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Keira Knightley earns raves at Venice for “A Dangerous Method” – AWARDS ALLEY
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: David Cronenberg’s latest, “A Dangerous Method,” held its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, with the press providing a surprising reaction: Applause.
Not that Cronenberg’s film doesn’t deserve it. There’s a very good chance it’s great. But the unwashed masses of the media rarely respond with such effusive praise unless something’s really deserving, so “Dangerous Method” must be something special. Right?
I’ll know for sure when I see the film at TIFF 2011 next week. In the meantime, reviews for the film – which follows Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) as they clash over a patient (Keira Knightley) – hit the Web ahead of the movie’s Venice bow.
Todd McCarthy writes in the Hollywood Reporter that Cronenberg’s “precise, lucid and thrillingly disciplined” film is “brought to vivid life by the outstanding lead performances.”
David Gritten at the UK Telegraph throws more love Knightley’s way, saying Cronenberg “has coaxed a performance from Knightley so ferocious in these early scenes that it seems likely to become the film’s main talking point.” He also cautions that her role is “extreme to the point of being alienating.”
The Guardian doesn’t agree. In his two-star review, Xan Brooks writes, “Even the celebrated spanking scene fails to knock much life into David Cronenberg’s lugubrious tale of the tussle between Freud and Jung.”
McCarthy gets the last word, saying Cronenberg’s film is “sure to be well received by festival audiences in Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York (except, perhaps, by orthodox adherents of both physicians), this Sony Classics release should enjoy a vigorous life in specialized release” when it hits theaters on Nov. 23.
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The Second Empire was to be the setting for both the glory days and the decline for the crinoline fashion. By the end of Napoleon III's reign, the voluminous crinoline styles of the 1850s, made famous by the work of celebrated British designer, Charles Worth, had begun to fall out of fashion.
It was in 1867 that the designer began to turn away from crinoline, creating instead a dress known as the “bustle”. Initially used as an underskirt, it was worn behind the hips and came in different forms, ranging from a small cushion to a series of small metal hoops. Tied in place, the bustle was worn over a starched petticoat and accentuated the small of the back. The full, humped volume at the back of the outfit was in stark contrast to the flattened front, and was less restrictive to wear for a woman going about her daily life.
The bustle was often worn with a second, shorter dress, which came up at the back to combine with the bustle tails. These were often extremely imaginative, lovingly designed and could be used to give more volume by adding ruffles or overlaying more fabric. To offset this abundance of material, designers would often add tassels, braids and other such adornments.
For balls, the bustle would take on a more sophisticated form. With a train attached – thus lengthening the outfit – when on the dance floor, the ladies would hold the dress off the floor with the help of a cord. The corset would be extremely low-cut, and the outfit would be completed with long gloves. The hairstyle was intended to extend the shape of the bustle, elongating the figure, with cascades of ringlets hanging down, mirroring the extravagant layers of fabric.
And just like the crinoline fashion, the bustle underwent numerous modifications and adjustments as the style developed, ranging from voluminous at the time of its inception to exaggerated and extravagant during the 1880s. The bustle began to disappear around 1895.
Ludovic Cazettes (December 2010, tr. H.D.W.)

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In the next episode of The Voice US season 11, the viewers will get to see which artists will advance to the first Battle Rounds of 2016.
In the last week's episode, the results of final blind auditions were declared. It included Natasha Bure, who is the daughter of Candace Cameron-Bure of Full House fame. Though Natasha was nervous initially, she still managed a spot in Adam Levine's team.
The episode also featured the only duo in season 11 of The Voice, Whitney and Shannon, who performed in brilliant harmonies and got all the judges to turn their chairs. Though they were looking forward to join Blake Shelton, they eventually became part of Alicia Keys' team.
Other contestants who made it through the blind auditions were songwriter Courtney Harrell (Team Blake), musician Blaine Long (Team Blake), Kylie Rothfield (Team Alicia), and Josette Diaz (Team Miley Cyrus).
The upcoming episode will feature the first Battle Rounds of season 11 and each of the coaches will be joined by a special guest mentor. Bette Midler will advice Team Blake, Charlie Puth will meet Team Alicia, Joan Jett will have a discussion with Team Miley, and Team Adam will get to meet Sammy Hagar.
Talking about advising The Voice contestants, Hagar said: "I could never make it on these shows. That's what I was so impressed with, with some of these people [on Team Adam], that they could do it. They'd just close their eyes and do it. Wow, they're standing in this room in front of Sammy Hagar and Adam Levine with TV cameras all over them, and they're doing it. I couldn't do it. I'd choke."

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The masks must be sent at the weekend to hospitals. - FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP
The Marne airport is at the heart of the area most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic: the Grand-Est and Ile-de-France regions. A cargo plane carrying nearly 10 million medical masks landed on Monday at Paris-Vatry.
Arrived shortly after 2 p.m. on a closely guarded tarmac, the device contained "about 7 million masks" ordered by the state, as well as "others from donations made to France by Chinese companies," said the prefect of Marne, Pierre N'Gahane.
900 million masks by June
This is the second delivery from China, after that made on Sunday at Roissy airport by an Air France transport plane - chartered by logistician Bolloré according to several sources familiar with the matter - which contained 5.5 millions of these masks.
Paris-Vatry Airport will receive "the vast majority of masks ordered by the State", or "approximately 600 million masks during the crisis period, to peak at 900 million by June," said the prefect. . "Some tests will be carried out, then the masks will be stored" in a secure place and "routed progressively" to hospitals and other "points identified by the government (…) at the end of the week", he added .
A burst to secure the delivery
To "secure stocks", the prefecture "mobilized two gendarmerie sections" and "benefits from the support of Operation Resilience". This Monday afternoon, a Rafale type aircraft was also patrolling over the airport.
The device, an Antonov-124 from the Volga company, "is the first in a chain of rotations chartered by the logistician Geodis on behalf of the State," said Eric Martin-Neuville, general manager of the activity Geodis international transport commission. Four rotations are planned each week with two devices of this type. The Antonov-124 can transport 650 m3 of goods, or 10 to 13 million masks per flight, according to him.
Origin: Shenzen and Shanghai
Flights are operated from Shenzhen and Shanghai and the planes must refuel en route to Krasnoyarsk, not being able to make the direct flight to Vatry, located 150 kilometers east of Paris, which has a cargo area dedicated to freight.
On Saturday, the government announced the establishment of an air bridge with China to safely transport cargoes of masks, which caregivers are sorely lacking to protect themselves from the epidemic of Covid-19.
Coronavirus in Lille: The manufacturing of the surgical surgical mask, made in the North, will be extended to the whole of France
Coronavirus: 5.5 million masks made in China arrived in Roissy on Sunday


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Former Gamecock, Arkansas RB David Williams drafted by Denver Broncos
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) -- Former South Carolina Gamecock running back David Williams is NFL bound. With the 226th overall pick, the Denver Broncos drafted the 6-foot-1, 230-pound back who transferred to Arkansas this past season.
Williams entered the 2016 season as USC's projected starting running back. But during the first several weeks of fall camp, he quickly found himself in the doghouse.
His role diminished throughout the 2016 campaign and didn't see any action in USC's 46-39 loss to South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl.
Williams finished the year third on the team in rushing with 56 carries for 239 yards and three touchdowns. For his career as a Gamecock. Williams rushed for 794 yards and five touchdowns on 188 carries.
With a year of legibility remaining, Williams transferred to Arkansas for a fresh start. He finished the 2017 season with 656 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.
The Broncos acquired the 226th overall selection after swapping fifth-round picks with the Seattle Seahawks.

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Working on two kits simultaneously at the moment, a Dragon JagdTiger & a Tamiya Tiger II. Doing this of course will optimise the airbrush set-up etc and maximise work effort since they're both quite similar types.
Well after avoiding the application of Zimmerit coating to a number of models Im gonna bite the bullet and give it a go for the JagdTiger. Its risky, and Id hate to ruin it, but I have to give it a go some time. This is the first Dragon kit Ive bought. Must say it looks pretty good. The inclusion of photo-etched parts is very welcome indeed. Its such a pity that Tamiya dont do this. However, the quality of the plastic and moulding is not quite up to Tamiya standard. Placing the upper hull parts of the two kits next to each other, Tamiya is still the best. It can be clearly seen in the panel lines, they are far better defined on the Tamiya part this in turn will allow the detail to show through better after the paint work has been applied. With this said, the Dragon kit is still very good, and Im looking forward to working on it.
Conversely, the Tamiya kit is better produced, but without the photo etched parts and separate track link construction. They have however included a mesh for the grilles. Some Tamiya kits dont even have this, which is hard to fathom to be honest. This one also includes a motorcycle and three figures, so is a good candidate for a diorama. I'll also try the full ambush scheme for the first time on this one.


