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A Roundabout Way to Please
A few years back, we wrote skeptically about the traffic circle being built on Rt. 2 in Lothian, just as we doubted the reliability of the West Street roundabout in Annapolis.
Now new Chesapeake Country roundabouts are coming to Deale and Friendship, with two more, including Lusby, considered.
Back in the last century, we were wary about the confusion and potential wrecks. We were concerned about dumb development taking root to catch the eye of slowing traffic.
And we wondered if, after building the roundabouts, county and municipal governments would have the sense to realize that a circle was a hole to fill. Public sculpture enthusiasts, we were hoping for big statues. We feared centerpieces of weeds and trash.
We didn’t get everything we hoped for, especially statues. Despite our fill-in-the-hole agitating, Lothian never came close to getting a statue. The circle at West Street Westgate Circle got a design, but Annapolis’ version of Stonehenge never got the money to get off the drawing board.
We’re glad to report, however, that most of our worries proved unfounded. We underestimated the capacity of our Chesapeake brothers and sisters to adapt to traffic circles. Initial anxiety and hesitation has yielded to smooth flows.
But we were right about under-utilization of the prime real estate within the circles. Admittedly, planners became planters, filling the center circles with trees and flowers and maintaining them.
Examine a few roundabouts, either in person or on the web, and you’ll see how much more creative folks can do.
Britain’s traffic circles have clever statues, fountains and ornate plantings; the city of Bath has a roundabout with topiary in the shape of a crown. In Milan, Italian planners planted a light post in a roundabout and surrounded it with bushes and flowers.
A giant evergreen situated in a Hamilton, New Zealand, roundabout is monumental while buffering exhaust and noise.
Closer to home, Nashua, N.H., has planted one of its new roundabouts in elegant, concentric circles of flowers. Golden, Colo., built a small hill for its traffic circle, to blend in with the horizon.
A roundabout designed for Draper, Utah, features Creeping Oregon grape, Amur maple, Utah juniper, cliffrose and low-growing sumac, all behind a rock wall. And plenty of wildflowers on the outside of the circle.
Here in Chesapeake Country, with our rich history and long growing seasons, we’ve got traffic aplenty, money to build roundabouts and new circles to fill. What we’re short on is imagination.


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You might know garlic simply as your favorite fall crop, but it also has a long history of healing. See some of garlic’s glorious health benefits and add garlic to your meals.
I grow lots of garlic and look forward to my mid-October garlic-planting ritual, when the weather is usually still warm enough to work without hat and gloves, the biting insects have disappeared, and there’s not much other outside work to do. Find out how to plant garlic in the fall.
I save the best bulbs from the season’s garlic crop (harvested in July), separate them into cloves, plant each clove 2 inches down and 4 to 5 inches apart, then cover with a few inches of straw or leaf mulch. That’s it! The sprightly garlic shoots emerge as the first early-spring greenery. Check out our Garlic Plant Page to find out more about planting garlic.
Historical records from India and Egypt referring to garlic date back 5,000 years, ranking garlic as one of the world’s oldest horticultural crops. It’s easy to grow and harvest, and many varieties will store well for long periods.
A wide variety of folkloric and traditional uses for “the stinking rose” have appeared throughout history: The ancients variously recommended garlic as an aphrodisiac and male potency enhancer; as a charm to ward off devils, werewolves and vampires; as an adhesive for mending glass and porcelain; as a mordant for gilding; as a food for slaves and laborers to promote strength and physical endurance and for soldiers to promote battlefield courage; and as an insect repellent and squirrel and mole deterrent.
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But across many centuries and cultures, people have valued garlic for its health-promoting properties as a preventative or cure for conditions as varied as arthritis, asthma, diabetes, athlete’s foot, colds, influenza, intestinal worms, ulcers, bronchitis, many forms of cancer, dandruff, arteriosclerosis, skin infections, cholera, constipation, epilepsy, gangrene, ear infections, high blood pressure, laryngitis, heavy-metal poisoning, leprosy, malaria, measles, meningitis, hemorrhoids, ringworm, scurvy, food poisoning, smallpox, snakebite, tuberculosis, and typhoid.
Contemporary research has validated some of these claims and questioned others, although many scientists around the world continue to study garlic’s healing potential.
And why not? It’s inexpensive, safe, and readily available, with thousands of years of cross-cultural use as a primary natural healing agent—and it grows just about everywhere. Read about even more helpful uses of raw garlic.
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With so many delicious ways to use garlic in your daily diet, don’t wait for science to confirm its usefulness in treating this or that disease. Serve it often because you love the taste. Mince it into salad dressings; add it to casseroles, soups, and stews; give your pizzas a garlic topping.
If you can’t tolerate the flavor of raw or lightly cooked garlic, try roasted garlic for an ambrosial treat. The sharp flavor mellows, and the flesh becomes soft and easy to spread or blend into dips, soups, casseroles, or sandwich fillings.
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Caution: To prevent the growth of deadly botulinum bacteria, don’t infuse raw garlic in olive oil or any other salad or cooking oil, unless you plan to use it right away. You can safely infuse raw garlic in vinegar, because the acid in the vinegar prevents the botulinum bacteria from growing.
Note: Many Web articles tout garlic-containing products as insecticides, insect repellents, and mole-control agents, but studies show that these products aren’t really effective. Some agricultural experts do suggest that sprinkling a mixture of granulated garlic and cayenne pepper into the planting hole will prevent squirrels from demolishing your fall-planted tulip bulbs.
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Gordon Seabury, CEO of Mountainfilm sponsor Horny Toad, took some time over on the Tao of Toad blog to provide some thoughts on this year's festival
I always look forward to my annual Memorial Day weekend pilgrimage to Telluride. It’s a chance to breathe in the fresh air of my favorite mountain town and be renewed by the art, culture and stories that are Mountainfilm. This year did not fail to inspire all who went, so I thought I owed it to the great people behind the festival to share just a few of the many highlights from this year’s line-up.
While NPR beat me to reviewing the amazing documentary Buck, it deserves another mention. This film about Buck Brannaman, the true horse whisperer, is not what it appears. I arrived expecting a story about a man’s unique relationship with horses and came away with an evolved perspective on being a good husband, father and adult. He is an amazing person with a captivating story that (lucky for all) will soon be released in theaters on a limited basis – definitely catch it if you have the chance!

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Following this month’s announcement that young immigrants will no longer be protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy (DACA), PEERS’ Latino/a/x American Action Team (LAAT) has decided to issue a statement opposing the Trump administration’s decision to end the program.
Rescinding DACA leaves hundreds of thousands of hardworking, law-abiding young people without a viable future in this country. The stress and uncertainty deriving from this decision will no doubt produce negative mental health outcomes for these young people, as well as for countless others in our communities. This decision perpetuates fear and xenophobia, and undermines the core American values of diversity, tolerance, and inclusion.
The LAAT asserts that all US residents deserve the opportunity for citizenship. Dreamers have contributed significantly to the American economy and, more importantly, have strengthened American society as a whole. The health and wellbeing of our communities depend on supporting those who are most vulnerable and welcoming newcomers to our country, regardless of identity or place of origin.
