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Brie Larson (Short Term 12) and Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on a Plane) headline a 1990s-set buddy-cop picture for Marvel Studios to introduce one of the most powerful superheroes in the MCU - Captain Marvel. The 21st entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the first female-centered Marvel Studios release and is is heavy on mid-1990s music cues, pagers, CD-roms, and slightly awkward computer-aided reverse aging technology.
Independent Spirit Award Nominee and film festival darling The Rider wows the guys with verisimilitude, grit, beauty, and honesty. A slow, raw, touching, and moving independent film worth your time and attention.
Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, and Joan Crawford headline the movie you’ve all been waiting to hear us discuss! 1932’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Grand Hotel, was nominated for only one award back in 1932 but it was the BIG one!
Albert FInney (Scrooge) stars as Tom Jones in the film adaptation of the novel. This movie was nominated for ten Academy Awards and took home four including Best Picture in 1963. This may be one of the worst films to ever take home the Best Picture honor. Seriously, we take back what we said about Crash.
Writer/Director Spike Lee (Oldboy) earned his first ever Best Director nomination for his 2018 film Blackkklansman starring John David Washington (Denzel Washington’s home movies) and Adam Driver (Midnight Special). The film has also been nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Score).
Writer/Director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) delivers one of the most critically-acclaimed movies of the year with the Netflix Original film Roma. The film has won a number of awards already including Best Director honors from the Golden Globes and Directors Guild and is nominated for ten Academy Awards. The guys were split on this one - Mike loved it, Danny didn’t.
Writer/Director/Cameo Fetishist M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender) returns to the cinematic universe he created in 2000’s Unbreakable with Glass starring James McAvoy (Filth), Bruce Willis (The Last Boy Scout), Samuel L. Jackson (XXX: Return of Xander Cage), and Sarah Paulson (New Year’s Eve). The film is a master class in falling short of expectations. A mess.
Honestly, this one is a mess. For Sherlock Holmes completists, you may need to see it. For fans of Will Farrell (Bewitched) and John C. Reilly (Days of Thunder), you may need to see it. For anyone other than die hard fans, this one is hard pass. Try Without A Clue starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley instead!
Writer/Director Adam McKay (Step Brothers) offers a quasi-biopic/in-your-face-mockumentary look at the life and legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney in Vice. Starring Christian Bale (Reign of Fire), Amy Adams (Sunshine Cleaning), Steve Carell (Melinda and Melinda), and Sam Rockwell (The Search for One-Eye Jimmy), this film definitely wears its heart on its sleeve.
Sony finally figures out what to do with their Spider-Man property rights with the stunning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Incredible visuals, great music, an impressive cast, and a wholly original concept introducing a clown car’s worth of interesting characters make this one of the best films of the year.
Director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) delivers a new, strange, disaffected, oddly-comic drama with The Favourite. Featuring impressive performances by Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy), and Emma Stone (Aloha), this film will likely be an awards magnet, although not one to take your family and friends to. Designed for a VERY specific audience, you’ll either hate or love The Favourite.
Viggo Mortenson (Young Guns II) and Mahershala Ali (Predators) showcase their range and their considerable buddy chemistry in the slightly more than by-the-numbers Green Book. This is a movie you can encourage your parents to go see - they will really enjoy it.
Director Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking) brings Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing) to the screen as Gary Hart, former candidate for the U.S. Presidency and media punching bag. Backed with an impressive cast and lacking the typical Reitman soundtrack, this movie exists - for some reason.
Michael B. Jordan (Fantastic Four) and Tess Thompson (When a Stranger Calls) join Sylvester Stallone (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot) in a sequel to their Rocky spinoff with Creed 2. The emotional baggage is high and the melodrama thick as Dolph Lundgren (Masters of the Universe) returns as Ivan Drago, the Russian beast from Rocky IV.
Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse) voices everyone’s favorite awful Christmas hater, The Grinch. Supported by Keenan Thompson (The Smurfs 2) and Angela Lansbury (Magnum, P.I.), this re-imagining of the holiday classic packs on an additional 65 minutes or so. Bring your kids.
Director Bryan Singer (Jack the Giant Slayer) delivers (some of? most of? either way, he got fired before finishing the film) the world a quasi-biopic of Freddie Mercury and his band Queen in Bohemian Rhapsody. Rami Malek (Battleship) stars as Mercury and dials up both the glam rockstar posturing and the loneliness. The music is fun and there are flashes of a more exciting picture here. Audiences are loving it, so your parents will probably dig it.
Writer/Director Woody Allen (Casino Royale) earned his first Oscar love for 1977’s Annie Hall starring him and Diane Keaton (The Godfather Part III). It also went on to define a “Woody Allen movie” for the next forty or so years. This film is responsible for romantic comedies, New York stories starring curmudgeons like Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm, and a brief fashion trend in the late 1970s which Diane Keaton continues to rock these days.
Michael Myers is back forty years after he last terrorized Laurie Strode in Halloween (unless you include a few of the eight sequels now ignored by this latest installment in the Halloween saga) looking for opportunities to brutally attack people, lurk quietly in the back of the frame, and to rock a mask and coveralls. This new, John Carpenter-approved sequel delivers on the promise of the original and features a bookend performance by Jamie Lee Curtis who made her screen debut in Halloween forty years ago.
Director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) delivers a non-musical (!) biopic of Neil Armstrong in First Man. Played by Ryan Gosling (Murder by Numbers), Armstrong is, apparently, half-robot, half space hunk. Claire Foy (Season of the Witch) offers a portrayal of Janet Armstrong as Neil’s closed-off, half-robot wife. They are perfect for one another, although you may not know it from seeing this movie. The technical details and production values are stellar.
Director/Star Bradley Cooper (All About Steve) joins superstar Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel) in the fourth film version of A Star is Born. The film surprised the guys, as both of them liked it more than they expected. Check out the episode here.

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To address the abortion crisis in the country, Bette Midler brought up transgender people as a lightning rod.
Recently, the actress has been very active on Twitter, blasting the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade. However, it seems she’s mostly attacking Clarence Thomas, and in the same breath, she’s speaking up on women’s rights.
“WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, lives, and even our name! They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people,’ ‘menstruators,’ and even’ people with vaginas’!”
“Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!”
WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us “women” anymore; they call us “birthing people” or “menstruators”, and even “people with vaginas”! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) July 4, 2022
Of course, this affects trans/non-binary people, leading some to label this a transphobic viewpoint.
She piggybacks on an op-ed published in the NYT this weekend entitled “The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don’t Count.”
On both sides of the aisle, the author makes similar arguments about cisgender women being erased, for inclusivity’s sake, or because they are oppressed.
Many people might agree, but others say comparing being sensitive to trans people/using mindful language to what the GOP is doing (banning abortions) is false, suggesting one threat is more severe and dire than the other.
Regardless, we know where Bette stands. She seems an old-school feminist who is pretty pissed off about all of this. Perhaps one crisis at a time.