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(Friday) March 03, 2017 - 21:00
XOYO - 32-37 Cowper Street (Map)
282 people attended
We are proud to announce drum and bass pioneer ANDY C will become the club’s first quarter resident of 2017.
The RAM Records boss will play each Friday across January, February and March with a slew of legendary drum and bass DJs joining him in the intimate setting of XOYO’s basement.
For his ninth session, Andy welcomes Calibre & Marcus Intalex to the booth for a special b2b set...
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LAKE ELSINORE ---- Donavan Tate turned down a chance to play quarterback at the University of North Carolina when he signed with the Padres for $6.25 million in 2009. Judging by his laundry list of injuries, one would think that Tate was a football player.
Since turning pro, the No. 3 overall pick has been beset by a sports hernia, a fractured jaw, concussion-like symptoms, a shoulder strain, a hyperextended knee and a right wrist injury that was surgically repaired last offseason. He also was suspended for 25 games in 2011 after testing positive for synthetic marijuana.
Not much has gone right for Tate since signing. He has played in just 121 games in parts of three minor league seasons, hitting just .240 with three home runs and 144 strikeouts.
Oddly enough, Tate was promoted from low-Single-A Fort Wayne to high-A Lake Elsinore on June 28, when the Padres moved another highly regarded outfielder, Rymer Liriano, to Double-A San Antonio.
Tate was hitting just .207 with one home run, a .254 slugging percentage and 10 steals in 219 plate appearances at Fort Wayne.
“We are at a point in Donavan’s development that we felt putting him in a better hitting environment, the California League, might jump-start him some,” said Padres vice president of player development Randy Smith in an email. “DT needs to stay on field and get consistent at bats. Lake Elsinore will provide that opportunity.”
Tate started his fourth straight game Tuesday, going 1-for-3 with a run scored and two walks in the Storm’s 10-0 victory over visiting Bakersfield. He is hitting .308 (4-for-13) since his promotion.
His performance was merely a footnote as the Storm took a combined no-hitter into the ninth inning before Alexis Lara surrendered a one-out double to Kurtis Muller.
Though Injuries have kept Tate off the field, they haven’t affected his athleticism. The 21-year-old still impresses observers with his bat speed, raw power, foot speed and strong arm.
“He’s got all the physical tools in the bag of tricks,” said Storm hitting coach David Newhan, who is running the club while manager Shawn Wooten is home with his wife after the birth of their son. “It’s now about figuring out how to become a baseball player with those tools.”
Storm interim hitting coach Ivan Cruz, who managed Tate in rookie ball in 2010, said the former first-round pick is attentive to coaching, which should help him make adjustments against tougher pitching.
Tate showed signs of progress in 2011, posting a .406 on-base percentage and stealing 17 bases between short-season Eugene and Fort Wayne. And he has shown a firm grasp of the strike zone since joining the Storm, drawing six walks with a .526 on-base percentage in four games.
“Every day I try to have a plan at the plate, have a good at-bat and win every pitch,” Tate said.
Tate’s batting practice power hasn’t translated to games, as he has slugged only one home run in the last two years. He has just seven extra-base hits this year.
“He is still growing and he is still getting a little stronger that some of the balls that he is hitting into the gaps are going to be home runs or doubles,” Cruz said. “His power numbers will increase. Right now, the focus is he has to be a good hitter first. He has to learn how to handle the head of the bat within the strike zone.”
There are those who believe Tate is the latest in a long line of failed first-round draft picks for the Padres. But at 21, Tate said he is not exactly succumbing to the pressure of expectations.
“I don’t put any extra added pressure (on myself) because you can’t please everybody,” Tate said. “I think everything will kind of take care of itself if I stay on the field and stay healthy.”


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Top 50 Father-Daughter Wedding Dance Song Ideas ❤ See more: http://www.weddingforward.com/father-daughter-wedding-dance-song-ideas/ #weddings
songs for father daughter dance
Top 20 Father Daughter Wedding Dance Songs for your wedding reception at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott of Wausau banquet hall.
I found digital sheet music (easy piano) for Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles from 1969 at Musicnotes.
CELTIC WOMAN. "You raise me up". More
I'm going to just keep sending you wedding stuff cause I'm excited for you
stepfather daughter songs
Get top song recommendations for the father-daughter dance and mother-son dance!
Stand By Me Lyrics: Shana surprised and picked this song for her dad at her wedding to Willy in Arizona. Daughter and dad dance. OMG it was priceless
Super sweet Mother's Day video for children. Fun Mother's Day song for kids to learn and sing along to! #mothersday


PAHRC and NLIHC have teamed up with data startup mySidewalk to create an at a glance affordable housing preservation toolkit. This toolkit helps local affordable housing advocates and planners understand their affordable housing stock, assess preservation risks in their communities, and equips them with ideas to enhance their local housing preservation efforts.
How it Works
Each toolkit can be customized to your geography of interest, providing locally specific data from the NHPD and examining five opportunities for community partners to consider when creating an affordable housing preservation plan. These opportunities include:
- Assessing local affordable housing stock,
- Recruiting partners to support affordable housing,
- Encouraging property owners with expiring rent restrictions to retain affordability commitments,
- Investing in preserving high quality affordable housing, and
- Adopting policies that promote long-term affordability.


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With this dish, you don’t need to sacrifice any flavor to prepare a super healthy meal. Pan-fry some salmon and pair with quinoa and sautéed squash. Check out our recommended spice mixtures for this recipe that will take you around the world and back.
Only thing better than how good this dish tastes is how easy it is to make. Get the pasta cooking, cook the pork, and saute the broccoli and cauliflower. Toss 'em altogether with whatever sauce you're feeling, and you're all set.
Whether you're gearing up for a marathon or just trying to take a break from take-out, this healthy meal is for you. Check out our recommended spice mixes as this dish adapts well to many different flavors.
Just when you thought this insanely tasty and healthy meal couldn't get any better, you realize there are no dishes to do! Chop the potatoes and veggies, roast them until golden-brown perfection, and you got dinner ready.
Cook any whitefish like cod or tilapia for a few minutes in a generous portion of butter and serve it up with some sauteed mushrooms and a baked tater for a recipe that will make you look at yourself and go "dang, when did I get so sophisticated?"
A little soy sauce and sesame oil can go a long way, like all the way to Asia. That's where you'll feel like you are chowing down on this dish.
Cooking for one can seem like a fool's errand - so much time and effort to feed just one person. The trick is to minimize your effort while maximizing your output, or in cooking terms, do as little prep work as possible to produce a lot of food (all while keeping costs down, of course). Here are some tips to make cooking for one easy and productive:
Most grocery stores have the same layout, with fresh foods (produce, meat, and dairy) on the perimeter of the store, and processed foods (with longer shelf lives) on the aisles in the middle of the store. Since we try to primarily eat whole, unprocessed foods, we tend to stick to the edges of the store as much as possible.
When comparing our options in the grocery store, we look at the ingredient list and ask ourselves a few key questions. How many ingredients do this have? Do I know what these ingredients are? Is sugar one of the first few ingredients? There’s no hard and fast rule, but generally the fewer ingredients, the better. The more easily pronounced ingredients, the better. The farther down sugar occurs on the ingredient list, the better (if it appears at all).

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A record number of rowers are making their way back to the mainland today, after a 4 day rowing extravaganza on the Isles of Scilly.
Mens and Ladies teams from as far away as Holland have been battling it out to win the world gig racing championships.
More top news
In little more than 12 hours the people of Scotland will begin voting on whether they should have independence from the UK.
Inquest into the death of a woman who jumped to her death on Dartmoor with her son on her back. Her other child lay dead at home.
Kylie Pentelow explores her love of Agatha Christie ahead of a series of reports looking at her life in South Devon.


