By Tina Dirmann
BCBSLA Foundation Staff Writer
Ten days of hiking, kayaking and mountain biking in the summer sun soaked wilderness sounds like the trip of a lifetime for a city kid.
But for a teen more accustomed to driving an Xbox controller than hiking the face of a mountain, is an outdoor adventure possible? Physically, can they handle a rugged outdoor adventure?
We’re about to find out, thanks to Healthy Green and Into the Outdoors’ (HGIO) new Health Trekker Program — a six month physical training regimen for teens. The goal? Pushing kids unaccustomed to working out to complete a series of rigorous physical challenges.
“We’re doing what we need to so they’re ready for our summer wilderness program,” said Tammi Harris, assistant executive director of One Great River, a lead partner in our Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana grant supported HGIO wellness program (Harris is also the project director for the Shreveport based project).
One Great River is an outdoor adventure program that specializes in leading teens on weekend adventures — a wall climb here, a kayak ride there, a ropes course now and then. But a six month physical fitness program, all leading up to a 10-day outdoor adventure?
“This is truly taking our program to another level,” Harris said, “This is completely new. “We’ve always done physical stuff with our kids. But nothing like this. It’s introducing us all to a much higher level of activity.”
The program works like this — every kid, 21 in all, ages 14 to 18, endured a series of physical stress tests throughout January. Bench presses, stationary bike sprints, blood pressure tests… Even a hydrostatic water tank test to get a true BMI (body mass index) measure. For some, it was a nerve-wracking experience.
“As long as I don’t have to do any upper body strength stuff,” said Marina Perez, 18, “I’ll do okay.”
She screwed up her face and tried to lift until she giggled in that way young girls do when they’re a little embarrassed.
“I’m scared it’s going to fall on me,” she declared.
“Do you trust me,” asked Dr. Jesse Demello, an associate professor at LSU Shreveport, Department of Kineseology, who volunteered to lead the fitness challenges. “Because I’m not going to let anything fall on you.”
Her brother, David, faired a little better, using his 85 pound frame to lift more than half his body weight — 45 pounds.
In the end, Maria and David, and 19 other teens, will be given “workout prescriptions” that they’ll follow weekly. Once a week, they will return to the Shreveport campus (where the tests took place) to gauge their progress. In the end? The expectation is that they will have no problem handling activities in the wild come this summer. Where, exactly, hasn’t been decided yet, but HGIO leaders are hoping for Wyoming.
The trip will cost about $28,000 (to cover the kids and nine adult supervisors). Most of the travel funds are coming through community sponsors and other fundraisers, including neighborhood runs and biking events. But all of the prep for the Trekker project — the testing, exercise prescriptions, monitoring, weekly meetings — has been made possible through funds from our own Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana grant program.
That’s because HGIO created the Trekker project using funds left over from Challenge Grant projects earmarked for the Shreveport area in 2013 and 2014. BCBSLAF leaders gave HGIO another chance to come up with ways to spend the funding, instead of returning the left over dollars, by the fall of 2015. This fall marks the third of final year of the Challenge Grant program. HGIO project directors took advantage of the opportunity, creating several new projects, including the Healthy Trekker Challenge, a new mobile vegetable market and a community learning garden. In total, the seven local partners that make up the HGIO project will split over $80,000 on community wellness projects.
As for the Trekker project, it apparently was a much needed shot in the arm for many of Shreveport’s kids. As Dr. Demello noted, most of the kids he screened for the program were woefully out of shape — meaning they have a long way to go before they’re ready for a vigorous summer outdoor program. But as he finished testing his young group, he was undaunted by the task at hand.
“To me, these are just normal kids,” he said. “And that’s what we want. We don’t want a bunch of athletes. We want kids who maybe aren’t sure if they can do this. Because in the end, we’ll show them that they can. And that’s our job, to show them how.”


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The world of hardcore motorcycle clubs left television in 2014 when Sons of Anarchy ended. Since then, there has been much talk about a spinoff. While many fans hoped it would be a prequel about the formation of the club, the powers that be went another way and used one of the other clubs as a basis for a new show, The Mayans. The show seems to have been in production forever now, but we finally have a teaser for the upcoming series.
The video shows the Mayans MC riding passed some rose fields, while a Spanish language cover of the Rolling Stone’s “Paint it Black” plays in the background. One aspect of Sons of Anarchy that always stood out to me was the choice of music to accompany the show. I always thought Sons of Anarchy excelled at this, and it appears as if that tradition has carried over into the new Mayans MC show.
The show will follow the Mayans is a post-Jax Teller world. Being a fan of Sons of Anarchy, I will surely be checking out this show. SOA was a really good show, admittedly it was an action filled soap opera, but one that took us into a world (one that was highly exaggerated for the most part) most of us know nothing about. Mayans MC will see if Kurt Sutter can pull off another hit, as his last effort, The Bastard Executioner, only lasted one season.
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Novice Gardener and Curious Gardener are very good about keeping some fruit til they are really old and then saving the seed. I thought I would try that too. Actually the truth is I didn’t see the red okra til it was OLD so I thought I might as well. I am not sure how I missed it because red okras are very RED indeed.
Because of the rain, the okra pod didn’t dry up and become rattly. Instead it became nasty-mouldy!

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Press pause on your speedy reader’s latest adventure with an activity perfect for book lovers. He’ll get to create his very own reading partner-in-crime — an adorable bookworm as eager to get to the next page as he is.
- Have your child use a marker to draw a large rectangle with a round circle at the top on the craft foam sheet. The rectangle will be the body of the bookworm bookmark and the round circle will be the head.
- Let him use scissors to cut out the bookworm.
- Help him cover his workspace with newspapers.
- Have your child glue the googly eyes on the bookworm’s head.
- Let him use glue to attach pipe cleaner antannae to the back of the bookworm’s head.
- Encourage your child to get creative as he decorates the rest of his bookmark. Felt scraps and marker doodles make excellent additions to the bookworm’s body and a small length of pipe cleaner could make the perfect bookworm mouth.
- Make sure any decorations on the bookworm’s body are flat — anything else will get crushed when the bookmark is placed inside a book. The head, on the other hand, has no such restrictions since it will be poking out of the book.
- Set aside the bookmark to let the glue dry.
- Once it has dried, let your child place his bookworm friend in his latest book!

