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November 2016 – Im Rahmen des Prokofiew-Marathons der Münchner Philharmoniker trat Alexandra Conunova mit Mozarts Violinkonzert Nr. 3 auf. Die Süddeutsche Zeitung lobte ihren individuelle und ausdrucksstarke Interpretationen als „erotisch boshaften Verführungsversuch“. „Die Geigerin kokettierte mit den Hörern wie mit den Noten. Da verzögerte sie Erwartbares und bezweifelte es so. Dort verwandelte sie sehnsüchtige Blicke in Klang, die sich bald als dreiste Fopperei entpuppten. Im langsamen Satz spielte sie dann derart verführerisch leise, dass Gergiev alle Hände voll zu tun hatte, das Orchester ebenfalls so leise zu bekommen.“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 14. November, Reinhard Brembeck) http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/
Konzert online unter (ab Minute 00:47): http://www.medici.tv/#!/valery-gergiev
October 2016 – with the South-West German chamber orchestra under Timo Handschuh, Lena Neudauer and Matthias Kirchnereit excited in Pforzheim and Lippstadt. The newspaper celebrated the concert as a “relished event of interpretation” (Lippstädter Zeitung, 10 / 10 / 2016).
April 2018, they will be guests in Leer with the following program me :
F.Mendelssohn: Symphony N o . 2 D-Minor for Strings
F.Schubert: Rondo A-Major for Violin and String Orchestra D 438
W.A.Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra A-Major KV 414
F.Mendelssohn: Concerto D-Minor for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
October 2016 – With Prokofjew’s violin concerto No .1, Lenau Neudauer excited spectators, conductor and orchestra alike. “The breathtaking perfection playing with the agreeably humble seeming soloist” and the “feelable band between all involved” made the evening a wonderful concert experience. “With gripping emotions”, Lena Neudauer finished her encore with the violonin solo sonata No. 2 by Eugène Ysaye (Heidenheimer Zeitung, 18 / 10 / 2016).
October 2016 – On the 12th of October, Alexandra Conunova presented Peteris Vasks’ “Vox Amoris” under Matthias Foremny in Bayreuth. Contemporary music with great tension and rich sounds. An immaculate sound of “almost glass like transparancy” and “lyrical melody” were the verdicts of the press about the young soloist. (Nordbayerische Kurier, 14 / 10 / 2016).
In April and May 2017 the Stuttgart chamber choir and Alexandra Conunova will continue their succesful cooperation with concerts in Donaueschingen, Lünen and Broken:
CPE Bach Hamburg Symphony No . 2
Peteris Vasks: Vox amoris
Mozart symphony A-Major KV 201
September 2016 – Julia Fischer and Lena Neudauer performed on stage together as children. In their youth, they shared the path of the early soloist training. From autumn 2016 on, both child prodigies will teach together as professors at the Musikhochschule München. Until summer term 2016 Lena Neudauer taught at the Music High School Saar, where she started as a professor at the age of 26.
August 2016 – On the 13th of August, Aurich experienced the young artists as a trio. With a completely Russian program, the trio presented an expressive and moving concert in front of a sold out hall.
August 2016 – During festival exhibitions in Lucca, Genua, Locca, Alexander Kobrin was able to excite audience and musical press alike. The well respected musical critic Alberto Spano celebrated Kobrin as “a giant on the piano”. His fulminat recital resulted in a repeat invitation for next year.
July 2016 – On the 9th of July, Matthias Kirschnereit gave a guest performance in a sold out hall in the Johannisberg castle. With a moderated concert he led the audience through a spread of personally selected compositions of Mendelssohn, Schubert via Debussy to Lachenmann and Ginastera. The concert was recorded by Hessischer Rundfunk and will be broadcast on the 6th of September 20:05 on hr2-Kultur.
July 2016 – Under the auspices of Hartmut Rohde, the Breslau Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum delivered a brilliant performance with varying programs and constellations at the Casals festival. Chamber music, compositions from Central Europe and a program “from Bach to Bernstein” as well as the cooperation with the young prize-winning cellist Edgar Moreau excitee the festival audience. The crowning finale of the three-day concert marathon was the open air concert in the Palace of Kings of Mallorca in Perpignan in front of 1000 guests.
June 2016 – On the 24th of june the tidal concerts opened their season, which have developed into a festival tip under Matthias Kirschnereit. State prime Ministor Stephan Weil visited the opening concert of the Festival with Matthias Kirschnereit, Ingolf Turban and the Mendelssohn chamber Orchestra under Andreas Mitschke. This season Matthias Kirschnereit was able to win artists such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, the Academy for old music Berlin, Nils Mönkemeyer and Daniel Hope for a performance.
Matthias Kirschnereit can be experienced in performance multiple times – with Orchestra, as chamber musician and during piano-evenings.
June 2016 – With the third CD of Händel’s organ concertos transposed for piano the production of this unusual project reaches its conclusion.
With the Cembalo concertos of J S Bach being part of the expected repertoire of world class pianists, the same principle has been proven to work with Händel. Matthias Kirschnereits transposition of the solo of Händel’s organ concerts to the modern piano has convinced audience and press alike. With 16 concertos on a total of 3CDs this sensational unheard edition has been completed.
The young violinist is awarded Borletti-Buitoni-Trust Fellowship Winner 2016. This highly renowned award is given to outstanding young musicians to develop and sustain international careers. Since its first awards in 2003, BBT has provided support to 96 individuals and ensembles from 30 countries like Sol Gabetta, Vilde Frang, Tine Thing Helseth, Francesco Piemontesi, Julian Steckel and Antoine Tamestit .


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Preview: Sevilla vs. Shakhtar DonetskSports Mole previews Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg between Sevilla and Shakhtar Donetsk, with the tie locked at 2-2 at the halfway stage.
May 4, 15:14
Half-Time Report: Olexandr Gladkiy fires Shakhtar Donetsk in front against MalmoOlexandr Gladkiy opens the scoring for Shakhtar Donetsk against Malmo.
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Half-Time Report: Shakhtar Donetsk hold slender advantage after pulsating first halfShakhtar Donetsk hold a slender aggregate advantage over Rapid Vienna in their Champions League playoff second-leg tie, which is poised at 2-2 on the night.
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Result: Vincent Aboubakar strike earns Porto point against Shakhtar DonetskPorto earn a point in their Champions League clash against Shakhtar Donetsk as a late goal from Vincent Aboubakar gives them a draw.
Dec 10, 21:38
Half-Time Report: Goalless between Porto, Shakhtar DonetskNeither side can find a breakthrough in the first 45 minutes of the Champions League clash between Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk at the Estadio do Dragao.
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It’s Wednesday, July 29, so the time has come once again to take a look around the college world and appreciate some of the standout students and rising social media influencers at various colleges in the country for the COED Girl of the Day which features a college student that stands out among their peers. Today, we feature Brianna Rose, a student-athlete at the University of Utah.
The senior from Murrieta, California is a libero/defensive specialist on the Utes women’s volleyball team. She is majoring in kinesiology at the University of Utah and hopes to one day become a pediatric dentist.
Brianna is putting together a strong audience on social media with more than 14,000 followers on Instagram.
You can check out more photos of Brianna in the gallery below or by heading over and clicking that follow button on her Instagram account.
If you or someone that you know wants to be featured as the COED Girl of the Day, find us on Twitter or Instagram and slide on into the DMs.


