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Up for sale is a Fine Condition, clean Complete Cylinder / Yoke / Extractor Assembly that originated from a well cared-for Smith & Wesson Model 66-2 Snub-Nosed revolver chambered in. 357 Magnum, with a 2 1/2 Barrel. The Assembly here is configured for the Model 66 "Snubby" which was a bit more scarce configuration, compared to the more common 4 Inch and 6 inch barreled Model 66's. As for compatible models, please note the following information. Model 66-2: EXACT, identical replacement.
DO NOT USE on a Model 66 No Dash or a 66-1 as the length of the Cylinders on the older revolvers was actually Longer (Cylinder had recessed chambers). Although the overall length of the longer, older "Recessed" Cylinder would equal the length of the Non-Recessed Cylinder of the 66-2 once loaded, the issue with installation with an older Cylinder on a Model 66-2 (or vice-versa) arises when attempting to fit the Cylinder into the side of the Frame: The little "Lug" that protrudes out of the side of the Frame of the revolver that holds the back edge of the Cylinder from sliding backwards (when the Cylinder is swung open) is of a different depth on the older revolvers versus the later revolvers. The depth of the Lug changed to accommodate the change of length of the Cylinder between the 66-1 and the 66-2.
If you need further clarification about this, please message us and we'll be happy to elaborate further, but the bottom line is that we advise AGAINST attempting to swap a Non-Recessed Cylinder onto a revolver that originally did have a Recessed Cylinder, and vice-versa. DO NOT USE on Later models, such as the 66-3 and beyond: Changes to the Yoke Retention System resulted in the shape of the Yoke Stud changing, and you would no longer be able to use the Yoke that is supplied with this Assembly. There is very little fouling on the face of the cylinder, and the chambers are bright and shiny.
The springs for the Extractor and the Center pin are strong and responsive, and the Extractor Star mates to the cylinder with accuracy. There is no evidence whatsoever of any rust, pitting or corrosion anywhere on any part of this Assembly. It looks very lightly used, indeed. The Extractor Rod on this Assembly is the SHORT extractor that is designed to match the application of a 2 1/2 Inch Barreled (Snub-Nosed) Model 66...
The seller is "stormchimes" and is located in Wausau, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States.


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The Jalopy Journal
Haven't been around much lately...but here are a few tikis I've done recently.
If you want to look cool, do the flatty.
If you want to haul ass, do the 5 liter.
wow....that thing is insane.
cut with a single gouse & a mallet.
yep. looks like 300.
The connection is that I like both!
Which means I don't have a good answer. ;)
and I was on the news this week....
Separate names with a comma.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 9, 2017
Contact: Leah C. Payne, Director of Public Affairs, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, 304-691-1713
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Seventeen medical students, residents and faculty members have been inducted into the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS).
GHHS is a national honorary for those who demonstrate excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. Inducted during a ceremony May 25 at the Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center were:
Hayden Anthony Ansinelli
Bradford Christopher Gillon
Mary Elise Hanks
Michael Zach Moore
Keegan Sturgill Mullins
Travis Daniel Parkulo
Melissa Christine Saab
Leah Diane Stalnaker
Alexander Robbin Vance
Audrey Hicks, D.O. (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
Chad Mays, D.O. (Pediatrics)
Mohammed Megri, M.D. (Internal Medicine)
Adam Schindzielorz, M.D. (Psychiatry)
Kevin McCann, M.D. (Family Medicine)
Sona Shah, M.D. (Neuroscience)
Members are nominated by their peers and selected by a committee comprised of faculty, staff, clerkship directors and GHHS members.
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is a public, not-for-profit organization established in 1988 by Drs. Arnold and Sandra Gold, several colleagues at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and community leaders.
Photo caption: New Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) inductees at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine recite the GHHS oath May 25 during a ceremony at the Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center.
Date Posted: Friday, June 9, 2017

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Witnesses to Hunger Expert Star of “A Hug From Paul Ryan” Documentary
May 23 2016
Tianna Gaines-Turner, a participant in Drexel’s research and advocacy project, Witnesses to Hunger, is the focus of one film in a documentary series spotlighting social issues in the United States.
A program out of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities in Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health, Witnesses to Hunger is working to build a platform for the true experts on poverty, people with lived experience, to share their experiences with the public, press, and policymakers. Gaines-Turner is a founding member of Witnesses to Hunger and has long advocated for change in her community.
Now, she is the star of a short documentary called “A Hug from Paul Ryan.”
The film is part of the “Take 5: Justice in America” series that was produced by AMC Networks’ SundanceNow Doc Club. Chosen for inclusion by curators that included Susan Sarandon and Ira Glass, “A Hug from Paul Ryan” centers on testimony Gaines-Turner gave to the House Budget Committee’s “War on Poverty” hearing in 2014.
A beneficiary of SNAP — commonly known as the food stamp program — Gaines-Turner told the gathered members of Congress the story of her family and their struggles. Her hope was to convey what it is like to work hard but still struggle to make ends meet.
“A lot of people think they know what it’s like to walk in our shoes,” Gaines-Turner said in a recent interview on Slate’s “The Gist,” which covered the documentary. “Until you’ve actually been through it, you will never know what it’s like.”
Tianna Gaines-Turner, at center, with the directors of "A Hug from Paul Ryan," Sheena M. Joyce (left) and Dan Argott (right). Photo courtesy of the Center for Hunger Free Communities.
At the time of Gaines-Turner’s testimony before the War on Poverty Committee, she had an interaction with then-Chairman of the Budget Committee and now Speaker of the House Paul Ryan that included a hug.
“He put out his hand to give me a handshake and I said, ‘No, I want a hug,’” Gaines-Turner recalled in the film. “I wanted to hug him for him to understand that I am a person. I met you, you met me, and it’s now personal.”
Mariana Chilton, PhD, professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health and director of the Center for Hunger Free Communities, founded of Witnesses to Hunger in 2008. She explained that, Tianna Gaines-Turner represents the sentiments of so many members of the program.
“Members of Witnesses know so much more than policy-makers about how the policies and programs work. They know it in their everyday lives, their homes, neighborhoods, and in their own bodies,” Chilton said. “Tianna’s hug embodies that wisdom. It demonstrates the obvious: policy-making has human, physical, visceral consequences for millions of people.”
Unfortunately, Gaines-Turner felt her hug with the congressman ultimately didn’t matter, as Ryan has since proposed to make changes to some of the programs Gaines-Turner and her family rely upon that would mean less food in her fridge and even tighter budgets.
Their family had been receiving almost $800 per month at the time of the “War on Poverty” hearing, but their seven-person family now receives just $390 since both adults are working — albeit with fewer hours and a lower pay than is necessary to keep the family afloat. With rent, gas, electric and bills for three of their children with medical concerns constantly looming over them, nutrition benefits are precious to Gaines-Turner’s family.
Yet they’re constantly in the crosshairs.
“We do have a safety net in place,” Gaines-Turner said on “The Gist.” “But the safety net has giant holes in it.”

