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Antibodies are large proteins that protect your body from infection. Normally, an antibody’s main job is to bind to things like viruses and bacteria and remove them from the body.
My research involves antibodies which can bind to proteins which are located on the surface of cancer cells with exquisitely high sensitivity and specificity.
By attaching a positron-emitting radioisotope to these antibodies, this allows us to see exactly where the antibodies are travelling to in the body using PET. This can provide crucial information such as the location of any tumours in the body and what sort of treatments will work best.
One important positron-emitting radioisotope which is perfect for this work is zirconium-89 – read on to find out more about this radioisotope and how it is attached to an antibody.
Radiosynthesis of zirconium-89 labelled antibodies
The radiometal zirconium-89 is ideal for producing antibody-based imaging agents that can be tracked with PET. This isotope undergoes radioactive decay with a half-life of 3.3 days which is very compatible with the length of time that antibodies reside within the body. Its radioactive emissions also result in clear and easily quantifiable images.
Unfortunately, we can’t just attach zirconium-89 (Zr-89) straight on to an antibody as it would quickly detach and travel elsewhere in the body – mostly to bones. And so, we first have to modify the antibody with a type of molecule called a ‘chelating agent’ (pronounced kee-lating agent rather than chee-lating agent). This word is of Greek origin and means “claw” – this is an apt description as chelating agents are designed to grip on tightly to metal isotopes without letting go. In the case of zirconium-89, the most commonly used chelating agent is called deferoxamine (DFO). To attach the DFO to an antibody, we use a bifunctional derivative of DFO which contains an isothiocyanate group which reacts with primary amines located on the antibody (typically found on lysine residues), resulting in the formation of a thiourea linkage. At this stage, we can add the zirconium-89 which will then bind tightly to the DFO-modified antibody. During my previous post-doctoral position at Oxford University (advisor: Prof. Bart Cornelissen) we succeeded in miniaturizing this whole process to allow us to work with microgram amounts of antibodies. This is really important as antibodies can be very expensive – especially good ones which bind to newly discovered targets!!
The process by which most 89Zr-labelled antibodies are synthesised

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text: The All Clad 40 - 70% off factory sale starts tomorrow and runs all weekend. If you are within driving distance to the Washington County Fair Grounds outside of Pittsburgh, it is sooo worth it. The factory is here, so they do this twice a year in June and December. The deals are unbelievable and the selection is huge (hence the fair ground venue), but so are the lines. I've met many people from far away. It is not advertised on the All Clad website, but it was in the paper today. Everyone around here just knows about it.

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“A man who fairly dwarfed Benjamin Marshall (1767-1835), Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807), George Stubbs (1724-1806) and John Sartorius (1759-1828), and first showed the world not only how a thoroughbred horse should be drawn, but made the half bred bear his part in the pastoral scenes such as canvas had never known before” so wrote Herring’s obiturist in the Sporting Magazine November 1865, p.323, encapsulating a career painting racehorses, animal, rural, farmyard, and coaching scenes. Such a eulogy shows the enormous popularity and regard which existed for Herring’s works in his lifetime, a widespread popularity achieved as much through engravings of his works as the paintings themselves.
John Frederick Herring Snr was born in London, 12th August 1795, to a family of American Dutch extraction who had probably fled America following the War of Independence. Although he was raised in London, in 1814 he moved to Yorkshire and became a coachman on the Wakefield-Lincoln run, whilst also working as a sign and coach painter, before the generosity of a patron, Mr. Hawkesworth, allowed him to take up painting full-time. Initially, his patrons were Yorkshire landed gentry, including the Hon. Edward Petre of Stapleton Park, for whom he would paint favourite hunters and foxhounds. 1815 saw the commencement of his unsurpassed run of paintings of consecutive St. Leger winners to 1850, in addition he painted eighteen Derby winners. It is primarily for these detailed depictions of racehorses on which his reputation rests.
Having exhibited at the Royal Academy as early as 1818 and then again in 1826 and 1830, in this latter year Herring moved with his family from Doncaster to Newmarket, ‘home of the turf’, as a well-established horse painter. However, 1833 saw Herring return to London to 31 Park Street, Camberwell. Although continuing to paint racehorses, for the rest of his career he explored a wider range of subject matter appealing to a broader market, coaching scenes, farmyards and animal paintings. During these successful decades Herring received commissions from both William IV and Queen Victoria aiding his undoubted commercial success. His competitors clearly included Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA (1802-1873) a friend, as well as David Dalby of York (1794-1836), Harry Hall (fl.1838-1886) and John Ferneley Snr (1782-1860), but in the field of horse painting John Frederick Herring Snr reigned supreme.
Herring spent the last twelve years of his life in Meopham Park near Tonbridge, driven out of Camberwell by the reek of a nearby manure factory. Success and commissions followed him, however rural and farming subjects predominate in his later works.
Herring had a large family of eight children of which John Frederick Jnr (1815-1907), Charles (1828-1856) and Benjamin (1830-1871) were all painters.
His works can be found in museums in: London, Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and the Collection of HM The Queen.

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Saturday night’s game between the host Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park was postponed roughly five hours prior to first pitch due to rain.
No makeup date for the contest was announced. The Braves return to Washington once more this season for a three-game series Aug. 7-9.
Inclement weather on the East Coast also caused the postponement of a game between the Phillies and San Diego Padres in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
The Braves won the opener of the three-game series 8-5 on Friday night.
—Field Level Media

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A few months back, we wrote about the release of the CR-Scan Ferret 3D scanner from 3D printing giant Creality. Now, the company has announced the latest 3D scanner in their portfolio, the upgraded CR-Scan Ferret Pro, which offers a whole slew of new features and advancements over previous models.
Let’s take a look at what the new CR-Scan Ferret Pro has to offer!
Like its predecessor, the CR-Scan Ferret Pro is compact and portable, weighing only 105g making it easy to carry anywhere. Take it to work, or take it to the museum, and you can even take home your favorite sculpture as a special keepsake.
With just one click, you can effortlessly model after scanning without complex scanning knowledge. Novices can quickly get started on scanning tasks and swiftly obtain the desired 3D geometry. With the upgraded Ferret Pro, users can effortlessly generate precise, print-ready 3D models of virtually any object without requiring time-consuming manual creation in complex 3D modeling software.
Featuring an easy-to-use UI, and all-in-one scanning and editing, the CR-Scan Ferret Pro has been designed with usability in mind. It exports as easy to share STL, OBJ and PLY file types and they are compatible in all leading 3D software packages.
The new Ferret Pro comes with a few new upgrades over its predecessor, including 24-bit full-color scanning enabled by its built-in 2MP high-resolution color camera. With this hardware users can capture full-color 3D models, displaying the original colors and bringing every intricate detail to life. In addition, a unique face mapping algorithm allows the capture of detailed features when scanning human faces.
In addition, there is a new anti-shake tracking feature that allows one-shot 3D imaging, creating smooth scans, even with shaky hands, dramatically increasing the scanning success rate.
One of the biggest new upgrades is the inclusion of a WiFi6 wireless bridge. Using the most advanced WiFi6 high-speed wireless network, provides a 3 times faster connection than WiFi5, and meets the transmission bandwidth required for high-precision scanning, making data collection smoother.
At the core of the scanner lies an ASIC chip, that allows scanning even of black or shiny objects without the need to spray a coat on the item being scanned. The higher environmental adaptability of the scanner maintains excellent performance even in sunlight (
Overall. The CR-Scan Ferret allows easy and portable scanning of items of varying sizes and surface finishes on most platforms, including Windows, iOS, Mac and Android.
If you want to scan a human being, then no problem. Scan human beings, sculptures, car parts, all via the handy and easy-to-use software.
The retail price of the CR-Scan Ferret Pro is $449.00, but it is available to super early-birds at discounted price! The super early bird price (16% OFF) is from September 19th to September 29th, and the early bird price (12% OFF) ends on October 9th.