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The BBC television programme Peak Practice was on air between 1993 and 2002. It was based around a fictional village in the Peak District called Cardale. The first eleven series were filmed in and around Crich which was transformed into Cardale for the filming. Local homes were used as part of the filming including – Chestnut Bank, Fritchley which was used as the practice called “The Beeches”; Archway House, Crich, was Beth Glover’s house; Melkridge House, Fritchley was Jack Kerruish’s house.
Shops were temporarily renamed and the Market Place was once transformed into an out-door market.
Photos courtesy Sue Wetton
Photos courtesy Hilary Welby
Photos courtesy Dawson Longdon
Photos courtesy Ron Savage

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Many modern smartphones have space for two SIM cards. You then have the option to switch back and forth between the two SIM cards as required. Find out whether and how you can use the dual SIM function of your Huawei P30 Pro and what you need to consider.
Huawei P30 Pro Dual SIM – the most important information at a glance
Like the normal version of the P30 and the Lite variant , Huawei has also equipped the P30 Pro with a dual SIM function.
- In addition to the normal SIM card slot, the smartphone has an additional hybrid slot that is suitable for both a memory card and a SIM card.
- Due to the hybrid slot, you have to choose between the expansion of the storage space or the second SIM card.
- Like other manufacturers, Huawei uses the compact Nano SIM for the SIM card format.
Insert the second SIM card – this is how it works
If you want to insert a second SIM card into the Huawei P30 Pro, you need the included tool or a paper clip.
- Turn off the smartphone.
- The SIM card slide is located at the lower end of the Huawei P30 Pro. Insert the tip of the tool into the opening on the slide and press gently until it comes out a little.
- Then pull the slide out completely with your fingers.
- Place the nano SIM card in the sled. Pay attention to the bevelled corner for correct alignment.
- Finally, slide the slide into the slot provided until it clicks into place.
You can now switch the smartphone on again and put the second SIM card into operation.


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Absolute quality product that was somewhat unexpected, the stitching is top-notch and surprisingly stain resistant, all the prints are high quality - I couldn’t recommend these guys anymore. Worth every last cent.
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Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection.
Use left/right arrows to navigate the slideshow or swipe left/right if using a mobile device

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Down Home Rag
Here is an arrangement of a tune called Down Home Rag. It's a wonderful sounding version of a great old tune.
The instrumentation is as follows:
- 1st Trumpet
- 2nd Trumpet
- Banjo/Guitar (one part)
This chart features wonderful ensemble and solo parts which are completely written out.
This chart’s level of difficulty is rated: Medium. This rating typically means the average musician will be able to play it successfully after a few attempts. Tempo, key, and instrumental range all could pose a challenge.


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Restricting public access to information in the Aurora movie theater shooting case would set a dangerous precedent and erode the public trust in our state’s judicial system, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition said Friday in a news release.
“A heinous crime committed in a darkened movie theater that left 12 dead and hundreds injured and devastated should not result in the judicial process being shrouded in secrecy,” said Jeff Roberts, executive director of the CFOIC. “We hope the judge will deny the defendant’s request and keep our courts open to public scrutiny and accountability.”
A motion filed by suspect James Holmes’ attorneys on Wednesday asks the court to seal all transcripts of proceedings in the case and to remove the case from the “Cases of Interest” section of the court’s website, which provides the public with direct access to court documents.
The defense lawyers argue that easy access to pleadings in the case jeopardizes Holmes’ right to a fair trial by an impartial jury. But deleting the case from the court’s website would merely serve to overwhelm Arapahoe County court clerks with requests for information from news media and interested members of the public. In their motion, Holmes’ attorneys also point to the fact that court files have been sealed for years in the Sir Mario Owens capital murder case. However, in that case, which involved a murdered witness, the judge cited witness protection issues as a reason for keeping transcripts of those proceedings secret. No such issues exist in the Holmes case.
Prosecutors have not yet responded to the defense attorneys’ motion. A hearing on other matters in the case is scheduled for Monday morning.
Follow the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition on Twitter @CoFOIC. Like CFOIC’s Facebook page. Do you appreciate the information and resources provided by CFOIC? Please consider making a tax-deductible donation.

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GoGo Cast Inc., a global leader in dynamic content and digital merchandising in the Digital Out of Home (DOOH) space, today announced an in-store collaboration with GoLocal24, LLC and GoLocalProv.com. GoLocal24 is creating the next model for local digital news and information by providing high value local content. GoLocal24’s business-model is highly scalable, efficient and monetizable in mid-sized markets.
“This partnership with GoLocal gives us another unique feature unparalleled by others in the space. GoGo Cast already provides the best visual experience, the most dynamic point-of-purchase, and now with this partnership – the highest quality local content,” said David Paolo, President and CEO of GoGo Cast.
The agreement allows GoGo Cast’s unique, industry-leading dynamic digital sign and advertising solutions to run GoLocal’s all original and all local news, lifestyle, sports, and weather headlines in their vast array of locations in Southeastern New England. GoGo Cast has more than 700 Go-Screens nationally reaching more than 24,000,000 viewers per month. GoLocal content will be running on the 195 Go-Screens in Southern New England reaching more than 6,700,000 viewers per month.
GoGo Cast’s Go-Screens offer a unique digital experience for consumers in-store. It offers consumers offers both from advertising and now the most up-to-date advertising solution in-stores by providing significant and useful information to engage customers.
“At a time when most media companies are cutting their reporters and local content, GoLocal is striving to provide GoGo Cast’s customer the highest value local content. We believe that consumers want high-value local content – investigative news, weather, sports headlines and lifestyle – information that enhances their lives,” said Josh Fenton, Co-Founder and CEO of GoLocal24, LLC.
Today, GoLocal is distributed online, thru online video on GoLocalTV, in daily E-Blasts to nearly 30,000 Rhode Islanders, and via social media to hundreds of thousands daily.
GoGo Cast’s retailers like Gulf Oil’s network of dealers, Shell Stations, and XtraMart Convenience stores (to name a few of the distribution points) will be providing real-time news via GoLocal. The ability to reach a captive in-store audience by delivering practical and effective messages at precisely the right time to enhance the customer’s experience at point-of-purchase sets GoGo Cast apart.
The elite digital displays enhance customers’ in-store experience and help them make smart purchasing decisions and have a greater awareness of sale prices and special promotions. Retailers will benefit from an additional opportunity to highlight key selling points, complementing traditional point-of-purchase advertising. Already, retailers are seeing a significant increase in sales for products advertised on the screens in the select retail outlets where they are installed.
“With our ability to provide real-time messaging and dynamic content through our networks, GoGo Cast is quickly becoming the venue of choice for retailers and brands alike to reach the critical mass of ‘on-the-go’ qualified buyers,” Paolo concluded.
About GoGo Cast, Inc.
GoGo Cast, Inc. is an on-demand, out-of-home digital media company that enables customers to directly communicate with their clientele across vertical markets. Using an aggregated network of digital media and audience-targeted content, GoGo Cast delivers direct-to-consumer advertising that enables retailers, brands, manufacturers, advertisers and promoters to reach highly targeted audiences, influence brand choice and receive measurable results. With GoGo Cast’s content network and commercial grade digital screens, advertisers can deliver messages that influence consumer buying decisions at the right place, at the right time.
GoGo Cast Inc. Contact:
Email: jdexter [at] gogocast.com
GoLocal24 is creating the next model for local digital news and information. By providing high value local content, GoLocal24 is creating a scalable, highly efficient and monetizable mid-sized market model for next generation media.
In GoLocal24’s first market, Providence, RI, GoLocalProv.com is the “go to” local Web experience that breaks the biggest local stories – news and politics, arts and entertainment, food and fashion, plus professional, college, and high school sports; and it allows users to go as deep as they wish.
Leveraging branded, credible, and respected contributors, GoLocal creates content, social experience and advertising opportunity that is unmatched. Information is delivered through multimedia, written, and video platforms; GoLocal24 is creating the model for local-content media. In September of 2011, GoLocal launched GoLocalTV – a daily digital broadcast of the local news and information.
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Tuesday is the last full day of the scheduled meetings for members of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, in which three speakers will discuss Bible passages on which they base prophecies concerning forthcoming war in the Middle East and the eventual setting up of the Kingdom in Palestine.
Davidians from all over the nation, gathered at Mt. Carmel Center near Elk to await the events, heard M.W. Wolfe this morning and will hear T. O. Hermanson at 3 p.m. and Dudley Goff at 7:30 p.m. The three speakers are attached to the Davidian world headquarters at Mt. Carmel.
The final scheduled meeting is for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, the day on which — or near which — the expected war is to begin. Goff will be the speaker.
Members of the sect told yesterday how they received word from headquarters to gather at the 941-acre Mt. Carmel Center, sold what possessions they could not bring with them, and made the trek to Waco.
Members of the sect expect the following events to occur within the next few weeks: 1) outbreak of war in the Middle East; 2) purification of their church through the coming of the Lord — they say it possibly will not be visible — with fire and sword; 3) establishment of God’s Kingdom in Jerusalem; and 4) purification of the remainder of the world’s population.
Here are the accounts some of the Davidians related Monday:
“We were living in Narco, Calif., when we received the notice to assemble in Waco,” Tommy Thompson, a lean, weather beaten man in his 60’s recalled.
“I owned a trenching machine business.
“After we received the notice we sold the business, our house and furniture. We packed the rest of our belongings — our bedding and cooking utensils — in the car and a rented trailer and brought them with us.”
Thompson and his wife are living in a tent at the Davidian world headquarters at Mt. Carmel Center nine miles east of Waco.
“We have no particular problems,” Thompson said. “We got what we asked for.”
“Of course,” Mrs. Thomson added quickly, “this mud has been worrisome. It seems like it’s always underfoot.”
George Walton brought his wife, son and 30 to 35 other members to the center when he came from California. And they, like the Thompsons, are living in a tent at the center.
“We burned all our bridges behind us,” Walton said. “We came prepared to meet whatever comes our way.”
Walton was an employee of the city board of education at Los Angeles. He also was leader of the Davidian group in that area.
Mr. and Mrs. William Glynn of Bend, Ore., are luckier than most.
They have two daughters living at the center. They invested part of their money in a house trailer before they came to the center.
“We came in a caravan,” they said. “There were five cars in all when we started out, but we didn’t all arrive at the same time. Some drove straight on through, but we stopped every night.”
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Lyons of Portland, Ore., were Bible workers and they said they “were prepared for the call.”
“The Lord is with us,” Lyons said. “We sold our home — signed the final papers and all — and moved out in the two week period between the time we received the call and the time we were supposed to arrive.”
But they ran into a little trouble on the way.
“I’m a heart patient,” Lyons said,” and my wife and I tried to make arrangements to have someone drive us here. We had a woman who was going to drive, but she fell and injured her leg right after we got everything packed.
“We had to come ahead anyway. We had stuff from five other families on our trailer.”
The Lyons are living in an apartment at the center.
“We came prepared to camp out,” Lyons said, “but Sister Houteff (Davidian council chairman Mrs. V.T. Houteff), wouldn’t let us. She assigned us to an apartment and that’s where we’re staying.”
Coming to Texas represented a different type of sacrifice for 20-year-old Richard Strutz, a member of the junior hockey team at Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Glad to be here
“I’m sorry I have to give up hockey,” he said, “but I’m glad to be here.”
Young Strutz came to the center with his parents. His mother is still here but his father flew back to Canada Saturday to make final arrangements to sell the 640-acre Strutz farm in the heart of Canada’s wheat belt.
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Springer came to Waco from Yoder, Wyo., where they owned and operated a combination farm and rest home.
“We’re still trying to sell our place,” they said, “but it’s hard to do. The residence is set up for a rest home — it has 30 bedrooms — and it’s hard to get anyone interested in it.”
There are more than 600 people in Waco representing almost every state and Canada for the Davidian meetings.
And, according to Davidian council member George W. Saether, most of them, like the Springers, the Struzes, the Lyons, the Glynns, the Waltons and the Thompsons have either sold their property or are trying to sell it.


