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Praising it New : The Best of the New Criticism Hardback
Edited by Garrick Davis
Marked by a rigorously close textual reading, detached frombiographical or other extratextual material, New Criticism was thedominant literary theory of the mid-twentieth century.
Since thattime, schools of literary criticism have arisen in support of or in opposition tothe approach advocated by the New Critics.
Nonetheless, the theory remainsone of the most important sources for groundbreaking criticism and continuesto be a controversial approach to reading literature. Praising It New is the first anthology of New Criticism to be printed in fiftyyears.
It includes important essays by such influential poets and critics asT.
S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Yvor Winters,Cleanth Brooks, R.
P. Blackmur, W. K. Wimsatt, and Robert Penn Warren. Together, these authors ushered in the modernist age of poetry and criticismand transformed the teaching of literature in the schools.
As the Americanpoet and critic Randall Jarrell once noted: \u201cI do not believe there has been anotherage in which so much extraordinarily good criticism of poetry hasbeen written.\u201dThis anthology now makes much of the best American poetry criticism availableagain, and includes short biographies and selected bibliographies of itschief figures.
Praising It New is the perfect introduction for students to thebest American poetry criticism of the twentieth century.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288 pages
- Publisher: Ohio University Press
- Publication Date: 13/05/2008
- Category: Literary studies: from c 1900 -
- ISBN: 9780804011082

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ARIZARD-L ArchivesArchiver > ARIZARD > 1999-12 > 0946470671
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Chatter for a cool evening
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:31:11 EST
There are some things that are hard to make for two. Stew is one of them.
Also gravy, I can never make a small pan of gravy. As you may guess, I came
from a large family. Ona

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Published on Thursday, 08 November 2012 19:06
Myanmar has introduced a communications bill that allows authorities to wiretap where it concerns national security.
The Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs was due to submit to parliament the 12-chapter bill on November 7 for approval.
The proposed law includes a provision that paves the way for the central government “to direct authorities concerned to wiretap any information that can threaten national security, rule of law and peace”.
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Rhiana is also an award winning author of plays for young audiences. Here are a few of her most recent plays and projects.
The Three Snow Bears – One hour – by Rhiana Yazzie with story created by Rhiana Yazzie, Alicia Smith and Grace Smith, produced by Stages Theatre Company, directed by Sandy Boren-Barrett. January-February, 2019. A Yupik brother and sister face climate change and have to ask why they have to move their home.
Wild Horses – 55 minutes – Rose Mary, a 12 year old Tongva Native America girl from the big city of Los Angeles, takes a fantastic journey into her city’s and family’s history as she learns to trust her recovering alcoholic father again when he suddenly announces he’s leaving for the summer to go tame wild horses in the desert. The play is brought to life through an ensemble of five actors, found object puppetry, and imaginative characterizations.
2009 Bonderman Playwriting for Youth National Symposium at Indiana Repertory Theatre
2006 The Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices
2005 Commissioned by Native Voices
Available for production
Rainbow Crow, with music by Gary Rue – Musical, 1 hour – Based on a Lenape Native American story, the crow, once known for her beautiful voice and colorful feathers embarks on a journey to save her world from a new thing called “snow” Along the way, she discovers that inner beauty and loyalty are more important than appearance. 2008 Produced and commissioned by Stepping Stone Theatre in Saint Paul, MN. Available for production.
Chile Pod – 40 minutes
Like many San Diegans, Carmen and her family moved from Mexico for a better life. But unlike her classmates, Carmen speaks neither English nor Spanish: she speaks Mixtec, a language of the indigenous people of Oaxaca. Frustrated and confused, Carmen must become the hero of her own story, embracing her heritage while learning to make a home in a whole new world. Chile Pod explores one young person’s journey to a place of belonging, and celebrates diversity, compassion and Oaxacan culture. 2009 Commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse for production and tour February 2 to March 19, 2010.
Rainbow Girl and the Flowers – 30 minutes with traditional drum songs
A traditional Dakota story that explains where the flowers go in the winter time and the origins of rainbows. This play was written for the Upper Sioux Dakota Community commissioned by the Minnesota Historical Society. This is an ideal play to be done by Dakota communities and other tribal nations who can bring their knowledge of traditional drum songs to bring the play to life!

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Miss Sharon Jones!
$12 General Admission
Two-time Academy Award-Winner® Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA, American Dream) follows Grammy-nominated R&B dynamo Sharon Jones during the most courageous year of her life. Often compared to the legendary James Brown because of her powerful and energetic performances, Sharon Jones is no stranger to challenge. For years her music career struggled as she was kept in the wings by a music industry that branded her “too short, too black, too fat.” After decades of working odd jobs, from a corrections officer to a wedding singer, Sharon had a middle-aged breakthrough after joining forces with Brooklyn R&B outfit The Dap-Kings. In 2013, on the eve of the release of the much-anticipated album Give the People What They Want, Sharon was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Miss Sharon Jones! is a triumphant crowd-pleaser that captures an irrepressible human spirit as she battles back to where she belongs; center stage.

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(HBO) – Hoa Binh’s industrial production index was estimated to increase by 23.35% in February against January and 39.07% compared with February 2022.
Sankoh Vietnam Co., Ltd in Hoa Binh
City specialising in manufacturing electronic components greatly contributes to
the export value of the province.
Specifically, the mining industry saw an estimated increase of
8.26%, and processing and manufacturing 15.52%. Electricity, gas, hot water,
steam, and air-conditioning production and distribution grew by about 33.71%.
The water supply, wastewater, and waste management and treatment sectors saw
their indexes decrease by 12.92%.
The overall index of the first two months posted a year-on-year
increase of 4.71%.
Also in February, the local export value neared 120.35 million
USD, up 4.66% against the previous month, up 5.51% compared with the same
period last year, and reached 13.88% of this year’s plan.
Its import turnover was estimated at 94.924 million USD, growing
3.46% against the previous month, 8.01% compared to the same period last year,
and accounting for 17.02% of this year’s plan./.
(HBO) -The Office of the Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee has just issued Notice No.3402/TB-VPUBND on the conclusion of the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee at the meeting of the provincial steering committee for improving the investment and business environment and provincial competitiveness index (PCI).
(HBO) – The authority of Lac Son district is striving to improve the District and Department Competitiveness Index (DDCI), aiming to improve the business and investment environment, thus attracting more businesses and investors to the locality.
(HBO) - On May 13rd, the Provincial Business Association hosted a conference on association, cooperation and development of Business Associations in the provinces of Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau with the theme "Sharing the mechanisms and policies to support the businesses in the Northwest mountainous provinces”; signing a cooperation agreement on the legal support for businesses between the Center of Vietnam International Arbitration and the Business Associations of 4 Northwest provinces.
(HBO) – Hoa Binh province’s State budget collection was estimated at 253.3 billion VND (10.79 million USD) in April, equivalent to 15% of the target assigned by the Resolution of the provincial People's Council, according to a report by the provincial People’s Committee.
(HBO) – Farmers in Dong Lai commune in Tan Lac district have successfully piloted and are expanding the model of off-season red flesh dragon fruit farming as it helps increase income and improve people’s living conditions.
(HBO) – In the 2022 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) announced by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in early April, Hoa Binh ranked 53rd out of the country's 63 provinces and cities with a total score of 62.81 points, up 9 places compared to 2021. This result reflected efforts of the whole political system in reforming administrative procedures and improving the local business investment environment.