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Growing beans on poles or tomatoes in cages is hardly anything other than normal gardening behavior; but these and other labor and space saving methods are applied to a wide range of crops to increase production and efficiency. Whether the space is small or large, the inclusion of vertical gardening techniques helps to get the most out of garden time and space
Plant supports fit three categories: stakes, cages, or trellises. Staking works well for plants with single stems and fruit close to the stem (like beans or tomatoes kept sucker free). Cages are a good option for multiple plant groupings (squash, cucumbers), multiple stem plants (raspberries, blackberries), or suckering plants (tomatoes) that will be allowed room to grow in all directions. Trellises are helpful for training plants to a two-dimensional space. When considering trellises, don’t think just about tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and squash; these methods work extremely well for fruit as well: apples, peaches or grapes on a trellis are an excellent addition to the menu and make a beautiful screen.
Containerizing plants makes them mobile, or in certain cases, stackable. Two helpful space savers are strawberry planters and window boxes. Strawberry planters are good for strawberries, but great also for herbs. Window boxes can be mounted to a fence in rows one above another and are a good location for small greens, herbs, strawberries, radishes, etc.
Hilling is simply mounding soil around a plant as it grows. Potatoes are particularly benefitted and production increased by this process. To expand on this practice, consider building a framework above ground that will support the hill so that it can go even higher. This can be anything from a wood frame to a bottomless bucket to an old tire. Put the framework in place over the normally planted seed potato and add soil and compost as the plant grows, keeping the growing tips 8-12” above soil. The production will greatly increase in the same square footage. (Check out “Build Your Own Potato Growing Box” on vegetablegardener.com. Mine is similar, but the frame is external and the sides held by gravity instead of screws.) Keep in mind, the extra soil has to come from somewhere: compost pile, excess from other planting projects, the store… To date I have done this with potatoes but not yet with sweet potatoes, although it should work.
Intercropping takes advantage of the sizes and growth habits of various combinations of plants. Plant tomatoes among carrots and the carrots will grow in the mildly shaded area below while the tomatoes grow and produce their fruit above the carrot tops. Squash will grow between double rows of corn in the same manner. Read the book Carrots Love Tomatoes for these and other companion planting ideas. Pairing taller and shorter crops can help to squeeze another row or two into the planting area while possibly benefiting both of the crops.
There are lots of ways to make wise use of space, but you cannot make more space. What have you done to get the most out of your garden?
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Throughout American history, African-Americans have landed on the short end of discrimination. So, as I surfed through the website of the National Black Farmers Association, my attention was immediately captured by a glaring banner stating, “Black Farmers Awarded $1.15 Billion in Settlement.”
For decades, Black farmers dealt with devastating discrimination from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Because of it, many lost their land. It cost them dearly, and it took the government years to admit it. The Senate needs to appropriate the funds for Pigford II, lest the shame grow even deeper.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack admitted in a press conference today, “I did not think before I acted.” It is clear from his press conference that he failed in his treatment of USDA Georgia State Rural Development Director Shirley Sherrod. Unfortunately, Secretary Vilsack has also thrown Black farmers under the bus.

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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Some last-minute holiday decorating tips courtesy of Citi Bike
@melchp spotted this over at the Toyota Children's Learning Garden on East 11th Street near Avenue B. If you decide to decorate with a Citi Bike, then remember to dock it every 45 minutes (30 minutes for non-members!) to avoid late fees.


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This year's China (Guizhou) International Alcoholic Beverages Expo, which runs from Sept 9-13 in Southwest China's Guizhou province, includes a special exhibition area providing free booths for Guizhou's 66 previously impoverished counties to introduce agricultural products.
There are also booths for each county to exhibit one or two companies involved in spirit production, due to the liquor manufacturing industry's considerable contribution to poverty alleviation.
The expo will include a display to showcase the history of Guizhou's spirit industry, the development of the spirit industrial chain, the industry's achievements in poverty alleviation and social development, as well as spirit products that have helped increase farmers' incomes.
During the first half of this year, despite the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic, spirit companies with an annual sales revenue surpassing 20 million yuan ($2.93 million) in Guizhou have an added value of 56.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3 percent.
The spirit industry's growth also drives the development of other related sectors, such as raw material production, which helps farmers shake off poverty.
An exhibition on the acceleration of poverty alleviation through tourism will also be held during the expo.
In recent years, Guizhou's mountain and rural tourism sector has played a crucial role in combating poverty. The exhibition will present featured tourism products to stimulate consumption.
The organizing committee has aspired to make the expo a cooperation platform for organizations, companies, purchasers and sellers within the domestic and international liquor industry.


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MILAN — Prada has introduced a collection of bejeweled accessories and a limited edition line of costume jewelry.
After various projects aimed at piquing consumers’ interests, such as the Tricks gadgets and customized belts, the Italian fashion house has now turned its attention to totes, ballerinas and chain-strap shoulder bags and faux jewels with a retro look.
For the accessories, Prada commissioned an exclusive vitreous and shatterproof material that is cut to resemble a precious stone and set in metal bezels. Each one is hand applied to the respective accessory in tone-on-tone or contrasting color schemes, based on a palette of purple, kiwi green, teal blue, black and copper.
Innovative materials also characterize the costume jewelry, which is made with crystals treated with thermic shock to create a cracked effect. The crystals in varying shapes and sizes are then applied onto grosgrain ribbons to form necklaces, earrings and bracelets. The fabric is linked to chains and clasps made of a silver alloy combined with other metals.
Both collections will hit Prada stores worldwide in November. The accessories will retail from 350 euros, or $448 at current exchange, for a nylon wallet to 1,100 euros, or $1,410, for a whips bag. The necklaces retail from between $695 to $750 and the earrings cost $390.
On a different note, today Prada will present “Alchemy,” a short movie by film editor Pietro Scalia at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. In the movie, Oscar-winner Scalia synthesizes the short films of nine young directors who had been asked by Prada to put on film the images triggered in their imaginations by the brand’s Infusion d’Homme men’s fragrance.

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Pizza in Hammondsport, NY
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1. Union Block Italian Bistro
2. Wiseguys Pizzeria & Subs
Consistent quality and reliable delivery
3. Quik Shoppe
4. The Robbins Nest
5. Rico's Pizza
7. Pizza Deelite
good food but customer relations sucks. staff is rude.
8. Angry Oven Pizzeria
9. Arrowhead Creek Golf Course
From Business: Public 9-hole golf course. Full menu of delicious pub style food served at restaurant with a full bar, open 7 days a week. Friendly atmosphere, casual attire,…
10. Pudgie's Pizza Pasta & Subs
Food is good but the prices are somewhat high.
11. Pizza Hut
13. Poor Fred's Pizza
14. Quicklee's Bath W. Washington
15. Fox's Pizza Den
Best ribs for about 100 miles. They know meat and their prices are really good. It's just a country grille that has better food than many of the…
17. Avoca Pizzeria
18. Skyline Trading Post
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In June 2010 the UK government announced the abolition of the RDAs which took place on 31 March 2012, with a view to reducing the government deficit and similar economic development being undertaken by local councils and local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). There was no direct replacement for the RDAs as LEPs did not at first receive funding from central government, and local councils did not receive an equivalent injection of income from central funds, having been called upon to make savings and support similar initiatives.
Eight RDAs were created on 25 November 1998 following the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, and had their scope and powers enhanced in the years afterwards such as by its second commencement order (in respect of London on 3 July 2000). The statutory objectives of the RDAs were:
The RDAs were funded from HM Treasury via six different central government departments:
The funding from these departments was pooled, and then allocated to the different RDAs. The total funding known as the 'Single Pot' was as below.

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Fans of 54-year-old Matthew Perry, who died on November 28, are in shock.
It has become known that the actor seems to have died in a completely different way than previously thought. And in light of the newly discovered fact, the whole story looks very suspicious. TMZ reported a new twist in the story of the actor’s death.
According to initial reports, everything looked tragic but very clear. Perry was believed to have drowned in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades mansion. He was found by his assistant, who later explained that Matthew had sent him on an errand, which he had completed, and found the actor in the water without signs of life. He allegedly immediately called an ambulance, and he tried to bring Perry back to life.
However, a police source has now revealed that an autopsy revealed that Perry’s body had been removed from the water long before doctors arrived. And they, by the way, arrived on site within minutes of the call. That is, it is quite obvious that Perry’s assistant lied.
And since he is the only witness in this case, it is now doubtful whether his testimony can be trusted at all. Which begs the question: How did Perry die? And was Matthew alone at that moment, as the actor’s assistant claimed—whose words, by the way, no one could confirm?
Perry’s fans were alarmed by another fact. It was officially announced that the death of the actor was being investigated by a special police unit, the Robbery and Homicide Division. Hot on the trail, the law enforcement officers did not seem to suspect that any crime had taken place, but clarified: “at this stage of the investigation.” In other words, there is a possibility that the version of events may subsequently change. Meanwhile, as it became known after the actor’s death, Matthew, at the time of his death, owned an impressive fortune of $120 million. And who will get it, which has not yet been disclosed? So today, only the deceased’s lawyers and investigators know who, at least financially, benefited from Perry’s death.


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Giving an immediate industrial chic look for feature walls you can create a concrete wall without having to pour a drop of concrete. Such is the high resolution finish on this FSC certified paper that it has to be touched to tell it’s not the real thing. A heavy-duty wallpaper with a paper top layer and membrane backing it represents the outstanding quality of which Dutch designer Piet Boon is rightly world famous.
Paste the wall not the paper
Dimensions: 48.7W x 900cm length roll
Colourfast and washable with a soft cloth
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Mini Portulacaria Afra 'Reverse Variegated'
- The reverse variegated Portulacaria Afra is a shrubby plant with small coin-shaped leaves.
- The variegation is reversed and occurs in the middle of the leaf, often growing branches that are albino (fully yellowish-white)
- Portulacaria Afra can reach over 1m in height, depending on the rootspace.
Position & Care
- Part-shade, filtered light are the best position for this plant, especially during hot summers. In the cooler months, it will happily grow in full sun.
- In heatwaves protect plants in pots from strong afternoon sun.
- Plants established in the ground are very hardy and should not need protection.
- Portulacaria Afra is drought hardy and only needs to be watered sparingly in cooler months, but more often in the height of summer.
- This plant should survive indoors in a very bright spot, with the sun coming through but it may stretch towards the window.
- Portulacaria Afra looks brilliant in the garden as a small hedge or a shrub.
- It will also do well in pots.
- Plants are sent bare rooted (without pot or soil).
- The root system will be sufficiently developed.
- The plant is displayed in a 5 cm pot.
- The plant will be small and same/similar to the one in the photos.
- Plants are sent on Mondays and Tuesdays, so they arrive before the weekend.
- Due to restrictions, we cannot post plants to WA, NT or TAS.
- Click here for more information about shipping.
- Please choose your plant carefully as we do not provide refunds if you simply change your mind. Read our Refund Policy
- If you have any questions about Portulacaria Afra 'Reverse Variegated' or any of our other online succulents, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Marilyn Horne sings Carmen (vaimusic.com)
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. Biography Marilyn Horne
Montserrat Caballe, Marilyn Horne fantastic "Semiramide" duet
Joan Sutherland - Marilyn Horne - "Barcarole"
Caballé, Horne - Barcarolle
Maria CALLAS sings Carmen HABANERA in covent garden
[spoken intro]Quand je vous aimerai? Ma foi, je ne sais pas, Peut-être jamais, peut-être demain. Habanera (aria)
Habanera Text and Translation - The English Translation of Habanera from Bizet's Carmen Bizet's Habanera from the opera, Carmen, has been a crowd favorite since its creation.
Georges Bizet - Habanera Lyrics Highlight a line or word in the lyrics and click "Annotate". Quand je vous aimerai?
Grace Bumbry (born January 4, 1937), an American opera singer, is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano for many years. Grace Bumbry
Grace BUMBRY - Carmen - Habanera


