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The Secret Life of Pets Review
My fiance and I have a four-year-old Morkie dog named Charlie. We have had Charlie together ever since he was a puppy. Since both of us work all day, five days a week, my fiance has often asked me "What do you think Charlie does all day when we are gone?" Sadly, I couldn't even fathom to brainstorm an answer. What do our pets do when we are gone all day? Do you ever wonder that? My fiance and I have even discussed putting cameras in our apartment, just to see what Charlie is up to.
"The Secret Life of Pets" is a film about what our pets are up while we are away. Its takes the family-friendly, fun route in delving into the lives of our pets and focuses on an apartment complex full of domesticated animals and how they all hang out and have fun while their owners are at work. The main character is a dog named Max (Louis C.K.) who loves his owner very much. He's spoiled, and his life revolves around his human. So much so that he spends his day starring at the apartment door, hoping for the moment his master walks through the door. One day, Max's master brings home another dog named Duke (Eric Stonestreet) whom she adopts to keep Max busy during the day. Max feels Duke is invading his territory and the two can't seem to get along.
One day, when Max and Duke's master is at work, they leave the apartment and go to the park. There, Max takes Duke into an alley to try and get him lost. After a tussle with a group of alley cats, Max and Duke loose their collars and are taken away by Animal Control. They are rescued by a group of abandoned pets, led by a bunny named Snowball (Kevin Hart). Max and Duke must make their way back home, still being hunted by Animal Control and Snowball and his crew once they don't pledge allegiance to him.
"The Secret Life of Pets" was made by a group of filmmakers who really know the norms and fundamentals of owning a pet. There are several pet-owning jokes throughout the entire film that are both clever and hilarious. The voice work by the actors is spot-on and includes additional work by Ellie Kemper, Hannibal Burgess, Steve Coogan, Albert Brooks and Lake Bell, all of whom do splendid work. The animation is, without a doubt, flawless in just about every aspect.
The thing with "The Secret Life of Pets" is that it doesn't really break any new ground. Its not a Pixar movie. Its not "Shrek" or "Despicable Me" or something that I think I would stack with all the animated all-time greats. In fact, it kind of feels like pieces of other movies. One could argue that this is a version of "Toy Story" with animals. Others could argue that its just another version of "Despicable Me" about finding identity and finding a place of belonging. Look, I am not trying to say that every new animated movie HAS to break new ground. But there when half a dozen movies get released a year about wanting to belong, sometimes movies get lost in the shuffle.
I will say this, "The Secret Life of Pets" certainly does love to throw laughs at the audience. They end up sticking more often then not, and I think the more tender, emotional parts of the movie hit me harder simply because I am proud pet-owner. Its just that "The Secret Life of Pets" just won't stick like the great animated films do. I think while Illumination Studios is still playing with ideas and concepts, they still haven't quite found their voice as a studio yet. But boy, they are getting close and they are having some fun along the way.
FINAL GRADE: B


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Paul Palmieri, the visionary behind Verizon's mobile entertainment strategy, needed a way to showcase his new line of souped-up handsets in February, when the telecom giant unveiled its high-speed wireless network.
His solution was simple: video games.
"Since the beginning of game consoles and the personal computer boom in the 1990s, games showcased product," said Palmieri, executive director of business development and programming at Verizon. "We expect that in wireless; it's no different."
But the old-school, two-dimensional games that were developed on a shoestring budget weren't going to cut it for these phones. Palmieri demanded three-dimensional games, with design and dynamics so sweet that they'd compel buyers to shell out for his VCast handsets, and more importantly, download games for about $8 apiece that would provide steady new revenue for Verizon VZ, -0.16%
Now, according to Palmieri, 3D games are the leading sellers on VCast handsets.
The executive's edict sets a new standard in a hypercompetitive and crowded marketplace for mobile games. To date, the barriers to entry have been minimal. But now, with the introduction of mobile phones as powerful as 1999's personal computers, amateur hour may be over as publishers may need to bring well-known brands and pricey 3D titles to the table, merely as a cost of doing business with carriers.
"Wireless video-game publishers will all need to have 3D in the future," said Tim Walsh, president of the wireless division of THQ Inc. THQI "We know how quickly this market can move, so publishers have to be ready."
Wireless carriers including Verizon, Sprint PCS FON, +1.69% Cingular and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile DT all face the same dilemma: Revenue growth no longer comes from voice subscriber plans, but from downloads such as games, ring tones, wallpaper, music and videos.
If publishers are going to get into wireless, they must play by the carriers' set of rules, a world where "deck placement" -- the virtual shelf space -- often determines how well a product sells.
"The carriers are the kingmakers in this business," said Steve Palley, associate editor for mobile at GameSpot.com. "They decide who lives and who dies."
Good relationships and sellable product can pay off, especially when jockeying for a slice of global mobile-games revenue, which is expected to reach $8 billion by 2009, according to Strategy Analytics.
Electronic Arts Inc. ERTS recently decided it wants to get in on the action. The company is a newcomer, with just two wireless titles that aren't even in three dimensions, but it plans to roll out as many as 20 of its popular video-game titles, many of them in 3D, by the end of the year.
John Batter, general manager of EA's newly created mobile division, plans on leveraging its wireless strategy with multimillion-dollar marketing budgets and day-and-date releases for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox and PC.
Developing 3D games can run in the neighborhood of $500,000 on the low end and $1 million to $2 million on the high end, a far cry from the $20,000 or so required to develop the simplest games, according to industry executives
"When you get to a fully rendered 3D world, it's limitless, only bound by how big you want to make the game," said Walsh.
Verizon's current slate of 3D games publishers includes the wireless divisions of deep-pocketed corporate powerhouses like Sony SNE, +0.68% Walt Disney DIS, +0.91% Gameloft GLOFF, -2.34% and Jamdat Mobile JMDT which went public last September on the strength of its wireless games business.
"3D may bring the hard-core video gamer to wireless," said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst with M:Metrics, a San Francisco-based wireless media-measurement firm. "And if it does, we'll see a substantial uptick in game revenues because they're the biggest consumers."

