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Starting System Repairs In Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville Muffler and Brakes can absolutely repair your starter issue. This work would be a breath of fresh air from the crazy electrical problems, check engine light problems, engine replacements and the other crazy stuff that we see every day. Seriously though cars and trucks are absoulutely no fun if they won't start. We repair electrical problems every day. Hendersonville Muffler and Brakes is really the only repair shop in Hendersonville, Tennessee that actually ADVERTISES to repair automotive electrical problems in Hendersonville.
First and foremost if your starter isn't working you need to make sure that the battery and battery cables are connected correctly and are in good physical shape. Sad as it is in a survey a few years ago less than 15% of all of the technicians that were polled in a survey knew how to properly diagnose a battery cable which was 30% corroded internally. Bad battery cables and corroded battery terminals cause the starter to not get enough voltage because the battery never gets properly charged in the first place.
Then there is the issue that cars and trucks today commonly last for 20 years or more and commonly achieve 200 -300,000 miles. Sometimes after starting the car a few thousand times the starter just dies. many shops jump on this and replace the starter at the first sign of problems. the new starter typically takes less energy to start the vehicle so a new starter may cure the car or truck... for a while. Starter replacement is one of the largest cause of tow-ins. The starting system looks so simple. The problem is that electricity cannot be SEEN with the human eye. I have watched technicians at the dealership who worked there for years and never really knew how to properly test the entire charging/ starting system. The technicians at Hendersonville Muffler and Brakes can properly diagnose your entire starting/ charging system is less than 30 minutes and tell you exactly what is wrong with your vehicle. over 1/2 of the cars and trucks towed in for a no-start condition are actually cured for this price with no further parts needed. Give Hendersonville Muffler and Brakes a call when your starter is not working. You will be glad that you did.


Immigration officials doubled down Tuesday on their assertion that a mother arrested in the Mississippi raids earlier this month is not breastfeeding.
The family and attorney of Maria Domingo-Garcia dispute ICE’s contention and maintain she is still suffering from the pain of being separated from her breastfeeding daughter. Previously, authorities said Domingo-Garcia was asked during processing if she was breastfeeding and she replied that she was not. Her attorneys have repeatedly said she was never asked the question but that she told authorities she had a 4-month-old.
On Tuesday, Bryan Cox, a spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said immigration officials did not learn of Domingo-Garcia’s claim she was breastfeeding an infant daughter until they read it in a news report about a week after she was detained in the raids that yielded the arrests of 680 undocumented immigrants.
A nurse practitioner later examined the woman, Cox said, and determined she was not lactating.
Domingo-Garcia was breastfeeding her daughter to put her to sleep every night, up until she was detained August 7, her attorney, Ray Ybarra Maldonado, told CNN.
It was not clear whether the mother could have stopped lactating while detained, as experts say the time period depends on several variables, including how long a woman has been breastfeeding, how frequently she breastfeed, how often she uses formula, stress, lack of sleep, medications the mother is taking and other health factors. The weaning process typically takes several weeks, and in extreme cases, up to six months, experts say.
Ybarra Maldonado said neither he nor any lawyer from his firm was present for the medical exam ICE says it conducted. The first he learned of it was when CNN called seeking comment. ICE never reached out to him before releasing the result of the exam, he said.
“I don’t know why they’re going through great lengths to say she’s a liar instead of releasing her,” the lawyer said. “If during a test she didn’t produce milk, perhaps it’s because she’s been detained for twelve days and going through a horrible situation.”
Details of exam unclear
CNN requested details of the exact day the ICE nurse saw Domingo-Garcia and how the lactation exam was conducted, but Cox did not immediately provide the information, saying only the exam was conducted this week. He did, however, address Domingo-Garcia’s claims that his agency is being dishonest.
“I’m aware her attorney responded yesterday by simply accusing this agency of lying,” Cox wrote in a Tuesday email, “which is absurd as nearly half of the persons arrested were released within 24 hours and (32) persons were not even processed due to the identification of significant humanitarian concerns.”
“Any suggestion that ICE does not give significant consideration to humanitarian factors when making arrest and custody determinations would be a patently false claim.”
Detainees undergo medical, dental and mental health screening within 12 hours of their arrival at a detention facility, ICE says, and it was during this period that Domingo-Garcia allegedly said she was not breastfeeding. She also said her youngest child was 3, Cox said in an email.
“Pursuant to subsequent media reports that falsely alleged Ms. Domingo-Garcia was being detained despite being a nursing mother, an ICE Health Services Corps nurse practitioner conducted an additional medical examination of Ms. Domingo-Garcia, which verified she is not lactating.”
Father struggling, reverend says
Domingo-Garcia, who was born in Mexico and has lived in the United States for 11 years, is being held at a facility in Jena, Louisiana, nearly 200 miles from the Morton, Mississippi, food processing plant where she was detained.
Her lawyers and her husband have been calling for her release on the grounds that she is still breastfeeding.
When a woman is breastfeeding, experts say, her body continues to produce milk that needs to be expressed or it can cause pain and swelling.
The Rev. Roberto Mena of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Forest, Mississippi, who has been working with the family, told CNN on Tuesday that within the first couple of days of detention, Domingo-Garcia asked authorities to deliver her breast milk to her baby, which they rejected.
In a video posted online by The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, Domingo-Garcia’s husband tried to bottle-feed a crying infant as he explained that he has friends in the area but no family to help care for the children.
He has been trying to take the kids’ minds off the situation, he told the newspaper.
“They go to the park and relax so they will not feel the absence of the mom,” Mena said, interpreting for the father. “He has another boy who also goes to school, so every time he comes from school he asks, ‘What is the situation of the mom?'”
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Mena said the father works as a gardener, and church members take care of the kids while he’s working.
‘I want my mom back home’
Attorneys Ybarra Maldonado and Juliana Manzanarez say the mother is devastated and insist that she was never asked if she was breastfeeding.
“ICE is, once again, lying,” Ybarra Maldonado said Monday. “She said nobody’s asked her — not even one time — if she’s been breastfeeding. … Can you imagine having a 4-month-old baby and being ripped away from that baby, unsure of who is taking care of her?”
Manzanarez added Domingo-Garcia told her that detention center staff asked her only if she had a 4-month-old daughter, to which she replied “yes.”
Domingo-Garcia also has two sons, 3 and 11, who are American citizens, the attorneys said.
The 3-year-old doesn’t really understand what’s happening but knows his mother isn’t there, while the 11-year-old knows and understands why his mother is gone, Manzanarez said.
“He’s like, ‘I want my mom back home. I don’t understand why they’re keeping here,’ and, ‘She didn’t do anything wrong. We need her here,'” Manzanarez said.
Manzanarez visited Domingo-Garcia on Saturday and says the mother is feeling the effects of having to suddenly stop breastfeeding.
“She is still really depressed. She is in a lot of pain because of not being able to pump or breastfeed,” Manzanarez said.


