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Developed and published by Immutable Games, this move marks a significant milestone for Gods Unchained. The game aims to become a leading player in the digital Trading Card Games (TCG) landscape.
With its availability on the Epic Games Store, Gods Unchained is available to over 230 million PC users worldwide. Executive Producer of Gods Unchained, Daniel Paez, expresses excitement about the launch on Epic Games Store, emphasizing the opportunity to introduce their game to a new and expansive community.
The announcement comes after Gods Unchained teased its updated roadmap for 2023, featuring a range of exciting features and enhancements. The development team plans to conduct a soft launch for Android and iOS mobile devices later this year, following an intensive pre-alpha phase that involved more than 60,000 gameplay and design sessions for Android users.
One of the standout additions to Gods Unchained is the introduction of the highly anticipated “Sealed” game mode, making it the first Web3 TCG to feature this mode. Sealed Mode involves a buy-in queue, where players construct decks from a pool of 60 randomly selected cards and three Gods. Participants will engage in a gauntlet run, striving to achieve either seven wins or three losses to earn rewards. Notably, the mode removes typical deckbuilding restrictions, enabling players to utilize multiple copies of legendary and cross-domain cards from the available pool.
The developers are also working on additional game modes. Gods Unchained also launched a content creator program. This initiative enables players to create and share videos showcasing their favorite gaming moments, earning token rewards in return. The developers aim to establish proactive communication channels with the community, including regular developer diaries, quarterly roadmap updates, and weekly Discord chats led by Executive Producer Daniel Paez and other team members.
As Gods Unchained enters this new phase, it seeks to expand its appeal beyond the Web3-native audience and establish itself as a significant mainstream TCG. With true ownership of in-game items through blockchain technology, the game offers a unique experience for blockchain enthusiasts and dedicated TCG/Strategy gamers.

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Getting to LammaBy Jan Alexander
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One bicycle accident changes everything when the self-absorbed New Yorker Madeleine Fox literally runs into brash Shanghai dissident David Li, in a tale that is like following an escapee from a Woody Allen movie as she looks for love and meaning amidst the moral ambiguities of post-Tiananmen China.

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Historian Dr Katy Turton turns to fiction for novel set in the Russian Revolution which launches in Grantown tomorrow
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It’s a compelling beginning Dr Katy Turton has written for her first novel Blackbird's Song, set in Russia in 1905, and which launches in Grantown tomorrow (Thursday) night.
“I just had this image of a woman revolutionary sitting in a prison cell and the door shutting on her – and how did she get there?” said Katy, who teaches history at the University of the Highlands and Islands at the Centre of History in Dornoch.
If anyone knows the answer, it’s likely to be the historian herself.
Her own research into the Russian Revolution led to a PhD.
Since then, she has published widely on the role of women and family in the Russian revolutionary movement and has published books on the subject, Forgotten Lives (2007), which centres on Lenin’s sisters, and Family Networks In The Russian Revolutionary Movement (2018).
The writer lives in the Cairngorms National Park with her husband Grant and two sons.
And it was while her children were growing children that Katy decided to move from Queen’s University, Belfast, eventually to UHI, that the chance to write her novel came.
“Before I started working at UHI, there was about a two-year period when I was at home and that is when I found the window to write the novel.”
Of this book, Katy has said: “I wrote this novel to make known the remarkable story of women’s contribution to the Russian Revolution.”
What led there was a passion for Russian history ignited during her time at Aberdeen University.
“I’m particularly interested in women’s involvement in the Revolution so my PhD was on Lenin’s family in particular and he had three sisters. I researched them and went over to Russia and worked in the archives there in Moscow mainly and for some time in St Petersburg.”
Katy pays tribute to the two university lecturers who set her off on her Russian journey.
“One was Paul Dukes, who sadly just passed away, and David Longley. I was just hooked by Russian history from that point on.”
After her undergraduate degree, Katy wanted to learn the Russian language to be able to further her studies.
“Strathclyde was offering a year-long diploma in the Russian language at that point so I did that for a year and then I went to Glasgow University and started my PhD there.
“A lot of my recent political research has been a look at the family life of revolutionaries, so I’m very interested in friendships between revolutionaries, loving relationships and families and children and so on.”
Though Blackbird’s Song was originally published in April with a pre-launch event online and another in Edinburgh, Katy says: “I couldn’t miss the opportunity to launch locally in person – this is the cherry on the top of the publicising campaign!”
The book cover features a design you would see possibly painted on wooden artisan craft bowls, Katy informs you.
And it is certain the facts about Russian life of the Revolution-era which the writer has at her fingertips should be informing her first fiction.
“Hopefully it is grounded very much in what happened to revolutionaries at the time,” the writer said.
And an important fact can be shared regarding any possible sequels to Blackbird’s Song.
“I’m in the thick of it just now, writing a sequel,” Katy said.
“Now we are working again, it will probably take me longer to write!
“So I think that maybe by the end of next year I will have something ready to publish.”
Dr Katy Turton is launching her new book Blackbird’s Song (published by Stairwell Books) tomorrow (Thursday) at 7pm at the Pagoda, Seafield Avenue, Grantown-on-Spey. Entry to the event is free. The event is hosted by independent bookshop The Bookmark.The writer will be interviewed by Merryn Glover, author and radio playwright and a former writer in residence at Cairngorm National Park. Follow Katy: @katyturton

