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THE BASIC GAME PLAN
In the weeks leading up to the Presidential election, Democrat party lawyers fanned out all across the United States, filing lawsuits to change the way state election boards managed their elections. Leftist judges were eager to make decisions favoring the Democrat plaintiffs. There was a flaw in the plan, only state legislatures have the power to change election laws, not judges. But the problem, was that local election boards either didn’t know the law, or were complicit in the scheme, and went along with the judges order. Nowhere did the Democrats cause more confusion and chaos, than those important swing states, with a high amount of electoral votes.
PLAYING FIELD TACTICS
The Democrats knew that simply changing voting deadlines wouldn’t be enough the get the desired results. So, they coerced the states into mass mailings, of vote by mail ballots, to virtually everyone on the voter roles. States seem to be resistant to expunging non voters from the rolls. Perhaps this is why, dead people may, at some point, become useful as voters. Thousands of ballots were mailed out over a few weeks, they were literally showing up everywhere. So, the next problem, matching signatures. Democrat lawyers were very clever to get election boards to alter the rules concerning matching signatures. Believe it or not, they convinced the election boards to refrain from matching the “on file” signatures with the ones on the ballots. Some of the ballots actually ended up in other states, and people still voted and mailed them back to the state where they no longer lived. To their credit, the Democrats did an excellent job of causing absolute havoc in this election. The literally created a massive web of fraud that will be extremely difficult and expensive to sort out.
Now that the Democrats have turned the election on it’s head, it’s time for the Main Stream Media to take over. The media declared Joe Biden as the winner and immediately began calling him the “president elect”. Joe Biden is not the president elect, he is, as of now, the presumptive winner. He will not be the president elect until December 17, when the electoral college makes the declaration. Joe Biden has gone as far as to hold news conferences with fake signs that say “Office of the President Elect”. There is no such office, ever, it’s made up propaganda. The media is 100% on board with this nonsense, urging President Trump to concede so that the transition of power can begin. The President and his staff continue to tell them to “pound sand”.
This whole mail in ballot scheme was based on people being terrified by Covid, and that everyone would just accept it as being necessary. The Democrats once again, misread the American people. Voters and patriots everywhere started saying, this is wrong, very wrong, and started speaking out about what they saw going on. The Democrat party has been exposed once again as being the party of lies and deceit. The Democrats will go as low as needed, to exploit any situation, to win power. We have no idea how this is going to end, but one thing for sure, the Democrats now find themselves naked in front of the world. If there is a reversal in the election, and President Trump retains his office, get ready for four years of leftist violence. President Trump will have to be stronger than ever, and declare insurrection and stamp out these leftists thugs once and for all. Stay strong my conservative friends, we need to be fighters, no quitters allowed.
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Convened by the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI), we invite partners to share lessons learned from experience engaging in local, regional, and national collaborative forest restoration processes on federal and non-federal forest landscapes. The workshop will bring together land managers, researchers, and their stakeholders to develop strategies that facilitate the application of evidence based collaborative forest landscape management in the Intermountain West.
Our workshop goal is that participants learn techniques for applying relevant strategies, science, and tools to implement evidence based landscape scale management across the Intermountain West. Cross-project coordination between the USDA Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and forestry collaborative groups working in non-CFLRP landscapes will serve as a guiding foundation for workshop learning. The agenda will focus on assessing challenges and progress made in the ten years since the CFLR program began to advance the next ten years of all-lands collaborative forest landscape restoration.
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(CNN) Colon and rectal cancer cases are increasing in young adults and the median age of diagnosed patients is lower.
Colorectal cancer is the third most deadly cancer in men and women in the United States-after men’s lungs and prostate, and women’s lungs and breasts.
Actor Chadwick Bozeman died of colon cancer at 43 years old on Friday after struggling with the disease for many years. According to a March report from the American Cancer Society, cases of colorectal cancer under the age of 50 have increased since the 1990s.
Half of all new diagnoses are in people under 66, the report said.
The median age will decrease
The American Cancer Society recommends regular screening for colorectal and rectal cancer from age 45. Other health agencies still recommend routine screening beginning at age 50.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latest data available in 2017 killed 52,547 people with colorectal cancer nationwide.
More young people have been diagnosed for many years. The median age of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer was 72 years in 1989, according to a report from the American Cancer Society. It remained that way until the early 2000s, and by 2016 it was 66.
The proportion of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the United States is lower in people age 65 and older, but is higher in young adults.
Scientists knew that cases of colorectal cancer were increasing in younger age groups. “But I was surprised how fast it was happening,” said Rebecca Siegel, co-author and research director of a research study at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta.
“This report is very important because it not only provides a snapshot of the current colorectal cancer burden, but also provides a window into the future,” Siegel said.
As the number of young adults continues to increase, physicians face unique challenges such as the need to maintain fertility and sexual function, as well as the risk of long-term therapeutic effects due to her added life expectancy.
The obesity epidemic may be a factor
The report included, inter alia, data on colorectal cancer cases and deaths from the National Cancer Institute and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Based on an analysis of the data, the researchers found that the number of cases of colorectal cancer among people under the age of 50 has increased since the mid-1990s.
The study found that between 2012 and 2016, the incidence in that age group increased 2.2% each year, including tumors found in both the colon and rectum.
Researchers found that in adults between the ages of 50 and 64, the incidence of colorectal cancer declined in the 2000s, then the course reversed, with an annual increase of 1% between 2011 and 2016. It was It continued in the 2000s, and the percentage decreased 3.3% every year from 2011 to 2016.
“Most of the lower incidence in the elderly is due to increased screening, but the cause of the increased incidence in the younger age group is still unknown,” Siegel said.
“The prevalence of obesity is probably the contributor, but it doesn’t seem to be the only cause,” she said. “Diet has a major impact on the risk of colorectal cancer, and the various things we consume, including drugs such as antibiotics, play a role in determining gut health, especially the microbes that make up our microbiome. There are many studies investigating how it affects.”
Physicians need to follow up on young patients
This review highlighted the probable mortality from colorectal cancer and determined future predictions for this disease.
Colorectal cancer mortality was detected between 2008 and 2017, decreasing by 3% annually in adults 65 years and older and 0.6% annually in adults aged 50 to 64, but annually in adults younger than 50 years. It increased by 1.3%.
We also found that the Alaska natives’ death rate was almost three times that of whites and about twice that of blacks, and that there was a continuing “significant disparity” between race and geography.
Incidence rates were 30 per 100,000 Asian/Pacific islanders, 38.6 whites, 45.7 blacks, and 89 Alaska indigenous people, according to the data.
Research was limited and scientists could not accurately determine why a particular reduction or increase in colorectal cancer occurred among different age groups.
Nevertheless, researchers were able to predict future trends by predicting an estimated 53,200 deaths from colorectal cancer in 2020 at 7% (3,640) in adults under the age of 50.
The analysis also predicted 147,950 newly diagnosed cases of colorectal cancer in the United States this year, or about 12%, or 17,930 cases diagnosed in adults under the age of 50.
The analysis could increase screening consensus by age 50, Siegel said.
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CHILD car seats would for the first time have to protect children from death and injury in side-impact crashes under regulations the US government has proposed.
The proposal by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would upgrade standards for child seats for children weighing up to 18kg to include a new test that simulates a side crash.
The agency estimates the standards will prevent the deaths of about five children and injuries to 64 others each year.
"Car seats are an essential tool for keeping young children safe in vehicles, and they have a proven track record of saving lives," NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman told a gathering of automotive engineers.
Under the proposal, the new tests will simulate a "T-bone" crash, where the front of a vehicle travelling 48km/h strikes the side of a small passenger vehicle travelling at 25km/h.
NHTSA's research has shown "these speeds will cover over 90 per cent of the side-impact crashes seen in the real world," Friedman said.
The tests will position the car seat on a sled, with another sled ramming the side of the sled with the seat, rather than using actual vehicles since the aim isn't to test the crash worthiness of specific vehicles, NHTSA officials said.
Research shows that many child deaths and injuries in side-impact crashes involve a car carrying children that is stopped at an intersection, usually at a light or stop sign, officials said.
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The Third Side
By Stephen Sweeney
The Pandoran war machine is on the move and Simon Dodds finds himself shot down over the luxury planet of Mythos. Separated from his team mates he soon learns that the once-popular holiday destination has become a hellish war zone, swarming with armies of seemingly unstoppable black-suited soldiers. They seem to be preparing to advance their mission to overpower the rest of the galaxy as they dis with the Mitikas Empire.
