Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he doesn't expect that senior cornerback Aaron Colvin or fullback Trey Millard — and maybe some other experienced seniors — will play much in Saturday's spring game.
“I'm not much on guys that have played a lot of football. … Aaron Colvin, I don't want to see out there,” Stoops said. “Trey Millard can't be out there. I don't know how much (running backs) Damien (Williams) or Brennan (Clay) will play. Those guys have played a ton of football for us. I don't believe in seniors being out there much. In our other scrimmages they have played very little.”
Defensive end D.J. Ward finally received NCAA clearance to practice Tuesday, but the Sooners' other two early enrollees — receiver Dannon Cavil and safety Ahmad Thomas — have impressed coaches through spring workouts, Stoops said.
“They really have been good,” Stoops said. “Dannon had a nice play the other day. He shows a lot of strength and size and catches the ball well.”
Cavil is a big receiver at 6-foot-5, 205 pounds. The San Antonio product originally committed to Ole Miss, then Cal before switching to Oklahoma in December.
Thomas, from Miami, has shown good ball instincts, Stoops said.
“I always say with safeties and linebackers, you shouldn't have to say much to them,” Stoops said. “They're instinctive in finding the ball and where to be. Ahmad has shown a lot of that and is making a lot of plays.”
BOULWARE: FOOTBALL SHOULD KEEP KICKOFFS
As football executives and coaches continue to better understand head injuries, what might change about the game itself? One idea that's been floated around pretty prominently is eliminating kickoffs entirely.
In a Time magazine article last year, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suggested that kickoffs could be replaced by giving the would-be kicking team the ball on its own 30-yard line with one play — a fourth-and-15 situation — to either punt or attempt a first down.
The idea was crafted by Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano, who was Rutgers' coach when Eric LeGrand injured his neck on a kickoff. He remains paralyzed today.
First-year Oklahoma assistant Jay Boulware, who has coached special teams for most of his career, said he wouldn't be in favor of eliminating kickoffs, adding that most of the injury problems can be corrected with better coaching.
“I love the enthusiasm that it brings to the game,” Boulware said. “There's nothing like the first kickoff of the game and the excitement that it brings. The swings of a game can be dictated in your kickoff and kickoff return units. I don't want to get rid of it, but it's not my decision.”


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Would you love to be part of a Creative Design Team? Are you passionate about mixed media artwork? Do you have a blog where you showcase your work? Do you like trying new products?
If you said a big YES to all those questions then please apply to be on my team! I’m looking for 4 people who are passionate about their mixed media artwork, art journaling, altered book, ATCs, doodling .. whatever your strength might be. Surprise me!
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- Send me an email to email@example.com before Friday 6th September.
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, last week announced that farmers in Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), who have not yet received their advance payments for participation in the Scheme, will recieve an interim payment before the end of the month.
The rate of this interim payment will be €4,000 for those in ACRES general and €5,000 for those in ACRES Co-operation Project.
Knowing the importance of this payment, Minister McConalogue said he is fully committed to rewarding farmers for their environmental ambition.
“My intention is to have this interim payment delivered to those farmers affected across ACRES General and Co-operation by the end of this month.
“The ACRES payments will take into account the interim payments already made to the relevant participants and will issue in June for ACRES Tranche 1 participants.
“In the intervening period, my officials will continue with the payment process as a key priority,” he concluded.

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This recipe was surprisingly easy. I’d never made stuffed peppers before, but loved the premade, frozen, tv dinner ones my parents bought. I decided I’d try to make my own by memory. Although they weren’t exactly the same (maybe it was the lack of preservatives and massive amounts of MSG!), Eric and I really loved them and I’d definitely make them again. He thought it looked scary as I was mixing the stuffing, but loved the finished product.
The only thing I’d do differently next time is probably cook it longer until it was even more wrinkly and softer. Or I might boil them a few minutes first.
Stuffed Bell Peppers
2 green bell peppers
1/4 pound ground turkey
1/2 cup cooked rice
1/4 cup italian breadcrumbs
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
3 TBS Marinara Sauce
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 clove minced garlic
1 TBS Olive Oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sautee the onions and garlic in the olive oil until tender. Mix with remaining ingredients except for peppers.
Cut around pepper stem to remove top. Remove seeds and discard along with tops. Divide stuffing evenly and stuff into the peppers.
Place peppers standing up in a baking dish. Bake for 50 minutes or until stuffing is cooked through and peppers are somewhat tender.
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1970 · United Kingdom
Des Hughes is seen as an established mid-career artist, who originates from the United Kingdom. Des Hughes was born in 1970. Some of the artist's contemporaries that are born around the same year and in the same country include Chris Ofili, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Taylor-Wood), Chantal Joffe, Tacita Dean and David Shrigley.
Galleries and Exhibitions
Des Hughes is represented by Buchmann Box in Berlin, Germany. Des Hughes' work has most recently been displayed during the exhibition Keeper of Heads at Martin Asbæk Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition was open from 27 October 2017 until 25 November 2017.
Des Hughes in private collections
On Artland Des Hughes' works can be found in the collection of Jens-Peter Brask and Richard Feaster, who for instance also has works by other artists including Jesús Herrera Martínez, Marie Kølbæk Iversen, and Hur Kyung-Ae.
Historical Context of United Kingdom
Through colonisation and the consequent ascent of its Empire, the United Kingdom reached the status of a giant, although the wealth and economic power did not shelter it from the obvious cultural supremacy of other continents and countries. With the United States on one side and its European neighbours on the other, Britain had been to a somewhat significant degree eclipsed by their respective influence on the art of the modern world. But it is towards the end of the nineteenth century that it truly became an essential and vital agent in the development of the avant-garde, through radical and progressive trends such at the Arts and Crafts Movement, which would become essential to the further development of bohemian artists movements or other artist-led organisation of the twentieth century. Vorticism is a significant movement, fundamentally characteristic of British modernism, it involved artists renowned for their association to the Bloomsbury group. A few critically acclaimed British artists of the modern and contemporary era include Stanley Spencer, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Bridget Riley and Paula Rego among others – as well as the YBA generation led by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn and Chris Ofili, in more recent years.
Further Biographical Context for Des Hughes
Des Hughes was born in 1970 and was predominantly inspired creatively by the 1990s. In the United Kingdom, a group of artists known as the YBAs, or Young British Artists, dominated the artistic culture of the decade. They were a loosely affiliated and diverse group, united generally by their age and nationality. A number of the members had attended the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths in London, and were favoured by Charles Saatchi, the ‘super collector’ of art at the time. The most well-known member of YBAs is arguably Damien Hirst, and other members included Chris Ofili, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Sarah Lucas and Sam Taylor-Johnson (née Sam Taylor-Wood). Through their use of shock tactics and sensationalism, the YBAs gained a controversial reputation image which was further fuelled by their use of throwaway materials, wild lifestyles and an attitude that was at the same time rebellious and enterprising. The group was predominant in the British art scene in the 1990s and their group show ‘Sensation’ is now viewed as legendary. The art world was influenced by a number of trends throughout the decade, the divisive, hyper-realistic sculptures of Maurizio Cattelan and the sensitive, conceptual work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres characterised the atmosphere of the era.


