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For anyone wondering what Justin Bieber's next moves might be after teen idoldom and a few years of misanthropy, the single and video for "Where Are U Now?" with Diplo and Skrillex point to an unexpected direction.
The song is a tasteful, emotional slow burn from three artists (here, credited as Jack U, Diplo and Skrillex's side project) better known for high-octane crowd pleasing or tabloid antics.
The trio just released a similarly resonant new video for the single, which is comprised largely of fan-generated art taken from sessions at a Los Angeles gallery.
Directed by the avant-garde video team Brewer, the clip animates stills drawn by fans at the Seventh Letter gallery in L.A. The video is a bit acid-fried and melancholy and puts Bieber's alienation in a new and — dare we say — sympathetic light?
Diplo and Skrillex released a statement about the song and the video's genesis to explain their process.
"We are being overwhelmed, in a good way, by the success of "Where Are Ü Now" with Justin Bieber, so with the video we wanted to just take it back to the beginning of the record & essentially create an ode to our fans," they said.
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If the song didn't deliver, it might have come across as cloying. But given the single's quality and sincerity, and the video's illuminating new context, it feels like a genuine plea for fans to reconsider all their old assumptions about each artist involved.


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Materials: 2 ½ yards poly chiffon, 1 yard acetate lining fabric, Broadcloth Remnants, 4 vintage buttons, 1 vintage 20” Black metal Zipper
I had decided to use synthetic red and black hounds tooth printed chiffon for this pattern, I liked the sheer sleeves but wanted to keep the body of the dress covered opposed to the illustration with a slip dress under it. Slightly more work appropriate.
I toyed with the idea of using black cotton broadcloth under the chiffon however it altered the coloration of the red in the hounds tooth so I ended up using a slightly lighter red colored acetate lining. Commonly I love a dress with structured fabric so the light weight of this garment was a departure from my common sewing ventures.
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Last week, we ran a hint suggesting you could cook a steak better by starting from frozen, since a frozen steak is harder to burn when it hits the pan. I was intrigued enough to give it a try.
Despite what the original post said about starting with a frozen steak fresh from a freezer, the actual source recipe recommends freezing the steak only for an hour, so that’s what I did. A quick sear, an hour in the oven (at a very low temperature) and the steak was done. And it was good — a nice outside, a soft inside, and an abundance of flavour.
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"The Present Embarrassment of the Commerce of the United States" [Hathorne, John (1749-1834)]. [Story, Joseph (1779-1835)]. Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of Salem, In the State of Massachusetts. January 30, 1806. Read, And Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, On the State of the Union. Washington, DC: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1806. 18 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, leaves separating at head. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves, faint dampstaining to lower corner of last two leaves without loss to legibility. $350. * Only edition. Drafted by a committee of five men led by Hathorne and including young lawyer Joseph Story, this petition to Congress outlines "the present embarrassment of the commerce of the United States" in the face of Britain's violations of neutral trading rights and suggests that the United States should prepare for war. OCLC locates 2 copies of this title in law libraries (Harvard, Library of Congress). Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7414.
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Finding the right set of calves in the fall is a challenge for stockers and feedyards, and prepared producers can expect better profits.
Paul Dykstra, a beef specialist for Certified Angus Beef, encourages cow-calf producers to take the time to prepare their calves before sending them to auction.
He said preconditioned calves are less likely to become ill in a feedlot. In the last 20 years, feed yards have seen an increase in deaths and sickness in their pens related to the purchasing of unconditioned calves. Precondition calves, who are weaned at 45 days or more, castrated and vaccinated compete better at the feed bunk.
This also gives cow-calf producers the ability to sell their preconditioned feeder calves at a premium. As the buyer, feed yards will also see an increase in their profits when they sell those feeder calves a 1,000 pounds later.
“They are less excited about feeding freshly weaned calves then they have ever been,” Dykstra said during the company’s Feeding Quality Forum on Aug. 26. “A weaned calf that’s ready to be on feed is a perfect product.”
Paul Beck, an associate professor of animal science at Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, advises the use of fence-line weaning over abruptly weaning calves.
Beck spoke on Aug. 26 during the Noble Research Institute’s three-day webinar series on preconditioning calves.
Cows and calves become stressed when contact is severed. Calves will go off feed and vocalize for almost a week or more, Beck says, and this can damage their respiratory tract.
Fence-line weaning has the “most potential,” he said. Cows and calves can keep a distance, yet have nose to nose contact, which eases the separation anxiety. Research shows that calves will exhibit some distress through pacing the fence and will cry for about three days. And it does require additional labor, as “those calves will find any weak line in your fences,” Beck said.
Producers can also use a nursing prevention tool, a nose flap, which limits a calf’s suckling behavior on their mother. The nose flap decreases the calf’s playing and ruminating activities. Over time, they will use their energy to consume grain or, if out on pasture, grass.
The only benefit for cows and their calves is that they can remain physical, and Beck said this can be counterproductive as calves take longer to wean off milk, which reduces their average daily gain.
Vacciations are another vital part of the package when selling weaned calves.While in the marketing channel, calves become stressed and are susceptible to respiratory disease.
Bovine Respiratory Disease costs the U.S. beef industry $1 billion every year, Beck said, and researchers have also found that calves that have recovered from BRD have an 84% decrease in their carcass value.
To prevent illness, producers should immunize their calves at 4 months for clostridial, BRD and mannheimia haemolytica, along with internal and external parasite control. Calves should receive boosters of of those vaccines four weeks before being shipped off the farm.
“When we add stress on top of stress on these auction market calves, that is when we see the train wrecks, and preconditioned cattle are able to withstand those,” Beck said.
Since 2006, most of the cattle coming to meat processors have an improved carcass quality; 83% of the cattle harvested have graded choice or prime, Dykstra said. Certified Angus Beef has also seen a growth in eligible cattle meeting their 10 quality standards, such as 10- to 16-square-inch ribeye area, 1,050-pound hot carcass weight, and free of capillary rupture.
These increases on the brand’s grid have been improved by the producers offering preconditioned calves to feed yards and packers.
“The box beef cutout has favored Certified Angus Beef over choice by more of a margin than we’ve seen it in the last handful of years,” he said.
By delivering preconditioned calves, cow-calf producers be able to receive an additional value of a $15 per hundredweight premium for the sale of those calves.
March and April is the best time to sell 550-pound calves, versus in October. Feed yards move most of their cattle into processing plants in April and May. They also move a quantity of cattle from mid-November to December for the holiday market.
With 43% of cow-calf operations selling their calves through an auction barn, Dykstra says these producers are missing out on an opportunity to receive more of a premium for their calves. He advised that producers network with stockers and feed yards and provide them with a “resume” of their calves. Including information on genetics, Beef Quality Assurance certification and feeding history, which all give their calves an advantage over those in a sale barn.
“Show that buyer — ‘Hey, the bulls we purchase fall into the top percentile of its breed for this or that trait’ — to help them digest and suggest why they should bid one more time,” Dykstra said.

