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STDs in L.A. County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame
By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA for the Los Angeles Times
The teenagers tucked their hands into their sweatshirt pockets as they shuffled to form a circle. Some gazed at the asphalt, trying to avoid the game they had been drafted to play.
“It’s like hot potato/musical chairs, but with a penis,” said the girl leading the group.
The kids gathered on a spring morning in South Los Angeles were about to get a hands-on lesson in sex education.
Many health experts say that public health problems are best tackled outside the doctor’s office — that fixing the culture that perpetuates them is more effective than changing a single patient’s behavior. For sexual health, that means combating the stigma around sex.
The teenagers, the girl explained, would pass a plastic, life-size penis around the circle. Whoever was holding it when the music stopped would have to unroll a condom onto it, completing each of the eight steps they had been taught a few minutes earlier.
The music started, and the teens looked up.
Planned Parenthood peer advocates show students how to properly use a condom at Spring Into Love. Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times
The recent all-day event, called Spring Into Love, was intended to get high schoolers more comfortable talking about sex. The hope is that an open dialogue will make them more likely to seek out condoms and STD testing, and eventually reduce the spread of disease.


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I'm all right, yeh?
Fulcrum point... the four-way teeter-totter...
Circus balance act...
I am that center pivot-point
locked on the beams.
I bear the weight of those around, it seems.
my cracks reduced to splinters...
and I am at the center...
but I'm all right, yeh?
Sloop the shoulders;
crack the back again...
to **** it up- and in.
will not offend a friend...
I'm all right.
"I hope to go just like my father did...
the final falling into aleep.
There is no need to carry on and weep."
She chases red-haired children 'round the floor...
awake, responsive, dreaming...
She falls into the air, a bruise to show-
swears she will not do that anymore.
She's addicted to the pump that gives her breath-
totally aware of her impending death...
(does she know I would take it if I could?)
Her lonely days in springtime haze,
in black and red, the records kept
of her final words.
A daughter, corporation-owned,
fear from far away...
one reduced to part-time job,
surviving day to day.
My sister/crutch, to whom I clutch
as I limp through the mess...
my lover and an angel
who guide me through the stress...
"You'll wake one morning to find me dead",
words to me, tonight, she said...
I wake all night and hit the light
to watch her chest rise and fall.
(Does she know I would take it if I could..?)
© Winnie Carolina
pi in the sky
zero times anything equals a zero
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
with the rifle pointed skyward-
perfect the trifold
presented to the widow
peacetime pride, worn upon your chest...
("feel-good" print- she passed her final test)
banner waved, reduced to ash by flame
(pantywaist) intimidating fame
"Stolen Valor" shouted by young gun
sharpshooter saved your life again, my son
older, wiser, wartime conscription victim
against the volunteer, peacetime freeride
you, younger knowitall
who never faced it,
strutting like a cockerel full of pride
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
the fireworks you splay....
pride of your "sacrifice" on display
and your suckup ***** ***** your ego
blinded by distortion
bull's-eye bead drawn on the back...
did his death elevate your stance?
can you somberly raise your barrel skyward?
do you revel in your Victory Dance?
divide our numbers-
factor in subtraction.
bear witness to the emaciation of the faction
oh "King", did you come to find
the stolen glory within your midnight mind..?
or have the hearse's headlights left you blind?
DOOM DOOM DOOM
belief in you, abating....
the voices of those who bought it, fading...

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Anyone aged 56 years and older in Milton Keynes can now book a coronavirus vaccine online.
The service was expanded to cover the new group of people yesterday, having previously only been open to those aged 60 and above.
In addition, people of any age who are at high risk of coronavirus (group 4 - clinically extremely vulnerable) or have a condition that puts them at higher risk (group 6 - clinically vulnerable) can book their appointment online now.
And it's also open to anyone in Milton Keynes who is an eligible frontline health or social care worker, has a learning disability or is a main carer for someone at high risk from coronavirus.
The NHS are contacting all eligible residents by letter, but there is no need to wait for a letter to arrive before you can book an appointment online.
Residents must be registered with a GP practice in England in order to use the online booking service.
If you are eligible, you can book your appointment now by clicking here.
A total of 67,793 people in the Borough of Milton Keynes have so far been given a first dose of the vaccine, according to the latest local data published on Thursday.


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Schreiber F, Sonnhammer ELL
J. Mol. Biol. 425 (11) 2072-2081 [2013-06-12; online 2013-02-26]
An accurate inference of orthologs is essential in many research fields such as comparative genomics, molecular evolution, and genome annotation. Existing methods for genome-scale orthology inference are mostly based on all-versus-all similarity searches that scale quadratically with the number of species. This limits their application to the increasing number of available large-scale datasets. Here, we present Hieranoid, a new orthology inference method using a hierarchical approach. Hieranoid performs pairwise orthology analysis using InParanoid at each node in a guide tree as it progresses from its leaves to the root. This concept reduces the total runtime complexity from a quadratic to a linear function of the number of species. The tree hierarchy provides a natural structure in multi-species ortholog groups, and the aggregation of multiple sequences allows for multiple alignment similarity searching techniques, which can yield more accurate ortholog groups. Using the recently published orthobench benchmark, Hieranoid showed the overall best performance. Our progressive approach presents a new way to infer orthologs that combines efficient graph-based methodology with aspects of compute-intensive tree-based methods. The linear scaling with the number of species is a major advantage for large-scale applications and makes Hieranoid well suited to cope with vast amounts of sequenced genomes in the future. Hieranoid is an open source and can be downloaded at Hieranoid.sbc.su.se.

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Iran has offered to aid the investigation into the deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish centre, 17 years after the attack.
Argentinian prosecutors have long implicated Iran in the AMIA blast, which left 85 people dead and 300 people with injuries. But although six Iranians are on Interpol's most wanted list for suspected involvement, no arrests have been made.
Music and art therapy pioneered in British hospitals has been crucial in helping Israeli charity Reuth to help victims of terrorism and injured soldiers, its chair said in London this week.
Merav Mandelbaum visited to forge links with the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability and to raise awareness of Reuth, one of Israel's largest social welfare charities, which has a staff of more than 800.
Fourteen people were killed in an incident that has since been described as the first suicide attack on Israelis.
The attack, which also left 27 people with injuries, occurred on the number 405 bus from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The driver had reached the junction after the Israeli Arab village of Abu Ghosh, when a man seized the steering wheel and began shouting in Arabic.
The fifth anniversary of the capture of Gilad Shalit has rekindled the debate over the price worth paying for his release. A flurry of diplomatic activity in Israel in recent weeks has so far failed to deliver a breakthrough.
On Shabbat, June 25, it will be five years to the day in which Palestinian fighters attacked a tank by Kerem Shalom, killed two and took Shalit.


