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Many people on ketogenic diets and similar diets, such as the Atkins diet, report that their breath takes on a fruity smell. This is caused by elevated ketone levels. The specific culprit is acetone, a ketone that exits the body in your urine and breath ( 4 ).
How do I stop keto breath?
Here are a few simple tips to reduce bad breath while your body adjusts to a low-carb diet.
- Increase your water intake. …
- Eat less protein. …
- Practice good oral hygiene. …
- Mask odor with mints and gum. …
- Bump up your carb intake. …
- Be patient.
What does ketosis breath smell like?
Some describe keto breath as having a metallic taste in their mouth and a smell that’s sweet, fruity or similar to nail polish remover. This is caused by the chemicals your body creates during ketosis, which are released from the body by exhaling.
What causes bad breath during ketosis?
“Basically when you are on a low-carbohydrate diet, the key to success is breaking fat into ketones to create ketosis, and as ketones get into urine and saliva, it can cause horrible breath,” Perle tells WebMD. Drinking plenty of water helps dilute the concentration of ketones.
Does your breath smell when you lose weight?
Acetone breath is a symptom of ketosis – the process in which your body starts to burn stored fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. Bad breath due to ketosis can also occur when you are not eating enough, usually in conjunction with fasting or doing a diet that is very low in calories.
Why does my breath smell like poop?
Sinus and respiratory infections can cause your breath to smell like feces. These can be caused by bronchitis, viral colds, strep throat, and more. When bacteria move from your nose into your throat, it can cause your breath to have an incredibly unpleasant odor.
Does keto make your VAG smell?
Keto crotch is a condition that some people notice on the keto diet. Its symptoms are very similar to BV, including discharge and a strong odor. There are links between diets high in fat, such as the keto diet, and BV, suggesting that a high fat diet may increase the likelihood of developing the infection.
What is dirty Keto?
What’s Clean or Dirty Keto? If you’re following a clean diet, that means you’re avoiding processed foods, whereas a dirty keto diet is one that doesn’t focus as much on whole foods, but rather seeks to adhere only to the macronutrient ratio – that is, the ratio of fat, protein and carbs – of the diet.
How do you get rid of bad breath permanently?
Lifestyle and home remedies
- Brush your teeth after you eat. Keep a toothbrush at work to use after eating. …
- Floss at least once a day. …
- Brush your tongue. …
- Clean dentures or dental appliances. …
- Avoid dry mouth. …
- Adjust your diet. …
- Regularly get a new toothbrush. …
- Schedule regular dental checkups.
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What happens if you break Keto for a day?
Going off a keto diet is likely not detrimental. Just because you start eating carbs again, especially just for one day, doesn’t mean you will store a bunch of body fat. Carbs do not cause weight gain or increased body fat.
How long should I do Keto?
Registered dietitians warn that nutrient deficiencies may be possible if you’re on it for too long. Stick to the keto diet for three to six months max, says Mancinelli, noting that some people opt to cycle in and out of the diet throughout the year.
How many hours into fasting does ketosis start?
Many people can actually go into ketosis between meals. In some controlled cases, a doctor may recommend a longer fasting period of between 24 and 48 hours. A person should speak to their doctor before deciding to fast for longer than a few hours at a time.
What is a good keto snack?
Here are some excellent, keto-friendly snack options:
- Almonds and cheddar cheese.
- Half an avocado stuffed with chicken salad.
- Guacamole with low-carb veggies.
- Trail mix made with unsweetened coconut, nuts and seeds.
- Hard-boiled eggs.
- Coconut chips.
- Kale chips.
- Olives and sliced salami.
Does drinking water help with bad breath?
Be sure to drink a sufficient amount of water (six to eight 8-ounce glasses) daily to avoid dry mouth. Drinking water will help keep odor under control because it helps wash away food particles and bacteria, the primary cause of bad breath.
What causes bad breath even after brushing?
Poor Oral Hygiene and Gum Disease
Without proper brushing and flossing, bacteria accumulates on the surface of your teeth and in between teeth and causes bad breath. Poor oral hygiene also leads to gum disease when the bacteria buildup causes sticky plaque and tartar to invade and irritate your gum tissue.
What does burning fat smell like?
What does burning human flesh smell like? You’ll know it when you smell it. Burning muscle tissue gives off an aroma similar to beef in a frying pan, and body fat smells like a side of fatty pork on the grill. But you probably won’t mistake the scent of human remains for a cookout.

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The Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival is a family-friendly celebration of spring and Japanese culture on the front lawn of the Metro Courthouse at Nashville Public Square. Admission is free. The festival will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Feel your heart pound to the beat of drums, as you experience the beauty and passion of a Native American Pow Wow in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Competition Pow Wow featuring Native American arts, crafts, food, music, and dancing.

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Evergrande Partners with Harvard to Build Hospital in China
(Beijing) –Evergrande Group said on December 4 it has reached agreement with Harvard University to build a hospital in China, the real estate giant's latest effort to diversify its business structure.
Evergrande and Harvard have already started picking a location for the hospital, a source close to the partnership said. Shenzhen and Guangzhou, both in the southern province of Guangdong, were the top choices.
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Reedist Frank Gratkowski may not get confrontational as quickly as his contemporaries in the German avant-garde, but he's no less adventurous. The restrained, chamberlike quality of his playing translates as well to jaggedly mathematical improvisations as it does to long, gently burnished ones. His instruments of choice--clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, and soprano sax--line up toward the delicate end of the reed spectrum, which obviously contributes to the often hushed fragility of his music, but just as important is his sharp sense of drama and architecture. Nowhere are these traits more vividly on display than in his two most recent recordings: Gratkowski is best known to Chicagoans as a collaborator of Georg GrŠwe, and his remarkable performance on the pianist's quartet recording Melodie und Rhythmus (Okka Disk) shows Gratkowski's pretty lyricism and tonal clarity at work in the context of tight ensemble playing. The dense yet buoyant writing is perfect for Gratkowski, whether he's laying soft passages against brooding tumult or sailing over the top of some off-kilter swing pattern. He's equally ambidextrous on his new trio album, The Flume Factor (Random Acoustics), with bassist Dieter Manderscheid and drummer Gerry Hemingway: the slow-building explosion of puckered sound on the zigzagging opening cut "Epitasis" is a masterpiece of tension and resolution, but airy melody and limber dynamics are just as rewarding on the west-coast-flavored "California Roll." This performance is Gratkowski's first in Chicago without GrŠwe, and it will feature his formidable solo work; however, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, oboist Robbie Hunsinger, and other local guests are slated to sit in. The gig is also the inaugural concert in Hunsinger and Tim McLoraine's revived creative-music series, formerly at Xoinx Tea Room. Wednesday, 9 PM, Artemisia, 700 N. Carpenter, third floor; 312-226-7323. PETER MARGASAK
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Stuart Charno Net Worth
Stuart Charno how much money? For this question we spent 23 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.
The main source of income: Actors
Total Net Worth at the moment 2021 year – is about $129,5 Million.
Stuart Charno information Birth date: September 29, 1956 Birth place: Queens, New York City, New York, United States Height:6 3 (1.91 m) Profession:Actor, Writer
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How much weight is Stuart Charno – 85kg
Stuart Charno (born September 29, 1956) is an American actor. He has been a stand-up comic and has starred in film and on television. His first role was in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2. Other notable appearances of his include the 1985 comedy film Just One of the Guys (as Harold Reptile Sherpico) and the 1986 film Modern Girls, in which he appeared with Just One of the Guys co-star Clayton Rohner. Charno has made guest appearances on various television shows including M*A*S*H, The X-Files, Chicago Hope, Team Knight Rider, and Profiler. He also received story credits on three episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Wounded, New Ground and Ethics).Charno played a rare Friday the 13th character to have survived. In Friday the 13th Part 2 his character, Ted, visits a bar in town and gets so drunk he spends the night in a motel, thus evading the murder spree.
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The original A-Team cast, Pictured: (l-r) Dirk Benedict as Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, George Peppard as John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Dwight Schultz as ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, Mr. T as B.A. Baracus.
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Mr. T at the height of his A-Team fame.
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Former first lady Nancy Regan enjoyed this candid moment with Mr. T (dressed as Santa Claus) at the White House during 1983 Christmas fesitivities.
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In 1984, Mr. T released his own rap album called Mr. T’s Commandments. The themes? Song titles include: “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “No Dope No Drugs.” Speaking of strangers, some of those kids look pretty uncomfortable on that album cover.
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Wrestling fans may remember that Mr. T co-headlined the original WrestleMania (with Hulk Hogan) at Madison Square Garden before over 19,000 fans in 1985.
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Mister T was an animated kids show that ran from 1983 to 1986 on NBC. Naturally Mr. T played himself, as a, get this, gymnastics teacher who helps solve mysteries.
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In recent years, T’s frequent cameos on Late Night with Conan O’Brien were comedy gold.
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Mr.T alongside fellow 1980s icon Betty White.
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Mr. T smiles, trust us, he doesn’t do this very often.
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Probably Mr. T’s most infamous musical moment was a 1984 tribute to moms everywhere called “Treat Your Mother Right.”
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It may be hard to believe in retrospect, but circa 1983 – besides Eddie Murphy and the King of Pop – there was no black star who burned brighter than Mr. T.
Hot off his villainous turn in the hit Rocky III and the beloved star of the hit NBC show The A-Team, T was on top of the world. He eventually had his own Saturday morning cartoon, breakfast cereal and album. Slowly but surely his popularity started to wane, but his later appearances in commercials (where he poked fun at his tough guy persona) and battle with illness (he was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma in 1995) endeared him to a whole new generation of fans.
As audiences flock to see the big screen adaptation of his action-packed 80s TV staple, theGrio looks back at the original B.A. — Mr.T.


