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Even though COVID-19 will change how schools operate for the 2020-2021 school year, children with asthma and allergies need to have a school health care plan in place if they are returning to in-person learning. Physical distancing, extra hand-washing, face masks and coverings, and other school policies may impact your child’s care plan.
What Is a School Health Care Plan?
A school health care plan is a document (or set of documents) that outlines your child’s medical condition and how it should be managed while at school. A school health care plan can help protect your student and keep them healthy.
These are the three most common care plans:
- An emergency care plan (ECP) is a medical plan from your child’s doctor for the school to follow. It also lists the student’s allergies, asthma triggers, symptoms and emergency treatment instructions.
- An individualized health care plan (IHCP) is a type of nursing care plan. The school nurse often creates it with the family, student, teachers and doctors. An IHCP addresses what the school will do to keep a safe school environment. It often contains an ECP.
- A 504 plan is a legal contract between the school and the student. The 504 plan is a legal document. It gives you and your child more protections if the school does not follow the plan. It also has guidelines for changes to make in the classroom or other areas to provide a safe education.
Will My Child’s School Health Care Plan Need to Change Because of COVID-19 Policies and Processes?
Most schools in the U.S. are implementing new policies this year to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. This could include physical (social) distancing, extra hand-washing, face masks or coverings, increased site cleaning and sanitizing, and changes in scheduling. If your child has asthma or allergies, think about how new policies and practices could affect your child. Then talk to the school administrators.
Here are some examples of questions you may want to ask your child’s school:
What type of school health care plan will be best for my child?
If your child will be returning to school for in-person learning, review AAFA’s COVID-19 and Asthma Toolkit for Schools for ways new procedures – such as cleaning – might impact students with asthma. Look for possible items that may need to be added to your child’s health care plan.
Request copies of the school’s health forms now, if you haven’t already. Contact your child’s doctor to find out how they are handling school health forms. Many doctors have fewer available appointments and added restrictions to ensure physical distancing. It may take longer to get forms signed because of this. Ask about any updates to your child’s Asthma Action Plan that might be needed.
If your child has an ECP and you have any concerns about new procedures that you can’t note on the school health forms, consider asking for a meeting or phone call. If your child doesn’t have a 504 plan and you think they will need one, start the process right away. If your child already has a 504 plan, decide if you need to request a meeting, video conference or phone call with the school. You and the school may find it easier to first talk with the school staff about how to keep your child safe. If your child is attending school virtually (online at home), you probably won’t need a 504 plan. But if you are concerned about a high number of absences and doctors’ appointments because of their asthma, you might need a 504 plan that covers this.
Where will emergency medicines be stored? How will your child be supervised to take their medicine if needed?
Your child’s quick-relief or “rescue” medicine should be easily and quickly accessible and not increase the risk of being exposed to the new coronavirus. Every state protects a child’s right to self-carry their emergency medicine. Discuss with your child’s doctor if they are ready to self-carry their medicine. If your child will not self-carry, find out where medicines will be kept. The school may ask for a second inhaler, and spacer if used, to keep in a designated location even if your child self-carries their medicine.
What will the procedure be if my child needs to use their asthma inhaler?
If your child has to use their inhaler, they have to remove their mask. This could expose your child or other children to the new coronavirus, even if the children don’t have symptoms. Many people with COVID-19 don’t have symptoms or may be contagious before they show symptoms. It’s best if your child can see the school nurse if they have symptoms and use their inhaler in a space away from other staff and children. The school nurse can also assess any respiratory symptoms for signs of COVID-19.
If your child normally uses a nebulizer for their emergency asthma treatment, discuss options for using an inhaler with your child’s doctor and the school nurse. Nebulizers can spread coronavirus particles into the air. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people with asthma should use inhalers with spacers (with or without a face mask, according to each student’s individual treatment plan) instead of nebulizer treatments whenever possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on limited data, the use of asthma inhalers (with or without spacers or face masks) does not appear to release coronavirus particles into the air. A spacer or valved holding chamber is recommended when using an MDI.
Will the school cleaning plan increase your child’s exposure to potential asthma triggers?
Strong scents and cleaning chemicals, especially cleaning sprays, can trigger asthma symptoms. Find out if cleaning will be done while the students are present and what kind of products will be used. Refer to our COVID-19 and Asthma Toolkit for Schools for information on asthma-friendly cleaning.
If your child has food allergies, find out how the school plans to handle meals.
The CDC has recommended that students eat meals in their classrooms. If your child has a school health care plan that states food cannot be eaten in the classroom, that may change due to COVID-19 policies. There are other ways to keep your child safe. These changes will mean more frequent desk cleaning and hand-washing. Physical distancing can help reduce exposure to food as well. Talk to your child’s school to figure out other ways to prevent food allergy reactions.
Food allergens can hide in some soaps and hand sanitizers. You may want to find out if you can send in soap or hand sanitizer from home. Ask how they will ensure your child has access to it. And remember, hand sanitizer doesn’t remove food proteins from hands, but hand-washing does.
If your child has eczema (atopic dermatitis), ask about hand-washing and hand sanitizer use.
Antiseptic soaps and hand sanitizers can be hard on the skin, especially for people with eczema. Consider working with your child’s school to make sure your child can wash their hands with a gentler soap instead of using hand sanitizer. You may want to ask if you can send soap from home. And make sure your child will have access to an eczema-friendly moisturizer after they wash their hands.
Where Can I Find More COVID-19 School Resources?
Schools will face a lot of challenges during the 2020-2021 school year. AAFA created resources to help school nurses, administrators, staff and teachers. Check out the resources below and share them with your child’s school.
This toolkit provides guidance to help schools as they develop their policies and procedures. This toolkit is a supplement to current district, state and CDC guidelines.
New school policies may change how food allergies are handled in schools. This blog post looks at how these changes could affect kids with food allergies. We also include helpful information for parents and school staff.
It’s important to know how to prevent life-threatening medical emergencies, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Make a pact to “ACT” for asthma and allergy. Follow these three steps to reduce your chance of having an asthma or allergy emergency:
- Have an action plan for asthma or anaphylaxis.
- Carry your medicines and wear a medical ID.
- Have a treatment plan that includes when to take your medicines and what to do in an emergency.

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Tosca Angela Gheorghiu
Cavaradossi Roberto Alagna
Scarpia Ruggero Raimondi
Angelotti Maurizio Muraro
Sacristan Enrico Fissore
Spoletta David Cangelosi
Sciarrone Sorin Coliban
Jailer Gwynne Howell
Shepherd James Savage-Hanford
Tiffin Boys Choir
Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Antonio Pappano
Reviewed by: Tim Ashley
Reviewed: December 2001
CD No: EMI CDS 5 57173 2 (2 CDs)
This is, first and foremost, a recording of Tosca for the modern age. We live in an era when the cry goes up that the live arts are in danger of being sidelined by technology. The primary aim of this performance is not therefore to reproduce the kind of tension one might experience in the theatre (though on the way, it more or less succeeds), but to accompany another example of opera’s transmutation into cinema. It forms the soundtrack for a film of Tosca by the French director Benoit Jacquot, which opened in Lucca in November and is scheduled for UK release next April.
Filmed opera is notoriously tricky to get right, and only Ingmar Bergman’s Magic Flute, Joseph Losey’s Don Giovanni and Hans Jurgen Syberberg’s Parsifal have, by common consent, made the transition from stage to screen successfully. Whether Jacquot’s attempt belongs in such august company remains to be seen. Since no members of the music press were, to my knowledge, invited to the advance screenings that have already taken place in London, I haven’t viewed it. Early reports suggest, however, that its values are relentlessly art-house, swivelling between a studio in which a recording – this recording – is being made and an extravagant, and equally studio-bound, reconstruction ofthe opera itself, the whole intercut with documentary footage of the actual Roman locations where the opera is set.
The on-screen canoodling of opera’s supposed golden couple, husband and wife Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, has inevitably caused comment, as has a sequence in which Ruggero Raimondi’s Scarpia, to the accompaniment of much orgasmic grunting, apparently ejaculates in his pants during the ’Te Deum’. Those contemplating buying this set may – or may not – like to know that Raimondi’s gurgles don’t find their way onto the recording, though it should also be added that its use of sound effects is a tad inconsistent. We hear both Angelotti gasping for breath when he flings himself exhaustedly into the church at the start, and the Sacristan clapping his hands to summon the choir for the ’Te Deum’. No window slams shut, however, when Scarpia attempts to block out Tosca’s voice during the Cantata, while the gunfire that signals Cavaradossi’s demise is so faintly dubbed on as to seem like an afterthought.
