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"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember it is your duty to see that the true history of the South is presented to future generations".
The members of the John K. McNeill, Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, proudly sponsor this Southern history project as a self-study course.
The original objective of this project was to supply members and their families with a Southern view of their own history. They in turn would share their knowledge at living history events and school presentations, but as time goes on there is need to educate other Americans. We therefore make this material available to civic organizations, schools, museums, libraries and other community organizations in an attempt to tell the true story our history from our Southern perspective.
It is said that the first casualty of war is truth and that the victors write and perpetuate the history. There are two sides to every story, two sides to a conflict, and while it would seem simple to record and report history it has always been open to different interpretations. Somewhere along the line the Southern perspective has been obscured.
We provide a Southern perspective on the events leading up to formation of the independent nation of the Confederate States of America, the history during is short existence and the history that followed that tragic war.. Some may argue that this is not a balanced treatment. In response we say that the current history taught in most classrooms is not only NOT balanced, but in fact is biased and flawed. The only one viewpoint presented for decades to students is the Northern Yankee perspective. Do not let others do your thinking for you. You have heard their (Northern)-Yankee) side, now hear ours which is "The Other Side of the Coin".
Those who approach this course with an open mind will be amazed at the facts left out for decades of nearly all the textbooks. Students, parents, teachers, administrators, school boards, and citizens are encouraged to review our course, check out many of the referenced readings and read a few books from the late 19th and early 20th centuries for another view. When you have done this we ask you to then draw your own conclusions. Our target for this history project are individuals willing to approach this conflict in history without prejudice. Those who will look at all the facts before developing an opinion. We believe if we are allowed to present this history, the facts will speak for themselves.
For those with a closed, hateful, and/or politically correct (not historically correct) thinking, no amount of factual material presented will be sufficient to convince them of the need for a Southern perspective. Those who are out to destroy everything Southern and Confederate are not the audience for this project. They are too bound up in their own hate to think as a reasonable men.
We would be remiss if we allowed the term American Civil War to be used. A "civil war" is a war within a country where two or more political factions do battle for control of a government. The War of 1861-65 was a War Between States, a War for Southern Independence or a Defensive War Against Northern Aggression. The seceding states who formed the Confederate States of America peacefully formed its own nation and then was invaded by the Federal Armies of the North. The war, started by the Northern aggression was a call, as in the First War for Independence, for men to defend their rights included in the Constitution and their homelands. Southerners rights and the US Constitution were being violated by Northern Federal monetary interests that caused war not interest in controlling the government of the United States housed in Washington city.
Nor was this War Between the States just a one issue war such as a war over slavery as is so often poorly taught in schools today. Economics, power, politics, greed, a domination of the Northern economics interests over the Southern people were the driving forces behind this conflict. These factors are often overlooked in today's politically correct and simplified history lessons.
It would take a library full of volumes to tell the entire Southern history, heritage and perspective. Sadly most do not have the time for such exhaustive research; therefore we have attempted to condense our lessons into more timely presentations of the Southern perspective, while still citing references for individuals who wish more background on a subject. After you complete the course, you decide which history is closest to the truth.
But don't take my word for it. Read the work of Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire (1835-1900) a surgeon on the staffs of Generals Stonewall Jackson, Richard Ewell, and Jubal Early in the War Between the States. He was there during and after the war. He will tell you why the history books most have seen for the past 100+ years get it wrong. Dr. McGuire's report on School Histories in the South.
I gratefully acknowledge all the authors citied in the recommended readings for their works through the years to keep the Southern perspective of history available to the public. Without their exhaustive work and dedication, our summary course would not have been possible.
I also thank all of the men who have served on the SCV Georgia Division Education Committee over the years, especially Darren Wheeler and Marc Thayer who developed a the first history curriculum presentation from which I have taken that framework and expanded this work.
Images presented here in this work are to the best of our knowledge in the public domain, unless otherwise noted and credited. They are provided to help bring to life some of the words presented. Cited material for publications in and out of the public domain have been used. Copyright infringement, if identified in word or image was not intentional and I have tried to make every effort to receive permission for use of others work and to cite and reference the original works.
I wish to acknowledge my brothers in SCV Camp 674 in Moultrie, Georgia for all support of this project from research, publication, distribution and internet hosting. They have provided a space for this work, a work in progress since 2000.
I finally acknowledge the most outstanding and inspirational SCV member, former AOT and Georgia Division Commander Jack Bridwell. Words do not fully describe his dedication to the cause of the Confederate soldier's history, nor his encouragement to promote the education of our members and communities. No SCV leader at at national or state level has even come close to Commander Bridwell's efforts to put a Southern history in the hands of our members and their families, nor to get the project into the schools for all children. He has untiringly given of his time, talent, and treasure to make "The Other Side of the Coin" a reality.
For you leaders of other SCV camps, brigades, divisions, departments or the IHQ proper, your challenge is to provide similar leadership to get this work, or perhaps an even improved version into the hands of the men, families and communities you serve.
To cover costs a $10 donation per CD suggested. If you order 10 or more the donation suggested is $7.50 per CD.
If you order 1 CD from us and make your own copies to distribute to non-profit organizations such as schools, libraries, or SCV Members etc.; You will be on the honor system to send a donation of a minimum $1 per copy to the camp. No one may sell copies for profit without permission of the camp.
The donation covers our cost to buy materials and pay postage and also puts a little bit of funding back into the camp education program for future use. Send checks or money orders payable to:
ABOUT THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS:
The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the Second American Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built.
Today, the Sons of Confederate Veterans are preserving the history and legacy of these heroes, so future generations can understand the motives that animated the Southern Cause.
The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers. Organized at Richmond, Virginia in 1896, the SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.
Membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans is open to all male descendants of any veteran who served honorably in the Confederate armed forces. Membership can be obtained through either direct or collateral family lines and kinship to a veteran must be documented genealogically. The minimum age for membership is 12.
Proof of kinship to a Confederate soldier can take many forms. The easiest method is to contact the archives of the state from which the soldier fought and obtain a copy of the veteran's military service record. All Southern state's archives have microfilm records of the soldiers who fought from that state, and a copy of the information can be obtained for a nominal fee. In addition, the former Confederate states awarded pensions to veterans and their widows. All of these records contain a wealth of information that can be used to document military service. The SCV has a network of genealogists to assist you in tracing you ancestor's Confederate service.
The SCV has ongoing programs at the local, state, and national levels, which offer members a wide range of activities. Preservation work, marking Confederate soldier's graves, historical re-enactments, scholarly publications, and regular meetings to discuss the military and political history of the War Between the States are only a few of the activities sponsored by local units, called camps.
The SCV works in conjunction with
other historical groups to preserve Confederate history. However, it is not
affiliated with any other group other than the Military Order of the Stars
and Bars, composed of male descendants of the Southern Officers Corps. The
SCV rejects any group whose actions tarnish or distort the image of the
Confederate soldier or his reasons for fighting.
If you are interested in perpetuating the ideals that motivated your Confederate ancestor, the SCV needs you. The memory and reputation of the Confederate soldier, as well as the motives for his suffering and sacrifice, are being consciously distorted by some in an attempt to alter history. Unless the descendants of Southern soldiers resist those efforts, a unique part of our nations' cultural heritage will cease to exist.
If you would like more information about the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Georgia, call 1-888-SCV IN GA (888-728-4642) or visit the Division website at www.georgiascv.org or 1-800-MY-SOUTH, or 1-800-MY-DIXIE, visit the IHQ website www.scv.org or write to:
Sons of Confederate Veterans
P.O. Box 59
Columbia, Tennessee 38402-0059


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The weather around Cincinnati will be mostly clear and sunny this week, according to the National Weather Service.
After the warm weather and clear skies on Labor Day, Tuesday will see more sun and a high of 86, with patchy fog early in the morning. There will be a chance of showers, mainly after 2 a.m. as a cold front moves southeast, bringing a weakening band of showers and possibly storms.
Tuesday: Sunny, high near 86. Patchy fog before 9 a.m.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing and a high near 80. A chance of showers mainly before 10 a.m.
Thursday: Sunny, high near 79.
Friday: Sunny, high near 82.
Saturday: Sunny, high near 85.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, high near 85.
Monday: Sunny, high near 86.
Source: National Weather Service, Wilmington

