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So it’s finally come to pass. Ninety-one-year-old Adrienne Kennedy, whom many consider America’s greatest living playwright and perhaps its greatest Black playwright ever, has arrived on Broadway. The work that got her there is Ohio State Murders, unquestionably her most accessible drama. No question that this author’s plays are demanding. They’re constructed like history- and literature-haunted nightmares, dense with layers of personal memory, found imagery and quoted text gathered around identity-splintered protagonists. For those who follow them closely, there are thrills, terrors and astonishments galore, and plenty of wisdom. Ohio State Murders, for all its multi-layered Kennedyesque complexity, is a nail-biting murder mystery and a searing confrontation with structural racism.
Long revered in academia and honored by younger playwrights, Kennedy has never been a producers’ darling. She was mentored early on by Edward Albee and had some initial success with her Obie-winning Funnyhouse of a Negro (1964), but after that she was pretty much ignored or produced obscurely by white-run theaters, until being “discovered” again in old age by Signature Theatre and Theatre for a New Audience. Interestingly enough, she has lacked consistent Black support too. Black luminaries like Amiri Baraka and the critics Martin Duberman and Seymour Rudin dismissed her work in the 60s as too fantastical, female, personal, and bourgeois to serve the liberatory goals of the Black Arts Movement.
It's a miracle—and a testimony to her indestructibility—that she persisted. The next time you find yourself carping about academia, spare a thought for the sustaining love and oxygen it offered this brilliant artist.
Ohio State Murders is set in the titular university where both Kennedy and her fictional alter-ego Suzanne Alexander attended from 1949-51. Suzanne, now a successful author, has been invited back “to talk about the violent imagery in my work; bloodied heads, severed limbs, dead father, dead Nazis, dying Jesus.” We meet her rehearsing her talk in the deserted basement level of the college library, and watch as the speech expands into a harrowing drama of humiliation, ostracism, and violence enacted by herself and others.
Two stories intertwine: Suzanne as a student remembered by Suzanne as a prominent professional. Student Suzanne endures appalling racism sanctioned by the school—white students suspect Blacks of petty crimes on no evidence, the headmistress raids Suzanne’s room and reads her notebooks and diary, no Blacks are considered capable of completing the English major—but she retains her new-fired love of literature.
Unfortunately (spoiler alert!), her hopes come crashing down after an English professor named Hampshire, who she thought admired her, impregnates her and she is expelled. It gets even worse. Maddened by her refusal to disappear—like Thomas Hardy’s Tess, whose story is used as a parallel—Hampshire stalks her and murders her twin daughters. Suzanne’s plan (we never see her public lecture) is to reveal all this publicly for the first time, the university, the families, and the police having covered up the facts. She closes by saying: “And that is the main source of the violent imagery in my work. Thank you”—possibly still alone, rehearsing in the library.
Kenny Leon’s production at the recently re-christened James Earl Jones Theatre (the gorgeously renovated former Cort) is first and foremost a showcase for its star Audra McDonald. And what a star turn it is, even though Kennedy didn’t conceive the play that way. Because it’s constructed as a series of fractured flashbacks in a private setting, the play pointedly de-emphasizes all demonstrative behavior. In fact, the younger Suzanne—Kennedy calls for separate actors to play the mature writer and the innocent college student—is described as increasingly withdrawn and silent as the action goes on. In all other productions I know of, the horrifying events themselves carried the burden of emotion, because the flashbacks are all brief, subdued, and dense with literary quotation. Older Suzanne maintains an icy factuality and journalistic detachment while narrating.
Leon’s innovation is to have McDonald play both Suzannes and, with extremely emotional, sensitively nuanced acting, become the heroic agent of the character’s spiritual rebirth. The set has been designed by Beowulf Boritt as a maximalist bombing scene, with pieces of bookshelf crazily flying in every direction and a shattered rear wall framing constant snowfall between giant cracks. McDonald’s Suzanne is the bomb. On this sensationalized stage she is magnificently expansive, conveying not only every phase of younger Suzanne’s pain from all the play’s degrading and violent incidents but also, just as specifically and convincingly, all the cumulative pain that had lodged in older Suzanne. It is a melodramatic tour de force that melts the play’s psychic ice by the end and leaves no one in the audience dry-eyed.
It must be said that, arresting and impressive as this approach is, it’s not what the author originally called for. It’s a clever and fanciful solution to the problem of staging a chamber piece in a venue far larger than those where Kennedy usually appears. The occasion obviously calls for broader effects than the script offers to keep the play from shrinking and shriveling. I admit that I was skeptical at first about all this, particularly about the unmitigated explicitation in McDonald's emotional expression. She won me over in the end, though, because her performance was never once false or forced. It’s downright thrilling to see her stretching her wings, and to see the play honored by such a big commercial gamble.
The advantages of the original approach were on fine display back in 2007 in Evan Yionoulis’s production at the off-Broadway Duke on 42nd St., starring Lisa Gay Hamilton as older Suzanne and Cherise Booth as the younger one. (This was a Theatre for a New Audience production done before I started working there.) The Duke’s shallow stage could accommodate only modest theatrical effects other than projections, but the show never seemed skimpy to me because its theatrical modesty rightly concentrated attention on words. Words—particularly the kind that repay close listening by opening up vast parallel landscapes and startling comparative ideas—are what both Kennedy and Suzanne care most about. The truth is that, in a house as large as the James Earl Jones, that kind of concentration can be difficult if not impossible.
It’s worth remembering that Ohio State Murders contains a severe institutional critique along with its astonishing personal survival tale. The unacknowledged racism depicted at Ohio State more than 70 years ago really ought to move us to reflect on all such systems that continue to deprive gifted African-Americans of options and agency. Giving Adrienne Kennedy a long-belated Broadway run is a start. Let’s hope it’s not the end of a newly energized public engagement with her.
Photos: Richard Termine, 2022
Ohio State Murders
by Adrienne Kennedy
directed by Kenny Leon
James Earl Jones Theatre


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All too often there are cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), all over the world including our dear Nigeria. More rampant than we would like to admit, yet children suffer. Unfortunately perpetrators often go unpunished and sometimes unnoticed. From clergymen, to neighbours, family members and even sometimes, parents unleash this evil on children.
According to a UNICEF report, ” one in four girls and 10 per cent of boys have been victims of sexual violence” in Nigeria. What is sad is most people have these things happening in their homes, whether or no they are aware, is an entirely different story.
The story below is a depiction of common experiences faced by children and their families in this regard.
John!, Ah John, you have killed me! Aunty Jumi cried. “My own brother, ah!” Peace drove in silence. Through the rear-view mirror, she took a quick glance at her neighbour Aunty Jumi, carrying her three-year old daughter- Sade. Sade was just rescued from John forcing himself sexually on her. Turned out before this day, John had been using his fingers to molest the girl.
Aunty Jumi sat in the back of the car, almost unafraid to move. It all started to make sense to her now: the way Sade flinched when she tried to wash the girl’s vagina. The way the girl would cry so much whenever she was going out and leaving her alone with her uncle. Sade had become much more quiet in recent weeks. “How could my own brother do this to me?”, she muttered under her breath.
John had left their home state- Ogun to come live with his big sister. He recently got a job at one of Lagos’ top investment banks, he was to start the week COVID-19 lock-down began. He always seemed to mind his business, but played so well with the kids in the compound. Which was why this came as a shock to not just her, but everyone. That John would molest a three-year old, much worse his own niece.
Peace shuddered as she pulled into the hospital’s driveway. She brought her mind back to the present, getting out to help Aunty Jumi and Sade. Settling into the waiting area couch, she wondered what would become of this dear three-year-old, whose life has been impacted forever. She could not get the image of the bleeding girl out of her mind, it was a painful sight! And the screams, Peace shivered! “God please let her be okay”, she prayed silently.
Perhaps Few Examples…
- Three kids raped by their Granddad
- Stepfather raped 3-yr old stepdaughter
- Pastor rapes Orphan
- Father abuses own daughter
I get it that we cannot always be paranoid, nor can we always have eyes on our kids, but can we at least agree that we live in a very wicked world, and that our kids deserve our protection. The purpose of this is to encourage us to be vigilante, to be mindful and set boundaries. Not every child abuse case will come to light. In this lock-down and beyond, observe your child and everyone living with you. The heart of human is after all, desperately wicked and full of evil, who can know it?
Watch out for a sequel to this on what Child Sexual Abuse is and the tell-signs for your child.