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A swathe of fraud and corruption charges have been filed against two senior figures who were still recently in the employ of Eskom. Four people and seven different companies have been implicated in the sting, which led to arrests taking place on Thursday – we’ve got all the information you need to know about the suspects here:
Who is facing charges?
Two former Eskom senior managers, two business directors and seven companies are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court for alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering on Thursday afternoon.
France Hlakudi was Eskom’s contracts manager for the Kusile Power Plant while Abram Masango, in his capacity as the state utility’s group executive for capital projects, oversaw key contractual processes at the Kusile and Medupi power plants. The Daily Maverick report these two former executives were cuffed following a dodgy deal with Tubular Construction.
Eskom: Details of the arrest
The suspects were arrested earlier on Thursday morning in Mpumalanga, in Limpopo, and Gauteng respectively by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crimes Unit team in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigative Directorate.
What crimes have allegedly been committed?
SAPS released an updated statement shortly after midday: They revealed that “a gross manipulation of contractual agreements” involving Eskom and the Medupi and Kusile power plants, has piqued their interest. It’s alleged that the accused scored themselves a R30-million kickback each for the mega-money deal.
“In-depth investigations pointed to the fact that the contract was manipulated in a number of ways including, amongst others, the alteration of Eskom’s procurement system by Senior Management management, the de-scoping of a contract at Kusile without justification, and with conflict of interest by Eskom employees.”
“A contract for Kusile was approved in 2015 for R745 million, to build two Air Cooled Condenser (ACC) units at this plant. It is alleged that from February 2015 to July 2017, the appointed companies, other related entities and individuals shared approximately R30 million amongst themselves.”SAPS statement
What happens next for the former Eskom duo?
Once they have been charged, Masango and Hlakudi may be kept behind bars in the foreseeable future as the SAPS and Hawks believe they have a strong case here. However, no criminal trial or meaningful court proceedings are likely to take place until 2020.
This is a developing story. We will update our readers as soon as we get more information.

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Tony Abbott has “left the realm of the merely destructive and entered the realm of the loopy”, Labor says, after his provocative speech arguing climate change was “probably doing good”.
The deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek said on Tuesday Abbott’s speech to a group of climate sceptics in London was “actually just weird stuff from the former prime minister” at a time when the government was trying to settle its energy policy.
While Abbott’s London outburst forced government colleagues into various acts of public diplomacy on Tuesday, one fellow conservative, the Sydney Liberal MP Craig Kelly, and chairman of the backbench committee on climate and energy, defended Abbott’s rationale.
“The point that Tony makes is 100% correct, and the chief scientist has actually confirmed this, the chief scientist has said, no matter what we do here in Australia with our emissions, it’s not going to change the weather, it’s not going to change the temperature of the globe, it’s not going to prevent bad storms,” Kelly told Sky News.
The government this week has continued to signal that it will not pursue the clean energy target modelled by the chief scientist, Alan Finkel, in his review of the national electricity market published mid-year.
Abbott has opposed the Finkel recommendation from the outset, branding further subsidies for renewables “unconscionable”, and, alongside fellow government conservative George Christensen, has threatened to cross the floor in the event the government attempts to legislate it.
With the government working to finalise its policy and present it during the final parliamentary sitting weeks before the summer break, the energy minister Josh Frydenberg used an energy summit on Monday to argue low emissions technologies may not need further subsidies once the current renewable energy target winds down after 2020.
That signal has rattled industry players, who had assumed the government was working on a modified version of the Finkel recommendation.
As industry alarm about the government’s policy direction intensified, the chief scientist publicly defended his mechanism as being important to provide investor certainty.
While the clean energy target has broad ranging support from industry, the energy sector and state governments, the heavily contested internal dynamics of the Coalition renders the Finkel recommendation hard to deliver.
The government’s new energy policy is expected to include an overhaul of the national electricity market rules to provide incentives to bring more dispatchable power in the market.
While Finkel’s target has clearly hit an internal roadblock, the policy is expected to include mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including the use of international permits, which the government first signalled when it launched a review of its Direct Action policy.
Industry sources also expect the existing Emissions Reduction Fund, which is the Coalition’s voluntary scheme that gives incentives for farmers and landholders to reduce emissions, to be given renewed funding.
A range of groups, from the business lobby to environmentalists, want the major parties to reach a bipartisan agreement on energy and climate policy and end a wretched decade of partisan argument.
As the government is moving to finalise its policy, Labor has increased its public overtures that it is prepared to deal with the Coalition in the event it can produce a credible policy.
But Labor has also grabbed Abbott’s public frolic to argue Malcolm Turnbull is not in charge of the Coalition’s policy formulation.
Labor’s treasury spokesman, Chris Bowen, said on Tuesday Abbott’s intervention underscored the “catastrophic failure” of Turnbull “to stand up to the climate deniers in his party”.
Bowen said Abbott was “an effective handbrake on the elected prime minister, stopping any sensible policy progress when it comes to climate change and energy”.
He said Labor has not given the chief scientist the task of drafting a policy settlement for climate and energy, that request had come from the government.
“Alan Finkel has delivered a very good report which says here’s a way forward,” Bowen said. “We’ve got this remarkable circumstance with the opposition of the day willing to be bipartisan but the government can’t reach an internal partisan position.
“We can’t negotiate with a puff of smoke.
“We need the government to have a position so that we can reach that policy certainty. We don’t have that because frankly Malcolm Turnbull is just not up to it.”


