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Against All Odds: Homeowners Begin Rebuilding After Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian slammed into Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand area on September 30th, 2022, leaving a path of devastation behind. Ian made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Georgetown, South Carolina, immediately downgrading to a powerful tropical storm after it made landfall.
Many businesses and homes in the Myrtle Beach area are damaged or destroyed, with many displaced families. The 10ft storm surge caused significant flooding, power outages, hundreds of trees, and several roads closed. Wind gusting speeds of up to 85-90 miles an hour wreaked havoc.
Crews have been working hard to clean up road sand and debris. Only public safety and work crews can access the roads to continue cleaning up the damage. For safety reasons, they do not want residents or the public on those roads until they are safe.
Horry County Police Department asks that you keep an eye out as you drive or walk down the road or beach. Avoid stepping or driving over any objects the tide may wash in. According to Myrtle Beach officials, no one has died in the storm so far due to Ian at this time. That is a relief.
Things can and will be replaced and fixed but lost loved ones can not. The residents of the Grand Strand area are grateful.
Hurricane Ian Battered and Destroyed 5 Piers Along the Myrtle Beach Area
Hurricane Ian battered, destroyed, or damaged five piers over a 50-mile stretch from the Cherry Grove Pier in North Myrtle Beach. It lost its middle section amidst crashing waves to the Pawleys Island Pier, part of which swept away from hurricane Ian.
Here is a complete list of Ian destroying our local piers:
1.) Apache Pier
2.) 2nd Avenue Pier in Myrtle Beach
3.) Sea Cabin Pier
4.) Cherry Grove Pier
5.) Pawley’s Island Pier
Cherry Grove Pier officials said,
“Making repairs this morning and cleaning up after the storm. We will rebuild better than before.”
A Helping Hand: Government and Volunteers Assist Homeowners in Cleaning Up After Hurricane Ian
As the clean-up process begins, the government and the community are pulling together to fix, clean, and open back up for business.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster was in the Grand Strand with other officials as soon as it was safe after Hurricane Ian moved on.
“It was really a remarkable team effort, and I continue to think we have the best team in the country when it comes to things like this – as well as the best law enforcement,” said McMaster. “This is a good day. We know some people lost some things and some property was damaged. We know some schedules were upended. But at the end of the day, South Carolina stood strong, and we’re open for business” – (wmbf.com)
The officials on the scene also included
- South Carolina Secretary of Transportation – Christy Hall
- SCDOT crews were out-cutting trees that fell onto roads along with moving sand and debris in places such as Georgetown, Garden City, and Pawleys Island.
(SCODT crews cleared 1,100 trees across the state since Friday, with more being dealt with today that is still tangled in power lines.)
- Myrtle Beach Mayor – Brenda Bethune
- Georgetown Mayor – Carol Jayroe
- Georgetown County Sheriff – Carter Weaver
- Pawleys Island Mayor – Brian Henry
- Surfside Beach Mayor – Bob Hellyer
- Conway Mayor – Barbara Blain-Bellamy
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- State Reps. Carl Anderson, Russell Fry, Lew Hewitt, and Case Brittian
The residents are happy with the quick response and help from state officials. Still, the neighbors, friends, and helpful strangers are making a difference.
Many neighborhoods are filled with local volunteers coming together to help everyone recover from the ruins hurricane Ian left behind.
What Myrtle Beach Homeowners Should Do After Hurricane Damage
Once everyone is safe, it is time for you as a homeowner to know what you should do after hurricane damage.
You need to assess the damage to the home and property. If possible, take pictures or videos of the damage for insurance purposes.
They should also contact their homeowner insurance company to start the claims process. It is also good to reach out to an insurance lawyer to ensure your insurance company pays you everything you’re entitled to.
Once that’s underway, you can carefully begin cleaning up any debris and making repairs as needed as long as it is safe.
Sometimes, homeowners may need to hire a professional to help with repairs or rebuilding. It’s essential to take care of necessary repairs as soon as possible to prevent further damage.
If you own a damaged home or business, you should stay safe while cleaning up and repairing your home. Often electrical wires can be exposed, and standing water can cause toxic mildew and mold. If you have allergies to this, it can make you very sick.
Here is what one resident said about the storm. “It was really unexpected we saw water up in people’s houses. It was just not expected, especially compared to some of the other storms we’ve been through here. This storm really seemed to be worse than all of those even though it wasn’t nearly as high category as those storms were,” said Vanscoyoc.
Myrtle Beach Realtor Offers Help in Time of Need
Tina Schildt of Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty in Myrtle Beach is grateful that she and her loved ones are safe with no damages. But Tina cares about her community. She is available to help homeowners in her backyard and the Grand Strand community who need guidance or assistance with any questions related to their homes.
Please share your story with us in the comments below.


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High-resolution, low-injection-signal-power optical sampling
We have demonstrated a high-resolution, low-injection-signal-power optical sampling system using a 20-m-length dispersion-flattened photonics crystal fiber as optical sampling gate, and employing bridge-form low noise optical fiber amplifier. Optical pulse trains with −35 dBm input power and 1.25 ps interval were clearly displayed by using our all optical sampling system. To measure the temporal resolution of system accurately, optical pulse trains from a commercial 40 GHz actively mode-locked fiber laser, were injected into the optical sampling system and an autocorrelator with 5-fs resolution, respectively. 1.02 and 0.83 ps pulse-width were obtained by using our optical sampling system and the autocorrelator, respectively. These measured results show that the resolution of the system is as high as 0.6 ps.
KeywordsOptical sampling Time division multiplexing Mode-lock laser
This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (61275164), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) through a project of the Vital Instrument Research Program (YZ200759) and the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
- Ji, H., Hu, H., Galili, M., Oxenlowe, L.K., Pu, M., Yvind, K., Hvam, J.M., Jeppesen, P.: Optical waveform sampling and error-free demultiplexing of 1.28 Tbit/s serial data in silicon nanowire. In: Proceedings of the 2010 Optical Fiber Communication Conference Paper PDPC7 (2010)Google Scholar
- Liu, Y.S., Zhang, J.G., Zhao, W.: Design of wideband, high-resolution optical waveform samplers based on a dispersion-flattened highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber. J. Opt. A Pure Appl. Opt. 14, 2040–8978 (2012)Google Scholar
- Mats, S., Greg, R., Andrew, L.A., Andreson, Peter A.: Quasi-real-time optical sampling scheme for high-speed signal acquisition and processing. IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 25, 1041–1135 (2013)Google Scholar
- NL-1550-POS-1 Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fiber http://nktphotonics.com/files/NL-1550-POS-1-100409.pdf
- Richard, I.L., Michael, N.Z., David, N.P.: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier with 54 dB gain and 3.1 dB noise figure. IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 12, 1345–1347 (1992)Google Scholar
- Schmidt, C., Schubert, C., Watanabe, S., Futami, F., Ludwig, R., Weber, H.G.: 320 Gb/s all-optical eye diagram sampling using gain-transparent ultrafast nonlinear interferometer. In: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC’02), pp. 1–10. Copenhagen, Denmark (2002)Google Scholar
- Tokle, T., Anderson, P.A., Geng, Y., Zsigri, B., Peucheret, C., Jepppesen, P.: Generation, transmission and wavelength conversion an 80 Gbit/s RZ-DBPSK-ASK signal. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. p. 294 (2005)Google Scholar

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Three Hamas MPs Among 23 Captured in Raids
The Israeli military raided multiple cities in the West Bank today, capturing 23 members of Hamas’ political wing, including three Palestinian MPs from the party in a move many see as an attempt to derail the Palestinian reconciliation talks.
Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas agreed to talks on forming an interim government including Hamas and leading up to free elections, the first since 2006 when Hamas won the election and, at the behest of the US and Israel, Abbas decided to ignore the results and retain power.
Israel has condemned the reconciliation talks, insisting that they will never negotiate with the Palestinians if Hamas are part of their government. Since they aren’t negotiating with Fatah as it is, this threat is seen to have less and less impact on the decision to reconcile.
Whether Hamas will win the next election the same way it did in 2006 is very much unclear, as much has changed in the last seven years, with Fatah taking over virtually the whole West Bank and Hamas ruling the Gaza Strip.
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Anti-govt rally held in Phuket
ํMembers of the Phuket Liberation Group lead an anti-government demonstration in Phuket on Sunday. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran)
PHUKET: About 350 young people of the Phuket Liberation Group held a demonstration against the government in this southern island province on Sunday.
The demonstrators began to gather at the Saphan Hin park at about 5.30pm. They held aloft posters and banners with messages such as “Sovereign power belongs to the people”, “Dissolve parliament. Get out” and “Can’t we express opinions in democracy?”.
Some of the posters showed the picture of Wanchalerm Satsaksit, a Thai pro-democracy activist in political exile abducted by armed men outside his home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 4, with a message read “Forced disappearance.”
Chuvech Detditrak, a rally organiser, said on the stage that the gathering was for people to exercise their right to expression under the constitution.
As in earlier demonstrations staged by students and people in Bangkok and other provinces, the demonstrators demand the government dissolve parliament, rewrite the constitution and stop intimidating the people.
Rally leaders took turns to speak on the stage about politics and economic problems while the demonstrators repeatedly chanted, “Down with dictatorship. Long live democracy.”
A number police, military and other security personnel were deployed in the area to maintain law and order throughout the rally which lasted for about two hours.