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Agriculture in Bangladesh is under attack as it continues to degrade land and water resources and use harmful agro-chemicals. With continued help from other nations, the Bangladesh government is pursuing sustainable methods for its agriculture to deepen its environmental safety and increase longevity.
Like many nations in the past few decades, recent technological innovations dramatically changed the style of Bangladesh’s agriculture. Mechanization and specialized chemicals pushed the government to enact policies that maximized production. However, with these benefits came negative effects, such as soil depletion, water contamination and neglect of conditions for farm laborers. The goals of sustainable agriculture in Bangladesh are productivity, environmental stability, economic profitability and social and economic equity.
Besides issues arising from agriculture in Bangladesh, climate change poses a serious threat to the country. Founded on a delta, flooding, natural disasters, and saltwater intrusion have caused Bangladesh to lose 1.75 percent of its arable land. To combat food security issues, Bangladesh has begun projects to improve its sustainable agriculture.
The International Finance Corporation is promoting sustainable agriculture in Bangladesh through work with several private and public companies. For example, it works with the four largest private seed companies to demonstrate stress-tolerant seeds and raise awareness of their formal planting. As a result, 67,000 farmers received training for stress-tolerant seeds and 26,000 trained farmers implemented practices related to combatting climate change.
Another new form of sustainable agriculture has won global recognition in Bangladesh. In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization designated a farming style in Bangladesh as a “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Site.” Called the floating gardens, farmers in areas where floodwater lays for prolonged periods created systems in which they grow plants on floating organic beds of algae and other plant residue. By utilizing wetlands, the country’s farmers provide numerous ecological and economic benefits to locals.
However, farmers in poorer areas do not have ready access to sustainable farming principles or resources. That is where the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture comes in. Since 2011, it has been working to improve value for resource-poor farmers in sustainable agriculture and aims to help smaller farmers by creating access to information, quality resources and linking them to profitable markets via its business model called “Farmer’s Hubs.” Through this project, 15,000 small farmers have engaged with 30 Farmer’s Hubs to enjoy increased income at an average of 34 percent.
Through these projects and developments in sustainable agriculture, Bangladesh will continue to grow economically while protecting its environmental resources.
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It's painful for me to say this, but the National Citizens Coalition once a lion, is now a pussycat.
Just check out this recent blog from the NCC website, where the group apologizes to a Tory cabinet minister.
Industry Minister Tony Clement was angry because the NCC has posted in its "Tales from the Tax Trough" booklet that he had spent $30,000 on a trip to Kenya.
And it was true, he had.
But Clement called up NCC president Peter Coleman to complain and amazingly Peter agreed to apologize and to delete the Kenya reference from the booklet!!
And the NCC didn't do anything to warrant an apology.
The NCC even posted a message from Clement on their site (Note they refer to him as "Peter" Clement).
All I can say is that when I worked at the NCC we never would have let a politician bully us like this.
Somewhere NCC founder Colin M. Brown is rolling in his grave.
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NCC now a pussycat
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Not pussycats, just strait PUSSIES!
Pathetic. At least the CTF isn't on its knees like this.
It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
The NCC has become a disgrace.
It seems that Peter Colemen is determined to let it die with a wimper.
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Country In The Afternoon Festival
Cody Pennington + RAINTOWN + Liam Cromby + Terri Leavey
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
Country In The Afternoon returns to the Half Moon Putney on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November 2023 with a superb line-up of talented and exciting artists. Doors open at 12.30pm each day with the first artists taking the stage at 1.00pm. Tickets £18 per day.
A born-and-raised Nashvillian, Cody Pennington is making waves in the UK country music scene. A highly varied and interesting life inspires Cody’s songwriting. From leaving Nashville for the United States Air Force in 2011 to selling out many UK music venues, Cody’s working life is already varied enough to write a full biography. Cody grew up in Nashville, TN where he cut his teeth in the local music scene. He has now performed around the world, having decided it was time to pursue his music full-time. Having recently moved to the UK, his singles, “Downtown” and “How Bout Kentucky”, went straight to No 1 in the iTunes Country Chart.
Raintown, the electrifying duo from Glasgow, are known for shaking up the music scene with their explosive blend of Scottish rock and contemporary country. Boasting an impressive 16 awards and two critically acclaimed albums, with a new one on the way, they're a force to be reckoned with. Their live shows are a feast for the senses, with energetic and charismatic performances that leave audiences delighted and enthralled. They have the rare ability to take you on an emotional journey, soaring high with adrenaline-fueled Country rock riffs, foot-stomping beats, and soaring melodies one moment, only to bring you crashing back to Earth with heart-wrenching, harmony filled ballads and stories woven intricately into their soulful lyrics, the next. Their dynamic sound is a true testament to their exceptional musical talent.
Liam Cromby, former frontman/guitarist of UK melodic rock favourites We Are The Ocean, presents his solo material for the first time. The tracks showcased will be from his upcoming record, ‘What Can You Trust’, which will be released shortly. Liam’s solo material deals with the issues he’s faced since the band split in 2017; having your world fall apart when your career evaporates before your eyes, love lost, love found and faith.
Defector Records artist, Terri Leavey has a voice that needs to be heard. Having first seen her perform a couple of years ago, we have been watching Terri's career develop with great interest. Soon to release her debut single, You Left Me, she is an artist at the start of her musical journey but is well worth discovering now.
The Blue Highways played the very first Country In The Afternoon back in June 2019 and since gone from strength to strength. The London-based band is known for its modern indie/American roots-inspired sound coupled with Callum’s narrative storytelling which “recalls Darkness-era Springsteen” according to Uncut. The band have released their cracking second album “Out On The Line” to widespread critical acclaim. Live, they present a “panoramic conglomeration of rip-roaring vocals over a propulsive wall of sound” according to RnR magazine and are surely set for great heights.
Singer/songwriter Virgie Lynne grew up on southern rock’n’country in the U.S. Bible Belt before finding herself a legal alien in the UK. After a hiatus to raise a family, she returned to music and found an unlikely ally in bassist Corrado Cecere, originally from Rome, and one third of swamp-blues band, Hellshed. Together they formed The Handlers, crafting authentic alt-country Americana music for incorrigible grownups. For Country In The Afternoon, their long-time collaborator and all ‘round multitasker’ Madi Solomon joins them on banjo, piano and accordion, and they’re also mighty pleased to welcome Roy Lowe on drums and Cristiano Pochesci on guitar and pedal steel. Currently working on their next release, due to drop in early 2024, The Handlers’s live performance is sure to impress.
Internationally wrapped with a blues-rock stamp, Tim Gerard brings his constantly evolving rich and soulful sound to the stage. Gerard supports his natural abilities with an unmatched guitar forte and a dynamic vocal range. Drawing upon the great acts that championed the 60s and 70s scene, Gerard performs with an understated passion. Portraying stories of love and loss, ups and downs within the pursuit of meaning, his lyrics are both honest and raw. A candid account of his own experiences and those around him with imagery and rhythmic cadences both familiar and unique.
Emily Faye takes the hearts of country-pop connoisseurs and novices by storm. The UK-based songsmith succeeds at creating pop infused sunny yet sweetly fierce songs that rightfully earned her acclaim from Rolling Stones magazine, being labelled as 'a new country artist you need to know’. Emily Faye is bridging the gap between country and pop with a firm storytelling vision in both her musical beginnings and releases.
15 awards in 4 years, a critically acclaimed new album and the only act to be involved in all the mega-successful Country2Country festivals, Glasgow-based, Raintown deliver a startling take on UK contemporary country that is both firmly-rooted and unashamedly forward-thinking. Their intensely charismatic live performances are imbued with a spirit and energy that that make their sound accessible to all music lovers.
“Country music in the UK has come of age in the last year and Raintown are front-and-centre in that surge. The new album is simply superb.” *John Collins - Presenter, Bauer City Network 2***
From late 2015 and through 2016, their live reputation continued to grow with performances that included, a successful UK tour, Glasgow’s Country2Country ‘King Tuts Stage, headlining at the Buckle and Boots Festival, supporting both Runrig at the iconic Shepherd’s Bush Empire and American, Josh Kelley in Glasgow.
“Go and see one of their dynamic live performances and get on the Raintown bandwagon because the best is yet to come” *Country Music People *
Their sophomore release, ‘WRITING ON THE WALL’ continues their impressive development. It contains a polished mix of bright, up-tempo guitar-led Americana, Country pop-rock all arranged around superb harmonies and the duo’s trade mark back and forth vocals. It has gained praise from fans and critics alike including five star review’s from both ‘Country Music People’ - who said, “every single track has something remarkable about it” - and Maverick Magazine which commented, “the record is truly excellent.”
“It is very,very good.” *Bob Harris – Radio2*
Married couple, Paul Bain and Claire McArthur-Bain, are more than just a love story; they fuse their passion for Country Music with their eclectic musical influences and continue the tradition of exciting new music to emerge from Glasgow. Their electrifying live performances and sensational new music have elevated this impressive duo to new heights and cemented their place as one of the UK’s leading ‘new breed’ of Country acts.
“Everyone’s talking about Raintown.” * *Baylen Leonard – BBC Radio 2 Country / Amazing Radio**

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Mayo County Council’s Arts Service, The Office of Public Works (OPW) and the National Park & Wildlife Services, are delighted to announce that the visual artist, Susan Mannion, has been selected for the public art commission at the Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park.
Roscommon Arts Centre has just launched its autumn/winter programme and it certainly does not disappoint! With the new building now open, patrons can look forward to an extended programme of events that includes a host of classes in the new workshop space.