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DaBaby Sued For Allegedly Assaulting Property Owner During Video Shoot
By Peyton Blakemore
February 24, 2021
DaBaby is being sued by the owner of a Runyon Canyon, California vacation rental home.
On Monday (February 22), Gary Pagar filed a lawsuit against the 29-year-old rapper, alleging that DaBaby assaulted him and stole his phone when he attempted to shut down an unauthorized music video shoot at his rental home in December 2020.
Per Variety, Gary claims that DaBaby — whose legal name is Jonathan Kirk — rented the property on the condition that no more than 12 people would be on-site to keep in line with COVID-19 regulations. Additionally, the complaint states that the lease terms prohibited the property from being used for any commercial purpose. However, Gary alleges that DaBaby violated the terms of their lease agreement after he brought about 40 people to the home to shoot a music video.
Gary claims that when he went to the property to try to shut down the video shoot, he was knocked to the ground by an unknown assailant. He alleges that DaBaby then got out of a car, and chased him into the house. Gary additionally claims in the lawsuit that the "Beatbox" rapper warned him not to call the police, and then "sucker-punched him in the mouth, knocking out a tooth and leaving him bloody," Variety reported.
Gary, who is 64, also states in the lawsuit that he was spat on and that DaBaby's crew taunted him by tossing his phone back and forth.
“Mr. Kirk appears to think he’s a real tough guy,” the lawsuit reportedly states, per the outlet. “Mr. Kirk is wrong.”
According to the lawsuit, someone did eventually call the police, which led DaBaby and his associates to flee the scene. However, as they left, DaBaby and his guests allegedly took Gary's phone and “valuable kitchenware." The group also reportedly left behind thousands of dollars in damage— including a destroyed security camera — and haven’t paid the full rental bill.
Gary is also suing DaBaby's manager, Kinsza Virgil, in the lawsuit.
It’s unclear how much the property owner is seeking in damages.
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A man and a woman have been summonsed to court to face fraud charges.
Officers from the Serious Economic Crime Unit have been investigating alleged offences in which people claiming to work for a courier firm visited several victims to collect laptops and an Apple iPhone they had received in the post but had not ordered.
The alleged offences took place in May 2020 in Colchester and Felixstowe.
Adekoya Adefowora, 37, of Colyers Lane, Erith, and Deborah Oyindamola Oyeniyi, 23, of Russell Road, Canning Town, have been summonsed to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on 16 February.
They will each face seven counts of fraud by false representation.

