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A Practical GuideBook - 1993
This richly illustrated volume devoted to pruning, one of the most important yet largely overlooked aspects of gardening, provides up-to-date techniques and step-by-step drawings helpful to both beginning and experienced gardeners. The book's first chapters are devoted to basic techniques and essential tools, while its heart features an illustrated directory of hundreds of ornamental plants. Each account explains whether a particular plant benefits from pruning, and if so, how and when to do it. An invaluable reference book, Pruning will give gardeners at any level of skill the confidence to enjoy one of the most interesting, creative, and rewarding activities and to derive the benefits from improved plant performance.
Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press, 1993
Branch Call Number: 631.542 McHo 05ad 01
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We're finally back, and I'm thrilled to bring everyone this episode. Sincere apologies for the radio silence and the huge delay for this episode. I ended up getting pneumonia a little while back, and let's put it this way: it was NOT fun. Anyway, I'm excited to present this episode. I spoke with singer/songwriter duo Jocelyn & Chris Arndt about their new album Edges, which released last week. This conversation revolves heavily around songwriting, so songwriters should listen up.
Edges is available now on iTunes.
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Kim & Karen 2 Soul Sisters
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Stunning Second Grade Cupcakes
Did you know that National Cupcake Day is December 15? I did not. That's why we did cupcakes in March. It's all good, though...We are just a little early!
Very Easy Project and The Kids Loved it!
Give the kids some pictures of cupcakes for reference
Have kids draw cupcakes
Kids outline with sharpie
Kids use Dick Blick liquid watercolor to paint...I really liked the neon colors on the cupcakes...Some of the high school students use the Dick Blick neon liquid colors by adding it to white acrylic paint...
Have a L👀K!

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Dorothea Wierer on top once again in Ruhpolding with historic success
Dorothea Wierer has become the first athlete to win consecutive women's 15km individual World Cup races in Ruhpolding after storming to top spot in a dominant display.
The Italian was ruthless with gun in hand and clinical across the snow in Germany, victorious by more than 12 seconds to follow up her impressive achievements of two years previous.
And with less than a month to go until the Winter Olympic Games, there is hardly a better time for Wierer to be hitting form, with Italy aiming for a gold medal for the first time in the sport.
But it was the speed of the shooting that would have most pleased the 27-year-old, hitting 20 out of 20 targets to take her own little piece of Ruhpolding history ahead of Finland's Kaisa Makarainen.
She was not the only skier celebrating unique success, with Rosanna Crawford becoming the first Canadian woman to finish on the podium in more than 11 years.
She too was to be unflappable on the shot, finishing 21.2 seconds off the pace but comfortably ahead of her closest challengers to take her memorable spot in third place.
Great Britain's Amanda Lightfoot finished in 79th place, missing four shots and finishing six minutes behind the leaders. Sportsbeat 2018

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Early in human history, when nations began to form and humanity entered the age of exploration and colonization, religious wars were largely supplanted by ethnic conflict. Like the earlier post on global inequality, colonialism is a major player in contemporary ethnic conflict and inequality. Img source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_colonialism Ethnic Conflict Colonial rule cared little for differences or … Continue reading Global Ethnic Conflict and Inequality
Global poverty and inequality has been a topic of debate for decades. Commentators note the devastating effects of extreme poverty on health, human development, life expectancy, and more. The United Nations set "eradicate extreme poverty and hunger" as a Millennium Development Goal with the intent to: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people … Continue reading Global Poverty and the Legacy of Colonialism
Social problems are general conditions in society that are harmful to a significant number of people. Social practices facilitated by power structures create, perpetuate, reinforce, or resolve economic, social, cultural, or environmental harms. As social problems often are felt most keenly by disadvantaged groups, powerful groups may not even be aware that a problem exists. … Continue reading What are social problems?

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CUHK keeps winning streak on medicineLocal | Carine Chow 14 Aug 2020
The Chinese University is getting the lion's share of medical students admitted through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System this year, with its global program continuing to top the admissions chart.
A total of 41,664 Jupas applicants learned their results yesterday, with 37.5 percent admitted to nine local universities - 1.5 percentage points higher than last year.
Of the 336 students accepted into medical programs in Hong Kong via Jupas this year, 186, or 55 percent, chose CUHK.
Its medicine (global physician-leadership stream) undergraduate program continues to be top drawer, with the highest admission score among Jupas institutions for the seventh consecutive year.
The average admission score for seven subjects of both programs remains the same as last year: 43 points for medical students and 47 for medicine (GPS) students.
With the decrease in the number of Jupas applicants, CUHK's medical faculty also accepted fewer students, down from 192 last year. The number of medicine (GPS) students also fell from 47 last year to 36.
The University of Hong Kong also saw a slight drop in applications, mainly due to the drop in Jupas applicants and uncertainties brought on by Covid-19 and the unrest.
"However, we saw an increase in applications for our medical, law, global engineering and business programs, and a 40 percent increase in bachelor of arts and science applications," said Bennett Yim Chi-kin, director of undergraduate admissions and international student exchange.
HKU this year has given more than HK$2 million to about 70 students through its three newly introduced one-off admission scholarships - the Aspiration Scholarships for arts and social sciences students, Reach (Recognition of Achievements) Awards for students of health care and education-related programs, and the Future Leaders of the Year Scholarships 2020 for arts and sciences students.
Owen Wong Ngo-yin, with 31 points for his best five subjects, is one of the recipients of the FLY Scholarship 2020. He is admitted into the bachelor of arts and sciences.
The Reach awardee, Chan Chin-hung, is going for science after achieving 34 points in his best five subjects, including 5** in mathematics, physics, chemistry and information and technology.
Chan is accepted into the HKU's Young Scientists Scheme, which allows him to conduct scientific research under mentorship.
Chan is also accepted into the HKU-Cambridge undergraduate recruitment scheme (natural ciences), in which he may have a chance to study at the University of Cambridge for two to three years.
Alice Wong Sze-tsai, associate dean of science, said more than 20 students have applied for this new program.


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US tariffs will remain no matter what coronavirus does to China's economy – US trade advisor
Washington will not make tariff concessions to Beijing, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro has said, amid fears that the outbreak of a deadly virus in China could take a toll on its economy.
“That’s a spin that’s coming right out of Wall Street, and it really, I think, it does a disservice to this whole crisis to bring that into the discussion,” the official told CNBC on Wednesday, when asked about the possible removal of levies on Chinese imports.Also on rt.com Could coronavirus be the recessionary catalyst that triggers a global economic downturn? RT’s Boom Bust investigates
Navarro added that the tariffs are in place because China “engages in massive unfair subsidies,” using state-owned companies to put American rivals out of business. “And the tariffs also ensure that we come back for phase two,” he said, referring to the second part of the trade deal with China.
The US and China inked ‘phase one’ of the trade agreement, intended to ease tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, on January 15. While Washington agreed not to impose new levies and lowered some existing ones, the majority of the tariffs remain in place. US President Donald Trump earlier vowed to remove them if the second part of the deal is reached, but there are concerns that it might not happen in the near future, or at all.Also on rt.com Why the coronavirus is a real threat to China's economy
Originating in China’s Wuhan, the coronavirus has been rapidly spreading across China and beyond since the end of last year. In recent weeks, the number of infected people has risen quickly, jumping to more than 7,700 as of Thursday morning and reaching the figures seen during 2003’s SARS epidemic. The death toll from the latest outbreak has climbed to 170.
While Chinese authorities are trying to stop the spread of the virus, putting cities in the epicenter on lockdown and preventing people from gathering in large numbers, many global carriers have cancelled flights to the country. Last week, foreign companies like McDonald's and Starbucks began to shut down cafes. Some US tech giants have suspended employee travel to China and closed their offices and some of their stores there.
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The winners and losers of the EU’s new ePrivacy law
The European Union’s new ePrivacy regulation is becoming a nightmare for the digital media and advertising industries.
The new ePrivacy law has received far less attention than the GDPR, partly because the regulation hasn’t been set in stone, and ad trade bodies were confident they could water down the terms. But their optimism was dented last week when the European Parliament voted for the law to go to the next stage, ignoring any lobbying to date. Businesses ignore ePrivacy at their own peril because the fines for flouting it will mirror those for the GDPR.
Who will emerge as winners and losers of the new ePrivacy law isn’t black and white. In truth, everyone stands to lose something. Here’s a breakdown.
Cookies are at the core of all behavioral marketing and advertising, with advertisers using them to build a picture of people’s interests by tracking which websites they visit. Once someone visits a site that shows one of their ads, they can tailor the ad’s message to cater to the person’s inferred interests. The new ePrivacy law would require advertisers to gain explicit consent for every cookie they drop, burdening any vendor that provides ad retargeting and any media or marketing business that uses retargeting. The law would also curb Facebook’s and Google’s ability to collect and use consumer data, restricting them from targeting ads based on data from over-the-top services like WhatsApp, Gmail and Messenger, unless they receive consent from individuals across each service.
Third-party cookie addicts
Many varieties of cookies exist, but third-party cookies are in the most direct firing line of the new ePrivacy law because they’re most commonly used in online advertising. Advertisers drop cookies when people visit their sites to build behavioral profiles, which can then be used for retargeting. Under the new ePrivacy law, using cookies for this purpose is labeled intrusive and an invasion of privacy. In theory, businesses that cultivate login registrations from users will fare better than those reliant on third-party cookies.
A/B testers (aka everyone)
The ePrivacy law proposal doesn’t distinguish between different kinds of cookies, but it would be better for everyone if it did. For example, publishers use “non-tracking” cookies for A/B testing new features and products on their sites with users, storing the test groups to which visitors are randomly assigned. This allows publishers to get an idea of which user experience people prefer and helps shape future product and user-experience rollouts. This kind of cookie facilitates a better user experience and helps personalize website experiences.
Cookie banner haters
Europeans are familiar with the annoying cookie banners that appear on websites within the 28 EU member states, courtesy of the existing ePrivacy law. The new law would eliminate these banners, which aren’t a great user experience. That said, it’s unclear how else websites would communicate to consumers why cookies are needed so consumers can grant consent.
Login registration strategies
Whether browsers will be winners under the new law depends on who you speak to. German publishers like Axel Springer believe browsers could bend the new rules to their own advantage, which could result in publishers being held ransom over consent settings — like paying a fee to be whitelisted in the settings, for example. Others suggest that browser makers could shoulder additional costs for developing software with built-in privacy settings due to the changes.
Some silver lining exists for telecommunications companies, which have long been wary of OTT services piggybacking off their networks and reducing their role to dumb pipes. Although telecommunications companies won’t get special treatment, they would at least be on a more level playing field with OTT services than before.
‘We don’t have visibility’: Google’s ad targeting limits expose publishers with reliance on open programmatic market and first-party data weakness
Most digital publishers connect to Google’s ad tech in some way, but those reliant on open programmatic ad exchanges, and without robust first-party data solutions, could be hurt by Google's data decisions.
Cannabis and the workplace: The pandemic has bosses and employees craving its benefits
Employees and employers are turning to the benefits of cannabis to relax as they continue to navigate the pandemic.
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Zeus currently offers more than 4 billion impressions per month across its participants' owned-and-operated sites.