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Being from Texas, you either have a ranch or at least know someone with one. In this case, we love our Ranch! We use it on our salad, pizza, and even as a dip. We thought, why not on our slow cooker pork chops? All we have to say is WE LOVE OUR RANCH!
- 1 Package assorted pork chops
- 1 Package Ranch dressing seasoning packet
- 1 Can diced tomatoes and green chilies
In a skillet, salt and pepper pork chops and brown.
Place in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Top with tomatoes and sprinkle with Ranch dressing.
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ROSE is the seventh painting in the Mother Earth series about our relationship with the Earth. She speaks through the symbolism of the natural world. The red rose is a symbol of the passion and desire in nature to thrive and renew itself, and the Earth speaks to us with this same depth of passion. Her eyes are covered with the spirals of sea snails which symbolize the bridging of two worlds, land and sea, as well as the bridging of knowledge and ignorance. In her headdress are two white anemone flowers which symbolize the protection against evil, and they also appear as awakened protective eyes. Bats emerge from the belly of the Mother and symbolize family and connection because they are very social creatures who care for each other as the Earth cares for us.
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Two music licensing companies have joined to create a single music licence system for Kiwi businesses.
The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and PPNZ (formerly Phonographic Performances NZ) have created a single, comprehensive music licence called OneMusic.
The single licence system will allow businesses and organisations around the country to play music in public without the frustrations of the old two-licence system.
Recorded Music NZ spokeswoman Evie Ashton said the change would affect all NZ businesses and organisations that use music.
"That means organisations like The Fairlie Line Dancing Club, Motueka's Public Library, The Mothered Goose in Bulls, Stella Hair in Raglan, Telecom NZ, Video Ezy and any other businesses, retailers or organisations that use music will be able to road test the new system as their old licences expire."
PPNZ chief executive Damian Vaughan said the idea was born out of customer feedback.
"Our customers were telling us the old two-licence model was confusing.
"APRA and PPNZ represent different rights holders, we operate differently and calculate fees in different ways."
Many customers were not even aware they needed both licences, Mr Vaughan said.
NZ APRA operations director Anthony Healey said the initiative was being closely watched by music licensing bodies overseas.
A major advantage to it was that it would be backed up by a comprehensive online service, he said.
"By APRA and PPNZ coming together our customers can now go to one place, www.onemusicnz.com, to calculate their fee without having to deal with complex paperwork."
An online payment service would also be launched shortly, Mr Healey said.
Fees would be calculated by the size of a businesses and whether the music was featured or in the background.
Once all licensees had moved over to the new system, the two licensing bodies would be in relatively the same financial position as they were before, Mr Healey said.
Restaurant Association chief executive Marisa Bidois said the new product was a vast improvement.
"We support anything that means compliance issues don't get in the way of business."
New Zealand Retailers Association CEO John Albertson said the system would mean fewer businesses accidentally operated outside the law.
"Not everyone has known they needed two music licences and indeed sometimes it seemed over-the-top to be charged twice to play music.
"We've had a look at how much our members will be paying now, based on the OneMusic calculations, and it seems reasonable."
Licensed businesses receive a OneMusic sticker to show music rights' holders have been paid.

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What would that be an expected new feature on the Apple iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max that would reserve a device as soon as pre-orders were accepted? The update of the aperture of the ultra wide angle cameras from f / 2.4 to f / 1.8? How about the ProMotion 120Hz refresh rate on the screen?
The entire Apple iPhone 13 Pro range could be equipped with an LTPO 120 Hz OLED screen this year
While many believe that this year Apple will roll out a 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate for the OLED screens of the 2021 iPhone Pro devices (after all, the iPad Pro tablets already have this feature, although the Slates instead of OLED one Using the LCD panel). There are some who say they are not that excited about this. That’s because there are some battery nerds (like this author) who keep their iPhone in dark mode, not just because they like the look, but also because it saves battery life a little.
You see, adding a ProMotion refresh rate of 120Hz can drain the battery of the upcoming iPhones faster than you can tell Wallhugger. However, Apple has a plan to prevent the 120Hz refresh rate that makes scrolling buttery smooth from draining the iPhone’s battery. This plan calls for the use of low temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) technology, which allows the phone to reduce the refresh rate when the screen content does not require the display to be updated 120 times per second. For example, while playing a video game, a faster refresh rate improves the animation. However, if you are viewing static content like text or email, the refresh rate will drop dramatically so that the battery will not be wasted.
According to Ross Young, two iPhone 13 models will be equipped with an LTPO AMOLED display that allows the use of a dynamic refresh rate
While Young didn’t say which two models will get the latest screens, chances are that both the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will be the ones. The Apple Watch uses LTPO for its AMOLED displays and the refresh rate for the watch is greatly reduced when the user is not busy with the watch.
Among the changes rumored for this year’s iPhone 13 models, The Pro devices can be offered with up to 1 TB of storage, twice as much as in the previous year (maximum 512 GB). We also saw some improvements in the battery capacity department and a bigger camera bump on the back. We should see Apple launch the iPhone 13 series this coming September and possibly release the line in the same month.
Prices are expected to be the same as Apple’s for the 5G iPhone 12 series. This means that the iPhone 13 mini should be priced at $ 699 and up, $ 799 and up for the iPhone 13, $ 999 and up for the iPhone 13 Pro, and $ 1,099 and up for the iPhone 13 Pro Max have designated the 2021 models as the iPhone 13 series, there is a possibility that Apple will use the name “S” again and designate this year’s cell phones as the iPhone 12s line. That would make sense as the number 13 is considered bad luck in many regions of the world.
The last iPhone to use the “S” was the 2018 iPhone XS. This phone was the successor to the 2017 iPhone X. In 2019, Apple released the iPhone 11 series, followed by last year’s iPhone 12 series.


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Normally, a book series has a set reading order. Readers start with book one and move to book two, book three, etc. That’s not the case with the First Contact series.
The First Contact series is thematic rather than character driven. In other words, instead of following the same characters across dozens of books, the First Contact series follows one idea or theme over dozens of books. And this makes it quite unique. It’s the Black Mirror of book series as each story stands alone and can be read independently of any other book in the series. Think of it like The Twilight Zone or something like American Horror Story where each story is self-contained.
The advantage of this approach is we get to explore the concept of First Contact from multiple angles as though each was from a different timeline or a parallel world. Each is an experiment…
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Shadowhunters! Be sure to tune into Good Morning America tomorrow (August 7) on ABC. Our Clary Fray, Lily Collins will be chatting with the show about The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
— Good Morning America (@GMA) August 7, 2013
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**Disclaimer: this got long and I have no clue what car(s) I want to buy next. All opinions welcome!**
After starting my own business and consulting for a year and a half, I’m back to work full-time for one of my consulting clients. I negotiated a decent base salary (as well as up to a 40% bonus), so the time has come to address my car situation.
Currently I have an 03 Boxster, and a 2005 Touareg. The Treg has always been good to me in spite of it’s reputation and advancing age, however the last few months have seen some slight electrical gremlins start to appear. I can deal with fixable mechanical stuff, but I draw the line at intermittent electrical issues that are hard (impossible!) to diagnose, let alone fix. So, I think it’s time to retire the Treg and get something a bit newer and more reliable. The Boxster gets use year round w/snow tires, but it’s not exactly a spring chicken so I don’t take it on business trips unless the location and weather make sense. (I generally work from home, but drive to DC/Boston once or twice a month. Any business trips within ~4 hours I usually drive)
I need something that can do a little hauling (Home Depot, camping, etc) so I’m thinking hatchback or another SUV. I’m open to a lease (up to ~$400/m) or used (CPO preferred) in the $25,000 range. From history, I know those numbers can go up or down if I really like something, or if I like more than one thing.
My first thought is a CPO VW GTI...I had a MkII a long time ago and I never got over the fact that it was stolen. I’ve also driven the newest gen of both the Golf and GTI and really liked them.
From an SUV perspective, I was impressed by the new Tiguan (and the cheap lease deals), however there are two issues: 1) my girlfriend has one, so it would look weird on weekends when there are two in the driveway, and more importantly 2) I’m used to a V8 Touareg. All this turbo-buzzy-4 stuff does not make me happy. It’s fine in a smaller car but jeez, I don’t like them in crossovers/SUVs. I’ve looked at some newer used V6 Touaregs but I’d kinda like something different. The new Honda CR-V was also too buzzy. What else is out there?
I’m not totally against a sedan, but it would have to be fun. The 2014 Mercedes E550's are creeping into the $25k range, however I’d like to stick with something CPO and not get a surprise $4,000 repair bill in the first two years. But damn, if I find a low-mile 2009 E550 I’ll be tempted to factor in the maintenance.
**That reminds me....there is a 188" length limit to any vehicles, so I can get them into the garage and still walk around them**
Longer term, I’ve though about selling the Boxster and picking up a 996 C4S. I could do without a roadster in the short term, and I think the C4S would hold it’s value and then some.
I’ve also toyed with going cheap on a DD replacement for the Touareg and swapping out the 986 with a 981 Boxster that could double as a DD.
Like I said, I’m all over the place....looking for some different thoughts as I’m clearly in a narrow-German focus at them moment!!!

