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The success of Polo has been a very big deal for Volkswagen India. On the crisply styled shoulders of this all-new hatchback rests not just the weight of its own future, but the hopes of VW India in the hatchback segment. This next generation model has in it style, advanced technology, power and comfort along with its classy and elegant looks that makes it irresistible. Price of this hatchback has been set competitively so that it would give a tough competition to the other hatchbacks like Maruti Swift, Maruti Ritz, Fiat Punto, Hyundai i20 and Honda Brio. The Polo has some stunning design details, particularly the headlights and the tail lights. Both the exterior and the interior of the car are paid a great attention, because of which no other in its class has such a mature and high-end image. The car is dressed with many interesting features that makes it interior look very impressive. There are also many things in the comfort section of the car to provide you a comfortable ride. The car under its hood carries a 103bhp 4 cylinder petrol engine that comes with a displacement of 1598cc . The mileage of the car is also good and produces a decent amount of power and torque to provide a good acceleration and pickup. The standard features of the car include the Air conditioner, CD player in the infotainment section, ABS with EBD to improve the brake mechanism and avoid skidding of car, power windows and power steering with central locking.
Volkswagen Polo is a stylish hatchback and comes equipped with an array of features to make its exterior look appealing. In the front the car has got a sleek grille with the Volkswagen emblem between the two stylish headlamps. To make it look a bit sporty the front and rear bumpers, ORVMs and the door handles are in the body color . The looks of this car are very mature and totally stand apart from the other hatchbacks like the Fiat Grande Punto or the New Honda Jazz. The Squarish tail lamps at the rear side of the car may not be new in design but still they go with the design and add beauty to the overall looks of the car. Volkswagen Polo IPL II Petrol Highline is the top end variant of the Polo so it has many advanced features in it like the front and rear fog lights, rear window wiper and defogger and tinted glass. The alloy wheels also add some extra beauty to the side profile of the car. The length, breadth and the height of the car are 3790mm x 1682mm x 1453mm respectively and the wheelbase is 2456mm.
Volkswagen has put complete comfort at our disposal, so once inside the car there would be no looking back. The main attraction in the front of the car would be the electronic multi function display that provides information on the fuel consumption; current and average, range, journey distance, odometer and time. Other interior features in this model are Air Conditioner, Adjustable steering column, Tachometer, Electronic Multi Trip Meter, Fabric Upholstery, Glove Compartment and cigarette lighter. If compared to other hatchbacks in the same price range the interior features of Polo are far better except that it lags leather seats and outside temperature display. In the infotainment section the car has in it CD player with radio and both front and rear speakers.
The car is powered by a 1.6 l in-line enginethat churns out a maximum of 103bhp at the rate of 5250rpm and a peak torque of 153Nm at the rate of 3750Nm. This 4 cylinder engine has 4 valves per cylinder and MPFI fuel Injection system . The hatchback delivers a mileage of 10.5kmpl in the city driving conditions and of 15kmpl on the highways. The fuel tank capacity of the car is 45 liters, so that we can cover an average distance of 585kms once full tank. The power and torque generated by the engine can accelerate the car from 0-100kmph in just 11.1 seconds and has a top speed of 183.8kmph. The engine comes mated with a 5 speed gearbox with a manual transmission system. If compared to others the car leads in terms of mileage but lags behind in power and acceleration.
The car in the front has large disc brakes while in the rear it has drum brakes to ensure effective braking. To enhance the brake mechanism it incorporates ABS (Anti Lock Braking system) that allows the wheels to continue interacting tractively with road surface as directed by driver steering inputs while braking, preventing the tyre from locking up and avoiding skidding. The suspension system in the car includes the McPherson Strut with stabilizer bar in the front and the semi independent trailing arm at the rear to avoid any bumps, noises and vibrations and provide a comfortable ride. Volkswagen Polo IPL II 1.6 Petrol Highline has in it a power steering with tilt and telescopic steering column providing this car a minimum turn radius of 4.97m. The car has 15 inch alloy wheels with tyre size of 185/60 R15 that maintain a firm grip on the road for better braking .
The car is packed with advanced features to ensure the safety of the driver and the passenger. Central locking, power door locks, child safety locks, Anti-theft alarm , day and night rear view mirror and passenger rear view mirror, front and rear seat belts with seat belt warning, adjustable seats and keyless entry are some of the basic ones while the advanced safety features include ABS, driver and passenger airbag , Halogen headlamps and engine immobilizer.
This mid segment hatchback offers a lot of advanced features to ensure higher level of comfort and convenience. It includes power steering, front and rear power windows, remote trunk opener and fuel lid opener, low fuel warning light, trunk light, vanity mirror, rear seat headrest, height adjustable front seat belts, cup holder and seat lumbar support .
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The mechanism by which power is transmitted from the engine to the wheels.Transmission type could be Manual,Automatic, Continuously Variable Transmission, or Semi-Automatic.
The maximum amount of fuel that the engine can burn in one complete cycle of all the cylinders together.
The amount of work the engine can do over a period of time. It is measured in Horsepower. One Horsepower is equal to the energy needed to lift 550 pounds at a height of one foot for one second. 1 PS=1.01387 bhp.
The maximum power output the engine can
produce over a particular range of speed.
Sudden braking at high speeds can cause the brakes to lock up and the car to skid. The electronic sensors in the Anti Lock braking System rapidly pressurize and depressurize the brakes, thus stopping them from locking up.
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The first time Sonia Skakich-Scrima learned about fracking, she was reading the Denver Business Journal almost a year ago to date. What she read alarmed her, but what she Googled afterward tripled that.
"I tried to understand why we didn't care about the environment or the aftermath," she says. "I still don't know the answer."
One year later, she believes little has changed inside the oil and gas industry -- which is why she founded a grassroots movement to target the issue in Colorado. What the Frack?! Arapahoe County shares the first half of its name with a handful of other Internet chapters, but its message is definitively local: The still-small group is aiming to at the very least bring awareness to the hydraulic fracturing industry in Aurora, Arapahoe County and Colorado.
As a native of Arapahoe County, home to a handful of potential residential fracking sites near communities such as Murphy Creek and Cross Creek, Skakich-Scrima has been investigating the possible repercussions from fracking for her hometown. Lowry Range, for instance, is home to four area aquifers.
"I started looking deeper into our Colorado regulations, and I was really alarmed to discover that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the regulatory committee, appears to be primarily promotional and is willing to overlook all these significant questions," she says. "The reason the industry and the regulatory industry has been so successful about keeping the cost of all this away from the public is that they are exempt from most of the acts that would prohibit this action. And I know Arapahoe County is small, and I know this sounds cheesy, but you have to start somewhere."
When she calls What the Frack?! a grassroots organization, she isn't kidding: In its first few weeks, the group consisted solely of Skakich-Scrima speaking to small groups at libraries and to the homeowners' associations of neighborhoods that could be affected by fracking. She lectured on water security, public health and property values, and while some residents were put off, others paid attention.
The group has since guaranteed the consistent involvement of ten regular volunteers, though its size swells at protests such as one What the Frack?! staged during Colorado State Land Board reviews. What the Frack?! has circulated three petitions against fracking in Arapahoe County, with the most popular earning about 900 signatures. It's a step, she says.
A December town hall meeting in Aurora about fracking was attended by approximately 150 people, with the event showcasing input from both industry people and What the Frack?! supporters. And while Skakick-Scrima hopes to increase the second category, the group's greatest focus in coming months will be on efforts to prohibit fracking in Aurora altogether by finalizing the moratorium a handful of other cities have already accepted.
In neighboring cities such as Colorado Springs, moratoriums have been a success, and similar considerations are on the table in Longmont and Commerce City.
"It seems like everyone, the governor and the attorney general and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, is telling everyone that there is nothing a small city or town can do about fracking, and that's not true," volunteer Pat Dunn says. "We got a call recently from a woman in Brighton who said she just bought her dream home and tomorrow they'll be fracking in her backyard. She asked what could she do. What do you say to that?"
In the coming months, the issue will come to public debate before it reaches Aurora City Council in an official capacity, and What the Frack?! volunteers plan to be there to promote it.
"We're calling for another study session on fracking," Dunn says. "It is our intention to make sure it's a public meeting, and we've asked for the oil and gas industry to be there and for there to be speakers for What the Frack?! to be included. We want both sides to speak, but we want that moratorium."
More from our Politics archive: "Fracking: Gas industry pours $747 million into lobbying and Congress."
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TITLE: Mrs Rosie & The Priest
AUTHOR: Giovanni Boccaccio
SERIES: Little Black Classics (#1)
GENRE: Classics, Adult, Short Stories
Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests.
What I Liked:
- The first three tales in this collection were very different to what I expected from an excerpt from 14th Century Italian literature. They were not only fun, but also very bawdy and full of clever word-play and innuendo. I really enjoyed this aspect of them, especially as the characters were so full of life and personality. The women were intelligent as well as beautiful, every story had a lesson/moral and I have to say I enjoyed this saucy collection a lot.
What I Disliked:
- The final story made my inner feminist scream. And it also felt like it didn't really fit into the collection with the other three. Here, the sadistic, cruel husband tests his patient (aka meek) wife by publicly stripping her, verbally abusing her, pretending he has killed their children and sending her away and saying he'll marry someone else and then ends by giving her a pat on the back for putting up with it all. Ugh.
I started off quite well with this. Nothing here blew me away but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I enjoyed this set. The last story was a bit of a buzzkill, but nevertheless this was pretty good and I feel like I've dipped my toes into a new reading pool and found it pretty agreeable.