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Anesthesiologists monitor the vital signs of their patients during surgery. The percentage of hemoglobin saturation by oxygen in arterial blood (abbreviated SaO2) is a good indicator of how well the patient is breathing. Prior to the mid-20th century, the only way to judge blood oxygenation was by observation of the patient and taking a blood sample. Pulse oximeters, introduced in the 1980s, are noninvasive monitors of both heart rate and blood oxygenation.
Founded in 1964, Datascope Corporation has made numerous types of patient monitors and other medical apparatus. In the 1980s, the company introduced its new suite of monitors, including the Accucap capnometer, Accucom cardiac output monitor, Accusat pulse oximeter, Accuttor blood pressure monitor, and the 2000 multiple-function monitor. The Accusat pulse oximeter was in production by 1986. It could be used alone, or linked to other Datascope equipment, including the 2000 and Accucap monitors.
The Accusat continuously measured both SaO2 and pulse rate, displaying these in the form of numeric values, with both visual and audible warning signals of changes in these levels. It was equipped with two sizes of probe (attached to the patient's finger) and had a backup battery. It also offered electrosurgical interference suppression, to prevent interruptions during the use of high-frequency, electrical surgical appliances.
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Kenneth Crawford appears to have suffered an injury during his match with Noah at Friday's NXT show in Citrus Springs, Florida.
He attempted a springboard maneuver but didn't make it all the way onto the ropes, slipped, and fell hard into the ring. Noah rolled him up and the ref threw the X up pretty quickly afterwards. He was tended to in the ring for a few minutes before being carried out on a stretcher. From what it appeared, his arms and legs were not moving although he was able to talk to those in the ring who were assisting him.
A fan in attendance noted on Twitter that he was told by EMTs that Crawford was flown out for medical attention, but that wasn't confirmed. Our JJ Williams was there and noted that Crawford didn't appear to be awake on the way to the back.
The Miami Herald had a big story on Crawford, 24, last year, who got into NXT by submitting photos and a resume through their online submission process.
We'l have more information as we get it.


Just a quick heads-up on upcoming reviews. On the far right of this photo: the Kimber HD II, previously reviewed by TTAG’s far right editorialist Brad Kozak. The other two are 1911s destined for your RSS feed: the Wilson Combat X-TAC (center, headed to Arizona for scribe Patrick Carrube) and the Kimber Custom Crimson Carry (far left, westbound and down for Arkansas scribe Roy Hill). We’ve also got Bryan Hyde’s Benelli R1 rifle review in the works, and a close look at pistols from Ruger (SR9c) and Stoeger (Cougar). Other writers, other gun reviews, as and when. The Truth About Guns is dedicated to providing entertaining, insightful and honest gun reviews. And so we shall.


Ron Fuller’s Studcast – Sellouts Start
Release Date: 01/23/19
Running time: 1:02
Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo
Welcome to another week of Ron Fuller’s Studcast. On today’s podcast he talks about business in the Florida territory after the Dusty Rhodes babyface turn.
-The Dusty Rhodes turn to babyface set the stage for the biggest box office year in the Florida territory. After the turn, Dusty cut a great promo which aired throughout the territory that week.
-Ron was wrestling on the Monday after Dusty’s turn in West Palm where he was the local promoter. He wrestled Buddy Colt for the North American Title.
-The real news was happening in Orlando where Dusty was going to wrestle his first match as a babyface. Ron asked the Orlando promoter to call West Palm to let him know how the crowd was. Ron was curious to see what the crowd attendance was going to be. He knew it was going to be a big house but didn’t know how big.
-Later on that evening, Ron found out they had set an all time record in Orlando and sold out 30 minutes before the matches. There were thousands of people outside the building who couldn’t get in but who refused to leave. There was some concern that people were going to try and break into the building to the point they had to call the police to turn the crowds away.
-Back in 1974, walk up sales were a huge thing. There was no advance sales or services like Stubhub.
-Prior to this, Ron had never heard of a walk up sellout happening 30 minutes prior to the match. That was a big thing.
-This was the very beginning of a bunch of sellouts in 1974.
May 21st card, first week after the Dusty turn
- Bill Watts beats Buddy Colt in a steel cage match.
- Pak Song beats Dusty by DQ.
- Verne Gagne defends the AWA belt against Red Beard.
- Ron beat Johnny Valentine.
- The Hollywood Blondes beat Don Muraco and Danny Hodge.
- Les Thornton defeated Kevin Sullivan.
- Lorenzo Parente defeated Silento Rodriguez.
- This was an amazing card but even if they had only booked Dusty vs. Pak Song, that card would have sold out anyways.
- When Ron got to the building, you couldn’t get within a mile of the building.
- They became so accustomed to the crowds that it was shocking when they didn’t have a sellout.
May 28th card
- Jack Brisco who was NWA champ beat Don Muraco by DQ in a babyface match.
- Dusty Rhodes and Mike Graham beat Pak Song and The Samoan.
- Harley Race defeats Silento Rodriguez.
- Buddy Colt defeat Roberto Soto.
- The Hollywood Blondes beat Ron and Tony Charles.
- Hiro Matsuda beat Lorenzo Parente.
- George McCreary has a draw with Terry Sawyer.
- This was another sellout where they turned away thousands of fans.
- Ron is wrestling quite a bit, defending his Florida title against Chris Markoff and Johnny Valentine. He also worked with Dusty for the Southern Title prior to Dusty’s turn. Ron and Rob Fuller got a few title shots with the Hollywood Blondes
Talent, Payoffs and Private Planes
-Along with the sellouts, talent continued to come into the territory such as Bobby Duncan, Gerry Brisco, Bob Armstrong, The Korean Assassin, Bob Armstrong, Greg Valentine and the Korean Assassin. With all this talent plus the existing talent, there was no way sellouts were going to stop.
-Because of the success of the territory, wrestlers were getting great payoffs. Normally, the boys would travel by car but during this period, they started renting private planes, one for the heels and one for the babyfaces. It was a great way to travel and they were able to get home early.
-As good as these planes were, Ron had some scary experiences in these planes. During one trip, they had to fly around a thunderstorm and Bob Armstrong who was in the co-pilot seat grabbed the wheel and caused the plane to drop nose first. Bob wasn’t allowed to fly in the co-pilot seat on the way back.
-On another flight, Ron watched the heel plane take off and they almost didn’t clear some pine trees just as Ron was going to get on the babyface plane.
-Ron was making between $2,000 and $3,000 a week (keep in mind this is 1974) which was tremendous for that time frame.
-People didn’t mind going to work because they knew they were going to be making good money.
June 25th card
- A Bounty Match with Dusty Rhodes vs. Giant Baba turned into a six man tag match with Dusty, Gerry Brisco and Don Muraco vs. Giant Baba, The Korean Assassin and The Samoan.
- Mike Graham and Don Muraco beat Pak Song and Bobby Duncan.
- Ron beat Bill Watts.
- Gerry Brisco defeated Bobby Colt.
- The Korean Assassin beat Bob Roop.
- Pat Barrett and Silento Rodriguez beat Les Thornton and Greg Valentine.
- Ali Vizari beat Terry Sawyer.
- The feud with Gary Hart’s Asian heels against Dusty Rhodes is doing big business. Dusty is bleeding every night so much so that many of the boys are concerned for Dusty.
- Dusty has been so turned on by how the fans have taken to him and is willing to do whatever it takes.
- Terry Sawyer was a great young worker who Ron was impressed with.
-Dusty Rhodes is on fire and has become the most popular wrestler in Florida history even more so than Jack Brisco and Eddie Graham.
-Eddie setup ways to maximize Dusty’s exposure such as setting up autograph sessions in every major wrestling city in the state. Thousands of fans would show up to these sessions which were at the same building they would be wrestling in that night. Dusty had the ability to really connect with the audience who loved him.
-If a babyface was not into participating in one of the these autograph sessions, a promoter like Eddie might have the wrestler go to the snake pit to get stretched. As a talent, if you worked for Eddie, you wanted to please him.
-Another thing Eddie did to get Dusty over was to have an American Dream contest. Fans were encouraged to bring art or a display that honored the American Dream at any of the shows. At the end of the contest, Dusty would pick the best artwork out of the top ten pieces. In 1975, Ron did a similar contest when he ran his company except he did it for their top heel.
On next week’s show, Ron gets into some of the specifics of Dusty’s matches. He also talks about Bill turning on Ron. Ron also talks about his first 60+ minute match against Buddy Colt and he also loses his Florida title in July. Sellouts continue in June and July.
Rating – 7/10
A solid podcast with lots of cool information about what was going on in the Florida territory in 1974. It’s interesting to hear how arena’s would sell out and the fact that walk ups were a big part of that. Also interesting to hear how an angle like the Dusty turn made such a huge difference in the business. Just a fascinating look at how the business worked 44 years ago compared to 2019. Solid recommend.
Joe is a long time wrestling fan from Toronto. He is a co-host on the Pull Apart Podcast with Jeff Rush and Caitlin Lavelle as well as a contributor to www.pwpodcasts.com. One of his life goals is to be a guest host on one of Wade Keller’s post-show podcasts. He doesn’t consider himself any sort of expert, he just likes wrestling. Check him out on Twitter and Instagram @ja113.