One’s main awareness that this is a soundtrack derives, however, from a considerable unnaturalness of balance throughout. The singers are consistently placed very far forward. This certainly will give the impression to the uninitiated that Gheorghiu’s voice in particular can cleave through a large-ish orchestra with a heft that it doesn’t possess in reality. It also, however, allows a number of passages, notably the scenes between Cavaradossi and Angelotti in Act I, to be voiced in hushed, furtive whispers that would be utterly inaudible in a theatre. Just occasionally there’s an emotional inflection in the delivery of a line that seems to need visuals for clarification. Tosca’s ’Oh, e inutil’ (It’s useless) at the start of her confrontation with Scarpia, for instance, is marked ’ridendo’ (laughing) in the score and is usually sung with edgy bravado. Gheorhgiu’s delivery is more of a panic-stricken aside isolated from the rest of the dialogue, and one is left wondering whether it is used as such in the film.
The recording is, however, modern in ways other than technical, and it is here that the performance may be said to rate highly. Scarpia’s damp cinematic experience in church points to a more flagrant eroticism than we are used to in Tosca, and this, to a certain extent, is what is found. That there was a strongsadomasochistic streak in Puccini’s temperament is well known. Taboos surrounding the aesthetic depiction of sadomasochism have broken down of late, however, and here the element is brought centre-stage. Raimondi’s Scarpia is blatantly turned on at the thought of both Cavaradossi’s torture and Tosca’s anguish, as proved first by sardonic hints of laughter and irony as he bates her, then by his utterly obscene delivery of phrases like ’Your tears were lava that burned my senses’. Even though there are moments when you’re aware that Raimondi’s voice has lost some of its former velvety lustre, this is a superlative piece of vocal acting, a great assumption of the role as well as a shocking one that far outstrips his earlier performance on Karajan’s DG recording.
Neither Gheorghiu nor Alagna are quite in his league; whether by accident or design, they highlight the whiff of sadomasochism that also runs through the relationship between Tosca and Cavaradossi, turning it into a mirror image of Tosca’s encounters with Scarpia. While Scarpia admits to being aroused by Tosca’s vulnerability, Cavaradossi, in a line played down by some interpreters, discloses that his attraction is for her ’wild anger and her spasms of love’. Gheorghiu and Alagna come close to portraying the lovers as a dominatrix female and her submissive mate, an interpretation heightened by the vocal inequalities between them.
Whatever one’s doubts about Gheorghiu’s famed off-stage temperament and, in this specific instance, the way the recording has been engineered, there’s little question that her voice, with its voluptuous, morbid tones, is, in itself, superb. Her Tosca is suitably fiery, self-dramatising, manipulative – with Cavaradossi, a bit too self-consciously so in places – genuinely affecting when she breaks down before Scarpia. Roused to anger and violence, however, she’s vicious rather than titanically grand, while the recording can’t quite disguise the fact that there are moments of forcing in the lower registers. There isn’t really the weight for ’E morto! Or gli perdono’, which is close to snarl rather than genuinely tragic.
Alagna, however, proves a major disappointment yet again. To hear him here serves as a reminder of what a fine singer he used to be, and to be continuously aware of the subsequent slippage in both voice and artistry. His tone is frequently patchy, the high notes ringing but effortful, his delivery of the text slipshod and uncommitted. Only once – in ’E lucevan le stelle’ – does he really settle down, producing some beautiful, genuinely reflective soft singing that illuminates both music and words. His decline begs inevitable questions as to its cause. The answer probably lies in the fact that he and his wife have persisted in singing together, when they in fact are not vocally suited to the same repertoire. They have appeared in, and recorded, works that consistently show off Gheorghiu to advantage, but which have left her husband over-parted, now very much to his detriment. He once possessed a voice ideally suited to the lyric French repertoire, where great interpreters are thin on the ground. He should never have been persuaded away from it.
Antonio Pappano’s conducting, however, is glorious. He’s urgently expressive and sensual, brutal and tender by turns, shaping the whole with an almost relentless pace. The playing from the Royal Opera House Orchestra is spine tingling throughout, the juxtaposition of delicate textures with oppressive clamour flawlessly judged.
Impressive individual contributions don’t, however, always add up to a satisfactory whole and my reaction to this was decidedly mixed. Raimondi, above all, demands to be heard. Alagna’s performance, however, prevents this recording from being included in a list of the finest versions available. Fans will doubtless want it, but those who really want to hear Tosca must turn elsewhere.
The versions by Colin Davis (Philips), Sinopoli (DG) and Karajan (his first recording on Decca is better than his DG remake) are all equally well conducted and more consistently sung. Pride of place, however, still belongs to Victor de Sabata’s 1954 La Scala recording (also EMI) with Callas, di Stefano and Gobbi – an achievement that no one has ever matched, and I rather doubt whether anyone ever will.

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Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
With degree of freedom, the number of independent ( and in that sense " arbitrary " ) movement possibilities of a system is called. A rigid body in space has therefore the degree of freedom, because you can move the body in three independent directions and rotate in three independent levels. In this meaning, as the total number of independent movement possibilities of the concept of degree of freedom is found only in the singular. The individual movement possibilities are then also called freedoms. In literature and in common usage, but also each of the independent movement possibilities of a system is called a degree of freedom. A rigid body without bindings accordingly has three translational degrees of freedom and three rotational degrees of freedom.
Each degree of freedom of a physical system corresponds to an independent generalized coordinate, at which the system can be described. What is meant by the word "independent", you can see an example: Suppose a particle is located in a plane ( eg on a table ), and can move in this plane only along a straight line. For example, the x coordinate of the particle is known, then there's almost always the corresponding y -coordinate directions and vice versa. Therefore, the particle has only one degree of freedom, because an independent coordinate ( such as the distance on the line ), the position fully describes.
The number of generalized coordinates is a system property. For example, a free mass point three translational degrees of freedom. A rigid body, however, has in addition to the three translational, three rotational degrees of freedom, the latter described by its angle of rotation.
The number of freedom of a system, which is made up of many sub- systems, is the sum of the freedoms of the subsystems, provided these do not by constraints: is restricted (eg, vehicle clutch The trailer can not move independently of the towing vehicle ).
- A degree of freedom > 0 describes a self- moving system (mechanism).
- A degree of freedom = 0 describes a statically determinate system.
- A degree of freedom <0 stands for a statically over-determined system may occur in the high internal voltages ( " clamped ").
Example: double pendulum
Two point masses and have in three-dimensional space a total of six degrees of freedom. However, these are limited by several constraints in the double pendulum ( see figure): located in the plane ( ), as (). In addition, the staffs of the two oscillating rigid (and). These four constraints reduce the number of degrees of freedom. Therefore satisfy the two angles and as independent coordinates for the description of the system.
In a joint mechanism comprises two parts are movably connected to each other. The degree of freedom is the number of possible movements that can perform the joint. The freedom of the rigid body are available. Within a joint at least one freedom is suppressed, a maximum of five freedoms are for a technical application. More than three freedoms are achieved with multiple joints.
- Figure 2: swivel
- Figure 3: screw joint
- Figure 5: sliding pivot, hinge plate
- Figure 6: sliding pivot
- Figure 7: Ball Joint
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
The same concept of degrees of freedom of the mechanism also appears in statistical mechanics and thermodynamics: The energy of a thermodynamic system is evenly distributed according to the equipartition theorem to the individual degrees of freedom. The number of degrees of freedom is included in the entropy is a measure of the number of reachable states. Thermodynamic systems generally have many degrees of freedom, about on the order of 1023. It can, however, many similar systems with only few degrees of freedom about, for example 1023 atoms with effective ( see below), each with three degrees of freedom.
Can be specified, the internal energy of an ideal gas with the particles as a function of the temperature and the number of degrees of freedom of a gas particle. In general, the Boltzmann constant:
In the case of a monatomic ideal gas with three degrees of freedom per particle results
This is important for the determination of oscillations are counted twice, since they have both kinetic and potential energy (see below).
Due to the discrete energy levels of the quantum mechanics, all degrees of freedom at low energies usually not be excited, because the first excited state already has a too high energy. This allows a system at a given energy have effectively fewer degrees of freedom. For example, an atom at ambient temperature has effectively only the three translational degrees of freedom, since the average energy is so low that atomic excitations practically not occur.