As the young pilot makes his way through the war torn streets of New Malaga he discovers a secret much more terrible, he may even be able to uncover the truth behind the black-suited warriors and just what the ATAFs were built for, if he can just survive the next 24 hours...
The Third Side follows on from the events of The Honour of the Knights and I was again impressed with not only the quality of the writing but the confident voice and clear sense of style that is projected from the pages. Characterisation is again handled very well indeed with well fleshed out protagonists that you can't help but like. This includes some very strong female roles and some nicely disturbing antagonists.
The narrative is both gripping and fast paced and the descriptive action sequences are really top notch - which highlights the strong style an clear voice that feels very much like a classic street level war novel. Most of the story is set on the enemy occupied planet and there are a number of nice plot twists that really do keep the reader entertained. I found myself really enjoying this idea of survival on a war torn planet along with some very well choreographed fight scenes and colourful characters. The protagonists get plenty of room to grow too and develop as the story progresses.
It is recommended that you read The Honour of the Knights first as there isn't much in the way of back story or reflection on previous events however you could quite easily read it as a stand alone if you really wanted.
The Third Side is an accomplished novel, it's got a great set of characters, a distinctive style and a powerful plot, recommended.
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The Influence of Waves on activated Carbon Particles
In its initial development, activated Carbon particles persistently maintains it position on the earth and is surrounded by air; therefore, any vibrations it receives then are in general seismic vibrations and air vibrations that come from thunder.
In seismic vibrations there occur direct contacts between the earth and the activated Carbon body, whereupon the air inside the passages is influenced.
As we all know, sound travels in the air through the longitudinal waves. Similarly is the case with thunder-triggered sound waves entering the passages in the Carbon body. The sound can cause the molecules inside the passages to vibrate in such a way that the groups of the various types of molecules can alternately compress and rarefy each other. This may help not only trigger the inward movement of the molecules but also develop the compounds, providing that the molecules are mutually bonding. The loudness of the sound of thunder may cause not only the air in the passage but also the activated Carbon body to vibrate.
Dissimilar to what ensues in the vibrations received by the air, both Spherical and Rayleigh waves may occur on the activated Carbon body, which itself is solid in nature. Spherical waves are said to have been caused by a point source. These waves spread in all directions; in fact, they may even spread from the outside of the sphere to the centre of the sphere at the same speed. That’s why when the Rayleigh waves move to the centre of the activated Carbon particles, it looks as if they were being led there by the Spherical waves. Those Rayleigh originating from lightning made their way into the centre of the activated Carbon particles through their external surface. Such entry of the Rayleigh waves occurred either directly or through reflection. Rayleigh waves produced by earthquakes, on the other hand, entered the Carbon body by creeping.
Here two explanations, both taken from two sites on the internet, are given about the Rayleigh waves.
*Rayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids. They are produced on the Earth by earthquakes, in which case they are also known as "ground roll", or by other sources of seismic energy such as an explosion or even a sledgehammer impact. They can also be produced in materials by many mechanisms, including by piezo-electric transducers, and are frequently used in non-destructive testing for detecting defects.
*Rayleigh waves travel across surfaces. In isotropic solids the surface particles move in ellipses in planes normal to the surface and parallel to the direction of propagation. At the surface and at shallow depths this motion is retrograde. Particles deeper in the material move in smaller ellipses with an eccentricity that changes with depth. At greater depths the particle motion becomes weaker. .
In cases where a molecule, for instance, is found to stick on the inner walls of the activated Carbon particle, a flow of the Rayleigh wave through the activated Carbon particle walls may cause the molecule to shift—a result of mass inertia. The molecule shifts forward, in the direction parallel to that of the Spherical wave (illustration 2, 3, 4).
What is meant by the term mass inertia is well represented by the following example: When a stone is tied to the end of a thread, one will be able to lift it only if the thread is pulled upwards slowly and gently; a sudden, strong pull at the thread will only cause it to break off. (illustration X1). In such a case as this, we say that the thread breaks off because of the mass inertia of the stone.
The same thing will happen when the stone is placed on a ruler. By slowly and gently pushing the ruler, the stone will also be led to move along hand in hand with the ruler in the same direction (illustration X2); a forceful and sudden push of the ruler, or a hit with a hammer to the end of the ruler will only cause it to move in the opposite direction, i.e. towards the hammer. (illustration X3).
As concerns the Rayleigh waves, these are in fact the type of waves that moves inwards; however, due to the tug on the surface being touched by the molecules, the waves then move elliptically and in a counter clockwise manner such that the molecules are driven to move forwards in the direction similar to that of the waves. (illustration X4). It needs to be emphasized here that Rayleigh waves are surface waves, which further implies that the consequences are more obvious on the surface. Should the molecules stick to the under part of the surface, the waves will still direct these molecules to move in the direction similar to theirs. (see illustrations 3 and 4).
Continuous influence by the wave will cause the molecule to keep moving ahead inwards inside the carbon body. However, such a phenomenon does not easily take place as it is determined by a number of factors, such as the weight of the molecule itself, the strength by which the molecule adheres to Carbon, the amplitude of the waves that will affect, the shape of the surface of the passage of the Carbon walls through which it has to pass.
Thus, to get to the centre of a Carbon body 10 microns in diameter from its edge, the molecule is required to travel a distance of 5 microns. By implication, therefore, the rumbling of a thunder with a particularly potential amplitude capable of shifting the molecule by only one Angstrom each year will require 50,000 Angstrom, or a time span of 50,000 years, to get to the centre. Thus, with the ability to shift the molecule to 100 Angstrom within a year, all it takes to get to the centre is 500 years.
Nevertheless, in an area stricken by thunder and seismic vibrations, this centre-wise movement of the molecules will be accelerated. This, however, is just an assumption, since it is not unlikely that a period of 50 to 500 years is ideal enough for activated Carbon particle to turn into a Cell-to-be. Even if one chanced to encounter such a Cell-to-be at this very moment, one would find it difficult to identify it—even with an electron microscope. To one it would just appear to be nothing else than active Carbon with various new compounds in it.
The estimated period of time it takes for activated Carbon particle to turn into a Cell-to-be as mentioned above serves only as an example, because normally numerous other factors influence the process such that the molecules may shift, though only by 1/100 or 100 Angstrom annually. This does not necessarily depend on the saturation of the Carbon body; rather it depends more on the substances that fill the body and those that will later benefit the development of the Cell-to-be.
The diagram, illustrating how the whole thing works, makes use of only simple straight lines and spheres to ease understanding. Here molecules from outside, represented by the green beads, are shown to be flowing into the centre of the activated Carbon body.
Illustration 3 shows how the spherical wave, represented by the red arrow pointing to the centre of Carbon particle, influences the molecules. The blue oval illustrates how the Rayleigh wave works on the surface. Evidently, while on the upper surface, the Rayleigh wave works counter-clockwise, on the lower surface it works clockwise. (illustration 4a). However, as soon as the molecules are inside the passage, the condition reverses: clockwise at the upper part, and counter clockwise at the lower part. (illustration 4b). This is because the wave works only on the surface, which perhaps explains why the molecules are always led inwards, no matter where they may be sticking themselves to. Thus, as a result of their mass inertia, and also their compounds’, these molecules sticking to the walls of the Carbon’s passage are inclined to move inwards each time vibration affects them. (See illustration 4).
Why should the Rayleigh waves be the ones that have the force to enable the molecules to make such motion?
1. Because these waves can drive the molecules to move ahead by dint of the molecules’ mass inertia itself.
2. As already stated earlier, the waves may be triggered by an explosion or by a loud bang of a sledgehammer—sounds similar to the explosive sound of thunder.
3. Because the molecules cling so firmly to the walls of the activated Carbon passage that even when they shift (in the event of some explosion), they still maintain their grasp on the walls.
4. Rayleigh waves are surface waves, thus no matter where the molecules are-be they on a bank, in an alley, or on a slope of the interior of the activated Carbon particle—the waves will always lead those molecules clinging onto them to move inwards.
The fact that the movement of the molecules can possibly be sparked the Rayleigh waves and that the waves can possibly be triggered by lightning may be an indication that tropical and sub-tropical areas represent areas with the most lightning, which further implies that it is highly likely that the Cell-to-be first emerged there. Below is a diagram of areas with the most lightning (see volume of lightning on the right hand side). (illustration 5).
However, because the Cell-to-be emerged billions of years ago, the mapping above thus serves only as a partial lead towards our assumption as concerns the place where the Cell-to-be first came into being. Had it emerged a long time ago, there would certainly have occurred numerous earthquakes and lightning accompanied by the sound of thunder, which would serve to trigger the occurrence of the Rayleigh waves.
Should all these possibilities turn out to be true, what then do we have to say about the time when they all took place?