The one main takeaway from Georgia Tech’s loss to North Carolina is obvious – the Yellow Jackets are not a good football team after five games.
There is nothing that they can identify as a consistent strength, not their typically powerful running game, not their dynamic quarterback, not the mistake-prone special teams and not the defense with eight returning starters.
“We need contributions from everybody,” coach Paul Johnson said following the Yellow Jackets’ 38-31 loss to North Carolina Saturday. “There’s no one group that’s good enough to carry the other side.”
Each facet had moments or stretches where it met the challenge. Springing the no-huddle look on the Tar Heels, the offense chugged down the field on its first three possessions, amassing yards, converting two fourth downs and hanging a 21-0 lead on North Carolina. Besides forcing punts on the first two possessions, the defense earned a critical stop in the fourth quarter after the Tech offense had been denied on fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard line.
After that exchange of possession, defensive coordinator Ted Roof’s unit changed the momentum again with a three-and-out, punctuated by linebackers Tyler Marcordes and Brant Mitchell bringing down running back Elijah Hood in the backfield on third-and-1.
Kicker Harrison Butker had four touchbacks on five kickoffs and made his only field-goal try of the day, a clutch make from 37 yards late in the fourth quarter to keep the Jackets’ hopes flickering.
But the Jackets had too much to overcome. Tech fumbled the ball four times, losing it once. The offense was up and down after its third possession and was stopped on a critical fourth-and-1 situation for the second week in a row.
A risk-reward decision late in the second quarter backfired and, after a fumbled punt snap, enabled North Carolina to get the ball back with a short field and enough time close to within 21-14 with seconds remaining in the half. B-back Patrick Skov failed to produce a gain longer than nine yards, and the team’s longest run was 20 yards, indicating again trouble with blocking past the line of scrimmage.
The Jackets could not keep North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams hemmed in, enabling him to run for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The pass defense, with not much pressure on Williams, especially so after tackle Adam Gotsis' targeting disqualification, gave up three pass plays of 25 yards or longer. One of them was the 37-yard gadget pass to Williams himself, which was not a result of poor pass rush, but perhaps either a shortcoming in preparation or a failure to stick with an assignment. The defense failed to procure a takeaway for the first time since the ACC championship game last year.
Injuries have taken a toll on depth. The offensive is laden with freshman skill players. The losing streak has expanded to three games, matching the longest under Johnson.
“It’s not a good feeling,” quarterback Justin Thomas said. “We’ve got to put it behind us and get ready for next week.”
Williams haunts Jackets again
Tech has proven spectacularly unable to slow down Williams. A year ago, he stacked up 38 pass completions and gouged the Jackets for 463 yards of total offense, second most ever for a Tech opponent.
Saturday, Williams gained more rushing yards against Tech than any quarterback since Clemson’s Woodrow Dantzler gashed the Jackets for 164 in 2001. His 37-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter from wide receiver Quinshad Davis gave North Carolina its first lead of the game.
“(Guard Landon Turner) and them were getting guys on the ground,” Williams told North Carolina’s website. “My thing is, I’m matched up with a safety and I always say, ‘One guy won’t bring me down.’ I just had to find ways to make the safety miss and I can keep going.”
On his game-breaking 27-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-5 with five minutes to play and UNC up 31-28, even that wasn’t necessary. North Carolina caught Tech bringing seven – all four linemen, linebackers Tyler Marcordes and P.J. Davis and safety Jamal Golden – who were all walled off and negated by Turner and right tackle Jon Heck.
Lined up on the left side, defensive end KeShun Freeman stayed wide with running back Elijah Hood to defend the pitch and Williams accelerated through the gap and didn’t slow down until he reached the end zone.
I wrote last week that Duke safety Jeremy Cash had taken his place among notable Tech killers. He’ll have to make room for Williams, who has wrecked the Jackets two years running. (He’s a senior.)
Could have been
The third-and-goal and fourth-and-goal plays that Thomas was unable to get into the end zone on in the fourth quarter might have been an ideal spot for Tim Byerly, who proved himself quite effective at powering his way through the line in such situations.
Byerly, of course, is out for the season with a knee injury. A touchdown would have raised Tech’s lead to 35-24 early in the fourth quarter. The “what if” injury game, though, is a little specious.
Most effective blocker
It should be noted that Chris Milton recorded his seventh career kick block when he deflected a North Carolina punt early in the second quarter. He is the leading kick blocker among active players and it would appear he can be considered Tech’s all-time leader.
The NCAA’s list of career leaders extends down to players with seven blocks, and the list doesn’t contain any Tech players. (Tech’s media guide doesn’t list a record holder for career blocked kicks.) Regardless, it’s a considerable achievement and shouldn’t be overlooked.
A game-changing 1:29
On the drive that began with 1:29 remaining in the first half after North Carolina had cut the lead to 21-7, Johnson said he was trying to make a first down. (North Carolina had all three timeouts remaining.)
Thomas threw incomplete on a play-action pass to A-back Clinton Lynch on first down. Lynch was open, but Thomas overthrew him, stopping the clock at 1:22. On second down, Tech had a quarterback draw, but the play was not run as drawn up; Thomas bounced to the outside and was taken down for a loss of four yards. North Carolina called timeout with 1:11. The Jackets now faced third-and-14. A run play would force the Tar Heels to burn a second timeout, but likely wouldn't gain a first down. Thomas threw incomplete to Ricky Jeune for a pass that, had it been completed, would not have converted the third down. Tech punted with 1:04 remaining, having taken off 25 seconds.
After that, you likely remember, punter Ryan Rodwell failed to cleanly catch a low snap but rather remarkably got off a punt to the Tech 44. The Tar Heels had 56 seconds and only needed 52 to get in the end zone to cut the score to 21-14.
Said Johnson, “Hindsight’s 20/20.”
Tech won the Coastal last year with losses to Duke and North Carolina, but it doesn’t feel like it’s in the cards again, not with Clemson and Florida State, as well as four other division opponents remaining.
I don’t think it’s quite time to cancel the rest of the season, although the Jackets’ road home is not quite rising to meet them.
Clemson: Jackets have lost past three at Death Valley and will almost certainly be heavy underdogs.
Pittsburgh: In a 17-13 win over Virginia Tech, limited the Hokies to 9 rushing yards.
Florida State: Winning a little sloppy, but undefeated and running back Dalvin Cook averages 143 yards per game.
Virginia: Not a very good team, but neither is Tech right now, and it’ll be a road game for the Jackets.
Virginia Tech: Also look shaky, but Hokies have won four of five against the Jackets.
Miami: A hard-to-read team, or perhaps just not a good team, but Hurricanes have also been problematic for Tech, especially at Miami.
Georgia: You think the Bulldogs might be motivated for this game?
Given the inconsistency that the team has shown through five games, it’s hard to picture them having outsized success throughout this lineup. On the other hand, I think it’ll go better than the more glum elements of the Tech fan base may be projecting at this moment.
All that said, the bowl streak, tied with Georgia for third longest active streak at 18 games, is in a little jeopardy. Tech also has a lesser-known streak of consecutive seasons with a .500 record or better in conference play (20), which is the longest active streak in the country. At 0-2 in the league with the two estimable crossover games remaining, there’s a bit of meat left on that bone, as well.
The Jackets are in the unpleasant spot of having to re-gather themselves again and try to continue to improve when the collective will is, at the least, being tested.
“The first thing we have to do is make an adjustment of goals, and that’s always very disappointing, but it’s definitely not something that we can let put this team in the ground,” guard Trey Braun said. “There’s a lot of season left and I know all of my peers on the football team, all my brothers there, I know we don’t have any give-up in us.”


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Like another reviewer, I find the sorbet too sweet. I used 4 lemons, maybe with 6 it's better. Will cut down the amount of sugar to 1 cup
From EatingWell: July/August 1994
Inspired by a favorite family mint julep recipe, this sorbet can be served as dessert or as an intermezzo course.
3 Reviews for Lemon-Mint Sorbet
The lemon and mint flavors are delicious but there's way too much sugar (and I have a sweet tooth!). I would cut the sugar in half the next time.
This sorbet is scrumptiously refreshing on a hot day!

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Our qualifying round of this national competition saw Janice and Christine win comfortably with 37 points, followed by Iris & Margie with 33 points and Mildred and Eileen in 3rd place with 28 points.
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Fox News has a huge following in this country. Formed in 1996, Fox News has quickly developed into one of the most watched and trusted news stations. Many folks in Mississippi who are friends of mine swear by Fox News’ “fair and balanced” approach to news. Let’s just cut to the chase: Fox is the conservative “yang” to CNN’s “ying” and Mississippi is a very conservative state. Nothing wrong with that.
However, after the recent phone hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, how can anyone trust Fox News? Wait, you ask, how does Rupert Murdoch have anything to do with Fox News? Well, Mr. Murdoch happens to own Fox News along with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. News speculation has already surfaced that indicates U.S. authorities may be investigating Murdoch’s U.S. companies.
For those unfamiliar with the allegations against Murdoch in England, his newspaper company, News of the World, has been charged with bribing police officers for information and tapping telephones (maybe with police assistance). Mr. Murdoch has denied any knowledge of this but has acknowledged that it occurred during a hearing in front of Parliament today. Mr. Murdoch even got cream pied by a protestor.
This could get really messy for Fox News. If Mr. Murdoch is unaware of what’s going on at his newspapers, maybe he’s also uninformed about what’s going on at his other media outlets as well. Gonna be some interesting days ahead for Fox News and company.
Charles R. “Chuck” Mullins has been a “fair and balanced” (for the most part) attorney for almost 17 years. Read more about him at the Coxwell & Associates website.
Disclaimer: This blog is intended as general information purposes only, and is not a substitute for legal advice. Anyone with a legal problem should consult a lawyer immediately.


text: The Music Department at Warner will present its annual Spring Music Concert on Friday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Wales Art Center. The Arts Center is located at 1099 Florida 60, Lake Wales. This year’s program will showcase the University Choir, Ensemble and the Instrumental Ensemble. A mixture of classical, gospel and modern church music will be heard. There will be songs from David Brunner, Richard Ewer with arrangements by Richard Kingsmore and Camp Kirkland. You will also hear a special men’s arrangement of the optimistic spiritual Glory, Glory, Hallelujah by Howard Helvey. The concert is open to the public and admission is free.


