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There is plenty to consume in the 600-page-plus The Oxford Companion to Italian Food (Oxford University Press, $35), by Gillian Riley.
Riley, a food historian and writer on food in art, covers all 20 regions from the tip of the boot to the Alps, and Sicily and Sardinia. She dissects the cheeses, sausages, produce, spices, regional dishes, cooking styles, history, cultural influences and important culinary figures - just about everything but wine (which is kissed off in a short mention, probably because it could warrant a book of its own).
Some tasty tidbits:
- Cicero, the Roman orator, reportedly gave the family name to chickpeas, whose Latin name is Cicer arietinum (ceci in Italian), already a staple at the time and to this day.
- Ciabatta, the beloved, billowy bread with a crisp crust, was developed relatively recently - in 1982 by former car racer Arnaldo Cavallari in Adria, Rovigo, in the northern region of the Veneto. Riley admits to a "scrum" with "some pretty tough characters (Italian)" when a London department store first offered ciabatta more than 10 years ago.
- Lard isn't the same as the Italian lardo, though the similar spellings might make one think so. Instead, strutto is the Italian word for lard, which is rendered pork fat, and lardo is cured lard, often with salt, aromatic herbs and spices.
- Mozzarella di bufala, that beloved and most Italian of cheeses, is made from the milk of water buffalo not native to the country. They were brought to Italy from Asia during the late Roman Empire - a much better legacy than that Roman essential garum, a sauce made by fermenting fish and their entrails.
- Mostaccioli, well known in the United States as a pasta dish made with tube-shaped macaroni, was originally the word for cookies named after mosto, grape must, which was cooked down to a thick syrup and used for sweetening instead of honey or sugar. The cookies still are made in Sicily with cloves, cinnamon and ground almonds.
-A portion of panettone, the famous Christmas bread, would be kept by many Milanese families until Feb. 3, the feast of San Biagio, "a saint who intercedes for those with earache and sore throats, when as a potent relic of the Christmas rites it would be eaten for breakfast to ward off winter colds."
- Salt, an inexpensive commodity now, was once so highly treasured that "it was often recovered from the brine and other residues from curing meat, to be recycled."

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Oh, to be a fly on the wall during this star-crossed evening.
Fresh off their Miami rendezvous, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott were spotted enjoying a joint dinner date with none other than Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker.
Late into the evening on Sunday, May 10, the sixsome headed out for what an eyewitness describes to E! News as a “triple date” at Catch in Los Angeles. Despite arriving separately, photographers spotted members of the crew heading out together.
While Kylie remained incognito, her on-again, off-again partner, who she raises daughter Stormi Webster with, kept things fashion forward in a white utility vest and baggy pants. Meanwhile, Hailey channeled her inner Neo in a Matrix-style trench coat paired with a green crop top and bouncy ponytail. As for Bieber, he’s still sporting those widely-criticized dreadlocks, which this time, were pulled into pigtail buns.
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In the Equifax breach, hackers stole the driver's license information of more than 10 million Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
That's in addition to the Social Security numbers and other personal details about 145.5 million Americans hackers took from Equifax's systems. The company said the stolen data included driver's license information, but it didn't say for how many people. What's more, Equifax said Tuesday that 15.2 million records on more than nearly 700,000 UK consumers were also compromised.
Information from a driver's license includes a home address and the driver's height and weight, not to mention the driver's license number. These pieces of data would make a potential identity thief's job easier. The richly detailed consumer records were stolen between May and the end of July this year by hackers who cracked into Equifax's systems by taking advantage of an unpatched software bug, the company said.
Equifax didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the number of US driver's license records or UK consumer records the hackers stole. The company announced last week that the total number of Americans affected was 145.5 million, not 143 million as it first announced. It also said it was notifying an unspecified number of UK residents by mail that they were affected in some way by the breach.
CNET Magazine: Check out a sampling of the stories you'll find in CNET's newsstand edition, right here.
Life, disrupted: In Europe, millions of refugees are still searching for a safe place to settle. Tech should be part of the solution. But is it? CNET investigates.

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Waymo is about to begin the world’s first self-driving taxi service. What does that mean for cities and roads?
Waymo, the self-driving vehicle division of Alphabet and sister company to Google, has begun operating cars in Phoenix, Arizona with no human present. And because the trials have been successful, Waymo will shortly begin offering an app-enabled taxi service.
The launch is a milestone in the emergence of the "connected autonomous vehicle", or CAV.
"We want the experience of traveling with Waymo to be routine, so you want to use our driver for your everyday needs," said Waymo chief executive John Krafcik at a conference in Lisbon on Tuesday.
"Fully self-driving cars are here."
The service is likely to be offered with Lyft, the ride-hailing company, and would be the world’s first commercial application of self-driving technology. It would also position Waymo ahead of a growing crowd of companies competing to offer the variations of self-driving technology and provide the first returns on eight years of research and development.
The company says that since Google started testing in 2009, its CAVs have driven more than 3.5 million autonomous miles on public roads across 20 US cities.
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Krafcik said autonomous vehicles providing mobility as a service may eventually replace personal car ownership.
"Because you’re accessing vehicles rather than owning, in the future, you could choose from an entire fleet of vehicle options that are tailored to each trip you want to make," he said.
This raises many interesting questions, including how a societal shift to CAV use might affect fuel consumption, congestion, road infrastructure and even real estate.
Happier traffic jams
Zia Wadud, associate professor at the University of Leeds, has argued that potential upsides may be offset by downsides.
For example overall fuel consumption could go down because CAVs, in close touch with each other and the road, could drive at constant speeds and in closely packed "platoons", which reduces air resistance.
However, with cars now available to people who cannot drive or own a car, the net effect could be to increase the number of cars on roads.
Dovetailing with that, CAVs might increase road network efficiency by driving at speeds made optimum by each car’s total network awareness, but any spare capacity this creates may be soaked up by more CAVs on the road.
At least such traffic jams would be less frustrating for the erstwhile drivers: instead of concentrating on not bumping into the car in front they could nap, read a book or watch a film.
The very roads themselves, and their infrastructure, may change as well. The RAC Foundation speculated this year that CAVs may require a national roads retrofit.
Among the issues it identified are:
- Systems may be installed to pass information to cars. In a trial in Singapore, dedicated short-range communication beacons at junctions provided updates on traffic conditions, traffic-light, the existence of incidents and roadworks
- The lack of need to brake sharply could have implications for the composition of the road pavement, essentially by reducing the level of friction required, thereby relaxing restrictions on its composition and texture
- On the other hand, the fact that CAVs tend to run in the same wheel tracks may increase the need to maintain roads, and may eventually lead to a change in design to make certain sections of the road more resistant to wear and tear than others
- Lane-keeping systems, which are now a feature of certain cars rely on road markings to determine the boundaries of lanes, which means that the maintenance of road markings may become a higher priority that before.
Goodbye, parking lots
The most profound and widely anticipated effect, however, would be on urban real estate as the need for parking reduces.
Currently, cars owned by people spend much of their days and nights parked. As cars on average spend 95% of their lives stationary, the space involved is immense.
A CAV future would see cars dropping you off and going to do another job, or taking themselves to be charged and maintained at depots in quieter periods.
The question of what cities could do with all that land is tantalising. In Los Angeles, for example, 2,465,272 parking spaces could be used for something else, according to geospatial data company Orbital Insight.
The sudden availability of what is largely wasted space for housing, commerce, recreation and agriculture may turn out to be the biggest, and the best change to be heralded by this week’s Waymo launch.
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The restoration of degraded and under-performing landscapes is an opportunity for a range of actors to increase the global resource base for more sustainable future production of food and commodities while addressing current and future global challenges, including deforestation. By regaining productive land and integrating it into sustainable natural resource management systems, we can decrease the pressure on natural forests and ecosystems while allowing both smallholder and large commodity producers to meet demands for increased agricultural and commodity production.
Implementing forest landscape restoration (FLR) at scale can be a viable way for the private sector to shift to sustainable production without the need to scale back their operations or engage in practices that may lead to further degradation and deforestation. FLR can support the growth of small and large businesses and revive national economies through revenue and job creation, decreasing risks in other productive sectors and driving a transition towards a low-carbon and green economy. Scientific research shows that restoration interventions, in particular agroforestry for smallholders or large-scale agroforestry, can lead to diversification of production practices that are becoming increasingly important to adapt to climate change and lead to better yields of commodities such as coffee, cocoa and palm oil.
International, national and sub-national actors within the restoration movement are building evidence that FLR is an economically robust activity – attracting not only the attention of the public sector, but also offering considerable opportunities for the private sector across their value chains. IUCN is working with governments, the private sector, NGOs and civil society, and the scientific community to raise awareness of the benefits and cost-effectiveness of nature-based solutions, including FLR, and providing practical guidance for their implementation. In Brazil, for example, we are working with partners to strengthen the economic viability of restoration using native species and removing barriers that hinder private sector investments.
Some deforestation-free initiatives have already recognised the role of restoration in reaching these commitments as well as the zero net deforestation (ZND) target of no overall loss to forest area and forest quality by 2020. However, the restoration component has largely been cited as having the potential to offset the loss of natural forests (which has slowed down since the 1990’s, but is still occurring at an alarming rate). While there is a need for a realistic scenario where future needs for infrastructure development and agricultural production can be offset by restoration, the potential contribution of restoration to the zero percent equation of ZND goes well beyond that. Restoration can play a substantial role in preventing further deforestation while enabling the sustainable production of food and commodities, creating new opportunities for viable economic activities, and ensuring the supply of ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, and increased resilience. And all these potential gains come from currently degraded and sub-optimally used land.
Private investors and commodity producers who seek to operationalise their deforestation-free and ZND pledges through private-public partnerships, while also addressing the needs and livelihoods of people who depend on these resources, should explore FLR approaches to achieve these goals. To date, almost 40 governments, associations, and companies worldwide have already pledged to restore nearly 140 million hectares of forests. These commitments provide fertile ground for inverstors and producers.
While reinforcing these opportunities and prospective gains from restoration to address deforestation, we are not downplaying the challenges associated with integrating restoration into the pathways of the private and public sectors. As is the case with most global challenges, it requires rethinking current business scenarios and breaking away from business-as-usual practices. Above all, it requires collaboration, creating partnerships, and forging alliances to allow for the flow of ideas and the aggregation of knowledge that will lead to transformative solutions – and affect the decisions of a single farmer, a policy maker, a board member or a consumer; all working towards the same goal.
IUCN is helping to address this challenge by synthesizing and disseminating strong technical knowledge and best examples that offer solutions for combating deforestation by accelerating restoration, and by conceptualizing and testing future land-use scenarios that incorporate the goals of reducing deforestation and increasing restoration while meeting demands for increased food and commodity production.
Click here for more information on the IUCN call for papers “Achieving deforestation-free commitments through restoration”. The call is open until 5 February 2017. Apply now.