20.04. – Webinar “Crisis in Harm Reduction Funding. Opportunities for Governments to act in South-Eastern Europe and the Balkans”
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Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association and the Drug Policy Network of South-Eastern Europe are hosting an online discussion about the funding challenges and opportunities for governments to the crisis of harm reduction services in SEE countries and the Balkans.
The webinar will take place on the 20th of April from 13:00h to 14:30h CET
Countries of South-Eastern Europe and the Balkans, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia, are experiencing relatively high levels of HIV and HVC infection among people who inject drugs, including those who inject psychoactive substances. However, due to limited domestic resources and the gradual withdrawal of the Global Fund from the region, the governments of these countries are facing a lack of resources to continue the long-term funding of comprehensive harm reduction programmes. In addition to these and other barriers, in some countries, there is no legal basis for NGOs to provide services to marginalized populations, including people who use drugs.
During this webinar, C-EHRN, EHRA and DPNSE will present the research they have conducted in the area and discuss its key findings, which include:
- Common challenges of scaling-up harm reduction programmes in the countries of South-Eastern Europe.
- Consequences of the limited funding of the harm reduction services for public health and national healthcare systems.
- Opportunities available for the governments of the region to act and invest funds and efforts in effective and proven models of harm reduction in their respective countries.
The webinar is open to national decision-makers from the SEE region, the Balkans and other European countries, researchers, harm reduction activists, civil society representatives, harm reduction service providers and the media.
The event will be held in English. To register and to receive the complete webinar agenda, please fill in the form here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-4Dh14MmQumJc3mPJxZgOw
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Services for migrants and refugees from Ukraine – HIV/TB care with a focus on key populations
Due to the increasing flows of refugees from Ukraine because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EECA Regional Platform created a spreadsheet to fill contacts details of face-to-face and online services for refugees and migrants (with a focus on HIV/TB care and key population groups).
If you provide such services or know verified providers, please fill out the spreadsheet at your earliest convenience, and, please, update it as more verified information is available. These can be services for national citizens if they are also accessible to international migrants and refugees.
Regional Platform – EECA
This web-resource is a part of new regional communication and coordination project “Regional Civil Society and Community Support, Coordination and Communication Platform - EECA”, implemented by Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA).
“Gender and HIV” Grants Open Call for EECA and SEE countries 25.04.2024 09:43
Scholarships to attend the 25th International AIDS Conference 11.04.2024 15:48
EECA’s Regional Platform monthly Newsletter #3, April 2024 08.04.2024 14:39


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LaBelle Man Arrested on Meth, Child Endangerment Charges
A LaBelle man is arrested on Lewis County meth related charges early Tuesday morning.
Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish reports deputies responded to a report of illegal narcotics in the presence of a child at a residence in LaBelle early Tuesday morning.
An investigation revealed a substance later identified as methamphetamine in the residence.
45 year old Steven Clay of LaBelle was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs.
Clay is in the Lewis County Jail on $10,000 cash only bond.

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Fermob Origami Bench
Fermob Origami Steel Bench
The Fermob Origami bench pays homage to the Asian art of paper-folding. It is created by cutting and folding a single sheet of steel and is a true work of art. The Origami garden bench is perfectly suited for seating at a patio table or along a path in a garden or around the pool. The Origami Steel Bench is durable and beautiful for years of enjoyment.
18"H x 61"W x 8"D
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ICU patients who are stable go out for a walk around the Cordovan hospitalAfter the pandemic, an outing every three weeks has gone to one dailyThe Clinic congratulates more than 160 patients who have been hospitalized for yearsWhen every minute counts, time it becomes eternal. And that’s what happens in an Intensive Care Unit. Cristina López knows it well. This intensivist doctor works between all those endless minutes of the ICU of the Reina Sofía Hospital in Córdoba: “Here it is not like in other units that the doctor comes by twice a day.” No. Here the doctor is pending 24 hours a day. Many of Cristina’s patients spend months in the ICU. “Those who are asleep don’t know, of course,” says the doctor. In that case, it is the relatives who carry the burden of worry. “However, when they are awake, they get overwhelmed…they are afraid that something bad is going to happen to them,” says Cristina. They are 24 hours a day for months locked up in the ICU and that leads many patients to a lack of motivation that works against them. This is how the Reina Sofía rides are born. “In many centers they take patients out of the ICU to designated areas such as hospital terraces,” she tells us. The problem is that in Córdoba there is no physical place to take them inside the hospital. The solution was to get them out on the street. “We go to a side area of the hospital, a garden area with flowers,” explains Cristina. They stay there for a while, a few minutes that also count and with which time also becomes eternal. They are not alone on the walk. There are hospital staff and a family member accompanies him. “Most of them get emotional and cry,” says Cristina, who has already experienced many of these walks, “and since they leave they are thanking you.” Upon returning something has changed. They come back calmer and more motivated “with a rush of strength and energy that shows in their recovery… and that’s what they need.” The walk of JesusOne of the last walks has been that of Jesus. After a traffic accident, he ended up in the Reina Sofía ICU. “He had polytraumatism… he was very bad,” confesses Cristina. He was on a ventilator, going from operation to operation and completely unmotivated. When he had been hospitalized for a month and a half, they decided to give him a ride accompanied by his mother. That day he finally smiled. “The boy’s attitude changed a lot,” says Cristina. Two weeks later he was released from the ICU… Today he is at his house. The #ICU of the Reina Sofia Hospital is committed to humanization. Neither the heat nor the work prevent this team 🔝🔝 from putting all their, ❤, love and dedication into these much-needed and healing walks for our patients. pic.twitter.com/MZ7zHpIllq— Reina Sofia Hospital Intensive Care (@uciHURS) July 19, 2022 Not all patients can go out. They must meet certain security conditions. They can go out with a ventilator or drains, but they must be stable. Organizing it however is not easy. Emergencies have sometimes forced to suspend outings that were already prepared. Even so, everything possible is being done to continue this activity, which is currently working. “After the walk, they once again have that illusion of wanting to get ahead,” says Dr. López, “they put more desire into it, we noticed it.” The walks were already done before the pandemic, but after the confinement they are done more. They have gone from going out every two or three weeks to one or even two a day. “As a result of the pandemic we have all learned that going out is more important than we thought,” says Cristina, “and now we value it more” The therapy also benefits the workers of the center. “It’s very rewarding and after the walks everything is much easier,” says Cristina. In the ICU where every minute counts and days drag on forever, these walks are capable of stopping time.
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Personal Project: Bank Of America iOS Facelift
Apple has released iOS 7 for quite a few months now and Bank Of America, my bank. Has not updated its user interface to match with iOS 7. I am plagued by this daily and every time I see an update come through I am hoping they have hired someone to update their app to something fresh and new. Time and time again I am let down and see no new interface. So I have taken it upon myself to create my own interface and to stretch my own UI skills and have a bit of fun with it. I’ll be continuing to design different parts of the app when I have time.
Thanks to these fellows for providing some free design elements.
IOS 7 UI Kit: Teehan + Lax
Line Icons: Jakub Kittler
Preview Template: Balraj Chana
All Bank of America logos and art belong to Bank of America and I am solely using them for personal use.