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He cleared Blaney on the first restart but lost the lead on the second one and had to track Blaney down to take the lead back. That put him in position to line up where he wanted on the final restart after a Joey Gase accident brought out the eighth caution of the race.
He nearly won last week at Martinsville to ensure the chance for a championship repeat before Joey Logano's bump-and-run move on the last lap.
Kyle Busch, also a seven-time victor this year, and defending Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. are among the other six title contenders. Elliott was sixth, followed by Kurt Busch and Almirola, who had also gone to the rear at the start of the race for unapproved body modifications.
Harvick led 177 of the 337 laps during the event, and appeared on his way to an easy win after passing leader Ryan Blaney with 17 laps remaining. Kurt Busch found himself in third as a result, giving the Las Vegas-native an opportunity to advance in the running order.More news: N Korea warns of returning to nuclear policy over sanction
"I figured he wouldn't make that move three times", said Blaney. Truex, who was close to clinching a title spot before that bump-and-run by Logano on the final lap to win at Martinsville last week, finished ninth.
After the first of the late restarts, Harvick was on the inside and was able to keep Blaney from clearing him on the backstretch.
It took Harvick seven laps of chasing to regain the lead, but in the two-lap overtime, he didn't have the luxury of time to mount a pursuit. "That was really the only shot we had to beat him, to be honest with you".
"We were a third place auto and that restart there where we finally were in position we fought all day from the back and started at the tail and worked diligently all day to get up to the front and finally got ourselves in position to at least have a shot and race with those guys", Almirola said of the final restart of the day.More news: Midterm election 2018: Donald Trump SHUTS DOWN CNN reporter in fiery confrontation
"The 42 (Larson) gave me a heck of a push, but I didn't quite get far enough ahead of the 4 into (Turn) 1", Blaney said. The last one, he took the top, like I knew he was going to go.
Of those only Logano was a factor as he led 54 laps.
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India’s railways minister forced to resign as politics once again derails sensible policy
NEW DELHI — India’s railways minister Dinesh Trivedi resigned on March 18 under pressure from his own Trinamool Congress (TMC) party. TMC, which is a key member of the ruling Unite Progressive Alliance (UPA), was upset with Trivedi for going against the party’s pro-poor policies, proposing to increase fares in his March 14 railway budget.
Trivedi and the TMC party chief Mamata Banerjee have been at odds over policy issues. Trivedi was eventually forced to resign after Banerjee threatened to withdraw her party’s support for the government if the railway minister was not removed from his post.
“If I hadn’t resigned, the government would have fallen. The moment I realised this, I put in my papers because I did not want the country to go for an early election over this issue,” Trivedi told The Indian Express newspaper on March 20 when his successor, Mukul Roy, took over as the new railway minister.
The appointment of Roy, previously a junior minister in the shipping department, is one of TMC’s key demands aside from rolling back the fare hike introduced by Trivedi.
Under the new fare structure proposed by the departing minister, a second-class fare on the train between the capital, New Delhi and the financial hub, Mumbai, about 1,400km apart, was raised by 21% to 260 rupees (US$5). A first-class fare on the air-conditioned Rajdhani Express was increased by 14% to 3,445 rupees.
The fare increase will add about 40 billion rupees in revenue — out of the total 1.33 trillion rupees that the government expects to take in transportation receipts in the 2012-13 fiscal year.
The railways are still seen by many in India as a public service provided by the state for the “aam aadmi”, the “common man”, ferrying poor migrants who have yet to benefit from India’s economic growth.
“We are fighting for the ordinary class fares. It is not about Rajdhani class [used by India’s elite],” Banerjee told local news channel NDTV on March 20.
Banerjee’s TMC political platform is built on measures such as subsidised rail fares. TMC was afraid that the fare hike could alienate its core constituency — the poor.
Fares were last raised in 2004. But the refusal by successive ministers to increase passenger fares has strained the ministry’s finances, sapping its capacity to modernise India’s railway network, 80% of which was built before the country’s independence from Britain in 1947.
“The eight months that I was in office, railways [ministry] did not have a penny for any project,” Trivedi told local media on March 20.
The Indian railway system is plagued by delays, overcrowding and accidents. Ten lives were lost in a railway accident at an unmanned crossing in Uttar Pradesh the day Roy became the new railway minister.
Justifying his decision to increase fares, Trivedi told parliamentarians when tabling the railway budget that he had to “bite the bullet” and make radical changes with a “focus on safety … to meet the aspirations of this great country in the next decade”.
The ensuing political storm over the fare hike underscored the difficulty the Indian government faces in effecting policy change. TMC last year blocked one of the government’s biggest economic reform initiatives: to liberalise its retail sector and open it to foreign investors.
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I love how well Nesquik lends itself to baking! This recipe is wonderful for doubling to take to parties and potlucks. Concocted these based off my Pink Brownies recipe, except no additional cocoa powder is needed because there's already chocolate in them. Prep Notes- you can use self-rising flour if you omit the baking soda and salt; AP and cake flours need them or else it won't come out right. If you take out the butter and use all applesauce, use another 2-3 TB or else there won't be enough moisture. If using just one serving of applesauce, those little Mott's single serves are awesome. Can also sub 3 egg whites for the eggs. And of course, the peanut butter chips are what makes it special, but sub regular chocolate chips for traditional brownies.
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These taste just o.k. I thought with the addition of the Nesquick it would give them a whole new taste. It did, but I can't say I love em. Plus they're more cake-like than brownie. This I"m sure comes from using self-raising flour. I did use the p.b. chips as suggested. Also, baking time was upped to 30 minutes due to being so thick and put into an 8x8. All in all not a bad tasting brownie/cake if you're looking for something not too sweet. (maybe some frosting?) Made for a recipenap in Veg-n-Swap~
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened applesauce (use dry cup set to measure! Not a liquid measuring cup)
- 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
- 2⁄3 cup chocolate-flavor Nestle Nesquik powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄3 cup reese's peanut butter chips
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- Semi-melt the butter in your microwave-- not completely melted, about halfway with the rest of the butter very malleable.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, dark brown sugar, and applesauce together with an electric beater or whisk.
- Beat in the Nesquik and vanilla.
- Beat in the eggs or egg whites one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually add in the cup of flour. It should have a very thick, creamy, chocolatey consistency like those frosting commercials.
- Beat in the salt and baking soda-- skip this step and ingredients if you are using self-rising flour.
- Whisk in the baking chips until well blended, and grease an 8x8 square pan with cooking spray.
- Pour the mixture into the pan and make sure it is even.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 375F, or until set.
- **If doubling-- just double all the ingredients and follow the steps exactly the same, except you'll pour the mixture into a greased 11x7 pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes.


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The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office has received funding from the US Department of Defense (DOD) to use AI for wireless spectrum sharing.
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Building And Buildings, England And Wales
10th October 2011
Laid before Parliament
13th October 2011
Coming into force
6th April 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and shall come into force on 6th April 2012.
2.—(1) Parts 1 and 2 of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”)(3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) omit the definition of “residential property”.
(3) In regulation 5 (energy performance certificates on sale and rent) in paragraph (2)(b), omit “before entering into a contract to sell or rent out the building or, if sooner”.