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Young consumers are increasingly seeking more meaningful interactions with brands. Instead of focusing on influencers, marketers should be investing in growing their own online communities.
Many Gen Zers are looking to the comment sections and forums for insights—as well as their peers—before making purchasing decisions.
“What I have learned during my time building online communities is that to successfully communicate with Gen Z, your brand must learn to live in its online communities,” writes article author Robbie Murch, founder of Bump, a London-based marketing firm. “Not only are barriers to entry low, but there is evidence to suggest ‘that Gen Z feel more confident online when using community focused social apps like Discord or Twitch over feed apps like Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.’”


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At least, that was Mr. Bush’s message when he took the stage at his New Hampshire primary party here, speaking for less than 10 minutes and telling his supporters, “This campaign is not dead. We’re going on to South Carolina.”
He continued, “You’ve given me the chance now to go to South Carolina, where we are going to do really well, thanks to you all.”
The polls did back Mr. Bush up. When he took the stage, shortly before 10 p.m., he was still locked in a battle for third place with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, both with roughly 11 percent of the vote.
But, in a moment that seemed to epitomize Mr. Bush’s struggle this entire cycle, just moments after he began speaking, Donald J. Trump took the stage — and the television broadcasts followed.
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has endorsed Mr. Bush, told reporters that Mr. Bush had grown as a candidate, and would perform even better in South Carolina, which holds its primary on Feb. 20. “I think Jeb had his back to the wall and he rose to the occasion,” Mr. Graham said. “Now we’re up on our feet, and we’re going to run in South Carolina.”
Mr. Bush’s older brother, President George W. Bush, is expected to campaign with him in South Carolina, and Mr. Graham said the dynastic family name — with which Mr. Bush has struggled — will help him in the state.
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We were one of the first to notice and share with the world about the incredibly large, and very capable, NSC-32 MIDI sequencer from Misa Digital. You can read our intro story here.
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London, Sep 4(ANI): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has stood against the whole diving issue which is surrounding the Premier League and said that he is one of football's white knights when it comes to fair play.
Recently questions were raised after Rooney won a penalty against Arsenal last week and it was doubted whether he went down before Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia made contact.
"Everyone who watches me knows I am an honest player," The Sun quoted Rooney, as saying.
"Have I ever dived? On holiday, yeah. But, no, I have never intentionally tried to dive. There have been times when I've tried to stay on my feet to get the shot off rather than going down," he added.
The diving issue has been a topic of debate ever since Arsenal's Eduardo was accused of diving, which won a penalty against Celtic in the Champions League. Eduardo was banned for two games for the simulation. ooney further said that if the referee gives a penalty, there is nothing that a player can do and it's up to the authorities if they want to take the punishment further.
"These things have happened for years and you can only bank on the referees making the right decision and giving the right punishment," Rooney said.
"It's important the game is played honestly. I'm sure many big games have been decided by wrong decisions. But it's not down to me to fix, it's down to other people," he added. (ANI)


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The best thing coming out of the whole brouhaha is that writers are now looking at ALL their options. There's all kinds of deals being made.
Some folks are still submitting to agents and editors. Some are jumping into self-publishing with both feet. Some folks have a foot in each side. Some folks are selling both their print and electronic rights to a publishing house, a la E.L. James and her Fifty Shades of Grey. Hugh Howey kept all U.S. book rights for Wool and sold the foreign book right along with the movie option (to Ridley Scott of all people!).
The most important things for any writer to remember are
1) Writing for money is a business!
2) Find the path that best works for you.
But there's something that SFF author SandraUlbrich Almazan said in her blog recently that realy struck home for me:
My final act of ChiCon 7 was participating in a self-publishing panel. Besides me, there was one other self-published author and two editors from small publishing houses. They were clearly there with an agenda to present themselves as "value-added" and to downplay the pros of self-publishing. The other author and I were united in taking career advice from Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Meanwhile, the audience members (we filled the room; I wasn't expecting that on the last day of the con) wanted the nuts and bolts of self-publishing and promotion. I feel like I could have given them much more on that front. I also wish I'd told them more about the pros of self-publishing. I did manage to say that all authors are entrepreneurs, that our stories are our intellectual property, and that you really need IP lawyers, not agents, to handle contracts with publishers if you take that route. But there was so much more I could have said. I could have told them how knowing I had a home for every story inspires me to try new things and come up with fresh ideas. I could have said how I can finally lay some stories to rest instead of endlessly chasing perfection (because, of course, no publisher would ever touch a less-than-perfect book). I could have emphasized how it builds gumption to learn new skills and take charge of my writing career, to be active instead of passively sending out queries and waiting for rejection. Most of all, I could have said that when I first started attending conventions, they taught me "money flows to the author" as a way to avoid getting scammed. I now feel we need to update this for the 21st century; it should be "control flows to the author." I really wanted to use that line and am kicking myself now that I didn't use it in my closing statement."Control flows to the author."
At least I can say it here.*
That should be every writer's new mantra.
*Reprinted with permission. For the original blog of September 5, 2012, see Sandra Ulbrich Almazan: Speculative Fiction Author.