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By Attorney Tom Flores Special to THELAW.TV Starting a business can be a very rewarding, but tricky experience. This article provides basic tips on getting started. 1. Know the local zoning of the area you want to start your business. Certain types of business are not allowed in certain parts of town. While it’s possible…
More than half of investors funds have been recovered from Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Some three-quarters of Madoff’s investors were individuals and families .
The man leading the global hunt for the funds said Monday that he recovered, or reached deals to recover, more than $9.2 billion of the $17.3 billion in principal that investors lost as a result of Mr. Madoff’s scheme, which landed him a 150-year prison sentence. The Wall Street Journal reports trustee Irving Picard said he collected $115.3 million by settling 18 cases between April 1 and Sept. 30, the period covered by the status report he filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. During that six-month period, Mr. Picard paid about $2.5 billion to Mr. Madoff’s investors, bringing the total compensation they have received to $3.7 billion.
More than three-quarters of Mr. Madoff’s investors were individuals and families, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Institutional investors such as pensions and charities made up the remainder.
Mr. Picard was hired to oversee the liquidation of Mr. Madoff’s investment firm in December 2008, the same month Mr. Madoff was arrested. Since then, Mr. Picard has filed more than 1,000 lawsuits to recover funds.


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Alicia Keys released her first graphic novel, Girl On Fire—named after her fifth studio album.
The coming-of-age young adult book, which has been in the works for the past five years, follows a young Brooklyn native named Lolo Wright who discovers she has telekinetic powers and does her best to use her newly found power for the greater good. In an Instagram post, Keys explained, “This is definitely a story for us about the superpowers we have inside of us that are yet to be revealed.”
During its first week of release, it already ranked No. 1 on several of Amazon’s bestsellers lists including Fantasy Manga, Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Girls’ & Women’s Issues, Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Prejudice & Racism, and Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Comics.
Girl On Fire is co-written by Andrew Weiner, illustrated by Brittney Williams, and features Keys’ song titles as chapters to describe what happens next.
Check out your first look inside Girl On Fire below, along with Keys discussing her new novel on Good Morning America.
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It is part of my job description to be offensive. I can, if I wish, make a joke hoping that Alex Salmond, now he is at the end of his political life, lays 20,000 fish eggs and dies. I can make a joke pointing out that David Cameron told off Sri Lanka for human rights abuses committed with weapons Britain sold it – like Ronald McDonald calling you a fat bastard.
The most I risk from saying such things is alienating a stranger. The same cannot be said of Mohammed Asghar. He is 70, and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh. When they discharged him he went to Pakistan, perhaps to escape what he thought were the undue restrictions on his liberty. Before he had been there long – four years ago now, in 2010 – he was facing a death sentence for blasphemy.
There is no doubt I have offended many people. No doubt, also, that I have blasphemed. I sometimes try to offend as part of my routine – after all, the essence of humour, even in a child, is the effort to shock and surprise. I don’t advocate offending people purely for the sake of offence, but my own excuse is far weaker than Asghar’s: I do it for laughs, he does it because he is seriously mentally ill, and cannot help it.
Apparently Asghar claimed to be a prophet sent by God. As his Scottish doctor reports, if he said that it was definitely his psychosis talking. I cannot believe that the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Pakistan, Scotland or anywhere else think that he should be executed for this. Yet a small minority of vocal people do, and one of them – a police officer at the maximum security prison where he was being held – tried to murder Asghar last Thursday. The guard burst into his cell with a pistol and shot him in the back. He shot again, but missed, before being partially restrained by others. Then, as Asghar was being taken to hospital, the guard managed to get a last kick in, crying out that he wanted to “kill the blasphemer”.
There has been a recent epidemic of blasphemy charges in Pakistan. Forty-eight people have been killed before they could get to a trial. Many more are being prosecuted. It is difficult for a brave lawyer to defend a client, because if you repeat what the person is accused of saying, that is blasphemous too.
If you think I am joking, not long ago a prominent human rights lawyer representing an English professor accused of making a blasphemous Facebook post was shot dead – after the prosecution lawyers had threatened to kill him in front of a judge. A politician who discussed reforming the law on TV is now being prosecuted for what he said, and two others were assassinated (one by his own security guard, who is now lauded as a hero).
I realise that I am not the brave person who is walking the streets of Islamabad with a placard. But we need to stand up with the people who are brave enough to take this issue on.
To be critical is not the same as being anti-Islam – rather, it is to advocate for a rational, sensible interpretation of the religion. Islam does not allow for the execution of the insane; neither does it sanction those who, for their own reasons, take the law into their own hands. On the other hand, to fail to stand up for Asghar and others like him is to cede the ground to those who think it’s OK to kill people who say odd things.
This week Cameron is apparently planning to cede ground to people on the fringes of his own party, as he calls for Britain to renege on its obligations to the European Convention on Human Rights. Instead of moaning that there are too many human rights, Cameron should be focused on the very human plight of Mohammed Asghar.
Mohammad Asghar is being assisted by legal charity Reprieve, further information on his case can be found at www.reprieve.org.uk


NEW YORK — Dean Koontz’s new thriller, “The Husband,” is the latest joint project of Focus Features and Random House Films, a partnership founded last year.
“Dean Koontz has a written a wonderful, suspenseful novel, one which merits comparison to
the best of Hitchcock; our goal is to create a film of the quality that we brought to our film version of John le Carre’s ‘The Constant Gardener,'” Focus president James Schamus said Monday in a statement.
Films released by Focus, the specialty movie arm of Universal Pictures, include “Brokeback Mountain,” winner of three Academy Awards; and “The Constant Gardener,” for which Rachel Weisz won a best supporting actress Oscar.
Koontz’s many best sellers include “Velocity” and “Life Expectancy.”
Other books being adapted by Random House and Focus include Yasmina Khadra’s novel “The Attack” and Bob Drogin’s “Curveball,” a nonfiction work about the war in Iraq.