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By Nancie McDermott
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There’s nothing better than stepping out of a hot shower into a soft, fluffy, white towel. White towels feel luxurious, this is why hotels choose to use them.
However, the luxury effect is somewhat ruined when you notice yellow discolouration on your towels, white or otherwise.
In this article, we find out why towels turn yellow, how to prevent this from happening and how to restore already-discoloured towels to their original lustre.
What Causes Discoloration to Towels?
Cooking oil and other food stains can cause discolouration on kitchen towels. Even if we’re only using them to dry our hands, the residue from food can build up on kitchen towels and over time, cause yellow marks to develop.
Whether we’re talking hand towels in the bathroom, bath mats or bath towels, white towels in bathrooms are also susceptible to yellowing.
However, it’s not cooking oil or food getting onto your bathroom towels, so what’s the culprit?
Believe it or not, oil is still a cause of yellow marks, but it’s the oil from your skin and hair. As they come into contact with our hair and body, sebum is rubbed onto towels and can stain.
In addition to this, skin products, hair products and makeup can cause towels to become dingy.
Even though we rinse these products off before drying ourselves, small amounts can still be left on our bodies and get onto our towels.
Improper washing can cause towels to turn yellow for two different reasons.
Firstly, if a wash cycle fails to remove grime, this will lead to stains developing over time.
Secondly, the wash itself can cause discolouration to towels, either from washing lights and darks together, or build-up from fabric softener or detergent.
Hard water can unfortunately be a culprit in yellowing towels. The minerals from the water can be deposited on towels, leaving them looking dingy.
How Do You Prevent Towels from Turning Yellow?
To prevent towels from turning yellow, they need to be washed adequately. Often, we think that we’re washing towels correctly, but they still become discoloured.
Here are some laundry tips to help prevent towels from turning yellow:
- Be sure to use the right amount of detergent, both too much and too little can cause stains.
- Wash towels at a warm to hot temperature.
- Avoid fabric softener as this can leave stains on towels.
- Don’t wash lighter coloured towels with darker items.
- Be sure to thoroughly rinse as not doing so can lead to a build-up of soap scum.
Keep your washing machine clean
Although yellowing is mainly due to food, skin and oil, it can also be caused by staining from the washing machine. Fabric softener and soap scum build-up can cause towels to discolour.
This is why it’s important to clean your washing machine regularly. A clean washing machine will produce the cleanest towels!
Choose darker towels instead
This isn’t exactly a way to stop towels from turning yellow, but it could be an alternative if you constantly find yourself with yellow towels.
If your towels always end up looking grubby, and you’re not sure why, try buying darker coloured towels so that yellow stains are less visible.
How to Remove Stains from White Towels
Prevention is, of course, the best way to keep towels from yellowing. However, if you’ve already noticed a yellow tinge, don’t throw your towels out just yet.
There are a few things you can try to make them look fresh again.
Hotels keep their towels white by using peroxide-based laundry detergent. Bleach can make grubby white towels look bright again.
Here’s how to bleach towels:
- Fill a container with hot water.
- Add bleach to the water according to the instructions on the label.
- Soak the towels for around 5 minutes.
- Launder as usual.
Alternatively, you can add the bleach to the bleach tray or detergent tray and launder with your normal detergent.
Bleach isn’t suitable for coloured towels as it works by lifting colour, this is how it removes yellow stains.
As bleach can’t be used for coloured towels, you can use vinegar instead:
- Fill up a container with hot water.
- Add one cup of white vinegar per gallon (4.5 litres) of water.
- Add towels to the water, making sure they’re submerged.
- Soak for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
- Launder as usual.
You can also add a cup of vinegar to your laundry detergent and launder as usual.
Bicarbonate of soda
This method can also be used for towels of any colour:
- Add a quarter cup of bicarbonate of soda to hot water.
- Stir it around so that it dissolves in the water.
- Add your towels and soak for at least an hour.
- Launder as usual.
You can also add the bicarbonate of soda directly to your laundry load and wash as usual.
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On this podcast episode, we learn about the history of telematics, the role telematics play in the evolution of connected vehicles and the up-and-coming automotive trend of Vehicle to Everything (V2X).
Hope Bovenzi, General Manager of Automotive Infotainment at Texas Instruments, sits down with the IoT For All team to explain telematics, its history and the role it plays in bringing society closer to autonomous driving. We discuss the evolution of connected vehicles, the upcoming trends in telematics (V2X) and break down the varying levels of autonomy when it comes to cars, including the challenges for each level to become reality.
We wrap up the episode with our #AskIoT segment where Hope provides insight into the impact of 5G on connected cars and the hindrances to autonomous cars going mainstream. Finally, Hope discusses her involvement in STEM education for young girls and empowering young women to pursue roles in the tech industry.
- How will 5G impact the connected car industry?
- If autonomous cars come to fruition, what role will the driver play?
- What other technologies, not including 5G, will have the greatest impact on the automotive space?
- What are the biggest hindrances to autonomous cars going mainstream?
If you’re interested in connecting with Hope, you can find her on LinkedIn!
This episode was recorded prior to Hope’s promotion from Automotive Systems Engineer to General Manager of Automotive Infotainment. Congratulations, Hope!


Stokes took a full part in England's training on Friday, having bowled just two overs in the 72-run win over the tourists in the opening rubber on Wednesday at Headingley before leaving the pitch for treatment on a sore left knee.
Stokes, who underwent a scan after the game, had a bruising schedule in the recently completed Indian Premier League, where his Rising Pune Supergiant team got to the final. Stokes missed the last week of the tournament but had an intense seven-week spell where he played 12 matches, scoring 316 runs and taking 12 wickets.
England and South Africa play a third ODI at Lord's on Monday, after which both participate in the Champions Trophy. England's first game in that competition is against Bangladesh next Thursday, while South Africa start against Sri Lanka on June 3.
First Published: May 26, 2017, 9:44 PM IST


WI vs PAK 2nd T20I LIVE CRICKET SCORE, West Indies vs Pakistan LIVE STREAMING & TV CHANNEL 2021
WI vs PAK, The 2nd T20I match of Pakistan tour to West Indies 2021. WI vs PAK, Both teams will face each other on Saturday, July 31, 2021. West Indies vs Pakistan is played at Providence Stadium, Guyana. The match will start at 08:00 PM PST, 08:30 PM IST, 3:00 PM GMT, 11:00 AM LOCAL.
The 1st T20 was delayed due to rain after the toss the 1st T20I match of the Pakistan tour to West Indies 2021 was limited to only nine overs. In 1st T20I Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. West Indies batting first scored 85 in 9 overs and after the first inning rain started again. The match was drawn as the rain continued and due to rain the match was declared.
Match: 2nd T20: West Indies vs Pakistan (WI vs PAK)
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2021
Time: 08:00 PM PST, 08:30 PM IST, 3:00 PM GMT, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana
WI vs PAK Head to Head
WI vs PAK, West Indies and Pakistan have faced each other about 15 times in T20I’s. Out of 15 times in which they have faced each other, Pakistan holds a 11-3 win/loss record over West Indies.
Matches played –15
- PAK Won: 11
- WI Won: 03
- No Result: 01
West Indies Squad
Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Hayden Walsh, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Andre Fletcher, Akeal Hosein, Oshane Thomas, Kevin Sinclair.
Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Nawaz.


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Ryden Mini Dress (Plumeria Pink)
Wherever life takes you, say it louder by going shorter. The Ryden Mini Dress will turn heads with a billowing bodice and elasticized waistband. The one size fits most body allows stretch when you need it and the Ryden lines to shine.
Most Tiare Hawaii clothing is offered in a "one size” fit, made to accommodate sizes 2-12 and designed with details to contour and compliment many body types.
Material & Washing Instructions:
Hand Wash Cold
Hang Dry In Shade
Handmade in Bali

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On the Wings of My Aria
Goddess of Desire, Pantev
Alignment: Neutral Chaotic Deity
Race: She Closely resembles a Nymph
Weapons of Choice: Whip, Scimitar, and Dagger.
Favored Spells: Charming, Communication, Healing.
A Brief Description:
A very vain Goddess who views herself as the object of mortal desires. She is very unpredictable because she does as she pleases when she pleases. Known to come from the plane of the gods to tempt many a being. She can appear in many forms and has the ability to change her race at will. One such story from the past depicts her changing into the form of a horse and having her way with a poor farmers stallions. After the stallions she went into town as an elf to drink and ended up causing quite a ruckus when authorities arrived because of the taverns noise to find many people gorging themselves on food, drink, and performing sexual acts in the area of the tavern.
More about her:
She has been described as a person from who you can feel inner peace from. She speaks of the desires of the flesh as the true nature of all beings. She is the one who created Doppelgangers, Nymphs, and the Plane of Lust. Known to most of her followers she has had many sexual encounters with Mallazark.