(4) In regulation 5A (energy performance certificates on marketing)—
(a)(i)except in sub-paragraph (5)(a), for “property” substitute “building”, and
(ii)for “seller” substitute “relevant person”,
in each place in which those words appear;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), omit “residential” and after “sold” insert “or rented out”;
(c)in paragraph (4) for “28” substitute “7”;
(d)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) Where any person subject to the duty in paragraph (4) is unable, despite using all reasonable efforts, to secure that a valid energy performance certificate is obtained for the building before the end of the 7 day period specified in that paragraph, the person shall secure that the certificate is obtained before the end of the period of 21 days immediately following the 7 day period.”;
(e)in paragraph (5)—
(i)in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), omit “residential”, and
(ii)after “sale” insert “or rent”.
(5) In regulation 6 (providing energy information with particulars)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a) for “residential property” substitute “building” and after “sold” insert “or rented out”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(b) after “buying” insert “or renting”;
(c)in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (a), and in the remaining sub-paragraph, after the words “a copy” insert “of the first page”;
(d)for the definition in paragraph (3) substitute the following—
““written particulars” means—
in relation to a building to be sold, any written description of the property which includes at least two of the following—
a photograph of the building or any room in the building,
a floor plan of the building,
the size of the rooms in the building, or
the measured area of the building;
in relation to a building to be rented out, any written description of the property which includes at least two of the following—
a photograph of the building or any room in the building,
a floor plan of the building,
the size of the rooms in the building,
the measured area of the building, or
the proposed rent;
and reference to written particulars or a written description includes particulars or a description given or made available electronically..”.
(e)after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) Where written particulars are made available and the address of the building is not included in those particulars, the person mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) may omit the address of the building from the copy of the first page of the energy performance certificate attached to the particulars in accordance with paragraph (2), notwithstanding the requirement to include the address imposed by regulation 11(1)(d)(ii).
(5) Paragraph (4) does not permit the omission of the address of the building from a certificate in any circumstances other than those mentioned in that paragraph.”.
3.—(1) Parts 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the 2007 Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 22 (reports) for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The inspection report must be in a form including the following information—
(a)the reference number under which the report has been registered in accordance with regulation 31;
(b)the address of the building in which the system is located;
(c)the name of the energy assessor;
(d)the name and address of the energy assessor’s employer, or, if such a person is self-employed, the name under which that person trades and their address;
(e)the date on which the inspection occurred; and
(f)the name of the approved accreditation scheme of which the energy assessor is a member.”.
(3) In regulation 25 (accreditation schemes) in sub-paragraphs (c) and (g) of paragraph (3) for “and advisory reports” substitute “, advisory reports and inspection reports”.
(4) In regulation 26 (related party disclosures) after “certificate” in each place insert “or inspection report”.
(5) In regulation 31 (registration of certificates etc.)—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b), and after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
(b)in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c)”;
(c)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) An energy assessor who issues an inspection report must ensure that it is entered onto the relevant register before the assessor gives the document to the relevant person.”.
(6) In regulation 32 (fees for entering onto register), in paragraph (1), at the end add—
for entering an inspection report, a fee of £5.36.”.
(7) In regulation 34A (disclosures whether an energy performance certificate for a building other than a dwelling has been entered on the register)—
(a)in the heading after “certificate” insert “or inspection report”;
(b)in paragraph (a) after “certificate” insert “or inspection report”;
(c)in paragraph (b) after “certificate” insert “or report”.
(8) In regulation 38(2) (enforcement authorities) after “5A(4),” insert “5A(4A),”.
(9) In regulation 39 (power to require production of documents)—
(a)after paragraph (1), insert—
“(1A) An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may require a person who appears to him to have been subject to the duty under regulation 5A(3) to produce for inspection a copy of any request made in accordance with regulation 5A(5)(d).”; and
(b)in paragraph (2), for “The power conferred by paragraph (1) includes” substitute “The powers conferred by paragraphs (1) and (1A) include”.
(10) In regulation 40(1) (penalty charge notices) after “5A(4),”insert “5A(4A),”.
(11) In regulation 42(1A) (defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable) for “seller of a residential property” substitute “relevant person” and in sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph, for “seller” substitute “relevant person”.
(12) In regulation 43(1)(a) (penalty amount) after “5A(4),” insert “5A(4A),”.
4.—(1) In relation to a residential property put on the market before these Regulations come into force, regulations 5 and 5A of the 2007 Regulations shall continue to have effect as though unamended by these Regulations.
(2) In paragraph (1), “residential property” and “put on the market” have the same meaning as is given to those expressions by paragraph (5)(a), (b) and (c) of regulation 5A as unamended by these Regulations.
5.—(1) Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how “Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings”(4) (of which provisions transposed by means of the 2007 Regulations are amended by these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the amendments in these Regulations to the regulatory system established by the 2007 Regulations,
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) “Review period” means—
(a)the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force; and
(b)subject to paragraph (5), each successive period of five years.
(5) If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
10th October 2011
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations ensure the continued implementation in England and Wales of articles 7 and 9 of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings (2002/91/EC, OJ No L 1, 4.1.2003, p 65) (“the Directive”). The Directive lays down the requirements for the production of energy performance certificates (“EPCs”) when buildings are constructed, sold or rented out, for display of such certificates in large public buildings, and for regular inspections of air-conditioning systems.
These Regulations make amendments to the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/991) (“the 2007 Regulations”). The main changes affect the requirements (including enforcement and compliance) for the production of EPCs and the inspection of air-conditioning systems as follows.
Regulation 2(4) extends the application of the duties in regulation 5A (energy performance certificates on marketing) of the 2007 Regulations to a building which is sold or rented out, and substitutes a relevant person (as defined in regulation 2 of the 2007 Regulations) for a seller of residential property, as the person to whom those duties apply. Regulation 5A is also amended to reduce the amount of time that a relevant person and person acting on behalf of such a person is allowed to secure an EPC, from 28 to 7 days. An additional duty is imposed to ensure that where an EPC has not been secured during that period, it must be secured within 21 days of the end of that period. Consequential amendments in relation to enforcement of the new duty are made to regulations 38, 39, 40, 42 and 43 of the 2007 Regulations.
Regulation 2(5) extends the application of the duty in regulation 6 (providing energy information with particulars) of the 2007 Regulations to any building which is sold or rented out. An amendment is made which removes the option to include an asset rating on the written particulars as an alternative to the EPC once the EPC has been obtained. The meaning of ‘written particulars’ is defined differently in relation to particulars for sale and particulars for rent. As an exception to the requirement of regulation 11(1)(d)(ii) of the 2007 Regulations, provision is made to allow the person subject to the duty to provide the written particulars to omit the address of the building from a copy of the first page of the EPC where the address has been omitted from those particulars.
Regulation 3(5) amends regulation 31 (registration of certificates etc) of the 2007 Regulations by requiring the Secretary of State to maintain air-conditioning inspection reports on a register, and imposes a duty on energy assessors to enter such an inspection report on the register. An amendment is made to regulation 32 (fees for entering onto register) so that a fee can be charged for lodging an inspection report on the register. A number of minor consequential amendments are made to the 2007 Regulations to take account of the main changes described in this paragraph.