The whole world has felt the unquestionable force of Karol G’s innovations and the unparalleled musical creativity of each of her songs. Today, the multi-platinum superstar reaps the benefits of her hard work, celebrating seven nominations for the 33rd Annual Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, in the following categories:
- Female Artist of The Year
- Premio Lo Nuestro Artist of the Year
- Song of the Year | “Tusa” with Nicki Minaj
- Crossover Collaboration of the Year | “Tusa” with Nicki Minaj
- Urban – Song of the Year | “Tusa” with Nicki Minaj
- Urban – Collaboration of the Year | “Tusa” with Nicki Minaj
- Remix of the Year – “Caramelo” with Ozuna y Myke Towers
Karol G has been an essential asset to the evolution of Latin music and representation of female empowerment in the entertainment industry globally, expanding her reach by creating new trends and crossing international markets. Over the past year, the singer has garnered eminent achievements following the release of her single, “Bichota,“ a song that became an instant hit. The song has amassed more than one billion combined streams across digital platforms globally and recently received 4x multi-platinum certification from the RIAA.
“Bichota“ has had a massive impact, becoming an anthem for diversity and the empowerment of people, regardless of genders or origins. The song debuted at #3 on Billboard’s “Hot Latin Songs,“ made the Top 5 on the “Latin Rhythm Airplay” chart and entered the Top 10 on the “Latin Airplay” chart. Currently, “Bichota“ and “Ay DiOs Mío“ occupy the #5 and #83 spots on Spotify’s “Top 200” respectively, making Karol G the only Latin female artist to have two singles with no features on said list.
As if that were not enough, “Bichota” has dominated the Apple Music “Top 100” lists in more than 85 countries, and has gone viral on social networks, including Tik Tok, where it has been used in more than 680,000 videos. In addition, its music video has more than 440 million views and occupies the #2 spot on YouTube’s “Global Top Music Videos” list.
Starting today through January 25, fans will be able to cast their votes for Premio Lo Nuestro at https://premiolonuestro.com/


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H-E-B will start offering layaway in time for holidays
H-E-B is offering customers more ways to save with the launch of it’s first-ever layaway program - Layaway Today - at nine H-E-B plus! Stores including the one in Laredo off of Loop 20.
“As we expand our product offerings in electronics, toys and small appliances, this layaway program is another way we can offer families more value, and in turn more savings,” said Bill Anderson, H-E-B Group Vice President of General Merchandise. “Our hope is that this program will allow families to stretch their dollars and help plan out their budgets this holiday season.”
The layaway program is available through December 14 and can be used toward the purchase of toys, electronics and small appliances. To help make this program more valuable for families, there are no up-front or set-up fees necessary to open a layaway account. All that is needed is a minimum purchase of $50, with each item having at least a $15 value, and a down payment of either $10 or 10 percent of the total purchase, whichever is greater.
Each participating H-E-B plus! store will have a special layaway area, located in the electronics department, with dedicated Partners to assist customers with layaway purchases. Customers can also sign up to receive payment reminders via text messages.

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A recent news story included the following comments from his sermon:
Dwight McKissic Sr., pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, told church members in a May 20 sermon, "America needs to understand and weigh the full ramifications and gravity" of this year's election. McKissic cited beliefs in Mormon scriptures that he said are foundational to the religion of presidential candidate Mitt Romney and that cause concern among African Americans, while strongly voicing his disagreement with Obama on same-sex marriage.
"The very foundation, fabric, future and the definition of the family -- as we know it -- is at stake" in the election, McKissic said.
SOURCE: Audio from CBCArlington.org


Ouaga Girls, a documentary directed by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, screened at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi courtesy of Docubox on June 18, 2019. The screening was followed by a panel discussion featuring Monicah Karanja and Edwina Akinyi Owuor moderated by Waithera Mwangi.
Docubox is a film fund that supports and encourages new forms of ownership and authorship in East Africa. The Nairobi-based organisation funds documentaries as well as hosts events that support film locally. One of these is #DocuboxPresents where documentaries like I Am Not Your Negro, Winnie, Whose Country, and Accidental Anarchist are screened.
June’s film of the month was Theresa Traore Dahlberg’s Ouaga Girls which follows a group of young women from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso studying at a girls’ school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy, and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life-changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. You can watch the movie in its entirety courtesy of the AfriDocs YouTube channel below;
This blogger loved the movie as this was a face of Burkina Faso that I have never seen as the Western African country isn’t one of those you often see in popular media. After it ended, there was a panel discussion conducted by Waithera Mwangi with Monicah Karanja and Edwina Akinyi Owuor as panellists. Ms Karanja is Chief Engineer and the Technical Assistant to Operations Director at Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) while Ms Owuor is an automotive mechanic operating in Nairobi’s Dagoretti area.
The panel started well enough with the moderator introducing us to the panellists and the country the documentary was based in. She reminded us that the country has had many upheavals and conjectured that this could be why it was so badly off economically. She then asked the activists among us what kind of future we might expect for our country if we had as many upheavals as Burkina Faso. I’m no “activist” but this rubbed me the wrong way; I put it aside to hear the film discussed as is traditional with this event.
The panelists know a bit about what the Ouaga Girls have gone through as they too had challenges in getting into the male-dominated industry. Monicah Karanja who was here unofficially representing her employer, you always are, conceded that it wasn’t easy at the beginning but it was getting better. Her parents, school teachers and even colleagues supported her career choice to be an engineer which is pretty cool.
Edwina Akinyi Owuor had a bit of a tougher time as family and others tried to discourage her from going into the mechanic business. In college, she had to wait until the male students left before she had a chance to work on the technical aspects of the profession. At her current job, possible clients dismiss her services preferring to look for a male mechanic. The documentary encouraged her to keep faith in her career.
The panelists were quite enjoyable but a panel is only as good as its moderator. The moderator was condescending to Ms Owour reminding her twice that she came from a humble background for no apparent reason. Another gem from her was to say that there was something wrong with young people because possible recruits to her employer would fail to come for interviews like it had anything to do with this amazing piece of art we had watched. She even reminded us that without men the Ouaga Girls would never have had their chance to be who they were; this one clearly knows very little about how patriarchy works. I might have been a bit unfair to the moderator though; you can get your own conclusions from the video that I recorded on my trusty cellphone below.


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On the hype of the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Figma series, looks like Max Factory wouldn’t let this chance to pass and released a limited Figma after all 13 Riders, that is Figma SP 032: Kamen Rider Blank Knight.
Blank Knight is phase when the Kamen Rider starts off as a rider, a colorless, generic armor with limited abilities and lack of any real power. Then after they get a contact (by capturing the monster) with the mirror monster, they get a change on the Rider’s armor, abilities and Advent Cards based on the Advent Beast. It’s Signum and let’s move on to the scene.
Looks real dull huh? That’s why it releases limited, I think it’s to prevent overstock if it releases on regular release and to suppress the production cost since limited stuff printed, in limited quantity of course :3. It’s still pretty cool though, with the cards being different and you can use it on the other riders just for fun.
I didn’t noticed this before but it looks like he’s perfect for playing the clown role along with most male Figmas, he also gets a broken sword accessories making it perfect for the so called boke-act.
If you’re a hardcore fan of the Dragon Knight series or you’re just by some chance got an extra dough lying around and accidentally you’re in need of a new clown to brighten the mood of your figure photo shoot, why don’t you give this Figma a chance? It would be a nice addition to your clown arsenal after Woody and Billy.
A little bit intermezzo by the upcoming Figma, Makise Kurisu. It struck me while browsing through the internet that Nitro+ is the one who made her (Ignis, my goddess, was made by Nitro+ too) so I think I’ll take a look at the preview. This faceplate is basically a direct hit to me, I can’t barely stand winking characters lol, another push and I’m going to fall into the abyss haha.
That concludes today’s preview, good night!