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June 15, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm| Free
Richard N. Symonds, Jr. will be presenting a summary of his recently released book on water powered mill sites in Vernon Connecticut. It is part of his Lost Mill Site series for each of the 13 towns in Tolland County.
For each of the 25 mill sites in Vernon, he will be describing how each site used water power to run its machinery. He will emphasize how 13 of the mills in Rockville utilized an integrated canal system to supply each mill and will give a little operational history of each mill.
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A 1999 "forbearance agreement" that prevents Magna International from investing in operations such as Magna Entertainment Corp. won't be renewed next year, Magna chairman Frank Stronach told the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper.
Biovail Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Eugene Melnyk has topped Magna International chairman Frank Stronach in terms of highest compensation in corporate Canada in 2001, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports.
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The Lead: ABIA and the Sequester, Spring Break, Warrant Roundup
Good morning. The National Weather Service says a Red Flag Warning in effect until 8 p.m. today. The windy, dry conditions mean a high risk of fire in Central Texas. The Travis County Fire Marshal is asking everyone to be careful and to avoid doing things like mowing, welding and outdoor cooking.
Lead Story: The nation is three days into those across-the-board federal budget cuts called the sequester. And the Secretary of Homeland Security says some of the nation’s bigger airports are already seeing security-line waits up 150 to 200 percent because of immediate cuts to overtime pay.
Here in Austin, however, an airport official says today was just a typically-busy Monday for them, but the expectation is that there may be longer waits at Austin-Bergstrom in the weeks and months ahead.
In the meantime, expect bigger crowds at the Austin airport as South by Southwest and Spring Break get going. The recommendation is to get to ABIA two hours before your flight starting this Wednesday through March 20.
Party Responsibly this Spring Break: Texas state troopers are increasing patrols for spring break next week.
More troopers will be on the roads watching for speeders, seat belt violations and especially drunk drivers. Over last spring break, DPS netted over 1,000 DWI arrests.
DPS is also warning spring breakers to avoid traveling to Mexico, due to drug cartel violence.
Warrant Roundup Underway: The Great Texas Warrant Roundup got started over the weekend.
Yup – that’s warrant as in “arrest warrant.”
Here in Austin, there’s a focus this time on outstanding parking citations, so if you don’t want to get arrested, you want get that ticket paid.
The roundup started Saturday, but keeps going until March 10.


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By Meghan Imperio
LOS ANGELES — There have been a number of protests in Los Angeles in the past week as a result of the city planning to close the Echo Park Lake and clear the homeless encampment which has grown exponentially in the past year. These protests resulted in numerous arrests, among which multiple journalists covering the events were detained.
Amid the ongoing pandemic, there has been a rise of homelessness across Los Angeles, especially at the Echo Park Lake. This led to concerns about safety and hygiene as well as criminal activity; however, according to an article published by The Hollywood Reporter, supporters of the encampment believe that the encampment provides the people who inhabit it with a sense of community when they have nowhere else to go.
Despite protests from supporters, the city gave orders to move as many unhoused people as possible and put a fence around the entire park and close it for renovations despite the CDC’s recommendation against the removal or dispersion of homeless encampments due to concerns for the spread of COVID-19. Many of the tents have been removed apart from the few number of people who chose to stay and exercise their right to the public space.
On Thursday, March 25th, a large group of protesters were gathering peacefully when the police department declared the protest an unlawful assembly and began arresting the protesters that would not leave, which included multiple journalists and media personnel.
Early the next morning, the Los Angeles Police Department released a statement on Twitter in regards to the detaining of several journalists.
The press release states: “The declaration was announced at least 5 times in a period of at least 30 minutes. Additionally, after each declaration was voiced over loudspeakers, a request was made for each member of the media to identify themselves, remove themselves from the crowd, and walk to the pre-identified Crespo location.”
“As members of the group were being individually detained, the officers learned that several credentialed and non-credentialed members of the media were part of the group. Members from the Department’s Media Relations Division were summoned to assist in identifying these individuals and they were released at the scene without being arrested.”
“The Department requests that media personnel follow the lawful orders of officers at the scene of any demonstration which has been declared unlawful.”
After the crowd failed to disperse, officers began to detain individuals, including members of the media and independent lawyers monitoring police conduct and arrests. However, despite what the press release states, a Los Angeles Times reporter, James Queally, remained in LAPD custody until he was released after inquiries from the LA Times editors and attorney.
In an article by the Los Angeles Times regarding the incident, they describe that Queally was detained while simply doing his job and was later released without charges. Shortly before Queally was detained, the LAPD released a statement that members of the press were subject to dispersal orders, and ordered to move to a media pen.
However, many journalists, including Queally, believe that these media pens are deliberately set up to keep reporters away from the news and events that they’re covering, and that night, the area set up for the media was nowhere near the events that were taking place. These media pens set up by the police department restrict journalists’ constitutionally protected activities and freedom to report these events.
At the time that Queally was handcuffed, he was wearing an LAPD-issued press badge on a lanyard around his neck which identified him as a journalist. However, the arresting officers refused to acknowledge his repeated claims that he was with the LA Times.
Queally stated: “I was pretty calm, and they weren’t violent or anything, but I was like, ‘Check the credentials, L.A. Times.’ No answer.” Despite his repeated requests, the officers continued to ignore the press badge and detain Queally for several hours.
In a Fox11 interview, Queally describes that he was not upset that he was initially detained; however, when he was in police custody, handcuffed, displaying no threat and having his credentials on him, he should have been released, and yet he was not.
Queally goes on to state: “I’m a cop’s kid. Policing is hard. I have a lot of respect and sympathy for officers. But the LAPD has a long history of problematic behavior with protests and crowd-control situations. This is something that desperately needs fixing.”
Like Queally, Kate Cagle, an anchor for Spectrum News 1 was also detained. Both journalists identified themselves and provided their credentials before they were detained, yet they were zip-tied by the officers anyways.
These actions by the LAPD sparked an outrage against the department’s handling of journalists, as this is not the first time that journalists’ 1st Amendment rights have been violated by law enforcement at the protests and events which they are covering.
These incidents have drawn attention to the fact that the LAPD has a history of poor crowd-control and handling peaceful protests as a whole.
A statement by the ACLU suggests that these unlawful arrests are an attempt to keep the public from having access to the city’s actions.
In the press release, Hector Villagra, the executive director of the ACLU of Southern California, stated: “Taking militarized police action to displace people who are already displaced is cruel and does nothing to bolster public safety. Mass arrests of protesters, legal observers, and journalists will not keep the city’s brutal, ill-conceived actions from being known.”
Many councilmen have added to the public support for the journalists who were detained that night and spoken out against the detaining of journalists and legal observers, stating that it is a disgrace, and that the LAPD needs to be better equipped or trained in identifying members of the media at news events and allow them the freedom to cover these events, especially without fear of being arrested.
Meghan Imperio is a writer for the LA Vanguard’s social justice desk. She is an English major at UCLA, originally from Glendale, CA.
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Former Lysander town councilor Russ Johnson is questioning the eligibility of Supervisor John Salisbury’s receipt of an insurance “opt out” bonus of more than $5,000. His concerns were raised at his last board meeting in December as an active town councilor.
At the January 2013 organizational meeting, the town board unanimously passed a resolution to amend its employee handbook with a health insurance buyout clause — employees that could prove they were already insured had the choice of turning down the town’s insurance coverage and as an incentive, receive 50 percent of the coverage premium, paid out over 12 months.
The town has two insurance options, one is with the Teamsters Local Union 317, a contract that has been in effect since 2009 and ends in June; the other is with the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP), a plan mainly used by retirees. The compensation, however, matches the Teamsters premium, said Town Comptroller Dave Rahle. Salisbury’s position is not listed as an eligible recipient for that particular coverage, said local union representative Steve Powers..
“When we did the participation agreement in 2009, there were positions that weren’t included,” Powers said. “[Barry] Bullis was supervisor at the time, and they wrote his position out because he didn’t need it.”
According to the 2013 Insurance Buy-Out report that the Messenger obtained through Johnson, Salisbury has received $5,082.50 to date. Total potential payout is listed as $6,955, with $1,872.50 slated as payment from October through December.
“On page one of the monthly participation agreement, which is attached to the contract, it specifically spells out those individuals, by position, who are part of this contract, who would be getting health benefits. The eligible folks,” Johnson said. “The town supervisor is not one of them.
“My argument is that board members and supervisors — I’d like to say they’re employees but they’re really public officers and you have to live by a higher standard — if you’re going to be given a penny more than what is articulated in the budget prior to the election, you have to account for that. Under no authority does he have the right to take — unilaterally — money and put it in his pocket from the taxpayers. It’s the height of hypocrisy when we just had three board members give the biggest tax increase in Lysander town history — with Reeves and Shimer and Salisbury — and it’s a shock to the conscience.