Hardware and software companies face a tall order in addressing the unique cybersecurity issues faced by autonomous vehicles, as countries issue new standards that must be met. The software and the hardware must complement one another in order to provide a secure end-to-end solution, which presents both challenges and collaborative opportunities.
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U.K. Government Releases First Cybersecurity Standard for Driverless Vehicles
This December, the U.K. Government published a standard for automotive cybersecurity, PAS 1885, outlying guidelines to improve and maintain driverless vehicle security and associate intelligent transport systems. The guidelines were developed in conjunction with Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, and Bentley, as well the National Cyber Security Centre, the British Standards Institution, and the Department for Transport.
Overall, the standard outlines the needs to apply a defense-in-depth approach, a means to asses software trustworthiness, and to critically manage the security of the vehicle and data over the lifetime of the vehicle. Critical differences between current vehicles and future autonomous vehicles will mean that new cybersecurity measures and approaches will be needed to achieve what is set out in this standard and in future standards set out by other countries. Consequently, this will bring a wave of new opportunities for hardware and software companies.
New Elements, New Architectures, and a Need to Actively Monitor Autonomous Vehicles
The current approach to automotive cybersecurity is to limit entry into the vehicle via key access points, using methods that include: hardware-based firewalls, application sandboxing, and Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) microprocessor specifications. However, the current approach will not be enough to secure future autonomous vehicles, nor does it critically provide any insight into the current status of vehicle security. High-level autonomy and fully-autonomous vehicles (robotaxis) provide several unique challenges from a cybersecurity perspective, as covered in an upcoming ABI Research report (AN-5000):
New Vehicle Architectures: New architectures will see the incorporation of new computing elements, such as domain controllers. Domain controllers will be used to consolidate the function of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) into domain controllers and provide extra functionality where applicable. Domain controllers will contain valuable software Intellectual Property (IP) and provide common functionality for all ECUs in the domain. Domain controllers will, therefore, be more critical to functionality than any individual ECU would have been, emphasizing the need for the controller to be secure.
Increased Probability and Potential Implication of any Cyberattack: In the longer term, full vehicle autonomy will see fully driverless vehicles enter operation on public roads. With no driver in the vehicle, software is entirely responsible for the control of the vehicle. This will lead to an increase in the probability of an attack, as well as potential implications of an attack, due to: higher software IP value, potentially unmonitored physical access, and greater potential control of the vehicle state leading to greater incentive (e.g., terrorism).
Protection Against Sensor Spoofing: Sensor spoofing attacks are attacks whereby primarily vision sensors can be fooled by adversary images, providing false information to the driver and impacting other vehicle systems. Adversary images are images that have been intentionally manipulated in such as a way that, although humans can recognize them correctly, a vision-based system cannot and, therefore, it misclassifies the image. This will impact current Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), such as traffic sign recognition systems and adaptive cruise control, but the real threat is that a fully autonomous vehicle’s software is in complete control of the vehicle.
Need to Actively Monitor the Vehicle’s Security: Given the initial capital costs, the commercial value to operations and the safety implications of robotaxi operations, local governments and standards will almost certainly want Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)/mobility operators to actively monitor the security of robotaxi vehicles to immobilize any compromised vehicle/fleet.
To meet the requirements and best practices set out by standards will require that OEMs and Tier Ones rethink current cybersecurity approaches. This will see new cybersecurity measures, both hardware and software, being applied to the vehicle, advancing the current state of cybersecurity, while also bringing new opportunities to vendors in these spaces.
Opportunities for Software Providers and Hardware Providers
The current approach toward vehicle security is very limited in its scope; however, with increasing autonomy, OEMs, backed by local standards, will likely look to develop a new approach to cybersecurity.
Any new approach to cybersecurity will likely center around cyber-software solutions, such as an Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Protection System (IPS), which can provide active insight into current network traffic inside the vehicle, be easily updated, and provide protection against sensor spoofing attacks. For robotaxi applications, the use of software, such as an IDS/IPS, to actively monitor the state of vehicle security will almost certainly be a requirement set out by standards like the upcoming joint International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 21434 standard.
Although cyber software will form a key part of an OEM’s strategy toward providing cybersecurity, it is not a complete approach to cybersecurity; for instance, it provides little protection from physical tampering that will likely increase with robotaxi usage. Any cybersecurity approach will, therefore, require complementary security hardware to provide a complete end-to-end secure solution. Therefore, although software vendors may be tempted to push a complete software solution to OEM customers, working to provide software solutions that function with key complementary security hardware may be a more effective approach, providing a complete end-to-end solution, thereby providing a software provider the edge versus its competitors. The recent late-2018 announcement by vehicle cybersecurity software provider Karamba Security that it is partnering with semiconductor vendor ST Microelectronics to provide a secure telematics processing solution is a good example of how this can be achieved. This partnership will leverage Karamba’s Carwall cybersecurity software solution and STMicroelectronics’ processors to achieve tamper resistance and accelerated software execution.
Cybersecurity hardware providers, on the other hand, should be aware of the limitations of cybersecurity software and how hardware can fill those gaps left by cyber software, providing a complementary solution, rather than a competitive solution. Current secure hardware is almost exclusively limited to the implementation of specifications like SHE. Given the limitations of current SHE-based implementations, such as limited protection against physical tampering and limited support for cryptography functions, hardware providers should be aware of the possible opportunities available to provide more advanced secure solutions. For example, the Hardware Security Module (HSM) represents a suitable extension to SHE and, therefore, is likely to be favored by OEMs for use in domain controllers. Other security measures, such as Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) and secure elements, can then be pitched as suitable additions for areas that require increased tamper-resistance and extra security in key areas like infotainment and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) features.
The PAS 1885 standard demonstrates how there is growing emphasis on cybersecurity in automotive applications with increasing vehicle software complexity and automation. With the ISO – SAE 21434 standard for vehicle security also in development and expected to be completed in 2020, there are now significant available opportunities for both hardware and software vendors, driven by standards. For cybersecurity software vendors, the need to actively monitor the cybersecurity status over the lifetime of the vehicle provides an obvious entry into the market. For hardware providers, the best strategies will evolve around providing tamper resistance and complementary solutions to cybersecurity software, or even partnering with the software providers themselves to provide a complete solution through collaboration.


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What an impressive bunch they are!
October’s ‘A very BIG Chesham Thank you’ goes to the Chesham Town Council Depot, based up in Lowndes Park. That’s Paul, Kevin, Shaun, Gareth, Dave, Andy and Aaron.
This is the hardworking team who are out in all weathers making our town a pleasant place to life. They have plenty to keep them busy – I often bump into them in Lowndes Park and up at Chesham Cemetery, or even in the St. Mary’s Churchyard, but they have a whole load of other hedgerows and verges and sports pitches to keep on top of too. Their workload has zoomed up in the last couple of years but they crack on and keep up the good work.
All of us who enjoy Lowndes Park and the other beautiful places in Chesham owe them a Big Thank You.
Well done gents, keep up the good work!

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Lake Chivero Day Trip
Yup, that’s a rhino
About 37 miles southwest of Harare is Lake Chivero National Park. Being so close to Harare, Lake Chivero makes a perfect day trip – we went on a Sunday.
The tripadvisor page for Lake Chivero has lots of good information on it. The park is accessible off the road connecting Harare and Bulawayo
$3 per adult (kids are free) and $3 per vehicle is the cost of an unaccompanied game drive around Lake Chivero. At it’s longest and widest dimensions, the lake is approximately 12 x 8 km across, and the game park is the swath of protected land surrounding the lake.
Animals roam free (up to the game gate)
The entrance fee to Lake Chivero allows visitors to embark on an unaccompanied game drive in one’s own vehicle. The whole day (Sunday), we saw only one other vehicle. The drive is not all that challenging, but a 4X4 vehicle is nonetheless recommended.
The Animals at Lake Chivero
The animals at Lake Chivero, all of which roam free, impressed us. We saw monkeys, ostrich, gazelle, and beautiful bird life.
By far, the white rhino was the most impressive. The lady at the entrance gate had mentioned that there were white rhino at Lake Chivero, and we were eager to spot one. We had been searching for one all day. At about 2:00 p.m., as we were driving through a rather nondescript section of the park, we looked to our right and saw what appeared to be a large grey boulder. We stopped our vehicle, and the thing began to slowly move. It was unmistakeable – it was the white rhino! It was just about as large as our SUV.
Michelle took a little stroll up to the rhino to get a better look…

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A misinterpretation of the law on taxing staff tips means that HM Revenue
& Customs will have to repay millions of pounds in fines.
The tax body has admitted its crackdown on the use of staff-run tips systems,
called troncs, to top up employers salaries to the national minimum wage without
paying national insurance contributions on the tips, was mistaken.
The practice had been banned last year but is now likely to be revived. It is
thought HMRC’s u-turn came after the collapse of the multi-million pound claim
against restaurant group Conran, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Crowe Clark Whitehill , the top 20 accountancy firm, has announced the promotion of Chris Mould to partner
The latest opinions from Accountancy Age on Making Tax Digital, and outline plans to evolve the UK's corporate governance regime
Five million taxpayers are ow using digital personal tax accounts (PTA) as part of the making tax digital strategy, HMRC said
UK-based non-doms have paid ten times more tax than the average taxpayer, raising concerns over the Brexit impact on non-dom contributions and therefore, the economy