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Synergy is when two or more agents come together to create a reaction greater than any one of them could have achieved on their own. It can be good or bad, depending on the desired outcome.
The synergy between Donald Trump and the coronavirus pandemic is a disaster.
Writing at the Advocate, John Casey summarizes this deadly synergy: "As this crisis deteriorates, becomes unmanageable and inexplicably horrible, so will Trump's behavior. A perfect storm that will unravel an unprepared, unrelatable, and unsympathetic president. A fairy tale turned into the horror of all horror stories."
As many of America's and the world's leading mental health experts have repeatedly warned, Trump is mentally unwell to the extreme. He has publicly and repeatedly shown that he is a malignant narcissist, a pathological liar and a delusional fabulist. He is detached from reality and appears to live in his own fantasy world. His lack of empathy, care and concern for others can reasonably be described as sociopathic.
The coronavirus pandemic is one of the greatest threats to public health — and perhaps even modern human civilization — of the last century. Many millions of people may directly die from the virus in the United States and around the world. The global economy is collapsing into a state that may be worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s. To defeat the coronavirus will require patient and wise leadership based on facts, reason, and expertise. Because the coronavirus is a public health crisis it is a problem of science and empirical knowledge. It cannot be wished away or prayed away or eliminated through other forms of magical thinking.
For many reasons, including his mental health, overall temperament, values and intelligence, Donald Trump is existentially ill-equipped to handle this emergency and defeat the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Bandy Lee is perhaps the leading voice among those who have warned the American people and the world that Donald Trump's presidency would result in disaster. She is a professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and editor of the bestselling book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump."
In our most recent conversation, Lee contended that explains the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic are making Donald Trump's various mental pathologies worse and more dangerous. She explained her view that Trump, aided by Fox News and other parts of the right-wing echo chamber, is creating a collective state of mental illness among his cult members that is making the coronavirus even more lethal.
As she has done before, Lee argued that Donald Trump is the most dangerous person on the planet and expressed her concern he may use the coronavirus pandemic to start or inflame mass violence in order to keep himself in power permanently.
This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.
For several years you have been one of the most prominent public voices warning the American people and the world about the dangers represented by Donald Trump. Now, facing the coronavirus pandemic, where are we as a country and people, relative to the events you predicted would result from Trump's presidency?
This a real crisis, both in terms of Trump's presidency and in terms of his psyche. At first Trump tried to manage the coronavirus in his mind by pretending that it was nothing. It was something that would go away in no time; the virus would somehow magically disappear. That is Trump's fantasy world. When that wasn't happening, and the stock market was in crisis and tumult, Trump then tried to look like he was in charge by giving a speech to the whole country. Trump continues to have these televised speeches and press conferences to make it look like he is control of the coronavirus crisis, all while he has Mike Pence and other government officials praise him on TV.
Trump is not in touch with reality. He cannot control the coronavirus with his mind and by living in a fantasy world, as he has done for most of the crisis. Mental health professionals have been warning for years that Trump's mental health issues would lead to such a dire situation. Trump is not showing just a lack of presidential leadership. What he is doing is so irresponsible and inept that having him as president is in some ways worse than having no leadership in the country at all. Trump is spreading disinformation, suppressing reality, and threatening those experts and other people who are telling him things about the coronavirus pandemic that he doesn't want to hear.
Now we in America and around the world are living through the horrible results of Trump's behavior. His mental health issues are translating directly into deaths and widespread calamity.
Watching Donald Trump's evasion of responsibility for making the coronavirus much worse, his emotional distance, lack of care and concern, and general lack of interest, it seems clear that he is a likely sociopath. He does not appear to be a human being who is capable of empathy or sympathy for other people. He appears incapable of feeling guilt when his actions hurt people.
That is correct. Donald Trump lacks the traits of empathy, sympathy and guilt. Those basic characteristics of humanity have not developed in him. No matter how many lives are impacted by the virus or how many deaths occur, it doesn't really touch him. Human beings are like objects to Donald Trump. He doesn't really relate to other people as if they are human beings. For example, we have now learned that Trump and his son-in-law and other family members may be trying to make money off the coronavirus pandemic through testing, the vaccine and the masks. Making money from the coronavirus disaster is more real to Donald Trump than the lives of people being lost to the virus.
How does Trump's malleable view of reality, his extreme and dangerous fantasies, impact his decision-making?
It's not that he has a malleable view of reality — if his view of reality was flexible then it could in some ways be productive. Trump actually wishes to hold on to the opposite of reality because he cannot tolerate reality as it exists. In truth, Trump is incompetent and not even able to engage in rational thinking. As such, the most threatening thing to a person whose mind works in such a way is science and facts. Scientific evidence and empirical reality are immutable. They do not change to fit Trump's desires and whims. This is very threatening to Donald Trump.
When the World Health Organization reported a 3.4% death rate for Coronavirus, Trump could not simply wish it away as being less than 1% — which was his immediate desire. This is all very threatening for him. During Trump's press conference last Monday, he looked extremely deflated, as if he was finally beaten down by the actual numbers about the coronavirus. The infection rates have skyrocketed, and the stock market is not being easily manipulated by Donald Trump to stop crashing.
Trump's behavior, his looking beaten down, is what happens to an overinflated self-image when it is confronted with reality. Trump cannot tolerate reality. He cannot last very long without either falling into a deep state of depression or lashing out in massive violence. Those two go hand in hand. We can also imagine that the dangers of such an outcome are not only very present but could actually increase with time as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Donald Trump may use the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to expand and secure his power. If he were to lose an election, will he step down from office? Will Trump declare martial law? When reality pushes back against Trump's fantasy world he is going to fight back as though he is fighting for his life. Donald Trump, with all the powers of the presidency and given his mind and behavior, is the most dangerous man on the planet.
Are you suggesting the coronavirus is an opportunity for Donald Trump to fully take over the country and to end democracy and the rule of law?
Once Trump gets a fuller grasp of the situation, one can imagine that his thoughts will immediately go in that direction. Donald Trump is continually at war with the world and reality. Trump could use the coronavirus as an opportunity to secure his power. Given that the American public is frightened and confused, this could be an opportune moment for such a move.
When the Senate chose not to convict Trump it encouraged him. Such a personality does not settle down. Such a personality is not content with the power he is amassing. Trump's expectations of power are rising in ways which are uncontrollable. Such behavior is Trump's megalomania, the uncontrollable expansion of power and control over society that you see when such personalities take power.
There are so many naysayers who say, "Oh, Trump's not dangerous, he's bumbling. He hasn't gotten what he wanted, he can't even think that way." How would you respond?
Trump is impaired and, yes, he does seem to be a bumbling fool. But Trump has a massive following and he controls the Republican Party. The problem is that when there is a person like Donald Trump who is impaired in the higher functions of the brain, the lower functions — the primitive or "reptilian" brain — become more powerful than ever before. That part of the human brain is based on fear, on instinct. Those impulses help Trump to control his people, his frenzied irrational followers. Those people are the key to Trump's power.
This is not a strategy; it is a pathology. Trump's movement is an actual mental disease spreading across the country. As others have pointed out, Donald Trump leads a cult. The Republicans and his other followers are Trump's cult members.
It works very much that way because when a person has high levels of exposure to someone with untreated mental pathology, the vector of transmission is not physical, as we are seeing with the coronavirus, but instead through emotional bonds. Donald Trump creates emotional bonds and a condition of dependence on him among the cult members.
Trump is delusional. Trump is not just lying, because simple lying does not have such a powerful effect on an entire population. Trump's delusions have been induced across an entire population of his supporters and other followers. Now an entire segment of the American people is delusional and detached from reality through Trump. We see this with Trump initially telling the country that the coronavirus is a hoax, that they should go out to restaurants and gatherings, go to work, hug people, etc. Because Trump's followers revere him, they do what he says.
Trump's obvious mental pathologies, in combination with the coronavirus, seem like a true disaster for America and the world.
It was bound to happen. The coronavirus just happened to be part of the equation. The coronavirus pandemic is a graphic illustration of how disastrous allowing the mental health pandemic that is Trump's cult to continue unabated. A mental disease pandemic is now making everything else worse, including the coronavirus. Trump is inspiring very dangerous behavior. It is fanatical.
This is what happens when mental pathology from an influential figure engulfs a large segment of the population. Trump's followers derive their identity, their sense of meaning in their lives, and how they understand the world from what he says. Trump actually disdains the people who follow him. But Trump will do anything to keep their loyalty because they are the base of his power.
Donald Trump has a pathological, authoritarian relationship with his followers. In that relationship they have lost their personhood, autonomy and even their ability to think for themselves. Trump's followers are becoming more dependent, more conformist and more servile to him the longer he stays in power.
Trump supporters contact me every day. Several years ago, I was able to converse with them and I was able to challenge their beliefs — not convert them, per se, but at least engage with them as human beings and start a conversation. That has become much more difficult now, because Trump's supporters are fixed in their thinking. They automatically regurgitate Trump's talking points. They are unable to hear what other people are saying if it does not support Trump.
You can no longer reason with them. The only solution would be removing Trump from the presidency. That has not happened and therefore the pathology has deepened. With the coronavirus it will come to a point where Trump supporters get sick and die in large numbers. They will still support Donald Trump.
Trump is not a savior, but a human being with flaws. Trump's followers cannot even conceive of that fact. It cannot even enter their conscious mind because they will block it. If a person tries to explain reality to Trump's supporters, they will do anything to hold onto their fantasies about Trump and to follow his commands.
Unfortunately, there is a dynamic where mental symptoms are contagious, and individuals start to have the same symptoms of the primary person — even though they usually don't have a mental health disorder. Mentally unwell leaders influence their followers to behave the same way.
Fox News and the right-wing media have been circulating dangerous lies about the coronavirus. How does that fit into the Trump mental disorder pandemic?
I was watching Fox News some 20 years ago and realized that it would cause a national public mental health crisis in the future. Donald Trump is the result of decades of poisoning people's minds and manipulating and controlling them.
How will Trump's followers and other people addicted to Fox News and the right-wing disinformation machine reconcile seeing real people — perhaps even their relatives — get sick and die from the coronavirus with the lies they have been told by their trusted information sources?
The human mind is very powerful. The human mind is capable of turning everything upside down, and Donald Trump has already instructed his followers not to believe what they're seeing and only to listen to him. Fox News and other right-wing media outlets have been instructing the same thing.
I am very afraid that the coronavirus pandemic will cause many deaths and that Donald Trump will then say that the disease was somehow spread in the United States by the Democrats in order to ruin his re-election chances. Trump's followers will believe that and blame the Democrats. In their minds the coronavirus will be the Democrats' fault and not the result of a global disease.
That is another example of how Trump, the Republicans and the broader right-wing movement use stochastic terrorism against Democrats, liberals, nonwhite people, Muslims and any other group or individuals they target as the "enemy." In that logic, if the Democrats are somehow responsible for the coronavirus then violence against them is both reasonable and necessary.
Donald Trump has violence in mind. He's a coward. Normally, he would not even wish to go in the direction of violence, but if his survival were threatened — especially his emotional and mental survival and his inflated sense of self — Trump will resort to violence. That violence could be in the form of a civil war or a war in another country. Trump has said such things before. His foreign policy also reflects his violent mind.
My greatest worry is that the more the coronavirus crisis worsens and the more Trump feels threatened as he realizes that he cannot force his delusional reality into being a real one, there is a greater likelihood of him resorting to extreme means.


