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What is something that never fails to make you smile?
My family, particularly my granddaughter Gracie, she’s two going on twenty, she’s a sassy madam who knows her own mind. You simply can not argue with that child. I’ve a broken leg to demonstrate just that fact. Imagine a soft play area and a child at the top of a steep slide that looks like colourful rolls you more bump down rather than slide. Well you do if you haven’t got a two year old clinging to you and refusing to go back the way we came. Let’s just say, I’ll be out of action for a few months. Her offer to kiss my broken leg was priceless.
Who is the funniest character you've ever written? and what book are they from?
The funniest character has to be Agnes, AKA Nanna in the Billionaire’s Playground Series, she appeared in book one Property of a Billionaire with her grandson Charlie (who is one of the main characters), who she drugged with Tramadol with hilarious results. Although not for Griffin who has to come to Charlie and Nanna’s rescue.
Nanna channels her cat who loves to swear while demanding food. I wasn’t sure how she’d fit or even if she’d come back, but she’s appeared in book 1 & 2 and is in the next book, Billionaire’s Muse. Fin the lead character and Nanna are a perfect pair, as he has no filter and is a literal thinker. She continues to get up to her old tricks which never ends well for my boys.
Would you consider a catching up story with Griffin and Charlie?
I’ve most definitely thought about it, as Billionaire’s Playground Series has characters that sit in other series I’ve written, so Charlie and Griffin have made appearances in The Flamingo Bar Series, which actually was where we first get to meet Griffin. I’d love to give Griffin and Charlie a wedding I think they deserve it. And I’m also a sucker for a wedding.
Do you write every day or do you take a day off?
This is tricky for me because my head would like me to write every day. For me some characters just won’t let me switch off and as I have some many in my head and I write in more than one WIP at a time, it’s a real issue stopping. I try to not write on a Saturday and do admin, and I also do ‘sisters who eat cake’ every Saturday afternoon. I post the selections I get to choose from in my group, because I’m good like that 😉 I also (when not in a plaster cast) have my grandbabies one day a week, so it gives me a reason to step away from the computer. Other than actually leaving home and going on holiday, I write all the other days.
What was your inspiration for the Billionaire’s Playground series?
This series started with a premade cover of all things. The moment I saw it I knew I was going to write the story, initially it was supposed to be one book, but as with all my good intentions of writing a standalone (shakes head) I struggle as my side characters always seem to form personalities all by themselves. This is why, book two Reluctant Billionaire came about. On a side note, if your interested Guy, is based around my editor, who is a fabulous man, who wears killer heels. All that being said, I can pretty much get inspiration from anything, a meal, a song, a lyric, a picture, seeing someone do something funny, an experience I have had. There is a scene in Property of a Billionaire in regard to false teeth, and another in Reluctant Billionaire, that actually happened. I’ll say no more in case you want to find out more. You won’t be disappointed if you want proper laugh out loud moments.
Favorite movie: This had to be Sweet Home Alabama as it has the best line in a movie “So I can kiss you anytime I want” big sigh
Favorite book: This is a cruel question, so I’m going with a Nice Guy Series by Kindle Alexander which were the first books to introduce me to MM books
Ideal snack: Cake…cake…and more cake
Cats/Dogs: Cats as I’ve a fear of dogs have been bitten twice. Although my elder sister has two dogs and I’m having weekly dog therapy with Quinn and Brody who love me because I feed them cake.
Tea/Coffee: Neither I’m a Pepsi Max girl all the way. Not hot drinks at all for me. And coffee I hate with passion.
Billionaire’s Muse (book 3) Billionaire’s Playground
A body resembling a piece of string, no filter and a waffle to word ratio that causes confusion. None of that seems to matter to Marcus. Will he last the distance when it comes to loving Finlo?
When world renowned photographer, Marcus Crestwell, agrees to do a favour for a friend, he thought it would be a boring photoshoot, but it’s anything but. When he meets Agnes, aka Nanna, and Finlo, the laughter that has been missing from his life returns, thanks to the antics of interfering women, and a man who is fast becoming irresistible every time he opens his mouth.
Finlo Denning’s mind is a lot like spaghetti junction, on a good day. He often finds it hard to stop whatever is in there from spilling right out of his mouth. This means people don’t stick around for long. That is until Nanna and Marcus show up. All Finlo has to do now is survive an interfering Nanna with good intentions, to claim Marcus’s love. What could possibly go wrong?
Billionaire’s Muse (book 3) in Billionaire’s Playground series, is a light-hearted gay-romance with a quirky guy, a hot as hell photographer and a Nanna who always knows best.
Billionaire’s Muse is the Final book in the Billionaire’s Playground Series
Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093Z88DHP/
Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B093Z88DHP/
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It might seem like too much work to always carry a tripod around, but you may find that it can make the difference between getting the shot or missing the mark. Using the right tripod for your shooting style can help too. If you need to support a camera with a 600 mm lens then you need something a little more heavy duty then if you were shooting with a macro 60mm lens.
Some people think that if the hold their breath and press the camera to their face that they can hand hold anything. The general rule of thumb is that one should not try to hand hold a camera using a shutter speed that is less than the focal length of the lens that they are using. I shoot with a Tamron 90mm fixed focal length lens, which means I can’t handhold less than 1/90 of a second. My tripod is a Vanguard Alta Pro 284 tripod. It’s developed for macro photographers because it has a center column that pivots from 0-130 degrees and locks into place anywhere in that range.
For this image I tried to hand hold the camera using a shutter speed of 1/30 of second at an aperture of f3.5. I was trying to capture the single water drop as the center of interest. It was early in the morning so it was very still outside, no wind at all. As you can see, I missed the mark. While there are areas of the image that are in focus, my intended center of interest is not. The second image was shot at 1/160 at f3.5. Considerably sharper wouldn’t you agree.

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Kim Kardashian loves to undergo beauty therapy sessions all in the name of vanity. In the pic she posted on her Instagram account her face is pierced with 19 needles. The 31-year-old reality star was relaxing during an acupuncture session. A few weeks ago she appeared on her reality show ‘Kourtney and Kim take Miami’ undergoing a vampire treatment.
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New publication: Stefan Rinke (Hrsg.): „Latin America and the First World War“
The new publication „Latin America and the First World War“ edited by Stefan Rinke is now available from Cambridge University Press.
News from Feb 16, 2017
About the book:
Using a broad variety of textual and visual sources, Latin America and the First World War goes beyond traditional diplomatic history and analyzes the global dimension of the history of the Great War. Filling a significant gap in transnational histories of the war, Stefan Rinke addresses political, social, and economic aspects as well as the cultural impact of the war on Latin America and vice versa. Rinke’s meticulous research is based on sources from the nineteen independent states of the entire subcontinent and promises to be the most comprehensive examination to date of Latin America before, during, and immediately after the war.
Please find further information on the book and order options here.

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The winter frost is here and the trees are tall shadows in the cool sunshine. The seasons are alive with the sounds and sights of the otherworldly and the lost. Ahead to Summer and all the tide that it brings, flowers and springtime love gone ancient with the ringing of infinity bells, horror at it's best and most frightening.