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Dr. Richard Burt
December 04, 2018, 5–7:30 p.m.
On the occasion of the Albrecht Hasinger Lecture 2018, Dr. Richard Burt will talk about “The Future of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis and Systemic Sclerosis”.
Richard Burt studied Chemistry at the University of Missouri and graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1984. He is chief of the division of immunotherapy at the department of medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Burt pioneered the use of blood stem cells to treat autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis, and performed the first autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants for numerous immune-mediated diseases. He is the leader of randomized, controlled stem cell trials currently ongoing for the treatment of systemic sclerosis and multiple sclerosis.
The Albrecht Hasinger Lecture, which is funded by the Schering Stiftung, takes place in conjunction with the award ceremony of the Avrion Mitchison Prize of the Schering Stiftung at the German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ). The prize goes to Dr. Quirin Hammer from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
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This represented an increase of 5.9 percent from the adjusted output for 2017, which was 16.6 million tons. Total powder coatings output in 2018 is estimated to be 1.76 million tons, a 9.7 percent increase, reflecting faster growth for environment-friendly coatings varieties than the overall coatings industry.
Anhui Meijia New Material Co., Ltd. is the first powder coatings company listed on the stock market in China.
In 2018, Meijia’s total revenue reached 806 million yuan, a 21.2 percent increase compared to 2017. R&D cost increased by 16.85 percent, but its percentage in the total revenue is only 0.33 percent, meaning domestic companies still have lots of space for future development with investing more in R&D.
Major application areas
Home appliances, construction materials and general industrial sectors are major application areas.
After so many years in development, the share for the powder coatings used on electronic appliances shrank from around 25 percent in 2012 to 19.6 percent in 2017.
Additionally, construction materials and general industrial sectors continued increasing their shares in the same period. But unlike the automotive market sector for Western countries, this sector in China still has not become a major application area for powder coatings.
Industrial and agriculture machinery and automotive sectors only hold roughly six percent in total. Pre-coated steel plates were widely adopted in refrigerator manufacturing, which restricted the overall growth volume of powder coatings in the sector of home appliances.
Although the output of powder coatings in China is about half of the whole world, high-end powder coatings varieties such as polyurethane, acrylic and fluorocarbon are still less than one percent.
It is estimated that China has around 2,100 powder coatings producers. So, low-level competition focusing on pricing slows the industry’s speed to improve quality as a whole.
Besides, TGIC, which is under regulation restriction already in some western countries, is still widely used for polyester powder coatings, especially for the application on aluminum products.
But the growth prospect for powder coatings is very positive in China.
Environment regulations push more companies to adopt green technologies including powder coatings. And the automotive sector provides huge growth potential as well.
Right now, the penetration of powder coatings is less than two percent for all the coatings used in the automotive industry.
But some automotive companies have begun to expand their adoptions for powder coatings, which could increase the demand for powder coatings in the future.
As a matter of fact, more large players are ramping up their winning games in China, but each has their own angle and strategy. Jotun, a global leader for marine coatings, is relatively new and small in the powder coatings market.
The company’s sales for marine coatings is roughly 2.7 billion yuan. In comparison, its powder coatings’ sales are only around 100 million yuan.
Jotun plans to expand its sales in the architecture area by working closely with designers and large customers.
But a new phenomenon seen more and more is international companies wanting to go independent in China, ending existing partnerships with local players.
Faster-responding speed and business flexibility are the top reasons behind the decisions.
At the end of 2018, AkzoNobel acquired all Swire Group’s shares in the joint venture previously owned jointly by both. At the same time, Swire said it sold all of its coatings interests – estimated to be 2.7 billion Hong Kong dollars – to AkzoNobel. The joint venture sold mainly decorative coatings under the Dulux brand.
The company’s profit in the first half of 2018 dropped by 29.2 percent.
Besides AkzoNobel, Axalta Coating also followed the suit. Both Axalta and Yongjia announced that they will disassemble the joint venture they co-invested for many years in China.
According to a news release, Axalta will get the Qingpu plant from the new deal, and Yongjia will get the other four plants, namely the Huangshan, Chengdu, Dongguan, and Jinan plants.
Axalta expressed that the new move will help Axalta speed up the introduction of its global quality powder coatings technologies into China market.
Yongjia also said it will increase R&D investment and increase production capacities in the future.
The architectural coatings market will be a warzone for large players in the future, with leading companies adding new capacities throughout China. San Ke Shu said its new plant in Anhui went into operation in April. The new plant, which the company invested 686 million yuan into, produces architectural coatings, waterproof coatings, insulation system and floor coatings.
San Ke Shu currently has nine manufacturing bases and 43 jointly operated factories in China and is one of the largest architecture coatings companies in China.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration raising the tariff from 10 percent to 25 percent on 200 billion dollars goods exported from China will push wood furniture, home appliance and electronic devices, and equipment manufacturers, etc. to move their factories to other countries.

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: This book is a collection of papers describing some of the first attempts to apply the techniques of recombinant DNA and molecular biology to studies of the nervous system. We believe this is an important new direction for brain research that will eventually lead to insights not posÂ sible with more traditional approaches. At first glance, the marriage of molecular biology to brain research seems an unlikely one because of the tremendous disparity in the histories of these two disciplines and the problems they face. Molecular biology is by nature a reductionist approach to biology. Molecular biologists have always tried to attack central questions in the most direct approach possible, usually in the most simple system available: a bacterium or a bacterial virus. Important experiments can usually be repeated quickly and cheaply, in many cases by the latest group of graduate students entering the field. The success of molecular biology has been so profound because the result of each important experiment has made the next critical question obvious, and usually answerable, in short order. Studies of the nervous system have a very different history. First, the human brain is what really interests us and it is the most complex structure that we know in biology. The central question is clear: How do we carry out higher functions such as learning and thinking? HowÂ ever, at present there is no widely accepted and testable theory of learnÂ ing and no clear path to such a theory.

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What is stress? And what on earth does it have to do with your gut?
Some definitions of stress
In the words of Dr Heidi Hanna, “stress is what happens when demand exceeds capacity.”
According to Hans Selye (1907-1982) in his 1956 book “The Stress of Life”:
“Stress is essentially reflected by the rate of all the wear and tear caused by life.…For instance, we are just beginning to see that many common diseases are largely due to errors in our adaptive response to stress, rather than to direct damage by germs, poisons, or life experiences. In this sense many nervous and emotional disturbances, high blood pressure, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and certain types of sexual, allergic, cardiovascular, and renal derangement appear to be essentially diseases of adaptation.”
Stress affects our entire lives
As it turns out, we actually need stress. All of the meaningful things in life come with stress (e.g. success, love, marriage, etc.)
It’s how we handle high stress and the support we get that determines how it affects us.
Key findings from the Stress and wellbeing in Australia survey 2015, conducted by the Australian Psychological Society, include:
- 35% of Australians report having a significant level of distress in their lives
- 26% of Australians report above normal levels of anxiety symptoms
- 26% of Australians report having moderate to extremely severe levels of depression symptoms
- Anxiety symptoms were the highest they have been in the five years of the survey.
- Financial issues are rated as the top cause of stress over the five years
- Increase in the number of people turning to gambling to manage stress (now one in five)
- People who report higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms and distress are more likely to gamble, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and take recreational drugs
What you need to know about the Gut-Brain Axis
This is the key system to understanding your overall health. Your gut is even referred to as your second brain, and physically they even resemble each other! Around 80% of your immune system is found in the gut, and 95% of your serotonin—the feel-good neurotransmitter—is made and stored in the intestines. As the gut affects the brain, the opposite is also true. The brain has been shown to regulate gut mucosal immunity. It’s a two-way street.
Can stress affect your gut?
Oh you betcha! Under stress, the Vagus Nerve becomes overstimulated and can make you feel nauseous and cause indigestion or heartburn.
The Vagus Nerve is the longest cranial nerve. It contains motor and sensory fibres and, because it passes through the neck and thorax to the abdomen, has the widest distribution in the body. It contains somatic and visceral afferent fibres, as well as general and special visceral efferent fibres.
As we all know from experience, stress can cause digestive problems, such as bloating, stomach cramps, and changes in your bowel habits, resulting in diarrhea (urgency) or constipation.
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Charlottesville Municipal Band receives endorsement by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
The Charlottesville Municipal Band is pleased to announce our 97th Concert Series has received support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. Please come join us for another summer of high-quality FREE concerts at the historic Paramount Theater! On July 2nd, there’s Family Pops Concert, featuring favorites from Hollywood and Broadway, with guest soloist Terri Allard. And don’t miss our new concert this year: Jazz at the Paramount on July 30th. For more information and a full listing of concerts and events, please go to www.cvilleband.org and see why we’re called the “Soundtrack of the Community.”
About the Charlottesville Municipal Band
One of the nation’s oldest, continuously-operating, volunteer community bands, Charlottesville Municipal Band, founded in 1922, continues to serve Charlottesville/Albemarle and the surrounding counties, providing community enrichment through quality musical performances and educational outreach, year-round. Providing music for entertainment, education, and community-building, the Band reaches a broad spectrum of audience members, from toddlers to seniors, from new arrivals to lifelong residents. The Band aims to offer equal access to all the community and takes its music to the people – in parks, libraries, community centers, schools, and historic venues like the Paramount Theater. The Municipal Band is proud to provide music for PVCC’s Graduation Exercises and Monticello’s 4th of July Naturalization Ceremonies. The Band also offers a full calendar of free performances, including the popular Summer Concert Series.
CONTACT: Steve Layman, Charlottesville Municipal Band, Music Director
DATE: June 18, 2019

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Gustav Rudolf Sellner, stage director
Cast: Gwyneth Jones, James King, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl, Olivera Miljakovic, Martti Talvela
Orchestra and chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin
The only opera written by the great German composer, Ludwig von Beethoven (1805), reveals the courage of Leonora, who disguises herself as Fidelio to save her husband from prison and certain death.
Celebratin Beethoven’s 250 years birth, we present this extraordinary cinematographic version of Fidelio by Ernst Wild (1070), with musical direction by the legendary German conductor Karl Böhm and a cast of stars, including Gwyneth Jones (Leonore/Fidelio), James King (Florestan), Stefan Greindl (Rocco) and Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro).