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Megan Mullally has had a busy year. In the spring, she recorded a new album, Nancy & Beth, with friend and actress Stephanie Hunt. This summer, she and her husband, actor Nick Offerman, traveled the country with their Summer of 69: No Apostrophe comedy tour, and just before the election, she participated in an impromptu Will & Grace reunion.
Now, the Oklahoma City native hits the big screen with her new film, Why Him?, which premiered nationwide in theaters last week.
There are a lot of really big laughs in this movie, Mullally told Oklahoma Gazette during a recent phone interview from her Los Angeles home. Right now, we have a lot of stress in this country, and I think we all need a laugh. This is the perfect opportunity.
The 20th Century Fox production stars Mullally (as Barb Fleming), Bryan Cranston (as her husband Ned Fleming) and James Franco (as Laird Mayhew) in three of the films lead roles.
Its about a Midwestern family, the Flemings, who have a daughter who goes to Stanford, and they find out in a very unexpected way that she is romantically involved with this guy, a character played by James Franco, Mullally said. He is definitely not the kind of guy they expect their lovely little Midwestern daughter to be dating.
The family travels to Silicon Valley to meet him for Christmas and discovers hes a young billionaire who made his fortune in the gaming industry.
Hes very eccentric and extremely inappropriate, Mullally said. Hes well-meaning, but he just doesnt understand that my husband, played by Bryan Cranston, doesnt really enjoy the word motherfucker.
Mullally portrays Barb Fleming, who shares her husbands conservative Midwestern values.
Barb isnt quite as conservative as her husband, but its close, Mullally said. Its just a real eye-opener for both of us when we realize who our daughter is dating.
The film was shot in and around Los Angeles earlier this year from January through March.
That was really amazing because a lot of things shoot elsewhere these days because of tax incentives, Mullally said. We shot on location in LA and some of it on the Fox lot and some on the Universal backlot. So it was nice to be able to shoot a movie and stay at home.
Why Him? is not necessarily a movie about Christmas, she said; it just happens to be set during the holiday. And she warned audiences to prepare to laugh.
I think its a movie people will really enjoy. Theyve been testing it, and it tops out at 95 percent, which is unheard of, she said. The script was great, but we also did a lot of improvisation. Thats sort of the nature of comedy these days. And we cracked each other up; we laughed so much every day. It was such a fun movie to shoot.
Mullally said she plans to come home to Oklahoma City for the Christmas holidays. She will spend some time with her 94-year-old mother, who still lives in the same Nichols Hills home she grew up in.
While Im home, I plan to sneak into one of the theaters there in Oklahoma City and see the film, Mullally said. I also want to try to get my mom out to see it. Its just a great kind of odd couple classic comedy.
Why Him? is a family comedy that is rated R.
And these days, you cant be conservative; you have to keep pushing the envelope or its not going to work, she explained. I think everyone is really going to enjoy it.
Pushing envelopes is something Mullally did for eight seasons on the long-running NBC sitcom Will & Grace. This fall, she surprised audiences when she reprised her role as Karen Walker in a short reunion.
Simply titled Vote Honey, the nine-and-a-half-minute, YouTube-exclusive episode promoting voting in the Nov. 8 election has been streamed nearly 7 million times. Mullally joined former castmates Eric McCormack, Debra Messing and Sean Hayes, who all reprised their original roles.
It was so surreal to be back on that set, Mullally said. We have been off the air for 10 years, but [we] slipped back into those characters [like] it was like no time had passed at all.
The groundbreaking series aired 1998-2006 and earned Mullally two Emmy Awards. Based on fan reception, Mullally said she might soon wear Karens stiletto heels again.
All I can say is that theres a very good chance you will be seeing us again, she said. But beyond that, I cant really say anything else.
Mullallys fans can also expect new music. Her forthcoming eponymous album with Hunt, Nancy & Beth hits stores April 7. A few years ago, Mullally met actress Hunt while they filmed a movie together, and the two decided to form a band. They toured across the United States, including a February 2014 stop at Oklahoma Citys Lyric on the Plaza.
Stephanie and I are so excited about this new record; its really cool, Mullally said. Its on vinyl, and even just the record art itself is really, really amazing. I love it. Its something that was my concept and my design, and Im so excited about it. Theres a surprise element to it that I wont go into because I dont want to spoil it.
Theyre also planning another tour spanning the East Coast and heading overseas.
We are also going to have to book something in Oklahoma City at some point, she added. Its always so great to come home.
- Scott Garfield / Century Fox / provided
- from left Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally and James Franco costar in Why Him?, which opened Christmas week in theaters nationwide.
Print Headline: Quirky homecoming, Actress Megan Mullally rolls from a successful summer comedy tour into a popular holiday film role and hints at a possible Will & Grace reunion.


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This experiment explores the functionalities of the oscilloscope. In part 1, the oscilloscope is used to display a DC signal and an AC signal, and to measure the frequency of an AC signal. In part 2, the oscilloscope is used to display the exponential response of an RC circuit, and to estimate the time constant τ using the displayed signal. The results of the experiment are presented in this laboratory report.
The oscilloscope is a device that measures electrical waveforms at any point in an electrical circuit. The waveforms are normally displayed graphically in a voltage versus time format, wherein the Y axis is for voltage and X axis is for time .
Two of the more classifications of electrical signals are DC and AC. DC, short for direct current, is a fixed value voltage and current waveform that moves in one direction . AC, short for alternating current, looks like a sinusoid because the voltage levels are changing over time and the current direction switches directions (positively or negatively) at every cycle .
This lab includes measuring DC and AC signals, which will be discussed in the succeeding sections. For the AC signal, the frequency of oscillations is also measured.
Part 1. a. DC Signal
A standard D-size battery is measured of its voltage using both an oscilloscope and a digital multi-meter (DMM). The measured values are as follows:
Vscope= 1. 615 V, VDMM= 1. 615 V
Switched Battery: Vscope=-1. 615 V, VDMM=-1. 615 V
The measured values for different instruments appear to be equal. Moreover, the reversed polarity readings yielded similar results (negative, but still equal values). These results enforce the consistency and accuracy of the measuring instruments.
Upon unplugging the scope, the measured voltage slightly oscillates. Upon unplugging the DMM, the measured voltage remained constant.
Part 1. b. AC Signal
A 1000 Hz sine wave with 1V RMS value is produced using the signal generator and is fed to the oscilloscope. Two controls were critical in order to obtain a stable display: the LEVEL control, and the SLOPE control. These two controls are adjusted accordingly.
For the LEVEL control, it was observed that increasing the LEVEL shifts the displayed waveform to the left. Conversely, decreasing the LEVEL shifts the displayed waveform to the right. For the SLOPE control, switching the SLOPE value flips the graph with respect to the X-axis.
Next, the DC offset control is studied. As the name suggests, this adds a fixed offset voltage to the signal. The oscilloscope is set to DC coupling such that the DC component of the signal is not removed . Turning the DC offset knob shifts the displayed waveform up and down. When the DC offset is adjusted such that the average of the sine wave is at 1. 0 V, the DMM measured the following DC value:
VDMM= 0. 390 V
This measured value is slightly off from the DC offset value in the oscilloscope. This discrepancy may be due to the measuring method inherently used by the DMM itself.
When the oscilloscope was set to AC coupling, it is expected that the DC component will be removed in the display, making the sine wave be centered at 0 V . However, it is observed that the waveform shifted up to 2 V; the sine wave is now centered at 3 V. This happened because the DC offset was added to the signal inside the oscilloscope. The resulting signal is different from the one fed by the signal generator. Since the AC coupling operation’s real principle was to equate the average the value of the signal to 0 V , the oscilloscope must have computed it in such a way that there is still a DC offset of 3V but the running average of the waveform is 0.
The DC offset is then set to 0V, accurately adjusting with the DMM set to DC. When the DMM is shifted to AC, the measured value is:
VDMMAC= 0. 675 V
The measured peak-to-peak voltage in the oscilloscope is:
Vpk-pk= 2 V
Thus, the peak voltage is:
V0= 22= 1 V
The RMS voltage is:
VRMS= V02= 0. 7071
This value has a very small discrepancy with the RMS value measured by the DMM. This difference may be due to compatibilities of the measuring instruments with the signal generator. However, the error of only around 5% can be considered accurate in this case.
Part 1. c. Frequency
At this point, the frequency of the AC signal is measured. The horizontal scale is adjusted such that the display would show one complete period of the waveform. The measured period T from the display is:
5 divs, 0. 2×10-3sdiv
Therefore, the frequency f of the signal is:
f= 1T= 15×0. 2×10-3= 1000 Hz
The measured frequency at the signal generator is:
fsiggen= 497 Hz
This frequency value is half that of the frequency measured using the oscilloscope.
2. RC Time Constant
The RC charging circuit is investigated of its time constant τ. A square waveform is generated to simulate the charging and the discharging phases of the RC charging circuit , noting the distinction between the two for each cycle. The initial values of the circuit parameters are as follows:
R= 5. 0 kΩ, C= 0. 1 μF, f= 200 Hz
The RC charging circuit is studied of the effects of the values of R, C and f to the output waveforms. Here are the results obtained:
– Increasing R decreases the slope
– Decreasing R increases the slope
– Increasing C increases capacitance, increases the maximum charge (asymptotes)
– Decreasing C decreases the maximum charge (asymptotes)
– Increasing f decreases the period
– Decreasing f increases the period
The RC setup circuit is then reverted to the initial values. The displayed waveform is inspected to estimate the time constant charging and discharging times. The resulting waveform is shown in the following figures (first is a sketch from the scope eyeball method, second is snapshot of the GA display):
Figure 1. Scope Display Sketch
Figure 2. Graphical Analysis Display
The measured quantities from the graphs are tabulated in the following table:
The RC values are computed using equations 7 and 8:
Discharging: V0. 003=-5. 5= 6–6e-0. 003-0τ-6
0. 5= 12e-0. 004τ→0. 04166= e-0. 004τ→τ= 1. 25 ms
Charging: V0. 001= 4. 9= 6–61-e-0. 001-0τ-6
10. 9= 12-12e-0. 001τ→0. 09166= e-0. 001τ→τ= 0. 418 ms
The calculated values are significantly far from the estimated values using scope eyeball and GA fit, especially the rising time constant. Nevertheless, the values are within the expected range of values.
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Witte, Robert A. ” AC and DC Coupling.” 9 September 2013 . National Instruments. 15 October 2014