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For years, The Gardener’s Guide To Common Sense Pest Control was the go-to book on how to control harmful insects in our trees, yards, and gardens without the use of dangerous chemicals. Inspired, as the authors tell us, by the publication of Rachel Carson’s now-classic Silent Spring in 1962, it sought ways to control harmful weeds and insects naturally as well as effectively.
The Gardener’s Guide operated from two perspectives: that chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides were dangerous to humans and the environment, and that they encouraged “the rapid growth of insect resistance.” In other words, not only were pesticides harmful, they were over a short time, ineffective.
Now a new edition of The Gardener’s Guide to Common Sense Pest Control, “completely revised and updated” is available. Written by William Olkowski, Shelila Daar, and the late Helga Olkowski, with editor Steven Ash, the new edition is the most complete and most accurate volume on the various ways to control insects without using risky and ineffective chemicals. In a broader sense, it’s also an authoritative guide to sustainable gardening, with an emphasis on using locally successful plants (ones suited to your particular climate and altitude conditions), nurturing healthy soil, conserving water and energy, sending less waste to the landfill, and encouraging beneficial insects and other creatures by creating and protecting wildlife habitat.
When Olkowski et al began to address the problem of natural pest controls back in the 1970s, there was no such term as “integrated pest management” or IPM. Once the term was introduced , it was exploited by pest control companies and other commercial interests. The authors listed certain key features that included monitoring, evaluation of “injury levels” or what can be tolerated before treatments are employed (as opposed to automatic, periodic, and preventive spraying of chemicals especially when they’re not needed); and a “spectrum” of treatments that address all components of the problem in its treatment including the plant, the environment, and the management of the problem. In other words, no one-step solution, but a variety of natural factors employed as preventive and curative solutions to the pest problem.
Here’s their definition of Integrated Pest Management: “a decision-making systems approach to pest control that uses regular monitoring to determine if and when treatments are needed, and employs physical, mechanical, cultural, biological, and educational tactics to keep pest numbers low enough to prevent intolerable damage or annoyance.” What that basically comes down to is applied science. Observing and recognizing problems, then dealing with them in natural, sustainable ways.
What follows is thorough and equally scientific. After general chapters on natural pest controls, an introduction to IPM and strategies for pest treatment, the book goes into details on beneficial insects, microbial tools, and chemicals with a consideration to toxicity; botanical and inorganic compounds, as well as pheromones and insect growth regulators. Then it deals with the pests themselves: weeds, insects and the various ways to safely and sanely control them. There’s sections on pests found in lawns, vegetable and ornamental gardens, and shade trees. Like we said, thorough.
The authors have long been associated with the sustainability movement, in both gardens and daily living, as well as the Integrated Pest Control movement. They’ve been involved with the Bay Friendly Landscape and Gardening Coalition, a nonprofit that works with public agencies, the landscape industry, and property owners to reduce waste and pollution while conserving natural resources and encouraging the making of beautiful and productive gardens. The efforts that resulted in the new edition of the book are ongoing.
It’s important to note that the authors don’t completely embrace organic gardening. They suggest that pesticides should be used as a last, desperate approach. Many of us aren’t that pragmatic. We’re more absolute on the chemical-use issue, drawing our line in the sand in a way that excludes their use altogether. (The book even has a section on dealing with pest control companies so that you’re in charge of what they do, rather than business as usual; ie stand back and spray.) This point doesn’t disqualify the information in the book, information that gives every available method and technique for controlling pests ahead of that last resort. Like us, you probably will resolve your pest problem without even considering the use of dangerous substances.
Personal note: when we were first starting out in business we found the original Gardener’s Guide to be an invaluable resource that was both inspiring and informative. This new edition reflects what the authors and those of us involved in organics, have learned in the last decades. As in all things, the more time that passes, the more we know about controlling pests naturally.
Eric Vinje founded Planet Natural with his father Wayne in 1991, originally running it as a grasshopper bait mail-order business out of a garage.
Eric is now retired, but is still a renowned gardener known for his expertise in composting, organic gardening and pest control, utilizing pesticide-free options, such as beneficial insects.
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Mapping Entanglements of Art, Animal Furs, and Unfree Persons Between the Early Modern Baltic and Italy: the Case of Late Seicento Lithuania and Tuscany
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We will examine how both sides discursively negotiated questions of identity and significance, as well as geographical and cultural boundaries. We will use artifacts and performative cultural practices to understand how the associated processes of inclusion and exclusion did function, how Europe was repeatedly produced and constructed in the changing field of tension between East and West, and under what conditions and with what intentions these shifts did occur.
6th Research Seminar “Mapping Entanglements of Art, Animal Furs, and Unfree Persons Between the Early Modern Baltic and Italy: the Case of Late Seicento Lithuania and Tuscany”
as its point of departure the map of early modern Lithuania and Livonia (present-day
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the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, this lecture reevaluates conventional
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The lecture also takes into account Italo-Baltic entanglements of non-canonical artifacts, makers, and techniques in art history, as a means to address questions of how studies of north-eastern Europe’s art histories, and of north-eastern Europe’s ‘place’ in art history, can contribute to ongoing discussions in the field which center around productively problematizing notions of canonicity, de-colonizing early modern histories (including those of Europe), and recovering previously marginalized or even silenced subjectivities. These methodological questions are framed by means of a case study in the seventeenth-century exchange of works of art and luxury objects between the noble Medici and Pac (or Pacowie) families, who represented the Grand Duchies of Tuscany and Lithuania, respectively. The lecture explores how bi-directional notions of Tuscan-Lithuanian identity were on one hand intrinsically bound up with discursive constructions of cultural geography and performative cultural practices, and on the other hand were physically entangled with the entwined trades in luxury animal furs and enslaved persons that tethered the Baltic with Italy for centuries.
Ruth Sargent Noyes is Marie Skłodowska-Curie EU Senior Research Fellow at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. Author and editor of a number of books and articles, her recent research is especially focused on the art and architecture of the Baltic-Nordic region c. 1400-1800 in its global context. A 2014 Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and recipient of a number of research grants and awards, she is currently completing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Union Individual Fellowship Project, which has been additionally supported by more than twenty grants for field research and research residencies, including national funding from the Baltic states.
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Southport FC manager Dino Maamria has been named the Vanarama National League Manager of the Month.
The Sandgrounders were unbeaten for the whole of December. winning six of their seven in the month.
When Maamria took over, the club were in the relegation zone and they now sit comfortably in mid-table - 11 points above the drop.
Southport are also into the second round of the FA Trophy following a 3-2 win against Worcester City.
Maamria's side travel to Bromley this weekend for their National League fixture, and they are in FA Trophy action against Dover the following Saturday.
The Sandgrounders started January with a vital win at home to Wrexham - continuing their great form under Maamria.
Speaking about the result win against Wrexham, he said: “I think we had a difficult week in which we had a lot of injuries to overcome, I had six players miss training the day before the game. So there would have been excuses if we were to lose.
“But that shows how far this squad has come, we’re looking for reasons to win a match. Once we got a grip of the game we were able to win it through sheer determination and attitude.
“There’s always room for improvement. I think we’re still a little too open defensively and we’re conceding too many chances. We could be seeing games out better.”

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Noted jurist and social activist Justice (rtd) Nasira Javed Iqbal presented the second “Coronologue Awards to the winners of Ajoka’s Coronologue Short Film Festival on 11th August at an online ceremony. The first prize of Rs 75,000 was awarded to Sibte Hassan for his short film “Hero” while Moizah Jilani of Karachi won the second prize of Rs 50,000 for her “Distant Relationship”. The winner of the third prize was Junaid Arif for his short film “ Abbu”. Elsa Shabir(Lahore) and Mahnoor Samad (Peshawar) got special mentions.
Justice Nasira congratulated the winners of the awards and appreciated Ajoka’s efforts to encourage young socially aware filmmakers. Sibte Hassan, winner of first prize and Junaid Arif, winner of third prize were present at Ajoka office to receive their award while 2nd prize winner Moizah Jilani joined on zoom from Karachi.
The jury members present on the occasion included film scholar Aijazz Gul, playwright Asghar Nadeem Syed, film, actor Savera Nadeem and Ajoka Chairperson Zara Salman who also expressed their support for Ajoka’s commitment to socially meaningful group arts. Also present were Ajoka’s Executive Director Shahid Nadeem and Ajoka Institute Director Nirvaan Nadeem.
The prizes were sponsored by the Babar Ali Foundation and individual supporters included Javed Masud, Perin Boga, Fawzia Afzal Khan, Salman Chima, Khawar Mumtaz and Shama Salman.
Ajoka Executive Director Shahid Nadeem said that Ajoka had held the second “Coronologue” after the success of last year’s Coronologue Online Theatre Festival.
The objective was to encourage innovative artistic responses to the psychological, emotional, social or political impact of the unprecedented pandemic. He hoped that the encouragement will inspire the winners to focus on creative quality work and produce meaningful productions in future.
Ajoka Institute Director Nirvaan Nadeem said that Ajoka is committed to encourage the young talent and provide quality entertainment to audience with meaningful productions. The film produced during the festival carries the same spirit and will be released on Ajoka’s social media channels soon.
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Katy Perry confirmed she was pregnant in her new video “Never Worn White”. This will be the first child for Katy(35) and second for her fiance Orlando Bloom(44). The actor already has a son with Miranda Kerr, Flynn(9).
Katy said that she feels relieved for not hiding the baby bump anymore, saying that: “So glad I don’t have to suck it in anymore or carry a big bag”. The singer didn’t reveal her due date but said her child with Orlando would be born sometime in the summer months. Katy got engaged to Orlando on Valentine’s Day in 2019 and the A-list couple had been expected to marry this summer. It is unclear now if they are going to postpone the wedding due to happy news.

