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Liam Ducey Police are searching for witnesses after a woman was hit by a taxi and left with serious injuries in Broome on Monday.
Leanne Nicholson A former WA Police officer has appeared in Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Monday to face charges resulting from a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into an incident at the Broome police...
A man has been charged following a single-car crash which killed a 13-year-old girl in Derby, in WA’s Kimberley region.
Leanne Nicholson Police officers have been criticised for their actions, including dragging a handcuffed teenaged across the floor, in a CCC report tabled in parliament.
Three people have been injured, one seriously, after an explosive device was hurled at a group of revellers near Broome.
Jenna Clarke Tourism and business operators in Broome are growing frustrated with protest action against the proposed gas hub off James Price Point.
Aleisha Orr The death of a man in the state's north is being investigated by police.
Australian authorities have intercepted a suspected asylum seeker boat near Broome, a week after another boat managed to reach Western Australia's Geraldton port.
Aleisha Orr Water Police will fly to Broome today to assist in an investigation into the death of a commercial diver.
Cortlan Bennett More than 600 people have gathered outside Broome police station in Western Australia's Kimberley in a showdown with authorities over a proposed gas hub.
Rania Spooner The iconic Greens senator on the proposal for a $35 billion gas hub at James Price Point, retirement and turning into a grey nomad.
Liam Ducey A suspicious fire that has been burning for nine days in the KImberley is possibly threatening lives and homes as it continues to burn.
Nicole Cox Josh Warneke’s devastated mother has expressed utter disbelief that the man who killed her only son will not face a murder charge after police failed to follow due process when interviewing the...
Liam Ducey A 77-year-old man has been charged over alleged child abuse at a Christian Brothers school in the mid west over 30 years ago.
Lives and homes north of Broome in Western Australia's Kimberley region are under threat from an out-of-control bushfire that authorities believe was deliberately lit.
The Aboriginal community that staged Australia's most famous protest against oil drilling on a sacred site has thrown its support behind a plan to frack for gas in the area.
Woolworths, Coles and the big independents' management of responsible service of alcohol is a "joke", West Australian Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says.
A 25-year-old Cairns man has been arrested after he allegedly robbed nine backpackers and stole a car in Broome.
Liam Ducey Guus Hiddink has a lot to answer for. For 28 long years, the FIFA World Cup did not feature prominently on Australia’s sporting calendar.
A Northern Territory man faces criminal charges after he allegedly tried to sell a wallaby joey via Facebook.


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The new Miata isn’t just a fling. It’s a time machine that transports drivers of a certain age to an era when true sports cars were affordable, everyone was young and beautiful and the future looked bright.
“We believe that we do have technologies that can technically meet the targets but we must be able to commercially produce these vehicles and sell them to customers who want to keep returning to them,” says FCA’s Chris Cowland.
The desire to own a car generally is lower among younger people than their parents, yet aspiration still is strong among consumers 18-25 years old. Chinese youth lead the world, with 96% saying they want to own a personal vehicle.
Without 2-step variable valve lift, the ’15 version of the Pentastar always operated in high-lift mode, consuming more fuel. FCA says the new system results in less overall pumping work, singlehandedly accounting for a fuel-economy gain of up to 2.7%....More
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Finnforest, the UK’s leading manufacturer of quality timber products, has recently updated its Timber Trade Guide, which can be picked up for free at merchant branches nationwide. The new handy booklet for the professional tradesman includes a full range and overview of everyday timber, joinery, landscaping products and panels. Measurements, specifications and calculation tools are all brought together in this reference guide to help make selecting the right timber products as simple as possible.
The pocket sized Timber Trade Guide lists over 1,000 everyday timber building products and includes PSE’s, mouldings, timber panels, flooring, decking and even a range of timber buildings.
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Marcus Sanders, UK Marketing Manager from Finnforest, commented, “The new Timber Trade Guide serves as a reliable everyday reference tool for any tradesman working with and specifying timber. The new Guide is free to the trade and can be picked up from the counter at most merchant branches nationwide.”

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2023/2024 | Saídas de Campo no Arouca Geopark
Summary: It starts at the Arouca Interactive Tourism Store, where you can better understand the heritage of the municipality of Arouca, and in particular its Monastery. Then, we leave in direction to the historic center of the Arouca town. The Santa Maria de Arouca monastery is considered one of the most important Portuguese monasteries and a true local ex-libris, where we can witness a material and immaterial invaluable legacy, associated to the Church and the Sacred Art Museum. This visit also includes the entrance to others monuments of the historic center, such as the Mercy Chapel, building of public interest, and typical houses from the 17th century (Ribeira House and Malafaias House).
Region | Starting / arrival point: Arouca center | Arouca Interactive Tourism Store – Arouca Monastery
Length / Level of difficulty / Duration: 1500 m / Easy / 2h30
Points of interest: Monastery of St. Maria; Museum of Sacred Art; and exterior areas of Capela da Misericórdia, Casa da Ribeira and Casa dos Malafaias, as well as Praça Brandão de Vasconcelos.
Price (per student): 6,00 Euros (free for accompanying teachers)
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The following remarks were made at the PEN press conference in December 1995 at which Robert Stone read the above statement.
I have been in China only two times, neither of them recent. The first time was in the early 1970s, at the end of the Cultural Revolution, when relatively few foreigners made their way there. And I went again for about a month at the beginning of the 1980s. Before that second trip, I already knew something about Wei Jingsheng. He was in the early years of his longest period of imprisonment, following his arrest in 1978 for writing his essay “The Fifth Modernization—Democracy” and posting it on the Democracy Wall in Beijing, and I’d promised myself that when I went to China I would bring his name up with every official I met—including those who were, officially, not officials, like the President of Chinese PEN. Each time that I mentioned his name, the answer, without exception, was: “I don’t know what person you’re talking about.” And I would repeat his name, and write it out in English, saying, “I’m sure I’m mispronouncing it, but still…” And I’d be told, “I’m sorry. You have been misinformed. I definitely never heard of anyone with that name.” This, as I said, was in the early 1980s. I tell the story to give you an idea of the kind of wall that Chinese officials erect to fend off our efforts to contact writers and human rights activists there who are being persecuted and to draw attention to their plight.
Such efforts always encounter many obstacles. Perhaps there are even more obstacles now, since the end of the cold war. Understandably, people are relieved to be no longer obliged to think in terms of a perennial “us” versus “them,” the mostly imperfect democracies under American leadership versus dictatorships of the Soviet stripe. But in that not-to-be-regretted bipolar world, where some—but hardly all—of the greatest abuses were occurring in Communist countries, it was easier to mobilize people and governments on behalf of human rights violations than it is now. And quite a few dictatorships did show themselves responsive to such pressure.
This is less the case now than a few years ago. As economic rivalries have replaced the old competition of political systems, governments are less rather than more willing to take on the human rights agenda. Thus our own government has for some time decoupled trade agreements and correction of human rights violations, and, apparently intimidated by the vehemence of the Chinese rulers and concerned about sustaining lucrative economic ties, has failed to take a strong stand on Wei Jingsheng’s behalf. And dictatorships round the world have been emboldened by the new post-ideological primacy of export considerations. People at PEN have had a devastating experience in this last month, after working hard on appeals to bring pressure on the Nigerian government not to do its worst to the eminent Nigerian writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was brought to trial on trumped-up charges for which…
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported that since August 2022 and as of 12 July 2023, 92 cases of Salmonella Senftenberg have been reported in Austria (5), Belgium (4), Czechia (4), Estonia (1), Finland (12), France (16), Germany (26), Ireland (1), the Netherlands (5), Norway (1), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (4), and the United States (2). One patient has died of the infection. The first case was reported in France with an isolation date of 22 August 2022, and the most recent case was reported on 24 June 2023 in Sweden. Most cases were reported between October 2022 and March 2023, with a decline in the number of countries with exposures after December. In Austria, Germany, and France, cherry-like tomatoes were identified as the food exposure most reported by interviewed cases. The outbreak strain was detected in France from a mixed salad dish containing cherry tomatoes and green leafy vegetables, prepared on 17 August 2022 but not served. Tomatoes from the salad in France and tomatoes in Austria were suspected as the vehicle of infections by national authorities and were traced back to wholesalers in Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain and to growers in the Netherlands, Spain, and Morocco. In the absence of microbiological evidence from the tomatoes, the source of the infections could not be established. The genetic similarity of the human outbreak strains suggests a likely common source(s) causing a prolonged, cross-border foodborne outbreak with cases intermittently reported in 11 EU/EEA countries, the UK, and the US for about 10 months. The contamination may have originated from farms growing tomatoes. @ https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/multi-country-outbreak-salmonella-senftenberg-st14-infections
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In spite of the fact that he was uncovered as a bit of a sham in a 14-second loss to Seth Petruzelli, it sounds like Kimbo Slice has quite a few suitors. His likely landing spot is in Japan where there is a bigger premium on the freak factor. The bearded 6-foot-2, 235-pound Kimbo has the look and personality that can make him into a big crossover star. He's a smaller version of former NFL player-turned-fighter Bob Sapp, who became a marketing dynamo in Japan.
On the comeback trail from the Petruzelli debacle, Kimbo may want to carefully pick his first opponent back. Another crushing loss could bring the gravy train to a screeching halt before it really gets rolling.
Rumors have it that the Japanese fighting organization K-1 would like to have Kimbo meet heavyweight kickboxing champ Bard Hari while another Japanese promoter Dream is trying for a rematch against the much smaller Petruzelli. The Petuzelli scenario reported by the Florida Sun-Sentinel seems a bit ridiculous since it mentions that the fight would be on New Year's Eve. There's no way either fighter is taking that fight on just four weeks notice.
With a good size advantage over the 205-pound Petruzelli, Slice has a chance to exact revenge on the man that embarrassed him, as long as the fight is under mixed martial arts rules. But he'd be a massive longshot to beat Hari if they meet under K-1's kickboxing rules. Hari is devastating with both his hands and his kicks. Kimbo wouldn't have the option of grabbing Hari to slow down the fight. Hari is also a legit heavyweight at 6-5, 230 pounds. Experience may be a factor as well with Hari, 27, training in kickboxing since the age of seven and Slice training professionally for just over two years.
If you're wondering why Slice's best options are in Japan, it's all about the benjamins. Recent rumors had a Japanese organzation offering Olympic Judo champ Satoshi Ishii $5 million to sign a contract. UFC, the fight leader in the United States, only offered Slice a chance to tryout for its reality show, The Ultimate Fighter, with no guaranteed money if he fails.