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The prostate gland is a part of the male reproductive system that makes seminal fluid. It is also the site of one of the most common cancers, which may metastasize. Unfortunately, the only currently approved treatments for prostate cancer involve invasive surgical removal, radiation, chemotherapy, or ablation (which causes the prostate tissue to die through applying cold gas or ultrasound heat), all of which put the patient at risk of sexual, urinary or bowel dysfunction. This is why doctors usually advise patients to wait till the tumor starts to show symptoms so that they can delay these treatments till it becomes absolutely necessary – a process called active surveillance.
The lack of solid advancement towards prostate cancer treatment has led to the formation of a company called Avenda Health. Supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, Avenda Health solely focuses on treating prostate cancer.
Their treatment uses laser ablation to remove the affected part of the prostate while preserving surrounding structures. Physicians can perform it under local anesthesia and can follow it up by other treatment options if necessary.
Moreover, the company has come up with a way to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make the ablation highly accurate. They did this by collecting cancer imaging and pathological information from many urologists and compiling them into a database for the AI. Information from this database will then be combined with the patient’s clinical history to create a probability map. This becomes a guide for the physician to locate the ablation site while preserving vital structures.
Having received an FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, Avenda Health is now planning to go ahead with clinical trials to determine the treatment’s safety and efficacy. They previously tested the treatment without the AI system at UCLA. Here, they found that MRI imaging was not enough to determine cancer’s margins. Due to this, the tumor could not be completely removed in many patients. This major drawback is the reason that the company has now developed the AI database system. تعليم لعبة البوكر
However, while the UCLA trial demonstrated the flaws of the MRI, it also proved that laser ablation was the future. Patients with a clear biopsy after 12 months of treatment did not develop the tumor again in the 5-year follow-up.
According to the company, the FDA Breakthrough Designation means that once they complete the trials, the FDA will grant them priority review. كيف تلعب لعبة البوكر This will help Avenda Health quickly bring its treatment to the market for commercial use. ويليام هيل

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Welcome to the 2023 Spring/Summer Girls Softball League
All games are recreation based and there are no standings or games scores recorded.
This league is about fun and fundamentals! A blind draw single elimination tournament will be held at the conclusion of the season.
Good luck and have fun!
Please remember: Good Sportsmanship depends on all of us!
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|Kentucky #81541 Henkle||0||0||0.000|
|Oklahoma St. #81538 Hennessey||0||0||0.000|
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Food-for-health Challenge aims to boost NZ exports
1 April 2014
Science & Innovation Minister Steven Joyce announced today that Plant & Food Research is one of five organisations chosen to lead the new High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge.
Plant & Food Research will be teaming up with the University of Auckland, Massey University, the University of Otago and AgResearch in the new research initiative, which aims to develop new food products with validated health benefits.
The task for the scientists from the five institutions is to produce, with other collaborators, cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research to help New Zealand companies take advantage of global demand for foods with health benefits. This ten year challenge is approved with $30.6 million subject to finalisation of contract conditions. A review at the end of five years means another $53.2 million becomes available for a second five-year period. Total funding for the High-Value Nutrition Challenge is up to $180.8 million over ten years.
"Understanding consumers’ perceptions in the foods-for-health space and then developing new products that meet this need will provide the New Zealand food industry a significant edge on the international market,” says Dr Jocelyn Eason, GM Science Food Innovation at Plant & Food Research. “Developing an in-depth understanding of how food can support human health, then using this knowledge to develop new products that consumers, both domestically and internationally, wish to buy, will form the basis of a strong New Zealand food industry, as well as a society with less need for medical intervention for many diet-related illnesses.”
“The Government has clearly signalled the science challenges must involve cutting-edge clinical, food and consumer science research that takes us in a new direction and we will be focused on exactly that,” says Professor David Cameron-Smith, Chair in Nutrition at the University of Auckland and Establishment Director for the Challenge. “Food is central to our economy and we are delighted to have been given the opportunity to both enhance health and contribute significantly to this country’s export success.”
Government Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman says it is exciting to see the first of the ten National Science Challenges launched. “The High-Value Nutrition Challenge will stretch the New Zealand research community but the potential for validated nutritional claims of foods to improve public health and to add value to New Zealand’s exports is enormous.”
Bob Major will chair the Board for High-Value Nutrition and will bring his considerable experience in food manufacturing and exporting to ensure the research is market-oriented and makes sense to food exporting businesses. “Being able to scientifically demonstrate tangible health benefits for consumers and have that approved by government food regulators is one of the few ways to add value to New Zealand’s primary products and will provide a competitive advantage to our food marketers so they can leverage into greater market share and margins,” Mr Major says.
The goals of the High-Value Nutrition Challenge are:
To establish a centre of research that is an authoritative voice on food-for-health claims, both nationally and internationally
- Carry out clinically-based, biomedical research to provide new opportunities for the development of new foods that meet current and future consumer-driven health needs
- Assist New Zealand companies in developing foods and beverages that improve health
- Provide the scientific evidence to validate health claims for high-value food products so that New Zealand companies can establish new international markets (while also providing guidelines for the New Zealand public)
- Undertake research informed by Mātauranga Māori and identify opportunities for Maori food producers
- Help preserve the safety of the food supply chain and enable the production of consumer-valued foods-for-health.
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Xtra Miles Needed
When you’re riding, sometimes you have a long-term destination & you can meander your way there with few time constraints aka “Easy Rider”. Other times you have to reach your destination by a certain time so you ride with purpose aka “Steve McQueen in the great escape”. Yesterday we were ridin like “Ghost Rider”, mild mannered then as if we were on fire!
We made it thru 3 states, saw my buddy’s daughter & did a selfie with an Idaho State Patrolman. I think it’s always the better option when you can ask for a picture with the cops instead of the wanting to take a picture of you. Because of traffic delays we were just short of our hoped-for destination when we stopped to find a motel. You guessed it we were Mary & Josephed…No Room @ the INN!
With a phone call we secured a room in the next town which is where we had hoped to get anyway. It was during this segment of the journey that my mind didn’t begin to wonder but just stared in wonder & awe! With the sun setting at our backs the hills came alive in colors. Rich purple’s fading into pink. Brown & Orange hues dancing off of the horizons & a deep red-Orange where the sun hit the ridge-line.
These kinda things happen every day but all to often were already stopped for the night. We too often miss these moments Father has prepared for us because we don’t go the Xtra mile. What seemed to be a bad situation turned into a blessing, as the place we stayed was perfect & by 2 great restaurants. What artistry & gifts do we miss out on when we stick to our feelings & Don’t listen to the voice that’s telling us to ride the Xtra Miles Needed to experience & receive them?
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Making Your Tax Bracket Work
Have you explored all your options when it comes to managing your taxable income?
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Choosing to bear the financial burden of an adverse event is called self-insuring. Do you know what that entails?
Five strategies for managing your student debt.
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Before suffering a devastating knee injury during last year's first round series vs. the Miami Heat, Iman Shumpert established himself as one of the game's best perimeter defenders. Since then, he's been busy growing a hi-top fade that would rival Kid from Kid-N-Play and recording his new mixtape, "Th3 #post90s" under the rapper alias 2wo 1ne. And unlike most NBA players turned rappers, Shump can actually get down on the mic, making our list of the 20 best sports rap references of 2012. We caught up with the New York Knicks guard to talk about his music, his return, Stephen Jackson and more.
Interview by Angel Diaz (@graffnameramo)
You have a new mixtape dropping. Are you excited about it?
I’m actually extremely excited about it. It’s been done for a little while now and we’re just waiting on a date to release it, so I’m happy we finally have a date.
Is this rap thing for fun or are you going to take it serious?
I take it serious, but it’s not like I’m trying to have a career. It’s just something I’m going to continue to do throughout my basketball career. I’ve always done it. It’s for me, it’s not like I’m going to try and actually sell records.
I was going to ask you if your career is going to be more like Kobe or more like Shaq’s?
[Laughs] I wouldn’t compare myself to either of them. I think they both did their thing and my thing is my thing.
You’re just doing it as a hobby?
Is the mixtape all original songs?
I think there are some beats on there that aren’t original, but for the most part everything on there is original.
Explain the name of the mixtape and your rapper alias.
The 2wo 1ne thing is a spin on my No. 21 jersey and also 2wo 1ne represents two people in one. The mixtape is called Th3 #post90s because I was born in ‘90 and I actually miss the ‘90s. I wish I was in my 20s during the ‘90s to really fully live it. I feel like that was a pretty exciting time being from Chicago, seeing Jordan win six rings. That was a time I would love to be older in and now I see myself as a collection of the ‘90s. I sort of got trapped in the ‘90s. The post ‘90s is about somebody who lives a ‘90s lifestyle today.
The 2wo 1ne thing is a spin on my No. 21 jersey and also 2wo 1ne represents two people in one.
That’s how we can explain the hi-top fade then?
Yeah definitely. It’s my dedication to all my favorite players that had it. Most of the ‘90s Knicks wore it at one time or another. I grew mine like Skywalker. A little higher than everyone elses, but I’m just having fun with it. It’s something I wanted to do. It was a hairstyle I’ve never had before. This and dreads, but I don’t think I’m going to have dreads. I’m sticking with the hi-top.
How do you feel about some of these cats biting your hair style?
It’s cool. I like it. I want people to wear it because they like it. If you just wear it just to wear it, it’s pretty shitty, but if you like the fade go and rock it. Make it look good, don’t just have one.