A diatomic molecule, such as molecular hydrogen has - in addition to the electronic excitations - six degrees of freedom: three translational, two of the rotation, and an oscillation degree of freedom ( although the double- counts to calculate the internal energy ). Rotation and vibration are quantized and at low total energy of a molecule can not be excited higher-energy rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom; they say that they are " frozen. " So the most diatomic gases such as hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen behave under normal conditions effectively so as if the individual molecules only five degrees of freedom, which is reflected by the adiabatic exponent. At high temperatures the system all degrees of freedom are available.
More complex molecules have more vibrational degrees of freedom, and thus provide a greater contribution to entropy.
Each molecule with atoms has degrees of freedom, because one for each atom needs three coordinates to define its position. This can be formally divided into translational, rotational and internal vibrational degrees of freedom.
The following applies
- For diatomic linear molecules:
- For diatomic non-linear molecules:
A molecule with atoms generally has for the internal vibrational energy
Vibrational degrees of freedom.
The thermodynamic degrees of freedom of the state variables at the macroscopic level are obtained for any system in equilibrium via the Gibbs phase rule.


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In the antebellum South, the land of the free was also the home of the enslaved. During the greater part of the 19th Century, African-Americans had no identity, no rights and very few ways to express their cultural and creative selves.
For the vast number of African-American cabinetmakers, potters, quilters, basketmakers and blacksmiths, work became the outlet for such expression. Not only did the skills of those slave artisans help build a nation, but their contributions to American craft also created a historical and artistic legacy that is just starting to get recognition.
Museums and private collectors are scrambling to add those utilitarian works to their collections. One of the most masterful and sought examples of slave artistry exists in a collection of oversize, alkaline-glazed pots, inscribed with verse and signed with a flourish by Dave, a South Carolinian who scholars believe made at least 40,000 vessels during a 44-year period between 1820 and 1870.
A collection of 30 "Dave pots," as they are called, is featured in an exhibition, " `I made this jar . . . ' The Life and Works of the Enslaved African American Potter, Dave," at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library near Wilmington, Del. The exhibit, which runs through June 25, also will display six paintings by contemporary artist Jonathan Green reflecting his feelings on the life and work of Dave.
Dave's works are important for many reasons, says Jill Koverman, the curator of the exhibit and curator of education at the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. The initial donation of a Dave-made 40-gallon stoneware jar, with an inscribed verse that reads "Made at Stoney Bluff, for holding--lard--enough," to the Charleston Museum around 1919 sparked researchers to scour the Edgefield, S.C., area to learn more about South Carolina ceramic traditions. (They discovered that Edgefield, because of its proximity to the Savannah River and natural availability of iron red and kaolin clays, operated 10 potteries at the height of its production in the mid-1800s and was the first region in the country to use alkaline stoneware glaze.)
Beyond his sheer talent as a prolific "turner," says Koverman, Dave "was the only potter in the area to write on his pots. On some he put a poem, on others he signed his name and dated them. What's important is that we have a record of his work, unlike other potters in the area, black or white."
Made for use
Dave boldly took creative license, writing on the outside of his syrup and whiskey jugs, buttermilk pitchers, 25-gallon storage jars to hold pickled meat--vessels meant to be used.
"These pieces weren't made to be placed in the parlor of a home," Koverman says. "According to the standards of the day, they wouldn't be considered fine art at all."
That didn't stop Dave from inscribing on a copper-red storage jar made in 1857, this poignant verse: "I wonder where is all my relations/Friendship to all--and every nation."
Sometimes he wrote instructional couplets, as on a piece of brown glazed stoneware in 1858: "A very large jar which has four handles/pack it full of fresh meat--then light candles." Or, on an iron-red glazed jar, made in 1857, this ditty: "A pretty little girl on a virge/volca(n--)ic mountain, how they burge." The jar was discovered with the lines of the poem filled with lard. "We still have remnants of what they were used for," Koverman marveled.
"As an enslaved potter, Dave would want the work of his hands to be recognized and he did it in a very permanent way," said Juanita M. Holland, a professor of art history who teaches arts of the African diaspora at the University of Maryland.
"For African-American craftspeople, this was a way to express their identity in a power structure that allowed you almost no expression of identity."
Holland says that because there are so few remaining artifacts, it might appear there weren't many black artisans, when in fact the opposite was true. Black skilled labor was responsible for the bulk of Southern material culture and provided the thrust that kept plantations running as self-sufficient communities, she said.
Many slaves lived to see emancipation, including Dave, who was owned by three masters in his lifetime, according to Koverman. Or Harriet Powers of Georgia, whose paneled story quilts, housed at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, are the best-known examples of Southern African-American quilting tradition.
Some African-American craftsmen were born free, such as furniture-makers Pierre Charles Dutreuil Barjon Sr. of New Orleans and Thomas Day of North Carolina, who in 1850 owned the largest furniture shop in the state.
Day, who scholars believe was born around 1800, hailed from a sophisticated tradition of Virginia cabinetmakers before settling in Milton, in the back country of North Carolina. He crafted traditional pieces out of mahogany from European patterns but added his personal signature of carved twists and turns. During the Industrial Revolution's infancy, Day employed both whites and enslaved blacks in his mass-production shop.
Considered by whites to be an upstanding individual in the town, Day was still subjected to the state's highly restrictive laws for free blacks.
"He lost the right to vote. He had to send his kids away to school (an abolitionists' school in Massachusetts). He couldn't testify against a white person in court. His civil rights were extremely limited, which made it all the more extraordinary what he did," said Laurel Sneed, the executive director of the Thomas Day Education Project in North Carolina. "The fact that he was a talented craftsperson gave him an edge. And he used it to literally carve out an existence for himself."
Researchers are examining the creations of African-American artisans in an effort to examine their lives. Still, there are questions: Did Dave the potter marry and have children? Was his pottery influenced by the larger tradition of English and Pennsylvania potters? How was he able to express himself so openly without facing repercussions?
Through research, Koverman was able to discern one of Dave's owners--Lewis Miles, who owned the pottery where Dave worked--regarded him as a steady worker who was allowed a large window for creativity. Yet Koverman also theorizes that Dave may have been severely oppressed by another of his owners and feared for his well-being during a period from 1840 to 1857, when no verse appeared on his pots.
It is known that after 1860, Dave's creations became smaller and smaller. That may have been because Dave lost his leg in a train accident and was unable to balance large vessels at his wheel, Koverman says. His last piece of pottery was recorded in 1864; there was no record of Dave in South Carolina's 1880 census.
Today, Dave's pieces can fetch from $40,000 to $60,000 and up, says Koverman. And "the likelihood of these pieces coming to sale in an open market is becoming more and more remote."
Contemporary furniture-makers, such as Craftique of North Carolina, have helped to keep the legacy of black artisans alive by presenting a Thomas Day collection of 19th Century reproductions, with a portion of the sale proceeds going to restore Day's home and workshop. Derrick Joshua Beard, a collector from Chicago, has put together, with the help of furniture-makers, a collection of reproductions of works by Day, Barjon and Cincinnati craftsman Henry Boyd. Beard offers the pieces at www.sankofaheri-tage.com.
" `I made this jar . . . ' The Life and Works of the Enslaved African American Potter, Dave" runs through June 25 at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Winterthur, Del. For more information, call 800-448-3883, or visit the Web site www.winterthur.org.

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One (Jacob David), a large man, 29, with a thing for loose black shirts that hang from his frame, with a moustache that curls up and away but is not quite handlebar material; more than a few people have remarked how much he reminds them (in appearance, anyway) of the porn superstar Ron Jeremy.
The other (Joel Washing), 29, in thick black eyeglass frames, with a vague resemblance to brainy singers of sensitive emo rock groups; he has a job delivering pizzas a couple of days a week; less physically obvious than David, he makes up for it with his cell-phone ring, which is Italian disco, sung in Spanish.
They're young filmmakers.
David graduated in 2001 from the film program at the University of Toledo, where he met Washing. ("I tell people I 'stopped going to school' in 2001," Washing said.) They are at an age where you want to show flash. You want to make a mark, something reminiscent of SAW, another Quentin Tarantino rip-off, or a film about the heartache of being 30. Lots of guns and a screenplay with a subject you know zilch about. It should be sexy, and absolutely redundant.
Not these two.