President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has dismissed the country’s police chief in response to reports of an attempted coup to kick him out of office.
The move came amid a crackdown on security officials by the top executive of the young African country.
Lt Gen Majak Akec Malok was removed and replaced with Lt Gen Atem Marol Biar in a presidential decree read on state TV on Tuesday night.
Reports of a potential coup went viral following Mr Kiir’s visit to Riyadh for the inaugural Saudi-Africa summit.
No fewer than 27 military and intelligence officers have been arrested despite attempts by security officials to downplay the coup rumours.
The arrests have, however, raised concerns about the political stability of South Sudan, a nation which has been grappling with conflict and instability for decades.
The country is currently undergoing a transition following the signing of the revitalized peace agreement and is preparing for its first elections scheduled for December 2024, since gaining independence


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While you’re stuck at work and your cat is just sitting around waiting for your return, you should lend your friend the Bolt interactive laser toy.
Cats are fond of playing with string and boxes, but those can get messy and potentially even dangerous. This laser technology bounces off a reflective mirror to beam a light for your pet to chase. It is also sturdy in case your cat gets really frustrated or knocks it down the stairs; and the random laser patterns engage your cat in interactive play for mental stimulation and exercise at the same time. The random patterns across the floor and over the furniture will keep your pet entertained while you chill out and take funny cat videos.
The Bolt Interactive Laser Toy Will Give Your Cat the Time of its Life
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2. Technology - Technology industry can explore the development of interactive laser toys for pets.
3. Entertainment - Entertainment industry can create content or devices that cater to pet owners looking to entertain their pets.

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July 31, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer
Gene Kahane and Cathy Dana Named Alameda’s Poet Laureates
Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer and Library Director Jane Chisaki announce that Gene Kahane and Cathy Dana have been named as Alameda’s Poet Laureates, the third appointments in City history to hold the title. The City’s first Poet Laureate was Mary Rudge, who served from 2002 to 2014. She was followed by Julia Park Tracey, who served from 2014 to 2017.
Gene Kahane has been teaching for over thirty years, most of that time in Alameda at Haight Elementary School, Wood Middle School, and Encinal High School. He is also an actor, drama director, and poet. He has written poetry to commemorate events, honored colleagues and students for their milestones in life, and has encouraged people to find their voice and share their talents.
Cathy Dana is the president of Alameda Island Poets, and regularly leads two workshops at the Home of Truth and facilitates “Storytelling Swap” at Frank Bette Center for the Arts. She also teaches creative writing at Alameda Community Learning Center, where she began the Mighty Pens teen poetry group, as well as the first poet laureate program. Her first published book of poetry, “My Dad Believed in Love,” was released in early 2016.
The Poet Laureate is a ceremonial appointment made by the Mayor. Members of a selection committee reviewed applications and interviewed top candidates. Nominees must be an Alameda resident and actively involved in the literary community. Responsibilities include creating community-based poetry events that reflect Alameda’s diversity. The two Poet Laureates will be officially appointed at the September 5, 2017 City Council meeting, where the public is invited to attend and hear their inaugural poems.
“The City of Alameda is thrilled with the appointments of Gene Kahane and Cathy Dana as our Poet Laureates, a very important role for our arts and literary community,” said Library Director and staff to the Poet Laureate Selection Committee Jane Chisaki. “The Selection Committee had a very difficult time selecting from our top two candidates even after personal interviews, so we chose them both! Appointing both Mr. Kahane and Ms. Dana brings a wonderful breadth of experience and passion for the written word.”


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Use this demonstration to illustrate the greenhouse effect and the role of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas
The demonstration includes two parts. In the first, students observe a model of the greenhouse effect in a greenhouse using transparent bottles containing air. In the second, they learn about the role of carbon dioxide by comparing the effects in two separate vessels containing air and carbon dioxide respectively.
The experiments in both parts demonstrate the greenhouse effect by comparing the temperature increases in suitable vessels containing the gases, on exposure to light from a powerful lamp.
Each part of the demonstration will take about 30 minutes. However, the second part can be started well before the first part has been completed if sufficient apparatus is available.
The experiments involve slow, gradual temperature increases. If the temperatures are monitored electronically, with data logging and a live display, the experiment can be allowed to proceed while the class carries on with other work. If ordinary thermometers or electronic thermometers with digital displays are used, the temperatures will have to be recorded at one minute intervals, requiring the attention of the class to time and record for the duration of the demonstrations.
For both parts
- Photoflood light bulb, 275 W, in a plain bulb holder (see notes 1 and 2 below)
- Temperature sensors with leads, 3, with data logger and computer display (see note 3)
For part 1
- Plastic drink bottles, transparent, 1 dm3, x2 (see note 4)
- 2-hole bungs, to fit bottles (see note 4)
- Clock, with second hand
- Stand, boss and clamp, x2
For part 2
- Beakers, 250 cm3, x2
- Black card discs, x2
- Photoflood bulbs are available from photographic suppliers on the internet, or from photography shops on the high street, at a cost of £10–15 each for a 275 W bulb. The bulb should be fitted in a plain bulb-holder suitably stabilised so that it stands securely on the demonstration bench, and is easily switched on and off by the demonstrator without disturbing the bulb.
- The photoflood bulb should be situated so that the three temperature sensors or thermometers can be placed equidistant from the bulb, as shown in figure 1 below.
- Check that all three temperature sensors show the same temperature on the computer display when placed in the same temperature environment. Fit two of the sensors through the rubber bungs that will fit into the drinks bottles.
Each of the three temperature sensors should be wrapped with a lead (or prepared aluminium) foil ‘flag’. Each flag is made from a piece of lead foil about 3 x 2 cm such that after wrapping around the sensor, a flag approximately 1 cm wide and 2 cm high made of doubled foil is formed (see figure 2 below).
The sensor should then be positioned so that the face of each flag will be perpendicular to the radiation from the bulb. The end result should be a set of three temperature sensors with flags that are as similar as possible. The sensors carrying their flags need to fit easily through the necks of the drinks bottles.
The setting up of the datalogger and three temperature sensors will depend on the kit available in the school. The handbook for the datalogger will provide the necessary instructions. Suitable software should be used to display the temperature data as a function of time as three lines of different colour on screen(s) visible to the class. Two of the temperature sensors will be required again in part 2, but without the lead flags.
- The two drinks bottles for part 1 should be identical, colourless, transparent, PET plastic (recycling code 1) water bottles, fizzy drink bottles or similar, of 1 dm3 capacity, capable of carrying a 2-hole rubber bung in the mouth (see figure 3). One hole is needed to carry the temperature sensor (or the thermometer if used), the other to allow air flow to prevent pressure build-up.
One of the bottles should be painted matt black on one ‘side’ and allowed to dry thoroughly.
The bottles should be secured in an upright position, without obscuring the light path from the lamp.
- Finally set up the apparatus for part 1 as in figure 1, clamping as necessary to ensure the arrangement is secure from accidental knocks, and at the appropriate point in the lesson, replace by the simple arrangement for part 2 as in figure 4. Note that the photoflood lamp is now positioned and clamped above the beakers, midway between them.
For part 1
- Lead foil pieces (TOXIC, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT), about 3 cm x 2 cm, x3 (aluminium foil can be used as an alternative to lead foil but must be either painted black or darkened which happens after it has been in contact with food)
- Matt black paint (for example, blackboard paint)
For part 2
- Source of carbon dioxide gas
- (Optional) One or more of these other gases and volatile liquids:
- Methane (natural gas) (EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE)
- Pentane (EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, HARMFUL, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT), 1 cm3
- Hexane (HIGHLY FLAMMABLE, HARMFUL, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT), 1 cm3
Health, safety and technical notes
- Read our standard health and safety guidance.
- Lead foil, Pb(s), (TOXIC, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT) – see CLEAPSS Hazcard HC056. In part 1 the lead foil pieces are for making the ‘flags’ around the temperature sensors (Note 3). The Lead foil can be replaced with darkened aluminium foil and the effect is still observed.
- Carbon dioxide, CO2 (g) – see CLEAPSS Hazcard HC020a. For use of a carbon dioxide cylinder also see Laboratory Handbook Section 9.9 about the safe storage and use of gas cylinders. If using solid carbon dioxide (dry ice), this should be obtained within 24 hours of the demonstration in substantially larger quantity than required for the experiment, and stored in a vented insulated container until required. All handling must be done using thermal gloves and handling tongs. If neither a carbon dioxide cylinder nor a supply of dry ice is available, carbon dioxide gas may be generated chemically – see these standard techniques for generating, collecting and testing gases. Replace the thistle funnel shown with a tap funnel or an unstoppered separating funnel. Use about 10 g of small marble chips (calcium carbonate) and about 100 cm3 of hydrochloric acid (2 M) for the carbon dioxide generator. Add the acid a few cm3 at a time to the marble chips to generate a steady stream of carbon dioxide. Either shortly before part 2 of the demonstration, or as part of the demonstration, allow a flow of carbon dioxide to displace the air from the beaker. Alternatively pieces of solid carbon dioxide can be allowed to evaporate in the bottom of the beaker.
- Methane (Natural gas), CH4 (g), (EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE) – see CLEAPSS Hazcard HC045a.
- Pentane, C5 H12 (l), (EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, HARMFUL, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT) – see CLEAPSS Hazcard HC045a.
- Hexane, C6 H14 (l), (EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE, HARMFUL, DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT) – see CLEAPSS Hazcard HC045a.
- With the apparatus set up as in figure 1 above, start the datalogging programme with all three sensors at the same time (which should all show the same temperature), and immediately switch on the photoflood lamp.
- Allow the datalogging to proceed with the graphical display visible to the class. Ensure the class are aware of which graphical trace belongs to which sensor. In about 15 minutes, the three traces should level off, the ‘bare’ sensor showing a typical increase of around 5°C, the clear bottle about 8°C, and the blackened bottle about 13°C.
- If two further temperature sensors and a second datalogger are available, part 2 can be demonstrated while part 1 is running. Alternatively the class can proceed with other tasks until there is a clear result from part 1 on the display screen.
- Reset the datalogger and software to start again with inputs from two temperature sensors.
- Start the datalogger and switch on the lamp; the two traces should remain together, though showing a gradual rise.
- When this gradual rise levels off, introduce carbon dioxide as a steady flow into one of the beakers. The trace from that beaker should soon show a higher temperature than the beaker with only air – typically up to 8 degrees higher. If the gas flow is stopped, the carbon dioxide will slowly diffuse out of the beaker, replaced by air, and the temperature should begin to fall again.
- (Optional) Clear the carbon dioxide from its beaker, and repeat 1 and 2 above. Ensure all sources of ignition have been removed. Now introduce a slow stream of methane from the gas tap into the beaker and observe the effect on the temperature trace.
- (Optional) Again repeat 1 and 2 above and ensure all sources of ignition have been removed. Use a dropping pipette to drop about 1 cm3 of the volatile liquid into the beaker. This will slowly evaporate, and the effect on the temperature trace can be followed as it does so.
In a garden greenhouse, visible light passes through the glass and is absorbed by darker surfaces inside. This absorbed energy heats up the materials, also warming the surrounding air. But convection is restricted by the enclosing glass and the inside temperature of the greenhouse rises. This is the main cause of warming in a garden greenhouse.
However, in addition the warm surfaces re-radiate some of the absorbed energy, but at longer wavelengths in the infrared region of the spectrum. Some of this infra-red radiation is absorbed by glass and contributes to the warming of the greenhouse. It is this latter effect that is called the ‘greenhouse effect’. The greenhouse effect in the Earth’s atmosphere is caused by a number of gases that behave in a similar way to glass. They are transparent to visible light, but absorb in part of the infrared spectrum. Some of these gases are listed in the table. It can be seen that carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas because of its relatively high concentration in the atmosphere rather than its intrinsic greenhouse efficiency.
|Relative greenhouse efficiency per molecule
|Concentration in the atmosphere/ppm
|Relative efficiency x concentration/ppm
|CFC 11 (CCI3F)
|CFC 12 (CCI2F2)
In part 1, the experiment demonstrates the situation in a greenhouse using a plastic bottle. It also shows the effect of a black surface absorbing the energy from visible light.
In part 2, however, replacing the plastic bottles with open beakers removes the restriction on convection. The difference in temperature rise between the two beakers comes mainly from absorption by the gases of the radiant (infra-red) energy from the lead discs at the bottom of the beakers
Water vapour, carbon dioxide and ozone are the most important of the greenhouse gases, the first two because of their relatively high concentration in the atmosphere rather than because of their intrinsic greenhouse efficiency – indeed water vapour accounts for more than a third of the overall greenhouse effect. However, methane also makes a significant contribution, and it is the increasing proportion of carbon dioxide, and to a lesser extent methane, that seems to be producing the effect of global warming.