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A week after the Supreme Court ordered the Nigerian government to continue to allow the use of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes, President Muhammadu Buhari has countered that directive.
The Nigerian leader, in a national broadcast Thursday morning, admitted the “difficulties” the new currency policy is causing Nigerians, but only approved the continued use of N200 notes as legal tender in Nigeria until April 2023.
The old N200 will exist alongside the new N200 notes, he said, adding that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will continue to mop up the old N500 and N1,000 notes still in the hands of Nigerians.
“To further ease the supply pressures particularly to our citizens, I have given approval to the CBN that the old N200 bank notes be released back into circulation and that it should also be allowed to circulate as legal tender with the new N200, N500, and N1000 banknotes for 60 days from February 10, 2023 to April 10 2023 when the old N200 notes ceases to be legal tender,” Buhari said.
“In line with Section 20(3) of the CBN Act 2007, all existing old N1000 and N500 notes remain redeemable at the CBN and designated points.”


Anson Funderburgh remembers getting his first guitar-a boxy, acoustic number-when he was in the 4th or 5th grade back in Plano, Tex. His parents bought the guitar, Funderburgh recalls, from some friends.
``The people who sold it to us had a stack of singles they just gave me with the guitar,`` says Funderburgh. ``In that stack of singles were Jimmy Reed records, Freddy King`s `Hide Away,` Bill Doggett`s `Honky Tonk` . . . and when I heard `Hide Away,` I said: `Boy! This is the right stuff.` ``
Funderburgh`s enthusiasm persisted. After that early exposure to blues and R&B music, Funderburgh recalls, he spent a lot of time listening to blues and also to country and western. He went on to play guitar with bands in Texas clubs when he was a teenager, often playing blues-oriented material. Eventually he formed his own blues band, Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, in the late `70s.
Last year, Funderburgh, 34, and his Rockets won four W.C. Handy Awards, taking honors for blues band of the year, contemporary blues album of the year (for an LP titled ``Sins``), blues song of the year (``Changing Neighborhoods,`` written by Funderburgh and vocalist/harmonica player Sam Myers) and best blues instrumentalist (won by Myers for his harmonica playing).
Now Funderburgh and his band, who tour heavily, have just released a new album, ``Rack `Em Up,`` and will be appearing Saturday at FitzGerald`s in Berwyn. After more than a decade of playing with the Rockets, Funderburgh says, things seem to be kicking into a higher gear.
``We travel all the time, and we work a lot,`` says Funderburgh. ``Of course, we worked a lot before, but it seems like the attendance at clubs for our shows is just so much better than it was.
``I started playing in clubs in Texas when I was 15, almost 16. When I started, a lot of clubs would have these dance nights. There was a dance in Texas called the Push-it`s like a jitterbug-and the people who did the Texas Push would want music like Ray Sharpe`s `Linda Lu` or `Hide Away` or `Kansas City,` that kind of stuff. We had to play other things, too, but I`ve always been really close to that style.
``It seems like the older I`ve gotten, the more I`ve played this stuff. There was a time when you really couldn`t make a lot of money doing it, but it seems times have changed: You can actually make a decent living now playing this kind of music.``
Like the band`s live shows, the latest Funderburgh and the Rockets album exhibits a range of blues stylings, with a touch of R&B tossed in. The variety, says Funderburgh, is a purposeful attempt to keep listeners interested.
``We try to play a variety of styles, keep it really interesting,`` he says. ``Otherwise, I think people might get bored. I think for the layman`s ear, sometimes blues gets a little boring. I love Lightnin` Hopkins and Lightnin` Slim and Jimmy Reed. I could do those things all night. But if you played that all night, people would just think, `Well, this is boring, this is not good.`
``So we`ll mix a Chuck Berry song into a show, then do a Louisiana ballad, then a swing-shuffle, B.B. King-type thing. Then maybe we`ll do a slow blues, then do a kind of Jimmy Reed march.``
Also apparent on ``Rack `Em Up`` is Funderburgh`s concise, economical playing style-a make-the-notes-count approach that`s the polar opposite of guitar-hero grandstanding-and an overall band sound that makes each player an integral part of the proceedings.
``That`s always what I`ve strived for, a unit sound, a band sound,`` says Funderburgh. ``The way musicians play together is just a neat thing. It`s like putting together a puzzle. When it works, it really works.
``In this band, we have three soloists. Sam is just an unbelievable guy and he plays harp wonderfully. Then we have Matthew (McCabe), who`s a great player on piano. Then I play myself. It`s a shame if you don`t use what you`ve got. People who just set up and hog the show, I don`t know what goes on in their mind.``
According to Funderburgh, when Myers joined the Rockets in 1986, replacing another vocalist, he brought a measure of ``authenticity`` to the band (which also includes bassist Mike Judge and drummer Marc Wilson).
``Sam played drums and some harmonica with Elmore James, he made records with Elmore, he made records under his own name in the `50s,`` says Funderburgh. ``Sam is the real thing, the real deal. I can`t say enough good things about him. I can be in a bad mood, but when I hear that guy sing, it can really put a smile on my face. And you couldn`t meet a nicer guy.``
Besides playing with the Rockets, Funderburgh also has been doing studio work lately for other artists. He plays on a new Snooks Eaglin LP and can be heard on a new solo album by Greg ``Fingers`` Taylor, a member of Jimmy Buffett`s Coral Reefer Band.
Last month, Funderburgh could be found for a time shuttling back and forth daily between Louisville and Nashville-working a fair with the Rockets in Louisville, then driving to Nashville to take part in recording sessions for an upcoming Delbert McClinton LP, then returning to Louisville for another fair date. That sort of scramble and the band`s heavy touring schedule obviously can cause a lot of physical wear and tear, but Funderburgh isn`t complaining.
``I feel very fortunate to have gone as far as I have playing Jimmy Reed songs,`` says Funderburgh with a laugh. ``It really feels good because that`s what I like to do. To have people accept it as much as they do today-although I wish they`d accept it more-and to be able to make a living playing what I want to play is a wonderful thing. We don`t have to play anything we don`t like to play.``
Who: Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets
Where: FitzGerald`s, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn; 788-2118.
When: 10 p.m. Saturday
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Some of the greatest blessings in life are hidden right in your own back yard.
You can take this literally if you have a few feet of diggable earth – you can grow lots and lots of food in tiny spaces and even those of us living in apartments can grow our own herbs, tomatoes and the like.
If you want to be less literal… look around your neighborhood; what do you find there?
For me that list feels abundant and generous – I can easily walk to the post office, library, grocery store, bank, pubs, restaurants. This short list enhances my life in untold ways:
- At the post office I can send cards of love (congrats, condolences & more) to far-flung family and friends.
- The library is my favorite blessing because it opens up the world and invites me to explore and grow in new ways.
- The grocery stores and banks allow me to feed my family and conduct business.
- At the restaurants and pubs I get to meet the most important gifts in my back yard – neighbors, community members and new friends.
Today I am grateful to live in a community that supports my life and our family. What is in your back yard?