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Payne: Driving in the Google Marshmallow Bumper Bot
Mountain View, California — Driving in the autonomous Google electric car is a very different experience than its predecessor, the Lexus RX350 Hybrid equipped with Google self-driving equipment that I tested here over a year ago.
For one thing, there’s what to call it.
Google has yet name it so the public has been filling the void. It’s been variously referred to as a “marshmallow,” “nerf car,” and “koala ball.” My favorite? The “Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bot” (courtesy of The Oatmeal.com).
But the other difference is the car doesn’t feel like a car at all. It feels more like a Disneyland ride. The interior is devoid of traditional car tools. No pedals. No instrument panel. No steering wheel. The absence of the latter is transforming, actually. Rather than making me feel less safe, it is comforting not to see the pilot-less steering wheel spinning around like car is possessed. My wife won’t get in a self-parking, steering wheel-spinning Ford Focus, much less a possessed, self-driving Google Lexus.
I felt like I was in a Disney monorail, or the front of a New York subway rail-car. But without the rails.
Government regulations still demand that autonomous vehicles have a safety engineer sitting by in the driver’s seat if they are let loose on public roads. Which is why I was driving in the Google Lexus on public roads last year — and on the parking-lot roof of Google’s X-lab in the Marshmallow Bumper Bot. But Google did everything to make the roof seems like a public road.
They threw pedestrians across our path. Bicyclists. A merging Ford Fusion. Not to mention the fixed rooms, light poles, and walls that make the X-lab roof look like a maze. The Google car navigated them all — braking, stopping, steering. By my second ride, I was comfortably glancing at my phone and checking email.
There’s another big difference with the Lexus. The Marshmallow Bot is Made in Detroit.
Google has partnered with Roush which manufactured my tester in Livonia. There the car is hand-built with the same roof-mounted “LIDAR” dome (a package of lasers, radars, and cameras), sensors, and software as the Google Lexus — but packaged about the size and shape of a VW Beetle. Then it’s shipped to Mountain View for final software updating by Google engineers.
The engineers say the Google car looks so cute because it was designed from the ground up with round corners so the LIDAR can see 360 degrees around the car. “We wanted to re-imagine the car without the steering wheel,” says Lead Systems Engineer Jaime Waydo. “When we do that we want to build a car that can see 360 degrees.”
But Google also admits its cuteness has the effect of helping the self-driving car gain public acceptance. It’s reassuring that the autonomous car heading down the street looks like a friendly kid’s play toy and not Darth Vader (like, ahem, the new Lexus RX’s grille). Significantly, the LIDAR dome — which looks like a spinning bubble gum machine with legs on top of the Google Lexus — has been greatly modified to resemble the blue dome on Andy Griffith’s Mayberry police car. Indeed, from a distance, the Google car can look like a VW meter maid.
This attention to detail means Google car is serious about coming to the market. Soon.
While Google founder Sergey Brin won’t put a date to the Google car’s ambitions, he says Google is working closely with regulators. The Marshmallow Bot is also a regular fixture on public roads — approved for testing by the government of Mountain View and Austin, Texas.
Google is testing the cars furiously, having already logged 1.2 million miles. Safety is a first priority, and the Google car has been limited to 25 mph on local streets. The few accidents it has been involved in have been almost entirely caused by human drivers running into it.
“We were surprised by the frequency of times we’ve been rear-ended,” says Brin. It’s much higher than we first thought. Human drivers are not paying attention. It speaks to the challenge of people driving with cell phones and other distractions. And that’s the safety issue that a self-driving car solves.”
Brin says the Google car will make driving safer, but will never replace the fun of driving. “There is a future for both worlds,” he says. “There’ll always be the pleasure of the open road.” But for the daily drudgery of metro commuting — Brin says the average work commute is 50 minutes — the Google car’s technology will be a revolution.
Driving in the Google car, its immediate future is evident: It will be a boon to taxi services like Uber and commercial fleets like airport shuttles. My tester was roomy with heated seats, a tasteful stitched vinyl interior, and luggage room where the dashboard and console used to be.
“Driverless vehicles will change the game,” says Rattan Joea, CEO of California-based, airport-focused Prime Time Shuttle, who sees a future of Uber-like ride shares. “It will streamline our service by taking the operator out of the equation. It will save on insurance by removing human limitations. Computers don’t get tired. They don’t get sleepy.”
Such commercial services might initially be able to afford the huge up-front costs of the Google technology given its long-term labor savings. But ultimately, Goggle’s Brin sees the rolling marshmallow — or whatever its name will be — as affordable transportation so that the elderly (like his Parkinson’s afflicted mom) can get around even after they are no longer fit to drive.


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Banks close doors as we stayed home
BANK branches have been closing across South Australia at their fastest rate in two decades as the pandemic pushed more customers to digital banking.
Since COVID-19 struck in early 2020, there have been 23 shutdowns completed or scheduled, according to bank figures and Finance Sector Union data. Nationally, the number is almost 300.
Temporary COVID-related closures of some branches continue, and hundreds of ATMs have disappeared in a “real blow to communities”, the union says.
FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said there had been a sharp rise in branch closures in the past two years and the number was growing at its fastest rate since the early 2000s.
“Not everybody can move to digital banking: people with disabilities, those with low levels of digital literacy, and those with English as a second language or limited access to transport,” she said.
Ms Angrisano said workers were anxious about their future and she called on banks to outline future branch closure plans.
“They have used the pandemic as an excuse to close branches at a faster rate,” she said.
A Commonwealth Bank spokeswoman said COVID-19 had not changed how CBA determined its branch footprint but had “accelerated a continuing shift in customer preferences toward digital and contact centre services”.
NAB’s executive general manager retail, Krissie Jones, said the bank’s investment in locations was guided by how customers banked.
“More than 93 per cent of customer interactions are now taking place over the phone, by video or online,” she said.
National figures show that last week Westpac and its subsidiaries Bank of Melbourne, St George and BankSA began closing or colocating 48 branches.
But this is dwarfed by ANZ, which has closed or announced plans to close 131 branches since early 2020.
NAB has closed or is closing 45 branches, Commonwealth Bank 32, and Suncorp 20, the FSU says.


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Geography Student Launches Interactive Map of Denver's Historic Streetcar Line
Project connects streetcar legacy to neighborhood walkability
Denver residents often are unaware that the city once boasted a world-class public transportation system in the form of streetcars. In fact, many of our buzzing commercial strips and distinctive neighborhoods — Colfax, Broadway, South Pearl, Gaylord, Tennyson — were once home to the tracks that used to cover a large portion of Denver proper.
Thanks to Ryan Keeney, a graduate student in the Department of Geography and the Environment, an interactive digital map is now available for urban planners, history buffs, students and others interested in Denver’s streetcar legacy.
For his master’s capstone project, Keeney painstakingly pored over historic maps and narratives in Denver’s Street Railways, a three-volume collection by Don Robertson, Ed Haley, Morris Cafky and Kenton Forrest. Using GIS mapping software, he then digitized every streetcar line that ever existed within the modern boundaries of the City and County of Denver, from the system's inception in 1872 to its demise in 1950. The resulting map on his website, Denver’s Streetcar Legacy and Its Role in Neighborhood Walkability, allows users to zoom in and out and switch between historic aerial and modern map views. A time slider also lets users view lines by year.
"While it was tedious going through so many history texts to map the lines in such detail, it was really interesting to discover that Denver once had an excellent transit system that was very localized and arguably served the city of its time better than Denver's current transit system," Keeney says.
In addition to creating the streetcars map, Keeney took the project one step further by exploring the way that streetcar lines spurred commercial development and neighborhood walkability.
“Many of the city’s neighborhoods have quiet, pedestrian-friendly commercial areas tucked within them, which developed in symbiosis with the streetcar,” he says. “As people disembarked after commuting from downtown, they would patronize local businesses before walking home. Despite the end of the streetcar, these commercial nodes remain with us today and enhance the functional walkability of the city by virtue of their close proximity to many residences.”
The map allows users to zero in on what Keeney terms Streetcar Neighborhood Commercial Development (SNCD) clusters and view data for each individual SNCD. He hopes that this tool will help urban planners identify holes in walkability, particularly as one of Denver’s 2020 Sustainability Goals calls for reducing single-occupancy vehicle travel to 60 percent of all trips.
“Ryan’s project is completely original and provides urban planners and urban enthusiasts with an interactive resource that reveals early 20th century transportation and neighborhood history and its impact on today’s city,” says professor Eric Boschmann, Keeney's advisor in the geography department. “Many of the desirable modes of urban living and new forms of urban development seen today draw upon aspects of urban design that existed prior to mass suburbanization and the reshaping of cities around the private automobile. So, it is vitally important to have such historical information in an easily accessible online, interactive, and detailed format.”
Having grown up car-dependent in suburban Indianapolis, Keeney reports that upon moving to Denver, he was immediately impressed by the city’s walkability.
“I’ve always been interested in how the built environment affects our lives, happiness and environmental sustainability,” he says. “This project has been a fun way to discover what makes Denver varied and unique.”