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Alert: The following services will be unavailable on Saturday, January 5, 2013 from 12 a.m. (midnight) to 6 a.m. CST due to system maintenance.
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Intersection of WIS 35 and Radio Road, in River Falls, in St. Croix County.
- WisDOT has started constructing a new interchange at the existing
intersection of WIS 35 and Radio Rd. The project will:
- Realign Radio Rd. and Chapman Dr.
- Construct a new structure for the Radio Rd. interchange.
- Construct roundabouts at the ramp terminal locations.
- Extend Paulson Rd. to connect with Radio Rd./WIS 35 intersection with a the construction of a roundabout.
- Remove and/or relocate some of the private accesses.
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- May 6, 2013 - Project begins
- August 2014 - Project completed
- WIS 35 will remain open to traffic, with periodic lane closures.
- Once Paulson Rd. is connected with Radio Rd., the WIS 35 intersection with Radio Rd. will close.
- Access to Radio Rd. south will be via County U/Whitetail Blvd. to Paulson Rd. to Radio Rd.
Work scheduled for week of May 20, 2013:
Utility Relocations throughout the project
Box culvert structure excavation
Lunda project mobilization
Stripping topsoil for Paulson Road
Clearing and grubbing for Paulson Road, Radio Road and southeast ramp
Chris Ouellette, WisDOT Northwest Region Communications Manager
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718 W. Clairemont Ave.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
The Family Goes to Maine
Last week was a bit crazy, which is why I didn’t get around to writing a post for the week. Fortunately (?), Joe has lots of work to do this weekend so I get to work on my own projects, which are all falling behind after a weeklong vacation in the Northeast.
The main reason for this vacation was my good friend Shelly’s wedding to her fiancé Jim in Maine. Shelly and I met while in graduate school and we hadn’t seen each other since we graduated back in 2010. Seeing Shelly was a treat in itself, but being a part of my friend’s wedding was simply fabulous!
Joe and I had never been to Maine before, so we decided to make a trip out of the wedding and to spend a few more days exploring the area. The wedding was going to take place in Boothbay Harbor, a seaside town 2 hours north of Portland, so we started looking around for nearby places to check out while out in that part of the country.
We flew 5-and-a-half hours to Boston with some vet-prescribed sleeping pills for our dog. But he never fell asleep as the drugs only served the purpose of disorienting him and making him whine for about 4 hours of our flight. Both the crew and the passengers were incredibly tolerant and sympathetic to our situation.
I will never again be grumpy or bothered by any crying or screaming baby on a flight!
Once we reached Boston, and after about 10 people came to check on Bomber and to see how he was doing now that he was back on solid ground, we started the 6-hour drive to Acadia.
Maine is quite the pretty place! I did not have any expectations about what it would look like. I guess that the only thing I expected to find was lots of old towns and historical sites. I don’t know how many historical sites we actually saw, but we sure saw seaside towns that had been founded back in the 1700s!
We weren’t quite sure if the “convenience” was something positive or not. It’s easy to see why the island would be host to so many little towns. After all, people have been settling there for longer than any other region in the country. But, what this meant was that we got to see almost no wildlife, something very different from the other national parks we’ve been to.
Acadia was definitely different and we decided to embrace its singularity and enjoy the park in the way it is meant. During the 4 days we spent there, we visited most, if not all, of the small seaside towns on the island. Our favorite—and also a crowd’s favorite—was Bar Harbor with its cute harbor, green open spaces and plethora of small stores, bars and ice cream shops.
Maine is home to about 60 lighthouses and, of course, there was one on Mount Desert Island. Like most places in the park, we had to drive to the headlight and it was totally worth it. To enjoy the best views of the headlight you must walk on a dirt path, down some wooden steps and then on and over some rocks. The two of us (and Bomber) had no problem moving around the rocks and finding a good place to relax and have lunch. While hanging out there, we were amazed at people’s determination to get to a good rock from which they could see the headlight. We saw kids and adults in all different shapes scrambling over the rocks to get a good view of it.
The best thing about Acadia, actually, was the hiking. There are over 100 miles of trails and a lot of them offer fabulous views of the even more fabulous coastline. We hiked up Cadillac Mountain (the tallest mountain on the Eastern Coast), which was named after the man who founded Detroit and who gave the name to the car brand! The 3.5-mile hike was packed with climbing, rock skipping and stunning views of the blue Atlantic and the surrounding islands. Like Cadillac, there were many other short hikes up smaller mountains. All of them with panoramic views of the coast, something that really impressed me.
Yes, Acadia was not a park like Yellowstone, where you are stuck in traffic because dozens of buffalo are crossing the road, but it was still a great sample of this country’s beauty. Well, a good sample of our world’s beauty. In some ways, it is really impressive that a park was carved out in a place where so many people were settling. Like the other national parks do, Acadia serves as a safe place in which the natural state of the land is preserved. A place that is as close as possible to being untouched by humans. At least as close as it can be in the East Coast.
National Parks, as well as State and Regional Parks, are such a good idea. In some ways it’s sad to know that unless protected, nature is highly vulnerable to people’s actions and lifestyle. In other ways, it’s so inspiring to know that, back in the day, people thought about protecting these areas to make them available “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.”
Every national park is home to unique diversity of flora, fauna, geography, etc. that, if it weren’t for the park’s protected status, would have probably been directly affected by urban growth, industrial development and contamination, loose and/or illegal hunting practices, or abuse of resources. As mentioned in the documentary produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, National Parks were this country’s best idea. For those of you who don’t know it, Yellowstone was the first national park to be created not only in the United States, but in the entire world. Now, this is something to be proud of!
After the wedding and our camping trip, we started our drive back to Boston where we were going to be staying with Shelly—finally some time to catch up! On our way down we checked out Portland, Maine. Portland has cute cobblestone roads, bohemian stores, a great waterfront and, of course, a lighthouse, which we checked out!
After a night in Boston we flew back to San Francisco. This time Bomber slept for the entire duration of the flight without any drugs.
In other news, remember the photo I donated for the online auction help by Born Free USA? The one with the two elephants? Well, I’m happy to say that the photo sold for more than the estimated value! I love this kind of little accomplishment as it serves as a good reminder that it is always worth it to keep trying and to being true to what you love doing!
No more trips for now. The next few weekends I hope to get to explore a bit more of my city. We have only been here for 8 months now, which might seem like a lot but in reality is not much time at all. We have a long list of places we want to see and we are really excited to go through it!
I’m sure fun and new situations, and exploring will lead to new and fun photos to share with you!