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When I mentioned Willis to the only notorious Hollywood insider whom I call my friend, he said, “A bunch of us were wondering the other night if he were still alive.” A quick IMDB search would easily have settled that score, but it also would have revealed that Willis, 74 next week, hasn’t made a film since 1997’s The Devil’s Own. Following a Cinematographers Guild breakfast screening of the The Purple Rose of Cairo last weekend, the DP shed some insight into that disappearance when he submitted to a rather lengthy question-and-answer period for his brothers and sisters.
The Guild had been kind enough to include me in their monthly Saturday morning shindig, their version of the more traditional beery union local picnic. I’ve a soft spot for unions of all sorts, and the cinematographer’s union boys are as good a lot as any. They sit on the arms of each other’s chairs, huddle close when they tell a story, regard each other with unmitigated affection, and somehow all seem alike, regardless of age and gender and race: avuncular with regional accents and bright eyes gleaming behind thick-framed glasses. They seem like family, in other words.
It’s a good scene overall, one certainly worth a temporary exodus from the briny bogs of Cape Cod, where Willis dwells these days. And you can bet the Guild nabs the finest prints possible of whatever film they screen.
Willis looked on from the back of the Tribeca Screening Room while Rose, which has aged into a lovely timelessness, ran. One of my favorite Allen flicks, it features Jeff Daniels as screen actor Gil Shepard who in turn plays Tom Baxter, the pith helmet-clad anthropologist who steps off the screen of a black-and-white Nick and Nora-style romance into the Technicolor Depression-era New Jersey movie theater to woo hapless fan Mia Farrow (who keeps her stammering to a tolerable level here). Less of a metamovie than a lovesick valentine to the transcendent power of ‘30s-era Hollywood glamour, Rose actually carries some of the same wistful contrasts as Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark. But even Allen’s worst films spring more out of magic realism than the drab nihilism that Trier seems to regard as due punishment for those frivolous enough to attend movies, so Rose is infinitely lighter in its loafers — thanks in no small part to Willis’ mastery of the visual understatement.
Afterward, the cinematographer ambled to the front of the room. He has a shock of white hair and watery blue eyes, his confidence and acumen better telegraphed by the tough NYC kid posture and voice that New England hasn’t successfully erased. He speaks easily with colorful metaphors, the way almost all union guys do, whether they be ironworkers or cinematographers. Because of that, and because he’s such a compelling character, I’m including most of his comments verbatim.
About Purple Rose, he said, “We shot the black-and-white movie first, including the characters’ interactions with the people in the theater, and then photographed it again in color stock as it was running in the theater.
“Working with Woody is like working with your hands in your pockets. I would say how I thought something should work and then he would say how something should work and then together we would pound the dough. He shot it with Michael Keaton first and didn’t like the effect so they had to reshoot the first two weeks again. Not as many reshots as you’d think; just embarrassing for Keaton, I’d imagine. Allen has a writer’s mentality but I tried to make it difficult for him to redo things — and it was a film in which it was very hard to redo things.
“To make the black-and-white movie [within the movie], I just picked up the light pattern of ’30s movies and reconstructed it. For the rest of the film, choices were made to minimize color. Everything in the movie was sets except for the theater exterior, which was in Piermont, NJ. The interior of the theater was a real porn house in Brooklyn.” [Because this fact was not greeted with loud guffaws and whistles, at this point it became obvious this wasn’t a typical union.]
Willis moved into the health of movies, past and present. He’s not a big fan of technology for the sake of technology. “Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it’s a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment.
“Coppola and Beatty got very into it. Frances used VA from his trailer and then a speaker to communicate with the actors,” he noted with a dry grin. “But I wouldn’t suck on that tube all day long. The truth is that video assist will always show you something different than what you throw on the screen. I used it for tech check and stunts only.”
Or: “Anamorphic [widescreen technology, in uber laymen terms] is in vogue right now. The smaller the indie movie, the more anamorphic. Back when I did The Paper Chase, I told Fox to do it anamorphic. Their response — and keep in mind Fox invented anamorphic — was ‘It’s not a Western.’ Like everything else, it’s how you use the format. Any idea in this business is like poison gas in a room. I liked how they used it better in the ’70s than how they do now.
Another cinematographer said, “Labs are laundromats now, so how you do get repeatability these days?”
Willis’ response was succinct: “I wouldn’t know; I haven’t done a movie for six years. Last time, the lab tried to help me but there was blood over all the walls. Working on The Devil’s Own I knew you get sick if you try to fix everything for everyone. [Note: According to IMDB, eight years have elapsed since The Devil’s Own was released.]
“When doing the Godfather movies, I had trouble with continuity, of course. Decades passed between making II and III, for example. I used brassy, burnt yellow a lot. The only problem with III besides it not being a very good movie is that it used a different technique. Super 185 to blow into 70 mm. I didn’t care for that, but Francis did…”
GW is very nuts and bolts. When asked how he developed as a cinematographer, he responded: “My wife was pregnant and I needed some money.” You both believe him and you don’t — he’s utilitarian but also clearly takes pride in doing his job well.
“Who mentored me? I guess not too many people. I did what I liked. I learned from watching at first, sure. You have to learn how to cut if you’re going to learn how to shoot well. Then I pushed through what everyone else was doing and thought I should be doing, and I did what I wanted. I was very specific about what I should do. In concert, it’s luck but it’s also always your attitude.
“A director would walk around for two days trying to sort out how a shot should look and I would just say in two minutes,’I think it should be this way.’ ”
Not shockingly, Willis is an enormous proponent of less is more. “I spent a lot of time on films taking things out. Art directors would get very cross with me. If something’s not going well, my impulse is to minimalize. The impulse of most people when something’s not going well is to add — too many colors, too many items on a screen, too many lights. If you’re not careful, you’re lighting the lighting. American films are overlit compared to European ones. I like closeups shadowy, in profile — which they never do these days.
“People by nature like complexity and rarely recognize the elegance of simplicity. I like simplicity. So I just do it. I figure out what you have to say in this scene and how it connects to the last and to the next and then shoot. Today they do what I call dumpster directing. They shoot too many angles in scenes. Two problems result: 1. It tires out the actors. 2. The editor ends up making the movie, since there’s no true point of view if you shoot it every which way.
“What’s needed is simple symmetry, but everyone wants massive coverage these days because they don’t have enough confidence in their work and there are way too many cooks in the kitchen.
“My philosophy has always been that it should look easy even if it’s hard to make.“
Someone asked him about a piece of Local 644 folklore and with a mix of chagrin and some residual pride, he said:
“Yes, it’s true. I threw a camera out on the street once during the shoot. The thing had broken three times, and each time they fixed it just well enough to get it running again but not enough for it to not break again. It’s a common mindset. And I’m not the type to fetishize a camera. I always say that ideally, something would have French design and German make. Because then it would work.
“Finally, I just got fed up. Each time it held up production. I threw it out, yes. You can believe the next camera they sent over was perfect. Well. I like stuff that works.”
Since not enough seems to work these days, Willis is for all practical purposes retired. He seems to think the industry and the world are in such dire straits that he’d prefer not to be actively involved. I talked with him alone afterward at the guild luncheon and he said he worries a lot about the world that his children, and all younger people, are inheriting.
Then, he seemed less gruff than sad. Sad and unfailingly kind.
Funny Ha Ha’s charm sneaks up on you in the same flatfooted, backhanded way as its characters do. Grainy, not even prettily unpretty, and superficially inarticulate, it draws less directly on Cassavetes’ cinema verité than on early John Sayles films like Return of the Secaucus 7 (the 1980 inspiration for better-known, worse-for-wear The Big Chill).
Like Sayles’ early movies, which no doubt draw in turn on Cassavetes (at that, the entire genres of reality TV and Dogme 95 should be laying wreaths at his grave), Funny Ha Ha ambles along with less of an explicit agenda than with a set of circumstances, ones that 24-year-old unemployed Marnie (Waking Life animator Kate Dollenmayer) idly nudges with her long, unmanicured toe. In Secaucus 7 especially, Sayles succeeded admirably at making plausible sexual desire between characters who, though not repulsive, wouldn’t necessarily be considered attractive by audiences watching them. That’s a lost art, for sure; a lost ambition, even, in this era when “would you fuck her/him?” prevails as the most urgent casting question (Shrek aside). And it’s an art resurrected by director Andrew Bujalski, who has captured in Funny the bloodless exchanges of a certain breed of Greater Boston-based recent grads. But that’s where the comparison between Bujalski’s and Sayles’ characters, also New England-based, stops. For whereas the Secaucus guys wring their hands over ideological questions and the wisdom of their choices, Marnie and her loose network of friends are just starting to arrive at the idea that commitment of any kind is required in life — if only in terms of committing to a clear sentence.
In his review, A.O. Scott shows his old-school colors when he describes the film as “a generational statement.” The movie’s “statement,” a term that may be too strident for this mumbling venture, is at once much more universal and much more specific than that. Specifically, it’s about the type of middle-class, recent grads who proliferate Neutered England. Basically nice kids (in Boston, you’re called kid until you die) who’ve got no play.
The film looks as if it were shot back in a Slacker ‘90s, when boys and girls alike donned the androgyne uniform of unflattering jeans and ripped, unironic tee shirts, but that’d be Bostonian twentysomethings in their natural habitat in any era, alas. It’s hard to imagine how these kids will get around to procreation (or doing the things required for procreation) until you realize that they’re infinitely patient with each other as they’re all, at least, similarly socially retahded. They slouch; they’re post-ironic enough that they apologize endlessly if even a little presumptuousness creeps into their tone; they barely meet each other’s eyes; and though you suspect their alma maters weren’t community colleges, they’re hard-pressed to formulate a direct thought or request, especially if it trespasses into the world of emotions or, God forbid, carnality. (In an NPR interview, Bujalski acknowledges that all the ums, likes and you knows that his nonprofessional cast utter all like you know pretty much derive verbatim from the script).
In any other film, for example, Alex, Marnie’s unrequited love, would be the hopeless sadsack rather than the glib Lothario who dances (awkwardly) in the face of Marnie’s wistful affections. He’s got small, shifty eyes, wears white sneakers with his jeans, and mumbles rather than fumbles once he gets a girl out on her porch in the middle of the night. If you know what I mean. Watching all these characters stumble around their desires is as excruciating as watching your seventh grade math teacher (the one in a short-sleeved button-down and a pen protector) putting the mack on a girl.
But that’s the charm of the film. There isn’t a soundtrack. There are no clever pop culture references. There are no montages. There are no big showdowns. There’s nothing, in fact, to mitigate the excruciating self-consciousness of one’s 20s, which is typically aggrandized without measure in both American and European cinema alike. In Marnie’s features and body, for example, you can glimpse an inkling of a woman who may one day be beautiful, but right now is inchoate and hopelessly floppy, a female equivalent to Linklater’s Wiley Wiggins. When she applies for a position as a research assistant, the professor who interviews her seems less stodgy than self-assured, insouciant compared to Marnie and her crew’s fidgety self-consciousness. Rather than wrinkled, his features seem, well, defined. And they remind us how, for most of us in the real world (the cinema verité kind as opposed to the reality TV world), one’s 20s are actually years to fast-forward through as rapidly as possible. The weight of the world-as-oyster is actually fairly intolerable.
When watching this film at Cinema Village, I was sure it’d just look like shitty public access if seen on a TV (not that CV’s screens are much better). But when I got home, it was playing on the Sundance Channel, and I settled in with a surprising degree of pleasure to watch Marnie float through a sea of bad parties and awkward encounters one more time. It makes sense, though: A lot of Funny‘s appeal stems from its rejection of typical filmic devices; dramatic moments that would typically escalate into either slapstick or confrontation merely devolve. At one moment, for example, while Marnie is waiting for Alex in his bedroom, she happens upon some other girl’s birth control pills. She puts them away, then fiddles with his tiny wrench to an effect that is sadly, slowly funny.
Made back in 2003 and only now hitting theaters in cities like NYC, Funny Ha Ha has taken its sweet time to gain any momentum — also like its characters — but it has finally accrued the kind of critical accolades typically only awarded European film these days. And it has a sort of European feel, in its closeups and blurred edges. Even the film’s ending, obstensibly the resolution of the film’s only dramatic conflict, is swallowed rather than spat. A welcome restraint.
House of Wax has got to be the loopiest Doublemint commercial ever made. Starring not one but three sets of errant twins — fraternal teens, fraternal serial killers, and Paris Hilton’s (fraternal) tweens — it takes more cues from ’70s slash-and-gash than the J horror inspiring the recent spate of psychological terrors (the Ring franchise, vanilla bean Boogeyman). And, lo, it’s got little in common with the 1953 Vincent Price vehicle of the same name. Except for, well, wax.
This House poises a gaggle of road-tripping teens at the wrong campsite. Enter a bone-squelching, squirting set of murders, dumber-than-dirt dialogue (like, my cell reception totally sucks, you guys!) and a lot of innuendo between future has-been Chad Michael Murray as Goofus to his scrappy-sexy twin Elisha Cuthbert’s Gallant. A tortured artist who wears an ominous mask and is ace with a blade. A goofball sidekick with the now-standard video camera. A black stud making it with a flaxen nymphette, as interpreted by Paris-Barbie Hilton. Box-office gold, in other words, for who’d resist watching that corporation-unto-herself put into, uh, bankruptcy once and for all? With no less than a pole rammed through her least vital organ, as my colleague delicately pointed out.
Which brings me to my three cents:
1. Never has a movie invited more Mystery Science 3000 narration. Best for DVD, albeit with the parental warning: To be watched in the comfort of your own snark.
2. Any Moral Majority that would have me as a member (or is that any member that would have me as its Moral Majority?) would be protesting the movie’s violence-as-porn already.
3. I am convinced that the under-25 airess has submitted to botox already. Insert Paris Hilton wax joke here, dollbabies. I’m just too underwhelmed.