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Well-defined palladium–gold nanoparticles (PdAuNPs) with randomly alloyed structures and broadly tunable compositions were studied in catalytic nitrite (NO2–) reduction. The catalysts were synthesized using a microwave-assisted polyol coreduction method. PdxAu100–xNPs with systematically varied compositions (x = 18–83) were supported on amorphous silica (SiO2) and studied as model catalysts for aqueous NO2– reduction in a batch reactor, using H2 as the electron donor. The reactions followed pseudo-first-order kinetics for ≥80% NO2– conversion. The PdxAu100–xNP-SiO2 catalysts showed a volcano-like correlation between NO2– reduction activity and x; the highest activity was observed for Pd53Au47, with an associated first-order rate constant of 5.12 L min–1 gmetal–1. Alloy NPs with greater proportions of Au were found to reduce the loss in catalytic activity due to sulfide fouling. Density functional theory calculations indicate that this is because Au weakens sulfur binding at PdAuNP surfaces due to atomic ensemble, electronic, and strain effects and thus reduces sulfur poisoning. The environmental relevance of the most active supported catalyst was evaluated by subjecting it to five cycles of catalytic NO2– reduction. The catalytic activity decreased over multiple cycles, but analysis of the postreaction PdxAu100–xNP-SiO2 materials using complementary techniques indicated that there were no significant structural changes. Most importantly, we show that PdxAu100–xNP-SiO2 alloys are significantly more active NO2– reduction catalysts in comparison to pure Pd catalysts.
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy offers a noninvasive, fast, and low-cost alternative to visual screening and biopsy for skin cancer diagnosis. We have previously acquired reflectance spectra from 137 lesions in 76 patients and determined the capability of spectral diagnosis using principal component analysis (PCA). However, it is not well elucidated why spectral analysis enables tissue classification. To provide the physiological basis, we used the Monte Carlo look-up table (MCLUT) model to extract physiological parameters from those clinical data. The MCLUT model results in the following physiological parameters: oxygen saturation, hemoglobin concentration, melanin concentration, vessel radius, and scattering parameters. Physiological parameters show that cancerous skin tissue has lower scattering and larger vessel radii, compared to normal tissue. These results demonstrate the potential of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for detection of early precancerous changes in tissue. In the future, a diagnostic algorithm that combines these physiological parameters could be enable non-invasive diagnosis of skin cancer.
Aromatic molecules with pi electrons are commonly involved in chemical and biological recognitions. For example, nucleobases play central roles in DNA/RNA structure and their interactions with proteins. The delocalization of the pi electrons is responsible for the high polarizability of aromatic molecules. In this work, the AMOEBA force field has been developed and applied to 5 regular nucleobases and 12 aromatic molecules. The permanent electrostatic energy is expressed as atomic multipole interactions between atom pairs, and many-body polarization is accounted for by mutually induced atomic dipoles. We have systematically investigated aromatic ring stacking and aromatic-water interactions for nucleobases and aromatic molecules, as well as base-base hydrogen-bonding pair interactions, all at various distances and orientations. van der Waals parameters were determined by comparison to the quantum mechanical interaction energy of these dimers and fine-tuned using condensed phase simulation. By comparing to quantum mechanical calculations, we show that the resulting classical potential is able to accurately describe molecular polarizability, molecular vibrational frequency, and dimer interaction energy of these aromatic systems. Condensed phase properties, including hydration free energy, liquid density, and heat of vaporization, are also in good overall agreement with experimental values. The structures of benzene liquid phase and benzene-water solution were also investigated by simulation and compared with experimental and PDB structure derived statistical results.
Raman spectroscopy (RS) has shown great potential in noninvasive cancer screening. Statistically based algorithms, such as principal component analysis, are commonly employed to provide tissue classification; however, they are difficult to relate to the chemical and morphological basis of the spectroscopic features and underlying disease. As a result, we propose the first Raman biophysical model applied to in vivo skin cancer screening data. We expand upon previous models by utilizing in situ skin constituents as the building blocks, and validate the model using previous clinical screening data collected from a Raman optical fiber probe. We built an 830nm confocal Raman microscope integrated with a confocal laser-scanning microscope. Raman imaging was performed on skin sections spanning various disease states, and multivariate curve resolution (MCR) analysis was used to resolve the Raman spectra of individual in situ skin constituents. The basis spectra of the most relevant skin constituents were combined linearly to fit in vivo human skin spectra. Our results suggest collagen, elastin, keratin, cell nucleus, triolein, ceramide, melanin and water are the most important model components. We make available for download (see supplemental information) a database of Raman spectra for these eight components for others to use as a reference. Our model reveals the biochemical and structural makeup of normal, nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancers, and precancers and paves the way for future development of this approach to noninvasive skin cancer diagnosis.
Physical, chemical, and biological interactions between groundwater and sedimentary rock directly control the fundamental subsurface properties such as porosity, permeability, and flow. This is true for a variety of subsurface scenarios, ranging from shallow groundwater aquifers to deeply buried hydrocarbon reservoirs. Microfluidic flow cells are now commonly being used to study these processes at the pore scale in simplified pore structures meant to mimic subsurface reservoirs. However, these micromodels are typically fabricated from glass, silicon, or polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and are therefore incapable of replicating the geochemical reactivity and complex three-dimensional pore networks present in subsurface lithologies. To address these limitations, we developed a new microfluidic experimental test bed, herein called the Real Rock-Microfluidic Flow Cell (RR-MFC). A porous 500 μm-thick real rock sample of the Clair Group sandstone from a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir of the North Sea was prepared and mounted inside a PDMS microfluidic channel, creating a dynamic flow-through experimental platform for real-time tracking of subsurface reactive transport. Transmitted and reflected microscopy, cathodoluminescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and confocal laser microscopy techniques were used to (1) determine the mineralogy, geochemistry, and pore networks within the sandstone inserted in the RR-MFC, (2) analyze non-reactive tracer breakthrough in two- and (depth-limited) three-dimensions, and (3) characterize multiphase flow. The RR-MFC is the first microfluidic experimental platform that allows direct visualization of flow and transport in the pore space of a real subsurface reservoir rock sample, and holds potential to advance our understandings of reactive transport and other subsurface processes relevant to pollutant transport and cleanup in groundwater, as well as energy recovery.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and is a recognized public health issue. Diagnosis of skin cancer involves biopsy of the suspicious lesion followed by histopathology. Biopsies, which involve excision of the lesion, are invasive, at times unnecessary, and are costly procedures ( $2.8B/year in the US). An unmet critical need exists to develop a non-invasive and inexpensive screening method that can eliminate the need for unnecessary biopsies. To address this need, our group has reported on the continued development of a noninvasive method that utilizes multimodal spectroscopy towards the goal of a “spectral biopsy” of skin. Our approach combines Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to collect comprehensive optical property information from suspicious skin lesions. We previously described an updated spectral biopsy system that allows acquisition of all three forms of spectroscopy through a single fiber optic probe and is composed of off-the-shelf OEM components that are smaller, cheaper, and enable a more clinic-friendly system. We present initial patient data acquired with the spectral biopsy system, the first from an extensive clinical study (n = 250) to characterize its performance in identifying skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma). We also present our first attempts at analyzing this initial set of clinical data using statistical-based models, and with models currently being developed to extract biophysical information from the collected spectra, all towards the goal of noninvasive skin cancer diagnosis.