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She became fully immersed in her character, even finding a chew toy. The Vaccinated Vandal showed she was safe and effective as he pumped her full of his wares. She dove deep, eager to please, wagging her tail in approval. She squirted, gargled, and took three loads to her face while barking in support of the cause.
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The Moai head at Parc Jean-Drapeau is a life-size replica of the head of an original Moai statue found on Easter Island.
The art piece, done by the Lippincott company, which was once known for making and installing public art works, is one of the 100 mould reproductions made from an original head displayed in New York in 1968 to raise public awareness and block any commercial development on Easter Island. The island's cultural heritage was not protected by UNESCO at that time.
The Moai head was acquired by the City of Montréal in 1973 from The International Fund for Monuments, which loaned it for the Le monde de l'insolite exhibit shown at Man and His World.
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This month really goes well for me since I already watched 11 films in 13 days.After the double comedy I wrote last week,I’ve collected another 5 first time viewing films to express some opinions.3 Reviews comes first and another 2 on Friday.
A Simple Life 8/10
As a Chinese,I’m not expecting any upcoming Chinese films in theater since they always disappointed me,but this HK made film was an exception.The leading actress won Best Actress Award in the 68th Venice International Film Festival,and this film was a bigger winner in 2011 Golden Horse Film Festival,winning 3 major awards including Best Director,Best Actor and Best Actress.
Ann Hui is probably the most famous female director in China,and this is only her first Best Director award for a career spanning over 30 years.Her last hit was Summer Snow(nv ren si shi),which won Best Film in Golden Horse Film Festival that year.As I have seen both of her major works,I must say this time she did an even better job.
Being 65 this year,Ann said she made what she felt in her late years,no wonder every scene in this films seems so real to everyone who has seen it.Caring of the old is an issue she had already concerned and expressed in Summer Snow,only this time it’s a young male master took care of his old female servant instead of a daughter took care of her father-in-law. The reason I said Ann improved his artistry in this film is that she made a more insightful observation on the place where the old live and focused more attention on the details of behavior and psycho status of aged people.Also,she injected her own meditation of life and death into it,that’s why the ending looked so surprisingly peaceful.The subplot of mutual caring of the two major characters reminded me of Ozu’s Late Spring,and there were many Ozu touched in this film which looked so familiar to me.
Another element made this film outstanding is the performances,Andy Lau and his godmother in real life Deannie Yip worked together as son and mother since 1980s,and the chemistry was still there.Deannie Yip is of the same age as the director,she had her own understandings of the people at her age,she understood the character and Ann’s philosophy pretty well and she could not be more familiar with the mother role,that were all the reasons her portrait of Sister Tao was so convincing.
The Sword of Doom 6/10
Since this film is about a swordsman,first I’m gonna share the interesting difference between swordsman and samurai I found in yahoo answers.The samurai,they have honor, they like wake up sumon be4 they kill em and they dont attack people whos not looking, they go like im gonna kill u when there like 10 feet away.Samarai can use lances, bows, and katanas, they fight on both foot and horsemen.Swordsman-normally heavy armor, uses broad sword,bastard sword, scimitar, cutless, basically any european sword, they dont specialize in any other weaponary, they are mainly foot men not horsemen.
Me and my wife watched this film simply because her idol Toshirô Mifune and my hero Tatsuya Nakadai are both in it,and we were both happy watching it since Tatsuya Nakadai’s intense performance was brilliant,and though Toshirô Mifune didn’t appear on the screen for much time,he appeared to be the one who could defeat Nakadai’s character one-on-one.I liked the philosophy of mind controlling the sword,and this film was a good examination on the mentality of a swordman,the ending is outstanding for its shadow effects,but the story-telling sucked to me.The director was trying to tell the story in multi-line narrative fashion,but failed to wrap them up beautifully.Sometimes the stories really dragged and sometimes I could not connect the scene with the last scene in logical senses.
I could have give it a rating of 7 for the actors and the theme,but no supplements in the CC package made me feel real bad.
I’m not that kind of guy who always hates weird story and characters,but this one really did not work out for me.Polanski’s debut Knife in the Water,which deals with similar topic as this one,is a much better version from my point of view.
The cast,the story,the dark humor,all things people praised this film for,I didn’t get them.


LEGO Star Wars 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate release date confirmed
Fans can stop hitting refresh, as there’s now an official launch date for LEGO Star Wars 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate – the set originally intended to be an exclusive for San Diego Comic Con 2020.
LEGO Star Wars 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate was briefly available from Amazon and has turned up at the odd LEGO brand related store, but has not had its official release yet. The set was planned as a San Diego Comic Con 2020 exclusive, but the event was cancelled.
The Holo-Brick Archives has come across a Facebook post from the LEGO Group confirming that the set will be available from LEGO.com and Amazon – in the US only – on November 14. So that’s the day to head to one of those websites and get the set ordered.
The first ever model outside of an Advent Calendar of the frigate uses 459 pieces, while the box features the special logo for the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back.
LEGO Marvel 77905 Taskmaster’s Ambush was also intendedas a San Diego Comic Con event exclusive set, but has turned up at LEGO.com for fans in the USA.
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During an interview with Premiere, Elizabeth Olsen has spoken briefly about reprising her role as the Scarlet Witch in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War.
“I think it’s going to be the best Marvel movie yet, for real. I am very excited to see it myself. I only worked on set for five weeks, so I wasn’t there for the majority of it. [Daniel Brühl] is an incredible actor and he’s playing the main villain in it and he’s incredible. It’s a movie about people as opposed to robots this time. So it’s darker and it’s allowed to be darker because it gets more in the mindset of humans rather than machines.”
Captain America: Civil War will premiere on April 29th 2016 and MCU Phase 3 with it.
As we hear, but cannot see (urghhh), there were many great moments featured in the Captain America: Civil War (or as we call it now, Captain America vs. Iron Man) footage that debuted during the D23 Expo.
The footage reportedly includes glimpses of new Marvel superhero, Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), as well as a few familiar faces, including Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), The Vision (Paul Bettany), Ant Man (Paul Rudd), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.).
The footage, narrated by General Ross (John Hurt) opens with a fight between Black Widow, Falcon, Captain America and Crossbones (Frank Grillo). Over the course of the battle, Captain America gains the upper hand and Crossbones taunts him, saying, “You know…he remembered you. Your pal…your buddy…Your Bucky.”
The footage also previews the growing tension between Iron Man and Captain America, with Iron Man saying: “Sometimes I want to punch you in your perfect teeth.”
The highlight of the footage comes when Scoot Lang awoken by a group of Avengers while sleeping in the back of a van, and finds himself absolutely star-struck by the presence of Captain America. Imagine Paul Rudd’s face during this scene, that’s all we can offer for now. That scene probably comes as the direct continuation of after the credits scene in Ant Man, where the Falcon says he “knows a guy”.
It all happened so fast… We barely got used to the Spiderman franchise changing hands and Spiderman changing face yet again, and now we hear that Tom Holland has already filmed his scenes in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War.