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A few months ago a low-quality pic from Warm Bodies popped up online, but now the first proper image have emerged. As you can see, Nicholas Hoult isn’t looking too healthy, and that’s becuase he’s a zombie.
The movie is based on the novel by Isaac Marion, with Hoult playing an angsty zombie named R who strikes up a friendship with the human girlfriend of one of his victims and sets off a chain of events that eventually affects all of zombie society. The movie is directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, The Wackness), and should be in cinemas this summer.
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A lot of shit has changed, quite frankly I have changed majorly in the past 3 months. I almost can describe how much of a different person I feel since winter and spring. This summer was a big game changer for me, I know a couple things that contributed to my attitude/personality change or rather than something was just unlocked in me. I always knew there was a part of me inside that I was too scared or I want confident enough to let out.
My main goal this summer was to push myself to face fears, be adventurous, try new things, care less and to just live in the moment. Which I would say I was completely successful with and because of it I feel like I am my whole self. I can't think of a time that I was more happy than I am right now. Especially in my adult life.
I know I will have my downs, hell if the winter is bad enough I may lose this piece of myself again but I'm going to do my best to not allow that. I just feel so much being myself and not worrying so much about other people accepting that. I know I'll change another million times, we are people we constantly grow in our soul. Our bodies may stop growing at a young age but our brains and our souls grow until the day we die. And who knows what comes after that maybe we still keep on keeping on afterwards.
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When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must team up with Marcus Brody, Sallah, and Elsa Schneider to follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life.
12 September 1989
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison.
11 October 1989
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other.
13 December 1989
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke.
07 July 1989
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.
06 September 1989
Mystery Train interweaves three engrossing stories, all influenced by the Elvis Presley song of the same name and his beloved hometown of Memphis.
01 December 1989
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids.
07 July 1989
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife.
07 April 1989
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
10 September 1989
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant.
22 December 1989
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
12 July 1989
Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? that's what Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) debate during their travels from Chicago to New York.
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Marvin Wilsons’ execution via lethal injection took place on 7 August 2012 for the murder of Jerry Williams in 1992, despite tests that show he has a low IQ of 61, which is an indication of mental impairment since it is below 70, the minimum for a normal person’s IQ. Marvin Wilson is a convicted robber whose arrest by the police took place for the possession of cocaine. He murdered Jerry Williams on suspicion that Williams informed the police. The Texas State attorneys argue that the one test performed on Wilson might have been faulty and hence they concluded that Wilson had average intelligence (Guardian 1). There are some unfair factors such as the ignorance by the State Court and/or racism in the process of determining Wilson’s case.
SeventhSister reports that, there have been 500 capital punishments in the State of Texas since 1976 and Professor Scott Phillips points out a black defendant are more likely to receive the death penalty as opposed to a white defendant (1). Phillips adds that this racial disparity is present in all the counties of Texas including the Jefferson County where Wilson committed the crime (SeventhSister 1). SeventhSister notes that Wilson’s appeal argued that the prosecutor made peremptory challenge measures to ensure that the jurors for this case were all non-black (1). Wilson lost this argument and as a result, there were only non-black jurors to hear the case (1). The State Court could have considered Wilson’s argument and restructured the jury to avoid the possibility of racial bias. A prosecutor can use simple racially neutral reasons in the elimination of potential jurors (1). For instance, a prosecutor may state that his/her dislikes how a potential African American juror crosses his/her legs (1). The government should also consider measures that avoid such prosecutor bias by using an independent body/person in the selection and determination the jurors.
In addition to the possibility of racial discrimination, the State Court of Texas chose to ignore that possibility of Wilson’s mental retardation. There are many pointers to Wilson’s mental condition such as his low IQ score; he had the mental capacity of a first-grader (Moye 1). Wilson’s diminished mental capacity is also evident in his problem with speech, doing math and he could not manage his personal finances or even maintain a job (Moye 1). The aspect of ignorance by the State Court is evident in the evidence presented against Wilson. The Texas State Court based Wilson’s guilt on a testimony made by Lewis’ (Wilson’s accomplice) wife, who claims that Wilson confessed to her on pulling the trigger (Rudolf 1). There is no forensic evidence that implicates Wilson to the murder. The Texas State Court used Briseno factors which are nonscientific to measure retardation and chose to ignore scientific measurements such as the IQ score (Linkins 1).
Wilson is a victim of injustice, since his case was not determined beyond reasonable doubt. The prosecutor to this case ensured that the jury was composed of non-blacks only. The evidence presented against Wilson is questionable since Lewis’ wife might have had the intention to protect her husband. The other problem is the lack of eyewitnesses to the case, as well as lack of forensic proof that links Wilson to the murder. Lastly, The State Court of Texas chose to use an unscientific method to determine Wilson’s mental state.
Guardian. Marvin Wilson execution goes ahead in Texas. Theguardian. (2012). Web: < http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/08/marvin-wilson-execution-goes-ahead>
Linkins, Jason. Texas Death Penalty Enforced Based On Outdated Methods Inspired By John Steinbeck Book. Huffingtonpost. (2012). Web:
Moye,Laura. Supreme Court must not allow executions of the mentally impaired. CNN. 2012. Web:< http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/moye-execution-mentally-disabled/index.html>
Rudolf, John. Marvin Wilson, Texas Man With 61 IQ, To Be Executed In Days. Huffingtonpost. (2012). Web:
SeventhSister. White Supremacy and the “Texecution” of Marvin Wilson.The Nation Social Network. (2012). Web: < http://socialnetwork.thenation.com/profiles/blogs/white-supremacy-and-the-texecution-of-marvin-wilson>.

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Beau Is Afraid is an upcoming American surrealist fantasy horror film written, directed, and produced by Ari Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the titular character, Beau, who is described as an “extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father.”
The film begins as Beau’s mother passes away, and he must make a journey home. However, this journey is not just one of grief and mourning, but also one of supernatural threats and wild, otherworldly experiences. As Beau navigates his mother’s death and his complicated past, he discovers hidden truths about his family and himself.
Beau Is Afraid is described as a “decades-spanning surrealist horror film set in an alternate present.” The ensemble cast includes Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Richard Kind.
The film is co-produced and distributed by A24 as the company’s third collaboration with Aster, after Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019). The film’s title was announced in December 2022, changed from the working title of Disappointment Blvd. and is set to be released in cinemas in the United States by A24 on April 21st, 2023 (following a delay from its original 2022 schedule).
Horror and cinema enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to this bad boy, for its unique and experimental storytelling, the talented director and the star-studded cast.


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IT'S HARD TO MAKE IT ONTO WARD'S 10 BEST ENGINES LIST, AND with powertrain technology advancing at a breakneck pace, it is harder still to maintain a spot multiple years in a row.
But Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.'s Tau V-8 has managed to stay on the list for a third year thanks to major technological advancements and improvements in specific output.
For the '11 model year, Hyundai won over the judges by adding gasoline direct injection to a slightly larger displacement version of the Tau, making an impressive 429 hp and 376 lb.-ft. (510 Nm) of torque, 44 more horsepower than the already power-dense 4.6L Tau V-8 that won 10-Best honors in 2009 and 2010.
The 5.0L engine also features a tuned induction system and dual continuous variable-valve timing that optimizes both intake and exhaust valve timing; low-friction coatings on pistons; and numerous other features normally found only on top-line premium engines.
Mated to a new 8-speed automatic transmission in a new version of the Genesis sedan that debuts by the end of the first quarter, the 5.0L V-8 provides 0-60 (97 km/h) acceleration in 5.3 seconds.
It also offers 18/26 mpg (13-9 L/100 km) city/highway fuel economy. That beats the 17/24 mpg (13.8-9.8 L/100 km) offered by competitors such as the Lexus GS460.
In addition to the Lexus V-8, the Tau 5.0L blows away the rest of its naturally aspirated competitors in both power and fuel economy. That includes its 4.6L 385-hp little brother. Equipped only with a 6-speed automatic transmission, the smaller engine gets 17/25 mpg (13.8-9.4 L/100 km).
That makes the 5.0L Hyundai's new top-dog in the U.S. It is slated to replace the 4.6L in the newest versions of the flagship Equus luxury sedan, expected to go on sale later in the first quarter. (The Equus starts at $58,000 in the U.S., above the current Ward's 10 Best Engines $55,000 price cap, so it was not included in our official evaluation.)
Does the premier status make it the favorite engine of Hyundai Vice Chairman H.S. Lee? He flew in from South Korea to accept a Ward's 10 Best Engines award for the V-8 for the third time.
The question is a serious one, because Lee has an especially close personal connection with the Tau. As a young engine designer, he dreamed of creating a world-class V-8 to replace the dated engine in the auto maker's Equus sedan, an old 4.5L Mitsubishi Motors Corp. design that made only 270 hp.
Later in his career, when he headed powertrain development, Lee fought to have such an engine built. He thought it was important for Hyundai to have a prestigious flagship V-8. But, he says, “not everyone agreed.”
However, Lee is diplomatic about naming favorites. “Every engine is very dear to me. Every child is dear to its parents,” he says.
GDI now is the icing on the cake for this engineering dream come true.
When the engine originally was being designed eight or nine years ago, GDI, cylinder deactivation and several other technologies were not yet mature.
But Lee says the engine architecture was based on a modular concept that would allow the base engine to be easily upgraded when such new technologies were ready.
The modular design made the basic changes relatively easy, but while GDI is great for increasing power, torque and fuel economy, it also has a distinct downside: noise, vibration and harshness issues.
Unfortunately, gasoline being pumped through fuel-delivery systems at very high pressures can create a lot of racket under the hood, even during idle.
High-pressure fuel pumps make clacking and ticking noises, and fuel rails and injectors can create vibrations that are transmitted and amplified as they resonate through the engine block. To the typical automotive consumer, and to our judges, this is not the sound of advanced technology at work. It is just a turnoff.
During our testing over the years, noise from GDI systems has significantly hurt the scores of some otherwise superb engines. However, we noticed no such problems in the Tau 5.0L, which delivers its increased power as quietly and smoothly as ever.
Lee says great pains were taken to ensure the noise and vibration that is a normal part of all GDI systems was kept in check.
“To control idle noise, we use a single high-pressure pump at low rpm to minimize NVH (issues), and we also developed a special O-ring to isolate the injector vibration and noise to prevent transmission to the engine body,” he says.
The fuel rail is insulated to prevent it from transmitting vibration to the engine main body and the fuel system's high-pressure pump is covered to seal in noise.
Some of these NVH-improving features will be migrated to the auto maker's less-expensive GDI engines in the future, but Lee says there will be cost limitations.
GDI is an expensive technology by itself, without adding additional refinement features, and migrating it to smaller, higher-volume engines such as the 198-hp 2.4L I-4 in the high-volume Sonata family sedan is no small task.
But Lee says increasing the volume of GDI systems should bring down the cost. “Sooner or later, it will pay off,” he says. “I have confidence in GDI technology and turbo GDI.”
The auto maker recently decided to offer GDI engines in China. The fuel quality in major cities is fine, but there still are some concerns about the fuel in more remote areas, he says. The biggest limitation to introducing the technology worldwide is fuel quality.
Meanwhile, Hyundai continues onward at a breathtaking pace. Now that GDI has been added to the Tau, displacement has been increased and an 8-speed transmission has been added, what is left to do?
Lee is not specific, but says there is plenty of room for more improvements to the young engine. He mentions the possibility of further valvetrain enhancements and cylinder deactivation, but does not say when they will arrive.
Would Hyundai ever consider holding off on changes for a model year or two, rest on its laurels and save money? “That's not our style,” Lee says.