Right now, there are no limits on carbon pollution from power plants, even though these facilities were responsible for roughly 40 percent of all U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012.
That’s why the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is crafting greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations for new fossil fuel-fired power plants by setting a limit on how much CO2 the plants can emit. Later this year, EPA will issue proposed CO2 “emission guidelines” for existing fossil fuel-fired power plants using various Clean Air Act tools to protect human health and to clean up our air.
To achieve significant and cost-effective emission reductions from existing power plants, EPA should look to leading states that are already implementing successful measures to reduce emissions. These measures include investing in renewable energy, harvesting energy efficiency, and utilizing more efficient and lower-emitting fossil fuel-fired units. Read More
Source: WATR News
The Texas Comptroller, Susan Combs, recently released the Texas Water Report: Going Deeper for the Solution, which proposes a sort of revolution to solve Texas’ water woes. As Combs notes, Texas is a global energy leader, but the state should be a global water leader too. And her initiative couldn’t come fast enough. Texas, already prone to cycles of drought, is facing new water pressures, including population growth and a changing economy, which only make it harder to preserve our diminishing water supply. To rouse the state’s water recovery plan, the report prioritizes water-saving technological innovations (while stressing the need for conservation) and lauds various Texas cities for water management practices. But the report misses some key elements that are essential to keeping our water flowing. In the same way that new energy technologies have brought us closer to a cleaner, more reliable electric grid, innovations in the water arena can seamlessly reduce our water use and set the state on a sustainable path.
The report says conservation is not enough, and it’s right. However, efficiency is the most significant first step and conservation achieved through technology is a welcome counter to the infrastructure-heavy plans typically heard at the Capitol and in the State Water Plan. (What good is a new reservoir, if there’s no water to put in it?) Some of the technologies evaluated in the report include aquifer storage and recovery, inter-basin transfers, low-water fracking technologies and desalinization – what some call “game changers.” These technologies could potentially relieve our future water woes, but these projects are expensive and don’t alleviate our immediate or even mid-term water stresses. Read More
This commentary originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog.
It’s no secret that electricity generation requires substantial amounts of water, and different energy sources require varying amounts of water. Nor is it a surprise that Texas and other areas in the West and Southwest are in the midst of a persistent drought. Given these realities, it is surprising that water scarcity is largely absent from the debate over which energy sources are going to be the most reliable in our energy future.
Recent media coverage has been quick to pin the challenge of reliability as one that only applies to renewables. The logic goes something like this: if the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow, we won’t have electricity, making these energy sources unreliable. But if we don’t have reliable access to abundant water resources to produce, move and manage energy that comes from water-intensive energy resources like fossil fuels, this argument against the intermittency of renewables becomes moot.
Moving forward into an uncertain energy future, the water intensity of a particular electricity source should be taken into consideration as a matter of course. Read More
I often refer to energy efficiency as being cost effective, and it is. It is always cheaper not to use energy or to get the same result while using less energy. But monetary cost savings are just one of the many benefits associated with implementing energy efficiency measures. Reduced pollution, improved health and reduced strain on our water supply are other notable benefits of energy efficiency, though they are not always taken into consideration when a utility proposes a new energy efficiency project.
At the state regulatory level, Public Utility Commissions or similar entities are required to do a cost-benefit analysis for each energy efficiency project or program that a utility proposes, in order to determine how cost effective it may be. This analysis is called an ‘energy efficiency cost test,’ and although the concept may seem straight forward, its application is based on a varying set of pre-defined criteria that are not always consistent. Furthermore, the subject of cost-effectiveness tests is sensitive in the utility sector, because it’s at the core of how energy efficiency programs are valued.
There are several different types of energy efficiency cost tests that differ slightly and are often customized to reflect a state’s values. Before diving into the options, it’s important to note that a cost-effectiveness test of some sort is a necessary measure as more and more states implement ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. Customers need to know that the programs they’re paying for are delivering the promised benefits, and regulators need to ensure that the costs paid by the customers are justified. Read More
Over the past several years, a combination of market forces and targeted policies has brought about enormous growth in clean energy technologies around the United States. A clean energy economy has developed around these new technologies, creating tens of thousands of homegrown jobs each year. Despite the industry’s initial surge, recent economic uncertainty has led to a plateau in clean energy job growth in most, but not all, regions in the U.S.
According to a report released by Environmental Entrepreneurs, the U.S. created 10,800 clean jobs in the third quarter of 2013, down from 37,000 in the previous quarter.
Notably, Texas doesn’t follow the national trend. Texas clean energy companies created over 660 jobs in the fall quarter of 2013 alone, up from less than 500 jobs in the previous quarter, cementing Texas in the list of top 10 states for clean energy jobs. Read More
This commentary originally appeared on EDF's Energy Exchange blog.
In the past, I’ve written a lot about the inherent connection between energy and water use and the need for co-management of energy-water planning. Most of the energy we use requires copious amounts of water to produce, and most of the water we use requires a considerable amount of energy to treat and transport. Despite this inherent connection, it’s actually uncommon to see energy and water utilities collaborating to identify best practices to save energy and water and even lower costs. Think of it this way: If energy and water utilities worked together, their unique perspectives could uncover joint cost-saving solutions, customers would save more money and utilities could share data to better understand their holistic energy-water footprint.
Identifying why there is a lack of collaboration and how to overcome these barriers was the motivation behind the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE’s) recent report. The report goes beyond citing discrepancies, though, and provides solutions for energy and water utilities to create better, more resource-efficient programs for themselves and their customers.
The report highlights a number of ways U.S. energy and water utilities have collaborated to identify mutually-beneficial energy and water savings. It lists successful energy and water utility programs from a variety of different sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and municipal. Read More
Recently, we highlighted some of the impressive clean energy research projects currently under development in universities across the state of Texas. These research initiatives form the foundation to Texas’ position as leader in the clean energy economy and a producer of a burgeoning workforce. And this clean energy workforce requires a variety of skill sets that can be learned at different points along the educational spectrum.
In 2010, I produced a Texas Green Jobs Guidebook that highlights the job diversity within the clean energy sector—from solar panel installation to air quality enforcement. Universities train engineers, architects and city planners, but the clean energy workforce also requires a level of technical skill that is best taught at the community college level. In many ways, community colleges play a vital role in training the individuals that will put the clean energy future into action, and schools in Texas understand the growing need for skilled technicians.
Houston Community College recently launched a new solar energy program that trains students to install solar panels. Their education includes understanding proper placement and trouble-shooting and is, in fact, the first program in the area that is certified by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. Read More
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The Solar Decathlon, a competition that challenges colleges across the nation to design and construct efficient, affordable and attractive solar powered-home, is taking place October 3-13 at Orange Country Great Park in Irvine, California. The bi-annual event, organized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), awards the team that excels in combining cost-effectiveness, consumer appeal and energy efficiency into a state of the art home. But like many competitions, the real winners are those that pursue the challenge long after the bout ends, and this decathlon is no exception. Year after year, students graduate and form the next wave of clean energy entrepreneurs, engineers and architects looking to advance energy efficient homes.
This year, the University of Texas at El Paso and El Paso Community College have joined forces to create Team Texas. The last time a Texas university participated in the Solar Decathlon was in 2007, when the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University competed as two separate teams.
This year Team Texas has submitted ADAPT, a house that reflects the nature of the two universities’ homestead, El Paso. Its design maximizes the use of solar energy, an abundant resource in the Southwest, and is meant to feel natural on a mountain plateau, high desert or green farmland. ADAPT embraces the belief that “a home is not just a location or state of mind but a place where the heart is”. Read More
This commentary originally appeared on EDF's Energy Exchange blog.
A glossary of energy and water terms
In recent posts I’ve discussed the need for energy and water planners to co-manage resources more comprehensively. But another significant barrier exists: language. Water and energy planners use different terminology and a lack of understanding for these distinctions hampers true coordination. Also, it prevents customers from understanding how to make sense of their own usage patterns and maximize energy and water efficiency.
Getting into the nuts and bolts — or watts and volts — of the issue can get very dry very quickly, so let’s go over some basic units of measurement to set the stage.
Electricity is measured in watts, usually represented as kilowatts (kW), megawatts (MW), but often discussed as megawatt-hours (MWh). One MW is roughly equivalent to ten running cars engines. A MWh is the total amount of electricity produced by a power plant in one hour, roughly the amount of energy used by 330 homes in one hour. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), in May 2013, Texas generated 12,261 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from coal-fired power plants (1 GWh = 1,000 MWh) and only 4,116 GWh from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.
With Labor Day behind us, Texans can look forward to a welcome respite from the hundred-degree days of August. The pending arrival of fall may signal milder temperatures for now, but the latest report from John Nielson-Gammon, Texas’ state climatologist, tells a different story about Texas’ long-term climate trend. The study released last month indicates that peak summer temperatures may increase by up to five degrees by 2060. What we once thought of as a unique heat wave (think back to 2011) are likely to become the new normal, and will eventually – according to Nielson-Gammon – be replaced by even hotter temperatures.
At the same time, increasing temperatures would place further severe stress on the state’s energy and water systems. Texas’ recent extreme summers have already plunged much of the state into drought. The latest data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor predict water emergencies could occur in at least nine U.S. cities—five of which are in Texas. And experts expect the drought will persist for years to come as climate change intensifies.
Texas lawmakers must take these grim projections into account as they plan the state’s energy and water futures. Some Texas decision makers are already calling for more fossil-fuel power plants to cover the need for more power (to run all those air conditioners) in light of 2011’s historic summer highs, which will emit more carbon pollution into the air and add to the warming. These same Texas lawmakers insist we should keep our heads in the sand, ignore the mounting evidence pointing to a new climate normal and do nothing to alleviate or adapt to the problem. Read More


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Durbin Larimore & Bialick, P.C.
Gerald E. Durbin, II, began his legal career in 1971 and has been admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Oklahoma, as well as the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U. S. Supreme Court. Over the past over 45 years, his practice has concentrated in the area of complex civil litigation. He has represented many national insurers and represented individuals in obtaining some of the most significant verdicts rendered in Oklahoma.
His successful career has been recognized by membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers (membership is limited to 1% of the lawyers in each state), multiple years as a Top 50 Lawyer by Super Lawyers and by the Oklahoma Magazine. He has received the highest rating given by Martindale Hubbell, which ratings are made by practicing lawyers.
He has lectured on various topics including medical malpractice, trial tactics, and insurance law in many states. He co-authored an Oklahoma City University Law Review Article entitled “The Law of Good Faith in Oklahoma”, which the Oklahoma Supreme Court has cited as authority in the case of Barnes vs. Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
He is a member of the Holloway Inns of Court, Defense Institute, American and Oklahoma Bar Associations. He has served as Chairman of the Magistrate Committee for the Western District of Oklahoma. He has served on various committees of the State and Oklahoma County Bar Associations, where he has held various offices including President. He also served on the Board of Heritage Hall, a K through 12th grade school in Oklahoma City. He has served as Chairman of the Principal-for-a-Day program for the Oklahoma City Public Schools.