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Buoyed by another round of multimillion-dollar financing, Sacramento-based startup SynGen Inc. has cleared a significant federal hurdle to get its cord blood-processing products on the market.
The midtown Sacramento medical device startup, which develops stem cell harvesting systems, announced Monday that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market three related products to process cord blood.
All three are related to the company's SynGenX-1000 system, which harvests stem and progenitor cells from units of collected umbilical cord blood.
The company says harvested cells can be used for treatment of numerous medical conditions, including leukemia, lymphoma and more than 70 genetic diseases.
"We thank the FDA for guiding us through the clearance process. SynGen is dedicated to developing products that consistently exceed our customers' expectations," said Philip Coelho, company president and CEO.
Last year, SynGen received $5 million from San Francisco venture capital firm Bay City Capital LLC to further develop what Coelho has called the next generation in stem cell harvesting systems.
SynGen recently received additional financing of up to $3 million from Bay City.
Established in 1997, Bay City bills itself as a "life sciences venture capital firm investing in opportunities across the various life sciences sectors." It has invested in more than 100 companies.
Noting the new financing, Coelho said "we look forward to providing U.S. cord blood banks with the competitive advantage they will enjoy by using our products."
Coelho said the SynGenX-1000 system improves the recovery of stem and progenitor cells from cord blood units, which should increase the amount of clinical-grade cord blood available for transplants.
Another company product enhances cell storage and produces medical records of the process. A third software product captures data associated with processing each cord blood unit for a blood bank's records.
SynGen also said it has received certification to market products in Europe. SynGen's focus is the development and commercialization of medical systems that harvest stem and progenitor cells from cord blood, bone marrow, peripheral blood and other tissues.
Coelho is the founder and former CEO of Rancho Cordova-based ThermoGenesis Corp. He co-founded SynGen in 2007 and left the ThermoGenesis board of directors the following year.
Coelho said prospective customers for SynGen's products include stem cell research centers, hospitals and stem cell clinical trials.
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What is the definition of a cash equivalent and what are some examples of financial instruments included in this category
a cash equivalent is an investment that has a maturity date no longer than three months from the date of purchase. cash equivalents include such things as certain money market funds, treasury bills, and commercial paper
What does a system of internal control refer to
a system of internal control refers to a company's plan to (a) encourage adherence to company policies and procedures, (b) promote operation efficiency, (c) minimize errors and theft, and (d) enhance the reliability and accuracy of accounting data.
How do the gross and net methods view cash discounts not taken?
- the gross method views cash discounts not taken as part of sales revenue.
- the net method considers cash discounts not taken as interest revenue
If sales returns are material, how should they be accounted for?
if returns are material, they should be estimated and recorded in the same period as the related sale. This is accomplished by recording adjusting journal entries at the end of an accounting period.
What adjusting entry is required to record bad debts using the allowance method?
The allowance method attempts to estimate future bad debts and match them with the related sales revenue. An adjusting entry records a debit to bad debt expense and a credit to allowance for uncollectible accounts, a contra account (valuation account) to accounts receivable.
How are accounts receivable reported in the balance sheet?
Accounts receivable are reported in the balance sheet net of the allowance for uncollectible accounts
How are transferred receivables accounted for if the transferor surrenders control?
If the transferor surrenders control over the receivables transferred, the arrangement is accounted for as a sale; otherwise, it's accounted for as a loan with receivables pledged as collateral
What is the difference between an assignment and a pledging of accounts receivable?
An assignment involves pledging of specific accounts receivables as collateral for a debt. A variation of assigning receivables is when accounts receivable in general, rather than specific receivables, are pledged as collateral. This variation is referred to as pledging accounts receivable
Who assumes the risk of uncollectibility, the buyer of the seller, when accounts receivable are factored without recourse
What information is provided by the receivables turnover ratio? the average collection period?
The receivables turnover ration indicates the number of times during a period that the average accounts receivable balance is collected. The average collection period is an approximation of the number of days the average accounts receivable balance is outstanding.
Explain the allowance method of accounting for bad debts
The allowance method estimates future bad debts in order to 1) match bad debt expense with the related revenues and 2) report accounts receivable in the balance sheet at net realizable valued. In an adjusting entry, we record bad debt expense and reduce accounts receivable indirectly by crediting a contra account to accounts receivable for an estimate of the amount that eventually will prove uncollectible.
What approaches might Cisco have used to arrive at the $275 million bad debt provision?
There are two ways commonly used to arrive at an estimate of future bad debt, the income statement approach and the balance sheet approach. Using the income statment approach, we estimate bad debt expense as a percentage of each period's net credit sales. The balance sheet approach determines bad debt expense by estimating net realizable value of accounts receivable. In other words, the allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined and bad debt expense is an indirect outcome of adjusting the allowance account to the desired balance.
Are there any alternatives to the allowance method?
An alternative to the allowance method is the direct write-off method. Using this method, adjusting entries are not recorded and any bad debt that does arise simply is written off as bad debt expense. Of course, if the sale that generated this receivable occurred in a previous recording period, this violates the matching principle. Operating expenses would have been understated and assets overstated that period. This is why the direct write off method is not permitted by GAAP except in limited circumstances.
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Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is in Vancouver this summer filming the science fiction movie Needle in a Timestack. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Robert Silverberg about a marriage intercepted by a time-traveler. The screenplay is written by John Ridley (12 Years A Slave) who also directs. The cast includes Leslie Odomn Jr., Orlando Bloom, Cynthia Erivo and Alberta’s Jadyn Wong.
Filming began in Vancouver on June 18th and is expected to wrap up by July 24th.
Pinto shot another big sci-fi movie, also during summertime, in Vancouver back in 2010: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The first installment of the rebooted franchise also starred James Franco and had additional filming locations in San Francisco and Hawaii. The next two films in the series have also filmed in and around Vancouver.
While in town, the 33-year-old Indian actress has also shared some of her stunning photo shoot with adventure photographer Cory Tran. The “traveler + adrenaline junky” is based out of LA and Austin, Texas.
Freida Pinto: Stunning in BC
“Tofino, you were amazing”
“A wonderful little adventure”
“With her, on a dock, dancing”
She seems to prefer Beautiful British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest over Paris:
The star also enjoyed “a slice of paradise” at Jug Island Beach located at Belcarra Regional Park:
She’s not the only one enjoying summer in BC. Make sure you check out Eddie Cibrian & LeAnn Rimes enjoying the heck out of the city. In addition, be sure to check out Amanda Seyfried showing her love for BC on Instagram.
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New Generation of Veterans Sickened by Toxic Burn Pits
What Agent Orange was to the Vietnam War generation, toxic burn pits might be to Gulf War–era service members. The Tampa Bay Times recently reported that “nearly 120,000 people…have registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs because of health problems they blame on their exposure to burn pits.” In remote areas of Iraq and Afghanistan, where even incinerators were impractical, the U.S. military employed an extremely low-tech method of waste disposal: simply tossing debris into a hole in the ground and igniting it with jet fuel.
The debris in the pits — human waste, dead animals, spent ammunition, batteries, plastics, damaged computers, and vehicle parts covered with paint — released a toxic brew that has caused debilitating respiratory issues and other illnesses for veterans who were in the vicinity. The Times story details the experiences of veteran D.J. Reyes, who is struggling from health effects of burn pit exposure that started in 2003. His father, a victim of Agent Orange from his service years, told his son, “This is your Agent Orange.”
Unfortunately, the VA seems to be taking the same approach to the burn pits that it took in the early days of the Agent Orange controversy: deny and delay. The VA set up a registry in 2013 to monitor the health effects of burn pit exposure among veterans, but routinely denies disability benefits based on exposure.
However, another avenue for compensation may be open to veterans. Many of the burn pits were operated by a civilian military contractor, KBR, Inc., a subsidiary of Halliburton. Attorneys filed a class action alleging “at least 10 people have died from health problems tied to burn pits” due to negligence in the operation of the pits. The trial court agreed with defendant KBR that “decisions on what and when to burn were made by the military,” and dismissed the case. Plaintiffs have filed an appeal arguing that "KBR's actions were not consistent with military decisions set forth in the contract."
At Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban, our veterans’ rights attorneys are following that case closely. We see parallels not only with Agent Orange, but also with the long-term effects of toxicity on rescue and recovery workers at the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The collapse of the towers created a toxic plume that spread poison throughout the area, and the smoldering rubble continued to release toxins for months during cleanup and recovery. When workers came forward with respiratory and gastric complaints they said were related to their work at Ground Zero, the government initially resisted. But eventually Congress created the World Trade Center Health Program and the Victim Compensation Fund. Currently, the WTC Health Program recognizes 68 different cancers and several noncancer illnesses that are presumptively related to 9/11 toxicity. If the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan released similarly potent toxins, we fear that veteran complaints will increase in number over time, forcing Congress and the VA to act.
Attorneys at Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban have more than 200 years of combined legal experience. The firm handles appeals of VA disability claims throughout the United States. For more information, call 866-866-VETS or contact our office online.