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Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic hero, Julie Taymor on turning Prospero into Prospera, Camille Paglia on teaching the plays to actors, F. Murray Abraham on gaining an audience’s sympathy for Shylock, Sir Ben Kingsley on communicating Shakespeare’s ideas through performance, Germaine Greer on the playwright’s home life, Dame Harriet Walter on the complexity of his heroines, Brian Cox on social conflict in his time and ours, Jane Smiley on transposing King Lear to Iowa in A Thousand Acres, and Sir Antony Sher on feeling at home in Shakespeare’s language. Together these essays provide a fresh appreciation of Shakespeare’s works as a living legacy to be read, seen, performed, adapted, revised, wrestled with, and embraced by creative professionals and lay enthusiasts alike.
F. Murray Abraham ● Isabel Allende ● Cicely Berry ● Eve Best ● Eleanor Brown ● Stanley Cavell ● Karin Coonrod ● Brian Cox ● Peter David ● Margaret Drabble ● Dominic Dromgoole ● David Farr ● Fiasco Theater ● Ralph Fiennes ● Angus Fletcher ● James Franco ● Alan Gordon ● Germaine Greer ● Barry John ● James Earl Jones ● Sir Ben Kingsley ● Maxine Hong Kingston ● Rory Kinnear ● J. D. McClatchy ● Conor McCreery ● Tobias Menzies ● Joyce Carol Oates ● Camille Paglia ● James Prosek ● Richard Scholar ● Sir Antony Sher ● Jane Smiley ● Matt Sturges ● Julie Taymor ● Eamonn Walker ● Dame Harriet Walter ● Bill Willingham ● Jess Winfield
About the Author
Susannah Carson is an American author, editor, and academic. She received her Ph.D. from Yale, after earning graduate degrees at Paris III, La Sorbonne-Nouvelle and Lyon II, L’Université des Lumières. Her first edited volume of literary essays was A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Authors on Why We Read Jane Austen. Her work has appeared in scholarly publications, newspapers, and magazines.
"An eclectic collection of pieces from an eclectic collection of writers about reading, directing, performing and adoring the Bard of Avon.... All will find light and warmth, comfort and companionship in these glowing pages." —Kirkus Reviews
"A cornucopia of delights for lovers of the Bard." —Booklist
"Lively.... Thought-provoking.... The collection is a consistently stimulating read, which goes a great way toward illuminating the degree to which we all live already—and can live even further—with Shakespeare." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)