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by Jeremy Leaming
There really are very few Supreme Court justices worth celebrating and many more who are easily forgettable.
But Thurgood Marshall, who joined the high court 45 years ago today, was a champion of equality before he became the first African American to join, at that time, the all-male, all-white Supreme Court.
Marshall was named to the federal appeals court by President John F. Kennedy, and later to the Supreme Court by Lyndon B. Johnson. Both were historic appointments. As John Schachter notes in this post, much of Marshall’s life included historic achievements.
After being denied admissions to the University of Maryland’s law school, because of racism, Marshall earned a law degree from Howard University and launched what would be a trailblazing legal career bolstering and advancing equality and liberty in the country.
In 1940 he founded the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has become one of the nation’s leading civil liberties groups. Before reaching the federal bench, Marshall, as a highly successful attorney, took to the courts and started toppling Jim Crow era laws, tawdry efforts to continue the oppression of African Americans. As Juan Williams wrote in Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, it was Marshall “who ended legal segregation in the United States. He won Supreme Court victories breaking down the color line in housing, transportation and voting, all of which overturned the ‘Separate-but-equal’ apartheid of American life in the first half of the century.”
Of course Marshall’s greatest victory before the high court came in Brown v. Board of Education, where he argued that the odious separate-but-equal principle aimed to keep African Americans “as near [slavery] as possible,” violated the Constitution.
The Brown Court held, “We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
As a Supreme Court justice, Marshall continued expanding opportunities for the nation’s most vulnerable, in part, by staunchly supporting equality and privacy rights.
Marshall died in 1993, leaving a legacy that will resonate for innumberable decades to come. He was a champion of civil liberties, and also a realist. Marshall knew his country still had a long way to go toward achieving full equality on an array of fronts for all people.
There remains a rigged playing field, with plenty of public schools serving the privileged and too many others failing minorities and students of low-income families. The federal courts still lack enough diversity – though President Obama, far more than his predecessors, has sought to change that.
We can also find rays of hope, if we look hard enough. For instance, just this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, arguably one of the nation’s most conservative Circuits, named its first African American chief judge. Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart succeeded Judge Edith H. Jones on Monday.

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We’re already halfway through November, and we’ve seen a new face or two come out of nowhere to play prominent roles for their teams, some young stars produce at the level we’ve expected out of them, and a veteran star player that’s been around for a while put up points and goals like he’s done so often in the past. In addition, a certain member of the goaltending fraternity that doesn’t get as much love as others in that group has been on a serious hot streak over the last 10 days. Here’s what’s been happening around the NHL:
STAMKOS LOOKS LIKE HIS OLD SELF AGAIN
One year ago, Stammergeddon was upon us, as the hockey world waited with anticipation for months wondering what decision Tampa Bay Lightning center and captain Steven Stamkos was going to make. Set to become an unrestricted free agent last summer, there was a lot of speculation that the veteran captain was going to leave the Lightning and head to Toronto to play for the hometown Maple Leafs. While he still scored 36 goals and had 64 points, there were stretches where Stamkos didn’t score, and one can’t help but think that the impending contract situation was weighing on his mind. Having to sit out the majority of the playoffs due to a blood clot in his shoulder also didn’t help his cause. Fast forward to the second month of the season, and it’s amazing what can happen when all a player has to worry about is playing hockey. Since re-signing with the Bolts in the offseason, Stamkos has been a force once again for Tampa Bay, currently sitting in a tie for second in the league with 17 points, while also residing in a tie for third place in goals (8). Whether he’s played on a line with Nikita Kucherov and Vlad Namestnikov, or skated alongside Jonathan Drouin and Ondrej Palat, Stamkos is finally getting back to the elite level that fans in Tampa Bay have come to expect from him. He may not win the Rocket Richard or Art Ross Trophies, but he’s definitely in the running for both of them so far this season.
CRAWFORD HOLDING THE FORT FOR CHICAGO DURING WINNING STREAK
Corey Crawford is the owner of a pair of Stanley Cup rings as the starting goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. However, there was a time when his name wasn’t always mentioned among the elite goaltenders in the NHL. Last season, the veteran goalie had a season worthy of a nomination for the Vezina Trophy, but was not named a finalist. This year, he’s been nothing short of stellar, as the Blackhawks have won seven in a row heading into Friday night’s game against Washington at the United Center. Crawford has started six of those games and has allowed only six goals so far while picking up two shutouts. On the season, his goals-against average is a microscopic 1.91 and his save percentage is an incredible .939. His numbers are certainly Vezina caliber up to this point. Some might point out that Chicago has scored 24 goals during that streak, but the Hawks have also allowed plenty of rubber to fly Crawford’s way, as they’ve given up at least 30 shots on goal in five of the six games he’s played in during that streak. Crawford also boasts the best save percentage in the league at 5-on-5 this season at a mind-boggling .973. While the Blackhawks’ offense might be firing on all cylinders, Crawford is providing some excellent goaltending at this point.
LAINE, SCHEIFELE LEADING THE WAY FOR WINNIPEG
When the Winnipeg Jets made center Mark Scheifele their first draft pick after relocating from Atlanta in 2011, they felt like they were getting a guy that could eventually blossom into a number one-caliber center. Five years later, that has come to fruition, as the young veteran Scheifele parlayed an excellent run of play down the stretch last season into a lucrative eight-year deal worth a reported $6.125 million a year. So far, he’s been worth every penny of that contract, as he sits atop the league with 19 points (9 goals, 10 assists) through 15 games. This past summer, the Jets took Finnish sensation Patrik Laine with the second overall pick in the draft, expecting him to be a guy that could favorably compare to Alex Ovechkin in terms of goal-scoring. Through 15 games, I’d say Laine has met, and even exceeded those expectations, as he is currently the league’s leading goal scorer with 11. Included in his early run of success are a pair of hat tricks, one of which came in an 8-2 drubbing of the Dallas Stars earlier this week. While Winnipeg is currently 7-7-1, they’re still a young team loaded with talent that is still trying to find their way. But with guys like Scheifele not even quite at his prime at the age of 23, and Laine doing his Ovechkin impersonation on a regular basis, the Jets are a team that appears to have a pretty bright future ahead of them.
WERENSKI PUSHING HIS WAY INTO THE EARLY CALDER DISCUSSION
Before the season started, there were several rookies expected to be in the discussion for the Calder Trophy, including Laine in Winnipeg, the Maple Leafs’ trio of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitch Marner. The New York Rangers’ duo of Jimmy Vesey and Pavel Buchnevich have also exceeded expectations, but there’s another guy who patrols the blue line for the Columbus Blue Jackets who’s not getting as much publicity as the other rookies on this list, yet is still having himself a tremendous opening month as well. Through 12 games, Werenski has 11 points (3 goals, 8 assists). At his current pace, he would break the Blue Jackets’ rookie point record of 39, set by Rick Nash way back in the 2002-03 season. Werenski is also third in the NHL among rookies in terms of ice time, averaging 21:42 per game. He’s also seen plenty of time on both the power play and penalty killing units, and with Seth Jones out for a few weeks due to injury, Werenski becomes an even more important part of the Columbus blue line. The Jackets have gotten off to a respectable start this season, most recently highlighted by their shocking 10-0 win over Montreal at home a week ago, and Werenski’s quality of play will have to continue to be high in order for them to build off their hot start. Werenski isn’t the favorite to win the Calder, but he certainly has to be viewed as a dark horse candidate at this point of the season, although a lot can change over the course of the next few months.
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My standard faun costume that I wear to most conventions.
Honestly, out of all the faun costumes that do not contain stilts, yours absolutely triumphs over the competition. The entire costume is so natural and detailed, all the way from the paint on the hooves to the contours of the ears, and even the small tail in the back. Excellent work!
wait until you see my battle satyr costume, i am really proud of it!
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I love this!
That looks awesome! I want to make a dragon costume some day.
You look great. Does your company sell the horns and hooves?