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Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it will idle one of its production lines and cut its excess inventories by up to 700,000 units globally. The move comes as Toyota struggles to return to profitability after months of slumping sales.
According to a source within the company, “though sales in some countries have been picking up, the outlook for global car demand is still uncertain.”
A report in the Nikkei Business Daily reports that Japan’s No. 1 automaker plans to reduce its capacity by 10% worldwide by March of next year. An unnamed source within the company, however, denies that Toyota has made any final decisions but indicated that the cuts would more likely be around 7%. The source also indicated that the cuts will likely include a U.S. based joint venture with General Motors Company and the closure of a production line in the U.K.
Toyota is expected to announce whether it will pull out of the New United Motor Manufacturing, Incorporated joint venture with U.S. automaker, GM.
“The idling of plants had been a negative factor for Toyota, so the fact they’re moving to tackle this should be evaluated favorably,” said Yumi Nishimura, deputy general manager of the investment advisory section of Daiwa Securities SMBC.
Toyota had recently restored some production in response to increased sales created by government stimulus programs including the U.S. Car Allowance Rebate System program which wrapped up on Monday.
Yoshifumi Tabei, an automotive analyst with Kazaka Securities, says the decision to cut production is a move in the right direction but says, “There is room for further capacity cuts in the United States and elsewhere.”
Toyota has seen a modest recovery in sales of its most fuel-efficient models in recent months. In July, Toyota’s Prius gas-electric hybrid was the top-selling model in Japan for the second consecutive month. However, Toyota has lagged behind rival automakers including Honda in cost-cutting.
During the second quarter, Toyota saw an operating loss while Honda and Nissan both turned a profit, largely due to cost reductions which included job cuts and withdrawing from some motor sports associations. For Toyota, the April – June period marked its third straight quarter operating in the red.


Apple AirPort Express
The Apple AirPort Express is used as a router between the iPad and the printer. The printer can be connected either via WLAN or via LAN to the Apple AirPort Express. The Apple AirPort Express ensures that your Pepperkorn system runs stable, secure and synchronized (even without an active internet connection!).
- Establishes a stable, secure and internet-independent synchronized Pepperkorn system
- Allows wireless (WLAN) and wired (LAN/ Ethernet) connection to the printer
- Can also be used to expand your local network


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Alaska Airlines adds new nonstop service between Anchorage and Salt Lake City
“We’re ready to welcome new and returning guests from the Salt Lake City area, as we provide Alaskans more nonstop options than ever before,” said Marilyn Romano, Alaska Airlines’ regional vice president.
This summer, Alaska will fly nonstop to 12 destinations between Anchorage and the Lower 48 and Hawaii: Chicago; Denver; Honolulu; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Maui; Minneapolis St. Paul; Phoenix; Portland; Salt Lake City; San Francisco and Seattle. Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle are Alaska hubs on the West Coast. ■

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that his country has not yet “closed book” with the European Union (EU), but is considering other alternatives after European lawmakers voted lately to freeze talks over Ankara’s accession to the bloc.
“At the moment, we have not yet closed book with EU,” Erdogan said at a meeting in Istanbul. “But the picture ahead us does not allow us to have positive expectation.”
“We could move on in considering one of these alternatives,” he said, without elaborating.
The president recently talked of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a Eurasian political, economic and security organization, as an option for Turkey.
Last Thursday, the European Parliament voted in favor of a non-binding motion on suspending membership talks with Turkey, sparking strong reactions from the country.
Following the vote, Erdogan had threatened to open borders for illegal migrants to flood into Europe.
Turkey has moved to reduce significantly the illegal flow of migrants under a deal reached with the EU in March.
Turkey applied to join the EU in 1987 and started the accession talks in 2005, but the talks have faltered in recent years due to disagreements over issues such as refugees, freedom of press and human rights.