“The Kingdom” is a film that manages to completely miss one mark, while absolutely hitting it right in the center of another.
This Peter Berg-directed film falls short in its attempt to be a ripped-from-the-headlines type drama, yet manages to salvage itself if you take it for what it is - a standard action flick that just happens to be set in an exotic location.
“The Kingdom” begins with a terrorist attack on an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At first the U.S. government is content with maintaining protocol and letting the Saudi Arabian government handle the investigation.
That decision doesn’t sit well with FBI special agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx), so he negotiates a secret five-day trip to assist with the investigation.
Once in Riyadh, Fleury and his team of investigators (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) quickly discover that they are not wanted and their investigation is stifled by local protocol.
Fleury’s crew eventually finds an ally, a Saudi colonel (Ashraf Barhoum), who is willing to help them catch the people responsible for the bombing.
Foxx is pretty dynamic in the lead, showing his versatility as an actor. The rest of the cast is spotty: Cooper is underutilized, Garner is seemingly out of place and Jeremy Piven is unable to bring anything to his character, a U.S. diplomat who comes off as a caricature.
Matthew Michael Carnahan’s screenplay tries to make a statement about current U.S./Middle Eastern relations, but the message feels preachy and doesn’t really offer a fresh point of view. It also doesn’t fit to Berg’s strengths as a director.
What does fit Berg’s strength is his keen eye for action and “The Kingdom” has that down to a T. When the film hits its stride in the final third, with an extended chase sequence, “The Kingdom” really kicks it into another gear.
“The Kingdom” isn’t quite up to the high standards set by the Bourne franchise, but it is still good enough to make it a film that action fans will appreciate.
DVD dandy of the week
This week’s dandy is “1408” (B-), the thriller based on the Stephen King short story that manages to entertain, despite a less than satisfying final act.
John Cusack stars as Mike Enslin, a writer who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences.
His latest target is room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, a room in which numerous guests have mysteriously died within an hour of checking in.
Enslin is convinced that the deaths are just coincidence and the whole idea of the room being haunted is merely a myth, but his skepticism quickly fades after he enters 1408.
“1408” is essentially staged like a one-act play, with Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson (as the hotel’s manager) as the main characters. Cusack is pretty effective as Enslin, capturing the character’s cynicism and eventual free-fall into madness.
For the first three-quarters of the film, “1408” really zips along and is one of the more entertaining thrillers in recent memory. But the film really starts to fall apart in the final act, unsure how to conclude Enslin’s journey. The final result is less than satisfying, although it’s still not enough to totally dismiss “1408” as a complete misfire.
“1408” is rated PG-13 for thematic material including disturbing sequences of violence and terror, frightening images and language and will be available Tuesday on DVD.


Musician A.M. Frison, known mononymously as Coultrain, is well-known for his experimental, psychedelic and world-building music. Coultrain is an esteemed experimental artist and active member of 577 Records’ sub-label, Positive Elevations, which is dedicated to electronic experimentation and avant soul. On MUNDUS, Coultrain overlays spoken word performance and his honeyed voice over smooth soul-inspired instrumentation, gentle snare and electronic melodies. The result is a lyrically-focused album that emphasizes Coultrain’s singularity as a musician and poet in equal parts. Considered by the artist to be a natural sequel to Phantasmagoria (577 Records, 2021), it's a further demonstration of his far-reaching talent.
***Coultrain’s Phantasmagoria is firmly embedded in the Soul tradition, built on muted keyboards and overlaid with his assured, smooth voice—but departs with re-worked percussion and fresh, electronic experimentation. The title refers to a sequence of images reminiscent of a dream, and captures the hazy state of mind that drove the process behind this album, as well as its dreamy effect. A.M. Frison, the poet-filmmaker-musician behind the one-man band Coultrain, explores his innermost self through these compositions, drawing from the wide variety of musical influences that have shaped his creative sensibility who he describes as “the illustrious composers of jazz, the soul singers who own 'soul' in itself, the funk that resonates in dark times.” Phantasmagoria, a masterful interpretation of Frison’s most influential genres and his own introspective reflection, is avant soul at its best.


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Pithia, RChain Cooperative Invests 2.4 Million into DigitalTown ID Tech
DigitalTown is confirming the receipt of a $2.4 million windfall from Pithia, Inc, which is the venture capital arm of The RChain Cooperative. The money will be used to speed up the company’s self-sovereignty project that targets successful local economies. DigitalTown has a stellar reputation as the premier public corporation to commit to blockchain.
Following this announcement, Lawrence Lerber, CEO at Pithia, and two more company executives will become part of the DigitalTown board. DGTW is also working with lifeID to make sure that its identity management concept comes to fruition. The two are heavily involved in the self-sovereign identity program that once realized, will roll out free of charge to everybody.
This is barely the first time someone is injecting their capital into DigitalTown; towards the end of April, the company received $1million from the University of California in San Diego.
Robert Monster, the CEO at DigitalTown, believes that these partnerships are strategic for the company going forward. He touts the company’s success in wooing the right investment partners and feels that Pithia brings a lot of executive experience from a wide range of backgrounds in the industry. Monster believes that RChain is the key to high potent distributed internet.
Lerner on the other hand believes that this partnership benefits consumers in that it gets services of all kinds closer to them via the power of the blockchain. He indicates that the arrangement brings the world closer to a blockchain that actually offers real services to real people. Lerner predicts that the move sets the foundation for an ecosystem that will be entirely based on the blockchain.
At the moment, DigitalTown is providing solutions in the Austin-San Antonio areas of the Central Tx corridor. Graham Weston, a leading tech entrepreneur and San Antonio resident, is excited about the move and welcomes DigitalTown’s forays into the area.
DigitalTown is using lifeID and RChain to provide its services. It also hosts infrastructure upon which devs in the blockchain space can build decentralized apps (Dapps). The company has also for a long time been pushing for the adoption of Smart City innovations as well as Dapps for specific cities. It has mobile and web applications that help cities to work together and create workable visions for sovereign communities. DGTW has been able to implement that vision in places such as London, Nashville, and Miami.
DGTW’s motivation is to ensure that the idea of Smart Cities thrives in the digital spectrum. Its vision is to make sure of the emergence of ‘digital towns’ which help communities to thrive and pull in visitors by means of solutions that come from within these communities. The solutions in this case are geared toward civic engagement, digital inclusion, and economic empowerment.
A Little About Pithia
Pithia came about in 2016. It is the venture capital wing of The RChain Cooperative. The company has a staggering $170 million war chest, all of which is expected to help in the development of blockchain 3.0. The company also has a broader vision that seeks to drive up enterprise adoption by investing in key technology drivers such as governance, supply chain, payment, identity, and storage.

