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by Michael D’Agostino
Most of the people who lived through the Depression of the 1930s continue to behave as if another one is just around the corner. Mom-Mom, my maternal grandmother, although a young girl back then, is a good example of someone who appears to have been strongly affected by the Depression. When so many people were out of work and had little to live on, they had to stretch their resources, such as clothing and food, to survive.
Mom-Mom does not like to throw anything away. If there is any chance anyone could possibly use it for anything, it gets packed away or stuck into a corner. She stuffs her house, just as squirrels in the fall stuff their cheeks with nuts. Her house becomes her cheeks. It seems as if every bit of space is utilized, but there is always room for just one more item. The house is like a museum: the obsolete, the broken, and the just plain useless all have a place. In contrast to today’s throw-away society, people in the 1930s had to save everything.
Christmas is a time for memories: remembering friends, family, and that gift paper we used to wrap Mom-Mom’s presents the previous year. She will carefully untie each ribbon, untape each seam, and smooth each crease, so she can roll the paper up and squirrel it away for next year.
She never signs Christmas and birthday cards, nor even writes on the envelope. Instead, inside you will find a piece of scrap paper, which has outlived any other useful purpose, and somewhere on it will be scrawled her message. This she does to give us the opportunity to send the card to someone else. The card becomes part of the gift, to have available to use and reuse.
Also, back then, as the economy spiraled down, many businesses closed; therefore, goods and certain types of services were in limited supply. Even if the materials were available, people didn't have the money to buy them and had to find ways to adapt what they had or scrounge what they needed. They had to become creative in their use and reuse of the materials they had on hand, inventive in adapting what was available to what was needed, and self-sufficient in fixing things for which they would have paid a repair man.
Mom-Mom’s back porch rotted to the point that throwing one more board across, as she has been doing for the past five years, wasn't going to solve the problem this time. Rather than buying the proper materials, or better yet, calling a contractor to build a new porch, she collected wooden skids (3' x 4' platforms) from a nearby building site and stacked them to approximate a porch.
Just as Mom-Mom did not consider paying a contractor to build her a porch, when a broken water pipe ruined the bathroom ceiling, she taped it up and painted over the damage resulting in an amateur-looking repair. One could understand her self-repair attempts if she were living on a limited income. But not only does she have substantial savings, she has a sufficient permanent pension and investment income. Though the ceiling looked ruined, it still functioned as a ceiling, and in the past the choice was that or no ceiling.
During the Depression, Mom-Mom saw that even a few pennies could make a difference in someone's dinner. Given her current financial resources and her generally frugal ways, there is no need for her to cut corners on most things she buys. But she will go to extremes to save very small sums of money. For example, the price of one of her favorite drinks went up at the American Legion from $1.25 to $1.35. Therefore, she no longer drinks screwdrivers (orange juice and vodka) at the Legion. She only orders screwdrivers at the Linglestown Firehouse where they are still priced at $1.25.
Another manifestation of this unrealistic carryover from the past, of how money needed to be used, is when she buys the least expensive product without regard to quality. In a few weeks the item breaks and she either attempts a temporary, usually unworkable repair, or has to buy another. The last time she needed a wrench, Mom-Mom went to Kmart and found one for $.99.
As to be expected, the wrench broke within two weeks and off she went to buy another. She has been told that if she would only spend the extra $2 for a Craftsman wrench, there will be a lifetime replacement guarantee. However, Mom-Mom as well as others, who experienced the crisis of not having enough money for bread, have trouble getting it through their heads that there is enough money TODAY.
On the other hand, with certain items which are not at all identified with that time in her life, she is willing to spend relatively larger sums of money. Surprisingly, to those who know her, she paid over $100 for a pool stick. (Mom-Mom loves to shoot pool and is quite good at it.)
Even though out-of-work and having plenty of “free” time, people back then should have been “working,” so wasting time was seen as a negative. Mom-Mom continues to “work” as though a Depression could reoccur tomorrow. She is alway busy. Even if just sitting on the couch, she is reading her newspapers (morning and evening news and a few tabloids), watching TV (during commercials she switches to other shows she’s taped). In the summer, add an AM radio plugged into one ear listening to a baseball game.
While doing laundry downstairs, she’s also cleaning, listening to records, watching TV, practicing pool, and rooting out some precious object previously squirreled away. She calls all the things she does “work” and makes it sound like a pain in the ass. It’s not that she enjoys her leisure time, she’s trying to get her work done.
As you can see from the examples about Mom-Mom, people of her generation have yet to take-in or accept that not only have times changed, but it is unlikely that the situation, which required such sacrifices but no longer does, will repeat itself in their lifetime.
NOTE: My son submitted this essay while attending the Community College of Philadelphia in Spring 1982. (Michael was 20 years old, my mother was 62.) I made minor edits for clarity and replaced the term “Grandma,” which was appropriate in a college assignment, with Mom-Mom. As a toddler, Michael gave her the name and always called her that even as a man out in bars, where they played pool.

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Nigeria has a catastrophic cost of living crisis. Everything is angling to take a pound of flesh from a sapped take-home pay that can no longer take workers home.
Nigeria’s public power system has practically collapsed. One study suggests that Nigeria’s economy runs on 64 million micro, small, medium and large power generating sets while the public power supply remains on stand-by.
With Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine pushing the cost of a barrel of oil deep into three digits, the cost of fueling Nigeria’s 64 million power generators has extracted so much from the country’s emaciating take-home pay that many are now pinching their food budget to fund power supply.
The pump price of diesel has miraculously surged to N700 per liter, up from N350 in January 2022. Even with the pump price of petrol heavily subsidised in a scandalous programme, Nigerians are spending through the nose to light their homes.
Those with petrol powered micro generators spend a minimum of N500 every night to keep their generators humming for four hours before they go to bed. That amounts to N15, 000 on internally generated power alone.
At the end of the month those with the old analogue public power meters are handed estimated bills in five digits that might take the cost of power for the month perilously close to N30, 000.
All that is taken from a take-home pay that surging inflation has reduced its value by something close to 20 per cent. When school fees, transport fares and rent are settled what is left for feeding is so meager that most of the nutritious food items that keep us healthy are removed from family budget.
Manufacturers and service providers easily pass the high cost of internally generated power to consumers thus pricing numerous items out of the reach of many homes.
Consequently, many, even in the low-middle income bracket have deleted nutritious chocolate drinks like Milo and Bournvita from their family menu. They are simply no longer affordable. The price of 1kg of Milo is perilously close to N4, 000. It was N2, 700 in the first quarter of 2021. A live chicken weighing 3kg now sells for N10, 000.
The most dangerous consequence of Nigeria’s cost of living crisis is the return of kwashiorkor, the acute severe malnutrition ailment that killed hundreds of thousands of children during Nigeria’s civil war.
Paediatric wards in Nigerian hospitals are inundated with the heart-rending sight of emaciating children with sagging buttocks, swollen tummies, hands and legs. One can count the rips of the infected infants because there is no flesh to cover them.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), contend that two million Nigerian children are afflicted by kwashiorkor.