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|Evening jacket 1937|
I admit it, I am late to this exhibit. ...
If you are in New York City, go right over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is a terrific exhibit by the Costume Institute. They take two icons of fashion, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, and juxtapose some of their most famous creations. It is very interesting to see just how much "new" fashion plays off the classics. Honestly I found myself loving the Schiaparelli clothes alot more than Prada..however, there was this one flapper style dress by Muccia that was just magnificent. (The purple dress below.)
|From the Met|
One of the more enchanting parts of the exhibit was how the two designers discuss their fashion philosophies. Of course you couldn't have Schiaparelli actually partake, since she passed away in 1973, but they had the incomparable Judy Davis play her in the vignettes.
Then for those who love true extravagance and artistic flair in their clothes be prepared, because the exhibit was actually staged by Baz Luhrman of Moulin Rouge fame ....
and the upcoming remake of The Great Gatsby.
The exhibit is available for one more month, until August 19.
Qi en Pace,
Yeah I came home with the book of the exhibit and the refrigerator magnets too...couldn't help myself.

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by Jeff Davis
No, we didn’t dodge the bullet on Amnesty. Obama is just waiting until after the mid-term elections to do his dirty work with an Executive Order, Constitution be damned.
An article on Breitbart.com reports: “Despite no official action from the president ahead of the election, the Obama administration has quietly begun preparing to issue millions of work authorization permits, suggesting the implementation of a large-scale executive amnesty may have already begun.
“Unnoticed until now, a draft solicitation for bids issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Oct. 6 says potential vendors must be capable of handling a “surge” scenario of 9 million id cards in one year “to support possible future immigration reform initiative requirements.” The request for proposals says the agency will need a minimum of four million cards per year. In the “surge,” scenario in 2016, the agency would need an additional five million cards – more than double the baseline annual amount for a total of 9 million.
“’The guaranteed minimum for each ordering period is 4,000,000 cards. The estimated maximum for the entire contract is 34,000,000 cards,’ the document says.”
34 million poor, needy, low-IQ Third World invaders!!! What happened to the 11.5 million they’ve been talking about for years?
“The agency is buying the materials (needed) to construct both Permanent Residency Cards (PRC), commonly known as green cards, as well as Employment Authorization Documentation (EAD) cards which have been used to implement President Obama’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program.) The RFP does not specify how many of each type of card would be issued.”
“Jessica Vaughn, an immigration expert at the Center for Immigration Studies and former State Department official, said the document suggests a new program of remarkable breadth. The RFP ‘seems to indicate that the president is contemplating an enormous executive action that is even more expansive than the plan that Congress rejected in the ‘Gang of Eight’ bill,’ Vaughn said.”
The Democrats are scheming to kill off America as a majority White nation. The so-called opposition party, the Republicans, routinely parrot the Democrat lies about the illegal alien population only being about 11.5 million or some similarly low number, suggesting that many mainstream Republicans are consigned to America turning into a Third World nation. Only the Tea Party Republicans and some patriotic conservatives have shown any interest in doing anything to stop the Amnesty, that the Democrats, John McCain, Mitt Romney and the Bushes all want to happen.
This website has always recognized that the number of illegal aliens is in the 20 to 30 million range, but now it seems even our high estimate of the problem may be too low. The real number is apparently closer to 34 million illegal aliens.
White people need to support a Republican presidential candidate in 2016, who will deport the illegal aliens in the US. That is now the most important issue facing America. We had a chance to support Tom Tancredo or Ron Paul, but we let RINOs like John McCain and Mitt Romney rise to the top. We need to stop being divided and to stop letting the Jewish media and Diebold machines pick some pro-Amnesty Republican to be the “opposition” to the Democrats.
For the 2014 elections, we can vote for Republicans and hope they offer some resistance. I’d highly recommend voting for every Republican, except one: John Boehner. Boehner has been a doormat for Obama even stating publicly that Impeachment was off the table. Conservatives, Libertarians and Tea Party supporters in Boehner’s district need to vote for the Democrat. By voting out Boehner, we’ll send a message that weak-kneed Republicans will no longer be tolerated. If enough Republicans revolt against the faux leadership of Boehner, we can arrange his defeat and appoint someone as Speaker of the House, who will hopefully represent our interests instead of betraying them.


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Topical JAK Inhibitors found effective for treatment of Alopecia
Topical Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors could be developed as a potential new treatment for alopecia areata (AA) and alternative to clobetasol dipropionate 0.05% ointment, according to the findings of a study published in the International Journal of Dermatology.
Oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are currently being investigated in phase II and phase III clinical trials for several inflammatory skin diseases including alopecia areata (AA). Topical JAK inhibitors have been investigated in atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and AA. While a number of case series using topical JAK inhibitors in AA have been published, to date there have been no randomized controlled clinical trials.
Laita Bokhari and associates conducted a phase I, 28-week prospective, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind study in patients with alopecia universalis investigating hair regrowth with two topical JAK inhibitors, 2% tofacitinib and 1% ruxolitinib.
The investigators included sixteen study participants. Topical clobetasol dipropionate 0.005% was the active comparator while the vehicle was used as the placebo control.
The study found six patients demonstrated partial hair regrowth in areas treated with 2% tofacitinib ointment applied twice daily. Five patients demonstrated partial hair regrowth in the areas treated with 1% ruxolitinib ointment. Ten patients demonstrated partial hair regrowth in the areas treated with clobetasol dipropionate 0.05% ointment. No regrowth was observed in the placebo-treated area.
It was interesting to observe that generalized hair regrowth was observed in two patients. One patient had 100% regrowth over his entire scalp and eyebrows by week 24 but relapsed after 12 weeks. A second patient also experienced generalized scalp regrowth and significant eyebrow growth and continued to maintain growth 14 weeks later.
The study concluded that activation of the JAK/STAT pathway has been implicated in alopecia areata (AA), and systemic JAK inhibitors have been shown to improve AA symptoms.
The researchers warrant the need for further studies including the ones testing higher concentrations of drugs to prove their effectiveness.
For full information log on to https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.14192

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Michigan started legal adult-use cannabis sales in December of 2019 at a select few dispensaries in Ann Arbor before expanding to additional retail outlets throughout the state. Using our Cannabis Innovation Insights Product Trends portal, I take a look at the brands, flavors, and product types available on the Michigan cannabis market.
Because the market is so new, bigger brands with the resources to quickly enter a market have taken a majority of the share of shelf. Of the top 10 edibles products by share of shelf space, Dixie has 6 SKUs; the top two are assorted flavors of sour smash gummies and peppermint relaxing mints. Kiva Confections has the remaining 4 SKUs, with various chocolate bar flavors, including espresso dark chocolate, churro milk chocolate, and blackberry dark chocolate. Gron (started in Oregon) and Kushy Punch (started in California) also have edibles on the shelves in Michigan.
Flavors Paving the Way
In the candy category, which includes gummies and mints, the flavors with the biggest share of shelf in Michigan are raspberry (36%), mango (22%), and watermelon (15%). While raspberry and watermelon are highly distributed across other states, mango has a uniquely high in share of shelf in Michigan. Nationally, caramel is a popularly stocked candy flavor, but in Michigan, caramel candies only hold 3% of distribution. Understanding what flavors are hitting (and winning) the shelves nationally can help brands in emerging markets get an indication of what flavor to introduce next.
Edibles Available in Michigan
Chocolates, gummies, and mints are the only edibles currently available in Michigan; there aren’t any popular drinks or baked goods products on the market yet. Drinks especially are difficult to get right; the cannabis extract has to be emulsified and infused correctly so that it doesn’t just sit on the bottom or top of the liquid. Although baked goods are what comes to mind when they think of cannabis edibles, the technology for infusing cannabis into candy and chocolate has improved significantly; these products have outpaced baked goods due to their more convenient form factors, easier production, and longer shelf lives than products like cookies or brownies. New markets like Michigan may introduce baked goods and drinks at some point, but if consumers entering the market are happy and familiar with getting their THC from innovative candies, then the products may not be worth producing.
An example of an innovative candy on the Michigan market comes from Detroit Fudge Company; one of the fastest growing new product launches in Michigan edibles has been their fudge. This brand grew over 400% in distribution in 3 months. Detroit Fudge Company has the advantage of being a locally born brand, unlike brands like Dixie and Kiva which have been licensed in Michigan but were started in the West. Fudge is a popular Midwest treat, with locally made fudge being a staple of many family vacations around the state. Mackinac Island, Michigan even considers itself the fudge capitol of the world! Detroit Fudge is able to tap into this local trend more authentically than the bigger brands could, as the “locally sourced” component is an important consumer trend, especially with Millennials and Gen Z.
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Ladbrokes, the bookmaker, today parted company with its finance director, Rosemary Thorne, after just 13 months in the job. She is expected to receive a £500,000 payoff.
She is being replaced with immediate effect by Brian Wallace, who is being hired back from Hilton Hotels Corporation, the US hotels company.
Ladbrokes said in a brief statement to the London Stock Exchange that Ms Thorne was leaving next month to “pursue other challenges”.
Ms Thorne, 55, was hired in January 2006 when Ladbrokes was known as Hilton Group. She replaced Wallace, who was also deputy chief executive, but who moved with Hilton, the company’s hotels arm, when it was sold to its US namesake.
The UK-based Hilton Group then changed its name to Ladbrokes.