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- Ages Past Country House
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Provides three private log cabins on a dairy farm, with hiking and fishing, within 20 minutes of La Crosse.
- Cranberry Country Lodge
Hotel located in Tomah, Wisconsin, offering deluxe suites, meeting space, an indoor water park, and fitness center.

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Yesterday we worked on getting permits for the extra electrical work out at my parents old house, and then started to work on putting in additional outlets. Today we have to work in the garage and swap out 1 of the door openers. Sunday - Super Bowl Sunday -- hubby and his brother will be running some additional electric lines.
I have not had a chance to sew all week, and I am getting a little grumpy :(
I printed some neat BOM embrodiery patterns, I will post them on the side of my blog.
Off to work a little construction and then hopefully we will get home early enough tonight to sew a bit.

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Lomustine for Veterinary Use
by Barbara Forney, VMD
Lomustine is a chemotherapeutic alkylating agent. It also commonly is referred to as CCNU. Alkylating agents disrupt DNA transcription and RNA replication. They are not cell stage specific. Lomustine is metabolized in the liver and excreted in the kidneys. It is highly lipid soluble and crosses the blood-brain barrier into the CNS. Lomustine is absorbed rapidly from the GI tract. In order to decrease nausea, lomustine should be given on an empty stomach. There is some topical absorption of lomustine.
Dogs and Cats
Lomustine is used commonly and considered efficacious in rescue protocols for relapsed canine lymphoma. Numbers regarding remission vary but complete or partial remission may be achieved in as many as 25%-50% of dogs with drug resistant lymphoma. Results with the use of lomustine as a first line treatment for canine lymphoma are less promising, although it may be used as a first line treatment when finances and or owner compliance limit the treatment options. Lomustine also is used in relapsing lymphosarcoma in cats.
Lomustine is used as a first line drug to treat cutaneous lymphoma of dogs with a response rate of 80-90% and 26% achieving complete remission. The duration of treatment to response is reported to be about three to four months.
Lomustine is helpful for chemotherapy of mast cell tumors in both dogs and cats. Complete surgical removal is the most effective treatment for canine mast cell tumors; multiple authors emphasize the importance of clean margins. In tumors that are not completely resectable due to location or size, radiation and chemotherapy have both proved useful. Chemotherapy usually is used in tumors that are grade II or above. Lomustine is safe to use with prednisone and has provided complete or partial remission in a number of cases. One study gave the overall response rate in cats with mast cell tumors as 50%. Lomustine was found not to be beneficial in dogs with advanced mast cell tumors that had bone marrow involvement.
The most common primary intracranial tumor of dogs is astrocytoma (glial cell tumor). Because active metabolites of lomustine are found in the CSF it has been used in the palliative treatment of intracranial tumors. There also is a favorable report of the use of lomustine within a multiple drug protocol to treat optic neuritis secondary to granulomatous meningoencephalomelitis.
Lomustine Side Effects
Side effects include bone marrow suppression, including anemia thrombocytopenia and leucopenia. Approximately 40% of treated dogs will have neutrophil counts of <1,000 cells/uL at seven days after treatment. GI effects can include vomiting, anorexia and diarrhea. Hepatotoxicosis, alopecia, corneal de-epithelization and renal and pulmonary damage also may be experienced.
- Animals with anemia, bone marrow depression, decreased pulmonary function, infection and decreased liver and kidney function should receive lomustine only when the benefits outweigh the potential risks.
- The occurrence of neutropenia is a dose limiting factor for lomustine. The nadir for thrombocytopenia and neutropenia usually is at seven to ten days post therapy. Hematologic changes may be delayed and cumulative, although more commonly they are resolved before the next treatment. Platelet counts should be performed before each treatment.
- Lomustine can cause chronic irreversible liver failure in dogs. Liver enzymes should be evaluated prior to each treatment. Manifestation of hepatotoxicity may be delayed by as long as four weeks after cessation of treatment. Hepatotoxicity has not been reported in cats.
- Because Lomustine is excreted by the kidneys, dose modification may be needed in animals with pre-existing renal disease. Glucosuria may be an early sign of renal tubular damage.
- Lomustine should be used with caution with other myelosuppressive or immunosuppressive drugs due to additive bone marrow suppression or increased risk of infection.
- Vaccination with live virus vaccines should be avoided in animals receiving lomustine.
Lomustine has a narrow effective dose range prior to toxicity. Overdose should be treated aggressively with gut emptying protocols.
About the Author
Dr. Barbara Forney is a veterinary practitioner in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She has a master's degree in animal science from the University of Delaware and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1982.
She began to develop her interest in client education and medical writing in 1997. Recent publications include portions of The Pill Book Guide to Medication for Your Dog and Cat, and most recently Understanding Equine Medications published by the Bloodhorse.
Dr. Forney is an FEI veterinarian and an active member of the AAEP, AVMA, and AMWA.
You can purchase books by Dr. Forney at www.exclusivelyequine.com
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All dogs who love peanut butter should be treated to this delicious "Puppy Dog" gourmet snack. The rich flavors of peanut butter and honey make this a special treat loved by canine fans everywhere. The adorable shapes of fire hydrants, bones, doggie bowls, paw prints, and dog houses are fun to give. These freshly baked cookies mimic those found in a real doggie bakery. They also make the perfect travel treat and can be used for training. There are no fillers, no preservatives, and no animal by-products - only ingredients that you can trust and pronounce!
Wheat flour,corn syrup, palm oil, honey, peanut butter, vanilla.
- Crude Protein (min) 6.0%
- Crude Fat (min) 10.0%
- Crude Fiber (max) 5.0%
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Feed as an extra special snack or reward.
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This movie is a very funny thing that mocks how link only makes sounds.
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Swedish company upgrades wave energy system
Ocean Harvesting Technologies has upgraded its InfinityWEC wave energy converter with innovative power take-off (PTO) solution, which is expected to contribute to the reduction of electricity production costs.
The technology innovation uses hydrostatic pressure to provide a constant pre-tension force in the PTO, reducing size, weight, complexity, and ultimately cost of electricity production (LCoE), according to Ocean Harvesting.
In the upgraded InfinityWEC design, the PTO hull is split into two halves, with the top half moving up and down with the buoy, while the bottom half is fixed to the anchor.
Similar solutions have been used by pressure-modulating wave energy converters, to extract energy from the variation in pressure below waves, close to the surface.
InfinityWEC however, is a point-absorbing wave energy converter, with a buoy on the surface driving the PTO positioned close to the seabed.
At 70-meter depth, the high pressure of the water provides a 100-ton pre-tension force with only a 1.6-meter diameter PTO hull, Ocean Harvesting explained, adding that a patent application has also been filed for the innovation.
Mikael Sidenmark, Ocean Harvesting’s CEO, said: “The new pre-tension solution is a further improvement of the InfinityWEC wave energy converter, reducing the weight of the PTO by approximately 40%.
“We take advantage of the water pressure outside the PTO to generate the constant pre-tension force, which in combination with ball screw actuators provides instant force control with very high efficiency.
“This enables wave-by-wave tuned force control, improving the annual energy production by up to 30% compared to sea-state tuned control.”
Ocean Harvesting is preparing for sea trials of InfinityWEC at scale 1:3, to be performed off the west coast of Sweden. The sea trial project, to validate the performance in a real sea environment, will be conducted between February 2023 and June 2025. Results will be used to further develop and improve the full-scale system with regards to energy yield, efficiency, and affordability.
To remind, Ocean Harvesting was awarded a €2 million grant earlier in November for the project. To complete the project financing, the company is now raising €3 million in equity investment.
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Things are warming up in the Bay of Plenty's big blue backyard with leatherback turtles being seen in numbers.
Bay Explorer skipper Bandon Stone released a video showing leatherback turtles to the Bay Explorer Facebook page this week.
A video from January this year showing three of the normally solitary turtles close together caused a bit of stir internationally, he said.
"We've been talking to some scientists researchers and there's a suspicion now that they used to breed on the beaches here. But when Māori arrived and westerners as well and with the build-up of people living here they either got eaten or forced away from their breeding ground.
"But there's definitely an increase in leatherback turtles in the region. The north eastern current's come down now past Mayor Island and onto our continental shelf and they are here to eat the salps and the jellyfish.
Salps are linked strings of clear jellylike creatures that look a bit like fish eggs. The current brings the salps and jellyfish and the turtles follow the food.
"We've seen them every single day. Yesterday we saw two about a kilometre away from each other.
"Seeing them together in a cluster like this would indicate they are breeding or coming together for mating. At this stage it's all supposition, but it's looking like they are coming back to their ancestral grounds in numbers. And these things are massive."
When he first spotted one from the boat Brandon thought it was a large tractor tyre.
"The amazing thing about the leatherback turtle is they are the ones that dive the longest, and they dive the deepest. Most other turtles have a hard keratin shell. A leatherback's shell can compress so when they dive to great depths the turtle actually shrinks in size."
Leatherbacks can dive to more than 1km and can remain underwater for four to seven hours.
The turtles are part of what has been an unprecedented week of marine life.
They saw Orca on Wednesday just offshore from Motuotau / Rabbit Island and several of the big sunfish, the Mola mola, which also eats jellyfish and is another endangered species.
The World Wildlife Fund page on Leatherback turtles says they are the largest sea turtle species and also one of the most migratory, crossing both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Pacific leatherbacks migrate from nesting beaches in the Coral Triangle all the way to the California coast to feed on the abundant jellyfish.
Although their distribution is wide, numbers have seriously declined during the last century as a result of intense egg collection and fisheries bycatch.
Globally, leatherback status according to IUCN is listed as Vulnerable, but many subpopulations (such as in the Pacific and Southwest Atlantic) are Critically Endangered, the WWF says.
Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles a year are accidentally caught in shrimp trawl nets, on longline hooks and in fishing gillnets.
Sea turtles are dependent on beaches for nesting. Sea level rise, uncontrolled coastal development, vehicle traffic on beaches, and other human activities have directly destroyed or disturbed sea turtle nesting beaches around the world.
Turtle feeding grounds such as coral reefs and sea grass beds are also damaged and destroyed by activities onshore, such as sedimentation from clearing of land and nutrient run-off from agriculture.