The WHO and UNICEF kwashiorkor figure only captures children treated in government hospitals. There are fears that almost twice that number may be dying in silence in Nigeria’s inaccessible rural communities.
Nigeria is a fertile soil for kwashiorkor. A primitive method of farming has foisted intractable food import dependence on Africa’s largest economy. The food is imported with a persistently depreciating naira thus pricing it beyond the reach of many.
A recent report by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) captures the crisis in Nigeria’s food affordability succinctly. The report of the British think tank painted a grim picture of Nigeria’s cost of living crisis and ravaging poverty. It awarded Nigeria the second slot in the list of nations with the poorest food affordability.
The research group based its ranking on global cost of living leveraged on the monthly minimum recommended global spending on food per adult and monthly average wage.
It uses the WHO standard on the number of calories to be obtained from food that would sustain an adult in a day. WHO recommends 2, 100 calories as the minimum required to sustain an adult in a day.
Leveraging on that indubitable global standard, the British think tank draws an analogy between a country’s monthly average wage and what is required to purchase the food that would give an adult the required 2, 100 calories in a day.
The conclusion is that at the level of food inflation in Nigeria, and the average monthly wage at the moment, a worker would spend 101 per cent of his average monthly wage to purchase the food that would give him 2, 100 calories per day.
That means that a Nigerian worker’s monthly pay is not enough for food alone if he has to be healthy. War-torn Syria topped the list of the world’s poorest in food affordability as a worker would have to spend 177 per cent of his average monthly wage to purchase the food that would give him the required 2, 100 calories per day.
Besides Syria and Nigeria, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri-Lanka, Ghana, Indonesia, Algeria, Iran and Uzbekistan constitute the top 10 countries in the poorest in food affordability list.
Kwashiorkor or acute severe malnutrition is the product of poverty. Those who say Nigeria’s poverty has not attained catastrophic magnitude should visit the paediatric wards of Nigerian hospitals and take a count of children with protruding abdomen, swollen hands and legs. These are the first evidence of poverty.
There is a strong link between corruption and poverty. Nigeria’s poverty and the upsurge in kwashiorkor is the consequence of endemic corruption. The sky scrapers and private jets acquired with stolen public funds are responsible for the upsurge in poverty, malnutrition and the return of kwashiorkor.
Paediatricians contend that children who survive kwashiorkor cannot attain their normal intellectual and physical heights. They cannot be as brilliant as they should have been. Besides, their physical growth will be stunted.
The danger in the return of kwashiorkor is that Nigeria is breeding a new generation of diminutive dull heads. They will simply worsen insecurity. The solution is in tackling corruption to free funds for resolving the cost of living crisis.
Unmitigated corruption and gross mismanagement of resources foist poverty on Nigeria. Ukraine’s economy, before the invasion by Russia, was listed 84th in world gross domestic product (GDP) ranking where Nigeria remains the world’s 27th largest economy. Little Ukraine has 803 universities and better health facilities for its 44.3 million people than Nigeria with population of 211 million.
More than 5,000 Nigerian students who cannot secure admission in Nigeria’s 170 universities study medicine and engineering in Ukraine. That is where reduction in treasury looting frees funds for investment in what lowers the cost of living.
Ukraine has no kwashiorkor because food is affordable. Nigerian politicians need tutorials from their counterparts in Kyiv.


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“Our libraries are gathering places within our communities,” Pettey said. “Most of them are tiny libraries around the state. They are run either by one person or by volunteer staff, and they are interested in having their own communities make decisions about what fits their communities best.”
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On paper Pink Friday has everything that you would want in an album. It boast production credits featuring some of the biggest names in hip-hop including, Swizz Beatz, Will-I-Am, J.R. Rotem and T-minus. Nicki’s album also features Hip Hop heavy weights such as Kanye West, Eminem, Rihanna and Drake. Adding all those elements together Pink Friday should have been an amazing listening experience. Unfortunately amazing isn’t the word I would use to describe it, more like a borderline catastrophe. Pink Friday contains 13 tracks, 50-minutes of predictable punch lines, third rate production, and singing that is all over the place. Overall Pink Friday is an disappointment from the Young Money camp.
The first song entitled “I’m The Best” sounds like a song you’d hear on a young child’s video game, yet it ties in with the whole Barbie persona. This track is also the perfect example of a potential good song ruined by Nicki’s singing on the hook (a continued trend that lets this project down). “Moment For Life” “Dear Old Nicki” “Here I Am” and “Last Change”, where Nicki also sings her little pink heart out, only reinforces the fact that singing isn’t her forte. Unless you somehow enjoy Nicki’s attempt to do a “Drake” on this album you will be less than pleased.
Another problem with Pink Friday, regardless of its mainstream success with the singles “Your Love” “Check It Out” and “Right thru Me”, is its extremely horrible attempts at a pop culture cross over. Maybe the aim was for radio play, which they achieved with “Your Love”, but on this album these singles feel like poorly placed fillers and not the money makers they’ve been praised to be.
Time and time again the word lyricists is used to describe Minaj, but a lack of thought provoking lyrics will have you ready to revoke that title, I know I have. On such songs as “Roman Revenge” featuring Eminem, she is easily out performed, and sadly not even Eminem’s incredible verse can save this song from lackluster production. At one point I felt as if they were rapping over a nail being ran down a chalk board.
Nicki does come through on “Blazin” with Kanye West. The two bring their A-game over a great up-tempo beat. “Fly” is another song that should get an honorable mention for well… not being terrible. “Did It On Em” is decent, yet anyone can tell by the sorry excuse for a hook that Nicki may need a ghostwriter.
Hardcore Barbies will find nothing wrong with Pink Friday since they’re color blind and can only see in pink. However, for those picking this up just to see if it lives up to the hype you’ll be left with lasting negative impression. And with all the money heaved at this project failure is the last thing I would expect. Perhaps the bar was set to high and Nicki felt the pressure. Living up to her fan’s expectation and all the attention she’s received before even dropping her own album is a heavy burden to carry, but if Pink Friday was intended to cement her name in the Hip-Hop hall of fame then Nicki Minaj dropped the ball.
I give Pink Friday a 5/10
Travis Phillips, Hip Hop Contributor


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Virtually blast off to space with an ISS VR experience and SpaceX’s new video
Most of us terrestrial beings will probably stay on Earth without ever venturing outside its atmosphere, but more and more VR experiences are using cyberspace to show us what it’s like in zero-G.
Immersive documentary series The ISS Experience will (with the right headgear) virtually put you on board the space station as it orbits our planet, while SpaceX has tweeted out a video that lets you see what it will be like to board the Crew Dragon (no headgear required). The ISS Experience, which is currently in the process of filming, just wrapped its first VR scene on Friday. The Crew Dragon video is clickable right now.