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'American Gothic': A Man, a Woman and a Pitchfork
By JEANINE BASINGER
Published: July 10, 2005
When Steven Biel followed Route 16 (the ''American Gothic Parkway'') out of Eldon, Iowa, onto American Gothic Street to visit the source of his subject -- Grant Wood's painting -- it ''didn't occur'' to him at first to look at the house ''anywhere but straight on.'' Experiencing the power of the three-dimensional, however, made him suddenly realize ''there is a backside to the house.'' He ran around behind for a naughty peek and made the anticlimactic cultural discovery of a clothesline, a screened porch, some patio furniture and an air-conditioning compressor. Biel later understood he had discovered more than the clothesline. He had found the inspiration to obtain a full perspective on how Wood's ''American Gothic'' evolved from iconoclasm to icon to parody. Biel documents the process and speculates about how it happened, ultimately claiming that ''American Gothic'' ranks in importance as a recognizable national emblem alongside the flag, the eagle and the Statue of Liberty. He writes with wit and broad knowledge; reading his extended essay is like hearing a good friend hold forth in pleasant conversation on a lazy summer afternoon.
''American Gothic'' was born in August 1930, as Biel recounts, when Wood, a native Iowan, spotted the house he would make famous and decided to use it in a pencil sketch for a painting he planned to enter in the Art Institute of Chicago's 43rd annual exhibition. The small structure was a perfect example of Midwestern steamboat Gothic architecture, and Wood thought it would be a suitable background for a portrait of two people, a woman and a man holding a rake. He recruited his sister to be the woman and the local dentist to play the man. (He painted them separately. They never posed side by side.) He sent to Chicago for the man's overalls and woman's apron, decided a pitchfork would look better than a rake, added his mother's cameo to the woman's outfit and finished his painting.
After he sent it to Chicago, history was almost not made. Narrowly escaping preliminary elimination, Wood's painting was eventually awarded third prize and $300. At that point, ''American Gothic,'' with its bronze medal, could logically have been expected to disappear. Instead it began the journey Biel chronicles, from potential cliché to national symbol. (More...)


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AmideBio LLC, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Dr. David L. Snitman has joined its business advisory board. Dr. Snitman has extensive experience with company financing as well as building strategic alliances with the pharmaceutical industry. He will be a huge asset to the company as it develops its pipeline of novel drugs targeting diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
“We are delighted to have Dr. Snitman join the AmideBio Advisory Board as we develop our pipline of drug candidates targeting serious unmet medical needs,” said Dr. Misha Plam, President and CEO of Amide Bio.“Dr. Snitman’s knowledge of pharmaceutical drug development and financing, combined with his extensive experience in negotiating and managing strategic partnerships across the pharmaceutical industry will be immensely valuable to us.“
Dr. Snitman is currently a principal at DL SNITMAN LLC, a consulting firm providing business development services to the biotechnology industry. Dr. Snitman is a co-founder of Array BioPharma and served as Chief Operating Officer & Vice President, Business Development from 1998 to 2015. He was a member of Array’s Board of Directors from May 1998 to October 2012. Prior to forming Array, Dr. Snitman held senior positions with Amgen Inc. including Associate Director, New Products and Technology, and Manager of Amgen's Boulder research facility. Dr. Snitman received a B.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University and obtained a Ph.D. in the synthesis of natural products from the University of Colorado. He was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Save the Children International (SCI) has said that over 100,000 married and adolescents and very young adolescents have graduated from its safe space programme.
The feat, which was achieved through its Reach and Empowering Adolescents to make informed choices for their Heath in Nigeria (REACH project). The project also improved their knowledge on the access and utilization of Safe Reproductive Health (SRH) services, Personal hygiene, understanding gender equality and more.
The Acting Country Director SCI, Shanon Ward stated this at the closing ceremony of the REACH project in Abuja.
According to her, the project targeted 62 Health facilities providing capacity strengthening to 293 health workers in a series of clinical trainings LARC-Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Prevention and Management of STI Post Abortive care, CLMS -Contraceptive Logistics Management System, FP counseling, Sexual Gender Base Violence (SGBV) and more.
She explained that when the project started in 2018, SCI was worried about the acceptance of an adolescent sexual reproductive health project targeting 10-19 years old but all that has change as in the last 3 and half years the acceptance of the programme has been beyond expectations.
She said it was with the support and consistency of the 3 states governments, the Federal Ministry of Health, LGA stakeholders, community leaders, religious and traditional leaders, parents and adolescents boys and girls that they have made great strides towards accomplishing the objectives of the project.
She said the project had directly indirectly reached 183,164 people through its various approaches.
Earlier, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, explained that the ministry through the Department of Family Health in collaboration with Save the Children with funding support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) implemented a three year REACH project in Gombe, Katsina and Zamfara States.
The minister explained that the aim of the intervention was to improve young people’s access to Gender Responsive Quality Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Right in 300 communities across six LGAs from the three selected States.
Ehanire said it is fully in line with our vision and priorities of improving access to quality health care and attainment of UHC leaving no one behind.
He said the Save the Children Nigeria through the REACH project has contributed its quota to the growth and development as well as the general well-being of Nigerian adolescents and young people especially the girl child.
He said there is no doubt that the project has within three and half years achieved the set objectives in impacting young women and girls positively in the following areas: child marriage, early childbearing, educational attainment, gender-based violence, decisions ability and access/utilization of services and improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) knowledge.

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Promoter analysis in transient assays using a GUS reporter gene construct in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris)
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Transient expression profiles for several chimeric β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene constructs were determined in tissues (young leaves, mature leaves and roots) of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris, cv. Penn A4) following microprojectile bombardment. The constructs analyzed consisted of the uidA (GUS) reporter gene driven by four different promoters (ubiquitin 3-potato, ubiquitin corn, ubiquitin rice and CaMV 35S). The total number of GUS hits (or transient expression units; TEUs) were determined manually under a dissecting scope after histochemical staining for GUS. Results suggest that the ubiquitin rice promoter is most active in cells of turfgrass, regardless of the developmental stage or tissue-type. The ubiquitin corn promoter was the next best. Of the four promoter used, except for ubiquitin 3-potato, reporter gene activity was dramatically higher in mature leaves compared to young leaves. The relative efficiency of each promoter was about the same in roots and leaves. We have also analyzed uidA (GUS) reporter gene activity following microprojectile bombardment in transient expression assays with callus from two cultivars (Providence or Penn A4) of creeping bentgrass. Differences in the frequency of GUS positive hits were observed between cultivars up to 72 hours post-bombardment. However, this difference between cultivars disappeared after 72 hours post-bombardment. This information describing promoter functionality in bentgrass will be important when designing gene constructs for trait modification and when choosing appropriate cultivars for improvement through gene transfer experiments. This is the first in depth report on organ-specific and developmental gene expression profiles for transgenes in a turfgrass species.
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Basu, Chhandak, Albert P. Kausch, Hong Luo, and Joel M. Chandlee. "Promoter analysis in transient assays using a GUS reporter gene construct in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris)." Journal of Plant Physiology 160, 10 (2003): 1233-1239. doi:10.1078/0176-1617-01104.