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The name Ford EcoSport should not be taken as a deception. It isn’t fuel-efficient nor sporty, but it is still a subcompact crossover. The EcoSport offers the high seating position and optional all-wheel drive many buyers desire, at a reasonable price. However, that’s also true for almost all its competitors. It’s also slow and cramped, just like smaller cars of the past. The EcoSport has many of the same features as higher-end vehicles, but the EcoSport’s low-rent interior is not worth the cost. You can choose from the Kia Soul or Hyundai Kona for something more elegant with better road manners. The Nissan Kicks is the best option if space is a concern.
What’s new for 2020?
Minor changes to the EcoSport line are made for 2020. The SE trim now includes an 8.0-inch touchscreen. This is an increase from the 6.5 inch last year. FordPass Connect is standard on all trims and includes a WiFi hotspot as well as app connectivity. This allows owners to unlock and lock their vehicle using a smartphone. These features require a subscription, but a 1-year free trial of the app connectivity is available.
Renting fleets should not have to own the Spartan EcoSport S. Upgrade to the SE trim for heated front seats, power driver’s seat and passive entry with push button start. There are rear parking sensors and satellite radio. The touchscreen infotainment system supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. An all-wheel drive option is available for $1500. It also replaces the turbocharged three-cylinder engine with a four-cylinder. Both engines are extremely slow so upgrading is only recommended if you absolutely require all-wheel drive.
Transmission, Engine, and Performance
The EcoSport has both the standard turbocharged three-cylinder engine of 123 horsepower and the optional four-cylinder of 166 horsepower. It is not fast. Both engines share a dutiful six-speed automatic transmission and–surprisingly–can tow more than most rivals. We’ve tested these powertrains and found that straight-line acceleration isn’t a strength. Both engines were still responsive at highway speeds and stopped lights. With the four-cylinder engine, Ford can tow 2000 pounds. The Ford can tow up to 2000 pounds with the four-cylinder engine. Even the three-cylinder version can tow as much as 1400lbs.
The EcoSport is a flawed vehicle, but it has redeeming qualities that can even be considered fun. It drives better at slower speeds, to be precise. Although the Ford was agile and responsive when navigating busy streets, its sluggish steering and noisy ride made it less enjoyable. Although the ride isn’t able to isolate the cabin from rough surfaces the softly spring suspension of our Titanium test car effectively protected occupants from this harsh environment. Unfortunately, the top-heavy demeanor and spongy shocks led to unruly body movements. These effects were magnified at higher speeds. Although the brake pedal of our front-drive Titanium model did not feel firm, it gave consistent feedback.
Fuel Economy and Real World MPG
EcoSport’s “Eco” is not for those who are looking for economics. Neither one of the available engines is inefficient. They just lag behind their competition in terms of EPA estimates and real world highway fuel economy. Surprisingly the four-cylinder engine performed better in real-world testing than the three-cylinder. The four-cylinder achieved 30 mpg while the three-cylinder produced 28. Both were not as efficient as the Hyundai Kona and the Nissan Rogue Sport, however.
Interior, Comfort, & Cargo
The EcoSport interior is functional rather than fashionable. This can be appreciated on the lower-priced models. The cabin quality on the top trims, which cost almost $30,000., is disappointing. There is plenty of space for passengers in the front, but not enough back. The Ford’s tiny interior is a disappointment compared to the spacious cabins of the Kona or the Kia Soul. The rubbery leather-wrapped steering column felt rubbery and the majority of the plastic surfaces felt hollow and hard. The SES model adds a touch of luxury to the interior with leather-and-cloth seating and copper-colored trim pieces.
The EcoSport is small but offers plenty of storage and cargo space. The majority of test results were average. However, the Ford proved to be a handy, compact travel companion with a few useful tricks. Although it was smaller than the Rogue Sport or the Honda HR-V, it had a greater capacity than other comparable competitors. Although the EcoSport offers a variety of storage options, none are particularly large. To create a climate-controlled area, a sealable vent is located in the glovebox. It connects to the vehicle’s Air Conditioner.
Infotainment & Connectivity
There are two levels of EcoSport infotainment. The top version is based on Ford’s user friendly Sync 3 system. The touchscreen is 8.0 inches and features Android Auto interfaces and Apple CarPlay. The base models come with a basic display that supports Bluetooth, but does not support any other smartphone integration.