The Weeknd’s unexpected combination of Michael Jackson, Max Martin and MGMT has resulted in the best song of 2015 so far, “Can’t Feel My Face.”
Modest Mouse, J. Cole, Bassnectar… the list goes on, and it’s awesome.
They don’t come much sexier than Miguel and The Weeknd, so we pit the carnal crooners in a battle royale to see which R&B star will get your juices flowing.
Tonight on the New At 9 The Weekend and “I Can’t Feel My Face”…should it stay, or should it go? You decide…
The Weeknd has teamed up with pop hit-maker Max Martin for the instantly catchy new single that’s a dark horse candidate for song of the summer 2015.
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Chance the Rapper, Zedd and Lindsey Stirling will also perform at the Seattle music festival slated for Labor Day weekend.
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This year, APPC will accelerate national decision-making processes to prioritize activities and programmes to enhance non-profit sector governance and promote philanthropy in the region. Key issues raised at the APPC conference on governance held in Manila last September included accountability, NPO reporting, and the public disclosure of information.
Since December 2003, 12 national-level groups of civil society organizations, including philanthropic organizations, have been undertaking stakeholder consultations to determine the most critical activities in their country. These groups will help develop a region-wide consensus on a unified set of financial accounting systems for NPOs. This will involve stakeholders (government, NPOs, private sector and donors) collaborating to identify minimum financial standards for NPOs to adopt. As a springboard for this activity, national groups will review an accounting manual drawn up by the Azim Premji Foundation. They will then make recommendations, which APPC hopes to bring to a major regional meeting in Bangalore, India.
The national groups are also narrowing down the choices of project activities. In Hong Kong, for example, a combined ‘Task Force’ coordinating body will undertake baseline research to unveil existing NPO reporting, statistics and data collection practices. They will also evaluate the Management Audit System developed by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the Public Register System promoted by the government. In Bangladesh, projects will include a survey of individual and corporate giving, with emphasis on the impact of non-profit governance and sustainability issues on giving.
Overall, these activities should result in wider sharing of critical information and greater coordination among stakeholders. Hopefully, they will also be more directly responsive to the issues affecting philanthropy and the non-profit sector in the region.
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Gone, But Not Forgotten and Wild Justice
By Phillip Margolin
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"Have you reached a verdict?" Judge Alfred Neff asked the eight men and four women seated in the jury box.
A heavy-set, barrel-chested man in his mid-sixties struggled to his feet. Betsy Tannenbaum checked the chart she had drawn up two weeks ago during jury selection. This was Walter Korn, a retired welder. Betsy felt uncomfortable with Korn as the foreman. He was a member of the jury only because Betsy had run out of challenges.
The bailiff took the verdict form from Korn and handed it to the judge. Betsy's eyes followed the folded square of white paper. As the judge opened it and read the verdict to himself, she watched his face for a telltale sign, but there was none.
Betsy stole a glance at Andrea Hammermill, the plump, matronly woman sitting beside her. Andrea stared straight ahead, as subdued and resigned as she had been throughout her trial for the murder of her husband. The only time Andrea had shown any emotion was during direct examination when she explained why she shot Sidney Hammermill to death. As she told the jury about firing the revolver over and over until the dull click of hammer on steel told her there were no more bullets, her hands trembled, her body shook and she sobbed pitifully.
"Will thedefendant please stand," Judge Neff said. Andrea got to her feet unsteadily. Betsy stood with her, eyes forward.
"Omitting the caption, the verdict reads as follows: 'We the jury, being duly impaneled and sworn, do find the defendant, Andrea Marie Hammermill, not guilty...' "
Betsy could not hear the rest of the verdict over the din in the courtroom. Andrea collapsed on her chair, sobbing into her hands.
"It's okay," Betsy said, "it's okay." She felt tears on her cheeks as she wrapped a protective arm around Andrea's shoulders. Someone tapped Betsy on the arm. She looked up. Randy Highsmith, the prosecutor, was standing over her holding a glass of water.
"Can she use this?" he asked.
Betsy took the glass and handed it to her client. Highsmith waited a moment while Andrea regained her composure.
"Mrs. Hammermill," he said, "I want you to know that I prosecuted you because I believe you took the law into your own hands. But I also want you to know that I don't think your husband had the right to treat you the way he did. I don't care who he was. If you had come to me, instead of shooting him, I would have done my best to put him in jail. I hope you can put this behind you and go on with your life. You seem like a good person."
Betsy wanted to thank Highsmith for his kind words, but she was too choked up to speak. As Andrea's friends and supporters started to crowd around her Betsy pushed away from the throng to get some air. Over the crowd she could see Highsmith, alone, bent over his table, gathering law books and files. As the assistant district attorney started toward the door, he noticed Betsy standing on the fringe of the crowd. Now that the trial was over, the two lawyers were superfluous. Highsmith nodded. Betsy nodded back.
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This year began my blogging journey. Having read the Kinsellas, the Keyes', the Strohmeyers and Evanovichs, I stated grimly—influenced by lots of laughs, of course and almost peeing my pants with one incident—"This pink stuff is the best genre in the world!"
I still hold that "assumption" (as my mystery-loving friend, Nana Ama puts it) today.
Humor is a big thing for me! I'd give Five stars to anything that would get me laughing at the opening stages. And this year, I discovered these must-read indie authors who would end you up (with several broken parts) at the hospital with bills your insurance can't cover (if you don't trust your insurance company, I mean it, 3.99 wouldn't be worth all the dilemma you'd bring upon yourself).Funniest Book Number #K Just Add Spice by Carol E. Wyer.
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Funniest Line: Together they squealed.
“This is just like Bella and Edward!” Jeanie declared.
“Only Brad’s not a vampire, so it’s even better!” Clara squealed some more.
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Quote review: This book is so(oo) New York, so(oo) Sex And The City. Only it's far more than thirty minutes. Well, unless you are a fast reader.... (more)
Funniest Line: “What are you doing with that Ethan, anyway?” William asks to my surprise, “I don’t mean to be offensive,” he says. “And he certainly seemed like a good guy, but he’s very Boy Next Door, isn’t he?”
Despite myself, I chuckle. “Three doors down, to be precise.”......
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Funniest Line: Herbie run to my table on his tiny little dentist legs. "He's gay." Herbie informed me triumphantly.
"Yep"—he sucked in his gut and stood up taller—"but I am not." He waggled his eyebrows and grabbed his package.
It was all I could do not to gag-laugh. I closed my eyes and sucked in an enormous breath "That's wonderful... that you're not gay. I'm sure you will make an unsuspecting girl very unsettled someday, but here's the thing... I'm a lesbian. So while I'm fluttered by your outstanding posture, your acrobatic eyebrows, and your crotch handling, I prefer vaginas."
"Really?" Herbie asked dejectedly.
"Really," I assured him.
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There you have it, books to put kickstart your new year with laughoutloudiness.So Happy New Year's Eve Folks! Have the best of New Years.
Big Thanks to all the authors that have made this blog as big as it now, especially Tracie Banister! Love you to broken pieces! Thanks so much for all the recommendation behind my back. Same to Anna Garner, Samantha Stroh Bailey and Meredith Schorr. And each and every author that respected my views.
Also, so sorry for all those authors I couldn't review this year. Stupid college came up. But hopefully next year, it will all be good.
Till Next year, see you soon.

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- Does being removed as an authorized user hurt your credit?
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The Impact of Being Removed If you’re the primary account holder, removing an authorized user won’t affect your credit score.
The account will continue to be reported on your credit report as normal..
What is the fastest way to build credit?
Steps to Improve Your Credit ScoresPay Your Bills on Time. … Get Credit for Making Utility and Cell Phone Payments on Time. … Pay off Debt and Keep Balances Low on Credit Cards and Other Revolving Credit. … Apply for and Open New Credit Accounts Only as Needed. … Don’t Close Unused Credit Cards.More items…•
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Set in the Canadian High Arctic, this début novel encompasses the hard, otherworldly beauty of the far north and the rapaciousness of energy moguls determined to exploit the area’s natural resources. At its center are Edie Kiglatuk, a half-Inuit, half-white guide, and Derek Palliser, a police sergeant also of mixed race. After three men die, ostensibly either in accidents or by their own hand, Edie and Derek are the only ones, in a culture that disdains direct questions, willing to investigate the suspicious circumstances. Both the romance that threatens to form between the pair and the resolution of the murder mystery feel lacklustre. However, McGrath, who wrote a nonfiction account of the Inuit families forcibly relocated to the region, skillfully describes the destabilizing effects of global warming, on both the landscape and the lives of the people settled there. ♦
Q. & A.
A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again
Amy Wax promotes the idea that the U.S. should limit immigration because of the superiority of Western culture.
The Art World
Renoir’s Problem Nudes
China’s Hong Kong Dilemma
The mass demonstrations are in bold defiance of Chinese authority—but a crackdown could be incalculably costly.
Annals of Gastronomy


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Caroline was born on 26 JUN 1815 in Cooperstown, New York, the daughter of unknown parents.
She died on 13 JAN 1892. The place is not known.
Her husband was Henry Frederick Phinney, who she married on 8 FEB 1849 in Cooperstown, New York. Their four known children were Henry (1850-1851), Susan Cooper (1852-?), Frederick Noyes (1854-1892) and Charles John (1856-?).
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!Source: Ancesry.com's OneWorldTree. Unlabeled tree - Contact: Unkown. Contains Finney descendants beginning with Jeffrey, born 1532.