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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many countries the UK armed forces are conducting counter-terrorism operations; and in how many of those countries the UK is (a) conducting air and drone strikes and (b) deploying troops where they may use or have used lethal force.
UK Armed Forces are currently operating in support of counterterrorism operations in four countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Mali), and are presently providing counterterrorism training to an additional nine partner nations: Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. The RAF is conducting strike operations only in Iraq and Syria. The publicly available 'Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2018 to 19' contains further details. UK Armed Forces retain an inherent right to self-defence wherever they are deployed. This includes up to (and including) lethal force if there is an imminent threat to life and it is judged that there is no other way to stop the danger.


Cryptofashion? Check the runway
The world of cryptocurrencies is expanding its boundaries. Now, cryptocurrencies showed up in the fashion industry.
Love for cryptos
Celebrities, after a big boom on Bitcoin, have started to talk loudly about investing in cryptos. As, for example, 50 Cent has reminded himself about over 700 BTC. That gives him, for now, almost 6 million $. This is kind of situation in which forgetting about something ends actually good. Well done 50 Cent, well done.
Going with the flow, Katy Perry showed her manicure.
She has decided to have 3D nails with 5 different logos of cryptocurrencies on them with the dollar on the background. The cryptos chose: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Stellar and Monero. She has posted the photo of her nails on her Instagram’s account with the caption: “$—CrYpTo ClAwS—$”. The photo gained over 200 000 likes.
Raf Simons – the Belgian designer, has released his collection inspired by cryptocurrencies. He showed his project on Men’s New York Fashion Week. In Simons collection, you can find slim cut three-button suits, topcoats paired with surgical gloves and rubber boots.
As Financial Times commented:
“Fit easily on today’s youngest investors, who don’t stick to the Kiton and Zegna suits of their fathers and prefer Coinbase to TD Ameritrade.”
Tom Ford as Raf Simons, has presented his fashion for investors from Wall Street. His “Wall Street-approved pleated trousers” was commented by FT as:
“Day traders flipping cryptocurrencies at home need something to wear.”
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In 1911, Chevrolet Motor Company of Michigan is incorporated in November of 1911 by Louis Chevrolet, William Little and Edwin Cambell, William Durant's son-in-law. Headquarters are in Detroit.
On September 13, 1915, Durant incorporates Chevrolet Motor Co. of Delaware. The new corporation includes the original Chevrolet Motor Company and becomes a holding company for auto companies Durant had put together after losing control of GM.
In 1916, Durant announces that Chevrolet owns 54.5 percent of GM's outstanding shares and takes over the GM presidency from Charles W. Nash, who had been GM president from 1912 to 1916.
In 1918, General Motors buys the operating assets of Chevrolet Motor Company in May.
In 1921, GM decides to proceed with commercial application of Kettering's 'copper-cooled' engine, intended to replace the traditional piston engine. The initial target is to put the copper-cooled engine in all of Chevrolet Division's cars. The program is officially ended in 1923, with a total of fewer than 800 copper-cooled engines ever being produced and only 300 sold to dealers, all of which are recalled by GM.
In 1923, GM's first European assembly plant is established in Copenhagen under the name General Motors International A/S. It is to build Chevrolets for sale in Scandinavian countries, the Baltics, and Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary and Russia. The first GM vehicle assembled outside the U.S. and Canada, a Chevrolet utility truck, comes off the Copenhagen assembly line on January 7, 1924.
In 1924, William S. Knudsen becomes president of Chevrolet and joins the GM Board of Directors.
In 1929, Chevrolet introduces its new six-cylinder engine for use in commercial vehicles. This engine is nicknamed 'the cast iron wonder' for its remarkable durability.
In 1935, Chevrolet introduces the Suburban Carryall, a 1/2-ton truck with seating capacity for eight.
In 1950, Chevrolet introduces the Powerglide transmission, becoming the first competitor in the low-price field to offer fully automatic shifting.
In 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette is introduced. It is the first volume production sports car and the first production car with a plastic body to be produced in quantity.
In 1954, Chevrolet introduces small-block V-8 engine on 1955 trucks.
In 1958, Chevrolet introduces the El Camino, designed to combine big car comfort with the utility of a pickup truck, as a 1959 model.
In 1959, Chevrolet introduces the Corvair.
As part of the 1962 model year, Chevrolet introduces a new line of smaller cars, the Chevy II.
In 1962, The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, charges GM and three Chevrolet dealer trade associations in criminal and civil suits for violation of the Sherman Act by restricting sales of Chevrolets in the Los Angeles area through discount houses. In 1966, the U.S. District Court for Southern California enters the final judgment enjoining GM from conspiring with any group or association of Chevrolet dealers to limit sales by such dealers or through discount houses or referral services.
In 1963, Chevrolet introduces its midsize Malibu as a 1964 model.
In 1966, Chevrolet introduces the F-body Camaro as a 1967 model. The following January, Pontiac introduces the Firebird, its third line of cars, as a 1967 model.
In 1968, Six passenger car and truck assembly plants previously operated by Fisher Body and Chevrolet Motor Division are transferred to the management of GM Assembly Division. Chevrolet is to have additional responsibility of engineering, producing and distributing a new American-built small car.
In 1969, Chevrolet announces that it is discontinuing production of Corvair.
In 1975, Chevrolet introduces the Chevette in October. This U.S.-built T-car was first designed by Opel and is also manufactured by GM subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil and England and sold under the names Kadett, Chevette, Gemini and K-180.
In 1976, GM introduces its downsized Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac full-size and luxury cars in September.
In 1979, GM introduces newly designed front-wheel-drive compact cars, the Buick Skylark, Chevrolet Citation, Oldsmobile Omega and Pontiac Phoenix X-body models.
In 1981, GM's new worldwide Truck & Bus Group is formed with responsibility for the design, engineering, manufacture, sales and service of all GM trucks, buses and vans in North America and throughout the world. In 1982, the truck manufacturing and assembly operations of GM Assembly Division, Chevrolet Motor Division, and GMC Truck and Coach Division are merged to form Truck & Bus Manufacturing Division. Headquarters for both are to be located in Pontiac, Michigan.
In 1983, GM and Toyota Motor Corporation agree to form a joint venture, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), to produce a small Chevrolet automobile in the Fremont, Calif., assembly plant previously operated by GM.
The 1984 Chevrolet Corvette is introduced, with the car's first major styling change in 15 years.
In 1988, Chevrolet introduces its Geo line of small vehicles with Geo Metro, Spectrum and Tracker.
In 1993, Toyota and GM sign an unprecedented supply and sales agreement under which GM will build right-hand drive Chevrolet Cavaliers in the U.S. Toyota will purchase these models from GM and sell them in Japan.
In 2001, The Chevrolet Cruze is launched in Japan. Developed by GM and its alliance partner Suzuki, the Cruze is the first GM vehicle to be built in Japan since the 1930s.
General Motors announces that its Ste. Therese, Quebec plant, which builds the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird, will close in September 2002 in conjunction with discontinuation of the Camaro and Firebird models.
In 2002, the Chevrolet Corvette celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
In 2003, GM announces that the 2005 model year GMC Envoy XL, Envoy XUV and Chevrolet trailblazer EXT will be the first vehicles to showcase its innovative Displacement on Demand fuel-saving technology, which enhances fuel economy without compromising performance or the ability to carry heavy loads. Displacement on Demand is to be a standard feature in the vehicles' optional Vortec 5300 V-8 engine. The technology, which boosts the Vortec engine's fuel efficiency by 8 percent, is also to be introduced in other GM engines in the 2006 model year.
The Chevrolet Corvette celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a caravan of 5,000 Corvettes driven by owners from each of the 50 states converging at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky.
GM Powertrain introduces its new Ecotec 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, which is to be available on the all-new 2005 model year Chevrolet Cobalt. Bringing variable valve timing to the Ecotec engine family for the first time, the Ecotec 2.4-liter engine offers improved low-end torque and fewer emissions than the previous 2.2-liter version.
In 2004, for a record sixth time, Chevrolet Corvette is picked as the official pace car for the classic Indianapolis 500 race.
General Motors delivers the world's first full-size hybrid pickup truck to Miami-Dade County during the tenth National Clean Cities Conference. The hybrid Chevrolet Silverado delivers up to 12 percent fuel economy improvement over comparable pickups, giving it the best highway fuel economy of any full-size truck on the market. Hybrid versions of both the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Silverado pickup are scheduled to go on sale in the fall.Source: General Motors Corporation