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According to property consultants Savills, the cost of renting living and office space for one employee in London has reached $115,000 ( £68,000) up by 18 per cent in the last five years and two per cent since 2013.
Yolande Barnes, director of Savills World Research said: “These findings go some way to demonstrating the rebalancing of world economies as more mature ‘old world’ cities demonstrate stable growth in this recovery cycle. ‘New world’ city growth has slowed markedly, albeit this trend has been slightly counterbalanced by the emergence of new world city real estate markets – notably Rio de Janeiro and Dubai.”
London however was found to offer some of the biggest discounts for creative firms with less money to spend on offices, while only Paris and Sidney had no discount for creative space, meaning that a tech company will pay more for live-work space in Paris than in any other world city, including Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, the cost of living and working space per employee averaged at 73,000, 1.6 times more expensive than Singapore, 3.8 times more than Shanghai and some 4.4 times more expensive than Mumbai.
New York and Paris completed the list of the top four most expensive cities.


David Gergen says that John Boehner is being surprisingly reasonable. Democrats and the President are overplaying their hand and their recalcitrance may poison relations between the parties.The gist of Gergen’s argument is that it should be enough from Republicans that they show any flexibility on tax hikes at all since they haven’t even entertained the idea for 22 years.
Some of the best passages from the piece …
In a breakthrough, House Speaker John Boehner quickly lined up behind the idea of the wealthy paying more. He still disagrees with the president on how to get there, of course, but critics are losing sight of how far Boehner seems prepared to go.
But there is now a danger of over learning that lesson, becoming so combative and rigid that good faith negotiations become almost impossible. Old White House hands from the GOP side — people who like our Presidents to succeed –are privately warning that if the White House and allied Democrats keep pushing so hard-fisted on deficits, Susan Rice and Senate filibuster rules, relations with Republicans on the Hill will become even more poisonous in the next four years than in the past.


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This must be the place: Somethin’ keeps him driftin’, miles and miles away, searchin’ for the songs to play
I was already 10 minutes late to my niece’s seventh birthday party some 20 minutes away last Sunday afternoon.
This is one of the fastest growing recreational activities in the Smokies, one easily witnessed by all the vehicles with mountain bikes strapped to the back or top. Pretty straightforward as to why so may partake of this sport: the Smokies contain some of the best bike trails anywhere. Here are the popular spots:
The Joy of Discovery: Foreign students, host families relish cultural exchange
It’s easy to imagine the ways in which a foreign exchange student’s world is broadened by an experience studying abroad, but for many of the families that host foreign students, the world grows just as much.
Everything is Fine
The sun was shining dry, white hot heat the day my mother and I found ourselves out of money, tired and hungry in a town we’d never stepped foot in before in Northern Spain — for the second time in less than a month.
Pick up a book and travel
If you are like me and have been more than somewhat stranded by the pandemic for the past year or more and are succumbing to cabin fever and the isolation blues and are looking forward to getting out and about or even doing some traveling, then I have a suggestion.
Sometimes, the urge to just go is irresistible
They didn’t know where they were going, their only waypoint the “S” on the compass rose.
They were both from Minnesota. For a laugh they could turn on the accent that became the humorous aside of the Coen brothers’ film “Fargo,” with the “yaah” and “geez” and “you betcha.” In their 50s, both had been able to retire early, she a landscape architect and he an Air National Guard pilot.
This must be the place: Turn your head to the cries of loneliness in the night
Stepping out of my truck, it was a cold wind rolling off the nearby mountains late Monday afternoon. A stiff breeze pushed across Lake Junaluska as I took the first strides of my four-mile run around the manmade body of water. Heavy snowflakes hit my face. I zipped the jacket closer to my chin.
This must be the place: Ain’t it funny how the time just flies, don’t you think it’s time to get on board?
Nearing midnight here in Eastern Idaho. A landscape I used to call home some 12 years ago. The faces I chase down and interact with in these parts are familiar and beloved. The same faces I befriended when I first rolled through here to put down roots as a rookie reporter in January 2008 for the Teton Valley News.
This must be the place: Staring out at nothing, listening to an old dog bark
I’m currently sitting at the old kitchen table in my parents’ 1840 farmhouse in Upstate New York. Our family dog, Madison, is lying down a few feet away, always within a short distance of me whenever I’m walking around the house or wandering the backyard. The coffee in hand is fresh and strong. There’s a lot on my mind, too.
America, mile by mile: Cross-country trip reveals country’s beauty, diversity
Back when the trip was a new idea, I don’t think either of us took it seriously. Three weeks on the road, at a time when most American cars were sitting idle in the driveway? Thousands of miles of driving through sand and snow, mountain and desert, far from home? Surely this was just a pie-in-the-sky dream borne from the hunger pangs of quarantine, nothing more.


In 2004 the Premier of South Australia, The Honourable Mike Rann, announced the development of the Lochiel Park site for a mixture of natural parklands linking directly to the River Torrens Linear Park, together with a small area of housing development. In announcing this project he made a commitment to sustainable development:
"I want South Australia to become a world leader in a new green approach to the way we all live. The Lochiel Park Development will become the nation's model "Green Village" incorporating Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) technologies."
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Flood insurance coverage costs range relying on the quantity of flood insurance purchased, the property’s flood risk and the occupancy of the house. A flood can simply trigger rather more harm, as it’s possible you’ll need to switch your home’s flooring, elements of the partitions and your private property and home home equipment. Flooding can occur in Florida at any time of the year, and every day you go with out flood insurance coverage you are taking probabilities on your financial future. Your property policy does not cover damage from flood loss to any property resulting directly or not directly from water or injury caused by water-borne materials.
If you have a variety of valuables, ask your insurer about further riders or endorsements to increase your flood coverage. Most people don’t even contemplate flood insurance coverage costs until they’ve lived in a house where flood insurance coverage is a necessity. That means Floridians that have their roof blown off by Irma’s Class four winds may be coated to rebuild, however homes hit by swelling flood waters won’t.
All of those areas are liable to flood injuryÂ â€” and need the right insurance to guard towards it. Flood insurance coverage isn’t federally required in average-to-low areas, but it is strongly recommended for all property house owners and renters. With the continued changes within the National Flood Insurance coverage Program (NFIP), many Florida homeowners are reaching deeper into their pockets to pay the mortgage. You can rely on being reimbursed for flood damages, even if the President doesn’t declare a Federal disaster.
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Florida’s property owners nonetheless purchase far more federal flood insurance than some other state â€” 1.7 million policies, protecting about $forty two billion in property â€” however most residents in hazard zones are badly uncovered. Building protection is designed to guard the construction of your private home or business and canopy appliances and other property objects which are thought of part of your property including air conditioners, dishwashers and cabinets.
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The U.S. Treasury expects to borrow $75 billion in the second quarter, $101 billion lower than previously estimated, according to a statement Monday. The new forecast includes an end-of-quarter cash balance of $360 billion. Analysts expected a reduction in borrowing given the earlier-than-expected action by Congress to suspend the debt ceiling. During the third quarter, Treasury said it expects to borrow $273 billion in net marketable debt with a cash balance of $350 billion. During the January-March quarter, Treasury borrowed $488 billion in net marketable debt and ended with a cash balance of $290 billion. This was slightly higher than the $441 billion estimate. Treasury will release details of its quarterly borrowing on Wednesday.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday 12 April 2018
Government, Labour and Private Sector Representatives of the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC), under the Chairmanship of the Hon Camille Robinson-Regis, Minister of Planning and Development, are close to arriving at consensus on recommendations for the harmonisation of measures to enhance the existing level of protection for retrenched workers.
Consensus has so far been reached on eleven (11) of the sixteen (16) provisions contained in a draft Position Paper which was referred for NTAC’s consideration by the Cabinet.
Amendments to Retrenchment and Severance Benefits Act
The draft Position Paper is the outcome of a National Stakeholders Consultation which was held by the Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development on the 18th May, 2016 as well as comments solicited from stakeholders who comprised the leadership of employer organizations, trade unions, government, academia, the legal fraternity and other agencies with technical expertise.
The Paper was developed to lay the groundwork for the introduction of a Bill in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago to give effect to Amendments to the Retrenchment and Severance Benefits Act Chapter 88:13 with a view to bringing legislative provisions in line with contemporary social and economic conditions.
Insolvency and Receivership
One of the critical items under meticulous consideration by NTAC is the introduction of a provision that will ensure the payment of severance benefits in circumstances where the services of workers are terminated due to insolvency or receivership. These are two conditionalities not currently provided for in the scope of the original Retrenchment and Severance Benefits Act which came into force in November 1985.
Prior to the passage of this Act, severance payments were generally made only where Collective Agreements provided for such payments or at the sole discretion of the employer.
The Council plans to engage in discussions with a number of professional and financial institutions over the next three (3) weeks, prior to arriving at consensus on the remaining five (5) items.
Upon completion of its deliberations, NTAC’s recommendations will be forwarded for Cabinet’s consideration.
April 11th, 2018
For further information, kindly contact:
Mr Roy Mitchell
National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC)
Tel Nos: (868) 663 6968 Mobile: 754 5234