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Butter Bean Honey
Butter Bean Honey is like a burst of Eastern Shore sunshine. This honey is silky smooth with hints of grass, peach, and the earthy underlay of its source legume. Try it straight in tea or simmered into a simple syrup mixed into your favorite cocktails.
Measurements: 11 oz
Tasting Notes: On the first taste, you will notice a mild “grass” note on your tongue. The finish is gently sweet, with notes of fruits. Great for use in herbal iced tea with lemon. Pair it with strong, salty cheese. Use on grilled peaches by sweetening a dollop of ricotta with honey and chopped herbs. Add to your next marinade. Make a simple syrup and pair with Vodka or Gin.
Country of Origin: USA*Due to the artisanal nature of this product, color and size may vary.

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text: Abstract. The association of plasma membrane (PM)-localized voltage-gated potassium (Kv2) channels with endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated proteins VAPA and VAPB defines ER–PM junctions in mammalian brain neurons. Here, we used proteomics to identify proteins associated with Kv2/VAP-containing ER–PM junctions. We found that the VAP-interacting membrane-associated phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) transfer proteins PYK2 N-terminal domain-interacting receptor 2 (Nir2) and Nir3 specifically associate with Kv2.1 complexes. When coexpressed with Kv2.1 and VAPA in HEK293T cells, Nir2 colocalized with cell-surface–conducting and -nonconducting Kv2.1 isoforms. This was enhanced by muscarinic-mediated PtdIns(4,5)P2 hydrolysis, leading to dynamic recruitment of Nir2 to Kv2.1 clusters. In cultured rat hippocampal neurons, exogenously expressed Nir2 did not strongly colocalize with Kv2.1, unless exogenous VAPA was also expressed, supporting the notion that VAPA mediates the spatial association of Kv2.1 and Nir2. Immunolabeling signals of endogenous Kv2.1, Nir2, and VAP puncta were spatially correlated in cultured neurons. Fluorescence-recovery-after-photobleaching experiments revealed that Kv2.1, VAPA, and Nir2 have comparable turnover rates at ER–PM junctions, suggesting that they form complexes at these sites. Exogenous Kv2.1 expression in HEK293T cells resulted in significant differences in the kinetics of PtdIns(4,5)P2 recovery following repetitive muscarinic stimulation, with no apparent impact on resting PtdIns(4,5)P2 or PtdIns(4)P levels. Finally, the brains of Kv2.1-knockout mice had altered composition of PtdIns lipids, suggesting a crucial role for native Kv2.1-containing ER–PM junctions in regulating PtdIns lipid metabolism in brain neurons. These results suggest that ER–PM junctions formed by Kv2 channel–VAP pairing regulate PtdIns lipid homeostasis via VAP-associated PtdIns transfer proteins.


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Gaming in India is a burgeoning market. Even with the recent figures in GDP decline, this particular ecosystem seems to be thriving. With multiple aspects to it, the industry seems to be attracting more and more indigenous aspirants.
While development studios are popping up by the day throughout the country, in some places it might be lacking investment. Many indie studios open-up and shut due to lack of investors while others make it by surviving on service-based work rather than IPs.
One of India’s largest gaming company, Nazara Technologies, has invested in a number of companies throughout the country and plan to keep it going. The CEO, Manish Agarwal gave us some insights on what they look for before investing in a company.
“That (investment) totally depends on the company’s stage at which it is”, says Agarwal.
If the product has been launched, it depends on how much BAU it has and how many installs have already been completed. Then the obvious KPIs become retention, engagement and hopefully monetisation.
“What you have is a simple framework of acquisition, attention, engagement and monetisation”
In acquisition – you look at how much is your paid and how much is your organic virality, engagement and time spent. While on engagement you look at short-term, long term, mid term and monetisation.
In terms of a company which does not have a live product, it doesn’t matter what the scale is, the higher the share, the higher the chance that it is able to achieve better metrics and stronger it is for investment. Now say, a company which doesn’t have a product, then its purely a function of what is the addressable size of the market…what kind of ideas, consumer understanding and insights does the founding team have. Also, the fun element in the prototype that is to be launched.
India being a mobile-first country, only a few developers are looking at developing games for PC or console. Investing seems to be a problem there too in some cases. In recent times, indie studio NoddingHeads went in to kickstarter for their upcoming projects Raji, where they failed to meet the desired amount, but have since continued work on a steady pace. Says the team, “Unfortunately it is. We are one of the few Indian Indie Dev teams developing for the PC and console market. So naturally, this seems to be a bone of contention with Indian investors. The thought of investing funds for more than six to twelve months seems too much of a risk and dare we say that this may be considered unnaturally long term for them. This is why we are looking further afield. Currently we do not have plans to develop for mobile, our focus is to make Raji the best we can within the time constraints we have and for future projects, create compelling games for this PC and console/market.”
Somewhat similar about the market was shared by Agarwal himself, “It’s because there are no publishers of PC in India and the publishing market is a mobile-first market. So people like me who are looking at investment are looking at mobile-first companies. For us, we are very focused on a domestic market and other emerging markets which are also mobile-firsts. Anybody who is working for the PC means they are predominantly catering to the western markets and I don’t have that understanding of the consumer there. So for me it’s not of strategic interest and I can’t really put my finger on whether it will succeed or not and hence I will not get into it.”
Shares another indie studio, Pocket League, “There needs to be cohesion or strategy with the types of products being made in a games company, for example targeting one specific genre, very deeply understanding the audience, creating a brand, and also, needless to say, having a data-driven approach. Investors are looking for an exit at the end of the day, and a gaming company has to focus on creating enough value to get there. They have to be able to sell their story to investors and show a clear path to creating a multi-million dollar business. Having said that, bringing in investment is just one approach.”
While investment for mobile gaming in the country seems to be on a brighter path, according to Agarwal these are the things that a studio looking for funding should keep in mind.
“If you are looking at an idea which is being funded, then you need to have KPI’s which have to be outlandish.” He further states, “if you are in your top five percentile whether in your long term retention, your virality, your monetisation or your engagement then you will be able to create a confidence in the investor that this game has legs to go.”