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This month, Big Drop Inc, the #1 leading NYC web design firm, has been honored for excellence in the field.
NYC, New York (PRWEB) July 31, 2014
In the increasingly competitive field of web design, it can feel overwhelming for prospective clients to decide on a design agency. 10 Best Design’s diverse team of experts in design and development use analytic review to determine the best companies in the business and help connect clients to one that could deliver the service most suited to their needs. This month, 10 Best Design is honoring the ten best web design companies in New York City.
This month, Big Drop Inc, the #1 leading NYC web design firm, has been honored for excellence in the field. A name synonymous with innovation and creativity, Big Drop Inc specializes in combining expertise in marketing and branding to offer high quality design and animation services. They work with clients throughout the entire process to deliver a product that is bold, stylish, and uniquely suited for each client. 10 Best Design finds that Big Drop Inc’s strive for perfection gives them a special edge worthy of the top prize.
The second place winner is Blue Fountain Media. Their 360 degree approach to design means that projects are built from the ground up to maximize usability and quality in all aspects: from creating custom logos to conversion optimization services. With such attention to detail, it is no wonder Blue Fountain Media has been the go-to choice for delivering creative and sophisticated solutions to many high profile clients.
In third place this month is Long Island based Maxburst. Founded in 2003, Maxburst has been providing unique and high quality services for over a decade across several mediums, including web, print, and other multimedia platforms. They are experienced at tailoring unique solutions based on the client’s individual interests. Beyond design, Maxburst offers a variety of solutions for improving company identity, from social media integration to search optimization.
10 Best Design is an established name in web design firm rankings and awards. Only agencies listed in their directory may be eligible for the awards, however, they are currently open to submissions. By entering, companies have the opportunity to be analyzed and ranked by industry experts, and have the chance of making it onto one of 10 Best Design’s lists of winners, like the Top Web Design Agencies of New York City.


Working with all the new pieces and being in dialogue with the perspectives of the composers, opened up the possibilities for the embodiment and exploration of individual folk musical features. Elements such as micro variation, macro pulses, asymmetrical rhythmics, imitation, hushed expression and way of playing, were taken out of their folk musical situation, moved, explored and opened in new juxtapositions.
Three different processes for making new works addressed different tension fields and meeting points of folk musical and art musical aesthetics and attitudes, and different ways of using the piano in relation to them. My individual way of playing, my playing self, was taken into the works in different ways. My slått playing was a basis for the composition of Nations, that I recognized and built upon in the performances. The experiments with ornaments, imitation and rhythm within my playing, were the building stones of the experimental work Abstraction in Folk Art. The way I listened to the old voices, played and created together with them, was part of the formation of the musical result of Avstandsriss.
Looking back to Hayden and Windsor’s concepts on relations between performer and composer, the way we worked in Nationswas mostly a hierarchical, instructive process, using their categorizations. The pre-compositional conversations and the post-compositional discussions of interpretation, were the collaborative parts of the process. Particular for Nations, was that as a performer I had a place in the creative proto material: my performer’s voice was built into the work, so to speak. The process with Det abstrakte i folkekunsten was, according to Hayden and Windsor’s concepts, an interactive process that was hierarchically structured in its decision making, but I was also continually part of tasks during the main composition process. Avstandsriss was made as a tracery collaboration and falls into the third category, a collaborative process, where both composer and performer picked out material that was processed, with solutions tested and discussed in workshops.
The detached elements and juxtapositions of Det abstrakte i folkekunsten and the creative work of Avstandsriss were fruitful as studies for me in searching further into folk musical elements in my playing, from different angles and distances. During this work, I noticed that I started listening in a different way, because the view of my own performing role and possibilities had changed as well.
Simultanously, an incentive emerged for me. I was close to the composers’ processes of working out their answers to the challenge of what folk music inspiration at the piano might be, and experienced their personal and many-faceted answers. I had influence on the formation of these works, but I realized that I had a wish to come up with such an answer myself, going beyond interpretation. What kind of music might folk musical inspiration at the piano possibly be - to me? Most importantly, this question led to the issues I discuss in the chapter Slåttepiano: Folk Music on the Piano, but first, at the same time as I worked with contemporary music, I also worked with the folk musical interpretation of existing piano music.


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The Art of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
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The ART OF STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI is a lavish, full-color volume that commemorates the creative genius and technical wizardry behind RETURN OF THE JEDI, the dazzling space epic. Illustrating the original screenplay are hundreds of sketches, storyboards, matte paintings, blueprints, production paintings, and costume designs — the work of the conceptual artists and designers whose skill and imagination gave rise to the wonders seen on the screen by the whole world. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Yttrium-substituted nanocrystalline TiO 2 photoanodes for perovskite based heterojunction solar cells
Domanski, Anna L.
Chandiran, Aravind Kumar
Dar, M. Ibrahim
Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.
KAUST Grant NumberKUS-C1-015-21
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AbstractWe report the use of Y3+-substituted TiO2 (0.5%Y-TiO2) in solid-state mesoscopic solar cells, consisting of CH3NH3PbI3 as the light harvester and spiro-OMeTAD as the hole transport material. A power conversion efficiency of 11.2% under simulated AM 1.5 full sun illumination was measured. A 15% improvement in the short-circuit current density was obtained compared with pure TiO2, due to the effect of Y3+ on the dimensions of perovskite nanoparticles formed on the semiconductor surface, showing that the surface modification of the semiconductor is an effective way to improve the light harvesters' morphology and electron transfer properties in the solid-state mesoscopic solar cells. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
CitationQin P, Domanski AL, Chandiran AK, Berger R, Butt H-J, et al. (2014) Yttrium-substituted nanocrystalline TiO 2 photoanodes for perovskite based heterojunction solar cells . Nanoscale 6: 1508–1514. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr05884k.
SponsorsThe authors acknowledge financial contribution from Greatcell Solar SA, Epalinges, Switzerland, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Award no. KUS-C1-015-21), the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement. no. 246124 of the SANS project, "ORION" grant agreement no. NMP-229036 and "CE-Mesolight" EPFL ECR advanced grant agreement no. 247404. MKN thanks the Global Research Laboratory (GRL) Program, Korea, and World Class University programs (Photovoltaic Materials, Department of Material Chemistry, Korea University) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology through the National Research Foundation of Korea (no. R31-2008-000-10035-0). ALD thanks the International Training Research Group 1404 (IRTG) "Self-Organized Materials for Optoelectronics" and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for their financial support. The authors thank Carole Gratzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin and S. A. Shivashankar, IISC for helpful discussion.
PublisherRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CollectionsPublications Acknowledging KAUST Support
- Mesoscopic CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 heterojunction solar cells.
- Authors: Etgar L, Gao P, Xue Z, Peng Q, Chandiran AK, Liu B, Nazeeruddin MK, Grätzel M
- Issue date: 2012 Oct 24
- Effect of Different Hole Transport Materials on Recombination in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite-Sensitized Mesoscopic Solar Cells.
- Authors: Bi D, Yang L, Boschloo G, Hagfeldt A, Johansson EM
- Issue date: 2013 May 2
- Charge transfer and recombination at the metal oxide/CH3NH3PbClI2/spiro-OMeTAD interfaces: uncovering the detailed mechanism behind high efficiency solar cells.
- Authors: Shen Q, Ogomi Y, Chang J, Tsukamoto S, Kukihara K, Oshima T, Osada N, Yoshino K, Katayama K, Toyoda T, Hayase S
- Issue date: 2014 Oct 7
- Depletion region effect of highly efficient hole conductor free CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells.
- Authors: Aharon S, Gamliel S, El Cohen B, Etgar L
- Issue date: 2014 Jun 14
- Lead iodide perovskite sensitized all-solid-state submicron thin film mesoscopic solar cell with efficiency exceeding 9%.
- Authors: Kim HS, Lee CR, Im JH, Lee KB, Moehl T, Marchioro A, Moon SJ, Humphry-Baker R, Yum JH, Moser JE, Grätzel M, Park NG
- Issue date: 2012


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In 2009, Michel Chapoutier picked out a plot in the Douro Valley.A small vineyard plot of 3 hectares, but full of promise: Eleivera. Here, the winters are tough, the summers a long, dry heatwave. To get sufficient output, Michel Chapoutier joined forces with local producers and worked with them to grow touriga nacional, a typical Portuguese grape. The result was Pinteivera and Eleivera, two representatives of this region, which is a Unesco world heritage site.
Rabigato, Gouveio, Códega do Larinho.
The grapes are harvested by hand and transported in trays.
Old vines (60-80 years) from the Cima Corgo. Soil composed of granitic sands of varying depth. The granite subsoil breaks through the surface in places. East or northeast-facing slopes to preserve aromatic freshness and acidity. The summers are hot and dry and the winters are cool and wet.
Pressing of the whole bunches, light settling and alcoholic fermentation in demi-muid (600l) vats.
On lees for 10 months with a light stirring of the lees.

