Possumstock III returns to Palmyra this weekend
Cody Parsons and the team behind one of the area's coolest music festival are back this weekend for Possumstock III, a 3-day outdoor concert event featuring more than 40 bands.
The Black Shades, Heavy Sole, Josh Preston and other bands, along with about 1,000 fans, will invade a peaceful farm in Palmyra on Friday for a music lover's party that won't stop until 8 p.m. Sunday.
“This is the fifth year of the event, but our third year as Possumstock,” Parsons said. “We had about 800 people last year, it keeps growing. I'm really excited about several of this year's bands. The Black Shades from Bowling Green, Kentucky are killer. They started around 2011, took some time off and just reformed. They were mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine as a heavy hitter, coming to fame at the same time as Cage the Elephant. Their music is '60s rock-inspired. It's good stuff.”
The Black Shades have been compared to bands such as the White Stripes and Turbo Fruits. The website Sonicbids said the band combines "danceable grooves with old school rock licks and wailing guitar solos. The Black Shades create their own sound, which lands them smack dab between the White Stripes and Bowie with a dash of the Cure.”
Josh Preston is another act that Parsons is anxious to see.
“He's a veteran guitar player,” Parsons said. “He has played with Anthony Adams and Daphne and the Mystery Machines. He is a busy dude. I'm also excited to see New Wave Rebellion from Nashville, and Howling Giant.”
The weekend will feature a mix of multiple genres. The venue features two stages that will showcase local artists as well as bigger names from Nashville and beyond. Parsons says this year's lineup is heavy with indie rock and hard rock bands, but will also include a bluegrass band and a couple of DJ's.
Parsons' band Whiskey Angel will play. Other local acts include Rufus Dawkin, The Rumps and The Wicked Pines.
As for what people can expect, “bands, bands and more bands,” Parsons said. "We're going to have non-stop live music until three in the morning. We'll rest for a while, and do it all over again.”
A three-day pass covers the cost of all the music and camping for the weekend. It costs $25 and can be purchased in advance or at the gate. Day passes are also available for $10.
For more information go to facebook.com/officialpossumstock. This event is brought to you by The Central Disobedients and The Southern Demon Herd.


Comedians Bobby Hill and Jay Washington are back with a fresh format and loads of information for you in this week’s podcast, on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network! This week we have trailer reviews of Black Panther, New Mutants, and Justice League; episode recaps of The Gifted, Inhumans, Supergirl, The Flash, Legends Of Tomorrow, Arrow, and Gotham; as well as production, casting and other news from Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man, Guardians 3, Punisher, Venom, Nightwatch, Silver & Black, Cloak & Dagger, Black Lightning, Project 13, Titans and Gotham City Sirens.
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It’s another wild episode as comedians Jay Washington and Bobby Hill cover all the latest news and reviews of all the live-action coming out of the Marvel and DC universes, on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network!
This week we cover: Punisher, Daredevil, The Defenders, Avengers, New Mutants, Inhumans, Agents Of Shield, Captain Marvel, Runaways, Power Pack, Stan Lee, Justice League, Flashpoint, Wonder Woman 2, Man Of Steel 2, Nightwing, Shazam, Young Joker, Arrow, Supergirl, Legends Of Tomorrow, Flash, and Titans
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This week, comedians Jay Washington and Bobby Hill bring you part 2 of our ‘Epic Crossover’ with comedian Thom Tran, on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network! We started on Sex, Jokes and Rock & Roll, and we finish up with everything from the live-action DC and Marvel universes. This week we answer Thom’s question about the DC universes from his podcast, review Wonder Woman, and bring you info on Justice League, Batman, Suicide Squad 2, Legends Of Tomorrow, The Flash, Krypton and a season review of Gotham. For Marvel we have news on who’s running the show, Ant-Man & The Wasp, X-Men, Luke Cage and the New Mutants movie. Get ready because this is loaded!
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The boys are back with another hot installment of the best news, info and reviews going on in the live-action Marvel and DC universes. Comedians Jay Washington and Bobby Hill go deep, late-night, on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network! This week we review Guardians Of The Galaxy, cover teasers and trailers for The Gifted, Defenders and Inhumans, give production updates on Runaways, New Mutants, and Gambit, along with recapping Agents Of Shield for Marvel. For DC, we preview Wonder Woman, talk Justice League reshoots, get series updates for Teen Titans, Krypton and Black Lightning, plus recaps of Gotham, Supergirl, The Flash and Arrow!
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There’s a lot of great news popping up all over the Marvel and DC live action universes. Stand-up comics, Jay Washington and Bobby Hill will keep you laughing as they get you up to speed on every rumor and spoiler, on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network! This week for Marvel, we give you the studio synopsis for Thor, discuss whether James McAvoy is joining New Mutants, laud praise on Deadpool’s award nominations, and get you some insight on Spiderman’s suit. From DC, we have more detail on Powerless, dive deep on what’s coming for The Flash, as well as it’s fellow renewed CW shows (Arrow, Supergirl and Legends Of Tomorrow,) highlight the return of Constantine and finish it up with some news on Gotham!
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It’s Earth’s Mightiest 50th episode, as comedians Jay Washington and Bobby Hill cover all of your favorites from Marvel and DC on the Laugh Factory Podcast Network. This week, we’re joined by stand-up comic, Sean White (Dead & Gone, available on iTunes,) who is a huge superhero fan with tremendous comic insight. We revisit Deadpool with Sean, cover Mark Millar’s feeling’s on Civil War, address what’s going on with Captain Marvel, get updates on Thor and the New Mutants, as well as Tilda Swinton dropping facts on Margaret Cho over Dr. Strange. On the DC side, there is news on Gotham City Sirens, fresh info from Aquaman and the Justice League and some big casting news for Berlanti-verse Flash.


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Sotheby’s have announced that they are to offer a flawless 59.6-carat pink diamond for sale in Geneva on November 13 with a record asking price of $60m.
The "Pink Star", as it is known, is over twice the size of the 24.78 carat "Graff Pink" diamond that set the world auction record for $46.2m in 2010.
Mined by De Beers in Africa in 1999, it has the highest possible colour and clarity rating from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).
Meanwhile, the author Barbara Taylor Bradford has announced that she will sell a collection of 40 items of jewellery through Bonhams in December. The 14 items are expected to make around £1.5m.

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Our 16-year-old water softener recently died. By the time the entire system was depleted of soft water, I remembered why I like soft water: showering in the City of Ada’s treated Byrd’s Mill Spring water is like showering in dirt.
We got a new softener late last week, and it’s good to lather again.
Some other notes…
- It appears there is a good chance Donald Trump will be impeached soon. That doesn’t mean his presidency will end. Bill Clinton was impeached. Of note: someone in office can be a complete bastard, and you can hate him or her to tiny pieces, but you can only impeach a president for illegal acts. But Trump supporters continue to assert that accusations against him are liberal efforts to … well, things are less clear in their minds about why liberals want to get rid of him. They hate freedom. Yeah, that’s it.
- A Boeing B-17 warbird I photographed in March here in Ada as it toured with the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom tour crashed this week in Connecticut, destroying the aircraft and killing at least seven of the 13 on board.
- Work continues on the cell tower: this week, a dude is over there with a tiny track hoe, digging something. Hopefully it will soon have antennas and equipment, and we will have a signal in Byng.
- Abby’s iPhone 6S Plus died slowly over the past few months, so we finally replaced it with an iPhone XR. An Apple aficionado at my office is thoroughly offended when I refer to it as an iPhone SEX, so I do it as often as I can.
Love the cutline under the bumper sticker photo. I would add a fourth: When will they switch their chant to “LOCK HIM UP!” “LOCK HIM UP!” “LOCK HIM UP!” Oh, right, never.
1. He can easily avoid impeachment with this one simple trick: resign. 2. “Get over it” – like they’ll get over it if a true progressive wins? I still run across old friends on Facebook claiming “I suffered for eight years under Obama”, though they’re never very specific about it. 3. I was sad to hear about the B-17 crash.