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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Trailing far behind Democrat Bill Foster, longtime Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert has conceded the race in the 11th District.
"It has been a long and hard-fought race, but tonight the voters have spoken. I have called Bill Foster and congratulated him on his victory," Biggert said in a statement Tuesday night. "Representing the people of this area has been the great honor of my lifetime. I can never thank them enough for their kindnesses towards me, their generosity with their ideas, their patience when we don't see eye-to-eye, and their deep love of community and country."
With 99 percent of the vote counted, Foster was leading Biggert 58 percent to 42 percent.
In his victory speech, Foster thanked Biggert for her long service to the people in her district.
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"Despite everything that gets said on the campaign trail, Congresswoman Biggert has always demonstrated a real commitment to public service," Foster said.
Biggert, 75, has been in Congress since 1999. She's served in the 13th District since then, but when the congressional districts were redrawn last year, she was moved into the new 11th District, which was drawn to favor a Democratic candidate.
Foster, a scientist from Naperville, served one term in Congress in the state's 14th District, but was defeated in his 2010 re-election bid by Republican Randy Hultgren.
After the new congressional map for Illinois was drawn up last year, Foster set his sights on Biggert.
Biggert said it was a tough race from the beginning, especially since the district was redrawn last year to favor a Democrat.
"This has always been an uphill battle, but we just gave it our all," she said. "The district was cut into six pieces, and I just … couldn't see how it could be so over-the-top to really cut up all the districts so much, or make them so different. This was a D-plus, what we call a D-plus district. I knew it was going to be tough, but I thought I had to take a chance."
Although their race perhaps did not get as much attention as the contest between Republican Joe Walsh and Democrat Tammy Duckworth in the 8th District, the battle between Foster and Biggert was seen as one of the most crucial for determining which party would control the House.
The race has generated nearly $8.7 million in outside spending.
And as proof of just how high the stakes are in this race, former president Bill Clinton, who's been used as a "big gun" to drum up support for President Obama, recorded a last-minute "robocall" over the weekend, urging voters to support Bill Foster.
Both Biggert and Foster also have accused the other of unfair attacks during the race.
Biggert has run ads slamming how Foster has run his private business – specifically criticizing the company's layoffs during the recession. Meantime, Foster has run ads hammering Biggert's votes in Congress to raise her own pay, and accusing her of backing a "voucher" plan for Medicare and voting to privatize Social Security.
As the race ended Tuesday night, both candidates bemoaned the partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill, and the increasing role that outside money has played in elections.
"Our Democracy simply cannot survive in a world where 30-second attack ads – backed by unlimited money from unknown sources – are the only currency of political debate, instead of the thoughtful and quantitative debate on the important issues that our country faces, that our country's future demands," Foster said.
"Our country has faced so many challenges, and the only way that they will be met is by reaching across party lines – setting aside the differences, and caring more about the solutions than the soundbites or the next election," Biggert said.
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My week began with Pat coming home from hospital and me looking forward to having her with me and being able to look after her, not to mention no need for the daily journey up to London. After a traumatic weekend, I decided our little dog, Tuppence, needed to go away for a couple of weeks, so I set that up and sent her to a company called Barking Mad. We’ve used them before and have been quite happy with the way in which they operate. So, just me and Pat and some caring time.
I have also been able to get some time in with my WIP, having come to another decision to change the opening sequence. I’m taking a leaf out of one of Mark Billingham’s crime novels and beginning the story with a violent scene during which no character names are mentioned. The link, if you want to read the short prologue is at https://www.michaelparkerbooks.com/marcus-blake-prologue. Naturally it means a few more changes to the plot sequence, but that’s the life of a writer I suppose.
Another decision taken was to begin Mark Dawson’s ads for authors course again. Mark released his latest version which, as a paid up member of his SPF group, entitles me to all the updates. This means I’m getting it for free. So it’s a case of knuckling down and start again. I’m really looking ahead to July when Stuart Bache will be redesigning the book jacket for my political thriller, The Boy from Berlin. I need to have my head right for this because I have to spend money on promoting the book, and the only successful way is to use the big guns like Facebook, Amazon and BookBub. I tried a couple of small promotions last month, about $30 a shot, but achieved just one sale for the book. When I think back to the beginning of the year, I told myself that my latest book would be published by the end of March, and here I am in June still nowhere near finishing the damn thing. I know I have a reasonable excuse, but I don’t want to use Pat’s illness as an excuse. So, thinking of next month, new book jacket, new marketing campaign to follow and getting stuck into my WIP, maybe, just maybe I’ll see an upward projection in my book sales.
The photo I have inserted at the beginning of this post is an unusual ‘bouquet’ made by our grand-daughter, Gemma. She came over to see her Nan with our great-grandson Orin, yesterday. She’s a clever girl, our Gemma: has her own business too. We’re really proud of her. Perhaps I should get her to do PR for me, although I don’t think I’d sell many books by being associated with children’s entertainment, craft making and, sometimes, dressing up as a fairy.
One of our Chindi authors, Dan Jones, has come up with a brave project. He will be opening a ‘pop-up’ shop at Draper’s Yard in Chichester. It’s to sell his own books, fiction and non-fiction, and also his wife’s artwork. He has suggested us Chindians use his stall as an outlet for our books. We have been invited to put five of each title with Dan. He’ll display one at a time and top it all up as they sell. He’s going to be swamped with books from the Chindi group, but hopefully the project will not only help us but will also help Dan and his wife enormously. I might even sell some of my books. Wish me luck!


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Fantastic view of sunrise over the clouds seen from airplane window
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Former President Donald Trump fired another warning shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, warning that he “could hurt himself very badly” if he ran in 2024.
The former president issued his warning during an interview with Fox News Digital published Tuesday.
“I don’t know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly,” Trump said. “I think he would be making a mistake, I think the base would not like it — I don’t think it would be good for the party.”
“Any of that stuff is not good — you have other people that possibly will run, I guess. I don’t know if he runs. If he runs, he runs,” he added.
Trump then alluded to exposing some dirt on DeSantis without specifying.
“I would tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering — I know more about him than anybody — other…


Ceremonial Coins added to £45m+ Animate Steelwork
19 September 2023
To mark the progress of Preston's £45m+ Animate leisure complex, two ceremonial coins were added to the construction project's steelwork being built by the Eric Wright Group.
A 50 pence Windrush coin, which celebrates 75 years since HMT Empire Windrush docked in England, and a £5 coin to mark the coronation of King Charles III were installed by the Mayor of Preston, Councillor Yakub Patel.
Cllr Yakub Patel said:
"As we mark the progress of the Animate, we thought it appropriate also to acknowledge significant events during its construction.
"The coins are a simple way of acknowledging what's happened in society and how citizens to royalty have contributed to shaping British culture."
The Animate leisure complex is one of six major projects planned under Preston's Harris Quarter Towns Fund Investment Programme, for which the City was awarded £20.9m from the Government's national Towns Fund initiative in March 2021.
Harris Quarter is a unique area of Preston undergoing a £200m investment programme to transform its historic buildings, sites and public realm into a diverse culture, leisure and employment offering. The £45m+ Animate cinema and leisure complex is due to open in Spring 2025.
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- Mike Costello Quantity Surveyor, Eric Wright Construction
- Matt Friedmann Project Manager, Eric Wright Construction
- Cllr Yakub Patel Mayor of Preston
- Nick Hague Project Director, Maple Grove Developments
Towns Fund - Town Deals
On 27 July 2019, the Prime Minister announced that the Towns Fund would support an initial 101 places across England to develop Town Deal proposals, to drive economic regeneration and deliver long-term economic and productivity growth. See further details of the announcement.
Preston's City Investment Plan is a 15-year vision for Preston, setting out Preston's long-term objectives and strategy to transform the City, targeting resources and aligning public and private sector investments to respond to needs and capitalise on opportunities for positive change.
Harris Quarter Towns Fund Investment Programme
Projects included in Preston's £200 million Harris Quarter Towns Fund Investment Programme are:
- Animate - £45m multi-use entertainment and leisure complex anchored by a state-of-the-art cinema and bowling venue next to Preston Markets
- Educate Preston - The creation of a new Careers and Employment, Information, Advice and Guidance Hub in the Harris Quarter
- Renewal of Harris Quarter Assets - Investment to support the redevelopment of publicly-owned buildings in the Harris Quarter to support new cultural and community uses, including Amounderness House
- Illuminate and Integrate - A project to deliver improved pedestrian and cycleway infrastructure, street lighting and other public realm improvements within the Harris Quarter
- Preston Youth Zone - The development of Preston Youth Zone as a state-of-the-art facility for young people in Preston aged eight to 19
- #HarrisYourPlace - The refurbishment of the Grade I listed Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, enhancing and protecting the building for future generations
- Preston Pop Ups - £1m pop-up programme of events bringing together new temporary event space, artworks and improvements to public realm infrastructure, aimed at boosting visitor activity in the Harris Quarter
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Preston City Council actively applies and prioritises the principles of Community Wealth Building wherever applicable and appropriate. Community Wealth Building is an approach which aims to ensure the economic system builds wealth and prosperity for everyone. For more information visit Preston City Council - community wealth building.