Gardening could be a fun recreational exercise, relaxing interest or perhaps a occupation if you are gifted in gardening. Gardening is the strategy of cultivating and rising varied plants in your garden as a part of horticultural artistry. In formal gardens, ornamental plants normally are grown primarily for his or her lovely flowers, leaves, or look; useful, medicinal plants, however, are grown for their worth as a food source or as a result of they’re ready to provide some service to the neighborhood. Whether or not for personal pleasure or enterprise functions, gardening may be an ideal strategy to make your backyard look beautiful and likewise helpful.
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Gardening might be of two varieties: primary or secondary gardening. In major gardening, the plants are merely grown to supply flowers and greenery round the primary trunk of the home. These plants are typically low upkeep as they do not require a lot consideration. Secondary gardening, on the other hand, involves growing plants that will help within the production of meals, drugs, or shelter; the main objective is to provide meals and survival to the neighborhood by means of the use of plants and flowers.
One in every of the commonest kinds of gardening is fruit tree orchards. These gardens develop varied sorts of fruits, together with citrus, apple, cherry, lemon, pineapple, and different melon-related fruits. Since fruits are very dependent on direct sunlight, these gardens have to have massive areas of direct sunlight and shade. Fruits bushes normally bloom through the months of June and July, while apples, pears, cherries, plums, blueberries and plump orchards could bloom during totally different months of the year.
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Thursday 24 March 1988
It was Thursday, under the sign of Aries. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Jean-Guillaume Béatrix and Aiga Grabuste.
In that special week of March people in US were listening to Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson.
In UK I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue was in the top 5 hits.
Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while The Cat Who Came For Christmas by Cleveland Amory was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Chelmsford 123.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Blade Eagle 3-D or Lancelot.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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- World Tuberculosis Day.
- Saint Simeon (died 1475)
- Ancient Latvia - Kazimiras Diena observed.
- Saint Catharine of Sweden ((died 1381)
- Jean-Guillaume Béatrix: French biathlete, he won two silver medals with the French relay at the World championships (2012 and 13) and a bronze one in the pursuit at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
- Aiga Grabuste: Latvian heptathlete.
- Ryan Higgins: Zimbabwean cricketer.
- Matías Martínez: Argentinian footballer.
- Kardo Ploomipuu: Estonian swimmer.
- Sharmin Ratna: Bangladeshi target shooter
- Gospel at Colonus opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
- Quarterback Dan Fouts retires.
Which were the top hits in that special week of March 1988 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
- Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
- Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
- Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
- Keith Sweat - I Want Her
- George Michael - Father Figure
- The Jets - Rocket 2 U
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
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At “Art From The Heart” (AFTH), we organize the exhibition and sale of artwork at the Canmore General Hospital, including oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel and mixed media paintings, as well as collages, painted silk scarves and pottery. Emerging and established artists are welcome to submit work. There are traditionally 3 shows per year, with changeovers in September, February and June. There is a $10 submission fee for each show.
Canmore Art Guild
CAG was established in 1980 and since then the members have run the gallery on volunteer power. They exhibit their art in group and solo shows, which change every 2-4 weeks. Thu.-Tue. 11 am - 5 pm
102 – 700 Railway Ave, Elevation Place, Canmore, AB T1W 1P4
Mountain Cabin Quilters Guild
An active guild of 100 members involved in both traditional and art quilting. Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from Sept to June at 7:30 pm, in the Lady MacDonald Room in the Old Recreation Centre in Canmore 1900 - 8th Ave. Annual quilt shows, courses, retreats, charitable work, raffle quilt, social events, etc. We are excited to welcome potential new members at any time.
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Better nitrogen fertilizer management improved Mchare banana productivity and profitability in northern highlands, Tanzania
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Declining land productivity is a major problem constraining banana (Musa spp.) production in Tanzania. Banana fruit yield consequently reaches only 15% of the potential, primarily due to inadequate soil nutrient replenishment. Improving farmers’ soil nutrient replenishment strategy in banana home gardens, which relies on applications of cattle manure only, by mixing with inorganic fertilizer resources can increase land productivity and can improve the overall profitability of banana production in the country. Experiments were conducted at Tarakea, Lyamungo, and Tengeru to determine the effects of organic fertilizer resources (animal manure and crop residue) and their combination with inorganic fertilizer resources on the productivity and profitability of Mchare banana production. Banana fruit yield differed significantly among the experimental sites, with drier areas of Tengeru recording, on average, 19.6 t ha−1 year−1, while the more humid areas of Lyamungo recorded, on average, 39.3 ha−1 year−1. Mchare banana plants grown under sole inorganic fertilizer produced significantly low yields (33.0 t ha−1 year−1) compared with those fertilized with cattle manure only, which lifted the yields to 38.8 t ha−1 year−1, but the latter required more labor input. Soil nitrogen (N) fertilization via cattle manure + mineral fertilizer gave the highest average banana fruit yield (43.0 t ha−1 year−1) across the sites, and reduced fertilization costs by 32%. Subsequently, this integrated fertilization technique generated the highest average net benefits in all sites and both cropping cycles. Thus, the findings of this study form a basis to improve land productivity and profitability in banana-based home gardens in the study area by directing more labor input to good soil N management.
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“Conservatives” and cops alike are shrieking about how mean everyone is being to police officers who kill unarmed members of the public. (You can see some of their “thoughts” here, if you have a strong stomach.) They want to know why, oh why, is everyone saying “we don’t trust the cops”, and bemoan the lack of trust being given to our men and women in Blue. The reason is actually pretty f***ing obvious:
Cops can murder People of Color 24/7/365 and never pay for the crime. Seriously, look at the record. How often have cops been indcted for offing a POC without just cause? And if indicted, how often are they tried? And if tried, how often are they found guilty? And if guilty, how often do they serve lengthy prison terms for their crimes?
The answers are: Rarely; Even less often; Almost never; and Never, respectively. Cops who kill innocent people are almost never held accountable for their actions. They almost never pay a price or suffer the consequences of their crimes. They can kill with impunity, and so they continue to kill.
The root cause is: grand juries rarely indict cops. Some police departments just plain have violent culture. Police agencies often do a crap job of policing themselves. And no one else polices them sufficiently, either.
If this writer got busted for speeding, he’d have to pay the ticket. But a cop who kills a twelve-year-old kid without cause will face no punishment. That, Mr. and Ms. Policepersons, is why we are p***ed off, and why we don’t trust you. There are two sets of rules in play: one for you, and another for the rest of us.
It is unfair, and deadly to boot. Americans are supposed to be treated fairly, we are not being treated one bit fairly. Just like the Wall Street crooks who crashed the economy and destroyed our lives while facing no consequences for their actions, Killer Kops aren’t held to account for actions far more egregious than anything we average schmoes might commit.
When a paunchy, balding old fart has to fear the law while those who are suppsoed to uphold the law can act as though laws don’t apply to them, you’re damned right we don’t trust the police. You’re damned right we fear the police. We’d be fools not to.
Cops won’t get our trust back until we see them being held accountable for their actions.
Mr. Blunt and Cranky


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MC Villa 12 is a 260 square meters villa and consists of three bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms (the master bedroom has a Jacuzzi), a large closed kitchen, indoors living room and dining room, breakfast solarium room, outdoor dining area covered by a pergola, a WC, BBQ, a beautiful 130 square meters swimming pool. In addition to the main villa there are two guest houses both equipped with a fridge and one with a kitchenette as well. The villa has free Wi-Fi access, satellite TV & open parking space area. The villa can accommodate 5 couples or 10 guests.
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Guest Apartment with a bedroom with double bed and sofa, A/C system, spacious hammam-style bathroom with shower, kitchenette, mini refrigerator, garden & children’s play area.
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Guest Apartment with a bedroom with double bed, sofa, mini refrigerator, A/C system, bathroom with shower, outside sitting area with sea and sea view.
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Haryana to regulate interstate movement - Chandigarh News
by IANS | Updated Jun 18, 2020
Giving more details about this, an official spokesman said that self-registration on the portal www.saralharyana.gov.in and downloading of Aarogya Setu app is mandatory for all travellers entering Haryana for a stay of more than three days (72 hours).
He said the travellers have to share their complete details, including name, address and mobile number (use of same mobile number for multiple registrations not allowed, except in the case of a family).
Besides this, business visitors are required to give details, including name, mobile and address of persons in Haryana they intend to meet and date of return.
Visitors might be visiting Haryana and staying as house guests with friends or relatives, etc. In such an eventuality, it shall be mandatory for the persons hosting the visitors to register their details on the portal immediately, on the same day of their arrival, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said that health screening of all such travellers at border check-posts, railway stations and bus stands would be done at the entry point of the district or city or village, as the case may be, where the person intends to visit.
He said that if any traveller is found symptomatic on arrival, then he or she will report to the nearest health facility and will be assessed for clinical severity.
On testing, if found positive, he or she will be shifted to home isolation or COVID Care Centre, depending upon the severity; and if negative, no further test/self-isolation will be required.
- Tamil Nadu: Avadi commissionerate begins bicycle patrolling
- ED attaches assets worth Rs 13.87cr in bank fraud case
- Coal scam: Recovery amount by ED rises to Rs 1.25 cr, Gajraj Towers' name surfaces (Ld)
- Police nab one for Maha scribe's death, MVA, BUJ, PUCL slam govt (Lead)
- Andhra Cabinet's nod for National Law University at Kurnool
- SC collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices of 4 HCs
- J&K launches project to promote sustainable agriculture
- J&K: CBI arrests 2 in bribe case
- Leopard that attacked 3 in Ghaziabad court captured (Ld)
- SC removes reference to Sikkimese-Nepalese as 'persons of foreign origin' in its verdict