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Last week on 14 June, an Industry event was held for Professor Richard Green’s $10mil drones with tools project which is funded by MBIE. The project has a key research team from CSSE and Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, let by Prof. Dan Zhou, as well as a team led by Assoc. Prof Karl Stol from the University of Auckland. Industry partners were invited to see progress on this interesting project which started last October.
The event was located at the UC Club where research presentations were given by the key researchers as well as lab tours of the Mechanical Engineering wind tunnels and the Drone lab located in Computer Science and Software Engineering department. We were lucky to have warm sunny winter weather and there were many interesting discussions had about the research.
This project will span five years and aims to enable drones to use tools with high precision in mid-air in difficult changeable settings. The goal is to create technology that can be used in forestry, testing power lines or in the construction industry


By David Matas, October 4, 2007
David Kilgour and I have written a report which came to the conclusion that there is widespread organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioner in China. Falun Gong practitioners are killed for their organs which are sold for large sums to foreign transplant tourists. Our report is on the internet for anyone to see. All our sources of evidence are set out in the report and our independently verifiable.
The Falun Gong are a group of innocents. Falun Gong is an exercise regime with a spiritual dimension. Yet, China is afraid of anyone who believes in anything besides the absolute rule of the Communist Party. China has unleashed the full force of state brutality against these innocents.
Whatever you may think of our report, it is incontestable that there is systematic persecution of the Falun Gong. The Falun Gong have been arbitrarily detained in the hundreds of thousands, brutalized, tortured, and killed in the tens of thousands. They are by far the biggest victim group in China.
China has prohibited the participation of the Falun Gong and many other groups in the Olympic games. China has even prohibited the attendance at the Games of Falun Gong practitioners and many others.
The Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter state:
“1 ... Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on ... respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.Jacques Rogge, the Belgian head of the International Olympic Committee asked people not to politicize the Olympic games. Politics is a matter of opinion about which people can reasonably differ. Respect for human rights is not a matter of opinion. There is no reasonable voice which can justify violations of human rights.
2 The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.
4 The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind ...
5 Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement."
Demanding Chinese respect for human rights does not amount to politicizing the Olympic games. It amounts only to asking for respect for the Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter.
The Communist Party of China has used the awarding of the Olympic games to justify its own hold on power in China. Now, that is a politicization of the Olympic Games.
Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese human rights lawyer, in a letter to the United States Congress dated September 12, called on the Government of China not to use the Olympic games to legitimize its own hold on power. For this letter, Gao was arrested and has since disappeared.
I call on China, the International Olympic Committee and the Dutch Olympic Committee to respect the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter. The way China is behaving now is incompatible with the Olympic movement. I say that the International Olympic Committee should insist, if the Games are to continue to be held in China, that:
- China should allow every person to compete in the Olympic games regardless of their spiritual or religious beliefs.
- China should allow every person to attend the Olympic games regardless of their spiritual or religious beliefs.
- Organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China must stop.
- The persecution of Falun Gong in China must stop.
- Gao Zhisheng must be released.
David Matas is a lawyer in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


Dreal Deal claimed victory for trainer Ronan McNally in the feature race at Punchestown, Sky Bet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle.
After being held up last early on in the two-mile contest, Dreal Daeal surged from well off the pace to lead just after the final flight and prevail by a decisive three lengths.
The Willie Mullins-trained Ganapathi, under Denis O’Regan with a second Willie Mullins horse, power of pause taking third place.
McNally now has his eyes on sending Dreal Deal to Cheltenham in March.
Elsewhere, Envoi Allen took the honours in the Sky Bet Killiney Novice Steeplechase with the J.P O’Brien trained Fils D’oudairies second and Dinny Lacey third.


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Texas executed a Mexican citizen on Wednesday night despite an international outcry and warnings that his death could damage relations between the US and Mexico.
The execution of Edgar Arias Tamayo had been set for 6pm central time, but was delayed by more than three hours after a last-ditch appeal to the US supreme court by Tamayo's lawyers. After considering the appeal on Wednesday evening the court declined to issue a stay of execution, clearing the path for Texas officials to put Tamayo to death by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, near Houston.
Tamayo did not make a final statement in the death chamber, Associated Press reported. After being given a lethal dose of pentobarbital he took a few breaths, quietly snored once and then stopped moving. He was pronounced dead at 9.32pm central time, 17 minutes after the drug was administered.
Tamayo was arrested for the 1994 murder of Guy Gaddis, a Houston police officer, but not promptly advised of his right to consular help. That was a violation of the 1963 treaty known as the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Tamayo's lawyers, Maurie Levin and Sandra Babcock, argued that he might have been given a lesser sentence had Mexican officials been able to assist him sooner. The attorneys claimed that Tamayo was mentally-ill and brain-damaged, with an IQ of 67, but that these discoveries were made too late to affect the trial.
They mounted several appeals and had hoped to persuade a federal court to delay the clemency process on the basis that it was unfair, but a judge ruled on Tuesday that the procedures of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles were adequate. After the supreme court's decision, Levin and Babcock released a statement condemning the execution as "shameful and tragic" and accusing Texas of showing "utter disregard for the rule of law and the United States' treaty commitments."
The treatment of Mexican prisoners on death row in the US has been a long-standing cause of complaint south of the border. Mexico's government issued a statement on Sunday expressing "strong opposition" to the execution and saying the foreign ministry had "made use of all available political, legal and administrative means" to prevent it. Several senior Mexican politicians had written to Texas officials, including governor Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons, to request a stay, as did numerous human rights groups and ambassadors of countries including the UK.
John Kerry , the US secretary of state, cautioned Perry and Texas attorney-general Greg Abbott last year that the US's failure to observe international law could lead to Americans abroad not receiving due process in similar situations.
"Mr Tamayo was convicted of killing a police officer. It’s not that we don’t take that seriously. It’s that we take seriously our obligations to uphold consular access for folks incarcerated here because we go all over the world and ask other countries to do the same thing and apply those same obligations when our folks are incarcerated overseas," Marie Harf, a state department spokeswoman, told a media briefing on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) records suggest Tamayo is the 29th foreign national to be executed in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 and that only one was properly informed of his consular rights. As of 2 July last year there were 143 foreign nationals from 37 countries on death row in the US, according to the DPIC – 61 from Mexico. The next scheduled execution of a foreign national is also in Texas. Edgardo Cubas, a Honduran, is set to be put to death on 29 May.
As well as questioning the fairness of the Texas legal system, Tamayo's lawyers argued that the 46-year-old did not receive a specific review of his case as was mandated a decade ago by the United Nations' main judicial body.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 2004, in what is often called the Avena decision, that about 50 Mexicans on death row in the US, including Tamayo, had not been properly informed of their consular rights. The court ordered the US to conduct a review and reconsideration of each conviction and sentence in order to determine whether the outcomes had been unfairly prejudiced by the failure to adhere to the Vienna Convention.
Then-US president George W Bush told each state to comply with the international court, but Texas successfully argued before the US supreme court in 2008 that the presidential order was not binding given the absence of legislation from Congress.
Eduardo Medina Mora, the Mexican ambassador to the US, said in a letter to Kerry last September that the failure to provide Avena reviews "has become and could continue to be a significant irritant in the relations between our two countries". Capital punishment was officially outlawed in Mexico in 2005, though the country had not put anyone to death since 1961.
Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for Perry, said last week: "It doesn’t matter where you’re from – if you commit a despicable crime like this in Texas, you are subject to our state laws, including a fair trial by jury and the ultimate penalty."
Tamayo is the third Mexican referenced in Avena to be executed by Texas, following Jose Ernesto Medellin in 2008 and Humberto Leal Garcia in 2011. He is the first not to have received any review of his claim to have been denied consular rights.
The statement from Babcock and Levin criticised both state and federal politicians.
"In their drive to execute Mr Tamayo, the governor and the attorney-general willfully ignored promises they made to our nation's leaders that they would ensure review of Mr Tamayo's consular rights violation. They also steamrolled over evidence that Mr Tamayo is a person with mental retardation whose execution will violate the United States constitution," it read.
"It is shameful and tragic that Mr Tamayo will pay the price for Congress' failure to enact legislation to implement the Avena judgment of the International Court of Justice. It is now imperative that Congress promptly act to ensure passage of legislation that will bring the US into compliance with its international legal commitments and provide judicial review to the Mexican nationals who remain on death row in violation of their consular rights.
Police records show that Gaddis arrested Tamayo for robbery and was taking him to jail when Tamayo pulled out a pistol that had gone unnoticed and shot the 24-year-old officer three times in the back of the head. Tamayo was quickly captured after trying to flee.
The controversial execution of Dennis McGuire using an experimental drug combination in Ohio last week has placed fresh scrutiny on the lethal injection process. Tamayo was the fourth man on Texas's death row to be injected with a single drug made by a compound pharmacy near Houston. The state began using compounded pentobarbital last year after its previous supply of the drug expired.
Texas used a three-drug cocktail until the summer of 2012, but, like other states, has been forced to change its protocols after pharmaceutical companies, most notably in Europe, stopped supplying drugs for use in executions.
Texas is the nation's most active death-penalty state, with 509 executions since 1976. It carried out 16 in 2013 out of a nationwide total of 39 and has another eight scheduled between now and the end of May.


ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/TDD/2017/1
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Initiatives: Innovation policies
Keywords: Arab countries, Climate change, Developing countries, Economic development, Employment, Innovations, Policy-making, Social development, Sustainable development, Technology, Youth
Innovation Policy for Inclusive Sustainable Development in the Arab Region
The aim of this study is to provide decision-makers in Arab countries with a framework for the formulation of policies for economic growth and achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It takes its inspiration from internationally recognized frameworks, the experience and best practices of developed countries, and the strategies employed by emerging economies to achieve technological and social development comparable to those of advanced countries.
The study looks at how to address innovation challenges in the region and shape related policy to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, it explores how innovation policy can be applied to tackle key issues such as youth employment and climate change. In coming years, ESCWA will publish a series of follow-up reports on the role of innovation in specific sectors and in relation to particular SDGs.


LIVINGSTON, NJ — In honor of the Labor Day holiday, Livingston Town Hall and all township offices will close at noon on Friday, Sept. 4, and will remain closed until regular business hours on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
All residents whose garbage is typically collected on Mondays will have their garbage picked up on their next regularly scheduled day, which is Thursday, Sept. 10.
Recycling collection for all Livingston homes will move to the next day all week, as there will be no recycling collection on Monday, Sept 7.
Instead, recycling will be scheduled as follows:
- Monday’s recycling (Zone 1) will be picked up on Tuesday, Sept. 8;
- Tuesday’s recycling (Zone 2) will be picked up on Wednesday, Sept. 9;
- Wednesday’s recycling (Zone 3) will be picked up on Thursday, Sept. 10;
- Thursday’s recycling (Zone 4) will be picked up on Friday, Sept. 11; and
- Friday’s recycling (Zone 5) will be picked up on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Beginning on Sept. 1, RTS became the new garbage collector for Livingston Township. All residents looking to either continue or register for rear-yard or back-door garbage pickup must contact RTS at LivingstonRY@rts.com or 1-833-RTS-LVTN (1-833-787-5886).
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Tewksbury, MA – For the third consecutive year, Lowell Five Bank gave the North Andover Farmers Market a much needed financial boost in the form of a $15,000 donation.
“It’s all about community, all about bringing businesses together and all about families coming out to support those activities,” David Wallace, Lowell Five President and CEO commented at the May 6th check presentation.
As in prior years, Lowell Five’s annual donation will be used to market and promote the weekly market. Since 2017, when Lowell Five Bank provided the seed money for the North Andover Merchants Association to establish the Town of North Andover’s first-ever farmers market, the Bank has been one of their staunchest supporters.
“The support that we get from Lowell Five is wonderful,” Farmers Market Treasurer, Chris Allen said. “It’s been a wonderful partnership. They’ve been so generous, so consistent, and we rely on donations from corporations like Lowell Five to actually get us going. There’s lots of promotion we need to do.”
This year’s North Andover Farmers Market will operate each Sunday beginning June 16th through September 29th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and takes place at the intersection of First and Main Streets in downtown North Andover. The market is also launching a new feature this year: a Veterans Food Security Program which provides vouchers to low-income veterans.


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About My Writing
I’ve been writing away (unpublished) for years and finally decided to go for it. My first and second novels are at the proofreading stage and hopefully will be published in 2018. They are meticulously researched fictionalised recreations of London and provincial society in the late 18th and early 19th century periods. They focus on the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary eras-the French Revolution and the Battle of Waterloo-and seek to show how differently physical and mental difference was regarded and manifested.
Meanwhile, I have been writing contemporary and historical short stories, mostly monologues, which are vivid and imagistic in style and often with a preternatural and surreal twist. Hope you enjoy my scribblings on this site.


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Owning a car is a big responsibility. Having the right insurance for you is an important step. There are many things to consider. Any number of things could go wrong. Make sure you’re ready. If your engine fails, will insurance cover it? Read more to find out.
What Kinds Of Car Insurance Are There?
Depending on your insurance provider and where you live, there are many kinds of insurance to choose from. The most common, and often required, are Liability, Collision, and Comprehensive Insurance. Uninsured /Underinsured Motorist Protection and Personal Injury Protection (or No-Fault) are also popular options. There are many kinds of extended coverage to choose from. Shop around, and check out different providers to find the best fit for you.
What Does Insurance Cover?
- Liability Insurance covers the other party’s medical bills, vehicle repairs, and property damage when an accident is your fault.
- Collision Insurance pays to fix or replace your own vehicle after an accident.
- Comprehensive Insurance protects your vehicle against certain types of damage (animal collision, theft, weather damage).
- Personal Injury Protection covers your medical bills, along with those of your passengers, after an accident – regardless of who caused the accident!
- Uninsured /Underinsured Motorist Protection covers other people that drive your car in case of an accident. Their own insurance may not cover the costs, this makes sure you won’t have to pay out of pocket.
Types of Engine Failure
There are many ways for an engine to fail. If your engine failure is due to an accident, fire, or theft you may be able to make a claim through standard insurance. Standard insurance will not cover repairs if your engine fails because of regular use such as damage from potholes, mileage, or a factory recall. However, there are options. In some cases, Auto Repair Insurance (also known as mechanical breakdown or car repair insurance) may cover these costs. This kind of insurance comes at a premium. It may be better to consider a warranty or set money aside for those kinds of repairs.
Insurance vs Warranty
Insurance and warranties are very similar, either will cover certain kinds of repair. The big difference is that warranties don’t assign fault. Your warranty will cover the costs of repair regardless of how the damage was caused. You can purchase warranties through your dealership or a private company, either before or after the sale of your vehicle. The warranty covers certain types of repair for a predetermined amount of time. When your vehicle has aged or reached a certain mileage, the warranty is no longer valid.
Standard car insurance may cover the cost of repairs for engine failure. Extended insurance coverage might pay for the cost of repairs if they aren’t covered by standard plans. Warranty is another option. However, warranties come with an expiry date and may not meet your needs. If none of those options works for you, you can also choose to set money aside on a regular basis and have a savings plan in case of unexpected repairs. The important thing is to be informed, shop around, and do what is best for you.

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SEMA Show, Day Three: Tire Profiles unveils TAC-Scan diagnostic tool
Tire Profiles Inc. is advertising its TAC-Scan tire diagnostics tool as "the world's first tire tread diagnostic tool without the human element." The device is on display at this week's Specialty Equipment Market Association Show.
TAC-Scan is engineered to monitor tread conditions, trend tread wear, identify out-of-spec tires and recommend suspension alignment improvements.
The lightweight, portable, battery-powered tool -- which has both passenger/light truck and medium truck tire applications -- provides graphic profile reports of scanned treads, while archiving the collected data. It lets techs scan tires while standing next to vehicles.
TAC-Scan scans tire treads in three to five seconds, delivering accuracy of .1 mm and a resolution of 0.01mm. A stand-alone system, it comes with a compatible interface that uses Bluetooth technology.
"It can scan 200 to 300 tires before its battery needs to be recharged," says Roger Meyer, Tire Profiles' manager of sales and marketing.
"We've had a number of retail merchants who've talked to us" about using TAC-Scan, he adds. With it, "they can put someone to work right away."


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Clinton plans to retire from touring next year.
The beloved funk group Parliament—headed by the legendary George Clinton—surprised fans with the release of Medicaid Fraud Dogg, its first new album in over three decades. The group’s last release was 1980’s Trombipulation, 38 years ago. Its sister band Funkadelic has been more active in recent years, most recently dropping First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate in 2014.
Medicaid Fraud Dogg includes the group’s recent single “I’m Gon Make U Sick O'me,” featuring Geto Boys rapper Scarface. The project runs 23 tracks in length, and features instrumentals from original group members Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Greg Thomas, and Benny Cowan (according to a recent Clinton AMA on Reddit).
Clinton is set to retire from touring in 2019, but Parliament-Funkadelic plans to continue without him. The group has dozens of shows scheduled before Clinton’s departure, too. Parliament-Funkadelic (separate groups with many of the same members) pioneered the genre of funk, and are considered widely influential on the sound of modern hip-hop and R&B.


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Two people were hurt, one of them seriously, following a head-on traffic collision in Stevenson Ranch late Thursday night.
The injured patients, a man and a woman, were pulled from one of the two black SUVs involved in the crash.
The collision happened a couple of minutes before 11 p.m. on The OId Road, at Sagecrest Circle.
Paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were dispatched to the scene shortly before 11 p.m., Fire Department Inspector Joey Marron said.
Firefighters arriving at the crash at 11:02 p.m., began efforts to free a man and a woman trapped in the wreckage of one SUV.
Once pulled from the vehicle, the injured man was fitted with a neck brace and secured to a backboard, then placed on a stretcher, one witness said. The injured was also seen being placed on a stretcher.
“One patient was taken to Henry Mayo (Newhall Hospital),” Marron said, declining to give the gender of that patient. “One of the patients was reported by paramedics as unconscious.”
There was no report of injury to the driver of the other SUV. Officers with the California Highway Patrol are investigating the the crash.