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My heart aches for a special woman, my mother-in-law, who treated me like I was her own daughter. My heart aches for my children who called her Muvie, who baked their favorite chocolate chip cookies, sewed their clothes and loved reading them books when they were children. My heart aches for my husband who will miss his mother terribly. She believed in her son and was so proud of what he had accomplished in life.
Constance Read Walter was truly an amazing woman. A woman who was raised in a very wealthy family. Who spent her summer’s in Capitola and San Francisco at the Sir Frances Drake Hotel. A woman who graduated from UC Berkeley. A woman who married an uneducated farmer’s son against the wishes of her father. A woman who married for love and not for the acceptance of her family. A woman who raised 6 children and was a grade school teacher. A woman who loved her children, encouraged them to be whoever they wanted to be. She was a woman who never judged and never had a bad thing to say about another human being. A woman with a sense of humor, a woman with the patience of a saint. A woman with wonderful stories and a song or poem always ready to be sung or told. A woman with a love for animals. A woman of faith.
Life will go on for us Muvie. You’re laughter, smile and keds that matched every outfit will be missed. Our life will never be the same and yet we will go on with re-telling your stories, singing your songs and remembering your smile. We love you Muvie and know that you are dancing in heaven with the love of your life who has patiently been waiting for you.
Rest in peace Muvie.
Constance Read Walter
March 27, 1922 – January 22, 2012


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Now the truth can be told.
After being forced to watch, naked and powerless, as I was publicly dashed to rumpled smithereens by the razor-sharp, turgid wit of the masked Chipped Formica Brigade at Kitchen Fable, I fell into a deep, dark, enduring depression, and I am unable to write cogently any longer.
Kindly note that I’m laughing my ass off, aloud.
And so, here’s the finale … for now. I expect to be back (a) after a primary loss, or (b) after a general election loss, or (c) after after a general election victory. After all, there is a Clere Channel precedent for public officials writing a weekly column, is there not?
BAYLOR: Let’s all say ‘yes’ for change
This will be my last column in The Tribune for a while, and there’s a reason for the hiatus.
I’ve decided to take a dram of my own medicine and file to run for city council in the coming primary — yes, as a Democrat, and for an at-large seat.
Because this very newspaper has a policy against permitting its columnists to conduct campaigns in print, and actually enforces it more often than the city’s own long neglected codes, I must return temporarily to the realm of the blogosphere.


An unusual World War I Bomber prototype, The Lloyd 40.08 ''Sky Cruiser'' was developed in 1916. Seen as a possible Heavy Bomber with ''great power and range'' – the design alone proved to be it's undoing. The 40.08 featured a Tri-Plane (Wing) design and (3) Engines. This was seen as needed to carry a minimum 450-lb. Bomb to target. However, due to overall construction and aerodynamics – The ''Sky Cruiser'' did not live up to it's initial tests, and The Plan was discontinued that same year. The 40.08 was 32-feet long with a Tri-wing span ranging from – (Top) at 76-feet, (Middle) at 73-feet and (Bottom) at 53-feet. Power was provided by (1) Daimler V-12 (300-HP) Engine. This was configured as a Rear Mounted or ''Pusher'' Engine. (2) Daimler 6-Cylinder Engines were mounted on the fuselage and produced an additional 160-HP each. Rated speed during tests was 125-mph. Operational altitude was 12,000-feet. Armament included was (1) 450-lb. Bomb with (4) 7.92mm Machine Guns in support. The Lloyd 40.08 would have been crewed by 4 to 5 Men.


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The US EPA issued a report that outlines a strategy to deliver clean, low-cost, and reliable energy to state residents through the use of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean distributed generation. The intent is to provide states with the information they need to determine what energy options would be the most beneficial, practical, and cost-effective.
The potential energy savings achievable through state actions is significant. EPA estimates that if each state were to implement cost-effective clean energy-environment policies, the expected growth in demand for electricity could be cut in half by 2025, and more demand could be met through cleaner energy supply.
This would mean annual savings of more than 900 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) and $70 billion in energy costs by 2025, while preventing the need for more than 300 power plants and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to emissions from 80 million of today’s vehicles.
Opportunities for State Action
State governments are increasingly developing policies and programs that address their energy challenges and spur greater investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean distributed resources. For example, states are:
Leading by example by establishing programs that achieve substantial energy cost savings within their own state facilities, fleets, and operations and encouraging the broader adoption of clean energy by the public and private sectors.
State governments across the country are collaborating with state agencies, local governments, and schools to identify and capture energy savings within their facilities and operations, purchase or generate renewable energy, and use clean DG/CHP in their facilities.
Establishing ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs (e.g., public benefits funds) to help over come a variety of first-cost, informational, split-incentive, and other market barriers that limit greater reliance on energy efficiency. Seventeen states and Washington, D.C. have adopted public benefits funds (PBFs) for energy efficiency, and 16 states have developed PBFs for clean energy supply.
Adopting state minimum appliance efficiency standards for products not covered by the federal government that yield net cost savings to businesses and consumers. Ten states have adopted appliance standards covering 36 types of appliances (Delaski
2005, Nadel et al. 2005).
Establishing renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that direct electric utilities and other retail electric providers to supply a specified minimum percent age (or absolute amount) of customer load with eligible sources of renewable electricity. Twenty-one states and Washington, D.C. have adopted RPS requirements, which are expected to generate more than 26,000 MW of new renewable energy capacity by 2015 (Navigant 2005).
Reviewing utility incentives and planning processes and designing policies that accurately value energy efficiency, renewables, and distributed resources in a way that “levels the playing field” so public utility commissions and consumers can make fair, economically based comparisons between clean energy and other resources. More than 12 states have developed approaches that remove disincentives for utilities to invest in demand-side resources.
For more information, please visit the EPA.
This article originally appeared on ENN, the Environmental News Network.