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Establishment of a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry in Vietnam: Rationale and Methodology
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Background: In lower- and middle-income countries across Asia there has been a rapid expansion and uptake of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, there has been limited routine collection of related data, particularly around quality, safety and cost. The aim of this study was to assess the viability of implementing routine collection of PCI data in a registry at a leading hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Method: A Vietnamese data collection form and collection strategy were developed in collaboration with the Vietnam National Heart Institute. Information on patient characteristics, treatments, and outcomes was collected through direct interviews using a standardised form and medical record abstraction, while PCI data was read and coded into paper forms by interventional cardiologists. Viability of the registry was determined by four main factors: 1) being able to collect a representative sample; 2) quality of data obtained; 3) costs and time taken for data collection by hospital staff; and 4) level of support from key stakeholders in the institute.
Results: Between September 2017 and May 2018, 1,022 patients undergoing PCI were recruited from a total of 1,041 procedures conducted during that time frame. The estimated mean time to collect information from patients before discharge was 60 minutes. Of the collected data fields, 98% were successfully completed. Most hospital staff surveyed indicated support for the continuation of the activity following the implementation of the pilot study.
Conclusions: The proposed methodology for establishing a PCI registry in a large hospital in Vietnam produced high quality data and was considered worthwhile by hospital staff. The model has the potential opportunity for replication in other cardiac catheterisation sites, leading to a national PCI registry in Vietnam.
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Meet Eric Lupher
Dancing with Anchors 2022 Contestant
Eric joined the Denver7 team in May 2011, and reports three days a week and anchors the weekend morning newscast. Prior to joining Denver7, Eric worked for a tv station in Reno, Nevada, during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. With candidates from both sides targeting Reno during their run, Eric interviewed Bill and Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama before he was elected. After his time in Reno, Eric was lucky enough to make it back to his home state of Colorado working first in Colorado Springs (where he took first place in another dancing event, “Dancing with Colorado’s Stars”) and then received the call to work for Denver7. Now, Eric is bringing his dance skills to the Anchor Center for Blind Children by participating in the “2022 Dancing with the Anchors” fundraising event.
Meet Eric's Dance Partner
Nicki has been affiliated with Arthur Murray since 2009. She joined the Colorado team in 2014. Prior to teaching with Arthur Murray she danced with the BYU dance team where her passion for ballroom dance was ignited. She loves both the social and competitive aspects of ballroom dance and in particular within Arthur Murray. Her joy of teaching comes from how dancing influences and changes the student’s day to be filled with more positive energy and happiness. Nicki is our Castle Rock student counselor in charge of planning all of our students’, beginning through advanced, programs and schedules.
I couldn't turn down a chance to put on my dancing shoes again. I have always been a performer. I was in musicals in high school and college. To make this even sweeter, I am dancing for an incredible cause"Eric


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Early Season Soil Moisture Status in Central Nebraska - UNL CropWatch, May 10, 2013
Figure 1. Soil moisture deficits in the top 1, 2, 3, and 4 feet of soil in samples taken in central Nebraska in early April, near the normal start to the growing season. At the time these samples were taken Field 1 would have required only 1 inch of water to reach field capacity in the top 2 feet, but would have needed 4 inches of moisture to reach field capacity in the top 4 feet. Field 16, on the other hand, would have needed almost 4 inches of moisture to reach field capacity in the top two feet and 7.5 inches to reach it in the top 4 feet. Early season soil moisture measurements can be used as a baseline on which to add precipitation and irrigation to estimate current soil moisture.
May 10, 2013
The effects of the 2012 drought, which affected more than half of the U.S., continue into this planting season. Usually we enter spring with a near-full to full soil profile; however, that is not the norm this spring. I have written articles about the importance of soil sampling for residual nitrate-nitrogen and surface samples for other nutrients needed to raise a crop, but I have never sampled for soil moisture.
In early April I did just that, randomly sampling 18 fields in several counties of central Nebraska. Most of the fields were center-pivot irrigated and had been previously planted to corn or soybeans. Fields No. 3, 6, and 18 were dryland. Moisture status was detected by calculations based on the difference in wet and dry weight of the samples collected by the use of a Giddings soil probe. At each site four replicated samples were taken to a four-foot depth and divided into one-foot increments, from which the moisture status was determined. Soil moisture deficits — the amount of water needed to reach field capcity — from each of the fields are shown in Figure 1.
Cumulative deficits varied from field to field, but had one thing in common, they increased the deeper the sample. Deficit values are affected by several factors, including previous irrigation practices, tillage, and off-season precipitation. Table 1 represents the averages and ranges of each sampling depth calculated from all the fields sampled.
|Table 1. Average soil moisture deficits and minimum and maximum deficits in the top 4 feet of soil from 15 irrigated fields sampled in central Nebraska.|
|Average Deficit (in.)||Min. Deficit (in.)||Max. Deficit (in.)|
These samples were taken only to a depth of 4 feet, and deficits would likely have been higher below that depth. Crops such as alfalfa and wheat have longer roots and often can access water below 4 feet.
Deficit reductions can only come from adding water to the soil profile, either through irrigation or rain. April rains in central Nebraska ranged from less than 1 inch to more than 6 inches and would be a factor in current soil moisture levels.
We have no control over Mother Nature but we do have control over how we choose to irrigate to help replenish moisture status of the profile. Research on preseason irrigation has shown that it is an inefficient practice. “So should we irrigate or shouldn’t we?” See the March 22, 2013 CropWatch article, Evaluating the Use of Preseason Irrigation, for recent research addressing this question.
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HILLSBORO, Ore. — McLoughlin High School's Aysia Quigg battled here Saturday in Oregon State Athletic Association North Regional Girls Wrestling action.
Quigg, wrestling in the 140 division, took home sixth place for the Pioneers.
Quigg drew a bye to open her day. To advance to the 140 quarterfinals, Quigg pinned Havlyn Ehrich of Canby in 1:19. In her quarterfinal match, Quigg pinned Warrenton's Marlie Annat in 3:51 to earn a spot in the 140 semifinals.
Quigg battled into the second round against Vale's Tyler Richardson. Richardson seized an opportunity and pinned Quigg in 2:37 dropping Quigg into the consolation round.
In her fourth match of the day, first consolation round, Ontario's Maria Diaz prevailed by fall in 4:03.
Quigg then battled for fifth place, meeting Ehrich for the second time of the day. This time it was all Ehrich as she avenged the earlier loss to Quigg by pinning Quigg in the first round.
Quigg takes home an individual sixth place.


Bahagian K-Ekonomi Jabatan Ketua Menteri Melaka, a unit to promote Knowledge Based activity especially in ICT fields now planned to launch a cashless medium within Melaka. I heard they are trying to deploy it at Melaka State owned tourism products. The system is MEPSCASH platform. As you all undestand a MEPS system is used on your bank card. They will launch it on 4 November 2011 (Friday) at MITC. So we will check it out…
Last Saturday, 25 rally car racing in the dirt at Pengkalan Balak, Tanjung Bidara located in Alor Gajah District of Melaka. The well known Malaysia rally driver, Karamjit Singh won. Melaka Stage is the third round of the Malaysian Rally Championship 2011.
Maybe Karamjit is in there…
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While Space travel and tourism is still virgin, Virgin Galactic will be the first to enter it. The world spaceport called “Spaceport America” is now open. It is not like a normal airport that manage by the government. So you can’t expect the spaceship will landed here in KLIA…The ship only can dock at its spaceport in the New Mexico desert…
You must go there to get the tickets. If I’m not mistaken when reading it, ticket price is RM660,000 per seat. Whoa! But the company already sold 430 tickets..There are many rich people on earth we don’t know. I’m remembering the ship ticket in 2012 movie, 1 billion euro…hahah..
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Asam Pedas Melaka, pic from surianee flickr..
In many places around the world, it is common to connect or associated food with specific places like village,county or state. When the local menu is so attached to it’s birth place or place of origin, people will talk about the menu plus the place of origin even though it is cooked elsewhere. International Example can be the famous Kentucky Fried Chicken. You can read about the fried chicken is from place named Kentucky in USA.
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United Nation (UN), under United Nations World Travel Organisation (UNWTO) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) acknowledge Malaysia through open letter to Prime Minister.
The recognition is because of the Malaysian head of government effort on promoting travel and tourism industries in the country.
Read the news on Malay Mail:
Malaysian tourism receives UN recognition
Submitted by shaza on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
T.K. LETCHUMY TAMBOO
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 12:44:00
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has received an open letter from the United Nations World Travel Organisation (UNWTO) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as an acknowledgement of the relevance of travel and tourism in today’s world.
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The Musuem Cafe at Jonker Street Melaka..
In any part of the world, place with many old and historical building, there will be a desire to turn the builing into a museum. But museum usually manage by the government and it is not really a profit oriented industry.
So if the owner have the love for historical thingy and want to make a profit out of it, one of the way is to turn it into a restaurant. Dining in a restaurant is interesting, you got both – repletion for stomach and historical fact for the brain. When both got full, you just have to head home for a good soundly sleep.
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Brilliant study of the effects of colonialism on the physical, mental, and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians, and their efforts to decolonize through healing and remembering.
Brilliantly elucidating and weaving together the forces of indigenous sovereignty, colonialism, and personal health, Potent Mana offers a uniquely holistic and intimate portrait of the long-term effects of colonialism on an indigenous people. , the kānaka maoli (Native Hawaiians). An ethnographic exploration based on fifteen months of research, the book moves the conversation on the dangerous effects of colonialism forward by exploring the theories and practices of Native Hawaiians engaged in decolonization. Decades of substance abuse, mental illness, depression, language loss, and the concomitant dispossession from sacred lands have accompanied colonialism. Consequently, healing, both mental and physical, are essential to decolonization and indigenous sovereignty in twenty-first century Hawai'i. Native Hawaiian-run treatment centers and clinics more than political rallies are centers for healing and decolonization on O'ahu today. The effects of colonialism and the measures taken to counter and move beyond it, as Wende Marshall convincingly argues, do not take place solely on a supralocal level but shatteringly involve the physical and emotional well-being of real individuals. Becoming decolonized is about overcoming the shame of colonialism, and requires a process of remembering the traditions of ancestors and reinterpreting and rewriting histories that have only been told from a colonial point of view. Decolonization is an indigenous perspective, and an understanding that health was impossible without political power and cultural integrity.
Wende Elizabeth Marshall is an anthropologist working on issues of race, colonialism, science, and medicine.