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– Kay Kerr –
Published 28 September 2021
Once again, Kay Kerr delivers a powerful and thoroughly enjoyable contemporary novel about growing up and finding one’s place in the world. Drawing upon her own experiences again, Kerr crafts such a realistic portrayal of social anxiety and trying to navigate everyday interactions, from romance and friendship to family and work life.
Zoe Kelly has survived high school (just) and is starting a new part of her life. No more dealing with bullies, no more autistic masking. An internship at an online media company allows her the freedom to express herself through the written word – something she’s really good at. But when an article about her foray into the dating world goes viral, the responses are a surprise. Apparently, Zoe had a number of admirers in high school and she just never saw the signs. Determined to discover how she missed them and document the process, Zoe meets up with her admirers, starting with her best friend’s brother and working through to a more recent encounter at uni.
Social Queue was honestly just such a delight to read. Some books are just so easy to love. So easy to enjoy. So easy to pick up after a long day at work and just let the world slip away. Social Queue was that for me, but it was also meaningful, insightful, funny, delicious, romantic and hit me right in the “I see you” feels.
Beasts of Prey
– Ayana Gray –
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Published 28 September 2021
A lush fantasy, Beasts of Prey is a beautiful as that cover (prettyyyy….). Beasts of Prey is set in an African-inspired fantasy world (and I loved that the author shared the significance of the mythology, culture and languages used in the world in her author’s note).
Koffi is an indentured servant. She and her mother are just months away from paying off their family debt and finally free themselves from the Night Zoo, where they work as beast keepers. But just when freedom is almost within their grasp, a dangerous power Koffi doesn’t truly understand, let alone know how to control, changes everything. Now she must journey into the Greater Jungle to face the most dangerous beast in the land. Ekon is just one task away from finally becoming a Son of the Six, an elite warrior. But when Ekon allows Koffi to escape from the Night Zoo and is shamed and forbidden from completing his entry into the warrior class, Ekon and Koffi unwillingly team up to hunt down the Shetani – the most feared beast in the land.
Defy the Night
– Brigid Kemmerer –
Published 14 September 2021
Okay, so Brigid Kemmerer is one of my all time favourite authors so it is completely unsurprising that I loved Defy The Night. Maybe not as much as I adore The Curse So Dark and Lonely, but that’s a pretty high standard of adoration to live up to and Defy The Night does not disappoint in any way – it’s just extremely stressful.
Tessa risks everything every night, sneaking into the Royal Sector to steal Moonflowers to make the only medicine that will keep the deadly illness at bay. In the Wilds there is never enough medicine or coins to go around but she and Wes, a fellow outlaw, do what they can. In the palace, Prince Corrick does what he can to keep his brother, the king, safe and barter for enough moonflowers. But being the King’s Justice is a bloody and endless job and it seems even his best efforts may not be enough to prevent a rebellion. Continue reading
Drawn That Way
Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published 28 September 2021
As a fan of animated movies, Drawn That Way was a wonderful and fun insight into the magical and flawed world of animation. This is a delightful YA realistic novel that sucked me into the story and was just such a pleasure to read. You know how some books just make you smile? That’s this book. But along with the fun, flirtations, friendship and kissing, there are some powerful messages about challenging the racist, sexist systems, girl power and standing up for what you know is right.
Hayley Saffitz knows her future lies in the world of animation. The chance to spend the summer at an exclusive internship program with her idol and Oscar winning animator Bryan Beckett is everything she ever dreamed of and the chance to prove to everyone just how serious she is about animation. But when Hayley is overlooked for one of the director positions and Bryan’s son is given one of the direct positions without even presenting a finished pitch, Hayley realises the world of animation is biased. Determined to prove to herself – and the sexist men- that she deserves her chance, Hayley teams up with the other girls in the program to create their own short.
The Hawthorne Legacy
– Jennifer Lynn Barnes –
The Inheritance Games #2
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published 7 September 2021
The Hawthorne Legacy is the brilliant and thrilling sequel to The Inheritance Games by the incomparable Jennifer Lynn Barnes. It is perhaps no secret that I ADORE her writing, complex characters and skill for piecing together a compelling plot that twists, turns and endlessly surprises.
Once again, Jennifer Lynn Barnes has crafted a novel that is totally addictive and she makes me like – nay love – things I usually hate. Like love triangles. Of course, it is a love triangle involving two Hawthorne boys and a girl who doesn’t have time for either of them, so what’s not to love. But the romance is really just a small part of the book. We readers are taken on a thrilling ride as Avery recovers from the news she received in the last book. One puzzle might have been solved, but there are so many more still to unravel.
Books to Read if you Loved Harry Potter
It has to be the question I get most as a teacher librarian. What should I read after Harry Potter? After students discover their love for Harry Potter and have re read it a few times, worked their way through all the accompanying companion books, information books about how the movies were made, History of Magic, short stories, screen plays and novelty books (the ones with working wands have to be the top favourites), they finally reach a point of wanting something similar but different.
What to read if you liked Harry Potter is also something I deal with for older students. The Harry Potter books might have been the only books they have read. Or maybe the enjoyed the movies, don’t want to read the books but would be open to reading something similar. Having a few titles on hand to suggest is always handing. But searching the web, there must be a million suggestions for Harry Potter readalikes out there. Or, maybe you are a parent with a child who wants to read Harry Potter but you’d like to steer them towards something similar.
There are lots of lists with suggestions out there, so I am not going to recommend the usual suspects, like the Percy Jackson series. While these are perfect for Harry Potter lovers, you’ve probably already seen them in reading suggestion lists, so I am going to chose some of my favourite and more obscure recommendations, as well as books by Australian authors.
Middle Grade Readers
Rise of the Dragons – Angie Sage
I adored The Magyk series by Angie Sage and it remains a perennial favourite with our library’s young readers, and so I jumped at the chance to read and review the first book in her newest fantasy series, Rise of the Dragons. With the promise of game cards and a matching online game, Rise of the Dragons promised to be an exciting release. The new world Sage has created and her daring plot of intrigue, dragon battles and family bonds is both thrilling and thoroughly enjoyable. It is sure to be a hit with our middle-grade readers. After all, everything is better with dragons.
The other books in the series have different authors.
I would also highly recommend Angie Sage’s Magyk series for Harry Potter fans.
The Endless Skies
– Shannon Price –
Published 17 August 2021
If you are looking for a unique fantasy novel, then check out The Endless Skies by Shannon Price. The Endless Skies invites readers into a world where shapeshifting warriors who live on a city that floats in the sky and a community of shapeshifting magical beings protect themselves from the humans who seek to destroy all they know.
You might assume Endless Skies is all about Rowan from the book’s synopsis, but Endless Skies is actually written from three characters’ perspectives. Rowan is a narrator and she is joined by her sister and her best friend. Rowan is a warrior-elect. She has completed years of rigorous training and is about to be sworn in by the king to become an official warrior. Shirene is Rowan’s older sister. She is a sentinel and has just been named as the King’s Hand – a prestigious position of respect and authority. Rowan’s friend Callen is a warrior. He has long hidden his true feelings about Rowan from her, but now he fears it might be too late. On the eve of Rowan’s warrior oath-taking ceremony, the warriors learn of a deadly disease that is targeting the children of Heliana. Teams of warriors are called and sent down to the human world to look for a cure before the prince falls ill, which could be the literal downfall of Heliana. Left behind by her friend and sister, Rowan learns there is far more at stake than what the citizens are being told about the disease and the long-held feud between the Leonodai and humans.
There is a very unique world in The Endless Skies and yet with so much action and so much going on in the book, I feel like I only saw snippets. There are four magical shapeshifting communities, the Leonodai being our main focus in this book. There was also a fifth, but they were wiped out by humans. Rowan is a Leonodai and can change from female human form to a winged lioness. Cool magic enables her weapons and armour to change with her. Her community values loyalty over all and Rowan, Shirene and Callen have committed themselves to serving their city and their king. Their city, Heliana floats above the ocean, protected from the human’s reach and they in turn protect the other shapeshifting communities. While the Leonodai fight with blades, arrows and axes, the humans fight with guns, bullets and late, planes and battleships, which gives a unique mix of modern (or at least the 20th century, the human world has a very WW1 timeline feeling to it) and ancient warfare and a great mix between reality and magic, that we don’t often see in fantasy novels.
– Elayne Audrey Becker –
Published 31 August 2021
I don’t read fantasy novels all that often, but when I do I usually adore them. Forestborn was no different. It is an incredible quest novel. Our three main characters must travel together through perilous terrain, facing the things that haunt them and the pain from their past to find the rarest of magical powers to save the people they love. There is royalty, magic, very cool unique magical creatures, haters-to-lovers romance and a fantastic twist that I just didn’t see coming.
The magic in this book is unique, which I liked, as were the many magical creatures that pop up throughout the story. Rora is a shifter. As is her brother. Over time, Rora has shifted into her three different animal forms, mouse, hawk and lynx. Her brother has yet to shift into his third form. After their parents were killed along with all the other shifters in their village, the two siblings survived on their own in the magical forest, before finally finding refuge in Teylan. Now, Rora works for the king, but she and her brother have never really been accepted by the humans that surround them. When a magical plague that is killing humans gets worse and Rora’s best friend Prince Findley falls ill, Rora, her brother and the elder Prince Weslyn journey into the magical forest to find stardust in the hope it will cure the disease.
What begins as a simple but dangerous quest morphs into a much bigger plot, with a nice twist. War looms and there are biggest politics and more at stake than we readers and the characters realise at the start of the book.
Like Other Girls – Britta Lundin – Disney-Hyperion – Published 3 August 2021
After getting kicked off the basketball team for a fight that was absolutely totally not her fault (okay maybe a little her fault), Mara is dying to find a new sport to play to prove to her coach that she can be a team player. A lifelong football fan, Mara decides to hit the gridiron with her brother, Noah, and best friend, Quinn-and she turns out to be a natural. But joining the team sets off a chain of events in her small Oregon town-and within her family-that she never could have predicted.
Inspired by what they see as Mara’s political statement, four other girls join the team. Now Mara’s lumped in as one of the girls-one of the girls who can’t throw, can’t kick, and doesn’t know a fullback from a linebacker. Complicating matters is the fact that Valentina, Mara’s crush, is one of the new players, as is Carly, Mara’s nemesis-the girl Mara fought with when she was kicked off the basketball team. What results is a coming-of-age story that is at once tear-jerking and funny, thought-provoking and real, as Mara’s preconceived notions about gender, sports, sexuality, and friendship are turned upside down.
What does it mean to be a girl? For Mara, growing up in a small, traditional town, being a girl means she has strict guidelines for how a girl looks and behaves and it’s everything Mara is not and hates. Like Other Girls is a novel about accepting yourself, accepting others and learning that there is no one right way to be a girl or to stand up for that right to be a girl in your own way.
This is not a book where the girl joins the football team and is accepted by the team. Just the opposite happens in Like Other Girls. When Mara joins the football team her relationship with her brother (the team captain) which was already unsteady, deteriorates even more. She has a massive fight with her best friend Quinn who initially encouraged her to join the team but who is now one of her greatest opponents. And her mother is no longer speaking to her or attending football games. That’s not to mention all the other responses from the other guys on the team, the coach or the other teams. When four other girls join the football team, Mara is determined that she won’t be cast as similar to them. She deserves to be there while they do not. But the reaction from the team and the sheer determination from the girls starts to prove to Mara that being a girl doesn’t have just one definition.
Alongside the story of rights, sexual harassment and equality, this is also a sexual orientation discovery story. Mara knows she is gay and has a plan for how she is going to come out – when she’s in college and far away from her conservative town. She could never be like Carly who is openly out and champions for LGBT+ rights. When Mara meets Jupiter and Jupiter hires her to do some work on her farm, Mara sees someone who is comfortable in their skin and clothes and who they are, someone in an LGBT+ relationship and Mara envies every bit of that comfort.
A Dragonbird In The Fern – Laura Rueckert – Flux – Published 3 August 2021
When an assassin kills Princess Jiara’s older sister Scilla, her vengeful ghost is doomed to walk their city of glittering canals, tormenting loved ones until the murderer is brought to justice. While the entire kingdom mourns, Scilla’s betrothed arrives and requests that seventeen-year-old Jiara take her sister’s place as his bride to confirm the alliance between their countries.
Marrying the young king intended for her sister and traveling to his distant home is distressing enough, but with dyslexia and years of scholarly struggles, Jiara abandoned any hope of learning other languages long ago. She’s terrified of life in a foreign land where she’ll be unable to communicate.
Then Jiara discovers evidence that her sister’s assassin comes from the king’s own country. If she marries the king, Jiara can hunt the murderer and release her family from Scilla’s ghost, whose thirst for blood mounts every day. To save her family, Jiara must find her sister’s killer . . . before he murders her too.
I really enjoyed this fantasy novel that features political scheming, vengeful ghosts and emphasises the importance of how we communicate. It’s a unique fantasy novel and I liked how refreshing it was. No epic fantasy battles, but plenty of tantalising romance, politics, betrayal, and a touch of magic.
Princess Jiara’s life is utterly changed when her older sister is murdered. Jiara knows they have just months to find her sister’s killer before her sister, left to wander the earth, becomes increasingly violent. In the midst of this her sister’s intended arrives. Raffar, King of Farnskag, makes a proposition – he will marry Jiara instead and seal their countries’ alliance. The Queen and Jiara agree and Jiara is thrust into a new world. She travels with Raffar to Farnskag, but she must rely on a translator as neither she nor her new husband speak the other’s language.
As Jiara travels to Farnskag we learn a little more about her, her relationship with her sister and what she had planned for her future. When her friend and one of her translators has to leave the party, we learn Jiara is a caring person. We also learn how much she struggles with reading and learning. While they never use the word, Jiara has the signs of being dyslexic. It weighs heavily on her mind, especially when she arrives in Farnskag and begins learning their language. Unable to communicate with her new husband, Jiara relies on her translator for everything.