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Google Hot Trends searches gave away most of the leading positions to the news related to the projected path and outcomes of the hurricane Fay on August 18, 2008. National hurricane center miami captured the first line, hurricane fay tracking - the third, hurricane fay projected path - the fifth, noaa - the eights, and so on…
We will start our review from NOAA. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the parent agency of the National Weather Service, represented by the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County, Florida. NOAA’s primary missions: predict environmental changes to protect life and property, and provide industry and government with a reliable base of scientific information. In conjunction with the hurricane center, NOAA operates the Hurricane Research Division on Virginia Key in Miami, which is considered a vital part of the effort to improve hurricane forecasts and provide more advanced warnings.
And the reason of this sharp interest to the hurricane related issues has been triggered by Tropical Storm Fay. It moved over the western end of Cuba on Monday morning on its march toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys. Traffic out of the Florida Keys was brutal at times on Sunday as officials urged the evacuation of thousands from the path of the storm, a Florida official said.
At 5 a.m. ET, the storm, with maximum sustained winds of near 50 mph (80 km/hr) with higher gusts, was heading north-northwest at about 12 mph (19 km/hr), forecasters said.
Fay was centered about 105 miles (170 km) east-southeast of Havana, Cuba and about 155 miles (250 km) south-southeast of Key West, the hurricane center reported.
The projected path current versions from CNN and NOAA:
The storm has caused several closings in the area. Orange, Seminole, Lake, Osceola and Polk County schools are closed on Tuesday, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have declared a state of emergency. Key West International Airport closed at 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. However, Tampa International Airport, Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport have yet to cancel flights. However, several airlines have canceled flights entering these airports. Customers are asked to call the airlines to receive an update on their flights and their possible cancellations.
It is still unclear how bad it can come to the certain Florida areas, but if you happen to be in the neighborhood, be prepared. Hurricane hazards might come in many forms: storm surge, high winds, tornadoes, and flooding. This means it is important for you and your family to have a plan that includes possibility of activation of all or some of these hazards. Visit Hurricane preparedness Website to get some ideas on how to survive and save your family in case of disaster: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml


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The first time that she watched Jeremy Lin on television, Yu Minjie, a small business owner in Wuxi, thought she might be onto something. This was two years ago, but Yu told the Modern Express that she was already so impressed with what she saw from Lin that she applied for a trademark immediately. She was granted domestic rights to ‘Jeremy S.H.L’ (the initials stand for Shuhao Lin). More importantly, she secured the accompanying Chinese characters for the basketballer’s name.
That now looks like a bargain, costing Yu just Rmb4,460 ($708) for the trademark rights till 2021. Forbes magazine has suggested that the Jeremy Lin brand is already worth $14 million and expects it to be worth a whole lot more.
Mrs Yu’s investment looks like a pretty smart one…
So what’s with all the Lin hype?
“Linsanity” is the Western media’s preferred label, with the New York Knicks’ point guard exploding in popularity in less than two weeks. After February 4, when Lin made his debut, he led his team to seven straight wins, scoring more points in his first five games than any debutant since 1976.
That has stirred Chinese pride, especially in Taiwan (Lin is Los Angeles-born of Taiwanese immigrant parents). Pictures of the new NBA icon have made the front pages of all the Taiwanese newspapers. Local malls have also taken to broadcasting Knicks games to customers around the clock.
Not to be bested, the people of Zhejiang province have also been claiming affinity with Lin, as the ancestral home of his maternal grandmother. To back up the claim, a local newspaper has been posting photos from Lin’s visit to his mother’s hometown last May.
Lin is also proving to be wildly popular across China in general. He already has more than 2 million followers on his Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like equivalent. And on Taobao, the leading e-commerce site, Lin’s Knicks jersey (bearing his number “17”), as well as assorted T-shirts and sweatshirts were soon selling out – and that included the counterfeit versions too.
But the Chinese media is being careful with its Lin coverage?
Despite Lin’s popularity, there has been uncertainty about how best to report on the breakout star. Xinhua has lauded Lin’s educational background (he graduated from Harvard), citing his academic success as a possible advantage on court. The Global Times has also praised Lin’s hardworking and humble demeanour, saying that he embodies Confucian values.
But state media gets more uncomfortable mentioning Lin’s parental background and CCTV seems to be keeping the references to Taiwan to a minimum, dodging the question of Lin’s heritage by identifying him as “ethnically Chinese”.
For his part Lin has tried to steer clear of controversy by giving the nod to the full range of his Chinese heritage. “It’s humbling, a privilege and an honour. I’m really proud of being Chinese, I’m really proud of my parents being from Taiwan,” Lin told one interviewer, in a comment crafted as carefully as the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué.
Lin will do well to stay out of the political limelight, if Yani Tseng’s experience is anything to go by. In 2010 controversy broke out when Tseng, a Taiwanese golf prodigy and world number one female golfer, reportedly rejected an offer of $25 million from a Chinese company to change her citizenship to mainland Chinese. Along similar lines, Xinhua published an article last week suggesting that there were “increasing calls” for Lin to do something similar and give up his US citizenship. Why? To become a Chinese citizen in time to play for the national team at the Olympics this year in London.
Another issue for state media to ponder is how to handle Lin’s devout religious belief, especially his habit of praising his “Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ” in post-match interviews. As The Economist magazine also noted this week: “[In China] one doesn’t usually see athletes thanking God for their gifts; their coach and Communist Party leaders, yes, but Jesus Christ the Saviour? No.”
Lin is a “trickier fit” for Beijing’s propagandists, the Financial Times agrees. “His Christianity is perhaps more awkward for China’s atheist Communist rulers. While Beijing officially sanctions some churches, it frowns on the spontaneous professions of love for God that pepper Lin’s postgame comments.”
As the FT also reported, CCTV did air a news report on Lin last Monday featuring brief comments from a New Yorker applauding him for his religious faith. But the Chinese subtitles didn’t tally with the spoken word, translating the phrase as “I love him for praising his team” and omitting the religious reference.
Meanwhile, over in the US…
With Lin’s meteoric rise to stardom comes the inevitable backlash, if for no other reason than successful Asian players are a rare sight in the NBA. In fact, there have only been three other players of Chinese descent, Yao Ming being the best-known.
Of course, Yao was brought up in Shanghai. By contrast, Lin is the first American-born player of Chinese ethnicity in the 65-year history of the NBA, although it is still his Chinese descent that has been coming in for most comment.
Professional boxer and current welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather first stirred debate by suggesting that Lin was getting attention more because of his ethnicity than for his accomplishments.
Then last Saturday, the sports network ESPN provoked a storm after an ethnic slur appeared on its website following the Knicks defeat to the New Orleans Hornets. The headline – which alluded to a “chink in the armor” – was soon pulled down. ESPN issued a formal apology before firing the writer and suspending a television anchor who used the same phrase on the air.
But then Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock made an even crasser remark (this one anatomical, and managing to be both sexist and racist at the same time) on Twitter.
Neither episode did the US media much credit, especially following the controversy over the Debbiespendit election ad a few weeks ago (see WiC138). The ad for Republican Senate hopeful Pete Hoekstra – aired during the Superbowl – was immediately attacked for its racial angle. Even fellow Republicans conceded it was likely to alienate America’s own Chinese community. By demonising Chinese (on prime time TV) it was a setback for race relations in the very country that invented political correctness.
Who’s the biggest winner in Lin’s rise?
Probably the NBA. Following the retirement of Yao Ming, Lin’s sudden emergence couldn’t be better timed for the NBA’s commercial team, which now regards China as its biggest overseas market.
“What we’ve seen, the huge enthusiasm and the frenzy around Jeremy is just serving to act as a further catalyst to grow the sport of basketball and to grow the NBA in China in a very short period,” says David Shoemaker, chief executive of NBA China, adding that the league plans to bring Lin to China this summer.
Nike, too, will hope to cash in on the Linsanity. The company is reportedly designing a new sports shoe especially for Lin, says Sina Sports. Nattily named the Nike Hyperfuse 2012 Linsanity PE, the shoe will feature New York Knick’s iconic orange and blue with the player’s name embroidered on the side. Previously Nike has launched special edition shoes for star players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan.
Adidas plans to sell its own Linsanity jersey in 6,700 stores in China, thanks to a deal it has with the NBA. The Wall Street Journal says it shouldn’t infringe on Mrs Yu’s local trademark, as it will use his English name.
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It is our mission to be fiscally responsible, therefore we selected our plays for our current season based on the funds we have available, rather that picking plays and hoping we can raise enough money. We are proud to say, our 2017-2018 season is funded!
Our total budget for the season is $41,277. If you have been involved in theatre in the past, you will understand how lean this budget is. We like to keep it that way. Our goal is to eventually have our own home, so every penny counts. Our viability is dependent on donor support.
Kickshaw supports Equity Actors
As you can see, 50% of our season's budget is for payroll. As an Equity theatre, we support our artists by providing a reasonable wage and benefits. This helps keep art alive and healthy in Ann Arbor. Please note that wages and benefits refers to people we employ in our productions. The Kickshaw staff are currently unpaid, volunteering their time and skills until Kickshaw increases their revenue. Kickshaw supporters are job creators!
For the 2018-19 season, we’ll be producing three shows. We’ll kick it off with our biggest show yet: Milvotchkee, Visconsin by Laura Jacqmin. After several public readings of Milvotchkee, which is the story of dementia told through the eyes of a woman living with it, we’ve received overwhelming enthusiasm about producing the play. And we want you to be a part of it.
A non-profit theatre is not able to produce plays on ticket revenue alone. A community of supporters is vital to keep the curtain going up for each play produced.
Our “Curtain Up” campaign, with a goal of $75,000, will enable us to go bigger and bolder than we ever have before for the 2018-19 season!
As we make progress on our fundraising, keep an eye on the rising curtain!