Two Toledos, their first major picture, debuts at 8 p.m. tomorrow on WGTE-TV, Channel 30; it's part of the PBS station's ongoing Toledo Stories series. It's quite good. But it's not sexy. It has subtitles. It's shot in Toledo, Ohio, and Toledo, Spain. Its focus is artists who live and work in both cities. Not controversial artists who suspend dead sharks in formaldehyde. Fine artists. Jazz singers (Toledo, Ohio's Ramona Collins, for instance). Artisans. It's patient and compassionate. The point is to foster cultural understanding between the Toledos, to spotlight the similarities, to celebrate the differences.
"We're of the opinion," Washing said, "that artists of a place are more in tune with things happening in their cities than most people, and they are better about articulating themselves."
Now the irony.
Two Toledos and the Association of Two Toledos have had a few communications issues themselves. Lee Murray, president of the 75-year-old nonprofit - created to foster understanding between the two cities (it's the oldest sister-cities program in the United States) - hasn't been thrilled with the film.
The issue goes to the root of taste. At an initial screening last spring, members of the association didn't like the picture. Some Spanish viewers didn't like it. They felt it didn't show off enough of the artwork, Ms. Murray said. She also thought it was too "philosophical." She expected something different. On the other hand, it's not the association's movie. David and Washing made it, a movie about artistic expression, no less. "I don't know what their expectations were," David said. "Nothing was promised them."
But the film was re-edited.
Ms. Murray saw the final version for the first time on Monday night. (She says she learned it was going to be on television only a couple of weeks ago. David said he thinks the filmmakers mentioned it to the association.) Yesterday morning, hours after the private screening, Ms. Murray said, "It was better than the movie I saw in Spain. It was still the artists expressing their views, and we expected to see more art. But it was clearer. That's how I felt."
Last spring was different.
Two Toledos begins with Toledo, Ohio, at dawn. Cars move along the Anthony Wayne Trail. Then it cuts to Toledo, Spain, at dawn; a castle watches over the few cars zooming about at the same hour. The early morning light grows brighter. Then David and Washing begin cutting back and forth between the artists of Toledo, Ohio, and the artists of Toledo, Spain. They talk about why they create. We see the end results put in the center of the frame and held on for a second, for us to appreciate. It's earnest and upbeat, thoughtful and well-observed - far from edgy.
They put $25,000 of their own money into the film; they raised another $24,000 through fund-raisers. (The final film cost around $49,000.) They say they don't expect a return. "We want to make it back," David said. "We also realize it's our first project and we have to prove ourselves."
Last May, the pair showed the film to Toledo, Spain, for the first time. Ms. Murray flew in for the occasion, which coincided with Toledo, Spain's 75th anniversary party for the Association of Two Toledos. "It was a fiasco," she said.
Despite starting in early 2005, and making four trips to Spain, David said the film wasn't ready yet. "We were almost tempted to cancel the screening because we weren't entirely happy with it." But with a screening scheduled, the picture was shown, and the response, the filmmakers say, was polite and positive - others in the crowd that night describe person after person giving hugs to the filmmakers, thanking them profusely, generally happy.
Then David and Washing began hearing things. Negative things. "Which surprised us because we thought they enjoyed it." Robert Garcia, a Toledo, Ohio, artist who appears in the film, said he heard some people didn't think there "was enough of the artists." Ms. Murray's initial reaction was more harsh: "Toledo, Spain, is a small town and they treated them like royalty but they didn't include enough of the art of the people they interviewed. I'm not angry. I was just disappointed."
She also mentioned the name of the association didn't appear up front enough in the film. She wanted a mention that the film was sponsored by the Association of Two Toledos. But the mention is in there, David said - along with a mention of the other big sponsor, Marco's Pizza (Washing's part-time employer).
The chain donated about $5,000. The association donated about $5,500; it also helped arrange the interviews that David and Washing conducted with artists in Spain. There was no contract between the association and the filmmakers, Ms. Murray said. And the filmmakers say the film was never intended to be a promotional film for the group.
Indeed, David and Washing approached the association with the idea, which came out of a post-college trip they made to Spain in 2001. They had taken a one-day excursion into Toledo. "We were with a tour group and decided to break off," Washing said. They walked around and got lost. "Being in this old city with these narrow streets, so narrow you pin yourself to the wall when the cars come by - it blew our mind."
Once back in Ohio, they spoke about their experiences with John Henry Fullen, executive director of Toledo Sister Cities International, who encouraged them to make a documentary. "They came back captivated by Spanish culture," he remembers. "They were in love with Spain and they wanted to continue that relationship. All I did was encourage their idea. I go to all the conferences and have never seen anything like a documentary about sister city programs."
In the meantime, they shot children's choirs and private receptions - as a videotaping service, basically - for the video chain Movie Gallery. They shot local political campaign commercials (for Councilman Phil Copeland and Toledo attorney Sam Nugent, among others). They also organized Toledo Filmmakers, a moviemaking advocacy group that meets once a month at the Original Sub Shop & Deli on Broadway (owned by Sargis David, Jacob's father); about a dozen or so members attend each meeting.
Indeed, the last film they finished before Two Toledos was a brief history of Toledo's Farm Labor Organizing Committee for the group's national convention. "They did a pretty decent job of putting a lot of archival footage and new footage together under a tight time limit," said Baldemar Velasquez, the group's leader. "Maybe one day they will be big movie producers and we can say we knew them when they were young pups and adventurous."
As for Two Toledos, Ms. Murray wanted David and Washing to show a new cut of the film to the delegation from Toledo, Spain, that came to Toledo, Ohio, in September. She said the pair never replied to her requests. David said the film was in pieces in their computer at that point.
Now that it's done, WGTE couldn't be happier with the results, or the filmmakers. (The station provided production assistance but no money.)
"I found them very professional," said Darren LaShelle, who oversees programming at the station and is credited as executive producer. "They approached us and were easy to work with. Which is surprising, because I've worked with filmmakers of more experience who were less professional. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but when we get people who come to us with their own equipment, their own editing, and they have trained themselves already - those are people to work with."
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It’s a fact. The people who say they don’t like snickerdoodles are always trying to sike you out. No one ever passes up a snickerdoodle! Buttery, cinnamon, sugar pillows of holiday cheer? It’s impossible to hate on a snickerdoodle. They may not be your #1 favorite cookie, but they are never scoffed at! Just like the ultimate; a classic chocolate chip cookie. If I recall correctly, the first time I had a fresh baked snickerdoodle was when I was in 7th (or 6th) grade! The year before celiac. An old friend of mine brought them over to out New Year’s Eve party, that I remember quite clearly!
I remember this was before I really learned how to bake, but I was so impressed and they were so good! (There was probably a gallon of butter in there!) I (and she) loved them so much that whenever we had one of our weekly sleepovers at her house, we would make a batch of homemade snickerdoodles at 1 o’clock in the morning. Effectively, yes, waking up her parents with the glorious smells coming from the oven!
Sadly, that summer everything changed and this girl was no longer eating snickerdoodles. I do remember enjoying quite a few of Enjoy Life’s soft-baked snickerdoodles after that! I had to appease my craving somehow! And of course, as the years passed and I became not only a cook but a baker, making some homemade snickerdoodles could happen yet again!
I could also healthify them of course along with making them gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, sugar-free, and oil-free. One thousand times better than the ones we made years ago! The classic snickerdoodle, being made of butter (or oil), sugar, and flour (in that order!) can still be made soft and fluffy, not to mention, Santa-approved! And snickerdoodles are that silly cookie recipe that uses cream of tartar, aka potassium hydrogen tartrate. It’s actually a byproduct from wine-making and is just used along with baking soda to help leaven and stabilize the cookie. It’s tasteless and actually quite unnecessary in our case.
Of course, we have to add it though. A snickerdoodle is just not a snickerdoodle without some cream of tartar (even if you don’t know it’s in there!) If you choose to leave out snickerdoodles for Santa, he will know, he knows everything! Then he’ll leave and not leave you any presents! A tragedy just waiting to happen! But don’t worry, that’s why I’m here to deliver you the best snickerdoodle recipe to make this year!
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- In a large bowl, combine all cookie ingredients and mix well to form a thick cookie dough.
- Prepare a baking sheet with a Silpat or parchment paper.
- Mix together the cinnamon sugar coating on a plate.
- Roll 10 dough balls about 1 to 2 tablespoon size each in your palms and roll them in the cinnamon-sugar coating.