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Fringed leather and suede boots from Isabel Marant for H & M. Very rarely worn. Small blemishes on the heels and traces of folds. ...With packaging box and dust bag. read more
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by John Brian Shannon | September 8, 2016
One of two main reasons 17 million Britons gave for voting Brexit was widespread dissatisfaction over the unprecedented immigration levels of recent years.
The question in the UK today is how to go about addressing future immigration loads. I’m looking forward to some mature discussion about the kind of Britain citizens want to live in over the coming years.
Do we want to be a minority in our own country?
That’s a fair question and there are examples of countries where the native population represents only 10% of the total population, while the other 90% are expat workers and retirees.
The thriving Middle Eastern state of Qatar is one such example. Apart from the extraordinarily wealthy Qatar Royal Family and the other native Qataris, everyone else in the country (which represent some 90% of the total population of Qatar) hails from other countries and are often found working for relatively menial wages. Although compared to their home countries, the money they earn in Qatar would be considered exceptional remuneration — and much of their hard-earned wages are sent to their families abroad.
Some south Asian economies receive a significant GDP boost from these so-called ‘foreign remittances’ which is the money that expat workers send home to their families.
Countries like Thailand receive 6% of domestic GDP from such foreign remittances. Each pound sterling that leaves the UK in the form of foreign remittances to family members, is one pound sterling that is added to Thailand’s GDP, and is one pound that will never return to the UK. Some areas of Somalia receive 70% of their GDP from family members working in Britain and in other countries.
The UK has hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from many nations who send home much of the wages they’ve earned, totalling millions of pounds sterling per month.
Note: Personal transfers described above are in addition to the almost 1 percent of GDP (0.71%) that Britain spends on developing nations in the form of government-to-government foreign aid — which means that a minimum of 1.5% of British GDP (including such foreign remittances) is leaving the country every year to assist people in developing nations. Most donor nations contribute much less than 1% of GDP (including foreign remittances) to developing countries. The EU donor average is 0.47% for example.
- Introduction To Remittances (Investopedia)
- Remittances: Funds for the Folks Back Home (IMF)
- Forget foreign aid: British migrants send £11 BILLION back to other countries in a YEAR (The Express)
Obviously, there are many foreign workers who are an asset to Britain and work in occupations that native Britons avoid, usually on account of the low pay involved. And although they send their wages abroad, many of these foreign workers still represent a real, net benefit to Britain.
Therefore, the question becomes; Who should stay and who should go?
Let’s have one standard that covers both present and future immigration and offer all of those people British citizenship after one-year of residency in Britain. (Assuming they don’t commit any criminal act during that probationary period)
Who should stay?
Category I: Professors, Doctors, MBA’s, and other degrees
Category II: Highly skilled workers
Category III: Honourably served in the UK military
Category IV: Immediate family of any of the above
Category V: Workers in segments where there are more jobs available, than British citizen applicants
Who should go?
Any foreigner who commits a crime in the UK should be deported, forthwith, and with no chance of ever returning to Britain. No exceptions except by Royal Pardon.
Making people Part of the Solution, instead of Part of the Problem
In this way, and over time, Britain will accrue the highest concentration of highly educated and highly motivated people, allowing it to prosper as never before, while (continuously) clearing the country of foreign criminal elements.
And all of this will work very well in conjunction with a better British education system — an education system that features tuition-free university for British citizens and continually adjusts to Build a Better Britain.
Not sure where to post this, JBS….
There was an article in the Economist, dated “Aug. 08, 2014”, titled “And Don’t Come Back”. (This can be accessed online). Article discussed British expatriates, and states that they are a resource that the UK government is ignoring.