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Saint Paul Public Schools, in conjunction with their partner psadmin.io, has moved their PeopleSoft system to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. They re-architected their PeopleSoft applications to take advantage of OCI's features that are not available when running on-premise.
In 2018, the St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) data center housed the systems and servers that run the Oracle PeopleSoft application for human capital management, payroll, HR, and the district financial system. The servers running the PeopleSoft application were all out of date, out of warranty, and susceptible to failure.
Initially, SPPS used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for DR and Non-Production. After a year of using OCI, SPPS moved production to OCI. SPPS partnered with psadmin.io to migrate and re-architect their PeopleSoft applications to take advantage of OCI's features that are not available when running on-premise.
Some of the architecture changes we made include using the File Storage Service (FSS) to serve shared files and a number of the PeopleSoft HOMES. The FSS is an NFS v3 compatible service that offers incredible storage capacity and high levels of availability. We also leverage the Block Storage Service (BSS) to attach data volumes to all of our instances. The OCI Block Storage offers us different performance levels based on our needs and also allows us to clone servers quickly by replicating our storage drives.
We use a Terraform module to create all of our instances, attach block storage, and associate a backup policy for boot and block drives, and provision DNS entries as needed. Using Terraform ensures that all of our instances are created in a systematic way so each instance is identical, and Terraform also performs the initial server bootstrapping.
OCI has provided some tremendous benefits for St. Paul Public Schools. First, there is a tremendous cost-saving. Jeff Cummings, Business Systems Support Manager at SPPS, adds, “After the Oracle solution, life improved dramatically. We were able to respond a lot quicker on incidents that would come up. We reduced our infrastructure costs by about 75% because we didn't replace 24 outdated servers. We reduced licensing costs by 50%, staffing costs by 25%, and facility costs by 75%.”
As SPPS upgrades to PeopleSoft 9.2, OCI also provides the flexibility to add additional environments quickly and cheaply during the upgrade project. Prior to moving our infrastructure to OCI, upgrade projects would incur large costs in provisioning new hardware. But with OCI we can quickly scale up for the project and scale down when the project completes.
After migrating to OCI, SPPS experienced no system downtime, saved a substantial amount of money, and saw a dramatic increase in system performance.


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After being diagnosed with leukemia, 15-year-old Daniel Landon sees a reflection of himself in J.D. Salinger’s classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Inspired by its principal character, Holden Caulfield, Daniel begins questioning the intentions and authority of those around him in his search for identity as he faces death.

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Zemax is a company that sells optical design software. OpticStudio is its flagship product and a commonly used optical design program for Microsoft Windows. It is used for the design and analysis of both imaging and illumination systems.
OpticStudio, then called Zemax, was originally written by Ken Moore and was the first optical design program specifically written for Windows. It became commercially available in 1990. The first version was called Max, named after the programmer's dog. The name was later changed to Zemax due to a trademark conflict. The software was rebranded as OpticStudio in 2016.
The program was originally sold by Focus Software, which later became Zemax Development Corp. The latter merged with Radiant Imaging in 2011 to form Radiant Zemax. In 2014 Radiant sold Zemax to Arlington Capital Partners, which named the company Zemax, LLC. Arlington Capital Partners sold Zemax to EQT June 26, 2018.
Features and applicationsEdit
OpticStudio is an optical design program that is used to design and analyze imaging systems such as camera lenses, as well as illumination systems. It works by ray tracing—modelling the propagation of rays through an optical system. It can model the effect of optical elements such as simple lenses, aspheric lenses, gradient-index lenses, mirrors, and diffractive optical elements, and can produce standard analysis diagrams such as spot diagrams and ray-fan plots. OpticStudio can also model the effect of optical coatings on the surfaces of components. It includes a library of stock commercial lenses. OpticStudio can perform standard sequential ray tracing through optical elements, non-sequential ray tracing for analysis of stray light, and physical optics beam propagation. It also has tolerancing capability, to allow analysis of the effect of manufacturing defects and assembly errors.
The physical optics propagation feature can be used for problems where diffraction is important, including the propagation of laser beams and the coupling of light into single-mode optical fibers. OpticStudio's optimization tools can be used to improve an initial lens design by automatically adjusting parameters to maximize performance and reduce aberrations.
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...the Zemax software package, one of the industry's standards.
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Shrimp and Farro Winter Salad
Sometimes we miss the flavor of fresh, uncooked produce in winter, when we tend to focus on soups, stews, and roasts to warm us. A winter salad with seasonal ingredients like citrus, pomegranate and kale is a welcomed change of pace. It becomes a meal unto itself when farro and shrimp are added.
Cook time: 45min
Marinade time: 10min
Total: 1hr 24min
1 cup water
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ cup farro
¾ pound (340 grams) medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 teaspoon ground coriander
¼ teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
1½ cups (133 grams) red cabbage, finely shredded
¼ cup red wine vinegar
½ teaspoon sugar
3 cups (100 grams) kale, finely shredded
1 blood orange (131 grams), peeled, quartered, and thinly sliced
½ cup pomegranate seeds
¼ cup fresh dill, chopped
- Bring water and salt to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat.
- Add the farro. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until water is absorbed and farro is tender, about 20 to 25 minutes.
- Toss shrimp with 1 tablespoon oil and the coriander, and season with pepper at the same time.
- Heat a medium skillet over high heat and add the shrimp.
- Cook until shrimp are golden and opaque (turning halfway through), about 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a plate and let cool.
- Toss cabbage with vinegar and sugar in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 10 minutes or overnight.
- Drain the cabbage, and place 2 tablespoons of the pickling liquid in the bottom of a large bowl (reserve remaining pickling liquid for another use).
- Whisk the remaining 4 tablespoons of oil into the pickling liquid to create the salad dressing
- Add the farro, shrimp, drained cabbage, kale, blood orange, pomegranate seeds and dill to the bowl.
- Add dressing, toss to coat and serve.