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The Crowns of Croswald (Ivy Lovely, #1) blurb:
In Croswald, the only one thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret…
For sixteen years Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from magical. When Ivy crosses the border, her powers awaken. Curiosity leads her crashing through a series of adventures at the Halls of Ivy, a school where students learn to master their magical blood and the power of Croswald’s mysterious gems.
When Ivy’s magic – and her life – is threatened by the Dark Queen, she scrambles to unearth her history and save Croswald before the truth is swept away forever.
I really enjoyed this! However, I did kind of struggle to understand what was happening at the start of the book. My advice is to persevere – it all makes sense in the end!
The story follows Ivy Lovely who has one friend (a dwarf), and is the lowest of the low at Plum Castle, sleeping on the stone floor in a pantry and fighting the kitchen cats for scraps of food. Ivy wishes she was magical like the castle’s scrivenist (a person with magic in their blood that uses said magic through enchanted quills, but is also kind of like a professor – always researching and studying), and on the day of her 16th birthday, everything she has ever known changes forever. Ivy is propelled into a new world as a scrivenist, but she struggles to fit in here as well. Even with everything she ever wanted, it doesn’t quite fit what she expected.
Now, as you read this, you might think it’s a bit like Harry Potter reimagined as a 16 year old girl. And there are absolutely some similarities:
- orphan treated badly with unknown magical abilities
- magical world (about to launch into war with dark enemy)
- magical school (in which they constantly get into a lot of trouble)
- a prophecy
- a super smart best friend
- a strange, aloof head of school
But it’s a different feel when you read it, and somewhere along the way you stop comparing them, and start enjoying it in its own right.
In terms of world building, this book is entirely high fantasy – there is absolutely none of our world in this (HP is urban fantasy). Ivy knows about magic her whole life, but she lives in a county that farms slurry (which dulls magical abilities), so it’s not until she leaves the county that she becomes aware of her own abilities. The world in itself is magic personified. There is absolutely no modern marvels such as electricity. Lights are either candles or pixie like fairies whose hair glows and are kept in lanterns. And the creatures! I love them so much! Dragons who cook food, and porcupines that give you practice quills, and all the others! I want to go here!
One of the things I love most is how even in the magical community, there are two types of abilities. You could be royalty, and use magic through a crystal or gem in your crown; or you can be a scrivenist, and use magic through your quill. I also love the idea of the yearly books you use to write or study, and the personal file that stays in the headmaster’s office.
In terms of characters, Ivy is sweet and a total oddity compared to everyone else. She remembers things she’s supposed to have forgotten, and magic doesn’t quite work for her the way it is supposed to. She’s poor the entire way through the book (and has to scrimp to get the worst of the school supplies), but she’s so refreshingly honest and loyal, it makes her endearing, even when she does something stupid.
Rebecca and Fyn are also great (although I think Fyn is still hiding a secret). And the secret behind Derwin Edgar Night – it’s so great!
Overall this book gave me everything I ever wanted in a book and didn’t know it. I can’t wait for more of Ivy’s adventures! I think it’s technically young adult, but I’d give it to a middle-grade reader too.
NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

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An independent country
Referendum not needed to achieve independence, says Joanna Cherry MP
Scotland could become an independent country without holding a second referendum.
Speaking at a fringe event at the SNP conference, Ms Cherry said: "Our aim is to make Scotland an independent country, but I would remind you that Scotland voted against that in 2014.”
She continued: “There has to be a democratic event, and I choose those words wisely.
“It doesn’t have to necessarily be a referendum, it could be something else, It could be a general election, but there has to be a democratic event.”
She added “We have to see how things develop, but it seems to me that the idea of a second vote on the EU is building up a head of steam, and that can be used to our advantage, it’s in our interests to keep the whole of the UK in the single market and the customs union.
“The chances of a general election could be used to our advantage because I think we would have a good chance of getting the Tories out of office. Labour will probably not win with an outright majority but they might be looking to a large - and a larger number than at present - of SNP MPs for support.
“We would ask for a high price for support, Stewart McDonald our defence spokesman is talking about getting rid of Trident, I’ve talked about saying a section 30 order would be the price of our support.”