Some civilians in Fallujah have reportedly turned to suicide and killing their own children amid the Iraqi military’s offensive to retake the city from brutal Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists who are allegedly using “hundreds” of residents as “human shields.”
There were about 20,000 children among an estimated 40,0000 to 50,0000 civilians who remained trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah as of the end of May, facing food, water, and medicine shortages as well as extreme violence and forced recruitment by ISIS jihadists who prevented them from leaving, the United Nations has reported.
“Aid agencies fear that many of the 50,000 people who have endured two years of starvation and terror under the jihadists will be driven to suicide as Islamic State turns them into human shields against the Iraqi forces pushing into the city,” reports the Times.
According to the UN, ISIS jihadists inside Fallujah were using “several hundred families” as “human shields” as they engaged in deadly battles with Iraqi troops backed by the U.S. military and Iran-allied Shiite militias.
In interviews with the UN Refugee Agency, also known as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), fleeing residents spoke about civilians committing atrocities against themselves and their family members in Fallujah, located about 35 miles west of Baghdad, the Times reports.
Iraqi authorities recently told the United Nations that an estimated 3,700 Iraqis (624 families) have fled since the Iraqi offensive to the retake city began on May 22.
“Families started to suffer when ISIS (Islamic State) closed the exit routes from the city. Families started suffering from psychological problems and some of them committed suicide,” a woman identified only as Alahin reportedly told a UN worker at a refugee camp.
“Some of them set fire to themselves. I swear to God some of them drowned their children. Some of them threw their kids on to the streets and left them there on their own because they didn’t have any food,” she added.
The UN reportedly acknowledged that it could not independently verify the reports but noted that it was aware of the “severe psychological trauma” suffered by some Fallujah residents.
“Some were so desperate they abandoned children they couldn’t care for. Some people have been attempting to commit suicide as they see no future and no way out,” reportedly said Caroline Gluck of UNHCR. “Do you stay and face death or leave and face death? It’s a no-win situation.”
“We were told of two instances of women throwing themselves and their children into the Euphrates,” added Christopher Wilcke, the Iraq researcher of the NGO Human Rights Watch “We received video footage of three bodies — one adult, two children — being recovered from some river. We showed it to people and they confirmed it was the suicide case.”
The human rights group pointed out that it recorded the first Fallujah-linked suicides in March.
The UN recently reported:
Conditions for those trapped in the city are dire. UNHCR previously noted reports of several starvation-related deaths amid food shortages. Families have had to rely on unsafe water sources, including drainage water from irrigation canals. Health facilities and medications are unavailable…
Inside Falluja, there have been reports of a dramatic increase in the number of executions of men and older boys for refusing to fight on behalf of ISIL. Other reports say a number of people attempting to leave have been executed or whipped, and one man’s leg was reportedly amputated. In addition, many people are reported to have been killed or buried alive under the rubble of their homes in the course of ongoing military operations.
The Times quoted witnesses as saying that ISIS is prohibiting people from leaving and executing those who have tried to flee.
“We don’t have drinking water, we drink directly from the river, it’s not clean at all,” reportedly declared Abu Hamid al-Dulaimi, a Fallujah resident. “There is no flour in the market, we are buying one kilo of wheat and using ancient tools to pound it to make bread. We make fire by burning plastic as there is no cooking gas, we just live like centuries ago.”
“ISIS is forcing boys as young as 12 and 13 into the fight,” added an unnamed Iraqi officer.
Although it has met tough resistance from ISIS, the Iraqi military offensive is making headway in recapturing the city, several news outlets reported Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Abdel Wahab al-Saadi, an Iraqi military commander, indicated that Iraqi special forces are poised to enter the main city, the Associated Press (AP) reported Sunday.