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Stay safe, stay connected: this is JNC’s message for our community over the Easter and school holidays.
Stay home, stay safe
We’re all being reminded to stay at home during COVID-19. Not doing so can compromise our own health and the health of our families and communities.
Rules for social distancing have been put in place to keep the whole community safe. There are penalties for not following the rules. Redfern Legal Centre gives a clear explanation of these rules, the reasoning behind them, and the consequences of not following them: see this document.
We can stay connected even when we’re at home. This is a good time to call people we’re close to who are physically distant from us. And these holidays give us a chance to strengthen our connections with the people in our households.
The JNC’s General Manager, Janet Green, has this advice:
If you have children at home, try something new. JNC webcast 4 offers something fun to do with your children – see Taronga Zoo from a distance but up close! In fact, this experience is fun for anyone who loves animals, irrespective of age.
“Do stay connected over the long weekend. Think about ways to keep in touch – connect online over a meal with family or friends. Call someone you haven’t spoken to for ages.”
More advice from Janet in JNC webcast 5 to support you during the coronavirus outbreak.
In the next weeks JNC will be sharing many ideas for activities that keep people connected – in the same household and at a distance.
Take care of yourself
Janet Green says, “The long weekend is also a time for some rest in these difficult times. A time to get some extra sleep, relax or do something at home you don’t usually have time for. And for some reflection.”
This is a time to check in with yourself, and get in touch with a support service if you’re struggling with anxiety about the coronavirus situation. Beyond Blue is now offering the Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service.
Our crisis services directory gives you information on how to connect with with more support services, such as Lifeline (phone 13 11 14).
See our crisis services directory for more support opportunities. This directory is updated regularly.
Stay safe, stay connected. We’re all counting on each other.


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Mesh pouch brief introduction
Net eye bag is generally used for the packaging of vegetables and fruits, which belongs to a kind of woven bag, with polyethylene and polypropylene as raw materials. There are two main types of knitting methods: plain weave mesh pouch and warp weave mesh pouch. According to different warp and weft density, flat mesh pouch can be divided into: large mesh, medium mesh, small mesh. Warp knitted mesh bags can be divided into large mesh and small mesh according to different warp and weft density. The use of mesh bags to package vegetables and fruits is conducive to the transportation of vegetables and fruits, but also conducive to the preservation of fruits and vegetables, and the cost of mesh bags is lower than the cost of weaving, so the mesh bags in the packaging of vegetables and fruits is more popular.
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The objective of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the role of the Tamale Central Prisons towards reforming inmates in the Northern Region of Ghana. A cross sectional design was used and triangulated with some qualitative data. One hundred and fifty prison inmates were randomly selected and both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered with instruments such as questionnaire, interview guide and observation. Data gathered were analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Product for Service Solution and descriptive statistics such as cross tabulation, frequencies and percentages were used to present the findings. The study disclosed that formal education, skill development training, information communication technology education among others were the main efforts directed at reforming inmates in the Tamale Central Prisons.


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Who will save capitalism from the capitalists? The Persimmon pay scandal, which reached its inevitable if protracted denouement this week, is the kind of incident that risks bringing the whole system into disrepute.
Jeff Fairburn, the boss of the housebuilder, was forced out after the company belatedly realised that the festering furore over his mind-bendingly enormous £110m bonus had become a “distraction”.
One of the most depressing aspects of this whole farrago was that neither Fairburn’s pay nor his departure from Persimmon had anything to do with his competence. The net result is that a FTSE 100 company has, in effect, got rid of its top executive, who by most objective measures was rather good at his job, because it accidentally paid him too much.
What a total and utter farce. Who’s to blame? Short answer: everyone involved.
First in line for their share of obloquy are the successive UK Governments of all flavours that failed to get to grips with the housing crisis and turned property into a state-sanctioned get-rich-quick scheme. They have simultaneously fetishised home ownership while strangling supply by making it borderline impossible to build enough of the damn things. The UK Government could teach De Beers a thing or two.
Then there is George Osborne, who, as Chancellor and against the advice of more or less everyone, decided to launch Help to Buy in 2013. This monumentally ill-conceived policy lit a fire under an already overheated housing market, shoveling tax-funded subsidies on to the pyre, incinerating the bottom few rungs of the property ladder and bringing the share prices of UK housebuilders to boiling point.
Next we have the oft-forgotten but utterly hapless board of directors of Persimmon who drew up the infamous long-term incentive plan in 2012. Step forward Neil Davidson, Mark Preston, Richard Pennycock, David Thompson, Jonathan Davie (who was head of the remuneration committee at the time), and Nicholas Wrigley (who was the chairman). All have now gone, the latter two falling on their swords when the outrage turned vociferous last winter.
Their defence, and I know because I’ve had to listen to it, was that no one foresaw the extent to which the share prices of house builders would take off and therefore the need for a cap on the LTIP.
This is nonsense. The property industry is extremely cyclical. These things happen. In fact it had already happened to Persimmon a few years before. In 2002 the company’s shares were worth around 350p. They then nearly quadrupled to just shy of 1300p in 2006 before slumping during the financial crisis. In 2012 when the LTIP was conceived they were worth 530p but then nearly quadrupled to around 2000p by the end of 2015, the first measurement date for the LTIP scheme. In other words, they increased in value by exactly the same multiple as they had done just a few years before, albeit over the space of three years rather than four.
That’s not even the worst of it. The LTIP was actually based on the level of dividends that the company issued - something that could have been gamed by, for example, borrowing to fund the payouts. In the event that wasn’t necessary but it demonstrates how ill-conceived the scheme was.
It’s also not true that nobody foresaw any problems with the LTIP; 15pc of shareholders spotted that something might be amiss and voted against the remuneration package in 2012. The UK Shareholders’ Association, which represents small investors, said that the LTIP wasn’t really a incentive programme but rather “a staged and accelerating compensation arrangement structured and presented in a way that conceals its quantum”. Was this 20:20 hindsight perhaps? No. The UKSA came to this prescient conclusion in 2012.
Which leads us neatly on to the other 85pc of shareholders who either decided that the 2012 LTIP was absolutely fine or, far more likely, didn’t even spare it a passing glance.
And finally there is Fairburn himself. If there is anyone left in the country that doesn’t think he should have gone, they need only look at the final misjudged remark he made as he bid the company adieu. “I had hoped that revealing my plans to create a charitable trust and to waive a proportion of the award would enable the company to put the issue of the 2012 LTIP behind it.”
Even as he was being shown the door, Fairburn remained wholly unable to grasp what all the fuss was about. Well, I doubt you care Jeff, but let me explain. First, yes, you revealed your plans to create a charitable trust but not how much you were going to put in it. After months of failing to do the right thing, you asked the world to trust you to do the right thing.
And second, even after you waived a proportion of your bonus, you were still getting too much money. You were aggrieved that you had to give up a third of the £110m bonus to which you were legally entitled; the rest of the world was aggrieved that you were getting paid £75m for building a few houses.
What was the right amount? Who knows; but it wasn’t £75m. This represents, as one fund manager put it to me, “dynastic wealth”. Generations of Fairburns will be able to pick and choose whether they want to work or not because Grandpa Jeff was in the right place at the right time.
Will any lessons be learned from the Persimmon pay scandal? One has to assume that it signals the end of uncapped bonuses. But is it too much to assume for more? Dare we to hope that it might result in shareholders putting companies under a bit more scrutiny and in boards holding their executives to account? (It is clearly quixotic to imagine that Chancellors will stop using property subsidies as an electioneering gambit or that the Government will get to grips with the UK housing market.)
It had better. This is about more than good corporate governance. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can smell power. Companies that are as badly run as Persimmon provide him with all the evidence he needs to persuade enough of the electorate that capitalism is fundamentally skewed and can only be fixed by his brand of socialism. Cheers, Jeff.