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Grammy award winning DJ/Producer Calvin Harris returns to Creamfields this summer to headline the Arc Stage on Saturday 29th August Bank holiday weekend for what will be a UK dance festival exclusive.
Having become a firm Creamfields favourite over the years and pulling one of the biggest crowds at the 2019 festival, Calvin remains something of an enigma that’s hard to match – his world-beating success and hit collaborations with some of the world’s biggest stars means he’s got that coveted mainstream appeal, but as anyone who’s seen one of his DJ sets will be able to attest, he’s still got the club-honed cool that has propelled him to the top of his game.
It’s also the perfect time to announce his return to the electronic music festival, as he’s just about to drop some new music, the start of a new project for the producer and scheduled for release Friday 24th January.
Creamfields returns to Daresbury in Cheshire, UK from 27th – 30th August Bank Holiday weekend, with Calvin Harris the latest addition to an already exciting line-up. Artists announced to date include Armin van Buuren, Pendulum TRINITY, Camelphat, The Chainsmokers, and BICEP (Live) with plenty more to be announced in the coming weeks. Ticket on sale now www.creamfields.com


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" House leader and Beausejour MP Dominic LeBlanc told Brunswick News earlier this week that his government is committed to increasing the number of immigrants in New Brunswick, while respecting the province's linguistic makeup.
'We don't want to dilute the presence of French-speaking (New) Brunswickers by including a whole series of immigration streams that over time have the effect of diluting it,' the MP said."
I was shocked to read that French communities in NB are not accepting Syrian refugees; the current stream of "dilution" is being directed to predominantly English-speaking areas. This policy reflects a level of cultural protectionism completely out of character for Acadians who are not and never have been an exclusive club allowing only French members. Naomi E.S. Griffiths, author of "The Contexts of Acadian History 1686-1784" points out that unions with non-French immigrants were common in early Acadian settlements and these relationships helped to strengthen their society.
"To deal with kinship ties first: family relationships within and among the Acadian communities made a close net of interconnections. It was a net, not a solid piece of cloth. Before exile, as afterwards, Acadians showed a considerable ability to absorb newcomers into their community. ...even in older settled Acadian parishes of Annapolis, Minas and Beaubassin, newcomers accounted for a significant percentage of marriage partners."
A recent government survey of the Syrian refugees arriving in Canada revealed a few facts that should be taken into consideration in determining suitable settlement locations:
- They are younger than expected, with 55% 14 years of age or less
- They have bigger families, with 53% numbering 5-8 members
- They have minimal education. Syrians average 6-9 years, while 95% of those from Jordan have not finished high school. Many children are a year or two behind their peers in school.
- Adult males are mostly unskilled, with little or no work experience.
- They are generally healthy.
- They speak little French or English, with 67% speaking neither language.
Clearly the settlement of refugees is not a language issue, or a question of preserving cultural homogeneity, but a humanitarian crisis requiring the provision of safe haven for a displaced group. It's not a new situation, or an insurmountable challenge.
In the village of Cap-Pele a large number of temporary foreign workers (mostly English-speaking) are employed in the fish processing plants. The workers are not encouraged to become citizens and settle here, in fact the government grants them a four year work permit in Canada and then they are required to return to their countries of origin: the Philippines, Mexico and Jamaica. They have to wait another four years before re-applying for work in Canada.
Last year, a shortage of workers forced one NB processing plant to discard 1360 kilograms of perfectly good, edible lobster. The local post office bulletin board is plastered with ads seeking employees, no experience required, for entry level positions paying $11 - $13 per hour with bonuses for extra work. It's not a prestigious or cushy job, but it might be a starting point for an unskilled refugee seeking a paycheque to support his family.
The government could gradually phase out the temporary foreign worker program and offer the vacant fish processing jobs to incoming Syrian refugees. Language training in French or English could be part of the employers' incentive package.
If any group should be able to sympathize with the plight of refugees, it is the Acadian population whose ancestors were displaced and relocated due to ethnic and religious persecution.

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Senior Vice President
Peter Gray’s career has focused on strategic communications and marketing for the clean energy, public policy and environmental sectors.
He has a depth of experience in media relations, marketing, research, community relations, events, social media, web and print design. His volunteer efforts include serving on the auxiliary board of the Rebuilding Exchange, a reclaimed building materials nonprofit.
Prior to joining Aileron, Peter led North American marketing and communications for ACCIONA, a global renewable energy developer and wind turbine manufacturer. In this role, Peter managed communications around the company’s 1,000 MW operating portfolio of wind and solar projects, its development pipeline and its entrance into the EPC market. He also oversaw the successful launch of ACCIONA’s 3 megawatt AW3000 wind turbine in North America.
Before his work at ACCIONA, Peter managed communications for the Environmental Law & Policy Center, where he organized communications for a successful coalition campaign to reduce pollution from Chicago coal plants, contributed to a series of reports on clean energy business in the Midwest and developed an online storytelling platform to raise visibility around water pollution issues in Indiana.
He also managed the media and communications efforts at Illinois Action for Children, where he expanded the organization’s research, lobbying and community organizing efforts in support of early childhood care and education policy.
Early in his career, Peter worked as a freelance journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. He received a bachelor’s degree in English and writing from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.


The corona crisis is also an opportunity: We are observing different consumer behaviour, an enormous boost to the digital revolution. Business trips will become less frequent. Other, digital business models will establish themselves faster. It is exactly these projects that we would like to honour with the German Mobility Award. Ideas that further accelerate digital connectivity and make real innovation possible.
Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, patron of the German Mobility Award
The experience of recent months has led to major challenges for us and caused insecurities for many. Therefore, I appreciate it all the more that the German Mobility Award intends to honour the flagships of mobility again this year. Their commitment and innovative spirit are spreading optimism and hope for the future – which is exactly what we need.
Dieter Kempf, President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) and President of “Germany – Land of Ideas"
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Poetry. Winner of the 2016 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. THE GUNNYWOLF, Megan Snyder-Camp's third collection of poems, takes its title from an obscure folk tale about a wolf that scares little girls for their songs. Aiming to articulate what has been hiding in plain sight, Snyder-Camp considers whiteness, environmental racism, the Baltimore protests, mothering, and the everyday wilderness of modern-day life; her poem sequence is a necessary and bold venture into the most pressing issues of our times.
Sarah Galvin @ CityArtsTessara Dudley @ Mom Egg Review
Megan Snyder-Camp is the author of WINTERING (Tupelo Press, 2016), THE GUNNYWOLF (Bear Star Press, 2016), and THE FOREST OF SURE THINGS (Tupelo Press, 2010). Her poetry has appeared in such magazines as The Antioch Review, The Southern Review, Ecotone and FIELD. She has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Djerassi, the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, the 4Culture Foundation, Willapa AiR, the Richard Hugo House, and Hypatia-in-the-Woods. She lives in Seattle.Author City: SEATTLE, WA USA

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There are two Republican primaries for Congress on Tuesday that are sure to draw national attention, in large part because they involve supporters of candidates who are national political figures. So, whatever the outcomes in the GOP contests to nominate candidates for open House seats in Kentucky’s 4th District and Arkansas’s 4th District, watch for the punditocracy to interpret how they were affected by Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee respectively.
In Kentucky’s 4th District, which has been Republican for all but eight years since 1962, a classic clash between the “outsider” and “insider” is in store for the seat Rep. Geoff Davis is relinquishing. The establishment candidate is State Rep. Alicia Webb-Edgington, while the “outsider” is Thomas Massie, an MIT graduate and executive judge from Northern Kentucky.
Sen. Rand Paul has strongly endorsed Massie, who was hailed in Reason Magazine as “the next Rand Paul.” Whether it is abolishing the Department of Education or ending farm subsidies, Massie takes as solid a libertarian line as Paul and his father Ron.
With the retirement of veteran Democratic Rep. Mike Ross, it has long been taken for granted that the last of Arkansas’s four U.S. House districts in Democratic hands would be picked up by the GOP. Former Miss Arkansas Beth Anne Rankin, a protégé of and onetime aide to former Gov. Huckabee, gave Ross a tough race in 2010 and is trying again. This time, however, Rankin faces a primary foe right out of the movies: Tom Cotton, Harvard Law School graduate with tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq under his belt.
Rankin and Cotton would more than likely vote the same solidly conservative line in Congress. But the nature of their support is different. Where Rankin is backed by most state and national pro-family groups, Cotton is supported by the Club for Growth and the Tea Party Express.