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TORONTO — Benedict Cumberbatch has morphed into a “Star Trek” villain and embodied a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, but transforming into silver-haired WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took much effort.
“I’ve got a longer face, his is rounder. It was a challenge,” said Cumberbatch, 37, of his “The Fifth Estate” role.
“I quite enjoyed putting the wig on. The eyes were a little bit more arduous with the contact lenses because I’ve never worn them before. I’ve got kind of light aquamarine, greeny color and his are blue. So I wanted to tone down my eyes a little bit.”
Cumberbatch didn’t stop there: “I had a new set of prosthetic teeth and a slightly bigger upper lip because I have a big bottom lip. And then there was the accent and the dialect and the slight lisp as well, that was the huge challenge. A fantastic dialect coach helped me with that.”
Once he had the look and sound, Cumberbatch spoke with Assange, now confined to the Ecuadoran embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden.
“I tried to justify my reasons for doing this and that was where that ended,” he said, acknowledging that Assange did not want the film made.
“It mattered to me a lot that he felt so passionately but I wanted to persuade him that it wasn’t necessarily gonna be as bad as he feared it would be. He had read a script that had been leaked to him which was a very old draft.
“It was important for me to portray Julian as a three-dimensional human being and not get into a slagging match about whether he was good or bad,” the actor added at the Ritz-Carlton.
“I wanted to portray human characteristics about a man at the forefront of an incredible media revolution with incredible ideas whose character came out of that primarily, and not get bogged down in character assassination.”
The actor has other non-Assange irons in the fire: There’s “12 Years a Slave” in which he plays a slave owner (opening Oct. 25) and the new Hobbit movie, “The Desolation of Smaug,” where he voices the dragon.
“It’s an embarrassment of riches that I’m loathe to complain about. It’s been an amazing time and I’m really enjoying it.”
(The Fifth Estate” opens Friday.)


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Twenty-five drone operators will call the facility home as DDC begins scaling operations up to commercial capacity to be ready by Q3 of this year.
A week prior to this announcement, DDC released news that they received approval from Transport Canada to test its Falcon drone, which is capable of delivering payloads of 50 LBS.
DDC is looking to take the Falcon in a different direction than the multi-rotor single package drones that Amazon has proposed. “in response to market demand driven by the burgeoning e-commerce industry, our engineering team was given the task of building out our fleet of cargo drones to address the need for a multi-package payload compartment solution which is applicable in many different geographies. The Falcon is the newest edition to DDC’s fleet and meets this particular niche which is being requested by DDC’s customers,” commented Tony Di Benedetto, CEO of DDC.
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Jamuna Chiarini is the founder of The Outlet Dance Project. She has been a dance artist, writer and producer from the West Coast to the East Coast for most of her life. She has performed professionally in dance works by many great artists but most recently with Subashini Ganeshan, Randee Paufve, Linda Austin and Linda K. Johnson In Portland Oregon. She has performed with Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Theatre, Acrodance Theatre, Opera Festival of New Jersey, New Jersey Opera Theatre, The Opera Company of Philadelphia and Kalamandir Dance Company, in which she was a founding member and co-choreographer.
She is also the co-founder of Co/Mission-a new performance project in Portland Oregon that shifts the paradigm of who initiates the creation process of new choreography by bringing the artistic vision into the hands of the dance performer.
Jamuna is also a dance writer for Oregon Arts Watch, an online publication dedicated to Oregon’s Arts and Culture located in Portland Oregon.
Ann Robideaux, is a choreographer, dance film-maker and educator. Concentrating on site-specific dance, her works have taken over the audience seats of Dance New Amsterdam, the historic Frying Pan and Lilac WWII lightships, the fountain of Galapagos and the steps of the Eldridge Street Synagogue in NYC. Her dance films have been created for NYC Dances: Sternberg Park, Ntl Public Radio online and the Rave of Mestizas, Argentina. Apart from original works, she has choreographed numerous straight plays and musicals and just completed her first dance film documentary. She is also the Dance and Theater coordinator at Princeton Day School. More at www.AnnMakesDances.com.
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donia salem harhoor (she/they) is a queer Disabled egyptian-american bibliophile. Founder of the Duniya Collective, she is a principal dancer and choreographer with Sakshi Productions. She has been a student of acclaimed Odissi dance guru, Durga Charan Ranbir for the past 19 years and works closely with the virtuosic, Rahul Acharya.
An alumna of Community of Writers, Open Mouth Poetry Retreat, and Urban Bush Women’s Summer Leadership Institute, harhoor was Grounds For Sculpture's inaugural Performing Artist in Residence. donia is a member of the Brown Girl in the Ring Collective, their poetry has appeared in Anomaly, Ballet Review, and Sukoon magazines, the Written Here Poetry Review, and is forthcoming in an anthology of SWANA love poems. She is one of Swim Pony’s TrailOff Project authors. They are an apprentice of Karen Rose of Sacred Vibes Apothecary. An ardent believer in game night, donia has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College. Learn more at doniasalemharhoor.com.


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In a remarkable turnaround, India came from behind in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series to beat Australia by 6 wickets within three days of play and establish an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. In an entertaining Test, a few highlighting moments created quite a buzz among the fans. Here are the top five moments from the second BGT Test played in the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
5. Cheteshwar Pujara reaches landmark 100th Test
The first memorable moment of the game was even before the action began as Cheteshwar Pujara became the 13th Indian to reach the milestone 100th Test. Pujara, who debuted for India in Tests against Australia in 2010, achieved the 100th career Test for India landmark against the same opposition in the second Test match of the BGT 2023.
As such, the Indian players did their part, giving the solid defensive batter a guard of honour while coming out to the field in the first session of the ongoing Test in Delhi. He has a tally of 7021 Test runs from 169 innings accounting for an average of 44.15 with a highest score of 206*. He has 34 fifties and 19 centuries to his credit in the red-ball game.
4. Matt Renshaw replaces David Warner as concussion substitute
India speedster Mohammed Siraj struck David Warner on the helmet at the end of the 10th over, having previously taken a painful blow on the left elbow in the eighth over. Both times he was struck as he tried to pull a Siraj bouncer but was beaten for pace. Warner had to be subbed off after being declared concussed by the Australian medical staff.
Later reports revealed that Warner had also sustained a hairline fracture in his elbow; the Australia batter copped with multiple blows in his innings. Matt Renshaw was then brought out as his concussion substitute while Warner could not play any further part in the game.
3. Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin come up big with the bat
After restricting Australia to 263, India looked to be in trouble struggling at 139-7 at a point in the game. However, India’s star allrounders, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, came up with an innings-rescuing partnership of 114 runs for the eighth wicket that helped India close the gap between Australia’s first-innings score.
Axar Patel scored 74 off 115, while Ashwin got 37 off 71 before Australia skipper Pat Cummins dismissed him, breaking the 114-run partnership. Riding on the same, India got to 262, conceding a first-innings lead of just one run.
2. Ravindra Jadeja rattles the Aussie batting line-up picking up 7
Ravindra Jadeja won back-to-back ‘man of the match’ awards, dropping two sensational performances in the first and second BGT Test. The first Test was more of an all-around show as the man from Gujarat picked up 7 wickets within two innings, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings and a crucial 70 off 185, helping India get to a first-innings score of 400.
In the second Test, he took a cumulative 10 wickets in the game, three in the first innings and a sensational 7-wicket haul in the second innings as Australia collapsed from 64-1 to 113 all out. Interestingly, the other three wickets went to his spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin.
1. Virat Kohli’s controversial dismissal in the first innings
Virat Kohli has been inconsistent with his chances in the red-ball game; he looked surprisingly flawless in the first innings of the 2nd BGT Test with a knock of 44 off 84 before getting dismissed in a controversial lbw decision. The on-field decision was out, and Kohli did not hesitate to go upstairs for a review.
However, the on-field call and the 3rd umpire collectively decided that the ball hit the pad first despite any clear evidence of the same. The ball seemed to have hit the bat and pad simultaneously. That being said, his first innings knock of 44 was promising enough for fans to believe in a triple-digit score for the 34-year-old coming soon. The last time he scored a test ton was back in 2019.