Regulation 3(11) amends regulation 42(1A) (defence where EPC unobtainable) of the 2007 Regulations to extend the defence to relevant persons, because the duty under regulation 5A(2) of the 2007 Regulations has been extended to such persons.
Regulation 4 makes a saving provision for residential properties marketed before these Regulations come into force so that regulations 5 and 5A of the 2007 Regulations as unamended continue to apply to such properties.
Regulation 5 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report within five years after they come into force and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Regulations should remain as they are, be amended, or be revoked.
A transposition note setting out how the 2007 Regulations implement Articles 7 to 10 of the Directive and an impact assessment of the effect of these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the public and voluntary sectors is available from Climate Change and Sustainable Buildings Division (Tel: 0303 44 41836 Fax: 0303 44 43313: e-mail: email@example.com) or on the Department’s website www.communities.gov.uk. The Explanatory Memorandum to these Regulations is available alongside the Regulations on the OPSI website at www.legislation.gov.uk.
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c. 51), and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (2008 c. 7).
OJ No L 1, 04.01.2003.
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Geneva Skate Park Plan Worries Baseball Parents
Kunz, Tona, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Byline: Tona Kunz Daily Herald Staff Writer
A proposal to build a skate park on South Street has parents of Geneva baseball players wondering if the park will push them away.
Aldermen at a committee of the whole meeting Monday considered a draft agreement to let the park district use vacant land next to the public works facility at 1800 South St. for a skate park. That raised new concerns that aldermen say they'll have to research.
"I would hate to see this issue become a we-and-they issue," said Alderman Paul DesCoteaux. "I don't think there's a need for it."
Parents and coaches who use the adjacent baseball and soccer fields said the skate park would take up parking that already is in short supply, eliminate the only vacant ground where teams can warm up and create a distraction for young players.
"I think we need a skate park in Geneva," said Bob Sherwood, a six-year coach with the Geneva Baseball Association. "I just think that is not the location."
Park district representatives said that's the only viable location, though.
Teens and parents who have worked to create the park for the past three years came up with four possible locations. …


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Researchers seek out methods for detecting forged video footageMarie Donlon | September 27, 2021
While investigating the availability of video forgery tools capable of detecting video footage that has been tampered with, researchers from Savitribai Phule Pune University, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, are categorizing such tools into four domains within digital forensics.
With the emergence of computer generated images (CGI), deep fakes and video manipulation, video evidence can be forged, according to the researchers. As such, tools that can detect such forgeries are now needed.
To assess the capabilities, the team broke existing forgery detection tools down into four domains:
- Domain one includes tools that can help identify "copy move attacks" (CMA), wherein an image is cloned and pasted onto another area of either a still or moving image, thereby rendering incriminating or identifiable evidence within the shot invisible.
- Domain two includes tools that can analyze a video and detect tampering according to motion estimation techniques.
- Domain three relies on the optical flow principle to determine inaccuracies with moving objects captured on a video, which might suggest that something has been faked.
- Domain four analyzes issues that emerge when extracting data from a compressed video. According to researchers, it is this domain concerning compressed video evidence that, although still needs perfecting, could potentially open up additional avenues for developing the different components of digital forensics for reviewing video evidence.
The study, Methods for forgery detection in digital forensics, appears in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.


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A. Phillip Randolph
*On this date in 1889, A. Philip Randolph was born. He was a Black Civil Rights, American Labor Movement, and Socialist Political party leader.
Asa Phillip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Florida, the second son of the Rev. James William Randolph, a tailor and minister in an African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Elizabeth Robinson Randolph, a skilled seamstress. In 1891, the family moved to Jacksonville, Florida, which had a thriving, established black community.
From his father, Randolph learned that color was less important than a person's character and conduct. From his mother, he learned the importance of education and of physically defending oneself against those who would seek to hurt one's family, if necessary. Randolph remembered vividly the night his mother sat in the front room of their house with a loaded shotgun across her lap while his father tucked a pistol under his coat and went off to prevent a mob from lynching a man at the local county jail.
He and his brother, James, were good students. They attended the Cookman Institute in East Jacksonville. He excelled in literature, drama, and public speaking; he played on the school's baseball team, sang solos with the school choir, and was valedictorian of the 1907 graduating class. After graduation, Randolph worked odd jobs and devoted his time to singing, acting, and reading. Reading W. E. B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk convinced him that the fight for social equality was most important.
Barred by discrimination from all but manual jobs in the South, Randolph moved to New York City in 1911, where he worked odd jobs and took social sciences courses at City College. There, he helped organize the Shakespearean Society in Harlem. With them, he played the roles of Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo, among others. Randolph aimed to become an actor but gave up after failing to win his parents' approval.
In 1913 Randolph courted and married Mrs. Lucille Campbell Green, a widow, Howard University graduate, and entrepreneur who shared his socialist politics. The couple had no children. In New York, Randolph became familiar with socialism and the ideologies that the Industrial Workers of the World espoused. He met Columbia University Law student Chandler Owen, and the two developed a synthesis of Marxist economics and the sociological ideas of Lester Frank Ward, arguing that people could only be free if not subject to economic deprivation.
At this point, Randolph developed his distinctive form of civil rights activism, emphasizing the importance of collective action for Black people to gain legal and economic equality. To this end, he and Owen opened an employment office in Harlem to provide job training for southern migrants and encourage them to join trade unions.
In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union. In the early Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement, Randolph was a voice that would not be silenced. Randolph's belief in the power of peaceful direct action was inspired partly by Mahatma Gandhi's success against British occupation in India. His continuous agitation, with the support of fellow labor rights activists against unfair labor practices with nonwhites, eventually led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 in 1941, banning discrimination in the defense industries during World War II. The group then successfully pressured President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, ending segregation in the armed services.
Randolph finally realized his vision for a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, which attracted 200,000–300,000 to the nation's capital. The rally is often remembered as the high point of the Civil Rights Movement, and it did help keep the issue in the public consciousness. However, when President Kennedy was assassinated three months later, Civil Rights legislation was stalled in the Senate. It was not until the following year, under President Lyndon B. Johnson, that the Civil Rights Act was finally passed. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed. Although King and Bevel rightly deserve great credit for these legislative victories, the importance of Randolph's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement is large. Randolph died in his Manhattan apartment on May 16, 1979. He had a heart condition and high blood pressure for several years before his death. He had no known living relatives, as his wife had died in 1963, before the March on Washington.


Adelie and Emperor Penguins
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Scientific name: Pygoscelis Adeliae
Description: Adelie penguins have a white belly and a black back, an orange beak and webbed feet. Females and males are dificuilt to tell apart. They both have a white ring surrounding their eyes.
Size: This little penguin weighs only 5kg and stands 70cm tall.
Habitat: They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. During the spring breeding season (in October), they take to the rocky Antarctic coastline where they live in large communities called colonies. These groups can include thousands of birds.
Diet: An Adelie's main source of food is krill, fish and amphipods (like prawns). Like other penguins, Adelies are sleek and efficient swimmers. They may travel about 300 kilometres in a round-trip to procure a meal.