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The normal tax day of April 15 was delayed just over a month because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taxes are due by 11:59:59 p.m. tonight for all residents in the KWTO coverage area for the 2020 tax year.
The IRS says because of a backlog of returns from 2019 and 2020 due to reduced staffing connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, refunds could take longer than usual.
The IRS also says that paper tax returns will take longer to process than electronic returns, so if taxpayers have a way to transmit their returns electronically it would be to their benefit.


How can I ask my clients to find out what they really want, if they don’t even know themselves. That’s what we talk about in all these articles and podcasts. This collection is about client interviews and interview techniques. Specifically about JTBD interviews. See it as a source of inspiration or use it as a guide to get better at interviewing clients yourself.
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The Colombia soccer team has been trying desperately to quell enormous expectations at home ahead of the vital World Cup qualifying match with Paraguay in Barranquilla on Friday.
“Los Cafeteros” are the in-form team in the CONEMBOL classifications and go into the tie as red-hot favorites against a Paraguay side hopelessly out of form and routed to the bottom of the table.
The visitors have won just once in eight qualifying games, losing their last four and lie nine points adrift of Colombia going into the half-way point in qualification.
Meanwhile convincing victories over Uruguay and Chile in the last two fixtures coupled with the recent return to FIFA’s top 10 for the first time in a decade has propelled Colombia into the world spotlight.
Supporters, who a few months ago would have looked at the table with trepidation, now dare to believe that Los Cafetoros will qualify for its first World Cup since France 1998.
In an attempt not to get carried away with the wave of euphoria which has spread around the country players and staff alike have done all they can to dampen expectations in the pre match build up.
Luis Bedoya, President of the Colombian Football Federation told El Pais, “I want to remind people that we have not qualified yet and that we have not yet beaten Paraguay. I worry that triumphalism is different to strongly supporting the team. We are going to face an opponent who deserves our respect.”
Star striker Radamel Falcao is among a handful of players who spoke this week about the dangers Paraguay will post.
“They are an important team in South America, who are not performing well, but that does not mean that Colombia has to relax, on the contrary we have to be very alert,” said the Atletico Madrid hot shot.
Paraguay could line up with a new-look side at the Estadio Metropolitano Stadium as veteran strikers Roque Santa Cruz and Oscar Cardozo were not included in the youthful looking squad.
Seemingly only a victory will do for the visitors if they are to qualify for their fifth consecutive World Cup – a record which Falcao alluded to in his interview.
“They are a team who have been to the last four World Cups. We cannot be complacent, we have to be very alert and play with the same attitude as before. We need these three points in Barranquilla,” said the 26-year old.
Colombia coach Jose Pekerman will be forced to make changes to the team which beat Chile 3-1 in the last round as midfield general Abel Aguilar and defender Luis Perea both miss out through suspension.

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We are celebrating the 10th anniversary of SpiroChem: a decade that passed at lightning speed! Interpreted into human years, we are no longer in the early childhood, but not quite a grown-up either. We are curious, risk-takers, free and creative scientists, and innovation is our favorite game.
We are 10 years old, but in cumulated chemistry years, we are well over 100. We know a lot already. Beyond this brash statement, there is a true system that we have set up and optimized to become an innovation powerhouse, learning from our past, and defining new concepts for the future. It is a matter of survival in a competitive, global industry: never take anything for granted and work hard to be the best at what you do.
Back when we started, Erick Carreira and Thomas Fessard looked like this and your favorite social media site was Facebook. Times have changed and so have we — for the better.
Year 2011 in Zürich, SpiroChem was established as a spin-off from one of the most respected research institutes in the world: ETH. Everything is easier when “you stand on the shoulders of giants”. This was a springboard that provided us with the values, integrity, and business-mindedness that shaped SpiroChem’s spectacular growth over 120 months. Initially, SpiroChem was operating as “a catalog company” providing innovative building blocks for drug discovery. That was just the opening act! Ten years later, we offer a full range of services and solutions, expanding our product offering (catalog, libraries) with elite services for discovery chemistry, with medicinal chemistry as our core pillar. As a small company, we have proudly served over 250 clients in more than 30 countries around the globe… but this is only the beginning...
With roots in a World Leading Research Center such as ETH-Zürich, the passion for solving problems was present at SpiroChem from Day 1 and cracking challenging syntheses has been our daily routine ever since. Our team is composed of top-notch researchers, highly educated (high ratio PhD:MSc) and coming from very diverse fields of synthetic chemistry. This allows us to be extremely reactive and tackle problems in a very diverse range of topics. But if our attitude to solving problems is inspired by academia, the solutions we find are extremely pragmatic. We are not an academic research group competing with others for publication, we do not need to demonstrate the advantage of a methodology against another. All methods and techniques can be useful in specific cases, and we master them all. We are agnostic and agile towards the methodology applied to find a solution, so that the project (our internal R&D or our client’s) progresses smoothly and rapidly.
But although solving punctual problems is fun, solving recurrent problems in medicinal chemistry is even more rewarding. SpiroChem is investing in the future of chemistry, and the chemistry of the future! With our unique positioning on the discovery chemistry segment, we have already demonstrated how our “outside-the-box” thinking has helped many medicinal chemists accelerate their projects.
In the beginning, we saw an opportunity in bringing exotic building blocks to the medicinal chemistry teams in big pharma to spice up their tool box. But over the years, with increasing pressure on R&D budgets in large organization and a trend to shift more and more R&D to low-cost operations. It then came to us as an epiphany: what the discovery chemistry sector was increasingly missing was the ability to enable novel concepts and ideas rapidly and efficiently.
All we heard at conferences was “Thou shall escape flatland”! and all the industry was ready to do so, after a decade or more of Suzuki couplings … but HOW? Luckily, academia came to the rescue, and the days of C-H activation, photoredox couplings and late-stage transformations provided the methods to build those complex 3D molecules! SpiroChem grew up at the same time. We learnt fast, developed our own techniques, and can now offer best-in-class services, proudly telling everyone: “make the molecule you should, not only the ones you could”.
We are chemists with expertise from very diverse fields of chemistry, from natural product synthesis to methodology, and from chemical biology to catalysis, synergized into the SpiroTeam. And we all have one thing in common: a passion for chemistry.
We love what we do, and we do what we love, which has proved to be our formula for success. In many cases, solutions to a specific problem already exist, but nobody has yet connected the dots. We do.
Christophe Salome, Senior Team Leader R&D Coordinator:
At the time I joined SpiroChem, I was looking for a job that gives space for out-of-the-box thinking, fosters creativity and values teamwork. I found all that, and after many years, we still have it. Happy birthday SpiroChem
We know a lot already, but we also know where to find solutions, we are collaborating with talented academics and senior scientists from around the world. We are a bridge between two worlds (academia and industry) separated by the cultural and innovation gap.
Rob Young, Scientific Advisor at SpiroChem:
For a proponent of “Low Flat, Low Fat” medicinal chemistry, SpiroChem’s exciting developments injected breaths of fresh Swiss air into the dreary landscape of flatland. Happy 10th Birthday; it is great to be part of the team.
Having been exposed to so many questions and challenges over the last ten years has allowed us to stay agile and reactive whenever we are facing a new problem. This allows us to be faster than the pack. We anticipate problems so that they do not materialize in the first place, and when they eventually turn up (hey, this is research after all), we solve them quickly and get back on our track, smoothly. We became the partner of choice of life science companies who are looking for efficiency and speed: they do not come to us only when everything else has failed (we used to be the “A-team” of chemistry), but to avoid failure.
As we mark a decade at the forefront of chemistry innovation, our CEO, Thomas Fessard, summarizes the first decade of SpiroChem and his vision for the next one:
Starting a new business is never a straight road. There are turns and bumps, but the important thing is to stay focused on the overall directions. Every turn, every bump is an opportunity to learn and improve. We started our journey as a catalog company offering high-value building blocks to pharma companies (we still do), went on to be the rescue team on a number of project and finally found that the best value we bring to the Life Science industry is by applying our skills to solve the problems of biotech companies, at every stage of the discovery/development pipeline. But there is still a lot of potential for growth. Stay tuned for our announcements in the coming months, with expansion in novel fields of chemistry, exciting new research results and a couple of new business lines to complement our portfolio of solutions! And obviously, we will never compromise on quality of service and the importance of sharing knowledge.
Happy birthday to everyone at SpiroChem and all who have contributed to our 10-year journey. And, thank you in advance to those colleagues, clients and partners who will help us shape the next 10 years.
Join us in the celebration of 10 special moments from the last 10 years that made us what we are today— chemistry leaders.