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Painted by Croydon artist Norman Partridge in 1945 and 1946, the painting is a montage of several local scenes including bombed houses on Brigstock Road. Norman also represented several types of people who served on the home front: land army girls, policemen, air raid wardens, firemen, rescue workers and the Women's Voluntary Service. Norman began by making sketches of numerous local bomb sites in Croydon in 1945. He finished the painting in 1946 at his home in Elliot Road, Thornton Heath. He named it 'Croydon Courageous', after a book published by the 'Croydon Advertiser' about the bombing of Croydon. For many years the painting hung in the entrance of the library in Katharine Street.
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Opinion Editorial by Maya Pollack
This fall, J Street U, a pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian, and pro-peace campus organization, launched a new campaign called Stop Demolitions, Build Peace. The campaign is devoted to stopping the demolitions of Palestinian communities in Area C of the West Bank, and to opposing Israeli policies seeking ultimately to annex the area. While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can often be divisive on campuses, the campaign has unified college students across the political spectrum in support for Palestinian human rights and for Israel’s Jewish and democratic future.
I was confronted by the impact of Israel’s West Bank settlements during my gap year in Israel, when I went on a trip with J Street to the settlement of Ariel. When most people hear the word “settlement,” they picture a small village, but what I saw was an ever-expanding city with seemingly unlimited resources. On my trip, the tour guide proudly said that Ariel has 7 schools, a new recreation complex with an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, game rooms, tennis courts, a mini golf course, and a fitness center. He also pointed out Ariel’s new construction projects. Seeing Ariel, I wondered whether Palestinian communities nearby looked similar.
Ariel is located in a part of the West Bank known as Area C, which comprises 60% of the territory and is under full Israeli civil and military control. Though the international community agrees that the large majority of the West Bank should ultimately become part of a Palestinian state under a two-state peace agreement, about 400,000 Israeli settlers live scattered throughout Area C. Many of these settlements reach deep into the West Bank, and it is hard to imagine how a contiguous Palestinian state could exist while all of them remain.
Area C is also home to between 200,000-300,000 Palestinians living in approximately 180 Palestinian villages. Their living circumstances drastically contrast with what I saw in Ariel. Only 16 of the 180 villages have been recognized by Israel. In order to obtain a building permit to build anything from a road, to a playground, to a medical clinic, the village needs to have an official master plan. Yet Israeli authorities almost always refuse to authorize such master plans. That means that 91% of the Palestinian villages in Area C live in unrecognized communities, unable to build or access basic infrastructure. Many of their structures (and, in some cases, entire communities) are under threat of demolition by the Israeli government. Ariel adds building after building, while Palestinian villages in Area C cannot even build a school without fear that it might be demolished soon after.
The expansion of these settlements and their costs to Palestinian communities are a blatant violations of human rights. But it’s also deeply dangerous for Israel and its future. Israeli annexation of the West Bank would leave its government with two choices - either grant the Palestinian population in the West Bank full citizenship and face losing a Jewish majority, or refuse full rights to those Palestinians and give up their status as a democratic state. The expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank is the first step to rendering the two-state solution unviable -- and without it, Israel’s future as a democratic and Jewish state is in severe jeopardy.
Settlement expansion not only has costs for Israel in the long term but is hurting Israel right now. According to Molad, a non-partisan Israeli think tank, Israeli settlements in the West Bank are actually draining resources from Israel proper. More than 50% of active IDF forces are deployed in the West Bank, and 80% of these forces serve on “guard duty” of settlements. Instead of using IDF soldiers to address Israel’s many security needs on its northern and southern borders and beyond, the IDF has to use majority of their soldiers to protect the scattered settlements that are located in occupied territory, and to enforce non-democratic rule over hundreds of thousands of people. Rather than making Israel more secure, settlements are making the IDF’s job of protecting Israel even more difficult.
Additionally, the Israeli government pours a large amount of its civil resources into settlements. In 2003, The New York Times reported that Israel spent more than $500 million on civilian needs in settlements and that budget has only increased since then. People who move to settlements are given tax income breaks, grants for houses, and teachers are given bonuses. Thus, the average settler family benefits from about $10,000 more per year of government spending than a family residing in Israel proper. This has real costs for the development of many struggling Israeli communities.
Demolitions of Palestinian communities and the expansion of Israeli settlements does not help Israel or the Palestinians. For this reason, Stop Demolitions, Build Peace is uniting students across the country. Jews, Muslims, Christians, Palestinians, Israelis, environmental activists, pro-Israel advocates, pro-Palestinian advocates, and human rights activists are joining forces. Here at American University, AU College Democrats and the One Voice movement at AU have joined the campaign in order to send the message that real pro-Israel, pro-peace leaders must stand against demolitions and creeping annexation, and stand instead for a peaceful two-state solution. Already, ten US Senators including Dianne Feinstein, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren have spoken out against the consequences of settlement expansion and demolitions.
But our work cannot stop there. US leadership is needed to challenge these deeply damaging actions and to help point the way towards peace.We need to continue to show our leaders that students are demanding that demolitions of Palestinian villages be stopped in the name of both human rights and ensuring a Jewish and democratic future for Israel.
Maya is from Monterey, California and is a sophomore at American University. She is majoring in International Studies focusing in conflict resolution in the Middle East as well as minoring in journalism. She spent a gap year in Israel with Netzer Olami where she became interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Along with being part of the Student Israelity team, Maya is also an intern at Hillel and co-president of J Street U at American University. When not seen drinking coffee and talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Maya can be found playing hard on the Ultimate Frisbee field!
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Award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell (finally!) heads to Manchester Poetry Library in real life to read her work and discuss her series of poems re-telling the story of Jane Eyre from the perspective of a free woman of colour in the 19th century.
The team are thrilled to be able to now welcome Jenny Mitchell in person to read from her two prize-winning collections, Her Lost Language and Map Of A Plantation.
Having appeared at the Poetry Library online last year to celebrate the Aryamati Poetry Prize 2021, which she won for her poem, ‘Imagining A Forest Made Of Freedom’, and following an event in December that was postponed due to you-know-what, the team are thrilled to be able to now welcome Jenny Mitchell in person to read from her two prize-winning collections, Her Lost Language and Map Of A Plantation.
Jenny Mitchell has won the Ware, Folklore, Fosseway and Segora Prizes and a Bread and Roses Award, and has been highly commended and commended in several other competitions. She was commended in the Cheltenham Poetry Festival First Pamphlet Competition and she has been nominated for the Forward Prize: Best Single Poem. Her poems have also been published in Magma, The Rialto, The Morning Star, The New European, The Interpreter’s House among others, as well as several anthologies, including Time and Tide published by Arachne Press, and from which she can be seen reading her poem ‘Church Mary Sounds The Sea’ at the Solstice Shorts Festival in 2019. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC2 and she has performed her work in Italy, France and regularly in London. As Artist in Association at Birkbeck, University of London, she is working on a novel, The Abundance of Water, as well as the Jane Eyre project.
Her second collection Map Of A Plantation is winner of the international Poetry Book Awards 2021, given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self-published authors or books published by small independent presses. It was chosen as a Literary Find in the Irish Independent and a Poetry Kit Book of the Month. The collection is desscribed as “[giving] voice to contrasting characters on a Jamaican cane plantation in order to examine the widespread and ongoing impact of enslavement. These poems are both tender and uncompromising, always seeking to use the past to heal present-day legacies of a contested and emotive history.”
Poet Roy McFarlane says: “Map Of A Plantation details the symbiotic relationship between enslaved people and enslavers – harrowing, disturbing and heart-rending. There’s no hiding from the violence but there’s also a ‘tiny eden’ flowered with love of a mother and memories of being loved. A joy to read, this book is a spiritual parchment of pain that transforms into a wild dance of hope.”
Jenny Mitchell’s debut collection, Her Lost Language, is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize and it was voted one of the Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales) and was a Jhalak Prize #bookwelove recommendation. An exploration of the impact of British transatlantic enslavement on black lives and family dynamics, the poems in it are said to combine grounded realism with imaginative empathy on a journey from the Caribbean to Britain. “At the heart of the collection is the belief in the power of stories to ‘liberate’ the voice in order to help heal a collective future.”
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A lot of my job as editorial director of Antiwar.com is cutting through the veil of obfuscation with which the War Party masks its ill intentions. But sometimes you don’t even have to read between the lines to see what our conniving rulers are up to. Such is the case with the current war scare around North Korea.
President Trump is playing this for all it’s worth, summoning the Senate to a special conclave at the White House to inform them of the supposedly dire threat. This ostentatious display was preceded by a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee at which Admiral Harry Harris, in charge of the US Pacific Command, sounded the alarm:
“Kim Jong-Un is clearly in a position to threaten Hawaii today, in my opinion. I have suggested that we consider putting interceptors in Hawaii that . . . defend (it) directly, and that we look at a defensive Hawaii radar.”
The idea that the North Korean despot is going to pull off another Pearl Harbor is so off the wall that one has to wonder what the Admiral is smoking. To begin with, the North Koreans don’t have the technical capacity to reach Hawaii: their most recent test, reportedly of a medium range ballistic missile, failed on launch. Another failure of a medium range missile test occurred earlier in the month, when the rocket went haywire in the skies and exploded in a fiery crash in the sea. And in March, they chalked up two failures, when they fired a flurry of test missiles, only four of which landed 160 miles off the coast of Japan, and another of a medium range missile that “exploded within seconds of launch.”
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Written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®, Financial Advisor, Assante Financial Management, with additional editing by ChatGPT. This question often induces unease as it delves into a reality many prefer to overlook. Before retirement enters the picture, the majority tend to align their spending with their earnings. If the inflow of money surpasses the outflow, tranquility […]
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Australian expat and Nagano Prefecture resident Peter Ninnes has published “Nagano Onsen Guide: The Top 100 Day-Use Hot Springs,” providing detailed reviews and information in English on a wide variety of hot spring establishments.
Using local publications and web sites, and information from local residents and friends, Ninnes researched hundreds of hot springs. Over a 15-month period, he visited more than 140 establishments catering for day visitors, and tried out most of the baths. He then compiled his top 100, based on a range of criteria, including setting, architecture, water quality, history, remoteness, or uniqueness.
Some hot springs are in hotels and inns that only allow overnight guests to use their onsen baths. In a bonus final chapter, Ninnes details five elegant accommodation establishments that provide an unforgettable overnight onsen experience.
"Nagano is less than two hours from Tokyo by train so it is very accessible for weekends or day trips," Ninnes says. "It has some of Japan’s best winter sports facilities and summer hiking, which can be complemented with onsen-hopping for relaxation and recuperation."
In addition to location maps, high-quality color photographs and detailed English descriptions, the book includes the name of each establishment in Japanese, addresses and telephone numbers, entry prices, opening hours, directions by car and public transport, GPS coordinates, descriptions of the types of baths and water qualities, and information about other facilities provided such as restaurants, lockers, and vending machines. For the uninitiated, there is also a guide to how to use a Japanese bath.
The book has been published on the Createspace Independent Publishing Platform and also is available from Amazon.
About the author
Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, Ninnes has lived in a diverse range of countries including the U.S., Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and East Timor. He has lived in Japan since 2007, and during that time he has soaked in more than 220 hot springs, climbed about 70 mountains, visited or passed through every prefecture, forgotten almost as many kanji as he has learned, and eaten all sorts of amazing delicacies. He also has traveled extensively in North America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and the Pacific. He has worked as a science teacher in four different countries, and as a university professor, and he now does educational consultancy work in between writing travel books.© Japan Today