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By Mikayla van Loon, with AAP
The Australian High Court has made what’s been called a landmark decision; ruling Victoria’s electric vehicle (EV) tax is ‘unconstitutional’.
EV drivers Chris Vanderstock and Kathleen Davies took the State to court in September 2021 after the introduction of the 2.3 to 2.8 cent tax per kilometre travelled by Zero and Low-Emission Vehicles (ZLEVs).
On Wednesday 18 October the decision was handed down that under constitutional law, states cannot charge what is in essence an excise on EVs.
Mount Evelyn EV owner Tony Stevenson said “it’s a fair judgement” but is not without its challenges now for the Victorian government.
“The government will need to reassess its road taxes to provide safe roads for drivers,” he said.
While Mr Stevenson was never opposed to paying the tax for his use of an EV, he said to wasn’t fairly done.
“It was inequitable that someone who was driving on NSW roads still had to pay per kilometre,” he said.
“It will cause a challenge going forward as the fuel excise will be reduced as more people take up electric vehicles.”
Incentive for Victorian’s to buy an EV had been somewhat quashed by the imposed tax, the cost of EVs as a luxury vehicle and cutting the $3000 subsidy in the May budget.
Ms Davies said she was “thrilled by [the] judgement” and hoped it steered Victoria in the right direction after it “went out alone in taxing electric vehicles, and recently scrapped its electric vehicle subsidy”.
“Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world on electric vehicle uptake,” she said.
“Now is not the time to be taxing electric vehicles – it’s the time to be doing everything we can to encourage people to make the switch to cleaner cars.”
The Electric Vehicle Council’s (EVC) State of EVs report released in July 2023 showed the uptake of EVs in Victoria sits at 8.5 per cent within the vehicle market.
EVC chief executive Behyad Jafari said the High Court’s decision will provide the Federal government an opportunity to introduce a fair levy across the board.
“There is nothing inherently wrong with road user charges but they should never be calibrated to discourage the take up of electric vehicles,” Mr Jafari said.
“The electric vehicle industry warned the Victorian Government this policy was muddleheaded years ago, and the offer has always been on the table to work with the state on a more sensible approach.
“Any road user charge scheme should be national and we now look forward to working with the Federal government on sensible road funding reform, without singling out drivers who are trying to do the right thing.”
Equity Generation Lawyers senior associate David Hertzberg, who represented Ms Davies and Mr Vanderstock in court, called the ruling “a landmark constitutional decision”.
“[The] judgement means that Victoria’s electric vehicle tax is invalid. It also sets a precedent which will likely prevent other States from implementing similar legislation,” he said.
The outcome is expected to affect more than just Victorian drivers as attorneys-general for all states and territories intervened to argue for the right to tax road users, with NSW and WA announcing plans to do so in 2027.
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas said he would seek legal advice on whether electric vehicle drivers were entitled to a refund.
“You’d have to say it’s clearly a very contentious matter,” he told reporters at the state parliament.
“It was a fair charge. It was a charge that meant that everybody paid their share of the cost to the road network.”

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by Lou Varricchio
MT. HOLLY | A Vermont wooly mammoth fossil, discovered in a railroad right-of-way at Mt. Holly near Rutland, is still helping paleo-researchers understand what life was like in the Ice Age.
The fossil was unearthed during railroad construction in 1848.
According to Dartmouth College researchers last week, radiocarbon dating of a rib fragment from the Vermont fossil shows that the beast walked the icy steppes of prehistoric Vermont in 12,800 B.C. That year, the researchers suggest, maybe around the same time, too, that the first humans arrived in the Green Mountain State.
“It has long been thought that megafauna and humans in New England did not overlap in time and space and that it was probably ultimately environmental change that led to the extinction of these animals in the region but our research provides some of the first evidence that they may have actually co-existed,” said Nathaniel R. Kitchel, a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology at Dartmouth.
The Mount Holly mammoth, Vermont’s state terrestrial fossil, was discovered in the summer of 1848 in the Green Mountains during the construction of the Burlington and Rutland Railroad.
“One molar, two tusks, and an unknown number of bones were excavated from a hilltop bog near Mount Holly,” according to a March 4 Dartmouth news release. “Over time, the specimens became scattered across several repositories, as they transferred from one collection to the next. A rib fragment from the Mount Holly mammoth became part of the (Dartmouth) Hood Museum of Art’s collection and some of the other skeletal materials are now housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and the Mount Holly Historical Museum.”
Kitchel said he came across the old Vermont mammoth rib fragment in Dartmouth’s offsite storage facility.
The researcher unpacked a big bone that was colored brown, probably stained while buried in an Ice Age bog.
Kitchel reported that he had a hunch the bone he found was from a mammoth.
“…The tag… read, ‘Rib of fossil elephant. Mt. Holly R.R. cut. Presented by Wm. A. Bacon Esq., Ludlow Vt.,'” he said. “This was rather serendipitous.”
Kitchel, along with Jeremy DeSilva, an associate professor of anthropology at Dartmouth, made a 3D scan of the bone.
The sample was then sent out for radiocarbon dating and radioisotopic analysis, the men noted.
Radiocarbon dating determines just how long an organism has been dead based on its concentration of carbon-14, a radioactive isotope that decays in a known period of time.
“The Mount Holly mammoth was one of the last known occurring mammoths in the Northeast,” says DeSilva. “While our findings show that there was a temporal overlap between mammoths and humans, this doesn’t necessarily mean that people saw these animals or had anything to do with their death but it raises the possibility now that maybe they did.”
Both men cautioned that there’s scant evidence that prehistoric humans hunted or scavenged mammoths in Vermont or elsewhere in New England.
Kitchel and DeSilva suggested that more of the iconic Vermont mammoth’s remains may still be hidden at the Mt. Holly site awaiting discovery. The pair will likely be exploring the original 19th-century fossil locality this summer.
The extinct mammoth’s closest living relative is the modern Asian elephant.


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BEACON TRANSCRIPT – The possibility of life on Mars has been lying on the minds of humanity for many decades, driving many scientists and astronomers into the exploration of the planet. After discovering that Mars has the elements that once could have sustained life, a new study suggests that live organisms on Mars may be closer than we expect.
Iron oxides cover the surface of rocks on Mars. Astrobiologist Janice Bishop, researcher of SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence), came up with the idea that these oxides might work as a type of sunscreen for microbial organisms.
In 2011, after working in the Mojave desert, she discovered the presence of an iron oxide that coated carbonate rocks. This followed a 2006 study where she found that these oxides used to be an ultraviolet sunscreen that helped in the ancient process of photosynthesis that happened on Earth.
Just below the sunscreen coating lay carbonates, which are thought to indicate the presence of liquid water. Everything was hiding under hematite, a red mineral at the top which is present on Mars.
Bishop also worked with the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer (CRISM) and analyzed spectroscopic images of Mars. The high resolution pictures helped her and her team of scientists find out more about the surface of the planet and also discover how it got to its present state.
The research performed so far on hematite offer information on how life evolved on Earth. However, the scientists have not discovered yet if such a study would provide the information on life forms they are looking for. Still, a study on hematite might reveal how life forms outside of Earth work, for example on exoplanets.
Other scientists from the University of Tubingen looked at how microbes could survive in a harsh atmosphere without ozone. They discovered that certain bacteria might have used iron oxides to create protective layers which would allow them to survive.
Also, a recent report issued by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville found that certain microbes could survive the harsh environmental conditions on Mars. This suggests one thing. Life on Mars not only could have existed, but it might still be present as we speak.
Scientists continue their search and analysis of the Red Planet’s surface. They suspect that, if life exists, it resides in the many slopes that could host briny water.
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An all-natural bed cushion fits with our modern lifestyle. Progressively a lot more chemicals are added to virtually anything that we make use of in our lives, and also people currently acknowledge that going all-natural can have a noticeable advantage.
Natural farming and also utilizing all-natural items for made things have been a new supporter of an expanding variety of organization. The majority of people choose these things, such as an all-natural bed cushion, for ease, conservation of the atmosphere, permanent job to the populace as well as especially for wellness aspects.
Below are 5 Health and wellness Advantages of Possessing an Organic Bed mattress.
Organic woolen is similarly created from lamb that is not subjected to harmful chemicals such as human-made hormone representatives, interior and also outside compounds. These kind of all-natural bed cushion are specifically practical for those individuals with at-risk breathing systems as chemicals from fabricated fibers typically triggered allergic reactions. Cotton and also woolen have absorbing as well as anti-bacterial elements, as well as offers ease.See tempurpedic mattressto know more about mattress.
Anti-bacterial Homes of an Organic Bed cushion:
Amongst the usual items made use of in the manufacturing of an all-natural bed cushion is woolen. They have been recognized to have a little anti-bacterial residential property, which can stand up to the growth of harmful bacteria in your bedding. It can furthermore endure create of scent and also prevents the transfer of these bacteria, which can set off hatreds prone individuals.
Moisture Absorbance of Organic Mattresses:.
An all-natural bed cushion made from cotton as well as woolen is best for bedding items, as they usually are absorbing. Both of these items can absorb dampness much from the body, which can show hygienic. The inside of the woolen fibers reels in water while the outdoors repel water. This stops a wicking outcome as well as stays clear of various other garment layers from being saturated with moisture.