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Occurring twice a year, LED Expo is the biggest and most trusted platform showcasing the entire value chain of lighting products and components in India. The show that was previously planned to take place from September 2020 has been cancelled in adherence to the advisory measures that are still in place by the Indian government. The show will now open its doors from 6 – 8 May 2021 in hall 4 at Bombay Exhibition Center Mumbai.
The magnitude and significance of LED Expo Mumbai attracts fair-attendees from different parts of India and abroad. Considering the present status, exhibition organisers Messe Frankfurt India Pvt Ltd are still looking for a green signal from the government to restart exhibitions in the country and other vital segments like international travel. A decision taken after close consultation with industry experts was well supported by exhibitors and stakeholders. This will also enable the lighting sector to regain its strength and provide adequate time for companies to study future demands, develop new products, strengthen supply chains and restore business for the overall lighting market in India.
“Our show, LED Expo Mumbai is an important event in the business calendars of our stakeholders, and every year, the lighting industry eagerly waits to meet and network at our platform. I believe that by May 2021 we will have a far more stable health situation along with a healthy business environment. I am looking forward to a variety of product launches and technological advancements as this period will provide the industry with the required time to channel their efforts and plan their participation more effectively,” shared Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director and Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd.
As the industry slowly re-opens and gains momentum, LED Expo as a brand is actively contributing in the digital space by organising various knowledge oriented seminars to discuss future guidelines for the lighting segment. The show also organised a one-of-a-kind sourcing webinar in July that connected focussed buyers and sellers on a digital platform resulting in many positive trade enquiries.
Led Expo Mumbai is committed to promoting smart and energy efficient lighting gears will showcase an array of technologies including Human Centric Lighting (HCL), solar lighting, UV technologies and many other advancements supporting IoT. The show is the maiden choice for architects, interior designers, construction and real estate companies, builders and contractors along with many leading government bodies and association to gain industry knowledge, source new technologies and build long-term business relationships.
The exhibition industry not only offers business value to its exhibitors and visitors, but also, supports trade and employment opportunities in allied segments of aviation, hospitality, restaurants and hotels, and public transport making it one of the core sectors to revive the economy. Continuing to keep the industry connected, the launch edition of Light + LED Expo India will be held from 3 – 5 December 2020 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The premier lighting exhibition platform is a strategic collaboration of two biggest shows for the industry that will unfold abundant business opportunities and exchange of knowledge.
LED Expo Mumbai is a part of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building Technology fairs headed by the biennial Light + Building event. Messe Frankfurt’s portfolio also includes a series of light and building technology events worldwide – which include Light and LED Expo India, Guangzhou International Lighting Fair and Shanghai International Lighting Fair in China, Thailand Lighting Fair, BIEL Light + Building in Argentina, Interlight Russia as well as Light Middle East in the United Arab Emirates.

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The Maine Repertory Theater begins presenting improv and sketch comedy this weekend in a new 57-seat performance space at Pepperell Mill in Biddeford. But its story begins a decade ago, when co-founder Steve Burnette stepped away from his role at Biddeford City Theater and began Legacy Theater in Saco, a short-lived but successful enterprise involving Burnette and his friends Jon Cofield and David Hanright.
They produced some memorable shows – the late George H.W. and Barbara Bush attended their production of “Chicago” at Thornton Academy – and raised one ton of food for a Saco food pantry, then disbanded after one season, recognizing there was not enough room for a year-round theater company given the demands on the auditorium at Thornton, where Hanright ran an active drama department.
Shortly after closing the book on Legacy, Burnette and his wife moved to Ohio, back to Maine, to Florida and then back to Maine in summer 2017, when he resumed his long-held desire to establish a year-round theater. He looked at 50 spaces from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Freeport before settling on a space a few blocks from where it all began, in downtown Biddeford.
“I found this place in the mill in May, contacted Dave and asked him to be part of this, and we moved into it in August and have been converting it into the theater it is about to become,” he said.
That future begins Friday, when Maine Rep’s resident improv comedy group, the American Chamber of Comedy, opens with its Christmas show, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Improv!” Performances are 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Thereafter, the troupe will present family-friendly performances at 7 p.m. Fridays and what Burnette calls “late-night uncouth, possibly eyebrow-raising” shows at 9 p.m. Saturdays. As he did with Legacy, Burnette encourages people attending the shows to bring non-perishable food, which will be donated to food banks in Saco and Biddeford. In addition, 2 percent of each ticket sold will be donated to Habitat for Humanity and another 2 percent to Volunteers of America.
The theater is in the process of applying for a license to serve beer and wine, and will open with light snacks and soft drinks. That gives Burnette and the performers the chance to focus on the show and the logistics of the performance, and to get used to the space itself.
The American Chamber of Comedy is a nine-member troupe: Dennis Hunt, Doni Tamblyn, Nathan Greene, Meredith Brustlin, Tuck Tucker, Sam Kuykendall, Mary Boucher, Hanright and Burnette. Each weekend, five or six will perform, sometimes with a guest.
Burnette’s vision is creating an outlet for actors seeking the opportunity to “explore their creative energy. I want it to be a home for creative expression, not just a place of improv, but a place for creativity where actors can explore,” he said.
In Maine, busy actors commit to several shows a year, each with a three- or four-week run and a rehearsal process that often lasts longer. Burnette wants Maine Repetory Theater to be a place where actors can experiment, practice and grow between other commitments. They’ll rehearse on Monday nights to prepare for the weekend.
It’s a fluid membership. The American Chamber of Comedy will host auditions at 1 p.m. Jan. 6 to add “seasoned talent, folks older than 18, all races, all genders, left-handed, right-handed, ambidextrous, tall, short, skinny, not-so-skinny” to the improv comedy troupe.
Burnette is working in a 2,800-square-foot space on the first floor of the downtown mill. He, Hanright and a team of volunteers built a flexible stage, draped dark curtains to block out large windows along a big brick wall and hung a string of stage lights. There are tables and chairs, with flexible seating arrangements. It’s a simple, clean and comfortable.
If things go as Burnette hopes, the Maine Rep will be a place where the audience can come not knowing what to expect but confident it will be “stupid funny. When people say, ‘What’s the show about?’ the best we can do is say, ’90 minutes.’ We just never know what will happen,” he said. “If Monty Python collided with ‘The Kids in the Hall’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ – the funny years, if people can remember them – we’re the residue that runs out of that collision.”
In addition to improv and sketch comedy, Maine Rep will host a Fun Pants Film Fethtival, a live quiz show and live radio shows. It’s also launching a comedy academy for students and adults, Laugh You. There will be comedy poetry slams – “the absolute worst evening of poetry, where the goal is to be booed off the stage” – and an Elvis Presley impersonation contest, So You Think You Can Elvis.
Timing is everything for Burnette, who lives in Saco. He started this journey a decade ago, when he left the City Theater to stake out on his own. It’s been a journey of fits and starts. A heart attack in February helped him focus again on his goals. He didn’t want to regret not pursuing his dream.
“I am very grateful for this opportunity,” he said, “and I think I am enjoying the journey more this time.”
WHERE: Maine Repertory Theater, Pepperell Mill, 40 Main St., Biddeford, Building 13, Suite 131
WHEN: 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 7 p.m. Dec. 14, Dec. 21 and Dec. 28; 9 p.m. Dec. 15, Dec. 22 and Dec. 29
HOW MUCH: $12 cash or $15 online
INFO: mainerepertorytheater.com or (207) 205-6201
AUDITIONS: The American Chamber of Comedy will host auditions from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 6 at the theater