The ISS Experience is a collaborative effort between TIME, Felix & Paul Studios, space services firm NanoRacks and nonprofit Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). Besides exploring the inside and outside the space station, it will also take you on what is the first cinematic VR spacewalk ever. The spacewalk seemed like a farfetched idea at first. Félix Lajeunesse, creative director at Felix & Paul Studios, suggested it be filmed with the Canadarm2 robotic arm that built the space station itself, and the idea soared.
Just getting a regular camera around in a spacecraft has its own issues. You can’t exactly let it float around in there.
"Building a camera that is ready for space is a challenge," Lajeunesse told Space.com. "We started from an existing camera called the Z CAM and built a custom, made-for-space motorized rig."
Lajeunesse and his team had to support a team of astronauts as they configured the Z CAM on a mounted platform, with the motorized rig controlling its rotation. Rotation is everything when scenes need to be captured in stereoscopic 3D. It needs to have an astronaut’s POV to really make everyone back on Earth feel as if they really are hanging out in microgravity. Much easier said than done in space.
“There [are] some pretty critical operations being done by the astronauts in space where a big camera could be in the way," the filmmaker said. “It is a balancing act between our creative desires and the reality of the logistics in space.”
Speaking of flying to the ISS, that is what astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be doing for real on the SpaceX Crew Dragon this summer. The video puts you right on its new 85-foot crew access arm, which SpaceX installed back in August, at Launch Pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
As the arm slowly revolves, you can see the spacecraft from its window and at the end of the passageway. Behnken and Hurley will walk across that arm to get on board for the Crew Dragon’s first crewed flight ever.
Before the Crew Dragon launches humans into space, it will undergo its first crewed flight test, otherwise known as Demo-1, next month. It will meet the ISS in low-Earth orbit before plunging back through the atmosphere and into the ocean. While SpaceX has had experience with launching uncrewed Dragon flights to the ISS since 2012, Demo-1 is a first because the Crew Dragon is loaded with everything you need to keep astronauts alive, including life support and emergency launch abort systems. The Demo-1 capsule is actually what you’re seeing in the video.
The ISS Experience won’t hit theaters for a while, but you can always track the progress of the Crew Dragon on SpaceX’s Twitter while you wait.


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The top driving games for kids
Top driving games for kids. The list combines both simulation and arcade free play driving games. We will list the best online free truck driving games based on graphics, gameplay. Mod mode and car racing play online car games, global sales, track, and car. For games that have not yet been released, we have ranked them based on early access statistics as well as comparisons to their previous titles. Do not hesitate to post your comment below!
The top driving games for kids – free driving games
1/ Earn to Die 2
After the success of the first, Earn to Die 2- driving games for kids online was born before the expectations of large numbers of people love free driving games, racing games.
If in the first version, players are only allowed to experience a single free game in the lite. And if you want to keep unlocking the next screen, The publisher of Not Doppler will not let this happen again. Do not be disappointed fans, the racing game based on physics Earn to Die hit the shelves have launched part 2. Zombie driving games with many special features – allows for download and play completely free.
Plot: A ship evacuating the survivors is waiting on the other side of the country. If you want to be one of the few lucky ones. You need to go to this place in any way. Because the world has experienced a deadly pandemic. Things get ruined, the only ruins that bring life but no reason is the dead body. Your baggage is a bit of money and a car. But that’s not important! Drive through all terrain. Destroy the zombies and the ultimate goal is to survive.
Main features of the game Earn to Die 2 – driving games for kids to play:
Game modes Story Mode is completely new.
- Earn to Die 2 introduces game modes, Story Mode, new and more magnificent, long, 5 times the previous section. The game will start “departure” from the hot desert and gradually go deep into the Virus infection.
The Level several floors.
- The level back is divided into several levels. Driving through the highway were damaged going through the fascinating, underground or smash the plants, shelter of most Zombies. For whatever path you choose is whatever, you also can not escape the driving games for kids girls horde if not accept ruthless with them!
Build the most powerful zombie killing machine.
Unlock and upgrade more than 10 different vehicles, including sports cars, fire trucks, even ice cream carts. Each type is equipped with upgraded equipment such as the armored frame, roof mounted firearms, rocket launchers,… Zombies will not have a chance to reach you.
The more zombies, the more destruction, the more the upside.
Lifeboats cannot wait for you forever! Drive the car, upgrade your car and do everything in your own way to survive.
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The difficulty of the game will increase as the player progresses. Fortunately, Earn to die 2 provides you with a good upgrade system, allowing you to unlock or upgrade parts for the vehicle to increase combat power and combat in the apocalyptic world. Death awaits you in the front!
Although it does not carry high-quality 3D graphics or detailed shadowing, it’s probably the simple 2D graphics that make up the success of the Earn to Die game. With the character design is cute, in contrast to the “core” of the game to feel fun for players. Moreover, it does not forget to add many “fun” effects such as the bloody scene when your car runs through and crush the Zombie, the fire left when you activate the gas barrels on the way,…
In addition, music played a significant role in transmitting the heat. Creating a dramatization for Earn to Die – driving games for kids in all its parts. You have the excitement of hearing the roar of the car, the scraping of human bones, the croaking of the obstacles along the way. So it’s no surprise that next to it there are some games of the same type with graphics and games are rated as Need for Speed, Asphalt 8 or CSR Racing for Android but Earn to Die 2 still has its own place. The lovers of sports games in general and speed game lovers in particular.
2/ Driving School 3D
Driving School 3D is a driving games for kids simulation game driving extremely attractive. Gives you a truly virtual driving experience. See if you can pass the exam excellently or not!
Step on the car and start your lesson right away with the best car driving school games online free. Driving School 3D will test your driving skills. In free online driving games, you need to follow strict traffic rules. Pay attention to vehicles on the road, pedestrians, stop signs, signal lights, speed and more. If you are looking for a true driving experience, do not miss Driving School 3D.
You will learn how to drive a vehicle in driving school games with a manual transmission or classic automatic transmission. You can choose a simulation environment that is a large, rural, or high-speed city. After crossing individual levels, you will advance to the final exam. On each map and level, you collect points and unlock a variety of other vehicles. In addition, in Career Driving Mode, you can also compete with friends by inviting them to online challenges.
The unique sports car
If you drive carefully and do not commit an offense, you will get a high score and unlock new vehicles such as race cars or sports sedans.
Streets can sometimes appear to be heavy vehicles. So you will have to watch out for other vehicles and pedestrians as well. Driving games for kids online on the freeway are even tougher if you drive a vehicle at high speed.
Challenge friends in online mode. You drive on a pre-selected map and obey traffic laws. Anyone who collects more points and drives to faster parking will win.
Key Features of Driving School 3D – driving games for kids online:
- Multiplayer mode to race with other players around the world.
- Unlock more media.
- More than 50 levels on 3 maps.
- Realistic physics and smooth ride.
- Manual gearbox with the lever.
- Switch the camera to the media.