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Being a woman in the workforce is no easy task. Women continue to face challenges, ranging from pregnancy discrimination to the wage gap when it comes to furthering their careers. No one knows this struggle better than Teresa Wolande.
Wolande is the former CFO of a large ambulatory company in the United States. Now retired and living in Naples, Teresa Wolande seeks to help other women in the workplace through a series of women’s forums she’s created in her region.
With the recent resurgence of the women’s rights movement in the U.S., the issues that women face daily have never been more apparent. Below, Teresa Wolande outlines what she perceives as the most significant challenges encountered by women in business today.
1. Lack Of Flexibility
Flexibility is one of the most important benefits an employer can offer in 2019, especially so for women. Flexible work arrangements dictate when and where an employee works, giving mothers, for example, the freedom to work from home on a day when their child is sick.
Or similarly, allowing a working mother to come into the office earlier in the morning and leave earlier in the afternoon in order to pick their child up from school or daycare. Employers who care more about the quality of the work versus the specific hours that their employees are clocked in are becoming increasingly common.
However, there are still many women with jobs, especially in specific industries, that are not benefiting from flexibility at work. Teresa Wolande urges employers to see the benefits that come along with flexible work arrangements. Studies have shown that flexibility improves productivity, reduces the number of sick days taken by an employee, and promotes company loyalty.
2. Pay Inequality
Women of all races in all countries around the world continue to deal with the wage gap. Even in 2019, women in the United States still earn $0.79 for every dollar that a man earns. Further, in 2018, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed that the median weekly earnings for female salary workers were 81% of men’s profits.
Thus, on average, women in the U.S. need to work more than 70 extra days each year just to catch up to the wages earned by their male counterparts. In order to right this wrong, Teresa Wolande asserts that men and women in leadership positions should be taking stock by first conducting a wage audit of their employees.
From there, leaders should be supporting pay transparency at all levels, investigating recruitment teams for any signs of gender bias, and finally, implementing a firm policy that prohibits salary negotiations.
3. A Lack Of Visible Role Models
When there are so few women in positions of power in business, it’s more difficult to picture yourself taking on a position of power. Teresa Wolande claims that a lack of role models is a significant obstacle faced by women in the workplace. A recent study found that two-thirds of working women believe that a lack of senior female role models at a company is a significant barrier to their own career advancement.
Wolande wishes to emphasize that despite the strides made in recent years, only 5% of CEOs at S&P 500 companies are women. The solution to this is quite simple: businesses need to make a point of hiring qualified women for their corporate boards and executive teams, as well as to fill their open CEO positions.
4. Sexual Harassment
In the era of #MeToo, sexual harassment has never been under the microscope as much as it is today. Women in all industries at all levels of employment are affected by sexual harassment. It is a widespread problem in the United States, with nearly one in four women claiming to have been sexually harassed in the workplace.
Sexual harassment is not only illegal but can lead to depression and anxiety for the victims of it. Further, from an employer’s point of view, inappropriate behavior in the workplace leads to higher turnover and lower productivity. Teresa Wolande believes that in order to fight sexual harassment, employers need to take a series of actions.
These include implementing community education campaigns, creating access to reporting mechanisms, training managers to report any instances of harassment that they might observe or become aware of, taking all accusations seriously and launching a full investigation into each claim, and finally, instituting a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to sexual harassment and taking corrective action when an employee is found guilty of it.
In conclusion, while life in businesses has dramatically improved for women over the years, there is still much work to be done according to Teresa Wolande. While change does not happen overnight, it is something that requires a collective effort to improve from the present situation.
If you are interested in even more business-related articles and information from us here at Bit Rebels, then we have a lot to choose from.

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World Faces Ecological Collapse Unless Urgent Action Taken, Says Devastating Global AssessmentIndustrial agriculture a key driver of ecological collapse
WASHINGTON — The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment launched today by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The IPBES report is the most comprehensive scientific global assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The report is unequivocal on the dire state of the natural world and the fact that it is “human actions” that have “significantly altered nature across most of the globe.”
The report calls for urgent regulatory change and makes a compelling case for the need for “transformational change,” including changing global economic, financial and social structures.
“This report shows that our current model of endless economic growth and overconsumption are at the root of ecological collapse. This unsustainable model is also fueling poverty, conflict and human rights abuses around the world,” said Michelle Chan, Vice President of Programs at Friends of the Earth U.S. “We cannot address the crises of climate, biodiversity and economic inequality separately – we need to tackle them together.”
Industrial agriculture is one of the main drivers of global biodiversity collapse according to the report.
“The meat and dairy at the center of many plates are also at the center of biodiversity loss and climate change. The animal agriculture industry is one of the biggest contributors to deforestation and produces at least 16 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kari Hamerschlag, deputy director of the food and agriculture program at Friends of the Earth. “In order to avert ecological catastrophe, we need policies that rapidly reduce public purchasing and consumption of factory farmed meat and dairy. We also need to support sustainable alternatives like plant-based foods and organic, regenerative animal agriculture.”
“The massive global decline of pollinators and other insects, driven by pesticides and industrial agriculture, is setting us on a path to catastrophe,” said Kendra Klein, PhD, senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth U.S. “Without pollinators and other beneficial insects, our agricultural system and the food webs that sustain all life on Earth will collapse. We need to immediately transition from toxic, pesticide-intensive agriculture to organic, regenerative farming.”
“The vast industrial plantations that produce palm oil, paper, rubber, soy and other agricultural commodities are driving our planet to the brink of collapse,” said Jeff Conant, senior international forests program manager with Friends of the Earth U.S. “The global business model based on extraction, exploitation and extinction needs to be fundamentally transitioned to one based on regeneration, restoration and rights.”
Other drivers discussed in the report are infrastructure, mining, energy extraction, logging, and large-scale bio-energy.
The IPBES report also exposes the unequal distribution of the benefits and burdens in the use of biodiversity. The world’s poorest people who have contributed least to the climate and ecological crisis are already experiencing the effects of environmental depletion, including landslides and floods linked to deforestation and soil erosion. In the Global South, communities defending their territories and collective rights are increasingly being expelled from their land, yet the IPBES report finds that nature managed by indigenous peoples and local communities — although under increasing pressure — is generally declining less rapidly in indigenous peoples’ land.
Contact: Erin Jensen, (202) 222-0722, [email protected]


With Cambria County moving into the green phase of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan, the Cambria County Planning Commission offices will now be open and staffed during regular business hours. It is our intention to balance the health and safety of the public with service delivery to our residents. The County Sheriff’s deputies stationed at the entrance to the building will check the temperature of anyone entering. Also, we ask visitors to the office to please wear a mask, and not enter any individual office unless asked to do so. Masks can be provided for those who may not have one. Staff will still work remotely part of the time, so we recommend calling ahead if you intend to meet with a particular staff member. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to the opportunity to meet with you in person once again.
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For some reason, Donald Trump thought that after he transferred his residence from New York to Florida, New Yorkers would welcome him with open arms. His advisers told him to sit in a box, but as usual he did not listen. Instead, he sat in the open seats with “his” people.’
Trump’s rally members energize him with their rabid cheering:
At first, it appeared that the president would be greeted with sweets and flowers, the petals thrown before him as he walked down the Madison Square Guardian Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) aisle with his sons. There were a few cheers.
Then, the audience boos sounded echoing loudly and lengthy:
‘This is the 2nd major sports event he’s been booed at in the past week.’
Trump got booed by the crowd at UFC 244 in NYC.
This is the 2nd major sports event he’s been booed at in the past week. pic.twitter.com/IC8QxIeiaC
— Sergio (@siano4progress) November 3, 2019
When Trump attended the fifth World Series baseball game in Washington, D.C. last week, the audience booed him there and chanted “Lock him up!” During the seventh game, POTUS tried to get even with an ad on National Park’s jumbotron. Little did he expect to get the boos again, but get them he did.
Trump has been facing an impeachment inquiry, and the stress has begun to show in his face. POTUS face told the story. He looked 1,000 years old.
This after a week where all the president’s men took down the leader of ISIS in a Syrian compound with his family. The leader detonated a belted bomb and took three of his children with him.
Outside the ULC, protesters both for and against the president stood carrying signs. Political scientist who founded the Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, was surprised at the booing. Newsweek reported he said:
‘Honestly surprised to see Trump booed at Ultimate Fighting Championship. This should be his crowd.’
Twitter user Keating Thomas told CNN:
‘Trump got booed at a UFC match? That’s like if Bernie [Sanders] got booed at a vegan bakery in Brooklyn.’
Registered Republican Sunsara Taylor, who is a member of the Refuse Fascism organization, supports the president. She said her movement included:
‘[A] diverse political perspectives who agree that the Trump/Pence administration poses a threat to all of us. Our goal is to drive them out through mass non-violent protests. I’m proud to be an American, and our President loves America and I’m here also to express our First Amendment right.’
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For the last couple of days I have been craving PIZZA!! There is nothing better then ooy-goey cheezey pizza on homemade dough, piping hot from the oven. It's hard to find the right fake cheeze to melt properly on pizza. Our grocery store is not very vegan friendly but it does carry a few things...one of them is this gourmet vegan cheese product. It's tasty and I feel that I got my pizza fix.
I have always love the Hawaiian style pizza, as a kid and now adult. Its by far superior to any other type of pizza. If you try and argue that...well I will meet you out at the bike racks after school. lol
I have packed almost all of my cookbooks.and I really love the Martha Stewart recipe for pizza dough, but since I couldn't remember it.
3 cups flour
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp cane sugar
1 tbsp quick rising yeast
2 tbsp olive oil
In a small bowl mix warm water and sugar together, sprinkle in yeast. Mix with a fork until combined.
Set aside for 5-10 minutes until foamy.
Pour into flour, add oil.
Mix together, form a ball. ( you might need to add a little more water, just to bring all the flour together)
Knead for 5 minutes. Place in large bowl with tea towel over top until doubles in size.
As you can see I made 2 pizzas with this dough recipe. One with pineapples, mushrooms, olives and fresh basil. The other has tomatoes, mushrooms, green peppers, and fresh green onions.
I know these pictures have nothing to do with pizza but....
I went out this afternoon to the local thrift store and found these neato scarfs...super floaty and whimsical. I think she liked them :)
We like to work the no pants in this house.hehe