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Speaker John Boehner is not committing himself to following the so-called Hastert Rule in the House's upcoming battles over gun control, immigration reform, and dealing with the nation’s long-term debt.
“Listen, it was never a rule to begin with,” the Ohio Republican insisted during a news conference Thursday, though he added, “Certainly my prerogative—my intention—is to always pass bills with strong Republican support.”
Boehner was referring to what has been the informal practice of Republicans when in the House majority of not allowing legislation to hit the floor for a vote unless it is supported by most of the GOP conference—a “majority of the majority.”
The rule is named for former Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.
But whether Boehner is, or is not, following that rule—and whether he intends to follow it in the anticipated upcoming legislative battles—has been the source of much confusion this year.
So much so that, this week, two House conservatives who are already worried Boehner may decide to break the “Hastert Rule” for gun-control legislation have been circulating a letter for colleagues to sign seeking to persuade the speaker to abide by the tradition.
“We are writing to express our strong opposition to legislation requiring private sale background checks for firearms purchases,” reads the letter circulated by Senate hopeful Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia and Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas. “Under the precedents and traditions of the House, we would ask that no gun legislation be brought to the floor of the House unless it has the support of a majority of our caucus.”
Such worry comes as Boehner already has broken the rule several times this year, with the New Year’s vote on the fiscal-cliff deal, disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy, and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, which all passed with Democratic votes.
After the House passage of VAWA, Boehner sought to assure some fellow Republicans that breaking the rule was not something he expected to continue.
But earlier this week, Boehner again broke the rule. He allowed a suspension vote on a bill to broaden the government’s ability to purchase land to protect historic battlefields. It passed, though 122 Republicans voted against it and just 101 voted in favor.
On Thursday, Boehner seemed to spell out—perhaps once and for all—that he does not necessarily feel obligated to follow the rule.
Boehner sidestepped a direct answer on whether he would commit to bringing a gun-control measure to the House floor—in light of the Senate passage of cloture Thursday on gun-control legislation.
At one point, Boehner said he expects the House will act on some gun legislation in the upcoming months.
But as for whether there will be a floor vote on what the Senate produces, he said only, “I would expect that if the Senate does move a bill that I will send it to the Judiciary Committee for an open hearing and for their deliberation.”
Soon after that, Boehner was pressed about whether he might violate the Hastert Rule to allow floor votes on such gun legislation—or other legislation dealing with immigration reform, or the nation’s debt—that is not supported by a majority of his conference.
That was when Boehner declared that the Hastert Rule, from his view, “was never a rule to begin with.”


While you're trying to solve your 'uninstall' administrator privileges problem, you can delete your program by 'tricking' the system. This is the long way to do it, but if you really have to get the files off your system, it's worth it.
First, go into the C drive, and find the program and manually delete the files. If the system doesn't let you delete the whole folder at one time, it may very well allow you to delete each file at a time. Or, you can sometimes fool the system by renaming the files and then deleting them.
Then, when you've done all you can do manually, do an Advanced Search for all the remaining program files, and delete them that way. (For some reason, the system seems to be more forgiving about deleting files this way, then uninstalling them.)
To get to Advanced Search, press the Windows key on your keyboard + F (or go into the Start Menu, and from inside the Search pane, press F3). That brings up the Search page - click the Advanced Search button to the far top-right, to open the Advanced Search Set Up page. On the Set-Up page, check the 'Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files' option. Under Location, select C Drive, or Computer, or Everywhere, and in the Name box, fill in the name of the program or file you’re looking for, or some text from within the file. Click on the Search button, and that's it. When the files come up, just delete them.
(After this first search is completed, if it was only partially successful, do additional searches for any other key words you think might be associated with that program or file.) The searches could take 10 seconds or 10 minutes, depending on how many files/folders there are to go through, but you'll eventually see extensive search results.
PS: A word of caution: Occasionally, some of the files that will come up in the search may NOT be associated with the application you're trying to delete. If you're not sure, don't delete those files, because you might be deleting something integral to another file or application. You have to be very careful! However, if you do delete something by accident, fortunately, you can always recover it from the Recycle Bin when you catch your mistake.


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PureVita™ Grain Free Turkey & Sweet Potato Formula with Sweet Potatoes and Peas combines tasty turkey with wholesome sweet potatoes and peas as well as a select variety of fruits to deliver a healthy and delicious, easy to digest meal your dog will love. And because it is made by NutriSource® you can be sure that it is formulated and produced with care using the finest quality ingredients from our family to yours.
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The Benefits of Multifocal Contact Lenses
Reading the small print becomes a challenge when presbyopia changes your ability to focus on nearby objects. The age-related eye condition happens when the lens inside your eye becomes less flexible, making it harder to see close objects clearly. If you're already nearsighted or farsighted, a presbyopia diagnosis used to mean wearing trifocals, bifocals, or progressive eyeglass lenses. Luckily, that changed with the introduction of multifocal contact lenses that provide clear vision at any distance.
How Multifocal Contact Lenses Work
Multifocal lenses feature several different vision zones in one contact lens, allowing for clear vision near, far, and in-between. When you switch your focus from the traffic light several car lengths away to the dashboard in front of you, your vision seamlessly transitions from far to near.
Concentric multifocal lenses have alternating bands of near and far lens powers, while the center of the aspheric multifocal lens contains one power that gradually strengthens or weakens over the surface of the lens. A segmented, or translating, multifocal lens contains two distinct lens powers, just like bifocal eyeglass lenses. These gas-permeable lenses are made of rigid plastic, while the concentric and aspheric lenses use soft plastics.
Multifocal contacts are available in disposable, daily-wear and extended-wear lenses. Although they're frequently prescribed for people who have presbyopia in addition to other refractive errors, like nearsightedness or farsightedness, multi-focal lenses can be worn by people of any age.
7 Advantages of Multifocal Contact Lenses
Multifocal contact lenses offer several benefits that may make them a good choice for you, including:
- No Need for Glasses. You won't need to rely on reading glasses to decipher labels or instructions when you opt for multifocal contact lenses. Scratched or fogged eyeglass lenses, and painful earpieces or nose pads won't be problems either. Of course, you should keep a pair of backup eyeglasses on hand for those times when you aren't wearing your contact lenses. Be sure to follow your optometrist's recommendations for maximum contact lens wear times.
- No More Head Tilting. When you use progressive eyeglass lenses, trifocal, or bifocals, seeing well often involves moving your head slightly to correspond with the specific vision power you need for a task. Since multifocal contact lenses adjust automatically, you'll no longer have to tilt your head to see clearly. That may seem like a minor benefit, but it's a big advantage if you happen to have arthritis in your neck.
- Better Vision. Since multifocal lenses don't have abrupt shifts in lens powers, you may notice that everything looks sharper and clearer.
- A Good Option for Astigmatism. Were you told that multifocal lenses weren't right for you because of your astigmatism? Recent advances in multifocal lens technology mean that people with astigmatism can now take advantage of the many benefits of multifocal contact lenses.
- Better Sports Performance. Multifocal lenses help you see the field, court, track, or your opponents clearly, no matter the distance. They can be paired with sports goggles to offer excellent vision when you're participating in your favorite activity or sport.
- Good Depth Perception. Poor depth perception can be an issue with progressive eyeglass lenses, especially during the transition period when you're getting used to them. Multifocal contact lenses make it a little easier for the brain to combine and process the information it receives from your eyes while using this type of lens.
- Slower Progression of Myopia. Wearing multifocal lenses could slow the rate of myopia (nearsightedness) in children. When researchers evaluated the differences between wearing high- and medium-power lenses, they discovered that high-power lenses slowed the myopia progression rate significantly compared to medium-power lenses. Their study, which was published in JAMA in 2020, focused on children aged 7 to 11.
Would you like to find out if multifocal contact lenses are a good choice for you? Contact our office to schedule an appointment with the optometrist.
JAMA: Effect of High Add Power, Medium Add Power, or Single-Vision Contact Lenses on Myopia Progression in Children: The BLINK Randomized Clinical Trial, 8/11/2020
Optometry Times: 4 Ways to Maximize Success with Multifocal Contact Lenses, 6/23/2022
All About Vision: Multifocal Contact Lenses for Presbyopia, 2/27/2019
Modern Optometry: Myopia Control with Multifocal Contact Lenses, May/June/2020