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Microsoft has replaced a major part of Skype’s network by replacing its 48,000 P2P supernodes with a set of centralized Linux boxes. This change was done over two months ago as a security measure. The Linux boxes are being hosted by Microsoft itself and this is the first such network change inside Skype, since it started operating in 2003.
The change has been analyzed by Kostya Kortchinsky over at Immunity Security. Microsoft is yet to confirm the research’s findings, but it has released a statement to Ars Technica saying,
As part of our ongoing commitment to continually improve the Skype user experience, we developed supernodes, which can be located on dedicated servers within secure datacenters. This has not changed the underlying nature of Skype’s peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture, in which supernodes simply allow users to find one another (calls do not pass through supernodes). We believe this approach has immediate performance, scalability and availability benefits for the hundreds of millions of users that make up the Skype community.
Microsoft has probably made this move to prevent outages like these. Currently, there are little over 10,000 supernodes, all hosted centrally by Microsoft. Unlike earlier, when users with sufficient bandwidth were upgraded to supernode status, the new strategy does not make supernodes out of users.
Seven months into ownership of Skype, and Microsoft is already making changes to it. Although it is not trying to port any existing infrastructure to its own technology stack immediately, there is a fair chance of that happening and when that happens, undoubtedly, Azure will be the way to go for Skype.
Read Kortchinsky’s report here.


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By: Susan Patterson, Master Gardener
Saffron is an ancient spice that has been used as a flavor for food and also as a dye. The Moors introduced saffron to Spain, where it is commonly used to prepare Spanish national foods, including Arroz con Pollo and Paella. Saffron comes from the three stigmas of the fall blooming Crocus sativus plant.
Although the plant is easy to grow, saffron is the most expensive of all spices. To obtain saffron, the stigmas must be handpicked, contributing to the preciousness of this spice. Crocus plants can be grown in the garden or you can put this crocus bulb in containers.
Growing Saffron Crocus Flowers in the Garden
Growing saffron outdoors requires soil that drains well and a sunny or partly sunny location. Plant the crocus bulbs about 3 inches (8 cm.) deep and 2 inches (5 cm.) apart. Crocus bulbs are small and have a slightly rounded top. Plant the bulbs with the pointed top facing upwards. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which side is up. If this happens, just plant the bulb on its side; the root action will pull the plant upwards.
Water the bulbs once planted and keep the soil moist. The plant will appear in early spring and produce leaves but no flowers. Once the hot weather hits, the leaves dry up and the plant becomes dormant until the fall. Then when cooler weather arrives, there is a new set of leaves and a beautiful lavender flower. This is when the saffron should be harvested. Do not remove the foliage right away, but wait until later in the season.
Container Grown Saffron
Potted saffron crocuses are a beautiful addition to any autumn garden. It’s vital that you choose an appropriately sized container for the number of bulbs you wish to plant, and you should also fill the container with somewhat loamy soil. Crocuses will not do well if they are soggy.
Place the containers where the plants will receive at least five hours of sunlight daily. Plant the bulbs 2 inches (5 cm.) deep and 2 inches (5 cm.) apart and keep the soil moist but not overly saturated.
Do not remove the foliage right away after blooming, but wait until late in the season to cut the yellow leaves.
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Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) blooms in autumn with lovely lilac petals enclosing three deep orange-red stigmas per flower. These are the source of what we know of as saffron, the world’s most expensive spice. Not only are these lovely crocuses a source of visual candy in the fall, but you can harvest the spice yourself and enjoy them in recipes throughout the year. Plant your saffron Crocus bulbs as soon as they arrive in late summer. They will sprout and grow in about 6-10 weeks (sometimes in as little as 4-6 weeks), putting on a colorful fall display. If there is danger of frost in your area, plant in containers that can be brought indoors.
14 Beautiful Crocus Varieties
While some gardeners mark the vernal equinox on their calendar as a sort of unofficial start to the flower gardening season, those who plant their favorite crocus varieties may be rewarded a two full months earlier than that. Short on stature but big on charm, crocus flowers require little more than an undisturbed space in the landscape where they can gradually multiply into handsome colonies.
The Crocus genus comprises at least 90 species that grow from bulb-like corms. Of these, a relatively small group is commonly cultivated for garden use, including some that are spring bloomers: C. tommasinianus (snow crocus), C. vernus (Dutch crocus), and C. chrysanthus (golden crocus or snow crocus). There are also some fall-blooming crocus species, including C. sativus (saffron crocus).
Crocuses have been in cultivation since the 1500s, and there are hundreds of varieties available — consider these 14 crocus varieties for your garden.
In warmer growing zones, you won't have much luck growing crocuses by planting them in the ground in the fall, the way they do in the North. Like some other spring bulbs, crocus bulbs need a chilling period in order to flower. You can, however, grow crocuses as annual plants, planting fresh bulbs each year.
Most crocuses need 10–14 weeks at temperatures of 35–40 degrees. Create these conditions by storing crocus bulbs in a refrigerator beginning in late October and then planting them in the late winter for early spring bloom. Make sure not to store crocus bulbs near fruit, which gives off ethylene gas that damages the embryonic flowers inside the bulbs.
What is Saffron (and Why is it So Expensive)?
Saffron is the dried stigma of a particular crocus flower species: Crocus sativus.
The reason saffron is so expensive is that it takes an average of 150,000 flowers to create just 1 kilogram (about 2 pounds) of the spice. Picking those flowers requires 40 hours of labor, and most small-scale farmers only produce this limited quantity every year.
The blooms are hand-picked, and then the stigmas are pulled out of the flower by hand and left to air dry. In Sardinia, the stigmas are rubbed with a little olive oil to help preserve them before they’re left out to dry.
You don't have to wait for spring to enjoy crocus blooms in your garden. According to Amanda Duncan, horticulturalist with Fast Growing Trees, there are also a few fall-blooming varieties. "Fall blooming (often called saffron crocus) are less desirable than spring but are a nice autumn surprise when they appear," she says. "Colors include, blue, yellow, purple, pink, white, and striped two-inch wide by two- to-six-inches tall." The fall blooming variety can pull double-duty and be put to use in your kitchen as well. "Saffron crocus can be harvested as a spice for cooking."
Roethling says that crocus are a favorite among four-legged critters, who can get quite hungry after a long winter. "To protect the [corms], mix PermaTil into the soils," she says. "PermaTil is a baked slate rock aggregate and unbreakable." Underground pests like voles can't penetrate through it, so they'll move along to find other food sources. "For critters above the ground, find a spray containing hot pepper," she says. "You may have to spray repeatedly depending on the weather and for the wildlife to take a hint." Dimitrov says you can also try "dried blood" or "bone meal." The products are usually sold as soil amendments or fertilizers, but they can double as animal repellants as well.