3/ Parking fury 2
Parking fury 2 is one of the driving games the most popular driving games for kids free online. Parking fury 2 in addition to entertainment can help you reduce stress and think of you. In this game, your task is to control the car in the parking lot yellow and do not scratch the car and hit other cars. To play 2 crazy games requires you to focus and thinking skills, reaction to situations or challenges. Try to pass all the levels with the least possible trouble. With graphics, elevation profiles, photos, sharp sound, you won’t be disappointed when playing this game.
Characteristics of Parking Fury 2:
- 3d simulator driving games with the beautiful interface and smooth animations.
- Parking game very simple to play.
- Parking fury 2 is free to play.
- Compatible with all devices and browsers without any errors.
How to play:
- On your computer use your mouse or the arrow keys to control the car. Touch the screen when played on a touch phone.
- Follow the arrow and stop at the yellow parking space.
- Try to get all 3 stars to work to do to become the winner of the parking lot!
4/ Endless Truck
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Endless truck – driving games for kids is a hot game recently was a sports game is highly entertaining suitable for all ages. Car download game car will not disappoint you. So, please click on the button “play now” to the experience of the driving game for free. You don’t know how to play truck driver game, your task is just to move the car, move as quickly as possible, avoid the flood and collect as many coins to buy upgrades.
Truck games, in particular, will be very difficult to get. To get the fine points, you have to focus on how to deal with the challenges. Game endless trucks with high quality and colorful interface, and realistic sounds, this carpet will certainly not disappoint you will bring you the most amazing moments, and leisure time rewarding. This is a driving test games quite suitable for children. Because through this game, kids will practice is the ability to quick-witted thinking and his judgment.
iRacing on Steam is an online racing driving test games in a realistic simulation style. iRacing will bring you online racing. Fun and thrilling – a great choice for speed enthusiasts and thrill seekers!
iRacing, the former name for is a high-speed racing simulation driving games for kids online originally developed by Motorsport Simulations in 2008. In iRacing, you’ll be challenged in official racing. Special events, race car racing and training on the server system of this service. In other words, iRacing is the premier racing portal in the world. Where convergence of the # 1 riders around the planet!
To increase game authenticity, the iRacing PC uses the first viewfinder placed in the cockpit. With automatic driving, players just need to look ahead to control the car on the right track. Most gamers use a rudder system that combines forces with gas pedals, brakes and pedals as well as the H … to control the car at high speed.
What’s new in iRacing 2017
- Additional new driver license classes.
- Heat Racing Super Speed Racing.
- Red Bull Global Rallycross Series.
- Updated racing professional sports car.
- New Ford Fiesta RS WRC and VW Beetle GRC.
- Knoxville Raceway.
- 5 set up the Rallycross track.
iRacing is the premier racing simulation game for the PC. In the driving games for kids online, you will own hot racing cars. From NASCAR to IndyCar, Aussie V8 Supercar to sports cars and the famous Grand Prix race. All you need is a computer. Steering wheel or driving games online with a USB port connected to the computer and the Internet. iRacing will take you to more than 100 races and 40 laps. Players can organize their own races or participate in more than 800 private tournaments.
Key features of iRacing
- Game simulation and racing portal leading the world with many attractive features.
- Race against the real driving games for kids online and professional racing.
- The surface of the track is simulated as real.
- Many racing modes such as practice, racing, technical, racing, speed racing, timed racing …
- Team racing with a 24-hour event.
- New Heat Racing racing mode.
- Automatic and free updates.
- Take the racing cars officially.
- Join the community of players more than 6 thousand members.
- Organize the race and tournaments yourself or join others.

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This gorgeous home will make you want to turn the Texas Hill Country into your permanent home! Conveniently located on three-hundred feet of private Blanco River front access, this over three-thousand square foot home will comfortably accommodate groups of all shapes and sizes up to fourteen guests maximum.
The open and spacious layout provides a seamless flow throughout the entire first floor featuring multiple windows looking out onto the blue waters. A fully equipped kitchen with granite counter tops and new tile floors invites all the chefs of the group to enjoy their turn cooking up some hearty meals. Upstairs you'll find four charming bedrooms including the huge master suite. There is one bedroom on the first floor that has a queen size bed.
A brand new feature that truly sets this home apart from the rest is the detached game room with 8' pool table, foosball, two-hundred-fifty square foot deck overlooking the water as well as additional sleeping accommodations, a bathroom, and a kitchenette. The list of amenities at The Great Escape goes on forever!
Relax on the covered back porch with ceiling fans, rockers and lounges, provides a fantastic view of the river and towering one-hundred year old cypress trees. Even though you feel a million miles away from the usual hustle and bustle, this amazing property sits only a couple miles from downtown Wimberley, and a handful of vineyards, venues, and scenic attractions!
Weekend: $675 per night for 8 guests, $25 per each additional guest up to 14
Weekday: $575 per night for 8 guests, $25 per each additional guest up to 14
"This was our 4th stay at the Great Escape, and they just keep getting better. We are a family of 12 ranging in age from 16 months to 65 years from 4 different households. There is more than enough room for all of us and with the pool and the river there is entertainment for all. The kids enjoyed the playhouse and the adults enjoyed the rocked off pool area in the river (worry-free river swimming for the little ones). Phil and Peggy have thought of everything to make the house comfortable and functional. We will be back next year." - Mary Ann & Philip
"The 8 of us have been friends for 50 plus years and once a year like to get away for a few days. We could not have chosen a more perfect vacation home to spend time with each other. We all enjoyed our stay and the lovely accommodations. Your home was perfect for our stay. We enjoyed the river, walking nearby and just watching the stars at night. Lovely home and had everything we needed. Thank you so much. We will be back." - Susan F
"The Great Escape was the perfect location for our family to stay for a wedding weekend! We enjoyed the beautiful, relaxing river, watching the sunrise, star gazing, and delightful family time. The house is well appointed with very comfortable beds and lounge areas. There was enough room for the whole family from seven years to seventy years!" - Kim S
"This property was a perfect choice for our group and event. It provided a retreat setting on a beautiful Texas River in a quiet setting with a variety of activities for a wide range of ages. The accommodations were casual, inviting, and welcoming as well as fully equipped with careful attention to a well appointed and clean facility." - KooKoo

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Hollywood celebrities took to social media to mourn the demise of 'Black Panther' actor Chadwick Boseman who died at the age of 43 after battling colon cancer for four years.
Expressing shock over the actor's demise, 'Captain America' star Chris Evans wrote that he is devastated & heartbroken.
American singer-songwriter Kahlid took to Twitter & wrote: "rest in peace Chadwick Boseman, sending love & light to your family".
Praising late actor Boseman, Mark Ruffalo tweeted, "it was the highest honor getting to work with you and getting to know you".
Marvel Studios shared a picture of Chadwick & wrote, "our hearts are broken and our thoughts are with Boseman’s family".
Here are some other reactions. Take a look.