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- Asian shares wobble near multi-month high amid mixed signals.
- Sino-American tussle join fears of further delay in US stimulus to combat vaccine hopes, upbeat US data.
- Aussie GDP marked the biggest quarterly fall, RBNZ’s Orr and BOJ’s Wakatabe shows readiness to ease further if needed.
- US ADP Employment Change will be the key data to watch today.
Asian equities remain clueless while heading into Wednesday’s European open. While portraying the same, the MSCI index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan drops 0.11% but Japan’s Nikkei 225 gains near 0.30% to 23,200 by the press time.
Further, Australia’s ASX 200 surged to the intraday high of 6,075, currently up 1.75% to 6,054, even as Aussie GDP marked the record quarterly sump of 7.0%. On the same note, NZX 50 also marks 0.70% gains despite the RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr’s offer to use unconventional monetary policy tools. The reason for the New Zealand market optimism could be traced from the central bank’s comments suggesting no concerns with the recently high exchange rates.
Moving on, stocks in China and Hong Kong print losses around 0.50% as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo marked cold war conditions. Also weighing on the market’s risk-tone could be the comments from US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggesting “serious differences “ over the coronavirus (COVID-19) aid package.
On the other hand, news that AstraZeneca begins the final phase of the COVID-19 vaccine trials and a notable spike in the US ISM Manufacturing PMI helped build the market mood. As a result, the US dollar index (DXY) extends the previous day’s recovery moves from May 2018 lows while the S&P 500 Futures also rise around 0.30% to 3,536.
It should be noted that the comments by BOJ Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe join uncertainty over Japanese leadership to also affect the market sentiment. Furthermore, the Bank Indonesia’s (BI) intervention can’t propel the IDX Composite whereas South Korea’s KOSPI and India’s BSE Sensex remain mildly offered by the press time.
Looking forward, market players will wait for the early-signals for Friday’s key US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP), the ADP Employment Change, expected 950K versus 167K prior, for fresh impetus.
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Eminent domain is the power of the government to take private property for public purposes. Under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, property owners are entitled to "just compensation."
Traditionally, eminent domain was used by the government to reduce transaction costs for large scale infrastructure projects, like highway or railroad construction. In mid-century New York City, Robert Moses used eminent domain to ram expressways through neighborhoods, convert 'slums' throughout the city into a housing projects, or projects like Lincoln Center, or land grants for schools like NYU and Fordham. If you take Kenneth Jackson's class on the History of the City of New York, you'll read all about him.
The 2005 Supreme Court case Kelo v. City of New London greatly expanded the scope of eminent domain powers when the majority ruled that "public benefit", such as where a city wants to take land from one private landowner and turn it over to another which it believes will generate greater tax revenue, is a "public use".
Eminent domain at Columbia is a hot-button issue with regards to its planned Manhattanville campus. While Columbia itself does not have eminent domain power, New York state does. The state controversially declared the land Columia sought to purchase "Blighted", a precursor to seizing it.
Despite the threat of state seizure (or perhaps because of it), the majority of landowners in Columbia's target area have reached an agreement with the University. Nevertheless, Columbia still benefits if the state exercises eminent domain over the entire plot, and then gave it back to Columbia, as that action would extinguish all existing leases in Columbia's buildings, freeing it of having to negotiate out of those leases before redeveloping the land.

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- 1 What is the best tasting saltwater fish?
- 2 What is the tastiest fish?
- 3 Is sea bass a tasty fish?
- 4 Is Grouper a good fish to eat?
- 5 What’s the worst fish to eat?
- 6 What are the four fish that should never be eaten?
- 7 What is the healthiest fish to eat?
- 8 What is the best white fish?
- 9 What is the most expensive fish to eat?
- 10 What fish is comparable to sea bass?
- 11 Why is Chilean sea bass not good for you?
- 12 Why is sea bass so expensive?
- 13 Is grouper fish expensive?
- 14 What is the best tasting grouper?
- 15 Is tilapia the dirtiest fish?
What is the best tasting saltwater fish?
Best Tasting Salt Water Fishes
- Halibut. Halibut is firm and meaty, but also very lean and flaky.
- Cod. Swordfish not your style because you’re a chicken lover?
- Salmon. Ah salmon, this list wouldn’t be complete without it.
- Red Snapper. Red snapper offers a mild and slightly sweet tasting meat.
- Mahi Mahi.
What is the tastiest fish?
What Is the Best Fish to Eat?
- Cod. Taste: Cod has a very mild, milky flavor.
- Sole. Taste: Sole is another fish with a mild, almost sweet flavor.
- Halibut. Taste: Halibut has a sweet, meaty flavor that’s widely popular.
- Sea Bass. Taste: Sea bass has a very mild, delicate flavor.
Is sea bass a tasty fish?
Sea Bass is particularly recommended for those who recoil at the overly fishy taste/smell of some other fish. With its mildly sweet flavor, high fat content and full, meaty consistency, it’s easy to enjoy even for those averse to seafood. Preparation: Sea bass is best enjoyed grilled, pan-fried, steamed or poached.
Is Grouper a good fish to eat?
This type of fish has a very mild flavor (somewhere in between seabass and halibut) with a light, sweet taste and large, chunky flakes, almost like lobster or crab. Thanks to its subtle flavor that easily absorbs dressings and marinades, grouper is excellent however you serve it.
What’s the worst fish to eat?
The 10 Worst Fish to Eat Slideshow
- Grouper. All grouper is bad for the environment and even though it doesn’t have the highest mercury levels compared to other fish, it’s still not recommended for young children and older kids.
- Chilean Sea Bass.
What are the four fish that should never be eaten?
6 Fish to Avoid
- Bluefin Tuna. In December 2009, the World Wildlife Fund put the bluefin tuna on its “10 for 2010” list of threatened species, alongside the giant panda, tigers, and leatherback turtles.
- Chilean Sea Bass (aka Patagonian Toothfish)
- Orange Roughy.
- Salmon (farmed)
What is the healthiest fish to eat?
- Alaskan salmon. There’s a debate about whether wild salmon or farmed salmon is the better option.
- Cod. This flaky white fish is a great source of phosphorus, niacin, and vitamin B-12.
- Herring. A fatty fish similar to sardines, herring is especially good smoked.
- Rainbow trout.
What is the best white fish?
- Cod. Cod is often considered one of the best white fish and is commonly featured in recipes like fish and chips due to its dense, flaky texture.
- Snapper. The term “snapper” refers to any fish within the Lutjanidae family, which is comprised of over 100 different species.
What is the most expensive fish to eat?
A bluefin tuna has been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo – a price almost double last year’s record sale.
What fish is comparable to sea bass?
Fish that can be used in place of sea bass include branzino and flounder; the flat fillets also preserve the general shape of black sea – bass fillets. However, tilapia may be the most readily available and affordable substitute for black sea bass.
Why is Chilean sea bass not good for you?
Like many other white fish, Chilean sea bass is a low-calorie, protein-dense fish. However, it also has high levels of mercury. The Environmental Defense Fund recommends adults only consume two portions of Chilean sea bass each month and children only eat one portion each month due to the concerning levels of mercury.
Why is sea bass so expensive?
The Chilean sea bass is also expensive because it tastes good. The taste is known for being very rich and flavorful. Chilean sea bass is a white fish, and traditional white fish are known for having a great flavor and being able to take on flavors of sauces and spices as well.
Is grouper fish expensive?
Because the supply of domestic grouper is limited and the demand great, it is typically a more expensive fish to purchase than others. Wholesale fillet values are generally between $11 to $13 per pound, which means retail value, what consumers pay, is typically even higher.
What is the best tasting grouper?
Black grouper has a mild but very unique taste. It’s somewhat of a cross between bass and halibut. Available year-round with peak catches in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico occurring during the summer and fall, black grouper meat cooks up very firm with big flakes and holds its moisture better than many other fish.
Is tilapia the dirtiest fish?
Farmed seafood, not just tilapia, can have up to 10 times more toxins than wild fish, according to Harvard Researchers. Your best choices at the fish counter include: Wild Alaskan Salmon, Alaska Pollok, Atlantic Cod, Clams, Blue Crab, Atlantic Mackerel, Striped Bass, Sardines, Herring, Rainbow Trout and Flounder.