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By Yakubu Salisu, Kano
The President, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) Kano Chapter, Dr. Rahila Muhktar has reaffirmed the safety of Covid-19 Vaccine calling on all people to come out and join the train of the vaccine in a bid to rid the community of the deadly virus.
Mukhtar who spoke to news men at a 1 day sensitization meeting with members of MWAN on Covid-19 Second Phase Vaccination which took place at Tahir Guess Palace, Kano with support form UNICEF said, she has taken the jab without any side effects and can affirm to the public that it is safe.
According to her, there has been cases of resistance towards the vaccine due to fear of the unknown and activities of this she described ‘anti social people’ who spread false information about the vaccine that the vaccine is coming to fast whereas there have been other diseases such as malaria which has claimed millions of lives for long without a vaccine.
In view of the above, the Association deemed it pertenent to create more public awareness on the subject matter by organizing the sensitization seminar for all its members comprising of all female doctors working in the State to serve as the starting point.
She said through this, they hope to mobilize more members who in turn will enlighten the public on the vaccination process which has been going on for awhile but has recorded slow pace in terms of acceptance.
“We want people to be more aware, we want them to accept the vaccine that is why as Medical Women and Professionals that we are, feel that it is our duty and responsibility to educate the public starting with our own members.
Through our interventions in the past, people have accepted various programs that’s why we feel by creating more awareness on Covid-19 vaccination by seeing our members taking it, more people in the community will accept it from us”, Rahila added.
A participant, Dr. Faiza Lawal Muhammad said the importance of the sensitization for female medical doctors in the State can not be overemphasized considering their role in the society as both mothers and health officials.
She said the sensitization which brought together doctors from different area of specialization will further equip them with knowledge of the virus and how the vaccine works which they can relate to their patients.
Faiza, further stated that emphasis has been on public health physicians when it comes to the issue of covid-19 but with the training, other doctors can now also help in the campaign for people to get vaccinated against the killer virus.
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The river island dwellers of Assam rely on boats everyday for a smooth life.
They are, after all, the only connecting link to the mainland-the source of essential supplies and services, such as education and health. Yet, when a particular kind of boat turns up every few weeks at their embankment, the excitement in the air is palpable. "It's the boat clinic!" someone shouts, and the words ring through the air, quickly gathering people. Carrying doctors, paramedics, medicines, even a laboratory, to tend to their health related complaints, the boat clinic is a ray of hope for the island dwellers, and, not surprisingly, nicknamed the 'boat of hope'.
Started in the year 2005 with a single boat, Akha (hope) in the Dibrugarh district of Assam, the boat clinic initiative by the Centre for Northeast Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) was in response to the poor healthcare that island dwellers are exposed to. With no health facilities, poor communication to the mainland-made even more difficult during the monsoon floods-and diseases aplenty, especially affecting the vulnerable lot, women and children, such an initiative spelt the idea, 'if they cannot come, the hospital can come to them'.
The boat clinics' success can be gauged in the changing attitude of the people, who first eyed the entire initiative with suspicion, before being convinced about its intention. Take the case of Amiya Begum of the Baleswar sapori in the Nalbari district, about 70 km from Guwahati.
"Initially when the boat clinic used to come, there was curiosity, but we didn't have much faith in it. Most of the elders opined that it was a temporary thing and wouldn't do us any good," recalled the 25-year-old mother of three.
"But they kept returning, with medicines, and people who went to them were treated of their problems. Slowly our confidence grew, and now whenever the boat clinic comes we rush to be ahead in the long queue," she smiles.
Amiya's friend, Shama, added that there was also some hesitation to get pregnant women checked by male doctors.
"But when we saw the doctors' and the nurses' dedication, the way they explained things to us, that veil too lifted," Shama said. "Over and above, now we are being regularly checked, treated of our ailments, and given free medicines, without having to pay Rs.10 one way for a boat ride to the mainland hospital. We are poor people and most of the times, unless it's an emergency, we avoid going to the hospital altogether".
The boat clinics' typically work model is to organise health camps in the villages on the islands. Word is spread about the camp through the ASHA, and although general health check-ups are done by the doctor-if need be the case is referred to specialists on the mainland-it's maternal and child health that is the focus. According to the staff on board, the visits are also usually timed in accordance to immunisation dates.
According to NRHM data, the boat clinics have organised 13,316 health camps since 2008 until this year, providing 60,085 women with ante---natal care, 15,694 women with post-natal care, and 123,342 children with routine immunisation, among others.
Such has been the effect of these boat clinics, that even in Majuli-the world's biggest river island on the Brahmaputra-which, unlike other river islands, has a Community Health Centre (CHC) and health sub centre, people wait eagerly for the clinics' visit.
"The closest health sub-centre from our village is four kilometers away and there is a river in between. In fact that sub-centre caters to 15 villages and of them 14 are on this side of the river," said Deboshree Das of Samuguri village in Majuli. The boat clinic, she says, is a better and more convenient option because it can come close to the villages, especially when the water level rises in the monsoons.
Riturekha Baruah of C-NES who oversees the boat clinic programme in the Jorhat district, says that the team also assists in childbirth. "Communication is difficult in the saporis, and many times because of an emergency, a woman cannot go to the hospital for delivery. In such cases we have assisted in childbirth," she said. Assam has been fighting one of the country's highest maternal mortality ratio at 328 per 100,000 live births.
The clinic also encourages family planning-an especially tough task given high levels of illiteracy among the island dwellers, and superstitious beliefs. "For this (family planning) we have to step beyond our immediate duties and work towards changing attitude of people, building trust, and removing misconceptions. We also discourage girls from being married off young, and talk about spacing between kids," said Minhazuddin Ahmed, a doctor with the boat clinic.
Among the most common ailments affecting the island dwellers are water borne diseases and skin infections.
Undoubtedly, life is very different, and difficult, for the nearly 30 lakh people living on the 2,500 river islands in the Brahmaputra in Assam. But the boat clinic team too faces challenges to reach the target community.
According to Dipankar Das, CEO of C-NES, trouble can arise both in the dry season and monsoons. In the dry season the water level has to be at least four feet for the motor boat to function, and on one instance "the team had to walk 10 km to reach the village". Similarly there have been times when the boat clinic got stuck in thunderstorms and floods and had to be rescued by experts.
"Gaining access to healthcare used to be a privilege earlier. Now with the boat clinic, we have been blessed with hope for a better life," smiled Anjana Das, an island dweller in the Dibrugarh district while talking to the Charkha Development Communication Network.