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"The company pays for drinks at a local pub every Friday, which many staff attend. They also pay the bill (up to £200) for a meal and drinks on every employee's birthday."Graduate, Leeds
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Speakers: Slavko Timotijević, Nenad Milošević, Slobodan Tišma, Sava Stepanov, Zoran Pantelić i Bora i Dragan
The promotion will include the screening of the documentary film Dei Lecci, 25 min, by Nenad Milošević (Belgrade Television Culture Desk), followed by the monograph promotion and discussion.
The subject of the book (Dei Lecci, Works 1957/1965) includes unexpected activities and action interventions in urban space by two Novi Sad artists, Bora Vitorac and Dragoljub Pavlov, who functioned completely outside the insitutional framework in the period between 1957 and 1965. After 1965, they discontinued these activites, but have remained present in magazines as poets, and have used photographic representation of early street and other art actions in free space to illustrate their poetry. Simultaneously, Bora Vitorac continued with a characteristic routine of diary-like drawings, aquarel, and painting considering they were executed for personal and not exhibition needs. The unambitious nature of this program could also be explained by a lack of integration with the profile and needs of the art scene of the time. Thus, Bora Vitorac has only recently started using his drawing production again, not for exhibiting representation, but as performance material developed as support for establishing the new Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina.
On the other hand, Dragan Pavlov has very discreetly cultivated poetry aspirations throughout his postart action period. Finally, both will, for a certain time, be recognized solely as poets.
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1. Jacob's Oath, by Martin Fletcher
2. Written in my Own Heart's Blood, by Diana Gabaldon
3. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
4. Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King
5. No Book but the World, by Leah Hager Cohen
6. China Dolls, by Lisa See
7. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
8. Midnight in Europe, by Alan Furst
9. Shotgun Lovesongs, by Nickolas Butler
10. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
You may wonder if Martin Fletcher was just in Milwaukee. He was indeed, only not this past week, talking about his newest novel, Jacob's Oath. Some offsites, like Fletcher's at the JCC, take a bit of time to be registered. Most of the other titles in the top 10 are either former events or were already mentioned in our new-on-Tuesday post. The exception is Diana Gabaldon's Written in My Own Heart's Blood. Sharon reminded me that the Outlander series is about to debut on Starz network, on August 9. The Christian Science Monitor has a profile of Gabaldon by Molly Driscoll. And no, this is not the last Outlander novel, despite the five-year wait between volumes.
1. The New Persian Kitchen, by Louisa Shafia
2. Hard Choices, by Hillary Rodham Clinton
3. The Making of Milwaukee, by John Gurda
4. Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty
5. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell
6. A Fighting Chance, by Elizabeth Warren
7. Shakespeare Insult Generator, by Barry Kraft
8. The Novel, by Michael Schmidt
9. Plenty, by Yotam Ottoleghi
10. Sons of Wichita, by Daniel Schulman
Speaking of generators, Time Magazine was inspired to create a "Political Memoir Title Generator," based on the release of Hillary Clinton's just released Hard Choices. Plug in your own name and find out what yours would be. Mine turned out to be Audacious Gumption. I'll let you know it's release date when I find out. Also after I write it. Also after I'm involved with politics.
1. Apart at the Seams, by Marie Bostwick
2. The List, by Martin Fletcher
3. Saving Kandinsky, by Mary "Peetie" Basson
4. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, by Joël Dicker
5. A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki
6. The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer
7. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
8. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
9. And Sons, by David Gilbert
10. The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion
Our event with Graeme Simsion for The Rosie Project is this Wednesday, June 18, 7 pm. I was chatting with my sisters, both on their way to China, with an emergency. Claudia wanted one more book for the trip and had her heart set on The Rosie Project. "It's the one with all the different jackets," she noted. "Oops, those were all the different jackets from versions around the world. Look for the yellow one." We finally found it (I felt like I was also on the quest, as I stayed on the line) at the second bookstore at the San Francisco airport. This jacket thing can get confusing. One of our local news organs occasionally pulls jackets from the we that aren't don't match the current American format (no, not the Journal Sentinel!), and I noticed that this writeup of Graeme Simsion for his Tuesday event has one of the foreign jackets pictured. I can't complain; I like this one too.
1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
2. Studying Wisconsin, by Martha Bergland and Paul G. Hayes
3. Walking Israel, by Martin Fletcher
4. The Woman Behind the New Deal, by Kirsten Downey
5. The Widows' Handbook, edited by Jacqueline Lapidus
6. Lawrence in Arabia, by Scott Anderson
7. Dear Mrs. Griggs, by Genevieve McBride and Stephen Byers
8. Orange is the New Black, by Piper Kerman
9. Those Angry Days, by Lynne Olson
10. Dad is Fat, by Jim Gaffigan
It's rare that history or biography pop onto our nonfiction paperback list without having a run on the hardcover side, but I really don't remember Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 popping onto our list in cloth. We wound up a decent amount in hardcover, with the oddity that our best month was August, though the book was released in March. The paperback has a local book club reading it. Jordan Michael Smith in The Boston Globe counterpoints Those Angry Days against Philip Roth's fictional The Plot Against America, noting that "no fictional characters are included, and none are needed. Schlesinger was a man who saw the violent political debates surrounding McCarthyism and the Vietnam War, but he called the quarrels from 1939 to 1941 the worst he ever saw."
Books for Kids:
1. Tales from a Not-so-Glam TV Star V7, by Rachel Renée Russell, Erin Russell, and Nikki Russell
2. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
3. OMG: All About me Diary, by Rachel Renée Russell
4. Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life V1, by Rachel Renée Russell
5. Tales from a Not-so-Happy Heartbreaker V6, by Rachel Renée Russell
6. Tales from a Not-so-Popular Party Girl V2, by Rachel Renée Russell
7. How to Dork Your Diary V3.5, by Rachel Renée Russell
8. Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Ice Princess V4, by Rachel Renée Russell
9. Tales from a Not-so-Smart Miss Know it All V5, by Rachel Renée Russell
10. Where's Waldo: The Totally Essential Travel Collection, by Martin Handford
The Journal Sentinel celebrates the 100th anniversary of Dubliners today, and recommends the new Graphics Deluxe edition with an intro by Colum McCann. Mike Fischer writes "Joyce never comes right out and tells us that things are as bad as my account suggests; Dubliners refuses to tip its hand by ever preaching or telling us what to feel. Packed with telling details and earthy dialogue, these stories are naturalistic and spare, reflecting a scrupulously maintained control."
Also as part of the Bloomsday celebration, Jim Higgins reviews The Sixteenth of June, a novel by Maya Lang where the action is also confined to a single day. Leopold, Nora and Stephen get together for a funeral and then have a Bloomsday party. Higgins has a link to other Circadian novels, which he put together in 2010. Plus there's Kevin Birmingham's The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses, which "recounts the stormy legal history of the book, including an obscenity trial in 1933."
From Jim Higgins in the Journal Sentinel, we get a review of Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist, by Steve Lowenthal. Higgins observes that "out of elements of classical, country, folk and blues, Fahey (1939-2001) wove a style of acoustic guitar playing that he dubbed 'American primitive'; my former guitar teacher John Stropes and other scholars refer to it as finger-style guitar. Fahey played a bass line with his thumb (that big E that Kottke talked about it) while spinning a melody with his other fingers."
Back to Mike Fischer for a review of Dave Eggers' Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?. Eggers felt the wrath of Michiko Kakutani for this one in The New York Times, but Fischer in The Journal Sentinel sees the logic in the structure and the ideas in the writing. He writes: "As is always true with Eggers, those ideas--laid out here in quasi-Socratic dialogue--are inherently interesting. I can think of few contemporary American writers who convey such a sense of urgency about the mess we're in--or how important it is that we, like the Israelites surrounding Zechariah, resurrect the once-glorious Temple."
In the print edition only is a profile of Emily Giffin from Jill Vejinoska (from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which is memoirs only for viewing book reviews), whose newest is about Shea Rigsby, who works in the sports information department of a Texas College. The One and Only has blurbs from former NBA Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson and current coaching great Jim Boeheim. Next time you run into them, ask them about that big twist in chapter four and see what they thought.
Next week is Summerfest Preview week, which means no book section, which might partly explain why this week's paper is a cornucopia of literary delights. The final book-releated piece is on our upcoming panel with regional fantasy favorites Mary Robinette Kowall and Katherine Addison, whom you also might know as Sarah Monette. Our event is Sunday, June 22, 3 pm. These are two of of Higgins' favorite writers, which is why we chased them down to do this together, particularly since we had such a great time with Kowal last year. And for a little tidbit on why Monette became Addison in Notes from the Labyrinth.
Monette's first novel as Katherine Addison is The Goblin Emperor. Mary Robinette Kowal's newest is Valour and Vanity.

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Despite the 1920 treaty of non-aggression signed between Bolshevik Russia and Georgia, Soviet Russia’s 11th Red Army invaded Georgia on February 11 1921, and marched on Tbilisi. Almost simultaneously, 9th (Kuban) Army entered Abkhazia on February 19. Supported by the local pro-Bolshevik guerrillas, the Soviet troops took control of most of Abkhazia in a series of battles from February 23 to March 7, and proceeded into the neighbouring region of Mingrelia.
On March 4, Soviet power was established in Sokhumi, with the formation of the Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic (Abkhazian SSR), allegedly recognized by the newly established Communist regime of the Georgian SSR on May 21. On December 16, however, Abkhazia signed a special "union treaty" delegating some of its sovereign powers to Soviet Georgia. Abkhazia and Georgia together entered the Transcaucasian SFSR on December 13 1922 and on 30 December joined the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Abkhazia's ambiguous status of Union Republic was written into that republic's April 1, 1925 constitution. Paradoxically, an earlier reference to Abkhazia as an autonomous republic in the 1924 Soviet Constitution remained unratified until 1931 when Abkhazia's status was reduced to an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) within the Georgian SSR. Except for a few nobles, the Abkhaz did not participate in the 1924 August Uprising in Georgia, a last desperate attempt to restore the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union.
During the Stalin years, a purge was carried out against Communist Party officials and intelligentsia of Abkhaz provenance on the orders of Lavrentiy Beria, then-the Party Secretary in Transcaucasus and himself a native of Abkhazia, in order to break a resistance to forced collectivization of land. The Abkhaz party leader Lakoba suddenly died shortly after his visit to Beria in Tbilisi in December 1936. There was a strong suspicion that he was poisoned by Beria who declared Lakoba an "enemy of the people" posthumously. Stalin’s five-year plans also resulted in the resettlement of many Russians, Armenians, and Greeks into Abkhazia to work in the growing agricultural sector.
Abkhaz were given a greater role in the governance of the republic after Beria’s death in 1953. As in most of the smaller autonomous republics, the Soviet government encouraged the development of culture and particularly of literature. A new script, based on Cyrillic, was devised for Abkhaz, Abkhaz schools opened; and administration put largely in the Abkhaz hands. Ethnic quotas were established for certain bureaucratic posts, giving the Abkhaz a degree of political power that was disproportionate to their minority status in the republic. This was interpreted by some as a "divide and rule" policy whereby local elites were given a share in power in exchange for support for the Soviet regime. In Abkhazia as elsewhere, it led to other ethnic groups — in this case, the Georgians — resenting unfair discrimination and disregard of the rights of majority, thereby stoking ethnic discord in the republic.
The following three decades were marked by attempts of the Abkhaz Communists to make the autonomous structures more Abkhaz, but their efforts constantly met resistance from the Georgians. Abkhaz ultra-nationalists attempted on several occasions, most notably in 1978, to convince Moscow the autonomous republic to be transferred from Georgia to the Russian SFSR. That year, the Abkhaz organized a series of indoor and outdoor rallies in response to the mass demonstrations of Georgians who succeeded in winning for their language a constitutional status of the official language of the Georgian SSR. Although the Abkhaz request of the secession from Georgia was rejected Moscow and Tbilisi responded with serious economic and cultural concessions, appropriating an extra 500 millions rubles over seven years for the development of infrastructure, and cultural projects such as the foundation of the Abkhaz State University (with Abkhaz, Georgian, and Russian sectors), a State Folk Ensemble in Sokhumi, and Abkhaz-language television broadcasting. Even though these concessions eased tensions only partially, they made Abkhazia one of the most prosperous regions of Georgia, the wealthiest Soviet republic of that time. The favourable geographic and climatic conditions were successfully exploited to make Abkhazia a destination for hundreds of thousands of tourists, gaining for the region a reputation of "Soviet Riviera."