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Mistaya River, Canada, 2002
Merg Ross has been making beautiful images with his camera for over 50 years, after his grandmother gave him his first camera when he was ten years old. From there his Dad gave him a 4 x 5 inch Sanderson view camera on his twelfth birthday, not long afterwards, Merg was photographing alongside Brett Weston and his father during camping trips in the Sierra Nevada Mountains …..read more about Merg by clicking "HERE"
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Steps in Snow, New York City, 1964
Sunrise at Parksville, Vancouver Island, 1999


Summers are warm, with hot days, cool nights and fairly low humidity. Winters are moderate and occasionally cold, with cool, humid air and cloudy skies. In mid-summer, approximately one-third of the days of the season are considered tropical (temperatures above 30°C or 85°F). It is a large province and its climate varies significantly from region to region.
For example, we have some of the wettest climates in Canada, as well as some of the driest. Some regions are very temperate and others have more extreme temperature ranges. B, C. The areas along the south coast have a temperate climate all year round.
Summers on the coast are warm, with daytime temperatures of around 20°C. The inland and central regions of the province have hotter summers, with temperatures in July that tend to reach 30°C or more. Winters are colder and snowier than in coastal regions. In the north, winters are long and cold, with lots of snow, and summers are short.
Along the north coast, it rains a lot in spring, summer and fall, and winters are cold. They are able to enjoy an incredible variety of outdoor activities. In the warmer months, many people like to ride bikes, walk, swim, play sports, or go boating. In the winter months, in areas with snow, people enjoy skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and skating.


International Conference on Materials Science and Research
November 16-18, 2017 Dubai, UAE
Magnetic Characterizations and Structural, Microstructural of Mechanically Alloyed Fe65Si20Cr15 Powders Mixture
University 20 aout 1955-Skikda, Algeria
Nanostructured Fe65Si20Cr15 (at.%) powders were prepared by mechanical alloying in a planetary ball mill. Morphological, structural and magnetic characterizations of the powders milled several times were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy and vibrating sample magnetometer.
Morphological observations have shown the existence of a broad distribution of size and shape of the powder particle. A decrease in the average particle size is observed during milling process.
A mixture of substitutional bcc Fe(Si) (~ 29 nm) and bcc Cr(Si) (~ 45 nm) is obtained after 3 h of milling. On prolonged milling, all the as-milled powders exhibit non-equilibrium α-Fe(Si,Cr) solid solution with crystallite size of 19-23 nm. The variations of microstructural parameters such as crystallite size, r.m.s. microstrain, static Debye ∇Waller parameter and dislocation density as a function of milling time show good correlations among them.
Mössbauer spectra of the milled powders, recorded at room temperature, reveal the decrease of the average hyperfine field suggesting a random distribution of atoms during milling and point out the formation of the disordered bcc Fe (Si,Cr) solid solution. Magnetic measurements show the ferromagnetic behavior of the milled powders.
Keywords: Nanostructures; X-ray diffraction; Mössbauer spectroscopy; Magnetic Properties


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These 'Millefiore Tiles' digital stamps are inspired by millefiore beads. The digital stamps are available to download from the following pages. Each tile is made up from a number of patterns which are perfect for coloring with bright colors to really make the images pop from the page. The 'Millefiore Tiles' collection consists of four images. Use these separately or together to produce an interesting panel for a card or other project. The four free digital stamp images are available for you to grab on the following pages.
Tip: If coloring isn't your thing then try printing the images onto brightly colored paper for a quick way to produce great looking results.
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Set in Belfast, Wellington Park Hotel is a short walk from Queen's University Belfast and provides a rooftop terrace. It is moments from Ulster Museum, restaurants and nightlife options.
There are a range of amenities on offer to those staying at Best Western Wellington Park Hotel Belfast, including 24-hour room service, a 24-hour reception and meeting facilities. Guests can also enjoy a game of billiards in the lively lounge bar.
All the contemporary rooms at the hotel provide a private bathroom, plus all the necessities for an enjoyable stay. They are also equipped with a hair dryer, cable/satellite channels and heating.
Wellington Park Hotel offers a conveniently located on-site café where guests can have a meal before heading out to discover the local region. There is also the added convenience of an in-house restaurant.
Best Western Wellington Park Hotel Belfast is within walking distance of Adelaide Railway Station, connecting guests with the surrounding area. Sandy Row and Botanic Gardens are within walking a distance.
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Policies vary by room type and provider.
Wellington Park Hotel is located at 21 Malone Road in Belfast City Centre, 1.8 km from the centre of Belfast. Ulster Museum is the closest landmark to Wellington Park Hotel.
Check-in time is 15:00 and check-out time is 12:00 at Wellington Park Hotel.
Yes, Wellington Park Hotel offers free Wi-Fi.
No, Wellington Park Hotel does not offer free parking.
No, Wellington Park Hotel does not offer free airport shuttle service.
Wellington Park Hotel is 5.9 km from Belfast City. Wellington Park Hotel is 19.7 km from Belfast Intl.
No, Wellington Park Hotel does not have a pool on-site.

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Monolithic assembly of dye-sensitized solar cells (M−DSSCs) is technologically attractive due to its ease of fabrication, compactness and lower production cost. However, combining cost-effective materials with high power conversion efficiency in M−DSSCs is still a challenging task. New silica–based spacer layers for M−DSSCs, derived from entirely water-based paste formulation were developed. A commercial aqueous suspension of SiO nanoparticles (LUDOX-40), modified with hydroxypropyl cellulose as a binder, were used for formulating the silica paste. The reflectance of the spacer layers was tuned by adding anatase nanoparticles; when 30 wt% of titania was added to the SiO-TiO composite, a sharp increase of the reflectivity of the spacer layers was observed rendering a device with the highest to date reported power conversion efficiency of 8.3% and full stability. The effect of titania concentration in the SiOspacer layer on the photovoltaic performance, the spectral response of the photocurrent and recombination in M−DSSCs is discussed.
Fátima Santos, Carolina Hora, Gabriel Bernardo, Dzmitry Ivanou and Adélio Mendes
Monolithic; Dye Sensitized Solar Cells; Space layer; Silica paste; Light scattering; Sensitization

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Spring has arrived
We are in full swing around Farmers Flower Farm! And just to be honest it is not a farm it is my backyard but farm sounded better. lol. We had our daffodils and tulip season go amazing!!! Sold every single stem!!! I will definitely be growing more for next season. And now the summer flowers are growing taller everyday. This business has been so much fun. I am just so thankful to everyone who has supported me and purchased flowers. I hope that this flowers have brought you joy and happines! As spring ventures into summer I plan to have lots of color and beauty to offer you so stay tuned for the fun….


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IT’S all eyes on the weather this week as Liverpool St Helens hope to entertain North One West rivals Rochdale at Moss Lane this Saturday. Like everywhere else a good thaw is needed for the game to take place.
The Moss Laners will be hoping, more than most, for the game to go ahead as this will be the last planned home game for almost a month as trips to Anselmians, Kirkby Lonsdale and the rearranged fixture at Vale of Lune are scheduled to follow.
With Sale FC’s win at Fleetwood last Saturday returning them to the top of the table by just one point, LSH, now with a game in hand, will be looking to this next run of games to maintain their challenge.
The adverse weather has also had an impact on preparation and training schedules and Martin Jones’ men have been using the 3G facility at Everton Park as well as good use of the Moss Lane gym.
“The lads have been very flexible,” said Jones “and we’ve managed to keep everyone ticking over. There’s no substitute for full on normal practice though and we hope to get back to normal as soon as possible.”
No recent action means no new injuries and it is business as usual for Jones and Phil Boulton as they pick from strength again for Saturday’s game.
Anselmians lie third from bottom after losing six on the bounce, the last a chastening 48-11 defeat at Widnes two weeks ago, and they will be hoping to reverse their fortunes in today’s local derby game at Wirral.