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It seems there’s a new trend: Make it through my class, without quitting, and you’re good. And no, this time we’re not talking about hot yoga. We’re talking about a new trend […]
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Almost all yoga teachers turned him away – but he found a teacher and managed to transform his life within a year. How amazing is that? To all yoga teachers: Don’t turn […]
Some inspiration for the weekend :) But the question remains – why is she in her underwear? Namaste!
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What is the most significant piece of advice that you would give to new yoga teachers today? (Inspiring excerpt of this interview with Judith Hanson Lasater) “Well, there are three things. […]
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We’ve been talking a lot about the instructor’s responsibility. The instructor is the person in charge of the class, puts people in certain positions, and most importantly – makes adjustments. So of […]
Yes, there’s a World Yoga Day, and it’s coming soon! So what’s behind? On 26 February 2012 “yoga teachers and schools around the world will donate their time and space to a […]
Finally, after we’ve been bitching about this for weeks and weeks (without having read it, of course, but hey – such petty details don’t hold us back), the book is out. You […]
Here we go again – another NYT article about how yoga will mess you up. Forget base jumping, climbing, rugby… YOGA apparently is the thing that inevitably will wreak havoc: “Today many […]
For years, decades (life cycles?) we’ve been racking our brains about what’s pulling and pushing us to roll out our mat every day God made. Hours and hours of meditation sessions spent […]
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Wisconsin protesters gather today outside the state capitol.
After two weeks on the run, the Wisconsin Senate passed a resolution Thursday ordering the arrest of the missing state senators. The fourteen Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on Governor Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill that would strip collective bargaining rights for state workers and require them to pay more for their pension and health care benefits.
The proposed bill has set off a fourteen day protest on the State capitol that peaked last Saturday with over 70,000 protesters, teachers, students, and union employees, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
No need to call off the cavalry quite yet - it is unclear whether the arrest resolution is even constitutional. According to NBC News research, the Wisconsin constitution does not allow for the arrest of legislators in session. The exception to this is in cases of felony, treason, or breach of the peace.
The clock runs out at 4PM today for the missing senators, tucked away in undisclosed Illinois locations, to return to the state and appear before the Senate. A 19-0 vote by Senate Republicans set the deadline. They also instituted a "call of the house," which means the Senate Sergeant at Arms can take them into custody with or without force and/or the the help of law enforcement. However, that is only in effect if they cross the border back into Wisconsin.
Madonna's Borderline seems like an appropriate song for anyone taking a road trip from Illinois to Wisconsin today.
Time's a ticking...

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John Banville, the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea and Ancient Light, now gives us a new novel—at once trenchant, witty, and shattering—about the intricacies of artistic creation, about theft, and about the ways in which we learn to possess one another, and to hold on to ourselves.
Equally self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating, our narrator, Oliver Otway Orme (“O O O. An absurdity. You could hang me over the door of a pawnshop”), is a painter of some renown and a petty thief who has never before been caught and steals only for pleasure. Both art and the art of thievery have been part of his “endless effort at possession,” but now he’s pushing fifty, feels like a hundred, and things have not been going so well. Having recognized the “man-killing crevasse” that exists between what he sees and any representation he might make of it, he has stopped painting. And his last act of thievery—the last time he felt its “secret shiver of bliss”—has been discovered. The fact that the purloined possession was the wife of the man who was, perhaps, his best friend has compelled him to run away—from his mistress, his home, his wife; from whatever remains of his impulse to paint; and from a tragedy that has long haunted him—and to sequester himself in the house where he was born. Trying to uncover in himself the answer to how and why things have turned out as they have, excavating memories of family, of places he has called home, and of the way he has apprehended the world around him (“one of my eyes is forever turning towards the world beyond”), Olly reveals the very essence of a man who, in some way, has always been waiting to be rescued from himself.
Readers will hang on to every word written by Man Booker Prize winner Banville (Ancient Light), because he knows their thoughts before they do. Narrating this tale is the curmudgeonly, melancholy, and hapless Olly Orme, who, "pushing fifty and a hundred," is back in the English village of his birth and suffering through a mid-life crisis. A modestly successful "paintster" who gives up painting for existential reasons ("What's the difference between a blimp and a guitar? Any old object serves..."), and a rather philosophical thief for whom the thrill of stealing eventually wanes, Olly stumbles through an affair with Polly, his friend Marcus's companion. When the lovers are found out, Olly runs away to the house where he was born, but is set upon by Polly and dragged to her own family home. A mad-hatter couple of days ensues in which Olly is tortured with cups of tea and English damp and for the first and last time is caught stealing, in this case a little volume of poetry bound in crimson cloth. When he finally escapes and encounters his sensible wife again, she reveals a secret of her own. Olly muses on each escapade, hilarious until such sadness sets in that no one inside or out of the story seems likely to survive it. And yet, Banville is such a fine architect of sentences infusing them with wit and yearning that the plot hardly matters. For what a brilliant navel-gazer Banville is: he creates loop-de-loops of self-absorbed prose that resonate so deeply about the human condition that they never become tiresome. Bon mots fill these pages, every one essential. "What we were sorrowing for was all that would not be, and that kind of vacuum, believe me, will suck in as many tears as you have to shed." If in the end readers believe they know Olly Orme, they will know themselves as well. "Make some lesson out of that, if you will; I haven't the heart."

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Article Written by Stephen Bell – Marketing/Development @coffeescreative
At Coffeeshop Creative we are not only passionate about designing and developing a unique web presence for our clients, but also sharing their stories. We are super excited to share another story in our series of blogs – ☕ Coffee With… Today’s feature – the talented actor, home theatre specialist and founder of Think Cinema, Aaron Del Monte. As we are designing the upcoming launch of Think Cinema’s custom website, we recently caught up with Aaron at one of Toronto’s best coffee spots, Rooster Espresso on Broadview. So grab your favourite cup of java and get to know a little about this innovative entrepreneur.
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A talented actor and tradesman- tell us a little about yourself?
I have always had a deep connection to art and a feeling that I need to create. As early as I could remember I always had one of two things in my hand, either a pencil or a puzzle piece. In one hand I would draw and create art and in the other I’d solve an elaborate puzzle. It’s a visualization I like to carry with me today because I think it represents the way my mind works, and what you need to be successful – which is the ability to be creative and be a good problem solver.
As my passion for the visual arts grew, I became enamored with film because it combines all art forms and storytelling together to create a masterwork that has no bounds. I wanted to be apart of it. Whether it was in school performing, or at my first job as a projectionist, I wanted to absorb as much as I could and share the experience. As a teenager, I remember hosting movie nights for as many people as I could pack in my first basement home cinema with what equipment I could afford, presenting the newest film extravaganza.
Aaron Del Monte- Actor & Founder of Think Cinema
What inspired you to start Think Cinema?
The idea of Think Cinema came from a love for film and a passion to share films, and other media arts to an audience in uncompromised quality. As I navigated through my career, working for various organizations as an audio, visual consultant, I found their focus shifted from quality to quantity. Instead of spending the time to educate the customer and put together an entertainment system that delivered exceptional results, they would hand over a compromised solution that could be sold quickly. As a result, the general home audience experiences far less of the artist’s intent, whether it is movies, music, TV shows, video games, or even sports – the experience is drastically altered. After years of big retailers pushing to sell cheap consumer electronics, there has been a loss in the understanding of audio/video reproduction and quality audio/video solutions.
Art is about connection between the artist and their audience. Imagine if you went to hear the London Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart, or the music of John Williams and just before the show started your usher comes up to you and recommends that you wear heavy wool socks over your ears to “enhance the performance.” Sounds ludicrous, right? Well, that’s where we’re at. Think Cinema was created to help you take those ridiculous socks off your ears and connect you to the art – which is what you’re paying good money for.
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What advice would you give to first time consumers who are looking to create a custom home theatre or entrainment system?
I would recommend taking the time to work with our project managers and product specialists, so we can develop and create the best system for you. One that is geared for performance and tailored to your specific needs. Often times customers call and want a quick fix, but taking the time to educate yourself and create the perfect system pays off big time. At Think Cinema we are not about handing you a product and sending you on your way, and often times a single product is not the whole solution. There can be a lot of moving parts. Of course all that is simplified with our expert team to guide you through the process.
Tell us about some upcoming projects you are working on this summer?
Think Cinema is always growing and as much as we’re excited to deliver quality entertainment to the lives of our customers, we also want to make sure the technology tied to these systems works effortlessly. We are excited to be partnering with homebuilders to add value by including smart-home integration right at the beginning stages of the build. Think Cinema is now proud to be servicing all your home technology needs including mobile devices and computers, home network, voice control, smart home products, and whole home automation.
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And… most importantly, favourite type or style of coffee?
To be honest, I’m not much of a coffee drinker. I find it makes me a bit bonkers! But I do like the occasional mocha.

