at Homeward Bound Animal Shelter.
There was Pinocchio, the brown pitbull mix with a wide smile, one of the lucky ones with an "I am getting adopted!" sign outside his enclosure. Rocky, a black and white pitbull, stood on his hind legs, looking for a little love. Juno, a grey pittie, went right to Miller, a vet tech and clinic manager at the shelter, looking for a treat. And sweet Gus Gus, who was found with his siblings on the side of a South Jersey highway, struck by a car and with a broken jaw, wagged his tail and waited for a forever friend to come along and take him home.
As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, the world opens back up and vaccinated people venture back to work, school and recreation, people are still adopting pets at roughly the same rate they were during the time when they were all stuck at home, said Miller and executive director Jill Rawlins.
"We're just as busy as we've been through the pandemic," Rawlins said Monday.
But even with adoptions continuing apace, the shelter is still nearing capacity with cats and kittens, as it does almost every year once the weather begins to warm — "kitten season," as it's called by animal welfare advocates, when cats that aren't spayed tend to reproduce.
Cats, Miller explained, can have as many as 5 to 7 kittens per litter and can produce two and sometimes even three litters a year. Stray cats are especially a problem in urbanized areas like Camden and Gloucester City, where there are more places for colonies to form and more prey like mice and rats to keep them fed.
"The City of Camden is overwhelmed with cats," said Rawlins, who estimated there are "probably thousands" of cats there.
Saturday, the shelter will host its first off-site spay/neuter event at the Linden Street Child Care Center in Camden. Though all the available appointments for that event are booked, Rawlins said the facility's clinic in Blackwood offers low-cost spay/neuter services, vaccines and other health care services for pets.
About $5,000 in pharmaceutical and medical supplies were donated for Saturday's event from Merck and Midwest Medical Supply, and two veterinarians are volunteering their time and skills. It takes about 20-30 minutes for an experienced vet to spay a female cat (it's abdominal surgery) and a little less time to neuter a male one. Each cat — more than 50 of them — will be "up and awake" within an hour or so, Miller explained, with cats recovering more quickly the younger and healthier they are; owners can leave their animals in the morning and pick them up later in the day.
The shelter is a nonprofit and acts as a vendor for Camden County, located near several county offices in the Lakeland section of Blackwood in Gloucester Township. In addition to its clinic, the shelter also has a pet food pantry open each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone to drive up and get supplies — a way to help people struggling financially to hold onto their pets rather than having to surrender them.
Homeward Bound's vets and volunteers also perform "TNR" (trap, neuter, release) efforts in Camden County, helping reduce the number of kittens born to strays, and to cats who aren't quite feral but are outdoors and often fed by well-meaning people. Some of those cats are also "barn rescues": cats taken to rural areas and farms to keep vermin at bay while living in fields and barns, Rawlins said.
With about 78 dogs and approximately 300 cats, the shelter is starting to approach capacity (125 dogs and 400 cats), so Miller and Rawlins are hopeful their adoptions will keep going strong even as life goes back to normal.
"We desperately need kitty fosters," Rawlins said. Many dogs are "overnight fosters" who go home with fosters for a night for socialization and training; cats, however, are largely bound to cages and it takes a toll on their emotional health and often their physical health, as well. Living in foster homes helps them acclimate to living with people, making them easier to adopt out and less likely to be returned.
Homeward Bound Animal Shelter is at 125 County House Road, Blackwood. For more information or to donate or volunteer, visit https://homewardboundnj.org/ or call 856-401-1300.
Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has covered Camden and surrounding areas since 2015, concentrating on issues relating to quality of life and social justice for the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and Vineland Daily Journal. She's called South Jersey home since 1971. Contact her with feedback, news tips or questions at firstname.lastname@example.org, on Twitter @By_Phaedra, or by phone at 856.486-2417.
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Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, whose depiction of alienation made him a symbol of art-house cinema with movies such as “Blow-Up” and “L’Avventura“, has died at the age of 94.
Antonioni depicted alienation in the modern world through sparse dialogue and long takes. Along with Federico Fellini, he helped turn post-war Italian film away from the Neorealism movement and toward a personal cinema of imagination.
Yet another true visionary leaves this world.
May the gods help us.


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Friday, November 08, 2019
"Aquaman" - 'Kingdom Of The Trench'
DC Comics' "Aquaman" #56, available January 15, 2020, is written by Kyle Higgins and illustrated by Aaron Lopresti:
"...the countdown to an 'Aquababy' has begun, as the birth of the child of 'Aquaman' and 'Mera' grows near.
"But a violent encounter with the resurgent 'Kingdom of the Trench' leads to an unexpected outcome, and the conflict sheds new light on the couple's plans for the future..."
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As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.
Did You Know?