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Here's how Muskingum County candidates spent campaign funds
ZANESVILLE - Bud Light, billboard ads, pork products and yard signs by the hundreds.
These are just a few things Muskingum County candidates bought for their campaigns in the three months preceding the Nov. 3 election.
The most recent campaign finance reports were due to the Ohio Secretary of State shortly before the election. The pre-general election reports show how much money each candidate raised through Oct. 14, who they got money from, what they spent those funds on, and donated items with their fair-market values.
Candidate committees are required by law to turn in finance reports to the state throughout their campaigns. Ohio has laws governing what the funds can be used for. Generally, they have to be proven to be related to the campaign, not for personal use, with receipts or invoices for every expenditure.
Donations also have guidelines. Contributors have to identify themselves for public record, and the amount also must be reported. Cash donations can't exceed $100.
Here's a breakdown of what your county candidates spent their money on, how much money they got, and where they got it from, according to the reports.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz came into the race as a 12-year incumbent. Unofficial election night results show the Republican won 75% of the vote opposed by Josh Weaver, a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper.
Lutz received more than 10 times what Weaver did in monetary contributions through Oct. 14, the report shows. Lutz' campaign raised $71,452 in contributions with hundreds of individual donors, with donations ranging from $4 to $500 and more.
More than $2,000 was raised from his employees.
Weaver's campaign was given $6,853.34. He also received an additional $5,533.85 in "in-kind contributions," which are items given to campaigns for free calculated at their value.
Much of that were donations for advertising, such as banners, button materials, signs and stakes, derby car sponsorship and other supplies.
Lutz received just under $250 of in-kind contributions. The campaign was given a farmers market booth slot, a sponsorship donation from the Zanesville Fire Department valued at $100, sign stakes and postage stamps.
The committee to reelect Lutz spent $67,551.95. Over $40,000 of that was used for advertising expenses — hundreds of T-shirts and sweatshirts, tote bags, custom face masks and over 1,000 pens, and more than $10,000 in signs.
An additional $14,000 was used to print and mail postcards to households of every registered voter in the county. There were 55,095 Muskingum County residents registered for the general election, according to board of elections data.
Expenses for four social fundraising events collectively racked up about $5,200. For one July event, the Lutz committee spent more than $2,400 at a liquor store for two separate events. The campaign also paid for food and other event expenses.
Weaver's campaign spent a total of $7,732.03. Just under half of that -- around $3,700 -- went toward signs and related supplies. Another $432 was used for door hanger advertisements, and about $490 for custom T-shirts.
Weaver's campaign spent around $800 on food and drinks for a hog roast event over the summer. The hog alone cost half of that.
Dr. Seth Vensil, a Genesis family physician, won the race with 86% of votes cast by Election Day. His opponent Dr. Charles Feicht was the incumbent, but ran as a write-in candidate.
Feicht's campaign received a total of $10,925 in contributions. According to the report, $10,000 of that came from Feicht himself.
Vensil's campaign raised $6,303.55, with the report listing three separate contributions from Vensil totaling at $5,500.
Only five expenses were itemized for Feicht's campaign: three for signs, and two for bank and checkbook fees. His committee bought $4,268.56 worth of yard signs.
Vensil's only major expenditure was also advertising costs. Five-hundred yard signs were purchased for a total of $1,860.
Vensil's committee also spent $2,000 to have digital billboard put up at Maysville Avenue and King Street in South Zanesville, Underwood Street near Interstate 70 and on Maple Avenue near Papa John's.
Clerk of Courts race
Incumbent Wendy Sowers defeated newcomer Democrat Greg Ritterbeck with about 73% of the votes counted on election night.
Donations to Sowers' campaign received totaled at $6,223. Almost 70% of that came from the Muskingum County Women's Republican Club and the Muskingum County Republican Club.
Ritterbeck received a total of $9,000 in contributions, according to his pre-general report.
Sowers' committee spent $5,562.83. That was spent on supplies, signs, handout flyers and a fee to a bank.
Expenditures from Ritterbeck totaled at $3,339. All of that was used for ads on WHIZ TV and WHIZ Radio. AVC Communications, a broadcasting company that owns a number of East Central Ohio radio stations, received $1,800 for ads as well.

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"The first song I ever jerked off to was f--king 'This Love' by Maroon 5," the "Light Switch" singer overshared in a NSFW new interview.
The Grammy Award-winning pop band and singer will perform during the Beloved Benefit at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 7.
Like the games themselves, Super Bowl halftime shows have had their ups and downs. From Beyonce to the Black Eyed Peas, here are the best and worst of all time.
A fan had to be removed by security after she rushed the stage and grabbed Levine's arm while he was performing the song "Sunday Morning."
Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine came to Olivia Rodrigo's defense amid accusations she copied music from artists like Paramore, Courtney Love and Elvis Costello.
Mickey Madden was noticeably absent from a promotional photo for the band’s upcoming album, “Jordi,” following his June 2020 arrest.
Out June 11, the band’s latest album is titled after their manager Jordan Feldstein, who died at age 40 in 2017 due to a blood clot in his leg.
That string-laden sweetness that sets the stage for some 19th century romancing in the first episode of “Bridgerton” — Netflix’s hot new period drama — isn’t Vivaldi.


On Oct. 16, NBC 7 San Diego released a story saying that half of the buildings at UC San Diego would likely cause serious harm, even death, should a substantial earthquake strike San Diego. Like many of the students, faculty members, employees, and visitors who read this article, I was stunned. Then, I was angry. But the more I thought, the more I realized maybe UCSD had actually done the responsible thing. After all, even the best decisions can look bad in hindsight.
So yes, we should be concerned that a hefty number of our buildings may collapse on us given a large enough earthquake. And yes, UCSD should take the steps it has stated it will take to ensure these buildings will better withstand earthquakes. However, UCSD administration, builders, and housing should not be looked at as careless or reckless for not already having these buildings in tip-top earthquake shape.
First, failure to replace these buildings was not a careless or reckless decision by the University of California or UCSD considering the measurements used to examine the buildings. As seen in the NBC 7 article, the buildings at UCSD were all rated between III and VI in safety. A level III, according to the contractors test, is deemed “good” while a level VI building is rated “very poorly” with the potential to cause “severe risk to life”. Reading this is enough to make any reasonable person want to run far from the La Jolla Hills. However, according to the assessment tests that University of California’s independent contractors tests used to produce these results, these ratings reflect how UCSD buildings would hold up during a major seismic event. The California Department of Conservation holds that a 7.0–7.9 magnitude earthquake is a “major” earthquake. And a major earthquake is by no means the norm; worldwide only about 18 major earthquakes s occur annually. But isn’t UCSD still in the wrong here because we could have a major earthquake?
Maybe, but major earthquakes and dangerous aftershocks are rare in San Diego. San Diego is not home to the infamous earthquake-brewing San Andreas Fault Line. This makes it unlikely that UCSD will experience an earthquake of the magnitude necessary to cause buildings to level should the San Andreas Fault soon produce “the big one” (a 7.0+ magnitude quake).
In this regard, history may serve as a guide. The last time there was a major earthquake caused by the Southern California side of the San Andreas Fault, a 7.9 magnitude quake, the aftershocks of the quake were felt in San Diego. However, according to seismic historians, this aftershock was likely only a magnitude 5 earthquake. Thus, if a similar situation happened today we would feel the aftershock, but damage to large items and buildings would be very irregular. So, as administrators presumably understood when they decided not to retrofit old buildings and immediately tear down older buildings, the danger the San Andreas fault poses to our campus is minimal.
The Rose Canyon Fault, San Diego County’s own fault line, could also potentially birth a quake large enough to cause potential damage, but that is also rather improbable. According to research published in 2017, the Rose Canyon Fault could produce a powerful earthquake “every few hundred years”. However, long term studies that likely informed the UC system’s decisions, do not expect the Rose Canyon Fault to produce a serious quake in the next thirty years.
These facts convey that with the information available at the time, it was safe for UCSD to keep its buildings as is and assume that a dangerous earthquake was not going to cause damage anytime soon. Notably, UCSD could not have reasonably foreseen the string of earthquakes that have recently bubbled up in California. Thus, to have acted against the information available to them would have been improper. It would mean that UCSD would be pouring student funds and other needed capital into tearing down, building, or continually retrofitting facilities to keep them in prime shape for a monster that may never come and that would in all likelihood not threaten our campus.
Additionally, considering that these assessments began before earthquake activity in California ramped up again earlier this year, shame against UCSD and the UC system for its building’s lackluster earthquake safety ratings is unwarranted. In fact, UCSD seems to have acted offensively to protect the safety of its students, faculty, and campus visitors.
According to the sources above, the earthquake safety assessments of UCSD’s buildings began in 2017. This was nearly a year before a series of large earthquakes struck Ridgecrest, California and reverberated throughout the state, prompting renewed concern in California’s earthquake preparedness. It also came on the heels of the most recent long-term report, published in 2015, of California’s likelihood of having a large earthquake in the next 30 years. The report, which likely informed the UC system and UCSD’s actions, did not suggest that San Diego, or its local fault lines, were very likely to experience a large earthquake in the next 30 years. Thus, by enacting the assessment of its buildings, UCSD and the UC System appropriately acted to ensure safety even without evidence that UCSD was in harm’s way. For this reason and the reasons above, the criticism that UCSD has faced for its buildings’ ratings is undeserved.
UCSD makes its fair share of questionable decisions regarding student, faculty, and staff well-being. However, previous failure to modify our buildings in preparation for a large earthquake should not be deemed one of them given the knowledge available, . Vilification of UCSD for even reasonable decisions will not make this campus better. In fact, it merely detracts from the issues that truly warrant criticism
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Endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation is abnormal in the coronary microcirculation of atherosclerotic primates. Sellke FW, Armstrong ML, Harrison DG (1990) Circulation 81: 1586-93 Changes in pulmonary vascular tone during exercise. Effects of nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibition, L-arginine infusion, and NO inhalation. Koizumi T, Gupta R, Banerjee M, Newman JH (1994) J Clin Invest 94: 2275-82 Stereospecific conversion of prostaglandin D2 to (5Z,13E)-(15S)-9 alpha-11 beta,15-trihydroxyprosta-5,13-dien-1-oic acid (9 alpha,11 beta-prostaglandin F2) and of prostaglandin H2 to prostaglandin F2 alpha by bovine lung prostaglandin F synthase. Watanabe K, Iguchi Y, Iguchi S, Arai Y, Hayaishi O, Roberts LJ (1986) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83: 1583-7 Mechanisms of vascular graft thrombosis: role of altered canine platelet sensitivity to thromboxane. McGoff MA, Allen BT, Der T, Sicard GA, Santoro SA (1989) Thromb Res 55: 695-707
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This is, of course, a matter of opinion. I would argue that the veto is a valuable tool because of the fact that checks and balances are an important part of a democratic system.
It is important in a democracy that no person or governmental body should have too much power. Checks and balances help to prevent this from happening. The veto is an important check on the power of the Congress. If there were no provision for a veto, it would be much easier for a Congress to enact extreme legislation that was not in the public interest. Because the veto exists, Congress can be forced to be more moderate and measured in its actions.
A veto could be dangerous, but in the US system, it is not all-powerful. The President's veto can be overridden by Congress if it thinks the President has gone too far. Therefore, the veto is not a serious danger to democracy.
Checks and balances are important in a democratic government and the veto is an important check. For this reason, it is a valuable tool.