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New tests of the Russian Smena 9 crossbreed have been launched by 5 poultry farms, hoping to confirm its presumably high production potential, Sergey Lakhtyukhov, general director of the Russian national union of poultry producers, disclosed, speaking during the AGROS-2023 industry conference in Moscow.
New trials have been launched by leading Russian poultry producers, Lakhtyukhov said, expressing confidence that they could show “the real figures and performance of this crossbreed”. The Russian poultry industry generally expects Smena 9 to be superior on 70 production indicators compared with the most popular imported crossbreeds, and almost twice as cheap.
The result of the previous trials of Smena 9 appeared to be discouraging, though the exact figures have never been disclosed.
Lakhtyukhov explained that those trials were carried out in “inappropriate conditions”. In particular, he said that last time, Smena 9 chicks were placed in old poultry houses with poor animal welfare conditions and elevated veterinary risks.
In addition, during the previous trial, farmers had no opportunity to use feed specially designed for this crossbreed, Lakhtyukhov said. Russian scientists working on Smena 9 promised to make all necessary amendments for the new trials.
Although the trials are yet to be finished, the Russian government last year greenlighted the construction of a breeding centre for 5 billion roubles (US$80 million) to focus on Smena 9 in Moscow Oblast. Alexander Sergeev, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that this venture was one of the most striking examples of the Russian “anti-sanctions actions”.
Moreover, Sergeev, speaking in August 2022, said that all poultry houses of the new breeding centre were expected to be finished by the end of the year, and equipment installation to begin in early 2023. He described the construction pace as frantic.
In 2022, the Russian poultry industry imported 400 million hatching eggs, 34% less than during the previous year, Lakhtyukhov said. The top 25 Russian poultry companies are self-sufficient in hatching eggs. There is no problem with hatching eggs supply to Russia, despite temporary production disruptions seen in 2022 due to avian influenza outbreaks in Europe. In December, there was even a 15 million surplus, which forced some companies to destroy hatching eggs. Russia currently imports hatching eggs from Slovakia, Hungary and Turkey, he added.
This year, Russia is expected to further substitute imports in this segment, Lakhtyukhov said, not specifying whether Smena 9 will play any role in this trend.


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TAMPA, FL -- The Tampa Bay Sports Commission, in conjunction with the College Football Playoff, are proud to unveil a new concept at this year’s College Football Playoff National Championship, Championship Yacht Village. Located outside the Tampa Convention Center and connected to the brand new Downtown Riverwalk, Championship Yacht Village will provide VIP-access for dock-space purchasers, in the heart of the College Football Playoff “Championship Campus.”
“The Yacht Village brings a truly unique element to the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship festivities,” said Joe Collier, Chairman of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission. “Football fans who take advantage of this offer will enjoy incredible access and hospitality to the culmination of the college football season. We anticipate Championship Yacht Village to be a mainstay for upcoming major events in the years to come.”
Local and visiting football fans can travel to Championship Campus via boat and drop anchor on the Hillsborough River at the Tampa Convention Center by reserving their space in advance. Dock spaces available feature either a 30 X 79 foot or a 80 X 150 foot space. Contact Claire Lessinger at CLessinger@VisitTampaBay.com to reserve one of the limited slips available at the Tampa Convention Center.
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“The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship will showcase our Downtown waterfront and Riverwalk on a national stage like never before,” said Rob Higgins, Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission. “We feel confident that Championship Yacht Village will add a dynamic element to our celebration of college football in Tampa Bay.”
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This year my offspring gave me a Nintendo DS for Christmas with the little mini Zelda adventure on it. I admit I’m having fun. I also like the size of the contraption and the little stylus to control the action by touching the screen. I’m enjoying it so much that last night I had an amazing thought: if I like this little gizmo so much how would it be to read a book on one? Or something similar as I have no idea what a Kindle or Sony Reader looks like or any other electronic book reader.
Now if you knew me and mine you would know incredibly revolutionary this thought is. I may have been one of the first people on the planet to own a computer, but I only succumbed to either a laptop or a cell phone this last couple of years, and only this morning did I become the proud owner of an iPod for the first time in my life. It was an anniversary gift.
I love books. I love the weight, the texture, the feel, the scent of them. I love the way that the black ink print looks on the creamy or yellowing pages. I love paper. I love the musty used bookstore smell of old paperbacks. I love the artwork on the cover and I love to handle books and I love the look of a wall full of bookshelves full of books.
Replacing all that with a little handheld electronic device? Can I enjoy this? Will it satisfy my aesthetic sensibilities and my sensual pleasure in reading? More importantly how tangible is it? If I were to publish my novel would I feel like I have a book out if it was just puffs of ethereal pixels that I can’t even see?
When I consider all these things, my Luddite self battling with my geek self, I remember that the vast majority of my authorial outpourings have always been published electronically and these days I do the majority of my reading online. Where is the difference? Furthermore how many trees could I save and how much easier to move without fifty cartons of books to hump around? Could I just reserve for my book collection art books and reference? The old beautifully bound book of poetry? Perhaps paper books become works of art in of themselves and the rest can fit on my electronic reader.
Of course the wheels of change can move quickly, or it might be a while before I take the plunge, but the thought is there and the journey begun.