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September 14, 2011 EditionAlso in this issue...
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David Smith (front) and Jerry Ballard of Cavenaugh Auto World check out the immaculately restored red 1962 GMC Suburban Carryall ridden in by Beatles George Harrison and Paul McCartney during their 1964 visit to Walnut Ridge. The Suburban will be on display at Cavenaugh's until Saturday before it is taken to Jonesboro to be displayed for the day. It will be returned to Walnut Ridge for The Beatles at the Ridge celebration on Sunday.
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The Liverpool Legends, a Branson-based Beatles tribute band, operated by Louise Harrison, will be the headline act during Sunday's "Beatles at the Ridge" concert and tribute unveiling in downtown Walnut Ridge.
The free concert will be held a block north of the Main and Second Street intersection, at the site of the annual Iron Mountain Festival.
Musical performances begin at 1 p.m. with J.R. Rogers and the All Stars. Memphis singer Nancy Apple takes the stage around 2 p.m., with rockabilly band Stunning Cunning to perform around 3 p.m.
Louise Harrison, sister of late Beatles band member, George Harrison, will address the crowd around 4 p.m., leading into the headline act at 4:30. The Walnut Ridge High School PRIDE Band will also perform selections from their Beatles-inspired halftime show around the time the Legends take the stage.
Following the Legends' performance, the Beatles sculpture will be unveiled at around 6 p.m. Created by Danny West of Walnut Ridge, the sculpture is an artist's rendering of the Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover. The work is known as "The British Invasion of the Rock 'n' Roll Highway."
Nancy Apple is a singer and songwriter often referred to as the "Cadillac Cowgirl." Delivering songs influenced by 1950s rockabilly and country, Apple is a musician and performer who reveres the recordings of Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash and the early rebels of rock 'n' roll, according to event organizers.
Stunning Cunning is a popular Memphis band dedicated to bringing rockabilly to a new generation. The group is led by Brandon Cunning, an energetic showman whose stage moves and musical skills reflect the influence of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and Brian Setzer.
The Liverpool Legends are four musicians and actors who were hand-picked by Louise Harrison to recreate the band that changed the face of music forever. Headlining their own production in Branson since 2006, the Legends have been voted Best New Show, Best Band and Best Show in Branson.
They appeared on The Travel Channel's "Beatlemania Britain" and headlined "International Beatles Week" in Liverpool, where 100,000 Beatles fans jammed Victoria Street to hear them in concert. The Liverpool Legends received national attention as they re-created The Beatles 1966 concert at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in 2005 and now are the first and only Beatles tribute to star in a continuing showcase in Branson.
To accommodate the expected crowd, the sculpture will be unveiled at the concert site. It will be installed at its permanent home on Second Street, just south of Main, the next week. The city of Walnut Ridge is currently working to change the name of that block of Second Street to Abbey Road, in honor of the sculpture.
Beatles at the Ridge is being sponsored by All Star Music, Cavenaugh Auto World, Craighead Electric, Faultline Studios, Goin' Postal, Jonesboro Radio Group, KAIT-TV, KASU Radio and Special Things.
Beatles at the Ridge has developed into much more than a concert. A Saturday night showing of a Beatles film is also part of the festivities, as well as a book signing by the authors of "Come Together," presentation of one documentary on the Beatles' visit to Walnut Ridge, and filming of still another documentary.
"A Hard Days Night" will be played Saturday night at the Regions Bank parking lot in Walnut Ridge. The film, which starred the Beatles, was made in 1964, the same year the group made their visit to Walnut Ridge. The movie will begin around 7:15 p.m., and it will be shown on a giant screen Umbotron projection television. Those attending are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs.
On Sunday, the authors of "Come Together: The Business Wisdom of the Beatles" will be on hand to autograph their book. Richard Courtney and George Cassidy wrote the book, which was published this year. It chronicles the calculated and highly successful effort that turned four teenaged musicians from Liverpool, England, into a multi-billion-dollar franchise with multi-generational appeal.
Courtney and Cassidy will be selling and signing their book at a tent pavilion near the concert Sunday afternoon.
A documentary film of The Beatles' visit to Walnut Ridge will be playing at a new downtown business Saturday and Sunday, as well. Mike Bowman of Jonesboro produced the documentary, which features interviews with many of those who witnessed the Beatles' stop here. It will be shown throughout the afternoon at Imagine, a new gallery that is opening at the corner of Main and Second Street.
And, as that documentary is premiering, another will be in the works. Jerry Mitchell, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter from Jackson, Miss., and his partner, Michael Roden, will be shooting footage in Walnut Ridge this weekend for their documentary on the subject. Roden, a Clay County native, is an assistant U.S. attorney in Nashville.
And an important piece of history from the Beatles trip to Walnut Ridge is on display in the area this week. An immaculately restored 1962 Chevrolet Suburban will be on display at Cavenaugh Auto World and other locations. It is the same Suburban that carried some of the Beatles from the Walnut Ridge Airport to their retreat destination near Alton, Mo., and back to Walnut Ridge.
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Forest Grove High School has maintained nearly the same graduation rate over the past five years, varying from 72 to 73 percent, according to the Oregon Department of Education.
The Department of Education released its annual graduation rate/drop out data last week, which looks at students who graduate in four and five years, among other data. Results for the class of 2012 showed graduation rates across the state have stagnated and Forest Grove is no exception.While the school remains above the state's 68 percent graduation rate, it falls below most other comprehensive high schools across Washington County. Gaston, with its 41 graduates, dipped below the state average to 66 percent – the lowest in the county.
In 2011, the state set a goal of requiring 100 percent of students to complete high school by 2025.
Few other schools in Washington County have the same level of challenges as Forest Grove -- high poverty rate, significant number of English language learners. The closest is Aloha High School in Beaverton.
Both schools have poverty rates of at least 60 percent and nearly 6 percent of their students are English language learners. And both have nearly identical graduation rates.
Forest Grove Assistant Superintendent John O'Neill focused on the good news. The high school made progress with its limited English students who took an extra year to graduate.
About half graduated in four years, but 70 percent got a diploma in five years, well above the state's 60 percent.
These students are "pulling double duty," O'Neill said. In addition to learning English, they're trying to complete 24 credits to graduate. The extra year is the key.
The district has several programs in place to catch kids before they drop out, but the percentage of students in poverty who left before graduating increased as did the percentage of Latino students.
Budget cuts have made it more difficult, O'Neill said.
"The budget reductions have presented challenges in maintaining previous levels of student support in terms of class sizes, number of counselors, support staff to help monitor student attendance and number of administrators who follow up on truancy before it gets out of hand," he said.
O'Neill said he worries about the future.
"How do we make further reductions without impacting the success of our students and the graduation rate, drop out rate and five-year completion," he said.