- Now flatten the coated balls a bit to form thick discs and place them evenly on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes and enjoy hot from the oven or cooled and stored in a closed container.
Snickerdoodle nostalgia! I just adore the smell of fresh baking snickerdoodles in the oven! Snickerdoodles truly are a holiday cookie baking must. So I hope you find these are delightful as I do and let me know if you whip them up for your loved ones, yourself, of the big guy in red!
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- What graphics card do I need for 4k 144hz?
- Is RTX 2060 Overkill 1080p?
- What graphics card do I need for 4k 60fps?
- Why is RTX 2060 so cheap?
- Is RTX 2060 better than GTX 1660ti?
- What graphics cards can run 4k?
- Can a RTX 2060 run 1440p?
- Is 4k gaming worth it 2020?
- Is the RTX 2060 future proof?
- Is 144hz better than 4k?
- Is RTX 2060 high end?
- Is RTX 2060 good for 144hz?
- Is RTX 2060 Good for 2k gaming?
- Can ps5 run 4k 120fps?
- Is 2060 RTX worth it 2020?
What graphics card do I need for 4k 144hz?
In our testing, we found that at the bare minimum, most gamers will need a PC that uses dual GeForce RTX 2080 graphics cards just to hit 100fps at 4K.
To get to 120fps or 144fps, dual GeForce RTX 2080 Ti cards are what you’ll need..
Is RTX 2060 Overkill 1080p?
If Ray Tracing is heavily implemented it might be a problem for RTX 2060 at the end of 2 years. For the next 3 years, for sure its good for 1080p high/ultra 60+ fps. … Currently its overkill for 1080p gaming actually with GTX 1660 Super being the better value.
What graphics card do I need for 4k 60fps?
Everything from the Vega 56 to the RTX 2060 to the RTX 2070 Super can deliver playable 4K experiences to a greater or lesser extent. But, if you’re looking for an absolutely uncompromised 4K/60 FPS experience, there’s only one card on the market right now that delivers the goods: The RTX 2080 Ti.
Why is RTX 2060 so cheap?
No but the reason it’s affordable is because, just like the 1060 before it, it’s an entry level card! It’s not designed to be fancy at all, it’s designed to be an affordable card for people who aren’t particularly wealthy and can’t afford to spend 10k dollars on a gaming PC.
Is RTX 2060 better than GTX 1660ti?
If you can stretch your budget an extra $100 or can wait for an additional month to save, the RTX 2060 is simply the better choice. For around the same amount of money, you get a far more powerful GPU with ray tracing, DLSS, and other handy features.
What graphics cards can run 4k?
4K Gaming: High-End Cards and Dual-GPUMSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio Graphics Card — $1,986.99.MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Graphics Card — $1,199.99.XFX AMD RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra Graphics Card — $1,048.99.
Can a RTX 2060 run 1440p?
At $349, the RTX 2060 targets high-FPS 1080p and 60 FPS 1440p – and yes, it offers enough juice to power Battlefield V’s DXR ray tracing feature.
Is 4k gaming worth it 2020?
The computational power that is required to run 4K efficiently is much higher than what 1080p requires. Anything less than an RTX 2060 Super isn’t going to be worth the investment. This means the price of a 4K monitor setup is much more than just a monitor purchase.
Is the RTX 2060 future proof?
The RTX 2060 can only “future proof” you for a short period if you consider its raw performance against the latest games. … The RTX 2060 can only “future proof” you for a short period if you consider its raw performance against the latest games.
Is 144hz better than 4k?
When choosing between 4K and 144hz, essentially what you are choosing between is a better, clearer picture quality or a smoother experience. If you are a gamer that likes to play competitive and fast-paced games (mainly first-person shooters), I would recommend a 144hz monitor.
Is RTX 2060 high end?
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 is a higher-end video card for laptops. It accompanies the faster RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 in the GeForce RTX 20-series line. Besides smooth gaming performance, the RTX 20-series also provides real-time ray tracing technology for more realistic lighting, shadows, and effects.
Is RTX 2060 good for 144hz?
Best Performance Graphics Card for 1080p 144hz Gaming (Ultra Settings) … The RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 perform almost identically (the RTX 2070 is around 3% faster), and offer great performance at high refresh rates for 1080p and even gaming at 1440p at modest frame rates or for eSports titles.
Is RTX 2060 Good for 2k gaming?
But back to point, as it stands right now the GeForce RTX 2060 has enough VRAM to power through today’s games using maximum quality settings. As a GPU targeting 1440p gaming or extreme high refresh rate 1080p gaming, it fits the bill nicely, at least in terms of performance.
Can ps5 run 4k 120fps?
(Pocket-lint) – One of the big advancements the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S bring to console gaming is 120fps. While each is primarily designed for stable 4K 60fps playback (1440p60 in the case of the Series S), they are capable of upping the frame rate further.
Is 2060 RTX worth it 2020?
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Kevin Phillips makes a good argument that the real unemployment rate is 9 to 12%, the real inflation rate is 7-10%. He details how the books have been cooked for political purposes from Lyndon Johnson going forward:
Phillips seems to be right. On the bright side, that 30-yr mortgage at 5-6% interest is a bargain. Housing is now selling below the cost to build it. It’s a great time to be in the market to buy a house. Watch the Case-Schiller composite index, it has a two-month delay:
When that index falls less than one percent drop a month for two months in a row (it’s currently dropping at 2.7%/month), the market is near bottom. That is the time to buy.
Rural real estate remains a good long-term investment. If I were buying a house, I’d choose one in an agricultural region away from population centers.

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During maneuvers, regular exercises, or for other reasons, vessels may be prohibited from entering or leaving Kobenhavn and certain Danish inner waters, or to make such navigation subject to special regulations. At such times a warning signal consisting of three red balls by day, and three red lights, vertically disposed, at night will be displayed from conspicuous positions. Similar signals will be displayed by patrol vessels.
Vessels desiring to enter or leave Danish waters and having observed the warning signals should display the pilot flag and await the arrival of the patrol or pilot vessel.
Vessels in Danish territorial waters must display their national flag both by day and at night.
Patrol and pilot vessels will give further information as necessary to incoming vessels. Vessels leaving Danish harbors should obtain the necessary information beforehand.
Danish law requires all vessels within Danish waters to carry updated charts and navigational publications appropriate to the intended voyage and imposes the duty upon masters to be properly informed of all relevant regulations and navigational information.
With the object of ensuring the safety of navigation of large ships passing through Danish waters, and also of reducing the risk of oil pollution resulting from the grounding and collision of tankers, the Danish government has established a transit route between Skagen and the area NE of Gedser with a minimum depth of water 17m. The route, named Route T, is recommended in Danish waters for those vessels over 40,000 dwt or with a draft of 13m.
The route is marked by lights and lighted buoys. Danish pilotage assistance is available.
Under ice conditions Danish icebreakers, as far as possible, render free assistance to shipping.
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Therefore, a radio reporting service (SHIPPOS) has been established in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea, including the transit route known as Route T.
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Umpqua Bank announced this week that it will open a new agriculture and commercial banking center in Templeton Calif., on the central coast.
This new banking center is the latest in a string of new branches and acquisitions meant to expand Umpqua's Bay Area footprint. In the past few months, Umpqua has opened a new flagship branch in San Jose and in August announced its intent to acquire Circle Bancorp, which operates six branches in the Bay Area, for $25 million.
The new office will provide agriculture and commercial business financing for farmers, ranchers and other local businesses.
Umpqua hired Mark Pearce, a California native with more than 20 years of experience in agricultural finance, as senior vice president and manager for the new office.
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I wanted to write a note about using silicone with expanded PVC. Expanded PVC is a great material because of its light weight, easy machinability, and smooth, food-safe surface. Unfortunately, its surface is one of its downfalls as well: While it is readily glued to itself with PVC cement for plumbing, silicone has a hard time sticking to the surface.
After writing the latest installment of “Adventures in Aquascaping” and setting the tank up for a week of rinsing, the cork island in the center of the tank floated up and away. The silicone had stuck just fine to the cork, but not to the surface of the PVC. At least, it did not stick well enough to overcome the buoyancy of the cork. The other parts of the hardscape seem fine, especially where I used a lot of silicone, and where it is above the waterline. But this was a major setback that could have been avoided.
I would like to experiment with a few glues to be able to tell you the best one for this particular application, but I think an expanding polyurethane foam glue may be more suitable than the silicone in places where it is not visible.