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A'KIN Colour Protect Shampoo 500ml
Protect and enhance the colour of your colour treated hair with this gentle shampoo, enriched with Quinoa shown to help reduce colour fade. ProVitamin B5 & natural Arginine work to strengthen and repair damage caused by colouring, and help to improve shine and colour radiance.
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Available in 225mL and 500mL sizes.
Hair Type: Colour treated
All A'kin shampoos and conditioners are silicone free.
If using a natural shampoo for the first time your hair will most likely need to go through an adjustment period. This could take up to a month for the build up of ‘nasties’ to be removed and your hair and scalp to start seeing the benefits and natural change for the better. Natural Shampoos tend not to lather so much as conventional products due to the natural cleansers that are used vs. sulphates which created the foaming effect.
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Hearts Are Trumps looks at the camera as he wins well
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Hearts Are Trumps enjoyed a spin around Galway with a decisive victory in the extended two mile handicap hurdle.
From as big as 11/4 in the morning, the 5/4 favourite brought up plenty of bets when coasting home by three lengths.
His big white face was noted making progress to hit the front with three furlongs and two flights to negotiate.
He had Antimatter for company at that obstacle but soon had that rival off the bridle racing off the home turn.
Mark Walsh had plenty of horse under him and the pair were well in charge jumping the last.
Antimatter came in second at 10/1 with Ingleby Mackenzie third at 8/1, beaten eight lengths by the victor.
Trainer Des McDonogh said: “I think he's a good horse.
“We were looking forward to running him at Navan on a big galloping track but it was the right thing to pull him out there on the quick ground. It's lovely ground out there today.
“There are plenty of those type of races coming up but I don't think he's a real winter, deep-ground horse as he's fairly sharp.
“I'd say it wasn't a galloping enough track for him in Ballinrobe last time and although this isn't really a galloping track either, it's more of a staying track.
“He's bred for fences, as he's out of a full-sister to Denman and he's a very good jumper.”
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
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About Mercury Bobcat
Mercury Bobcat, as a subcompact car, was manufactured by Mercury, and it was released in 1974 in Canada and 1975 in US and stopped selling by 1980. Actually, Mercury Bobcat was another version of Ford Pinto. In American market, it was available both in hatchback and wagon. An I4 engine ranging from 1.6 L to 2.3 L and a 2.8 L V6 engine were optional.
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Thank you for reading the news about Saudi Arabia withdraws citizenship of pro-Israel journalist and now with the details
Aden – Yasmine El Tohamy – Abdul Hameed Al-Ghabin confirmed on Twitter that Saudi authorities had deprived him of his citizenship saying he did not know the reason behind the move.
The journalist has previously written for Israeli newspapers and praised right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In August, he wrote a column for the right-wing Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom where he attacked Jordan as an “anti-peace force” and said that Saudi Arabia viewed Israel “as a logical future partner for us”.
He also concluded that Saudi Arabia and Israel “have mutual enemies: Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, and a handful of reckless rulers who remain in power in our region”.
Another controversial statement by Al-Ghabin was that Palestinians should consider Jordan as their future homeland, saying that the kingdom is “essentially already the Palestinian state… 78 percent of historical Palestine”.
Al-Ghabin’s descriptions of Jordan echoed right-wing Israeli rhetoric from the 1980s which said that “Jordan is Palestine”, rejecting withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and Gaza on this basis.
Jordan was briefly included in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1920 but was removed a year later, becoming a separate British-protected emirate and later became an independent kingdom.
In a tweet in November, Al-Ghabin lavished praise on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a constant opponent of Palestinian self-determination. Netanyahu plans to annex one-third of the West Bank if he wins a new term as prime minister.
“Netanyahu, may God keep you and protect you. You were faithful and honest to the state and people of Israel, you were decisive and brave. Israeli society needs a long time to produce someone like you. You deserve to be honoured among great people because you’ve made Israel a country welcome in the Arab region,” Ghabin tweeted.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have increasingly been normalising ties with Israel, despite Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank, siege of Gaza, and persecution of Palestinians. Netanyahu is currently facing corruption charg in Israel.
Five days prior to the removal of his citizenship, the Israeli foreign ministry retweeted a rambling video made by Al-Ghabin in which he spoke of the alleged benefits of normalizing relations with Israel, mentioning Israel’s agricultural technology.
Al-Ghabin said on Twitter that he “respected” the decision of the Saudi government to withdraw his citizenship. In a later tweet on Tuesday he praised Saudi strongman Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “the hope and the light who resists all evils” and attacked the Muslim Brotherhood, calling them “rats” who had “infiltrated” the Saudi kingdom.
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Scotrenewables Tidal Power has informed its SR2000 tidal turbine maintained tidal power generation during North Atlantic storms which battered the Orkney Islands in late fall and early winter.
During this period, the surface floating SR2000 endured wave heights in excess of 7 meters, the Orkney-based developer informed.
The turbine also managed to maintain continuous generation in sea states of over 4 meter significant wave height and maintained 2MW rated power in 2-meter waves – demonstrating the turbine is capable of generating through around 99% of conditions experienced at the Orkney site.
Over the past five months, the SR2000 has generated in excess of 1.2GWh, according to Scotrenewables.
Andrew Scott, Scotrenewables CEO, said: “This is our first winter operating the 2MW unit and we are already fully validating the strong performance and stability of the turbine in really harsh conditions.”
The company has also confirmed that it has only been using low cost vessels for all turbine maintenance and inspections through the period, and has demonstrated service response times of under one hour along with ship-to-turbine crew transfers in up to 2 meter significant wave heights.
Scott added: “Low cost tidal energy is dependent on being able to maintain turbines cost effectively and maximize generator up time.”
Scotrenewables has been testing its SR2000 at EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site since August 2017. The company said the testing would continue through this year.


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Year-to-Date Figures Show Odenton Housing Market Flourishing Even as Seven Oaks Sales Lag
Sales of residential properties in the Odenton community of Seven Oaks were down 40 percent for the first three months of 2016, even while home sales in the rest of Odenton were up sharply.
Figures recently released by RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) show that 18 homes sold in Seven Oaks through March of this year while 30 homes sold during the same period in 2015.
Sales of detached, single family homes in Seven Oaks were down 57 percent from last year, while sales of townhomes, duplexes and condominiums in the community were down 35 percent.
In contrast, in Odenton as a whole, sales were very strong (http://jerryklinerealtor.com/odenton-home-sales-explode-march/). The number of homes sold in Odenton in March (49) rose 53 percent over the same period last year, while the median price of a home sold in Odenton rose 7.6 percent. The average number of days it took to sell an Odenton home in March dropped 10 percent from March 2015, to 70 days.
It’s unclear why home sales in Seven Oaks are not tracking more directly with those of Odenton as a whole. It is one of several popular residential communities surrounding the burgeoning Fort Meade military complex.
RBI data show that availability of Seven Oaks homes is not a problem -- the number of homes actively listed for sale in the community in March 2016 (21) is roughly the same as it was in March 2015 (18). But those homes are not selling as briskly as last year.
Not all news for Seven Oaks home sellers was bad, however. The median price of a home sold in the community so far this year increased 2.3 percent over last year. Also, the amount of time needed to sell a home in Seven Oaks dropped significantly over last year, from 79 days to 41 days.
Jerry Kline is a Realtor with the Odenton, Maryland, office of Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland (1216 Annapolis Rd., Odenton, MD 21113.) For more information on the local real estate market, contact him at (443) 924-7418, or visit his website (www.JerryKlineRealtor.com) or blog (http://jerryklinerealtor.com/about/jerrys-blog/).


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8 cups Mixed Berries – Frozen
7 tbsp Splenda or Sugar
5 tbsp Tapioca Flour
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 cup Rolled Oats – Gluten Free**SEE NOTES
1/2 cup Brown Sugar – Packed
1/4 cup Brown Rice Flour
1/4 cup Tapioca Flour
1/2 cup Butter or Dairy Free alternative
Nutmeg – To taste
Cinnamon – To taste
– Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
– To make berry mixture, microwave your berries until semi-thawed. Mix in all berry ingredients and combine well. Pour into small casserole dish or a 10×10″ square pan.
– To make crumble, add all dry ingredients then cut in margarine with a pastry cutter or a fork, until mixture is crumbly (and tasty!) Spread evenly-ish over berries and put in the oven.
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B.I’s pre-release single for ‘LOVE OR LOVED’ to drop in May
The soloist announced his ‘2022 Global Album Project’ last month.
On April 21, B.I released an exciting teaser video announcing his global album project, titled ‘LOVE OR LOVED [L.O.L]’. At the time, B.I had announced that his ‘2022 Global Album Project’ would include a pre-release single and two separate EPs. As of midnight KST on May 2 (May 1, 8.30 pm IST), we finally have an update on the project!
B.I will be dropping his pre-release single on May 13 at 1 pm KST (9.30 am IST). The singer announced the news via a theatrical new poster emblazoned with the words ‘LOVE OR LOVED PART 1’. The ‘Coming Soon’ poster takes on a movie-esque vibe, showing a figure standing on the edge of a rooftop with his back to the camera, and overlooking a brightly lit cityscape. Check out the poster, below:
Last year, B.I made his debut as a solo artist with the release of his self-written charity single album ‘Midnight Blue (LOVE STREAMING)’, followed by his full length charity studio album ‘WATERFALL’, which went on to be included in Time Magazine’s list of ‘The Best K-Pop Songs and Albums of 2021’. B.I’s most recent musical release was the first part of his self-written second studio album ‘COSMOS’ in November 2021, which topped the iTunes song charts in 15 regions.
Earlier this year, in January 2022, B.I became the first K-pop and Asian act to be featured in the GRAMMYS’ ‘Global Spin’ series, where the singer-songwriter performed his song ‘NINETEEN’ from ‘COSMOS’.