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"Former Prime Minister is shedding crocodile tear on the crisis faced by the state farmers," said BSY.
The CM told media that Congress and JD (S) were defaming the state BJP government with charges like communal violence.
He added if Gowda had issues regarding farmer suicides he should have discussed it with the government and not politicise it.
Yeddurappa informed that the Government ordered a CoD inquiry within 24 hours after the attack on a place of worship in Anekal.
He also insisted that the government would take all measures to maintain state law and order.

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Bullying is an issue that continues to be a problem in schools.
Maysville High School brought in the Founder of No Bullying Schools, Tom Thelen, to not only give students a stop bullying message, but solutions on how to handle bullying. Thelen said his goal is to teach them how to speak up and make sure they know how to get help from those trusted adults in their life.
“It’s my life mission to help people with bullying because I was bullied as a kid and thankfully, I had a teacher that helped me to break free from it,” said Thelen. “Kids who carry that struggle alone internally, they have what we call baggage. We want them to break free from the baggage – the only way that happens is when they report it and then talk through it with that trusted adult.”
Thelen believes that a lot of bullying comes from social media, but he said the most foundational element of any kids life is the roof they live under. Maysville is being proactive about preventing bullying – they held a parent seminar tonight to give them tips on on how to help their children break free from bullying.
“They’re dedicating their whole day here to say, bullying stops here and we’re going to help these kids not just with the incident, but now we’re going to help them on a social/emotional level to become resilient and respectful and responsible people,” said Thelen. “So hats off to maysville and thanks for having me to your city.”
Thelen has a phone app called “Report Bullying” in the app store for students to download to help make them feel safer when they report bullying. Maysville Schools are registered, so any student that reports an incident, it will go directly to their principal.


Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is expected to use next Monday's Budget to launch a feasibility study into the use of pensions to fund UK patient capital opportunities.
According to Sky News, the study will explore how defined contribution schemes could pool investments in patient capital. Hammond's Autumn Budget and Patient Capital Review last November saw the introduction...
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COIMBATORE: Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company (KMAMC), in partnership with Optimum Fintech, has announced the launch of its “Go Digital” initiative that aims at enabling distributors to build their own website/mobile app.
“Go Digital is an open architecture platform that aims at assisting distributors in building their own website/mobile app. The distributor website will have capabilities like back office software, scheme factsheet, initiate transaction facility for all AMCs, fund recommendation and e-locker facility for document management,” KMAMC said.
“Distributor’s investors can also login on the distributor website or app to view their portfolios and scheme details, check recommendation given by IFAs (independent financial advisors), access e-locker to manage documents and transact on their own,” it said.
“Through Go Digital we will assist distributors in building their digital business,” said Manish Mehta, national head – sales, KMAMC. “We believe this will help distributors improve productivity, reach out to a larger segment of clientele across geography and reduce costs,” he said.

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Roll Call reports:
The House GOP bill made public just as Obama’s second inauguration ceremony was getting under way would suspend the salaries of members of the House or the Senate if either chamber does not adopt a budget resolution by the April 15 deadline set by the 1974 budget process law (PL 93-344).
But the Twenty-Seventh Amendment provides,
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Though the impetus for the proposed amendment (which took 200 years to ratify) was apparently a worry that members of Congress would raise their own salaries, the text bars any varying of the salaries, and not just raises. My inclination is to say that this would cover suspension of members’ salaries, even if the salaries would in theory be payable later, since that too would be “varying the compensation for … services” (given both the general time value of money, and the reality that getting one’s salary today as opposed to a month from now makes a good deal of difference to many people); the proposal would thus be unconstitutional. But this is just my tentative view at this point, and I’d love to hear what our readers have to say about this.
UPDATE: Michael Froomkin (Discourse.Net) has more on this, with an extra twist related to severability (i.e., whether, if the pay suspension is struck down, the rest of the bill would have to go with it). I’m inclined to say that a court would and should find the pay suspension severable, so that the rest of the law would remain in effect even if the pay suspension were struck down; but if you’re interested in this, read Michael’s much more detailed analysis.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
NSRA: How much is enough?
If you receive a gift with the price tag still stuck on it, there’s a high chance that knowing the gift’s dollar value will cloud your attitude towards your well-wisher.
A highly priced item will probably earn the well-wisher much gratitude whereas a pitifully small number (say $1.99?) could poison even the best friendships. Such is the reality of human nature.
Stretch this analogy to the National Service Recognition Award (NSRA) and you will begin to understand why Singaporeans are jumping to all sorts of conclusions about this “token” for sons of Singapore.
The award, announced by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech on Sunday, is intended “to provide sustained recognition for Singapore citizens who serve National Service (NS)”.
Had the NSRA been a medal, that intention might have been achieved handsomely. And if the medal was something well-designed, it might even be treasured by Operationally-Ready NSmen. During the Second World War, many German soldiers fought and died for the right to wear the Iron Cross because of its prestige value. The medal was enhanced by simple devices such as Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds and soldiers gave their best to elevate themselves from Iron Cross (Second Class) to the first class honours list.
Alas, the NSRA is a monetary award. Its dollar value was highlighted by the mainstream media (MSM) in articles on the new award. Can you blame citizens for missing the forest for the trees and making mental calculations of how much their NS liability is worth?
As forecast in an earlier post, it is precisely this dollar value that has provided ample ammunition for nay-sayers, critics and detractors. And the firing continues unabated. Indeed, if NSmen and Singaporeans could display similar tenacity and creativity when this city-state is under attack, the SAF would be hard to beat.
The system’s cause was not helped by the fact that for more than one-and-a-half days, details on the NSRA were unavailable. In the Internet age where opinions change by nanoseconds, that delay gave netizens a free run of the house.
Put in military terms, the initiative was lost till the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) press conference on Tuesday shed light on the award. By then, damage had been done.
Sunday’s bombshell from PM Lee ought to have been matched by a holding statement of sorts that gave Singaporeans some idea when details would be revealed. Even a simple line such as “Wait for MINDEF to tell you more on Tuesday” would have sufficed to stave off critics.
Instead, we had that teaser of an announcement which the MSM morphed into a $9,000 carrot. Even the platitudes mouthed by hand-picked NSmen to beef up newspaper articles couldn’t venture beyond the obvious. Shallow and no-brainer comments celebrating the windfall added to the ire of Singaporeans who, quite naturally, began to equate the $9,000 award to the price of NS. Who wouldn’t welcome more for their years of service?
Apart from wresting the initiative with a better designed defence information management (DIM) plan, I would have matched this with more persuasive statements on the higher intent of the NSRA.
Bald statements that the offspring of New Citizens will do their part cut no ice with NSFs, NSmen and sons of Singapore who stood on guard in the First Generation and Second Generation Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
It would have helped the NSRA’s cause immensely if hard numbers were added to backstop puff statements.
Are we’re ploughing new ground with theories about how New Citizens (aka foreign talent) will warm towards NS? Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve walked this road before.
I would love to know how many Hong Kong families who migrated to Singapore before the 1997 handover have stayed with us till today. Would it be too much for the system to tell us how many of these ex-HK families have sent their sons through NS? It’s been a good 13 years since 1997. Surely more than a handful have hit the enlistment age?
If the enlistment numbers are strong, then it strengthens the case.
If the numbers are pitiful, then use this fact to address Singaporeans’ fears, concerns and misgivings that the FTs are taking us all for a ride.
If New Citizens are needed for sustained growth and national resilience as birthrates turn south, then tell Singaporeans how the attitudes of new citizens towards national defence will be strengthened. Hopefully, the likes of the unsurpassed MINDEF Public Affairs Directorate would have a reassuring war plan on how this should be done.
More than ever before, defence issues look likely to be a hot topic at the coming General Election.
But while we rant and rave, let’s not give the schemers overseas a chance to catch us blindsided.
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KLKC (1540 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format licensed to Parsons, Kansas, USA. It serves the Pittsburg area.
KLKC changed from a news/talk format to a classic country format on September 7, 2013, re-branding as "Katy Country" to tie to the city's history with the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.
On January 1, 2016 KLKC changed their format from classic country to sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio.
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For three decades, American Airlines has operated at Providenciales International Airport in the Turks and Caicos Islands, one of the most popular tourist destinations worldwide.
"We are excited to celebrate 30 years of service to Providenciales, a sign of our continued commitment to the Turks and Caicos Islands. We are proud to be the largest operating U.S. airline in the country with up to 10 daily flights this winter," said José María Giraldo, American Airlines Managing Director of Operations for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Godfrey Smith, Executive Director of Turks and Caicos Airports Authority, said that these 30 years of American Airlines operations at the Providenciales International Airport not only demonstrate the strength of the destination but also the reliability of American as a strategic partner in the growth of the industry.
Meanwhile, Josephine Connolly, Minister of Tourism, said that the airline should be proud for having maintained an immaculate service to the islands. "Despite the challenges faced around the world, we here in the Turks and Caicos Islands are grateful for your service over the years. On behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and the Government of these islands, I congratulate you with all my heart; you are and continue to be a success story in a competitive and complex industry," she said.
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Warriors Clap Back At Reporter
On Monday night, the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz to extend their undefeated streak to 19 games. The game was close and the defending champs pulled out the win in dramatic fashion. One reporter, though, didn’t like how the Warriors responded to their win. And he’s getting dragged to high heavens for it, just like he deserves. Even the Warriors are blasting him. Read his tweets then see the clap backs.