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Elita Löfblad is a Swedish model and reality show contestant being one of the housemates on Big Brother (Sweden and Norway) which saw her get many fans in Norway and throughout Scandinavia as well. She has done work for American Playboy magazine and Swedish Slitz and Moore magazines.
She’s a very pretty blond with an ample supply of feminine features for any admirer with eyeballs. Elita is our Humpday Honey for today and her gallery is just around the bend.
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Ganga Sagar Mela | The Ganges with Sue Perkins
Sue Perkins visits the important annual Hindu festival, Ganga Sala Mela and explains how this year the festival is promoting a strong environmental message.Tweet
Holi | My First Festivals
In this episode, we follow Maun as he celebrates the Hindu festival of colour, Holi. Maun begins by going to the park with his family, where they visit a peacock and see its beautiful plumage.
Diwali | My First Festivals
In this episode, we follow Deeya as she celebrates Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. Deeya begins by going to the park with her mum, where she learns how the colours and lights represent the festival.


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This study of Soviet military strategy is based upon the relationship between the army and politicians as well as Soviet writings on the subject of military strategy. Thanks to the policy of glasnost, it incorporates Soviet materials hitherto unavailable in the West. It should not be considered simply as a retrospective account of what was; it forms at least part of the context for what will be in the future.
The Civil War and military intervention (1917-1921); the emergence of Soviet military strategy (1921-1935); Soviet military strategy in the 1930s (1930-1941); Soviet military strategy in World War II (1941-1945); Post-World War II Soviet military strategy; future Soviet military strategy and its implications. Appendices: Soviet mobilization in World War II; Soviet strategic operations in World War II; recent Soviet views on military reform.

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Paradip: Safe return for 13 fishermen on board two missing trawlers
A search operation was launched and the ICG traced the two trawlers near Bangladesh coast. The fishermen were brought back to the harbour in the afternoon.
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PARADIP: The 13 fishermen on board two trawlers which were missing in the Bay of Bengal off Paradip coast for the last one week, arrived safely at the port harbour after being traced by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday.
The fishermen had ventured into the sea on two trawlers named ‘Devi Laxmi’ and ‘Kinnera’ on January 8. They had reportedly planned to fish at a distance of 88 nautical miles off Paradip coast. However, no contact could be made with them from January 10.
After the location of the two trawlers could not be traced, president of Odisha Marine Fish Producers’ Association Srikant Parida on Sunday sought the Fisheries department’s help to find the fishermen. On being informed, the Fisheries department wrote to the ICG and Marine police to locate the trawlers and rescue the fishermen missing in the sea.
A search operation was launched and the ICG traced the two trawlers near Bangladesh coast. The fishermen were brought back to the harbour in the afternoon. A senior officer of the Fisheries department said the fishermen were unable to make any contact due to signal failure and stranded in deep sea for the last one week. “All of them underwent medical examination after their return and their health condition is stable,” he added.
Sources said the two trawlers were engaged by a contract agency to assist in survey work of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for 30 days. The vessels were tasked with exploration of oil and natural gas on and off Odisha coast. Despite being asked not to engage in any other work except survey for ONGC, the two trawlers were involved in fishing illegally. Meanwhile, Paradip Marine police has launched an investigation into the incident and is interrogating the fishermen to know the circumstances under which they went missing in the sea.

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J.P.Morgan economists predict a "mild recession" in the United States in the back half of next year given expectations for the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy further in its battle against inflation.
The investment bank sees the economy contracting by 0.5% by the fourth quarter of next year, and possibly dragging into 2024. That is seen cutting 2023 U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) to 1%, almost half of its forecast for 2022.
JPM expects another 100 basis points (bps) worth of hikes from the Fed through March 2023, after hiking by more than 300 bps so far this year. A 50-bps hike is expected in December, followed by 25 bps each in February and March.
It sees U.S. consumer price inflation cooling to 4.1% by year-end 2023. As of October, the figure stood at 7.7%. Personal consumption expenditure - the Fed's preferred inflation metric - is expected to moderate to 3.4% next year.
The resultant slowing in aggregate demand could see the U.S. economy shed over one million jobs by mid-2024, which could then see the Fed start easing rates by 50bps per quarter starting in the second quarter of 2024, JPM said. (Reporting by Siddarth S in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)


AFC Bournemouth supporters club ‘The Cherries Trust’ have written to Dorset police over the scheduling of their home fixture with Leeds United. The Whites are set to head to the Vitality Stadium on April 29, which is the beginning of the May bank holiday weekend.
The Cherries Trust’s concerns stem from the trouble from a meeting between the two clubs 32 years ago in 1990, when Leeds made the trip to the South Coast in early May knowing a win would secure promotion back to the First Division.
Lee Chapman’s goal was the difference between the two sides on the day, which as a result earned Leeds the title and a return to the top-flight. But it was the chaos off the field which has sparked immediate concerns from the Cherries Trust after today’s fixture release.
As per a piece from the Athletic in May 2020, a reported £1 million worth of damage was caused, and over 120 arrests were made as thousands of Leeds fans flocked to Bournemouth to celebrate promotion. A statement from the Cherries Trust read on Twitter today: “We will be making as much noise as we can till this gets changed. This fixture cannot go ahead on this or any other Bank Holiday weekend.”
They also sent off an email to the Dorset Police, which received a prompt response. It said: “Good afternoon, thank you for your email. We completely understand your concerns and are aware of the situation.
“At this time I cannot comment as to what interactions Dorset Police has had with the Premier League regarding this matter but a statement will be issued with more information in due course.”