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Is 'terrorism' an excuse to take down Qatar?
The terrorism that threatens much of today's Middle East is a direct result of the region's complicated web of political intrigues.
The region has long been a mix of staunch dictatorships, huge wealth and crippling poverty. Throw in the threat of war and you have political fragility teetering constantly on the edge of instability. A "Game of Thrones" situation arises out of such a crucible while individual liberties are usually tossed aside for in order to maintain power.
Today's terrorism is often the result of regional players using such violence to their own advantages.
The 2011 Arab Spring sought to break this regressive order, only to be met with a counter-revolution led by United Arab Emirates and other allies in the region. The current Gulf Crisis is a follow-up episode to this longer and older rivalry.
Saudi Arabia, for instance, has long tried to influence the region by deliberately exporting its extreme Salafi-Wahhabi ideology, while the UAE prefers to get in bed with authoritarian rulers in Libya and Egypt.
Only Qatar has taken a different path among the Gulf nations, choosing instead to explore the democratising possibilities of the Arab Spring's legacy, thus creating today’s ever-worsening tension.
|The current Gulf Crisis is a follow-up episode to this longer and older rivalry
The use of extremism has always been a way for certain countries caught up in these crises to get a leg up on their opponents. Today's terrorism has little to do with religion.
Rather, ideologically-driven groups are being used by state power as tools against their rivals. This dynamic has given birth to a whole new crop of terrorists, who are primarily the product of collusion between the region's intelligence services and those of major global powers.
It's an old tactic that goes all the way back to 1980s Afghanistan, when the mujaheddin were funded to fight the Soviet occupation, leading to the birth of al-Qaeda.
|'Authoritarian regimes became the norm' writes Elaradi.
Saudi and UAE foreign ministers give a press conference in Cairo, 5 July [AFP]
Likewise, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, along with the (sometimes accidental) arming of jihadists in the Syrian civil war, eventually contributed to the rise of IS.
Saudi intelligence has more recently indoctrinated and leveraged the so called "Madkhali" movement - an extremist strain that openly denounces democracy, human rights, and everything "western" - on the front lines of their counter-revolutionary offensive in Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Syria, which in turn might give birth to a new generation of terror.
Saudi Arabia's ally, the UAE, prefers to fund military dictators such as Khalifa Haftar in Libya and Egypt's President Sisi. Both are busy marginalising freedoms at home, forcing young men into the clutches of terrorism. This will lead to more crackdown from above, forming a vicious cycle. This is the real story of the region.
The Arab Spring tried to introduce a new chapter to this old and stale reality but its countries weren’t helped by the US like the former Soviet countries were after 1989.
|Read more: Gulf crisis opens door to UAE-backed power shift in Palestine
Authoritarian regimes became the norm. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been at the forefront of preserving this form of "order" and see any allegiance to the ideals of the Arab Spring as a lethal threat. Hence their quarrel with Qatar in the current Gulf Crisis.
For many years now, Qatar has chosen a path different to that of the Saudi-UAE nexus. It chose to support and welcome the Arab Spring and to embrace the uncertainties of democracy and - by extension - individual freedoms.
This progressive posture earned Qatar the recent campaign against its government, which accuses Qatar of - and the irony is palpable - supporting terrorism. More specifically, Qatar's rivals accuse it of supporting groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in Gaza.
|Only Qatar has taken a different path among the Gulf nations, choosing instead to explore the democratising possibilities of the Arab Spring's legacy
But Qatar's dictatorial rivals have, since the Arab Spring, invested billions in rolling back dissenting groups and political freedoms. They've concentrated political and economic corruption in order to destroy education programmes and have slashed human rights.
Principled dissidents end up going to jail as terrorists take their place, buoyed by the apparent weakness of peaceful resistance. Doha has tried to blaze a new path out of this stalemate.
Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood in 2011, far from an example of "fuelling terrorism," reflected its willingness to embrace democracy. In an open society, all those who're willing to play by the rules get to compete for government, and the Egyptian people eventually chose the Brotherhood candidate. Qatar decided to uphold the principle of democratic politics on that count.
|This progressive posture earned Qatar the recent campaign against its government
Moreover, Doha has long acted as a mediating force between opposing - and often warring-factions. Qatar has hosted countless reconciliation talks, which, when done correctly, helps marginalise terrorism. No other Gulf power can claim this.
Far from being a "supporter of terrorism" (as if Saudi Arabia and the UAE are ones to talk), Qatar's leadership on security issues resembles efforts by Scandinavian countries to engage the rest of Europe on issues of deradicalisation and counter-extremism.
None of these facts has ever been secret or hidden. Even the US has used Qatar as a back channel and a hub for dialogue, a mediating platform that has few peers, if any.
President Trump and his aides should thus find out who exactly is fuelling extremism in the region before pumping out haphazard tweets such as, "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!"
Trumps' meddling in this Middle East crisis, triggering it with a tweet and impeding it by a call, is leaving behind a region in chaos.
Terrorism isn't going away anytime soon. Extremist groups continue to draw in young, impressionable people who are looking for a way out of the conditions into which authoritarian regimes have forced them.
In proposing a new way forward, Qatar has made many enemies who, without evidence, accuse it of fuelling terrorism. But ironically, Qatar may actually be the only country in the entire region that actually gets it when it comes to mitigating the threat of extremism: embracing democracy and openness is the only way.
Abdulrazag Elaradi is a Libyan businessman, writer, political analyst and former member of the National Transitional Council of Libya. His work has been published in the NYT and Huffington Post among others.
Follow him on Twitter: @AElaradi
Opinions expressed in this article remain those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The New Arab, its editorial board or staff.


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After graduating from St. Bonaventure University last spring and completing an excellent rugby career with the Bonnies, earning consideration for National Rugby Player of the Year honors, Jersey City’s Eamonn Matthews yearned for the chance to play rugby on a professional level.
Two years ago, Major League Rugby was formed with 11 teams in the United States and one team from Canada. The league did so well that the MLR announced plans to expand by three teams in Atlanta, Washington and Boston.
The 22-year-old Matthews earned an invitation to try out for the Atlanta team and participate in Rugby ATL’s Academy team over the summer months.
“I had to play the entire Academy season just to earn a contract,” Matthews said. “It was absolutely nerve wracking. There were a lot of calls back home. My father [Terry, the Associate Principal and Dean of Students at Hudson Catholic High School] told me to keep my head held high and keep working hard.”
Matthews realized that he had no choice but listen to his father.
“I didn’t have anything else to go on, just me and my play,” Matthews said. “I just had to see how well I meshed with the others.”
Matthews was given eight games to prove himself.
“But in three of those games, I was hurt,” said Matthews, who was battling a concussion and a sprained ankle. “I wasn’t 100 percent, but I figured I would just enjoy it for what it was worth.”
Matthews worked part-time as a bartender to make the ends meet.
“I was kind of driving myself crazy,” Matthews said. “I was obsessing with practices. It was my dream and I wanted to see it come true. I wasn’t upset with how I played. But I was playing out of position in all five games I played.”
Matthews was used to playing “scrum,” which is like the quarterback of rugby.
“It’s the one with the decision making,” Matthews said. “It’s all based on rugby IQ.”
But in the five games with the Rugby ATL’s Academy squad, Matthews was playing the wing position.
“I was really freaking out now, because I was not accustomed to playing there,” Matthews said. “It was the first time I was moved in my life. I was frustrated and confused. But if this is where they had me, then I was going to be the best wing I could be.”
Matthews learned to appreciate the wing position.
“I saw the game from a different perspective,” Matthews said.
Matthews said that the competition was fierce to earn a spot on the Rugby ATL’s 40-man roster.
But on Halloween night, Matthews received word that he was being signed to a two-year contract with Rugby ATL, becoming the first professional rugby player to ever hail from Hudson County.
“I felt everything,” Matthews said. “I felt humbled and excited. Of course, I was happy, but now, I’m really nervous.”
After a break for Thanksgiving, Matthews returned to Atlanta for training. They will take another break for Christmas, but then Matthews returns to Atlanta from Jan. 2 through June.
“It’s a good kind of nervous,” Matthews said. “It’s an exciting kind of nervous.”
Matthews said that the contract was nice, but “I’m not doing it for the money,” and will not relinquish his bartending job.
“The way the league is going, who knows what the future holds?” Matthews said. “But I am a paid professional athlete now. This is an absolute dream come true. That thought is a sense of gratitude, because there were a lot of people who helped me along the way, especially my Mom (Jackie) and my Dad.”
Well, being a pro rugby player wasn’t always Eamonn Matthews’ first dream.
“I wanted to win the Heisman Trophy for Notre Dame,” Matthews said. “I loved playing football. Being a pro rugby player didn’t become something in my mind until my junior year at Bonnies. My coach told me I had a shot, so I gave it a go.”
“I’m ready to go down to Atlanta and give it everything,” Matthews said. “I worked hard to get where I am. I now want to work even harder. I genuinely love the process of playing rugby. I love the grind and love the physicality.” – Jim Hague
Jim Hague can be reached via e-mail at OGSMAR@aol.com