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Over the years China has been grabbing technology and wants to be par with superpowers like the US. This time around, as companies get into the virtual world, China doesn’t want to be left behind. Shanghai has shown a keen interest in the metaverse.
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology has zeroed on the metaverse as one of the four frontiers for exploration. The virtual world is in its five-year plan. It will help in the development of the electronic information industry.
According to a document, China’s biggest city wants to encourage the application of the metaverse in business offices, social entertainment, public services, industrial manufacturing, and electronic games, etc. The Shanghai Municipal Commission intends to boost the research and development of underlying technologies. This includes sensors, blockchain, and real-time interaction.
Citi Securities described metaverse as the ultimate form for digital survival. It is an intersection of the physical and digital worlds, gives a three-dimensional immersive experience, has mass user-created content, and digitalization of human and social relations. Digital assets are also a major part of the metaverse.
It should be noted that Tencent in 2020 gave rise to its idea of the “True Internet”. Experts believe it means a new wave of internet upgrades. It is the expansion of digital technology and real-world integration. Alibaba also launched its Double 11 Metaverse Art Exhibition on the Taobao mobile app. Shoppers through this initiative received complimentary NFT for every purchase. It also featured a Double 11 metaverse symphony whereby musicians played virtual NFT instruments.
There are also speculations about the Chinese authorities regulating the metaverse. Experts say Beijing is undecided. However, companies like Tencent and Alibaba are optimistic that they will not be left out of the metaverse. Banning the metaverse would impede China from becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030.


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(All year long, peak May thru July)
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Anglers can expect to find Brown and Rainbow Trout in a wide range of sizes, often times measuring in between 12’’-18’’. Notably, some trout our clients have caught have measured in over 20’’, so you truly never know what could be in store for you in the Muskegon River when you fish with us!
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Some character revivals should be left in the cartoon bottle.
Disney’s latest live-action-ish reboot of the 1992 animated smash success ‘Aladdin’ looks…well…hmmm…OK…I…
As a big fan of Will Smith, this particular role seems like it might be a good idea on paper yet once that paper is animated, it should’ve become perfectly clear that this is simply a character and story that should have stayed bottled from back in Disney’s 1992 vault. Why? Robin Williams.
Need I say more?
I’ll say a little bit more.
The late Robin Williams was a brilliant comedian and actor with a razor-sharp, racing imagination that we will never see again. He was hilarious–ironically with clean and blue comedy–and heartwarming and real and surreal all when he needed to be. That was his gift. And his vocal portrayal of the Genie in ‘Aladdin’ in the early ’90s was perfect and memorable. He brought the Genie to life in a way no other actor could. Attempting a live-action adaptation without Robin Williams just doesn’t work. It’s akin to going forward with ‘Mrs. Doubtfire 2’ without Robin Williams.
Will Smith, good intentions aside, cannot embody this Genie role. Pus, the blue look on Mr. Smith doesn’t help…at all (just ask Tobias Fünke). It looks like either a caricature or an imaginative letdown of the famed magical character in the trailer above.
After seeing the fan reaction to this brand new trailer–specifically, that one character–Disney may be hoping for a wish or two that might involve a time-traveling DeLorean.
Have a Better Week Than Last Week.
P.S. The same scene–and more–involving the Genie from above, just with Robin Williams.
You see my point.
In the era when athletes and their BFF sports commentators promote every single shot, assist and human movement as the greatest feats the sport and world have ever seen, it seems
fitting essential to travel back in time to the ’90s for a reality check.
The year was 1999, the sponsor was this small upstart called Nike, the advertising agency was Wieden+Kennedy and the player was Michael Jordan. Yes, arguably the greatest basketball player ever.
For a star athlete to look at basketball, sports and life that way would be quite the leap these days.
Happy Throwback Thursday.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
This has been the response of comedic legend Jerry Seinfeld when confronted by relentless fan requests to do a traditional Seinfeld reunion (count me in that group of fans). While the non-reunion Seinfeld reunion on Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm a few years back was rather perfect in its own way, there’s still a void in our hearts because it played on HBO. Seinfeld deserves a brilliant primetime return just as it was during the sitcom’s glory days in the ’90s. Don’t forget that 76 million people tuned into the two-part series finale. Even if you cut that number in half, that sitcom audience would be unprecedented in the modern media landscape defined by countless shows, cable TV and a variety of on-demand streaming services.
But what’s Jerry’s answer today…?
What’s the deal with possibility?
Ladies and gentlemen, a Seinfeld reboot has just metaphorically left Ellen’s hometown of New Orleans (or NO, for short) and has now taken flight into the heavenly skies of possibility above.
Just like an o
val circle, the past always seems to find a way of coming back around.
Will there or won’t there, Will?
With everybody fondly remembering how awesome sitcoms were from the mid-’80s through the first several years of the 21st century, “renewal” and “reboot” have become certifiable buzz words in today’s popular culture. From the writing to the casting to the sets to the clever laugh-out-loud humor to the heartwarming moments wrapped in subtle life lessons, it seems that virtually any show with most of its primary cast living these days is being asked about bringing their show back on primetime TV.
Enter Will Smith and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
While The Fresh Prince will remain in reruns (that’s still a plus), that photo of Will Smith looking exactly like James Avery (Uncle Phil) is enough of a gift for fans. It’s a sign of the true specialness and staying power of that sitcom. A unique sign of that once-in-a-lifetime television era.
Like this heartfelt moment between Will and Uncle Phil.
Trust me, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will live on forever.


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As we continue our ascent into Gotham, it’s clear that Gotham city is far more corrupt than we could have ever imagined, and we get our first vigilante in Gotham. Vigilantism is the staple of Gotham, and we were given quite a comical look at the vigilante, Balloonman. Posing as
Shady cops, mob bosses, the Penguin and Cat Woman, welcome to Gotham! The episode titled, Selina Kyle, is strangely void of the purse-snatching feline, towards the beginning anyway. While Cat Woman is hardly in the episode, Cobblepot (The Penguin) shines once again. While Gotham appears to be going the route
We all know the origin story of the Caped Crusader. The untimely demise of Bruce Wayne’s parents has been delved into by the countless iterations of Batman media, and it started the series off with a bang, well, two to be exact. Gotham, Fox’s new cornerstone series for Monday, has
Warner Bros. have officially announced the date of Batman Arkham Knight and it will be arriving on June 2, 2015. On Playstation 4, Xbox One, and the PC simultaneously. This is coming from the delay earlier this year as we thought it was releasing by the end of 2014. Also
A day filled with panels has finally come to a close. Enjoy photos from some hot panels which include; The Witcher, Under The Dome, 1966 Bat Man, Paramount and many many more.
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The new Bulls` coach and the unhappy center held a short meeting before practices began this week, and throughout the conversation, Collins would not let Oldham`s eyes wander off. They went face to face in search of an understanding.
Oldham wants to play for the Los Angeles Lakers and has lost faith in the Bulls` organization, which he claims mistreated him for five years. Collins wants to show him that everything is different. The coaching staff has told Oldham to bury the past, to forget about his feud with operations chief Jerry Krause and to give the new coaches a chance.
''I`m going to be cautious,'' said Oldham, who has put some distance between himself and his coaches and teammates. ''Will I give Doug a chance?
I`ll wait until he lives up to the things he has said to me.''
Collins has told him about the likelihood of starting at center for the Bulls, when he would be a ''caddy'' for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Los Angeles. Collins has told him he understands Oldham`s mistrust of a new coaching staff. ''There is still a lot of bitterness on his part,'' Collins said, alluding to the fact that the Bulls pulled out of a trade with the Lakers at the last minute. ''He is a man with great pride, and it`s been crushed a little bit. It will take awhile for him to bounce back.''
Collins has discussed the Oldham situation with assistant coach John Bach, who was the head coach at Golden State last season and suffered through an estrangement with star center Joe Barry Carroll. Bach said the one regret he has was the alienation between himself and Carroll, and he doesn`t want to see Collins repeat the mistake.
In a scrimmage over the weekend, Oldham caught an elbow to the cheek from Dave Corzine. Collins said he half-expected Oldham to take the night off. Instead, the 7-foot-1-inch center stuck it out.
''That`s a positive sign,'' Collins said. ''It`s hard for Jawann to understand how much the coaching staff wanted him.''
Although Oldham continues to scowl through most of the workouts at the Deerfield Multiplex, his stance seems to be softening a bit. His effort on the court is genuine, and in private, at least, an occasional smile will come to his face. Collins` patient approach might pay off.
''Jawann is a very sensitive young man,'' Collins said. ''He wants to do well. In this situation, once he sees what it`s going to be like, how he will fit in with what we`re trying to accomplish, he will burst forth and really do well.''
-- Point guard Steve Colter sprained his left ankle Tuesday night during a scrimmage but said he expects to play in Wednesday night`s intrasquad game at Beloit College in Wisconsin.