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[Link back to Permaculture Journey]
Barbolian Fields has evolved over the years from a family backyard organic garden to a small garlic-growing operation (at its peak, 23 varieties and approximately 1500 bulbs). In 2009, however, another evolution started taking place when I started devouring books on permaculture, agroforestry, eco-gardening, and food forests. It all made so much sense. Actually, it was more like a thump-on-head moment. It was the realization that I could take the garden a step beyond organic and transform it into something much more complex and self-sustaining: its own ecosystem. In reality, the garden was already going that direction even without my help, because that is the way nature and the Gaia balance works. I just needed to step out of the way – and perhaps step in when needed. The key, of course, was knowing the difference. Suddenly, all my life experiences in gardening, homesteading, environmental science, cultural arts, and entrepreneurship seemed very applicable to the task.
The next paradigm shift took place in 2012 when we built a couple of Warré beehives and acquired some honeybees, Apis mellifera. By now, the plight of the honeybee – and consequently, the precarious security of our food supply – was big news; however, few real answers, much less solutions, were being provided – nor was there much emphasis on the many other pollinators that were also being affected.
As an individual, I knew I had little influence over the practices of hauling truckloads of hives back and forth across the country, the growing of massive monocrops of genetically modified “frankenfoods,” the spraying of chemicals that become systemic in the environment and can have adverse effects even in very minute quantities, or the myriad of other factors that accumulatively weaken the immune systems of organisms at every level in the food chain – or potentially cause endocrine disrupting effects in generations to come. I cannot stop plate tectonics. I cannot, by myself, reverse climate change.
However, as an individual, I also know I have the power to change my world by what I buy, the way I live, what I grow, and how I grow it. And so does my neighbor. And my neighbor’s neighbor. And together, yes, we CAN make a difference.
And so began our backyard bee sanctuary, which has become a safe haven for every living thing, be it bird, mammal, insect, reptile, or something we cannot see with the naked eye. A simple extension of that endeavor has been to find ways of reducing our environmental footprint, consuming only what we need, sharing and giving back the surplus, and living more in harmony with our surroundings — in essence, the three key principles of permaculture: caring for the earth, caring for people, and caring for our future.
In the words of Bill Mollison, our prime directive and the only ethical decision we can make is to “take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children.” Everything else follows.
Our vision, then, is to build on what we have started and create a backyard permaculture garden with an emphasis on wildlife and honeybee habitat and sustainable living. The social aspect of this is to raise awareness of what each of us can do to help bees and native pollinators, become more self sufficient, and help regenerate our planet.
The stakeholders? Bees and native pollinators, of course. You and me and seven future generations, most certainly. For what we do, in Mollison’s words, “will either abolish or sustain life on this earth.” And that is a sobering thought.
More specifically, my statement of who we are reads like this:
Barbolian Fields is a backyard permaculture operation where we grow a variety of fruits, nuts, herbs, willows, and assorted useful plants, in addition to 18 varieties of garlic (traditionally, our main crop). We focus on creating regenerative mini-ecosystems that conserve water, build soil health, and provide habitat for pollinators and wildlife. We sell garden surplus, seeds, handcrafts, and Warré-style beehives at local outlets and online.
The following are 10 identified goals:
- Support pollinators through diversity & pollen/nectar plants throughout the year
- Encourage wildlife (birds, bats, pollinators, reptiles, other beneficial creatures) through native plants, habitats, housing, etc.
- Optimize gardens through intensive plantings of niche species; stack functions in time & space; create guilds
- Build resiliency through diversity & connections
- Build the soil (manures, mulch, fungal communities, diversity)
- Obtain a yield: honey/wax, seeds, herbs, willows, food, crafts, wood, home-based income
- Minimize our ecological footprint by reducing waste & consumption, harvesting energy, & cycling resources; increase self-sufficiency
- Include art & places for both gatherings and solitude
- Reach out: share knowledge; share the surplus
Our ultimate goal: to save the planet, one back acre (or yard) at a time.
Please join us!
Mollison, Bill. “Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual” 1988. Tagari Publications, Australia. p.1.

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'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable' -- so begins Andre Gorz's 'open love letter' to the woman he has lived with for 58 years and who lies dying next to him.
As one of France's leading post-war philosophers, Andre Gorz wrote many influential books, but nothing he wrote will be read as widely or remembered as long as this simple, passionate, beautiful letter to his dying wife. In a bittersweet postscript a year after Letter to D was published, a note pinned to the door for the cleaning lady marked the final chapter in an extraordinary love story. Andre Gorz and his terminally ill wife, Dorine, were found lying peacefully side by side, having taken their lives together.
They simply could not live without one another. An international bestseller, Letter to D is the ultimate love story -- and all the more poignant because it's true.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations
- Publisher: Polity Press
- Publication Date: 09/04/2009
- Category: Philosophy
- ISBN: 9780745646770
- EPUB from £5.09
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Review by AndrewBlackman
D is the André Gorz’s 82-year-old, terminally ill wife, and this short book is a letter written to her about a year before they both committed suicide at the same time, unable to bear the thought of being parted.It’s a beautiful story, augmented by a few lovely photos of the couple (I wanted more, actually). The telling is often very beautiful and poignant, although occasionally it’s surprisingly long-winded for such a short book, particularly in the parts where he’s examining some hurtful lines he wrote about her in his first book The Traitor. It almost feels sacrilegious to criticise him after all that emotional backstory, but that was my reaction. Another problem I had was that although it’s a letter to D, most of the book is about A, André Gorz. D is praised a lot, but mostly for the way she helped him in his career or in his existential struggles. I didn’t get much sense of what she wanted out of life, other than to be with him.That said, the beauty outweighs the problems. And Gorz was one of France’s leading 20th-century intellectuals, so there’s plenty of interesting history about intellectual life in mid-century Paris, 1968 etc. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre figure quite prominently. I related to the couple’s early struggles to be true to their ideals while coping with the practicalities of paying the rent. I liked the way that, over the decades, Gorz came to understand what was truly important in his life, and to let go of so many of the other things that seemed important but weren’t.In short, it was an excellent book, but not quite the emotional love-letter I had expected. It’s a love-letter written by a philosopher, emotional in places but mostly analytical and contemplative. I read it in one sitting late at night, and would definitely recommend it to others.