One thing is for sure though, and that is that the porous center of the expanded PVC sheet is far more receptive to bonding than the smooth surface is.
To repair the float-away island, I plan on fully drying the insert and using the random orbital sander to roughen and gouge the surface of the PVC where it will be reglued so the glue has a chance to grab hold. Then, when I return to my rinsing phase, I plan on loading up the submerged cork parts with stone, so that their buoyancy doesn’t defeat the bond prior to planting. Simply adding weight during this phase, will emulate the substrate that will weigh things down once the tank has been planted.
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Is this the ultimate ‘dark tourism’ trip? Adventure firm to offer kayaking expedition to the infamous Bikini Atoll nuclear testing ground in the Pacific Ocean
- An adventure trip firm is planning to offer an expedition to Bikini Atoll, the site of 23 nuclear bomb tests
- One bomb was 1,000 times more powerful than the devices dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima
- Those who sign up will need ‘evacuation insurance’ and deep pockets, with the trip costing £5,500 ($7,000)
Tourists are currently flocking to Chernobyl – the infamous nuclear accident site in northern Ukraine – as the acclaimed new Sky TV show drives a tourism boom.
One Chernobyl tour agency is reporting a 40 per cent rise in trip bookings since the HBO series began in May.
But now a British firm is launching a ‘disaster tourism’ rival – to Bikini Atoll, the site of 23 U.S Navy nuclear bomb detonations.
Rat Race Adventure Sports is planning to offer an expedition to Bikini Atoll, the site of 23 U.S Navy nuclear bomb detonations. Pictured is a nuclear explosion going off there in 1946
The U.S Navy detonated 23 nuclear bombs at Bikini Atoll over 12 years
One bomb detonated at Bikini Atoll, the Castle Bravo bomb in 1954, was 1,000 times more powerful than the devices dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima
This group of 23 islands in the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, has been uninhabited since it was evacuated in 1946 to become the site of the U.S Navy’s nuclear test campaign.
One bomb detonated there, the Castle Bravo bomb in 1954, was 1,000 times more powerful than the devices dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima – with fallout reaching as far away as Australia and India.
The area is yet to be deemed ‘habitable’ by scientists due to lingering radiation fears – but you can visit for a short period of time in relative safety.
And now adventure event operator Rat Race Adventure Sports has outlined plans to host an event there for intrepid explorers, something it says is ‘110 per cent one-of-a-kind, never-been-done, world-first stuff’.
The area is yet to be deemed ‘habitable’ by scientists due to lingering radiation fears – but you can visit for a short period of time in relative safety
In 2016 it was discovered that radiation on Bikini Atoll was still higher than the minimum accepted levels agreed upon by the U.S. and Marshall Islands governments
Chilling: Soldiers watch the Operation Hardtack I thermonuclear detonation in 1958
Rat Race founder Jim Mee says they’ll attempt a full circumnavigation of Bikini Atoll via a mix of kayaking, pack-rafting and running.
He explains: ‘Bikini Atoll is quite simply about the furthest ‘off the grid’ you can go on Earth.
‘It’s also extremely hard to get to, necessitating a charter vessel and a 10-day round trip – extending to 14 days depending on the weather.
Rat Race founder Jim Mee says he’s going to attempt a full circumnavigation of Bikini Atoll via a mix of kayaking, pack-rafting and running
The effects of a blast from a nuclear test are seen on the lagoon shore at the north end of Bikini Island
A bunker on Bikini Atoll. Rat Race Adventure Sports has made assurances that its trip there will be perfectly safe
Bikini Atoll isn’t easy to reach. It lies halfway between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea
OTHER INCREDIBLE LOCATIONS SLATED FOR RAT RACE TEST PILOTS
‘Summit to Sea’ – Kamchatka, Russia
This is a location in the far-east of Russia where bears outnumber humans.
Jim says: “The plan is to insert by helicopter onto the peak of one of the region’s highest mountains, before descending to a river shrouded in thick forest, rafting our way out to the sea. Extraction will again be by helicopter.”
‘Race to the Totem’ – Haida Gwaii, Canada
Rat Race says: “An astonishing multi-sport journey along the entire island chain of ‘Haida Gwaii’ – formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Starting on bikes and then switching to foot and ultimately sea kayaks, you will journey through these wild and mysterious Pacific Northwestern islands with the objective of reaching the Unesco-protected totem poles on the island of Ninstints in the vast ‘Twilight’ forested Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.”
‘Glacier to Glacier’: Patagonia, Argentina
Rat Race says the route ‘traces a line from the top of the World-famous Viedma Glacier to the equally World-famous Perito Moreno Glacier, in Torres del Paine’s Los Glaciares National Park. The journey involves glacier travel on foot, hiking, kayaking, possibly swimming (for those who wish!) pack rafting and biking’.
‘But this is also a 110 per cent one-of-a-kind, never-been-done, world-first trip.
‘A few divers go here annually, but other than that, no-one has really been there since the 1950s.
‘It has, though, been declared safe enough for travel via the UN Nuclear Weapons Inspection teams and could be the experience of a lifetime for those brave enough to take the plunge.’
Passage to Bikini is not easy.
The adventurers will first need to get to Los Angeles before boarding a 10-hour flight to the Marshall Islands.
From there, there will be an inter-island hop to connect with a charter vessel, before using a specially-secured permit to land at a restricted US military area in the island chain.
You’ll also need ‘evacuation insurance’ and deep pockets, with the pioneering trip expected to cost around £5,500 ($7,000).
And you won’t want to linger too long there.
In 2016, experts from Columbia University, New York, tested the Marshall Islands for radiation. While Enewetak Atoll and Rongelap displayed readings that fell within the safe zone, the radiation on Bikini Atoll was still higher than the minimum accepted levels agreed upon by the U.S. and Marshall Islands governments.
That means that while it’s safe to stay for a short period, those displaced by nuclear testing are still being advised not to return home.
No date has yet been set for Rat Race’s Bikini Atoll trip.
But it’s part of their ‘Test Pilot’ series, where they invite pioneers to join them on reconnaissance missions to the world’s most far-flung places before opening it up to members of the general public.
Jim, who has already established fully fledged events in Mongolia, Namibia, Panama, New York and Florida – part of Rat Race’s ‘Bucket List’ series – reveals: ‘These are pioneering forays into the Great Unknown, where we aim to set down here a number of “firsts”.
‘And if we get enough Test Pilots keen to visit Bikini Atoll, we’d hope to roll it out as an even bigger event in the future.
‘And bear in mind that while some of these trips are not without risk, each is well considered with significant logistical and safety planning behind it.
‘We are a professional operator of some 15 years’ experience in the game and our contractors are hand-picked. If you come with us, you are in good hands.’
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(HawaiiNewsNow) - When should you call a pediatrician when your child gets sick? On this edition of "Moms in Hawaii," Nicole Okamura gives us some pointers on what actions parents should take when your keiki aren't their normal selves.
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Before Donald Glover's shoutout, Migos were snubbed by all late night talk shows.
What a difference a shoutout makes. Before Donald Glover woke mainstream America to their cultural impact, Migos got the cold shoulder from every late night talk show out there. Pierre Thomas, better known as Pee, the chief executive of Quality Control Music, Migos’s label, sat down with The New York Times.
“They gave all kinds of excuses — not the right time, it’s not this, it’s not that,” he said. “But as soon as Donald Glover did that, the next day, all the people who had just denied us wanted them on their show.” The very next week, Migos took “Bad and Boujee” to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Migos, whose new album Culture is set for digital release at midnight Friday, have started a dance craze and taken advantage of the streaming era. They have a healthy following on social media and have put a viral footprint on rap culture. "Bad and Boujee" had already reached the pinnacle of Billboard 100, yet the networks never saw the appeal of lining them up on their cash cow shows until Glover's victorious cry made it "safe." Mainstream America is slowly warming up to the leaders of the new generation of Atlanta hip hop.


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Privacy breach involving Affinity Global
Deanna Sgro is the Vice-President Corporate Services and General Counsel for Affinity Global. Click here to read more about collection lawyer Deanna Sgro--who from February 2007 to February of 2011 went by her married name, Deanna Natale, and operated Natale Law Offices--a high-volume debt collection practice. In 2013 she was found to have engaged in professional misconduct.