text: It's been a long long time since I've had change to do a blog but it's been a very exciting time and Pirate Pete and I are delighted to have been so busy. I toured all over Christmas and got straight back into the Mermaid swing of things on 2nd January with our first party. We're working on some new and exciting projects and we can't wait to bring you more news! For now here's a selection of photos from our most recent parties. Love and bubbles!


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Older adults from minority ethnic backgrounds are at increased risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, yet vaccine hesitancy is high amongst individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Cini Bhanu of University College London, United Kingdom, and colleagues identifies thirteen factors influencing vaccine uptake among older, ethnic minority individuals.
The barriers towards and facilitators of vaccination among older, ethnic minority individuals are not well studied. To better understand the key factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination status, researchers conducted a systematic review of 28 published studies on vaccine uptake within minority communities around the world. The researchers then conducted a synthesized content analysis, grouping data into themes falling into three predetermined structural determinants of COVID-19 vaccination status: 1) healthcare provider and system related; 2) patient-related; 3) policy and operational level.
The researchers were able to identify 13 different themes related to vaccine uptake. Some themes summarized barriers to vaccination, such as misinformation or personal beliefs, while other themes outlined factors facilitating access, such as vaccination reminders from healthcare providers. The study was limited in that all publications reported on influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, not COVID-19. As the researchers did not review COVID-19 specific studies, future research is needed to understand whether vaccine mandates facilitate COVID-19 vaccine uptake among minority communities.
According to the authors, “factors influencing vaccination uptake involve provider and healthcare system, patient-related and governance level factors that are specific to the older ethnic minority community being served.”
Bhanu adds, “Vaccination uptake amongst older adults from minority ethnic backgrounds can be supported through a multi-level approach – including increased education, access and culturally competent discussions with trusted healthcare professionals to address health beliefs. Such measures can maximize the potential impact of widespread vaccination policies.”

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Senior Employment Service is hosting a job fair in Knoxville for prospective employers and vendors who want to hire older adults.
It will take place on from 9-11 a.m. Thursday, May 6, and is open to anyone 50 and older. It will take place in the CAC Ross Building Parking Lot at 2247 Western Ave, Knoxville, Tenn.
Attendees should bring copies of their resumes and be prepared to fill out job applications. Masks will be required and social distancing should be maintained while interacting with others.
The Senior Employment Service and the Senior Community Service Employment Program provide free assistance to older adults looking to enter or re-enter the workforce, including resume writing, application assistance, employment workshops, and job referrals.
Editor’s Note: Story has been updated to show the event has moved to Thursday, May 6.


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Amgen Chairman Gordon Binder has filed papers to sell about $13 million in shares as record earnings and a legal victory pushed the Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology company's stock to a record high.
Binder said in a disclosure statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he intends to sell 100,000 shares of Amgen, according to the Washington Service, which tracks insider trading.
The value of the options Binder and all other Amgen employees receive as part of their compensation has soared over the past year as Amgen shares climbed 140%, compared with the 22% gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Binder frequently sells shares, which he receives as part of his compensation. In December, he filed to sell another 100,000 shares, according to the Washington Service.


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The men and women following the low carb approach lost more fat mass, gained more lean body mass and decreased their 10 year risk for heart disease compared to the low fat group. And protein went from 18% (just a tad more than the average American eats now) to 25% (this number makes me happy as there’s certainly merit to higher protein intakes). But to be honest, I’m not all that impressed with these weight loss differences or the total outcome. First, keep in mind the low carb group didn’t get close to eating as low of a carb recommendation as they suggested.
While 40% of calories is above the recommendation from most, they stressed it was mainly from foods like olive oil and other healthy, monounsaturated fats. Proponents of high-carbohydrate diets advocate that carbohydrate-restricted diets have a negative impact on testosterone levels, on insulin, IGF-1, as well as other hormones. However, most of the research has been made on subjects who restricted carbohydrate intake for a few days. It takes from at least two weeks to up to a couple of months for the body to be fully adapted and efficient on metabolizing fat as the primary source of energy.
Think about it, there are a lot of enzymes involved in the process of metabolizing fat and these have to increase in number to support the new metabolism.
On the other hand, Jeff Volek and Steven Phinney have researched carbohydrate restricted nutrition and its impact on health and physical performance for more than 2 decades. Jeff Volek along with other researchers has conducted a study on 20 normal-weight men which have been divided into two groups of 12, respectively 8 individuals. The first group of 12 men shifted from their diet consisting of ~48% carbohydrates (% of total calories per day) to a diet consisting of ~8% carbohydrates. They were basically maintaining the same exercising routine they had before starting the experiment. Conversely, cortisol, thyroid hormones, as well as glucagon are stimulators of lipolysis . There are four other studies that the authors of the research consider to be done on keto-adapted individuals, which are relevant to the carbohydrate-restricted regimen where the subjects have been keto-adapted for a period of several weeks. Again, studies made on carbohydrate-restricted diets that follow subjects for only a few days are far to be called relevant. Both groups also had similar behavior modification “counseling” to actually change their habits vs. That’s not enough for a person to get keto-adapted (efficiently burn fat to produce energy, instead of using carbohydrates for energy). Their protein intake shifted from ~18% to ~30%, while the fat intake increased from ~32% to ~61%.
Thus, they were mostly consuming a diet which consisted of: ~58% carbohydrates, ~16% protein, and ~26% fat. In my n=1 experiment I noticed the same changes (lost 5% of body fat and slightly gain lean mass). This study shows that there are no negative effects on hormonal levels when humans are adapted to a very-low-carbohydrate diet. Low levels of insulin in the context of a keto-adapted person is a powerful promoter of fat break-down because fat becomes the primary fuel of the body. Changes in Body Composition During Weight Reduction in Obesity Balance Studies Comparing Effects of Fasting and a Ketogenic Diet. Effect on body composition and other parameters in obese young men of carbohydrate level of reduction diet. Capacity for moderate exercise in obese subjects after adaptation to a hypocaloric, ketogenic diet.
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Good evening ,here’s my final post for today and two finished barrel tops. To finish them each one is fitted with a bracket and varnished one final time. I also cover the screws on the bracket with a different type of tartan or tweed to suit each piece and they’re ready for wall mounting!
This will be my first year at Neos I’m so grateful be exhibiting with the lovely @ruthmcevilly at her Compass Rose Studio in Longside. Thank you all for following along with me today and I hope to see you there in September! 😊@alanajademillerart #NEOS2018