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Police say a Geneva man was taken into custody for possessing a stolen car after a traffic stop on Friday.
At approximately 6:10 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for speeding on Washington Street.
The operator of the vehicle, identified as Gregory Jackson, 56, of Geneva, was found to have a suspended license.
Further investigation revealed that the vehicle was stolen out of the town of Geneva.
He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, as a felony, as well as aggravated unlicensed operation.
The charges will be answered at a later date.
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HAVING retired last year, both my wife and I have been tracing our family trees.
Also, I have been looking back over the many happy memories I have visiting my grandfather at a farm, (he had an old bus converted to a caravan) near a pub called the Rising Sun.
This pub was very near the farm which as I recall was called White Farm.
I suppose this distance would bee less than a mile or so, as we used to walk to it.
I happily sat on the pub’s door step and drank my Vimto and ate my crisps with the little salt pack twist in blue waxy paper.
We also climbed a hill which had some sort of plaque on it as I remember, You could see for miles.
Could you help me locate this area/pub and farm, as I would love to return there after so many years. 58/59 years have passed by and I still fondly remember those visits to see my grandfather and would love to visit “memory lane”.
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EVENTS > KOSAMBI CENTENARY
Historian Kosambi Stood for Ethics in Science
Historian Kosambi Stood for Ethics in Science
By Nandkumar Kamat
Two great Goans, the father and son duo - renowned Buddhist scholar, Acharya Dharmanand Kosambi and mathematician turned Indologist, Damodar Kosambi have carved unique niches in history. Acharya Dharmanand is more famous in Budhhist countries than in Goa and Damodar Kosambi is well known in Europe, Russia , China and the United States. Both were intellectual giants. The centenary year of Damodar Kosambi begins from July 31. When I requested the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat that the centenary year be celebrated in a befitting manner at the state level, he readily agreed. The directorate of art and culture has officially constituted a state level committee under the chairpersonship of writer, Ms Maria Aurora Couto.
Admirers, readers and friends of DDK in Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkotta and the younger generation of Marxist intellectuals have organised many programmes during his centenary year. How Goa and Goans could forget this great renaissance personality? The old generation might have heard about the Kosambis but there is a general ignorance about the life, work and philosophy of DDK. The ex-President of India, Dr V V Giri had remarked that DDK was the only scientist in India to give a humanistic dimension to science.
Damodar was born at Kusman-Quepem on July 31, 1907. His pet name was ‘baba’. His colleagues at Harvard university also used to call him by this name. From 1912 to 1918 he completed his school education at Pune. Then he was sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1929, he graduated from Harvard University. From 1929 to 1937 Damodar taught at Benarus Hindu University where he won the prestigious Ramanujan memorial award. In 1930 he published his first research paper. Then there was no looking back. In his research and writing career spanning 36 years, DDK published more than 150 research papers, many in French and German. On May 7, 1931 Damodar married Nalini Madgaonkar. Then he joined Pune’s Fergusson college. His interest in Indology, prehistory, numismatics was nurtured by that city of intellectuals. He joined the mathematics division of newly established Tata institute of fundamental research in 1947. He sought premature retirement as his controversial views on Atomic energy were not appreciated by Homi Bhabha.
Damodar Kosambi was far ahead of his time. He created ripples among the critics in 1956 after publication of his book-Introduction to the study of Indian history’. This was followed by ‘Exasperating Essays’. His next book was an objective lesson in interdisciplinary research. When ‘Myth and reality, studies in formation of Indian culture’ was published it proved a landmark in scholarly research. Damodar crowned this book with his magnum opus in 1965 - ‘The culture and civilization of ancient India – a historical outline’. This book has seen several editions since then and has been prescribed in several universities in India and abroad. Damodar Kosambi caused a radical paradigm shift in contemporary interpretations of Indian history. He refused to be a dogmatic Marxist but his writings show profound influence of critical Marxist analytical methodology. He has to be credited for having offered the Indians a ‘people’s perspective of history as compared to earlier focus on royalty, kingdoms, aristocratic and feudal class, battles and the populist myths. As a mathematician, he became curious about genetics. He discovered the Kosambi formula for calculating the length of chromosomes. He contributed to tensor analysis, probability statistics, path geometry but at the same time he was commenting on Bhartihari and Kautilya. His interest in numismatics was brought out in “Indian numismatics’ a book published posthumously.
Kosambi stood for ethics in science. He condemned science, which was engaged in violent research. He attempted to combine science and humanism in his essays. “Steps in science’, Science and freedom’, ‘the social functions of science’, ‘Sin and science-introduction’ were some of his much discussed essays. In 1964 he wrote ‘Scientific attitude and religion’ and challenged certain popular beliefs. He rejected the thesis that population explosion was leading to a rise in poverty. Kosambi was overwhelmed by the scientific and technological progress made by the erstwhile Soviet Union. His impressions were reflected in "revolution and the progress of science.
In 1960, Kosambi launched a scathing criticism of India’s pursuit of atomic energy while championing the cause of promoting solar energy. The scientists in Israel were impressed but the India’s atomic power lobby almost blacklisted Damodar Kosambi. He vehemently opposed nuclear weapons and pleaded for global nuclear disarmament. In 1964, Kosambi again wrote on ‘Solar energy for underdeveloped world’. In the US no new nuclear power reactor has been constructed during the past 30 years. Kosambi had a vision of making India a global superpower in solar energy research. But he did not have political and industrial godfathers to support him. Today, France, US, Spain, Israel have invested heavily in solar energy research. Kosambi’s genius was recognized by the Chinese government. He was invited to find the mathematical and statistical solutions for Chinese agricultural sector. Kosambi’s views on science are extremely relevant in the 21st century. He was of the firm opinion that scientists would feel themselves truly free and liberated when they would engage themselves in pursuing research only for human welfare.
Was Damodar influenced by his Gandhian father? But definitely his love for universal peace was an intellectual insight, a conviction that the world had no other alternative. Individuals and institutions in Goa should come forward to remember this great multidimensional personality. Damodar Kosambi’s books are freely available as e-books (PDF files) on IUCAA-Pune’s scientist Aravind Gupta’s website - http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/. Click on Books > English and scroll down to reach books by D D Kosambi (Birth centenary 2007). There 16 downloadable files. This is a wonderful gift to young generation.
Goa should not forget such a giant. Goa University instituted a lecture series in his name in 1987 but could not maintain the consistency in its’ organisation. The Goa government is keen to organise public lectures of scholars on D D Kosambi. Educational institutions in Goa teaching science, history and sociology need to educate their students about the life and writings of Damodar Kosambi. Goa needs a new and vibrant generation of scientists, historians and research scholars who could perhaps draw some inspiration from Damodar Kosambi’s philosophy. Historian Kosambi died at Pune on June 29, 1966. On July 9 the citizens of Pune, assembled to condole his death and resolved to bring out a volume in his memory. Dr V V Giri chaired the committee. In 1974 this volume’ Science and human progress’ was published. None of Kosambis’ work is translated in Konkani. Even universities in Brazil are interested in Kosambi’s work. His centenary year celebrations need to create awareness about the importance of humanistic outlook in science and pursuit of interdisciplinary research.
SOURCE: Navhind Times - July 23, 2007
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Two hours 30minutes Segway tour to the Oasis of Flamingos.
Flamingos Tour we will drive you to discover the Natural Park of Molentargius, a green oasis perfectly placed within the urban area, home of the flamingos.
By this tour, departing from the Port of Cagliari we will travel through the new bike path along the channel "Palafitta", and then into the park.
From here we will soak into the history and will admire the remains of the Old City of Salt, which for centuries has characterized the economy of the area, and finally, will dive into a nature trail during which it won´t be difficult to see the beautiful flamingos.
The Park is an exceptional area due to the presence of fresh and saltwater basins that host plants and animals of rare beauty, including the wonderful pink flamingos. Created in 1999, the park aims to protect and enhance a site of international interest which had already been included in the Ramsar Convention since 1977, due to its importance as a place of rest, wintering and nesting of several species of waterfowl.
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Frankenstein brought to life by Ballet Victoria's original production
A gory love story creeps through Ballet Victoria's cutting-edge world premiere of Frankenstein next week in the Cowichan Theatre.
In time for Halloween, dancing choreographer Paul Destrooper and nine dancers stitch together pieces of the classic Frankenstein story, and the tragic Giselle ballet — subtitled A Zombie Love Story.
The result, he explained, is a Gothic production, plus some black humour, that would make morbidly creative movie maker, Tim Burton, proud.
"The classical ballet of Giselle is the original zombie ballet — it's about women who died before they got married and are scorned by their fiance or lover, and died a tragic death," said Destrooper.
Original choreography is set to music from a selected composers Shostakovich, Beethoven and Verdi, plus an homage to Adolphe Adam's score of the ballet Giselle, which BV has never staged.
Frankenstein's costumes basically follow "the look of the corpse dress, so you see skeleton parts of the body," said Destropper.
The monster will sport a deathly pale demeanor, and a scarred body, he explained.
Act one sees Dr. Frankenstein (Eric Hall) making his creature (Matthew Cluff) in the lab — to Mrs. Frankenstein's (Amanda Radetzky) revulsion — using body parts unearthed by Igor (Destrooper) in a cemetery.
One implanted organ is the heart of a young groom from the grave, "and he's the groom for the corpse bride (Andrea Bayne)," said Destrooper.
Their reunion happens in a dream sequence through "the link they have with the heart."
"My character emulates Giselle," said Bayne.
"I'm trying to get across to the audience my love is left at the altar; my husband has died, and I just want to see him again, and that's Frankenstein (the monster)."
Act two infuses ghostly Giselle elements, as the monster flees the lab after accidentally killing Mrs. F.
Frankenstein runs to the cemetery where all his body parts originated.
The corpse bride and her zombie clan recognize pieces of Frankenstein and accept him, Destrooper explained, digging into the ballet's morals.
"The monstrous creature was created by mankind, but he has redeeming qualities.
"Mankind creates things without thinking of the consequences: some for good, like medicine; or for evil, like weapons."
Bayne and Cluff said BV's Frankenstein offers something for everyone.
"As a dancer," said Cluff, "it's really challenging to explore the physical movement as a creature, and make it balletic at the same time with ballet technique.
"There are lots of moments when Dr. Frankenstein creates me where it's a lot more acting, and stiff walking, than dancing — but in act two there's more dancing as the creature evolves.
"The creature loosens up a bit, but it's still the monster."
Bayne found getting the story's drama across was challenging, but "technical aspects of the second act are extremely high."
The magic's in the intertwined tales, she explained.
"People who love the classics will recognize some of the characteristics of Giselle in the second act; people who love Paul's choreography will see that in the first act."
The moral, explained Cluff, is to listen to your heart.
"If you want something really badly, things can ultimately work out for the both of you."
What: Ballet Victoria's Frankenstein
When: Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Cowichan Theatre
Tickets: $40, $30 seniors, $20 students, $5 eyeGO. Call 250-748-7529.