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What I learned from seeing Tosca at the Wiesbaden Opera House last Friday night was that it's actually best not to know what they're singing about at all. To set the scene: my father-in-law, in celebration of his eldest daughter's birthday, had very generously invited us all to an evening out at the Wiesbaden Opera House (also known as the Hessisches Staatstheater, or Hessen State Theatre), which was built at the end of the 19th century and is inside, quite simply, exquisite. It may in fact be the most beautiful theatre I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. I took the liberty of taking a few snaps of the bar...
See what I mean? The setting was positively luxurious. The company, of course, was fabulous, though sadly lacking a mini-Dietz, who was arriving as another birthday treat the following morning. And the performance? Well. I have to say that although the whole experience was an enormous treat and the atmosphere, music and the Sekt at half time were all second to none, all in all, this version of Tosca didn't exactly blow me away. Since I wasn't familiar with the story, it was initially rather exciting to discover, upon the curtain rising and the first note being belted out by a small man limping bleeding across the stage, that there were to be subtitles accompanying the performance. Subtitles. At the opera. Who knew?! Following a short investigation, it turns out that it's the norm here, and they were very neatly projected above the stage, line for line, white on black, so that we had some sort of an idea of what was going on. Except I'm not sure they really helped. All that happened was that all those rich and round-vowelled, passionately-projected lines of Italian that I imagined to be deeply poetic and chest-tremblingly moving turned out to be "Do you have a spare key?" "Yes it's on the sideboard" "I painted this lady whilst she wasn't looking" etc. It's also quite exhausting trying to watch what was going on on the stage, read the subtitles 20 metres above it, make mental notes to ask the meaning of words I was unfamiliar with (my German torture vocab isn't up to much, apparently) and then try to combine on-stage action with above-stage subtitle in order to work out what on earth was going on.
And so about half an hour in I gave up trying. Because in my opinion, aside from the fact that my whirring cognitive processes somewhat detracted from an otherwise very comfortable experience, opera shouldn't be enjoyed line for line, it should be enjoyed for its grandiose aurals, extravagant visuals, and the whole over-the-top, escapist, dramatic shebang. The story of Tosca is a fierce one of love, passion, jealousy and death that is hugely dramatic, and if you follow the words too closely (and they've been translated into a less romantic-sounding language, perhaps), somehow when you get to the end of the tale and everyone's either shot in the head and sprawled dramatically stage right or is being kicked somewhat feebly to death stage left, you sort of wonder what the point of it all was. Because in this particular instance, sadly, it wasn't really in the performance itself. To prove my point: the second half of the performance was extraordinarily brief and its end, when it came, was so profoundly limp and anti-climactic that despite the fact that the curtain was drawing across the two lead characters as they lay dead on the floor and everyone else in the audience had started clapping, we still weren't entirely convinced it was over.
Anyhow, just to make sure we're all on clear on this: I may be being a bit rude about it, but I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it. I adored Puccini's score - the orchestra was excellent - and the heaving bosom of Tosca herself was mesmerising. Her solo bit at the end of the first half was also hugely impressive. And of course it was an honour to just be there, all glammed up and seated amongst Wiesbaden's finest (sort of) in such a beautifully ornate auditorium. But still, my favourite moment came at the end of the show after the first curtain call, when heavy red velvet cut off extensive cast from half-filled auditorium, and the audience leaped to their feet and started hurrying towards the doors: when the curtain came back up in expectation of a second round of enthusiastic applause, the poor cast were confronted with several rows of empty seats and a herd of people running for the exits. Admittedly painful to watch (we were still seated and applauding; one or two audience members embarrassedly pretended they were giving a standing ovation), but it rather appealed to my sense of humour.

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H.R.1899 - Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2015114th Congress (2015-2016)
Bill History in the Congressional Record
Page numbers for legislative actions on this bill link to the Congressional Record. Learn more about the History of Bills and Resolutions.
From the Congressional Record, Volume 161 (2015)
H.R. 1899 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. By Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself and Mrs. Bustos), H2353 [21AP] Cosponsors added, H3391 [19MY], H3643 [1JN], H5592 [28JY]


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Varun Gandhi approaches Supreme Court against detentionApril 1st, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate in Pilibhit Varun Gandhi, in jail for his alleged hate campaign speeches, Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to challenge his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
Varun Gandhi, who was moved to Uttar Pradesh’s Etah jail early Wednesday from Pilibhit,
was being held illegally by the state government, his lawyer, former additional solicitor general Mukul Rohtagi, told a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan.
The bench assured Rohtagi that it would hear his petition Thursday.
Rohtagi told the bench that he was in the process of filing a habeas corpus petition to bring Varun Gandhi to the court. The habeas corpus special petition is filed when a person goes missing and foul play is suspected.
Varun Gandhi was arrested and later booked under the stringent NSA by the Uttar Pradesh government for “inciting violence” prior to his arrest Saturday.
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Nearly 1,200 new Bay Area units under way
Publication: Business Journal
Date: May 6, 2013
MILL VALLEY — Thompson Dorfman Partners, LLC, said it plans to spend $500 million in the next three years building multifamily and mixed-use developments in Northern California and hired a veteran of such projects to oversee the expansion.
The 14-year-old company hired Gillian Sutton Cho as vice president of development to manage acquisition and entitlement of projects, including almost 1,200 Bay Area units in design, entitlement or construction.
“The Bay Area apartment and housing market, as a whole, is undersupplied, and the evidence of that is in the rapid rise in home prices and apartment rents,” said co-founder Bruce Dorfman.
Different from the past few economic cycles, the Bay Area has been leading the nation out of recession, and that recovery is exacerbating the slow pace of housing development, he said.
All the Northern California development sites have been identified and are in various stages of design, entitlement, permitting and construction, according to Mr. Dorfman.
One of the new projects Ms. Cho is overseeing is a 100,000-square-foot, 81-unit apartment and retail development in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Other projects include 271 units in San Jose, two Foster City projects and a revived mixed-use project in Emeryville. The San Jose project is under construction now and will have units available next year. Completion of the other developments will follow through 2018.
“Capital has returned to Bay Area multifamily development in a pretty significant way,” Mr. Dorfman said. “But there’s not a lot of opportunities for them. There are few institutional-quality site in the market.”
Will Thompson and Mr. Dorfman (415-381-3001, thompsondorfman.com) started the company in 1999 and specialize in urban infill projects in Northern and Southern California. They have built and managed more than 10,000 units in 35 multifamily and mixed-use communities.
Two recent ones in the North Bay were The Overlook at Fountaingrove and The Boulders at Fountaingrove, 124- and 78-unit complexes finished in that upscale northeast Santa Rosa community in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
Though the North Bay is the developer’s home, it’s not as attractive for the desired type of projects, according to Mr. Dorfman. First, high-density, urban-infill, transit-oriented projects are the company’s forte, but building such projects along the Highway 101 corridor in North Bay has been challenging because of slow-growth politics, he noted. Second, expansion of employment in Marin and Sonoma counties has been slower than elsewhere, he said.
Despite having one of the fastest annual job growth rates in the nation, Sonoma County still remains more than 20,000 jobs below peak employment in 2006, according to state figures.
Yet Thompson Dorfman continues to look at development opportunities in areas being zoned for transit-oriented development at stations along the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit commuter route set to link both counties starting in 2016. But based on the company’s experience elsewhere in the Bay Area, projects around SMART stations will be a “longer play,” according to Mr. Dorfman.
“We’ve developed at the Walnut Creek BART station and several Caltrain stations on the Peninsula, but the infrastructure was already there,” Mr. Dorfman said. “There were very large job centers on the rail line at stops, and people developed a habit of using BART or Caltrain. All the necessary characteristics were in place. It was not overnight.”
Before coming to Thompson Dorfman, Ms. Cho was vice president of development at Extell Development Co. in New York City. She managed large-scale mixed-use development projects in Manhattan, including 5 million-square-foot, 3,000-unit Riverside South. The completion of five residential buildings with the combined gross sellout value of more than $2 billion and the rezoning of Riverside Center, an 8.2-acre master plan, and the final site in the Riverside South neighborhood.
Prior to Extell, Ms. Cho was a management consultant in Bain & Company’s London and New York offices. She advised hotels, financial services, private equity, health care and consumer products clients in the U.S., U.K. and continental Europe.