text: Ic BAX (34). An instance of how c-ABL might be activated is by way of TGF signaling; in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, c-Abl is activated by TGF (35), and silencing of c-Abl inhibits the pro-survival effects of TGF on myofibroblast apoptosis (34). Secondly, in fibrotic tissues, extracellular matrix stiffness is elevated in comparison to healthful tissue. This increased stiffness is an critical survival signal for myofibroblasts; by means of mechanosensing such stiffness outcomes in intracellular activation of Rho and Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) whose activity increases BCL2-XL expression (36). Importantly, this elevated, stiffness-induced, BCL2-XL expression is required to counteract the function in the pro-apoptotic protein BIM (36). BIM is an activator of BAX and accumulates in myofibroblasts exposed to a stiff matrix. This accumulation primes the cells to undergo apoptosis (36), and only the continued presence of BCL2-XL prevents this. This balance in between BCL-2 and BIM serves a part throughout standard wound healing; after the matrix softens in the course of the final wound remodeling stage, pro-surivival ROCK signaling drops, resulting in loss of BCL-2 expression, and fast BIMmediated apoptosis of myofibroblasts (36). Not too long ago, it has beenshown that pharmacological inhibition of BCL2-XL can mimic this method and IKK-β site induce targeted BIM-mediated apoptosis in myofibroblasts as well as revert established (murine) fibrosis (36). Moreover, in SSc skin, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT serine/threonine kinase (AKT) signaling (37) is enhanced. This pathway facilitates myofibroblasts survival by inhibiting the activity of BAX. It does so by inactivating bcl2associated agonist of cell death (Negative) through phosphorylation, following which this protein can no longer Kinesin-14 manufacturer inhibit the function of antiapoptotic proteins like BCL2-XL . Quite a few development elements can induce PI3K/AKT signaling, which includes TGF. TGF signaling is increased in skin of SSc sufferers, and TGF has been demonstrated to induce AKT signaling in dermal fibroblasts to lower myofibroblasts’ sensitivity for Fas-mediated apoptosis (34, 37, 38). In addition, TGF signaling also lowers expression of acid sphingomyelinase (SMPD1) (39). This enzyme induces the activation of protein phosphatase two (PP2A), i.e., an inhibitor of AKT signaling, plus a reduction in SMPD1 therefore enhances pro-survival AKT signaling. Additionaly, SMPD1 facilitates Fasdependent apoptosis by way of its solution; i.e., the lipid ceramide, which assists cluster Fas at the cell membrane, as a result facilitatingFrontiers in Immunology www.frontiersin.orgNovember 2018 Volume 9 Articlevan Caam et al.Unraveling SSc Pathophysiology; The Myofibroblastthe formation of death inducing signaling complexes (40). In SSc fibroblasts, it has been shown that TGF lowers Fas-mediated apoptosis and that overexpression of SMPD1 prevented this impact, indicating its importance (39). Finally, a role for micro RNAs (miRNA) in defending myofibroblasts against apoptosis has been described in SSc. miRNAs are modest non coding RNA molecules that can bind messenger RNAs and induce their degradation via an RNAinduced silencing complex (RISC). In SSc skin, expression of miRNA21 is improved, and this miRNA targets and degrades pro-apoptotic BAX mRNA (41). In addition, miRNA21 targets phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), which can be an inhibitor of AKT signaling, as this phosphatase lowers intracellular PIP3 levels, the activator of AKT signaling (38). Via these mechanisms, presence of this miRNA lowers cellul.

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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
Without undue melodrama, this Thai war drama, set during the Japanese occupation of the 1940s, chronicles the tragedy that results when a young beauty is unable to make up her mind. The story begins in 1944 as Ungsumalin quietly witnesses the funeral of her husband, the Japanese officer Kobori. An Allied bombing attack forces all attendees to flee and the story falls backward five years to see Ungsumalin bidding her beau Vanus good luck as he prepares to go to England. One year later, the Japanese are controlling the country. The girl is swimming in the Chaporaya river one day when Captain Kobori sees her and falls in love. She sees him and despises him. Still a courtship ensues. She uses him to serve the underground movement while waiting for Vanus. But things change when her father insists that she marry Kobori for political reasons. Kobori promises not to touch her, a vow he breaks after the wedding.
war, con/scam, courtship, funeral, indecision, love, marriage, marriage-of-convenience, romance, seduction, witness


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What’s the secret to success in life?
Some people think that delayed gratification is the secret to success. Delayed gratification
means to give up pleasure now to get a greater reward in the future. Here is an easy example:
You stop yourself from eating junk food during the winter, so when summer comes, you will look good at the beach.
In 1972 there was an experiment
. It tested children’s ability to delay gratification. In this experiment a researcher offered a small child a choice. The child could have one marshmallow now or 2 marshmallows if the child could wait for 15 minutes. The researcher left the child alone in the room with one marshmallow on a tray. The child was filmed with a secret video camera. Most of the children couldn’t wait and soon ate the marshmallow.

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Released 30th September 2016
"D55 is the project of Violet and Photonz aka NEGENTROPY; DJs, producers and co-founders of Radio Quantica (www.radioquantica.com). This real-life couple share their home studio and inspire one another to create music. Together they have created an universe that not only comprises their bright-eyed sonic adventures in dance music but also a love for the unknown, cosmic knowledge and the matters of the soul. They have realised that when they work together, they easily embrace an important piece of happiness-unlocking info: one should not taken oneself too seriously."
a1. Negentropy (Aka Photonz) - Consumation
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I hope you are all doing great? It’s cold here in DK, we have about 2C, so it’s freezing.
Therefor I got inspired to make a super simple card.
The snowflake is from Avery Elle – Noel stamp set, it’s gorgeous. I stamped it in Simon Says Stamp ink Wisteria with my misti on a Neenah Solar white #80 cardstock. The Hello stamp is from the beautiful Ellen Hutson – Mondo Magnolia. I stamped it with Versamark on black cardstock and heat embossed it with SSS – white embossing powder, and cut around it. Then I added the sentiment with foam tape on my card panel, and for the finishing touch, I found some black pearl in my stash.
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Over 25.5 million women have osteoporosis, according to 2019 IOF estimated statistics.1 At least 23.8 million European Union (EU) residents are at high risk of osteoporotic fractures. Currently, the annual cost of osteoporosis-related fractures in Europe alone is estimated to be more than €56 billion for its population.2 Early diagnosis and proactive treatment to keep bones healthy, including prescription medication and lifestyle changes, has the potential to significantly reduce this risk and its financial burden.
Yet osteoporosis and osteopenia are among the most undiagnosed and untreated medical conditions, not only in Europe, but throughout the world. Governments and healthcare providers need to prepare for a skyrocketing number of cases, due in great part to an increasingly aging population, with Europe alone facing an estimated 25% increase in osteoporotic fractures between 2019 and 2034.3
Advocating for a public health strategy
In February 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease (ESCEO) signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on bone health and aging, advocating for a public health strategy to prevent fractures among older people. This complements the IOF’s 2021 initiative to create an interactive Scorecard for Osteoporosis in Europe (SCORE) recording the burden of disease, policy framework, service provision, and service update of 29 EU countries.
A bone mineral density (BMD) test is the best method to diagnose osteoporosis and assess bone strength. A dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan (DEXA), the most common and most versatile test, not only assesses bone strength, but also can provide a vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) to detect previously unrecognized spine fracture, a trabecular bone score (TBS) that assesses internal structure of bones in the spine at a microscopic level, full-length femur imaging to recognize thickening of the thigh bone that could lead to a stress fracture, and a hip structural analysis (HSA) to assess how the size, shape, and confirmation of hip bones can influence the strength of a hip. However, the cost of a BMD is prohibitive to many, and there are not enough DEXA scanners to meet global needs.
A free-of-charge Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), created in 2008 by researchers at the University of Sheffield, calculates the absolute risk of fracture in 10 years independent of BMD assessment. This algorithm analyzes the clinical risk factors of age, current smoking, alcohol consumption, rheumatoid arthritis, family history of hip fracture, previous fragility fractures, and use of glucocorticoids.
New research from Asia
Current research studies are focusing on different indicators of fracture risk. A multi-institutional group of researchers from the Republic of Korea have validated a hypothesis that oral health is correlated with FRAX scores. Their study, published in Scientific Reports, is based on national survey data from over 2,300 Korean women over age 65 years.4 It statistically demonstrates that there are significant relationships between the number of teeth missing and FRAX 10-year probabilities of hip fracture risk.
As the tooth number in the elderly is an indicator of physical, mental, and social well-being, it can be considered as a potential parameter of fracture risk in the elder populationSeok Woo Hong, JunYeop Lee, Jeong-Hyun Kang
The researchers from Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in Seoul and Ajou University School of Medicine in Gyeonggi-Do explain that ‘losing teeth […] may lead to chewing difficulty, contributing to changes in food selection, malnutrition, and low bone and muscle mass. Good oral health influences the quality of life in a myriad way, including social interactions, communications, self-esteem, resilience, and adequate nutritional intake. As the tooth number in the elderly is an indicator of physical, mental, and social well-being, it can be considered as a potential parameter of fracture risk in the elder population.’ They advocate that dentists become aware of this association.
Another study by researchers at Shanghai General Hospital in China of over 1,200 post-menopausal women who sustained an osteoporotic bone fracture focused on the correlation between BMD and bone metabolic markers and levels of bone reabsorption.5 Bones consist primarily of calcium phosphate, a mineral compound that hardens the skeletal framework and type-1 collagen, a protein network that gives bone its tensile strength and framework. Bone marker testing helps determine if the rate of bone resorption is increasing, suggesting a potential bone disorder. Bone loss occurs when bone resorption occurs faster than the rate of bone formation.
The women included 1,008 who had sustained a single fracture and 231 who had a second fracture. The fracture sites included vertebrae, hip, pelvis, ankle, distal forearm and proximal humerus. None were caused by violent, high-energy impacts, bone metastases, or bone weakening from drug use.
Lead investigators Li You, MD, Xiaonan Zhu and colleagues determined that the higher the levels of the bone markers serum CTX and osteocalcin, which indicate bone resorption, the lower the BMD score. BMD scores were significantly lower for women who sustained second fractures than women who only sustained one. The researchers reported that women with high body mass index (BMI) and those not receiving anti-osteoporosis treatment were also at higher risk of sustaining a second fracture.
This fact is reinforced by the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology’s published endorsement of fracture risk assessment in the Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira.6 The article states that almost nine million fractures annually occur worldwide due to osteoporosis, one occurring every three seconds. Additionally, if a person has already sustained an osteoporotic fracture, the risk of a second increases by 86%.
The Chinese researchers point out in menopause that although DEXA scans provide good estimates of bone tissue loss, the time elapsing between scans may be a period of high bone loss. Also, DEXA scans do not directly reflect bone metabolic status. They suggest that ’early recognition of the correlation between BMD and bone metabolic markers can better prevent further bone loss in women with post-menopausal fractures and thus reduce the risks of later fracture.’
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: Epidemiology of osteoporosis and fragility fractures
- Kanis JA et al.: SCOPE 2021: a new scorecard for osteoporosis in Europe; Archives of Osteoporosis 2021
- Willers C et al.: Osteoporosis in Europe: a compendium of country-specific reports; Archives of Osteoporosis 2022
- Hong SW, Lee JY, Kang JH: Associations between oral health status and risk of fractures in elder adults; Scientific Reports 2023
- Zhu X et al.: Correlation between bone mineral density and bone metabolic markers in postmenopausal women with osteoporotic fractures at different C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen levels: a retrospective analysis study; Menopause 2023
- Perez MO et al.: Osteoporosis and fracture risk assessment: improving outcomes in postmenopausal women; Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira 2023