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Electrify America's solar-topped stations to recharge EVs in style
VW subsidiary Electrify America is out to offer electric vehicle owners a plethora of locations to charge up their rides, and its next-generation stations should make them more comfortable while doing it. The vision includes customer lounges, solar canopies, and updated displays and cables, as the company continues building out its cross-country network of charging infrastructure.
Electrify America is aiming to install more than 1,800 charging stations across the US and Canada by 2026, and last year we saw the completion of its first-cross country route. Starting in Los Angeles and finishing in Washington DC, the route spans 11 states with the charging stations spaced around 70 miles (112 km) apart, with charging speeds running as high as 350 kW.
These are the speeds offered by Electrify America's ultra-fast DC chargers, which have been given a bit of a facelift as part of the new station design. Upgrades include a brighter and recessed display, a smaller footprint and a new cable management system and single connector cable for a more customer-friendly experience.
As many of 20 of these ultra-fast chargers will feature at some of the new flagship stations, along with solar canopies for shelter and power generation, like some of Tesla's Supercharger stations. These next-generation stations will also feature electric vehicle showcase areas, event spaces, and customer lounges so folks can pass the time in comfort.
Across 2022 and 2023, the company plans to build these stations in Santa Barbara, San Francisco, San Diego and Beverley Hills in California, and in Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York.
“Electrify America will be reinventing the look and feel at many of our charging stations to meet and exceed the expectations of customers moving from a gas-powered vehicle to an electric lifestyle,” said Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America. “These new designs will help elevate the charging experience for our customers, building on the foundation of our ultra-fast and reliable coast-to-coast network.”
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Hailing from Vancouver Island is boogie woogie jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, and producer Michael Kaeshammer.
He’s starting off the Live Kicks performance series hosted by Kicking Horse Culture, which begins October 3 and heads straight through to April.
The first show is sure to impress. Kaeshammer takes the stage at the Golden Civic Centre on October 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Kaeshammer’s latest album, Something New, came out in April 2018, which is described as richly melodic and warmly accessible. Most of the album recording took place in New Orleans, with an A-list cast of guest musicians and vocalists, adding musical resonance to his songs. The only non original song on his album is Sweet Georgia, which he reinvents with his virtuosic piano playing, giving it a rollicking and swinging makeover.
His recording career spans over 22 years and 12 albums. In 2018, Kaeshammer was nominated for a Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for his 2016 album, No Filter, his eighth nomination and second award. He has also earned multiple Western Canadian Music Award nominations, winning both Musician of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. In 2017 he won Jazz Artist of the Year for No Filter.
Kaeshammer’s music is designed to stimulate and satisfy himself as he follows his own muse, pumping out highly entertaining and compelling music.
As a master of his craft, Kaeshammer got his start in the music industry as a child. In the 1990s, he became an overnight sensation as the “boogie-woogie wunderkind,” and added to his career over the years.
Since his start with piano, he has added elements of modern jazz, contemporary pop, and New Orleans funk into his repertoire.
This isn’t the first time Kaeshammer has wowed the crowd at the Golden Civic Centre. In 2016, Kicking Horse Culture added him to the bill, and he impressed audiences then. On October 3, he returns with an all-star quartet, featuring material from his latest album.
His latest work boasts some of his most delightful and powerful original songs. The show is sure to impress, which Kicking Horse Culture saw in spades back in 2016, stating it was arguably the most musically entertaining and exciting concert performed in the Live Kicks concert series in all of its history.
Tickets to the show are available at the Art Gallery of Golden, or by calling 250-344-6186.


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I cycle down the hairpin bends that from Monteleone Rocca Doria descend towards the Temo lake and proceed in the direction of Romana, admiring the limestone rock fortress on my left. I’m going through a historical region that I never really know how to call, Sassarese, someone calls it Logudoro Turritano. However you call it, it is a volcanic landscape with limestone hills that make it very varied.
I enter Romana and cycle on the main road. I am struck by the large number of murals. I arrive at the square in front of the Town Hall where there’s a mural that seems to represent various scenes from the life of the village. Here the Councillor Fabio welcomes me, and two boys from the civil service, Lorenzo and Matteo. We have a coffee at the Central bar, in the outside tables, and we are ready to take the car to go and visit the area.
As we head towards the important water springs just outside the town, Fabio talks to me about the problem of depopulation that afflicts this village. I saw the problem yesterday too, and unfortunately throughout my trip I’ve seen it across the most internal and remote areas.
We arrive at the Abbarghente, where there are natural sparkling water springs, a phenomenon due to the volcanic nature of the area. Unfortunately, production has not started here and it is a shame since, drinking it, the water is very good! We take a few steps among the trees that surround a shaded area, to see the remains of the old Roman spring. Roman thermal baths were to be found here, and probably one of the springs was originally a sacred well.
We continue towards the country church of Santa Maria d’Ispidale, Romanesque, from the XII century, built with a beautiful white limestone. The Nuraghe Pibirra is also made of the same lithology, not far from here, inside a field where we do not enter, and almost completely covered with plants!
We get back in the car and this time we go up to one of the limestone hills, to visit the sanctuary of San Lussorio, a church partially hollowed in the rock. Its construction exploited a natural karst cavity which was plastered inside. We enter and reach the altar, where a series of illuminated statues of saints make this place truly mystical. The sanctuary was built in the place where San Lussorio lived, even if he died in Fordongianus, where the remains are now kept.
We return to the village, crossing a rough and rocky territory, with limestone rock ridges visible in the upper parts. Although the Temo river passes nearby, these lands are difficult to cultivate due to the rocky nature of the land. Here and there are fins built in limestone, with a stone roof like the ones I saw in Banari, and we arrive at the Funtana ezza, the old washhouse of the town.
In the afternoon the company changes, I’m with Giovanna and Maria Grazia, also from the civil service, who take me on a tour through the streets of the village. We start from the parish church of the Madonna degli Angeli, where a relic of San Giovanni Nepomuceno is kept. This saint is celebrated more than the patron saint Santa Maria.
We wander through the streets, old houses with still visible stone finishes and full of murals. Many of them depict the painter Brancaleone Cugusi also called Brancaleone “da Romana”, many are inspired by his paintings, others simply depict scenes of rural life. We arrive at the Romanesque church of Santa Croce, on which side a beautiful inscription on limestone stands out, nestled between the cemented stones of the side. And Giovanna and Maria Grazia also tell me about the church of San Giovanni di Sotto Terra, in a hill just outside the village, of which only some remains are left, partially excavated in the limestone about two meters below the current ground level.
I meet Councillor Fabio again, and after an aperitif at the Central bar, we head in the countryside. We are invited to dinner in a sheepfold. We arrive in a field surrounded by hills, the land all around is barren and rocky, the daylight goes down and the sunset illuminates the whole territory with a violet light. We eat sheep’s meat, cheese and drink good red wine. After dinner, the talk goes on outside, and comes alive with a little bit of fil’e ferru. The temperature is perfect, there is no wind, and when it is time to go I am sorry to leave this “idyllically” Sardinian situation.
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In 1903 the painter Brancaleone Cugusi called “da Romana” was born in Romana. The events of his life were dramatic and only after his death, at 39, in Milan in 1942, would the value of his work be understood, recently enhanced by art critic Vittorio Sgarbi.
Today’s murals intrigued me, and luckily I find the artist’s website, managed by his heirs, where not only can I read the biography, but above all admire some of the works, such as the Young Man with the Cloak, one of the last, now part of a private collection in Cagliari, which was exhibited in an exhibition in Milan a few months after the painter died.
His career took place between Sardinia, where he stayed first in Tempio Pausania with relatives after the death of his mother and then in Cheremule and Sassari, and Italy, first in Rome and then in Milan (with several returns to Sardinia.) A troubled life, and despite everything Brancaleone managed to devote himself body and soul to painting, changing different styles, going from “half-paste” and “all-paste” techniques to the “photographic” technique, that is, to photograph the subjects himself and bring them back on the canvas directly from the photo through the use of a grid to millimetrically maintain the proportions .
Almost all his works belong to private collections, scattered between Sardinia and the peninsula, except the Young Man with the Raincoat at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art in Milan. I just have to look at Tony Amos’ mural inspired by the Young Man with the Cloak and hope to be able to see some works live one day.