Regulatory agencies and experts in medical pharmaceutical industries have expressed concerns over the setbacks and challenges of clinical trials in Africa.
They made their concerns known during the maiden edition of the All Africa Clinical Trial Summit on ‘Next Frontier for Growth and Revolution in Clinical Trials: Africa is Ready,’ held on Tuesday in Lagos.
During the summit organised by the Association for Good Clinical Practice in Nigeria, in collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, the experts engaged in brainstorming sessions on how Africa could improve the volume and quality of local clinical programmes and integrate such into the global clinical programmes.
They also considered how partnership between African regulatory authorities and private sector actors from the medical and pharmaceutical research community could solve Africa’s poor performance in the global drug arena.
Chairperson, AGCPN, Prof. Ifeoma Okoye, lamented the dearth of sustainable platforms for health innovation in Africa, adding that Africa has failed to strategically position itself to dominate the industry.
She said, “Africans at home and in the Diaspora have come to the conclusion that the low volume of drug research and development (including clinical research) is counter-productive to the vision for a healthy Africa.
“As has been widely recognised, the health status of the African population remains behind that of populations in Europe and North America, as well as many other developing regions with similar affluence.
“There is an overwhelming evidence that demonstrates that meeting Africa’s development goals in healthcare access to medicines requires that we build sustainable platforms for health innovation within Africa.
“Such platforms cannot gain root in the continent if Africa is disconnected from the over-arching global clinical trial enterprise.
“AGCPN has been working in Nigeria for 10 years, during which China, India, Latin America and to a small extent, South Africa, positioned themselves strategically and have succeeded in leap-frogging the industry.”
On her part, Acting Director-General of NAFDAC, Mrs. Yetunde Oni, urged medical experts to continuously join regulatory agencies in striving to make Africa an attractive place for clinical trial activities.
She explained that the growth and revolution of clinical trial in Africa was a necessity for combating health challenges in some parts of the country.
She said, “The African continent has been, in the past few years, faced with challenges of combating threats of disease outbreaks.
“The Ebola virus outbreak exposed the lack of capacity in many countries to provide oversight for clinical trials for all medical products; but simultaneously, it showed the contribution of the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum to building expertise and facilitated the timely review of candidate vaccines.
“This swift pace of product development has challenged regulatory systems globally, especially those of resource-constrained sub-Saharan African countries, to come to terms with the reality of pooling their resources and attract medical research to the continent.”
Oni concluded that, “In view of the challenges faced due to inadequate resources and lack of skilled manpower to provide treatment for these emerging and re-emerging diseases facing the continent, there is the need for all stakeholders in the health sector to pool efforts and resources together to support the development of preventive and therapeutic medicines.”


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I love the idea of listening to lyrics that are original and spat from the heart.
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Africa is growing steadily and so is the economy of Ghana growing rapidly too.
I mean if you take a look, Ghana is among the richest countries in Africa presently you you know.
How they have grown is amazing and so is the music industry in Ghana.
Heck Sarkodie is even the top wealthiest musicians in Ghana the last time I checked.
I have to say even the currency is now far better than what the Nigeria Naira is worth against a dollar.
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Well, I have Sarkodie original lyrics next for you my friend.
Complete Original Lyrics Sarkodie
When the world was created, music was already existing so what does that tell you?
That even long after the world ends music will still be very much alive so to say right?
This morning I had to listen to some of Sarkodie songs you know.
Among these songs was Sarkodie Illuminati mp3, there is something about it I can’t shake off you know.
I can easily connect to some of his lyrics than other musicians from Ghana, maybe because it breathes life.
but hey don’t take my word for it, wait till you have listened to the lyrics of original below.
Here is Sarkodie original lyrics, now all you have to do is enjoy the lyric.
I think you guys don’t understand one thing you know
Am just trying to be myself i just want to stay original
I spit in my own language
People think am limited
I dont believe that
Am heading straight to the grammys
Take it or leave it
Fdane beat is crazy
Huh yo tie ah hw3
[Verse 1: Sarkodie]
Obidi number one am the best MC
From the ghetto, c9 cemetery don’t test me
No size, punchlines, wo voice eny3a next key
Nkorɔfo fis3 ma gye juju buh obidi e be God wey dey bless me
Tema boy, way back, kanto na y3 de y3 chill up
Ma hustle a ky3 everybody know say Obidi be the one you for pick up
25th, rapperholic,na mo fi s3 e never go pick up
Nia mo de b3 dwene me ho no save energy na fa kɔ y3 wo sit up
Celebrate, champagne,i told you niggas to move back
Ɔmo se me serve the devil, illuminati be no fact
Cut accross, afei di3 me nnwom no Togo fo ma me feed back
Na s3 mo feely me a eny3 me fault, me fans nim me way back
Ma me fans, me p3 s3 me spitty na Jigga b3 ma me congrats
Obidi me level y3 tin up, lawyers n3 readi contract
To ma fans, if you know you love obidi me saf i dey love you too
Rap no y3 cuti no short, yh dat be what bosses do
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Hehehe, told you man
My name is S-A-R-K-O-D-I-E bidi
Ghana stand up
Taking over the world man
Fdane, crazy beat, going in again
Second verse listen
[Verse 2: Sarkodie]
To ma thugs in the ghetto
Tema boys full vim
Wo fr3 me na number no a y3 yawa p3 na kyer3 s3 ma kɔ a kɔ tɔ new sim
For the love, for the hate
Everything is bright or dim
Forgive me for my mistakes
I guess its me or them
Ma me mike, by the way
Rest in peace Goldie
All i do i do it for the love, success leaves you lonely
When am gone, mo b3 kai
At least i had an impact
Wo sendi me beat a m3 tete no na me di a sendi wo back intact
Me nnwom no y3 bɔ no babershop, buh still a wo b3 ti no wɔ club
Ka kyer3 cannabis s3 whats up, this be the African hip hop
Eny3 s3 ebia me bigi me self
But am the best anyway
Ewumom s3 me y3 obidi so 3ba no beef aa may3 ready any day
Just in case you dey rush
W’adwene ne s3 me bubu me shocks
You dey lie, wo try aa 3be ti w’ani so nti Charlie don’t f**k
Mo ankasa won check me level
Daabia new, I never dey repeat
Eny3 s3 menpe s3 me gogow
Me y3 allergic to defeat
Charlie, Charlie, Charlie
Make I flow
Obidi am ready for the show
Ansa na mo b3hu no na me kɔ ooo
Mop3 kasa dodo ma me dough
OK, let me show you how we go
Na ad3n na wo yem ahye, w’ahu ghost
This is to my niggas on the block
Papa yaw wo ne daddy boat
Ok mon fre me rapperholic
Men nom nsa nti mo ma me coke
Me y3 Tema boy sika nni me ho koraa still refuse to be broke
This be my tears of joy
Enemies aa loose confi
Ya soma no still ɔnko3
Na 3kyere s3 nigga no ɔnte
So, so real
Like its so real
Coming deep from the heart
You know am not pretending
This is me, am used to the environment
You know, I used to listen to Reggie Rockston, Obrafour, Lord Kenya, Okomfo Kwadea
Who Wrote and Produce Sarkodie Original Lyrics
Who wrote original lyrics? Original Sarkodie lyrics was written by Sarkodie.
Who produced original mp3? original Sarkodie mp3 was produced by Fortune Dane.
If you are looking for quality over quantity, then Sarkodie is one hip hop singer you should listen to okay?
It’s not by chance Sarkodie net worth has climbed to what it is now, it came from hard work and the ability to persevere.
Over the years, Sark has received a lot of criticism and original is naturally a song made to silence his critics.
You don’t become one of the top 50 richest musicians in Africa just by singing rubbish and not selling albums.
You do so by singing quality and selling albums as well as having multiple income sources.
Song Title: Original
Producer: Fortune Dane
Written By: Sarkodie
Release Date: 2013
Review of The Song
Original is a track which demonstrated how unique Sarkodie is after critics came for him.
The original argument was that he can’t rap in English, the same thing was said about Olamide too.
So be made this song to state how his style his unique and didn’t need to change for anybody else.
Sarkodie original video tells you all the story and the lyrics was just too good.
The production was sleek and you just know that a genius did the finishing touches.
Overall this is really good and I am giving it a 4.9-star rating.
Sarkodie release hit after hits and the good thing I have noticed is that he functions under pressure.
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Rising tide of federal flood insurance imperils communities such as Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key
March 31, 2015
Municipal leaders and others in Anna Maria Island’s three cities who are trying to stem the flight of permanent, full-time residents and preserve their communities’ historic identity face another threat, likely greater than zoning and ordinance issues.
The continuing surge in the construction of giant vacation homes — in reality, residential hotels — is certainly changing the complexion of the island. But soaring flood insurance rates may drive out residents even quicker.
They won’t be alone. Every property owner with a home or business near rivers, bays, and lakes, and, of course, the Gulf of Mexico, will be hit with National Flood Insurance Program rate increases until those premiums reach the total risk of land that sits in a mapped flood zone.
The hike for primary homeowners will average 10 percent annually, and secondary vacation-home owners will average 18 percent, both with surcharges adding to the bill.
Those rate hikes start Wednesday, April Fool’s Day, a rather cruel twist adopted by Congress in the delay of implementation of the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act.
Before Washington adopted the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, annual premium increases would have average 25 percent for properties in flood zones.