Anthropomorphism of robots
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a human being. Humans tend to anthropomorphize not only nature, but basically anything around them . This also applies to technological objects and machines, such as cars, coffee machines, PCs, smart phones, and especially robots. Indeed, people have been found to anthropomorphize robots more than other technologies and to give robots qualities of living entities such as animals or other humans .
The tendency of applying social rules and heuristics from the domain of people to the domain of machines is particularly relevant for robotics . Therefore, anthropomorphism is a central factor in a robots physical and behavioral design, and is omnipresent in social robotics research. However, it is debated which role anthropomorphism should play in a robot’s design. Is the ultimate goal to replicate the physical form and behavior of humans, such that a person can not distinguish between a robot and a person any more? This perspective is taken by Ishiguro, who developed and studied androids, which appear as human as possible, amongst others a lookalike robotic version of himself . Or is it more appropriate to turn away from anthropomorphism and restrain anthropomorphic design in order to avoid the problem of the so-called “uncanny valley“? The Uncanny Valley hypothesis suggests that the more a robot resembles a human, the more affinity it engenders (Figure). However, if a robot appears nearly-human but can still be identified not to be human, it appears unnatural, evoking feelings of repulsion and discomfort . This feeling does not occur when the robots looks or behaves very different form a human.
Hypothetical graph depicting the so-called “uncanny valley“: the proposed relation between the human likeness of an entity and the perceiver’s affinity for it.
Duffy identifies two motivations for employing anthropomorphism in social robotics . Firstly, social robots operate in our physical and social spaces. In order for a domestic robot to be useful in the household, it has to manipulate our everyday objects, use our tools or climb stairs. This functional perspective implies a certain degree of anthropomorphism in its physical form. The second motivation is to use human-like qualities as personality, gestures, expressions, and emotions as a means through which social interaction with people can be facilitated.
An opposing stance to Ishiguro, who embraces anthropomorphism, is also taken by Coeckelbergh. He gives the following reasons for why it is more likely to relinquish anthropomorphism in robotic design: a) it is easier to design robots when human appearance is not required, b) robots different from humans avoid the “uncanny valley“, and c) non-human robots will be less controversial since humans relations will be similar to existing experience with non-robotic non-humans such as animals – and to some extent – computers, smart phones, or other electronic equipment .
Anthropomorphic design of machines and robots creates expectations by people which need to be balanced with the robots capabilities. People tend to attribute agency or intentions even to simple movements and motions which builds expectations, in a much more prominent way than with more traditional technologies . What it needs is a balance of anthropomorphic form and function to hint at certain capabilities that meet the expectations of a socially intelligent entity . Therefore, Duffy argues that trying to blur the boundary between a robot and human is unnecessary for successful social robots, which will be more acceptable to humans if they are built in their own image.
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More than 160 current Oscar nominees gathered on Monday in Beverly Hills for the annual Academy Award nominees luncheon.
It’s one of the few moments during the hectic awards season when filmmakers, actors, and below-the-line artisans such as makeup designers and sound editors can relax and mingle.
It’s also a sort of odd window into the fact that all these entertainers will soon participate in the March 4 awards telecast. That’s most evident when Oscar producers gently remind everyone how to give a good acceptance speech.
The event ends with the nominees gathering for a big group photo:
After the luncheon wrapped up, we headed downstairs from the ballroom to a dining room to talk with Diane Warren and Common.
The songwriters and performers are nominated for the song “Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” a film about the early legal career of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to sit on the court


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Almotamar.net - Prime Minister Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Habtoor praised the Yemeni tribe's leading national role in confronting the aggression and supporting the army and popular forces in the fronts.
During his meeting on Tuesday in Sana'a with a number of tribal, social, and cultural figures, Dr. bin Habtoor considered that role a source of pride for Yemen and its sons
He expressed his thanks to the Tribal Cohesion Council on its role and position against the aggression.
"In light of the current difficult circumstances experienced by the country, the tribe emerged as a powerful defender of the homeland when intellectuals' role towards the aggression disappeared," the premier said.
The prime minister expressed his confidence that the tribe requests the law and order and abides by it.
"The convergence between the tribal organization and the government is very important," Dr. bin Habtoor affirmed.
He emphasized that the "Bedouin Saudi-Emirati-Qatari aggression on Yemen under a western cover has broken on the ground and internationally."
The attempt to destroy the social fabric had also failed and Yemenis became more cohesive and solid in the face of the enemies' schemes, he added.
Speaking at the meeting, Head of the Tribal Council Sheikh Dhaifuallah Rassam, Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Junaidi and a number of attendees asserted that the tribe was and still is part of the state and is not a substitute for it.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
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Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.


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Dark Horse gives its fans – and anyone interested in taking a glimpse into successful runs in the comic book world – a collection of first issues that will capture your attention. In today’s comic book world, there are an endless number of titles listed online in locations like ComiXology, or in your local comic book shop. When you stop by to take a look, the experience might be overwhelming if you’re uncertain of what you’re looking for. Now, in enters Dark Horse Number Ones 2017 – a collection of eight comic books from different series.
With eight number ones to peruse, you’ll quickly learn that the unique cast of characters and storylines involved will leave you entertained and intrigued for more. Stories range from a murder mystery under the sea, to a dangerously corrupt, isolated society, to witchcraft – all of which allow their stories to take center stage, while varying artwork attempts to capture the essence of each individual comic book. Dept.H follows Mia, a young woman who happens to be following up with the “USEAR – Underwater Science Exploration and Research,” searching for her father’s killer. The artwork looks like you’re watching one of those documentaries that describes how to illustrate classic cartoons. The story immerses you underneath layers of secrecy that will take many follow-up issues to unravel.
Briggs Land takes the bull by the horns, while its main character Grace Briggs takes control of the family business from her husband. This business is a separatist community, and it thrives independently from the rest of the world; however, Grace decides it’s time to protect it above all else, particularly her husband who happens to be behind bars. There isn’t any hiding from the tension built within this story, which might explain why it’s currently in development to become a television series.
Harrow County looks and feels like a great TV show or at least a mini-series. The actions of many determine the fate of one, and the ultimate penalty seems to linger in the ether, floating on the surface, waiting for a spark to ignite everything. Creepy imagery, along with a promise of witchcraft, seems to surround Emmy as she deals with nightmares and abnormal circumstances on the family farm. The conclusion of Harrow County #1 will leave you disturbingly quivered and equally ready for the next chapter in the series.
Dept.H, Briggs Land, and Harrow County are only three out of the eight number ones available in this trade paperback. It’s already worth buying, and that’s before mentioning a ’60s-style assassin disguised as a homemaker, a pair of uniquely odd superhero teams, fun-loving, professional bounty hunters, and the big, red guy you might have heard of – Hellboy. This edition collects a plethora of tales distinct from one another that will make it very likely you’ll find yourself wanting to read more.
Dark Horse Number Ones is available to pre-order before its release on Wednesday, March 29.