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August Getty is the American designer behind his high-fashion brand August Getty Atelier. Getty is not only designer but also story-teller: he created a collection full of references to mythology and mixed those references with his own creative vision.
“Combining everything classy with spectacular elements is a real talent of Getty”
The models presented the garments dressed as mythical creatures giving the show a dramatic touch. The garments were daring but elegant at the same time. Combining everything classy with spectacular elements is a real talent of Getty.
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After two decades of covering people in sports, I can tell you one thing: It’s a low bar.
No one requires that the players, coaches, execs or media who work in the field be terrific human beings. It’s nice when they are — and many of them, many more than you hear about — truly are. But being a fantastic person is not the requirement.
The expectation is more like “mildly civil.” Or “not aggressively insulting.” Or — and this one has been particularly hard for some — be a person who does not regularly beat women and children.
So it’s remarkable when we have a stretch like the past few days, one that slithers under that pretty low bar.
And the thing is, it started out as a good week.
Comments about ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza
On Tuesday night, ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza became the first woman to ever call a nationally televised Major League Baseball playoff game. Even better — she was excellent. Her analysis was focused, her insights nuanced, her delivery seamlessly integrated with her two male colleagues in the booth.
That Mendoza was so sharp shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
She grew up within baseball — her dad was a coach — and she played it as a kid. As she got older, she switched to softball, becoming an All-American at Stanford and a two-time Olympic medalist. And while softball and baseball are not the same thing, they are inarguably very close cousins. All told, the woman knows what she’s talking about.
Mendoza was met with largely rave reviews from media columnists when she woke up on Wednesday morning. Female sports fans all over the country — and there are a lot of them — noted her accomplishment as a landmark step toward being accepted in what is still largely a boys’ club. However, a vocal minority begged to differ.
The Internet trolls hit all their usual bases: get out of sports, go back to the kitchen, etc. But there were also sports radio hosts with bigger platforms chiming in, most notably Atlanta’s Mike Bell, who sent out a string of insulting tweets, the worst of which was, “tell us Tits McGhee when you’re up there hitting the softball you see a lot of 95 mile an hour cutters?”
Bell calling Mendoza “Tits McGhee” is a reference to the movie “Anchorman.” It is demeaning, of course. It’s also butchering a great movie, since he clearly doesn’t understand that the scene he’s referring to specifically highlights how stuck-in-the-past and sexist the main character is. Most confusing, he expects us to buy that even though he spends his works days getting paid to talk about sports, despite never playing any sport at an elite level, he’s more qualified to do that than a two-time Olympian just because she has a second X chromosome and longer hair than he does?
Bell eventually retracted his comments and apologized, and his radio station suspended him. And support for Mendoza poured in. The NFL’s Atlanta Falcons tweeted the team was “embarrassed by Mike Bell’s comments, given he’s on our flagship station. Inappropriate and disappointing.”
Comments from Dallas Cowboy Greg Hardy
Meanwhile, in Texas, another controversy was simmering, this one around Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy.
You may remember hearing Hardy’s name a lot last year as the NFL wrestled with its response to domestic violence. Hardy was one of the players at the center of that: In July 2014, he was found guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder and threatening to kill her.
Holder testified that Hardy had dragged her by her hair into a bathroom and slammed her head against a wall, leaving visible marks, before throwing her on a futon piled with assault rifles and choking her.
After being convicted by a judge, Hardy appealed. Holder declined to testify in his second trial. In February, prosecutors were forced to drop the case, but a subsequent internal NFL investigation still found Hardy culpable. The league suspended him. That suspension ended this week.
You would think that after coming off a suspension for such a heinous series of acts, Hardy would want to keep a low profile. Or sound contrite. Or at least fake sounding contrite.
Instead, in his first media availability this week, Hardy declined every opportunity to express even the smallest amount of regret. He then started talking about how pleased he was the Cowboys were about to play the New England Patriots, because quarterback Tom Brady might be bringing his supermodel wife, Gisele Bundchen, for Hardy to look at during the game.
“I love seeing Tom Brady, he’s cool as crap,” Hardy said. “Have you seen his wife? I hope she comes to the game. I hope her sister comes to the game, all her friends come to the game. One of my favorite games of the year, guys.”
Hardy went on to say that he votes for fellow players to make the Pro Bowl based on the level of attractiveness of the wives or girlfriends they might bring along with them to the game. Oh, and he also noted that he wants to go out on the field this week “guns blazing.” I’m sure wherever Nicole Holder is, she was thrilled to see that reference.
On Wednesday evening, I asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell what he thought of Hardy’s comments. I was hoping for a strong rebuke.
Instead, Goodell said he wasn’t aware of what Hardy had said, despite that Hardy had said it in front of dozens of media outlets more than 24 hours earlier. Goodell then spoke at length about how most NFL players are good guys — something I couldn’t agree with more, but not at all relevant to a question on how he felt about Hardy’s comments — before rounding into a very broad discussion of NFL standards. Here’s Goodell’s response:
“… The vast majority of NFL players are outstanding young men. They do great things in their communities. I’m proud of what they do. They’re good family men, and they’re people that we should all be proud of. And that’s what we’re trying to highlight are the people that are doing things right.
“There’s a very, very, very small percentage of men who don’t follow the policies and when they don’t, they have to be held accountable. And we’ll do everything I can to prevent that, to intervene and to try to make sure that we get them to follow our policies and see the way the NFL does things, the standards that we hope to hold and we won’t compromise things.”
Things got worse after Goodell spoke.
Sports Illustrated caught up with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who told SI he feels much the same way Hardy does. Jones said that when he saw Brady marry Bundchen, “Tom went up in my eyes 100 percent. She’s very, very attractive, and it shows what an outstanding individual Tom is.” Jones then doubled down on Hardy on a Dallas radio show on Friday, saying, “Here’s the deal, unless [Hardy] looks like he’s contrite, unless he looks like he is just absolutely whipped, and really obviously sorry for what his situation is, he’s going to be criticized.”
Um, yes, Jerry. We do expect someone with Hardy’s track record to at least sound like he’s sorry. But, wait, Jones didn’t stop there. He added that it was okay to talk about women solely in terms of their attractiveness because — wait for it — “Elizabeth Taylor made her life wanting people to say she was pretty.” You know, the same Elizabeth Taylor who worked to build a 60-year acting career, founded a company that has done more than a billion dollars in revenue and became a pioneering voice in the fight against AIDS, earning her the Presidential Citizens Medal, the French Legion of Honor and the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
So to summarize: Here is a high-profile NFL player, backed up by his high-profile owner, explaining that women are possessions/trophies, meant to be looked at and increase a man’s worth. Oh, and a commissioner who doesn’t feel any of that requires a strong or specific reprimand.
There’s a reason that thinking is so dangerous, and calls back to the reason Hardy was suspended in the first place: If women are merely objects, then beating their head against a bathroom wall isn’t that big a deal. After all, it’s not as if they’re actual, you know, people.
Also remember that Hardy’s comments came after going through the NFL’s domestic violence program, which is supposed to include a large dose of education and counseling. If this is the best the program can do, it’s not good enough.
At least at one point this week, the Cowboys tried some damage control.
On Thursday, Dallas head coach Jason Garrett said he’d spoken to Hardy about the comments, noting “that’s not how we want to operate as an organization. Players and coaches in our organization understand that. We want to distinguish ourselves with our play, not with what we say.”
Personally, I think it’d be great if players wanted to distinguish themselves with both how they play and what they say. You know, “chase excellence in everything” and all those slogans we hear about in sports movies. But maybe Garrett is right, we can’t expect that much. Maybe for some, it has to be only about playing well on the field and keeping quiet off it.
After all, it’s a low bar.