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Turnovers and penalties plagued the New York Rangers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and team captain and defenseman Ryan McDonagh lashed out as his teammates afterwards.
Using words like stupid, selfish, embarrassing, McDonagh didn’t hold back after the crushing 6-2 loss pulled the Lightning level at 1-1 before Wednesday night’s Game 3 at Amalie Arena.
"I think it’s a tough loss on a big stage," McDonagh said to the New York Post Tuesday. "It’s something I thought we could control a little bit better and the way things transpired. I was just being honest, an honest assessment of our team’s performance. Guys understand that."
McDonagh does believe his team can rebound from the blowout, lowlighted by 22 penalty minutes, 14 giveaways, and a short-handed goal to Lightning center Tyler Johnson in the first period that started his hat trick.
"Just realizing what happened, and realize it and learn from it quick because it’s a bit important series here, and we have to get back to the strength of our game," McDonagh added. "We know how to respond, we’ve done it before, and it’s about getting that focus again."
New York owned the best road record in the league at 28-11-2, but Tampa Bay defended home ice better than any other team at 32-8-1.
The Rangers did los home ice, but that happened in the two previous rounds to Washington and Pittsburgh, and the squad responded late in both series.
And there were lots of positives to New York’s play.
The outshot Tampa Bay 37-26, won more face-offs 31-26, and forced eight takeaways to the Lightning’s five. New York was also 2-for-5 on the power play with Derek Stepan picking up his fifth goal of the postseason and Chris Krieder his sixth, and it was an improvement on the Rangers 17.8 success rate up a man in these playoffs.
But those penalty minutes, from six overall whistles, put too much pressure on goalie Henrik Lundqvist. The Swede made 20 saves, his second lowest mark this postseason, and the six goals allowed were his most since Game 5 of the conference semis last year against Montreal.
On the other side, Johnson and the Lightning are riding high after netting only one goal off 24 shots in Game 1 of the series. The 5-foot-9 third-year stud leads all players with 11 goals in the playoffs, but Tampa Bay also received huge contributions from fellow centers Alex Killorn and Steve Stamkos.
After Stepan cut the lead to 3-2 with over five minutes remaining in the second, Killorn’s two goals bookended Stamkos’ fourth goal of the postseason in the third and the victory was at hand.
Lightning keeper Ben Bishop, at times gambling by coming out of net to retrieve the puck, picked up 35 saves on 37 shot attempts, his second-highest save total in 14 playoff games.
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV Channel: NBC Sports Network
Live Online: A live stream is available at NBC Sports Live Extra
Betting Odds: Lightning -1.5, over/under 5 goals
Prediction: Lightning over Rangers, 3-2


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(Artist impression of Apple's Campus 2 project - Image courtesy Apple)
The campus is estimated to be built on massive 175-acre park, in Cupertino, California which was commissioned by Steve Jobs.
Once completed, the 2.7 million square feet campus could house 13,000 Apple techies and would be surrounded by 7,000 trees that were removed from the park to build the compound.
It is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The drone footage is uploaded every month for people to watch its progress, even Apple's CEO Tim Cook checks the videos to see the progress of the site


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Knowing when to use your beta reader or when to hire an editor can be tricky. Let’s keep this simple for today, and talk draft numbers/number of beta readers that your story has been through. The longer you write, the more that you will understand what kinds of edits you need and when.
First Drafts/First Beta Reading: This draft needs only content comments. At this point we don’t care about commas or word connotation. We need to know if this draft has big, gapping plot holes. We need to know if the character changes from start to finish. We need to know major, story changing information.
This is the draft that you need a book coach/writing group or friend to keep you accountable for if you are struggling.
Second Drafts: Some writers don’t even consider using a having a beta reader until the second draft. Again, this comes with time. When you’ve written for a while, you’ll be able to tell some of the big novel-changing plot issues on your own. Second drafts are where you want to pull in your awesome beta readers and we want to focus again on content. We want to catch those big and small plot issues. This is the draft where we can start consider individual chapters. Are they working together to build a story? What details have we missed? Do we have some misspellings? Cool, let’s right click and see how you’re supposed to spell that word.
This is the draft that you can use either an editor or book coach if you want. If you hire an editor here, you want them to do a content edit.
Third, Fourth Drafts: Hello, scenes! This is the draft where we focus on the scenes. Are they working well together. Does each scene have tension? Do they transition us from place to place both physically and emotionally, or are there places where the transition is jarring and I’m taken out of the story.
Are my sentence lengths varied? Do I have the correct connotation here? Is there a better way to say this? Is this cliché? Cool, let’s say it in an original way. We can get picky about word choice and think about the smaller components that make up a chapter.
This is a great draft to get an editor.
Fifth Drafts and on: Okay, now we can care about the commas. And if commas aren’t your thing hire an editor to line edit your story.
Happy writing friends.
- Not Doing Your Submission Homework: You’ve written a book. You’ve had it beta read. You’ve revised it. You’ve sent it to a professional editor. You’ve revised it again. And now it’s ready for the world. So you send it to several publishing houses, but you didn’t bother to compare your story to the kinds of stories that they’ve published in the last couple of years. And, you didn’t bother to send it to the right person at the publishing house. And, you didn’t bother to send in a query letter. No, you sent the entire draft. That’s cool, right? Not even a little. Any of those mistakes will land you in the slush pile and not even one pair of eyes will ever read the first sentence of your manuscript. So make sure that you are doing your homework. You don’t have to read every book that they’ve ever published, but you should not send your YA paranormal romance to a publisher that is looking for space operas.
2. Not Playing by the Genre Rules: We all love a good rule breaker, but we don’t love the bad ones. I’m not saying that you can’t genre blend, because you certainly can. But every genre has certain expectations, and if you are breaking rules in weird ways without a good reason then your readers are going to ditch your book because they came expecting your science fiction book to contain some fictional science and all you’ve given then is a one scene with an empty Petri dish and a whole lot of romance that doesn’t tie into the empty Petri dish. If you’re going to break the rules, break them on purpose. Break them because you understand them, and not because you don’t understand your genre’s tropes.
3. POV: No one is asking you to repeat the horrors that were middle school English classes, but if you are writing a story from first person you will need to know what that looks like (I turn the corner). Same goes for limited and omniscient POVS (are we inside the character’s head or outside watching them as they go through the story?). It’s okay if you can’t readily tell me what the POV definitions are right this moment. Go home and google it. Learn how to use POVs correctly, otherwise off the slush pile you will go.
4. Your Novel is too Mundane: Y’all we live boring lives. Work. Bills. Ugh, do I have to make dinner again? I’m not complaining about that necessarily, but if you want me (or any other reader) to pick up your book then your characters cannot also live boring lives that look an awful lot like mine. Action, action, action. That doesn’t mean that bullets have to go flying on every page, but it does mean that I need tension. I don’t care if it’s romantic tension, situational tension, emotional tension, etc. Readers want some drama to entertain them after yet another exhausting day of being boring.
5. I’ve Read Your Novel and I Still Don’t Know What’s at Stake: If your main character’s goals or what’s at stake if they don’t accomplish their goals is unclear then off your book goes to the slush pile. This is why we focus all our rewriting efforts on the content issues for the first couple of drafts. We want to make sure that these types of things are crystal clear from the early drafts. Beta readers are invaluable for this very reason.
6. Your Story is Unoriginal: You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, but your story should have some originality to it. Just as each of us is unique, your story needs quirks and charm of its own. Ask you beta readers if your story is too unoriginal, and if they say yes then brainstorm together with your writing friends on how to spice it up.