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The European Commission (EC) has published a paper presenting its first ideas on how to redesign the VAT system to ensure a simpler, more effective and more fraud-proof VAT system tailored to the Single Market in the EU say Harris & Co accountants Northampton #accountantsnorthampton
Developing a new definitive VAT regime suited to the modern economy and favourable to intra-EU trade is a high priority for the EC given that the existing transitional regime, which has been in place for over 20 years, has proven to be prone to fraud and highly complicated for cross-border businesses.
After much political and technical consultation, the consensus is that any definitive regime must be based on the principle of destination, i.e. VAT is due at the point of destination of the goods.
The Commission staff working document on the implementation of the definitive VAT regime for intra-EU trade sets out what the EC considers to be five feasible options which cover the range of achievable combinations of possible ways of addressing the two fundamental issues at stake , these being the place of taxation and the person liable for tax.
The five options are as follows:
•The supplier would be responsible for charging and paying the VAT, and supplies would be taxed according to where the goods are delivered
•The supplier would be responsible for charging and paying the VAT, and supplies would be taxed according to where the customer is established
•The customer – rather than the supplier – would be liable for the VAT, and taxation would take place where that customer is based (i.e. reverse charge where the customer is established)
•The customer – rather than the supplier – would be liable for the VAT, and taxation would take place where the goods are delivered (i.e. reverse charge where the goods are delivered)
•The status quo would be maintained, with some modifications
Two of the options maintain and improve the current system, while the other three were included for further examination.
The EC says it is now undertaking an in-depth assessment to determine the impact of each of the options for businesses and for member states. It expects to present the possible way forward in Spring 2015.

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As interesting as figuring things out on my own in Citadel: Forged with Fire may have been the first time around, I have to admit that starting up on a new server and coming in with advanced knowledge has made things feel leagues better.
As per the voting, I’ve shuffled on over to a different server, which effectively means I had to reroll my character. That would normally be supremely annoying, but the first 10 levels really do go by in an absolute blur, and I was able to effectively get myself into fighting condition within a matter of two hours as opposed to nearly a day. This meant better planning on where to spend my skills, which recipes to unlock first, and even where to start (Raincourt. Always start at Raincourt).
This also effectively meant I’m by myself, however. The server I chose had one other player when I started and that’s about it, but then I also think that at this early stage it means next to nothing. I have to assume that the stuff that one does with others in this game is relegated to the higher tiers of levels and crafted items anyway, so it just makes sense to go it alone for a little while.
This steady rise in personal power has definitely been more entertaining overall, not just because I arrived with knowledge but because I was able to research just what to do in many cases. I contend that I probably would have figured out where iron ore comes from or stumbled upon certain spells, but using the resources that other players have put together has been pretty invaluable, especially since it helps me circumvent some of the annoying parts of Citadel survival life like how to craft certain spells, finding out which rocks yield the ore I need, or just where the hell Beam-type spells come from.
You know, things that aren’t covered in the bloody tutorial.
Much of this rise in personal power also comes from the ability for me to finally establish a base of operations. I was finally able to plonk down a little house and get myself really going on making some of the better equipment. There’s certainly a sense of accomplishment that comes from erecting a place in the wilds of Citadel, even if my house design is the epitome of noob utilitarian design aesthetic. You all know the kind; a single room with crafting stations, four walls and a roof, and a couple of lights.
I gotta believe literally everyone makes their first survival sandbox house this way. But to hell with the looks. I’m proud of my little noob box.
In spite of this small sense of personal accomplishment, there are a couple of things that kind of bother me about this stage of the game. For one, I feel like I spoiled myself playing in things like No Man’s Sky Creative Mode because starting with barebones wooden basics kind of sucks, especially since I’m one who really likes to design his personal space. Granted, I could have easily gone more grandiose in my chateau du new guy, with several rooms and floors, but I also am looking for some more interesting pieces than what I have now, and those interesting pieces don’t come until later levels. Because survival sandbox design mechanics.
Speaking of design mechanics, my other major gripe is that my Throne – the item that effectively claims a land, my building, and all the stuff inside – decays over a period of 10 days. I basically have to make sure I keep peeking in every 10 days to rebuild my throne, otherwise my stuff will decay and eventually disappear.
Granted, the Throne costs nothing to build, but I’m curious what bright spark thought that idea was a good one. It’s almost like they’re setting up a way to buy a permanent Throne in a cash shop later down the line, or they’re so confident that people will constantly keep playing the game daily that they figured nobody would care. I’m far more bother by this design choice than I probably should be, I’ll admit, but it also has this whiff of arrogant confidence that people are eager for more, like how the end of “Mac and Me” ended with a scene promising a sequel when nobody wanted to watch the first film.
Speaking of time-gated things, I decided to tame myself my first pet, a bear that just happened to run up and smack me in the face a few times. Using guides, I learned how to make the Pacify spell and how to effectively tame a critter (whittle it down to about 20% health first), but imagine my surprise when I saw a timer counting down after I tamed my bear and discover through research that tames are temporary and not permanent.
So how do you keep a pet under your thrall? You either have to feed it certain foods or you stuff Soul Binding Scrolls into its inventory to keep it tamed longer. And one of those certain foods, by the way, is butter. I kept my bear with me using butter. I buttered him up.
This is going to become an annoying little contrivance down the line, especially when I get to a point where I can start taming things like dragons. I’m certain the creation of these Scrolls is not a big deal, but it’s just another one of those brow-furrowingly weird design choices that remind me of just how obnoxious survival sandboxes can be.
But that’s a bridge I’ll have to cross way, way down the line. My immediate future is focused on what to do next, and that means a couple of polls!
Poll #1 is about pets, actually. More or less. I’m near a point where I’m thinking about further expanding my boundaries and that means transportation, which means I’ve got the choice of making a broom mount or taming an animal and turning it into a mount. So, how would you all like to see me travel Ignis?
What should be my mode of transportation?
- Tame a critter. It's hard work, but you get to ride a bear. (40%, 25 Votes)
- Make a broom. You have a witch's hat, so why not? (60%, 37 Votes)
Total Voters: 62
Second is regarding content. Now that I’ve gotten out of Raincourt and finished up the tutorial quests, the world is basically mine to command, and while PvE still remains my primary focus as per our initial vote, it’s the question of how to experience that PvE that I need to decide. Either I can simply head to the quest markers I see dotted around the map, or I can explore points of interest like caves and enemy camps. How do you want me to progress?
What content should I take on as I explore the world?
- Quests. The tried and true exclamation marks never fail (47%, 29 Votes)
- POIs. Do the GW2 thing and run in the general direction of map icons. (53%, 33 Votes)
Total Voters: 62
Polling closes the usual 1:00 p.m. EDT time this Friday, November 15th. I’ve got a bit more research to do in the meantime, but thanks for your participation until next time!