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Civil protection in cities – sirens provide a quick warning in the event of a disaster
In Germany, warning the population in the event of disasters and other dangers is a state issue. The federal government is only responsible for civil protection in matters of defence. Around 80,000 sirens were in use up to the end of the Cold War. Back then, there was still a national siren network. These sirens were largely dismantled at the start of the 1990s for cost reasons. Germany has not had a nationwide siren network ever since. Only municipalities that took over the costs for the network kept their sirens. In Austria too, many cities and municipalities operate their own siren networks.
The higher incidence of natural disasters, such as floods or hurricanes, as well as major fires or toxic substances in the air, which has made systems for alerting civilians necessary, has triggered a change in approach. Cities and municipalities, supported by their respective countries, have been constructing siren networks over recent years. Sirens are an essential part of a civil protection concept when you need to warn your civilians of an emergency quickly and reliably. They also let you reach people who may not have their radio on or their mobile phone with them or who are not connected to the internet. Sirens that not only warn, but also inform. In addition to siren alarms, sirens in some siren networks can also be used to output voice messages or radio announcements.
Requirements for regional siren warning systems:
- Suitable for warning the public, but also for alerting fire services
- Can be integrated into multi-level siren networks, for example regional or national
- Connection option or flow of information between private warning systems, such as in plants at risk of major incidents, and the city warning systems
- Multi-level control centre infrastructure possible
- Can be integrated into warning concepts such as MoWas (Federal Modular Warning System) and into the analogue or digital BOS radio network of the respective country
- Alternative communication options, e.g. via analogue UHF/VHF radio, DMR, TETRA, VPN, GPRS
- Cost-effective to operate
- Easy to maintain and long-lasting
Individual planning for the optimal urban siren system
Sirens have technically developed in the last few years. Accordingly, it is necessary taking into account all important parameters (sound pressure, building development, ambient noise, site conditions, etc.) to select the right locations where to install the electronic sirens. Our specialists therefore plan each siren system individually and thus find both the optimal locations and the appropriate electronic siren models. In addition to location criteria such as hazards, immission, topographical, meteorological and structural conditions, economic aspects are also taken into account.
In urban warning systems, often there is also a kind of dual use, with some electronic sirens being used specifically to alert the fire department. In addition to a central control center, which monitors and manages the entire siren system, the fire department sirens are often triggered by a simple local control unit at the push of a button. Sometimes loudspeakers can also be integrated in buildings to warn the fire department.
In addition to radio, the activation of the sirens via a dedicated line is also a common method. Communication connections such as VPN or GPRS are also possible. Of course, the individual communication media can also be combined to increase the reliability of a system. The experts at HÖRMANN Warnsysteme were not only involved in the development of the siren network in Germany at that time, but can also draw on the experience of a number of installed mass warning systems in cities and municipalities in Germany and abroad.


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In the Brooder
- Sep 29, 2019
Do you think I should make a ladder for the girls to get to the roosting area? The top of the little brooding area is 2 ft high. I don’t plan on clipping wings. I know they won’t necessarily need a ladder as adults as my full grown birds can fly pretty high... but this group is currently only 6 weeks old and are moving outside to this coop tomorrow.


Coinbase, one of the world’s largest digital currency exchanges, has been rumored for some time to be considering a direct listing.
In an official blog post, the cryptocurrency exchange disclosed plans to pursue a direct listing of its Class A common stock, pursuant to a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, hoặc SEC. The Form S-1 registration statement will become effective after the securities regulator completes its review.
The direct listing format would not offer new shares but instead sell existing shares directly to the public. Một số lợi thế của định dạng cho những người nắm giữ cổ phiếu trong công ty có thể bao gồm khả năng bán mà không bị khóa, a model recently employed by Palantir and which has the potential to create “instant billionaires”.
“This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities,” Coinbase said. “This announcement is being issued in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act.”
The exchange first disclosed its intent to go public on Dec. 17 by filing a draft registration with the SEC. A report from Business Insider later claimed that Coinbase intends to work with Goldman Sachs on a public offering, but no confirmation was provided at the time.
Coinbase’s last valuation, trong 2018, had the company pegged at $8 tỷ. Crypto analytics company Messari says the exchange could be worth $28 billion after a public offering.
This story is still in development and will be updated.
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Wealthy Gulf individuals feel more confident about regional prospects
Published on 26 April 2018 by Anna Andriyanova
DUBAI: Survey finds growing optimism on region’s economies, but Saudi investors remain wary.
Wealthy individuals in the Gulf are more optimistic over the future of the region and the global economy compared with last year, and are increasing likely to invest in their own countries and other emerging markets in Asia than in western economies. These are among the main findings of an annual survey by Dubai-based Emirates Investment Bank (EIB), released on Tuesday, of the sentiment among high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the region.
After two years of falling confidence, some 60 percent of regional HNWIs now believe things will improve or stay the same. Fewer are pessimistic about both regional and global economic prospects than last year, while nearly 80 percent of respondents said they would prefer to invest in Gulf assets, rather than looking abroad.
The recovering oil price was a big reason for the increasing feel-good factor in the Gulf, according to Khalid Sifri, EIB’s chief executive officer, who added: “Factors like the region’s stability, attractive investment opportunities and low-tax environment are seen as the main drivers behind the growing confidence in the region’s economy.”
After falling below $30 per barrel in early 2016, oil has subsequently recovered to a three-and-a-half-year high, breaching the $75 a barrel mark yesterday for the first time since November 2014.
However, the overall optimism of the survey masks some concerns among regional HNWIs; in Saudi Arabia, 48 percent of respondents said that they saw the regional economic situation improving or staying the same, against 52 percent who felt it was likely to worsen in 2018.The survey was conducted last November and December, when investor sentiment in the Kingdom was affected by the high-profile anti-corruption campaign undertaken against some prominent business people accused of financial wrong-doing. “It may have been affected by that. We shall see what the situation is at the end of this year,” Sifri said.
Respondents from Kuwait were even more pessimistic. None of the respondents from the country felt that things were going to improve on the investment front this year, while 54 percent said they would worsen. Among the most optimistic were respondents in the UAE, with 57 percent of those surveyed saying they thought the overall outlook was improving. On the long-term global outlook, a total of 78 percent of those surveyed across the region were optimistic about prospects over the next five years, with most citing positive economic and political stability as the reason, along with a smaller number who said oil price stabilization would benefit the world economy. The oil price recovery was the biggest reason for regional optimism.
The geopolitics of the region was claimed as a big factor in deciding investment decisions, but Saudis were less concerned than others. Only 29 percent in the Kingdom said they were influenced by geo-political events, compared with 83 percent in Qatar and 85 percent in the UAE.
Oil prices, economic reforms and the introduction of VAT were also factors influencing investment, as was the election of Donald Trump as president of the USA. There has been a big shift in global investor orientation outside the GCC. Nearly half of regional wealthy investors (47 percent) are now looking to Asia, 38 percent to the wider Middle East and North Africa, some 34 percent to Europe and only 17 percent to North America. The survey was conducted among 100 HNWIs with $2 million or more in investable assets.