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In a thought-provoking episode of The Jeff Dornik Show, I had the pleasure of hosting JT Lawson, author of the upcoming book “What I Learned From My Millionaire Mentor.” The conversation delved into the valuable lessons JT gained working with Clay Clark, providing unique insights into his ideological journey and the pressing need for a resurgence of masculinity in American society.
Lawson’s story unfolds as a testament to the transformative power of mentorship. Working with Clay Clark, he underwent a paradigm shift, transitioning from alignment with leftist ideologies in his youth to a newfound appreciation for conservative values. This awakening not only broadened his perspective but also revealed the realities of the world that were previously obscured.
The heart of the discussion revolves around a critical issue that JT Lawson believes is wreaking havoc on the fabric of our nation: the relentless attack on masculinity. As we explored the ramifications of this ideological assault, it became evident that the consequences are far-reaching and threaten the very foundation of American society.
Masculinity, often misconstrued and vilified, should be embraced within our culture as strength and stability. JT Lawson contends that embracing and understanding the importance of traditional masculine values is crucial for the well-being of our country. This concept pushes back against the prevailing anti-male sentiment and foster a culture that values and respects masculinity.
In the face of these societal challenges, JT Lawson highlights the need for strong male role models, mentors, and a collective effort to counter the woke narraitve that undermines the essence of masculinity. If we’re going to turn things around, each of us needs to reflect on the significance of traditional conservative and Christian values and their role in shaping the future of America.
The attack on masculinity is not just an ideological battle but a real and tangible threat to the unity and strength of our nation. The call to action echoes through the episode – a plea to rediscover, embrace, and champion the qualities that have defined American masculinity throughout history.
America needs a shift in perspective with a renewed appreciation for masculinity and its integral role in shaping America. In the face of societal challenges, embracing traditional values becomes paramount for saving this country.
This topic of “toxic masculinity” was written about in my first book Social Injustice: Exposing the False Gospel of the Social Justice Movement, where I brought together several authors to tackle the core issues of the social justice movement and compared them with Scripture. My good friend Schumann, host of The Federalist Faction here on Freedom First Network, took on the challenging issue of comparing the woke attack on masculinity with the biblical perspective on this issue. I highly recommend reading this book and equipping yourself with the Biblical understanding on this hot button issue. Order your copy today!

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It was the eve of September 6, 1999, and I lay restless in bed. The next day would mark the official beginning of my teaching career. Unfortunately, a proverbial tug-o-war was taking place between body and mind. My body was ready for sleep, but my mind wouldn’t allow it. In an effort to quiet the noise, I closed my eyes and walked through the visual check-list of first day preparations.
My lesson plans are meticulous and thorough. Check.
The classroom is carefully designed with student engagement and safety in mind. Check.
My first day teacher outfit is placed neatly on my couch. Check.
My hope of a quiet mind quickly transitioned into a sudden onset of the what ifs. In a moment of panic, I realized there was one element of teaching I hadn’t prepared for. Parents.
What if parents don’t like the way I teach?
What if parents disagree with the way I discipline their child?
What if parents ask for a meeting and I don’t know what to say?
Needless to say, the what ifs kept me up most of the night. Thankfully, I made it through the first day unscathed, but my fear of parents still had me in its grips. So, I did what any first-year teacher would do. I asked to meet with my mentor. Within minutes, she shared a piece of profound wisdom that would forever change my interactions with parents.
“Starting this afternoon, I want you to call five parents each night. When they answer, introduce yourself and express your gratitude for having their child in your class. Ask them if they have any burning questions and reassure them that you’re available to talk should future situations arise. By doing so, you’re proactively establishing a foundation of communication. At some point during the school year, you may need to have a difficult conversation with them. Parents can sometimes be reactive, responding to situations in a knee-jerk fashion, so your initial phone call will indirectly encourage them to be proactive and to reach out to you before major catastrophes occur.”
Over the next several days, I made those phone calls. Some were more difficult than others, but the fact that I planted those seeds early on paid huge dividends throughout the school year. When situations did arise, I found comfort in knowing that a foundation of trust and mutual respect was already established.
Fast forward to today and I now find myself in the role I once feared. Not surprisingly, because of the wisdom I learned almost 20 year ago, I make every effort to be proactive with my daughters’ teachers and coaches.
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A proactive parent plays an active role in their child’s maturation (or growth) as a student and/or athlete. When problems arise, they seek to understand the coach/teacher perspective first, then collaboratively work to find a solution that’s in the best interest of the child. Proactive communication is based on mutual respect, authenticity, and empathy.
A reactive parent plays a passive role in their child’s maturation. They don’t see the need to create a personal connection with the adults in their child’s life. They figure that if a problem arises, they’ll deal with it at that time. Therefore, in the absence of any real line of communication, problems are met with urgent emails or phone calls saying, “There’s a problem and we need to talk.” These conversations are often confrontational, one-sided, and accusatory. Instead of a solution that leaves the child feeling empowered, the problem will often linger and the child ultimately feels powerless.
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Long-stalled project in Pioneer Square triangular building rumbles back to life
The long-stalled redevelopment of a triangular building next to Seattle's CenturyLink Field has been resurrected.
A group of investors led by Lakeside Capital Management plans to build a 106-unit apartment project over the century-old Seattle Plumbing Supply Building at Railroad Way South and Occidental Avenue South.
The project, called Stadium Terrace, also will have about 9,400 square feet of restaurant and other commercial space and 88 parking stalls on the first level.
It’s the second mostly market-rate residential project in the neighborhood. Next door is Daniels Real Estate and R.D. Merrill companies’ Stadium Place. Now under construction, it will have around 700 residences.
For images of the site's past and future, click on the slide show above right.
Laura Bachman of Lakeside Capital said the project team will apply next week to the city of Seattle for the master-use permit, formally launching the permitting process. The team plans to apply for the building permit in the middle of 2013. Bachman said the project cost isn't known yet and will be estimated over the next 60 to 90 days.
Barrientos, a Seattle development company, took over the project that stalled during the recession. Barrientos borrowed money from Lakeside Capital, a Seattle wealth management company, which ended up taking the project back.
Bachman said lofts are expensive to build, so the residential units will be apartments. Lakeside had the original architects, Weinstein A|U, redesign the project, though from the outside it doesn’t look very different, Bachman said.
Marc Stiles covers commercial real estate and government for the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Peppercorns, whether black, white or green, are the dried fruits of the pepper plant. One of the oldest and best-known spices in the world, pepper is indigenous to India and is rightly called the "King of Spices". It is a perennial, climbing vine indigenous to the Malabar Coast of India.
The hotly pungent spice made from its berries is one of the earliest spices known and is probably the most widely used spice in the world today. Black pepper is produced when the fruits turn yellow-orange; pepper made from these almost ripe berries has a particularly good flavor. Fully ripened pepper fruits are used to make White Pepper. White pepper retains the full pungency of black pepper, but it has an altered flavor due to partial loss of aroma compounds. White pepper is significantly more expensive than black pepper. White pepper has a hotter taste than black pepper.
It is the 3rd most added ingredient in food among the wide range of spices. India is one of the largest producers of black pepper after China and Vietnam. Black pepper has played a pivotal role in India's international trade and it is said that the Europeans came to India primarily for this very spice. A wide variety of black pepper is traded at an international level, with India as one of the top five exporters of black pepper, along with Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia.
Pepper tastes & smells best when ground directly on to food. For hot food it is best to add pepper well towards the end of the cooking process, this preserves the aroma. White pepper is used in white sauces rather than black pepper, which would give the sauce a speckled appearance. Green peppercorns can be meshed with garlic, cinnamon or to make a spiced butter or with cream to make a fresh and attractive sauce for various vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.
Pepper stimulates the taste-buds causing reflex stimulation of gastric secretions, improving digestion and treating gastro-intestinal upsets and flatulence. Pepper calms nausea and raises body temperature, making it valuable for treating fevers and chills. Indian Ayurveda prescribes pepper for constipation, diarrhoea, earache, heart disease, hernia, indigestion, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, tooth decay, and toothaches.