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Drew Smyly, who had been scheduled to take the mound for Atlanta on Friday afternoon against the Cubs, was instead placed on the 10-day injured list with left forearm inflammation.
In light of Smyly’s injury, the Braves recalled Kyle Wright and Johan Camargo from the alternate training site. Wright got the start in Smyly’s place, giving up two runs on three hits with two walks over 4 1/3 innings in Atlanta's 5-2 win. Camargo will take the roster spot of lefty Tucker Davidson, who was optioned to the alternate training site after Thursday’s win against the Marlins.
Braves manager Brian Snitker is optimistic that Smyly will only miss one start.
“If we were at the end of the year, we probably just keep going,” said Snitker. “This is just kind of erring on the side of caution. There was enough there that you know there was a little concern when he was throwing, but we feel like missing a start will rectify everything and get him back good.”
Smyly has a 5.73 ERA through two starts this year, having allowed nine runs (seven earned) with 11 strikeouts and one walk in 11 innings.
The timing of Wright's callup works out well, as he was on schedule to pitch Friday at the alternate training site. In 2020, the right-hander went 2-4 with a 5.21 ERA in eight starts.
“They’ve got enough guys down there that they’ve been playing actual games, and so he’s been staying stretched out, he’s been good. He’s the one that was on turn,” said Snitker.
Throughout Spring Training, Snitker often discussed how the Braves would need the help of every player on their roster. Luckily for Atlanta, with two off-days next week (Monday and Thursday), it allows Smyly and even Max Fried -- who is on the IL with a right hamstring strain -- to rest and come back without missing an additional start.
“With both Max and Drew, I think with the upcoming off-days, [it] allows us to kind of maneuver things and hopefully they just both miss a start,” said Snitker. “It could be a good thing that we're not stretched too far.”
Smyly, who was signed to a one-year contract this past offseason, has a battled a variety of injuries throughout his career. Most notably, he missed the entire 2017 and 2018 seasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery, and he's topped 150 innings pitched just twice since his debut in 2012.


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Very useful. I am a beginner and have been tormented by this issue---especially when editing someone else's model with many Scenes. Add a new component, it shows up on every scene. Try to put that component on a new layer, it still shows up on every scene. Fixing each scene is a senseless use of time.
I used Jim Foltz' extension, mentioned above. Works great. Thanks.
From what I've "seen" this is not addressed in any Trimble documentation. Perhaps it should be. One sentence would have saved me at least two hours of head scratching.


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I've bought a bottle of concentrated tomato feed. The mix ratio is 25ml concentrate to 4L
I was hoping to mix a large amount in a tank and connect it to a gravity fed dripper irrigation system.
I can't work out if doing so will result in the fertilizer spoiling or encouraging mould / mildew growth in my tank.
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CBS Survivor Secrets, Behind the Scenes, and History
CBS Survivor started on May 31, 2000. Survivor is based on a Swedish show created by Charlie Parsons called Expedition Robinson. The American version is called Survivor and produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by Jeff Probst. The CBS Survivor motto is "Outwit Outplay Outlast."
Little known fact: Survivor's tribal council can last hours. Jeff will continuously grill the contestants trying to get good material.
In Survivor, fire represents life.
Many former contestants have gone on to other successes away from the island. Elizabeth Hasselbeck from Survivor Season 2 Australian Outback is a host on The View. Survivor Season 6 The Amazon's Heidi Strobel is married to Philadelphia Phillies picture Cole Hamels. Russell Hantz hosts Flipped Off.


text: We study the adoption of remote work within cities and its effect on city structure and welfare. We develop a dynamic model of a city in which workers can decide to work in the central business district (CBD) or partly at home. Working in the CBD allows them to interact with other commuters, which enhances their productivity through a standard production externality, but entails commuting costs. Switching between modes of labor delivery is costly, and workers face idiosyncratic preference shocks for remote work. We characterize the parameter set in which the city exhibits multiple stationary equilibria. Within this set, a coordination mechanism can lead to stationary equilibria in which most workers commute or most of them work partially from home. In these cases, large shocks in the number of commuters, like the recent lockdowns and self-isolation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, can result in dynamic paths that make cities converge to a stationary equilibrium with large fractions of remote workers. Using cell-phone-based mobility data for the U.S., we document that although most cities experienced similar reductions in CBD trips during the pandemic, trips in the largest cities have stabilized at levels that are only about 60% of pre-pandemic levels. In contrast, smaller cities have, on average, returned to pre-pandemic levels. House price panel data by city show consistent changes in house price CBD-distance gradients. We estimate the model for 274 U.S. cities and show that cities that have stabilized at a large fraction of remote work are much more likely to have parameters that result in multiple stationary equilibria. Our results imply welfare losses in these cities that average 2.7%.

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There will hardly be any country in the world, where students do not cheat in the examination and teachers also take various measures to prevent this. At the same time, something similar has been seen in Mexico as well. Where amazing method has been adopted by a teacher to prevent cheating in the examination. On social media, its picture is also becoming viral.
In fact, the thing is that last week, there was a graduation exam at the campus one of Bachelors College in Telexcala, Mexico and students were all dressed in cardboard boxes by El Sabinal College director Luis Juarez Texis for not cheating. When this unique trick to stop copying was seen on social media, the teacher started criticizing and he has been accused of going against human rights for taking the exam. While some have also demanded the suspension of Luis Juarez Texis from the Education Department officials.
On this strange development, people say that strict action should be taken against such violence and such activities should not be ignored. At the same time, people believe that by dismissing the teacher, such insults with students can be stopped. But some people are also praising this unique way of teaching and at the same time, people believe that this way does not harm the students, but such examination also teaches a lot.
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The Bruce Botanical Food Gardens in Ripley and Ripley-Huron Community School are each the recipients of a new garden sheds Douglas Quan, built by students in the Women in Carpentry Apprenticeship program and installed with the help of community partners and volunteers.
The Women in Carpentry Apprenticeship program was designed to provide women with new skills and hands-on training in order to find jobs in a trade which is traditionally male-dominateds Meghan Oglive here.. The program is run in partnership with the UBC Local 2222 Carpenter’s Union, VPI, Fanshawe College, Employment Ontario, the Government of Ontario and the Canadian governmentThe use of masks last year and was able to ease its first lockdown quickly..
As part of the program trainingve read … these were people who did have stable conditions and then deteriorated very quickly,, students were tasked with building two garden shedsThe Dartmouth General hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, May 10, 2021.. Township of Huron-Kinloss project coordinator Kristin Dimmick arranged for the donation of the two sheds2021-04-21T09:46:00Z, with one going to Ripley-Huron Community School and the second to Bruce Botanical Food GardensRomano finally secured an appointment at a nearby community clinic.
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MANILA, Philippines – In celebration of Star Magic’s 30th anniversary, some of our favorite Star Magic artists join forces to bring the heat in the new travel reality show “Hot Summer In Baler,” which is part of ABS-CBN’s Made For YouTube shows.
Comprising the “Hot Summer In Baler” crew are some of the hottest beauties and hunks – Heaven Peralejo, Maureen Wroblewitz, Zach Guerrero, Michelle Vito, Eian Rances, Elmo Magalona, Kira Balinger, Brent Manalo, Esnyrr Ranollo, Zach Guerrero, Jane Oineza, Vivoree Esclito, Alora Sasam, Pepe Herrera, Karina Bautista, Maris Racal, and Andrea Brillantes. To know more about this show, we’ve rounded up the reasons why viewers should watch it.
1. Star Magic special showcases the beauty of Baler
Go on a free virtual tour and explore the stunning places you should visit in the province. In this show, artists have visited iconic tourist spots in Baler like the Dicasalarin Cove, Caunayan Falls, and a whole lot more. Aside from featuring the different delicacies and mouth-watering food that viewers should indulge in, the show also gives all the details you need to know before visiting the said tourist spots.
2. The show promotes body positivity
Like a lot of people, these Star Magic artists also had difficulties in loving their bodies. But through the show and the shoot that happened in Baler, they openly talked about their own insecurities and gained the confidence to flaunt and be proud of their bodies.
3. Get to know the new stars of Star Magic
As the ABS-CBN talent agency celebrates its 30th anniversary, its family also grows bigger. Learn more about former “PBB Kumunity” housemates Zach and Eian, “The Broken Marriage” star Brent, and TikTok star Esnyrr.
4. See the Star Magic artists bond and enjoy
It is not every day that we get to see the Star Magic artists bond since we usually see them portraying characters or performing in shows or movies. In this reality show, we get to see the old and new Star Magic stars get acquainted with each other through different fun activities and games.
Currently, viewers can already access its four episodes on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel worldwide. Binge-watch this travel reality show and watch out for the fifth, sixth, and seventh episodes on June 2 (Thursday), June 9 (Thursday), and June 16 (Thursday), respectively.