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On Wednesday night, California Highway Patrol arrested a DUI suspect that crashed into a Caltrans vehicle at a road closure. According to authorities, Highway 16 closed to contain spot fires caused by a horrendous wildfire in Amador County. CHP’s Amador division said that firefighters were battling the Copper Fire which had burned through 48 acres of land.
A Caltrans crew was in the process of moving the road closure into Amador County when they noticed a white Dodge Ram pickup truck rushing toward the closure. Authorities were also directing traffic near their parked vehicles at the time. Once it became clear that the Dodge had no intention of stopping, the officers and Caltrans crew hastily moved out of harm’s way.
As the pickup truck came closer, the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck the passenger side door of a Caltrans crew truck. The suspect sustained minor injuries and did not require any medical attention. Fortunately, no other person was harmed in the incident.
When officers at the scene of the crash examined the driver for injuries, they found that he may have been under the influence. They tried to remove him from the vehicle to conduct further assessments, but the driver tried to resist arrest and return to his truck.
One of the officers spotted a gun sticking out between the driver’s seat and the console after checking his truck. It was a loaded Taurus Judge .410 shotgun pistol. According to investigative reports, authorities later found more weapons and large amounts of ammunition in the vehicle.
DUI Driving and Guns In Tow?
As a result, officers arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence and because of gun violations. They booked him into the Sacramento County Main Jail. The identity of the driver has not been released yet, but the investigation is ongoing.
If this is the defendant’s first DUI, and no one experienced serious bodily harm, it is possible that he will be only be charged with a misdemeanor. However, if this is his second offense, the penalties could be far more severe. The defendant will need a lawyer capable of offering great counsel to address potential charges. Here at the Law Offices of Taylor and Taylor, defense attorneys are well-versed in different types of DUI cases and can ensure the best possible outcome for their clients.
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Word around spring camp at Scottsdale, Ariz., is that even now in his second year, potential superstar hurler Tim Lincecum is being handled gingerly, with manager Bruce Bochy forbidding him to throw extra batting practice or participate in other unnecessary activities that might put more strain than necessary on his smallish, 5-foot-11, 170-pound frame.
Lincecum's spring appearances have been held to 13 innings, less than half that of other starters. Bullpen coach Mark Gardner told MLB News Online that the team remains concerned about the violent motion with which Lincecum strikes out more than a batter per inning with 100-mph fastballs.
Yet even with Lincecum's spring ERA at greater than 6.00, staff and trainers have refused to tinker with his delivery, as Lincecum not only can throw the ball by hitters, but practically break their necks as they try to to slow down for his 80-mph curve.
The team has determined there is little choice but to "let Tim Lincecum be Tim Lincecum," confirmed Gardner, who pitched in the major leagues for 13 years.
By not using Lincecum any more than necessary, the team has adopted a strategy to build Lincecum's endurance slowly, as it is theorized that young pitchers who have been overworked early in their careers sometimes suffer avoidable injuries later. Lincecum was held to little more than 140 major league innings out of the No. 5 hole last year, though he likely will approach 200 innings out of the No. 3-hole this year.
Rockies reserve Ian Stewart, one of the most feared hitters in the minors, calls Lincecum "the toughest pitcher I ever faced." All the more remarkable when one sees him; Lincecum looks like he just stepped out of a high school gymnasium.
Says web critic Chad Bradford Wannabe: "I'm almost too giddy in praise of Tim Lincecum. The power he can generate out of a 5-foot 10, 155-pound body is just plain ridiculous. Of course, there's injury risk. He's young, he's aggressive, and his mechanics are uncommon...I can see why some may shy away from someone like this."


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Potatoes in space
When I opened my newspaper this morning a picture of the first plant flowering in ISS (International Space Station) was shown.
When I opened my newspaper this morning a picture of the first plant flowering in ISS (International Space Station) was shown. Last august astronauts were already eating the first space grown Red Romaine lettuce in the same space station. Growing plants in space is becoming popular, how about potatoes? If you believe movies, it is possible to grow potatoes on Mars. In the motion picture the Martian, the main character survives on Mars on potatoes grown in the soil mixed with his own excrements and water distilled from the atmosphere. The potato plants in the picture are not looking very vigorous but the lonely astronaut can survive on them. Is it really possible to grow potatoes on Mars?
Dr. Ir. Peter Kooman
Professor Potato supply chain and sector innovation
CAH Vilentum University of Applied Sciences
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The term “artificial intelligence” was coined over 60 years ago by the godfather of AI, John McCarthy.
Whilst AI has massively evolved since then, its premise is still the same: researchers and technologists working to create software that operates systems and machines built to understand, simulate and mimic human tasks and our thought process.
Science fiction frequently depicts the future of AI as insubordinate robots who overthrow their creators and attempt to take over the world. But what is the reality?
The fact is, we’re much closer to developing machines and systems that enhance our abilities and complement our own minds.
In terms of development, recently we’ve seen Northwestern University Professor Ken Forbus and his team develop a structure-mapping engine (SME) model, fostering analogical problem solving capabilities such as “capturing the way humans spontaneously use analogies between situations to solve moral dilemmas.”
Essentially, the model allows computers to rationalise and imitate the human cognitive process.
This new development gives us a preview of what the future of work looks like.
While we apply AI in analytics to predict outcomes or to automate mundane tasks, we’re also making major strides toward developing AI that is interactive and to help us make critical decisions.
Similarly, researchers at the National Research Nuclear University in Moscow are working on an “emotional” computer with the ability to understand context, develop rapport with humans through emotional actions and eventually build trust.
We can expect this human side of AI to become the norm as humans begin to develop reliance and credence in AI systems.
>See also: The beginning of AI in the enterprise
It’s easy to see how AI can and will impact the world of work, but it’s also import to consider the profound impact it will have on the future of education.
Using computer vision, animatronics, motors and AI, the Cozmo robot (a product from Anki) recognises faces and adapts to users over time through familiarisation.
Cozmo could viably be used in our classrooms, helping students observe and identify emotions, develop critical thinking through games and identify behavioural differences.
This represents an example in how future generations will experience technology in the classroom in profoundly different ways as AI capabilities grow.
It will impact both how students learn and also what they’re taught.
Considering the strong possibility that AI will likely render most repeatable tasks moot, students will only need to possess basic coding knowledge to create an application or program.
The weight and burden of most coding — from writing to refinement — can and will be carried out by AI systems.
Paradoxically, this means students will need an understanding of AI and coding.
In the classroom, generations of students will experience AI that will learn from engaging with us, while it amplifies the ability of the teacher as well. It’s one of the many scenarios in which the technology will present fundamental challenges even as it helps us.
For organisations and individuals to benefit from AI, however, we must incorporate knowledge-based systems that curate information from across technologies and business units, automatically learn from it and use that knowledge to intelligently drive automated systems to amplify existing capabilities.
In this way, everyone in an organisation – along with its customers and partners – can enhance their performance thanks to the collective, evolving knowledge of AI that learns, remembers and informs.