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The other day I was talking to someone on YouTube about the differences between RaceFlight and CleanFlight, and the advantages of F4 powered flight controllers. One suggested advantage of RaceFlight was that it can run on a broken prop. I wanted to see if a quadcopter can fly on a broken prop, and if so, then does it really need to run RaceFlight at 32KHz to do so.
Today I was flying with my friend Chris. In a crash he broke a few of his props, which reminded me that I wanted to test this. We picked the prop that was damaged, but still theoretically flyable. The others were just a hub 🙂 The prop is supposed to be a 4 bladed 5045.
As you can see, the damaged prop has a one full blade missing and about 1/3rd of another blade chipped off as well. So that adds up to 33% of the blade surface area missing and a very unbalanced setup.
I am running this on one of the original Tanky Drone prototypes with AfroMini flight controller powered by an F1 chip, running current CleanFlight at 500Hz (2000 loop time). Yes, it’s that “out of date.” And yet, as you can see, it flies perfectly fine! It’s smooth and very stable. The motor with the broken prop does heat up a lot more than the other one, and I didn’t want to bust a bearing, so it’s only a short clip.


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MP3 earphones could prove fatal for heart patients, says report
MP3 headphones could interfere with pacemakers and defibrillators used by heart patients
Headphones on personal music players can cause pacemakers and defibrillators to malfunction, scientists have warned.
Magnets in the earpieces can interfere with the signals the devices send to the heart, a U.S. study found.
Patients could be putting their lives at risk by placing MP3 headphones in a breast pocket or draping them over their chest.
Researchers tested eight different models, including clip-on and earbud varieties, on 60 pacemaker and defibrillator patients. The headphones were placed directly over the devices.
Pacemakers regulate the heartbeat, while defibrillators correct abnormal heart rhythms. Sometimes both are incorporated into one machine.
In 15 per cent of pacemaker patients and 30 per cent of defibrillator patients, the interference was detected.
Removing the headphones usually caused the device to function normally again, said Dr William Maisel, of the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Medical Centre in Boston.
Some of the headphones generated a magnetic field 20 times stronger than that needed to cause interference.
However, if they were more than 3cm away from the skin there was no problem.
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From greater board and chip-level systems integration to merging connectivity trends the embedded space has been changing dramatically in recent years, forcing engineers to grapple with a host of new challenges as more industries and products rely on embedded systems.
For many working in this space the future of embedded systems lies in the development of technologies that will enable faster communications, enhanced data storage capacities and highly interwoven connections among devices.
Market research suggests that by 2027 the global embedded system market could be worth in excess of $127.50 billion with embedded systems playing an even more important part in a host of critical systems on which we rely on a daily basis.
The market for embedded systems is growing due to the increasing dependence on digital devices and as embedded systems are highly customisable, they provide much greater flexibility for the new applications being developed by different industries.
Mouser is well placed to provide an overview of what is happening in the embedded space representing, as it does, the full scope of the electronics industry, including all things embedded – ranging from integrated wireless modules to accelerator cards.
“We continuously interact with communities of customers, innovators and suppliers to better understand their embedded development challenges, so that we can help in overcoming them,“ explains Mark Patrick the distributor’s Technical Marketing Manager EMEA Marketing.
For the interview we focused on three specific developments, staring with the accelerated rate of board and chip-level systems integration.
What are seen as the driving factors behind this trend?
“The contemporary approach to embedded systems design is vastly different to what was used two decades ago,” according to Patrick. “Connectivity is now of the utmost importance, - however, while this enables higher performance, it means a greater emphasis must be placed on security. Also, whether they are installed in in a smart phone, an automobile or the office, users have also come to expect a higher degree of interactivity with embedded systems. In the past, for example, a few flashing LEDs were considered sufficient to provide an interface with an embedded system, today’s user expect even the smallest systems to provide a feature-rich display.
“Adding connectivity and a visual interface to an embedded system greatly increase the design challenge, especially where power and form factor must be kept to a minimum.
“The increasingly competitive nature of today’s market has shortened time-to-market cycles which means engineering teams now face ever tighter deadlines when defining a set of requirements for a new product. Multi-functional systems and modules already integrated into a single package provide engineers with a workable approach to overcoming these challenges.
“For example, designing a wireless system consisting of a sophisticated transceiver and antenna which complies with local radio spectrum regulations is expensive and requires specialist RF engineering skills. Even after the design phase is complete, the unavoidable steps of verification, testing and qualification further delay the introduction of a new product to the market. Lower-cost and much quicker alternatives include using either a pre-certified wireless module or a customised SoC (although this approach requires some degree of testing, certification and approval).
Today’s DC/DC converters also clearly demonstrate the huge advances that have taken place in board-level integration. These tiny modules have been optimised to allow boards designers to meet the extremely demanding space and thermal constraints of present-day systems. “Considering the fact that an initial design of a power module with similar specifications would require many years of engineering effort and expertise, it is clearly logical to instead use a module that has already been proven in the field and which can be easily sourced.
“For component suppliers, having the ability to provide highly integrated modules and SoC solutions to engineering teams has becomes key differentiator. Another critical factor for component suppliers is that integrated solutions enable easy adoption and help to make design-in seamless.”
As a global distributor what are the emerging trends that are you are seeing in the area of connectivity? What should embedded system design engineers be aware of?
“Connectivity has become ubiquitous enabling the gathering, transport, and analysis of vast volumes of real-time information from many disparate sources – anything ranging from smartwatches, and industrial IoT edge sensors to floating ocean sensors,” explains Patrick.
“Reliable connectivity has become a feature that users now expect to be part of any electronic system. From the perspective of the engineer, providing wireless connectivity means understanding the technical requirements for including it in their designs, including knowledge of data-rates, range and compatibility. It is only after these have been identified that the most appropriate wireless protocol and topology can be chosen.
“The number and variety of use cases for connected devices continues to grow and this in turn has led to the development of new wireless protocols which are more suited to these emerging applications. Wi-Fi is a well-understood technology commonly used for high-speed data transfer but it consumes a lot of power. To address this problem, new protocols like Wi-SUN and Wi-Fi HaLow have been developed and are now being deployed in smart-city and utility metering applications.
“Keeping abreast of new technology trends has become yet another challenge for embedded developers, which is why we as a distributor continuously endeavour to provide engineers with the type of material that helps them to do this.
“We aim to help engineers to assess the options available to them and make the best technology decision for their particular application.
“Our focus is not solely on engineers - we also aim to assist buyers and purchasing staff by providing them with the information they need, like our “Technology Guide for Component Buyers”.
The ‘virtual world’
How do you see the ‘virtual world’ impacting on the future of embedded systems development?
“Remote collaborative development on enterprise applications was already taking place well in advance of the recent pandemic, which has since made virtual working a necessity. Geographical location has never been a barrier to the development of embedded systems, which are ideally suited to virtual collaboration using online tools like GitHub and PlatformIO. “These provide all the resources required by embedded developers to perform coding, debugging and sharing of updates. Traditional IDE suppliers are also responding to the growth in virtual working by adding online collaborative features to their tools. Many semiconductor and platform providers are also making their IDE toolchains ‘cloud-enabled’, with Microchip's MP Lab X, and Arduino’s ‘Arduino Editor’ being good examples of this evolution.
“Virtual working allows companies to tap into specialist knowledge, no matter where in the world it is located, and this will be critical in overcoming challenges like the design of low power, fast wake-up hardware.
“We also have regular conversations with our suppliers to tap into their knowledge of emerging trends and we are now witnessing the increased popularity of simpler, "low-code" pseudo languages like as Node-RED, to complement the more classical embedded development languages (like C).
“TinyML makes machine learning using low power microcontrollers possible and is quickly gaining popularity. It is pushing the boundaries of the role of the embedded developer even further. However, online development tools like Edge Impulse are helping to simplify their development tasks.
“Virtual embedded development recently took another quantum leap with the launch of MikroE's Planet Debug service. This enables remote debugging of an embedded hardware development platform and is undoubtedly a sign of things to come in the future.”