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Room 23’s homework this week is a bit tricky to understand as it is different from the usual A- Z passion project. This week your child is required to design a poster to show their family heritage and provide a short piece of writing to describe their drawing. To celebrate Maori Language week we have decided to take part in this competition.
He aha te whakataetae? What is the competition?
Tamariki to tell their whakapapa through artwork and te reo Maori
Year 7 & 8 learners are required to have a drawing with a short piece of writing with te reo Maori being included where possible.
Kia kaha! Give it a go!Mrs Veronese


|Numéro de publication||US4279154 A|
|Type de publication||Octroi|
|Numéro de demande||US 06/080,170|
|Date de publication||21 juil. 1981|
|Date de dépôt||28 sept. 1979|
|Date de priorité||30 sept. 1978|
|Numéro de publication||06080170, 080170, US 4279154 A, US 4279154A, US-A-4279154, US4279154 A, US4279154A|
|Cessionnaire d'origine||Anritsu Keiki Kabushiki Kaisha|
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|Citations de brevets (15), Référencé par (20), Classifications (13)|
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet|
This invention relates generally to temperature measuring devices and more particularly to an improvement in a thermocouple-type heat sensing section of a device for measuring the temperature of the surface of a body.
With conventional thermometers using a thermocouple member, the measurement of the temperature of the surface of a body is conducted by bringing a part of the surface of the thermocouple member into direct contact with the surface of the body. In this case, when the body to be measured is a rotating member such as a fuser roll of an electrophotographic copying machine, the surface of the roll is liable to be injured due to the physical contact between the roll surface and the thermocouple metal surface. Additionally, the sliding contact therebetween produces heat as a result of friction thereby inhibiting precise measurement of the true temperature of the surface of the body. Furthermore, such a conventional thermometer is not applicable to the temperature measurement of electrical parts or metals through which an electrical current is caused to flow, due to the possible creation of a short-circuit which could occur because the thermocouple member is an electrically good conductor.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an improved heat sensing section for thermoelectric thermometers having a thermocouple member, which allows the measurement of the surface temperature of a body moving either linearly or angularly without injuring the surface of the body and with minimized heat generation by friction.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a heat sensing section of such thermometers, which can be adapted to the temperature measurement of electrically powered parts.
In accomplishing the foregoing objects, there has been provided in accordance with the present invention an improved heat sensing section of a device for measuring the temperature of the surface of a body. The heat sensing section includes a thermocouple member having an outer surface portion adapted for heat and pressure contact with the surface of the body. The improvement involves: a slippery, electrically insulated layer integrally provided over at least the outer surface portion of the surface of the thermocouple member. As a consequence, the thermocouple member is prevented from directly contacting the surface of the body.
The slippery layer, preferably, is formed of fluorocarbon resins, polyamide resins, polyimide resins or molybdenum disulfide and has a thickness of between 5 and 100μ.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention which follows, when considered in light of the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an embodiment of the heat sensing section of a thermoelectric thermometer according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line A--A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing another embodiment of the heat sensing section of this invention;
FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the heat sensing section of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional elevational view taken on line B--B of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view schematically showing the thermocouple member of the heat sensing section of FIG. 3; and
FIG. 8 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view, similar to FIG. 7, schematically showing a further embodiment of the heat sensing section of this invention.
FIG. 1 depicts the heat sensing section of a thermoelectric thermometer comprising the present invention. Designated generally by the reference character 1 is the heat sensing section which includes a thermocouple member 2. The thermocouple member 2 is formed from two foil strips or tapes of thermocouple elements 3 and 4 which are butted or partly overlapped with each other at their one ends to form a thermoelectric junction 5.
The thermocouple member 2 is secured to opposite ends of a supporting member 6 of the sensing section 1 such that an arcuate or at least partially circular portion is formed therebetween. On measurement, a part of the arcuate portion including the thermoelectric junction 5 is brought into heat and pressure contact with the surface of a body to be measured (not shown). To ensure sufficient contact area and pressure therebetween, it is preferred that the thermocouple member 2 have resiliency. Even if the thermocouple member 2 is poor in resilience, however, the desired contact may be obtained by providing an auxiliary, resilient member adjacent the thermocouple member 2, as described hereinafter.
A pair of laterally spaced apart legs 7 and 8 are mounted on the supporting member 6, between which the arcuate portion of the thermocouple member 2 is arranged. Each of the legs 7 and 8 has a height less than the highest part of the arcuate portion of the thermocouple member 2 so that when the top surfaces of the legs 7 and 8 are pressed against the body whose surface temperature is to be measured, deformation of the arc of the thermocouple member 2 may be limited, ensuring a desirable contact between the thermocouple member 2 and the body whose surface temperature is to be measured. It is preferred that the length of the legs 7 and 8 be great enough in the longitudinal direction of the thermocouple member 2 so as to protect the contact portion between the thermocouple member 2 and the body whose surface temperature is to be measured from the influence of the environmental air. Preferably, the top surface of each leg 7 and 8 is formed of a slippery, low-friction, electrically insulated material such as a polytetrafluoroethylene resin.
A low friction, electrically insulating layer 9 is provided over at least the outer surface portion of the surface of the thermocouple member 2, at which portion the thermocouple member 2 thermally contacts the body whose surface temperature is to be measured. In the particular case illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the insulating layer 9 is formed by bonding two sheets of electrically insulating, adhesive tape to both sides of the thermocouple member 2. The layer 9 may also be formed by applying a coating composition onto the surface of the thermocouple member 2.
The coating composition useful for forming the layer 9 includes an electrically insulating paint capable of forming a coating having a slippery surface. Illustrative of such coating compositions are those which contain, as their main component, a resin selected from fluorocarbon resins such as polytetrafluoroethylene, polychlorotrifluoroethylene and polyvinyl fluoride; polyimide resins; and polyamide resins. A molybdenum disulfide-base paint or ceramic coating material may also be used in order to achieve the purposes of the present invention. These coating compositions may be applied onto the surface of the thermocouple member in any suitable manner such as brush coating, dip coating, spray coating, roll coating, bake coating and electrostatic coating.
The formation of the insulating layer 9 on the thermocouple member 2 may also be effected with the use of an electrically insulating film or tape made of the above-mentioned resins. The tape or sheet may be bonded to the thermocouple member 2 by means of an adhesive layer such as of a silicone-type adhesive.
The thickness of the layer 9 should be as thin as possible and is generally between 5 and 100μ, and preferably is between 10 and 30μ.
It is preferred that the material of the insulating layer 9 be selected according to a range of temperature to be measured. For example, in the case of measurement of a temperature in the range of up to 200° C., polytetrafluoroethylene is most suitably employed. In the case of a temperature in the range of up to 400° C., molybdenum disulfide is suited. For the measurement of higher temperatures, a ceramic coating may be used.
As described previously, the insulating layer 9 is provided over at least the outer surface portion of the thermocouple member 2 with which the surface of the body to be measured is thermally contacted. That is, the thermocouple member 2 may be covered with the insulating layer 9 over that portion alone, the entire surface of the side including that portion, the opposite side of that portion as well as that portion, or the entire surface of both sides of the thermocouple member 2.
Another embodiment of the heat sensing section of this invention is shown in FIGS. 3 through 7, in which the components indicated as having reference characters 101 through 109 correspond to and are the same as the components having reference characters 1 through 9, respectively, in both feature and function except that the top faces of legs 107 and 108 are each curved consistently with the curved surface of the body the temperature of which is to be measured. In this embodiment, two substantially parallel and laterally spaced strips 110 and 111 of a resilient member, preferably a metal member such as steel and stainless steel, are provided at both sides of the thermocouple member 102. The two resilient strips 110 and 111 and the thermocouple member 102 are mechanically connected to each other by means of a center holder 112 located at or near a thermoelectric junction 105 and/or one or more side holders 113 located away from the thermoelectric junction 105 so that the thermocouple member 102 may be deformed in association with the strips 110 and 111. As a result, even if the thermocouple member 102 is low in resiliency, it may still contact with the surface of the body to be measured with desired contact area and pressure. While the center holder 112 can be formed of a thermally conductive material such as stainless steel, the side holder 113 should be made of an electrical insulator such as a ceramic. The details of the resilient strips 110 and 111 and the holding mechanism therefor to the thermocouple member 102 are fully described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,573,995 and 3,395,050, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
As best seen in FIGS. 3 and 7, a common, low friction, electrically insulated layer 109 is provided, generally symmetrically with respect to the thermoelectric junction 105 of the thermocouple member 102, over both side surfaces of the thermocouple member 102 and the resilient strips 110 and 111 in a length sufficient to prevent them from directly contacting the surface of the body whose surface temperature is to be measured. Thus, when the heat sensing section 101 is placed on the body such that the legs 107 and 108 contact with the curved surface of the body whose surface temperature is to be measured, the thermocouple member 102 may be brought into pressure contact, together with the metal strips 110 and 111, with the body whose surface temperature is to be measured through the insulating layer 109. As described hereinabove with reference to FIG. 1, the insulating layer 109 may be provided over only the outer surfaces of the thermocouple member 102 and the resilient strips 110 and 111. The insulating layer 109 may be separately provided over each of the thermocouple member 102 and the resilient strips 110 and 111.
FIG. 8 illustrates a further embodiment of this invention in which the center holder 112 of FIGS. 3 through 7 is omitted. In this case two patches of a slippery, electrically insulating sheet are bonded to both sides of a thermocouple member 302 and resilient strips 310 and 311 to form a common insulating surface 309. Thus, the insulating surface layer 309 surrounding the thermocouple member 302 and the resilient strips 310 and 311 functions both as holding means therefor and as a slippery, electrically insulating means.
In the foregoing embodiments, the thermocouple member is shaped into an arc in order to impart resiliency thereto. In an alternative construction, a resilient material such as a sponge may be interposed between the thermocouple member and the supporting member. In this manner the thermocouple member covered with the slippery, electrically insulated surface layer may be adapted for pressure contact with the body whose surface temperature is to be measured.
The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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S.Amdt.626 to S.Amdt.633112th Congress (2011-2012)
|Amends Bill:||H.R.2832 — To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.|
|Sponsor:||Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (Submitted 09/19/2011, Proposed 09/20/2011)|
|Latest Action:||09/20/2011 Amendment SA 626 as modified, under the order of 9/20/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 55. Record Vote Number: 141. (text as modified Senate: CR S5758)|
Purpose: S.Amdt. 626 — 112th Congress (2011-2012)All Information (Except Text)
To provide trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and for other trade agreements.