Activity is commencing on the preparation of the land for the construction of the new course and housing, with a provisional opening date of summer 2024.
The overall Ury Estate development is being undertaken by developer FM Group and work has just been completed on the planting scheme, covering 30 hectares with around 60,000 trees planted.
Internationally renowned as the ‘Golden Bear’, Nicklaus is an 18-time major winner. Three of those wins came on Scottish soil in the Open Championship.
His legacy as a player is equalled only by his reputation as a golf course designer. With over 265 courses to his resume, he has built one of the world’s leading golf design firms.
“From the first day I walked the estate and we discussed the course design, FM Group director Jonathon Milne made it very clear that the goal was to create something that would blend in naturally with the Scottish countryside,” said Nicklaus.
“My philosophy has always been to work with what the natural environment has provided us with and, whenever possible, create something that will enhance it, and in many cases create new and better natural habitats. While our firm has created golf courses in 45 countries, Scotland is very special as the game of golf and to me personally.
Douglas Thomson, the Ury Estate project director, added: “To be commencing work on the course and having Jack’s personal involvement is a ringing endorsement of what we are trying to achieve here in delivering a spectacular experience for both residents and visitors alike.
“The development has a great deal to offer the local community and will attract visitors to the surrounding area.”


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Stealth-mode AAV gene therapy and engineering company
Greater Los Angeles, CA area
Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Downstream AAV Process Development - permanent, full-time
This individual will lead the downstream optimization of AAV processing and purification. This person will design and execute experiments focusing on the optimization of AAV production and purification in a scalable system.
The Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Downstream AAV Process Development will have a role in the preparation of large-scale harvests, purification of the virus, as well as perform other standard molecular biology assays.
Laboratory activities will be approximately 75% of the time.
- BS or MS with a minimum 2-5 years of relevant experience in a biotech, pharma, or academic setting OR a PhD with a minimum of 1-3 years of relevant experience
- Expertise in HPLC and protein purification
- Proficiency in standard molecular biology techniques
- Prior experience working with gene therapy vectors would be strongly preferred
- Experience with AAV purification
- Experience with downstream processing of viral vectors
- Experience with GMP
If you meet the requirements above and would like to be considered for this position, apply on-line now to be contacted with further details. This is not a fully remote role.

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Sunday we mark Women's Equality Day, a celebration of the 19th Amendment, the victory that gave women a voice in politics and policy.
Lately, however, women have reason to question whether they are being heard. What we are hearing is men spouting off misinformation about issues that affect women's pay, health, and families -- distortions that are difficult to correct when so few women hold leadership positions.
That's about to change. Thanks to a culture that is spurring rhetoric and equally outrageous legislation that try to silence women, we are again fighting for our voice. A historic number of women are running for Congress this year, and if elected, they will make a huge dent in our lack of political representation. No more will women have to put up with inflammatory statements like Rep. Todd Akin's: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
His remark was just the latest shocking comment about women. Earlier this summer, Brian Kilmeade, co-host of the morning show Fox & Friends, said, "Women are everywhere. We're letting them play golf and tennis now. It's out of control."
And finally, Michigan state Rep. Wayne Schmidt likened the censure of his female colleague to "giving the kid a time out for a day." Schmidt was referring to his fellow representative Lisa Brown, who was rebuked for using the word "vagina" during a floor debate on an abortion bill.
These quotes act as mute buttons, a way to control who is heard and respected in policy discussions. But we didn't fight so hard for a voice to give it away so readily. Tired of nonsensical politics over their health care, their paychecks, and, yes, their birth control, women are taking their representation into their own hands.
A record-breaking 154 women have received party nominations for U.S. House races this year, thanks in part to the efforts of numerous training programs across the country and the 2012 Project, a campaign that encouraged and supported women to run this cycle. (Its slogan: "Don't get mad. Get elected.")
There's also good news on the Senate side, where women could hold as many as 25 seats after this election, and the 18 women running have raised more than $135 million -- a sign that donors also believe in women candidates.
We are also seeing more women under 40 running (supported by such groups as WUFPAC) who, if elected, can build seniority, master the issues, and become powerful congressional leaders.
Such positive possibilities could not come at a better time. Over the last two decades, the number of national women lawmakers has increased, on average, by just two per year. At this rate, women won't have equal representation in Congress until 2098.
The last time women made such a collective run for office -- 1992 -- the country had just watched a panel of congressmen humiliate Anita Hill on national television. On the sidelines, a line of women waited to testify on Hill's behalf, to tell the nation of her credibility and courage. They were never called. The next election, 29 women joined Congress.
This past February, Americans watched a similar scene. An all-male panel once again told a woman her voice didn't matter, so Sandra Fluke sat in silence while five men discussed birth control.
Once again, Americans were not pleased. Baby boomers, who are rightly proud of their generation's work to advance women, were horrified at the threat of turning back the clock. Younger women, who weren't around for the first fight for reproductive rights, couldn't believe that the topic was up for debate. But what angered people most -- regardless of generation, gender, or party line -- was the unsettling scene of women excluded.
The large number of women running is a true signal that our leaders have failed to properly hear and amplify women's perspectives. We won't secure full parity in congressional representation this year, but the large number of women candidates will sound a call no one can silence: The face of politics must change.
On this Women's Equality Day, we should certainly celebrate the power of a woman's vote. But let's also celebrate a woman's voice and the fact that we can make ourselves heard every day -- not just every four years -- by supporting a sea change of leadership.


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Freehand. Ron Arad
Designer, artist and architect. Ron Arad is originally from Tel Aviv. He doesn’t like to consider themselves part of any particular profession. His creative energy doesn’t fit into the framework of definitions. He is a man who does a lot for this world to defeat its death and boredom.
Ron grew up in an artistic family. He studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art, then at the Architectural Association in London, where, thanks to not the traditional method of teaching, he has developed his own unique style. Ron Arad is experimenting with unexpected or brand-new technologies and materials, particularly with metal. He is one of the first who started creating furniture from industrial waste and to work with computer technologies.
I was mesmerized when watched the video where the camera hovers through the architectural spaces created by Ron. Share with you this video, below. His creative thinking causes admiration.
In this video Ron talks about his objects, which are located in one of the most important museums of modern art, in MoMA (New York). Charge yourself his creative energy and charisma!