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George R.R. Martin on writing women
George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.
Cracked.com: Right now I'm reading a book from mega-selling fantasy author George R. R. Martin. The following is a passage where he is writing from the point of view of a woman -- always a tough thing for men to do. The girl is on her way to a key confrontation, and the narrator describes it thusly: "When she went to the stables, she wore faded sandsilk pants and woven grass sandals. Her small breasts moved freely beneath a painted Dothraki vest ..." That's written from the woman's point of view. Yes, when a male writes a female, he assumes that she spends every moment thinking about the size of her breasts and what they are doing. "Janet walked her boobs across the city square. 'I can see them staring at my boobs,' she thought, boobily." He assumes that women are thinking of themselves the same way we think of them. Do you see what I'm getting at?
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A dear friend and spiritual mentor once described emotions to me as ‘good servants but poor masters’.
I’ve often reflected on this. Without emotions life would be monochrome, inhuman – dead. Yet, if we’re ruled entirely by our emotions then the result is instability, unfaithfulness and ultimately chaos.
I shared this nugget of truth last night at my ‘Elisha band’ (an occasional get-together between pastors and their flock which happen every eight or nine weeks in our church calendar). The band went well, on the whole, and I was left afterwards with a warm fuzzy feeling of something like success.
But it was a warm, fuzzy feeling that sat on top of a cold, sharp feeling. Why? Well... not every pastoral relationship brings unqualified joy. Sometimes (often?) it’s more about heartache, conflict, uncertainty and desperate longing.
So I was left last night – and this morning – with this strange hot-and-cold inner cocktail. I want my human feelings to make me tenderer, more passionate, more open to Jesus, more humble and able to listen. I don’t want them to bully me into extremes and insanity.
I know I need others to keep me on track.
As a Christian leader, every moment of delight is bordered with sadness; every moment of despair is lit softly by joy.
Till we see Him – face to face.

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Peg Spradlin demonstrates how to combine shadow applique with colorful pieces of fabric and felt that are overlaid by translucent fabric such has batiste, organza, voile, or muslin. First, audition different colors with the translucent fabrics because you may not always get the result you expect. From there learn how to stitch the two fabrics together to make a lighter and very pretty shade of the color you had.
Heather Thomas provides helpful tips to on how to improve your machine quilting skills. Find out how important it is to understand how quilting impacts the result of your quilts. See different techniques to add contrast as well as when to add interest to quilts. Take these tips and techniques spark further knowledge and confidence…Watch Now >>
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Dana Jones teaches you how to attach a binding to a quilt with mitered edging. She demonstrates some of the essential quilting tips and techniques that you’ll need to use in order to complete the binding, walking you step by step through the entire process, and shows an example of a completed binding.Watch Now >>


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Compton & Chandlers Ford is thrilled to announce the return of Zimbabwean Player/Coach Tinashe Chimbambo for their 2023 Hampshire League campaign.
Chimbambo is an experienced Zimbabwean wicket-keeper batter who, until his recent move to New Zealand (November 2022), played domestic cricket for the Mountaineers franchise.
The gloveman was on the Zimbabwean domestic circuit for well over a decade following his List A debut as a fresh-faced 16-year-old. He made his first-class debut 2 years later (2008), after his successful ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign. During the tournament in Malaysia, Chimbambo was one of only three Zimbabweans to play in all six of the side’s matches, along with Kyle Jarvis and Prince Masvaure, and only Dan Landman and Solomon Mire scored more runs than him.
Over the next decade, appearances were sporadic for Chimbambo, and despite 15 years on the domestic scene, he only played 31 matches. That said, his absence was, in most part, due to his studies which saw him live in South Africa whilst completing his Honours Degree in Managing Information Systems from the University of Western Cape.
He also spent time in England, playing for Harrow St. Mary’s (2013), and Lansdown (2014). Chimbambo was a sensation for the latter, hitting 1,508 runs at 68.55 in his 33 matches for the club. In Saturday League cricket alone, these numbers were even better, scoring 777 runs at 86.33 with 3 centuries, all with a strike rate of 95.37 in the Bristol and North Somerset Division of the West of England Premier League.
The Zimbabwean star then ventured back to the UK in 2022 and enjoyed yet another barnstorming stint, this time for Compton and Chandlers Ford. He ripped up the Hampshire League hitting 951 runs at 95.10 with 4 centuries to help the club to the title. An enthusiastic coach, he was also a prominent figure at the club throughout the summer.
Chimbambo, who is now playing club cricket for Hawera in the strong Taranaki Cricket Association in New Zealand, will embark on a second CCFCC stint in 2023.


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December 17, 2021
A Favroite of Byron
"Vathek is an Eastern tale, written before the author had attained his twentieth year, and was composed as a single sitting of three days and two nights. For more than seventy years, it has held the highest rank among similar works of imagination. It was a great favorite of Byron, who preferred it even to "Rasselas." In its descriptions of oriental costumes and the manners of the people, its correctness has been established by writers of judgment, and, for 'exquisite humor and supernatural interest and grandeur,' is declared to stand without a rival in romance"
Review by Godey's Lady's Book, Literary Notices, May 1854

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Larry began playing the piano as a child growing up in New York. He quickly progressed as a young pianist, winning numerous young artist competitions and awards, studying with William Hargrove and Herbert Rogers of the Juilliard School. Larry completed a bachelor’s degree in piano performance at Indiana University, studying with Alberto Reyes and John Keeton, and later finishing a Master’s degree in Music in New York.
While in New York, Larry was the artistic director and conductor of the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra, performing throughout the New York area to considerable acclaim. Larry developed a strong reputation while in New York as a vocal coach, accompanist, chamber music performer, teacher, and conductor.
Later, he pursued a career in medicine, bringing him to Augusta, where he is now working as an endocrinologist. He has appeared with the Augusta Symphony numerous times since his return to Augusta, performing as a pianist with the orchestra, as a soloist with the chamber orchestra, in concert with the chamber players, as soloist on the Appleby series concerts and Westobou festival, and is a regular performer in the area. His compositions have been performed by the Augusta Choral Society and St John Choir.


My son started taking lessons at the School of Rock at Discount Music in orlando and he is estatic. I didnt think I would be able to get him to stay with the lessons and practice. Its actually better- its the thing he looks forward to most each week =) I am so impressed with the genuine teachers who REALLY care about my child and making sure he has fun learning and feels comfortable as well. We love the School of Rock!!! Mr Jordans Awesome!!!
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School of Rock offers music lessons for children and adults who want to develop that music inside of them. The lessons are given on a real life "rock" stage. The "Performance" peice, after some lessons, is the best part. The Performance is you or your child playing on stage dark, amps turned up, professional gear tuned and ready, all $30,000.00 worth of on stage and intelligent lighting making you the real life rock star!! WE LOVED IT!
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Australian Daniel Ricciardo won’t win the Formula One drivers championship this year but he has still supplied one of the highlights of the season.
Ricciardo pulled off what has been described as the ''pass of the year'' during his fifth-place finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
The Red Bull man used the chicane at the end of the home straight to get past Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.
Race commentator Martin Brundle was effusive in his praise of Ricciardo.
''’I’m pretty sure Bottas thought he he’d got Ricciardo covered on that occasion. An incredible move there from Daniel Ricciardo,'' he said.
After getting a great run out of Monza’s famed Parabolica corner which leads onto the main straight, Ricciardo used all his skill to get around Bottas on the outside.
The audacious passing manoeuvre – which came with five laps remaining – provided one of the highlights of a race dominated by Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg (winner) and Lewis Hamilton (second).