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International Outreach Task Force
The mission of the International Outreach Task Force (IOTF) of our congregation is to provide direct financial, material, and/or humanitarian support to specified international development projects with the aim of bettering lives and building human bridges between people of different cultures. The core intent of the IOTF is to direct our efforts toward supporting small scale service/development projects that are tied directly to members of our congregation and are initiated and operated by local people.
The IOTF raises funds currently to sponsor three charitable organizations in Kenya, East Africa:
- Spurgeons Academy, a school for AIDS orphans in Kibera, a sprawling slum in Nairobi;
- Msamaria Mwema Children’s Home, an orphanage just outside Nairobi; and
- Ndethya Nguteithye, a women’s cooperative farming community.
Every two years, IOTF leads a group from the church on a trip to Kenya to visit these organizations, to bring money and donated clothing, and to check on their progress. Click below for more information on:
Between Kenya visits, IOTF is focused on fundraising to support our charities, including jewelry and glass sales, monthly bake sales and fall football parking fundraisers.
The IOTF will also focus on enhancing the development of cultural awareness, understanding, compassion, and Love in our congregation and greater community. We feel that, by both its inherent nature and our specific intent as a task force, the work of the IOTF supports core principles of Unitarian Universalism including: The inherent worth and dignity of every person; justice, equity, and compassion in human relations; and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
Contact Claire Robertson, firstname.lastname@example.org
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The Eden Project, in Cornwall, is one of the top attractions for family days out. It boasts the largest indoor rain forest in the world, so prepare yourself for the heat of the Tropical Islands, Southeast Asia, West Africa and Tropical South America. It also includes a canopy walkway, allowing amazing views from among the treetops.
Awh snap! - We currently don't have tickets for this attraction... but you can still learn all about The Eden Project below...
Take your family on a sensory tour of the world - without ever leaving the UK.
Slightly cooler is the Mediterranean Biome, with 1,000 varieties of plant and a herbal aroma in the air. The 20-acre outdoor gardens are full to the brim with plants, sculptures and play equipment, with terrific vistas.
The SkyWire is England's longest zip wire, covering 660 metres and travelling at speeds of up to 60mph, while SkyTrek is a high ropes trekking course with intricate crossings. There's also Vertigo, Britain's first 360-degree swing, Gravity, a giant swing and The Drop, a leap of faith from 10 metres over a cliff edge.
Eden Project's cafes sell breakfasts, lunches, afternoon teas and seasonal menus, and there is ample parking - just walk to the entrance or use the park-and-ride bus. There are three free fast charging points for electric cars, or you can pay to use Superfast charging points. If you come by bike or on foot, your entry price is reduced.
Is There Parking?
There is ample free visitor parking at Eden.
Are There Baby Changing Facilities?
Accessible parking spaces and toilets are available, personal assistants for disabled visitors get in free and manual and powered wheelchairs are available for free.
Is it Wheelchair friendly/accessible?
All of the site's toilet buildings have unisex baby changing facilities and the catering outlets have high chairs and team members can warm bottles for you. Breast-feeding is welcome and private space can be found.
Eden Project serves breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea every day, using locally sourced ingredients where possible, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food.

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Shakspere's Skull and Falstaff's Nose: A Fancy in Three Acts (1889)
Charles Ebenezer Moyse (Belgrave Titmarsh)
Shakspere's Skull and Falstaff's Nose: A Fancy in Three Acts, by Charles Ebeneezer Moyse, was published in London, England, under the pseudonym Belgrave Titmarsh in 1889. Moyse was born in Torquay, Devonshire, England, in 1852, and graduated from the University of London in 1874. He came to Canada in 1878 when he was appointed Professor of History and Associate Professor of English at McGill University, Montreal. In 1879 he was appointed Molson Professor of English Literature at McGill. A well-known venue at McGill University, Moyse Hall, bears his name.
Shakspere's Skull and Falstaff's Nose: A Fancy in Three Acts is a sophisticated satire on "academic fanaticism" in Shakespearean scholarship at the end of the nineteenth century (Wagner 32). One aspect of this fanaticism is the so-called "authorship controversy." Since the late eighteenth century, various attempts have been made to prove that Shakespeare did not write the Shakespearean oeuvre. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was the first person put forth as the "real Shakespeare," and is still the most popular alternate choice. In the nineteenth century, it was argued that Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was the true author of Shakespeare's works, in spite of the facts that Marlowe's death in 1593 was well-documented and pre-dated most of the plays.
Moyse's protagonist is named Dryasdustus, a play on Marlowe's character Doctor Faustus, who is preparing to tell the world his discovery that he himself is the true author of Shakespeare's work. He has also hired a doctor to dig up the grave of Shakespeare in Stratford. When the doctor returns with a skull, this leads to a parody of Hamlet's famous soliloquy by Dryasdustus.
The grave-digging incident also plays on the claim that Shakespeare wrote his own epitaph at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford:
GOOD FREND FOR
IESVS SAKE FORBEARE,
TO DIGG THE DVST
BLESSED BE YE MAN YT
SPARES THES STONES,
AND CVRST BE HE YT
MOVES MY BONES
Central to the play's thematics is a satire of the Shakespearean authentic, how lunatic scholarship allows the spurious possession of Shakespeare's writings, to the point that Dryasdustus stands convinced of his own authorship of Shakespeare. The attempt to possess Shakespeare is metaphorized in Dryasdustus's attempt to rob Shakespeare's grave of its skull only to discover that the body-snatchers he has employed to do this "didn't get to the bottom of the grave" (60). As with other moments in the play, the attempt to essentialize Shakespeare, either in scholarly writing or in the materiality of uncertain relics, is exposed as absurd.
When Dryasdustus, now on the lam for the robbery of Shakespeare's grave, encounters another Shakespearean (2 nd Gentleman), the talk turns to how Shakespeare is transposed and adapted in the name of egomaniacal, literary careerism:
Then I made the acquaintance of a so-called True Shakperian [sic] scholar, who told me I had been utterly misled [about what Shakespeare truly wrote]. He hacked Shakspere in his own style, and presented me with a still bulkier volume of plays [than a preceding critic who has done the same], even more obscure, which he had published, and in which he had caused the portions he was positive were Shakespeare's to be printed in italics likewise. (57-58) [indent]
This second gentleman determines to write "a True Shakespearian book" (58) on two subjects:
one, to present to the world for the first time the real face of Shakspere by blending, according to a modern process, all the representations of Shakspere in stone or on canvas that have come down to us; the other, to write what my True Shaksperian mind conceived to be the real key to Falstaff's character––his nose. I chose the latter, buried myself in literary rubbish, became disgusted, unlike a True Shaksperian, and resolved to return to mental health. (ibid.) [indent]
In Moyse's spoof Shakespeare figures as an endlessly plastic material in the service of ludicrous ends, forever adaptable in the name of truth. That the spoof was published in 1889 in London, ten years after Moyse had become a professor of English at McGill University, hints, however obliquely, at relations of colonial servitude to, and independence from, Shakespearean authority that the play addresses from its uniquely hybridized, Canadian perspective.