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His songs, which are both catchy and deep, mix references to magical worlds and to darker realms. This profile describes some of Mika's sources of inspiration.
Mika in a few words
Born in Beirut in 1983, to a Lebanese mother and American father, Mika - real name Michael Penniman - had a turbulent childhood. The family fled the Lebanon, which was in the grip of civil war, and moved to Paris. Mika's father was later taken hostage and transferred to the US embassy in Kuwait during the Gulf War.
The family moved to London when Mika was nine. Music then became a refuge for him. "This is when music became really important", he says. "It got me back on my feet" (Madame Figaro, October 17, 2007). Encouraged by his mother, who understood that music was vital in helping her son to flourish, he took singing and piano lessons with a Russian teacher. At the age of 11, he appeared in a performance at the Royal Opera House and began recording advertising jingles.
Mika continued his classical training at the Royal College of Music, which he left when he felt ready to pursue his pop dream. He was spotted by Universal and released his first album, Life In Cartoon Motion (including "Grace Kelly" and "Relax Take It Easy") in 2007.
He followed up with The Boy Who Knew Too Much (containing "We Are Golden") in 2009.
The singles "Celebrate" and "Elle me dit" (sung in French) are the first off of The Origin of Love, Mika's third studio album. A real pop music gem, recorded in London, Toronto, Miami, New York, Los Angeles and Southern France throughout many encounters and collaborations, The Origin of Love came out on September 17, 2012.
Inspiration for "Last Party"
In this song and through a video clip directed by photographer Peter Lindbergh, Mika pays tribute to Freddy Mercury, the singer of Queen and one of the many artists who inspires him.


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Nothing makes summer more relaxing – and not to mention fun, than taking in an outdoor picnic.
Southwest Florida is brimming with great places to chill out and get some tasty grub.
One such place is Lynn Hall Park, located on Fort Myers Beach.
Lynn Hall Park has a few shaded pavilions available for those hot days, picnic tables and barbecue grills. Bathrooms and a playground also are on site.
The pavilions are available for free public use; however, they are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Feel like venturing a little further south down the Beach? Lovers Key State Park also is a perfect spot for a picnic.
Like Lynn Hall Park, the pavilions at Lovers Key need no reservations or fees and are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The park offers additional fun with kayak bike rentals, which help accent the spectacular scenery at the park.
If a picnic on the beach isn’t your idea of fun, you may want to check out Lakes Park, located just minutes from the Beach.
The use of a Lakes Park’s pavilion requires a fee, but there are walking and biking trails on site as well.
Also, bike and kayak rentals are available, as the park’s name suggests, and there are plenty of lakeside views, a playground and even a small beach.
No matter where you decide to take your picnic, there are some basic supplies that you will want to consider taking along on the trip.
Lynn Hall Park is located at 50 Estero Blvd. For more information on Lynn Hall Park, visit www.ecotrail.com/lynn_hall.htm.
Lover’s Key State Park is located at 8700 Estero Blvd. For more information on Lovers Key State Park, call 436-4588 or visit www.florida
Lakes Park is located at 7330 Gladiolus Dr. For more information on Lakes Park, visit www.leeparks.
org or call 432-2000.


German battery company Sonnen GmbH is setting out to repeat its home-country success in the United States by equipping a 2,900-home subdivision in Prescott Valley, AZ with its standard home storage system.
“For an approximately 1% premium, the homeowners will pay 40 to 60% less to operate their homes than currently available high-performance homes,” Greentech Media reports, citing Dave Everson, CEO of local builder Mandalay Homes.
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“Once built, the companies will have a massive distributed power plant on their hands,” Greentech adds. “With just the first fifth complete, the neighbourhood will have 10 megawatts of dispatchable power at the ready, far beyond the miniscule pilots that pass as virtual power plants these days.”
“Sonnen is a company that likes to get things done: We want the virtual power plant to really exist, and it does exist in Germany,” said U.S. Senior Vice President Blake Richetta. “We’re not going to be paralyzed by pilots anymore in this country.”
Residents won’t have to own or maintain the storage. “Mandalay has wrapped that equipment, along with a modest solar array, high-tech insulation, and other energy-saving measures, into a package that will cost marginally more than high-efficiency homes already on the market,” Greentech notes. “Notably, Mandalay is moving ahead without a utility contract in hand.” Instead, the two companies plan to build the community, then present the virtual power plant to utilities as a distributed energy asset.
Mandalay is “not waiting for the utility companies; they’re doing this with or without them,” Richetta said. “That is the secret sauce to us getting out of ‘paralyzed by pilot’ mode.”
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Cary Bernstein graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984 with a BA in Philosophy and Russian. She received her Master of Architecture degree from the Yale School of Architecture in 1988.
Cary started her practice in New York in 1991 and opened her San Francisco office in 1995. Professional work completed to date includes residential, commercial and health care projects in California, New York and Moscow, Russia. Cary has taught at Dartmouth, Yale and U.C. Berkeley and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the California College of the Arts.


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The Personal Journey of a Political Insider
All the Way from Yoakum tells the story of the long, eventful life of a Jewish “good girl” from small-town Texas who became a remarkable woman of her time and a leading light in Houston and Texas politics. One of the founders of the modern Republican Party in Texas, Marjorie Meyer Arsht served as a state party committeewoman and was the first Jewish woman to run as a Republican for the state legislature. Becoming active in politics in the 1950s, she was closely involved in the early career of George H. W. Bush. A member of the prominent Texas family (Meyer, Cohen) that owned Foley Brothers department store and gave Cohen House to Rice University, she recalls the contentious mid-century division in the Jewish community over the issue of Zionism that split congregations and turned friends into bitter antagonists. Formerly president of the Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood, Arsht served as a national spokesperson for a major American anti-Zionist organization. When she turned seventy, Arsht was working as a speechwriter and high-level assistant in the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington while also serving as a regent of Texas Southern University, where she spearheaded a number of important reforms. In addition, she continued to run the small, independent energy development and investment company founded by her late husband. From her childhood as a member of one of the few Jewish families in small-town Yoakum, Texas, to her years of political activism and social involvement, she offers a moving account of an indomitable spirit, one that will provide both inspiration and an understanding of how the Republican Party came to be the dominant force in Texas politics.
U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it happened to us. People should know what we endured. People should know what we can endure.""—Lt. Col. Madeline Ullom More than one hundred U.S. Army and Navy nurses were stationed in Guam and the Philippines at the beginning of World War II. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, five navy nurses on Guam became the first American military women of World War II to be taken prisoner by the Japanese. More than seventy army nurses survived five months of combat conditions in the jungles of Bataan and Corregidor before being captured, only to endure more than three years in prison camps. When freedom came, the U.S. military ordered the nurses to sign agreements with the government not to discuss their horrific experiences. Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have conducted numerous interviews with survivors and scoured archives for letters, diaries, and journals to uncover the heroism and sacrifices of these brave women.
Immigration And The Politics Of Race
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Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation in Victorian Spiritualism
Altered States examines the rise of Spiritualism—the religion of séances, mediums, and ghostly encounters—in the Victorian period and the role it played in undermining both traditional female roles and the rhetoric of imperialism. Focusing on a particular kind of séance event—the full-form materialization—and the bodies of the young, female mediums who performed it, Marlene Tromp argues that in the altered state of the séance new ways of understanding identity and relationships became possible. This not only demonstrably shaped the thinking of the Spiritualists, but also the popular consciousness of the period. In diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, scientific reports, and popular fiction, Tromp uncovers evidence that the radical views presented in the faith permeated and influenced mainstream Victorian thought.
Unlikely Champion of Women's Rights
A New York socialite and feminist, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering, temperamental, and opinionated. Her resolve to get her own way regardless of the consequences stood her in good stead when she joined the American woman suffrage movement in 1909. Thereafter, she used her wealth, her administrative expertise, and her social celebrity to help convince Congress to pass the 19th Amendment and then to persuade the exhausted leaders of the National Woman's Party to initiate a world wide equal rights campaign. Sylvia D. Hoffert argues that Belmont was a feminist visionary and that her financial support was crucial to the success of the suffrage and equal rights movements. She also shows how Belmont's activism, and the money she used to support it, enriches our understanding of the personal dynamics of the American woman's rights movement. Her analysis of Belmont's memoirs illustrates how Belmont went about the complex and collaborative process of creating her public self.
Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
Amazons—fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world—were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons.
But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China.
Mayor tells how amazing new archaeological discoveries of battle-scarred female skeletons buried with their weapons prove that women warriors were not merely figments of the Greek imagination. Combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology, she reveals intimate, surprising details and original insights about the lives and legends of the women known as Amazons. Provocatively arguing that a timeless search for a balance between the sexes explains the allure of the Amazons, Mayor reminds us that there were as many Amazon love stories as there were war stories. The Greeks were not the only people enchanted by Amazons—Mayor shows that warlike women of nomadic cultures inspired exciting tales in ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, and China.
Driven by a detective’s curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is likely to become a classic.
Throughout Porter's long career, writes Titus, she repeatedly probed cultural arguments about female creativity, a woman's maternal legacy, romantic love, and sexual identity, always with startling acuity, and often with painful ambivalence.” Much of her writing, then, serves as a medium for what Titus terms Porter's gender-thinking”--her sustained examination of the interrelated issues of art, gender, and identity.
Porter, says Titus, rebelled against her upbringing yet never relinquished the belief that her work as an artist was somehow unnatural, a turn away from the essential identity of woman as the repository of life,” as childbearer. In her life Porter increasingly played a highly feminized public role as southern lady, but in her writing she continued to engage changing representations of female identity and sexuality. This is an important new study of the tensions and ambivalence inscribed in Porter's fiction, as well as the vocational anxiety and gender performance of her actual life.