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A music teacher has been banned from the classroom after he made sexual comments to young girls at a top boarding school near Bath.
Guy Rogers, 44, had inappropriate conversations with pupils at Stonar School and told them about previous sexual experiences and having threesomes.
He told them about the number of previous sexual partners he had and that he owned sex toys and who he found sexually attractive.
He asked them about their sexual experiences and/or preferences and said “men prefer women who are lesbians/bisexual”.
Rogers told one pupil that she should lose her virginity and called pupils “babe”, “baby” and “beautiful”.
He encouraged them to feel his biceps and stomach muscles and said he no longer wanted to have sexual intercourse with his wife.
Rogers even told police in an interview that “he gets the same reaction as would have been expected had he been Brad Pitt walking into the school”.
Rogers, who was living with his own mother after his marriage collapsed, worked as a peripatetic music teacher at the school for 10 years before staff were alerted.
He even asked one girl “if she would ever sleep with a black guy”.
Rogers sang the girls love songs while staring into their eyes, and quizzed one pupil on her relationship with her boyfriend.
And he made racist remarks, telling one girl that he would be unhappy if his daughter dated a black man.
The girls, known as Pupil A and B, had lessons individually and also together, and reported their concerns to the school near Melksham and about eight miles from Bath.
The music teacher was interviewed at Melksham Police Station in June 2015 but no action was brought against him.
He stopped working at the Wiltshire school in the same month.
Notes from a police interview were read out in a hearing in December, of which the outcome was released yesterday, including that: “He is not an unattractive man and that the girls would see him as attractive, asserting that when he goes into the school, he gets the same reaction as would have been expected had he been Brad Pitt walking into the school.”
A panel decided that a male teacher would not have such conversations with female teenage pupils “unless there was a degree of sexual motivation or sexual titillation involved” and his conduct was described as “classic grooming behaviour”.
The panel decided he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and/or conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute, after failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries. This was related to conversations about sexual experiences, the use of sex toys, his sexual preferences and asking about their own experiences.
It also covered discussing other people’s sexuality, telling one pupil at what age she should have sex for the first time, and asking if they found him attractive and asking them to touch his muscles.
His discussion of personal matters including his divorce and lack of sexual desire for his wife, and depression, debt and housing problems were also given as reasons for being struck off.
Rogers was banned from teaching but in three years’ time will be able to apply for the ban to be lifted.
The Chronicle would like to point out that Rogers should not be confused with a music teacher of the same name who operates in Leicestershire and is not connected to this case in any way.
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The DA’s reigning Gauteng leader, John Moodey, who was re-elected at the weekend, revealed massive campaign plans ahead of the 2019 elections, which include a training academy for potential candidates and recruiting 40 000 activists by next year.
This was in a bid to see the party clinch an outright majority, which Moodey said was part of the DA’s strategy to create a “wave effect” that would see the ruling party toppled in other provinces with below 50% of overall votes.
The opposition party held its provincial elective conference in Midrand on Saturday where more than 1 000 of its members registered to vote. It said whoever won would have the task to lead the party to victory in 2019.
Moodey, whose recent victory was preceded by a series of public spats with opponent Ghaleb Cachalia, said he had no ambitions of becoming the Gauteng Premier candidate and was only in it to help the DA win Gauteng.
“I have a twofold agenda: first to take Gauteng with an outright majority and making sure that there is a rising tide in the harbour where our outright win has an effect across the country, pushing the ANC below 50% and eventually removing them nationally as well.”
A number of things need to be done, including the establishment of a string campaign teams in every constituency and in every ward and the establishment of a team that will identify potential leaders.
“The main thing is getting them the proper training and capacity to campaign. The reason to campaign going door to door is what you get out of the effort, including data.”
Auditing and verification of captured data is key, Moodey said. The party hoped the academy would be established by March.


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INMAN, Lester and Lucy
by Lora Fried as related by former neighbors and friends
Lucy and Lester Inman came from Michigan and lived in a house on the west half of SE3-T52-R24-W4 in the Mill Creek district. In 1918 and 1919 they bought two blocks of land on the east side of SW11-T52-R24-W4 (10-20 acres). This land has been subdivided. The Inmans built a log house there and farmed and did market gardening.
Their family, Earl, Richard, Don, Lester, Winnie, Clara and Pearl were grown when they came to Canada. Pearl was married, lived first in Juneau, Alaska, then later in Seattle. Winnie was married and lived in Abee, Alberta. Richard and Lester were teachers. Earl was stationmaster for the Canadian National Railway at East Coulee, Drumheller and Rocky Mountain House.
When Lester Inman Sr. passed away, Lucy continued to live in her home for some time. In 1932 the property was sold to Hendrik Laanstra. Lucy went to live with Pearl but often returned to
Edmonton to visit friends.
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This necklace measures 23 inches, is wire strung and has a gold color toggle clasp. Wearable for day or evening.
A delicate and light weight necklace that has sparkle. Four strands of sunshine yellow seed beads, interspersed with deep orange crystals drape the front of the necklace with a double chain and toggle clasp to finish the look.
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Keep most vegetables and fruits in crisper drawers in fridge and tailor humidity and temperature to individual foods.
To keep fresh foods fresh, you need a variety of storage options.
Leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, celery, asparagus, and berries need high humidity and low temperatures; green beans, peppers, summer squash, melons, and citrus need low humidity and high temperatures.
Don't store vegetables with fruit. Ethylene gas from fruits like apples and pears can cause green vegetables to turn yellow, asparagus to toughen, and carrots to taste bitter.
Herbs stay fresh in fridge if you snip stems and put them in water with plastic bag over top.
Bananas, tomatoes, pineapple, garlic, and eggplant will ripen on countertop.
Potatoes and winter squash need cool dry place.
Take shelves out of cabinet and install slides and wire bins.
Don't store onions with potatoes; they give off gases that can cause potatoes to decay.
Darkness inside cabinet will keep potatoes from turning green, a sign of solanine contamination, which can make you sick; never eat green potatoes.
Make drying rack for onions out of window screen.

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Oasis fans have reacted with joy and excitement today as a possible reunion gets closer, which could actually see Liam sing all the old Oasis songs live, just like he has been doing for the last 14 years.
With Noel Gallagher fuelling speculation of a comeback, fans of the band have revealed their excitement at the prospect of actually seeing Liam belt out Live Forever on stage, like he did on tour last year.
Oasis fan Simon Williams enthused, “Oh my god! This is so exciting. Liam, on stage, in the flesh, singing Oasis songs!
“This will be so amazing. I haven’t seen Liam singing Rock ‘n’ Roll Star since I went to see him in concert last year.
“Imagine seeing him belting out Live Forever again, like he does at every gig.
“I can’t believe it. I really hope it happens, so I can go and see him sing Champagne Supernova live man! Again. Like last year.
“But for about £90 a ticket this time.”
Asked if it will not be different having Noel stood next to him on the stage, throwing in the odd harmony, we were told, “Erm yeah… sure. Really different.”


There are many resources describing how to keep your children safe online. Below are important facts about internet safety as well as additional resources.
- Keep the computer in an area that is often used by the family (i.e. family room, dining room, living room).
- Communicate with your child(ren).
- Reinforce the importance of not sharing personal information with others.
- Set up clear rules regarding use of the internet.
- Discuss the dangers of e-mail and chat rooms.
- Be aware of the sites your child(ren) are searching.
- Use filters or use the computer with your child(ren).
- Be alert and aware of warning signs that your child is bullying others or being bullied online.
- Document all information regarding bullying incidents and contact proper individuals.
www.netsmartz.org - National Center for Missising and Exploited Children
www.OnGuardOnline.gov - Federal Trade Commission
www.iKeepSafe.org - Internet Keep Safe Coalition
www.mcgruff.org - National Crime Prevention Council
www.staysafeonline.org - National Cyber Security Alliance
www.teenangels.org - trained teens and preteens that promote internet safety
www.teenchatdecoder.com - ability to decode chat/text messages


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It’s not always easy to be grateful when your days are a never ending cycle of dirty diapers and dishes. Motherhood is full of the mundane. There are many days we don’t leave the house, let alone get out of our pajamas. But what I’ve learned this year as I’ve counted gifts one-by-one is that through the eyes of a child we find magic in the mundane.
It was a Friday night and I was working on an editing project. I could hear Jackson playing in his room. The crashing and banging of trucks were no cause for concern. It’s when it gets quiet that I start to worry and a few minutes later it did.
John got up to check on Jackson and motioned me to come take a peek. This is what I saw.
A plane parade led by Chug.
Jackson was stretched out next to his creation flipping through a book. He was oblivious to his smitten parents standing in the doorway. We soaked in the moment that so perfectly captured our boy.
And there’s the way he imitates the tractor scene from the movie Cars.
He grabs one of his many cars, points it towards his John Deere tractor, and lets out a big honk!
Then he tips the tractor back on two wheels. And he does this over and over and over.
And when the scene comes on during the movie, he runs to his room to grab his tractor. Then he tips tractors right along with Lightning McQueen and Mater.
These are the moments I don’t want to forget.
I want to let the two-year-old glory sink deep; to remind me that there is always magic to be found in the mundane.

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Changes in spread of HIV in Russia
|Why HIV is affecting older people and how risk groups have changed: epidemiological data from Rospotrebnadzor
In 2018, 70% of people newly infected with HIV in Russia were economically active and aged between 30 and 50.
A report entitled ‘On HIV in Russia and its prevention in the workplace’, drawn up by the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Rospotrebnadzor, indicates that the number of regions with rampant HIV has increased by more than 40% over the past three years. Rospotrebnadzor has passed the report to the commission for the regulation of social and labour relations, RBC reports.
Highly affected regions
In small towns such as Tolyatti, Severouralsk, Orsk or Berezniki, the number of people with HIV has grown, with figures at 2-4 times the Russian average. In 2018, 87,700 people contracted HIV in the Russian Federation and the number of those living with the infection exceeded a million. Last year, the regions with the highest prevalence of HIV were Irkutsk (where 1.8% of the population is infected), Sverdlovsk and Kemerovo. In 2015, Irkutsk and Samara showed the highest figures.
Shifting risk groups
Rospotrebnadzor also notes that infection among people who do not belong to ‘high risk’ groups (which include gays, drug users and sex workers) is now more common. In 2018, 54.8% contracted the disease through heterosexual contact – an increase on 53.5% in 2017, and 48.7% in 2016.
‘Infection is occurring mainly among heterosexuals,’ Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the Department for AIDS Prevention and Control at the Rospotrebnadzor Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, has been quoted as saying. ‘People are not using condoms – their sales are falling. As I see it, this is because their cost is high, and consumer purchasing power is falling. Equally, people do not understand that they can be directly affected. What’s more, the authorities are reporting that, in Russia, HIV has been brought under control.’
HIV and older age-groups