text: LANCASTER – A Lancaster man, who pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated assault, was sentenced to 6-12 years by Lancaster County Judge Jeffery Wright. 34-year-old Aaron Robertson was charged after beating a man on September 1, 2021. The third-degree homicide charge was added after an autopsy report found the manner of the victim’s death was homicide. Police responded to the 500 block of Pearl Street and found 36-year-old Brandon Schweers, who told officers his body hurt, he had been pepper sprayed, and had difficulty breathing. Police also observed physical injuries. Schweers told police that Robertson was responsible for the assault. Schweers was taken to a local hospital where he died shortly after arrival. Robertson admitted to detectives that he engaged in a verbal argument with Schweers that turned physical.


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Theory predicts that sexual (or behavioral) isolation will be the first form of reproductive isolation to evolve in lineages characterized by sexual selection. Here I directly compare the rate of evolution of sexual isolation with that of hybrid inviability in a diverse and sexually dimorphic genus of freshwater fish. The magnitude of both sexual isolation and hybrid inviability were quantified for multiple pairs of allopatric species. Rates of evolution were inferred by comparing genetic distances of these species pairs with the magnitude of each form of reproductive isolation: the slope of the regression of genetic distance on the magnitude of reproductive isolation represents the rate of evolution. Of the two forms of isolation, the magnitude of sexual isolation exhibited the steeper slope of regression, indicating that sexual isolation will tend to evolve to completion earlier than hybrid inviability, strictly as a by-product of evolution in geographically isolated populations. Additional evidence from the literature is used to qualitatively compare rates of evolution of sexual isolation with that of other forms of reproductive isolation. Preliminary comparisons support the prediction that sexual isolation will evolve more rapidly than other forms. Because Etheostoma is characterized by striking sexual dimorphism, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that sexual selection for exaggerated mate-recognition characters causes the relatively rapid evolution of sexual isolation.
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|"Publishing" student work from class chart paper drafts.|
While still adhering to the 17 syllable standard of the traditional haiku, the imagery included in the American sentence is presented in a linear fashion reflective of the left-to-right reading of English as opposed to the top-to-bottom approach in Japanese haiku.
After taking 10 minutes to slow down, look around and capture via free write personal sense-based observations about the world around them (our classroom), I introduced the class to the form more, well, formally.
Based on some research, I suggested to the class that an exemplary product would include at least one of the following:
- clear concrete images,
- juxtaposition (The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.),
- found poetry (a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and/or lines, and consequently meaning),
- reflect a degree of "mindfulness,"
- be "compressed" (condensed) for maximum information, minimum number of syllables, and/or
- demotic speech (of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular).
As seen in the picture above, I am currently in the process of publishing (word-processing) each classes collaborative American Sentence Chain and will posting them soon.


Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats
Toronto research shows injured subjects walking better after injections
A Toronto-led team of researchers has found a way to use stem cells derived from skin to treat spinal cord injuries in rats.
The finding lends promise to the idea that stem cells could one day be used to heal spinal cord injuries in humans, helping thousands to walk again.
Injured rats injected with skin-derived stem cells regained mobility and had better walking co-ordination, according to the study published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience. The skin-derived stem cells, injected directly into the injured rats’ spinal cords, were able to survive in their new location and set off a flurry of activity, helping to heal the cavity in the cord.
Freda Miller, a senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children and lead author of the study, said skin-derived stem cells have some advantages over other stem cell types. Scientists who use skin to generate stem cells do not need to use embryos, for example, and skin-derived stem cells can potentially be harvested from patients themselves, she said.
“You can imagine a scenario for people with spinal cord injuries, that maybe, just maybe, we could take a piece of their skin, grow the cells up and transplant them (the patient) with their own cells,” she said. “You wouldn’t have to give them immunosuppressive drugs. That’s a tremendous clinical advantage if it comes true.”
Miller and her colleagues from The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of British Columbia have been exploring the possibilities of using skin to derive stem cells since 2001.
Over the course of their research, the team found that skin-derived stem cells share characteristics with embryonic neural stem cells, which generate the nervous system. They also showed skin-derived stem cells can produce Schwann cells, a cell type that creates a good growth environment to repair injured central nervous system axons – the long nerve cell fibers that conduct electrical impulses between nerves – and that these Schwann cells put down myelin along the injured spinal cord. Like the insulation around an electrical cord, myelin wraps around nerves, creating a sheath that helps quickly conduct nerve impulses.
Miller said the next step was to see whether transplanting the Schwann cells directly into spinal cords would help treat injured rats.
To test their hypothesis, Miller and her team generated stem cells from the skin of rats and mice and forced them to differentiate into Schwann cells, which were then transplanted into the rats. After 12 weeks, the rats were able to walk better, with more co-ordination.
Miller said the cells thrived within the injured spinal cord. Before treatment, the injured rats had a cavity in their spinal cord, a result of their injury. But after treatment, Miller said the Schwann cells had created a bridge that spanned the cavity, and helped nerves grow through the bridge.
The next step is to see whether stem cells derived from human skin can produce similar results.
“We are highly encouraged,” said Miller.
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GLOUCESTER — Gloucester County students' passing rates on the Standards of Learning Tests this year were as good as or better than last year's in 17 of 25 tests.
"I'm very pleased with the gains that I see for the division,'' Superintendent J. Larry Hoover said.
"We are making gains,'' he said, but he acknowledged there are still challenges.
No school has yet met the state's accreditation standard, although Bethel Elementary is well on the way. And Gloucester's passing rates are below the state average in 16 tests.
The SOLs dictate what students must learn grade by grade. The tests are given in grades three, five and eight and at the end of certain courses in high school.
Starting with the class of 2004, students will have to pass six of 11 end-of-course SOL tests to earn a high school diploma.
By 2006, 70 percent of a school's students must pass the SOLs each year or the school risks losing its accreditation. The exceptions are for third grade, in which only 50 percent must pass in history and science.
Bethel had the most passing rates of any of the county's six elementary schools, including above 70 percent in all four third-grade tests. The passing rate in the social studies test was 79 percent this year, an increase of 36 percentage points from last year's 43.
Brenda Martin is Bethel's principal.
"I congratulate her and her staff, as they seem to be on the fastest track to meeting the state accreditation,'' Hoover said.
Passing rates for the social studies test in grade three were up at all but one of the elementary schools. It fell by one point, to 61, at T.C. Walker.
The county's fifth-graders did a good job on their tests except for math. All were up in writing and all except one were up in reading, writing, social studies and science.
But all but one were down in math; Achilles was up by 1 percentage point.
"We've got to focus attention on math grade five,'' Hoover said.
Math passing rates were up at both Page and Peasley middle schools.
Early this summer a team worked on realigning the curriculum with the math SOLs, Hoover said. The team will evaluate the effect of the changes next summer, he said.
"I'm generally excited about the high school,'' said the superintendent. Passing rates increased in most categories, including a 19-point increase in Algebra I and 16 in Algebra II.
But the U.S. history rate is still "unacceptably low,'' he said. It fell three points, to 23. The state average on that test, which has concerned teachers as well as students, is only 32.
- Tina McCloud can be reached at (804) 642-1746 or by e-mail at email@example.com
PRAISING HER TEACHER
Ashley Morgan of Gloucester recently wrote an e- mail to the Daily Press that praised Sylvia Dixon, her eighth-grade geometry teacher at Peasley Middle School.
Ashley said everyone in the class passed the geometry SOL test this year, and her teacher should get some credit.
"To me, that shows that she is a good teacher. She's tough, but she works with us if we had problems, she is caring and she takes the time to help us when need it - even if it is after or before school.
"She made sure we understood everything, not just because of the test, but so we would be ready for high school math classes, too.'"