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‘She caught me jacking off on uppers the night RFK got shot.’
While this may not be the perfect sentence, it’s certainly James Ellroy’s, encapsulating all of that writer’s thematic obsessions and stylistic tics – sex, death, drugs, fame and shame – in twelve words and 16 syllables. Just think how good he’d be at Twitter.
It appears in his latest book, ‘The Hilliker Curse’, a flawed but fascinating memoir, and it could stand for every other line written by this flawed but fascinating man.
And it got me thinking. Do other writers have a single sentence that can be used to blithely summarise their entire output?
Perhaps Orwell’s famous, ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen’ for the crisp prose and sense of the familiar, subtly wronged.
Or Wodehouse’s, ‘Ice formed on the butler’s upper slopes.’
Or Cormac McCarthy’s, from ‘Blood Meridian’, ‘They crossed before the sun and vanished one by one and reappeared again and they were black in the sun and they rode out of that vanished sea like burnt phantoms with the legs of the animals kicking up the spume that was not real and they were lost in the sun and lost in the lake and they shimmered and slurred together and separated again and they augmented by planes in lurid avatars and began to coalesce and there began to appear above them in the dawn-broached sky a hellish likeness of their ranks riding huge and inverted and the horses’ legs incredibly elongate trampling down the high thin cirrus and the howling antiwarriors pendant from their mounts immense and chimeric and the high wild cries carrying that flat and barren pan like the cries of souls broke through some misweave in the weft of things into the world below.’
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Clarksville man charged with seven counts of child rape
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A Clarksville man was arrested Wednesday on seven counts of rape of a child and six counts of aggravated sexual battery after he was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury.
According to indictments, Lance Andrew Postoak sexually abused a girl under the age of 14 several times between January and December 2011.
Postoak, 30, who gave a 1410 Janet Way address, was booked into Montgomery County Jail on $25,000 bond.
Man charged with sex abuse of 5-year-old
A Fort Campbell man was indicted in the February term of the grand jury and accused of sexually abusing a child.
Jacob Bergum, 22, is accused of having sexual contact with a 5-year-old in December 2014, according to his indictment.
Bergum, who gave a Fort Campbell address, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was booked into Montgomery County Jail on $15,000 bond.
Man charged with promoting prostitution
A Clarksville man was arrested Wednesday and charged with promoting prostitution.
According to an arrest warrant, three Clarksville Police detectives were conducting an investigation into promoting prostitution on Holiday Drive. Detectives saw an advertisement on Backpage.com in which two women were pictured in a provocative way. During a text message conversation, the women agreed to provide sexual favors for money, the warrant said.
When police arrived, two men were with the women, the warrant says. One of the men admitted knowing that the ad was to conduct prostitution, the warrant said.
Christopher White, 33, who gave a 1240 Daniel St., address, was charged with promoting prostitution and booked into Montgomery County Jail on $25,000 bond.
Man charged with exploiting, soliciting teens
A Clarksville man was arrested Tuesday after being indicted in the February term of the grand jury and accused of using the Internet to commit crimes against teens.
Matthew Francis, 19, was accused of sending a teenage girl a pornographic photo between June and September 2014.
He is also accused of using the Internet to request, hire or demand a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity, his warrant said.
Francis, who gave a 1758 Heritage Drive address, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor. He was booked into Montgomery County Jail on a $12,000 bond. He will be arraigned in early March.
Readers are reminded that an arrest, charge or indictment is an allegation and not a statement of guilt. Those charged are presumed not guilty until convicted by a judge or jury.

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Philly Mag Offers Fix To Controversial Cover Photo
Philadelphia Magazine recently came under fire after releasing a questionable photo for the online version of this month’s cover story about how to choose a school for your child. Tom McGrath, Philly Mag editor, released a statement shortly after apologizing for the lack of diversity that was represented in the image.
“I apologize for my failings in judgment and for our insensitivity”, said Tom McGrath. “It was a stupid, insensitive decision that I deeply regret,” he added.
Shortly after, the publication uploaded a new image in an attempt to rectify the previous cover photo. It’s unclear whether the new cover photo will lessen the controversy or add to it. See below and decide for yourself:


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Captive’ is a gorgeous framed Giclee print from the incredible Sara Pope. Printed on 310gsm portrait velvet paper and from a signed limited edition of 100. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist and is beautifully window mounted in a hand crafted bespoke white box frame.
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About the Artist
Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her seductive paintings and limited edition prints of big, bright and beautiful celebrity lips. Her bold images of scarlet lips pack a thought provoking pop art punch, raising questions about the ideals of beauty and the transience of celebrity culture.
Originally from Stoke on Trent, Sara Pope has a degree in Mathematics from Leeds University and a background in the fashion and magazine industries. Following her Diploma in Fashion Footwear at Cordwainers College (2004-5), she worked as an art director and shoe designer. Pope doesn't have any formal art training and began painting independently in 2009. Beauty, consumerism and the media are major themes in Sara Pope's work. She has said, "I like to explore the banal notions of style and glamour, conformity and non conformity." In her highly original work she cleverly creates powerful paintings using the colours and slickness of advertising, whilst subverting the themes and subjects in a provocative way. Pope's work has been shown at numerous exhibitions and art fairs across London, including at The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts and at Deutsche Bank, London.