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Edmund Optics Expands Asia-Pacific Operations
BARRINGTON, N.J., May 2, 2012 — To service its growing customer demand in the Asia-Pacific region, Edmund Optics has opened a 77,000-sq-ft facility for global manufacturing, customer support and distribution in the industrial district of Woodlands in Singapore.
Edmund Optics has opened a 77,000-sq.ft. facility in the industrial district of Woodlands in Singapore to service its growing customer demand. (Image: Edmund Optics)
The new building provides three times more manufacturing space than its previous facility and will support the installation of advanced HVAC systems. It will increase the firm’s high volume production abilities, enhance quality inspection and reduce customer lead times.
In addition, the company has more than doubled its coating space and invested in new coating equipment with load-locking capabilities, enabling continuous production and increasing the plant’s capacity by more than 20 percent, it said. It also has invested in an additional manufacturing cell for aspheric lenses, which will increase production by more than 40 percent over the next 12 months.
“This plant will bring more optics, more technology and more service to our customers worldwide,” said Vincent Thong, sales director of Edmund Optics Singapore. “The expanded capabilities of our new facility strengthen EO’s support to our Asia-Pacific partners and reinforce our overall global image as a leading optics manufacturer.”
For more information, visit: www.edmundoptics.com


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Garry Maddox Around Australian film.
Nick Galvin The brains behind Top Gear and a close mate of Jeremy Clarkson has quit the show.
Michael Idato The controversial Church of Scientology has proven to be a ratings-magnet for the US channel HBO, with its documentary, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, setting a ratings record.
Sasha Grishin A new and updated edition proves a fitting companion to the NPG's collection.
Susan Wyndham Fresh faces join the veterans on this year's Miles Franklin longlist.
Hannah Francis The classic arcade game comes to city streets around the world.
Melanie Kembrey Australian costume designer Michael Wilkinson has spilled the beans about creating batman's famous suit.
Michael Koziol The British Prime Minister claims link to celebrity family through 16th century Englishman.
Michael Idato America's four decade old award for daytime soaps, game shows, talk shows and cooking programs - the Daytime Emmy - is pushing into the digital age.


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The rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problemsand for their solutions.
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice takes us deep into the dramatic history of American crimebar fights in nineteenth-century Chicago, New Orleans bordellos, Prohibition, and decades of murderous lynching. Digging into these crimes and the strategies that attempted to control them, Stuntz reveals the costs of abandoning local democratic control. The system has become more centralized, with state legislators and federal judges given increasing power. The liberal Warren Supreme Court’s emphasis on procedures, not equity, joined hands with conservative insistence on severe punishment to create a system that is both harsh and ineffective.
What would get us out of this Kafkaesque world? More trials with local juries; laws that accurately define what prosecutors seek to punish; and an equal protection guarantee like the one that died in the 1870s, to make prosecution and punishment less discriminatory. Above all, Stuntz eloquently argues, Americans need to remember again that criminal punishment is a necessary but terrible tool, to use effectively, and sparingly.
William J. Stuntz was Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law at Harvard University.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Rule of Too Much Law 1
I Crime and Punishment 13
1 Two Migrations 15
2 "The Wolf by the Ear" 41
II The Past 61
3 Ideals and Institutions 63
4 The Fourteenth Amendment's Failed Promise 99
5 Criminal Justice in the Gilded Age 129
6 A Culture War and Its Aftermath 158
7 Constitutional Law's Rise: Three Roads Not Taken 196
8 Earl Warren's Errors 216
9 The Rise and Fall of Crime, the Fall and Rise of Criminal Punishment 244
III The Future 283
10 Fixing a Broken System 285
Epilogue: Taming the Wolf 310
Note on Sources and Citation Form 315
What People are Saying About This
The capstone to the career of one of the most influential legal scholars of the past generation. Lincoln Caplan, New York Times
David Alan Sklansky
Bill Stuntz was our leading scholar of criminal procedure. Stuntz argues that much of what we think about American criminal justice is wrong. The system is neither too lenient nor too punitive, but too prone to both extremes, and the extremism is caused by too little democracy. Sweeping, learned, and bracingly original, Stuntz's crowning achievement is a wonderful book. David Alan Sklansky, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Louis H. Pollak
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice is a searching--and profoundly disturbing--examination of American criminal law in action. William Stuntz's posthumous study establishes that our main achievement has been the incarceration of millions, and in the process we have given short shrift to the minimal objectives of a democratic legal order--fairness and equality. This is a masterful work.
Louis H. Pollak, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Smart and surprisingly provocative, The Collapse of American Criminal Justice is an instant classic. Stuntz sets aside the conventional wisdom and offers freshand paradigm shiftinganalysis of crime, punishment, and politics. Every prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and law maker in the country should take Stuntz's powerful insights to heart. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice is indeed the achievement of a lifetime.
Paul Butler, author of Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
James Q. Whitman
This is a brilliant book by a supremely decent man. A great scholarly mind from the world of small towns, Stuntz has unique and profound insights into the perverse effects of centralized control of the criminal process of modern America. His vision of a better, more humane, more local justice offers more hope than the work of any scholar I know. James Q. Whitman, Yale Law School
Bill Stuntz brought humanity, passion, and a broad intellectual vision to the study of criminal justice. His book tells the compelling story of the injustices created by the rise of discretionary power, the resurgence of discrimination and the impoverishment of local democracy. His analysis has implications beyond the shores of the USA; and helps us to see where a more hopeful future might lie. Nicola Lacey, All Souls College, Oxford
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more adversariallikely to rely on legal threats and lawsuitsthan other economically advanced countries, with more prescriptive laws, more costly adjudications, and more severe penalties. This ...
Rush (to judgment?) Limbaugh, Michael Jackson, R. Kelly and Kobe Bryant will all be shocked
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The author of this book documents with observations, personal experiences, and public records that the
criminal justice system is not blind to race, gender, social class, economic status, social connections, place of residence and reputation of the defendant, the accuser, ...
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and international issues relevant to the African-American community, the DuBois Institute of Clark Atlanta University in this volume tackles the impact of the criminal justice ...
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specifically written for African-Americans about how to survive the long arm of the law. For ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THIS NATIONAL BEST-SELLER is your WAKE-UP CALL to ...
What war on drugs? Is our government complicit in the continued proliferation of the illegal
drug trade in our nation? This supposed war on drugs has been ongoing for better than one hundred years with no apparent conclusion in sight. ...
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- the relentless pursuit of punishment. Punishment is intuitive, proactive, logical, and simple. But the problem is that despite all of the appeal, logic, and ...
Today’s American cities and suburbs are the sites of “thick injustice”—unjust power relations that are
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First comes the leak, then comes the flood.
2018 will be remembered as the year the world waged war on plastic waste — and the revolution has just got serious.
India announced it will ban all single-use plastics by 2022 in the most important leap forward against plastic pollution to date.
Prime Minister Modi delivered the bold plan on Tuesday, described by the Guardian as the “most ambitious” move yet against global plastic pollution.
India is the fastest-growing economy in the world, and home to 1.3 billion people. Approximately 15,342 tonnes of plastic waste are wasted by Indians every single day, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and about 60% of that is recycled — far higher than the global average of 14%.
The quest for material prosperity cant lead to environmental degradation. We must remember that an unclean environment hurts the poor and vulnerable the most. pic.twitter.com/yBX7q6IfQn— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 5, 2018
It comes just days after Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state home to 72 million people, announced it will ban single-use plastics like polythene bags and bottles. That ban will come into force from next year, and will exclude some essential goods like milk, medicines, and oil, according to The Hindu.
It’s part of a wide series of reforms announced for World Environment Day on Tuesday, which India is hosting in 2018.
“The choices that we make today will define our collective future,” said Modi. “The choices may not be easy. But through awareness, technology, and a genuine global partnership, I am sure we can make the right choices. Let us all join together to beat plastic pollution and make this planet a better place to live.”
“Environmental degradation hurts the poor and vulnerable the most,” he continued. “It is the duty of each one of us to ensure that material prosperity does not compromise our environment.”
India also announced a campaign on marine litter, and a move to measure plastic in coastal waters, according to the Guardian. Prime Minister Modi also pledged to make 100 national monuments, including the Taj Mahal, litter-free.
If Modi can deliver on this promise to "abolish all single-use plastics in India by 2022", it will be a huge step forwards. It also makes @theresa_may's "ambition" to "end avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042" look ditheringly, dangerously slow. https://t.co/WVe8xXvqp3— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) June 6, 2018
On Tuesday the UN released their biggest ever report on plastic pollution. It confirmed that over 50 states were taking action on the issue, including total bans on plastic bags in Kenya and Rwanda. The report also revealed that the Galapagos is set to ban single-use plastics, Sri Lanka will ban styrofoam, and China will insist on biodegradable bags only.
However, the report concluded that far more still must be done to stop plastic entering oceans and rivers.
Approximately 380 million tonnes of plastic are created globally every year — and 8 million tonnes enter the ocean, putting sea life at risk. Remember the whale that died in Thailand after eating 80 plastic bags just last week? It’s the rule, not the exception.
The average plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to break down — but Modi’s announcement proves that momentum towards tangible change can happen overnight. All it takes is political will — and as Al Gore once told Global Citizen, that is in itself a renewable resource.
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The Jakarta Post
With the disastrous impact of climate change already threatening the livelihood of farmers and fishermen, the government will soon roll out programs to help them deal with the menace.
With money from the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund, the government has started numerous programs including the mapping of areas most prone to extreme weather blamed on global warming.
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I have that exact firearm, only I've done some modification to it over the years. The scope on it is junk and I'd recommend that you avoid teaching any child with a scope, unless they have bad eyes. The only downfall with the firearm as purchased was the rear sight is a pivoting/sliding affair that isn't very consistent. If I were starting a youngster out, I'd get a Williams Receiver sight and decent Marbles Ramp w/ fine bead, or something like this replacement set:
Fire Sights Ruger 10/22, Shooting Supplies, Williams Gun Sights at Sportsman's Guide
Click on the 3rd from the left on top row of pics. For 34 bucks, it's a nice sight set.