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Saturday will be a big day in Teton Village with summer activities like mountain biking, tram, ropes course and more in addition to the World Premiere of TGR’s Almost Live film. Adding to the fun is the Annual Jackson Hole Disc Golf Tournament, taking place at Jackson Hole’s own free disc golf course.
1) Take a hike Jackson has some of the best hiking trails in the country. If you aren’t in the mood to buy a park pass, (after all this is a free guide) try hiking up to Goodwin Lake, or if you’re in the mood to go far, Jackson Peak. You will need a vehicle […]
On January 16th, 2014 the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is hosting an Eco Night at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village. The events will start at Nick Wilson’s Cowboy Café at 4pm with a selection of $3 Snake River beers for happy hour. All profits from the beer sales will be donated to Hole Food […]
The horses in front of JHMR are nicknamed the “Teton Village welcoming committee.” Driving into Teton Village it is hard not to notice the massive, friendly horses, often lined up at the fence with people petting their soft noses and feeding them the occasional carrot or apple. The six horses are all Percherons which is […]
What is a tram splice? If you’ve been around Teton Village this week and seen this covered walkway on the tram cables, no, this isn’t some cool new summer activity. The tram cables were shortened by roughly 5 meters as routine use stretches out the cables, and this shortening process keeps the cables tight. This […]

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By Daniel Bernardi
Leading students tackle the myriad ways that America’s attitudes approximately race knowledgeable the creation of Hollywood movies from the Twenties throughout the Nineteen Sixties. From the predominantly white celebrity approach to segregated mise-en-scènes, Hollywood motion pictures strengthened institutionalized racism. The individuals to this quantity research how assumptions approximately white superiority and coloured inferiority and the politics of segregation and assimilation affected Hollywood’s classic period.
Contributors: Eric Avila, UCLA; Aaron Baker, Arizona country U; Karla Rae Fuller, Columbia collage; Andrew Gordon, U of Florida; Allison Graham, U of Memphis; Joanne Hershfield, U of North Carolina; Cindy Hing-Yuk Wond, collage of Staten Island, CUNY; Arthur Knight, William and Mary; Sarah Madsen Hardy, Bryn Mawr; Gina Marchetti, U of Maryland; Gary W. McDonogh; Chandra Mukerji, UC, San Diego; Martin F. Norden, U of Massachusetts; Brian O'Neil, U of Southern Mississippi; Roberta E. Pearson, Cardiff U; Marguerite H. Rippy, Marymount U; Nicholas Sammond; Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, U of Arizona; Peter Stanfield, Southampton Institute; Kelly Thomas; Hernan Vera, U of Florida; Karen Wallace, U of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; Thomas E. Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke; Geoffrey M. White, U of Hawai’i; and Jane Yi.
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The Rasch model is widely used for test development and item functioning. Noisy individuals are often a major concern because they distort item estimates, weakening inferences based on item difficulties. A typical practice is to omit and disregard individuals who are not constructive for item calibration purposes. But application of the Rasch model and information from misfitting participants can assist the evaluation of interventions in research on individuals. By examining misfitting participants useful information can be extracted regarding the strengths and weaknesses of an intervention or the specific behaviors of the individuals involved.
Figure 1. Tracy's fluency as a function of goal setting and reinforcement. Values above horizontal lines indicate Tracy achieved the goal for the session.
Figure 1 shows data from Tracy who was subjected to a "goal setting and reinforcement" intervention in order to improve her fluency. Using a changing criterion design, Tracy was asked to reach one goal after another and was reinforced contingently on her performance. The difficulty of the material was increased over sessions. As shown in Figure 1, Tracy reached some of the goals and missed some other, suggesting that the proposed intervention was not all that effective for her.
Using 5 students for comparative purposes I fit a Rasch model to the data of the 6 students by coding student's behavior during a session as 1 (if a student met the goal for that session) or 0 (if the student missed the goal). Given that difficulty increased in every session we can hypothesize that student's behavior could fit the Rasch model (e.g., 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0) for this particular research design. The presence of large fit statistics would suggest a pattern of responding that deviates from the Rasch model, or, in other words, that the intervention has not been as effective as hypothesized. An exception would be a one category responding (e.g., all 1s) which would still indicate that the student behaved contrary to expectations (as if the activity was too easy for the student).
Table 1 shows out-fit mean-square and point-measure correlations for all students, suggesting that Tracy's responding was not in accord to expectations, in comparison to her peers (see also Figure 2).
Table 1. Evaluation of students' response patterns.
Tracy's response pattern, 010101000111, is erratic, but provides useful information regarding her capabilities and her unique reaction to the intervention. She was able to reach some of the most challenging goals, but missed goals of medium and easy difficulty. She may fit the profile of an overachiever who got bored during some of the sessions or a student with attention problems, low motivation, etc. Alternatively, the intervention can be evaluated by examining, refining, and developing the content of the sessions in which Tracy failed, if there is room to improve the content of the test.
Figure 2. Erratic performance by Tracy and John.
By focusing on a student's noisy performance, researchers in psychology and education may gain greater understanding of both student behaviors and intervention effectiveness. This knowledge base may assist them in developing effective educational interventions and in remediating learning difficulties.
Georgios, D. Sideridis
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Noisy Responding and Intervention Effectiveness. Sideridis, G.D. Rasch Measurement Transactions, 2005, 19:2 p. 1013-4
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As I’ve mentioned here before, the Internet Archive, with its extensive collection of public-license video, audio and text, is a major, and sometimes stunning, resource for everyone. And it’s not static at all—I recently came across a newer section called “German Cinema”. The name’s misleading, as it contains just one filmmaker’s work—namely Lutz Mommartz.
Who’s Lutz? Learn, as I did:
The Lutz Mommartz Film Archive is a collection of the film works of German film-maker Lutz Mommartz, considered to be one of the pioneers in the film genre known as the “other cinema”. Mommartz was born in Erkelenz in 1934 and spent most of his life in Dusseldorf. He began making movies in 1967 and eventually became Professor of Film at the Kunstakademie Munster. He still lives and works in Germany, dividing his time between Dusseldorf and Berlin.