Breeding: Each year hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs return to the same nesting ground called a rookery.They may travel up to 100km over the ice to get there. Once on land, Adelies build nests and line them with small stones. They take turns sitting on a pair of eggs to keep them warm and safe from predators. When food is short, only one of the two chicks may survive. After about three weeks, parents are able to leave the chicks alone, though the offspring gather in groups for safety. Young penguins begin to swim on their own in about nine weeks.
Adaptation: Adelie penguins have long stiff tails. They use these to prop themselves up so that they can doze off to sleep while standing upright.
Type: Adelie Penguin (bird)
Weight: 4kg to 5.5kg
Average life span in the wild: Up to 20years
Diet: Krill ,fish and amphipods (carnivore)
Known to dive as deep as: 175m
Scientific name: Aptenodytes forsteri
Features: Emperor penguins have long, slightly curved bills and sleek thick feathers. Their heads are black with light patches below their eyes. On their stomach is a white circle and their backs are slate grey. They have a very small bill and have strong claws for gripping ice.
Description: This penguin is the worlds largest diving bird and one of the heaviest of all birds. Emperor penguins flock together on land and swim and dive in groups.
Size: This penguin weighs 30kg and stands 1m tall.
Habitat: Most of the emperor penguin colonies are on winter fast ice that is frozen solid and attached to the land for most of the year. They are found around the coasts of the Antarctic continent, They breed during the middle of winter during the season of 24 hour darkness and in one of the coldest and windiest places on Earth. Some emperor penguins never set foot on land.
Diet: This penguin dives underwater for up to 18 minutes. Some food they eat is fish, antarctic krill and antarctic silver fish.They are near the top of the Southern Oceans food chain. The emporor penguins prey are small as it makes it easier to eat.
Breeding: The eggs are laid in winter (May and June). By the time the chicks hatch, it is when there is plenty of food. The female lays just one egg as the environment is too difficult to raise more than one chick at a time. As soon as the female lays the egg, she passes it to the male who incubates it. The female goes out to see to spend winter feeding so that when she returns she can feed her hungry chick.
Adaptation: To protect them from the cold they have a thick layer of fat under their skin, a dense layer of woolly fluffy feathers and a layer of waterproof outer feathers. Small flippers and a small bill. Emperor penguins stand, which leaves just a small part of the body in contact with the icy ground. They have special nostrils so they don't loose warmth when they breath out. They have a circulation system that recycles body heat.
Type: Emperor Penguin (Bird)
Size: 115 cm
Weight: Up to 40 kg
Average life span in the wild: 15 to 20 years
Diet: fish (Carnivore)
Group name: Colony
By Gough, Sue
Creatures of the Antarctic
Published by The Jacaranda Press in 1992


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Alpine Meadows-Bear Creek/Squaw Valley Luxury Ski Cabin with Hot Tub(5 Reviews)
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House, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths (Sleeps 8)
Designer 3 Bedroom/2 Bathroom Mountain Home located in the exclusive Bear Creek community, minutes from Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. Award-winning home (Tahoe Quarterly Magazine) with fully-equipped gourmet kitchen, reclaimed hardwood floors, stone wood-burning fireplace, 50” plasma screen TV, and hot tub. Comfortably sleeps 6-8 (King, Queen, twin bunks – sleeps 4). Beautiful mountain views. Gas barbecue grill on large, sunny, fully-furnished deck. Bear Creek has a beautiful pond, with sandy beaches and large grass area. Rafts for kids. Close to hiking, mountain biking. Kids paradise in summer! Two-car garage. Plowing service.
Home is 1/4 mile from Alpine Meadows parking lot - easy walk. Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley (10 minutes away) are now under same ownership, so there is a regular shuttle bus between the mountains.
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- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
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Bedrooms: 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 8, Beds for 8
- King size beds (1), Queen size Beds (1), Bunk Beds (2)
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
- Video Game Console
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- Video Library
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Horseback Riding
- Sight Seeing
- Mountain View
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Cross Country Skiing
- Jet Skiing
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- Rock Climbing
- Water Skiing
- Dining Area
- Seating for 8 people
- Clothes Dryer
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- Cleaning Fee $200
- Taxes Not included
Holiday Rates apply for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, MLK Weekend, President's Week, Easter Week, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, and during special events - Holiday Rates are $850/night, $5,250/week, plus a $200 cleaning fee. 3 to 5 night minimums applies during holiday periods.
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Year Purchased: 2004
About the owner: I purchesed this home in 2004 after owning a different home 1/2 mile away for 13 years. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Tahoe is the perfect get-away for me. The outdoors lifestyle is fantastic! Skiing, snowboarding, all winter sports - hiking, mountain biking, water sports in the summer time. The Alpine Meadows area is beautiful, peaceful, and unspoiled. The perfect mountain getaway.
Why the Owner Chose Alpine Meadows, CA, USA:
Alpine Meadows is tranquil and beautiful, yet close to everything. You have the best of both worlds. Being able to walk to the ski area (Alpine Meadows) is a huge plus! Alpine Meadows has great terrain, yet is friendly and welcoming.
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Lots of glass - beautiful views, amazing interior design. Large, sunny deck with year-round hot tub, quality furniture, picnic table, and gas barbecue. Great home for entertaining!
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Great Room - Stone Wood-Burning Fireplace
Copper Kitchen Counter - Dining Area
View from back window/kitchen
Downstairs Bedroom - Bunk Room, Sleeps 4
Master Bathroom - Sink/Vanity Area, Separate Bath/Toilet
Upstairs Bedroom - Large Master Bedroom with King Bed
Sunny winter day
View from back of home
Kitchen - Breakfast Bar
Dining Area - Seats 8-10
Summer View - Deck/Hot Tub
Downstairs Bedroom - Queen Bed
Downstairs Bathroom - 2 Rooms (Bath/Toilet, Sink/Vanity)
Panorama of Great Room
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Started in Vermont in partnership with the Tree Farm forestry certification program and other agencies, the warbler effort aims to knock some of the Northeast’s dense forests back into an earlier succession that favors certain birds and the insects they eat.
Every fall snow geese from the Arctic pass through the Lake Champlain region during their fall migration to warmer places in the southern U.S.
In early October, Wildlife Veterinarian and Biologist Nina Schoch led a group of enthusiasts to catch, study and band Northern Saw-whet owls after dark at the John Brown Farm state historic site in Lake Placid in the Adirondacks.
Eastern monarch populations have decreased by at least 80 percent in the past two decades, according to Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. The Western monarch, which migrates only on the coast of California, has declined by 99 percent. The entire North American population is currently under review to be placed under the Endangered Species Act.
This summer the state Department of Environmental Conservation released spruce grouse in the area of Blue Mountain Road. The birds were captured in Maine and Ontario.
Two river otters that were first captured by crayfish farmers in Louisiana have found a home at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake.
For the past 44 years a small group of hardy volunteers has encamped each May on the peninsula at the Crown Point State Historic Site in the shadow of ancient forts—ground where Samuel de Champlain, Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen and great Native American chiefs once trod.
Above is a video that I shot in May during a visit to the Crown Point Bird Banding Station. I visited the station with writer Tim Rowland, who wrote a feature about the activities there. Look for the article in the July issue of the Explorer.