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|INDICTED part 12
Since the Uzice Corps, like the rest of the JNA, retreated from Bosnia-Herzegovina within the deadline set by the so-called international community, and that while deployed in its area o responsibility it had not been engaged in military operations, its role can be qualified solely as a useful projection of force that, albeit temporarily, stopped the wider inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts in this area. Therefore the role of the Uzice Corps in eastern Bosnia cannot be taken against its commanding officer. More likely, unbiased foreign observers would describe this role as humanitarian.
Paragraph 55 of the Indictment says: Slobodan MILOSEVIC was elected President of the FRY on 15 July 1997, assumed office on 23 July 1997, and remains President as of the date of this indictment.
Paragraph 56 of the Indictment says: As President of the FRY, Slobodan MILOSEVIC functions as President of the Supreme Defence Council of the FRY. The Supreme Defence Council consists of the President of the FRY and the Presidents of the member republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The Supreme Defence Council decides on the National Defence Plan and issues decisions concerning the VJ. As President of the FRY, Slobodan MILOSEVIC has the power to order implementation of the National Defence Plan and commands the VJ in war and peace in compliance with decisions made by the Supreme Defence Council. Slobodan MILOSEVIC, as Supreme Commander of the VJ, performs these duties through commands, orders and decisions.
Paragraph 57 of the Indictment says: Under the FRY Act on the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia, as Supreme Commander of the VJ, Slobodan MILOSEVIC also exercises command authority over republican and federal police units subordinated to the VJ during a state of imminent threat of war or a state of war. A declaration of imminent threat of war was proclaimed on 23 March 1999, and a state of war on 24 March 1999.
Paragraph 58 of the Indictment says: In addition to his de jure powers, Slobodan MILOSEVIC exercises extensive de facto control over numerous institutions essential to, or involved in, the conduct of the offences alleged herein. Slobodan MILOSEVIC exercises extensive de facto control over federal institutions nominally under the competence of the Assembly or the Government of the FRY. Slobodan MILOSEVIC also exercises de facto control over functions and institutions nominally under the competence of Serbia and its autonomous provinces, including the Serbian police force. Slobodan MILOSEVIC further exercises de facto control over numerous aspects of the FRYs political and economic life, particularly the media. Between 1986 and the early 1990s, Slobodan MILOSEVIC progressively acquired de facto control over these federal, republican, provincial and other institutions. He continues to exercise this de facto control to this day.
Paragraph 59 of the Indictment says: Slobodan MILOSEVICs de facto control over Serbian, SFRY, FRY and other state organs has stemmed, in part, from his leadership of the two principal political parties that have ruled in Serbia since 1986, and in the FRY since 1992. From 1986 until 1990, he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists in Serbia, then the ruling party in Serbia. In 1990, he was elected President of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the successor party to the League of Communists of Serbia and the Socialist Alliance of the Working People of Serbia. The SPS has been the principal ruling party in Serbia and the FRY ever since. Throughout the period of his Presidency of Serbia, from 1990 to 1997, and as the President of the FRY, from 1997 to the present, Slobodan MILOSEVIC has also been the leader of the SPS.
Paragraph 60 of the Indictment says: Beginning no later than October 1988, Slobodan MILOSEVIC has exercised de facto control over the ruling and governing institutions of Serbia, including its police force. Beginning no later than October 1988, he has exercised de facto control over Serbias two autonomous provincesKosovo and Vojvodinaand their representation in federal organs of the SFRY and the FRY. From no later than October 1988 until mid-1998, Slobodan MILOSEVIC also exercised de facto control over the ruling and governing institutions of the Montenegro, including its representation in all federal organs of the SFRY and the FRY.
COMMENT: All six Paragraphs cited above (55-60) deal with constitutional authority of Slobodan Milosevic as president of the FRY and Chairman of the Supreme Defense Council from July 15, 1997 to May 22, 1999, i.e. the date of the indictment. When it literally cites constitutional powers (e.g. order implementation of the National Defence Plan through commands, orders and decisions), the Indictment is accurate, and deserves no comment.
However, in paragraphs 58, 59, 60 and 62 the authors stray from legal logic and introduce into their interpretation of constitutional and legal powers of the Yugoslav president a division between de jure and de facto powers, the latter being, in their regard, primary. According to their interpretation, de facto powers enabled Slobodan Milosevic to exert extensive control over numerous institutions essential to, or involved in, the conduct of the offences alleged herein, as well as control over functions and institutions nominally under the competence of Serbia and its autonomous provinces, including the Serbian police force; control over numerous aspects of the FRYs political and economic life, particularly the media; having, between 1986 and the early 1990s progressively acquired de facto control over these federal, republican, provincial and other institutions. He continues to exercise this de facto control to this day, including the governing institutions of Montenegro, its representation in all federal organs of the SFRY and the FRY. Given all these "de facto" powers, the implication is that Slobodan Milosevic would be responsible for acts of his subordinates in the Yugoslav Army and all the police forces, federal and Serbian, which allegedly committed crimes in the province of Kosovo-Metohija since 1998.
In other words, despite all the marking of multi-party democracy instituted in Serbia in 1990 and the FRY from the beginning, their elected and re-elected president has been a dictator who held de facto power over all aspects of life and all government institutions. This is the message behind this description of the supposed de jure and de facto powers that Slobodan Milosevic had as president of Serbia and the FRY.
Authors of the Indictment even bothered to divine the origins of this de facto absolute power and control: Milosevics leadership of the two principal political parties that have ruled in Serbia since 1986, and in the FRY since 1992 (Serbian League of Communists and the Socialist Party of Serbia), as Paragraph 59 indicates.
Reality, however, is markedly different from the social and political landscape of the 1990s FRY painted by the Indictment.
1. When the Socialist Party of Serbia appeared on the political scene in 1990, it was not the successor party to the League of Communists of Serbia, but just one of some twenty other political parties and movements (Serbian Renewal Movement [SPO], Serbian Radical Party [SRS], Democratic Party, New Democracy, Serbian Democratic Party, Communist Party of Yugoslavia, New Communist Movement, etc.). The direct successor to the League of Communists, both in the financial and ideological sense, was the League of Communists Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ), which later fragmented. Many former members of the Serbian League of Communists joined the new Socialist Party of Serbia, but their number among the total membership soon became a minority.
2. Until the fall 2000 elections, the SPS has indeed been a leading political party, winning most elections but not all. In the last decade of the 20th century it did not have an absolute parliamentary majority, in Serbia or Yugoslavia, so it formed coalitions and power-sharing arrangements with other parties (SPO, SRS, New Democracy). The balance of power between coalition parties in the Parliament and the government precluded any politician, including the President of the FRY Slobodan Milosevic, from establishing de facto control over federal, republican, provincial and other institutions.
3. All the important decisions regarding the national interest were made through referenda, the Federal and the Serbian Parliament, and the Supreme Defense Council; every time, leaders of the opposition parties in the Parliament were consulted. This prevented any individuals de facto control. We cite only some of the more important decisions:
a) rejection of the so-called international mediation to resolve the Kosovo-Metohija crisis in April 1998, was the result of a referendum by the citizens; b) decisions to involve the Yugoslav Army against the terrorist and separatist movement of Kosovo Albanians and oppose any form of foreign intervention were reached unanimously by the Supreme Defense Council of the FRY; c) the SDC also discussed (on October 4, 1998) the talks with U.S. Ambassador R. Holbrooke, in which Serbian President Milutinovic took part, as well as the agreement that the talks produced; the platform for the talks was adopted by the FRY Parliament on October 5, 1998; d) the Serbian Parliament adopted the 10 Principles of the Contact Group as a platform for the Rambouillet talks, and e) decisions to declare imminent danger of war on March 23, and to declare a state of war at the outbreak of NATOs aggression on March 24, 1999, were made by the FRY government based on its constitutional authority.
4. The Indictments imputation that Slobodan Milosevic exercised de facto control over governing institutions in Montenegro between 1988 and 1998. Before his election to the FRY presidency (July 1997) Slobodan Milosevic did not have, nor could have, any influence on political and other developments in Montenegro, since he had neither de jure nor de facto authority in this republic. When he was elected President of the FRY, the SFRY had already been destroyed; separatist movements raging throughout its former territory had not bypassed Montenegro, weakening the federal influence on this republic and with it the influence of Slobodan Milosevic as the federal President. Since the schism in the ruling Socialist Party of Montenegro, this republics governing institutions have openly advocated secession and de facto acted as a separate, sovereign nation. Under these circumstances, powers of the FRY President have been reduced only to his de jure authority, and even that has been usurped by the Montenegrin authorities. Slobodan Milosevics influence in this member of the federation was virtually nil.