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Chicago Gun Rights
September 19th, 2008
Hello Dr. Ignatius:
Thank you for defending gun rights in Chicago. I have posted your article and offer at Armed Citizens of Chicago. As a Chicago resident, I have become sick and tired of all of the gun violence coming mostly from gangs who are killing off generations of our young people on a daily basis. Our city’s gun ban it not working and it is time that we start looking at alternatives to this crisis. I am glad that you have made this generous offer to train responsible, law-abiding citizens of Chicago on the use of firearms for self-defense and I hope that Chicagoans will sign up before this offer ends. At minimum, I hope our state and local politicians will begin to consider to allow us the right to exercise our 2nd amendment rights as enjoyed by 48 other states.
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#1: Reduces soil compaction so your fertilizer may penetrate the soil properly, hydrating and greening up the turf.
#2: Breaks down thatch and strengthens the root system of turf by avoiding the basic stuff.
The typical liquid aeration relies solely on humic acid and bio-chars, products that were originally marketed to the consumer as “miracle workers” for the lawn. What makes the bio aeration unique is its ability to begin transforming the soil profile of turf with just one application. This is possible through the utilization of microbial biologies that break down thatch, and help to homogenize the soil, minimizing any layering that may be present. It is ideal for all soil types, even clay soil which is often hard to penetrate with traditional products.
#3: Requires no cores or messy cleanup, as the product aerates the turf at the molecular level.
While a traditional core aeration leaves cores/plugs behind that sit on the lawn in an unsightly fashion until they decompose, a bio aeration requires no cores and no cleanup at all! A mechanical core aeration digs up soil and leaves it all over the grass for your family and your pets to track into your home, but the bio aeration eliminates that mess by aerating on its own, no digging required. The spray creates microscopic holes in the turf, aerating the entire area.
#4: Saves you 30-40% on your watering bill for the year when following these guidelines.
The bio aeration not only helps fertilizer penetrate the soil, but water, too! The microscopic holes created by the product allow for full water movement, reaching the dryer under-layers of the soil. This allows you to use less water to achieve a more hydrated turf! We recommend cutting back your irrigation regimen based on the following outside temperatures:
If temperatures are in the seventies, implement this schedule:
Before receiving bio aeration: Irrigate every other day. Large heads at 25 minutes per zone, mist heads at 5-8 minutes per zone.
After bio aeration: Irrigate 2-3 days per week. Large heads at 20 minutes per zone, mist heads at 3-5 minutes per zone.
If temperatures are in the eighties, implement this schedule:
Before receiving bio aeration: Irrigate 5 days per week. Large heads at 25 minutes per zone, mist heads at 8-10 minutes per zone.
After bio aeration: Irrigate 4 days per week. Large heads at 20 minutes per zone, mist heads at 3-5 minutes per zone.
If temperatures reach the nineties*, implement this schedule:
Before receiving bio aeration: Irrigate 6-7 days per week. Large heads at 25-30 minutes per zone, mist heads at 5-10 minutes per zone.]
After bio aeration: Irrigate 5 days per week. Large heads at 25-30 minutes per zone, mist heads at 5-10 minutes per zone.]
It is strongly recommended at these high temperatures that you water the day before and the day after mowing due to rapid water loss that occurs from mowing, especially if your blades are dull!
#5: Poses no threat of damage to sprinklers, invisible fences, irrigation systems, etc.
Unlike the core aeration which makes countless punctures into the lawn and runs a very high risk of puncturing any irrigation lines, invisible fence lines, etc., the bio aeration runs no such risk. Since it is applied in the form of a spray and does not involve plugs, there is no need to mark any underground lines on your property. It can be a hassle to get these lines repaired, which is why it is to your advantage to switch over to the bio aeration.
#6: Offers 100% coverage compared to less than 40% with a mechanical aeration.
The spray application of the product allows technicians to obtain 100% coverage of the lawn, compared to less than 40% of the lawn with a core aerator. While holes from a core aerator are typically 2-6 inches apart, holes from the bio aeration are microscopic, so full coverage is made simple. Covering the entire area is important so the soil may be homogenized throughout the property and areas are not missed. There will be a difference in appearance in these areas if they are not properly aerated, as the lawn will not soak in water and fertilizer in a uniform way.
#7: Applies in the form of a spray, is easy to perform, and is 100% pet-safe and plant-safe.
The organic ingredients that make up the bio aeration are actually designed for both turf and plant applications; the formulas are just mixed at different rates. Because of this, any overspray that may get onto plants and flowers will have little to no effect on them. Children and pets should not be present in the treatment area during the actual application and should not return to the area until it is dry. This is usually half an hour after the application, depending on weather conditions. This organic spray treatment is a safe option for your pets and your kids.
#8: Employs organic material and soil microbes that help to green up turf and enhance the soil profile.
Our bio aeration product is made up of three main ingredients. The first is a biological fertilizer containing calcium and magnesium that helps the grass plants produce sugar, which in turn, feeds the leaves, and promotes lush growth and vibrant color. The second ingredient is a product that contains microorganisms that help to break down thatch, fallen tree leaves, and grass clippings. The third ingredient is a diverse mix of microbes known to build soil biology. It improves soil conditions and helps to rebuild the soil profile which will in turn help to reduce overall compaction.
#9: Can help new seed germinate when applied with the correct timing.
Thinking of doing some overseeding this spring or fall? The bio aeration can actually help this seed germinate quicker when applied at the right time. Overseeding is best done in the fall, as pre-emergent weed control applied in the spring can negatively affect new seed. For best results, a bio aeration should also be scheduled in the fall. The bio aeration is full of nutrients such as phosphate and potash that will help the new seed germinate quicker while promoting lush, full growth.
#10: Increases the effectiveness of your lawn fertilizer, yielding quicker and longer-lasting results than a traditional aeration.
If your soil is dry, compacted, and layered, it may be too hard for traditional lawn fertilizer to penetrate fully into the soil. Our bio aeration was designed to work in tandem with our lawn fertilization programs to give you the best absorption and results for the money you pay. We can perform the aerations year-round from spring to fall and up to four times a year! The average bio aeration customer gets two applications, often one in early summer, and another in early fall.


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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air family is back together again! Friday, Will Smith shared the first trailer for the official cast reunion, airing on HBO Max 30 years after the series first premiered, and even the original Aunt Viv is making an appearance! Janet Hubert, who played Vivian Banks originally before being replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid for the final three seasons, can be seen in the trailer for the unscripted special, premiering Thursday, Nov. 19.
Gasps can be heard from her fellow castmates as Hubert makes her surprise appearance after problems working with Smith on set reportedly led to her departure. Also joining the reunion are Smith and the rest of the main cast — Tatyana Ali (Ashley), Karyn Parsons (Hilary), Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey), Daphne Maxwell Reid (Aunt Viv), DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jazz) and Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton). The stars will come back together on the set of the L.A. mansion where they filmed the iconic sitcom and share memories from six seasons of filming.
Tragically, James Avery, who played Banks family patriarch Philip Banks, died in 2013, but his memory will be prominent in the reunion. Smith remembers in the trailer filming with Avery the heart-wrenching scene in which Will realizes his father has left him once again, being wrapped in the arms of his uncle in tears. "I just wanted him to think I was good," Smith says. "I fall into his arms at the end of the scene, and he's holding me… The shot pans off and he whispers in my ear, 'Now that's acting.'"
Smith had teased the gang was getting back together on social media, posting a photo with everyone back on set on Sept. 10. "Today is exactly 30 YEARS since The @FreshPrince of Bel-Air debuted! So we're doin' something for y'all… a for real Banks Family Reunion is comin' soon to @HBOmax! RIP James," he wrote at the time, hashtagging "#FreshPrince30th."
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The reunion comes as the sitcom prepares for a Bel-Air reboot, which received an immediate two-season order on Peacock. The series, adapted by Smith from a trailer made by director Morgan Cooper that went viral in 2019, will follow a modern imagining of a West Philadelphia teen who moves out to Bel-Air to stay with rich family members after getting in trouble at home.
"The Carlton character, a Black young Republican, modern day? The heat that will be stirred up between these characters," Smith said of the new take on the story that skyrocketed him to fame on his YouTube channel. "It's like, what's the Hilary character in a world of Instagram and social media?... Uncle Phil, a Black lawyer turned judge today with young Black kids coming before him."

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Cerebrospinal Fluid and Microdialysis Cytokines in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Scoping Systematic Review28 Jul 2017
OBJECTIVE: To perform two scoping systematic reviews of the literature on cytokine measurement in cerebral microdialysis (CMD) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients, aiming to summarize the evidence relating cytokine levels to pathophysiology, disease progression, and outcome. METHODS: Two separate systematic reviews were conducted: one for CMD cytokines and the second for CSF cytokines. DATA SOURCES: Articles from MEDLINE, BIOSIS, EMBASE, Global Health, Scopus, Cochrane Library (inception to October 2016), reference lists of relevant articles, and gray literature were searched. STUDY SELECTION: Two reviewers independently identified all manuscripts utilizing predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. A two-tier filter of references was conducted. DATA EXTRACTION: Patient demographic and study data were extracted to tables. RESULTS: There were 9 studies identified describing the analysis of cytokines via CMD in 246 aneurysmal SAH patients. Similarly, 20 studies were identified describing the analysis of CSF cytokines in 630 patients. The two scoping systematic reviews demonstrated the following: (1) limited literature available on CMD cytokine measurement in aneurysmal SAH with some preliminary data supporting feasibility of measurement and potential association between interleukin (IL)-6 and patient outcome. (2) Various CSF measured cytokines may be associated with patient outcome at 3–6 months, including IL-1ra, IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. (3) There is a small literature body supporting an association between acute/subacute CSF transforming growth factor levels and the development of chronic hydrocephalus at 2–3 months. CONCLUSION: The evaluation of CMD and CSF cytokines is an emerging area of the literature in aneurysmal SAH. Further large prospective multicenter studies on cytokines in CMD and CSF need to be conducted.