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The announcement by Chelsea Clinton of her impending motherhood later this year brought out the hate, we should have known it would. As I read some of the twits tweeting, I thought to myself, is there nothing, nothing at all off-limits or out of bounds. My other thought was, ‘God people are mean-spirited and ugly’.
How did we get this way?
The argument surrounding abortion is a nasty one. Full of spite, religious rhetoric, name-calling, slut shaming and vitriol. There is no one, not a single person I know who is Pro-Abortion, only those who are pro-choice; thinking human beings, mature adults who have found the wherewithal to understand there are reasons, sometimes emotional and other times physical a woman may choose to end a pregnancy.
I told my own very personal abortion story in three parts:
Part I is No Bastards No Choice
Part II is Never Again, I Will Hate You
Part III is History isn’t Mutable, But We Are
It isn’t a pretty story, no hearts and flowers there is no happy ending. My personal story doesn’t put a positive spin on choice. It does however; reinforce the need for choice to exist for every woman in this nation, no matter her age, socio-economic or marital status.
This fight, it truly isn’t over ‘babies’, were it over ‘babies’ we would not see children living on the streets, living in cars without enough to eat, without enough to wear in the winter, without clean water. Were this truly about the ‘babies’ we would not be fighting to keep intact programs to provide for born children, for healthcare, education and their overall welfare and well-being.
No this is not about ‘babies’ or children. This fight is about slut shaming and it is about religious imposition. This fight is about smashing a great big red A or S depending on which you prefer on the breast of every woman who demands a life of her own, including the freedom to choose how, when and with whom she will have sex.
The fight over abortion has been ugly; it is about more than abortion though and none of us should ever forget this salient truth. It is about access to healthcare for women and children, as well as, access to birth control for all women and young men too. This fight has extended well beyond the fight over access to safe abortion, it is about whether women have the right to control their lives, not just their reproductive lives, their entire lives including economic, educational and even whom they choose as partners. This fight is about our future as women in this nation, thus it is also about the future of men.
I will not get into the science of when a pregnancy represents a viable human life, we honestly could argue this issue day in and day out and it would break down into name calling and ideology within no more than five comments. I tend to believe what those who have studied human development, embryology and medical science tell me, for a view of the entire process I quite like Visible Embryo I think this site does a superior job of showing and telling the story.
We use conventions to identify the sides of this battle over women, their bodies and their choices. Naming the one side Pro Life is inaccurate and poorly defines them. I do not want to spend time defining the contradiction of the Pro-Life platform with some of their other ideologies, suffice to say it is impossible to align them, at least for me.
This isn’t to say all those who are ‘Pro-Life’ fall into the vehement and ugly ideologies some are truly well meaning with sincerely held beliefs. Arguing with these folks regarding ensoulment is a waste of breath. My preference is simply to accept their beliefs and explain gently I have a different belief and am entitled to it, Constitutionally. I then ask, if you are truly Pro-Life do you support the following and if so how do you align that support:
- Reduction of SNAP
- Reduction of Education programs, for adults and children
- Reduction in funding for after school programs and Head Start
- Reduction in funding for Free Lunch programs
- Reduction in WIC
- Reduction to programs to help disadvantaged neighborhoods and youth
- Reduction to Planned Parenthood funding, which is sometimes the only source of healthcare for women
- Reduced access to Birth Control for women
- Abstinence only education
I have likely missed several programs; these were the ones I could think of off the top of my head that directly affected women and children already born, in this world and needing our help every day.
Getting back to what spurred this entire rant though, poor Chelsea. She no sooner announces the happy and momentous news that she will be delivering her first child later this year the ugly begins. What is it with the opposition; nothing can simply be a happy announcement of a new stage of a young woman’s life. This nation is all turned in and upside down when Kim Kardashian delivers a child or when the royal family has another prince. For these events, we spend hours of bandwidth. But for the daughter of a President, we have nothing but scorn?
All I can say at this point, there is no one I know who is Pro-Abortion. Many I know who are Pro-Choice, without qualification or question. Should there be limitations in the later stages of pregnancy, yes of course, however these are well known and accepted by all right thinking human beings. The ugliness of this argument and how it leaks into everything, even the happy announcement of a young women who is not in the public eye except infrequently is simply another indication of how very ugly this nation has become. It makes me sad.
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Bailout and austerity are sideshows. Puerto Rico’s failing economy is the main event
▶ Without growth, it can’t hope to pay off its debt ▶ Tax breaks for investors could spark “tremendous resentment”
On the day after Puerto Rico’s latest debt default, one of the island’s richest men, developer Nicholas Prouty, is less concerned about his $110 million building project in the heart of San Juan than he is about the emptiness that surrounds it. “Those are the only cranes you’ll see on the skyline,” Prouty says in his office next to the condominium construction site. While politicians are preoccupied with a debt deal, he sees little attention being paid to Puerto Rico’s real problem: its stagnant economy. “There’s talk of either a bailout or austerity, and I think those are false choices,” Prouty says. “You need to have a growth-based model here in order to emerge.”
Puerto Rico’s debt debacle entered a new phase with its $370 million default on May 1. Washington is gearing up to put the island’s finances under federal oversight, so a deal can be worked out with bondholders and more revenue can be raised to pay them. Missing from the effort so far is a plan to end the economic malaise that’s lasted a decade— even though a return to growth is creditors’ only chance to get some of their $70 billion back.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because it pretty much describes the situation in Greece, says Desmond Lachman, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department. As with Greece, policymakers have set out to squeeze extra cash from a country without its own currency or central bank. “We saw in Greece that all that does is, it weakens the economy,” he says. “Then the budget doesn’t improve like you thought it would. The debt ratios keep rising.”
In the past, Puerto Rico has been able to use its limbo status as neither a sovereign nation nor a U.S. state to its advantage, mostly through tax gimmicks. For decades, pharmaceutical companies flocked to the island to avail themselves of a federal rule that allowed them to get a tax break on profits. The incentive was eliminated in 1996, although companies were given a 10-year grace period to move elsewhere before taxes went up. They did—and in 2006, Puerto Rico’s slow-motion economic collapse began. “Since then, the Puerto Rican government has been improvising,” says Antonio Fernós Sagebién, an economics professor at the Interamericana
University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Among the latest tax breaks the government has tried is a controversial provision from 2012 that sought to attract wealthy foreign investors by offering a tax exemption for interest and dividends. That’s partly what led Prouty to move there in 2013 from Connecticut, where he’d set up a distressed real estate fund in Greenwich. As an owner mostly of real estate rather than financial assets, Prouty says he doesn’t personally gain much from the tax program, but that Puerto Rico could be benefiting more from the investment it does attract. “It’s hot money,” he says, warning that some in the program may simply move on when a better deal appears elsewhere. “Those people need to become engaged in Puerto Rico, or that program runs the very real risk of creating tremendous resentment.”
Although wealthy migrants enjoy their tax breaks, Puerto Ricans who run domestic businesses feel they get stuck with higher taxes, says Ricardo Alvarez-díaz, who runs an architecture and interior design firm and is chairman of the island’s builders association. “Every day there is another permit they need to open their business,” he says. “It gets to a point where you either close your business or you leave.”
Puerto Ricans have the right to live on the mainland, and as the economy slumps, they’re exercising it. The population fell 7 percent, to 3.5 million, from 2010 to 2015, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Recent migrants to the U.S. have tended to be less educated, but many professionals are leaving, too: Doctors departed at the rate of more than one a day last year. Stemming the outflow will require fixing the economy. For now the focus is on finding revenue to prevent further defaults. As a result, everything, including water bills and sales taxes, has been increased.
The next important date in Puerto Rico’s crisis is July 1, when a $2 billion payment comes due. Puerto Rican authorities project a 2 percent decline in gross national product for the year starting on July 1, which would be the fifth straight, after a projected 1.2 percent drop for the fiscal year that ends on June 30. Unemployment is running at 11.7 percent, and the labor participation rate—the portion of the labor force that’s economically active—is barely above 40 percent.
Local business leaders say Puerto Rico must again make use of its in-between status. In tourism, for example, it has the white-sand beaches of a Caribbean island but with an infrastructure that’s closer to U.S. standards than that of some competitors. It has a bilingual professional class and labor costs that are low for the U.S., if not for Latin America. Fernós Sagebién, the economics professor, says Puerto Rico can get back into manufacturing sophisticated products such as medical devices by taking advantage of its engineering programs to make products for the U.S. market. Prouty says the island can lure retirees with a combination of mainlandlike emergency medical care and year-round sunshine.
One step that Congress will probably take in its rescue package is a reduction of the minimum wage to below mainland levels. Lachman, the former IMF official, says that makes sense. But he also says the U.S. will probably have to take more drastic action to revive Puerto Rico’s economy—“give them some sort of tax break,” or maybe even inject funds, though only to stimulate the economy, not to pay off creditors. Congress is adamant that whatever measures it adopts won’t be a “bailout.”
Prouty says he’s pushing for a growth-friendly plan for Puerto Rico by knocking on every door he knows. That includes lawmakers in Washington, and even Hillary Clinton: Prouty has a photo of himself with the Democratic presidential candidate on display in his office. “Businesses like certainty, and there’s a lot of uncertainty for sure,” he says. But Prouty says he doesn’t regret his decision to move to the island and invest there. “I don’t make those decisions based on my gut,” he says. “I also believed—and still do—in the Puerto Rican economy.”
The bottom line Puerto Rico’s $370 million debt default exposes structural weaknesses of an economy that’s smaller today than a decade ago.