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Peggy was nervous about the upcoming dinner party she and her husband were about to host. It was their first time to have guests for dinner since the birth of their son, Pete. To top off Peggy's tension, the guests included her husband, Bill's, new supervisor.
Sensing the tension in his parents, the baby became irritable and fussy, which only added to Peggy's frustration. In an attempt to comfort little Pete, Peggy picked him up, raised him high over her head, and kissed his bare tummy. To her surprise, he smiled and giggled--the first genuine laugh she had heard from her young son.
In an instant, the evening took on an entirely new tenor. Peggy became more relaxed, and Baby Pete relaxed as well. The dinner party was a great success.
Can the laughter of a little child change a day? Yes! So can the laughter shared between two adults, or the chuckle prompted by the memory of a funny event.
When you're feeling "stressed out," don't allow yourself to explode in anger. Get alone if you have to, but find a reason to laugh and watch the stress melt away!
The light in the eyes (of him whose heart is joyful) rejoices the heart of others.


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The proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, known as Marsy’s Law, would create a set of rights for victims, including to be notified about, attend and weigh in during plea hearings, sentencings and parole proceedings. It also guarantees “a prompt and final conclusion” of the case and post-conviction proceedings and the right to full restitution.
But the League of Women Voters and the ACLU filed suit, citing a host of issues with the proposed amendment, including the contention that it is overly broad and vague. They claim the ballot question doesn’t actually contain the text of the proposed amendment, and the language of the question would effectively amend multiple sections of the constitution, pertaining to issues related to procedures in the criminal justice system.
Days before the general election, Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler issued a preliminary injunction but acknowledged that delaying the certification of results of a constitutional amendment referendum has apparently never happened before.
However, she said the proposed amendment would have immediate and, in some cases, irreversible consequences for the rights of the accused and the criminal justice system.
“If approved by a majority of the electorate, every stage of the criminal proceedings, including bail hearings, pretrial proceedings, trials, guilty pleas, sentencing proceedings, and parole and pardon reviews, will be put into doubt,” Ceisler wrote.
The judge has ordered that the results will not be tabulated or certified until the case is ultimately resolved.
What is Marsy’s Law?
The amendment is part of a national Marsy's Law campaign for victims' rights, named for a 1983 California murder victim.
Jennifer Riley, who runs the Marsy's Law for Pennsylvania effort, described the decision as dismaying but said her organization was confident the election results will ultimately be certified.
The proposed amendment, which remains on Tuesday's ballot, passed the Legislature overwhelmingly.
Reggie Shuford, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said state lawmakers mishandled the amendment process.
“Despite the heated rhetoric, rather than help crime victims, the Legislature failed them in this process,'' said Shuford, whose organization helped represent the plaintiffs. “They did not hold a single hearing over two legislative sessions, and they ignored the law in proposing this massive constitutional amendment.”
The judge said the proposed amendment apparently violates the single-subject rule for amendments by providing “a whole series of new and mutually independent rights” to victims.
She also sided with the plaintiffs' argument that the ballot question did not fairly, adequately and clearly inform voters about what the amendment would do.
“No doubt the remedy is rare; as it appears that delaying certification of the votes to a constitutional amendment has never occurred,” the judge wrote.
Supporters have said the amendment will strengthen rights already in other laws by putting them into the constitution and that it gives victims the express ability to ask a judge to enforce those rights.
During a hearing last week , lawyers for the League of Women Voters put on one witness, a criminal defense lawyer who warned the amendment would give victims the right to refuse discovery requests by the accused. He predicted that would make it more difficult for defense lawyers to get information they need to immediately start investigating social media posts, email records and text messages.
The attorney general's office, representing the defendant, acting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, said an injunction would confuse voters and may affect the result. Boockvar's lawyers said the referendum's various elements all related to the single purpose of advancing victims' rights.
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Anyone who was around during the 1960s British Invasion of the American rock and roll scene knows the song “The House of the Rising Sun” as sung by the Animals. The Animals’ version of the song became a rock classic.
In his book, Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song, Ted Anthony set out to uncover the history and origin of the song. What he found was a fascinating tale of how the history of this song reflected the development of our culture. While most people would attribute the song to the Animals, it is better described as “roots music.”
Anthony never did find the author. Rather, he suspects there was no single author. The song simply evolved from singer to singer, each adding something to the lyrics. Although his original quest was unfulfilled, Anthony found the ultimate result of his research to be even more rewarding. The song is a product of the people, stretching back into the 19th century (and perhaps even beyond). It was continually passed along and enjoyed by later generations.
When you think about the origin of The House of the Rising Sun, it’s interesting to compare it to the origins of societal changes. Most of the advances in our society originated from grassroots citizen movements. While these societal changes may have had public champions, these champions were rarely elected public figures, at least at the beginning of the call for change.
The acceptance of the need for societal change often evolves over time when public acceptance has reached a level where public officials no longer see the change as a risk to themselves. The call for change then becomes embodied in public policy.
The enactment of public policy doesn’t stop the change process. There will still be those who are opposed to the change. Resistance to change may continue for years. There will also be those who don’t think the changes in policy have gone far enough. They will continue to advocate for adaptations of policy.
Just imagine how many of the current divisions in our society are a reflection of evolving public views on societal changes. Is time the only way to heal these wounds? Just imagine how technology impacts the acceptance of the need for positive societal change–or the resistance to it. Just imagine how the need for societal change can be strengthened through grassroots efforts. What if “we the people” passed along ways to improve our society, person to person, as musicians have passed along and modified songs from generation to generation?
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead (anthropologist)

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Financial issues remain at the year-round facility, which closed temporarily in March.
The city has met with local groups and organizations, such as the Salvation Army, United Way and LINK of Hampton Roads Inc., to stake out the future for Newport News' only year-round and family shelter.
But with the shelter's financial problems still unsolved, its future remains unclear.
The 50-bed Friends of the Homeless shelter on 25th Street in southeast Newport News had to shut down temporarily last month because it could not afford to stay open.
The shelter's board has filed two lawsuits last week, accusing its former executive director Kurt Ebersole of fraud and breach of duty. The lawsuits claim that Ebersole, who worked for the shelter for about 16 years until he was recently forced to resign, bought and sold properties to personally profit from them.
The shelter's struggles to remain open come at a time when homelessness is on the rise on the Peninsula. After the Newport News City Council gave it $30,000 to keep operating, the embattled shelter houses 14 adults and 16 children.
"We are up and running," said Nora Lambiotte, secretary of the shelter's board of directors. "We are getting some of our back bills paid up. The shelter is still there. We are still doing our job helping homeless families. And we still need and hope that people are willing to support us."
The city auditor, Cathy Matthews, continues to comb through the shelter's books about one month after the shelter closed because it couldn't pay its bills.
"We are trying to get a handle on this," Matthews said.
The shelter owes at least $60,000 in federal payroll and income taxes and about $19,000 in other liabilities, according to court records and city officials. It is also behind on real estate taxes, state unemployment insurance and storm water fees.
The shelter, which opened its doors in 1989, began to buy and sell properties as a way to supplement its income in the 1990s, when it was given a house as a tax credit and sold it.
"We felt, OK, maybe this is where we should look to raise the additional money to make up what the grants don't give us," Lambiotte said.
In fact, from 1997 through 2004, the shelter reported annual net assets of between $855,889 and $1.3 million, according to tax returns.
Things went well until recently when two shelter employees approached board members and "told us some things that were going on," Lambiotte said.
The board knew that the Internal Revenue Service was auditing the shelter, she said, and was told by Ebersole that a mistake in a tax return prompted the audit.
"We weren't concerned about it," Lambiotte said, "because he told us it wasn't a big deal."
During the board's first meeting in January the members learned about federal tax liens put on shelter properties. In February, it asked Ebersole to resign. The lawsuits accuse him of benefiting from buying and selling properties.
"We were just totally blown away when the whole thing came to the surface in January," Lambiotte said.
State officials say the shelter has submitted "appropriate documentation" when it has applied for state money, but future grants will hinge on its ability to fix its financial troubles.
"Any outstanding IRS audit or grant monitoring findings must be satisfactorily resolved before the organization could be eligible for any future state grants," said Hollie S. Cammarasana, a spokeswoman with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
"To date we have seen no misuse of our funds. We have no standing with which at this time to conduct any further type of investigation."
The police department is not investigating Ebersole, "but that doesn't mean we won't at some point," said Lou Thurston, a police spokesman.
The city's audit is scheduled to wrap up by the end of May, and Newport News City Manager Randy Hildebrandt may ask during the April 26 council meeting for more city dollars to keep the shelter open.
As soon as the shelter pays back taxes and satisfies the federal IRS liens, it will be able to sell some of its properties and pay down some of its debt, said Lambiotte.
The shelter's news has been difficult for her.
"I have cried," she said. "I have absolutely cried."
Nonprofit's leader accused of fraud
The board of the Friends of the Homeless shelter has accused Kurt Ebersole, its former executive director, of fraud and breach of contract in two recently filed lawsuits.
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners report about the shelter concluded:
* Average losses in non-profit fraud cases doubled from $50,000 in 2002 to $100,000 in 2004.
* Employees commit 58 percent of all non-profit frauds, but account for the smallest losses. Executive directors commit 12 percent but account for the biggest losses.
* Most frauds involve cash, buying schemes, payroll tinkering and inflated expense reports.
* At least 13 percent of all non-profit fraud goes on for at least five years.
* 45 percent of non-profit frauds are discovered because the organization fails, and internal audits expose 35 percent to 40 percent of non-profit frauds.
Source: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
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Visit dailypress.com /friendsofthehomeless to view a video of a man who was helped by the Newport News shelter.