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The Fourth of July Hmong Freedom Celebration, known simply by attendees as J4, is the largest gathering of Hmong people in the United States. Since the late 1970s, tens of thousands of Hmong from across the United States and the world gather in St. Paul, Minnesota for the annual summer sports and culture festival.
Hip-hop’s founding myth places the culture’s birth at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, where on a summer […]
Popping is a dance style that originated in Fresno and is characterized by abrupt spastic movements. The dancers pop […]


Allowance too scanty to survive
Sukhobala Sen, 90, has been receiving old age allowance of Tk 500 for eight years but she can hardly afford to buy her prescribed medications for a week with the meagre amount of money.
She has to depend on her day labourer son Bhabani Chandra Sen, 55, of Rasulpur village of Baura union in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district.
"If the allowance were Tk 3,000 per month, I could survive the whole month easily," She said adding that her son has to struggle to run his family as the prices of essentials have soared many times.
"I don't want to be a burden to my son," Sukhobala also said.
Physically inability widow allowance beneficiary Kandri Bala (58) is spending her days in despair and anxiety. She is not getting food support properly. She gets widow allowance Tk 500 every month. With this money she can't go well for a week. She could have somehow survived if she had received an allowance of Tk 3000 every month.
Physically challenged Kandri Balar, 58, a beneficiary of widow's allowance, has been passing days in despair. She gets a monthly allowance of Tk 500. However, she cannot manage the expenses of a week with the money. She also echoed Sukhobala urging that the government raise the allowance to Tk 3,000.
Khodeja Bewa, 68, an old age allowance beneficiary of Sardob village in Kurigram Sadar upazila, told The Daily Star that the amount she gets is too little to survive.
"I cannot run a month with the money but have nothing to do," she said.
According to the Department of Social Services that 1,48,919 people in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat and 2,24,970 people in nine upazilas of Kurigram are getting government allowance.
Most of the beneficiaries are elderly peple. Government pays old age allowance Tk 500, widow allowance Tk 500, disability allowance Tk 750, disabled student allowance Tk 750-1300, special allowance of transgender people Tk 600, special education allowance of Dalit and disadvantaged people Tk 500, education allowance for transgender and dalits and disadvantaged people Tk 700-1200 every month.


Spain's foreign minister says his country's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq in no way signals a retreat from the larger war on terrorism. The foreign minister met with officials of the Bush administration Wednesday in Washington.
Miguel Angel Moratino's just-concluded visit to Washington was widely viewed as an attempt by Spain to soothe strained relations with the United States after Spain's newly-installed prime minister ordered the prompt return of his country's 1,300 troops from Iraq.
The foreign minister spoke with reporters after meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security advisor Condoleezza Rice.
"I expressed to my [U.S.] counterparts the full commitment of the Spanish government to fight terrorism in anyplace, anywhere, with the same determination, even more than ever, because Spain has suffered a terrible blow like the United States on the 11th of March," he said.
Mr. Moratinos indicated that Secretary Powell and Ms. Rice expressed disappointment with Spain's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq. But he stressed that a strong friendship and a strong alliance endures between the two countries.
The foreign minister added that Spain will continue to work for democracy in Iraq, but prefers to do so through the United Nations.
"Spain will support any initiative to really consolidate this commitment for a free and democratic Iraq. And for that we will be a very constructive partner in the U.N.," he said.
Mr. Moratinos said, aside from Iraq, there are many areas where Spain and the United States can cooperate, particularly in Afghanistan. "Afghanistan is a specific area where Spain wants to really show its commitment in the fight against terrorism. It is the area where [Osama] bin Laden and al-Qaida is much more concentrated, and for that reason we are absolutely in the same spirit as the United States that some kind of new effort should be done [to root out terrorists]," he said.
Even before taking power, Spain's new socialist Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq unless the United Nations assumed control of coalition efforts. Foreign Minister Moratinos said, should a greater role for the United Nations be established in Iraq in the months ahead, his government would be willing to revisit the question of Spanish troop deployments.


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Composer, interpreter, model, DJ, and producer. She became known for being a singer of Lo Malo, a song played by Aitana Ocaña and Ana Guerra in the Operation Triunfo’17 music program. She started learning piano at the age of 8 and wrote her first song at 12. Since 19, she worked as a model.
Her characteristic electronic pop is born from the union of risky letters, a very personal voice and the most current sounds. Brisa’s universe is conceptually summarized in freedom, commitment, tendency and risk, in short, authenticity.
She made her debut in 2017 with the single Ella, where her feminist vindication letter took her to numerous events such as the World Pride Madrid, the Charco Festival and the Fuerteventura Mar Abierto, among many others. In the following year, she launched the song "Jerico" with a music video on social inequalities and migration coming from Africa. Then it was when she announced her song “Lo Malo”, which became one of the main musical themes of the current panorama reaching the position number 1 in various digital chats, radio and also in sales; this allowed her to win the prize Racimo in her X XVI Edition.
She was part of the first series broadcast on Instagram: "PIPOL in da house" project sponsored by El Corte Inglés. In 2018, the songs "Tres Minutos" and "Flores de Colores" continued to mark the social character of the artist within the mainstream, taking her to perform in multiple concerts and festivals as the Arenal Sound 2019.
Her latest projects have been presenting the first talent show of photography that has been broadcast on Movistar+ and publishing the book Amor o Poder in September, 2019.