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Pour a cup of coffee and nestle in your favorite chair for this in-depth chat with Mike Ford, VFX Supervisor on "Smurfs: The Lost Village." Thanks to our affiliate Spark CG for the interview!
Written by Jessica Fernandes. Republished with permission from Spark CG Society.
"Smurfs: The Lost Village" is a visual treat. If you grew up reading the comics or watching the tv series, this year’s reboot film will feel visually familiar in all the right ways. A throwback to the original Peyo designs, the film features richly detailed environments, beautifully animated characters and FX that remind us of how an update to a 2D classic should be done.
Interview by John Davison, Chief Correspondent for ACM Computers in Entertainment.
This excerpt of an interview with award-winning visual effects artist Luca Fascione is provided courtesy of ACM Computers in Entertainment (CiE), a website that features peer-reviewed articles and non-refereed content covering all aspects of entertainment technology and its applications.
At SIGGRAPH 2016, members of “The Jungle Book” VFX team regaled attendees with a number of insider stories about creating the Oscar-winning film. Find out what they said.
This paper from ETRA '16 proposes a novel algorithm based on ellipse evaluation of a filtered edge image.
This paper from SIGGRAPH 2016 demonstrates a probabilistic model connecting human poses and arrangements of object geometry from real-world observations of interactions, enabling a novel human-centric understanding of 3D content.
This paper from SIGGRAPH 2016 presents a novel technique to automatically colorize grayscale images that combines both global priors and local image features


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Under the daisies and dandelion clocks, gathering forgotten odds and ends … what will the Tiny Explorers do with their magical finds?
Join the Tiny Explorers on a treasure hunt through the garden! Kat Macleod’s luscious mixed-media artwork explores the natural world up close. Seemingly ordinary elements – grass, leaves, bugs and blooms – become mighty and magical when seen from their vantage point. And hiding amid this nature wonderland is a series of special items for the explorers to collect and transform into a fun surprise at the end of the journey.
Repetition and use of prepositions to map the landscape help young readers follow the story, which invites explorers big and small to discover the beauty and wonder of nature from a different perspective. Australian artist Kat Macleod was inspired by watching her children play in their home garden, discovering new flowers, unusual insects and an odd assortment of tiny ‘treasures’.
‘After such a strange 2020, with so many months spent in lockdown and our children limited to playing in our small backyard, it shows that if you use your imagination, you can still have big fun in a tiny space,’ Kat says.
Kat Macleod is an illustrator, designer and exhibiting artist. Her instantly recognisable illustrations feature botanical forms, a balance of bold and delicate line work, bright colours and collaged textures. She is endlessly inspired by nature, fashion and textiles, and the drawings of her three young boys.