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I know it's been about a year... and you're right, it's my fault. Many things have happened and my great friend (who's done a perfect work here) was also so busy that we couldn't have time to finish this up. I ask you all for forgiveness and hope this chapter will please you ^_^
Also, I ask you to understand about this song. Yeah, I know who sings it and I know many people don't like the singer, and that the song couldn't exist in Basil's time, but the message in the song was perfect for what I was trying to show from Olivia's point of view. So please, imagine that the song is played with the GMD tavern orcherstra instead of BS's version. Ok? Just like "Let me be good to you".
Alright, that's all. Next chapter will come as soon as possible. Enjopy!
Title: Basil, The Great Mouse Detective 2
Language: Spanish [original] - English.
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Chapter 7 - Desire Beats
The little mouse turned her body to face the public. In a smooth motion, she ran her fingers across her chest and down her torso, slowly and sensually, while singing.
"All you people look at me like I'm a little girl,
Well, did you ever think it'd be okay for me to step in this world?"
She got off the stage when she saw her goal and started strutting towards it, standing for a while on a table to distract some of the men, who where watching Olivia, their pants wet.
"Always sayin' little girl, don't step into the club,
Well I'm just tryin' to find out why, cause dancing's what I love."
Dawson leaned over to Basil. "What is she doing here?"
"I don't know," replied the other, frowning, "But I hope she has a good explanation." Basil felt sweat trickling down his forehead. "A very good… explanation." he whispered hoarsely.
Olivia continued to move among the tables, carefully avoiding any contact with her slimy looking audience. From time to time one would reach out to touch her, but she would nimbly take a turn and dodge his hands, nudging him gently with her foot to move him away. Little by little, she was getting closer to the table of the two detectives.
"Get it get it, get it get it, whoa,
Get it get it, get it get it, whooooa- do you like it?
Get it get it, get it get it, oooh... This feels good."
"We have to get her out of here before some pervert pulls her over." Basil kept his eyes locked on her, tense.
"Yeah, sure, but..." Dawson lowered his voice. "She seems to do well in that role, doesn't she? Her agility prevents her from being touched, and-"
"I don't care!" replied Basil, "This is no place for her. Come, let's get out of here."
But when he began to rise, Olivia came to his table and lightly pushed him back down into his seat. The scantily clad girl sat on the table and crossed her legs.
"I know I may come off quiet,
I may come off shy,"
She turned and began to crawl across the table Dawson looked at Basil, who stared at her, frozen. However, Basil's expression of anger did not change, and sweat continued to drip down his forehead.
"But I feel like talking, feel like dancing,
When I see this guy."
Olivia looked into his eyes, still flirting. Suddenly, she knelt, placed herself right in front of Basil, took the collar of his shirt and stroked the fabric with her fingers.
"What's practical is logical. What the hell, who cares?"
"All I know is I'm so happy when you're dancing there!"
Dawson was astonished. The girl looked like a professional dancer... but much more daring and flirtatious. He looked at his companion and saw that something had changed.
Olivia moved closer to Basil's face and touched his forehead with hers. Her lips were an inch from his, and she was still singing the song with her sweet but sensual voice.
"I'm a slave for you. I can't hold it, I can't control it."
"I'm a slave for you, I won't deny it, I'm not trying to hide it"
All males present would have given anything to be in Basil's position at the time. In fact, more than one felt like getting up and throwing the guy out. And this desire was further intensified when Olivia opened the buttons of his jacket and slowly stroked his chest.
"Baby, don't you want to dance on me?
(I just want to dance next to you)
To another time and place?"
Basil did not move, but his breathing was becoming agitated. He managed to conceal it with his mouth shut. Olivia hugged him with her hands inside his jacket and whispered in his ear the rest of the song.
"Baby, don't you want to dance on me?
(Are you ready?)
Leaving behind my name and age?
She suddenly let go and walked away, as if disinterested. Basil sat motionless, paralyzed in shock. The other spectators redirected their attention to Olivia, who had returned to the stage and was continuing to sing.
"Are you...all right?" Dawson asked Basil, looking away from the dancer.
"What?" Basil turned his head to Dawson in a sudden movement, his eyes wide.
"I said, are you all right?" He repeated.
"...Oh, yes." Basil nervously nodded his head and looked forward sharply.
Dawson did not know what happened exactly, but preferred to keep quiet and wait for the atmosphere to cool down.
Basil's heart was pounding, his breathing uncontrolled and his pants wet. The... close contact to Olivia had caused a disturbance in his body. He closed his eyes for a moment, and soon got back to being the master of his body.
Olivia danced with movements that could only exist in dreams of a man, still singing with her seductive voice and occasionally glancing at Basil. She smiled playfully while others whistled and came closer to the stage, to try to reach her.
"I really want to dance tonight with you," "(Want to see you move)"
"I really want to do
What you want me to."
"(Uh uh uh)"
Finally, Olivia ended the song with an exotic pose. She said goodbye with a mere hand gesture and walked back to hide behind the curtain. However, she was cut off by a guy who got up onto the stage.
"That's it? You're not dancing anymore, babe?" The mouse was a bit drunk but still able to keep up. "Come on, dance!" He took a wobbly step toward Olivia.
"My performance is over." She didn't seem to bother with the guy. "If you want to see someone dance, go back to your seat and wait for the next dancer." And with that, she began to walk past him.
"Where are you going!" The drunkard grabbed her arm tightly and forced her to turn around.
"Let go of me!" Olivia struggled to break free.
"You're going to dance with me!" He repeated.
"I said release me!"
"Drop it, now!" Someone shouted.
"Huh?" The mouse looked down and saw Basil standing on the stairs leading down from the stage. "Who are you to tell me what to do, tadpole?"
"I'll tell you once more." Basil came up the steps with a serious expression on his face. "Drop it."
"I advise you not to bother me, man. Leave before you ** me off."
"I will give you three seconds to let her go, slimeball." Basil's voice began to ring with a dangerous tone. "One, two…"
"This candy is mine!" With his sweaty hands, the drunkard took Olivia and pulled her closer to him, brushing his body with hers.
"It's over!" Basil took Olivia's shoulder with one hand and swung his other in a mean right hook. The big mouse staggered back a bit but managed to recover his balance, despite the high level of alcohol in his blood. He touched his face as a reflex, and realized his nose was bleeding.
"Olivia, get out of here," Basil pushed her to hide backstage.
"Come on, get out of here!
"Damn bastard!" The drunk recovered some awareness and lunged at Basil with all his fury. "You're dead!"
This time Basil did not have time to react. He gave a final push to Olivia, just a second before the man rammed into him and they both fell off the stage. Basil managed to kick his attacker in the stomach, making him fly over his head and through the air. The burly man landed on a table, which started another fight, because the mice playing poker realized their opponent was cheating. As usual in such cases, that fight led to another, and soon the whole pub was involved in a struggle of male and female mice.
Dawson and Olivia managed to protect themselves by huddling behind the bar, covering their heads when some bottles shattered against the wall in front of them. Basil dodged through the crowd of brawlers and leaped over the bar.
"Are you all right?" He asked them.
"Yes, I think so." Olivia continued to protect her head.
"We have to get out of here!" Dawson was on all fours, huddled against the bar.
"It will be difficult to reach the door, but maybe..." Basil looked across and saw what he was looking for. "There is still the trap door."
"Trap door?" Dawson looked to the side of the bar and saw the hatch leading to the basement, the one they had used while pursuing Ratigan.
"We must be quick!" Basil took Olivia's hand, Dawson behind them. They crawled on all fours to the corner, opened the hatch, and got inside. Before closing it, Basil took one last glance around the tavern.
"This is becoming repetitive." He muttered.