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Revelations: Skirmish - Corre Republic Hunter (Vigilant Pose) - .stl files (pre-supports included)
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Daloes Arms won the contract to develop a WarMech for the Corre Republic that was specifically designed for CQC missions. The Hunter is both agile and evasive as it is equipped with a multitude of jumpers allowing it to navigate the battlefield with incredible ease. Standard loadouts focus entirely on energy weaponry so that ammo is never a concern for the operator. Its medium repeaters riddle an enemy’s armor while its focus beams lance through and destroy internal systems. If a Hunter gets within melee range it can make use of its heated claws to literally intensely slash through armor like it were aluminum. This is a WarMech that has earned many nicknames throughout the ‘verse due to its ferocity and animal-like movements. It is the closest a typical WarMech has ever come to operating like an ECHO.
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CTC support introduced a route locking itself with its route ID.
This new phenomena can be used for manual routes:
CTC can also be used with virtual buttons instead of real hardware.
Use the sensor symbols as button and map them to the virtual CS. The same addresses must be used in the route CTC setup.
However the sensor button solution needs some extra fine tuning to behave like a button.
As alternative to sensors the output object could be extended to behave like a button but sends the same command as a sensor to trigger a sensor emulation.
Idea : go with manually controlled locomotives in auto mode without creating a Ghost in the block .
Create one Action setup: Type = Block; Command = schedule_manual
Create one Action setup: Type = Output; command off, timer = 5000
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ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet is a nutritious and highly digestible diet formulated to meet the nutritional needs of growing, adult, and reproducing ferrets.
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Slowly introduce your ferret to ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet by mixing it with the previous diet over seven to ten days. Do not change your ferret's diet if he is sick, unless prescribed by your veterinarian.
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Premium Ferret Diet is meant to be your ferret's sole diet. Feed free choice and limit the amount of treats to no more than 20% of your ferret's total diet. Remove old food and replenish with new food daily. Always provide fresh, clean water.
Following weaning, some young ferrets find it easier to wean on to ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet if it is moistened with warm water until it is soft. During this time, also introduce a few dry nuggets.
Feed ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet free choice. On average ferrets will consume 1/2 - 3/4 cup of food per day. Adjust the amount of food depending on age, activity, and environment, to maintain optimal body weight without obesity or excessive thinness.
Reproducing jills need significantly more food during certain stages of pregnancy and until the kits are weaned. Make sure your ferret is offered more than she chooses to eat during this time.
Store ZuPreem Premium Ferret Diet in a cool, dry place, free of pests and insects. Remove all the air from the pouch and reseal package immediately after use. Shelf life of unopened product is one year from date of manufacture.
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1810 South Highway 27, Clermont
Holiday Inn Express - Clermont is a 30 minutes' drive from downtown Orlando. Guests can start their day with a complimentary breakfast and then take a dip in the pool.
1538, Tranquil Avenue, Clermont
Located in Clermont, within 25 km of Clermont Regal Shopping Center, Amazing three Bedroom house near by Disney offers accommodation with air conditioning. Guests staying at this holiday home have access to a terrace.
20390 North US Highway 27, Clermont
Just off Florida’s Turnpike, this Clermont hotel is 48.3 km from Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.
1424 Retreat Circle, Clermont
Three-Bedroom Townhome with private pool (1631) is a holiday home with a balcony, located in Clermont,FL. The holiday home is fitted with air conditioning and free WiFi.
16634 Lazy Breeze Loop, Clermont
This Spanish-style Clermont Villa Eagle Orlando holiday home is located in a gated community and features free WiFi and a private, heated outdoor pool. The Walt Disney World Resort is 11.
16311 SR 50, Clermont
Located off the Florida Turnpike and 30 minutes from Orlando, Florida, this hotel features studio rooms with a kitchen and cable TV. Coin-operated laundry facilities are available.
2200 East Highway 50, Clermont
This Clermont, Florida hotel is 3 minutes from Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club and 7 minutes from the Presidents Hall of Fame. It features an outdoor pool and rooms with free Wi-Fi.
1450 Champions Way, Clermont
Located 2.3 km from Clermont Regal Shopping Center, Home2 Suites By Hilton Clermont in Clermont offers an outdoor swimming pool.
20329 US Hwy 27 North, Clermont
Located in Clermont, 12 km from Presidents Hall of Fame, Rodeway Inn features an outdoor swimming pool and views of the city. The property is set 13 km from National Training Center and 14 km from Clermont Shopping Center.
1750 Hunt Trace, Clermont
The Citrus Tower is 2.9 miles from this Clermont, Florida hotel.
875 West Osceola Street, Clermont
Located in Clermont, Clermont Cabanas features accommodation with free WiFi, within 70 metres of National Training Center. All of the air-conditioned units feature a private bathroom, living room, flat-screen TV, fully-equipped kitchen and patio.
Palm Spring Four-Bedroom Home 1PS offers accommodation in Clermont, 22 km from Clermont Regal Shopping Center and 22 km from Clermont Shopping Center. Complimentary WiFi is provided.
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I could see the reporters at last week’s Colorado River Water Users Association meeting chafing at the rhetoric we were hearing regarding climate change. In my strange new role (kind of a reporter, I am writing another book, and kind of not – I have this crazy university gig) I was invited into the news events, but tried to hang at the metaphorical back, letting the folks with daily deadlines and immediate needs ask most of the questions.
And regarding climate change, ask they did. Here’s how the Arizona Republic’s Ian James characterized the scene as he explained the comments made by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt:
He didn’t mention the words climate change during his speech at the conference. But during a press conference afterward, reporters asked Bernhardt about the role of climate change.
“I certainly believe the climate is changing,” Bernhardt said. “I spend a lot of time with our scientists, and I spend a lot of time with our models. And you know, what the scientists tell me is that the best thing we can do is make sure that if we’re using a model, we use multiple models and multiple ranges within each model. And so that’s what I’ve insisted on when we’re looking forward to the future.”
In projecting the river’s flows into the future, he said, “we absolutely follow best practices all the time.”
After Bernhardt’s news “gaggle”, I put on my university professor hat, echoing in part an argument I’ve been hearing articulated with increasing clarity by Brad Udall:
John Fleck, director of the University of New Mexico’s Water Resources Program, said Bernhardt’s comments reflect a dichotomy within the federal government in which officials are taking steps on climate adaptation but not on combating planet-warming emissions.
On the one hand, water managers at the Bureau of Reclamation are working with scientists and using climate models to assess risks and project the river flows into the future, Fleck said.
“They’re absolutely taking climate change seriously. It’s built into the modeling work they’re doing,” Fleck said. “You don’t find water managers doubting the reality of human-caused climate change and its effects. They’re seeing it in the flow in their systems, and they’re dealing with it.”
On the other hand, he said, there is a “disconnect” in that the Trump administration isn’t taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“So that increases our risk,” Fleck said. “That’s a problem because we need to reduce greenhouse gases to mitigate the effects on the Colorado River.”