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They're also called Elimination pools or Knockout pools. If you're not familiar with this, you pick an NFL team to win each week, but you can only pick a given team once. If your team wins, you advance, otherwise sayonara baby (insert Arnold Schwarzenegger voice) or something like that. Sounds simple, right?
One strategy is instead of picking a good team each week, pick against a bad team. If you decided to pick whichever team faced Detroit, well, that didn't work so well, now did it? It's a field of landmines out there -- sorta like the poker table.
The concept sounds simple, how could you lose? Not so fast. After the first three weeks, 17 have already been eliminated. That means, um, carry the one, subtract the 7, um, okay, there are 26 left -- at least I think so.
I won't be attending the blogger gathering, but can't stand to miss out on the challenge and the fun. The gloating power is worth more than a shot, anyway. The only thing better than gloating power is blogger gloating power.
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LOS ANGELES — Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record.
Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, The Dark Knight set a one-day box office record with $66.4-million on opening day, Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said Saturday.
The movie's Friday haul surpassed the previous record of $59.8-million set last year by Spider-Man 3. The Dark Knight might break the opening-weekend record of $151.1-million, also held by Spider-Man 3.
The Dark Knight began with a record $18.5-million from midnight screenings, topping the previous high of $16.9-million for Star Wars: Episode III — The Revenge of the Sith.
The opening day grosses for The Dark Knight far exceeded the full weekend haul of its predecessor, Batman Begins, which took in $48.7-million in its first three days in 2005.
Buzz had been high for the Batman sequel well before Ledger died of an accidental prescription-drug overdose in January. Trailers last fall revealing Ledger's demented Joker, with crooked clown makeup, turned up the heat even more.
The Dark Knight reunites Christian Bale as Batman, the vigilante crime-fighter tormented by personal tragedy, and co-stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. Maggie Gyllenhaal also stars.


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You might be captured by the beauty of these unique reptiles, and they are called Red-eared sliders. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United States and is included in the most popular, most invasive, and is a commonly traded turtle in the world. If you are a turtle enthusiast and are looking for fascinating facts about them, or if you want to own your very own slider and hoping to get to know it better, both of you are in the right place.
The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) and is also referred to as red-eared terrapin, red-eared slider turtle, red-eared turtle, slider turtle, and last, water slider turtle, is actually a subspecies of semi-aquatic turtle, pond slider belonging to the family Emydidae. Sliders are native to the Southern United States and Mexico, but are popularized due to their undoubted attractiveness that captures and fascinates a lot of individuals.
They get their name because of their iconic red stripe circulating their ears and from their impressive ability to slide quickly off rocks and logs, going into the water. Their carapace reaches more than 40 cm, but the average length of it is 15 to 20 cm, they are little turtles. It is then embellished with bright marks that resemble painted turtles. They, moreover, stood out because their head, neck, and legs are often with hues of green, brown and yellow, all in the form of stripes.
Most common pet turtle
Sliders are very popular not only in the United States but also all around the world. Why? Because they are the lowest maintenance and secured on their own turtle, with them not needing any special conditions to be kept. Furthermore, they have a life expectancy of almost 30 years, and more importantly, they really do make a great pet companion.
They love the waters
Red-eared sliders are diurnal and are offended by spending most of their time in the water. However, they are also cold-blooded, and they need to leave the water in order to regulate their temperature, out basking in the sun. They are entirely dependent on the temperature of their environment.
Sliders love slow water
Habitats such as freshwater slow-moving lakes and ponds, as well as covering maximum sun exposure is what heaven looks like for red-eared sliders, in the wild. In captivity, this is a perfect aquarium with a basking area, live plants, beautiful nature substrate, and UVB lighting that is under great condition.
Known as an impressive observer, yet poor listener
Sliders are awesome swimmers, there is no debate about that, but they spend most of the time basking in the sun because of the need to regulate body temperature. They have great vision, but poor hearing. Due to the latter, they have become very sensitive to vibrations. They have grown to be a deep observer of their environment and in small threats, they are quick to hide under logs, and basking actually puts them at ease as it gets rid of parasites.
They communicate partly by touch and vibration
As these turtles become less active in the winter, they are able to communicate with each other through touch and vibration. Males usually touch the female on their neck and head with claws, and they are vibrating their tails as well. When it is not winter, they are to communicate with sight, by blinking continuously on the ones they are attracted to. Moreover, they also squirt water with each other, and in some surprises, by biting.
Red-eared sliders have the brains
Sliders are smart, in a way that they have known to recognize their owner’s looks and voice. This also subsequently ruled out that they are also friendly and affectionate with their owners, they are quick on responding to their given name. Moreover, they can learn turtle tricks such as climbing up and down a stair, walking across a plank going into a pool, and golf. Some say that their sliders can fetch and knock on doors. Fascinating.
They do not have teeth
Most of the turtles including sliders do not have a set of teeth, what they do have are horny ridges with sharp curves that make their lower and upper jaw.
Their diet changes with their age
An adult red-eared turtle is an herbivore, whereas those little ones are omnivores. Regardless of the size, sliders prey on the invertebrates and the mollusks. Some big ones even know how to eat water snakes, small fishes, and tadpoles. Alongside all these, they love to eat algae and most aquatic plants, including hyacinth being their favorite.
Red-eared sliders do not hibernate, they undergo brumation
It is a common misconception that turtles hibernate in general, but the fact is far from the truth, as they brute. Brumation happens when animals occasionally wake up during winter to go eat and drink, unlike when it undergoes hibernation where waking up is not an option. Wild sliders start brumation in late autumn and recover as temperatures begin rising up, and sliders that are in captivity typically do not brumate as their temperature can be regulated.
Tougher than dinosaurs!
This is not specific to red-eared sliders, but about turtles in general. It is scientifically proven that turtles are the undisputed survivors of the prehistoric era. It is impressive how prehistoric turtles and today’s turtles differ in very subtle ways. This concludes, while dinosaurs became extinct, the little turtles survived. Well done!
Red-eared Sliders definitely earned their recognition of the most popular pet turtle. They have all the fascinating facts, and all there is to love, and clearly, not even an ounce of things to hate.