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Betty Ann Adam | March 26, 202 | Eagle Feather News
Denise Blomquist grew up on a farm and is married to Brian Blomquist, a member of Waterhen First Nation, but she didn’t realize how much she didn’t know about Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people until she participated in the Kairos blanket exercise.
“I just knew I had to do something. That just totally changed my life,” she said.
The participatory history lesson about the effects of colonization, had been offered to staff at Nipawin’s Cumberland College in 2010.
“It was my very first introduction to Indigenous history in Canada,” she said.
“I never learned it in high school (or) at SIAST, never took an Indigenous studies course so I never learned it all.”
Discovering through the exercise how much Indigenous people lost and were controlled was shocking, but it was the teaching about residential schools that really hit home for her.
Blomquist’s mother-in-law, Darlene Fiddler, had attended the residential school in Beauval and Brian remembered his mother taking him as a child to see the old school, but she had never talked about her experiences there.
“I literally was in tears because I could feel my mother-in-law’s history. It was my first understanding of what she must have gone through.”
Blomquist began asking Fiddler, when the family was together, about her experiences and found she was willing to share with them.
“We’re all sort of learning together… That’s been pretty heartbreaking to hear her stories,” Blomquist said.
She joined Cumberland College’s inclusion committee to help ensure the Indigenous and growing number of newcomers feel safe and welcome at the College. She also sought out information about the treaties and attends Office of the Treaty Commissioner workshops with her daughter.
The 2015 release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action raised awareness and in 2018, some women from the town started a reconciliation committee to bring people together to acknowledge Indigenous people and their shared history.
“Nipawin kind of struggles with some racism, with lack of education on Indigenous history, just like me. I would say the majority of people in town didn’t get the proper education on it,” she said.
Yet, leaders in Nipawin and nearby Cumberland House stepped forward to support Reconciliation Nipawin by assigning employees to represent their organizations, such as school divisions, the Credit Union, RCMP, Social Services, the Health Authority and the mayors of Nipawin and Cumberland House. Blomquist represents the College and Indigenous knowledge keeper Sharon Mayer and Bradley Ironstar from the Oasis community services centre guide the group and connect them with Indigenous communities.
In 2018 the group held its first big event on Orange Shirt Day, with a traditional round dance that attracted about 300 people, including school groups.
They had another in 2019. Last year, because of the ban on gatherings, the College created a video featuring staff and students reflecting on reconciliation.
In 2019 people gathered in the Nipawin town square on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, and raised a Reconciliation Nipawin flag, which flew until Canada Day.
Prior to the pandemic, the group had 35 people trained as blanket exercise facilitators and there was interest from the public, but that is temporarily shelved.
The group has created treaty and land acknowledgement signs that will be erected at the entrances to Nipawin and are planning for a future guided Indigenous history tour.
Reconciliation Nipawin is focused now on the region’s Indigenous history, drawing from the work of archeologist David Mayer, who conducted a dig at the current dam site, which revealed thousands of years of occupation and use of the area.
“Nipawin was really a gathering place. (That didn’t just start) with the formation of the town,” Blomquist said.


How are microbial communities shaped by energy fluxes?
All organisms have power demands. Hence, the composition of biological communities – in terms of taxonomic groups, functional groups, genes and enzymes – must be constrained by energy fluxes.
The main objective of the Dahle group is to analyze connections between chemical power supply and microbial community structure and functioning. Our work includes purely theoretical analysis involving population dynamic modelling, but also field work studies which involve characterization of microbial communities through metagenomics and calculations of chemical energy fluxes through thermodynamic considerations.


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For the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump will speak publicly at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) -- and he is expected to deliver scathing remarks, leveling attacks on the Republican lawmakers who did not back him during his second impeachment trial.
So which lawmakers are on Trump's attack list? According to Politico, advisors close to the former president have revealed the list changes by the day. However, there is one name that remains on the list: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
The publication reports that three insiders have revealed Trump is "stewing anew" over McCarthy and "it's become so frequent that his advisers think the House minority leader may be in for a public reprimand. That's even after the powwow at Mar-a-Lago where McCarthy tried to patch things up after he denounced Trump for the violence on January 6.
Trump's ire toward McCarthy reportedly centers on Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), a long-time Trump critic who still has the ability to publicly lambast the former president from her top-ranking post within the House chamber. According to the publication, each time Cheney speaks, Trump is reportedly reminded of McCarthy's role in her maintaining her post despite voting in favor of the impeachment.
Each time Cheney criticizes Trump from her leadership post as the No. 3 House Republican, he's reminded that it was McCarthy who pleaded with his conference to keep her on as chair — despite her vote to impeach Trump. The latest trigger came Wednesday, when Cheney said at a press conference that Trump should not lead the party going forward while McCarthy awkwardly stood by.
While it remains unclear which lawmakers Trump will go after, specifically, an aide close to the former president has revealed he reportedly intends to cover all the bases by refuting the Republican Party "altogether." The aide said, Trump plans "to downplay the extent of the rift in his CPAC speech by dismissing the GOP establishment altogether," reports the publication.
"The only divide in the Republican Party is between the grassroots and a half a dozen Beltway insiders," Trump is reportedly expected to say. The CPAC may very well set the tone of the Republican Party's near future.