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Sweetwater plans $76M expansion, to add 1,000 jobs
Sweetwater is expanding - in a major way.
The Fort Wayne-based online music instruments and audio gear retailer will invest $76.4 million into two new facilities on its 163-acre campus off U.S. 30 in west Fort Wayne. The development of a new warehouse and a new conference center will allow the company to add 1,009 new jobs over the next five years.
Sweetwater founder and president Chuck Surack, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and others gathered Tuesday on the Sweetwater campus to announce the development plans.
"This new warehouse facility will accommodate the tremendous growth we've experienced recently," said Chuck Surack, founder and president of Sweetwater. "Our sales continue to increase each and every year, which means we need more room to be able to serve our customers in the way to which they're accustomed. We are delighted to be able to continue to expand in Fort Wayne, where it all started."
Sweetwater plans to build a new, 350,000-square-foot warehousing facility that will provide product storage as well as gear testing, gear photography, offices, staff amenities, customer pickup and more, the company said. The new conference center will be 35,000 square feet, with room for up to 1,000 people where continuing education sessions for employees can be held.
The buildings should be open and operational by summer 2020, Sweetwater plans.
The more than 1,000 new jobs will be in distribution, logistics, sales, marketing, merchandising, programming/IT, along with various other administrative roles. Sweetwater already employs more than 1,300.
“Sweetwater continues to have a significant and positive presence in our community,” said Henry. “I applaud and thank Chuck Surack for his commitment to Fort Wayne. The innovative and unique work taking place at Sweetwater is a tremendous boost to our local economy and job growth opportunities. The success and new investments being experienced at Sweetwater help position Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana as a point of destination to live, work and play.”
Sweetwater was founded in 1979, in a Volkswagen bus. Now the nation's top online retailer of music instruments and audio gear, the company has invested more than $108 million since 2012 in major expansions.
A LOOK AT SWEETWATER's GROWTH
1979 - Chuck Surack offers recording services out of his Volkswagen microbus
1990 - Sweetwater, with 6 employees, moves out of Surack's home into commercial building
1995 - Sweetwater launches informational website, www.sweetwater.com
Nov. 2006 - Sweetwater moves to current U.S. 30 location
Dec. 2011 - Sweetwater opens Sweetcars, a exotic and luxury automotive dealer
Sept. 2012 - Sweetwater purchases eyeglass and eye care Longe Optical
2012 - $23.5 million, 110,000 square foot addition at Sweetwater headquarters
2015 - Investment of $8.8 million adds in-house marketing department and state-of-the-art video studio
Dec. 2015 - Sweetwater buys Fort Wayne-based Mynett Music, a music instrument retailer
2017 - Sweetwater supports a major renovation of the Clyde Theatre in Quimby Village into a high-quality music venue
Sept. 2018 - Sweetwater announces new 2nd, 3rd and weekend shifts with creation of 150 new jobs
Oct. 2018 - Sweetwater investing $76.4 million to build 2 new facilities and add more than 1,000 jobs

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Filed: Friday, 22nd July 2016
By: Staff Writer
Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has been confirmed as the new manager of England.
Big Sam, who was West Ham United's 14th full-time manager served the club for four years from 2011 to 2015 and was officially unveiled as the new national manager shortly before 4pm this afternoon (Friday).
According to various commentators that should be good news for West Ham's English contingent, all of whom were entirely overlooked by Roy Hodgson who resigned from his post last month following one of England's worst performances on the international stage ever.
The likes of Aaron Cresswell, Mark Noble, Andy Carroll and Michail Antonio, three of whom Allardyce worked with at West Ham are all likely to be considered for future squads - unlike under Hodgson, where the door to selection has been firmly bolted some time ago.
Allardyce has signed a two-year contract and will begin his post with immediate effect. Allardyce's former club Sunderland have been strongly linked with Steve Bruce, who resigned from Hull City this morning before a ball has eveen been kicked this season.
Allardyce signs autographs for young Hammers at the Boleyn Ground in 2015
West Ham United's English contingent
Aaron Cresswell: Signed by Allardyce from Ipswich Town in 2014.
Andy Carroll: Signed by Allardyce in 2013. The most likely to get the nod.
Mark Noble: Allardyce's captain at West Ham.
Sam Byram: Signed following Big Sam's departure, one for the future.
Michail Antonio: Signed for West Ham weeks after Allardyce's departure but his kind of player.
Reece Burke: Yet to feature for the U21s which will probably be his next step.
Reece Oxford: See Reece Burke. A regular at youth level from U16 onwards
Ashley Fletcher: Ditto. Has played at Under 20 level.
Allardyce, Noble, Bacca & Antonio: Friday's news [22nd Jul 2016]
Hammers have their say on Allardyce appointment [21st Jul 2016]
In brief -Thursday's news round-up [21st Jul 2016]
It's Big Sam for England [20th Jul 2016]
Valencia, Carroll, Sullivan & Sakho: Wednesday's news [20th Jul 2016]
Cresswell, Bacca, Payet & Calleri: Tuesday's news [19th Jul 2016]
Big Sam for England, says Cresswell [18th Jul 2016]
Hurst, Tore, Valencia & Allardyce: Friday news [15th Jul 2016]
Payet, Gold, Tore & Fletcher: Wednesday's news [13th Jul 2016]
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Wing Gemma Williams opened the scoring after five minutes, with Lucy Harris adding her name to the scoresheet twice, shortly after. Cath Charlton looked certain to score midway through the half, but was denied by a superb try-saving tackle by Wales U19 Mared Evans, who showed her talent in bounds.
Llandaff North took full advantage of a scrum five, with Emma Phillips picking up and diving over for five points. Paula Mullen converted to put them 24 points ahead. Strong combining in the backline of Paula Mullen, Abby King and Vicci McGrath created another try, while Centre Jess Kidley took a slice of the action with some silky running through the Caernarfon defence. Mullen's boots converted both tries to make a half-time score of 38-0.
After the break, Abby King claimed a try and Emma Phillips bagged her second. The talented Llandaff North backs used smooth handling to put Gemma Williams over for a brace, while Jess Kidley followed suit moments later.
Despite constant pressure from Llandaff North, Caernarfon made some searing breaks, with Captain Kate Jones leading by example. Despite the scoreline, they looked sharp in defence on several occasions, with both Manon Williams and Fflur Jones making try-saving tackles.
Kate Jones attempts to push through a Llandaff North onslaught
Caernarfon Liza Williams; Nesta Doughty; Sara Williams; Bethan Williams; Jenny Davies; Clare Thomas; Kate Jones (C); Sara Patchett; Fflur Jones; Catrin Evison; Manon Williams; Mared Evans
Llandaff North Amy Broadstock (C); Heidi Neilson; Ruth Copeland; Ayla Rose; Lucy Harris; Vikki Gaylard; Simone Dive; Emma Phillips; Sarah Vivien; Paula Mullen; Gemma Williams; Jess Kidley; Abby King; Cath Charlton; Vicci McGrath; Kelly Southway; Claire Fahy; Rowena Jameson; Hannah Torangi
Conversions Paula Mullen (5)
Tries Gemma Williams (2); Lucy Harris (2); Emma Phillips (2); Jess Kidley (2); Vicci McGrath; Abby King


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Following up on “This just happened”, here’s one thing that folks educated as architect can do when they can’t push a mouse around.
While sitting on the couch watching yet another bad movie I figured I could kill some time doodling on my cast. Clearly this is not a new concept but as this was first break it was very new to me.
Up first we have our old friend from 1975.
How about some Celtic Art.
Here’s a little reminder for the doc who going to fix me all up with a titanium plate and screws in a few hours.
No architectural drawing set is complete with out details.
Everyone added a little something and all mine were by left hand. Apparently, the nuns only removed the pen from my left hand when conforming me to a right handed kid!
Good job my left hand is still wired to the right side of my brain. Odd thing is I can’t write with my left, only my right and it’s all caps all the time. More later….after the meds wear off.
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Good that you still have your sense of humor about this.
If you can’t laugh at yourself what’s the point in anything. Shit happens and we move on.