AI’s power is not in machine learning or automation but knowledge – discovery, creation and management of knowledge.
In every instance, the future of work and education depends upon the human component of AI.
It’s important to think of AI as service – it exists to improve how we work, learn and live. It amplifies our ability to solve problems large and small.
AI will find not just new solutions but new problems, and that is its most exciting potential: it frees us to think and collaborate to tackle new, interesting and life changing challenges.
And that brings us to the ultimate potential: as AI becomes more human, it will transform us into super-humans.


“FLUX’s beamo is both the most compact and least expensive dedicated laser cutter and engraver we’ve seen”
( - PC Magazine)
When you see a CO2 laser cutter in action, and you're from the creative people on earth, you want to own one. The ability to cleanly cut and engrave materials with laser precision has all kinds of uses, from cutting out flat-pack models and puzzles to adding logos and personalization to objects.
But in general, they are quite expensive and takes lots of space, and challenging to use.
The FLUX team revolutionized the market with its beamo and beambox laser cutter/engraver. Beamo fits perfectly on your desktop, taking up only the footprint of four letter-size papers and weighing less than 50 pounds, and blends into your design studio or working table. It gives you the ability to do whatever you can do with big expensive CO2 laser cutters/engravers, and even with its small size, it has comprehensive capabilities. It is powerful and versatile enough for pro-quality work.
The Beamo can engrave various materials, including wood, cardboard, fabric, glass, acrylic, leather, stone, tile, Anode Metal, and even stainless steel (when coated with diode laser). Cutting is limited to cardboard, paper, wood, acrylic, and other similar lightweight materials, with maximum thicknesses between 3mm and 5mm.
If you choose the beambox or beambox PRO, it can cut up to 12mm (varies by material).
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And the software FLUX has developed, especially for their cutters, is hassle-free and allows you to edit text and vector files and modify bitmap images in-app. It has excellent features such as preview your design on-screen through your laser cutter's built-in Camera, drag-and-drop your design, or auto-align your placement.
It also comes with great features for multi-layer projects, and it is capable of cutting and engraving in one shot without the need to restart your project.
Designers can benefit from Beam Studio's seamless integration of Adobe Illustrator or import designs from AutoCAD, Inkscape, CorelDraw, and even Microsoft Word. Upload your high-quality designs in JPG, PNG, or SVG. And you can even do 3D files imported from fusion 360 with file types such as PDF and DXF.
- The speed -- render times can vary dramatically depending on the material and complexity of the job you're outputting. Smaller jobs can take as little as a minute, while the most complex images we tested took 20 minutes or so.
- Work area -- measuring in at 24.21″ (w) x 17.52″ (d) x 6.97″ (h), and weighing 48.5 pounds, it has a build volume of 11.8" (w) x 8.2" (d) x 1.7" (h).
- Built-in Camera -- the built-in Camera allows you to preview your design and the work area to make sure everything is perfectly aligned.
- Touch panel -- control and monitor your Beambox at your fingertips with the touch panel.
- Safety features -- If left opened, auto-pause ensures the laser stops. The Internal water cooling system provides a stable cutting process. Plus, you can stop production, with a single switch, at any time.
- Great add-ons -- engrave on cylinder shapes like thermoses, mugs, pens, wine bottles, glassware, and more with the flux beamo rotary module attachment. The add-on opens a whole new dimension of customization!
To summarize it all, we highly recommend the Beamo laser cutter/engraver that brings the power of CO2 laser cutting and engraving down to a size and price that many more people can afford, and all of this without losing to quality or features.
Get yourself a beamo and start creating today. Buy now for $1,899


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Many traditionalist East Asian potteries still use ash glazing, and it has seen a large revival in studio pottery in the West and East. Innovate. I am attempting to make simple ash glazes using only ash from a specific species, in other words, White Oak, Red Oak, Red Cedar, Pecan, Hickory and pine. There are thousands of glaze recipes.
Dipping is the easiest way to ensure an even application, and pouring, with a little practice, is the next. This is a pottery technique that’s often pretty simple, and it’s the quickest type of pottery, to begin with. People have been firing clay objects without kilns for around 29,000 to 26,000 years. Creating a glaze using natural and local materials involves a lengthy process, beginning with basic raw materials and ending with a refined glaze product ready for application to pottery. Wear and tear due to age.
Some of the steps that you need to do include the following: Roll the clay to the size of a fist; Create a hole with your thumb, or a well; From there, slowly pinch it until you’ve got a bowl that’s about 6 mm thick Japanese sake bottle, Tokkuri. Dec 13, 2019 - Making your own glazes is a fascinating and rewarding process, even more so when making them from collected ingredients. What you need will depend mostly on how you make your pottery. Application of Pottery Glazes. Natural Glazes contains full-color photographs of completed works, charts and tables providing firing times and other data, and insightful essays from other ceramic artists specializing in natural glaze work. Inspire.
The glaze will flood the indentations and leave a thin layer over the raised design letting the white of the clay show through. Sax True Flow Gloss Glaze, Natural Clear, 1 Pint Create. It’s true that when it comes to making pottery at home there are a lot of things … We interview master potter Larry Gillam from Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, in Fishers, Indiana. I … Making acrylic paint glaze is easier than one might think and any color glaze may be made.
… I have, and you can too. Finding and Processing Your Own Natural Clay: If you ever played with clay, either in school or as a hobby, you might have wondered what it is and where it comes from. With little equipment and following a few basic principles, it is possible to harvest glaze ingredients from your local environment, such as clay, subsoil, plants and seashells, to achieve beautiful results in the kiln. The composition of the glaze. Brown color with a natural glaze. Apply a thin layer and allow it to dry.
Chip on the rim. Alphabetical information on pottery glaze making materials and clay body ingredients: ADDITIVE A - This clay conditioner gives clay more plasticity, higher green strength and greatly increased workability throughout our range of pre-mixed clays. Good condition considering its age. Build up the layers of glaze making …
This is the method often used with large quantities of pottery to glaze. But throwing, trimming, glazing and firing large jugs would require a pottery wheel, many tools, a large kiln and plenty of space to work and store the jugs. Vtg Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Tokkuri. From making simple hand built coil pots to experimenting with complex glazes and firing methods — it’s up to you how complicated you want your pottery hobby to get. This not only includes the colorants in the glaze, but also other glaze materials that interact and effect that colorant or combination of colorants. The Saint John's Pottery uses natural and local glaze materials to produce a variety of glaze surfaces. It dries without baking and you only need a couple of simple ingredients. Shake well in the jar before using. Using found materials in glazes is a creative way to add a local touch to ceramics. According to Lindsey Tomlinson-Peck, owner of The Mudroom Pottery Studio, "Mixing glazes is an exact science and as such, either requires an intense understanding of chemistry in order to make your own glaze recipes, or an ability to follow the instructions of tested glaze recipes exactly." 12 Pottery Glazing Tips. Ammonium persulfate is one of many compounds available for copper etching, and is often used for etching circuit boards in particular. The Saint John's Pottery uses natural and local glaze materials to produce a variety of glaze surfaces. Sax art supplies give students the tools they need to help them on their artistic journey. For basic glaze coat application, use a fine-textured pottery sponge, either synthetic or natural. The glaze usually is the consistency of heavy cream. Art education shapes lives by enabling students to express themselves more freely and develop critical life skills. Sponges can be used at nearly every step of pottery creation, including glaze application. In this book, Sunshine Cobb covers all the foundational skills, with lessons for constructing both simple and complex forms from clay. I read about ash glazes and looked at a lot of recipes for both natural ash and fake ash glazes, ranging from cone 6 to cone 10.