Ramblers Way is the first American company to offer organic wool clothing certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). The GOTS certified 100 per cent organic clothing includes an Organic Wool Camisole and Organic Wool Sleeveless Swing Dress, among other items. Ramblers Way depends on GOTS to ensure it's acquiring certified organic wool. GOTS is a rigorous certification that uses independent bodies to verify compliance at each step of the supply chain, from the moment wool is purchased to when it becomes a garment at one of the company's factories in the US. Ramblers Way is also Cradle to Cradle Certified, a certification that ensures the guidance of a continual improvement in the process as it relates to material, health, material reutilisation, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. (SV)
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Walmart: What's Good For Walmart Is Good For Country, The Children
Walmart workers are threatening to strike on Black Friday and we at Wonkette couldn't be happier because we are elitist liberals who do not shop at Walmart. But do not worry, Real Americans, you will not lose your Twinkies AND your big box retailer all in one week, because Walmart is NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
Last week, Walmart filed an unfair labor complaint with the National Relations Board in response to the pickets and protests that have gone on for the past six months because if anyone is going to create an environment that could directly and adversely impact Walmart customers and associates, it's going to be Walmart, not hippie union thugs.
"We are taking this action now because we cannot allow the UFCW to continue to intentionally seek to create an environment that could directly and adversely impact our customers and associates," said Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar. "If they do, they will be held accountable."
The union is undeterred. "Walmart is grasping at straws," said UFCW Communications Director Jill Cashen. "There's nothing in the law that gives an employer the right to silence workers and citizens."
Don't anyone tell that to Walmart, which has had a strike organizer arrested , fired striking warehouse workers on the spot, and engaged in punitive measures against workers trying to organize a strike.
Numerous activities over the past year or longer "have caused disruptions to Walmart's business, resulted in misinformation being shared publicly about our company, and created an uncomfortable environment and undue stress on Walmart's customers, including families with children," Walmart outside counsel Steven Wheeless said in a letter sent on Friday to Deborah Gaydos, assistant general counsel of the UFCW.
Yes, won't someone PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN, asks Walmart, a business that compensates its CEO more in one hour than retail employees earn in an entire year , has refused to pay overtime , understaffs to the point of compromising employee safety , and pays such a meager wage that a majority of its employees with children are living below the poverty line . But yes, think of the children. Better late than never.


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New restaurant to bring Asian flavours with modern twist
TOOWOOMBA'S newest Asian restaurant is sure to get mouths watering.
Chong Co Thai Restaurant and Bar has announced it will be opening at Grand Central Shopping Centre.
While a date hasn't been announced it is set to open in the coming months.
The restaurant is part of the Chong Co Group which is a selection of Thai and Asian inspired restaurants serving cuisine with a modern twist.
It has branches covering most of Australia and incorporates the brands Chong Co Thai, Noodle Hut, Thai Spice, The Foodie House and MQ Fusion.
The group has already opened Noodle Hut at the shopping centre, with Chong Co Thai Restaurant and Bar to soon join it.
It will introduce diners to the essence of authentic Thai foods as well as offer a modern interpretation of Thai cuisine.
The menu consists of miang kam, bao buns, roasted lamb loin with chilli sauce, lamb shank massaman curry, barramundi with garlic pepper sauce and kaffir lime sauce stir fry.

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January 31, 2023
Nearly 750 Temple University graduate students, who serve as teaching or research assistants, went on strike Tuesday after nearly.a year of unsuccessful attempts to negotiate a new contract.
The Temple University Graduate Student Association, the labor union representing the students, said the strike will continue until the university offers a contract that includes higher wages, better health care benefits and increased parental leave.
Temple uses teaching assistant to help teach its core curriculum and offer support outside the classroom. Research assistants help conducts studies that bring in millions of dollars in revenue, the labor union said.
The students receive free tuition and health care benefits. Over the course of nine months, they make an average of $19,500, according to the union.
The union is asking to increase that stipend to $32,000, noting the students' current pay is about half the cost of living in Philadelphia. The union also is seeking more than five days of parental leave and health coverage for family members, including dependents. It currently costs them $500 per month to add a dependent to their health plan, the union said.
The union has been working without a contract since Feb. 15.
"For over a year, our union has been trying to work with the administration to negotiate a living wage, better benefits, and improved working conditions," said Bethany Kosmicki, one of the union's negotiators. "Temple's administration has repeatedly ignored our demands, refusing us fair pay, affordable dependent health care, and increased parental leave. TAs and RAs are a core function of the university, teaching essential courses and conducting world-class research. We deserve a contract that reflects our value to the university."
Temple has proposed increasing the students' stipends to $22,500 by 2026. It also has said it will offer one-time payments of $250 or $500, and add more parental and bereavement days.
"After almost a year of negotiations, TUGSA continues to demand 50% pay increases, increases in free health coverage and other benefits not available to even full-time employees," Temple spokesperson Stephen Orbanek said. "The pay increases, one-time payments, and cost-free benefit package that the university has offered to TUGSA would allow the university to continue attracting and retaining outstanding graduate students while responsibly managing a budget primarily funded by tuition dollars. This compensation package is valued at more than $40,000 annually for a nine-month commitment of working 20 hours per week while providing 12 full months of free health coverage."
Temple previously set up a webpage to answer questions from students who want to know how the strike will affect their studies. It also provides information for union members, emphasizing that they are not obligated to join the strike, and noting they will lose pay, tuition remission, health benefits while out on strike.
The strike comes as several major universities have increased their stipends for graduate students. Last month, the University of Pennsylvania awarded its doctoral students a pay increase of nearly 25%.
"This one-time increase recognizes the unique pressures they currently face, especially in the wake of delays to research and hiring that many experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic," interim Provost Beth A. Winklestein said in December.
Princeton University, Yale University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also have increased graduate pay during the last year.
In October, TUGSA issued its first public statement about its labor dispute with Temple, claiming the university had refused to productively engage in contract negotiations. Members rallied on Temple's main campus, calling for change.
"We are a core function of the university, as TAs both support faculty and teach as full instructors, and RAs work in labs and assist on all of the university's research projects," a union spokesperson said at the time.
The union voted to authorize a strike in November.


CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — A man sent to prison for life for killing a couple in South Carolina when he was 16 is getting a new sentence for the crime.
Theodore Harrison Jr. is in court this week in Chester County.
Harrison is getting a new sentence after rulings from the state and U.S. Supreme Courts said a life sentence without parole for someone under age 18 when the crime happened is unconstitutional.
Harrison admitted killing 22-year-old Renee Collins and 18-year old Brian Stephenson during a robbery in Chester County in 1988.
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Media outlets report a psychologist testified Monday that teens’ brains aren’t fully developed at age 16. Harrison’s lawyer Micah Leddy says Harrison has been rehabilitated in prison.
Prosecutors say Harrison had a history of violent behavior that can’t be ignored.