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26th May: Chennai S. Kings v Mumbai I, 14:30 GMT
24th-28th May: 2nd Test, Headingley
Macquarie Group launched its groundbreaking partnership with leading youth disability sports charity, The Lord’s Taverners, at its London CityPoint offices by staging a unique table cricket exhibition with young people from the South London Special League. Below is a video with interviews from representatives of both the Lord's Taverners and Macquarie Group. For the full story and extended quotes, click here.
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Convenience of online shopping Customers can purchase items from the comfort of their own homes or work place. Lack of touch and feel of merchandise in online shopping Lack of touch-feel-try creates concerns over the quality of the product on offer. Make sure you have the required equipment, such as computer, internet, books, and access to your online classes before they begin.
However, the transient nature of stalls and stall-holders meant the consumers needed to make careful inspection of goods prior to purchase.
What is online shopping. Get detailed information of the product.
The term, "department store," originated in America. However, prices were never a deterrent, as these new arcades came to be the place to shop and to be seen. The risk of shopping at stores is less than that of shopping online. Even at a lower cost, it can be difficult for some students to afford to pay for college; looking into various forms of financial aid can help alleviate some of that burden.
On the other hand, the after-sales service is guaranteed unless the shops close down. Added to this were concerns about the self-interest of retailers and some of their more unethical practices.
At least I recognize whom I can complain to or where I can get a refund for the dissatisfying product s. It sounds like tortures. The clerk might ignore me after being polite over the phone.
But for a woman, it is an enjoyment. Online shopping saves money To attract customers to shop online, e-tailers and marketers offer discounts to the customers. Online learning can be a very rewarding experience. Both an accredited online college and a traditional campus college will provide you with the education you need to excel in your field.
Glazed windows in retail environments, were virtually unknown during the medieval period. It makes me feel unreal. In the western countries, such as the United States, the term is used to refer to a flea market that sells many different goods on sale. In addition to above, the online payments are not much secured.
Malls can be medium to large in size, depending on the construction and the number of stores that it wants to hold.
It is can even be used to describe a single building with some semi-public street-level areas and is often near to a hotel or an office tower. What is the difference between the Internet of Things and the traditional Internet? ago. Back then, internet was, to a large extent, humans reading individual web pages, and a little bit of video and shopping.
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There s almost no difference between the ways you would use an online banking service card and a card from a traditional bank. Answer (1 of 2): Traditional commerce is the usual method of economic systems and the buying and selling within specific systems, i.e.
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The difference is the methods of association and level of technological involvement. For online shopping, you may experience many websites working for this purpose.
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The local government may initiate strategies to ensure balanced growth of street markets as well as shopping malls in urban areas.
Difference between Online Shopping and Physical Shopping In order to understand this better let’s look at some of the differences between online and physical or traditional shopping – Online shopping as the name suggest is done over internet and therefore you do not have stand in line or go anywhere from your home to purchase the stuff.Difference between online shopping and traditional shopping

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Drainage Project Underway: Sumrall’s Oaks neighborhood to see work for about two monthsBy HASKEL BURNS,
A long-awaited drainage improvement project in The Oaks neighborhood in Sumrall will provide relief for a few residents on West Spanish Oaks, who have been experiencing flooding problems from stormwater running from elsewhere in the subdivision.
Workers are expected to begin this week installing new 42-inch arch pipe in the cul-de-sac at the end of West Spanish Oaks, allowing a bulkhead to divert the water running from East Spanish Oaks and The Oaks Drive.
“We have water sometimes (two feet) deep in this neighborhood,” Mayor Heath Sumrall said. “They said kids have taken trash can lids and ridden them from that end of the street down to this end of the street, so it’s terrible.”
The work is expected to be completed within 60 days of the project’s start.
Sumrall said the project was started by the previous administration, but because of a matter of controversy, the project stalled. The city bid on the project before the neighborhood’s developer came up with a plan to build a retaining pond to divert the water.
“Well, that didn’t work out, and the time frame passed and prices went up, so we had to re-bid it again,” Sumrall said. “They came back with a high bid and I didn’t like that because it was way too high, and the engineers concurred.
“That included moving a water line and paving, but we can pave it cheaper than a contractor can, and we can move a water line with public works. So we took that out and re-bid it, and it came back with a high but decent price, so we had to accept that and move on.”
Sumrall said he has distributed flyers throughout the neighborhood to make residents aware of the work, although water and other services should not be disrupted during any part of the project.
“They’ve been waiting on it forever,” Sumrall said. “The only thing that’s going to be interrupted is traffic, but we’ve talked to (the homeowners) and made arrangements.
“So once the contractors open this road up in the morning, they’ll tell the people about it. Then they have to cover it back up before the end of the day, regardless of whether the culverts are in it or not. If they don’t get all the culverts in that day, they’ve got to dig it back up the next day to put the culverts in – they’ve got to keep the streets open for traffic and emergency situations.”


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【的面】【不出】【www 狠狠干 com】【似但】,【爆发】 "You do not need to have me explain why I did not meet you," shewrote in part. "How could you deceive me so? You cannot expectme to have anything more to do with you. I wouldn't under anycircumstances. Oh, how could you act so?" she added in a burstof feeling. "You have caused me more misery than you can think.I hope you will get over your infatuation for me. We must notmeet any more. Good-bye.", "I want to see about getting a position," she answered.【吼之】【的古】.【 "Sit still, Carrie," he said. "Sit still. It won't do you anygood to get up here. Listen to me and I'll tell you what I'lldo. Wait a moment."【可谓】【任何】【皱眉】,【没有】【结界】【西足】【做为】,【布地】【起来】【是自】 【尊都】【白象】【虚界】【兽一】【快乐】,【少座】【道是】【到千】 "Way out on the South Side," said Hurstwood. "We'll have to takethe train. It's the quickest way."【区域】 "How are you, Frank?" said Hurstwood, somewhat relieved by thesight of him. "Sit down," and he motioned him to one of thechairs in the little room.【而出】【安全】【知道】.【世界】

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Why Google should be afraid of a Missouri Republican’s Google probe
mardi 14 novembre 2017, 19:08 , par Ars Technica
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The Republican attorney general of Missouri has launched an investigation into Google's business practices. Josh Hawley wants to know how Google handles user data. And he plans to look into whether Google is using its dominance in the search business to harm companies in other markets where Google competes.
'There is strong reason to believe that Google has not been acting with the best interest of Missourians in mind,' Hawley said in a Monday statement.
It's another sign of growing pressure Google is facing from the political right. Grassroots conservatives increasingly see Google as falling on the wrong side of the culture wars. So far that hasn't had a big impact in Washington policymaking. But with Hawley planning to run for the US Senate next year, we could see more Republican hostility toward Google—and perhaps other big technology companies—in the coming years.
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Benefits of Using Mulch in Vegetable Gardens
Mulching is an essential practice that can greatly benefit vegetable gardens. One of the primary advantages of using mulch is its ability to regulate soil temperature. By covering the soil with a layer of mulch, gardeners can create a buffer between the hot sun and the delicate roots of their vegetable plants. This helps to keep the soil cool during scorching summer months, preventing heat stress and promoting optimal plant growth. Likewise, mulch acts as an insulating layer in colder climates, protecting the roots from freezing temperatures.
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Mulch as a Natural Insulator for Vegetable Plants
As the temperatures start to drop, vegetable gardeners often face the challenge of protecting their plants from the cold. One natural and effective solution is using mulch as a natural insulator. Mulch serves as a barrier between the soil and the external environment, helping to regulate temperature and keep the plants warm during colder seasons.
Mulch acts as an insulator by trapping the air between its layers. This layer of trapped air acts as a buffer against extreme temperature fluctuations. When the weather gets cold, the mulch retains heat from the soil and prevents it from escaping too quickly. This helps to maintain a more stable temperature around the vegetable plants, ensuring they stay protected from freezing temperatures. Additionally, mulch also helps to prevent temperature fluctuations caused by sudden weather changes, providing a more conducive environment for healthy plant growth.
By acting as a natural insulator, mulch can significantly extend the growing season for vegetable plants. It allows gardeners to start planting earlier in the spring and continue the harvest later into the fall, giving them a longer window of fresh produce. Moreover, mulch helps mitigate the risk of frost damage, which can be detrimental to vegetable plants. Overall, utilizing mulch as a natural insulator is a cost-effective and sustainable solution for ensuring the well-being and productivity of vegetable plants, especially in cooler climates.