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Myanmar’s military ousted their ambassador to the United Nations after he gave a fiery speech against the regime. According to reports on Saturday, Kyaw Moe Tun was fired from his position for allegedly betraying the country and abusing his power as ambassador.
This came after he spoke in front of the UN General Assembly, asking members to take action on the military coup.
Whoa. It is impossible to overstate the risks that #Myanmar UN ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun just took in the @UN General Assembly when (voice cracking) he just now called on world to oppose the military coup. See photo below of him giving the three-fingered salute of the protestors. https://t.co/qnmr0RMY0S
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) February 26, 2021
“In addition to the existing support, we need further strongest possible action from the international community to immediately end the military coup, to stop oppressing the innocent people, to return the state power to the people and to restore the democracy,” Kyaw Moe Tun stated.
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In the U.S., a group of men recently got puppies and kittens from Craigslist.com for free. They took these animals into the woods, released them, and then used them as target practice.
Even when people do not mistreat animals so blatantly, they pretty much never give them the same moral concern as they do other humans. Heck, most people (me included) eat non-human animals, and we certainly wouldn't go to our favorite restaurant (or any restaurant!) and order a side of human leg with some barbecue sauce (or alfredo sauce, for that matter).
So my point is that no matter how much we love our pets, and yes, I am obsessed with my poodle Emily, and no matter how much we "like" animals in general, there still is this powerful human inclination to perceive animals as lower on the totem pole than humans. And further, there is an inclination to perceive humanity as distinct, and special, from other animal species, despite pretty much undeniable evidence that we are in fact, animals. (sorry to shock some of you with that news).
Research suggests an interesting reason why people need to perceive themselves as unique from animals, and why in turn, people are less concerned with the moral treatment of non-human animals than human animals: fear of death.
From the perspective of terror management theory, humans do not necessarily cope with death fear by doing the safe or healthy thing. Instead, they cope with death awareness by investing in systems of meaning and value (culture, religion) that give their life purpose and significance, and that in a sense, provide symbolic immortality. Sure, we all know we will die, but that stings a little less if we know that we have contributed to something that extends beyond our own life, and if we perceive that we have lived a valuable life.
One way in which humans gain self-esteem, importance, and significance, and hence assuage mortality concerns, is through raising themselves above the status of other animals. For instance, mortality reminders have been found to make people perceive that they are unique among other animals, to have less moral concern for animals, and to attribute fewer thoughts and emotions to animals — even to pets! (note: in some cases, this is only true when people are primed to think about human-animal similarities as well as death). (see work by Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida)
Mortality reminders have also been found to cause people to perceive people from their own country (but not others) as more different from animals, and moreover, to become more negative and hostile towards women displaying their "creaturely," animalistic ways, such as posing naked while pregnant (Demi Moore), and to psychologically distance from their physical bodies (elements of which are animalistic). For instance, death reminders cause people to become less physically active (to do fewer pelvic thrusts) and to become less interested in genital pleasure, but not romantic love (which is perceived as unique to humans). And lastly, death reminders cause people to become more negative towards the idea that humans evolved from other animals.
In summary, humans almost always perceive themselves as seperate from animals even though biologically speaking we are animals. And, interestingly, this powerful tendency stems in part from the need to cope with a deep rooted human insecurity: Death!
When someone harms an animal, they might just be attempting to cope with their own deep rooted fears.

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We make a big call so, for solidarity and support of our comrade that has been beaten by Neo-nazis group outside of the Antinomia squat in Corfu / Greece. The fascists beat him in his face and he ended up in the hospital with a broken jaw. The cost for this surgery and the healing process is estimated for 3.000 euros.
Image above : [ Silence is complicity, zero tolerance to fascism ]
[ The announcement of -Open Antifascist Assembly- ]
On 5/12 an impulsive gathering-demonstration developed due to the murderous attack against the 16year old Roma boy, named Kostas Fragkoulis who was shot in the head by a cop. The next day a video was brought to our attention, posted by a fascist account “autonomous_kerkuras” (meaning in greek: autonomous [group] of Corfu) on Instagram, whose account was shot down a few hours later. In the video, the block of the demonstration is shown while passing by the Saroko square, and the person that recorded the video was saying “you will remember us tomorrow you cunts, you will see us tomorrow”.
On 6/12 a massive protest of 180-200 people took place as 14 years were completed since Alexis Grigoropoulos was murdered by the police in the center of Athens, in Exarcheia. The protest concluded at the old psychiatrist hospital and two banners were hung in the outside area. The same night a person passing by the area observed that the banners were not there anymore and posters of the squat were ripped. A swastika symbol was carved on the squat’s door, and on the door of the self-organised sports team of Traverso near the Jewish synagogue.
On 8/12 while the squat was getting prepared for the self-organized weekly bar, 3 people entered the squat. They were identified due to their fascist discourse and action and they were immediately asked to leave. A group of people scouted the area to defend the squat and the people who compose it, to make sure that the fascists have left for good. Ultimately, these people came across our comrades and attacked them. During this attack, 6 more people of their team showed up that they were in standby mode to attack, around the squat area. The presence of the 3 at the beginning and another 6 subsequently, doesn’t seem to be random but targeted and is also reminiscent of ambush practices. During the attack, one of our comrades was hit with a helmet and ended up in the hospital with a fracture in the lower jaw and immediate surgical operation was required. It is worth mentioning that a comrade of ours in her attempt to protect the beaten person fell on him and protected him with her body. However, this didn’t stop the hits against them. While the attack was escalating, many threats were heard by the fascists such as “we will slaughter you”, “we will kill you”, and “we will stab you”. On top of that, after multiple commands from one specific person on their team, they stole the mobile phone of one of our comrades. After the attack ended, we were informed that 3 of them were prosecuted by the cops. Some of them are known to be students at the university and trained by a specific school of martial arts. It should be stressed that the phenomenon of cultivating fascist thinking and action is related to these schools of martial arts, and gyms and their relation with cops, mafia, and mob.