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Pennsylvania’s first medicinal marijuana dispensary opens in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM — Keystone Canna Remedies, the first medical marijuana dispensary in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, opened today in Bethlehem, Lehigh County.
“Our professional and personal experiences in patient care, particularly in treating patients experiencing serious medical issues, and our profound commitment to improving their quality of life form the foundation of Keystone Canna Remedies,” said Victor Guadagnino, Founder and Chief Business Development Officer, in a press release announcing the opening. “Our on-site cannabis expert and pharmacist, combined with our patient care model of personal and comprehensive consultations, and, premium product selections from state-regulated sources will transform the lives of patients currently suffering and in some cases, experiencing significant hardship.”
The dispensary will be operated by Victor J. Guadagnino, M.D., Chief Medical Officer; Joan Guadagnino, Chief Operating Officer; Victor Guadagnino, Chief Business Development Officer; Patricia Gregory, Vice President and General Counsel; and, Bradley Carlson, Director of Pharmacy.
Many state, regional and local officials and business community members joined KCR officials to mark the opening of the dispensary, including Acting Secretary of Health and State Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce President Tony Iannelli, State Rep. Steve Samuelson, and former NHL player Riley Cote.
Cote, who played with the Philadelphia Flyers, offered support for the program, noting his history of painful sports injuries from his years on the ice.
“It’s an exciting day for Pennsylvania,” Cote said. “Today marks the beginning of compassionate healthcare for patients in the Keystone State. Cannabis is a holistic phenomenon. The healing compounds contained within this plant will help people from all walks of life increase quality of life while also finding the relief they need.”
The facility will dispense medical marijuana once it becomes available from approved grower/processors, expected in the coming weeks. Forms of the medicine allowed to be dispensed in Pennsylvania and to be dispensed from Keystone Canna Remedies include oils, topical agents, pills, vaporization, tinctures and liquids.
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Note Mitochondrial DNA (Cytochrome c oxidase I) sequencing of Indian marine mussels
P. R. DIVYA, A. GOPALAKRISHNAN, LIJO JOHN, P. C. THOMAS 1 , AND W. S. LAKRA 2
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Cochin Unit, CMFRI Campus, Cochin - 682 018, India 1 Marine Biotechnology Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin - 682 018, India 2 National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow - 226 002, India e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
Two species of marine mussels, the green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) and the brown mussel Perna indica (Kuriakose and Nair, 1976) are found along the Indian coast. It had been suggested that P. indica, which occurs only along the Indian coast, is a synonym of the globally distributed Perna perna. Along the south-west coast of India, where both P. viridis and P. indica co-exist, a third type referred to as parrot mussel, which has shell shape of brown mussel and color of green mussel (suspected to be their hybrid/morphotype) also occurs. The present investigation is a preliminary attempt for resolving the taxonomic ambiguity among Indian marine mussel species using the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. P. indica revealed 95% sequence similarity to P. perna. The sequence divergence between P. indica and parrot mussel was negligibly low (< 2%). Green mussel P. viridis showed 20.87% of sequence divergence with brown mussel P. indica as well as with the parrot mussel. Keywords : Brown mussel, Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene, Green mussel, Perna indica, Perna virdis
Aquaculture importance of different mussel species including those belonging to the genera Mytilus and Perna is globally known. The leading mussel producing countries of the world includes China, Spain, Italy, Thailand, New Zealand, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Canada, United States of America, South American countries, Korea and Japan (FAO, 2006). The major characteristic feature by which the adults of Perna and Mytilus can be distinguished is the pattern of the scars left at the area of muscle attachment on the shell (Siddall, 1980). The confusion over the taxonomy of Perna extends far back into the history of natural science. The Roman author Pliny is reported to have used the common Latin name “Perna” (which means “ham”) to describe a species that is now known as Pinna (Cotte, 1944). Siddall (1980) gave the taxonomic clarification of the genus Perna with three currently recognized species viz., Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758), Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Perna canaliculus (Gmelin, 1791). An apparent exception to the taxonomic scheme presented by Siddall (1980) is a “brown mussel” found confined to the southern tip of India (Rao, 1974; Appukuttan and Nair, 1980; Kuriakose, 1980; Silas et al., 1982), which Rao (1974) referred to as Mytilus sp., and was later described as P. indica (Kuriakose and Nair, 1976). Though no proof exists, there is some evidence that this
species might actually be P. perna (Vakily, 1989). Given the difficulty of reliably distinguishing P. viridis from P. perna because of the great morphological variation within the genus Perna (Siddall, 1980), it is interesting to note that the major characteristics listed by Kuriakose (1980) to differentiate P. indica from P. viridis are identical with those given by Siddall (1980) to distinguish P. perna from P. viridis. However, P. indica was considered to be a synonym of P. perna by Hicks et al. (2001). A further indication that P. indica might actually be P. perna is its restricted distribution along south Indian coast and close geographical proximity to Sri Lanka where P. perna is reported to occur naturally (Sadacharan, 1982). Along the Indian coasts, two species of marine mussels are reported which are of economic importance and with great potential for shellfish mariculture viz., the green mussel, P. viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) and the brown mussel P. indica (Kuriakose and Nair, 1976) with affinity to p. perna. Along the Kollam coast of Kerala, both P. viridis and P. indica co-occur. Due to the construction of breakwaters in this region, natural water currents in this area are limited. In this locality, a third morphotype of mussel occurs, which has a shell shape of brown mussel, but with green shell colouration. Kripa et al. (2001) reported it as parrot mussel and suggested it as a possible hybrid
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between the green mussel, P. viridis and brown mussel, P. indica. Padhi (1998) has also reported the existence of intermediate morphotypes of mussels from Indian coast. DNA markers are currently being used widely to detect differences among species, populations or individuals. Because of the fast sequence evolution and maternal nonrecombining nature of inheritance in animals, mitochondrial genes are being widely used as a powerful tool in phylogenetic studies and species identification. Moreover, COI sequence is reasonably well conserved within species and is therefore now being widely used in invertebrate taxonomy (Baldwin, 1996; Yu et al., 2003; An et al., 2005). In fact, COI appears to possess a greater range of phylogenetic signal than any other mitochondrial gene and the evolution of this gene is rapid enough to allow discrimination of closely allied species (Hebert et al., 2003). In the present study, the mitochondinal DNA(Mt DNA) COI gene fragments from green mussel, brown mussel and the suspected hybrid/ morphotype (parrot mussel) distributed along the Indian coasts were sequenced and compared to resolve the taxonomic ambiguity among them. Proper taxonomic identification of Indian mussels will assist their management, including conservation and sustainable use of these resources. This study is a preliminary attempt to use COI sequences for resolving the taxonomic ambiguity existing among the Indian marine mussels. The mantle tissues (1 g each) were dissected from the three types of mussels: the green mussel, brown mussel and parrot mussel and were preserved in 1.25 ml of 95% ethyl alcohol and stored at 40C until further analysis. Extracting DNA of sufficient purity was difficult at the initial stage of work when conventional phenol- chloroform method of extraction was attempted. This was due to the presence of large amount of polysaccharides in mussel’s mantle tissue, which are usually isolated along with DNA. The polysaccharide can inhibit the activity of polymerases and ligases. Hence, genomic DNA was isolated following the modified phenol chloroform method of Sokolov et al. (2000). Saturated KCl was added to the clear lysate of digested tissue samples, mixed well and incubated in ice for 5 min. At this stage, most of the polysaccharides and proteins are precipitated along with the insoluble sodium dodecyl sulphate. An internal fragment of the COI gene was amplified using a pair of metazoan invertebrate COI primer viz., LCOI1490/HCOI2198: 5’-GGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGG3’/ 5’-TAAACTTCAGGGTGACCAAAAAATCA -3’ (Folmer et al., 1994). The PCR amplifications were performed in 25 µl assay volume containing 2.5 µl 10x assay buffer (100 mM Tris, 500 mM KCl, 0.1% gelatin, pH 9.0) with 1.5 mM MgCl2 (Genei, Bangalore, India), 5 p moles of each primer, 200 µM dNTPs (Genei, Bangalore, India), and 1.5 U Taq DNA polymerase, 18 ml de-ionized water and 20 ng of
template DNA. The reaction mixture was initially denatured at 95 oC for 5 min followed by 29 cycles (94 oC for 45 s, 58 oC for 30 s and 72 oC for 45 s). The reaction was then subjected to a final extension at 72 oC for 5 min. Electrophoresis of 3 ml of the PCR product along with a marker (100 bp DNA ladder, Genei, Bangalore, India) was performed using 1% agarose gel, followed by staining with ethidium bromide in 1x TBE buffer for 30 min. The gel was visualized under UV transilluminator and documented using Image Master VDS (Pharmacia Biotech, USA). All PCR products were purified using the QIA-quick PCR purification kit (Qiagen) and directly sequenced following the protocol outlined in the ABI Prism BigDye sequencing kit (PE Applied Biosystems) using the light strand primers on an ABI 3730 automated DNA sequencer following the manufacturer’s instructions. The DNA sequences were aligned and edited using the Clustal W software in the BIOEDIT sequence alignment editor version 184.108.40.206 (Hall, 1999). Exploratory data analysis including the phylogenetic analyses of sequences were performed using MEGA Version 3.1 (Kumar et al., 2004) and a final adjustment was done manually. Estimates of mean pair wise sequence diversity (± SE) were made using 1000 bootstraps of the data. MegAlign was used to create phylogenetic trees based on two phylogenetic methods, Neighbor Joining- NJ (Saitou and Nei, 1987) and Maximum Parsimony-MP (Eck and DayHoff, 1966) using estimated pair-wise genetic distances (based on Kimuras’ 2- parameter model). A total of 477 bp of aligned sequence of COI gene from two individuals each of green, brown and parrot mussel were used for the comparative study. The sequences obtained in this study have been deposited in GenBank (NCBI) with accession numbers EU543992- EU543997. COI sequences of 3 haplotypes detected among the 6 specimens, along with published sequences of P. perna (NCBI Accession: DQ 917617, DQ 917618), P. canaliculus (DQ 917613, DQ 917609) and Mytilus edulis (DQ 917606) reported by Wood et al. (2007) were aligned. In the present study, P. viridis and parrot mussel revealed only single haplotype each, while P. indica had 2 haplotypes. There were no insertions and deletions in the sequence. Of the 477 bp unambiguous sequence resolved, 431 bases were constant and 46 bases (10%) exhibited variation. The transition: transversion substitution ratio was 1.4. The pair-wise sequence divergence and mean genetic distances computed among the three Indian mussel haplotypes with the published sequences for P. perna, P. canaliculus and M. edulis (Wood et al., 2007) are given in Table 1. The sequence divergence between P. indica and parrot mussel was negligibly low (< 2%). P. viridis (green mussel) showed 20.87% sequence divergence with P. indica (brown mussel) as well as parrot mussel. M. edulis formed
Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of Indian marine mussels
Table 1. Pair wise sequence divergence and mean genetic distances computed among the three Indian mussel haplotypes with the published sequences for P. perna, P. canaliculus and M. edulis (Wood et al., 2007) ** 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 0.0000 0.2087 0.2087 0.2117 0.2087 0.2233 0.2203 0.2447 0.2447 0.3967 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
0.2087 0.2087 0.2117 0.2087 0.2233 0.2203 0.2447 0.2447 0.3967
0.0000 0.0021 0.0000 0.0552 0.0552 0.1953 0.1953 0.4161
0.0021 0.0000 0.0552 0.0552 0.1953 0.1953 0.4161
0.0021 0.0576 0.0576 0.1982 0.1982 0.4121
0.0552 0.0552 0.1953 0.1953 0.4161
0.0042 0.2044 0.2163 0.4317
0.2044 0.2163 0.4276
** Number indicates : (1&2) P. vindis, (3&4) Parrot mussel, (5&6) P. indica, (7&8) P. perna, (9&10) P. canaliculatus, (11) M. edulis
the out-group with 39% divergence from green mussel, 41% divergence from both brown mussel and parrot mussel. The sequence divergence of Indian brown mussel P. indica and P. perna was 5%. The haplotypes of brown and parrot mussels showed negligibly low divergence. This is also supported by the similarity in morphology between these two types of mussels. The difference between them was limited only to their colour.
Parrot mussel 99 99 42 Perna indica-1 Perna indica-2
The published reports on Indian marine mussels’ phylogeny and systematics are limited, except few (Kuriakose and Nair, 1976; Siddall, 1980). In our study, the indication is that P. indica is a distinct species and not to be relegated as a synonym of P. perna. According to Ward et al. (2008), majority of within-species divergence values show less than 2%. The COI sequence divergence between P. indica and parrot mussel was also <2%. Parrot mussel
73 Parrot mussel Perna indica-1 Perna indica-2 100 Perna perna-1 100 Perna perna-2 Perna canaliculus-1 100 Perna canaliculus-2
Perna perna-1 99 Perna perna-2 99 Perna virdis
Perna canaliculus-1 99 Perna canaliculus-2 Mytilus eduls
Perna virdis Mytilus eduls
Consensus Maximum Parsimony tree based on parsimony analysis of the haplotypes detected in this study, along with those sequences of Perna perna, Perna canaliculus and Mytilus edulis obtained through the study of Wood et al. (2007).
Consensus Neighbor-joining tree based on the analysis of the haplotypes detected in this study, along with those sequences of Perna perna, Perna canaliculus and Mytilus edulis obtained through the study of Wood et al. (2007)
Consensus phylogenetic tree of the three Indian mussels as well as P. perna, P. canaliculus and M. edulis based on Parsimony analysis and Neighbor Joining method using the sequence data resolved in this study and the COI sequences published by Wood et al. (2007) are given in Fig. 1 and 2 respectively. The brown mussel and parrot mussel formed a single group (clade), while the green mussel formed a distinct clade. P. indica revealed 95% similarity to P. perna compelling for a re-look of the suggestion of Vakily et al. (1989) that the former is only a variant of P. perna.
may be a morphotype of P. indica and it is suggested that inclusion of nuclear genes in the study can confirm the genetic identity of parrot mussel. The phylogenetic results of the present study are based on data from a single mitochondrial gene. Inclusion of other markers, both nuclear and mitochondrial, is also required to resolve phylogenetic ambiguities. Further studies involving more number of individuals and more number of species-specific regions in the nuclear and mt DNA are essential, to confirm the taxonomic identity of P. indica and parrot mussel.
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The authors thank the Director NBFGR, Lucknow for providing necessary facilities for completing the work. The first author also acknowledges CIFE/ICAR for the financial assistance received during the tenure of this work.
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“I can’t believe you did that to me,” he said in a hurt voice, softly. He hated being this afraid of her. Something had to change if she wanted him to stay.
She turned around, every inch of her slug-like body glistening. Today she manifested herself as a bloody gob of phlegm.
He wondered if he had gone too far this time as her body engulfed him. She was livid. “Why do you always start this before I go to work?” he cried. She knew he had to work! And he also knew that it was useless to ask–she would never tell him the real reason for lashing out like this. He gurgled: “Please stop! Can’t you just tell me why, just this once?”
Depression was a likely candidate. Seasonal depression was common during the winter. Did she have a tough weekend? Or was it about having a baby … She had wanted one for a while, but he was still hesitant.
Whenever he was off from work she disappeared, so there was no excuse for this behaviour. At least not in his mind. If he had to guess she was cheating on him, while he remained the loyal husband. She was an enigma, and a killer, but he had always loved her, which made the what if more painful.
“You’re too possessive,” he told her, sadness painting his features. “I don’t think I can go on with this for much longer. I don’t think this is gonna work out. I–” his voice cracked. “I want a divorce!” The words came out in a rush.
Her massive body began to quiver.”Oh, so you’ve finally found your backbone?” She was mocking him.
Mocking him? Admittedly he had trouble understanding her. Today was no different. “Let me go,” he whispered.
“Hmm, no lover. Not today!” Her body began to envelope him as she pulled him inside herself. “You haven’t given me a child yet!”
His voice was drowned out as she trapped him. No! he said to himself, panicked.
His wife’s habits in the bed were voracious, to put it lightly.