Deep Time Walks: finding our place in Earth’s history
A Deep Time Walk is a transformative journey through 4.6bn years of Earth history via a 4.6km guided walk. It is an invitation to view the world differently, encouraging positive action and advocacy for a regenerative Earth.
How to experience a Deep Time Walk
- Register for one of our community walks, individually or with friends and family
- Integrate a Deep Time Walk into an event, a conference, or team building retreat
- Use the Deep Time Walk to start conversations about sustainability and climate change and use it to kick-start your sustainability initiatives. Great for communities, businesses, schools, universities and organisations!
- Combine the Deep Time Walk with a climate awareness initiative or climate training, like Climate Fresk or Klimafit für nachhaltige Zukünfte.
- Ask us to design a climate training or awareness programme for your organisation that includes a Deep Time Walk with tailored exercises and activities.
What is the Deep Time Walk?
A Deep Time Walk (DTW) is a transformative journey through 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history.
It is a 4.6 km narrated walk, where every meter walked is equivalent to one million years. This experience transforms time into space and invites participants to perceive the world differently. Through the experience of walking and connecting with the senses, hearing about the changes that have taken place during the Earth’s history, and interactive small group exercises, individuals and groups have an opportunity to reconnect with the natural world that sustains us, and reflect on how we might respond.
By understanding the “geostory” or the history of our planet Earth through our steps, we become aware of the magnitude of the Earth’s history and the evolution of living beings, and the impact of humans who only appear at the very end of the story, and are comparative new-comers in the context of 4.6 billion years.
From the formation of the solar system to mass extinctions, the formation of the Moon, the oceans, the atmosphere, the early evolution of single-celled life, plate tectonics, multi-cellular life and the arrival of our species: humans – just in the last 20 centimetres – a Deep Time Walk covers some of the most significant events in Earth’s history.
The Deep Time Walk was created by Stephan Harding (Schumacher College, UK) and Sergio Maraschin and is part of the Deep Time Walk Project.
The structure of the Deep Time Walk
The Deep Time Walk is… all about walking! As a standalone event, it is a 2.5-hour experience and the structure looks something like this:
- Participants are invited to show up on time at the starting location. Sometimes this is a place in nature, and sometimes we start the event in a local café, taking time to meet others before we head out.
- Together, we walk a route with regular short stops where the facilitator will guide you through some of the most significant events and key revolutions in Earth’s deep history from the formation of the solar system to the formation of our species and our impact on the earth.
- Between stops, you will be invited to engage in discussions and share reflections in small groups.
- As the walk draws to a close, we will discuss key learnings and identify areas where we can make a positive difference individually and collectively.
The Deep Time Walk can be combined with climate awareness initiatives or climate training, like Climate Fresk or Klimafit für nachhaltige Zukünfte, as well as with custom-designed retreats and strategic planning sessions.
The walk and additional modules can be tailored accordingly, so the structure may look a bit different depending on your needs.
By the end of this workshop, you will:
- Have a better understanding of the extraordinary history of the Earth
- Have an increased understanding of how Earth functions as a system, and of our role in that system
- Reflect on what you hear
- Exchange and ideas with others in the group
- Learn how personal choices and actions can make a difference
- Share ideas about impactful individual and collective actions.
For group workshops and tailored events, you will also have:
- Tailored discussions to meet your organisation’s needs
- All participants are now on the same page and ready for meaningful discussions on solutions and action!
Who is the Deep Time Walk for?
- Anyone curious about the story of the Earth’s history and how we humans “fit” within that story
- Anyone interested in reconnecting with nature to think about climate change and environmental disruption from new perspectives
- Anyone wanting to exchange thoughts, ideas, and inspiration with others in their community
- Those already well-versed in climate change looking to connect their thinking with the natural world
- Sustainability and ESR professionals interested in exploring new ways to start conversations about climate disruption and sustainability internally and externally
- Groups like communities, schools, universities, and businesses that want to kick-start climate initiatives and sustainability events with a multi-sensory experience.
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- Anyone who wants a new perspective on understanding the climate crisis
- Individuals and groups interested in the Earth’s history and the role of humans
- Groups wanting to combine climate awareness with team building, sustainability initiatives, or climate change training
The science which underpins the Deep Time Walk makes it an extremely valuable resource for holistic education and it deserves widespread adoption in schools and universities.
We went through the Deep Time Walk and experienced ecology, atmosphere, and the beauty of the earth…all in a few steps. Towards the end, humans came along and things were extraordinary until it became clear how we are changing the Earth’s climate. Great for prompting discussion and thought.
Are you curious about our climate awareness training, workshops and experiences? Want to have a no-obligation conversation about how we can support you and your group? Let’s set up a meeting and talk about it.
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So here we are. Five divers and I, hanging at a depth of 18m, about 80m from the reef edge over an unfathomably deep drop off, looking at each other. Did that just happen? Did we just have a rather intimate close encounter with the largest fish in the world? Apparently so.
We were alerted to this gentle giant’s approach by our dive guide Hama, who, hanging out in the blue, spotted the gentle giant approaching and alerted us with a crazy rattling of his tank-banger. Scott Portelli, the keenest photographer among us (and fastest swimmer), had swum out into the blue twice as fast as the rest of us to get that one great shot before she turned away.
But she did not turn away. She kept on coming, swam up to and around Scott, passing right in front of us, pausing only for a moment to look Scott in the eye and smile. Well it looked like a smile—she opened her mouth slightly, turned gracefully and 10 seconds later had dissolved into the deep blue from whence she came, leaving us gaping incredulously at each other. We are going to remember this day for the rest of our lives.
In fact, today has been a long day full of wonders that started at 3:00 a.m. as we witnessed the spawning of several million red crabs on the shoreline of Christmas Island. We had all been so desperately hoping to see a whale shark, had I not captured it on camera, I could well have just made the whole experience up in my head. It was that surreal.
The whale shark is the largest living fish on the planet and completely harmless (unless you are a plankton or red crab larvae—then you are lunch) and to be engaged by such a creature leaves an impression that will never wash off. As an ocean-going filter feeder, we know very little about their movements and behaviour. There are a few places where encounters with divers and snorkelers are almost guaranteed. At Christmas Island encounters are not exactly common, but when they do occur, they are completely natural, and very special. The whale sharks are often sighted around the time of the annual red crab migration, when the red crabs release their eggs into the ocean to spawn, which in itself is one of the most amazing wonders of the natural world and why we had been up since 3:00 a.m. to observe it.
The red crab
The red crab (population 60 million), is Christmas Island’s (population 1,200) endemic land crab. Every wet season, if the conditions are right, they all come down to the beach to fulfil an annual reproduction ceremony. The males head off first and dig a cosy little burrow near the shoreline. The females arrive a few days later, having made the 5km trek at an average speed of 1km per day.
The whole exercise is dependent on there being enough rain to keep the crabs moist on their epic journey, and, on the phase of the moon. The crabs only release their eggs just after the turn of the high tide when the moon is in its final quarter and the waves are at their lowest.
This gives them the best chance of standing in the shallows on the shoreline without being washed away by waves and shimmying their precious payload of eggs into the out-going waters where they will be carried by the out-going tide to spawn in the waters off Christmas Island. Turning from eggs to larvae to tiny red crabs (about the size of your pinkie fingernail), they return six weeks later to make the 5km journey back into the wet interior on their own.
So, after getting up before dawn to witness the amazing spectacle of several thousand red crabs shimmying their eggs into the sea, a spectacle duplicated at all the beaches and coves around Christmas Island, we grabbed some breakfast and headed out for a day’s diving on Hama’s dive boat which is called Feral.
Geology and biodiversity
The unique location and geology of Christmas Island delivers corals that are twice the size and extent that you would expect. Because there is so little fishing in these waters, the marine life is as abundant as it is diverse—you will be hard pushed to see such numbers and variety in any other one place.