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CHITA, July 17 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive at the 247th multi-service firing range Tsugol of the Eastern Military District, where he will be watching the final phase of large-scale military exercises of the forces of the Central and Eastern Military Districts on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Putin inspected the progress of the military exercises at the training grounds Uspenovsky, where, upon receiving a report from Commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District Konstantin Sidenko, he went up on an observation post and was watching the military exercises from there. Chief of the main combat training department of the Russian Armed Forces Ivan Buvaltsev gave explanations to the president.
After this stage of military exercises Putin accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the commander of the Eastern Military District has made a helicopter flight over the area of the military drills.
The combat readiness drill of the troops of the Eastern Military District began on July 13. The formations and military units of the Central and Eastern Military Districts, the Pacific Fleet and the Long-Range and Military Transport Aviations are involved in the drills.
The main goal of the military exercises is to check the readiness of the troops in the performance of the assigned tasks and evaluate the level of training of the military staff, technical preparedness and the level of arming of the military units with weapons and military hardware.
The total numerical strength of the troops involved in the combat readiness drills makes up to 160,000 servicemen, about 1,000 tanks and combat armoured vehicles, 130 warplanes and helicopters of long-range, military transport, fighter, bombing and army aviation, as well as 70 warships and vessels. The military formations are drilling the training combat tasks at 17 firing ranges, and the warships of the Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan (the East Sea). The 35th and 36th Armies, the 18th machine gun-artillery division were involved in a fire drill, the drills of driving and fire control at the firing ranges of the Eastern Military District within the preparations to the tactical exercises. The warships of the landing formation of the Pacific Fleet are drilling practical actions within the formation and are performing an artillery fire drill. The aviation of the 3rd Command of the Air Force of the Air Defence Troops is also performing the training and combat tasks.


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As an avid reader, I find myself foisting my favorite reads upon my friends constantly, so here is a list of five books I highly suggest picking up and reading ASAP for an enjoyable summer full of stories from horror to fantasy. These are in no particular order, but they represent some of my more recent favorite reads and rereads. Plus, stay tuned for a few bonus novels at the end of this list.
1) "The Lost World" by Michael Crichton:
While the movie was a major flop when it comes to the "Jurassic Park" sequel, but the book blows both films out of the Mosasaur pool. The plotline almost entirely differs from the film in all of the best ways possible. With more thrills, better dinos, and an amazing gas station scene featuring a dinosaur still yet to grace the silver screen under Spielberg's helm. Get out your dust brushes and don't miss out on uncovering this buried gem.
2) "The Martian" by Andy Weir:
A bestseller of course, but it's a book for more than the average space nerd. Anyone can relate to the humanity of a botanist attempting to survive on Mars all alone. The daily journal model helps put you in the crazy Mars road trips first hand. Sure it has a movie, but it's NOWHERE near as good! Nothing beats a good ole adventure novel, especially when it comes to pioneering life on Mars.
3) "Fairest" by Gail Carson Levine:
A delightfully odd retelling of Snow White, "Fairest" takes you on a trip through a world where beauty is defined by more than just your looks. Although the novel is intended for preteens, readers of all ages can enjoy this novel that twists in the end in such a way that you may question when Lewis Carrol came in to write a chapter or two. With the added perk of taking place in the same world as "Ella Enchanted," this very obscure version of a classic fairytale is miles and miles away from any other Snow White tale.
4) "The Kingmaker's Daughter" by Philippa Gregory:
The fourth novel in a series written about the generation before the famous King Henry VIII of England, this novel focuses on a girl who often missed the spotlight, the mousy wife of King Richard III, Anne Neville. So much of Anne's life is skipped over by most readers of historical fiction, yet her life was full of as much drama as a Shakespeare tragedy. I highly suggest reading the other five novels in this series, but no worries about the order, because almost every single one backtracks and focuses on other characters during the same time frame. By the end of this series, you won't know who to root for!
5) "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn:
By the thrilling author of "Gone Girl," this novel takes a much darker spin on a mystery. Based on a very disturbing nursery rhyme involving axes and shotguns, a cold case is reopened by one of the victims herself. It's so much better than "Gone Girl," so grab a copy this summer and read it in the bright sunshine!
I hope these novels inspire as many imaginative adventures as I enjoyed while reading them. The following titles are some of my other favorites that I highly suggest:
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini, "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan, "The Exorcist," by William Peter Blatty, "The Pact" by Jodi Piccoult, "The Kane Chronicles" by Rick Riordan, "Goose Girl" and "Princess Academy" by Shannon Hale, "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, and finally "Looking For Alaska" by John Green.

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A group is mobilizing to try to bring a nearly forgotten Bloomington landmark back to life. The so called Trotter Fountain is more than a century old. It's in what is now tiny Withers Park in front of a bank on Washington Street. And Georgie Borchardt of the Trotter Fountain Project says the elements have not been kind to the Native American maidens, children, and animals carved on the eleven foot edifice.
She says there are also black stains of unknown origin that date back at least to the 1960s.
Borchardt says resurfacing the marble on the sculpture by the studio of famed Chicago artist Larado Taft is probably impractical. But, the project is looking for experts in ways to clean the fountain and perhaps relocate it indoors where it will not deteriorate further. They also hope to raise money for restoration. The fountain was dedicated to a former Mayor of Bloomington, John Trotter and his sister Georgina, the first woman on the Bloomington School Board. They were from a prominent Irish American family that settled in the Kappa-El Paso area and then moved to Bloomington. The fountain sat in front of the long gone Withers Library. Borchardt says there is even a legend that one of the carvers fell in love with a Bloomington librarian and carved a secret inscription to the lady somewhere on the statue.
Borchardt says the project has been told that Sulptors use water to carve marble so having water run down two faces of the edifice is not a great idea. She says there are now sealers that can help halt the erosion, so moving the piece of art indoors may not be necessary.
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New York Ag-in-the-Classroom and the Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H program invite you to be a reader for the annual Agriculture Literacy Week to be held March 15 to 19, 2020. Last year, 2000 books were donated to school or classroom libraries and books were read by volunteers to thousands of second graders throughout New York State.
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Ice cream is a treat we enjoy in many forms and flavors. But how often do we stop and think about how the ice cream we're eating made its way to the cone or dish we are enjoying it from? Chuck's Ice Cream Wish (Tales of the Dairy Godmother) connects the delicious treat to the work farmers are doing every day to grow, raise and produce our food. This book will take students on an explorative journey learn about dairy and to trace the food on their plate back to its source- the farmer.
With over 4,000 dairy farms and ranking fourth nationally as the largest producer of milk, dairy is vital to New York State. New York State is also the largest producer of yogurt, cottage cheese and sour cream in the nation. The dairy community in New York includes both large dairy operations and small, family run farms. It also boasts processing facilities of various types and sizes, from major global processing companies to small artisanal dairy product makers. We are excited to feature a book that displays the unique markets and diversity that encompasses many aspects of New York's dairy industry while also focusing on processing and how consumers contribute to agriculture.
Chuck's Ice Cream Wish (Tales of the Dairy Godmother) highlights the dairy industry with vivid illustrations and a humorous storyline. Students will understand the importance of agriculture as an economic driver in communities across New York and develop an awareness for where their food comes from and its journey.
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AGRICULTURAL LITERACY WEEK TO REACH 1000 STUDENTS ACROSS MADISON COUNTY
Agricultural Literacy Week has been celebrated by New York Agriculture in the Classroom (NYAITC) for the past 17 years as a way to promote agricultural literacy and learning to students across New York State. Each year, with the help of county-based coordinators, thousands of volunteers visit schools to read an agriculture-themed book to elementary students. This year NYAITC and Madison County are excited to continue this state-wide event through virtual engagement. Volunteers readers will have access to pre-recorded videos developed by NYAITC or will have the option to read to students live via video feed.
The dairy industry will be supported in 2021 as the book Chuck's Ice Cream Wish (Tales of the Dairy Godmother) by Viola Butler will be read to students. This is a unique tale of agriculture with vivid illustrations and an engaging storyline. The book will help students understand the importance of dairy in communities across New York and learn about the journey their food takes from farm to fridge. With over 4,000 dairy farms and ranking fourth nationally as the largest producer of milk, dairy is vital to New York State. The dairy community in New York includes both large and small farms. It also boasts processing facilities of various types and sizes, from major global processing companies to small artisanal dairy product makers. NYAITC is proud to feature a book that displays the unique markets and diversity that encompasses many aspects of New York's dairy industry while also focusing on processing and how consumers contribute to agriculture.
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Michigan, US: Two Michigan State University professors have developed interactive maps that offer a visual perspective of urban food deserts. By using GIS technology, they are showing, rather than simply telling, how urban residents are losing access to fresh produce and balanced nutrition.
Phil Howard, assistant professor of community, agriculture, recreation and resource studies, and Kirk Goldsberry, assistant professor of geography, conducted their research in Lansing. They found that many supermarkets have closed their stores that serve urban areas and have moved to the suburbs. They also showed that Michigan’s state capital is a model for what’s happening to food environments around the country.
“The change in food environments is recurring all over the nation,” said Howard, whose research is supported by MSU’s AgBioResearch. “The best selection of produce and the lowest prices have moved to the suburbs.”
By taking actual food inventories and pairing that data with geospatial inputs, the team was able to precisely measure geographic access to produce sections. What was revealed was a tale of two food environments. First, people with cars can overcome many geographical obstacles to obtain fresh produce while pedestrians’ ability to obtain fresh produce is becoming increasingly challenging, Goldsberry said.
The maps give residents, city officials and community organisations an outreach tool to visualise their food environment. Having a highly detailed method to examine each city’s food environment provides a graphic illustration of areas where produce is abundant and where it’s lacking, Howard said. He added, “They see a high-resolution image of their food environment that literally allows them to point out disparities and geographical challenges in their communities.”