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36th TIFF | Tokyo 2023 Tokyo International Film Festival Winners: ‘Snow Leopard’ By Late Tibetan Filmmaker Pema Tseden Takes Top Prize
By Zac Ntim, Deadline November 1, 2023 2:30am
Family drama Snow Leopard, directed by the late Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, has won the Tokyo Grand Prix, the top prize at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
The film, which is also nominated for three Asia Pacific Screen Awards, follows a rural family who debate whether they should kill a snow leopard that broke into their home and killed nine sheep.
The full synopsis reads: In a mountain village where white leopards live, the film explores the symbiosis of humans and animals through the fantastical interaction of a young Tibetan monk and a leopard.
Snow Leopard is one of two films Tseden, who had Chinese citizenship, had been working on when he died in May, aged 53. His death was reported by Chinese media. No cause of death was given, but unverified Chinese media reports said he had a heart attack.
Widely regarded as China’s leading filmmaker working in the Tibetan language, Tseden’s credits included Jinpa, produced by Wong Kar Wai, which won best screenplay when it premiered in the Horizons section of Venice in 2018.
The Tokyo Grand Prix prize comes with a 3 million yen cash prize. Elsewhere, Tatami by Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattivwon the Special Jury Prize, which comes with a 500,000 yen cash prize. The film also won the award for Best Actress forZar Amir Ebrahimi. The film, which debuted at Venice, follows a judo athlete and her coach who are forced by the Iranian authorities to withdraw from a match against an Israeli athlete.
‘Snow Leopard’ Tokyo Film Festival
The award for Best Director went to Japanese filmmaker Kishi Yoshiyuki for (Ab)normal Desire, one of three Japanese films in competition at Tokyo this year. Iranian actor took the award for Best Actor for his role inRoxana.
Across ten days and largely within the luxury cultural district of Hibiya-Ginza, the Tokyo Film Festival screened 219 films and recorded 74,841 admissions. The number of admissions is up from 59,541 last year, where 174 films screened. 38 out of 219 films, so 22.4%, were directed by women at this year’s fest.
The competition jury was headed by Wim Wenders and included Albert Serra, Kunizane Mizue, Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, and Zhao Tao.
Tokyo closes this evening with the World Premiere of Toho’s Godzilla Minus One, directed by Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.


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As this year’s legislative session drew to a close, groundwater regulation – and whether California would become the last state in the West to implement oversight for drilling and pumping wells – emerged as one of the major policy issues.
Driven by concerns over an increasing reliance on groundwater sources during the state’s severe drought, which has resulted in depleted aquifers, sinking land and damaged infrastructure, a package of bills establishing historic management of groundwater extraction flew through the Legislature.
Despite strong objections from Central Valley lawmakers and agricultural groups, who argued that it would create burdensome and costly requirements, Gov. Jerry Brown is now poised to sign the legislation during a ceremony in his office at the Capitol at 10 a.m.
Matt Weiser has an in-depth look at what’s to come.
VIDEO: Though it failed to qualify for the ballot, the Six Californias initiative still did some good, Dan Walters says.
AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT: California could soon become the first state to adopt a standard of affirmative consent for sexual activity on college campuses. Last month, the Legislature passed a bill that would require schools to establish a “yes means yes” policy for defining consent and investigating cases of sexual violence. The proposal, which makes a student who wants to engage in sexual activity responsible for ensuring that he or she has explicit consent from a partner, now sits on the governor’s desk. Sexual assault survivors from the University of California and California State University systems will gather on the south steps of the Capitol at 10:30 a.m. before marching to Brown’s office to deliver petitions urging him to sign the bill.
CALPERS ELECTION: While much less visible than November’s statewide election, the ongoing race for two slots on the 13-member CalPERS board, which controls California’s $300 billion public pension fund, has high stakes and political intrigue of its own. CalPERS and the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County will host a forum for the five candidates running for the board’s state member and public agency member positions, 5 p.m. at the CalPERS Headquarters Auditorium on Q Street.
HEARINGS GALORE: Several lawmakers are taking a break from the campaign season today to hold informational hearings. The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality is scheduled to review an audit of cost recovery by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, 10 a.m. in Room 3191 of the Capitol. The Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-term Care will discuss men becoming caregivers, 2 p.m. in Room 126. The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology is looking at how to improve the workforce pipeline in California’s biotechnology industry, 10:30 a.m. at San Francisco State University.
ROCK THE VOTE: Trying to figure out who to vote for this November? Find the Sacramento-area legislative and congressional candidates who best reflect your views with The Bee’s new candidate match tool.
CELEBRATIONS: Happy birthday to Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, who turns 43 today.


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Compete at the Highest Level: Best UHC Servers for Minecraft
6th Apr, 2022
Ultra Hardcore (UHC) is an intense and challenging game mode in Minecraft that pushes players to their limits. With limited health regeneration and heightened difficulty, UHC tests players' survival skills, strategy, and PvP abilities. To truly experience the thrill of UHC, playing on dedicated UHC servers is highly recommended. In this article, we will explore some of the best UHC servers for Minecraft, where you can compete at the highest level and engage in thrilling battles with skilled players from around the world.
Hypixel is a renowned Minecraft server that offers a wide range of game modes, including a popular UHC variant. Hypixel's UHC features multiple game modes, such as Solo, Teams, and Mega, providing various options for players to compete in. With a large and active player base, you'll have the opportunity to challenge yourself against some of the best UHC players out there.
UHC Zone is a dedicated UHC server that focuses exclusively on providing the best UHC experience. With different game modes like Solo, Teams, and Meetup, UHC Zone offers a variety of options for players to engage in intense battles. The server is well-known for its smooth gameplay, balanced gameplay mechanics, and active community.
ArcticMC is a UHC server that offers a competitive and challenging UHC experience. With a strong emphasis on fair play and anti-cheat measures, ArcticMC provides a level playing field for players looking to compete at the highest level. The server features a variety of game modes, including Solo, Teams, and To2 (Teams of 2), allowing players to choose their preferred UHC style.
Badlion Network is a popular Minecraft server known for its competitive PvP game modes, and their UHC offering is no exception. Badlion UHC provides a competitive environment for skilled UHC players to showcase their abilities. With features like advanced stat tracking, competitive rankings, and regular tournaments, Badlion Network attracts dedicated UHC players seeking a challenging and rewarding experience.
Apollo Network is a UHC server that focuses on providing a premium UHC experience for players. The server offers a variety of game modes, including Solo, Teams, and Red vs. Blue, catering to different playstyles and preferences. With high-quality gameplay mechanics, balanced kits, and an active community, Apollo Network is a top choice for UHC enthusiasts.
UHC Champions is a Minecraft server dedicated exclusively to UHC gameplay. The server offers a unique twist to traditional UHC by incorporating special abilities and kits that players can use strategically during battles. With regular updates, seasonal events, and a competitive ranking system, UHC Champions provides an exciting and engaging UHC experience.
UltraNetwork is a well-established Minecraft server that features a UHC game mode among its offerings. With a dedicated UHC community and regular tournaments, UltraNetwork provides a competitive environment for players looking to test their skills. The server offers a variety of UHC game modes, including Solo, Teams, and Cut Clean, catering to different playstyles.
Performium Network is a Minecraft server known for its variety of game modes, and UHC is no exception. With multiple UHC variants, such as Solo, Teams, and Superheroes, Performium Network provides a diverse UHC experience. The server boasts a large and active player base, allowing you to compete against skilled players and forge new connections within the UHC community.
When it comes to UHC gameplay in Minecraft, these servers stand out for their exceptional quality, dedicated communities, and competitive environments. Whether you're an experienced UHC player or looking to venture into this challenging game mode for the first time, these servers will provide the thrilling battles and intense survival experiences you seek. So, gear up, sharpen your skills, and compete at the highest level on these best UHC servers for Minecraft.