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Setback for Heathrow as MPs warn against a third runway
HEATHROW should be barred from building a third runway until the airport can demonstrate its ability to meet pollution targets, MPs will say today.
After years of prevarication, Cabinet ministers are expected to hold talks today on whether to give the green light to expansion at Heathrow.
Chancellor George Osborne is pushing for approval, arguing that Heathrow is the best short-term option to give Britain the extra airport capacity it needs to maintain economic growth and competitiveness.
And a review of airport capacity by former CBI chief Sir Howard Davies this year recommended building a third runway at Heathrow, rather than expansion at Gatwick.
But the move is opposed by a number of senior Tories, including London Mayor Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Theresa May, International Development Secretary Justine Greening and Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. In a major report today, the cross-party Commons environmental audit committee is expected to say that Heathrow has not yet shown its plans for a third runway can comply with pollution laws.
A source on the committee said the report would warn that Heathrow expansion
‘Should not go ahead’
‘should not go ahead’ until Heathrow can show environmental conditions can be met.
It will also suggest that both the Government and Heathrow could face ‘protracted legal disputes’ if they fail to demonstrate compliance, introducing an ‘element of commercial risk’ to the project.
One aviation industry source said the warning could be used by ministers as an excuse to delay a final decision until after next year’s London mayoral election.
Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith has pledged to resign his Westminster seat and force an embarrassing by-election if David Cameron goes back on his 2010 pledge to ban expansion at Heathrow.
Today’s report will call for a ‘step change’ in the Government’s approach to limiting the impact that any airport expansion will have on the environment.
Heathrow insists that its plans will allow it to meet strict legal limits on pollution, noise and carbon emissions. However today’s report is expected to raise serious doubts about the claims.
It will question whether expansion at Heathrow is compliant with the Government’s commitments on climate change – warning that even with improved aircraft efficiency, the increase in flights could breach greenhouse gas emissions.
The committee will also raise serious concerns about the likely impact on pollution in west London, saying that a ‘significant deterioration’ in air quality on local roads would be unacceptable.
And MPs will call for a ban on night flights to limit the noise impact on millions of people living under flight paths.


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Auschwitz Survivor Irene Weiss
Irene Weiss was a teenager when she was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Part of a huge number of Hungarian Jews numbering close to 500,000 who were sent in 1944.
Jack Garcia FBI
Former FBI Special Agent discusses his years infiltrating the NYC mafia and other investigations.
Winston Churchill’s Life Allen Packwood OBE
The Director of the Churchill Archives discusses the life of Winston Churchill and the strategic decisions he made in WW2.
The Mossad Victor Ostrovsky
Ex-Mossad Agent Ostrovsky takes listeners inside the super secret operations of arguably the most effective intelligence service in the world.
My Famous Cases F. Lee Bailey
Mr. Bailey discuses his most famous court cases with Intelligent Talk.
Jeannette Watson Sanger
Jeannette Watson Sanger discusses her book “It’s My Party” about her life and famous bookstore in Manhattan.


The remaining films in the “Star Wars” film franchise – so far – are all coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on March 31st it seems, via Disney, according to retailer listings. There will first be a very lavish, expensive box set available (seemingly exclusive) at retailer Best Buy called “The Skywalker Saga” (pictured above) which is now available for preorder. That Skywalker Saga set will include Episodes 1-9 of the films, as well as two Blu-ray Disc counterparts for each film, filled with bonus materials – yet to be detailed. Stay tuned for further details regarding this release as it develops.
Now, as of today, there also are most certainly individual releases for Episodes 1-7 coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on March 31st as well as the film “Rogue One – A Star Wars Story” (2016). It’s certainly worth noting that these titles are now all listed over at retailer Best Buy, individually. So, as you’d expect I’ll be listing the films coming out in theatrical chronological order with direct links to the Best Buy preorder listings – not yet functional but currently placeholder pages. UPDATED: I am now adding Amazon preorder listings to this post as they are getting listed.
NOTE: The final film in the Skywalker Saga (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) has been announced officially, as you can read HERE in my previous news post regarding it. This story regarding the individual releases is still developing, so once again, stay tuned.
The 2019 sequel “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is officially coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc on March 31st, via Disney. The film, directed by J.J. Abrams, starred Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Tech specs for the 4K UHD Blu-ray include 2160p video in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with HDR10 form of High Dynamic Range and Dolby Atmos sound. The technical specs for the Blu-ray include HD video in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 sound. Both releases will come in the form of a “combo pack” with the 4K getting its Blu-ray counterpart, the Blu-ray getting the DVD, and each getting a digital code (copy) of the film included. While it’s not yet available over at Amazon, stay tuned. However, you can now find the 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray available for preorder over at retailers Best Buy, Target, and Walmart.
The 4K release is going to be getting several exclusives at retailers. The exclusives will include a 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook over at Best Buy (pictured below), Target will get a 4K UHD Blu-ray Gallery Book (pictured below), and a 4K UHD Blu-ray Limited Edition will be exclusive over at Walmart (pictured below). You can click on the retailer names for links to preorder those exclusives.
The bonus materials set to be included on both the 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray are listed below.
- The Skywalker Legacy – The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
- Pasaana Pursuit: Creating the Speeder Chase – Dive into the making of the movie’s epic landspeeder chase and discover how this spectacular sequence was brought to the screen.
- Aliens in the Desert – See what it took to create the Pasaana desert scenes, from the sheer scale and complexity of the shoot to its colorful details.
- D-O: Key to the Past – Explore the ship that connects Rey to the mystery of her missing parents and get to know the galaxy’s newest, irresistible droid.
- Warwick & Son – Warwick Davis, who played Wicket in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, dons the Ewok costume once more; this time joined by his son Harrison.
- Cast of Creatures – The team behind the film’s memorable creatures reveal the puppetry, makeup, prosthetics and digital magic that bring them to life!
- Digital Exclusive:
- The Maestro’s Finale – Composer John Williams reflects on his body of work for the Star Wars saga and shares insights on scoring Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
* Digital bonus offerings may vary by retailer.
Further below, after the break, you can find even further details about the upcoming home video releases of this film via the official announcement.
The 2016 live-action adaptation of “The Jungle Book“ is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on January 14th, 2020 via Disney, according to retailers. The film, directed by Jon Favreau, starred Neel Sethi and featured the voice talents of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, and the late Garry Shandling. Tech specs and bonus materials for the release have not yet been detailed but stay tuned for an update on that. The release will come in the form of a “combo pack” with a Blu-ray Disc counterpart of the film (with bonus materials) and a digital code (copy) of the film. You can’t yet find the 4K UHD Blu-ray listed on Amazon, but stay tuned for an update on that. In the meantime, however, it is listed over at retailers Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. It’s worth noting that retailer Best Buy will also be getting an exclusive 4K UHD Blu-ray SteelBook of the film, which is now available for preorder (pictured below).
The 2019 Jordan Peele film “Us” is officially coming to both 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Disc on June 18th via Universal. The film, “Certified Fresh” over at Rotten Tomatoes, stars Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Tim Heidecker, and Elisabeth Moss.
The tech specs for the 4K release include 2160p video in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio in both HDR10 and Dolby Vision forms of High Dynamic Range with Dolby Atmos sound. Tech specs for the Blu-ray include 1080p video in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with Dolby Atmos sound. The releases will both come in the form of a “combo pack” with the 4K getting a Blu-ray Disc and the Blu-ray getting a DVD included in addition to a digital copy of the film. Both the 4K UHD Blu-ray and the Blu-ray are now available for pre-order over at Amazon and Best Buy. Retailer Best Buy will be getting an Exclusive 4K Steelbook release (pictured below) that you can pre-order now.
Bonus materials set to be included on the releases are listed below.
- The Monsters Within Us
- Tethered Together: Making Us Twice
- Deleted Scenes
- Redefining A Genre: Jordan Peele’s Brand of Horror
- We’re All Dying
- As Above, So Below: Grand Pas de Deux
- Becoming Red
- The Duality of Us
- Scene Explorations
Further below, after the break, you can find more information about this upcoming release.