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There will be key people on both sides who will play on the one of the biggest stages in college athletics for the first time when Duke travels to the Smith Center Wednesday (9 p.m., WRAL/ESPN).
As big as the game at Syracuse was, with its NCAA on-campus record crowd of 35,446, Duke’s two leading scorers face the ultimate Duke experience with the No. 8 Blue Devils play North Carolina at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill Wednesday (9 p.m., ESPN/WRAL).
No opponent had scored more against No. 3 Duke this women’s basketball season. No single opposing player had reached 30 points against the Blue Devils in a little more than four years.
When No. 8 Duke faces North Carolina at the Smith Center on Wednesday (9 p.m., WRAL/ESPN), the five most accurate 3-point shooters will all be playing for the Blue Devils.
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Heading into a rivalry showdown with North Carolina on Wednesday (9 p.m., ESPN/WRAL), the No. 8 Blue Devils have started four different players at their two guard positions. Andre Dawkins, Rasheed Sulaimon, Quinn Cook and Matt Jones have all drawn starting assignments this year.
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No. 17 UNC PULLS AWAY TO SHOCK No. 3 DUKE IN WOMEN"S SHOWDOWN
Freshman Diamond DeShields scored a season-high 30 points and No. 17 North Carolina upset No. 3. Duke 89-78 on Monday night.
DeShields hit 12 of 20 shots while becoming the first player to score 30 against Duke since 2009.
Fellow freshman Allisha Gray added 24 points — including three three-point plays in the final 8 minutes — for the Tar Heels (18-6, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Xylina McDaniel finished with 17 points for North Carolina, which never trailed, hit 12 3-pointers, built three separate double-figure leads in the second half and finally made the third one stand.
The Tar Heels snapped a three-game overall losing streak, a seven-game slide against their fiercest rivals and claimed their first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2008.
Elizabeth Williams had a career-high 28 points on 12-of-23 shooting and Tricia Liston added 20 for Duke (22-3, 9-2).
Tar Heels women's team has lost three straight as it looks for its first win over Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2008
COACH K, DUKE WOWED BY JABARI PARKER'S 29-POINT, 16-REBOUND SHOW
Jabari Parker set career highs with 29 points and 16 rebounds, Quinn Cook hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, and No. 11 Duke coasted to an 89-68 win over Boston College on Saturday night.
Rasheed Sulaimon added 10 points for the Blue Devils (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Parker extended his Duke freshman record to 14 games with 20 points or more.
Olivier Hanlan led Boston College (6-17, 2-8) with 25 points and Ryan Anderson had 12. The Eagles have dropped 10 of 12, with their only conference wins coming against last-place Virginia Tech.
The Blue Devils put it away with an 18-0 run midway through the second half, improving to 18-2 against unranked teams this season.
Following a solid first half, Parker scored 12 of Duke's initial 17 points after halftime as the Blue Devils opened a 56-44 lead on his three-point play with just under 14 minutes to go.
He had a baseline jam on the first possession and followed that with a three-point play when he was fouled on a fast-break layup, pushing Duke's lead to 44-35. He added a fast-break dunk, two free throws and another three-point play.
Following Anderson's free throw that cut it to 44-38, Sulaimon nailed a 3 from the right wing, giving the Blue Devils their first double-digit lead.
Defending NCAA champion and No. 1-ranked Duke began its men’s lacrosse season with a decisive 16-10 victory over Jacksonville at Koskinen Stadium Saturday.
Many times, it’s the games between the big games that keep good teams from having great seasons. No. 11 Duke faced that scenario this week with games against a pair of lower-division ACC teams sandwiched in between showdowns at Syracuse and North Carolina.
With seven consecutive trips to men’s college lacrosse’s version of the final four and a second NCAA championship having been claimed last May, Duke and championships are synonymous around the sport.
The only place they are not is at Duke itself.
PETERS, LISTON LEAD THE WAY AS BLUE DEVILS REBOUND FROM IRISH ROUT
Haley Peters scored 17 points, Tricia Liston had 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 5 Duke bounced back from its first Atlantic Coast Conference defeat with its 18th straight win over Clemson, 78-51 on Thursday night.
The Blue Devils (22-2, 9-1 ACC) fell to new league rival Notre Dame 88-67 last Sunday and trailed Clemson (11-13, 3-7) late in the first half of this one. But Duke put together a 32-12 run starting in the final minute before halftime to take control.
It was Peters’ first double-figure showing in three games while Liston posted her third game this season with double figures in points and rebounds.
The Blue Devils held Clemson’s top scorer, Nikki Dixon, to 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting. Dixon had been averaging better than 14 points a game this season.
Richa Jackson had 13 points and Ka’lia Johnson added 10 for Duke.
Duke needed a soft place to land after its disappointing loss to No. 2 Notre Dame on Sunday and Clemson has generally been just that for the Blue Devils, all but one of whose 18 straight series wins have come by 14 points or more.
Scottie Montgomery, entering the second season of his second term on Duke’s coaching staff, will take over the play-calling duties for the Blue Devils next season.


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Seeking Spatial Justice in the Postcolony
In a 2003 article published in the Digest of South African Architecture, Iain Low, Professor of Architecture at the University of Cape Town, wrote that ‘[s]pace is the construct that most effectively realised and maintained apartheid’s grand plan and continues to ensure the endurance of its legacy’. Thirteen years later and more than two decades after the formal dismantling of apartheid as a principle and institution of government, civil society is beginning to direct its attentions to the fact that the spatial legacy of apartheid remains firmly entrenched. Efforts such as those of Ndifuna Ukwazi around the sale of what has become known as the Tafelberg site in Sea Point testify to the realization amongst post-apartheid activists that without a fundamental transformation in the spatial arrangements and relations of South Africa, the hopes and dreams of the post-apartheid Constitution will remain unfulfilled.
The enactment of the final Constitution as the foundational law of the post-apartheid state, recognizes in its Preamble the ‘injustices of our past’ and goes on to make it the mandate of this new law to ‘heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights’. For this reason, our Constitution (and, indeed, post-apartheid law in general) has been described as transitional and transformative. In a very significant sense, the drafters of the Constitution recognized that it was imperative to assign to law the task of transformation, because it was the force of law that enabled, protected and consequently perpetuated apartheid. In short, it would require nothing short of the force of a new law, to undo in South Africa the consequences of colonialism, imperialism and apartheid. As former Chief Justice Pius Langa remarked in 2006: ‘This is a magnificent goal for a Constitution: to heal the wounds of the past and guide us to a better future’.
The postamble of the Interim (1993) Constitution prominently availed itself of a spatial metaphor to describe the process of which Langa writes: it declared itself to be a ‘historic bridge between the past of a deeply divided society characterised by strife, conflict, untold suffering and injustice, and a future founded on the recognition of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence and development opportunities for all South Africans’. Reading the final Constitution, it is equally remarkable how often the text has recourse to spatial action such as ‘those who have worked to build and develop our country’ and ‘we … adopt this Constitution … so as to lay the foundations for a democratic and open society’. Ever since the dawn of legal order, jurists have recognized that the founding act of law is a spatial one: the line in the sand, the building of a wall, the erection of a fence. And it seems that, at least at the rhetorical level, the drafters of the post-apartheid constitutions were acutely aware of this constitutive connection between space and law.
Despite this rhetoric, the post-apartheid order became increasingly unconscious, not only of the founding relationship between space and law, but also of how closely the apartheid order matched the letter of the law to its concrete, spatial instantiations on the territory. Above all, apartheid was a spatial policy of segregation backed by the force of state law. Accordingly, it is impossible to transform a country such as ours by way of law, without transforming its spatial arrangements and configurations. In the early years of the transition, government moved quickly and appropriately to dismantle the formal provincial, municipal and infamous ‘homeland’ boundaries. While some of the new spatial demarcations of the post-apartheid republic at this level remain the subject of public controversy and protest, very little has been done in terms of the transformation of the concrete, everyday spatial realities of the majority of the population. In short, post-apartheid spatial planning has largely failed to transform the spatial legacy of apartheid: impoverished townships are still where they were established under apartheid. Affluent suburbs (intentionally and more conveniently, of course, located closer to business nodes), on the other hand, have become increasingly gated and securitized. Of course it is true that these have become somewhat de-racialised and of course service delivery in the townships has improved. But the spatial configurations of towns and cities remain almost exactly the way they were under apartheid. It still takes a domestic worker who lives in the townships up to four hours to get to work in the suburbs at a cost grossly disproportionate to her income.
The National Development Plan’s insistence that the spatial legacy of apartheid must be transformed, as well as the new Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act indicate that government has now woken up to the fact that spatial transformation is a fundamental aspect of the post-apartheid mandate. Ndifuna Ukwazi’s efforts to secure spatial justice in Sea Point must be considered as part and parcel of holding government accountable for transformation through law – part and parcel, then, of dismantling the concrete remnants of apartheid’s ‘grand plan’ and one aspect of what it means to recognize that South Africa, as the Constitution holds, ‘belongs to all who live in it’.
Prof. Jaco Barnard-Naudé is Professor of Jurisprudence in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town.


PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Agriculture leaders are on the lookout for an invasive pest. They want to stop a tiny insect from having a huge impact on the fruits and vegetables we all love in Florida.
The invasive Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) has been discovered in Pinellas County, specifically in Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg.
The Oriental fruit fly can attack up to 436 different types of fruits, vegetables and nuts. The fruit flies lay their eggs in fruits and vegetables. Within days, the eggs hatch and maggots keep the fruit from being edible or Florida’s produce from being sold in other states.
Leaders with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have put out 500 traps in Pinellas County and 56,000 traps across Florida to catch the Oriental fruit fly.
The invasive insect has been trapped in Florida several times since 1964 and has been eradicated each time.
Dr. Deby Cassill, a USF St. Petersburg Associate Professor of Integrated Biology first noticed traps hanging from a tree outside the Duke Energy Mahaffey Performing Arts Center in downtown St. Petersburg, off of 1st Street S. They caught her eye because she loves studying bugs.
“Even though I’m not an entomologist, I love insects,” Cassill explained.
Cassill said the Oriental fruit flies are larger than their native counterparts and can multiply quickly.
“They reproduce like crazy and they can have several generations of offspring in a month,” she elaborated.
Florida agriculture leaders have caught five of the fruit flies in Pinellas County but experts are working to get ahead of the pests before the population grows, which they say would have a major impact on fruits and veggies grown in Florida.
“Florida has a large fruit and vegetable growing opportunity and crops throughout the year. This could impact almost all of those,” said Bryan Benson who works at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The Oriental fruit fly is considered the most destructive fruit fly in the world.
“If established in the United States our fruit and vegetable industry would be horribly impacted,” Benson added.
Luckily, the traps and insecticide seem to be keeping the pest at bay.
For now, agriculture leaders are asking homeowners in Pinellas County not to bring any homegrown fruit or veggies to other areas. If you notice any larvae in your produce or fallen produce, double bag them and throw them out.
Fruit without the presence of larvae is safe to eat. Even with larvae, it is technically safe to eat, though it may not be pleasant, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.