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Sheet metal worker Kirk Shepherd is due back at his £8,000-ayear job making screws at 8am tomorrow - but he won't give two brass tacks if he is crowned world darts champion tonight.
In a hail of arrows at Alexandra Palace, boy wonder Shepherd will graduate from panel beater to worldbeater if he wins the Ladbrokes.com PDC darts title against Canada's John Part.
And if unseeded qualifier Shepherd, 21, becomes one of sport's greatest giantkillers and trousers the £100,000 winner's cheque, he will probably tell foundry bosses in Ramsgate to screw their job.
Karate kid Shepherd, a second dan black belt, stunned 'Hawaii 501' Wayne Mardle with a 6-4 semi-final triumph on Sunday night.
Mardle had upset 13-times champion Phil Taylor in the last eight 24 hours earlier.
Shepherd didn't bring enough clothes to London for the tournament because he didn't think he would make it past the early rounds.
Ranked No.140 in the world before this tournament after winning just £1,970 prize money in his pro career, his sudden rise is enough to warm the heart of a brass monkey.
Shepherd walks two miles to work every day because he wrote off his car, a modest 1.1 litre Ford Fiesta, 18 months ago and he didn't replace it because he couldn't afford the insurance. But just look at him now.
Tonight, an entire nation will be rooting for Shepherd - including The Daily Mirror, who are sponsoring him in the final.
And down at the Australian Arms in Ramsgate, where Shepherd joined the pub darts team as a 13-year-old, landlord Peter Walford expects the bar to be "heaving" with locals cheering on their golden shot.
Shepherd once lived in the flat above the pub so he could spend more time on the dartboard, and Walford said: "Imagine England's footballers winning the World Cup and multiply it 100 times - that's what the atmosphere will be like in here for the final.
"If Kirk wins, I'm worried we won't see much of him because he'll be in demand all over the globe - but he'll never have to buy a drink in here again."
Shepherd admitted: "I have to keep pinching myself that I'm in the world final, but I really do think I can win it.
"I'm not sure if I'll carry on with my job yet. Where I work they buy a lot of sheet brass, and my job is cutting it down to size and making screws and hooks out of it.
"They have been pretty good to me when I've needed time off to play darts. I'm supposed to be working on January 2, and that's an 8am start, but we'll have to see.
"But hopefully, if I win it, this can be my future and I won't have to set foot back in there again. "Winning at least £50,000 means a lot to me, it really could change my life.
At the moment I probably earn about £8,000 a year, and I really think I could do this as a living."
Shepherd attributes his fearless approach on the oche - he even told showboating Mardle to get out of his way on Sunday night - to his martial arts training.
He warned: "I can definitely look after myself, and that has helped me a lot here.
"I used to fight in front of a lot of big crowds, which is a lot harder than playing darts. If you were off focus for one minute, you were going to get hurt."
Part, one of only four men to win both the PDC and BDO versions of the world title, said: "Kirk has gone to the wire in a lot of his matches (surviving 13 double shots to knock him out) and has got lucky at times, but good luck to him."
England has no history of sporting antagonism with the Canadians, but we sent them Lennox Lewis on loan and got Greg Rusedski in exchange. It's time the debt was settled.
SPORT'S GREAT GIANTKILLERS
Boris Becker: Everyone's favourite German, the unseeded 17-year-old conquered Wimbledon in 1985, beating South African Kevin Curren 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4 in the final.
John Daly: Wild Thing and ninth reserve who drove through the night to make his tee-off time at Crooked Stick, Indiana, in golf's 1991 USPGA championship - and romped home.
Joe Johnson: A year after the unforgettable final won by Dennis Taylor, 150-1 outsider Johnson stormed the Crucible in 1986 and beat Steve Davis in the world snooker final.
Buster Douglas: The man who destroyed Mike Tyson's invincibility with a 10th-round knockout in Tokyo in 1990. Complacent Iron Mike had been 40-1 ON favourite.
Keith Deller: The former Ipswich Town ballboy was the last qualifier to win the world darts title in 1983, checking out with 138 in the final against Eric Bristow.
Pdc World Darts Title: 4-9 John Part, 2-1 Kirk Shepherd. Full details at www.betfair.com

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Natural splendor of Phuket tropics attracts thousands of tourists and those people who move here for permanent residence. This proposal will be a wonderful choice for those who want to feel unity with nature.
ADVANTAGES OF THE LOCATION:
Surin is one of the most upscale areas for living on the island. In addition to beautiful nature of a tropical resort, there is a very extensive touristic and household infrastructure. There are many restaurants of different cuisines which suit every taste and budget. Besides, there are many cafes, bars, shops, massage rooms and other establishments. Amazing beaches with golden sands is located nearby.
This place is famous for its magnificent views – the Andaman Sea, beautiful mountains and blue sky. The area of Surin will be the best choice for those tourists who are looking for a quiet and peaceful place to spend their vacation or to live for a long-term period. The idea of harmony and unity with nature was taken by the designers as the main motive for construction of this villa. Eco-friendly natural materials, such as wood of different species, are dominating in decorating elements and finishing. Large windows allow natural light come through and fill every corner of this stunning villa with light. Furnishing contains high-quality, reliable and stylish furniture.
The main floor is designed for a living room and a kitchen with breakfast bar. The equipment and kitchenware provided at the kitchen will satisfy even the most sophisticated guest who loves home cooking. A magnificent outdoor pool with leisure area and gazebos and two comfortable bedrooms are also available on this level. Other three bedrooms, game room and a gym are designed at the lower floor. There is also a pantry, laundry and rooms for housekeepers.
Comfortable climate inside the villa is supported by air-conditioning system. The villa is also provided by a multi-room sound system.
PRICE: 59 000 000 THB.
Included in the price

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Only full-thickness OA cartilage without any obvious macroscopic degenerative changes was included in this study to avoid comparison between full depth reference and partly damaged or thinner OA cartilage. As expected from macroscopic appearance, OA samples had a relatively low Mankin score. A Mankin grade assigned within the range 0–6 is accounted as “early phase of degenerative changes”
. However, in these samples cartilage oedema was present indicating that higher water content is evident at a very early stage of the disease. A strong relationship between cartilage oedema and collagen degradation has also been shown by Basser et al.
. That study suggests that the increased water content in OA cartilage is caused by loss of collagen network integrity, which in turn leads to decreased tensile stiffness and increased water imbibition, as proposed also by Maroudas et al.
. Experimental OA studies in rabbits (meniscectomy) and dogs (anterior cruciate ligament section model) have also shown increased cartilage swelling at early stages of OA
[28, 29]. The lack of relationship between water content and GAG content/dry weight in the present study confirms previous findings that swelling is not influenced by the amount of GAG
Extractable collagen seems to be related to cartilage disease as evidenced by the positive relationship between extractable collagen and water content and that more collagen is extracted from OA than from reference cartilage (Figures
2). Reduced collagen content per wet weight in OA cartilage compared to non-OA cartilage, suggests inferior cartilage properties in OA (Figure
2) and points at the importance of protecting the collagen fibrillar network. An increased extractable collagen pool, which is inversely correlated to collagen content, has previously also been identified in knee OA cartilage
[18, 23]. Taken together, this suggests a common degradative pathway of collagen in articular cartilage of different joints. Studies showing similar findings in tendon and disc diseases support that this pathway is general in connective tissue
A comparison of collagen content per dry and wet weights did not show differences between OA and reference groups (Table
1). This suggests either a loss of small amounts of collagen or a potential for chondrocytes to synthesis and deposit collagen in OA cartilage
. However, there is limited evidence that chondrocytes can recapitulate the overall collagen architecture if mature cartilage is damaged by injury or degeneration. In contrast, GAG content per dry weight was higher in OA samples than in reference samples (P = 0.012) whereas when measured by wet weight values were similar (P = 0.644). These differences draw attention to the importance of relating total molecular contents both to dry weight and to wet weight to provide maximum information on molecular content. This also suggests that cartilage may have a capacity to replace GAG; at least until advanced degradation occurs (our samples had an average Mankin score of 4). This repair capacity is known in the literature as hypertrophic repair
[33–35] and has been visualized by radiography and by MRI
[36, 37]. Increments in GAG (mainly aggrecan) content have also been seen in studies of early cartilage damage
. Hypothetically, the lower amount of GAG in the relatively older reference group may to some extent be explained by decreased physical activity, as is suggested in a contrast-MRI study
Several studies suggest age as a main risk factor for OA. Indeed, age is related to stiffer collagen, lower water content and malfunctioning chondrocytes in cartilage, all of which may predispose tissue damage
[40–42]. However, overt cartilage loss is not a major feature of aging
. It is also apparent from experimental studies that matrix changes in OA cartilage are different from those in aged cartilage
[44, 45]. Albeit based on a limited number of cartilage samples, the present study suggests that OA matrix changes were disease-related rather than age-related. An alternative explanation to a cause-relationship between age and OA could be accumulation of micro damage due to exposure of joint load over a lifetime period.
There are some limitations to this study. Inherent in the use of hip fracture patients as controls, these were older than the patients who had OA (P ≤ 0.001) (Table
1). However, the lack of correlation between age and molecular OA changes in the present study supports the use of femoral neck fracture patients, regardless of age, as a control group in these types of studies. Regarding the validity of the reference group, it has previously been shown that cartilage from patients with femoral neck fracture is very similar to that of normal controls
Cartilage was not sampled from the same position within the hip joint for all the samples. However, cartilage sampled from visibly intact full thickness regions from both groups make comparisons more valid. In support, Maroudas et al. have not found differences in GAG content in different locations of hip cartilage
The hydroxyproline assay used to quantify collagen does not distinguish between different types of collagen, which may explain the lack of correlation between immunostaining of type II collagen and percentage extractable collagen in this study. We are in the process of conducting further studies to explore the origin of the collagen in the chymotrypsin extracted cartilage.