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Not familiar with the name, I searched but couldn't find any specific pictures related to this guy. His name did show up in a lot of places though (HSCA testimony, the 1986 TV Trial, Bugs' book, etc.).JFK-assassination items will go on Scottsdale auction block.
A Scottsdale auction house on Thursday, March 6, is putting up for bid some original crime-scene photos related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
The photos and research come from the estate of former Scottsdale police Officer Cecil Kirk, who worked for more than 20 years as a crime-scene supervisor with the Washington, D.C., Metro Police.
"Cecil was an excellent photographer who was assigned in 1963 to the federal investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. He later testified in several congressional hearings regarding the JFK case," said Josh Levine, owner of J. Levine Auction & Appraisal.
Kirk joined the Scottsdale Police Department in 1980 as a crime-scene unit supervisor and retired in 1990 because for health reasons. He died in April 2011.
I wonder if there's anything interesting in the collection.


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TAMPA, Fl.-- — The signs are hard to miss.
There are 300 of them. They’re bright yellow. And written on them in bold is the statement “Isolation kills, too.” Some include the names of long term care residents and those who have passed away in a facility.
“We’ve lost a lot of people due to the isolation, or the true diagnosis of failure to thrive and we need to learn form that lesson,” said Mary Daniel, the founder of the group Caregivers for Compromise.
The past week and a half, they’ve moved the signs across the state to bring attention to the battle long term care residents have faced during the pandemic.
“We need to let people back in the way they’ve always been let in especially those that are vaccinated,” Daniel said.
During the tail end of the tour, though, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in collaboration with the CDC, issued updated guidance for nursing home visitation.
The guidelines still recommend physical distancing and outdoor visits when possible. However, it expands indoor visitation. In the event of a new COVID-19 case, it recommends allowing visits to resume as long as facility wide testing is complete and transmission is contained to a single area. If a resident is fully vaccinated, it says they can choose to have close contact with their visitor while wearing a mask.
It’s exciting news for Daniel, though she would still like to see guidance from the state.
“I believe that that would be helpful because it will give a clear foundation for us as caregivers to educate our facilities on what the rules really mean for all of us so that there’s no confusion,” she said.
The Agency for Health Care Administration in Florida is reviewing the guidelines.
“We’ve had visitation for a long time. We want them to do whatever’s best for their residents. So if there’s anything they need us to do we’re happy to do it,” said Governor Ron Desantis during a news conference Thursday.
Under the state’smost recent order, outdoor visitation is allowed even if the facility has had recent cases. General visitation is allowed with distancing so long as there is no new onset of resident COVID-19 cases in the previous two weeks. Only compassionate caregivers may have physical contact.
The Florida Health Care Association, an industry group representing skilled nursing facilities, is in communication with the state. It states:
“We all agree that the health and wellbeing of our residents has always been our priority. Our dedicated staff members have done a tremendous job adapting visitations during this difficult time, but nothing can replace face-to-face visits with loved ones. We’re in communications with the Agency for Health Care Administration to review the details of the guidance and how it compares to what’s currently required under Florida’s Emergency Order. In the meantime, we know that vaccinations are having a positive impact in our care centers. We remain committed to educating staff, residents and family members, and the general public, about the importance of the vaccine so they have the facts to make informed decisions about getting the shot so we can remain on track to getting our care centers back to normal.”
AHCA reports all of Florida’s licensed nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been offered the opportunity to have residents and staff vaccinated on site.
The agency reports 85 percent of residents and 37 percent of staff in assisted living facilities, 69 percent of residents and 34 percent of staff in nursing homes opted to receive the vaccine at the completion of its offering to long term care facilities for the first time.
“Now that you have the vaccines they need to live life. I mean let them make these decisions. And so we have no restrictions on that we want them to be able to do it,” said Governor Desantis.
Meanwhile, assisted living facilities are also waiting to see state guidance, since they do not fall under CMS regulation.
“Hugs have been here since September, hugs are here to stay. But there are some limitations on visitation we haven’t been able to throw the doors open completely but we’re making a lot of really good progress,” said Sandi Poreda.
She’s the spokesperson for the Florida Senior Living Association, which represents hundreds of owners and operators of assisted living facilities, memory and independent living communities. She said they’ve reached out to AHCA.
“We know that they’re working on it. They’ve told us that they are taking it very seriously, they’re working as quickly as they can,” said Poreda.
In the meantime, Daniel is hoping the signs don’t have to be used again.
“We’re going to move forward as a group to talk about the lessons learned here to be sure that we don’t make those same mistakes again. We need to review what’s happened and we need to look at what the isolation has done,” she said.


Electron Density vs Field Line Distance
Date: 07 November 2006
Depicts: Electron density derived from WHISPER data
Electron density derived from Cluster/WHISPER spectrograms as a function of Requat (geocentric distance of the field line on which the observation is made, measured at the magnetic equator) for the plume crossings on 2 June 2002. The lower four curves correspond to the inbound pass and the upper four curves (shifted by a factor 10) to the outbound pass. The magnitude of the normal boundary velocity VN-eq derived from the time delays of different features and projected onto the magnetic equatorial plane is indicated.
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Radio Woodstock Presents
Live Art Painting Event and Music at Water Street Market in New Paltz, sponsored in part by Genie Canvas™, The Worlds Only Collapsible CanvasSM a new Hudson Valley Art Product Company. A demonstration of the Genie Collapsible Canvases will kick off our live painting event. Genie Canvas assembles, ready to paint, in 5 minutes without the use of tools. Amazing artists painting live and musical accompaniment with Chris Maccia and Company.