Audi has had an all-aluminum body in its A8 model since 1994, but now is switching back to steel, including some supplied by ArcelorMittal.
That's because steel has evolved dramatically over that time period, and now comes in grades 10 times stronger than what was available 20 years ago. ArcelorMittal has developed nearly 200 different steel grades for automakers, and is currently working on 80 additional advanced high-strength steel products, including at ArcelorMittal Global R&D in East Chicago.
Only 8 percent of the Audi A8 body structure was steel in 2009, but the 2018 model will be 40.5 percent steel, including press-hardenable steel supplied by ArcelorMittal.
“Usibor is our key product in hot stamping and has been a major commercial and technical success in the global automotive industry,” said Brian Aranha, executive vice president, global automotive, ArcelorMittal. “Looking ahead, the scope of hot stamping products in vehicles will continue to increase with the release of more advanced products like Usibor 2000, which offers 10 to 15 percent weight savings when compared to existing hot stamping solutions.”
The use of advanced high-strength steels in cars has grown from 81 pounds per vehicle to 2006 to 275 pounds of steel per vehicle in 2015, according to the Steel Market Development Institute. It's outpaced forecasts, increasing in use by 10 percent each year from 2012 to 2015.
"There will be no cars made of aluminum alone in the future," said Bernd Mlekusch, head of Audi's Lightweight Construction Center. "Press-hardened steels will play a special role in this development. PHS grades are at the core of a car’s occupant cell, which protects the driver and passengers in case of a collision. If you compare the stiffness-weight ratio, PHS is currently ahead of aluminum."
ArcelorMittal has been working to drum up more business for its advanced high-strength steels, some of which are produced in Northwest Indiana, saying they result in fewer emissions than aluminum when production and recycling are factored in.
“Right now, regulations only consider tailpipe emissions generated during the drive phase,” said Brad Davey, chief marketing officer, NAFTA and global automotive for ArcelorMittal. “However, each material used in vehicle production contributes to lightweighting and improves fuel economy, but each does so at a different cost to the manufacturer — and to the environment.”


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Verizon reportedly close to acquiring Yahoo for around $5 billion
Verizon is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase Yahoo for close to $5 billion, bringing to an end a months-long bidding process for a now-ailing company that was once an Internet trailblazer.
The sale of Yahoo’s core business is still being deliberated but could be announced early next week, according to Bloomberg.
Verizon has reportedly emerged as the leading bidder ahead of AT&T, Quicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert and private equity firms TPG and Vector Capital.
Founded as a guide to the Internet in 1994, Yahoo quickly grew from a Silicon Valley start-up to a tech giant. Its properties still attract more than 1 billion visitors a month, but the company has struggled to keep up with competitors Google and Facebook in search and advertising revenue and has lagged far behind as the industry moved to mobile.
A turnaround plan implemented by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has failed to win over investors.
Verizon, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, has been building itself into an online content business. Last year, it acquired AOL — one of Yahoo’s longstanding rivals — for $4.4 billion (Mayer rejected a deal to merge with AOL in 2015).
A purchase could open the doors for Verizon to generate additional revenue through Yahoo’s editorial properties, video services and advertising technology.
If the deal goes through, Verizon plans to combine Yahoo’s Internet assets with AOL, according to Recode.
Verizon is perceived as a favorite because it sees the most value in Yahoo, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group.
Although Yahoo brings in revenue, its costs are too high. By joining forces with AOL, Yahoo’s costs would come down, he said.
It also would bolster Verizon’s stable of proven editorial properties — sites around which it can sell advertising.
“They are going for content,” he said. “One end goal is if you’ve got the content, you’ve got the ads.”
Thanks to its AOL purchase, Verizon is now the owner of sites including the Huffington Post, Engadget and TechCrunch. With Yahoo, it would gain highly visited properties such as Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, among others.
Selling ads around these outlets, as well as Yahoo and AOL email products, could help Verizon carve out a spot as a leader in online advertising.
Verizon is not the only telecommunications company to expand into media. Comcast owns NBCUniversal and has made small investments in online news companies Vox Media and BuzzFeed.
“Verizon clearly wants to build a media center to rival Comcast’s positioning as being both a telco and a media company,” said Andrew Frank, an analyst with research firm Gartner, who isn’t surprised Verizon is emerging as the leading bidder. “Verizon understands that with Yahoo and AOL, it will have a portfolio approach to media and achieve greater scale.”
Yahoo began its march toward a sale after the company failed to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba, reportedly worth more than $32 billion, because of the possibility of incurring a capital gains tax.
2:10 p.m.: This article was updated with additional reporting and context.
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Talk about a blast from the past!
Beyonce shared an old snapshot on Instagram Thursday, posing as an adorable 7-year-old for her school picture.
"My grill in 1988," the "Drunk in Love" singer wrote along with the cute candid.
In the pic, Queen Bey, who's rocking long braids and a white T-Shirt, flashes a smile to reveal that a few of her baby teeth had fallen out.
But, Mrs. Carter isn't the only celeb to share an epic Throwback Thursday snap.
Carrie Underwood also posted a cute childhood pic of herself with her signature blonde hair. In the pic, the country cutie is planting a garden surrounded by classmates.
"#TBT Not sure how old I am in this pic...9-ish?" Underwood wrote with the snapshot.
Gotta love TBT!
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Amanda Seyfried has registered name through command performances that she is an actress of note in the world of entertainment. She is now a regular face in Hollywood with strings of excellent performances to her credit. Seyfried is an American actress and Model.
Seyfried began as a Model at age 11. She rose to the top of the game beating her fellow Models to it; she has appeared in print ads for clothing companies such as Leighton Meester; Limited Too and many more.
Seyfried has stamped her authority as a brilliant actress worthy of the roles she has been called upon to play. Her breakthrough came through her role in the highly acclaimed series: Big Love-an HBO production. The years 2006 through 2011 were glorious for Seyfried in the industry
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She started dating fellow actor Thomas Sadoski in early 2016. Their engagement was confirmed September 12th 2016. The couple announced this November that they are expecting their first child.
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Her total estimated net worth is put at $10 million dollars
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- Height in cm: 160
- Height in m: 1.60
- Weight in kg: 49
- Weight in pounds: 108
- Eye color: Green
- Hair color: Blonde
- Parents: Ann (née Sander) and Jack Seyfried
- Boy friend /Spouse: Thomas Sadoski
- Sibling: Jennifer Seyfried (Older Sister)
- Measurements: 36-26-33.
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