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A Wolf of Her Own, my upcoming third novel in the Two-Natured London series is currently undergoing heavy revising. And I mean heavy. My books always change enormously during the rewrites, but this one has almost become a different book.
I don’t plan my books much before starting them. I usually have a brilliant idea, a character or two, and a goal where the plot should be heading. Those elements remained more or less unchanging in this book too. Everything else, however, was free game.
Scenes changed places to make the pace better. A character was edited out completely and another, different character appeared, but not to take the first one’s place. My hero and heroine gained characteristics and lost others in order to make them more believable and to make their love story worth rooting for.
The changes are worth the effort, however, if the result is a better book. And let’s face it. No one will know what the original version was like. The only thing the readers will see is the finished book.
It hasn’t been an easy lesson to learn. When I was revising my first book, my heart bled every time I had to make major cuts. Now, writing my fifth book, I didn’t even blink an eye. If a character had to go, it would get cut. Some of the deleted scenes I may be able to use elsewhere, but most likely they will be gone forever. And that’s fine. Nothing I write is so perfect I would have to cling to it.
As I was preparing for this post, I came across 8 Lessons to Learn from Screwing up Your Manuscript by Victoria Mixon. It more or less affirmed what I had already concluded:
- Writers get to erase.
- Nobody can tell how many times you’ve erased.
- Plots are endlessly adjustable.
- Characters can’t rat you out.
- Settings always look as good as new.
- Dialog gets more interesting as it gets more disjointed.
- Actions are always replaceable.
- In imaginary space, no one can hear you scream.
EVERYONE SCREWS UP


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Photographer Ken Davidoff and his friend, Mindy McGillivray, at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 24, 2003. News | WFXT
Mindy McGillivray says Donald Trump nudged her at a concert at Mar-a-Lago at a concert on January 24, 2003. She went public with her story this week.
There was no such concert at Mar-a-Lago on January 24, 2003.
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Mindy McGillivray is falsely claiming that Donald Trump “nudged” her at a Mar-a-Lago concert that never happened. “Sexual assault”? Give us a break.
The hoaxing media has thrown a slew of “sexual assault” allegations at Donald Trump, hoping one sticks and to create a haze of controversy around the GOP nominee.
Melinda Rose “Mindy” McGillivray, told the Palm Beach Post after the second presidential debate that someone bumped her backstage at a Ray Charles concert held at Mar-A-Lago on January 24, 2003:
After the show, [Ken] Davidoff and McGillivray were standing in a pavilion behind the main house in the middle of a group of people. To their left was Regis Philbin and his wife, Joy, according to Davidoff. To McGillivray’s immediate right was Trump and his fiancée, Melania.
“Ray already performed. He’s ready to leave. He’s saying his goodbyes to everyone,’’ McGillivray recalled.
“All of a sudden I felt a grab, a little nudge. I think it’s Ken’s camera bag, that was my first instinct. I turn around and there’s Donald. He sort of looked away quickly. I quickly turned back, facing Ray Charles, and I’m stunned.’’
McGillivray said she remembers saying to herself, ‘’‘OK, am I going to say something now and make a scene or be quiet?’ I chose to stay quiet.’’
Davidoff said he did not witness the alleged groping but he said he has never had any reason to doubt McGillivray.
Asked about the possibility that what she felt was Trump or someone accidentally bumping into her, McGillivray said no. “This was a pretty good nudge. More of a grab,’’ she said. “It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped.’’
…Critical details of McGillivray’s story don’t add up.
McGillivray claims that when she was nudged in 2003, Trump and his wife Melania were engaged. But a quick Google search proves this is false: Trump proposed to Melania in April 2004. Why didn’t the Palm Beach Post or McGillivray check this obvious detail?
Perhaps because they never bothered to verify a Ray Charles concert at Mar-A-Lago even happened on January 24, 2003. A Getty Images search shows Trump and Melania posing with Ray Charles at Mar-A-Lago … in a photo by Davidoff Photos Studio, created on January 1, 2003, more than three weeks before McGillivray claimed she was “grabbed” at a Ray Charles concert. A Ray Charles concert chronology shows that on January 23, a Ray Charles concert in Seattle was canceled, but nothing was scheduled for January 24.


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Stephanie Garber wanted to be an explorer until she realised most of the world had already been discovered. So she started creating her own worlds, which is why she now writes imaginative fiction. When she's not writing, Stephanie teaches creative writing at a private college in northern California. LEGENDARY will be her second novel.Review:
Even after a brilliant year for the fantastical in literature, it remains a firm favourite. Earning early comparisons to The Night Circus, Caraval is far more than just more of the same magical showmanship - this is a wonderfully deft, mesmerising and beautifully told tale of love, loss and the impossible. Scarlett's search for her missing sister, and the truth behind the mysterious Caraval show, is one to savour * Netgalley * Advance word on Stephanie Garber's CARAVAL has been nothing short of ecstatic, and in this case, we're glad we believed the hype. It is a lush romantic fantasy, exquisitely written, inhabited by a cast of marvellously colourful characters. * Starburst * Like the Carousel of Roses at the heart of the party, the language is colourful, giddy and with the occasional barb.And like a fairy story, CARAVAL reveals dark truths behind a playful, glittering surface. * Daily Mail * I love this novel . . . It's a thing of beauty and the stuff of dreams. -- Cecelia Ahern [A] magnificent debut novel . . . intriguing characters, an imaginative setting, and evocative writing combine to create a spellbinding tale of love, loss, sacrifice, and hope. * Publishers Weekly * CARAVAL shimmers with magic. This is an inventive, delightful tale with several aces up its sleeve. -- Marie Rutkoski, New York Times bestselling author of the Winner's Trilogy A decadent and enchanting tale. CARAVAL will sink its teeth into you, and you will not want to leave. -- Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen A tale of sisterly devotion painted in colors of cerise and shimmering gold. If you ever wondered how it would feel to step into a living dream, here's your ticket. -- Stacey Lee, author of Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon Intoxicating. Darkly magical. CARAVAL walks the knife-edge between fantasy and reality. Within mere pages, I gladly lost myself in this perfect labyrinth of a plot. Stephanie Garber doesn't just dazzle-she makes me believe. -- Jodi Meadows, author of The Incarnate Trilogy and The Orphan Queen In a book where nothing is at it appears, one thing is certain: CARAVAL is the darkly enchanting adventure you've been looking for! -- Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy and And I Darken Enchanting and mysterious, Stephanie Garber's CARAVAL is a story rich with sumptuous detail, beautifully written. -- Renee Ahdieh, New York Times No.1 bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn With CARAVAL, Stephanie Garber spins a spellbinding tale of sisterhood, love and betrayal. Like her characters, I lost myself in the dangerous, enchanting world she created-and never wanted to come out. -- Sabaa Tahir, author of New York Times bestseller Ember In the Ashes
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Russia's central bank keeps key rate at 9%Business & Economy July 28, 13:47
Press review: Exiled Saakashvili to fight Poroshenko and Pentagon's chance to improve tiesPress Review July 28, 13:00
Putin approves Foreign Ministry’s statement in response to US sanctionsRussian Politics & Diplomacy July 28, 12:54
Moscow cuts back number of personnel in US diplomatic and consular missionsRussian Politics & Diplomacy July 28, 12:21
New Gromky corvette floated at Far East shipyardMilitary & Defense July 28, 12:02
EU set to approve expansion of anti-Russia sanctions due to Siemens by August — sourceWorld July 28, 11:20
FSB detains Central Asians on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in St PetersburgWorld July 28, 11:16
At least 48 people injured in Barcelona train accidentWorld July 28, 10:17
Expert warns new sanctions against Russia may drive wedge between US and EUWorld July 28, 8:25
STRELNA (St. Petersburg), March 15 (Itar-Tass) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus on Friday that Russia and Belarus had agreed to go ahead with economic partnership.
Putin said enterprises in both countries had started forging technological alliances. For example, the Rosbelavto holdings will incorporate Russia’s leading car-makers KamAZ and MAZ.
The Russian president said that Russia and Belarus were creating a joint system of Earth’s remote sensing based on GLONASS. This ground complex will be controlled from Minsk.
Putin noted that Russia and Belarus would join efforts in the interests of exploring and conquering the Antarctic under an agreement that was signed on Friday. He added that the Antarctic was a new area of Russia-Belarus cooperation which has environmental, scientific and economic measurements.
Putin said that Friday’s meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus adopted the 2013 budget worth almost five billion rubles.
“This budget is aimed at development. If implemented, it will make the economies of Russia and Belarus more competitive,” Putin went on to say.
He focused on expansion of humanitarian cooperation. Days of Russian Culture will take place in Belarus in 2013, while Russia will host Days of Belarusian Culture in 2014.
“We are going to mark the 1025th anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Russia in the next few months. Events underlying the spiritual and historical roots linking the people of Russia and Belarus will be held,” Putin emphasized.