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- Sea salt to taste
- 4 large handfuls haricots verts or green beans, stem ends trimmed
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- Coarsely ground black pepper to taste
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)72 calories; 6 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 2 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 167 milligrams sodium;
- Fill a pot with water. Season with salt so that you can taste it. Bring to a boil.
- Plunge beans into water. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until just tender but still quite firm. If you're using green beans, it will take a minute or so longer. Drain. Return beans to pot. Add butter, stir in 2 tablespoons dill and season with pepper.
- Stir and toss beans in pot over low heat, until butter is melted. Taste a bean and season with salt and more pepper, or dill, if desired.


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Edible gears up for its busiest holiday of the year, Valentine’s Day with a sweet announcement. The beloved brand is enhancing its FruitFlowers® and Edible Music™ offerings with the launch of rose flower bouquets and a partnership with one of the top bands from the 80’s, Air Supply.
As the world’s leader in the gifts and treats category for 20 plus years with more than 1,000 locations globally, Edible® is constantly innovating to provide its guests with an unmatched gifting category for every holiday – big or small. Valentine’s Day is no exception as the brand taps into one of the top ways to show people love with its rose flower bouquets, made possible thanks to Edible’s partnership with the number one producer of roses in the world which is located in Ecuador, and not to mention the featured artists on the brand’s sixth Edible Music™ album, multi-platinum record holders, Air Supply.
Edible Music is hitting some high notes again this time by partnering with Australian sensations, multi-platinum record holders, and ARIA Hall of Fame members Air Supply. Available now through Valentine’s Day, you can purchase or gift an exclusive digital download of Air Supply’s new album, Love Letters here before it’s available to the general public. This album is special to Edible® because not only was Air Supply named the top band of the 80’s, but the band offers great tunes for all ages making them the perfect “cross generational” music for Edible’s® guests to enjoy. In addition to the digital album, customers will also receive special access to an HD broadcast of Air Supply’s live performance of Love Letters at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, FL.
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I wanted to talk with you about texting and driving, but if you listen to my radio show you know by now that
I don’t text. Period. Which is why I’ve invited my DMLive and DMLateNights co-host, Jessica McVay, to weigh in on this topic.
Buckle your seatbelts folks. I’m about to unleash the Kraken.
Hey guys! Speaking out and encouraging people to not drive distracted is something I do find myself being passionate about. When you think about it, a distracted driver is just as deadly as a drunk driver. You may think you can multi-task your life from behind the wheel, but you’re not in control of those you’re sharing the road with. If you’re more concerned about what’s happening on your phone than what’s happening on the road around you, how do you expect to be able to react safely to the other distracted, drunk, or just plain baddrivers on the road?
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First things first¦YES, you are important and people are waiting to read what you have to say. You have texts to respond to, emails to read, comments to tweet, Facebook stalking to do, and your Instagram and Snapchat followers are waiting….but, PUT. THE. PHONE. DOWN. There is nothing on that phone that will help you drive better or react to another bad driver or obstacle on the road. Keep your phone tucked away, even out of sight, until you’ve reached a stopping point and your car is safely shifted into park. I’ve actually witnessed, on multiple occasions, a driver stopped at a red light messing with their phone only to not realize their foot has slightly lifted off the breaks….causing their car (that they don’t even realize is now moving) to hit the car in front of them. MULTIPLE TIMES I’ve seen this!
If the temptation to play with your phone is too great, silence your phone. If you don’t hear pings, dings, and dongs with every notification that comes in, you won’t be tempted to reach for your phone to see what’s going on. Whatever comes through on your phone will still be there when your car is safely shifted in Park.
If you have someone else in the car, designate them to be your text responder. You’ll keep your eyes on the road, and not suffer from the fear of missing out. If you’re a passenger in the car of a distracted driver, take their phone and offer to respond to anything that comes in. Friends don’t let friends text and drive.
There are also Apps you can download to your phone that will let others know you are currently driving and cannot respond at the moment. Some apps lock your phone when you reach a certain speed, making it impossible to tinker with until you’re stopped.
Here are some APPS and you can also look in your APP store in Google or iTunes:
AT&T DriveMode (Free)
Drive Safely (Free)
Safe Drive “ No Texting While Driving ($0.99)
No Text and Drive ($2.99)
Don’t Text and Drive: GPS with Reminder ($5.99)
I truly believe your friends and family love you, cherish you, and care about your safety and well-being enough to prefer you respond when it’s safe¦instead of learning you never made it to your destination because you were busy playing with your phone.
Did you know that even reaching for your phone to plug it into a charger is just as dangerous as texting? All types of distracted driving are dangerous. My friend’s husband learned this the hard way. He drove a truck for a company and would never even think of playing with his phone while he was driving for work. Except for that one time he noticed his phone’s battery was almost dead, so he went to plug it in. As he reached for the charger, and looked down just for a secondto plug his phone in. His truck veered off the road. He over-corrected, sending him across 4 lanes and into oncoming traffic¦.killing a college freshman who was on her way home for a quick weekend visit.
If you have a texting and driving story to share that would help encourage people to put the phone down, please share it below.
· Jessica is passionate about Texting and Driving. What cause is close to your heart that we can raise awareness for?
· What keeps you from texting and driving? Please share your tips in the comments below.


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