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Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder Devastated is like a free flash game from five years ago. The premise is simple: you are a military commander in charge of a tank. You fire at waves of enemies to stop them getting to your base. You can pick up power-ups to bring in air-strikes, mines, etc. The problem arises when you quickly realise that all you’re doing is moving a hitbox around a group of enemies and releasing to fire. There’s no strategy involved with placing down traps or enough movement via a different viewpoint to make the gameplay particularly interesting.
The main source of strategy is using power-ups to gain an advantage. There’s some good ones like Mines, Airstrikes and Rage (which just allows you to keep firing). Then there’s some alright ones like Reverse and Speed Up Reload. None are particularly awful, but whenever Rage can be enabled, they all lose their needs quite quickly. Also, the mechanic whereby your gun gets disabled for a bit if you shoot a power-up is ridiculous. It just added frustration to the game, especially due to the random spawn times of the power-ups.
With 84 levels spread over 3 campaigns and with 3 difficulty levels each, it seems like a lot of content. However, each campaign can be completed (at least on Rookie difficulty) in around an hour. It’s also quite repetitive, with any attempt to change up the formula in the 3rd act (colour-coded zombies) being lost on a player who now just wants to complete the game. There is a cool change whereby the gun starts breaking right at the end, adding some timing, but even that is done half-heartedly, with unresponsive tapping.
One major problem is the lack of any real progression. Sure, your tank does upgrade itself after every few levels, but you have no control over what happens with the upgrade. Neither can you see any stats and I’m not entirely sure it actually changes anything. Being able to collect coins and upgrade your weapon to make it your own, upgrading power-ups etc. would go a long way to add some flavour to the game.
At least the art style is clever. Taking the appearance of doodles, enemies seem cut out of paper. This reduces the impact of the violence of blowing up 30 soldiers at once and also looks good. The entire game has a childlike, cartoony feel which works. However, it is sometimes at the detriment of the writing which is mildly cringe worthy. Also, there’s just general spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, something I thought would have been fixed, given this is originally a WiiWare title and Nintendo’s reputation for approving quality games.
Overall, Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder Devastated is a game which could have been so much more, if they’d be more focused on improving progression and the repetitive nature of the gameplay.
Disclaimer: A Nintendo Switch code of Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder was provided by iFun4all for the purpose of this review