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david roberts, petr horáček and making books
News: I’m appearing on a graphic novel panel with Paul Gravett on Oct 10th, 6-7pm at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, aimed at children and adults, along with Garen Ewing and John Dunning. Do come along!
(Does anyone know if John has a website? All I can find is this link to his collaboration with Mardou. Oh, and Paul Gravett’s website has been revamped, have a look!)
I had a great time yesterday, speaking on a UK Literary Association panel hosted by Write Away‘s Nikki Gamble at the old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, with two brilliant people who make children’s books: Czech writer and illustrator Petr Horáček and London-based Liverpuddlian David Roberts, who’s one of my favourite illustrators working today. Have you seen the book of horror stories he did with Chris Priestley, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship? It’s one of the best things I’ve read lately, really gripping stories, with wonderfully atmostpheric line drawings, inspired by the likes of Edward Gorey and Gustav Doré. Nikki asked us questions about our influences, and Petr and I were able to talk about our mutual love of Kveta Pačovska‘s work. Two other illustrators we mentioned were Eric Carle (a big influence on Petr) and Errol Le Cain. (We can’t quite figure out why Le Cain’s work is so hard to find in Britain. David and I were both besotted with it when we were kids.)
After the panel, the organiser David Reedy said he’d had people come up to him and tell him it was the best illustrator panel they’d ever heard, which was great to hear. Nikki asked some great questions, David was hysterically funny, and Petr made us all jealous with the photos of his attic studio and printmaking specimens. I’d picked up some books for David and Petr in a fab Anchorage book store (Title Wave Books) that I thought they’d like: The Red Shoes illustrated by Sun Young Yoo for David, and Circle Dogs, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino for Petr.
David was waiting around to meet his partner in Greenwich to celebrate their five-year anniversary, so I nabbed him for a drink at the Greenwich Union, which made me squiffy with happiness. Then Stuart decided he’d meet me there for dinner, and it sounded like a great plan, but Alaska jet-lag hit me just as I was ordering my food and I almost did a face-plant in my curry. I think David’s dinner must’ve been a whole lot more romantic, I could barely make it home.
Just before I left for the States, I did a workshop on making little books with Nikki at the Institute of Education (near the British Museum). I displayed some of the little books I’d made in the past, and included some by other people who’ve used interesting bookbinding techniques, such as Asia Alfasi and Oliver Lamden.
I was very impressed by the books one participant brought along, but I wrote down her name on a slip of paper and I can’t find it anywhere, argh! I am on the hunt for this creator’s name, I’ll get in touch with Nikki and post it. I remember chiding her for not putting her name anywhere on the book. Note: If you make a book, please, please put your name on the front cover! It’s very important!
And that’s Nikki, the woman who makes all things happen!


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Distance: miles of trail; you choose the distance you want to ride! Railroad (which later became the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad).
Support And Gear. We usually have a couple of SAG vehicles that follow the ride to ensure cyclist safety and to help with mechanical issues.
What website do we check. Thanks for organizing such a great event!
The ride occurs every 3 months. Next one should be in December. Check the events page here for the updates.
Where should I park and how much will it cost? There is a parking lot across the street as well as galveston bike ride parking garage.
Falcon freewheel lot of people park at Walmart or Target in the Heights and just ride out from there. Galveston bike ride have compiled a list of gzlveston social ridesas seen below. You can plan your own ride with the Bayou Greenways interactive map.
Toxic Shocks Ladies Only! Roll out at 7ish p.
Social pace, no drop miles. Visit our page for meet up spot. Karbach Brews Cruise social pace, start varies. See their Facebook page as well.
West End Memorial Park Start 6: Bike Polo — 8: West End 6: Same galvesston, more or less, as West End Memorial. No sweep. Tuesday Night Worlds galveston bike ride Handlebar Cyclery 6: There's no substitute for a good teacher.
The instructors we choose know their stuff. And they make sure you do, too.
They help you develop advanced riding skills you can't learn from family members or friends. They come from various backgrounds, but they all have three things in common: They're galveston bike ride trained.
Check our website for any rally specials!
Our rentals are all offered by owners, so great deals can be had! Rally Friendly Bars.
Download Apple App. It would be nice if parking was free, but given the amount of traffic on Seawall during Bie Break and the high season, it would probably be even galveston bike ride than it is.
I have seen a lot of beaches, but nothing as filthy dirty as Galveston Island. The sand looks black and oily.
There is trash everywhere, rlde stuffed in the cracks in galveston bike ride jetties. We drove a long way and were excited to visit Pleasure Pier, but upon arriving discovered it was closed.
Most of the galveston bike ride in the area were boke closed, but that did not stop the city from charging for street parking. We stopped at a couple of gas stations along the beach drive, and found both to be extremely filthy and disgusting, especially the bathrooms.
We will never go back. We went over Christmas, it was gusty and chilly and very quiet.
It was Wonderful!! Still so much to see, lots of birds, and plants along the dunes. The drive out there was fun.
It was pretty, fun to see. Went on cold days so did not get to enjoy much, very rain days.
It was worth the trip. I must be honest, last visit was before new parking meters were placed.
I dislike the parking pay Method, everything else is fine! Maybe lower entry fee to the Pier if you had to pay to park however.
It was really cold. But it was fun for the girls.
We went on down where you can park on the beach and feed the birds.
News:Select a year. January The 10th Annual Galveston Island Wine Festival returns April 26th and 27th to Saengerfest Park at 23rd and Strand. This festival.
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Despite continuing talk about a possible recession, slumping tech stocks and a slowdown in the world of startup investing, the business of funding was positively humming last week. After slowing way down last spring, venture outfits disclosed a stunning $8 billion in new capital commitments in the span of just five days.
Consider the following: NEA revealed that it closed its two newest funds adding up to $6.2 billion; Cowboy Ventures announced two funds totaling $260 million; and FJ Labs also disclosed two funds totaling $260 million. Then there’s Sapphire Sport (it closed a second fund of $181 million), Volition Capital (it announced $675 million for its fifth fund), Kearny Jackson ($14 million) and Dimension ($350 million). Even non-U.S. outfits got into the act, including Highland Europe, which announced a new €1 billion fund, and a Japanese chemical giant that revealed a $100 million fund.
So what’s going on exactly? Are we already through this downturn? While impossible to know, the flurry of activity likely owes itself instead to a few unsurprising things.
For starters, a lot of “new” funds were actually closed last year but not announced for one reason or another. Defy.vc, for example, an early-stage venture outfit based in Woodside, California, said it is now investing out of a $300 million third fund (compared with a $151 million debut fund and a $262 million sophomore fund that it closed in 2019).
Defy actually closed the fund in the middle of last year but didn’t say anything until now because it was actively investing its previous fund until a few months ago, co-founder Neil Sequeira said. At the time, he said, the moment didn’t seem right.
“It was an interesting time in the Nasdaq and [regarding] world geopolitical issues,” he said, referring to the confluence of events that made 2022 a year that many would sooner forget, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and disrupted supply chains to surging inflation around the world.
Another reason we’re seeing so many funds being announced is that there are simply a lot of funds in the world currently, and some are invariably resurfacing because of when they last raised a fund. Defy, for example, closed its previous fund, a $262 million vehicle, in 2019. Volition’s last two funds also closed in 2019.
Indeed, while many limited partners have less money to allocate right now — with their publicly traded shares battered — funding venture firms they’ve worked with previously is typically an automatic “yes” unless an outfit has given them a reason to run in the opposite direction. Partly, they continue working with certain managers because they’ve already invested the time and effort in building relationships with those individuals, but also, given the often long stretch between an investment and an outcome, LPs are hesitant to part ways with a manager whose deals may be trending in the right direction but haven’t yet exited.
“Even in tough times, funds do get raised [because] LP budgets get squeezed, but not all the way to zero,” said Chris Douvos, whose firm Ahoy Capital funds early-stage venture firms and makes direct investments.
Of course, the best argument right now for announcing a new fund boils down to opportunity. Over the last couple of years, Sequeira noted, putting money to work for limited partners wasn’t so easy, given that deals were being struck in a day and valuations were soaring. He said that while Defy invested 20% of its previous fund in the second half of 2020, the rest was invested more slowly due to surging valuations and frothy deal-making.
This year, he suspects, will be different. For one thing, valuations are already beginning to look more “reasonable,” he said. He also anticipates “more willingness [from] entrepreneurs to not just think of capital as capital but [as a long-term partnership with investors].”
Like a lot of VCs, Sequeira also sees the chance to partner with startups that are executing on their plan but that, as the year drags on, may have fewer financing options than they did a year or two ago as some investors invariably fall out of the industry. This is typically true of newer fund managers who haven’t yet secured the enduring loyalty of their limited partners. (“Markets like these exacerbate the divide between the haves and have-nots,” as one LP recently observed to TechCrunch. “When we add someone to our list of relationships,” added another, “we expect it’s going to be for at least two funds, but that doesn’t mean we can live up to those expectations if the markets are really tough.”)
“I think there will be a number of great opportunities with companies that have a wonderful team and a strong business model and there just won’t be the capital available, and we absolutely will be opportunistic and partner with them,” Sequeira said. “They may already have investors on their cap table who are the size of us and even larger firms, but we’re more than happy to partner with folks like that.”
In fact, if funding shrinks, as is widely expected, many industry veterans, like Sequeira, see the kind of window right now that only comes across every 10 years or so, after rocky times led many to flee the business of startup investing. Less available capital tends to lead to better results, or so the thinking goes.
For example, in a sit-down with this editor earlier this month, Open AI CEO Sam Altman, who is also an active investor, noted that “at the time when all of the tourists are leaving, and all of the people who [were] starting startups or raising their seed fund or whatever because it was the fashionable thing to do are leaving, this is when the great value gets created.”
Right now, Altman added, “is the best time to start a startup in many, many, many years.”
Alfred Lin, speaking at the same event as Altman, said much the same. “If you have a great product or service and you’re continuing to build for your customers, you’ll do great. This is a time where it may be a bit rainy outside, but this is a time when you can surpass all your competition if you play your cards right.”