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A blonde from Belgium, no it’s a beer. La Chouffe is a blonde beer brewed by the Brasserie d’Achouffe of Belgium. Very smooth in taste, with a taste of coriander, this beer is pretty good, a perfect example of a typical Belgium Blonde beer, above average for this type. A strong beer with 8% alcohol without an alcohol taste, too many of these and you may actually see the gnomes featured on the label. Certainly worth a try, and if you are daring pick one up in the 750 ml bottle, and if you are feeling crazy they have a 1.5 litre magnum known as the big Chouffe, or if not a smaller bottle.
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Through exhibitions, talks and events, outreach, international workshops and UK workshops ASF-UK explores and engages in complex issues concerning development. ASF-UK uses ‘participation’ as the primary methodology to achieving a more equitable and fair existence for everybody.


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Seven day NHS service ‘isn’t possible in Redbridge’ say CCG
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A seven day NHS service – one of the government’s key manifesto pledges – would be impossible in Redbridge, according to a representative of the borough’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
Speaking about GP practices at Tuesday’s Health Scrutiny Committee, in Redbridge Town Hall, Sarah See, director of primary care transformation at Redbridge CCG said: “We know the government wants to bring in a seven day a week service and there are questions whether it is feasible or financially viable.
“Certainly it isn’t possible in Redbridge.”
Ms See’s comments were made during a discussion of out-of-hours GP access in the borough.
Also discussed at the meeting was the closure of Spearpoint Surgery, the practice in King George Hospital.
She said: “We now have three GP hubs open in the evenings and at weekends.”
Patient records are now shared between practices and the hubs, and use has increased by 95 per cent since patients have been able to make their own appointments.
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- 5 Man attacked with machete before falling from height in Wanstead
- 6 Dagenham & Redbridge rally to win at Weymouth
- 7 Newport's Norman sends Leyton Orient to late defeat
- 8 Have your say on the proposed east London constituency boundary changes
- 9 Call to overhaul 'grossly unfair' business rates
- 10 Funding problems throw timeline of new Whipps Cross hospital into doubt
Patients can make an appointment with a GP hub on the day by calling 020 3770 1888.
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Prep School is Back
Classic Apparel, Manners & Color Warmth
"Preppy clothes are built to last, since they certainly will not go out of style." Lisa Birnbach
The Official Preppy Handbook, in 1980, edited by Lisa Birnbach, made Bunny and Bif waves across college campuses and became the epicenter of the preppy movement. (If you have a copy, you are in luck. It is a difficult book to find.) Everyone was quoting from this Muffy, Buffy brilliantly sassy "Let's cruise," reference guide, all the while adorning duck shoes for rain puddles and transforming into a preppy student sporting classic and subdued attire. I remember my book well, which I still have, enjoying the witty writing and humorous declarations as I walked to and from class in my red duck shoes.
The book outlined manners, what to wear, appropriate preppy names and how to behave in public. The chapters were a satire of sorts which made the book that more entertaining. A follow up book, True Prep, It's a Whole New Old World, Lisa Birnbach, released in 2010, again reinforced the classic and timeless desire in fashion, zany lifestyle combined with impeccable manners. Of course, both books are filled with preppy vibes, entwined with a smidge of flippancy and humor though offering advice on the signs of times.
Today, in 2021, forty years later since original publication, the "preppy mantra" is back. Think duck shoes, Hunter boots, Downton Abby house interiors, books, dogs, and old-fashioned names for babies such as Missy, Bunny, Trip and Bink, combined with plaids, tartans, trench coats plus simplicity in apparel are in vogue. Out is flash, glitz in apparel and austere homes with white walls and an endless sea of grey with hard edges.
Why? Perchance being at home during the Covid 19 pandemic has started a resurgence of loving what you own and seeking out an environment that is warm, color infused and inviting. The younger generations are having children in smaller homes with cozy atmospheres a bit of chaos rather than wallowing in caverns of icy and grey hues. They want color.
I keep thinking of the show Downton Abbey with the rich hues inside the house, designated cocktail hour, books on tables, games played while wearing subdued apparel. Apparel that has been worn for years and highlights you rather than the other way around. Every publication is touting, "preppy" fashion with longevity and timeless appeal. Manners are back. Minimalism is back. Having grace and empathy is making an grateful entrance.
As for fashion, quality is everything. Quality means, well made, timeless fabrics with minimal logos if at all. A friend of mine said recently, "If I purchase something, I question whether I will wear these items ten years from now before I buy?" Thus, people are being more reflective with their purchases. Think of our grandparents who bought quality furniture that was used throughout their lifetime while living in the same home. Another friend, getting ready to sell her vacation place, fully furnished exclaimed she will keep her dads tables made of solid teak. With everything plastic and throw away she stated, "You just cannot find real solid wood anywhere!" The previous generations invested in quality, built family traditions and instilled comfort and beauty into their homes over the years rather than starting another remodel to fit a society latest trend.
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"Home is where our story begins"
Moreover, people had other values in life rather than decorating their homes repeatedly. In fact, The Wall Street Journal, ran an article about people who are constantly remodeling their homes. They suggested that something was missing in their lives and instead created diversions rather than face their own troubling issues. Moreover, remember, fashion icon and First Lady, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who stated she didn't have time to photograph every activity in her life? Instead, she wanted to live it and not record it. Of course, social media, has spurned us all to invest in portraying our lives through rose colored lens. We all know this isn't true. Ironically those not on social media seem more settled with their choices in life.
Manners are a Gift to All
"Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration of others and respect for self." Emily Post
Additionally, stealth wealth, manners and a form of civility is making a strong statement at the end of this year. We are signaling what our parents taught us about keeping our private business private. Do not speak of what you own, where you vacation, money, how much you make or the cost of this or that in public. Think of old money people versus nouveau riche behavior. If you are a fan of the Housewives franchise, you will have an accurate depiction of nouveau riche. Though enjoyable to watch, we know that they can be incredibly tacky with their words and actions. It makes for terrific television but not the real world. However, those with true wealth are quiet and stately. Thus, take note, be a woman of mystery and intrigue. Be a preppy gal. Or at least try and stand out in the crowd. You will be remembered. I guarantee it.
As the day whines down, think before you purchase, think before you speak and think of others in your daily travels. Find ways to connect, be friendly and kind. A little kindness can open doors and make others feel good in this journey. Get off the treadmill of consumption and announcement, which is Bitsy and Bootsy shallow. Instead, give back, be informed, be a team player, read voraciously and lastly communicate with compassion and empathy. The Covid 19 road has been long. Find your inner preppy style and begin a new chapter of civility, empathy, leadership and kindness.