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Pub in the Park will be returning to Marlow in 2020!! Yay!
As before, there’ll be Michelin-starred and award-winning pubs and restaurants serving tasting dishes showing their signature style. Every event will celebrate the very best food the country has to offer, combined with great live music, chef demonstrations, top quality shopping and other festival fun.
Tom Kerridge said “Wow, what a summer. Pub in the Park was an absolute blast. I’ve had a sneak peek at the line-up for 2020, and wow, it looks good; tasty food, more amazing chefs and awesome musicians all in your local park”.
Steve Lane, Pub in the Park Managing Director, said: “We’re thrilled at the prospect of bringing our brilliant food, drink and music festival to eight towns in 2020 including two brand new venues. Tom or one of his incredible band of Chef friends will be hosting each festival – watch out for more line-up announcements and tickets on-sale in January!”
Pub in the Park will be taking place on the following dates at the following venues:
- Marlow: 15-17 May 2020
- Chichester: 29-31 May 2020 * subject to licence
- Warwick: 5-7 June 2020
- Bath: 19-21 June 2020
- Dulwich: 3-5 July 2020 * subject to licence
- Tunbridge Wells: 10-12 July 2020
- Chiswick: 4-6 September 2020
- St Albans: 11-13 September 2020
More information including on-sale dates and line-up to be announced in January 2020.
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Hi, I enjoy sewing as much as stamping and I was looking for the opportunity to combine these 2 hobbies in a craft project. When I saw Painted petals Stamp set from Stampin’ Up! I found the perfect excuse to do it! I got the inspiration to stamp on fabric and create the cosmetic case in the pictures below/ Click to watch Stamping on Fabric video!!
Painted Petals is a set of 13 individual clear- photopolymer stamps that allows you to assemble your flower bouquets design in the way you prefer, you can make large or small compositions. Have a look to a small tag I have made for a box using this set by clicking here!
Painted Petals is amazingly flexible and once you play a little bit with it you will find how easy you can work with it and make beautiful crafts in record time.
To stamp the fabric of these cosmetic cases I followed the ideas of my Stampin Up Catalog 2014 -2015 and the results were very rewarding… I really enjoy this project. Please check the list of materials I use to make it at the bottom of this post
To make these cosmetic cases I have hand stamped 100% pure white cotton fabric.
I have added clear PVC on top of the stamped fabric to protect it from dirtiness and damp, I also have used a fuchsia – silver metallic zip to embellish and it is completely lined with a coordinating hot pink waterproof polyester.
I used Stampin’ Up! inks in the fallowing colours:
-Pool Party, Strawberry slush, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, Blackberry bliss, Crushed curry, Stazon pad -black permanent ink.
Watch my video to see how I do it!
Tips to stamp on fabric
I started experimenting stamping and embossing on different materials a few years ago and today I’m quite confident about saying that once 100% cotton fabric is stamped with alcohol-based inks the printed images will last and won’t vanish even after washing. However, I would recommend using this technique mostly with accessories or items that don’t need to be washed often, allow the ink to dry at least for 48 hours, hand washing with cold water to guarantee durability.
Stampin’ Up! inks are water-based. They will add vibrant and unique colours to your artworks but they can’t be washed as the ink will dissolve. I wanted to use my Stampin’ Up! inks to make the cosmetic case in the picture so that I added to that project a coat of clear PVC to protect the fabric.
You can also ensure durability by adding a coat of clear embossing powder when the ink is still fresh and then heat it up with an embossing heat gun ( embossing powder is a fine ground of plastic bits and it will melt through the fabric). I’ll be demonstrating this in the next tutorial and ASAP. I did this with other project and 2 years ago and the stamped images are still vibrant even after washing, but this is only the result of my experiments. Please share with me any other findings.
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(Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper attend 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology' Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.
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However, Irina kept her stomach shielded from full view by making use of accessories, like a tan trench coat in one look, and a short, red fringed robe with another lingerie outfit, which exposed her pert posterior.
Before the show, Irina was pictured backstage in a Victoria’s Secret pink silk robe, which kept her midriff under wraps. News Irina is in her second trimester and is “so excited” about becoming a first time mother.
The actor, meanwhile, looked handsome in a Tom Ford tux. See photos of Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk: NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper attend 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination', the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.
It was first speculated that the pair may have taken the next step in their relationship when Shayk was spotted wearing the same emerald ring diamond ring while out in L. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.
L'Oreal Paris spokesmodels accessorised with accents of red to celebrate the launch of the new Color Riche La Palette on March 8, 2016 in Paris, France. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images For L'Oreal)PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 08: Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk attend the L'Oreal Red Obsession Party as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2016/2017 on March 8, 2016 in Paris, France.


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I started playing IIDX again but since it’s kind of hard to play in the arcades around here and I’m bored of the songs on the PS2 I decided to play BMS where the community is still striving. It took awhile to setup and my 5th Dan IIDX (As of Copula) skills didn’t transfer over and I had to start over. BMS is a lot harder. So hopefully I can learn from this and take over when I go back to a Round 1 to play some IIDX.
I actually lost to the Shodan course twice yesterday and it was embarrassing because of what my actual skill is. But after a couple hours of practice I was able to come back.
Eventually I was warmed up to play the harder courses. I failed at the last stage for 5th Dan but I was able to clinch the win for 4th Dan. So it looks like my skills are coming back and I’m hoping to be able to save my scores and post them here to be the best Music Game Player in Arkansas. (I also play DDR, Pump It Up, and Voez)
Anyways for my new DJing equipment. I’m getting two Pioneer PLX-1000s and a Traktor Z2. I do love my Traktor.


Tourists can view Niagara Falls in Canada from a helicopter, below or aboard a cruise ship. A growing number of Chinese are visiting North America's northernmost country to experience its diverse offerings. (Photo by Destination Canada/for China Daily)
The ongoing bilateral tourism year is poised to boost travel between China and North America's northernmost nation.
Viewing Niagara Falls from a helicopter was a highlight of Guan Jing's recent visit to Canada.
He also enjoyed seeing the cascades from below, aboard a cruise ship.
"I could feel the water splashing," the 31-year-old Beijing resident recalls.
"A lot of passengers were screaming excitedly."
Guan is among a growing number of Chinese visiting North America's northernmost country. And Chinese arrivals seem likely set to increase, following the launch of the China-Canada Tourism Year in Toronto in March. The closing ceremony will be held in China.
The year features a slew of new initiatives and activities in both countries to boost mutual tourism.
Canadians paid over 800,000 visits to China in 2017, a nearly 9 percent increase over the previous year, People's Daily reports.
Chinese arrivals reached a record of over 680,000 in 2017, a 12 percent increase over 2016, Destination Canada reports. China is the country's third-largest source of inbound tourists.
Most Chinese visit during the peak period in July and August.
Ontario province－especially the national capital, Ottawa, and Niagara Falls－are their favorite destinations, the tourism body reports.
Expanded air capacity, favorable economic conditions and visa liberalization bode well for an increase in arrivals this year, Destination Canada forecasts.
Eight airlines flew directly to four Canadian cities, including Montreal and Vancouver, last year.
China Southern Airlines recently increased its direct Guangzhou-to-Toronto flights from three weekly to daily.
The annual Canadian Tulip Festival, with the theme of "China-Canada Tulip Friendship" in 2019, claims to be the world's largest tulip festival. (Photo by Feng Yi/for China Daily)
Both countries offer reciprocal 10-year visas.
Canada opened seven visa-application centers in China last year, bringing the total number to 12.
Chinese can use UnionPay－China's largest payment provider－when applying for visas online since June 22.
China's largest online travel agency, Ctrip, recently signed memorandums of understanding with Destination Canada and Canadian provincial tourism bureaus to promote Canadian destinations in China.
"The tourism year is seeing a jump in Canada's offerings to catch up with Chinese demand," says Yu Wenjun, who's in charge of Ctrip's North American business.
The company now offers tours with themes like autumn maple and aurora viewing.
Tourism Toronto's overseas media relations manager, Michelle Simpson, says: "The tourism year will help Chinese tourists be aware of Canada as a destination."
Toronto－the country's largest city－is about an hour and a half by car from Niagara Falls. It offers such diverse offerings as heritage, art galleries and icewine tours.
Destinations include the historical Casa Loma mansion and the old Distillery District, which is packed with restaurants and shops.
Graffiti Alley is popular on Instagram as the area is adorned with murals by various artists, including local graffitist Uber5000's classic yellow bird.
A large proportion of Chinese visitors come on group tours, but individual travelers have been increasing in recent years, Simpson says.
A Christmas celebration in Toronto. (Photo by Destination Canada/for China Daily)
She adds that the city's hotels are working to better accommodate Chinese tourists. Some, such as the Chelsea Hotel, offer Chinese-style breakfasts.
Chinese visitors are seeking more adventurous activities. One attraction that has been gaining popularity is the Edge Walk on the CN Tower's 356-meter-high roof.
Toronto, Canada's capital, is an hour's flight from Ottawa, which hosts Ontario's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Rideau Canal. The Canadian Museum of History is also popular.
"Many Chinese like to visit the capital to see government institutions, museums and cultural programs," Ottawa Tourism communications director Jantine Van Kregten says.
"The city offers a relaxed way of exploring a new destination."
Ottawa hopes to use the tourism year to improve Chinese travelers' experiences and to strengthen relationships with Chinese tour operators to encourage more Chinese to visit and to stay longer.
Ottawa Tourism signed an agreement with the local company Motion Pay in May to enable visitors to use the popular Chinese payment platforms WeChat Pay and AliPay.
The tourism bureau offers training sessions to member businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and attractions, to promote the service.
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"It's an education ... to make them aware there is a different payment system in China. Also, it makes it easy for tour operators to bring tourists and easy for regular individual tourists," Van Kregten says.
"Chinese tourists are more adventurous than before. They want to paddle a canoe or skate in winter and try authentic Canadian food. I think it's more of a true desire to learn how our lifestyle is different from Chinese."
Van Kregten also says 2019 will also be an important year for tourism from China, since it's the 20th anniversary of the sister city agreement Ottawa signed with Beijing.
The Canadian Tulip Festival's theme, "China-Canada Tulip Friendship", will mark the anniversary. And the featured species will be named the "China-Canada Friendship Tulip". Bulbs were available at this year's festival and will be planted in Beijing and Ottawa.
The annual event, held in May, claims to be the world's largest tulip festival.
Chinese tourism bureaus set up booths and promoted popular Chinese destinations in the Lansdowne Park Tulip Gallery, which features artworks inspired by the flower, at this year's event.
"(The 2019 edition) will be a great opportunity for our visitors to learn about China's tulip festivals and gardens," Van Kregten says.
And it seems likely the tourism year will provide more chances for Chinese to visit and learn about Canada, in general.