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Have you wondered what makes the drone fly?
Have you wondered what is behind the shell and casing of cars and robots?
Have you wondered how do electrical appliances such as your TV and microwave respond to your instructions?
Wonder no further! Come join AKLC’s robotics course, AK-uino Junior!
Learn to write algorithms and programs to your very own microcontroller, Arduino.
Design and wire up the microcontroller with safe and simple electrical components.
Make it blink, spin, play music and many more!
With the advent of robotics and automation, many of the traditional jobs and careers would be affected. Workers of the next generation would have to skill up in order to remain competitive in the market. With the latest Budget Report, Finance Minister has outlined many schemes to help workers and companies to adopt new technologies and skills.
Many parents have sent their children to enrichment centers and camps to learn about Programming and Robotics. However many of these focus too much on making programming fun and miss out the critical-thinking and analytical skills behind. These skills are as important as learning how to program and have fun in the process.
WHY JOIN US?
- You get to KEEP the Arduino set! (*Cost of the Arduino set is $128)
- Participants get to modify and improve on their coding at home.
- Parents are encouraged to attend the course with their children to improve family bonding.
- It prepares children who wish to take part in Robotics competition such as the National Junior Robotics Competition (NJRC).
- The focus of the course is to inculcate critical-thinking skills and analytical skills while learning how to build your own system.
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Chess and motivation
I had several conversations with members recently regarding motivation and the quirks of it. Some were finding it difficult to motivate themselves against lower rated players. Others finding it difficult to find motivation to improving after a poor result. Others lack in motivation for other reasons.
There is one thing about motivation that is worth remembering. It is a feeling that comes and goes. You are going to have a strong feeling of determination sometimes and sometimes you are not.
If you have ambitions in chess, beyond enjoying the game, the most important habit you can develop is the ability to work no matter if you are motivated or not. To be able to study chess when you do not feel like it. To submit homework on a bad week, where you are not interested. Everything worth doing is worth doing badly. A poor effort is better than no effort.
The same with facing uninteresting opponents. Yes, if you play a former World Champion, it may be greatly motivating. But if you want to succeed in chess, you need to be able to perform well when you are not inspired.
Essentially, this is what is called discipline. No one has perfect discipline. No one should expect to have perfect discipline. Anyone telling you that they have perfect discipline is lying. But you need to be able to apply willpower at times to get things going. If you do not let them stop, you will not have to apply the same level of willpower going forward.
I posted the following on Facebook. Not looking for sympathy or feeling bad, just reflecting on the nature of frustration in general, noticing how I felt for a moment…
“When you are playing well, the trifles of everyday life do not get to you. But when you are playing poorly, when you are not in the right headspace (which happens to all of us at times) and you are -1 instead of +1, because of two moves made at the combined time of 8 seconds, small irritations get to you. It is not that they necessarily affect your playing. I don’t think they do. But your playing affects your ability to deal with a hotel messing up.
6am one morning someone came into my room in a Hawaii shirt carrying a big suitcase. Then at 9am housekeeping (not requested and not scheduled) decided to come in again.
The blinds to my room was not working, so I was sitting in darkness during the day. Then the repairman did not come on the first day and I had to ask again, spending another day in darkness.
The card I gave for incidentals (personal card) was used to take money for the room cost, costing me $50 and 10 minutes of accounting.
I am not going to complain. I know that when you are losing, you do not have the right to complain about anything. Everyone will think that you are complaining about losing – and they are not entirely wrong. If you were winning, you would be able to talk to the manager without going full Karen in a way it is hard to do when you are disappointed with yourself… And I also do not know if I would complain if I was winning games. That’s an irritating question – because everything is irritating when you are irritated with yourself…”
Allow yourself to feel your emotions. But don’t think they are especially important because you are feeling them…
From the Academy we have the following players in action:
Doug, Bryan, and myself all played in closed tournaments in Charlotte. Your sympathy is accepted. I will be giving a class tomorrow at 16:00 UK time about Reflecting on Charlotte Closed Tournaments.
Andy is playing a closed GM tournament in Hollywood and was doing quite well until he lost in Round 8.
A lot of members are at the Olympiad. Here is what we are aware of:
Jacob is the coach of the Danish Women’s team
Freddy is board 5 for the Scottish team and perhaps the youngest participant in the Olympiad ever for the Scottish team
Andrew and Hamish also play for Scotland
Sam is playing for the US
Jonathan is playing for Wales
Tarun plays for Ireland
Sabino plays for Italy
Andre plays for Portugal
Lim Zhuo Ren plays for Malaysia
Trisha plays for Ireland (and we know learnt is the Irish Women’s Champion for 2022! Congratulations!)
Some of our members are at the Olympiad for other reasons. To spectate, help out or coach. It looks amazing from afar. We hope you are having a great time!
Remember to let us know which events you are participating in on the Forum. It helps motivate your fellow students and makes you a part of a team – which always helps.
Your trainer and friend,

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MUSIC lovers are being urged to help make a gig organised by Mansfield and Ashfield community group Save Our Scene (SOS) a roaring success.
The Acoustic Extravaganza will take place at Mansfield’s Intake Club on Saturday from 8pm onwards and the confirmed artists include Damon Downs Band, Wes Dolan, Elm Tree Row, 10 O’Clock Horses, Danny Apple, Andy Roberts, Marc ‘Marc Reeves’ Reeves, James Dalby and Dennis Johnson.
The SOS group was set up following the closure of the Town Mill in Mansfield in December last year, with an aim to regenerate the music scenes in Mansfield and Ashfield and provide opportunities for musicians in the area.
They recently became a Community Interest Company (CIC), which means that all profits are ploughed back into the group, which held their launch party at Mansfield’s Intake Club on 26th March.
Leader the SOS campaign is Maria Tucker, who is also a member of the band 10 O’Clock Horses, said: “We had over 1,000 guests come along at the launch party - it was a wonderful day.”
The line-up included Scarletswake, Manuka Honey, Suspended By Fate, Multitude of Sins plus many more.
l For more details on SOS including how to get involved an upcoming gigs, visit http://saveourscene.co.uk or search for the group on Facebook.


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The Maker: Adventures in Time and Space
The Fifth Moon of Asterix
The Fifth Moon of the planet Asterix is an interesting location in the universe. The planet Asterix is the third of seven planets that orbits the star named Polorius. All seven of the planets are gas giants that failed to form into stars in their own right. As such, none of the planes themselves are habitable. Each of the planets has a large number of moons due to the large gravitational pull that each exerts. The third planet in the system is the Jupiter‐like
gas giant Asterix, which itself has thirteen moons. None of these moons, bar one is habitable. However, the fifth moon on the planet can support life and as such is occasionally visited by passing space travelers who then discover the unique properties of the moon.
When the Fifth Moon of Asterix was first formed its molten core of rare earth metals were twisted and turned by the heavy gravitational forces of the other giant planets in the system. As a result, these metals formed large veins that reach throughout the moon and formed spires of metal that reach from deep within the planet and pierce the surface in twisted spirals that stick out of the surface of the planet, creating a unique landscape. These metal spires of rare earth metals create a unique electrical field on the surface of the moon. The result is that there is a very strong magnetic field that dampens virtually all electronic and electrical devices on the moon’s surface.
Because of this magnetic field effect, there are a number of disabled spaceships on the surface of the rather desolate sand strewn and rocky planet. In general the planet seems desert‐like, though there are sometimes clouds and it does rain on the planet (allowing the inhabitants of stranded ships to gather water for survival). Those smart enough to follow the various spontaneous creeks and rivers that are formed by the sudden rainfall are
sometimes able to track the water’s path to various underground caverns that can be found under the surface of the moon.
Under the surface of the planet can be found lush green plant‐filled caverns. Illumination is provided by arcing electricity generated by the rare earth metals under the ground as they are charged by the solar radiation above the surface. This electrical discharge provides enough steady light to illuminate the underground caverns and is generally safe unless one is directly in the electrical arc. This arcing also ionizes the air and provides fresh breathable air underground. Thus there is plenty of water and food in this almost paradisiacal hidden world. There are hundreds of these caverns located underneath the surface of the planet


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If New York entertainment could be distilled and unleashed in one venue, Metropolitan Room would be that venue. The renowned cabaret spot, which was crowned the #1 Jazz Cabaret by New York Magazine in 2008, ushers in Broadway stars, burgeoning comedians, and drag performers onto its stage for intimate shows every night of the week. As audience members catch homages to Judy Garland, jazz concerts, and adult puppet shows, they can dine on a menu of light gourmet cuisine and drinks. They can even take their witticisms to the stage on open-mic night or audition for a talent contest.