In recent years, the number of black bears with mange appears to be on the rise in several Northeastern states, including New York and Pennsylvania, according to the DEC. As a result, wildlife biologists throughout the Northeast are monitoring the situation more closely, and searching for potential treatment options.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is advising the public to be alert for two captive black bears that escaped from the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington.

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If you’re hosting a party, could you be held legally responsible for the actions of intoxicated guests?
Transgender advocate, Marni Panas shares the latest on a federal bill to bring more rights for transgender people.
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Chelsea Bird, Sean Burke, and Lori Gibbs dig into the latest in pop culture topics.
Edmonton's Josh Hockin has spent more than a decade mastering the art of coffee.
Bone broth is extremely popular in places like New York City and Los Angeles, with people believing it has plenty of benefits.
Catching bad guys can be tough work. Other times, it's not hard at all.
Donald Trump says exercise will kill you, the Romp-him aims to change fashion for men, and Harry Styles doesn’t want to label his sexuality.
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It’s a blended delivery-method program where students build on past EMT experiences and education while learning new, advanced skills.
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MOSCOW, Idaho – Numerous schools and businesses were closed Thursday after a major natural gas pipeline was ruptured Wednesday, severing the source of heat for much of the Palouse.
Jared Webley, Avista’s senior communications manager, said the broken pipe has affected 36,750 customers.
The pipeline, owned by Williams Pipeline and operated by Avista, was repaired Thursday, but service may not be restored for three to five days, Avista estimated.
Avista contracts with Williams Pipeline for use bewteen Pullman and Colfax. The outage is the largest in Avista’s history and has affected service for Pullman, Clarkston, Palouse, Uniontown, Colton and Albion in Washington, and Moscow, Lewiston, Troy, Bovill, Deary and Genesee in Idaho.
The Washington State Patrol reported the leak occurred Wednesday when the gas line was struck along U.S. Highway 195 between Colfax and Pullman. The highway was closed temporarily while crews assessed the danger. The rupture was caused by a landowner pulling a plow through a field as he was installing a drainage pipe, the Lewiston Tribune reported.
Williams provided a short written statement, but otherwise refused to answer questions.
In an email, Williams said a “third party” broke the pipeline Wednesday afternoon near Pullman.
“There were no injuries, no fire, or explosion associated with the incident,” Williams wrote in its statement. “An assessment and repair team was quickly mobilized to repair the damage to the pipeline, and as of today, the repairs have been successfully completed.”
Webley said technicians from Avista and other utility companies went door-to-door in the outage area Thursday, shutting off gas meters. Avista expects to begin relighting natural gas appliances Friday.
In the meantime, many are still without heat.
The weather is forecasted for lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s the next few days. Cold, but above freezing.
Whitman County Emergency Management Director Bill Tensfeld said he has been in touch with the Red Cross, but most of the places they’d normally use as shelters are heated with natural gas.
“We don’t really have a go-to place, so we’re just encouraging people to layer up and watch out for one another,” Tensfeld said.
He doesn’t expect this to be a life-threatening event.
“It’s more of an inconvenience than anything,” Tensfeld said. “If they layer up, they should be fine.”
The incident doesn’t affect everyone. Some homes and businesses have electric heat or wood stoves.
There was a run on space heaters and electric blankets in the region, with hardware stores in Moscow running out.
“It’s different than any other disaster I’ve been through,” Tensfeld said. “This time, it’s such a vast area, we just don’t have a place to shelter them.”
Tensfeld encourages people to be smart. Don’t bring a barbecue indoors, which could lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. If you use a space heater, plug it directly into the wall socket and don’t use an extension cord.
Mark Hurd, Nez Perce County’s emergency management coordinator, said the primary focus Thursday was distributing space heaters, especially to folks who are unable to drive to town to pick one up. He said the priority was getting heaters to vulnerable populations, such as folks in assisted living facilities.
Longtime Troy, Idaho, resident Shirley Stephens, 76, lost heat and hot water in her home Wednesday night. She said it’s cold, but she’s hanging in there.
“I’ve lived in Idaho my whole life, and a little cold doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I just add another blanket around me.”
Stephens said if it gets too cold in her home, she will go stay with her sister who has a wood stove.
The community center in Palouse, Washington, has electric heating and was open as a warming center during the day, though only one volunteer was there at noon.
Stores were still open on the town’s main street, including Swale, a boutique and gift shop. Owner Jessie Twigg-Harris said she was cold at home, so she might as well be cold at work. She stood cheerfully behind the register with an electric space heater.
The Lewiston, Pullman and Moscow school districts are among those that canceled classes Thursday.
The University of Idaho announced that classes would be canceled Thursday and Friday, and non-essential offices were closed.
The campus was quiet.
Sodiq Yusuf, a natural resources graduate student, returned to his lab on campus for a few minutes to check on an experiment he is running on renewable materials and wood waste. He said it’s important to check every day.
“I don’t want to ruin my hard work,” Yusuf said.
On a lawn outside student housing, a group of friends was enjoying the time off by playing Spikeball, a game with some similarities to volleyball, but that involves bouncing a ball off a small horizontal net.
Silas Byrne, a freshman who lives in the dorms, said his room was a little cold, but he has a space heater.
“It’s not too bad during the day,” he said.
Gabe Brandt, a senior who lives off campus, said his apartment has electric heat.
Washington State University in Pullman remained open, as most of the campus switched to an alternative heat source. The Compton Union Building remained open overnight for the community as a warming center.
Moscow city offices were closed Thursday, will remain closed in observance of Veteran’s Day and will reopen Monday, a note on the door said.
Most stores and cafés stayed open, but many restaurants that use gas for cooking were closed.
Ivan Saueracker, a cook at an Italian restaurant downtown, shoved a log into a blazing brick oven then slid a vegetable-strewn pizza in after it. The old-fashioned oven allowed Maialina Pizzeria Napoletana to stay open with a reduced menu.
Because the oven is so efficient, it doesn’t warm the room much, owner George Skandalos said, but the combination of other kitchen appliances does. He also set up four space heaters.
The restaurant uses gas for its grill and range, so it had to scratch non-pizza dishes from its menu. Skandalos still expects it to be busy, both with other restaurants closed and with people less able to cook at home.
A friend was able to supply an electric water heater, which was installed Thursday morning. Not having hot water is another reason some restaurants had to close.
“With the cost of the water heater, even if we break even, it’s worth it to stay open to keep paying our staff,” Skandalos said.
Webley, the Avista spokesman, said everyone’s gas needs to be shut off before Williams can re-pressurize and restart the system, Webley said. Customers do not need to be home when technicians shut off their meters, but they are encouraged to leave their gates open and remove anything obstructing meters.
Webley stressed that only Avista technicians can turn a customer’s gas back on.
“Do not turn it back on yourself and do not try to light anything yourself; it is only a credentialed Avista serviceman that is allowed to turn it back on,” Webley said. “Nobody should be paying anybody to do that work.”
While customers don’t need to be home when their meters are shut off, they do need to be home for the relighting process.
Avista’s personnel will identify themselves to homeowners before entering a residence. If a customer isn’t home when a service worker knocks, Avista will leave a card at the door.