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The Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School robotics team “POBots,” participated in the Regional for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition on Friday and Saturday. The team competed with both local and national teams, and they placed 44 out of the 50 teams.
The hard-working troop worked together with their technology teacher Mr. Kunz and their mentor Josh Zeisel. Their robot was completed within the time frame of six weeks (a guideline of the competition), and they brainstormed the best possible robot to build within the constricted time.“I am very proud of our robot it performed as designed and was reliable,” said Kunz. “The students put in hundreds of hours, and they worked very hard on design, fabrication and testing of the robot. The total score is 100 percent for our students in the learning process.”
Aerial Assist was the game that the teams played. The game is played by two competing alliances of three robots each on a flat 25 x 54 foot field. The objective was to score as many balls in goals as possible during a match of about two minutes. The more alliances score their ball in their goals, and the more they work together to do it, the more points their alliance receives.
Working together was a key role of competing in the regional game. Not only did the students earn points for working together, they showed fellowship amongst members of other teams. If any student needed a mechanical part, they would announce it over the speakers, and members from other teams would give their spare part to them.
Each student put effort into the project, and the team agreed that’s what made making a robot from scratch fun and worth the labor.
“We have a very large technology club, and everyone put in their part. We are very proud of our finished product,” said Erin Norris, secretary and team member.
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The kids may be grown. The marriage may have not worked out. Perhaps retirement affords more free time than was anticipated.
Enter The Transition Network, an national social group featuring an active chapter on Long Island that meets regularly at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library.
Judy Forman, Plainview resident and program co-chair, noted that The Transition Network is an organization of women ages 50 and over who are ‘transitioning’ into the next phase of their lives — whether it be retirement, divorce, losing a loved one or so on — and helping them to meet new people while expanding their horizons.
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Plainview resident Cila Schlanger was eager to attend a two-hour property tax workshop at the Farmingdale Public Library last week — the problem is, so were many other people.
“I was taken aback once I came here because there was such a line,” she said. “I thought it would be a two-hour workshop, but individuals had to wait to be helped on a first come, first serve basis.”
Residents are trying to save a buck whenever and wherever they can, especially when it comes to property taxes. To try and lend a helping hand, elected officials recently hosted a property tax exemption workshop at the library, drawing residents from across Nassau County.


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Walmarts to host Bama's BCS trophy
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama is going to display its new national championship football trophy at a place where most anyone can see it: Walmart.
The school says the Coaches' Trophy will be on display at a Walmart Supercenter in Tuscaloosa on Saturday and another Walmart store in Gardendale on Sunday.
Fans will be able to get their picture taken with the actual Coaches' Trophy that was presented after the BCS win over Texas. The $30,000 trophy is topped with a football made of Waterford Crystal.
The school will permanently display the trophy on campus. The Walmart stops are part of a sponsorship deal.
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China lodges formal complaint against CNN
China has lodged a formal complaint against US television network CNN for what it called a "vicious attack" by one of its commentators who labelled the Chinese as "goons".
In a statement late on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao condemned the comments by Jack Cafferty on CNN's The Situation Room programme and demanded the network offer an apology.
"Those in the field of journalism should abide by their morals. They don't have the privilege to rail against or slander other people or other governments," Liu said in the statement posted on the ministry's website (www.fmprc.gov.cn).
CNN has already said it did not mean to cause offence with Cafferty's remarks and clarified that the commentator was offering his opinion of the Chinese government, not the country's people, but the Foreign Ministry said that was not good enough.
CNN's motive was to "mislead public opinion" and "deceive the Chinese people", Liu said.
"We once again solemnly urge CNN and Cafferty to retract the vile remarks and make a sincere apology to the Chinese people," he said.
Cafferty had said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food", adding: "They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."
The anger at CNN is the latest in a wave of criticism in China of Western news organisations which state media, the government and a chorus of bloggers accuse of running distorted and biased reports of the recent unrest in Tibet.
China has blocked foreign reporters from visiting Tibet, with the exception of one small, guided visit, and security personnel have sealed off ethnic Tibetan areas of its western provinces, where anti-government demonstrations have also been held.
The Committee to Protect Journalists urged China to release or publicly charge ethnic Tibetan television producer Jamyang Kyi, who was arrested on April 1 in the western province of Qinghai and who it said had not been seen since April 7.
"The detention of a prominent television producer at a time when the flow of information in and out of Tibetan regions is so rigidly controlled is very concerning, particularly as the Beijing Olympics approach," the New York-based group's Asia programme coordinator, Bob Dietz, said in a statement.
The Games open in Beijing on Aug. 8.
(Reporting by Lindsay Beck; Editing by Nick Macfie)


This research is investigating the smart distributive tactile sensing technology and signal processing techniques to discriminate human gait and balance information from the dynamic response of a flexible surface. In contrast with other technologies for sensing human movement, this research is leading to devices that are mechanically robust, efficient to construct and able to discriminate the types of motion of people on the surface.
This research is developing surfaces able to output information to discriminate patient motion and human behaviour. Challenges are in the efficient real time derivation of information output that will vary between applications. To date the method has been successfully applied to discriminate movement in sport and health monitoring.


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Even before the Acura came into being, cars that were manufactured and also crafted in Japan were largely affordable and were in fact viewed as trusted lorries most of all else. As well as when the Acura appeared, it was then that it began to change Japan vehicles’ identification and reputation. Acura is a Japanese brand name that is made use of by Honda in the United States, in Canada, in Mexico, and in Hong Kong since March of 1986. It was primarily used to market luxury autos and near high-end lorries.
Each and every part and information of Acura automobiles are recognized for its stamina and also durability as well as, certainly, high quality. Among the most fascinating parts that Acura has actually manufactured as part of their top-of-the-line high-end vehicles and also vehicles is the Acura catalytic converter.
The Acura catalytic converter is a gadget that is made use of to really reduce the exhausts from an interior burning engine. It is generally used in an auto’s exhaust system. Acura cars use this for their engines to have as well as supply an setting for a chemical reaction where unburned hydrocarbons are not totally combusted. Stimulants belong of the entire system that we call the Acura catalytic converter. These stimulants are commonly platinum, or palladium and also rhodium. It functions rather well since no valuable energy is removed from the engine because it deals with the combustion, or redox, procedure continues outside the engine’s burning chamber.
Oxidation of carbon monoxide gas to carbon dioxide, decrease of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen, as well as oxidation of hydrocarbons or unburnt fuel to co2 and water are the three simultaneous jobs that the Acura catalytic converter undertakes. It goes to the stoichiometric point that these 3 stated responses are most equilibrium. This point is in fact the mid-point in between the rich and lean operation.The very first part is the core, stimulant assistance, or substratum. Frequently than currently, this is a ceramic honeycomb, however, there are also other suppliers that make use of stainless steel aluminum foil honeycombs rather than the ceramic ones. An additional part of the Acura catalytic converter is the clean coat. It is a combination of silicon and aluminum so regarding make the converter much more reliable. When this is really contributed to the core, it creates a harsh, uneven surface area which has a far higher area than the flat core surfaces.
And also the last part that makes up the catalytic converter is the stimulant itself. This is commonly a rare-earth element, although platinum is the steel which is commonly made use of for the majority of catalytic converters. Nonetheless, platinum is not quite appropriate for all applications due to unwanted added responses and/or price.
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Citibank’s profits? The only reason for the profit is that the Federal Government poured $45 Billion in bailout funds into the company.
Meanwhile, unemployment is 8.5%– the worst since 1983, one in ten Americans are receiving food stamps at a cost of $3.6 Billion a month, and even the Fed says that they are worried about the large amounts of money being printed. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is busy answering questions from obviously planted questioners– tough questions like why he has not gotten a dog, whether he regrets being President, and asked if he knows that his name means peach in Hungarian.
The Obama administration hit an improtant milestone this week- the government increased the National Debt by a half a trillion dollars since inauguration day. It took 70 days to hit the $500 billion mark. It took George Bush 20 months to borrow that much.
The danger here is that the spending spree initiated by the Republicans and continued by the Democrats has injected trillions of dollars into the economy. This has had the effect of more money chasing a dwindling supply of goods and services. (They are dwindling as the economy cools, after all people are saving their money right now instead of spending it.)
Once spending begins again, prices will climb. they will skyrocket. That will cause wave two of this crisis. I think we are looking at another year before demand picks up, and then depending on how bad the inflation is when the economy does start to move again, a period of double digit inflation.


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