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“I’ve got four words that’ll change your life,” Mole said. “Four simple words that may very well just lead you towards enlightenment.”
Skunk smirked and nodded. He caught the waitress’ eye and held up his empty pint.
“Just give me a minute,” he said.
With fresh beers in front of them, Mole continued.
“Necessity and invention and all that,” he said. “The other night I crawled home, drunk and starving and nursing wounds.”
“Wounds? Are you all right? When was this?”
“Monday, maybe,” Mole said. “I thought I’d found love, but love didn’t find me. Love was looking in the other direction. It crossed the street and disappeared before I could catch up.”
“What are you talking about?”
“A girl. Just some girl. One mystical apparition in a parade of sweet smelling smiles.”
Mole waved his hand, as if dissipating a cloud forming in front of him. He became quiet, the small rip in his heart throbbing with the memory. Skunk let him mope. He pulled a cigarette loose, and pointed to the door with his shoulder. Mole shook his head, saying something about quitting. People walked past, bumping the table. His pint tipped over and he caught it, but the beer splashed up over the rim, onto his hand. Mole gave it a shake and a smell and decided he better wash it.
When he came out, Skunk was sitting at the table, between two women.
They introduced themselves and returned to their conversation. Mole finished his beer and looked around the room. Cinder block walls, painted black, flyers for rock shoes pasted and corners curling and torn. Clink of glasses, bits of conversation drifted towards him, surrounded him, spinning quicker and quicker.
“Hey Mole, what were you saying before?” he asked.
“Something about enlightenment, wasn’t it?”
The two women giggled with interest. They pushed their breasts across the table. Thinking this must be some kind of joke. Mole felt his cheeks go hot. The music stopped for what seemed to be an hour. All the lights dimmed, except one centered directly above him. The music went quiet.
“Oh that,” Mole said, spinning his empty glass. “Never mind, it’s nothing.”

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“My Teacher, My Hero”
Brief History and Background
The celebration of World Teachers’ Day started on October 5, 1994. Since then, this has been celebrated annually across the globe.
This event took off from the UNESCO / ILO (International Labor Organization) “Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers” adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on October 5, 1966. This Recommendation, for the first time ever, gave teachers, throughout the world, an instrument that defined their responsibilities and asserted their rights. On October 5, 1994, UNESCO inaugurated World Teachers’ Day.
World Teacher’s day aims to mobilize support for the teachers across the world and ensure that the needs of future generations are efficiently met by them. The day seeks to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of the teachers of the world towards their profession.
Teachers’ Month Campaign in the Country
Teachers’ Month Campaign in the country started in 2008 through the participation of key business, academic institutions and private organizations on education. The aim is to contribute to the development of the teaching profession in the country.
The 2010 Teachers’ Month Campaign and the World Teachers Day are consistent with this objective.
Baguio 2010 Teachers’ Month Campaign and World Teachers’ Day
To celebrate the spirit of the World Teachers’ Day and consistent with the Deped Memorandum No. 352 s. 2010, Baguio City teachers through BCSTEA and in coordination with ASSERT will join the global commemoration of the Intergovernmental Conference Resolution in 1966.
Baguio 2010 Teachers’ Month Campaign and World Teachers’ Day is a month-long celebration to honor and acknowledge the contributions of untiring teachers as they perform their strategic social roles in shaping Philippine society. Likewise, the Campaign would tackle current issues and concerns that are obstacles in the full development of the teaching profession, of teachers themselves, and of the society that they should help build.
The Campaign would focus on building awareness among teachers and education workers about their rights as they enjoin schools and academic institutions, PTAs, student organizations and the rest of Baguio communities in making teachers’ rights a public concern.
Target Activities and Schedules
The one – month celebration would kick off on September 3 through a press conference of Baguio teacher – leaders. The press conference would announce the one-month campaign and the teacher – leaders’ commitment in improving the plight of teachers as a necessary step in positively contributing to the full development of society.
The masses of teachers belonging to the rank and file would dramatize participation in the campaign by “wearing ribbons of teachers’ rights” as insured in the Magna Carta for teachers. This hopes to contribute in the teachers’ awareness of these rights and in demanding for its full implementation.
After the kick – off, each faculty association is encouraged to come up with school level activity/ies celebration. There will also be streamer hanging in the schools. The streamers will contain the theme of the campaign and the main/major content of the Magna Carta.
The culmination and highlight of the Campaign will be the World Teachers’ Day celebration on October 5. (Please choose from the list below for the culmination activity):
- Baguio – wide teachers’ forum about Magna Carta and GSIS issues. After the forum, teachers would conduct a candle parade from the venue of the forum down to People’s Park where a short program will be held. The candles and the teachers’ rights (in placards) will be displayed in People’s Park to contribute in making it a public concern.
- Parade from the venue of the forum and would end up in a dialogue with the City Mayor and City Council asking for their role in realizing the full implementation of the Magna Carta, and what they could give to teachers consistent with what is stipulated in the Magna Carta.
- Forum and press conference of teacher – leaders, highlighting the achievements of the one – month campaign.
- The Basic Teachers’ Rights According to the Magna Carta for Teachers
- The GSIS and Its Reason for Being: Teachers’ Welfare or Teachers’ Burden?
- Paralegal Rights for Teachers
- Teachers and the Magna Carta of Women
- Teachers’ Leadership Training
The whole Campaign will be supervised and spearheaded by BCSTEA in coordination with ASSERT. Assert could assist in the seminars/forums about the identified issues/topics. Faculty associations and other school level organizations would take care of school level activities.
Prepared for BCSTEA Discussion
August 28, 2010 / Assert


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1 pound turkey breast cutlets
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/4 cup whole cranberry sauce
1/4 cup raisins
2 tablespoons green onions, chopped
1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate
Sprinkle turkey cutlets with salt and pepper. Brown in hot skillet with butter about 4 minutes per side, or just until inside is no longer pink. Combine remaining ingredients in a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until heated through. Serve sauce over hot cutlets.