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Barclay’s bull or Pearce take? Assessing the IPO market after a ‘rush for the gate’ in July
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Each week, corporate advisory firm Barclay Pearce highlights the key trading themes of the week, along with which companies and sectors Stockhead readers should be keeping their eye on.
As the ASX climbed to new record highs in July, the healthy pipeline of IPO activity turned into something of a frenzy last month.
By last Thursday, the ASX had welcomed no less than 33 new companies to the boards — an IPO average of more than one a day.
That accounts for more than half of the total through the entire first half of the year, when 61 more companies listed in the six months to June 30.
In the wake of that mad rush, the forthcoming IPO pipeline has slowed, says Trent Primmer, Head of Trading at corporate advisory firm Barclay Pearce.
And it’s a possible indicator for investors asking ‘where to next?’ as the post-COVID bull market shows no signs of slowing just yet.
With ASX200 reporting season about to kick off in earnest, Primmer offered an appraisal of the market ahead of what’s expected to be some bumper profit results.
He said that for now global markets continue to digest higher inflation data, with Australia’s 3.8% annual CPI print last week prompting little reaction from the ASX.
But he noted “thinner liquidity” in some corners of the market, while listing activity is starting to taper off with only “16 or 17” companies in the IPO pipeline.
“It sort of leaves you asking — what next? If there is thinner liquidity after earnings season we could see the market come back from these recent highs,” Primmer said.
“Right now we’re happy to maintain those weightings towards commodities, and hold gold as an inflation hedge in client portfolios,” he said.
“Having cash on hand to take advantage of opportunities, but I wouldn’t completely be cashing up in this environment. I think if markets come off it will be a more of a slow burn. I don’t think it’s going to be as quick as what everyone expects.”
He also flagged the post-COVID trend which has seen more younger investors enter the market, alongside plenty of pent-up demand and higher savings rates.
“There’s still that interest from younger investors who often have a higher risk appetite. So in a way I think that will provide some stability, and for plenty of people who don’t have the means to invest in property, equity markets still remain a pretty attractive options to invest your funds,” Primmer said.
Looking ahead though, Primmer said the pending slowdown in IPO activity is “slightly concerning”, particularly in light of the July rush.
“We saw everyone rushing to the gate to try and get listed. And the majority of it is driven by the fact people want to make the most of a hot market,” he said.
“When IPOs are doing well, the rationale of ‘we need to get this company listed ASAP, because we don’t know how long the market will be hot for’ can start to creep in.
“So I think that will be an interesting trend to watch given the pipeline has slowed now — how many companies hold off on listing to reassess where markets are at post-earnings season, or whether they bite the bullet and go to market.”
For retail investors, Primmer recommends maintaining a watchlist of new IPOs, and tracking their early performance rather than jumping in straight away.
“You don’t want to be the guy caught on day one, and then the share price tanks below the IPO price,” he said.
“Build a watchlist and look at how they trade. On the flip-side, a lot of companies can be picked up at a discount to IPO in the next few weeks, particularly if the market comes off and we see thinner liquidity.”
“So it might be worth looking for some cheaper prices but wouldn’t be allocating a massive amount of capital to IPOs, not in this market,” Primmer said.
The views, information, or opinions expressed in the interview in this article are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the views of Stockhead.
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So it’s that time of year again, muddy walks, big puddles and maybe even some snow!! And for most dogs, this is pure heaven, I mean, who doesn’t love splashing around in giant mud bath?!
Coats for dogs are great for a few reasons.
As we all know , a Vizzla has not got the same fur coat as an Akita Inu would have, and that’s why it can be important to keep certain dogs comfortable during the winter months.
Fleased lined coats can make a huge difference in keeping those short hairs nice and warm.
It’s also very important to keep senior dogs protected from the cold , as they are more sensitive to the weather and it can cause further health issues.
But also for us owners, having a long haired breed – like a Border Collie, can be a nuisance to wash after every single walk! So,why not try those waterproof onesies to stop those paws getting so muddy!
And who said you need to spend money?
Get creative and use some old clothes/materials to make something useful for your pooches!

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Alles in allem zählt Victory zu den wenigen, handlungsmäßig im Weltraum angesiedelten Spielen, die mir gefallen, obwohl es sich nicht um eine Glanztat des Programmieres handelt Den musikalischen „Nachschlag“ am Ende eines Spieles kann man sich mehrmals anhören.
Victory, a standard space shooter, resembles a slow-paced Defender. It requires the Coleco Roller Controller. Why? Apparently because of the four "action" buttons required to thrust, shoot, shield, and detonate smart bombs. This control scheme actually elevates what would otherwise be a mediocre shooter. Your mission is to prevent aliens from overrunning a planet, and you're aided by a Defender-like scanner. The graphics are lousy, with aliens which look like simple shapes, and weak explosions that resemble flashing asterisk symbols. The animation is choppy and the collision detection doesn't always work very well. Still, Victory is fun in spite of itself. The shield and smart bomb controls add an extra level of strategy, and you'll also need to keep an eye on your fuel. Using the roller ball to aim your ship takes some getting used to, but it works. Not bad.
If Victory is part of your ColecoVision library, you will play it from time to time. It is interesting, unusual and challenging. However, it is not as exciting or as fun as some of the top of the line shooters on the market such Defender and Asteroids.