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Huang Long National Scenic ReserveCurrently Open
- Address: Pingsong Rd, Songpan, Aba, Sichuan, China., Jiuzhaigou
- Timings: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Details
- Phone: +86-8377249188
- Ticket Price: 200 CNY
- Time Required: 08:00 Hrs
- Tags: Family And Kids, Nature
The Huang long scenic and historic interest area is considered as a world wonder, a fairy land on earth and is a UNESCO world heritage site. Located in the Songpan county of the north-western part of Sichuan province, it is known for its natural beauty, magical landscape of limestone formations, the virgin forest and animals on the brink of extinction like the giant panda and Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey.
The main attractions are around the Huang long valley. The snow-clad peaks, glaciers, layered calcium carbonate deposits, stone mountains and verdant forests are a delight to the visitor’s eyes. It is also called Yellow dragon valley.
Attractions and must-sees include:
Feipuliuhui (glowing waterfall), Xishen (washing body) Cave, Penjing (miniascape) Ponds, Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Temple, Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Cave and the three sitting buddhas, Shitazhenhai and Zhuanhua (whirling flower) Pond, Zhaga waterfall, Erdao Lake, Jianyu Tai, Baihu Lake.
Entrance Ticket Details For Huang Long National Scenic Reserve
- Given ticket price is for April 1 to November 15.
- For November 16 to March 31: CNY 60
- Cable Car: 80 CNY (up), 40 CNY (down).
How to Reach Huang Long National Scenic Reserve
- By Bus
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Fancy a good night's sleep after a tiring day? Check out where to stay in Jiuzhaigou and book an accommodation of your choice.
72.86% of people who visit Jiuzhaigou include Huang Long National Scenic Reserve in their plan
95% of people start their Huang Long National Scenic Reserve visit around 08 AM
People usually take around 8 Hrs to see Huang Long National Scenic Reserve
People normally also visit Five Colour Pool while planning their trip to Huang Long National Scenic Reserve.


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|A weekly list of City projects or encroachment permits
authorized by the City of Yuma affecting busy streets.
• 16th Street and 4th Avenue intersection
• 22nd Street, 4th Avenue to Avenue A
• 16th Street, Maple to 1st Avenue
• Interstate-8 and Giss Parkway – ADOT
• 18th Street, Arizona Avenue
• 1st Avenue, 24th – 26th streets
• Araby Road, I-8 waterline relocation
• 8th Street, Castle Dome – Pacific Avenue
• Avenue 3E and U.S. 95 – ADOT
• I-8 west of 4th Avenue – Caltrans
• Slurry seal – ADOT
• City street maintenance
16th Street and 4th Avenue
The week of June 12, isolated lane closures may still be possible in the 16th Street and 4th Avenue intersection area near work on fencing and on a monument wall that is part of the project. Then, crews will be pouring concrete slabs for the installation of YCAT bus stations near the intersection. Once the bus stations are in, all lanes in the intersection are expected to remain open full time.
22nd Street, 4th Avenue to Avenue A
A contractor working for the City is making improvements to 22nd Street between 4th Avenue and Avenue A. Work will include replacing the roadway itself, as well as replacing 1950s-era water pipes, and improving curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The current phase of this 90-day project will take place between 4th Avenue and 8th Avenue; 22nd Street is closed to through traffic between 4th-8th Avenues.
To access the U.S. Post Office post office, drivers may take 22nd Street from northbound 6th Avenue, and follow the detour signs to enter the parking lot through the post office’s western driveway. Cars will be able to exit the post office via southbound 4th Avenue. This pattern is expected to hold until mid-July.
Avenue 3E, north of 40th Street
Crews will be installing a new conduit line along the Avenue 3E roadway near its intersection with 40th Street, requiring a lane closure in the area. While work is under way, northbound traffic on Avenue 3E will be asked to keep left. The speed limit will be reduced to 25 mph. Work is anticipated to be complete by June 23.
16th Street, Maple to 1st Avenue
Westbound 16th Street will have one lane of through traffic for construction of the new right lane between Maple Avenue and 1st Avenue. This project is expected to be complete in early July.
I-8, Giss Parkway – ADOT
Through June 13, semitrailers and tractors will be prohibited through the work zone, so there will be effectively no large truck traffic on Giss Parkway between Castle Dome Avenue and Redondo Center Drive. Detour route is 16th Street, or Interstate 8.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will maintain two-way traffic on Giss Parkway and access to businesses near the work zone. The westbound off- and on-ramps at I-8 and Giss Parkway remain closed through mid-July.
This is part of an ADOT project to improve the interchange area of westbound Interstate 8 and Giss Parkway is under way, and will take approximately seven months to complete. The $1.8 million project will consist of the construction of a two-lane roundabout at the interchange to accommodate commercial trucks and other large vehicles. Work will also improve drainage, intersection lighting, signage and lane striping. Drivers will be asked to use alternate routes, including the 16th Street exit. The speed limit in the work zone will be reduced. Drivers should watch for construction personnel and equipment, and obey all posted speed limits and signs.
16th Street between avenues B and C
A City of Yuma landscaping project is currently under way, aiming to improve Rancho Viejo II subdivision’s basin and irrigation system which is located near the south side of 16th Street between avenues B and C. Work is to be completed by mid-June and is not expected to have any major traffic implications, aside from some traffic control at the time when trucks arrive to deliver material needed for the project.
18th Street, Arizona Avenue
A lane will be closed on 18th Street near its intersection with Arizona Avenue for a 60-day project that requires access to a manhole. Work is to finish by mid-July. Signs will be posted to direct traffic to keep right when traveling in either direction on 18th Street near the area.
1st Avenue, 24th – 26th streets
This is a project to relocate a waterline along 1st Avenue and Madison Avenue, between 24th and 26th streets. Additionally, crews will replace pavement along 1st Avenue and replacing four sewer manholes in that area. Work is scheduled to be complete in early July.
Araby Road, I-8 waterline relocation
A project to relocate a waterline on Araby Road near its intersection with Interstate 8 is under way with estimated completion in June. Drivers are urged to avoid the area if possible. This work precedes a series of roundabout installations ADOT has planned for this vicinity.
8th Street, Castle Dome – Pacific
8th Street is closed between Castle Dome and Pacific Avenue. Pacific Avenue is closed to through traffic north of 12th Street, and closed to all traffic north of 8th Street. Roadway, water and sewer work is being done in conjunction with the Pacific Avenue Athletic Complex. Detour by using 12th Street between Pacific and Castle Dome Avenue. The project is anticipated to be complete in late summer.
Avenue 3E/US 95
A nine-month project to widen and improve both US 95 and Avenue 3E is currently under way.
Highway 95 is reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction from Avenue 3E to Araby Road (a stretch of approximately 3.5 miles) as part of the construction for this project. The speed limit in the area will be reduced to 25 mph. The $3.2 million project will widen both roads to five lanes and to include a turn lane. Work will take place on Avenue 3E from north of the Interstate-8 interchange to past the US 95 intersection, as well as on U.S. 95 from about 500 feet west of the Avenue 3E intersection to just past the Araby Road intersection. Both roads are expected to remain open with lane restrictions in place while the project is underway. Drivers are asked to find alternate routes to avoid potential delays. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will maintain access to businesses in the work zone and keep both roadways open during construction. The project is scheduled to be completed by August 2017.
I-8 west of 4th Ave. – Caltrans
Caltrans crews continue to work on the reconstruction of Interstate-8 in Imperial County, west of Yuma. Beginning on May 8, Caltrans will close westbound Interstate 8 ramps at Algodones Road/State Route 186 (SR-186) due to ongoing construction. Signs will be in place to alert motorists to the ramp closures and alternate routes. The closures and detours will be in place through August. Crews continue work on I-8 from SR-111 to the California/Arizona border in Imperial County. Lane closures and traffic closures along I-8 may cause delays.
The I-8 Corridor is a major pavement rehabilitation project consisting of five segments that will construct Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) over 48 miles on Interstate 8 in Imperial County. The work will result in a long-lasting superior roadway, capable of withstanding the heaviest traffic loads. Construction began in 2016 on three of the five segments. Work will be completed by 2019.
Slurry seal – ADOT
ADOT has plans this summer to perform slurry seal in the following areas:
City Street Maintenance
Asphalt maintenance crews will conduct operations in various locations as needed the week of
June 12-16 in the following locations:
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We are delighted to have signed up to Time to Change and put NHFT on the map as an organisation that supports employees to have conversations around mental health.As an organisation, we have pledged to:
“We aim to empower people to challenge stigma and speak openly about their own mental health experiences, as well as changing attitudes and behaviours towards those of us with mental health problems”
It’s never been more important to tackle mental health stigma in the workplace. We want to ensure, that our staff feel confident to speak up when they are struggling with their mental health, whether that be to a colleague, to their manager, a healthcare professional or via accessing the support services we have in place.
You don’t have to be an expert to support your colleague, supporting them can be as simple but yet, significant as listening to them and not casting judgment. Let your colleague take the lead and show an interest in their condition and how it affects them, but be aware that it can be hard to have conversations about your mental health at work, so be patient.
Don’t forget there are also services we offer at NHFT that can support colleagues that are struggling with their mental health. We have mental health first aiders who are trained to support and offer guidance, as well as services our occupational health and wellbeing team provide. These include; counselling, mindfulness, fitness classes, annual health checks and much more. For a full list of services and how to refer please click here.


Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday said that the consortium selected to build the new Melbourne Metro had the best designs and met the government’s local content targets.
“We set a local content target in excess of 80 per cent, and under this preferred bid it will be 85 cents in every dollar for local firms,” Mr Andrews told reporters in Melbourne on Sunday.
The project building five new underground stations and twin nine kilometre tunnels will create more than 5000 jobs, including apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets.
It will include two entrances at City Square, and at Swanston Street, Flinders Street, Federation Square, Franklin Street and La Trobe Street and a new entrance in Parkville on the doorstep of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Construction will get underway in 2017. It is expected to disrupt the city for the next decade and is due to be completed in 2026.
Significantly, Lendlease, Capella and Bouygues were part of the consortium for the highly-contentious East West Link motorway in 2014 which was dumped when the Andrews government took office.
“The Metro Tunnel will free up space in the City Loop to run more trains, more often across Melbourne, ” Public Transport minister Jacinta Allan said.
“The Metro Tunnel will change Melbourne forever with a world class design that will see new open space, terraced seating and sweeping arches.”


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I am fairly stubborn when it comes to art, for I have to be in the right mood to get drawing aspirations, plus I have never took classes or been taught anything about art. The style I use is my own and improving as time passes. I guess you could say I taught myself to draw, as I do with a lot of other things as well. I am aware that my drawings aren't amazing and eye-popping, yet I'm working my way up there, slowly.
My photography skills are mediocre, I'll admit, simply because photography isn't my life focus. Occasionally, when I see something worth taking a picture of, I'll snap the shot with either my phone or camera, because I almost always have both with me.
Current Residence: Texas, USA
Favourite genre of music: Rock/Alternative
MP3 player of choice: iPhone
Favourite cartoon character: Scooby Doo
Personal Quote: "A true photographer doesn't require an editing program to capture amazing pictures."


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The potential for Rhode Island Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones, a new and very different type of incentive created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, are getting a lot of attention nationally and locally. We’re delighted, because community capital is badly needed in Rhode Island.
We face high rates of poverty, lack of economic growth, and gross inequality, and both a shortage and an uneven distribution of resources to address these challenges. Anything that brings more capital to Rhode Island communities bears close study.
This new incentive is intended to encourage private investment, and ultimately inclusive economic growth, in low income communities. Opportunity Zones, selected in each state by the Governor, are Census tracts eligible to receive private investments through a qualified Opportunity Fund. Investors who direct capital gains into equity investments in Opportunity Funds receive federal tax benefits, which increase if the investment in maintained over five to ten years.
The 25 Opportunity Zones selected by Governor Gina Raimondo present tremendous potential. Together, the Zones are home to 111,000 people, representing diverse geographies, populations, and potential economic drivers. Numerous Zones are in old mill villages that have not yet recovered from the industrial downturn of the mid-late 20th century. Others are in coastal communities, where sometimes invisible pockets of poverty persist. Many residents in these Zones have limited personal and community resources. For example, 19 of Rhode Island’s Opportunity Zones have been designated by the USDA as low access to grocery stores, 16 are high housing needs tracts, 17 surpass the regional average for people with disabilities, and 14 are above the average for households without a vehicle. To learn more about Rhode Island’s Opportunity Zones, click on the map's "new map" link for indicators of community well-being within Zones.
Data mapped by PolicyMap, an online GIS mapping tool.
Targeted, focused capital could make an immediate, tangible difference for those communities and the state as a whole. And there is significant money at stake. U.S. households and corporations held an estimated $6.1 trillion of unrealized capital gains in 2017. Unlocking even a small portion of this would have a huge impact in Rhode Island.
But this is a different kind of program than we’re used to, and we need to be really intentional to make it work. As many in our state move forward to capitalize upon the promise of Opportunity Zones, we’d like to offer a few suggestions for ground rules.
First, investments made in Opportunity Zones should honor the spirit of this initiative: to improve quality of life and economic opportunity in low income communities. Let’s be sure that this incentive doesn’t encourage activity that leaves out people who live in the Zones, displaces residents, or gentrifies neighborhoods. If this program lives up to its potential, it will provide the long-term, patient capital that real community development needs. If it goes wrong, it hurts the communities it was intended to help and provides people with a tax benefit for things they would have done anyway.
Second, doing this well will require local leadership and deep engagement of residents. This is designed to create a market. Left to its own devices, it won’t direct capital to the places most in need and the projects that respond to those needs. That’s going to take local knowledge and local leadership. Not every Zone will receive investment; in fact, it’s unlikely to happen without strong local advocacy. As a state, we must develop a pipeline of community investments, wrap supports around them, and market them to investors. Community development corporations, local officials, and resident leaders who understand the needs of their neighborhoods must be at the center of these discussions.
And third, we need to guard against a lack of transparency and accountability. It is critical that we track results. What types of investment are happening, and how much? What happens as a result of each investment; are new jobs created, do new residents move to the zone, and do existing residents see an increase in their quality of life or economic stability? Does Opportunity Zone capital leverage additional public or private investment? Opportunity Zones represent a novel and promising approach to investing in low-income communities, but this kind of data is necessary to determine if it works.
Already across the country, we are seeing first movers take advantage of the Opportunity Zone incentive. Here in Rhode Island, we must be ready if we want to see the kinds of investment that our communities truly need.

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A spacious entrance to this magnificent home opening into the:
Stairs to the first floor, radiator, contemporary flooring flooring, door to:
21' 11" x 13' 1" (6.67m x 4.00m) A fantastic family space, individually designed by the current owners, with a wealth of features demonstrating just what a real labour of love this room was! The kitchen area itself boasts a comprehensive range of wall and base level storage units combining cupboards and drawers, all finished in a contemporary grey gloss finish with glass work surfaces, with an integrated Indesit hob with Maan extractor, two built-in Electrolux ovens, plumbing for an American style fridge freezer, integrated dishwasher, inset ceilings with LED lighting, vertical radiators, contemporary flooring. Internal insulation to external walls.
15' 1" x 12' (4.60m x 3.65m) This room has a lovely aspect with double glazed bi-fold doors opening out to the patio area, enjoying an inset ceiling with controllable LED lighting, log burner, radiator, t.v aerial point.
Stunning room with side aspect double glazed window, tiled walls and flooring, w.c, wash hand basin with cupboard under, walk in shower, heated towel rail. Internal insulation to external walls.
Utility area plumbing for washing machine and space for tumble dryer, cctv & CAT 5 wiring hub.
Side aspect double glazed window, loft access, doors to;
11' 9" x 10' 3" (3.57m x 3.12m) Front aspect double glazed window, radiator, integrated wardrobes with hanging and shelf storage space.
10' 8" x 10' 1" (3.25m x 3.08m) Rear aspect double glazed window, radiator.
8' 3" x 6' 11" (2.51m x 2.11m) Rear aspect double glazed window, vertical radiator, internal insulation to external walls.
Front aspect double glazed window, white suite comprising w.c, wash hand basin with vanity unit, bath with shower attachment, airing cupboard, LED lighting, radiator.
The garden is an absolute feature of the property within a lawn that is simply immaculate having been nurtured to its current condition over many years. The patio area provides a delightful space to entertain or relax closest to the property with and outdoor fire place and seating area, with the rest laid to lawn and a path leading to:
23' 9" x 9' 11" (7.25m x 3.03m) The original garage has been enlarged into a workshop area with power, light & CAT 5 wiring. There is additional storage space to the side of the building. Door to:
19' 4" x 9' 11" (5.90m x 3.03m) The current owners use this as a photographic studio.
The property has a substantial drive way with parking for multiple vehicles.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Late this afternoon Wayland voters were trickling in and out of the Town Building, one of two polling places in town.
By 4 p.m. 900 voters had cast ballots, which poll worker Marianne Marshall characterized as a “steady but not overwhelming” turnout.
The only sign holders outside the polling place were three Deval Patrick supporters. “He’s a breath of fresh air,” said Rodney Hager, who had been holding a Patrick sign since 7 a.m. and had the sunkissed face to prove it.
Hager said one woman had been holding signs for his rival Attorney General Tom Reilly earlier in the day. The two are facing off in a three-way race with Chris Gabrieli today in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
-– Lisa Kocian


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Buying digital assets will only be available to users of the EasyID app, which was launched by the British postal service in August
Post offices in the U.K. will begin selling cryptocurrency next week using vouchers from decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Swarm Markets, CoinDesk reported. UK residents will be able to buy vouchers and then activate them on the trading platform, exchanging them for bitcoin and Ethereum.
Only users of the EasyID identity verification app, which was launched by the British postal service in August of this year, will be able to purchase digital assets.
In 2019, the Liechtenstein Postal Service began trading bitcoin. When digital coins are purchased, residents of the European republic receive a physical wallet with encryption keys. In 2020, sales of the first cryptocurrency started in more than 3,500 post offices in Australia.