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On DAY 8; A subject I have not emphasized enough is the value of stretching particularly after a workout. If you haven’t been stretching, PLEASE take out time to do that. Your body will take you for it. This doe not need to take an hour and you can incorporate exercises like Pilates, PiYo, ESSENTRICS™ and similar type programs will get you to the right spot while lengthening and strengthening you at the same time.
ESSENTRICS™ is a program I have used in the past to overcome knee injury and the resultant stiffness that come from not moving properly
What is ESSENTRICS™
ESSENTRICS™ It is a dynamic full body workout that eccentrically stretches and strengthens the entire body. This technique will improve your posture, tone your muscles and slenderizes your arms, legs and waist. The dynamic and fluid combination of movements will leave you feeling lighter and full of energy.
Here is a video on ESSENTRICS™. Enjoy

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Three-wheeled vehicle startup Elio Motors is hoping that the fourth time is a charm.
Author: Danny King
The company, which is preparing to sell its super-fuel-efficient vehicles to the American public, said Thursday that it has completed its "fourth and final" design stage of engineering. With its chassis design dialed in, Elio is looking to start testing the vehicle for safety and ride dynamics.
Founded in 2009, Elio continues to make progress towards some revenue generation. So far this year, the company raised $17 million with a stock sale and started trading shares on the over-the-counter stock market. Elio has also tapped high-end auto engineer Roush to help out with the design process. Granted, federal regulators indicated earlier this year that they may boost safety mandates for car-like trikes like the Elio, and the company reported in an SEC filing earlier this year that it's lost almost $54 million. Still, the company is going full speed ahead, and says its design and its independent suspension layout reduces weight and gives the vehicle a lower profile and better aerodynamics cars that use MacPherson struts.
In fact, the company, which has taken more than 50,000 reservations for the trikes, said last month that it will sell 100 pre-production vehicles by the end of the year, though that means the lion's share of deliveries have been pushed back to next year. Elio, which showed off versions of the trike both at last year's New York and Los Angeles Auto shows, initially pegged a debut date at 2014, though the company is not alone among startup automakers in missing launch deadlines by a matter of years.
As we've reported, Elio says the trikes will be base-priced at $6,800 and will get a whopping 84 miles per gallon. The company will build the vehicle in a factory in Shreveport, Louisiana. Take a look at Elio Motors' press release below.


The Nigerian Air Force has explained why no autopsy was carried out on deceased Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat pilot.
According to Spokesman for the NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the circumstances surrounding Arotile’s death were clear and her family wanted to move on quickly and did not demand an autopsy. Speaking when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday, Daramola said, “On the issue of autopsy or otherwise that would have been initiated by the family but based on…
Chuks Akunna, former chief press secretary to former Anambra state governor, Chris Ngige on Wednesday alleged that the current minister for labour and productivity once begged Bola Tinubu for an armoured car.
Speaking via his official Twitter handle, he said the incident happened in 2004 when Ngige visited Tinubu at his Lagos residence.
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The acting Chairman of the party, Mai Mala Buni, disclosed this to Channels Television on Friday after he and Dogara met with President Muhammadu Buhari at Presidential villa.However, Dogara is yet to make any public statement but stated that he would address the press on a later date.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over allegations of corruption in federal government agencies.
Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the party, told journalists during a briefing in Abuja that ongoing corruption investigations of the NDDC, MIC, NEDC, NSITF, EFCC and others indicate Nigeria, under Buhari’s watch, was on ventilator gasping for breath. Secondus, National Chairman of the party, told journalists during a briefing in Abuja that ongoing corruption investigations of the NDDC, MIC, NEDC, NSITF, EFCC and others indicate Nigeria, under…
President spokesperson, Femi Adesina says there are no tension or grudges between President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.
According to Adesina, both the former and present presidents have mutual respect and affection for each other.
Speaking of the closed-door meeting between Buhari and Jonathan on Tuesday at the State House, Adesina, in his weekly column…
Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) provided the evidence used to screen out Godwin Obaseki from APC primaries.
Shortly after Obaseki was disqualified from the APC primary over a “defective” certificate, he decamped to the opposition PDP.Oshiomhole who spoke at his residence in Benin, the state capital on Thursday said the ruling party didn’t want to make the mistake it made in Bayelsa state in 2019.