Alex Easton MLA has today expressed disappointment with the Department of Infrastructure for failing to take responsibility for The Point in Groomsport.
Speaking today Alex Easton MLA said:
“I am very disappointed by the response to my NI Assembly Question that I have submitted asking for the Minister to get TNI to adopt the road at The Point Groomsport. As everyone knows this road while not adopted at present is widely used by the public to assess the coastal path from Groomsport to Bangor. I believe the road way is unsuitable and is in a poor state.I feel it is totally unreasonable and unacceptable for the Ministers Department to expect the residents to have to try and find the money to make this into a proper road before TNI will adopt it. This would cost thousands of pounds which is just not feasible. I would urge the Department and TNI to look again at adopting The Point as to fail to do so would be deeply unfair.”


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Mizuna is one of the oriental greens that Europeans should grow and eat more. It’s best grown rather than bought because it needs to be eaten right after harvesting for maximum flavour and nutrient value, though it will keep for a couple of days in the fridge. Like lettuce, you can sow seed little and often all year round in a glasshouse or tunnel. September sowings will produce deeply cut leaves up to April or May: single leaves can be cut off after about three weeks and whole heads after six to eight weeks.
Mizuna likes moist rich soil, so dig in plenty of compost or other organic matter before sowing. Sow the seed about a centimetre (half an inch) deep in drills about 30cm (12 inches) apart. Protect the seedlings from slugs. Keep it well watered and ventilate on sunny days – it is prone to bolting in hot dry conditions. If it does bolt remove the flowering stems right away to keep it leafy and sow another batch to replace it. Don’t worry if it wilts after a frosty night: it is hardy and usually recovers. It is a member of the cabbage / brassica / crucifer family so don’t sow it in the same ground as any of its relatives for at least three years to prevent disease build-up
Mizuna has a milder flavour than either mibuna or rocket, and is good in mixed salads. Like spinach it can be steamed, boiled or stir-fried but it shrinks a lot, so harvest plenty. ‘Kyoto’ is a good variety to try.


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Thousands of radio stations around the world now broadcast online as well as over the air; many bloggers also now publish their work as sound recordings. All these sources are available to anybody who has a computer with an Internet connection and the right software. Another relatively new phenomenon is that very large numbers of people have portable MP3 music players. Podcasting links the two — audio recordings that you select are automatically downloaded to your player as soon as they become available online so that you can listen to them on the move. The name blends iPod, the name of Apple’s hugely successful portable player, with broadcasting; however, the technique works with many other MP3 players as well. The system is built on the same RSS protocol by which, for example, this newsletter is made available each weekend in addition to e-mail. The word appeared in passing in an article in the Guardian in February 2004, but it suddenly came to wider public attention in October. It’s a mark of its success that it has been estimated that the number of podcasting RSS channels has risen from nothing six months ago to 700,000 in February.
One of the brains behind podcasting is Adam Curry, the telegenic former presenter on MTV in America, who recently moved his family to Guildford to ensure that the children got a British education. Podcasting is becoming something of a phenomenon. Curry wrote some software to make it all happen and thousands of folks visit his website www.ipodder.org to download a wide variety of podcasts from a wide variety of podcasters.
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The ubiquity of MP3 players, the emergence of easy-to-use, inexpensive audio-editing software, and the explosion in the number of blogs where information on new podcasts is posted, has created an environment ripe for podcasting.
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Organic Traditional Smoked Streaky Bacon
Bacon that tastes like it should! Traditionally dry cured for a minimum of 6 days using simple salts and botanicals, air dried for 3 days and cold smoked overnight using oak and applewoods. Streaky bacon is naturally higher in fat but when cooked this renders out beautifully leaving you with possibly the tastiest bacon ever. Rind and sliced thicker for a fuller flavour.
Made withPork, salt, sugar, pepper, juniper, bay, sodium nitrite, smoke from oak and apple wood
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Message from the Clerk of the Court
Welcome to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One Clerk’s Office. Thank you for visiting our website.
Division One of the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over cases originating in eight of the state’s fifteen counties: Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, and Yuma. Division One reviews judgments entered by the Superior Court, the Arizona Tax Court, the Industrial Commission, the Corporation Commission, and other state commissions and boards.
This website is designed to provide information for the most commonly asked questions about the Court and the clerk’s office. If you are not familiar with the Court of Appeals, our forms and guide for self-represented litigants webpage is a good place to start. We also have posted answers to many frequently asked questions (FAQs).
If you are unable to find answers to your questions on our website, please feel free to contact our staff:
Phone: (602) 452-6700
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The Clerk’s Office has many responsibilities, including filing, tracking and maintaining documents for all cases filed in the court. The Clerk’s Office is responsible also for making case information and court decisions available to the public and providing assistance to judicial staff. Most of the documents filed in our court are available for public inspection. Upon request, we will make copies of these documents. Arizona law requires us to collect a copying charge of 50 cents per page. If you would like to review documents and/or have copies made, please review our Court Files information or contact our office for more information.
Please be advised that we are able to provide information about procedures, but we cannot provide legal advice.
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Usually, when people set out for a vacation, they prepare a budget that they can stick to during their trip. However, since most of us cannot resist purchasing everything we want, there is a tendency to spend more than we initially budgeted. This is known as big-spending, which comes from mismanagement of your finances and budgeting incorrectly.
Big-spending or not managing finances properly can lead to a spending hangover. This feeling comes from your finances taking their toll on after spending too much. These are some helpful tips to help you recover if you ever experience a spending hangover.
Once you have been through over-spending, prepare for a detox plan. This plan will ensure that you do not use your credit cards or carry cash with you for a while. By doing so, you will be able to resist the temptation to spend more. To succeed with this detox plan, you will have to buy some essentials in advance so you can pause spending for several days. The timeframe you need to refrain from spending will depend on how much over-spending you did.
Evaluate Your Binge Spending
When you are recovering from your spending hangover, it’s essential to look back on the spending that got you there. List everything that you have spent money on and against each item, write down whether it was a need or a want. If you have a long list of wants in front of you, you are a big spender! This exercise isn’t to make you feel bad. It is to help evaluate what you are doing wrong so you can make the necessary changes in your spending habits.
Forgive, Forget and Learn
If you are feeling bad about what you have done, don’t let it drag you down. Instead, try to forgive yourself for what you have done. Once you have fixed the problem, let it go because not doing so will only hold you back. Finally, make sure that this never occurs in the future by learning a lesson from your mistake of spending heavily.
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