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Mark Silverthorn, Founder of Comprehensive Debt Solutions, published a LinkedIn post, on January 22nd, 2018, breaking the story of a privacy breach involving Affinity Global, one of Canada's largest collection agencies. Click here to read this LinkedIn story.
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Area code (858) is in the state of California
Poway is an unincorporated town in San Diego county, California, United States. The unincorporated community was first a part of San Diego County on December 1, 1970. Poway's urban roots gave birth to its slogan, "The City of the Country." Today, the city has a population of 47,000. Poway has a diverse population and the majority of residents are of Hispanic or Latino descent. The majority of residents live in North Poway or South Poway.
Poway has many attractions that can be enjoyed by individuals of all ages and backgrounds. There are many parks, public recreational areas, playgrounds, and museums to choose from. There are many parks located throughout the city. In addition, there are also parks in Poway. All residents and visitors should take time to visit these parks.
There are many popular sports activities located throughout the city. These activities include golf, tennis, basketball, football, track, baseball, softball, soccer, and more. It is possible to enjoy a day of sporting activities by attending a local game in Poway. These sporting events offer an array of entertainment for families and visitors.
The city of Poway has many historic sites to view. There are many museums located in Poway. There is the Old Town Square, which is known for its historical architecture. There is also the Powick Zoo. In addition to these landmarks, there are also historical landmarks in Poway. Many of these landmarks date back hundreds of years. The City Park Historical Society and Powick Park Conservancy are both organizations with resources for tourists to see these historical sites.
The cultural heritage of Poway, California is also well-known throughout the country. There are many performances of local and international artists throughout the year. There is also a wide variety of cultural shows throughout the year. Most residents and visitors enjoy eating fresh food that is prepared by local vendors. One can also enjoy dining at one of many fine restaurants located throughout the area. Restaurants serve a variety of food and offer different types of cuisine.
There are many entertainment options available to those who are interested in enjoying the arts. There are numerous festivals throughout the year. Residents and visitors can attend these festivals to listen to live music, view live art displays, and other events. There are also museums in Poway to explore the history of the area. For those who are interested in learning more about the history of Poway, there are also several educational exhibits in the Powick Museum and the Powick Historic Site.

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In celebration of this year’s National Newspaper Week, Metroland papers celebrated the occasion by sharing comments from community leaders about the many ways that newspapers are important to their communities.
Drew Redden, the president and CEO of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, presented a compelling commentary, below, that we wanted to share.
“Community newspapers are important because what happens in our community is important. Without our local newspaper, stories highlighting what matters most here in Oakville can get lost in the 24/7 global news cycle.
Whether we are celebrating the hard work of an entrepreneur that is opening a local business or the success of a sports team that has trained all year long – our community newspapers are the vehicle that ensures the accomplishments of our neighbours are recognized.
There is a sense of pride in those who call Oakville home, and that pride is enhanced when our neighbours succeed on the local, regional, national and world stage. Community newspapers educate our residents and encourage community engagement. Each week our community newspaper tells the stories that matter most to our community and remind residents of what a special place this is that we call home.
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Each pet policy varies according to the destination and country. In some flights and destinations, pets are not allowed at any cost. Therefore, whenever you book a flight, make sure to go through their pet policy if you want to take your pet along. As per the American Airlines pet policy, passengers are not allowed to take along pets in the cabin with them to/from South America, to/from trans-Atlantic/trans-Pacific, or to/from Hawaii.
Rules As Per The American Airlines Pet Policy
Passengers must get their pets fully vaccinated and should take long the health certificate of their pets.
American Airlines only allows dogs and cats to carry along.
The acceptance of pets is prohibited for traveling if the forecasted or current temperature is above 85 degrees Fahrenheit or the ground temperature below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pets are not allowed in those flights whose travel time is 12 hours and beyond. These include flights from Paraguay, Uraguay, Bolivia, Hawaii, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil.
It is mandatory for all the passengers to inform American Airlines in advance if they wish to carry their pets along while traveling. American Airlines has a strict policy that states that they won’t entertain any immediate travel along with their pet’s requests.
Up to 5 kennels are allowed on the American eagle flight as per the American Airlines pet policy and up to 7 kennels on the American Airlines flight. The passengers have the access to call on the American airline’s pet cargo phone number XXXXX to book their pets as Cargo.
American Airlines Pet Carry On Policy
According to American Airlines Pet Policy, passengers are allowed to travel with their pets (Cat or Dog) only if their pets are meeting the requirements and standards of airlines. The poet carrier or cage in which you are carrying your pet must be approved prior to the traveling. To get approved, the pet carrier must have enough space for the pet to move around and stand in the cage. It should be waterproof, must have proper ventilation and a lock system. The maximum size of the carrier or cage permitted in American Airlines is 19in*13in*9in.
Only small pets like cats and dogs are permitted by American Airlines.
Pets Age Criteria
To be eligible to travel, the pet’s age must be at least 8 weeks.
When it comes to transpacific or transatlantic flights, passengers aren’t permitted to travel with their pets in the cabin. Most of the flights to the United States(excluding Hawaii), Central America, Canada, Mexico, Alaska, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico permits passengers to travel with their pets.
Service dogs are allowed to travel inside the flight’s cabin to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Passengers are not permitted to travel with their pets in business or first class of various aircraft, including 767, 757-L, 777-200, A330-300, Airbus A330-200, 757-EW, 777-300, 787-9, and 787-8.
Pet Carrier Standards and Requirements
The approved measurement of the carrier or cage also depends on the aircraft for the specific route. According to American airline’s policy, per Passenger, only one pet is allowed but when it comes to the mother cat and dog, then this rule is no more applicable to them. If the carriage has enough space for two pets to move around without touching the top of the cage, then two pets are allowed at once only if they are of the same size and species (kittens, puppies or toy dogs). The total weight of these two pets should not exceed more than 20 pounds. Americal airlines never permit birds to travel in their flight.
Passengers need to check in from the passenger counter and pets aren’t permitted to check-in from the curbside. During the check-in process, passengers need to pay the fee and then their pet will be counted as carry-on baggage.
Required Documents and Certificates
To travel in the cabin, there is no requirement of any health certificate or document for the pets.
Policy for emotional support animals/service support animals
Effective from April 19, American airlines accepted all emotional and service support animals. This service is offered per Passenger in the cabin. But cats and dogs are not allowed as emotional support animals. Except for cats and dogs, disabled passengers are permitted to carry miniature horses as their service support animals. The emotional support dogs and cats must be properly vaccinated and should be at least 4 months old.
American Airlines Pet Cargo Policy
According to American Airlines Pet Cargo Policy, if your pet is too big to fit within the Passenger’s seat or the flight is long hauled or the animal is cat or dog, then the cargo pet shipping offered by American airlines is the best suit for you. In this service, your pet is kept with the same pressure and temperature as the flight cabin. Some of the American airline’s aircraft including Airbus 321, Airbus 319, Airbus 321H, Airbus 321S, and Airbus 319, doesn’t ship live animals like Cargo.
Pets like cats and dogs are permitted, but birds aren’t allowed in American airlines. The flying time of flight shouldn’t exceed more than 12 hours. Two pets per Passenger are permitted as checked baggage.
The pets that are shipped as Cargo to Hawaii will go via Honolulu. Pets are allowed to travel as Cargo only if the destination is the United Kingdom. Pets are not accepted as cargo travel through/from Las Vegas, Tucson, Palm Strings, and Phoenix from the period of May 1 to September 30. The cargo shipping facility of pets is not provided for Japan flights.
Cargo pets are restricted to travel on A321H, A319, A321S, and A320 aircraft as well as on the Air Wisconsin-operated flights.
Required Documents and Certificates
A health certificate by a licensed veterinarian is necessary within 10 days of flight. If any of the passengers come back to their origin country with the same ticket, then that health certificate is valid for 60 days.
Pets must be checked in 4 hours prior to the actual departure time at the ticket counter and during that time, passengers will have to pay the shipping fee as well. Passengers are advised to check-in as soon as possible as there are limited seats for pets to travel per flight. The pet policy of American airlines states first-come-first-serve. The maximum limit of pets as a Cargo is two pets per Passenger. No pets are allowed as Cargo for a flight of more than 12 hours.