The marine inhabitants of any diving destination are defined by its terrain and location. Christmas Island scores high on both counts: being the top of an extinct, steep-sided volcano that rises 6,000m from the sea floor below, and located 300km south of Java in the Indian Ocean. Ten degrees south of the Equator, with abundant sunshine and nutrient-rich up-wellings, the steep-sided walls are covered in pristine coral reefs down to 20 or 30m where great gorgonian sea fans take over. Conditions like this are perfect for all kinds of fish—from the smallest to the largest, and Christmas Island boasts about 650 identified species all up.
The coral reefs are home to great shoals of herbivores and parrotfish. Surgeonfish and unicornfish can be seen working their way along the corals on every dive. On the near-vertical walls, the fusiliers stream up and down in search of plankton, and in the pocillopora coral heads, humbugs and hawkfish play hide-and-seek with divers as they pass.
There are dive sites all the way around the island and not all are steep walls. Some of the bays have shallow reefs sloping down to the drop-off. In the sheltered areas, feather stars congregate creating a small and colourful meadow, and it is here that turtles are often found resting. Giant morays hiding amongst the corals and rocks keep watch, as wrasse, rabbitfish and titan triggers cruise by.
The island also has its share of caverns and caves, and some of these weave through the volcanic rock coming out into the ocean below the waterline. They are easily explored by divers who can surface inside the caverns to see great stalactites hanging above them.
There is no urban pollution from the island and being 300km from any neighbour means that the waters are exceptionally clear. It is often possible to see the reef sharks and eagle rays patrolling the reef wall 20m below.
Being steep-sided allows deep-water pelagics to come in close to the island’s shoreline, so you can expect to be treated to some exceptional, though often brief, encounters with ocean going manta rays, scalloped hammerhead sharks and other delights on your average dive day—perhaps a school of silky sharks cruising around 10m below you or a pod of spinner dolphins playing around you. And maybe, just maybe, if the rains are right and the moon is waning, and all your Christmas’s come at once, you will have an encounter with the largest, gentlest giant you could hope to meet—an encounter that will make you an ocean advocate for life.
Signature dive sites
Where your dive guide takes you will always depend on conditions on the day, but be assured, it’s all good! Spend a few days on the island, however, and you are bound to visit these signature dive sites.
Perpendicular Wall. As the name implies, Perpendicular Wall is completely perpendicular to the ocean’s surface. It falls away almost vertically a few metres from the surface, the corals leaning out as far as they can to catch the sunlight. Large gorgonians extend perpendicular to the wall to catch as much as they can from the passing currents. It is a riot of colour and teeming with fusiliers that seem to take great pleasure in schooling up and down the vertical wall, whilst the other reef fish travel horizontally along it.
The dive starts under an overhang with fantastic sea fans and falls away pretty much vertically as you head left towards the northwest tip of the island. The wall is literally teeming with life: great corals and shoals of fish, both small and big. Along the wall, sea fans, feather stars and hydrocorals add even more colour, and at the end of the dive, there is a lovely 5m reef to explore while you do your safety stop.
Flying Fish Cove. This shore dive rates as one of the best shore dives in the world, and one you can easily do on your own, having rented a tank from one of the local dive operators. It’s more or less in the centre of town. Step into the turquoise water from the beach of the boat ramp, and within a few metres, you will be surrounded by pristine coral gardens. Follow the line of the ramp straight out until you hit the drop-off. Turn towards your left and work your way down the drop-off to about 18m, just following along the slope. After about 20 minutes, come back up the 9m on the slope, turn a sharp left towards the shore line, and then work your way back along the shallows at 9m, navigating back up the ramp via the two chains, which are laid out like airport landing lights to guide you back in.
It is a very easy dive. You really can’t go wrong, and you will see more fish and coral types in that one dive than you would see in a week at other places, including several species of butterflyfish, hawkfish, squirrelfish, rock cod, blue tangs and the odd turtle. In season, it is also fairly common to encounter whale sharks at the drop-off. After the dive, there are toilets and showers in the carpark where you can wash down your gear, and gas barbeques to knock up some lunch.
Thundercliff Cave. There is, in fact, more than just one cave; it is a system of caves that you can actually follow deep inside the island. But most divers visit the first two: a big open chamber with very nice blue light at the entrance, and a second cave beyond and accessible via the first. The second cave has the more interesting stalactites and stalagmites—particularly one tall, thin column, which looks almost too thin as it is almost cylindrical rather than the typical conical shape of a stalagmite. There is also a formation referred to as a hanging shroud. Outside the cave, there is a flatter reef at about 12m, which has lots of the usual reef suspects: leatherjackets, several species of butterflyfish, surgeonfish and a host of goldspot seabream.
There are plenty of wildlife encounters to be found on dry land between dives on Christmas Island. As the island is quite small, whichever you choose to explore—whether that’s hiking, bird-watching or scuba diving—all activities can be undertaken as a day trip from the main settlement, funnily enough called Settlement.
The Dales. Take one day to trek through the Dales along marked trails that wind through tropical rainforest and waterfalls, looking down amongst the winding roots of the giant figs for the island’s endemic land crabs. There are literally tens of millions of them throughout the forest, from the abundant red crab to the massive robber (sometimes called coconut) crabs.
Daniel Roux Cave. On another day, visit the Daniel Roux Cave; there are no lights, no handrails, no steps and no admission fees, so be sure to take a couple of touches to see the magnificent stalactites and stalagmites that rival the majesty of any cathedral. The cave is home to a large colony of small bats, which tend to go where they hang—it can get slippery underfoot, so be careful where you put your feet, and do not wear your Sunday Best.
The Grotto and Blow Holes. There are other little features of natural wonder scattered throughout the island: remote beaches where turtles nest, a little sunny grotto of saltwater (called The Grotto) and the Blow Holes on the south coast where the Indian Ocean is forced up through volcanic shafts expelled in plumes of spray.
Bird watching. Looking up, large frigate birds can be seen riding the ocean breeze, scanning the waters below for dinner, and tropic birds loop the loop, dancing in the warm air currents. Looking down, you might find some brown boobies nesting on the ground, their eggs laid literally on what amounts to a huddle of sticks and stones. These birds have no fear of humans, so there is no need for an enormous camera lens; you can get a close-up with your iPhone. On the way back, a visit to the golf course offers great vistas over the ocean and the chance to see another rare specimen: the red-footed booby—a great colony of which will live in a single tree.
Multicultural Cuisine. And all this can be found in a place where, at the end of a great day’s exploring, a multicultural community offers the prospect of a great Malaysian-style curry, an authentic Chinese dish, or a good old-fashioned fish ‘n’ chips with a cold beer or a chilled chardonnay at the Golden Bosun Tavern—the best place on the island to catch the Indian Ocean stunning sunsets.
There are two dive centres on Christmas Island: Extra Divers, who can cater large groups of up to 16 divers; and Wet‘n’Dry Adventures, who offer an intimate experience.
Wet’n’Dry Adventures, a PADI dive centre, is a small and friendly family business that has been operating on Christmas Island since 1994. The operator is Hama, his second-in-command is Linney, and his boat, which takes up to five divers, is called Feral. Hama’s philosophy is to fit two dives into a half day so that you are free to use the other half day to see more of Christmas Island. Linney bakes something fresh every morning: apple turnovers, date and walnut cake, or muffins. So, between dives, there is fresh bakery and hot drinks to look forward to (divingchristmas.com).
Extra Divers Australia is a full-service dive operation with a boat, which takes up to 16 divers, moored at the Wharf in Flying Fish Cove. It has been operating on Christmas Island for just over 12 months. They offer the full gamut of SSI courses, including TDI Tech Diving courses, though PADI courses are also available on demand. At the dive centre, you will find full sets of brand new dive gear—including dive computers—to hire and for sale. The custom-build dive boat (surveyed for 18) with a diver limit of 16, has been recently refurbished before its transfer to Christmas Island (search Australia at: extradivers-worldwide.com)
You can fly to Christmas Island from Perth (twice weekly) or Jakarta (weekly). Occasional charter services are also available from Kuala Lumpur.
Lodging and guided tours
Accommodation on Christmas Island ranges from boutique hotel rooms to self-contained and lodge-style properties—there is something to suit everyone. Many offer ocean views, and all provide the personal service that you would expect from smaller operations. Visit the Christmas Island Tourism Association website for more information and how to book. For a truly enriching wildlife experience, take a guided nature tour with Indian Ocean Experiences (indianoceanexperiences.com.au). ■
For more information, visit Christmas Island Tourism Association’s website at: Christmas.net.au.