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Tomshine LED floor standing lamp, consist of 126pcs warm & white LEDs with 4 lighting colors and brightness adjustable, easily assemble and moving to provide different lighting for your daily life
【Optional Lighting Colors】: This LED floor lamp present 4 color modes-3000k/4000k/5000k/6000k, which respectively meet your different needs.
【Stepless Dimmer Function】: Brightness adjustable makes it more perfect for bedroom or storage room, it's anti-glare to avoiding eye strain caused by flashing lights.
【Remote Control and Touching Control】: With the remote, you can easily control the floor lamp without leaving the sofa or warm bed (remote battery is not included); you can also turn on/off and adjust lighting color/brightness by touching the switch on light. Remote with magnet design, can be adsorbed on the lamp post for easy placing.
【Sturdy Structure】: The round iron base provides a stability from falling when impacted by kids or pets, user safely for you home. It's also with a sturdy lamp shell to offer a protection for the inside LED beads.
【6 Scene Modes & 360° Flexible】: There are six scene setting to choose: sleeping mode, leisure mode, reading mode, office mode, breastfeeding mode and entertainment mode. You can adjust the lighting angle freely benefit from the flexible rotating goose-neck design.
【Easily Assemble and Widely Application】: Our floor standing lamp is easily installation and works perfectly in your office, massage or spa room, bedroom or wherever you might need lighting.
Material: iron & silica & acrylic
Input: AC100-240V 50-60Hz
Adapter output: DC24V 0.5A
Lighting source: 126pcs LEDs
Luminous flux: 1500lm
Color temperature: 3000k/4000k/5000k/6000k
Timer: 1h lighting
Control mode: touching & remote control
Remote distance: 10m
Remote battery: 2 * AAA (not included)
Cable length: 1.8m / 5.91ft
Light weight: 1250g / 2.76lb
Light size: D200 * H1620mm
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School of Rock: The Musical vocal range
According to our database the vocal range of this artist is:
A3 - D6
Song with the LOWEST pitch:
If Only You Would Listen (A3-D5)
Song with the HIGHEST pitch:
You're in the Band (E4-D6)
More songs by the artist
Where Did the Rock Go? (Bb3-Eb5)
School of Rock (B3-F#5)
Horace Green Alma Mater (C#4-Bb5)
Here at Horace Green (C#4-D5)
Time to Play (B3-Ebb5)
Stick It to the Man (B3-D6)
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Welcome to the twentieth issue of Interface: a journal for and about social movements. As always, Interface seeks to share learning between different social movement struggles and movements in different places and to develop dialogue between activist and academic understandings and between different political and intellectual traditions.
This issue has 14 pieces, covering movements in Australia, Catalunya, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palestine, SANES (the Self- Administration of North and East Syria), South Africa, Spain, the UK and the US.
The issue starts with my personal note appreciating Colin Barker, the socialist activist and Marxist theorist of social movements who died earlier this year.
Colin’s insistence on parity between activist and academic thinking was a key inspiration behind Interface, which was originally planned by enthusiastic participants at the Alternative Futures and Popular Protest conference that Colin co-convened.
Two pieces on conflict and transnational solidarity follow. Majken Jul Sørensen explores the Israeli authorities’ successful disruption and containment of the 2011 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, offering a framework of responses to non-violent campaigns and discussing how activists can engage with these. Ricardo Kaufer’s article looks at German left and anarchist solidarity with the Kurdish movement around the Turkish invasion of Afrin, showing how and why movements in Rojava matter for movements in Germany.
These are followed by three pieces on the motivations for social movement participation. Emma Craddock looks at how UK activists experience their resistance to austerity and argues that emotions and normative ideals of care and collectivism are fundamental to sustaining activism in hard times. Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda and Ernesto Castañeda ask what makes people become and remain active in the context of the high levels of violent repression experienced in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, identifying an ideal type of core activist motivated by social justice and committed to a long-term agenda of social justice. Martin Pötz’ article explores the potential of utopian imagination for radical activism and offers tools for taking it further.
Two pieces focus particularly on dimensions of autonomist theory. Jared Sacks presents an argument for rethinking how surplus value is produced through reproductive work and explores the political implications for different kinds of social struggle. Miguel Martínez explores the autonomist tradition as expressed in Italian, German and Spanish squatting, with particular reference to the social, feminist and anti-capitalist dimensions of these political practices.
Chris Hardnack’s article offers a synthesis of the framing perspective in social movement studies and Gramscian analysis to develop a counter-hegemonic framing approach for the critical understanding of social movement discourses.
The reviews section begins with Beth Geglia’s review of Todd Miller’s Storming the Wall, about the globalisation and militarisation of US borders in relation to climate change and migration. Andrew Kettler’s review essay covers two books from the Posthumanities series: Nicole Seymour’s Bad Environmentalism, about the need for a more reflexive and effective environmental communication, and David Farrier’s Anthropocene Poetics, which explores the temporalities of writing on ecology. Alexander Dunlap reviews Jaume Franquesa’s Power Struggles, about the contested politics of wind energy in Catalunya. Samuel Udogbo reviews John Agbonifo’s Environment and Conflict, about the Ogoni struggle with Shell and the Nigerian state. Lastly, we have Brett Heino’s review essay on Jason Schulman’s Neoliberal Labour Governments and the Union Response, about union-party relations in New Zealand, Britain and Australia.
A call for papers for future issues of Interface follows: we publish pieces by activist thinkers as well as academic researchers (and many people who are both), and in many different formats.
We are also looking for a new editor to join the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) group: an activist and / or academic involved in / researching movements in one or more countries in the region. Our regional groups ensure that decisions about what to publish are made by people from, active in or researching the region rather than on the basis of what fits narratives in the “core”. Editors are co-responsible for the journal as a whole, encourage activists and researchers to write for us, handle peer review and work with authors on other articles. If you’re interested, please contact Anna Szolucha at anna.szolucha AT northumbria.ac.uk.


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At the height of vacation season, about a dozen showed up for the August meeting of Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle. No takers on the “rap” assignment, but with several new members in attendance we spent a lot of time discussing songs presented for critique and the writing process, before a well-presented featured set by David Michael King (email@example.com).
Next meeting is 7 p.m. Tue., Sept. 3 with featured performer Nick Powers (firstname.lastname@example.org). The optional songwriting assignment is to finally finish an unfinished song.
No bumps on the road to this year’s compilation album project. Producer Doug Wilkin (email@example.com) says sessions are going well with no drop-outs so far among the 27 participants. Don’t forget the Aug. 23 deadline for credits text included on the CD insert, which is now under construction by Steve Gallo (firstname.lastname@example.org) and me. Please list credits like this:
“Song Title” by Bob Brown (professional affiliation, if any – ASCAP, BMI, etc.).
Bob Brown: vocals, guitars. Steve Smith: bass. John Jones: percussion.
Send credits to me at this address. The recording deadline is Aug. 30.
Support fellow Circle members performing the pre-show sets at the free summer-long Greensburg music festival at Robertshaw Amphitheater at St. Clair Park. Our people go on at 6:15 p.m., headliners 7-9 p.m. Directions and details at www.summersounds.com.
Aug. 9 The Black Lillies – Sue Gartland (email@example.com).
Aug. 16 The SteelDrivers – Marty Zundel (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Aug. 23 Lake Street Dive – Mike Strasser (email@example.com)
Aug. 30 Yarn – Mike Hickey (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Check out the following Circle members performing in the Aug. 10 Rock All Night Tour shows in Lawrenceville. Details at www.rantlawrenceville.com.
10:15 a.m. Mike Hickey (email@example.com), Dozen Bake Shop, 3511 Butler St.
12:15 p.m. Donna O (firstname.lastname@example.org), Embody Juice Bar, 5400 Butler St.
10 p.m. Chet Vincent (email@example.com), Thunderbird Cafe, 4023 Butler St.
See you soon,


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This article may seem complete to the untrained eye, but the gaps in information are still large enough for this elite team of Panauan Ninjas to hide inside of.
They're all in Medici Military colors.
|Weapon in Just Cause 3|
|Usage||Tripod, can be moved with a grappler|
|Maximum ammunition in the weapon||Infinite|
|List of owners||Medici Military|
The Capstone FH155 is an anti-aircraft weapon in Just Cause 3.
It's an anti aircraft autocannon with 4 barrels and 2 bullet belts coming from the sides to feed the weapon. The weapon is on a tripod and has shield on the front. According to the text on the ammunition boxes and near the gunner' seat, it uses 40mm ammunition ("FH155 40mm").
The FH155 is fully automatic, but fires very slowly. It fires one gun at a time, but those can be devastating at taking out aircraft, as well as infantry.
Typically when getting near one of these guns found in military bases (when they are not completed yet), they will often spawn with a Medici Military soldier using it. If Rico deploys his parachute or wingsuit nearby, the soldier will try to shoot him down. If the player walks close to a FH155 with a soldier operating it, the soldier will dismount and attack the player.
Surprisingly, it works underwater.
The shield can only protect the gunner from small arms fire.
The weapon is always on a tripod, so it may seem stationary, but it is possible to move it using the Grappler. One can either retract the cables to move it, or tow it with a vehicle. Towing the weapon to a better angle allows the player to destroy larger Sabotage Destructable Objects with ease and no ammunition cost.
- Nearly all Military bases in Medici and some military outposts.
- Most quarries, specifically mounted on Excavators.
- Grotta Contrabandero.
- "Capstone" is one of the finishing or protective stones that form the top of an exterior masonry wall or building.
- "Feldhaubitze FH155-1" (also known as FH-70) is a 155mm towed howitzer in use with several nations.
- It's made by the fictional company Capstone.
- It's the successor to the Flak Cannon from Just Cause 2.
Weapons in Just Cause 3
|Pistols and revolvers|
|Rocket and grenade launchers|


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Jana's (13a) language study travel
My language study travel to London in summer 2018Since my interest in travelling has always been very great, I decided at the beginning of 2018 that I wanted to go to London. After a lot of thinking I decided to go on a language trip, because this would be a good exercise for the “English Abitur”.
In the summer holidays 2018 I started my one-and-a-half-hour flight from Hamburg to London. Already from the plane you can see the beauty of the city, as the plane flies directly over the River Thames and the city centre. Arriving in London I went straight to my "host family", a 24 year old girl who had just graduated university.
My host family as well as my school were located in Greenwich - a small suburb. At the beginning I was very nervous and excited as it will be two weeks alone in a new city on a new school with many new students from all over the world. However, my worries soon subsided and on the first day of school I met two nice girls from Asia and Slovenia. In my class there were also students from Italy, France, Russia, Poland and even Brazil. They also took a placement test on the first day of school. Unfortunately I was placed on the wrong level at the beginning, but directly on the second day I was able to advance to the next level thanks to my teacher. The other teachers were also very nice and made a lot of jokes with us. During the lessons only little is written, but a lot is spoken. Every afternoon I went straight home from school, took off my schoolbag, packed my camera and drove to downtown London. Fortunately, the heat wave had arrived in London as well as in Germany and I could see everything on foot and had to use the subway only rarely. For example, on my sightseeing tour on the first day I visited 4 museums and walked 27 km through the city.
You can talk to your classmates very well. At the beginning I was a bit shy and afraid to make mistakes, but that soon subsided when I noticed that we all made mistakes and still managed to communicate very well. The school also offered very cool activities every afternoon, where most of the students signed up, like the one afternoon at Madame Tussauds, where we had a lot of fun.
Although two weeks were not enough to really see progress, London was a great experience for me and definitely showed me that I was independent enough to travel alone and that I could do it! If you are interested in a language course, have any questions or similar, please feel free to contact me on Facebook or in the school corridor.
Jana-Shaline Hansen, 13a