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COVID-19 vaccines 85% effective against hospital cases but weaken over time
A pair of new studies detail COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, one showing 85% protection against hospitalization and the other describing waning efficacy for three vaccine types against infection and death caused by the highly transmissible Delta (B1617.2) variant among US veterans.
84% of hospitalizations in unvaccinated
The firststudy, published yesterday inJAMA, was led by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Response Team.
It involved 4,513 hospitalized coronavirus patients at 21 sites in 18 US states from Mar 11 to Aug 15, 2021, with a 28-day follow-up period. The Delta variant became the predominant US strain in early July.
Of the 4,513 patients, 1,983 were diagnosed as having COVID-19, and 2,530 were uninfected controls. Median patient age was 59 years, 48.8% were women, 23.0% were Black, 15.9% were Hispanic, and 20.1% had an underlying medical condition.
Patients who received two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccine had an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 0.15 for hospitalization owing to COVID-19 versus an alternative diagnosis. Fully vaccinated COVID-19 hospital patients had an aOR of 0.33 for death or the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.

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Stephanie McMillin: As Executive Director of the Springfield Tourism Commission, Stephanie is a regular Big Blend Radio guest expert, providing seasonal updates on Springfield and central Kentucky’s events and activities.
The seat of Washington County, Springfield is located near the cities of Lexington and Louisville, in central Kentucky’s land of ‘Bourbon, Horses & History’. A gateway destination to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park and Mammoth Cave National Park, the city is on the Lincoln Scenic Byway, and being the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln’s family, is also part of the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail. Springfield is also part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, the Barn Quilt Trail and Kentucky Fiber Trail. Boasting four gentle seasons, numerous historic and cultural sites and attractions, a full calendar or events, beautiful scenery and plenty of opportunities for nature and outdoor adventures, the area makes for a great destination.
For information on Springfield and Central Kentucky, call Stephanie at (859) 336-5412 x1 or see www.VisitSpringfieldKY.com.
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Urban Design News
Chicago Architecture Biennial: The Available City
This year's Chicago Architecture Biennial, The Available City, will take place from September 17 - December 18, 2021 at locations across the city. The 2021 edition will present ideas and possibilities for vacant urban spaces, activated with and for local community groups in collaboration with designers.
Taipei International Design Award 2021: Call for Entries
The Taipei International Design Award (TIDA) 2021 is now open for submissions.
SWA Group Reveals Final Design for Inclusive Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza
In alignment with San Francisco's Pride Month celebrations, SWA Group has revealed the final design for The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza, an evolving, inclusive gathering space in San Francisco in honor of the legacy of visionary civil and human rights leader Harvey Milk.
Design Museum Magazine's Policing Issue Explores How the Most Powerful Institution Functions by Design
Design Museum Everywhere has released a special edition of Design Museum Magazine. Guest Edited by Jennifer Rittner, 'The Policing Issue: How one of the most powerful institutions functions by design,' tackles the unspoken truths and history of policing, and explores how design can be used to deeply oppress people of color.
MIT Press Launches Open Access Collection of 34 Classic Architecture and Urban Studies Titles
The MIT Press has launched 'MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies,' a robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books, on their digital book platform.
NYCxDESIGN Launches IMPACTxDESIGN Competition
NYCxDESIGN has launched its first design competition to showcase how design can enhance public space and foster engagement.
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Speaker Series with Northeastern University
Join the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) and Northeastern University for the Myra Kraft Open Classroom 'Inspiring Design' speaker series, exploring how people and places nationwide are responding to the crucial charge of creating equitable and inclusive places for all.
NYCxDESIGN Launches Its First Grant as a Non-Profit
NYCxDESIGN has announced its inaugural Breakout Grant, created to support independent design entrepreneurs with significant funding and visibility.
Margolese National Design for Living Prize 2021
The University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) is calling for nominations for the 2021 Margolese National Design for Living Prize - a $50,000 award that recognizes a Canadian citizen making a remarkable impact on the built environment through design.
KPF Reveals Designs for T. Rowe Price HQ
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has unveiled its design for the new global headquarters for Baltimore-based investment management firm T. Rowe Price.
The Chicago Athenaeum Launches 2021 American Architecture Awards
The Chicago Athenaeum is calling for entries for the 2021 American Architecture Awards. The Awards honor the best, new significant buildings and landscape and planning projects designed and/or built in the United States and abroad by the most important American architects and planners practicing nationally and internationally.
Design for Sustainable Cities International Competition
BE OPEN and Cumulus launched 'Design for Sustainable Cities,' an international competition open to students and graduates of all art, design, architecture and media disciplines of universities and colleges worldwide.
Green Good Design Awards 2021
The 2021 Green Good Design Awards are now open for submissions. Organized by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, the awards program aims to recognize outstanding individuals, companies, organizations, governments, and institutions - together with their products, services, programs, ideas, and concepts - that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.
C40 Cities Launches 'Students Reinventing Cities' Competition
C40 Cities, a global network of cities committed to bold climate action, has launched a pioneering competition to offer students and universities from across the globe a platform to share their vision for green and thriving neighborhoods through ideas, innovations and solutions.
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By Jodie Jacobs
Photos courtesy of Tennessee Tourism
You’re on Broadway. Definitely, there are neon lights and music. But, no, you’re not in Manhattan. You’re on Lower Broadway where music is king. Musicians play here day and night. Buildings just around the corner pay homage to musicians, recordings, song writers and singers.
You’re in Nashville, “Music City USA.”
Before heading out to explore such important music stops as Opryland, Country Music Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame and RCA Studio B, get into music mode by going to the Musicians Hall of Fame’s U-Tube videos at musicianshalloffame.com/video
Turn off the oven and iPhone, sit back, listen and enjoy. Then plan your trip to Nashville to see and hear it all. The city is the state capital, so it has good-eating places and several museums. However, if going to Nashville because of its music reputation here are a few don’t-miss attractions.
Sit In On A Radio Broadcast
Your tour of Nashville starts away from the downtown music district with a radio station. The Grand Ole Opry sits on the Cumberland River in Opryland Music Valley off Briley Parkway. If you remember that the river flooded in 2010, don’t worry. The hall reopened later that year and is certainly back to full glory with the old center oak circle (it wasn’t destroyed) where the stars stand.
Begun in 1925 as the WSM Barn Dance, a Nashville radio show, it was a spin-off from George D. Hay’s National Barn Dance that broadcast from Chicago. A few years later when the program followed NBC’s Music Appreciation Hour, Hay introduced the term that is still with the program today. Archival notes report Hay saying: “For the past hour you have been listening to Grand Opera. Now we will present Grand Ole Opry.”
The call letters, WSM, stood for “We Shield Millions” because the station was started by the National Life & Accident Insurance Company. The problem was that so many people wanted to watch the show live, it moved from the station into increasingly larger venues including Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium, before settling into its present, 4,400 seat home in Opryland.
And yes, it still is a radio broadcast. And it comes from what is considered the world’s largest broadcasting studio. To understand what goes on before, after and during the broadcast, get show tickets and book a backstage tour. You’ll see dressing rooms and probably people rehearsing. The show/broadcast always includes a Country Music Hall of Fame star plus popular guests.
Tip 1: Thousands come to the broadcast from all over the world each year, so the best plan is to get show and tour tickets ahead of time. Go to opry.com for both tickets. The Grand Ole Opry House is at 2802 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 or call 1-800-SEE-OPRY (800-733-6779).
Tip 2: Another plan-ahead item for your agenda is to do dinner or dessert (or even stay) at the Gaylord Opryland Resort next to the Grand Ole Opry. You walk through huge garden atriums, past waterfalls, to get to restaurants, bars and shopping. If not staying here (they have a spa, fitness center and golf course) ask about reservations for dinner and about visiting if only stopping for a drink at the wine bar or Irish Pub. Plan enough time to be there before the show because you will be stopping every few feet to take garden and waterfall photos to post on your social media site. Gaylord Opryland Resort is at 2800 Opryland Dr, Nashville, TN 37214. Call 615-889-1000 or visit gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-opryland
Back to downtown Nashville where you are likely to see on maps and hear when you get there the designation SoBro. It stands for South of Broadway. It’s where the Nashville Visitor Center is located on the Broadway side of Bridgestone Arena. You know it as the hockey ice where the Nashville Predators take on the New York Rangers. Open daily, the Visitor Center, 501 Broadway, is a good place to stop for maps, brochures and find answers to your where-is and how-far questions.
Also in the arena is Music City Market Place which has themed gifts. The building you’ll see on the other side of the arena at Demonbreun Street, is Music City Center, a conference center with a huge guitar decorating the side. Go inside to visit the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com
Broadway And Off
Have your walking shoes on because next you can cross 5th Avenue on the north side of the arena to see the Ryman Auditorium just west of Broadway, visit restaurants and honky-tonk bars on Broadway or go east to see the Music City Walk of Fame Park and the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum at Demonbreun between 5th and 4th Avenues.
Why the Ryman? You will hear it mentioned because the Grand Ole Opry broadcast from there, famous singers and bands played there and it has an excellent, continuously playing movie that tells all about the auditorium. Among the history tidbits is that it was built in 1892 by a sea-faring captain to be a tabernacle with perfect acoustics.
In addition, this is where the Johnny Cash Show was performed. Stars that appeared on the show there include Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton’s Derek & the Dominos and so many other musicians who became famous. You should visit the Ryman just to feel its ghostly spirits. Ryman Auditorium is at116 5th Avenue North. For Tour tickets visit ryman.com
If ready for lunch, stop at Jacks on Broadway The neighborhood still has honky-tonk bars, but it is also where the locals go. Don’t be put off by its past reputation. Adult stores are gone.
“It’s a destination for tourists but also for locals. Change came about in the mid-1990s when the Country Music Hall of Fame moved downtown and things started happening. There was a big music preservation move,” said record producer/recording engineer Michael Janas, director of Belmont University’s Recording Studio. Janas has worked with such well-known names as Emmylou Harris, Brad Paisley, Billy Ray Cyrus and Chuck Mead of alternative country quintet BR5-49.
On tour with his band, The Grassy Knoll Boys, Mead was on his way to a gig with Grammy-Award Country Singer Marty Stuart, when New York Lifestyles reached him to ask about Nashville’s Lower Broadway. (BTW, Mead was also the musical arranger and director of a hit on the other Broadway “Million Dollar Quartet.”)
“It’s where the Ole Opry guys would hang out. It shared an alley with the Ryman which was known as the Mother Church of Country Music,” said Mead. He recalls playing Robert’s Western World and Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge there for five-hour gigs without a break. The honky-tonks were later credited with helping clean up the Lower Broadway neighborhood.
“It was seedy. Now it’s colorful. The area has exploded,” he said. “It’s a wonderful circus.”
Tip 3: Eat at Jacks on Broadway. Mead said it passed his down-home Kansas test. “Great BBQ brisket,” he said.
Country Music Hall Of Fame,
Hatch Print And RCA Studio B
Work off lunch roaming through the musical decades at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. There are several really good temporary exhibits in 2016 ranging from Johnny Cash and Sam Phillips’ Sun Studios to Keith Urban. However, leave time to wander CMHF’s permanent exhibit - “Sing Me Back Home.” It covers country music from the 1800s through today on two floors of instrumental and costume artifacts, recordings and photographs, excellent videos and films and interactive stations.
“World War II helped spread country music across the country,” said CMHF Senior Historian John Rumble. He attributed part of that to the music played in USOs and that people had more money to put coins in juke boxes. “Before the war, country music was local,” he said. Rumble recommended people read “Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Country Music in America,” produced in association by the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Special exhibits are always changing, but in 2016 if you visit by May 15 you can still catch Australian superstar, multi Grammy winner’s “Keith Urban – So Far.” If you have seen “Million Dollar Quartet” you know they recorded at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records in Memphis. If you feel any connection to the musicianship and songs of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison or Charlie Rich, try to visit CMHF by June 12. That’s when the exhibit “Flyin’ Saucers Rock and Roll: The Cosmic Genius of Sam Phillips” ends.
You have until Dec. 31, 2016 to see “Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City.” It not only covers Bob Dylan’s coming to Nashville in the mid-1960s and Johnny Cash’s TV show, the exhibit has 16 listening booths that showcase a Nashville Cat such as Charlie McCoy and Charlie Daniels.
While at the Country Music Hall of Fame, visit Hatch Show Print, a historic letterpress shop that relocated to space at CMHF. Reservations are sometimes hard to get so best is to pre-book a tour at hatchshowprint.com/ContentPages/hatch-tour. In business in Nashville since the 1870s, Hatch still turns out show and other posters. Visitors also get to make a poster.
But don’t leave the Country Music Hall of Fame without taking CMHF’s tour van to RCA Studio B. You may not have heard of Studio B, but the Everly Brothers, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Eddy Arnold did. They and many other famed singers and musicians recorded hits there.
A foundation bought the facility in 2002 and leases it to the Country Music Hall of Fame. You take the RCA Studio B tour van from the Country Music Hall of Fame, but you should book ahead. It’s similar to booking the Hatch tour. Go online at the CMHF site for it at studiob.org
A Hall Of Fame For Musicians
Don’t skip the Musicians Hall of Fame which has the ground floor of the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, several blocks west of Broadway on 5th Avenue. Yes, it has Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen artifacts but it also has build-outs of recording studios and instruments played by the musicians who recorded on many of the hit records you’ve heard. Its awesome displays pay tribute to the musicians recorded hits in Memphis and Muscle Shoals, Detroit and New York, Nashville and LA.
“People may know the front guy, but it is the background musicians who played on everyone’s records who made the star sound good,” said Mead. The Musician’s Hall of Fame is 401 Gay St. musicianshalloffame.com/museum
Tip 4: Instead of wearing out the shoe leather or leg muscles, you can take a Greyhound Hop-on Hop-off vehicle from the Walk of Fame Park on 5th Avenue. Its stops include the Musicians Hall of Fame.
More Johnny Cash
If you still haven’t had enough of the “man in black,” stop in the Johnny Cash Museum, open daily at 119 3rd Ave. South at Broadway. johnnycashmuseum.com
You can also drive out to Henderson Memory Gardens to visit the gravesites of Johnny Cash and wife June Carter Cash. Visitors sometimes see Johnny’s sister, Joanne Cash Yates there. The cemetery is at 353 East Main Street (Johnny Cash Parkway) in Hendersonville, Tennessee about 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. Several other songwriters, singers and musicians are also buried there including famed guitarist Luther Perkins. findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=1972272/
Side Trip To The Hermitage
Add a trip to a US President’s home and museum while in Nashville. On more than 1,000 acres, the home, farm, gardens and tomb of Andrew Jackson, known as the “People’s President” and “Old Hickory,” is about five miles east of Opryland on another bend of the Cumberland River. Called The Hermitage, it includes a museum detailing Jackson’s rise from orphan to general to US President. The address is 4580 Rachel’s Lane, Nashville, TN 37067. thehermitage.com