At Anne Mette's party, where the youngsters decide to dance in the dark, some books (Politiken's History of Denmark) can be seen on the shelf. The party takes place in 1958. The books were published from 1962-1966 See more
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UAE Team Emirates rider speeds into history books
Alexander Kristoff wins record fourth Eschborn-Frankfurt one-day race
UAE Team Emirates rider Alexander Kristoff won a record fourth Eschborn-Frankfurt race on Tuesday to follow his stage victories in Oman and Abu Dhabi already this season.
The Norwegian timed his finish to perfection to clinch the 212-kilometre race in Germany from Australian Michael Matthews of Team Sunweb and Belgian Oliver Naesen of Ag2r La Mondiale.
In doing so, the European champion beat German Erik Zabel's record of three victories, which came in 1999, 2002 and 2005.
"This is a race that is particularly adapted to me," said Kristoff adding to his victories in the one-day race in 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Kristoff proved himself the fastest man in a sprint even after organisers changed the course this year, increasing the total climbing of the route to 3,500 metres.
"This edition of the race had more climbing than normal and I knew it would be harder,” said Kristoff after crossing the finishing line 5 hours,13 minutes, 25 seconds.
"In the second loop, I didn’t feel so strong and I was about to be dropped, but thanks to my teammates, [Oliviero] Troia and [Filippo] Ganna, I was able to hang in there.
"In the last two laps on the traditional circuit, my feelings changed and I began to believe I could win.
"The team worked very well from the start and I couldn’t have done this without them."
“It’s great to get back to winning ways after my last victory back in February and great to have made race history with a fourth consecutive win.”
UAE Team Emirates will now continue their UCI World Tour season at the Giro d’Italia from May 4-27.
1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 5-13-25
2. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
3. Oliver Naesen (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale, at same time
4. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert, at 1s
5. Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
6. Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Meridaat, at same time
7. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 2s
8. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
9. Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
10. Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini, all same time
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Distance education remains a learning curve for many Clark County School District families. Those with special needs students, though, are seeming to find the situation especially challenging.
“She is already struggling, and it’s already only the third day,” said Renee Parker, mother with a special needs daughter.
Parker worries about her daughter Victoria, an eighth-grade student with an Individualized Education Program, or IEP.
“It was verified that she has to be able to see it, hear it, and then actually have somebody there to show her how to do it,” Parker explained.
It’s an issue during full-time distance education at home.
“There’s a lot of stuff I can’t help her with right now,” Parker shared. “I’m afraid she is just going to fall between the cracks.”
Her concern is also the same for other parents with special needs children. One single mother decided to quit her job recently and stay home full-time.
“When it became a choice of taking care of my kid or going to work, I chose my son,” said Geri-Ann Gonzalez.
CCSD’s reopening plan addresses students with disabilities. The website offers a broad overview of their plan of support.
“I talked to my daughter’s case worker, but she can only do so much,” said Parker.
The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada says the pandemic should not change the quality of children’s education. The organization lists several suggestions parents can add in a child’s IEP.
“There’s just not enough resources for these special needs kids,” Gonzalez lamented.
It’s making some families question their child’s success this year.
“For us parents that have kids with IEPs and 504s, they need the extra special help,” Parker stressed.
Legal Aid Center will offer a free special education rights class starting Monday.
That virtual event will cover various topics, including how to get your child qualified for special education services.

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Or do the “group rights” of the union regarding the proper wage prevail? Clearly this is a source of tension. Do teams have rights? Some argue that when troopers bond in combat, the group turns into like an organism in itself and has rights which trump the rights of any particular person soldier. Though equally named, optimistic and negative rights should not be confused with active rights (which encompass “privileges” and “powers”) and passive rights (which encompass “claims” and “immunities”). Negative rights are permissions not to do things, or entitlements to be left alone. Often the excellence is invoked by libertarians who think of a unfavorable right as an entitlement to non-interference such for granted towards being assaulted.
One hopes that the crimes towards humanity and the warfare crimes dedicated by the leaders and senior terrorist commanders of Hamas will not go unpunished and that the worldwide community will act to make sure that they don’t benefit from impunity. Israel has stringent insurance policies of investigating such instances, and in cases of alleged war crimes or negligence, takes the appropriate authorized and disciplinary action. Clearly, Israel cannot be held answerable for such an equation, much more so when it is … Read More


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By N. Scott Momaday
First released in paperback by way of UNM Press in 1976, The option to wet Mountain has bought over 200,000 copies.
"The paperback variation of The method to wet Mountain was once first released twenty-five years in the past. One shouldn't be shocked, i assume, that it has remained important, and fast, for that's the character of tale. And this is often rather real of the oral culture, which exists in a measurement of timelessness. i used to be first advised those tales through my father whilst i used to be a toddler. i don't know the way lengthy that they had existed ahead of I heard them. they appear to continue from a spot of starting place as previous because the earth.