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Horror fans are being invited to brave the ultimate scare challenge of babysitting Annabelle, the demonic doll from The Conjuring universe.
The immersive horror experience, brought to life by a creative team to have previously conjured tricks for David Copperfield, features props from the hotly anticipated new film prequel Annabelle: Creation, and will combine magic effects, directional sound and immersive theatre to give everyone a fright.
It has been brought to life with the filmmakers including director David Sandberg.
Taking place in a creepy Victorian mansion built specially at a secret location in East London, Annabelle’s House says it'll give guests the most nail-biting twenty minutes of their lives.
Those taking part will be asked to babysit a seemingly innocent eleven year-old girl whilst exploring the set of genuine props from the film, but it's not long before the long-dormant demon of the Annabelle doll, an unholy force intent on stealing human souls, comes to life and the entire house becomes possessed.
Everything else remains a secret but the creators are promising an "unrivalled scare experience".
Annabelle’s House will open its doors to the public in East London for a limited time from July 27. It has been created to mark the release of Annabelle: Creation, the 1950s set prequel to Annabelle, which will hit cinemas on August 11.
The experience lasts 20 minutes (not for the faint of heart).

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Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Gln103 Reveals the Influence of This Residue on the Redox Properties and Stability of MauG
Abbreviated Journal Title
TRYPTOPHAN TRYPTOPHYLQUINONE BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGH-VALENT IRON; METHYLAMINE; DEHYDROGENASE; KINETIC MECHANISM; ELECTRON-TRANSFER; DIFFERENT FORMS; SPIN HEME; COFACTOR; STABILIZATION; INTERMEDIATE; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The diheme enzyme MauG catalyzes a six-electron oxidation that is required for the posttranslational modification of a precursor of methylamine dehydrogenase (preMADH) to complete the biosynthesis of its protein-derived cofactor, tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ). Crystallographic and computational studies have implicated Gln103 in stabilizing the Fe-IV=O moiety of the bis-Fe-IV state by hydrogen bonding. The role of Gin103 was probed by site-directed mutagenesis. Q103L and Q103E mutations resulted in no expression and very little expression of the protein, respectively. Q103A MauG exhibited oxidative damage when isolated. Q103N MauG was isolated at levels comparable to that of wild-type MauG and exhibited normal activity in catalyzing the biosynthesis of TTQ from preMADH. The crystal structure of the Q103N MauG-preMADH complex suggests that a water may mediate hydrogen bonding between the shorter Asn103 side chain and the Fe-IV=O moiety. The Q103N mutation caused the two redox potentials associated with the diferric/diferrous redox couple to become less negative, although the redox cooperativity of the hemes of MauG was retained. Upon addition of H2O2., Q103N MauG exhibits changes in the absorbance spectrum in the Soret and near-IR regions consistent with formation of the bis-Fe-IV redox state. However, the rate of spontaneous return of the spectrum in the Soret region was 4.5-fold greater for Q103N MauG than for wild-type MauG. In contrast, the rate of spontaneous decay of the absorbance at 950 nm, which is associated with charge-resonance stabilization of the high-valence state, was similar for wild-type MauG and Q103N MauG. This suggests that as a consequence of the mutation a different distribution of resonance structures stabilizes the bis-Fe-IV state. These results demonstrate that subtle changes in the structure of the side chain of residue 103 can significantly affect the overall protein stability of MauG and alter the redox properties of the hemes.
"Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Gln103 Reveals the Influence of This Residue on the Redox Properties and Stability of MauG" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6085.

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What you need to know
- Four new iPad models have been spotted on Apple's website.
- They briefly appeared in an iPad User Manual, but were quickly removed.
- Two new 11-inch models and two 12.9-inch models were seen.
Four new iPads have been spotted on Apple's website, before being quickly removed.
As reported by iPhone in Canada:
Earlier today it was discovered within the Eurasian Economic Commission database Apple was set to release a new iPad, as a model "A2229" showed up.
Now, it appears Apple's own website in China has leaked what these iPads entail, in the form of new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros in both Wi-Fi and Cellular versions.
Apple's iPad user manual in China lists the following iPad Pro configurations with model numbers "A2229" seen today, along with others: A2228; A2231; A2233. These represent 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models followed by their China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (CMIIT) ID.
The four new models seen are reported to have been:
- 11-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi: A2228; CMIIT ID: 2019AJXXXX
- 11-inch iPad Pro Cellular: A2231; CMIIT ID: 2019AJXXXX
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi: A2229; CMIIT ID: 2019AJXXXX
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro Cellular: A2233; CMIIT ID: 2019AJXXXX
The news is the second iPad leak in as many days after a filing for the new A2229 iPad (also included in the above list) was spotted in the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database.
It seems now that an iPad Pro refresh is imminent, but there is no clear suggestion as to when that might be. Previous reports have suggested that Apple was working on a March release for the new iPads, which will reportedly feature Apple's three-lens camera system and a time-of-flight sensor for improved 3D imaging.
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Plan your day with Hour Blocks and its amazing iOS 14 Home screen widgets
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Scribble Together gets the coolest iOS 14 App Clip we've seen so far
Scribble Together has released its new App Clip for Scribble Together, which will allow users to collaborate on a Scribble Together whiteboard even if they don't have the app.
TikTok is being banned in the U.S. from Sunday, September 20
The U.S. Department of Commerce will ban TikTok and WeChat from U.S app stores from Sunday.
For the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, matte is where it's at
With a reputation for reducing eye strain and as a natural light diffuser, matte screen protectors are a great choice to fully protect your iPad while not compromising on the look and feel of your device.