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Just over one year ago, Miami voters approved a ballot measure giving developer Jeffrey Berkowitz the go-ahead to build an oddly shaped, 1,000-foot bay-front tower called Skyrise Miami. The tower would lure hundreds of thousands of tourists, Berkowitz pledged, and even better, taxpayers wouldn't foot a cent. City Mayor Tomas Regalado took to the airwaves making that same pledge.
A few months after the vote, though, a more complicated story emerged: While city tax rolls won't back the project, Berkowitz and county leaders had quietly agreed to put millions into infrastructure. That's reason enough to scrap the whole vote and start over, Raquel Regalado argues in a new legal filing this week in a suit she's started with auto magnate Norman Braman.
"Election law is very clear on how to represent to the electorate accurately what they're voting on," Raquel Regalado tells New Times. "Legally, it's very clear we have a strong case."
The latest motion, which asks a Miami-Dade Civil Court judge to overturn last summer's vote, introduces some new evidence to prove Regalado's contention that voters were tricked. New exhibits include emails that Regalado contends show Berkowitz's attorneys signing off on ballot language calling the project "privately funded" even as they were working behind the scenes with the county to secure millions connected to the plan.
"These emails don't leave any other interpretation as to what was going on," she says.
Here's the central argument, as Regalado's attorneys write in the new motion: "By representing that SkyRise Miami would be “privately funded,” the ballot falsely represented to the voters that the Developer would be exclusively responsible for funding the SkyRise project and that no public monies would be used for it."
Skyrise's backers, though, argue that the project is actually privately funded. Those millions of county tax dollars are going to pay for nearby infrastructure upgrades, not for the project itself, they argue.
Regalado says she's confident a judge won't buy that argument. "They're trying to play this little game," she says. "They're trying to disassociate this infrastructure funding from the project, but the fact is this work is being done for Skyrise."
The lawsuit is soaked in political drama, with Regalado, who is currently a school board member, already lined up to challenge County Mayor Carlos Gimenez.
This week's motion is the latest shot over Gimenez's bow as the younger Regalado lines up her challenge, with billionaire Braman in her corner (and funding her current lawsuit).
As for the sticky issue of her dad's role in promoting Skyrise as tax-free to voters, her latest motion echoes his contention that neither Berkowitz nor city staffers told him about the talks with the county to get funding.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding confirmation hearings for Joe Biden’s judicial nominees today. One of those nominees is Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren, who came recommended by Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Washington. According to Murray herself, Judge Bjelkengren is more than qualified for the job.
And with that in mind, after watching this, we have serious concerns about Patty Murray’s judgment of character and competence:
Q: “Judge, tell me what article V of the Constitution does?”
Biden judicial nominee: “Article V is not coming to mind at the moment.”
“How about article II?”
Nominee: “Neither is Article II”
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) January 26, 2023
Well, we can say this much: we expect nothing less from someone nominated by Joe Biden. Or any Democrat, really.
Sen. Patty Murray yesterday introduced Charnelle Bjelkengren as an "exceptional nominee" at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Murray said she supported Bjelkengren, who is black, because "a judiciary that reflects the diversity of this country." https://t.co/NR19hsaZ5q
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) January 26, 2023
So much for that.
Good reminder that understanding the constitution and being able to answer basic questions about it is not a requirement for Democrat-appointed judges. https://t.co/wHmpDZhywa
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 26, 2023
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 26, 2023
To say the least.
Hoo boy this is bad. https://t.co/QoG3seetFp
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 26, 2023
Sen. Kennedy doesn’t seem super enthused about this particular candidate. And who can blame him? The average American couldn’t tell you what Article V or Article II of the Constitution say, but the average American isn’t a U.S. District Court nominee. It’s literally Charnelle Bjelkengren’s job to know this stuff. And it’s the Biden administration’s job to make sure that she knows this stuff before they stick her in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where questions about the U.S. Constitution are pretty likely to come up.
— Erik Eva (@ErikJEva) January 26, 2023
This is embarrassing. How do you show up this unprepared for a job interview? https://t.co/fOgtVU6GWo
— Dave (@WhiskeyDave4) January 26, 2023
Hopefully she at least got to stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
— Cheese For Everyone! (@CheeseForEvery1) January 26, 2023
What he said.
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Now in stock is BBR's 1:18 replica of the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hours winning Ferrari 250 P. The car was crewed by Ferrari favourites Ludovico Scarfiotti and Lorenzo Bandini, making it the first ‘all-Italian’ victory in the history of the race.
Indeed, Ferraris took the first six places in a race of attrition that saw only 12 cars classified at the finish. Although there had been good weather throughout the event, this had led to higher speeds being maintained and consequently there were several accidents and mechanical failures. The engine in Bruce McLaren’s Aston Martin was shattered by one of its own pistons, leaving a huge oil slick that caused Roy Salvadori’s Jaguar to violently crash out, the latter suffering serious injuries. Jean-Pierre Manzon in his Bonnet then struck Salvadori’s stricken car and was thrown out onto the circuit, also getting seriously hurt. In the final tragic chapter of the accident Christian Heins swerved to avoid Manzon, rolled off the circuit and struck a lamp post, dying instantly.
Ferrari weren’t immune to problems either. John Surtees and Willy Mairesse had led the event for 15 hours in their #23 250 P, but their race quickly unravelled on Sunday morning. Surtees handed his steed over to Mairesse with a two lap lead, but during the refuelling petrol was spilt in the engine bay. The first time Mairesse applied the brakes after leaving the pits a spark from the brake light cable ignited it, the car bursting into flames. The Belgian was lucky to be able to bring the car to a halt and extricate himself from the inferno, but he still suffered burns that kept him out of racing for two months.
After all of that, the #21 of Scarfiotti and Bandini took the win, 16 laps ahead of their closest competitor, which represented the biggest winning margin since Bentley’s victory in 1927.
BBR has limited this very desirable replica to just 199 pieces worldwide, unsurprisingly selling out of it on release.
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The Chicken Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious chicken recipes) invites you to try Mexican Chicken Soup Recipe. Enjoy our collection of quick & easy soup recipes and learn how to make Mexican Chicken Soup.
Total Time: 1 hr 5 min
Prep 15 min
Cook 50 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
4 split (2 whole) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
Good olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups chopped onions (2 onions)
1 cup chopped celery (2 stalks)
2 cups chopped carrots (4 carrots)
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
2 1/2 quarts chicken stock, preferably homemade
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes in puree, crushed
2 to 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves, optional
6 (6-inch) fresh white corn tortillas
For serving: sliced avocado, sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the chicken breasts skin side up on a sheet pan. Rub with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until done. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, and shred the meat. Cover and set aside.
Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the onions start to brown. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes with their puree, jalapenos, cumin, coriander, 1 tablespoon salt (depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock), 1 teaspoon pepper, and the cilantro, if using. Cut the tortillas in 1/2, then cut them crosswise into 1/2-inch strips and add to the soup. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 25 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and season to taste. Serve the soup hot topped with sliced avocado, a dollop of sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and broken tortilla chips.
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In the rolling hills of the Corinthian countryside, an area renowned for its produce ever since antiquity, we cultivate olive trees of the native Manaki variety to produce this unique monovarietal olive oil. Our old-growth olive grove is home to a host of animals, like the cute Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) that lends its name to this bottle.
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It’s Washington’s answer to the Oscars, the closest thing to American pop-culture knighthood. At a star-studded gala Sunday, singer Neil Diamond, actress Meryl Streep and three other entertainers — Broadway star Barbara Cook, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins — will be saluted with the Kennedy Center Honors, recognizing their luminous lifetime contributions to the performing arts.
As the glowing words and heartfelt encomiums flow from the Kennedy Opera House stage, no one will mention that Mr. Diamond was the first man to win a Golden Raspberry Award for worst actor, courtesy of his star-destroying turn in 1980’s “The Jazz Singer.”
Nor will anyone note that Miss Streep co-starred in 1989’s “She-Devil” alongside fellow master thespian Roseanne Barr.
Or that Mr. Ma lent his considerable talents to the soundtracks of 1997’s “Seven Years in Tibet” and 2005’s “Memoirs of a Geisha,” a high-class pair of turgid cinematic turkeys to rival anything roasted on Thanksgiving.
Or that Mr. Rollins … well, you catch our drift.
A wise man — possibly the Apostle Paul, probably Osgood Fielding III from “Some Like It Hot” — once noted, “Nobody’s perfect.” In the cases of Mr. Diamond, Miss Streep and the rest of this year’s honorees, that maxim is worth remembering. Otherwise, their formidably accomplished, mostly spotless resumes would be unbearable.
With that in mind, we present our first-ever Kennedy Center Dis-Honors, kidding only because we love.
The good stuff: Five decades in show business, more than 115 million records sold worldwide, eight No. 1 singles. Oh, and before he became a famous voice, the 70-year-old Mr. Diamond was a skilled swordsman, earning a fencing scholarship to New York University. No kidding.
Career lowlight (I): As previously mentioned, Mr. Diamond won the first-ever worst-actor Razzie for “The Jazz Singer.” The good news? He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for the same role. The really good news? Making “The Jazz Singer” shelved Mr. Diamond’s plans to star in a film version of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” with Barbra Streisand.
Career lowlight (II): Mr. Diamond’s tune “America” was the theme song for Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presidential bid. Nothing against rousing, slightly cornpone immigrant-themed show-tune anthems; it’s just that any connection to one of the feeblest political campaigns of the modern era — M1A1 Abrams battle tank photo-op, anyone? — is a clear-cut case of guilt by association.
Career lowlight (III): In the 1960s — a time frame that likely explains much — Mr. Diamond recorded “The Pot Smoker’s Song,” a bizarre ditty that contains jarring, William Shatner-esque spoken-word interludes about shooting drugs into one’s spine and a peppy “Sesame Street”-style chorus of “la la la/pot, pot/gimmie some pot/forget what you are/you can be what you’re not.” With all due respect, no amount of psychedelic assistance is enough to unhear this tune.
Relevant statistic: A Google search of “Neil Diamond worst song lyrics of all time” yields just 463,000 results.
Quotable: In the 1991 film “What About Bob?” Bill Murray’s character notes, “There are two types of people in the world — those who like Neil Diamond and those who don’t.” Regarding both Mr. Diamond’s mammoth musical oeuvre and his habit of performing in colorful sequined shirts, truer words never have been uttered.