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At the halfway point of its six-month lifespan, the City Commission-appointed Police Advisory Panel presented a progress report to city commissioners.
Panel Chairwoman Susan Chapman made one thing clear: The Sarasota Police Department does not have significant number of problem officers.
“We don’t have a rogue police department,” she said. “We have some gaps in procedure.”
Chapman did lay out what she said was a serious morale problem that was detailed in a 2007 Police Benevolent Association report.
“We haven’t found yet if the gaps (in procedure) are related to morale,” she said.
One of the gaps that Chapman discussed was what she called the disparity of treatment some police officers display toward minorities.
The Police Advisory Panel was created in the wake of the June 26 incident in which an officer kicked a handcuffed Hispanic man who was in police custody.
“We need to be able to talk about race and disparate treatment without the fear of retaliation,” she said.
The panel plans to conduct two focus groups, one in the Hispanic community and one in the black community, to gauge the perception of disparate treatment.
Chapman cited a study that showed 50% of the complaints are generated by just 2% of officers.
Two commissioners used those figures to caution the panel against smearing the vast majority of Sarasota officers.
“There should be no slandering,” said Commissioner Suzanne Atwell. “The panel should be respectful of how the majority of the police panel (is good).”
“If only 2% to 3% are seen in this negative light, this would suggest we may have a problem, but not the big problem we thought,” said Commissioner Terry Turner. “Ninety-eight percent of officers who are doing a heroic job are being tarred by this. We need this to end quickly.”
Commissioner Fredd Atkins said it may be a small percentage of officers who are causing problems, “but I think it’s 60% to 70% (of officers) who cover it up. Police officers (have gotten) away with everything but murder forever.”
Atkins said he wants the panel to ensure that when a citizen complains about police mistreatment that the report sees the light of day.
“For every one complaint that got through, 10 never made it through the front door,” he said.
Chapman said with just three months to go, the panel will not be able to accomplish all that it wanted to, but she expects it will deliver to the commission “significant remedial steps” for the department to take.
Vice Mayor Kelly Kirschner praised the panel, saying its work “far exceeds what we would have gotten from a paid consultant.”
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Do the hop
When the curious students at the Forty Carrots Family Center checked on their class garden, they noticed something moving in the mulch.
Taking love to new heights
The sky was the actual limit for the vow renewal of Ed and Dora Sementelli Saturday, at Autumn of Sarasota.
All grown pup
On Jan. 29, guide dog Sotheby walked across the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall stage to receive his diploma as a Southeastern Guide Dog graduate with his new handler, Ginny Eichholz.


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The enemy has been launching rocket attacks on our forces in the area. Intelligence reports have identified three rocket artillery units south of the city of Khibet Ghazaleh in south Syria as the source of these attacks. A failed previous attempt to find and destroy the artillery has been made.
Four Apache helicopters are stationed at Ramat David airbase and are tasked with finding and destroying these artillery units. There are known enemy units in the area, including infantry, Manpads, armed pickups, and BMPs. It is expected that these units will defend the artillery units and may engage the Apache helicopters.
The objective of this mission is to locate and destroy the enemy rocket artillery units south of Khibet Ghazaleh. All efforts should be made to minimize civilian casualties and avoid damage to infrastructure in the area. The Apaches should engage and destroy any enemy units that pose a threat to the mission.


International oil prices have plunged more than 60% in the past three months, falling below the $30 mark.
Under the imbalance of supply and demand, low oil prices may be the normal situation that the energy industry, especially the petrochemical industry, has to face in the future.
Faced with the dual pressure brought by the epidemic and the oil price collapse, sinopec announced that from March 23 BBB 0 on June 30 in the whole system to launch the "100 days to make progress" operation, and petrochina, cnooc also stressed to "tighten the time".
"Three barrels of oil" will be through a series of measures to expand the market, optimize adjustment, reduce capital expenditure, and spare no effort to complete the annual production and operation tasks.
Supply and demand imbalance low oil prices may become normal
On March 6, when a new round of "Opec +" production cut talks broke down, Saudi Arabia quickly launched a "price war", offering unprecedented discounts to all its crude buyers.
Oil-producing countries began to increase production and cut prices to grab the market.
Saudi oil giant aramco said supplies would reach 12.3 million barrels a day in April, allowing it to produce crude at its maximum capacity of 12 million barrels a day over the course of a year without any new capital expenditure.
Russia responded by saying it had the ability to boost production by 500,000 b/d to a record 11.8 million b/d.
Iraq, Nigeria, the united Arab emirates, Kuwait and other countries have also announced to join the army to increase production.
While supply has soared, demand has slumped.
Covid-19 has spread globally, and many countries and regions have taken control measures, and economic activity has slowed significantly.
Below this, international oil price falls ceaselessly.
Light crude for may delivery settled at $24.49 a barrel on the New York mercantile exchange as of March 25, while London brent crude for may delivery closed at $27.39 a barrel.
Standard & poor's global ratings cut the 2020 price assumptions for brent crude and west Texas intermediate by $10 a barrel each.
The current assumption is that brent crude will average $30 a barrel for the rest of 2020 and wti $25.
Citigroup expects global oil consumption to fall by 4m b/d, with demand shrinking by 11m b/d in the second quarter, with oil averaging about $17 a barrel or less.
Standard chartered also warned that average oil demand would fall by 3.4m b/d year on year in 2020, with brent's low in the second quarter "likely to be well below $20 / b".
Dai houliang, chairman of petrochina, said that with the peak market demand approaching, perhaps in a long period of time, the current "stress state" of falling oil prices will become the oil industry will have to face the low oil price volatility in the future.
The energy industry has been hit by both the pros and cons
The normal state of low oil prices affects the whole world.
For China, the advantages and disadvantages coexist, and the energy industry, especially the petrochemical industry, suffers certain impact.
"As the world's largest oil importer, low oil prices can certainly save a lot of money on oil bills, which will also drive down gas and coal prices."
Beijing international energy experts club President Chen xinhua said.
China imported 510 million tons of crude oil in 2019, up 9.5 percent from the previous year, with a cumulative import value of 241.319 billion us dollars, data showed.
From January to February 2020, China imported a total of 86.088 million tons of crude oil, up 5.2 percent year-on-year.
That's not good news for the oil and chemical industries, which will see record lows on several measures in 2019.
According to a report released by the China federation of petroleum and chemical industries, revenue in the domestic oil and chemical industries grew 1.3 percent in 2019, while total profit fell 14.9 percent, both the lowest in four years.
Refining profits fell 42.1%, the biggest drop in five years.
Profits in the chemical industry fell 13.9%, the biggest drop in a decade.
Lower oil prices will also have a negative impact on upstream exploration and development and the oil services sector.
Standard & poor's global ratings said the big oil companies' rating buffers were at risk because of dimmer oil price expectations.
The main cost per barrel of oil in 2019 was $29.78, according to a March 25 earnings release from cnooc.
Xu keqiang, cnooc's chief executive, said it was unlikely that cnooc would achieve another 2019 profit in 2020 given the current low oil prices.
Each show the skill "three barrels of oil" fight together
In Mr Dai's view, oil companies must be prepared to face long-term and complex challenges and fight a "protracted war" against low oil prices.
He stressed that the development of enterprises should not rely on the rise of oil prices, high oil prices do not necessarily bring high profits, and low oil prices do not necessarily lead to low competitiveness.
Recently, CNPC held a meeting to plan the special action of improving quality and efficiency in 2020, and proposed to firmly deepen the thought of "tightening the day" and pass the pressure from layer to layer.
We should make full use of the counter-force mechanism of low oil prices, review the industrial chain from the perspective of value management and value creation, consolidate advantages, make up weak links, give play to synergies, tap into the potential of chain effectiveness, and stimulate the vitality of chain effectiveness.
We should enhance the driving force of enterprises, truly realize the transformation from resource-driven to innovation-driven, and enhance the "jinzhong jar" and "iron cloth shirt" to resist the risk of market shocks.
We need to expand the community of market interests, build on the momentum of win-win cooperation and enhance our capacity for sustainable development.
Cnooc group also held meetings in recent days to deploy countermeasures, emphasizing the idea of "tightening the belt".
Wang dongjin, chairman of the group, said at a recent meeting that it was necessary to maintain strategic focus, actively respond to the severe challenges brought by the steep drop in the international oil price to the company's production and operation, adhere to the eyes inward, hard exercise internal work, increase revenue, reduce costs and increase efficiency, and take revolutionary measures to minimize the impact of low oil price.
He revealed that the company has developed measures to adjust and optimize its plans for exploration and development production, including capital expenditure reduction and further reduction of oil and gas costs.
"The cost is higher overseas than at home, and the effort overseas may be greater."
Sinopec chairman Zhang Yuzhuo said, will be crucial effect ", "one hundred, action, and communities in the exploit market, optimizing adjustment, thus the authors, four dimensions of power production safety work, efforts to resolve the outbreak and oil prices tumbled to bring the double pressure of, strive to achieve better business performance, in the second quarter to complete the annual production and operation and economic benefit target to lay a solid foundation.
It is understood that during the "100 days to make breakthroughs" campaign, sinopec will take ten key measures, including: to focus on high-quality oil and gas exploration and efficient development, adhere to the "investment, reserves, production, cost, efficiency" unified optimization;
We will actively increase production, increase sales and increase efficiency of natural gas, tap internal and external potential, and accelerate the construction and production of natural gas.
We will do a good job in optimizing and increasing the efficiency of the refining sector, and make the processing capacity more favorable to enterprises with good market and profit margins. At the same time, we will do a good job in reducing the cost of crude oil procurement, flexibly adjust the diesel fuel ratio, adjust the export structure, and improve the export efficiency.
We will promote the upgrading of the chemical industry business, closely link production and marketing, optimize the product structure, step up the development of new products, and increase production of high value-added products.
We will do a good job in expanding the oil sales market, optimize logistics operations, reduce costs and costs, and improve the scale and quality of our operations.
We will do a good job in reducing inventory costs, and reduce inventories of crude oil, refined oil and chemical products in an orderly manner.
We will actively promote the construction of key projects, ensure that by the end of June, the refinery unit of the china-malaysia refinery integration project will be put into operation, and the main structural adjustment projects in luoyang, tianjin and maoming will be completed.
We further strengthened cost control and reduced non-productive expenditures by more than 20% on the basis of the budget at the beginning of the year.
We will focus on the centralized operation of funds and increase efforts in low-cost financing.
It is worth noting that while reducing costs and increasing efficiency, oil and gas companies are also actively seeking new areas of development.
It is reported that on March 22, China national offshore oil corporation (cnooc) 's mawei strait I fishery installation project successfully completed the loading operation in zhoushan, zhejiang province, marking its first foray into deep-sea fishing.
Launched the "contactless fresh retail" business, started the sales of masks, planned to build an automobile service platform, and expanded 60 posts in inverse city......
During the epidemic period, sinopec easyjet sales co., LTD., relying on the network advantage of gas stations, accelerated the pace of exploration of new retail areas.
At present, it has 27,000 convenience stores nationwide, with a brand value of 11.567 billion yuan.