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The Formula-One racing division of McLaren Automotive just released a concept of where the future of Formula-One racing is going. The McLaren MP4-X was designed specifically to harness all the aspects of Formula-One like speed, excitement and performance. According to John Allert, the Group Brand Director of McLaren Technology Group, their futuristic McLaren MP4-X concept racecar was meant to, “peer into the future and imagine the art of the possible.”
First and foremost, we’re well aware that the McLaren MP4-X is, at its heart, nothing more than a concept car, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get excited about it. McLaren’s latest Formula-One racer looks like it just drove off the screen of the latest Hollywood sci-fi flick. However, it isn’t the MP4-X’s striking design that’s the most fascinating. McLaren’s forward thinking is more apparent here than ever before, with its magnified focus on driver safety and hybrid power technology.
McLaren’s MP4-X’s enclosed cockpit makes it look more like a jet fighter than a racecar, but what was most impressive was the way it utilizes alternate power sources to fuel this beast of a racecar. The combination of solar power and inductive coupling between the car and the track make this concept car a real glimpse into the future of high-performance driving.
Aside from its hybrid power technology, the MP4-X’s chassis is capable of adjusting its shape based on the current track conditions and aerodynamic demands. This ability to adjust on the fly even extends to the driver’s helmet, which is connected to a camera feed connected to the car. The video feed streams directly into the driver’s helmet, effectively giving them a 360-degree view of their surroundings and allowing them to adjust as they see fit.
Whether this is the future of Formula-One racing or just another dream of an ambitious car designer, one thing’s for sure, McLaren’s MP4-X is certainly something we’d love to see on our track someday at SPEEDVEGAS.


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TELL ME WHY
Julie has a problem: men leave her but they never tell her why. During a visit to her parents in the Pyrenees, she encounters a young tax inspector, who left her on the day of their engagement. Without telling her why. But those who have read the book know why!
Tell me why is also a portrait – the author would say in broad brush strokes – of a decaying, ludicrous, selfish, morality-obsessed and, as we find out at the end of the book, totally insane middle class.
Over four decades, Patrick Besson has been amassing a varied and multifaceted work which has won several prestigious literary awards, including of course Dara and Les Braban. He is also a journalist and active polemicist, at times murderously witty but always full of humour and empathy. He is a regular contributor to the French weekly news magazine Le Point.

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There is a saying that history does not repeat but it does rhyme. Well it faces a challenge from the world’s oldest bank where we keep facing the same situation. You might think that after all the bailouts Monte Paschi Di Siena is done, but as ever another twist arrives.
LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – Italy is working on a plan to take on about 14 billion euros ($17 billion) of UniCredit’s impaired loans to make a takeover of state-owned Monte dei Paschi more attractive for the country’s second-biggest bank, sources told Reuters.
This is all rather familiar as we look back as there never seems to be quite enough money to cover the problems. Reuters summarises the most recent bailout before this one.
Rome spent 5.4 billion euros in 2017 to rescue the loss-making Tuscan bank, which now needs up to another 2.5 billion euros, giving fresh urgency to efforts to cut Italy’s 64% stake as agreed with European Union authorities.
After warning its capital reserves would breach minimum thresholds in the first quarter, MPS must tell the ECB by the end of January how it plans to address the shortfall.
For the Italian taxpayer there is an element of robbing Peter to pay Paul about all of this.
Bad loan manager AMCO, which is backed by Rome and run by former UniCredit executive Marina Natale, is looking to hoover up around 60% of UniCredit’s problem debts while also ridding Monte dei Paschi of some high-risk loans, two sources said on condition of anonymity.
The plan is part of measures being readied by the Treasury in order to press ahead with the sale of MPS, whose plight has come to symbolise Italy’s long-running banking crisis.
Yes we have another bank bad loan manager in Italy which to be fair is a booming business. Regular readers will recall Atlante I and II which were sometimes called Atlas and to be fair the image of trying to hold up the whole world must have been how they felt. Things there just went from bad to worse. Or rather from declared triumph to bad to worse. So the banking private sector effort turned into a state backed one.
AMCO, a state-backed bad loan manager, has gone from bit player to one of the leading forces in Italy’s 330 billion euro ($390 billion) bad debt market in the space of three years with over 33 billion euros in assets under management.
Swamped by bad debts from the last financial crisis, Italy in 2016 put the Treasury in control of AMCO, expanding its remit beyond managing the problem loans of failing Banco di Napoli for which it had been created two decades earlier.
This is not the last of the problems here as back on December 2nd we looked at this from parmapress24.
WHO CAN ASK FOR DAMAGES – Apart from those who were constituted in the process (and who will not have to – for now – do anything), all those who are or have been holders of shares in Banca Monte Paschi di Siena can make a claim between 2008 and 2015 and those shareholders who resold the bank’s securities in the period in question , accusing a significant loss of assets.
I have to confess the first thought that brings to mind was the claim by the previous Prime Minister Matteo Renzi that Monte Paschi was a “good investment”. Anyway there is another issue for the Italian taxpayer from this.
To address the costly legal risks stemming from MPS’s ill-fated acquisition of rival Banca Antonveneta in 2007, the Treasury is working with its advisers on three options.
These would entail either a “guarantee scheme” or alternatively some kind of “insurance contract” with cash as collateral, one of the sources said.
Another option is a subordinated loan whose principal could be wiped off under certain circumstances, the source added.
Interesting as “certain circumstances” have so far happened 100% of the time where Monte Paschi is concerned. Reuters pins down an amount.
Sources have said the foundation and MPS could consider a settlement that would see 3.8 billion euros in damage claims dropped in exchange for shares in the bank.
I have seen 10 billion Euros quoted before and again the track record is that the higher amounts come into play and sometimes they are not high enough.
This will also drove a Jose Mourinho sized bus through the European Union banking and competition rules. But it is the same EU via the European Central Bank which is pressing Italy to sort this out.
Along the way Unicredit will get quote a few billion Euros of sweeteners. Also as more banks are merged into it then it will become exactly the Too Big To Fail or TBTF institution we are supposed to be trying to avoid.
We can look at this as a case of this was then and that is now. The then was Italy’s statistical office on the 22nd of December.
In December 2020, the respondents became more optimistic again, so the consumer confidence bettered from 98.4 to 102.4……..As for the business confidence climate, compared to the previous month, the index (IESI, Istat Economic Sentiment Indicator) showed a new significantly improvement, rising from 83.3 to 87.7.
Whereas yesterday’s Markit PMI business survey told a very different story.
The Composite Output Index* posted 43.0 in December to
signal a third successive contraction in Italian private sector output. The index figure was little-changed from November’s 42.7 and signalled another marked decline overall, which was again driven by the services sector.
A further reduction in new orders at Italian companies
was also recorded in December. The rate of decline eased
noticeably on the month, but was still sharp.
There was a minor rally in construction reported this morning but frankly a reading of 50.5 means treading water.
As you can see below the further slow down is also affecting the labour market.
Amid ongoing weakness in demand, firms made further
cuts to their staffing levels during December, extending the
current sequence of falling employment to ten months. That
said, the rate of job shedding eased since November and was modest.
As Elton John would say this is a sad.sad situation ( the economy) and it’s getting more and more absurd ( the banks). If we start with the former then the official Italian forecast for the Euro area is below.
GDP in the euro area is expected to fall again in Q4 by -2.7% with a decline by -7.3% in 2020 compared to the previous year. Given the assumptions mentioned above, GDP should recover by +0.7% in Q1 and +3.0% in Q2.
As events have moved on we now face another contraction in Q1 as we see something I have consistently warned about. When forecasters do not know they automatically predict growth/ Sadly in line with our “Girlfriend in a coma” theme Italy looks set to under perform.
Switching to the banks they do not even get any particular asset based relief from house prices.
According to preliminary estimates, in the third quarter of 2020, the HPI (see Italian IPAB) decreased by 2.5% compared with the previous quarter and increased by 1.0% compared with the same quarter of the previous year (it was +3.3% in the second quarter)………The decrease on quarterly basis of HPI was only due to the prices of existing dwellings (-3.2%), while prices for new dwellings increased (+1.1%).
In many ways this is admirable as younger Italians do not face the house price surges seen elsewhere as prices are below those of a decade ago with an index now of 105.6 as opposed to the 118.1 of 2010. Although they would need a job.
From the point of view of the ECB though this is a complete disaster as we have official interest-rates at -0.5% and -1% for the banks as well as a QE driven five-tear yield of -0.1%. But house prices do not respond.
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Using the CFD capabilities of FDS to predict a vegetation fire in a sloped terrain
The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow using a large-eddy simulation (LES) turbulence model for low-speed flows, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires. Smokeview is a program used to visualize numerical calculations generated from FDS. The validation and verification of the proposed fire models (FDS) for vegetation fire data at laboratory-scale experiments is the subject of this paper by comparing the fire front positions values and thermal functions such as the heat release rate (HRR) measured by Moredirini et al. (2018) from spreading fires for fuel bed slopes of 0° and 30° tested under two fuel loads of 0.6 and 0.4 kg.m-2,with no wind imposed. The results can be useful for the improvement and validation of FDS and provide global information on forest fire propagation under no slope and upslope terrain. The convergence of measured and predicted fire front position values is quite good, demonstrating that FDS accurately described plate and sloped fire.