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Standard Room: The rooms are furnished in frameworks of the famous Bamboo sticks to the comfort and convenience of our guests, with air conditioning, private telephone facility and a bathroom. The inside of the rooms and walls are handmade craftsmanship of paintings and frameworks by renowned local sculptor.
Deluxe Room: Newly built in 2013, there are 20 of these rooms with all the facilities and amenities you will find in our standard rooms. Our spacious deluxe rooms feature a bright and airy decor with an unmatched array of contemporary custom furnishing. The rooms are designed with sizable french windows allowing you a perfect view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mini Suite: A group of round huts centered in the gardens adjacent to the standard room, are the Mini suites in the true Mandinka’s ideology of housing. Equipped with a TV, telephone, and a mini kitchen including sink & mini fridge.
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It has been a while since there has been a Weekly Roundup posting, primarily because FDA has been fairly quiet of late. In fact, during October the agency issued only 3 press releases and the same for November. Certainly lots is happening around the agency though, like the passage into law of the 21st Century Cures Act. This week we’ll have some things of note that the agency has done as well as a few updates on the changing environment.
- FDA Announces Eczema Approval – It has been a year short on drug approvals compared to last year, but FDA added one to the list for 2016 this week in approving Eucrisa, a phosphodeisterase 4 (PDE-4) inhibitor being indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate eczema in patients two years and older. According to the company press release, there has not been a new prescription available for patients in over ten years. While overactive PDE-4 has been shown to contribute to the condition, the specific mechanism of action is not known.
- FDA’s OPDP on the Move! – After a year that was relatively quiet on the enforcement front, Eye on FDA reported this week on two untitled letters issued by the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) related to DTC advertising and risk information. Then the following day a third and fourth letter was posted, this time both Warning Letters, also involving risk information (the most common violation cited in OPDP letters). This means OPDP has issued nearly as many letters so far this month as have been issued all year by that office.
- FDA and NIH Weigh In on Cures Act Passage – With the passage and signing into law of the 21st Century Cures Act, the heads of both FDA and NIH provided their perspectives in separate publications about the impact of the legislation on their respective agencies. FDA Commissioner Dr. Califf presented an FDA point of view in a blog posting on the agency blog – FDA Voice, while NIH leadership provided an in-depth discussion of the legislation in a Perspectives column in the New England Journal of Medicine.
That’s it for me this week. Have a good weekend everyone.