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Never underestimate true Black metal musicians. They're gonna make you happier than pigs in shit! Such is the case of Varulv, 4 blokes from Oslo (not to be mistaken with the homonymous Austrian Black metal demons) releasing this CD EP consisting of four songs for just a little more than a quarter of an hour in their own language.
From their foundation in 2007, this seems to be the only recorded account in 5 years, therefore it's likely we won't hear anything else from them, and all of this increases the rarity value of the album and the cult status of this unprolific horde; at the same time it's a pity to learn we're not gonna listen to new stuff from them, even if there's still a gleam of hope.
From my basic Norwegian language knowledge I realize they talk about old men's tales, darkness, death, nature, lycanthropy and bloody issues, while the front cover portraits a creature between a wolf and death, connecting itself to the mini-CD title "Svart Totem" (Black totem) and the monicker (werewolf).
Musically speaking, the opener, which is also the title track shows we're dealing with a sort of mid-tempo Black metal with necro vocals having occasional similarities with Hellhammer's but not Celtic Frost; on the other hand, "Skygger I Taaka" is faster and more old-style oriented, balancing emotions between breaks and sudden speed-ups.
"Avgrunnens Forgaard" is sometimes near the Darkthrone of "Under A Funeral Moon", and in other moments close to no-one in particular. Worthy of mention is the successive guitar plot, rejoicing mid-era Enslaved's fans.
The closing duty is entrusted with the instrumental "Bandring", an outro that makes me think of a boat bringing a dead man, maybe a brave warrior to his final destination. Certainly bound to be noticed is the layered guitars work, which for a while play the same tune, one acoustic and one not.
Unlike others based on the rhythmic section, this is an act steadily founded on the guitar work, and all the experience that guitar player Frank piled with his previous experiences reveals itself useful in a combo like this, be it the trilling at the right time, the blastbeat or a radical pattern change opening to revolution the mood of the composition. Add that, besides the final track, all the others have incredible drum sounds, and I mean punishing and dry, the way it fits best for tracks of this kind.
During these four tracks you won't meet any new structures or elements, still Norway's quartet is able to deliver music devoted to tradition without falling into the trap of becoming boring or predictable; it sounds easy to say but it's not and what's more not all outfits are capable of that. Expect nothing less than festering, rotten, grim, cold Necro Black metal!
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2015 Code of Alabama
Title 28 - INTOXICATING LIQUOR, MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE.
Chapter 4 - REGULATION AND CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN DRY COUNTIES AND DRY MUNICIPALITIES.
Article 7 - Sale, Purchase and Prescription of Alcohol by Druggists and Physicians.
Section 28-4-158 - Prescription - Form.
The following form of prescription shall be used: "State of Alabama, ____ County. I, _____, a regularly licensed and practicing physician under the laws of said state, do hereby certify that I have examined _____, a patient under my charge, and I do hereby prescribe for the use of said patient, _____ of alcohol (not exceeding one-half pint), and I further certify that the said patient is suffering from the following illness, sickness or disease, _____ and that, in my opinion, the use of such alcohol is necessary to alleviate or cure the illness or disease or sickness from which such patient is suffering, and that I believe that the patient is seeking said prescription in good faith, to use said alcohol for medicinal purposes and not as a beverage, and in writing this prescription I am not relying upon his promise or affirmation that he or she will use the alcohol for medicinal purposes, but upon my own opinion, based upon an examination, that the alcohol is necessary to alleviate or cure the sickness of which he or she is suffering. And I further certify that he or she has been suffering from said sickness as far as I can ascertain for the following period of time (to be stated in months, weeks or days) _____. The alcohol is to be administered or used as follows: (here state dose, etc., as above directed). Then state address of patient and doctor. (Signed) _____ M. D. Date: ____."(Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4725; Code 1940, T. 29, §195.)
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Helen had met Judy on a yoga retreat in Majorca a couple of years back. After a day of Downward Dog and Bharadvaja’s Twist, they’d enjoyed raising a glass to their freshly aligned chakras.
The last place she’d expected to see Judy again was on news footage of the London anti-Covid demo. But there she was in her boho top, carrying a placard saying ‘Masks Are Muzzles / No Vaxx’ and looking decidedly un-Zen. Behind her was a bloke in a QAnon T-shirt, while up on stage some guy proclaimed that tonic water cured Covid. The camera panned to some fascist thugs, who, without a hint of irony, were concealing their identities with masks.
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此次的作品，是我与制作Anudo人偶的小野原誠先生和MOE女士，以及化妆品牌Fiveism by THREE的HIROKI先生之间的三方合作。
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PRISONERS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION
A DEVOA INSTALLATION by Daisuke Nishida
For Leisure Center Store, Vancouver, Canada
The installation consists of five different humanoid forms which represent the possible evolution of humanity in the coming years perhaps in a time where we have left Earth and travelled out to the stars.
The figures are displayed in poses that represent a juxtaposition between future and tradition, the fluid and dynamic nature of the human spirit, our evolutionary urge to change and progress and the rigidity of our physical forms.
The figures are represented as captive and chained physically even as they retain a sense of movement and hope in their expressions and physicality.
The installation was partially inspired by the work of Canadian filmmaker and photographer Gregory Colbert and his "Ashes and Snow" project. Daisuke first saw his "Nomadic Museum" exhibition in Tokyo some ten years ago and was impressed by the people he showed and the textures he captured on film.
Daisuke wanted to create similar natural-looking textures like those of earthen walls and Japanese traditional "washi" paper and then apply them to futuristic garments and designs. To bring these traditional textures and designs into the far future.
To represent the future of humanity he commissioned five original figures from Japanese artist and designer Motonari Ono.
Daisuke has always been an admirer of the figures created by Ono, not only because they are mysteriously
gender-fluid but also because there is something quite futuristic and insect-like about them, as if they represent the next stage of human evolution, possibly how we may look after we have spent many years living far out in the deep space of the cosmos.
For their clothing he sourced natural materials such as leather from the Guidi Atelier in Italy and traditional Japanese "Washi" paper from the famous Awagami paper factory in Shikoku, Japan.
The design for the faces of the figures has been created as a collaboration with Fiveism x Three : a gender-fluid life-style brand from Japan.
[ https://www.fiveism-x-three.com ]
Their appearance was designed by Fiveism Creative Director Rie Omoto and Official Make-up Artist Hiroki Sato. They wanted to create a vision of a coming race of gender-fluid warriors, beyond the merely human, lost, adrift in deep space.
In this time the human race have already left behind the traditional skin tones and are now colored silver, copper and gold. Even though they are no longer connected to the Earth they still have the five Earth elements painted on their faces in futuristic "kanji" representing fire, wind, earth, air and water as a reminder of the place that they have left behind.
[ https://leisure-center.com ]
First Exhibited: Leisure Center（Vancouver, Canada）
Material: Japanese paper, calf leather, brass, wood
Size: H50cm x W40cm x 40cm 5 bodies


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On 3 May 2023, the Islamic Organization for Food Security and United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization held a virtual meeting to follow up on the high level consultations the leaderships of the organizations held on 13 October 2022 in Rome, Italy. During the initial meeting, both IOFS and FAO highlighted the shared objective of ensuring food security, sustainable agriculture, and rural development for common Member States. The virtual meeting was arranged to begin the implementation of projects on the ground in several countries based on a country-driven-request approach and relevant mandates that both Organizations hold.
After a careful needs assessment of collaboration between IOFS and FAO, priority areas of cooperation were highlighted, including value chain development, food security governance, sustainable livestock development and water management. Both teams stressed the mutual objective or forming a result-oriented partnership within the capacity and mandates of the organizations to ensure that Member States benefit from the global cooperation on food systems.


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Oil slips as market eyes developments in Iraq, latest reading on U.S. supplies
The price of oil fell Tuesday as fears over the prospect of disruption to Iraq's crude supplies subsided a little and traders awaited the latest report on U.S. supplies.
Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery dropped 54 cents to US$106.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, a benchmark used to price international oils, gained 51 cents to US$113.45 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Up to 275 U.S. soldiers moving into position to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Iraq as President Barack Obama weighs options for dealing with the al-Qaida inspired militants who have captured a vast swath of the country's north.
Iraq's crude oil exports have so far not been disrupted but the conflict raises concern about whether the country can rebuild its oil infrastructure and meet global demand.
The International Energy Agency, which acts as a consultancy to developed economies, said its members' oil reserves were at a "comfortable level" and that the agency was ready to respond quickly to any supply disruptions caused by the turmoil in Iraq.
"At this moment, not a single barrel of oil has been displaced compared to a week ago," IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven said after the release of the agency's medium-term oil market report.
On Wednesday, the market gets the latest reading on U.S. supplies. Analysts expect oil supplies to have fallen 1.4 million barrels in the week ended June 13, according to a survey by Platts.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex, wholesale gasoline added two cents to US$3.09 a U.S. gallon (3.79 litres), heating oil rose two cents to US$3.02 a gallon and natural gas was flat at US$4.71 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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