10 Ways to Green Your Office
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1. Turn off your office lights, printers, computer monitors and other electronics when out of the office. Use a power strip to turn off multiple electronics.
2. If you see a room that is being heated/cooled and no one is using the space, call 609-258-5890 or email [email protected] to let Facilities know. They can remotely turn off the heating/cooling in many buildings. When scheduled, rooms are fully heated or cooled in preparation. Only schedule rooms for times when they are needed, and be sure to cancel if the room is no longer needed!
3. Follow the University’s heating and cooling guidelines and live within the "Tiger Zone" - heat to 68 F/20 C in the winter and cool to 78 F/26 C in the summer (if air conditioning is available)
Reduce Water Usage
4. See a drippy faucet, call 609-258-8000! A faucet that drips 60 drips per minute wastes or 5 gallons of water a day. That's 2,082 gallons per year.
Increase Commuters Using Alternatives to Single-Occupancy Vehicles
5. Take advantage of Princeton's transportation incentives for bike/walk, carpool, van pool, or mass transit through the Revise Your Ride program.
Reduce Waste and Expand Sustainable Purchasing
7. Read our Sustainable Event Guidelines for tips on greening your event including: purchasing sustainable food and beverages, avoiding single-use disposable food service items, preventing food waste and reflecting sustainability in event communications and materials.
8. Avoid single-use plastic at events and meetings by providing filtered water in pitchers and consider infusing it with slices of organic fruit ("spa water") and/or use signage to direct people to the nearest filtered water fountain.
9. Before purchasing new office furniture or equipment, consider used items from Resource Recovery, free for all University Departments.
10. Order environmentally preferable office products in Prime's Marketplace. Look for "Green Items" and "Recycled" in the search bar/product description.


Russia: Foreign Office summons Russian ambassador
The Foreign Office has summoned the Russian ambassador over the SolarWinds cyber attack and its recent malign activity.
15 April 2021
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has summoned the Russian Ambassador over the United Kingdom's deep concern at a pattern of malign activity, including cyber intrusions, interference in democratic processes, and the build-up of military forces near the Ukrainian border and in illegally-annexed Crimea.
A FCDO Spokesperson said:
The UK Government is deeply concerned about a pattern of malign behaviour by the Russian State. At today's Summons, FCDO Permanent Under Secretary Sir Philip Barton made clear the UK's support for the actions announced by President Biden in response to Russia's recent activity.
He set out the UK assessment that the Russian Intelligence Services were behind the SolarWinds compromise.
He informed the Ambassador that the UK will continue to work with our allies to call out and counter malign operations by the Russian Intelligence Services.
Sir Philip also stated the UK's concern at the build up of Russian military forces near the Ukrainian border and illegally-annexed Crimea. These activities are threatening and destabilising. Russia needs to cease its provocations and de-escalate tensions in line with its international obligations.
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Many of Us keep Cleaning Products Under our Kitchen Sink. Do you know what’s under your sink?
Do you have children who you have had to baby-proof your home for? Do you have pets who notoriously get into the garage under the sink when you are gone and eat who-knows-what? Well, you aren’t unlike most of us who have people or animal friends in their home that you want to keep safe and healthy. Not to mention, that there is the implication that some of the cleaning agents that you have been using for ages are not-so-good for you and your health- or the environment for that matter. Lauren Brown touches on all of this in her wonderful break down of what may be under your sink!
Over the years, we accumulate all sorts of cleaning products. You probably have the staples that your mother and grandmother used, with a few infomercial miracle solutions thrown in, and maybe you also grabbed the newest thing on the shelf. Before you know it, you have quite the collection of products that you may or may not use- or know the harmful effects of! “Going green” isn’t just a cool T-shirt slogan anymore; it is about protecting your family. Some of the most important toxins to avoid are:
□ Endocrine Disruptors– these toxins imitate human hormones, which confuses your body and can lead to a disturbing number of health problems such as reproductive, developmental, and behavioral problems, premature puberty, miscarriage, challenged immune systems, certain cancers, and many more.
□ Neurotoxins– these affect your brain activity and can cause headaches, memory loss, and even loss of intellect.
□ Carcinogens– these cause cancer and can promote cancer’s growth.
If you are unsure about the presence of these toxins in your products and don’t know what to dispose of or keep, use these tips:
Take a look under the sink…
□ Take out all of your cleaning products and separate them into groups based on their purpose (sanitizing, glass/windows, grease, etc). Do this when no children or pets are around.
□ Do you need multiples of products that have the same purpose? Probably not. So which ones do you keep and which ones are harmful to you and your family’s health?
□ Household products are required to have a “signal word” indicating the level of toxicity.
□ NOTE: These levels are based on a 180-pound male, so imagine the effects on more vulnerable bodies such as children or pets!
|1 ounce – 1 pint may be harmful or fatal
|1 teaspoon – 1 ounce may be harmful or fatal
|1 taste – 1 teaspoon is fatal
□ Given these toxicity signal words, try to eliminate any product stronger than a Caution! From your home.
□ Use up the products that you have (with the exception of the very dangerous ones) and then replace them with healthier choices for the long-term.
Meet my favorite Maid Brigade gal, Lauren Brown, Grass Roots Marketing Specialist, Maid Brigade.
Lauren has been with Maid Brigade for three years, educating the community on the importance of going green for the health of the environment and our families. She emphasizes the value of using safer alternatives and how easy and affordable it can be to go green! Maid Brigade is a residential cleaning service that uses only Green Seal certified cleaning solutions and green methods to clean homes. This ensures a safer work environment for their employees and a safer, healthier home for their clients.
For more green tips, friend Lauren on Facebook and fan Maid Brigade’s local page.
And follow Lauren on Twitter: @LaurenMaidBrgde
For a green home cleaning estimate: www.maids.maidbrigade.com

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Los Chapines Tax Services is located at 1895 SE Tualatin Valley Hwy, Hillsboro, OR. This business specializes in Taxes.
Los Chapines Tax Services was founded in 2010, and is located at 1895 Se Tualatin Vly Hwy in Hillsboro. It employs 1 employees and is generating approximately $45,000.00 in annual revenue.

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I spent quite a bit of time working on my Matryoshka dolls today but had to go outside as it was absolutely gorgeous! Aren and I went for a walk around the neighbourhood and had some fun taking shadow pictures. Actually I believe that he didn't want to have his picture taken until we decided to take pictures of our shadows. Then he took about twenty or so. Hilarious. On the way home we took a detour and stopped at this local coffee joint Bean Counters. It is a really cute little place and they have delicious smoothies. Mine was Wildberry with Cream and Aren had Mango. Yummy!
A couple pictures of my outfit since it is impossible to see what I wearing in my shadow.
I haven't worn this skirt in a while since it had a small tear and was a bit too big in the waist. Finally this morning I took a few minutes and repaired it so it would be good to go. I'm happy I did since it is such a nice skirt to wear in the summer.
Aren not wanting his picture taken.
And finally a sneak peak at some of the Matryoshka dolls I have been working on! That is the new Olfa cutting mat that Aren bought me as an early birthday gift underneath. He also bought me an Olfa ruler today which was 50% off! I am extremely excited about using these two items as I have been wanting (and needing) them for quite some time now.
Stay tuned for more Matryoshka Madness.
Also - please help! I don't know what to get my Dad for Father's Day....

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