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We should be coming across a few migratory birds possibly as early as this weekend. Our first southbound travelers should be shorebirds, as well as the early moving Chipping Sparrow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Chimney Swift, and a few other early birds
I thought that I saw some earlier moving swifts, especially when I was getting some larger numbers. There are plenty of highflying insects to entice them, so it really was no great surprise. This cooler weather should bring some necessary rains and if the wind conditions hold steadily for the south, we’ll be in for some nice birds. However, the migratory route could be just a hair west of us, so hopefully, we’ll still manage to get some interesting sightings of both old and new friends. This time, we’ll have juvenile birds in the mix, and this group is going to be our first spring breeders.
For those of you that like to see large amounts of data together, I tend to go the paper route for overall observations and comparisons over previous years. If you’d like to begin your own personal study, mark the fall migratory birds on a calendar so you can see what to expect. By the time you get a few years of data, you’ll see changes in trends, birds that might come through earlier, others that could be later, as well as weather conditions. You can do the same for spring migration each year, too. The sky is the limit on what you can have for daily data, as it will be your personal data.
This means to fill those hummingbird feeders, as those ruby-throats are going to be very hungry and in need of a lot of quick energy. Keep them happy, and they will reward you with their presence. Make that yard inviting!
Since we’re experiencing this wonderful cool-down period, now is the time to get out there to enjoy area birds like the Mississippi Kite hawking dragonflies, the Great Crested…

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- “ This might be THE place in Thessaloniki where backpackers meet. Its a great place to meet new people and share travel experiences. However, besides the nice yard where you can drink a beer. Facilities are of rather modest quality. ”
- 08 Oct 2014 Tobias Switzerland
- “ Lovely place, friendly staff, you have a lot people arround you to make nice conversations, About 20 minutes far from the cost on foot, ”
- 18 Sep 2014 Anonymous Turkey
- “ I love this hostel, because they have such a beautiful garden and the atmosphere was great to drink a beer and meet other interesting backpackers! The staff is really great! The location is also great, because it is inside the beautiful old town, though a bit far from the train station by foot (~20 Minutes). The only bad thing: The shower, because it was difficult to turn on the boiler and the curtain was so stupid that it was impossible not to leave the bathroom wet (floor towel was missing). ”
- 07 Sep 2014 Rebecca Germany
- “ Pros: Clean, small sitting/reception/kitchen areas, helpful staff, comfy bed. Cons: non-stop music noise in sitting/reception area, mosquitoes, two buses from bus station or 20 minute walk uphill from train station. ”
- 28 Aug 2014 Anonymous England

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"Around the world, marine turtles now face a threat to their survival. They are hunted at sea and slaughtered on the beach as they lay their eggs. The eggs and meat are taken as food while the skins and shells are processed into ornaments and jewelry. As a result local populations of marine turtles around the world have dropped to dangerously low levels".
What are Marine Turtles?
Marine turtles also called sea turtles are large air - breathing reptiles that remain relatively unchanged in the same form as their ancestors did 200 million years ago. During the course of their evolution (how they developed, evolved) their ribs, vertebrate, and bony plates, eventually fused under a protective covering, but really they have changed very little. Marine turtles have even outlived the dinosaurs!
Their body temperature fluctuates depending on the environmental conditions, as like in all reptiles. (Our body temperature is fairly constant at 37 Degrees Celsius, and rarely fluctuates). They reproduce by internal fertilization, and lay their eggs on land, and the baby turtles appear exactly the same as the adults, just miniature versions. On average a female turtle will lay 100 eggs per sitting, but unfortunately due to heavy human and environmental pressures 99 of these will die, leaving only one to survive and return to the same beach 35 years from then to reproduce again, a staggering statistic, showing the urgent need to help these creatures. Marine turtles are different to their terrestrial and freshwater relatives (tortoises and terrapins) by their flattened, paddle-like limbs. The head and limbs cannot be retracted into their shell.


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Designer – Chris Hopewell
Limited edition of 325 (Jacknife have a share of 75 to sell)
4 colour handscreenprinted design on 380g microns brown Quantock board from Bristol’s Arboreta Papers
42cm x 60cm (16.5″ x 23.5″)
This is a colour swatch test print and a unique 1 of 1 as you can see. It shows Chris Hopewell’s process in selecting the right colours for the screenprint.


BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -Two hundred New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were on state active duty on Wednesday after as much as 6.83 inches of rain fell on some parts of the Finger Lakes region on Tuesday.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered the Guard response as the state declared a disaster area in 14 counties in the Finger Lakes area and Southern Tier of New York counties where heavy rains caused streams and lakes to rise. The declaration allows the state to move assets—including Guard Soldiers and Airmen—to assist local governments.
On Tuesday, 30 Airmen from the 174th Attack Wing, based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, were deployed to Ovid, New York, to assist local governments there in clearing debris. A priority was to clear roads and keep drainage ditches and culverts from clogging and overflowing.
The 204th Engineer Battalion in Binghamton mobilized 25 Soldiers with high-axle vehicles for immediate storm response. The Susquehanna River flows past Binghamton and the river’s water level was four feet over flood stage at one point before it subsided Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday morning, Aug. 15, an additional 150 Soldiers and vehicles were placed on duty in Auburn, Binghamton, Walton and Horseheads. All elements were equipped with LMTV vehicles and Humvees capable of negotiating flooded areas. The Soldiers came from additional companies of the 204th Engineer Battalion and the 102nd Military Police Battalion in Auburn.
The New York National Guard also placed an additional 50 members of the 369th Sustainment Brigade on standby at Camp Smith Training Area in the Hudson Valley near Peekskill, New York.
The New York Army National Guard also has two UH-60s with hoist capability standing by at the Rochester International Airport Army Aviation Support Facility.
The Finger Lakes region of New York stretches through the middle of the state and includes 11 lakes, the longest of which is 38 miles long. The region is a major tourism destination and wine industry center.
In Pennsylvania, where National Guard assets have been mobilized for several days because of flooding, aerial rescues took place Tuesday in the Benton area north of Bloomsburg, where three helicopters with a group run by the National Guard and the state Fish and Boat Commission performed about 10 rescues, including people plucked from the roofs of their homes, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.


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Just like everything else, in todays trend of endless products, there seem to be unlimited preference in the case to selecting sleeper sofas. You might think you understand exactly what you would like, but once you enter a store or browse photos online, the styles, patterns, and customization choices can be complicating. Better to save the time, money, budget, also energy and take advantage of these ideas to acquire a ideal idea of what you would like and the thing you need before starting the quest and contemplate the proper variations and select suitable decoration, here are some tips and photos on selecting the most appropriate sleeper sofas.
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Sleeper sofas is special for your house and shows a lot about your taste, your individual design must be reflected in the piece of furniture and sofa that you choose. Whether your choices are contemporary or traditional, there are plenty of updated choices on the market. Do not buy sofa and furniture you never like, no matter what the people recommend. Just remember, it's your house so be sure to fun with home furnishings, decor and nuance.
Do you need sleeper sofas as a relaxed atmosphere that reflects your own styles? This is why why it's highly recommended to be sure that you get every one of the furniture pieces that you are required, that they compliment one with another, and that deliver benefits. Whole furniture and the sofa is about producing a comfortable and cozy spot for homeowner and guests. Your own style may be wonderful to include to the decor, and it is the simple personalized touches that give originality in a room. As well, the perfect setting of the sofa and existing furniture additionally making the area look more beautiful.


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If you thought the news that Emma Watson would be playing Belle in a live-action version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast was perfect, just wait.
The rumor is that her Beast will be none other that Ryan Gosling!
According to the latest behind-the-scenes reports, Disney is all about getting the former Mouseketeer back and have straight-up offered RyGos the role!
[ Related: Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, And Christian Bale May Be Teaming Up For A Movie ]
If true, this could be the best casting of all time!
Ryan hasn't had a strong romantic role in a while, preferring to take on more ultraviolent fare, and to try his hand at directing.
This could mark a return to the Ryan we all know and love — strong, loyal, covered in soft fur.
OK, the last part will be crazy makeup, but still! We just hope Ryan accepts!
[Image via Bauer Griffin Online.]
Tags: beauty and the beast, disney, emma watson, film flickers, ryan gosling

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|Preceded by||Died in the Wool|
|Followed by||Swing Brother Swing|
Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh.
Agatha Troy Alleyn is waiting for the return of her husband Roderick Alleyn after a long separation during World War II. (The preceding two books in the series, Colour Scheme and Died in the Wool, concern Alleyn's work during the war.) While waiting, she accepts a commission to paint the celebrated actor Sir Henry Ancred at his home Ancreton Manor. While there, she witnesses the bitter family dynamics between Sir Henry, his children and grandchildren, which are complicated by the presence of his young mistress, Sonia Orrincourt. Soon after the portrait is finished, Sir Henry, who has been in poor health, dies seemingly of natural causes. Troy returns home and is reunited with her husband. Alleyn is soon assigned to investigate the death, and the case is quickly complicated by another murder.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol say Interstate 90 and most highways in south-central Minnesota are now open:
State highways are open in the following counties:
- Blue Earth (Hwy 60 west of Hwy 60/169 junction only)
- Brown (western portion)
- I-90 from South Dakota to Blue Earth
No travel advisories have also been lifted from state highways in the following counties in southcentral Minnesota:
- Blue Earth (rural areas)
- Nicollet (Hwy 111 and Hwy 22)
- Sibley (Hwy 22 and Hwy 19)
Conditions may be improving in parts of the region, but MnDOT urges motorists to use caution while driving. Reduced visibility with drifting and blowing snow may still make travel difficult.
MnDOT reminds motorists to be patient while snowplow operators work to improve driving conditions. The majority of snowplow crashes take place during “clean up” when motorists resume their normal speeds.