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Miami Hurricanes (23-10, 14-6 ACC) vs. USC Trojans (26-7, 14-6 Pac-12)
Greenville, South Carolina; Friday, 3:10 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: USC -2; over/under is 139.5
BOTTOM LINE: The No. 22 USC Trojans take on the Miami Hurricanes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Trojans are 14-6 against Pac-12 opponents. USC scores 72.6 points while outscoring opponents by 6.7 points per game.
The Hurricanes are 14-6 against ACC teams. Miami has a 6-4 record in one-possession games.
TOP PERFORMERS: Isaiah Mobley is averaging 14.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Trojans. Drew Peterson is averaging 9.8 points over the last 10 games for USC.
Kameron McGusty is shooting 47.9% and averaging 17.5 points for the Hurricanes. Charlie Moore is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Miami.
LAST 10 GAMES: Trojans: 7-3, averaging 64.7 points, 31.4 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.6 points per game.
Hurricanes: 7-3, averaging 73.7 points, 28.1 rebounds, 16.4 assists, 7.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 50.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.2 points.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Congratulations to MacEwan University's 2021 Distinguished Research Award recipient — Dr. Samuel Mugo, associate professor in chemistry in the Department of Physical Sciences.
Each year, the Dr. Sherrill Brown Distinguished Research Award recognizes one faculty member who conducts exceptional scholarly work that has demonstrated significant contributions to society and the scholarly community — locally, nationally or internationally.
“Dr. Mugo has long been acknowledged as a researcher whose ambitious scholarly program has had a broad impact far beyond the lab,” says Dr. Craig Monk, MacEwan University’s provost & vice-president, Academic. “His career at MacEwan demonstrates both the importance of engaging our students in research and the quality of scholarship faculty members can achieve at an undergraduate university.”
About this year’s recipient
Dr. Samuel Mugo graduated with a PhD in analytical chemistry from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2006. From 2007 to 2008, he held a two-year postdoctoral position at Queen's University where he worked on portable sensors for clinical diagnosis.
Since joining MacEwan's Department of Physical Sciences in 2008, Dr. Mugo successfully developed an NSERC-funded, innovative, interdisciplinary research program that engages MacEwan undergraduate students. Many of Dr. Mugo's students and alumni are fully engaged as active knowledge co-creators.
Dr. Mugo believes the innovative technologies his group develops are more impactful if they find utility in solving societal issues. To this end, he is passionate about bridging the gaps in knowledge translation and engages industries and communities both nationally and internationally.
His research focuses on developing "smart" polymer nanomaterials that are integrated in small handheld devices for chemical sensing. His lab's mobile chemical sensors integrate data analytics apps and are tailored for use by the public in precision agriculture, food and water quality assessment, environmental monitoring, and non-invasive wearables for health and wellness monitoring.
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Book Review: A tryst with Human Mind by Prameela Sreemangalam
- ISIN: 9789382447924
- Genre: Non-Fiction/ Self help
- Publishers: Notion Press
- Price: Rs. 375/-
We are all connected on a divine journey… a journey meant for spiritual growth and evolution!
Are you curious about your existence in this physical plane? Have you experienced unresolvable conflicts in your life and thought where it all came from? Do you believe that your journey is beyond this life?
Do you know that your mind has the knowledge of all your existences and it has the power to resolve the blocks? And the help always comes from beyond; all you need to do is ‘ASK’!
It’s on this divine journey that you will meet Bandana and Arjun. They take you through an eternal journey of love and life, and Aadyot would teach you the little lessons of life.
If you have faced internal battles of rejection, confidence issues, abuse, depression, voids, emotional and physical blockages, this book is an internal journey for your mind. Your mind will experience emotional healing, many questions of your mind will find an answer and accomplish your connect with life. Healing through hypnosis and various modalities of mind linked therapies, the subconscious is tapped for healing for various clinical cases described in depth in the content of this book. As you take a journey through this book, you will discover your mind and the unlimited potentials of self-healing within.
Behind The book
About the author
Ms. Prameela Sreemangalam is a practicing Psychologist, Hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner from Mumbai. She holds a degree of clinical Psychology, certified as clinical Hypnotherapist and a practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming. She is the founder of Mind Scan and having clinics located in the western suburbs of Mumbai at Powai, Andheri and Goregaon. She is associated with geriatric care foundation in Mumbai at level of training and is also actively engaged in conducting workshops for corporate and personal level. She has represented various reputed magazines as a columnist and a featured article writer and has also represented in television interview and live chats in concepts connected to psychology.
There are very few books in self help that carry the magical power of healing the reader through its words. THIS book is one such healer. As I read it page after page I felt something melting inside me. All the hurt, the anger, the pain, the trauma accumalated over all this years was now slowly beginning to melt away and be replaced by tranquility. To reach a stage where I am peace with it all might take time but yes definitely this was a beginning which wouldnt have been possible without this book.
Through varied real life experiences the author has managed to bring alive the subtle complexities of life so beautifully, the way she connects each of the experiences with a lesson is an art to dwell it and that is what makes this book a wonderful read.
I didnt read it at my usual pace for this one in a way asked me to bask in the lessons it gave. It had become like my school where everyday for a stipulated time I would attend the classes waiting for my teacher to cover a lesson and then go back home to dwell on it. I did that till I reached a phase where I felt I was in a trance where my conscious and subconscious were battling away their differences. This condition was one where I was facing my fears, one that I had believed were long one only to realise they werent. That moment I realised the tremendous power this book held within those few pages.
A sure shot recommended read to unleash the power of your own mind and know the REAL you or to put it aptly to begin the journey of knowing the real YOU!
This book is like pumpkin halwa - Uniquely different and yet one that stays with you for long with its lingering taste!
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The Poster for My Octopus Teacher Part 2
Sneak Peek into the Past
The film shows a booming friendship between a filmmaker diver and an octopus.
Released in 2010, part one of the movie shows about Foster and how he began cold underwater freediving in kelp forests at the tip of South Africa. Kelp forests are an underwater area with a high density of kelp which covers a large part of the world’s coastlines.
So, Foster started underwater freediving. He used to film and capture his experience in the underwater world. While doing so, one day a curious young octopus catches his attention. He then started visiting her den and he also tracked her movements every day. After reading this for months, he finally was able to earn the octopus’s trust.
In this film, Foster explains how his connection with the octopus has changed his life in a positive way how it impacted his life. The film also shows an incident here the octopus defends herself from the pyjama sharks. While all of this, the octopus loses her one arm and then draws back to her den to regenerate the lost arm.
The octopus then decides to mate with other octopus and thus, she is able to produce a large number of eggs. After this, the octopus dies and a shark takes her body away.
Following this scenario, Foster describes the effect of his relation with the octopus on his relationship with his son. The film also shows his son’s development as a diver and student of marine life.
Renewal Status of My Octopus Teacher Part 2
Netflix released the first part of My Octopus Teacher on 7 September 2020. The movie is like a true source of entertainment for all the animal lovers as it describes the beautiful bond withing the two opposite creatures, i.e, an animal, and a human being. As the first part of this documentary movie was just released a few days back, so no predictions can be made for the second part of the movie. The viewers will have to wait to know about the further life of Foster.
Cast and What to Expect from My Octopus Teacher Part 2
Usually, a documentary movie doesn’t include a huge cast. So, as it is a documentary movie itself, the movie contains the diver himself, Craig Foster who recorded his life events under the deep water and an octopus.
In part two, we can expect to see more of Craig and his son named Tom’s relationship. The viewers might also see how he copes up with the death of his beloved creature friend. Tom, becomes a great swimmer and an underwater diver, so we may see more if his life.
Synopsis of My Octopus Teacher Part 2-
Part one of the documentary movie took the viewers into a world of two different creatures. A beautiful documentary showing how being different changes nothing if you really care about each other. Part 2 will surely continue to show the relationship between an animal and a human being. Although, we can’t say that the creature will be octopus again. Maybe part 2 will focus on Foster’s son, Tom and it will show how Tom will adapt to the lifestyle he’s provided with. It may show how he will follow his father’s footsteps as he himself will be an excellent diver.

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Ed Lee has been around EDA since before it was called EDA. He cut his teeth doing Public Relations with Valid, Cadence, Mentor, ECAD, VLSI, AMI and a host of others. And he has introduced more than three dozen EDA startups, ranging from the first commercial IP company to the latest statistical … More »
System-design Evolution Follows the Data
April 30th, 2014 by Ed Lee
In a recent blog entry we asked Chris Rowen, Cadence Fellow and Tensilica Founder, to share with us what EDA and IP (as an industry) need to do in 2014 to serve its user base better. The following is a follow-up blog by Rowen explaining how.
When last we chatted in this forum, I responded to a question Ed Lee proposed to this as part of the Predictions 2014 series: What do EDA and IP (as an industry) need to do in 2014 to serve its user base better?
My answer, simply put, was the EDA industry needs to move beyond EDA. And there I proposed some broad ways to think about why that needs to happen.
Here, I want to explore one way to think about how we do that—how we evolve not only the notion of electronic design automation but system design in general. And the best way, I think, to understand that transformation is by focusing on data.
Along the data path
We’re in the era of big data today, but data itself transcends the popular conversations around cloud computing and services. To understand where design is headed, we need to examine the role of data and how we compute, transport and store it at all levels of electronics design.
By understanding how data is treated in those three ways, we will be able to follow the applications, follow the energy, follow the cost, and follow the opportunities to transform people’s lives.
Much of design today is composed of systems within systems, each sharing three attributes: They’re data intensive, distributed and energy limited. At the same time, a system is no longer just this chip or that chip. The system that we’re all dealing with is, in fact, comprised of our devices, plus the wireless infrastructure, plus the cloud.
By following and analyzing the data along this path, we better understand not only how interconnected the whole ecosystem is but how design is changing and how increasingly energy considerations influence it.
In the cloud, the needs of the system to manage and manipulate data are highly specialized. Here, scale is key: Massive compute farms are appropriate because they can best amortize, compute and access cycles across vast amounts of data. And because of their scale, they are typically located in areas where energy is affordable.
At the server level, a key consideration with data is how it’s transferred between processors and how it’s stored. Are some types of data best shunted to and stored in rotating media or solid state media? Today, server architects are blending the two for optimal performance and cost reasons and this greatly influences system design.
At the SoC level within servers, lies another set of data-driven design challenges, many of these entwined with the intimate relationship of the processor to cache memory.
Here, the movement of data between chip and caches can be 50-75% of energy consumed in many systems. Architects need to understand how to amortize that and to manage their design around that fundamental cost.
As we follow the data, we start to reconsider the traditional approaches to designing systems at all these levels and understand more clearly what works and what might not in the years ahead.
The MPU’s evolving role
Consider the role of the microprocessor. The microprocessor and cache memory have always been excellent at handling unknown and myriad applications. (Cache, in a sense, helps the system guess better what it needs to do next). Today, however, we design more and more around known types of data (video, audio, etc.), and this traditional approach—so effective for managing different kinds of software—can be suboptimal.
We now care a lot about the data-intensive tasks where we have some significant opportunities to really handle data in a better, more structured way. One of those ways can be dedicated logic. Here, the energy efficiency—the MOPS/mW—can be as much as a thousand times better than doing the same computation on a general-purpose CPU.
This is appropriate for a finite set of applications, in which little data is being managed because accessing the data—fetching and decoding—is costly from an energy standpoint. Performing data-intensive computation in dedicated logic, you might find that you are spending all your energy doing the same memory accesses that you would do in all these other kinds of processors and you’d lose the advantage.
So, contemporary SoC design has responded to challenges in three broad ways:
Now, add to this the rise of data plane processing, which allows architects to select or describe the key attributes—the instruction set, the interface of the processor—and at a high level use a processor generator which creates the complete hardware design and creates the complete software development environment, compilers, debuggers, simulators, RTOS ports, everything needed to instantiate and program so you can generate any set of processors you need.
This puts enormous flexibility into the hands of designers and architects and is all about driving data-centric processing.
Follow the data
To sum up, we see that real systems are deep pipelines of computation from sensor to cloud, so we really need a system view of the energy, the computation, and the application driving them.
This informs how we will continue to architect our electronic systems—from devices to servers and beyond—in the coming months and years.
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