Williams is a publicly traded, multi-billion dollar natural gas company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The company built the first stretch of its Northwest Pipeline 60 years ago. Today, the Northwest Pipeline is 3,900 miles long and carries gas across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, southwestern Wyoming, Utah and eastern Colorado.
S-R staffers Jonathan Brunt, Ellen Dennis, Colin Tiernan and Amanda Sullender contributed reporting.


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As producer of Madonna’s “Ray of Light” in 1999, composer-DJ-wizard William Orbit brought the bass-heavy sound of techno (accented by the squiggly sound of the Roland 303 synth) into the mainstream. For Hello Waveforms, Orbit isn’t out to remake the contemporary music scene; he just wants to make it better, smoother, nicer. From the opening melody—represented by a beautiful electric-guitar arpeggio and modulating breath of synth air—to the last hovering drone, this is an album of warm, ambient electronica that goes where the party is, unbound by any sort of genre expectation; the result is beautiful music that would be at home on a movie soundtrack to your life or on your headphones as your life is actually being lived.
A nautical theme seems to pervade here, with the opening track, “Sea Green,” and the album’s showstopper, “Who Owns the Octopus?” In the latter, things take a turn from the aural-wallpaper ambience of the preceding tracks to rouse drowsy revelers up from couches and onto the dance floor. Heavy dub-inflected rhythm is harnessed to a cooing female vocal, followed by psychedelic-flavored clavichord and crunchy electric guitar.
Moving confidently from dub to dance to deep-down lounge, Orbit closes shop with an anthemic, dawn-breaks-through-the-clouds closer in his second to last track, the heavenly “They Live in the Sky,” where a treated chorus of voices coos wordlessly over tingling chimes and a deliciously slow-tempo beat. Suddenly, there are actual song lyrics—“We’re searchin’ to find / The reasons are clear in my mind / That it’s so hard to deny / Your love”—in gorgeous slow-tempo disco-diva-style vocalizing. It’s clear Orbit is letting his muse drive the spaceship for this album, and the destination is something like heaven. “I took a chance / I pushed my fears aside,” go the lyrics. Orbit clearly has done so, making an album with nothing to prove, no ego to gratify, as number-one DJ. It’s music to live by, to get very, very comfortable to. Fans of cocktail lounge-ish electronica who’ve been searching for another perfect addition to their all-nighter playlists will do right by adding this whole thing for another hour of chilled bliss.


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Cook chicken in skillet over medium high heat until chicken is cooked through; set aside. Turn heat down to medium and add tomato paste and heavy cream to skillet and bring to a simmer; about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, ginger and spices and continue to simmer for five more minutes. Then add chicken back in and cook just to reheat chicken and coat it in the sauce. Serve over Basmati rice.
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|Recipe Makes: 4 Servings|
|Calories from Fat: 250 (52%)|
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|Total Fat 27.8g||37 %|
|Saturated Fat 13.9g||70 %|
|Monounsaturated Fat 6.5g|
|Polyunsanturated Fat 0.9g|
|Cholesterol 213.7mg||66 %|
|Sodium 891mg||31 %|
|Potassium 536.1mg||14 %|
|Total Carbohydrate 12.7g||4 %|
|Dietary Fiber 2.6g||10 %|
|Sugars, other 10.1g|
|Protein 50.3g||72 %|
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Varanasi writer returns Sahitya Akademi award
Kashinath Singh on Friday became the first littérateur from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi to announce his decision to return the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award over “growing intolerance” in the country.Updated: Oct 16, 2015 22:46 IST
Kashinath Singh on Friday became the first littérateur from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi to announce his decision to return the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award over “growing intolerance” in the country.
The award was given to him for his novel ‘Rehan par Ragghu’ in 2011.
In announcing his decision, he joined the league of writers returning the prestigious literary award.
“Growing intolerance has resulted in incidents like Dadri. Litterateurs like Kalburgi, Dabholkar and Pansare were murdered. A serious threat looms large on the freedom of speech. Despite this fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained a silence over the matter,” Singh said in an interaction with journalists at his residence in Sunderpur here.
The writers and litterateurs were already feeling hurt, but the statements made by two union ministers insulted them, he added.
“I am feeling hurt by all these developments. So I have decided to return the Sahitya Akademi award,” Singh said, adding that he pondered over the matter for the last three days before making the announcement. He appealed to the Akademi authorities to protect the constitutional values of Indian democracy and support the stand taken by the writers.
Asked why he didn’t return the awards given by state government, Singh said, “Freedom of speech is not under surveillance here. Whether the state government does anything or not, writers are free to raise their voices (sarkar kuchh kare ya na kare par sahityakar apni baat khulkar kah sakte hai). At least, the government listens to the writers.”
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Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton tells Dawn Collinson about the shock over her city bar’s closure ... and why she’s determined it will never happen again
WHEN a phone call to New York told Natasha Hamilton that there had been a double stabbing at her Liverpool bar, she admits she was stunned.
Not because she was blind to the rising threat of knife crime but, she says, because she never once believed it could happen so close to home.
“Maybe I was blinkered and maybe I was naive, but it honestly never occurred to me,” says the singer, who was in the States recording a new solo album.
“I don’t know anything about gangs or gangsters, I’m a mum. You realise things happen, of course, but I don’t know that world and I’ve never been a part of it.
“I was confident we were doing the right things to keep a safe place. But knife crime now is happening every day, it’s so widespread, and that’s terrifying.”
The 26-year-old singer was thousands of miles away with husband Riad when they were given the news three weeks ago that there had been an incident at the Victoria Street bar.
“We didn’t really know the full story but we flew home the next morning,” she says. “My first reaction was ‘was it anyone we know, was it one of our staff?’ A stabbing is so serious, it could be fatal, and it was just so frightening to think that it could happen in a place that I go to, my own bar.
“They closed the bar down a couple of days after the incident which was such a shock but, at the same time, it was understandable because obviously what had happened was huge.”
Natasha and Riad opened H bar and restaurant Hamilton’s a week before their wedding in November last year.
It was never meant to be a name-only venture, she explains, but something they were hands-on committed to.
“When we first opened a lot of girls came, maybe because of the Atomic Kitten connection, and it was nice to see that it was an environment where they felt safe.
“This is our livelihood and it’s something we don’t take lightly. A lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into it. We’d worked so hard to bring something cool and vibrant to Liverpool and then it was almost taken away.
“We built up a good reputation for having loyal punters and celebrities wanted to come; they don’t go where there’s trouble.
“But it’s also somewhere I go regularly and so do my family and my friends – I wouldn’t let that happen if I didn’t feel it was safe.
“We’d never had an incident in the bar before in the 10 months we’d been open and that was something we prided ourselves on, but sometimes things are out of your control. We’ve learnt a very valuable lesson.”
Natasha, who comes originally from Kensington, says she is very conscious of crime especially as she has two young sons, six-year-old Josh and Harry, who is three.
“As a mother my main priority is safety, like any mother,” she says. “All crime is an issue to me. I’m bringing up two boys in a big city and I’m very conscious of how I want my kids to grow up and what environment I want them to grow up in. I don’t tolerate crime or violence in any way.
“I read about it every day in the papers, but I don’t understand why people carry knives because my brain just doesn’t work in that way.”