"The tales in The solution to wet Mountain are advised in 3 voices. the 1st voice is the voice of my father, the ancestral voice, and the voice of the Kiowa oral culture. the second one is the voice of historic observation. And the 3rd is that of non-public memory, my very own voice. there's a turning and returning of fable, heritage, and memoir all through, a story wheel that's as sacred as language itself."--from the recent Preface
By Pauline Greenhill, Diane Tye
In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye research how culture and gender come jointly to unsettle assumptions approximately tradition and its study.
participants discover the intersections of conventional expressive tradition and sex/gender structures to query, examine, or disenchanted suggestions like kin, ethics, and authenticity. person essays reflect on myriad themes reminiscent of Thanksgiving turkeys, rockabilly and bar fights, chinese language stories of lady ghosts, selkie tales, a loud Mennonite New Year’s get together, the Distaff Gospels, Kentucky tobacco farmers, overseas adoptions, and more.
In Unsettling Assumptions, folkloric kinds show but in addition counteract dangers of tradition like misogyny, homophobia, and racism. yet expressive tradition additionally emerges as basic to our experience of belonging to a relations, an profession, or friendship crew and, so much significantly, to id performativity and the development and negotiation of power.
By Joseph Toledano
This evaluation of old Egyptian magic explores the makes use of and heritage of white and black magic between Egyptian sorcerers. mentioned are Egyptian monks who have been recognized for his or her magical prowess; the good significance of spells and magic in old Egyptian everyday life; and the numerous symbols, talismans, and magic phrases that derived from historic Egypt. Compelling learn drawn from written debts on preserved papyrus and headstones is published.
By Heinrich Robert Zimmer
This publication translates for the Western brain the foremost motifs of India's legend, fantasy, and folklore, taken at once from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian artwork. it's essentially an creation to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian paintings and concept, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of existence and loss of life recognizable no longer simply as Oriental yet as common elements.
By Michael Berman
All intellectuals pushed through nationalist sentiments at once or in some way are constantly preoccupied with looking for the main historic roots in their budding countries with a view to flooring their compatriots particularly soil and to lead them to extra indigenous (Znamenski, 2007, p.28). In Chechnya, as within the neighbouring nations of Georgia and Armenia, those roots lie in shamanism and the tales during this assortment truly convey this to be the case. The heritage of the Nokhchii (the identify the Chechens have given themselves), and their land, is full of wealthy and vibrant tales, that have survived for millions of years via oral traditions which have been handed down new release by means of iteration via extended family elders. even though, legends have combined with real occasions in order that the genuine background is tough to put in writing. The 1994-1996 battle destroyed so much of Chechnya's valuable archaeological and old websites, even though thankfully old burial websites, architectural monuments and a number of other prehistoric cave petroglyphs nonetheless stay within the mountains. those worthwhile relics, coupled with the histories and tales of the elders, give you the individuals with almost the one last facts of who their historic ancestors have been. This ebook comprises either the texts of a few of the stories and commentaries on them, focusing specifically on their shamanic parts.
By William Henry Schofield
Lower than this influence, I resolutely draw my pen, and fall to, with may and major, at these doughty questions and refined para doxes, which, like fiery dragons and bloody giants, beset the doorway to my historical past, and may fain repulse me from the very threshold. And at this second a big query has began up, which i need to wishes take via the beard and totally subdue, ahead of i will be able to strengthen one other step in my old venture. So Washington Irving starts a bankruptcy in his Knickerbocker sH istory of recent York, within which the writer places a strong query to the rout, by way of the help of the guy within the moon, and therefore supplies millions of individuals from nice embar rassment.
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By Felicia R. McMahon
Felicia R. McMahon breaks new floor within the presentation and research of rising traditions of the "Lost Boys," a bunch of parentless youths who fled Sudan lower than tragic conditions within the Nineties. With compelling perception, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga misplaced Boys, approximately whom little or no is understood. Her brilliant ethnography presents fascinating information about the performances and conversations of the younger DiDinga in Syracuse, manhattan. It additionally bargains vital insights to students and others who paintings with refugee teams. the writer argues that the playful traditions she describes represent a method through which those younger males proudly place themselves as preservers of DiDinga tradition and as harbingers of social swap instead of as sufferers of struggle. Drawing rules from folklore, linguistics, drama, and play conception, the writer files the danced songs of this special crew. Her inclusion of unique track lyrics translated by way of the singers and outlines of conversations show the voices of the younger males. good researched and punctiliously built, this e-book makes an unique contribution to our realizing of refugee populations and tells a compelling tale even as.