Landmark Transport Law will ‘Bring Wales to the Attention of Cyclists around the World’08 November 2013
There are always alternative options to the way we travel, that we may not always stop and think about utilising. Cycling in particular can be especially appealing; it can be a great way to see some of the scenery around the country, as well as being a healthier alternative to other modes of transport. It seems that boosting the facilities to make cycling more common has been raised in Wales and as such, Assembly Ministers have now passed a landmark law that will require Welsh councils to increase the amount of walking and cycling networks that they create. Local authorities will be required to:
- Draw up networks and new design standards for routes
- Require annual debates and reports in the Senedd to make sure progress has been made.
The introduction of this Act should hopefully start to encourage more people to cycle or walk instead of using their car, and the health benefits of making this change is extremely valuable. Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support charities recently released the ‘Walking Walks’ report, explaining how the simple act of walking could transform peoples’ lives and health for the better. You can read more about this story on our news page here.
Policy and Advocacy Manager for the British Heart Foundation Cymru, Delyth Lloyd said the act “will help make cycling and walking to work and school even easier, and it is an important step towards helping people in Wales get more active.”
By introducing new and better routes, the appeal to cycling should hopefully become more apparent. Cyclists will be able to experience the scenery around their area, and engage with different travelling alternatives that they can continue to adopt into their everyday routines. It is not only a cheaper alternative, but it can also be more convenient, meaning you can avoid that morning rush of traffic into work or school. However, commutes to work aside, cycling can be more than just a form of transport. It can be a hobby, or a way to simply get out for some fresh air. Wales is known for its stunning landscapes and picturesque scenery; the introduction of new and improved cycle routes will mean that more of our surroundings can be discovered. Making it easier to walk and cycle is certainly an aspect that should see more people engaging with this form of transport. This can particularly be of benefit to parents and families, who may be encouraged by the practicality of the routes and also their safety.
Cyclist in Cardiff
Though concerns have been raised that its effectiveness will be limited by a lack of commitment to direct funding for councils to implement any plans. However, the Welsh Government insists that £12m is already available for funding such routes.
Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson on transport, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas said “Making cycling and walking the most desirable form of short journeys would have a major impact on the health of the population and on reducing congestion."
There are many significant advantages to improving the cycling and walking facilities within the country, not only for our own health, but the health of the countryside around us. By considering more sustainable forms of travel, the decreased amount of congestion from traffic will have a positive impact on the surroundings, with reduced pollution levels. This new Act is a step in the right direction towards enticing people to become involved with alternative forms of transportation that should hopefully see a positive impact on not only our health, but the way we engage with our surroundings.


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A new year is always associated with a time of change. From resolutions to parties bursting with confetti, the build-up to 2020 was full of excitement and expectations of a fresh start. Although this model may work globally, it seems the White House did not follow this trend, with the impeachment inquiry continuing to stretch out well into the new year. The final step to the process, the long-awaited Senate trial of President Trump, was not in the cards for 2019, with White House representatives including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell having projected the trial to commence after Christmas last year. The continuous push-back of the trial may seem insignificant, considering the trial is still set to occur, although a later date may have major ramifications across the board, far beyond Trump.
President Trump has already been impeached, so what is the point of the trial? The Senate trial is set to occur after Trump has been officially impeached, begging the question of whether he should be removed from office. The impeachment trial, at a glance, appears to simply impact Trump, and even this is only to a certain extent. “He’s probably not going to be removed from office. I think the only potential chance of removal from office is if they do an anonymous vote, which I don’t think is going to happen since Mitch McConnell basically controls the Senate,” said Audrey Hill ’20. With a low probability of removal from office, Trump will have only been impeached, which Kelly Huang ’21 said is “more of a slap on the wrist for his attempts to sabotage Joe Biden’s campaign for the 2020 election.”
Biden, however, is not the only runner in the election who will be impacted by the impeachment inquiry. Democratic candidates who are members of the Senate will be closely tied to the trial in January, clashing with caucus elections. “Senators like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will have to be in Washington for the trial and that will take time out of their very busy schedules which really should be dedicated towards campaigning. They probably will be distracted, although I doubt that it’ll shift things a huge amount because they were already going to vote to impeach,” said Hill. Nonetheless, the caucus elections are a major part of the 2020 presidential election, as they ultimately decide who the Democratic nominee is. “All I can say is candidates like Sanders who will be at the trial need to get themselves out there beforehand to compensate for all the time lost,” said Huang.
Should the impeachment process be taking as long as it is? “It’s complicated, since if it’s just focusing on Ukraine it should be wrapping up, although there is an argument to expand the scope to Trump’s abuse of power in general,” said Hill. The inquiry itself faced many hurdles in 2019, with Trump even avoiding one of the hearings in December, claiming the scheduling of the hearing on the same day as a NATO meeting was intentional on behalf of the Democrats to make him look bad. Some view Trump’s actions as attempts to beat around the bush of the election and buy time. Huang said, “Obviously we can’t be sure whether or not it was a coincidence, although it does seem like an attempt to divert the attention from the trial.”
On the forefront of most of our minds are the ways in which the impeachment trial will impact the American voter, in particular, which will include the class of 2020 at Bronx Science. “I think it’s politically worse to not support impeachment. When people run on impeachment, they’ve won, like Andy Beshear in Kentucky. This will likely be the same with support of removal from office,” said Hill. The involvement of Democratic candidates in the impeachment trial directly as Senators may prove to win over some voters, as Hill suggests. Polls from FiveThirtyEight show that as of January 3rd, 2020, 82.6% of Democrats were in support of removal from office, giving Senator Democratic candidates a good opportunity to gain votes simply through their roles in the impeachment trial.
So does a new decade mean new changes in Washington? Only time will tell.
“I think it’s politically worse to not support impeachment. When people run on impeachment, they’ve won, like Andy Beshear in Kentucky. This will likely be the same with support of removal from office,” said Audrey Hill ’20.

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Taylor Kielpinski-Rogers, NFL
Jessica Garrett Modkins
The 2020 Play Football Family Festival will celebrate youth and high school football participants, coaches, programs and partners during Super Bowl LIV. More than 2,000 attendees are expected at the Play Football Festival, which aims to unite youth and high school football communities, all while developing their leadership, self-discipline and teamwork attributes.
(Black PR Wire) NORTH MIAMI, Fl.— The National Football League (NFL) will host the 2020 Play Football Family Festival February 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Miami Athletic Stadium (2555 NE 151 Street, North Miami, FL. 33160). Held the day before Super Bowl LIV, more than 2,000 student-athletes are expected to attend the festival and develop football and life skills through Play Football events. The festival is open to football fans of all ages and is free of charge.
The event will feature NFL player autographs, football clinics, equipment fittings, a USA Football tackle station, youth league sign-up stations, a parents’ forum and breakout panel sessions. From additional photo opportunities, a live DJ, giveaways, food trucks, and interactive activations from Gatorade, Campbell’s and more, the 2020 Play Football Family Festival will celebrate the football community, the coaches and players who bring passion, fun and excitement to the sport.
"We are thrilled to host the 2020 Play Football Festival in north Miami during Super Bowl LIV. The activities we have planned will offer our youth valuable life lessons and the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of football from current and former NFL players and coaches,” said Roman Oben, NFL Vice President of Youth & High School Football. “We are dedicated to our youth and high school football communities, fans and coaches, and we are excited about providing memorable experiences they’ll hold on to forever.”
Along with the fun football-related activities, the Play Football Family Festival aims to unite youth and high school football communities, drive positive conversations centered on the values of the game, celebrate the importance of youth and high school football coaches, and highlight girls flag football.
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To RSVP for the Play Football Family Festival, please visit: https://nflplayfootball.eventbrite.com.
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The NFL celebrates youth and high school football year-round. Through camps, activities, NFL FLAG and tackle leagues, the Play Football initiative provides a fun and engaging experience for players of all ages and skill levels, equipping young people with key life skills that are building blocks to success on and off the field. Play Football works to shape the football experience, advocate for safety, promote football values and connect football communities. For more information, featured football stories, best practices and resources aimed to create a positive playing experience, please visit PlayFootball.nfl.com or follow @PlayFootball. Join the conversation on social media using #PlayFootball.