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Ideas for a farmers market and/or community gathering/market event have been raised. A few people have met a few times to begin discussion. Questions posed are: What do residents need? How can local groups, non-profits and all ages be supported? Who wants to participate? There will be a planning meeting this Tuesday at the Lawrence Memorial Library 6-7 pm for anyone who’d like to brainstorm, add input or simply listen. We’d like to begin a mission statement and identify topics for further discussion. We’d be grateful for diverse perspectives in order to create something useful and enjoyable for many in the community. Please join us!
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Is Roku (ROKU) Stock Outpacing Its Consumer Discretionary Peers This Year?
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For those looking to find strong Consumer Discretionary stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is Roku (ROKU) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Consumer Discretionary sector should help us answer this question.Roku is one of 261 companies in the Consumer Discretionary group. The Consumer Discretionary group currently sits at #7 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different sector groups. The average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups is measured, and the sectors are listed from best to worst.The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. ROKU is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for ROKU's full-year earnings has moved 192.28% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.Based on the latest available data, ROKU has gained about 0.75% so far this year. In comparison, Consumer Discretionary companies have returned an average of -4.05%. This means that Roku is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.Looking more specifically, ROKU belongs to the Broadcast Radio and Television industry, a group that includes 21 individual stocks and currently sits at #125 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 13.12% this year, meaning that ROKU is slightly underperforming its industry in terms of year-to-date returns.Going forward, investors interested in Consumer Discretionary stocks should continue to pay close attention to ROKU as it looks to continue its solid performance.Infrastructure Stock Boom to Sweep AmericaA massive push to rebuild the crumbling U.S. infrastructure will soon be underway. It’s bipartisan, urgent, and inevitable. Trillions will be spent. Fortunes will be made.The only question is “Will you get into the right stocks early when their growth potential is greatest?”Zacks has released a Special Report to help you do just that, and today it’s free. Discover 7 special companies that look to gain the most from construction and repair to roads, bridges, and buildings, plus cargo hauling and energy transformation on an almost unimaginable scale.Download FREE: How to Profit from Trillions on Spending for Infrastructure >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Roku, Inc. (ROKU): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here.
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University workers insist strike still on despite court order
Two university workers’ unions have warned the government against going to court to forestall the pending strike.
Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary General, Constantine Wasonga, vice-chairman, Joseph Mberia, and Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) Treasurer, James Makori, said nothing short of implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will avert the industrial action.
Speaking at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) where they met union members, the officials said the government had resorted to using the courts to curtail workers’ pay demands as witnessed in the doctors’ strike.
“We are telling the government that we shall not budge even if they go to court in an attempt to stop the strike. We shall not obey any court order unless it shall be compelling the government to pay our dues,” said Mberia.
The unions have issued a seven-day strike notice which expires on Thursday, January 19 threatening to withdraw their labour if the 2013-2017 CBA is not implemented.
Wasonga said the last CBA for university workers was in 2010-2012 and that there has been no salary increment since 2013.
“We are giving the government a window of opportunity to pay our dues and avert the strike. They have been delaying negotiations thinking the union will forego the 2013-2017 salary deal.”
He said university workers want their salaries to be harmonized with those of their peers in government and the private sector.
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Coach Kevin Sumlin likes the timing for sixth-ranked Texas A&M's consecutive games in the Dallas area.
Former Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said Thursday that he is embarrassed for breaking the trust of his wife of 42 years, offering some insight but few details for his sudden resignation two weeks ago.
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I am not keen on guns, but I do like a good business story. The Winchester: The Gun That Built an American Dynasty (Yale University Press, 2016) documents the rise and fall of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, Connecticut.
The author, Laura Trevelyan, is the great-great-great-granddaughter of the company’s founder, Oliver Winchester.
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Winchester, who remembered being “always hungry and always cold” as a child, was apprenticed to a carpenter at the age of 14 and soon excelled at church building. But, after only a few years, he abandoned carpentry and opened a men’s clothing store in Baltimore.
Ten years later he sold his business and turned his attention to the design and manufacture of men’s dress shirts.
He was granted a patent for a shirt with a curved seam to “avoid a pull on the neckband.”
He left Baltimore for New Haven and, with a partner from New York, formed a company to make men’s shirts. Initially, seamstresses did piece work by hand at home. With the invention of the sewing machine in 1852, however, the manufacture of shirts moved to the company factory, which produced 40,000 dozen shirts a year.
By the time Oliver Winchester was 45, he was looking for investment opportunities. He bought shares of New Haven’s Volcanic Arms Company, formed by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, later known for the Smith & Wesson revolver, and became the company’s first president. Unfortunately, the company, which made inferior firearms that used the repeating action, soon became insolvent.
Undaunted, Oliver bought up the company’s inventory and persuaded its shareholders to join him in a new venture, the New Haven Arms Company. The company tried to sell its 16-shot Henry repeating rifle to the Union army, to no avail. The company was also plagued with production problems and quality control. Still, between 1862 and 1865 the company sold more than 10,000 rifles.
When Oliver was in Europe drumming up business, the disgruntled inventor of the rifle the New Haven Arms Company was selling, Benjamin Tyler Henry, tried to change the name of the company to the Henry Repeating Rifle Company.
In response, Oliver cabled his bankers to call in all the mortgages and liens he and his son held against the New Haven Arms Company, thereby threatening it with bankruptcy.
And on July 1, 1865 he signed the articles of association to establish the Winchester Arms Company, with a view to developing an improved version of the rifle he had been selling. And thus was born the Winchester rifle, “the gun that won the West.” (It was also the gun used to massacre the U.S. Army at Little Bighorn and a gun that foreign armies used with devastating effect.)
Oliver Winchester died at the age of 70, in 1880. Although he had envisaged his son Wirt succeeding him, Wirt died of tuberculosis the following year. The job therefore fell to Tom Bennett, husband of Oliver Winchester’s daughter. Bennett was a shrewd businessman, “either outsmarting or vacuuming up his opponents.”
He continued to pursue international markets, selling to the Ottoman Empire, China, Haiti, and Morocco. And the Winchester gained even more fame in the United States when Buffalo Bill pronounced “your improved Winchester the boss” and when Annie Oakley used a Winchester in her sharp shooting act.
More than a million of the Model 1892 repeater rifles were sold, and over seven million of the Model 1894.
By the start of 1913, however, as a prewar recession was taking hold in the U.S., Winchester’s gun business was slowing down. It took some huge orders from the British military to buoy the fortunes of the company.
But these orders, as well as eventual orders from other countries, also took their toll.
The company needed to expand, and management, under the short-lived leadership of Tom Bennett’s frail son Win, had to turn to New York banks for financing.
Winchester – WWI
The war contracts with the Allies were supposed to be quite profitable, but with “the extraordinary rise in costs resulting from the increase in labor rates and the rising price of raw materials, coupled with the fixed price contracts negotiated with the Allies” the company made practically nothing.
Once the United States entered the war, the future of the company looked brighter. But a profiteering tax, which took 80% of the company’s profits over 8%, left the company still in debt and “quite poor.” It had more production capacity than it could use and more debts than it could pay.
Enter Louis K. Liggett, who persuaded management that Winchester should manufacture hardware and sporting goods and sell them through dealerships. The company would use the Winchester brand to sell razors, ice skates, washing machines, and metal household goods, as well as guns—an idea that was a total disaster.
By 1931, “the famous name of Winchester, which had ‘meant defense to those in peril, succor to those in need, vengeance to the wronged, health and sustenance to those far from civilization, pleasure and happiness to the sportsman, creative joy to those who, generation after generation, have devoted themselves to designing and making epoch-making firearms’ went quietly and humiliatingly into receivership.”
Its “tattered remnants” were purchased for $8.1 million.
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Life on Earth might actually be 220 million years older than we originally thought. Geologists working in Greenland have discovered what they believe are signs of microbes in a 3.7-billion-year-old rock, which, if confirmed, would be the oldest known evidence of life ever discovered on our planet.
Geologists believe they have found stromatolites in the ancient rock. The structures "look a bit like geological cauliflowers" and "form when microbes trap sediment and build up layer after dome-shaped layer," Nature reports. But because the rocks are so old, it is extremely tricky for researchers to verify if the layers are indeed fossilized stromatolites.
"At most, these structures should be classified as pseudostromatolites," said consulting paleontologist Kathleen Grey. As Nature notes, structures that look like stromatolites can form for entirely non-biological reasons, like minerals on the sea floor causing marks. "Sadly, I don't feel the evidence is convincing for such an important claim," Grey added.
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Still, even if the rocks don't end up indicating primordial life, they could actually help with the understanding of another frontier entirely: outer space. "It's incredible that anything can be found in these rocks that are barely a ghost of what they were before. That's why it's worthy of attention," said Abigail Allwood, an astrobiologist for NASA.
The rocks could help future scientists grapple with what constitutes as evidence of life in upcoming space explorations, such as the NASA mission to Mars in 2020.
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We enjoyed a delicious dinner last Monday evening, at a long time establishment in Piedmont, and one of the relatively few fine dining places open on Monday night.
The starter course featured excellent call mouse and a very nice pickled eggplant dish, with crispy bread. The olives were also superb.
My mixed seafood stew was ample, and each of the ingredients had been cooked to their own degree of perfection.
My companion had a absolutely delicious swordfish grilled perfectly with a good assortment of fresh vegetables.
The big Alaska was great fun, but wasn't really a baked Alaska in the classic mode.
Nevertheless, we enjoyed this very large restaurant with lots of nautical touches and in the far distance passed a pretty large parking lot views of the Hudson river and the Tappanzee Bridge.
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I suppose I should have included some "God Shots" of the new Canny Valley biome, but I'm pretty sure everybody is playing it?
Instead, I'd rather this be a big Thank You / Kudos / Thumbs up to the Art Department and Environmental Artists who did what I consider a superb job on the new biome!
It's not as easy as one might think to use very stylized art assets to create something "believable", but Epic nailed it, IMO.
Canny Valley gives the feeling of being in the Mojave desert, or the Arizona badlands. It's wide open, but not too open. It's arid and desolate, but with enough civilization to keep it from getting boring game play-wise, or visually speaking.
Some of the randomly generated set pieces are down right stunning when you see them for the first time.
For instance, when you come to the top of a huge canyon below littered with mining camps you can actually descend to and explore. Another one comes to mind that's basically a mini Rio Grande (river) winding it's way through high canyon walls with a small settlement on an island in the center.
It's gets even better at night with the soft glow of lights (torches, flash lights) that give it another worldly feel… Just like deserts in real life.
As someone who appreciates the blending of art and science, Canny Valley continues Epic's long history of creating unique environments that will be talked about from years to come.
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The New York Times has the best, i.e., the least hysterical, coverage of the legal reversals in the case against that French Big Shot with the double-barreled name.
The development represented a stunning reversal in a case that reshaped the French political landscape and prompted debate about morals, the treatment of women and the American justice system. Prosecutors said that they still believed there was evidence to support the notion that Mr. Strauss-Kahn had forced the woman to perform oral sex, but that inconsistencies in her past and in her account of the moments following the episode could make it extremely difficult to persuade jurors to believe her.
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Prosecutors disclosed that the woman had admitted lying in her application for asylum from Guinea. According to their letter, she “fabricated the statement with the assistance of a male who provided her with a cassette recording” that she memorized. She also said that her claim that she had been the victim of a gang rape in Guinea was a lie.
There is more information in a letter to the lawyers for the accused sent by New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. (the son of Jimmy Carter's first Secretary of State, BTW).
So, the immigrant from Guinea who reported she was raped by Dominique Strauss-Kahn had made fraudulent statements during her 2004 Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal from the USA sufficient to convince an Asylum Officer that she suffered persecution or fear of persecution due to her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. In other words, she lied to get a Green Card. Or to put it more cynically, she responded to the incentives provided by our asylum laws.
Personally, I'm shocked to learn that an African woman could so blatantly abuse our asylum process and get away with it. But I'll get over my surprise.
Lying for a Green Card doesn't automatically impeach your credibility in an unrelated criminal case. But, unhappily for District Attorney Vance, his victim's past lies-to-justify-asylum included rape, and New York law allows juries to hear about past false accusations of rape.
Maybe even worse, the victim evidently thought about profiting from the situation, and did so out loud in a phone call that was subject to monitoring by the same immigration service that she had defrauded back in 2004:
Twenty-eight hours after a housekeeper at the Sofitel New York said she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, she spoke by phone to a boyfriend in an immigration jail in Arizona.
Investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office learned the call had been recorded and had it translated from a “unique dialect of Fulani,” a language from the woman’s native country, Guinea, according to a well-placed law enforcement official.
When the conversation was translated — a job completed only this Wednesday — investigators were alarmed: “She says words to the effect of, ‘Don’t worry, this guy has a lot of money. I know what I’m doing,’ ” the official said.
The two revelations surely look like the end of the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but not - I think - an exoneration of him. His lawyers now have what they need to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury despite "evidence to support the notion that Mr. Strauss-Kahn had forced the woman to perform oral sex." Doesn't make him innocent, just makes him free to go.
The purported victim might really be a victim. And if so she wouldn't be any less a victim because she previously lied about being raped in order to get asylum, or even because she plotted to get some of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's (wife's) millions afterwards. But her actions before and after the event in the Sofitel suite will prevent justice from being done out of our constitutional concern for the rights of the accused.