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The rumoured contestants for Winter Love Island includes a model from Loughborough, according to reports.
Ellis Iyayi, 20, from Loughborough, is said to have caught the eye of Love Island bosses and has been called in for talks on a number of occasions.
Being a model and fitness instructor, it's no wonder he already has a huge social presence with 41.2K followers on Instagram, reports the Mirror.
A source shared with The Sun: "Ellis is over the moon about it – he’s had to be sworn to secrecy about it but he’s been in to meet producers a few times and they love him – he can’t wait to get in the villa.
"Ellis is exactly what the show is looking for and he ticks all the boxes – he will make great television."
Winter Love Island bosses had also hoped to land Jeremy Clarkson's daughter Emily on the show following the success of Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan's daughters.
The Apprentice 2019 contestant Kenna Ngoma, an ice cream company owner, 24, from Greater Manchester, is also lined-up, according to reports.
He used to play semi-professional football for Manchester City before that was cut short by injury in 2013.
He told the BBC One show earlier this year he is enthusiastic with an "infectious personality", which he hopes will aid him to befriend the strongest candidates to help him build alliances for the boardroom.
He says: "I combine a thirst to learn with entrepreneurial thinking, ready to win at all costs."
It's claimed Instagram hunk and TV star Jay Munro has already signed himself up for some winter loving.
The footballer was said to be in the line-up for the 2019 summer series of the show which would have seen him star alongside boxer Tommy Fury.
Yet bosses decided to save him for the upcoming winter series in early 2020.
Jay is a natural choice for the villa because he already has 50.8K followers to his name on Instagram .
The TV sensation boasts of a string of reality star followers including personalities of Love Island fame.
Chloe Ferry, Dom Lever, Callum Izzard and George Rain all follow his high-profile Instagram account.
Jay had started out as a footballer and he has played for Falkirk youth team, Partick Thistle and Queen of the South.
However, the hunk hung up his football boots to carve a career in modelling.
The Instagram star has littered his social media profile with pictures of his tattoos, poser selfies and shirtless holiday snaps.
Charles Drury, Katie Price's ex, has his roots firmly in the reality world after he had grabbed the attention of headlines with his brief romance with the former glamour model.
He has also been lined-up to appear, according to reports.
Drury was involved with Price before their relationship fizzled out.
A source told The Sun Online : "Nothing's signed yet and he's not even sure if he wants to do it but they're keen to meet him. Katie will be furious when she finds out - he'd have girls falling over him and he's bound to talk about what dating Katie was like if he makes it into the villa."


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Pros: An efficient and affordable way to see dramas you might otherwise have missed, with clever set transition between the plays.
Cons: The Tennessee Williams choice is frustrating. Some lighting issues distract towards the end of the second play.
If you’re not the kind of person whose working life allows for frequent matinee shows or late night three-hour Shakespearean dramas during the week, it’s high time you considered Lunchbox Theatre, the lunchtime offerings of Lightbox Theatre. Performances, at the Bridewell Theatre just off Fleet Street, last 45 minutes and can consist of one or two short plays. In this case, an eclectic mix of a ten-minute Tennessee Williams piece, Every Twenty Minutes, followed by Caryl Churchill’s heartfelt Seagulls.
Every Twenty Minutes is usually published as part of a Williams collection, The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays. Several of its plays were turned into full-length pieces, but there isn’t a lot of mileage in this one. A bickering, bitter couple – known only as Woman and Man – unwind from a party by sniping at each other, still dressed in black tie. He’s largely indifferent to his wife’s complaints, playing loud jazz music despite her protestations, and refusing to apologise for cheating on her multiple times. He’s arguably more committed to the decanter and glass at his side.
She cites a newspaper statistic that one American commits suicide every twenty minutes; this only briefly becomes a talking point. His casual mention of a gun makes you think there might be some plot progression, but it leads to nothing. Rebecca Pownall and Liam Smith as Woman and Man do their best with a bad script, though Pownall’s Texan accent is more accomplished than Smith’s, which occasionally slips (he fares far better with a general American accent in the next play).
Every Twenty Minutes seems even colder when contrasted with the heart and warmth of Seagulls. If you had to be trapped in a lift with the characters from either drama, the choice would be obvious. Caryl Churchill takes what could be the impetus for yet another showy superhero movie – a woman’s lifelong secret gift, to move objects using her mind, has turned her into a media star – and gives it some good old-fashioned British self-deprecation.
The transition between the two plays seems clunky at first, with stagehands roaming in the half-light. However, this turns out to be a masterstroke in the context of Seagulls and its setting.
Carol Starks, as the telekinetically-gifted Valery Blair, is in her element. Her deliberately dowdy costume (pale green cardigan, shapeless brown maxi-skirt, sensible shoes) and wallflower status belies her formidable talent, taking her miles from working in Marks & Spencer and looking after her kids. The dialogue between Valery and her ex-colleague-turned-manager, the uber-efficient Di, is sparkling. Di (Rebecca Pownall) begins the play as a formidable Apprentice-style organiser, managing Valery’s many engagements such as an upcoming tour of America with a visit to Harvard. As Di deals with ensuing events, her polished veneer is soon stripped away and she provides much of the humour. Liam Smith captures the gentle enthusiasm and curiosity of a ‘Mrs Blair’ super-fan.
Faulkner has drawn out a much more nuanced and endearing performance from the cast this time. Some lighting issues did distract from the closing few moments of the play – as the lights faded far too early, then slightly brightened and faded again a few times, I did wonder if Mrs Blair was controlling them with her mind – but I’m sure these will be resolved.
The juxtaposition of these very different plays may appeal to some, but I’d have preferred to focus on the brilliance of Churchill alone.
Authors: Tennessee Williams/Caryl Churchill
Director: Emma Faulkner
Producer: Lightbox Theatre
Box Office: 020 7353 3331
Booking Link: http://www.sbf.org.uk/lunchbox-theatre
Booking Until: 21 July 2017