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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Trade) by Muriel Spark
Very Good. No markings.
One of Muriel Sparks' best known works, this is a book
about a teacher named Miss Jean Brodie who, well...
is in her prime. Riveting and relational, it tells the tale
of womanhood and betrayal from many shining sides.
This book is currently reserved for the Instagram Story Sale. Please visit us on Instagram at 12pm (pt) or check back here after 1pm (pt).

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We are looking for a skilled mortgage loan officer assistant to join our top-producing team and assist our mortgage loan origination officers. This position requires a unique mix of sales and customer service skills, plus the ability to manage loan files from beginning to end. Effective communication skills are essential for building relationships that help us to obtain future business. If you are detail-oriented, thorough, and can offer top-notch customer service, start your application today!
- Handle all customer and in-house inquiries about transactions so the process is smooth and customers receive excellent service
- Act as the primary contact between our clients and our company and schedule and conduct meetings to discuss any follow-up issues or items that need to be addressed
- Verify all loan package documentation received is accurate and complete in accordance with company policy and procedures and report any discrepancies to the loan originator/ loan officer
- Gather and coordinate necessary loan documentation necessary for verifications and underwriting such as loan files, loan packages, credit reports, and additional mortgage application paperwork
- Provide administrative support such as screening and making calls, booking appointments, etc.
- NMLS license or training is not required, but is desired
- Proficiency in MS Office required; CRM, MLS, DU, and proprietary mortgage software preferred
- Ability to effectively work in a strong team-oriented environment and provide outstanding communication and customer service to clients
- Understand basic loan financing options such as conventional loans, FHA, VA, adjustable/ fixed, commercial loans, etc.
- Preferably 2-3 years of administrative support in a professional office or mortgage environment
- Minimum 2-3 years experience as an LOA with purchases
- NMLS license and experience quoting rates preferred
- Experience closing 20-30 loans a month showing ability to handle high volume
- Ability to structure complex loan scenarios and income
- Extensive knowledge of conventional, VA, and FHA guidelines
- College degree required, preferably in finance or banking
$18 hourly + bonus per loan
About Praise Mortgage
Praise Mortgage is a growing team whose commitment is getting clients the best rates, lowest fees, and 5-star service. Our goal to our realtor partners is to provide the most value possible to help them grow their business using technology, coaching, branding, videos, and much more. Please check out our Yelp reviews to get an idea of our service to clients and agents (Joshua Sun Loans).
Our team prioritizes strong values and people. Our motto is do unto others as you would have them do unto you. We focus on being relational and not transactional. Our office has been around for over 20 years so we are an established business and have a good system from experience but always looking to improve. From top to bottom, every team member is professional and nice and there is no drama whatsoever. We work hard and strive for excellence but also have a lot of fun doing it together.


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A Young Man’s Successful Journey!
High school can be tough… the social circles, the academic pressure, the peer pressure. It can be difficult for any child, but a child with an Autism diagnosis? That adds a whole new level of challenge. All because of Early Intervention Services provided more than 10 years ago by teli, one child has been able to face those challenges and create successes that were unimaginable at the time of diagnosis!
Jace is that child – now a young man at the age of 15. A sophomore in high school, Jace has some amazing accomplishments to include on his college application! An honor student, a member of student council, a runner in track as well as voted the nicest boy by his class multiple times! Math and karate are his passions, winning many county math competition awards and most recently earning his third degree black belt in karate while at the same time sharing his love by teaching younger children karate skills.
Early Intervention Provides a Developmental Foundation
His mother, Tammy reflects,” I am convinced that if he hadn’t gotten Early Intervention Services through teli, he would have never had a foundation to build upon. They were with him every step of the way.” In Jace, she has come to personally realize the impact and importance of Early Intervention services for children with developmental delays. She believes wholeheartedly that addressing Jace’s delays early, was instrumental in helping him to reach his full potential from a academic as well as social perspective.
Tammy described her son’s challenges prior to the diagnosis that were worrisome. “He wasn’t speaking and was having difficulty eating. Also I was concerned about his behavior, it was just unusual, and not at all like other children. While I thought it might just take time and things would be ok, my family and my pediatrician suggested that he be evaluated, so I took that step. ”
The Diagnosis and Getting Early Intervention Help
Learning about Jace’s diagnosis of Autism was a difficult time for Tammy and her family. “I felt scared, worried and confused. I began to search for whatever would help our son,” remembers Tammy. ” teli was incredible and led the way! Occupational Therapist, Debbie Fekos started immediately! And we were so lucky to have her!”
Incorporating Early Intervention Activities Into the Family Routine
The Early Intervention therapy for Jace focused on daily support to help him with speech and feeding. Tammy recalls some of the techniques and activities the teli therapists taught her to help Jace, to this day!” The therapist created an valuable tool for us to incorporate into our family routine that was a ring of laminated picture cards. Jace would use the picture cards to identify objects and eventually verbalize the words. That ring went everywhere with us!”
To address Jace’s difficulty with food textures, particularly soft foods, the therapists developed a reward system that helped him to gradually tolerate a variety of foods. Tammy laughs that she believes that reward system continues to play a major role in his life today as he continues to compete and work diligently to reach new heights in his karate skills and in school.
Encouragement for Others
“With Early Intervention, amazing things can happen!” says Tammy.” I guess I just wanted to thank teli and ask that you share this with other parents experiencing those feelings of desperation and worry. It may offer some encouragement. Early Intervention is hard work but if you are determined enough, it can make a big difference in your child’s future. ”
At teli, we truly believe in the potential of every child and find it rewarding to learn of stories like Jace’s when true potential is indeed reached!
In his own words
Finally, Tammy shared an essay authored by Jace sharing his beliefs on Acceptance and his personal journey for acceptance.
“As I think about what is important to me I believe ACCEPTANCE is powerful and certainly not practiced by our society nearly enough. This word represents Equality, Approval, Comfort, Belonging, and Love. Our world has always been filled with diversity, not one individual out there is the same, and the word “acceptance” is what can help play a big role in uniting all of us.
Many people in our society put so much wasted energy into countless, hurtful rejections; it typically has a negative outcome for all. I have observed this my whole life for as far back as I can remember. The challenge of being accepted starts at an early age when we first play outside, start attending school, social events, participate in sports, as I am sure continues through college and the workplace. Acceptance is something that makes the news on a daily basis as not being practiced enough.
From a young age growing up, acceptance was always something that didn’t come easy for me. Age three gave me the diagnosis of being on the Autistic Spectrum… Wow, what was that??? It was a long journey I found myself on along with my supportive family and teachers, and many others along the way. I have been working on overcoming challenges my whole life to make me the success I believe I am today. I am proud of my accomplishments, and grateful for all the help I received along the way. Still to this day, acceptance is still something I hope for and strive to have on a daily basis. Being socially accepted into a group is something many people take for granted. I have learned in my first two years of high school social acceptance is still a difficult task.”
Everyone has different looks, abilities, beliefs, and outlooks on life. This is something relevant society has to understand. You may not agree and accept everything your peers do, but having an open mind, positive attitude and just showing respect for others will make our time her a better experience for all.