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Venture investors move upmarket to avoid risk
The average size of European venture capital deals has risen to its second highest amount over a six month period in the last ten years, as risk appetite remains low.
Venture capital firms are carrying out larger-than-usual deals, according to research out today, indicating that they have reduced their appetite to invest in riskier small-scale start-up businesses.
The average size of European venture capital deals has risen to $2.94m (€2.26m) per deal in the first half of the year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. This is a rise from $2.2m per deal in the second half of last year and $2.4m in the preceding six months.
It is also the second highest amount for an average venture capital deal in the past decade. The only time the size exceeded $2.94m was in the first six months of 2008. During that period, an average $3.4m was spent on each deal, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
This month venture capital firms Index Ventures and rival Accel Partners led a $38.5m investment in web publishing company Squarespace, while Balderton Capital led a £6m investment in online fashion company My-wardrobe.com. In March, venture firm DFJ Esprit joined other investors in an €8m financing round for technology company Tagsys.
The rise in value per deal appears to suggest that venture capital firms are steering clear of smaller deals that are often perceived to be more risky.
Tom Anthofer, a managing partner at Cipio Partners, said that venture capital firms may instead prefer "later-stage businesses", where companies are more established and require larger allocations of cash for growth.
He added: “That later-stage trend would also dovetail with another recurring development, that there are less deals in total, which reflects the current, more inward-looking state of the VC industry: there is less of a focus on financing new businesses and more focus on the existing portfolio.”
However, there are signs of a pick-up in activity in Europe in the second quarter of this year, with an almost 50% rise on a year ago. According to Dow Jones VentureSource, venture capital firms invested $1.4bn across 289 deals, up from $1bn by value in the second quarter of 2009.
But this is still a long way off the number of deals during the pre-crisis and dot.com highs. In 2006 and 2007, European venture firms regularly deployed more than $2bn in a quarter; and in 2,000 firms invested about $5bn every quarter.
Mike Chalfen, a partner at Advent Venture Partners, said: “It is true that there is more focus on the portfolio and there is a less aggressive pace of investment. Firms need to back their good companies with more of their own capital.”
Concern is mounting that if venture activity does not pick up significantly its role in backing the companies of the future may be diminished.
Anthofer said: “The continuing slide in new fundings, especially in the early-stage segment, will likely mark another call to action for those that see venture as advancing the public good and supporting mission-critical R&D and innovation, which is a view I share. Calls for more support for the asset class, also from the public sector, will gain momentum.”
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Exit 33 is a $35 million, 75,000 square foot multi-venue entertainment complex featuring a country music dance hall, rock and roll club, cocktail piano bar, and sushi lounge. Turning Stone opened the new complex as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. The project timeline was extremely aggressive and each venue presented unique building challenges. Because of the accelerated timeline, the design of Exit 33 ran concurrently with construction. The designer, contractors, and the ownership team worked seamlessly to complete the project in only eight months.


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| Sep 25, 2012
| 5:32 PM
Ravens free safety Ed Reed zeroed in on his target, accelerating toward New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman to deliver a crushing forearm blow to the chest to break up a potential touchdown pass.
The punishing end zone hit from Reed...
| Sep 28, 2012
| 1:43 PM
Safety Ed Reed was fined $21,000 for his hit on New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch in the third quarter of the Ravens' 31-30 victory last Sunday night at M&T Bank Stadium.
Reed was ruled to have "struck a defenseless player in the head and...
| Jan 17, 2013
| 3:59 PM
The thrill of Saturday's 38-35 double-overtime win against the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional round swept up Ravens players and coaches alike. But when the euphoria had dissipated, members of the special teams unit were left with another emotion:...
| Jan 14, 2013
| 9:45 AM
J.J. Watt may have spit on the Patriots' midfield logo before this AFC divisional playoff game, but it is Wes Welker who continues, game after game, year after year, to spit in the face of football convention.
Running back Shane Vereen may have become...
| Jan 14, 2013
| 12:26 PM
The New England defense that will greet the Ravens on Sunday isn’t just different from the one they played in last year’s AFC championship game; it’s different from the one they dropped 31 points on back in Week 3.
The Patriots have...
| Dec 27, 2012
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Holding court inside the Ravens' locker room Thursday, veteran free safety Ed Reed was in no hurry to head toward the exit door.
Reed is following a similar unrushed, stress-free approach toward addressing his uncertain future with the team after 11...
| Nov 18, 2012
| 10:40 AM
FOXBOROUGH, MA - What was then is now again.
The pre-dusk start. National hype. Anticipated quarterback battle. Rigorous chatter between fanbases.
Colts and Patriots matters almost like no other rivalry in the National Football League, but truth be...
| Oct 1, 2012
| 11:27 AM
Ravens free safety Ed Reed has appealed his $21,000 fine for unnecessary roughness during a 31-30 victory over the New England Patriots, according to a league source.
Reed struck a defenseless player, wide receiver Deion Branch, in the head and neck...
| Mar 22, 2013
| 4:00 AM
Ravens officials made it clear at this week’s NFL meetings that their primary focus over the next month is not what remains on the free-agent market.
With 12 selections in next month’s draft, the organization is busy evaluating college...
| Mar 21, 2012
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After a wild first week in free agency that was punctuated with Peyton Manning signing with the Denver Broncos, we have a better idea of what needs teams will address in April’s NFL draft. So now seems like a good time for our second mock draft of...
| Apr 9, 2012
| 1:14 PM
Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb was back in Baltimore on Friday to take a physical and officially sign his new five-year, $50 million extension. Webb, who was a restricted free agent, is now under contract through the 2017 season. The Ravens gave him a...


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The Invention of Lying (2009)
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Language: English | Subtitle: English | Runtime: 99min | 709,5MB @RS,HF
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 (3,293 votes)
Directed by: Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.
Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) lives in a world just like our own, but no one lies there. Everyone is completely honest all the time. The first half of the movie shows Mark’s sad life a struggling loser, and how he is insulted by his completely honest coworkers, his Mom, and Anna (Jennifer Garner), his date. His Mom gets sick, and he makes up a story about an afterlife to help comfort his Mom on her deathbed. Doctors and nurses overhear him, and soon Mark becomes an international authority on the afterlife. People camp on his lawn to learn more. Mark develops a story about the “Man in the Sky,” who functions like God, and he pastes his theology on two pizza boxes like Moses and the ten commandments. Mark learns to lie to help his friends, get money at the bank, cheat at the casino, and eventually to win the affection of Anna.
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