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Duck Down pulled this one from deep within the archival vaults. Aired on an underground Hip-Hop show on Jan. 10th, 1994, Black Moon introduces New York City to Tek & Steele of Smif-N-Wessun. LMAO @ those public access style TV graphics. As bad as these type of shows seem to us now, they're classics in my eyes. Sidebar: Anyone remember The Box? I once ran up a crazy bill ordering music videos. Anywho, Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun's Monumental available in-stores now.
Directed by Joe Zohar.
Watch the trio of emcees beast on the mic.
With Dej Loaf, GoldLink, Vince Staples, Shy Glizzy, Raury, and more.
"She looks like boysenberry pie."
Another hip hop album reached the No. 1 spot.
A dedication to Crooks & Castles' former marketing director.


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Fortinet Partner Sync will take place in the UAE on May 1st, at the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, and is expected to bring together more than one hundred Fortinet partners.
SAS has recently hosted the SAS Analytics Roadshow 2019 in Dubai to highlight how advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are transforming organisations across the region in the digital era.
Avaya Holdings has announced its partnership with Standard Chartered to deliver a multi-year client experience transformation project that will enable the Bank to more fully align its services with clients’ fast-paced, digitally connected lives.
EnGenius Networks, a multinational networking company known for delivering future-proof networking solutions for small and medium business, has introduced its …
In a detailed conversation with TahawulTech.com, Lennart van der Ziel, CEO, Travis, explains how the firm aims to bridge communication …
Avaya has celebrated the graduation of the Avaya Academy Class of 2019, which brings 17 new additions to Avaya’s EMEA workforce including two Bahraini and two Saudi graduates.
At Huawei’s 5G is ON forum, organisations from the public and private sectors laid plans for 5G readiness in the Middle East.
Tenable has announced the integration of Tenable.io — for vulnerability management in the Cloud — with Google Cloud Security Command …
Dimension Data and Cisco have announced a new co-innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment and framework to jointly solve customers’ business needs.
Ring has recently hosted a gala to honour customers who have been an integral part of Ring’s journey into the Middle East.
Pure Storage has announced that MDC Business Management Services (MDC BMS) has recently selected its modern technology to cover production, non-production, disaster recovery and remote-site operations.
Western Digital Corporation has expanded its portfolio of data storage devices in Saudi Arabia.
OPPO has officially launched its newest smartphone series, Reno, in the Middle East.
Over three quarters (88 percent) of UAE IT decision-makers will increase cloud spend in 2019, according to a new YouGov survey.


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Monday, April 4, 2016
Rapper Nas Comes To Vegas! Performs At Drai's Nightclub
This past week-end in Vegas celebrated rapper Nas made his return to Drai’s Nightclub at The Cromwell in Las Vegas to serve up an unforgettable full-length concert presented by Drai’s LIVE. Partygoers at the packed rooftop nightclub welcomed the Def Jam artist to the stage with huge cheers as he delivered crowd favorites like “The Message,” “If I Ruled the World” and more. Earlier in the day, Nas was spotted catching some sun at Drai’s Beachclub during a high-energy set by resident DJ duo Brody Jenner x Devin Lucien.
A one-of-a-kind nightlife experience, Drai’s LIVE is at the forefront of the ever-changing nightlife scene, offering live, full-length concerts by celebrated artists. For tickets and more information, visit DraisLV.com.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have won an absolute thriller in dramatic circumstances against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA on Sunday (local time).
Things were looking bad for Minnesota when Carmelo Anthony sunk a clutch go-ahead three-pointer to give the Thunder a 113-112 lead with 4.7 seconds left in the contest.
Compounding things for the Timberwolves was the fact that they had run out of timeouts.
Enter Andrew Wiggins.
The former No.1 draft pick found himself on the end of a panicked inbound pass, cruised just past half-court before pulling the trigger and sinking an incredible buzzer-beating long-range three-pointer to hand the Wolves a stunning 115-113 victory.
The result saw Minnesota improve their record to 2-1 while the Thunder are now 1-2 after three games.