On Wednesday Liverpool council’s licensing committee agreed to let Natasha and Riad reopen H bar as long as certain security measures were implemented.
Natasha says they were always keen to co-operate and work alongside police.
“What we’ve learnt is to step up the security even more,” she says. “We’ve got a new security firm in, we’re going to get a metal detector arch fitted - which is ordered and will arrive in a couple of weeks - and until then we’ve got hand-held metal detecting wands.
“Before, someone could walk into the bar with a knife and if they looked like an ordinary punter, how would we know? Now we will know and if someone is carrying a weapon they will be rejected.
“I think H bar now, with all the new precautions, will give people a safer place to go out. If you walk into somewhere and there’s a metal detector it’s not something to be afraid of, it’s something that should make you more relaxed because it’s there for your protection.”
Natasha accepts theirs has been a high-profile case because of her pop fame, but she says if using them as an example highlights the problems of security in bars across Liverpool then it will worthwhile.
With H bar’s reopening party tomorrow, Natasha and Riad say they intend to send out a very clear message to anyone planning to go there this weekend or in the future.
“We want to say to anyone who might want to carry a weapon when they go out, it isn’t going to happen in our bar, not again,” says Natasha.
“If you’re carrying a weapon, we don’t want you, it’s as simple as that.”


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Collagen for a Healthy Skin
The skin is one of the most important organs in a human body. This is because it serves many functions. The skin has biological functions as well as those related to aesthetic value. This is why skin care is a very important phenomenon of human life. Unfortunately, as we grow old, our skin also starts to lose its initial glow. This can be attributed to several factors. However, this situation has a remedy.
One of the best ways of maintaining your skin and other body structures is by using collagen supplements. First, let us understanding the meaning of collagen. Collagen is basically a type of protein in human bodies that is very abundant. It generally accounts for more than a third of all proteins in the body. Collagen is very important for the building of bones, tendons, nails, ligaments, skin, teeth and blood vessels.
Types of collagens in the body are many and diverse in their functionality. However, one function for all of them is maintenance of body organs. As people age, production of collagens reduces and the quality also goes down. This is why the skin starts becoming supple and having wrinkles. There are however several nutrients that you can increase uptake of to ensure that your collagen levels remain high even as you age.
Several nutrients can help you as you grow old to increase your collagen levels. One of them is vitamin C which is found in fruits. Egg whites and dairy products have another nutrient called proline that can also help. The others are copper and glycine. Take food with lots of amino acids for they also help formation of collagen. Also, reduce consumption of sugar for it damages collagens. To add to that, reduce exposure to excess sunshine for it has the same effect.
Natural foods can boost your collagen levels. Some people may however not be able to find the specific foods within where they live. To solve this issue, several wellness companies have come up with collagen supplements. An example is well u collagen which produces well u supplements for building your collagen. From the supplements, you get most food nutrients that can build your collagen levels. Why not embrace this option and age gracefully?
Using collagen supplements has several benefits. The first one is the building of muscle mass. Secondly, people using collagen supplements have a lesser chances of suffering from arthritis. The third benefit is the improvement of elasticity of the skin when using the collagen supplements. This means that if you use collagen supplements regularly, the appearance of your skin will definitely improve hence improving your general appearance which is a factor of how your skin looks like. You would therefore be advised to use collagen supplements for your general wellness.

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By the time that the Fourth Doctor visited Skaro on a mission to prevent the Daleks' creation, the Thals and Kaleds lived in two domed cities with a wasteland between them. Inside the Kaled Dome, the Scientific Elite, headed by Davros and his assistant Nyder, and a Military Elite made decisions. The use of nuclear and chemical-biological weapons had led to the creation of the Mutos. The Mutos were mutated outcasts from both races who scavenged the wastelands.
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An anachronistic mixture of technologies on the battlefield showed a society which had devolved rather than evolved, with combatants using energy weapons alongside primitive rifles and machine guns and engaging in trench warfare as in Earth's early 20th century. Their uniforms were frequently mismatched - soldiers could be seen wearing modern combat jackets made of synthetic fibre with other articles of uniform made of leather.
In the long-range, as well as the biological and nuclear weapons already mentioned, both sides used chemical rockets. Towards the end of the war, the Thals intended to use a neutronic missile against the Kaleds. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
The war did not conclude so much as peter out. Davros gave the Thals information to allow them to breach the Kaled Dome, causing massive casualties amongst Davros' own people.
This provided a rationale for the Kaleds in turn to set the newly created Daleks against the Thals. At last, a Thal rocket destroyed the Kaled Dome. Thals, led by Bettan, and Mutos, led by Sevrin, joined to fight against the Daleks emerging from the ruined Kaled city. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)
A considerable discrepancy exists between future accounts describing the war as just a quick neutronic war (TV: The Daleks). This may be a memory of the start of the war or indicate that legend replaced accurate history.
The war led to the near extermination of the Thals and traumatised them to a point that they embraced strict pacifism and simple living, something that they would not change for many hundreds of years. (TV: The Daleks)
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According to the non-narrative source REF: Doctor Who: The Dalek Handbook, the war lasted from 450 AD to 1450 AD. In TV: The Daleks, the Daleks refer to the war as occuring 'over 500 years ago', which would seem to indicate that the events of the story take place in 1950.


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Earlier this year, eighth grade Hannah Parker, was selected to represent the town of Winthrop in Project 351, a non-profit organization that brings kids from all 351 towns and cities in Massachusetts together for a year long journey of building leadership skills. While her experience has been different to previous ambassadors, Parker has managed to execute many of her projects both in person and virtually.
On January 18th, Parker attended a launch day in Boston, where she joined the other 350 ambassadors in Faneuil Hall for a day of service. Also in attendance was Governor Charlie Baker, who talked about his background with Project 351. Parker then joined fellow ambassadors at UMass Boston to pack boxed lunches for people in need. The group then went to the JFK library and donated toiletries such as toothpaste, soap and deodorant to help the “Be Like Brit” organization. On that day, in total, Project 351 supported 18 nonprofit organizations that addressed issues such as hunger, homelessness, childhood poverty, and educational opportunity.
During her time serving on Project 351, Parker has the opportunity to manage a Spring Service Project. She had planned on running a clothing drive for Cradles to Crayons from March 23rd to April 3rd, however; it was cancelled due to COVID-19.
After this was cancelled, Project 351 started an eight week “Service Leadership Academy” (SLA). SLA provides many different leadership workshops for all of the ambassadors to participate in virtually.
“Over the past eight weeks I have engaged in many webinars through Zoom with many incredible leaders including, First Lady Lauren Baker, Billy Shore (Founder and CEO of “Share our Strength” organization), New England Patriot Devin McCourty (McCourty Twins Tackle Sickle Cell organization), as well as other leaders of non-profit organizations,” said Parker. “I have also participated in many activities including researching and reporting on my local food bank during the pandemic and a recycling project. I was also able to be involved in the Free Rice Initiative. Finally, I am looking forward to participating in a Virtual Reunion which takes place on June 17th.”
When Parker isn’t busy working on Project 351’s many projects, she participates in student council and plays soccer, hockey and lacrosse.