Probably everyone who want to built modern web applications stood once before the choice of the framework, so did i a 2 years back. At the time angular.js became popular and i stood before the decision to either use backbone, ember.js or angular.
What i didn’t like about angular was its very specific HTML attribute syntax. I wanted to write clean HTML not some custom attribute mess.
Luckily i stumbled over Meteor!
At the time Meteor was not quite ready yet and single page apps were not the standard, so it was quite a risk. I went that road and build a Meteor app, which only used its frontend part (mostly minimongo and its templating engine). Sadly this app was never really used by a lot of people, due to a funding stop, but it worked well at all times and could perfectly connect to a LAMPP stack API. Talking from now i can see that it was the best choice ever.
Not only did Meteor evolved to (IMHO) the leading framework when it comes to technology and brilliance of its code base, but its also future save, as its templating engine works already perfectly with the coming standards of Web Components!
Because Angular.js is still the industry standard and many rest on the note that “Google supports it” i want to quote here Rob Eisenberg a former angular.js core developer. Its actually an article about angular.js 2.0 and why change is necessary there, but it showcases very good the problems of the current angular.js (And which is probably also true for other frameworks, like ember.js and backbone):
When AngularJS was first created, almost five years ago, it was not originally intended for developers. It was a tool targeted more at designers who needed to quickly build persistent HTML forms. Over time it has changed to accommodate a variety of scenarios and developers have picked it up and used it to build more and more complex applications. The Angular 1.x team has worked hard over the years to make incremental changes to the design, allowing it to continue to be relevant as the needs of modern web applications have changed. However, there are hard limits on the improvements that can be made, due to assumptions that were made as part of the original design. A number of these limits relate to performance problems resulting from the current binding and templating infrastructure. In order to fix those problems, new strategies are needed.
This is basically the difference between Angular and Meteor. Meteor was built from the ground up as a framework for single page apps, where all components are working together like apple products. Whereas Angular was started as a form builder and grew into what it is today.
Elaborating on the coming web components he states:
When these specifications become available in all major browsers, we are likely to see developer creativity explode as many endeavor to create reusable components to solve common problems or address deficiencies in the standard HTML toolkit (from Databinding With Web Components). It’s already possible today in Chrome and the other browsers have some of these specs implemented and are working on others. The future sounds awesome right? There’s just one problem: most of today’s databinding frameworks aren’t prepared for this. Most frameworks, Angular 1.x included, have a databinding system that works based on the assumption of a small number of known HTML elements with well-known events and behaviors. In order for Angular developers to take advantage of Web Components, a new implementation of databinding is needed.
Looking at Meteor and its brilliant templating engine blaze, it already works fully with native web components and can update their values reactively.
Sure Angular.js 2.0 will fix that, but where will Meteor be at that time? Its quite possible that Meteor will overhaul Angular.js in the coming months. Currently Angular.js has ~33 000 Github Stars, were Meteor has “only” ~21 000.
- joyent/node 33,998 Stars
- angular/angular.js 33,633 Stars
- mbostock/d3 33,059 Stars
- jquery/jquery 32,973 Stars
- h5bp/html5-boilerplate 27,855 Stars
- bartaz/impress.js 22,763 Stars
- meteor/meteor 21,592 Stars
So whats the point of this article?
I just wanted to express my love for Meteor and put it in perspective to the current Angular.js implementation.
To sum up what makes Meteor so awesome:
- The DOM engine Blaze, with its template system Spacebars. It generates clean HTML, uses the simple Handlebars syntax and is fully reactive, which removes the need to spaghetti code.
- Minimongo, a client side query able fully reactive in memory database. It allows to focus on a good data structure and its reactivity makes sure the correct data is represented in all the templates and functions.
- DDP and its publication/subscription model. This makes building API’s a thing of the past, as one just have to publish the right set of documents and Meteor takes care of streaming them to the client when subscribed to.
- Meteor package system, which allows to build isomorphic packages, means packages which can contain client as well as server side code. This packages are also super simple to create and manage.
- Meteor’s commandline tool, which makes developing apps so much faster. You never have to link files or write endless grunt scripts anymore.
You can read about all the Meteor core tools here.
If you are a Angular.js developer I would love to get some feedback on the list of basic toolsets Meteor delivers. What components Angular has that make you excited?


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Who knew tomatoes naturally have genes, or that all living things do? Foes of GMOs got this and more wrong.
Smell your way to healthy hair? Researchers are “not far at all” from taking a discovery from lab to clinic for the treatment of male and female pattern baldness.
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The bacteria in our gut—one’s so-called microbiome—play a huge role in shaping our emotions. The brain in our head is in constant contact with the one in our guts.
Forgetfulness needn't be a harbinger of dementia: Wiping irrelevant facts and memories from our mind readies the brain to remember new and meaningful ones.
A few simple steps can pave the way to consistently refreshing sleep. A tranquil bedroom arranged for the senses, and a consistent routine are the key.
Individuals with autism may be impervious to misleading marketing. Mental differences are often considered weaknesses, but autism may not be entirely a disability.
Perception may be due for a redefinition. Our eyes see, but vision can apparently also hear. Tactile receptors can also taste. We may all have a bit of synesthesia in us.
Locked away inside a silent, dark skull, your brain knows nothing about the physical world except what it constructs from data enter along different cables from various sensors.
Are we engineering our way to extinction? Should we fear machines taking over, or can we solve our way out of this puzzle?
Eggs all in one basket? “Organic food” and its marketing is not all it’s cracked up to be. The firmest fact about organic is the marketing power behind it.
Did the uncanny astronomer see into our future, or did our own wishful thinking make his decades-old quote go viral?
Drugs that modulate cognition work in those who truly need help. While not intended for healthy brains, some continue to rack up glowing testimonials.
Feeling low? New research says: Try a pickle. Gut feelings are more real than you think, and intestinal bugs influence your mood as well as your waistline.
Screens blot out the lived-in world of people and things, increasingly leading to narcissism, reduced empathy, and low self-esteem.
Our response to humanoid robots says more about us than them. Emotional reading comes from within, leading us to project our own feelings onto others, both living and inanimate.
Many would love a pill that restored the hundreds of lost hours due to fatigue and the necessity of sleep.
Watch what the debaters do rather than listening to what they say. The best way to judge people trying to persuade you is with the volume turned off.
Letting someone else sharpen your brain sounds great. Except it doesn't work, and you have to do the work yourself. The good news is that it isn't so hard.
Don’t believe promises of “accelerated learning.” Four proven practices can boost retention and give you peace of mind instead.
Richard E. Cytowic, MD, MFA, professor of neurology at George Washington University, is known for returning synesthesia to mainstream science. Wednesday Is Indigo Blue, with David Eagleman, won the Montaigne Medal.

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Yesterday, the Salvamento Maritimo ended its search for a boat with 22 people who had left from somewhere near AlHoceima. After 2 days of intense search with boat and helicoptres, from Tangier to AlHoceima and Tarifa to Almeria, we fear that the 22 people have lost their lives on sea – another 22 murders by the fortress Europe.
Condolences to the families and rage against the borders.
As a small consolation, a couple of boats have also survived the dangerous journey in the past couple of days.On the 19th, 10 people were saved in the Strait of Gibraltar, and 5 people entered Ceuta by boat.On the 20th, 19 people of North African origin were rescued and brought to Motril, and 19 people of Subsaharian origin bozaed in Almeria. Here are some photos from the rescue:
Yesterday, one person was saved from a floating device, off the coast of Tarifa.
BOZA and welcome to Europe!


“This fall, New Jersey will become the first state in the nation where all public schools are supposed to teach climate change as part of their curriculum, and that’s for all grade levels. The new standards aim to help students understand the causes of climate change and its impacts, but also what students can do to address it”
Public school teachers in New Jersey add climate change to curriculum : NPR
via Real Climate Science
August 29, 2022
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