Restricted Pet Breeds
The listed below dog breeds are restricted for travel with American Airlines:-
American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Affenpinscher, Boxer(All breeds), Bulldog(All breeds), Boston Terrier, Brussels Griffon, Chow Chow, Cane Corso, Dogue De Bordeaux, English Toy Spaniel, Japanese Chin, Lhasa Apso, Mastiff(All breeds), Pit Bull, Pekingese, Pug(All breeds), Presa Canario, Staffordshire Terrier, Shar Pei, Shih Tzu, and Tibetan Spaniel.
The Persian, Exotic Shorthair, Himalayan, and Burmese breed cats are also restricted to travel with American Airlines.
If forecasted or current temperature is above 29.4-degree celsius (85-degree Fahrenheit) or below the 7.2-degree Celsius(45-degree Fahrenheit) at any destination in the itinerary. There are some exceptional pets that are allowed to travel as Cargo at temperatures below 7.2-degree Celsius(45-degree Fahrenheit) with the certification of acclimation. No pet is permitted to travel at temperatures below -6.6-degree Celsius(20-degree Fahrenheit). Passengers are offered round-the-clock assistance so that they can easily reschedule their pet cargo booking if the temperature is permitted below range.
Pet Carrier Size Dimensions
According to American Airlines Policy, The maximum allowed carriage or cage size is 40in*27in*30in. Except for MD80 and Boeing 737 aircraft, this rule is exceptional. The series 700 crates are not permitted on any flight of this airline. The lock of the carriage must be manufactured with strong metal.
Two cats or dogs are permitted in the same cage if they are eight weeks or six months old and are from the same species. The total weight of both pets should not be more than 20 pounds.
American Airlines Pet Fee
According to American Airlines’ pet policy, the pet shipping fee varies depending on if the pet is carried in the cabin or is not eligible for cabin and is traveling as Cargo on the same flight. Keep reading the policy to know more.
Pet Carry-on Charges
You will be charged with $125USD fee if your pet is counted as carry-on luggage to travel. The check-in process will take place at the Passenger’s counter as pets aren’t permitted to check in from the curbside. When it comes to service animals, no fee is charged.
Pet Cargo Charge/Fee
Pets will be counted as carry-on luggage and Passenger will be charged $200($150 for travel to/from Brazil).

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How To Choose The Right Balloons For Your Anniversary
Anniversaries are special occasions that deserve to be celebrated with a bang, and what better way to do it than with balloons? Balloons can add the perfect touch of color and fun to any event. But how do you choose the right balloons for your anniversary? There are so many different types of balloons available in various shapes, sizes, and colors.
Bvlgari with special event during the 69th Berlin Film Festival
According to the motto #STARSINBVLGARI the fascinating facettes of cinema were celebrated in the venue of the Secret Garden Berlin.
Dress to impress - the New Year's Eve outfits
The New Year is coming. The party is coming, too. This night is one of the most important so you should dress properly. We know that the men with style dress to impress no matter the occasion. But now it is time to show you what we found in Pinterest and took our breath when we speak about style and suits.
Millionaire Gianluca Vacchi with a four-day celebration for his 49th birthday
Gianluca Vacchi was born on August 5, 1967. And for his 49th birthday Italian millionaire had a 'GV Lifestyle' celebration on the island of Sardinia, Italy, with his model wife Giorgia Gabriele and a number of friends.
Prince George with first postage stamp royal appearance
To mark the Queen's 90th birthday (April 21), Royal Mail has released a new royal family photo. Her Royal Highness poses with her son Prince Charles, her grandson Prince William and her great grandson Prince George. Their faces are being turned into special edition of postage stamps.
Gentleman's dress - Wedding Celebrations
The wedding, which is a church sacrament and sentimental moment in the life of everyone, requires you making extraordinary effort for your dress style. The above standards are valid: tailcoat - in the evening and morning jacket - by day.
Halloween chocolate muffins with spider web
Happy Halloween! Enjoy the celebrations and add some sweetness to them with this thematic muffins.
Uma Thurman is the face of Campari Calendar 2014
With its vibrant red color, intense aroma and inspiring flavour, Campari is popular around the world as an icon of passionate Italian style and excellence.
Campari's calendar is an artistic creation, sold in limited edition of only 9 999 copies to collectors worldwide.
Famous Hollywood actress Uma Thurman is the star of the Campari Calendar 2014, which will be captured by fashion photographer Koto Bolofo.
Sofi Marinova chose 17 dresses
During 2011 the Bulgarian pop-folk singer Sofi Marinova celebrated her 15 years professional anniversary. The gypsy pearl went a long way to turn in one of the most loved singers in Bulgaria.
For her concert Sofi changed a lot of dresses made by Romantika Fashion House. She chose 17 dresses of the house's last collection, named DIFFERENT, with designer Sofia Borisova. The dresses are made by nature fabrics - cotton chiffon, organza, satin and Spanish taffeta. The Bulgarian singer fixed on colors like black, white, turquoise, Turkish blue, silver, coral and violet.
Roberto Cavalli’s animal motif Easter eggs
With Easter round the corner people are all set to think of different ideas to create distinctive eggs. With the thought of creating unique eggs, Roberto Cavalli designed eggs in animal print that appeared for sale at Caffe Giacosa.
The delicious Roberto Cavalli Easter Eggs are also available at their website www.caffegiacosa.it. Cavalli has created the special Easter chocolate eggs, made of white and dark chocolate, available in three designs — Giraffe, Zebra White, and Zebra Dark.
Vai-Vai Samba School wins 2011 São Paulo Carnival
São Paulo Carnival has already chosen its champions. Vai-Vai samba school was announced as 2011 great winner with the samba theme presentation "A música venceu!" (The music won), which celebrated the life and career of a renowned brazilian maestro, João Carlos Martins.
On friday 11th, Vai-Vai and other seven Carnival winners will present again at Sambadrome in Champion´s Parade.
Vivienne Westwood two-piece jewelry set for Valentine's Day
Vivienne Westwood, famous British fashion designer gave its contribution to Valentine's Day holiday (February 14) with Her Valentine's Day - a two-piece jewelry set.
The jewelry collection is made from gunmetal with an enamel eye which symbolizes knowledge and inner vision. The eye is framed within an abstract heart pierced by an arrow with elaborate feathers.
Gucci and Vanity Fair partner for Cannes dinner and party in honor of Martin Scorsese
Gucci announced that Creative Director Frida Giannini and Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter co-hosted the Vanity Fair/Gucci party on May 15 in Cannes. An intimate dinner at the Hotel du Cap was followed by a party to celebrate Martin Scorsese and the 20 year anniversary of The Film Foundation.
The following guests wore Gucci:
Marc Anthony wore a Gucci navy notch lapel tuxedo with black satin trim, white dress shirt, black satin tie and black lace up loafers.
Paloma Picasso Celebrates 30 Years as a Tiffany & Co. Designer
Paloma Picasso blazed into the stratosphere of haute joaillerie in 1980 with her first collection of jewels for Tiffany & Co.
On 12 of January, Paloma Picasso celebrates 30 years at Tiffany with three new bold collections. With her fondness for the graphically alluring which began with Graffiti and her predilection for geometric and tailored forms, she adopts the seductive intricacies of Moroccan grid patterns as a springboard for "Marrakesh," her collection of compelling new designs that are at once simple and complex – not unlike Paloma herself.
Denyl Fashion house celebrates 18-th Birthday
his autumn Denyl Fashion house will celebrate its 18-th birthday.
Denyl was founded in 1991 in Sofia. It is Bulgarian 100% privately owned company. From the very beginning the company is managed and controlled by Emil and Mladen Arabadjiev.
At first the house was specialized in men's shirts manufacturing. Later the company started manufacturing everything about men's clothes. In 2008 is the first promotion of Denyl's women collection. Denyl is the first Bulgarian brand that made their own internet fashion magazine.
A global Vogue celebration of fashion
n a bold global initiative the international editions of VOGUE will be partnering with designers, department stores and boutiques to create Fashion’s Night Out, an evening extravaganza to be held around the world on Thursday 10th September 2009.
From London to Paris, New York to Mumbai, and Beijing to Milan, VOGUE editors, models, celebrities and retailers will gather to celebrate the fashion industry and to raise shopping spirits as they take part in their respective cities’ special events.
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Victoria Beckham and the kids went shopping for Halloween costumes in Santa Monica, Calif. on October 6, 2012. Romeo Beckham was sporting a fake tattoo like his dad's real one that says "Harper."
Happy Memorial Day, America. Are you relaxing like our country’s most famous bachelor this weekend?
It’s Memorial Day, which means it’s also the unofficial start of beach season.