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Artists at the Somme
More writers and poets fought at the Somme than in any other battle in history. Taken together with the visual artists and musicians who developed work in response to the Somme, the battle has a crucial significance for art in the 20th century.
In this special event at the Ulster Museum, the creative work of these artists will be used to see the Somme in a new light.
For more details see belfastsomme100.com


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The carcasses of three juvenile minkes have been spotted in the region since April, comprising 25% of all Irish minke whale standings since records began in 2000.
A fourth whale carcass was found on the shore at Killough in Co Down last week, according to BBC News.
But no one seems to know the reasons for these marine wildlife deaths, with the lack of a post-mortem scheme for whale strandings making matters even cloudier.
Yet while the species is a regular visitor to the Blasket Islands and environs, O'Connell says it's "very unusual to have so many dead ones in the one small area, in the space of 10 or 12 weeks."
The same region also saw a number of unsubstantiated dolphin deaths in recent weeks, which one fishery expert suggested might be connected with the presence of so-called 'supertrawlers' fishing in the area.
Similar concerns were raised earlier in the year when a spike in common dolphin standings, primarily in the North West – totalling 28 for January and February alone – coincided with reports of supertrawler activity off the Dongeal, Sligo and Mayo coasts.

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text: Some of my recipes are made with organic foods or soy flour, which is less carbs than all purpose flour. I have what you call polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) it can be a health hazzard if you take care of yourself, that's why i bake with soy flour and use organic foods. Unsalted butter is very important, it doesn't have all the bad oils, i use that alot to in no matter what i cook or bake. I know there is women out there like myself, i hope you will try these recipes. You can eat up to 3 eggs a week safely. Eggs are part of the hormone treatment, for pcos. Remember metabilisms are different. I wanted to have different recipes, i don't bake or cook with oragnic or soy flour all the time i have other people that won't touch the food. With my breads just check and make sure there done, only because ovens vary in heat. The plymouth pantry almond bark vanilla flavored or chocolate you can get at walmart usually around the holidays.

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The actors were forced to complain at a recent West End show, when they found themselves distracted by some amorous goings-on in the front row of the stalls.
The cast of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown', starring Tamsin Greig and Haydn Gwynne, were forced to have a word with an usher, who approached the couple during the interval and asked them to "save it for after the show".
Audience, and cast, got more than they bargained for at a recent performance of Tamsin Greig's West End show
Audience members at London's Playhouse Theatre also professed themselves "excruciatingly embarrassed" with theatre blogger West End Wilma telling the Sun, "My jaw dropped. Never have I found myself unknowingly sat next to these types of shenanigans."
The show is the musical version of Pedro Almodovar's hit 1998 comedy drama of the same name.
There has been no official word as yet on which aspect of the plot set the couple off.


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New fix (pun intended) on the market has been created to help those suffering from proof and percentage dependency. The kicker is: YOU STILL GET TO DRINK.
“Drinking alcohol releases endorphins, the body’s own feel-good substances. These endorphins, head straight for the brain’s opiate receptors, which are especially sensitive in people who are genetically predisposed to alcoholism. Naltrexone, taken before drinking, causes the endorphins to bounce off the opiate receptors.”
–according to Roy Eskapa, Ph.D., author of controversial book, The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort (BenBella Books, 2008).
This new drug acts as a soccer goalie blocking endorphins from making contact with the receptors. Since reinforcement doesn’t occur, the “Give it to me, I NEED it to breathe” behavior ceases, and the problem drinker eventually loses interest in liquor. According to proponents of Naltrexone, after three or four months, the user would still be able to drink, but find the urge to imbibe go away.
Apparently some people’s wiring is more susceptible to the drug than others. While some are getting better, others on the drug just get Drunk! In an ironic way, it’s kind of a win/win situation. Just make sure you read the small print. Most alcoholics become extremely paranoid and defensive when inebriated [listen for,”Nobody loves me… you’re all plotting against me… I’mmm nut ddrrunkh” in your own family gatherings] so the doctor recommends that Naltrexone be given by a family member/caregiver. This is to make sure it’s used as prescribed. You don’t want to give the dog a bone until he learns a few tricks. Now, the funniest thing about this drug (that you take before drinking) are the warnings listed on their website.
the first Warning:
Do not use narcotic drugs or alcohol while taking Naltrexone oral. Never try to overcome the effects of the medication by taking large doses of narcotic drugs or alcohol. Doing so could result in dangerous effects, including coma and death. Ask your doctor before using any prescription or over-the-counter medicine to treat a cold, cough, diarrhea, or pain while taking Naltrexone oral. These medicines may contain narcotics or alcohol.
So you’re giving a drunk a pill to take with alcohol that is supposed to cure his alcoholism in time but the drunk is not to consume large amounts of whiskey in the interim because to do so could cause death or a coma. Hmmm…Wait A Minute!! Something is fishy here drug company and I don’t like it ;(
The second Warning:
Naltrexone oral can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.
It could impair your thinking/reactions. Yeah, that and the hard liquor you’re taking with it. And it doesn’t say don’t drive or you shouldn’t, like Oxycontin for a ankle sprain does. No, this junkie fixer upper says “Be Careful” when you do drive and no power tools!
The third Warning:
Carry an ID card or wear a medical alert bracelet stating that you are using Naltrexone, in case of emergency. Any doctor, dentist, or emergency medical care provider who treats you should know that you are using this medication.
Percocet has never made anyone wear a bracelet or bangle…
What really makes this help ridiculous is you’re not supposed to take it if you are allergic to Naltrexone, or if you have an addiction to narcotics, a history of alcohol/narcotic drug use within the past 7-10 days, drug or alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
and BEFORE taking Naltrexone, the person who has drunk too much for years and still does needs to tell the doctor if he/she is allergic to any drugs, or if they have kidney disease, liver disease, or a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia (if you are using Naltrexone oral injection). FDA pregnancy category C also states this medication (that you take while drinking) may be harmful to an unborn baby and shouldn’t be used without telling the doctor if there are plans to breast-feed.
They also stressed you should stop taking Naltrexone IMMEDIATELY if you experience the following side effects which seem a lot like drunk/hungover systems and make me wonder how the alcoholic is going to recognize it’s not the bourbon but the medicine… no, the other medicine….not, the gin, but the one the doctor gave.
- blurred vision or eye problems;
- fast heartbeat;
- mood changes, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things), confusion, thoughts of hurting yourself;
- nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);
- ear pain, ringing in your ears;
- skin rash or itching; or
- wheezing, difficulty breathing.
- Less serious side effects may include:
- feeling anxious, nervous, restless, or irritable;
- feeling light-headed, fainting;
- increased thirst;
- muscle or joint aches;
- weakness or tiredness;
- sleep problems (insomnia); or
- decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm.
And this isn’t even a complete list of side effects as others may occur.
I know, I know… WTF!?


Fiery Edgecombe County N.C. Car Crash Death of Jaylin Dixon – Obituary
21-year-old Durham man, Jaylin Dixon, has died in a fiery Edgecombe County, North Carolina car crash that occurred on Bulluck School Road on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Police say the crash occurred at about 11:16 p.m. when Dixon crossed the centerline of Bulluck School Road and collided with a vehicle.
Official reports indicate that Dixon was driving a Toyota Camry going west on Bulluck School Road. At about 11:16 p.m., he veered over the centerline and crashed into a Buick Lacrosse that was driving in the opposite direction.
Both vehicles hit the other on the passenger side. Upon impact, Dixon’s car burst into flames.
Dixon died on the scene of the accident. Two women and two boys sustained different-degree injuries and two occupants of Dixon’s vehicle also suffered injuries. Several of the victims were taken to Nash UNC Health Care and others to different local hospitals.
Although investigations into the crash are still underway, alcohol has been listed as a possible factor.