We consider that these recent incidents do not concern exclusively and specifically the local society of Corfu. This is a generalised effort of the fascists to regroup in the country of Greece. There is an escalation of their actions as they are trying to gain ground in order to spread out their ideologies. At the same time, their purpose is very clear since they move from threatening to attacking political squats and the people organised around them. We should not forget: the fascist attack on a student in his own school in Corfu and 4 years ago the racist murder of the Albanian worker Petrit Zifle from the neo-Νazi D. Kouris, member of the neo-Νazi political party “Chrysi Avgi” (meaning in greek: Golden Dawn).
We strongly declare that we will never stop fighting against these types of political forms in every way, by any means, keeping alive the antifascist action. There is no chance that we will leave our comrades undefendable or stop protecting our own political spaces.
Τhese parastatal fascist attacks against us, attacks from the state itself (evacuations of political squats, prosecutions, and charges of comrades) will not remain unanswered at all times! We will not make the slightest retreat in our fights or in our values and this from now on is a one-way street process.
For these reasons:
We give priority to participation and contribution in collective procedures and actions
We make a big call so, for solidarity and support of our comrade, as for practical support of the antifascist action
No matter our role in this society, students, and workers, our main concern is to point out the fascists/nationalists and fight for their social isolation and complete extinction.
We cannot turn a blind eye, nor can we conceal this kind of actions! Silence is complicity, while tolerance towards these behaviours and ideologies allows the behaviors themselves to be normalized and become consolidated.
Nothing can erase the flame that is burning in our hearts. No threat can crush our dreams. No one can affect our relations of companionship and solidarity.
-Open Antifascist Assembly
Slogan on the wall : [ Shits to the fascists ]

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Heather and Tucker is playing a game that keep making everyone mad. They also being in Red and Blue to try this game and see how they react to this game.
Heather and Tucker were in a gaming room. Heather begin Red and Blue.
Red: Alright, what are we going to play?
Tucker and Heather: FLAPPY BIRD!
Blue: ... Really?
Tucker: Well, someone text me on tweeter and ask me to play the game call Flappy Bird. Then Heather started to create this game room and through this could be where we can record us playing games.
Heather: Game Bang! (Laughing)
Tucker: Even if I sound like Anthony from Smosh. But never mind that, let's begin with Red.
Red hold the IPad with the game starts. The game shows a bird fly in the game with the title.
Red: Do I always have to touch the screen?
Tucker: Yea, you have to.
Heather: That remind this app was removed from the store cause of people comment.
Blue: I don't know why, but don't want to know.
Red started to start the game, then the bird fly and stop, then crash on land.
Red: ...Wait, what?! I have to touch it, like a lot?!
Heather: Sure, you do. That how the game works.
Red try again and got to 6.
Red: HOW IS THIS GAME SO HARD?!
Blue: It's probably the pipe.
Red: Stupid Mario pipe!
Red try again. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
Red: I break the record, in your face, guys!
Red: Ok, your turn Tucker.
Tucker: Ok then.
Tucker starts to play. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.
Tucker: Wow, that is a great score.
Blue: I feel like this could be Heather score.
Heather: You don't even know my score yet, blue boy.
Tucker try again to beat the score. 20.
Tucker: (Laughing) Here Blue.
Blue look at the bird.
Blue: Look at it mouth, looks like a pussy.
(That what she said)
Blue started and got 4.
Blue: What the, try again!
Blue try again and then got 19.
Blue: Not the best, but who care? Heather, here.
Heather started and then got 20.
Heather: Yay, but a try.
Heather try again like them and then got 44.
Heather: Yay, I won.
Heather started to smile.


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Lady Bird Johnson, born Claudia Alta Taylor, started her life as a small-town girl but would go on to leave a towering legacy both as a First Lady of the United States and as the First Lady of nature in Austin, Texas.
Born in 1912 and raised in tiny little Karnack, Texas, Lady Bird Johnson found herself on her way to Austin after high school in 1930 to attend the University of Texas at Austin to pursue a bachelor's degree. (Today the LBJ Library is on UT's campus.) According to her biography, as the plane was touching down in Austin Lady Bird saw a gorgeous field of bluebonnet flowers growing in the Texas hill country and fell in love with the natural landscape and nature of the city, resolving to live the rest of her life there. If you've ever seen Texas in the springtime, this is definitely understandable because the healthy landscapes from Zilker Park in Austin all the way through the hill country down to San Antonio really is stunning.
Of course, life has a funny way of changing one's plans. While in Austin, Lady Bird eventually met and married some guy named Lyndon Baines Johnson, another native Texan, who went on to have a little bit of a notable political career. Lady Bird followed LBJ to Washington, D.C. for his congressional office terms and eventually into the White House when Johnson became the 36th President of the United States following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Even while Lyndon B. Johnson was practicing politics in the House, Senate, as Vice President and eventually as President Johnson in the White House, Mrs. Johnson never lost her passion for nature and beautification. She launched the Highway Beautification Act and the First Lady's Committee for a More Beautiful Capital.
After President Johnson left office, the couple came back to Texas, where Lady Bird already had a head start on plans for beautification projects in Austin. Lady Bird spearheaded efforts to make Town Lake in downtown Austin more attractive with lush greenery, flowers and flowering plants, and even a gazebo and fountain.
Her work on Town Lake was a massive success. To this day, the body of water is an incredibly popular attraction for locals and tourists to canoe and paddleboard on. After Lady Bird Johnson's death in 2007, the lake was renamed Lady Bird Lake.
After Lyndon Johnson's death in 1973, the former First Lady kept right on with her preservation and conservation work. She was also responsible for the creation of the National Wildflower Research Center, located (of course) in Southwest Austin. Today it's known as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and is a great society dedicated to the conservation of native plants. It has over 900 species across its 284-acre grounds. (And you better believe her husband's Presidential Library had some pretty nice flowers too!) The botanical gardens have become a popular destination in Central Texas not only because of the natural beauty of the native Texas plants, but also the event space onsite gives you one of the most beautiful settings in all of ATX.
Lady Bird Johnson's ultimate legacy is one of care: She was there to care for Jacqueline Kennedy on Air Force One after her husband's assassination. She cared for people as a nursemaid in World War II. She cared for Texas, the environment, the native plants of North America, and the planet as a whole.
This article was originally published in September of 2019.
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A couple of months ago, Apple launched the new generation of MacBook Pros. The laptops arrived with faster processors, sharper display and many new tech innovations to toy with. What bothered the consumers is the fact that there isn’t a 17” MacBook Pro around anymore.
Well, there is an explanation for this and it is purely business. Over the last couple of years, the 17” MacBook Pro has not been selling well. Yes, the larger laptop might be more fitting for playing games or watching movies but they are also not cheap to own.
Apparently, Apple doesn’t find the 17” MacBook Pro profitable at all. Unlike the 13” and 15” variants, the 17” requires a different electronics design, component design and also, method of development. Thus, Apple will have to spend a bomb just to load the 17” laptop on the assembly line.
With sales not even covering the cost spent on the 17” MacBook Pro’s development, Apple sees no point in updating the 17” MacBook Pro.