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Hey, I'm Myroslava (she/her)
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My area of specialty is gender-based violence – focusing on intimate partner violence (IPV). I can also help if you are experiencing anxiety, depression, family or relationship conflict, LGBTQIA2S+ concerns, work or school-related stress, substance misuse, low self-esteem, trauma, or going through life transitions. In my work, I use an integrative style. I draw from different modalities and work from an intersectional lens, ensuring your treatment plan fits your needs.
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- I believe recovery and mental wellness is possible for everyone;
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- My approach to therapy is strengths-based and trauma-informed. I use an integrative approach and draw from Feminist and Anti-Oppressive principles.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), and am currently in the process of completing my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) at Yorkville University. I also have a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Ryerson University. I have worked in the field of social services for +7 years, with adults and youth who have been or are at risk of conflict with the law, and provided direct support and counselling.
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The hotel provides transportation to and from Disney World available every 30 minutes from 7:00am to 10:00pm. Walt Disney World® Resort tickets are easy to get to at the guest services desk or by direct link through the telephone concierge services. Intended for inexpensive entertainment, admission to City Walk at Universal Orlando, home to the best in live music, fine and casual dinning, shopping, dancing and more, is free.
Guests staying at the hotel take delivery of special discounts at the Remington Golf Course and Kissimmee Bay Golf Course, both located in Kissimmee. For fishing fans Lake Toho, a Bass Masters tournament location, is just 10 minutes away. The hotel is also located next to an outlet mall, with extra shopping outlets nearby. After an exciting day of tourism or at the amusement parks, guests of this Kissimmee, FL hotel will take pleasure in soothing in the pool with sundeck. Business travelers will be grateful for the business center and access to copy and fax services.
The ideal location and convenient access to the many Orlando theme parks makes the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Maingate Central a great hotel for business and leisure travelers in the Kissimmee and Orlando areas. We make available amazing value and a welcoming and well-mannered staff that is continuously working to make your stay a pleasant experience.
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Room amenities include cable/satellite TV, free coffee, free high speed Internet, hairdryer, free local calls, air conditioning, in-room coffee maker, alarm clock, in-room safe (extra fee), microwave and refrigerator. Iron and ironing boards a re available on request for free.
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The Photographic Library
The Photographic Library
An interview with Natalie Dewar from the BBC Photo Library
Natalie Dewar, who looks after the BBC's photographic collection, talks about the great images the BBC has kept over the years.
Our Top 10
Within the library there are particular images that are very popular and that we're always being asked for. We put together a top ten countdown of our favourites.
At number 10 we have Delia Derbyshire, who worked at the Radiophonic Workshop at Maida Vale during the 1960s. It said in 'The Guardian' recently that 'She was the unsung heroine of British electronic music' and this is truly fantastic because it was at a time when electronic music wasn't the norm, whereas today we hear it all the time. One of her most famous accomplishments was the eerie sound that you hear in the 'Doctor Who' theme.
One of the most powerful selections of images in the photo collection is of the miners' strike from 1984. Lots of these images show protests outside the mines and also the extent of the police presence at the time. You can see walls and walls of police standing there waiting for the strike to begin.
This is a great image. It shows Churchill sitting at a microphone in a BBC studio during World War II, addressing the nation on the radio. This isn't something that people would have seen at the time.
At number seven we have Princess Diana taken from the interview with Martin Bashir. This has become a really famous image. In this interview Diana revealed that there were, in fact, three people in her marriage, of course talking about Camilla Parker Bowles. This was a really important interview because it was the first time that any member of the royal family had talked really candidly about their personal lives.
At number six we have a fantastic image taken from 'The Children's Hour', which was a radio programme broadcast between 1922 and 1964. It's just a fantastic image of somebody dressed up as a cat, showing that, even for radio, there was this theatrical element to everything that they did.
At number five we have Jimmy Savile presenting the first ever episode of 'Top of the Pops'. I absolutely love this image. I think it's brilliant because it shows the actual chart at the time as well - you know, what was number one - in the background. It really sums up that 1960s enthusiasm for pop music.
At number four we have an image of Carroll Gibbons and his rhythm section from his orchestra. This was taken in 1941. The most unusual part about this image is that they're all wearing gas masks. It was during World War II and whether there was an actual raid going on at the time or whether this was taken as a comedy picture, we're not quite sure.
In at number three is Christmas with the Greek Service. We have three Greek guardsmen listening intently to the World Service, with the Christmas tree behind them. The World Service photographs are a really interesting part of the BBC's history. It's not necessarily something that people will instantly think of, but we have a wealth of images from all over the world, showing broadcasts that went from here to China.
At number two we have Michael Parkinson interviewing Muhammad Ali. This is a really fantastic shot. It shows a real sort of lighter side to the interview. This was one of the most famous interviews that Parkinson did, and one of the best interviews that Muhammad Ali also did as well.
At number one we have the image that we get asked for more than anything else in the entire photo library collection, which believe it or not is the image of Colin Firth appearing from the lake in 'Pride and Prejudice'. The requests for this image mainly come from ladies at the magazines and we often wonder whether it's for use in the magazines or perhaps just to pin up on their desks.


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How I learned to stop worrying and love the Gnome Mounted Fury Barbarian on my back.
So, the gist of this thread is that I'm looking for pairings and trios of Pathfinder character builds that go farrrrrr beyond just being "complimentary". I'm looking for those "You got chocolate in my peanut butter" combinations that are simply unreal when played together as a pairing or cohesive team. Builds you wouldn't even try without that other person or persons by your side.
I play in a couple different games of varying group sizes, but almost always with both my wife and my brother-in-law. Our games rarely see anything higher than about level 7 and while one is a bit more strict in just allowing Core and APG, the others pretty much allow anything from Core, APG, UC, UM and ARG.
So, lay some combinations on me, for us to play. Stick to stuff that's around level 4 or so, as telling me how great your level 18 superdude can be is like telling me how much I'm going to enjoy the year 2149.
There's a rage power that lets a barbarian pass rage to his mount. There's another that lets him pass passive rage powers. Superstition is a passive rage power.
Put that barbarian on a synthesist and you're wasting a gish since you can't cast spells while raging.
Instead we're going to take advantage of the Shaping Focus feat for +4 levels of wildshape to a max of total character level. Druid 4 Unarmed fighter 1 maneuver master X. Unarmed Fighter gets an extra no-prereq Dragon Style. Maneuver gives a combat maneuver after a full attack and can take improved and greater maneuver feats as prereq free bonus feats.
Introducing rage lance pounce pounce dirty trick.

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Zinc passivated and galvanized metal corrosion
Can anyone expand on why, when bolting two galvanized flanges together, using zinc passivated bolts, the bolts start to corrode?
The customer suggests stainless steel bolts, but this gives a potential greater the 0.3V, greater then the recommended value for outdoor use - as per this application.
Is it down to the quality of the zinc passivating process?Neville Tubb
- Salisbury, England
There is at least one problem here, and possibly two. The sure thing is that the zinc plating will be much thinner than the galvanizing, so after a while the protection would give out. The other factor is that I have also seen zinc plating seem to corrode preferentially to galvanizing; I say 'seem to' because I did no testing of corrosion products and it is possible that the galvanization was corroding right along with the zinc plating but less obviously. The right answer is probably to galvanize the hardware.
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Pine Beach, New Jersey
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Dierks Bentley has revealed his 2017 headlining tour with special guests Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi. The What the Hell World Tour will kick off Jan. 19 in Dayton, Ohio. A hilariously censored video only hints at the fun the three friends will be having.
It's possible the best country album of 2016 will be released in May. Superstars like Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton are all bringing new music to fans. There's over a half-dozen major releases to tempt you this spring.


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Southern United States.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
For images, visit Grasses of Palm Beach and Martin Counties
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution:
Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported only for the National Key Deer Refuge (Austin et al., 1980), but there are no vouchers or other observations for the Florida Keys.