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the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
by insider Fisher Todd A since year 2005.
The trader's CIK number is 1206470.
At the time of this reporting, Fisher Todd A is the Chief Administrative Officer of Kkr & Co. L.p. .
(stock ticker symbol KKR).
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|2015-04-01||KKR||Kkr & Co. L.p.||Option Ex||136,099||.00||0|
|2015-03-04||KKR||Kkr & Co. L.p.||Sale||153,939||23.81||3,665,287|
|2014-04-01||KKR||Kkr & Co. L.p.||Option Ex||105,677||.00||0|
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We got a chuckle out of Charles Giuliano’s review of Wim Wenders’s new 3D documentary, PINA, about legendary choreographer Pina Bausch, which was screened by the Berkshire International Film Festival last week at Pittsfield’s Beacon Cinema.
In particular, it was Giuliano’s second paragraph that caused us to question what we were reading, do a reality check on our own memory of German cinema of the last 40 years, and ultimately figure that when Giuliano wrote:
Wenders is know [sic] for his narrative films, particularly those starring the eccentric Klaus Kinsky [sic], as well as quirky documentaries. Often his projects test the limits of endurance, risk and even sanity.
he was actually writing about Werner Herzog, that other German film director, whom indeed is known for his narrative films, particularly those starring the eccentric Klaus Kinski, as well as quirky documentaries. And yes,
often Herzog’s projects test the limits of both his and his audience’s endurance, risk and even sanity.
Indeed, it can be difficult keeping all those nutty German film directors straight.
To err is human; to fact-check is divine.


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