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Caley McGinty, who transferred to Ohio State earlier this summer, has been granted an exemption into the AIG Women’s Open in Muirfield (Scotland), Aug. 4-7.
McGinty will be the first Buckeye to compete as an amateur in the Women’s Open. She was granted an exemption based on being the highest ranked Great Britain & Ireland player (11th) as of June 29 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Lisa Strom, Ohio State’s second-year head coach, will caddy for McGinty at the event.
Fans can follow along at AIGWomensOpen.com.
McGinty recently helped Team England win the 2022 European Ladies’ Team Championships with a 4-5-2.5 win over Team Italy July 9 at Conwy Golf Club in Wales. England defeated Wales (6.5-0.5) and Sweden (4.5-2.5) on its way to the championship.
Seumanutafa Punches Ticket to U.S. Amateur
Ohio State’s Aneka Seumanutafa qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur in dramatic fashion July 7 at the Walnut Grove Country Club in Dayton, Ohio.
Tied with three others at 1-under 71 after 18 holes, the four needed five playoff holes do determine the final two qualifying spots. Seumanutafa drained a 40-foot putt on the fifth hole of the playoff to grab one of the five spots available.
She will now play in the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur Aug. 8-14 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington.
Bourdage Takes Silver at FSGA Women’s Amateur
Jillian Bourdage finished two shots back of the winner in the 2022 Florida State Golf Association Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship Sunday in the 54-hole event.
Bourdage shot 2-under 211 at the Coral Creek Club in Placida, Florida, following rounds of 70-72-68 to take silver.