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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. –
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama – The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command G-3 partnered with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in July 2018, when the JAIC was initially formed.
The partnership was designed to inject machine learning and artificial intelligence into some of the G-3 processes and was a way to help the JAIC understand some of the challenges that Army aviation was facing related to sustainment and readiness.
“This partnership began in January of 2019 when the JAIC started a predictive maintenance (now known as Joint Logistics) mission initiative and the UH-60 was chosen as the platform for evaluation,” said James Snyder, AMCOM G-3 Sustainment Support Branch chief. “We continue to partner with the JAIC from that time forward working on predictive maintenance solutions and focusing specifically on teardown analysis of UH-60 components at Corpus Christi Army Depot [in Texas].”
The JAIC is focused on broad enablement of artificial intelligence capabilities by providing infrastructure, developing pathfinder capabilities and offering technical expertise for Department of Defense users to pursue their use cases.
“We have several key engagement areas, known as mission initiatives including joint logistics, joint warfighting, business process transformation, warfighter health, joint information warfare and threat reduction and protection,” said Chris Shumeyko, JAIC product manager. “We are also providing a cloud-based environment that will provide infrastructure for developers in the field to pursue their own AI capabilities.”
According to Snyder, this partnership allows the sharing of resources between the two commands.
“Utilizing the JAIC expertise in AI/ML with the AMCOM sustainment expertise allows for the analysis of current data sets geared toward sustainment improvements, “said Snyder. “More importantly, it sets the stage for development of future capabilities that will allow AI to identify faults, provide trend analysis and offer solutions to sustainment issues proactively.”
Snyder stated that injecting AI/ML into the process means using proven methods that continue to learn and understand requirements based on received data.
“It allows for an automated approach to solving problems quicker and with greater accuracy than manual methods,” said Snyder. “The ability for a program to learn from the data it receives and adapt to current operational requirements is key to successfully solving sustainment challenges.”
Recently, the JAIC funded the development of an AI/ML tool known as AutoFire for G3, which was developed by the Algorithmic Warfare Provisional Program Activity Office.
“The basis of the program is to conduct root cause analysis of depot-level engine teardowns to provide the primary reason for failure of the component,” said Snyder. “The implementation of Autofire will reduce the need for the manual board process and provide results quicker. As teardown analysis is transitioned into the Maintenance Consolidated Database, the need for an automated process becomes even more critical to provide actionable information in a timely manner.”
“When it comes to logistics and maintenance, there is an overwhelming amount of data available — anything from aircraft sensor data to maintenance forms and part records,” said Shumeyko. “Ordinarily, subject matter experts play a huge role in understanding this data and identifying trends that may affect the readiness of the Army’s vehicle fleet. However, as the amount of data grows, you either need more experts to comb through that data or possible warning signs of problems may get missed. By injecting AI/ML, we’re not replacing these experts, but rather providing them with tools that can find hard-to-spot trends, anomalies or warning signs in a fraction of the time. Our goal is to increase the efficiency of the experts.”
At CCAD, the PMx initative is specifically focused on teardown analysis of UH-60 components.
“H-60s are powered by two T700 turbojet engines,” said Shumeyko. “When these engines fail in the field, maintainers will sometimes send those engines back to CCAD for further inspection or repair. This is an opportunity to identify the root cause of failure. For example, a maintainer in the field may report that an engine was producing low-torque indications. At the depot, that engine may get torn down, isolating each component for inspection, and a report generated. Then subject matter experts would analyze that data and determine why the engine experienced low torque — foreign object damage, perhaps.”
This partnership is important as it aligns with the Department of Defense’s emphasis on AI/ML implementation. AMCOM’s partnership with JAIC places G-3 in a position to lead and steer efforts.
“AMCOM’s lead position with these efforts is critical to the aviation enterprise benefiting from these processes early in the DOD and DA planning cycle,” said Snyder.
“AMCOM has been a tremendous partner for the JAIC,” said Shumeyko. “They understand the power of AI/ML and what it can provide for increased readiness. We’re always looking for partners who can help our mission of transformation through AI and AMCOM has supported us in that quest. By AMCOM and the JAIC committing to working together to build sustainable, scalable and transferable AI/ML tools, as well as sharing lessons learned from such endeavors, we will increase readiness across all of the services.”


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Tips to Help Relieve Morning Sickness
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There Are Many Things You Can Do To Help Relieve Morning Sickness, Nausea & Vomiting.
Acupuncture is very effective of course, but there are also things you can do yourself to help take the edge off of morning sickness
How to Eat to Help Relieve Morning Sickness
- Put small portions of food on your plate as a larger portion may be off putting when you have morning sickness.
- Become a grazer and eat small amounts throughout the day and evening.
- Take your time and eat slowly, chew your food really well
- Avoid lumpy foods, when you have morning sickness it may be easier to swallow soups and smoothies.
- Try eating bland foods. Bland foods can be more palatable while you have morning sickness.
- Ginger is renowned for settling the queasy stomach and helping to relieve morning sickness. Grate some fresh ginger (without the peel) into hot water to make a ginger tea, sip it. Get some ginger sweets or crystallized ginger. Get ginger ale made with real ginger (most health food shops will carry this).
- Keep some crackers by your bed and if you feel pregnancy nausea when you first wake up, nibble a few crackers and then rest for a few minutes before getting up slowly.
- Nibble on crackers if pregnancy nausea wakes you up during the night.
- Try to eat food cold or at room temperature, because food tends to have a stronger aroma when it’s hot.
- After eating avoid lying down on your left side. Lying on your left side can slow digestion.
- Try taking any vitamins or supplements with food or just before you go to sleep.
- Avoid fatty foods because they can take longer to digest.
- Avoid spicy, acidic, and fried foods as they can irritate your digestive system.
Fluid Intake to Help Relieve Morning Sickness:
- Sip peppermint tea or suck on peppermint sweets, especially after eating.
- Drink out of a small cup or bottle. Mentally the large amount may seem too much for your stomach to handle.
- Sip small amounts of fluid throughout the day. A large amount of fluid may be too much too handle at once and could exacerbate your feelings of nausea in pregnancy.
- Drink/ sip fluids mostly between meals. Don’t drink a lot of fluid at meal time. This may make you feel full and less hungry for food.
- Try your drinks at different temperatures. You might find warm or room temperature drinks easier on your stomach. Or you may find cold suits you better.
- Try sour drinks such as lemon drinks like lemonade or simply squeeze fresh lemon in water.
- Experiment to see if carbonated or flat drinks and see if either is easier to keep down.
- If swallowing itself makes you feel nauseous try sucking on ice cubes or putting drops of water on your tongue. Yes this can be time consuming, but very effective.
- Use a straw to change up the sipping experience.
- Try a sports drink that contains glucose, salt, and potassium to replace lost electrolytes if you’ve been vomiting in pregnancy.
Lifestyle choices to Help Relieve Morning Sickness
- Brush your teeth or use a mouthwash to rinse out your mouth after eating.
- To avoid morning sickness, sit up slowly in the morning, don’t just jump out of bed.
- Move slowly throughout your day, sudden movements make aggravate your symptoms.
- Avoid smells that trigger your nausea during pregnancy. You and your partner may have to change your shampoo or deodorant to something that you can tolerate.
- Add in smells that are appealing. You may find that some scents such as peppermint, grapefruit, lemon or orange can be settling. You can simply peel a piece of fruit or steep a cup of peppermint tea. Or you can buy a bottle of essential oil and put a drop or two on a tissue and keep it in your purse and smell it if you start to feel queasy. You can purchase peppermint essential oil online here.
- Get some fresh air. Take a gentle stroll or simply open a window.
- Use a seasickness acupressure wrist bands. This is a soft elastic wristband that puts pressure on an acupuncture point on your wrist that is great for relieving nausea in pregnancy. They can be purchased in chemists and pharmacies. Boots have them for sale online, click here to have a look.
- And if the wrist bands aren’t enough, get some Acupuncture. The needles can be way more effective than acupressure.
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Apple Cinnamon Bread - simple, classic fall flavors in an easy oil-free quick bread. Try it for breakfast, a lunchtime treat, an afternoon snack with coffee or tea, or even a dessert.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9.25" x 5.25" loaf pan with parchment paper (or lightly spritz with oil) and set aside.
In a small measuring cup, whisk together the non-dairy milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the cashew butter, maple syrup, coconut sugar, aquafaba, vanilla extract, and non-dairy milk/apple cider vinegar mixture from earlier.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, whisking until just combined.
Add the shredded apples and gently mix again just until combined.
Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the bread cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the loaf out of the pan and continue to cool on the wire rack for another 10-20 minutes before slicing.
*Aquafaba is the liquid from a can of chickpeas. It acts as the egg in this recipe and helps the bread to rise and stay soft and fluffy.
**I like to use the big holes on the food processor grating disc. You can also grate by hand using the side with the bigger grates.