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Suspect dead after 2 killed, including Toronto cop, 3 hurt in Mississauga, Milton shootings: police, premier | CBC News
A suspect is dead after separate shootings in Mississauga and Milton on Monday that have left two people dead and three others injured, police and sources say.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/person-injured-mississauga-shooting-1.6580255
Justin Bieber reveals he’s been struck by facial paralysis from Ramsay Hunt syndrome in shock video | Daily Mail Online
The 28-year-old pop star took to his Instagram on Friday to share a three-minute video explaining the diagnosis which is a complication of shingles that can lead to facial paralysis.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10905347/Justin-Bieber-reveals-suffered-facial-paralysis-Ramsay-Hunt-syndrome.html
Neve Campbell rejects ‘Scream 6’ offer over pay dispute
Neve Campbell revealed she made the “very difficult decision” to turn down an offer for the sixth film in the iconic “Scream” franchise.
— Read on pagesix.com/2022/06/06/neve-campbell-rejects-scream-6-offer-over-pay-dispute/
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Adam Zivo: How Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act violates the rights of Canadians | National Post
On Friday, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association launched a lawsuit against the government, which shows why concerns about government overreach have teeth
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Anne's Belief Ceiling Is Rising
A visit from The Unseen Therapist in The Palace of Possibilities
Gary's Intro: For those following our recent Webinar series, you may be interested in Anne's progress between the Webinars. As you recall, this inspirational lady was subject to major childhood religious conditioning and was given an "impossible" task of climbing out of this deep hole.
However, thanks to our Webinar audience's work with Anne, as well as her work on her own, she is raising her belief ceiling as to what is possible. Below is a description of her recent session with The Unseen Therapist.
From Anne: I am in the basement of my room in The Palace of Possibilities. I am a small fire with a flame flickering all the way to the ceiling. Around me stand Mom, Grandma, and Dad. They are close enough to each other to hold hands, but the fire doesn’t touch them. They had been wrapping me in their cloaks of beliefs since my birth, giving me attention that I welcomed. I so willingly wanted to please them. But now, the cloaks are on fire. I am the fire.
The Unseen Therapist reaches Her hand into the burning fire and pulls me out, a little four-year-old girl. The fire and people remain in place, but I’m laughing. I’m happy. I’m escaping. The cloaks I was given that hold the beliefs of the others are still burning in the fire. I feel full of energy and free. I run with The Unseen Therapist through the dark basement. Her presence lights the way. In the distance, I see a light coming from the ceiling. When we get close, the light beams down on a large ornate throne made of gold with red velvet cushioning. It sits upon a dais.
The Unseen Therapist says, “This is your majesty. This is your magnificence.”
I giggle and run up the steps to the chair. I climb up into the chair and sit on one of the ornate golden arms, pressing my little bare feet against the velvet cushion of the seat. The Unseen Therapist climbs up and sits with me. We are both laughing and having fun.
She hands me a bag of popcorn. “Let’s watch a movie.”
A big white screen appears as I pop some popcorn into my mouth. On the screen appears my "nap event" movie. This little girl (me during nap time in a room with my siblings) is lying in bed and puts her hand in her crotch. It feels good. It feels natural. This is part of her body.
Suddenly, her mom jerks her out of the bed, takes her into the bathroom, and starts whipping her.
I put some popcorn in my mouth and look at The Unseen Therapist. “What’s wrong with that woman?”
“She’s scared,” she says. “She’s scared because she does this, too, and it’s a sin in her mind. It’s not allowed. She wants to make sure the little girl understands this. The mother doesn’t know it, but there is an anger in her, too. She is bad like the little girl. She is punishing herself through the little girl.”
When the little girl is set free, she runs back to her bed with tears falling down her eyes. Instead of hiding under the covers, she puts them up to her chin and watches her mother walk out of the room. She can see the woman is disturbed.
I stuff some more popcorn in my mouth as the movie continues.
The mother throws down the switch she used to whip the child as she walks into the kitchen. She did her duty. She fulfilled her obligation to raise her child right. Her own mother would be happy. The Church would be happy. God would be happy. But she isn’t happy.
“Why does she seem upset?” I ask The Unseen Therapist.
“She holds a nagging feeling of guilt. Guilt that she did the same thing with her body and still has the urge to do the same thing. She can’t get it out of her mind. She can’t get it out of her body. So she carries guilt about it and punishes herself with that guilt.”
The mother hears a knock at the door. It’s a neighbor woman. The mother puts on a happy face and invites her in.
I’m still chewing on the popcorn in rapt attention. Some pieces fall on the velvet seat. “What happened to the little girl?” I ask.
“She’s fine. She is seeing the truth about her mother’s actions and fears. She’s understanding that she doesn’t have to take on the same beliefs.”
The little girl smiles as she falls asleep. When she gets up, she goes to the bedroom door and carefully looks at her mother.
Her mother smiles weakly. It’s a false smile. It hides from the neighbor the fact that there is guilt and fear in her heart. But the little girl can see the fear in her mother’s eyes.
“Why is the mother afraid?” I ask The Unseen Therapist.
“She fears she is not a good mother. She fears she is failing at raising her children right. She’s not sure how to keep them from sinning. It seems out of her control. Every child is just one more path to Hell. It’s so unbearable that she hides behind a façade to look happy to outsiders, to make it appear that her family is perfect. But all the while, she knows that God is watching her, judging her, and prepared to punish her for all the things she cannot control.”
A piece of popcorn falls on my toe. I scoot my toes along the velvet seat, so soft and plush. I’m enjoying the popcorn and the movie.
The Unseen Therapist gets up and steps down to let my brother Joey, six years old, crawl up the chair and sit next to me. He has a bag of popcorn, too. He watches the movie with me.
I swallow some popcorn and ask him, “Do you remember that movie?”
“Yeah, now that I see it.”
“Did you know what the little girl was getting in trouble for?”
He shrugged. “What bad thing can a person do in bed? I thought it might be that. I felt bad for her. I was scared myself that I might be next.”
Marie, two years old, crawls up into the chair and leans on the other arm.
“Do you remember that, Marie?” I ask.
“No, but the situation seems familiar.”
“Did Mom punish you, too?”
“I think she slapped my hands. But I wasn’t so obvious. I knew it was wrong, but I just made sure Mom didn’t find out.”
I laughed and tossed a piece of popcorn at her.


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Kuwait suspects more than 5,000 families of social security fraud
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait has launched a probe into a suspected scam involving 5,324 families accused of faking documents to obtain government social security payments, a minister said on Tuesday.
Social Affairs and Labour Minister Hind al-Sabeeh told the official KUNA news agency that millions of dollars in public funds were illegally taken by these families on the basis of false claims.
The families number around 52,000 people in a country with 1.3 million native citizens.
The minister said payments were made to 1,479 Kuwaiti women who claimed to be single but were later found to be married.
There were another 1,283 cases of Kuwaiti women claiming they were married to stateless people but were found to be married to Kuwaiti citizens, she said.
The oil-rich Gulf country, which has a generous welfare system, spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year on social aid to low-income families.
But since the sharp decline in the price of oil, its main source of income, the emirate has begun applying austerity measures aimed at cutting spending and raising non-oil income.
The minister said legal measures will be taken against both the families suspected of making false claims and any ministry employees who facilitated the scam.
Meanwhile, Kuwait's lower court on Tuesday sentenced 30 female nationals to one year in jail for illegally taking wages from a government programme aiming at encouraging citizens to take private sector jobs.
The court said the women took salaries from the national labour support programme for two years after registering as employees at a private firm but without actually working.
The court also handed the employer a one-year sentence and ordered all of the women to return the money they took from the programme in addition to fining them $3,300 each.
The sentence is not final as it can be challenged.
Around 80 percent of Kuwait's national workforce of 360,000 is employed by the government which offers higher pay and fewer working hours.
Under the national labour support programme, the government pays a monthly salary to all Kuwaitis who take up jobs in the private sector. The state spends more than $700 million a year on the scheme.

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In this research, we explored the potential to reduce the cost of floating wind farms by adopting an integrated approach to optimally size semi-submersible substructures accounting for materials, fabrication and installation-logistics-related costs. A trade-off between manufacturing and installation costs was identified. This trade-off is driven by the growth of shipyard costs when the size of the structure increases, counteracting the reduction of fabrication costs achieved with a larger semi-submersible footprint. For the reference scenario, accounting for this trade-off yields a design that is a few tenths of a percent cheaper than when minimising only fabrication costs. However, the obtained design has a considerably smaller footprint than the fabrication-only case. The sensitivity of this trade-off to different installation strategies affecting the required storage area at the shipyard was assessed. When fabrication costs are dominant, the advantage of accounting for installation costs in the design process is negligible. Instead, larger storage area requirements increase the cost reduction achieved by optimising the semi-submersible while simultaneously accounting for fabrication and installation costs. The coupling effect remained significant for all the cases considered in a further sensitivity analysis of key parameters affecting the cost-optimal design. Furthermore, we identified several different designs that provide enough hydrostatic restoring moment in pitch to counteract the thrust-induced overturning moment within a small cost range from the most cost-effective one. This result suggests that additional criteria than minimising manufacturing and installation costs could drive the final design choice.
|Number of pages||12|
|Journal||Journal of Physics: Conference Series|
|Publication status||Published - 2022|
|Event||2022 Science of Making Torque from Wind, TORQUE 2022 - Delft, Netherlands|
Duration: 1 Jun 2022 → 3 Jun 2022