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So turns out Randy Houser has been posting his recent acoustic performances while spending time alone fighting off the ole’ coronavirus.
Randy posted to his Instagram story that he couldn’t smell or really taste the meats he was grilling up on the Traeger, then his wife Tatiana posted a video to her Instagram story answering fans questions on if they were sick, telling everyone that Randy had tested positive 10 days ago and the family was all quarantining together.
While holed up in their house, Randy has been posting acoustic performances of some newly written songs, and I’ve got to say, they’ve been pretty great. A few days back, he previewed a new one called “Take It To The Bank,” and now he’s back with another one.
The latest, called “Rub A Little Dirt On It,” puts the often given advice in perspective, urging you to toughen up a little bit, cause life ain’t always going to be easy.
Pretty spot on, given the family’s situation…
“Nother new one written with two of my favorites… Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell. Since my family and I have been quarantined at home with the ole ‘Rona, it seemed like a good time to share new music with y’all.”
Randy’s three unreleased songs seem to build on the personal tones of his last album “Magnolia” and it’s truly great. Heal up and keep cranking them out, Randy, I love it.
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"Mixed Reform" Enables Old State-owned Enterprises to Transform and Upgrade to Intelligence
Since the implementation of the mixed reform, NHI has made a new leap in development by integrating into the completely market-oriented system and mechanism of Fangda Group and relying on the Fangda Group's abundant capital resource advantages and brand new business and development concepts.
Through equipment upgrading and transformation, the company has further improved the production and manufacturing capacity of products, significantly increased the market influence, and orders have been pouring in.
Intelligent make enterprises with might doubled
North Heavy Industry Automotive Steering System Branch focuses on mechanical steering column and intermediate shaft, and provides supporting products for FAW Jiefang and Hongqi automobile manufacturers. Since the implementation of the mixed system reform in NHI, the company has introduced dozens of advanced processing, assembly and testing equipment, with a total investment of more than ten million yuan. Through the purchase of equipment, the machining of shaft parts realizes the automatic feeding and on-line dimension monitoring of manipulator. The stamping parts realize automatic feeding and continuous stamping. The parts welding assembly has realized the automatic welding of all manipulator. The main assembly parameters of steering column and drive shaft can be monitored online and traceable. Product testing ability in the industry is in a leading position. After the equipment upgrade of the branch plant, according to calculation, the processing efficiency of shaft parts has been increased by 80%, the processing efficiency of stamping parts has been increased by 200%, and the welding efficiency of shaft parts has been increased by 100%. On the one hand, the labor cost is reduced, and on the other hand, the product quality is also improved. The annual labor cost can be saved nearly one million yuan, and the qualified rate of the product is greatly improved. More than 20 kinds of original purchased parts are also realized self-manufacturing.
After the upgrade of the workshop shows that it is an intelligent and digital professional factory, welding manipulator, grinding machine manipulator, machining processing manipulator, which keep waving their arms, and rhythmically processing parts of different specifications. "With the phoenix tree, there will be a phoenix." With the continuous investment in equipment renewal, the steering product market of NHI has undergone tremendous changes, and the number of auto factories coming to the factory for project review has gradually increased. In the past two years of mixed reform, the company has won the bidding for more than 20 new product projects from 12 auto factories in China.
With the continuous upgrading of equipment, the continuous expansion of the market, the industry influence and competitiveness are also gradually improved, the number of orders will continue to increase. .At present, the steering products of NHI are not limited to the supporting field of commercial vehicle steering column, and will continue to expand the development of the supporting market of passenger vehicle steering column, expand the market field, and then reach a new peak.
Refinement leads to high quality products
In order to meet the market demand, better complete the fine processing of gear products, and further improve the quality of products, NHI has introduced the domestic gear processing industry leading equipment electronic generative type gear measuring center and CNC gear shaping grinding machine.
The electronic generative gear measuring center introduced by North Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. has a maximum gear measuring diameter of 650mm, which fills the gap of backward gear machine testing accuracy. The detection accuracy of the equipment is improved to level 4, achieving high precision detection, which uses the electronic scanning probe to carry out accurate detection
The tooth profile and tooth phase of the gear can be accurately measured before fine grinding in the measuring center to provide simple, fast and effective measurement data support for the sequential grinding finishing sequence. The gear with deviation can be repaired with a definite target in the process of finishing, which greatly improves the machining accuracy of gear and ensures the orderly assembly after the sequence.
In addition, the company also introduced by the domestic well-known gear machine tool manufacturer Qinchuan machine production of CNC gear forming grinding machine. Its equipment is the leading professional equipment for grinding hard face gear in China., the maximum processing diameter is 800mm, the equipment has its own detection system, the introduction of the equipment make up for the original development of grinding accuracy and efficiency, which greatly improve the accuracy of gear processing and bulk gear processing efficiency.
The introduction of two high-precision equipment has enhanced the company's competitive strength in the production and manufacturing of reducer, and comprehensively enhanced the company's ability in gear processing and testing to meet the manufacturing needs of high-precision products.
Automation has led to a dramatic increase in productivity
The general assembly idler workshop of North Heavy Industry Bulk Material Equipment Branch has many years of experience in idler production, and has undertaken large projects in Turkey, Iran, Brazil, etc., which plays a pivotal role in the idler industry at home and abroad.
Since the implementation of the mixed reform, with the increase of industry orders, in order to meet the subsequent market demand, through the analysis of the production process of the idler and the comparison with other enterprises in the same industry, the company has timely upgraded the equipment and improved the level of equipment automation.
In the production process, the original shaft processing process is long, it needs to use five equipments, involve five operators, there are three processes to complete, the production technology is behind the same industry and the production efficiency is slow. The original pipe cutting equipment has been used for more than 30 years, which are with serious aging, frequent failures, low processing efficiency and poor precision.
By purchasing two automatic double-head CNC lathes to replace the sequence processing of the original five lathes, only equipped with one operator can complete the processing of most types of roller rollers. Through the purchase of an automatic loading and unloading pipe cutting machine, using automatic production equipment to replace the old manually operated machine tools, it improved production safety at the same time to achieve the goal of improving processing efficiency, stable product quality.
Through the technical upgrading and transformation of the equipment, NHI has solved the quality problem of the bottleneck process, improved the production efficiency, ensured the delivery time of the products, improved the market reputation of the enterprise, and escorted the sustainable and healthy development of the enterprise.


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The List •••
Given a list of what their father considers the greatest songs of all time in his preferred genres, most individuality-defining late-teens wouldn’t pay an awful lot of attention. But then, most don’t have Johnny Cash for a dad. Back in the early ’70s, when his daughter was developing a love of the pop music of the period, her horrified parent sought to point her feet back on to the path of true musical righteousness, compiling a century-strong list of the best in country, bluegrass, folk and gospel and handing it to her. Nearly four decades on, a dozen of that number have made it onto The List, the latest album from Rosanne Cash. These are American standards done to near death down the decades, but still impressive in the right hands. Anyone wanting to revisit such well-worked pastures has to have some justification though. A paternal list from one of the musical legends of the twentieth century in any genre is a starting point, but is it enough? If the impressive roster of collaborative talent is anything to go by then the answer is probably yes. Anyone who can put Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright on the same record clearly has a lot of pulling power.
Foregoing her father’s gritty, pared-down menace, the album opener is an unexpected piece of country-tinged lounge swing in the shape of ‘Miss The Mississippi’, a classic, ‘there ain’t no place like the South’ slice of homesick nostalgia first popularised by Jimmie Rodgers. Erring on the unintentionally kitsch it’s workaday rather than auspicious, with too much Norah Jones about its person to be totally comfortable. Thankfully it’s not really indicative of what’s to follow. The earthier, heartfelt traditional of ‘Motherless Children’ feels like the real starting point for this particular musical journey, pathos-filled hard luck blues being the stock in trade of country music. Eric Clapton once famously misunderstood this small but significant pillar of American popular culture, and it probably would take a Cash to rescue it from overly maudlin sentiment. The heartfelt vocal and guitar scrawl halfway through reeks of down-at-heel personal misfortune in those forgotten nowhere-towns that are somehow essential to much of the American sense of self.
On a similarly abused and put-upon theme, the unquiet grave melodrama of ‘Long Black Veil’ finds Cash joined by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy as an innocent man unwilling to offer up a life-saving alibi in order to protect the honour of his mistress is haunted by the dead woman. It’s the perfect allegory for the heroic individualist of American lore battling with a ceaseless conscience in the perpetual struggle to do what’s right. Simple guitar picking and the “once upon a time” of the opening lyric set the scene perfectly, Tweedy’s angsty croak an effective counterpoint to Cash’s effortless sounding vocal. There’s distant delicacy on a beautiful rendering of ‘North Country Fair‘, bringing out the tentative uncertain longings and regret of the rooted lyric in a way that a youthful Bob Dylan couldn’t.
The Boss makes a not unwelcome intrusion on ‘Sea Of Heartbreak’, the debt he owes to Rosanne’s father being evident in his delivery, a note of tribute about both of them, as a real classic shows its simple strength. Elvis Costello’s contribution to ‘Heartaches By The Number’ is less successful, giving little in the way of distinctiveness on a song that was never particularly fitted out for credible longevity. Sharing the same strain of overly emotive kitsch, Cash’s working of ’She’s Got You’ veers little from the Patsy Cline original. It might not inspire visions of Jesus by your hospital bed, but would make a great companion to drunken early hours break-up tears of the kind you’ll be embarrassed by as passing time inevitably heals. In this kind of country, there can be no salvation from a broken heart. The roaring engines slowly failing from sight of ‘Silver Wings’ are the vehicle for another anguished break-up as Merle Haggard’s ‘outlaw country’ classic is given a breathy treatment and a Rufus Wainwright backing that combines to create something not displeasingly MOR.
Pa Cash’s vision of the American dream has always had more time for failure, loss and other travails of life that turn good folk bad, than its latter day triumphalist parody. The List is a welcome reminder of the songwriting craft and real emotion of one of most the most misinterpreted musical traditions on the planet. Choosing twelve out of those 100 songs must have been difficult, and these may not be the best dozen, but there’s enough here to suggest her dad knew what he was doing. Romantic love might often let you down, but Rosanne Cash’s artistic love for the riches of her tradition in its broadest sense sustain her and this album, despite the failings of both.
UK release date: 12/10/09; www.myspace.com/rosannecash
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