5. Paragraph 58 cites a claim of Slobodan Milosevics de facto control over numerous aspects of the FRYs political and economic life, particularly the media, which is also far from the truth. Since the introduction of multi-party politics in Serbia and Yugoslavia, i.e. since the appearance of political parties and movements, numerous media newspapers, magazines, radio and TV have come into existence. All major opposition papers have their newspapers and magazines. Only the SPS had no such paper until it lost power. Several dailies that have styled themselves independent have been hostile towards the SPS from the start. Without a doubt, foreign donations (for example, a donation from the CIA Balkans Institute in January 1999, within the so-called program for promotion of democracy in Yugoslavia) have played a significant role in the appearance and survival of these media. Slobodan Milosevic could not have had any influence over such actions, let alone de facto control.
Therefore, the division of presidential authority into de jure and de facto is really an attempt to present Yugoslavia as a dictatorship. Such a presentation has no basis in reality, and should hence be relegated to the category of low-brow propaganda that certainly does not belong in documents of an international legal institution, which the ICTY claims to be.
Paragraph 61 of the Indictment says: In significant international negotiations, meetings and conferences since 1989, Slobodan MILOSEVIC has been the primary interlocutor with whom the international community has negotiated. He has negotiated international agreements that have subsequently been implemented within Serbia, the SFRY, the FRY, and elsewhere on the territory of the former SFRY. Among the conferences and international negotiations at which Slobodan MILOSEVIC has been the primary representative of the SFRY and FRY are: The Hague Conference in 1991; the Paris negotiations of March 1993; the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia in January 1993; the Vance-Owen peace plan negotiations between January and May 1993; the Geneva peace talks in the summer of 1993; the Contact Group meeting in June 1994; the negotiations for a cease fire in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9-14 September 1995; the negotiations to end the NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14-20 September 1995; and the Dayton peace negotiations in November 1995.
COMMENT: Paragraph 61 cites, not very accurately, the main foreign policy involvements of Slobodan Milosevic in dealing with crises in the former SFRY from 1991 to 1995. Citing 1989 as the starting year for such engagements is inaccurate, since Yugoslavias foreign policy at the time was formulated by the federal Presidium, Parliament and Executive Council. Given the well-known, constructive and peaceful role of Slobodan Milosevic in all these negotiations, from the 1991 Hague Conference to the 1995 Dayton talks there is nothing incriminating in this paragraph. Quite to the contrary, in all the negotiations cited in the Indictment Slobodan Milosevic was a desirable and notable negotiator (though some thought he played hardball), and this was publicly admitted by many of his negotiating partners, either immediately or later on. We will mention several examples that confirm Slobodan Milosevics constructive and peaceful engagement in international conferences, talks and negotiations regarding the Yugoslav crisis, from 1991 to 1995:
a. The 1991 Hague Conference, where Slobodan Milosevic represented only Serbia, was intended to decide upon the dissolution of Yugoslavia as a federation, according to the Badinter plan and with agreement of all six presidents of federal republics. Only Slobodan Milosevic opposed this intent. Soon it was shown that this plan was to provide a basis for the premature recognition of seceded republics as independent states (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia). Multiple bodies of the so-called international community have since agreed that this had been a mistake, as well as one of the causes of the long civil and ethno-religious war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, certainly one of the most horrible wars ever waged in this region.
b. from the beginning to the end of the ethno-religious war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slobodan Milosevic on many occasions took active part in talks and negotiations, consistently supporting a cessation of hostilities and search for a peaceful solution to the crisis (through supporting the Vance-Owen plan, visiting Pale with the then-President of the FRY Dobrica Cosic and the Greek Foreign Minister Mitsotakis, etc.). It is well known that Lord David Owen blamed the U.S. government, not Slobodan Milosevic, for lengthening the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The crowning achievement of Mr. Milosevics efforts to achieve peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina is the Dayton Agreement, even though many of its provisions were not favorable to the Serbs.
Paragraph 62 of the Indictment says: As the President of the FRY, the Supreme Commander of the VJ, and the President of the Supreme Defence Council, and pursuant to his de facto authority, Slobodan MILOSEVIC is responsible for the actions of his subordinates within the VJ and any police forces, both federal and republican, who have committed the crimes alleged in this indictment since January 1999 in the province of Kosovo.
COMMENT: As President of the FRY, and the President of the Supreme Defence Council, Slobodan Milosevic has been the supreme commander of VJ in both war- and peacetime, not de facto, but de jure, based on his constitutional powers. As the supreme commander, he is responsible for the actions of the military, but not the police. As we said earlier, federal police took no part in counter-terrorist operations in Kosovo-Metohija, or defending this province from NATO aggression. Forces of the Serbian MUP are responsible to their superiors in the Serbian government. Police forces in Montenegro are also responsible to the government of their republic. Although the Defense Law gives an option of subordinating the police units to operational VJ commands in case of war or imminent danger of war, police refusal prevented this course of action.
In January 1999, the OSCE Verification mission deployed throughout Kosovo-Metohija while VJ units withdrew to their garrisons. In the latter half of February 1999, until and throughout the NATO aggression against the FRY, VJ forces and the Serbian MUP conducted counter-terrorist operations. However, as it was already proven in responses to previous paragraphs of the Indictment, the VJ did not commit any war crimes, anytime, anywhere, nor did it act in any way against the international laws of war. Therefore, its supreme commander bears no criminal command responsibility, and this accusation is groundless.
Paragraph 63 of the Indictment says: Milan MILUTINOVIC was elected President of Serbia on 21 December 1997, and remains President as of the date of this indictment. As President of Serbia, Milan MILUTINOVIC is the head of State. He represents Serbia and conducts its relations with foreign states and international organisations. He organises preparations for the defence of Serbia.
Paragraph 64 of the Indictment says: As President of Serbia, Milan MILUTINOVIC is a member of the Supreme Defence Council of the FRY and participates in decisions regarding the use of the VJ.
Paragraph 65 of the Indictment says: As President of Serbia, Milan MILUTINOVIC, in conjunction with the Assembly, has the authority to request reports both from the Government of Serbia, concerning matters under its jurisdiction, and from the Ministry of the Internal Affairs, concerning its activities and the security situation in Serbia. As President of Serbia, Milan MILUTINOVIC has the authority to dissolve the Assembly, and with it the Government, subject to the proposal of the Government on justified grounds, although this power obtains only in peacetime.
Paragraph 66 of the Indictment says: During a declared state of war or state of imminent threat of war, Milan MILUTINOVIC, as President of Serbia, may enact measures normally under the competence of the Assembly, including the passage of laws; these measures may include the reorganisation of the Government and its ministries, as well as the restriction of certain rights and freedoms.
Paragraph 67 of the Indictment says: In addition to his de iure powers, Milan MILUTINOVIC exercises extensive de facto influence or control over numerous institutions essential to, or involved in, the conduct of the crimes alleged herein. Milan MILUTINOVIC exercises de facto influence or control over functions and institutions nominally under the competence of the Government and Assembly of Serbia and its autonomous provinces, including but not limited to the Serbian police force.
Paragraph 68 of the Indictment says: In significant international negotiations, meetings and conferences since 1995, Milan MILUTINOVIC has been a principal interlocutor with whom the international community has negotiated. Among the conferences and international negotiations at which Milan MILUTINOVIC has been a primary representative of the FRY are: preliminary negotiations for a cease fire in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15-21 August 1995; the Geneva meetings regarding the Bosnian cease fire, 7 September 1995; further negotiations for a cease fire in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9-14 September 1995; the negotiations to end the NATO bombing in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14-20 September 1995; the meeting of Balkan foreign ministers in New York, 26 September 1995; and the Dayton peace negotiations in November 1995. Milan MILUTINOVIC was also present at the negotiations at Rambouillet in February 1999.
Paragraph 69 of the Indictment says: As the President of Serbia, and a member of the Supreme Defence Council, and pursuant to his de facto authority, Milan MILUTINOVIC is responsible for the actions of any of his subordinates within the VJ and within any police forces who have committed the crimes alleged in this indictment since January 1999 within the province of Kosovo.
COMMENT: We have no comment regarding the largely accurate biographical information and the list of functions performed in Serbia and the FRY from August 1995 to January 1999. However, several inaccuracies in the above-cited paragraphs do need to be addressed:
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