Supporters of the DREAM Act, including Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., third from right, wait to be arrested while performing an act of civil disobedience at a rally for supporting the DREAM Act and immigration reform outside the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D.-Ill.) was arrested in front of the White House last week to protest the huge increase in deportations under the Obama administration. He tells host Michel Martin about the motivations fueling his civil disobedience, and assesses whether moving ahead on comprehensive immigration reform is possible now.
MICHEL MARTIN, host: Now to what many consider a crisis happening closer to home. Congressman Luis Gutierrez, along with labor and immigration activists was arrested in front of the White House last week to call attention to the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve been deported since President Obama’s election. More people have been deported under this administration than any other.
Representative Gutierrez, who is serving his 10th term representing the 4th congressional district in the president’s home state of Illinois, is outspoken on a number of issues, but most recently he’s been pushing his colleagues to pass the so-called Dream Act that would open a path to citizenship for some young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
And Congressman Luis Gutierrez joins us now from member station WBEZ in Chicago. Congressman, welcome back. Thank you for joining us once again.
Representative LUIS GUTIERREZ: Pleasure to be with you today.
MARTIN: So, why did you decide to get arrested? Why did you feel a need to take that step?
GUTIERREZ: One million people deported. Many, many, many of whom never been involved with our criminal justice system. Four million American citizen children who have one or both parents that are undocumented, being left behind each and every day because we have Specialist Nunez here in Chicago, whose wife was deported back to Mexico while he received orders to serve our country in Afghanistan.
Because our immigration system is broken and the president, quite frankly, knows better and should have not only a better understanding, but a more compassionate treatment. I understand gang bangers and drug dealers and rapists and murderers and people who are bad, who come to the United States of America. I’m happy to put more resources so that we can rid ourselves of them. But that’s not the Windex-wielding, cleaning lady at two in the morning that they’re deporting.
MARTIN: Sure. Well, let me just talk to you about this for a minute, if you would. ‘Cause you and the president had an exchange of letters over this. And the president sent you a letter last week, which in response to your arrest and your other advocacy around this point. And he says, and his administration says that what they have done is shift the priority to those who are either – three categories: people who have committed serious offenses; you say you agree with that. People who are repeat offenders, which is to say people who have repeatedly violated the immigration laws. And also people who have recently arrived.
And thus his argument would be that he’s not, in fact, disrupting families and so forth. What accounts for this difference of perspective on this?
GUTIERREZ: Well, number one, if today I decided I was going to change my behavior and I said, oh, by the way, for the last week here’s how I’ve done it, I could say I’ve changed statistically how things are being done. So there’s no doubt in my mind that they’re attempting. But even as of yet, the fact is that most people deported from the United States of America, although they claim it, it’s just not true.
I sat with the president in May at the White House and he said to me, well, Luis, I guess you’re talking about people – you’re saying we should go after – I get that that we should go after the really, truly bad people. We are going to improve that system. So he didn’t say to me, oh, Luis, you’re wrong. He said, we’re going to improve this. And so it’s a recognition throughout the Obama administration.
OK. So, Illinois, Governor Quinn says no to Secure Communities, the very program which is creating so many – so when you get arrested by a police officer, your name – your fingerprints go over to the Department of Homeland Security and they go, oh, you’re undocumented, boom. You go through a deportation system.
But you know that I’m a woman, I’m calling because I’m being abused by my husband. And my husband simply tells the police officer, oh, guess what, you have an immigration issue here, a much greater – and that’s what – and the woman gets deported. And yet she didn’t commit a crime. She just was revealed to authorities.
MARTIN: I understand what you’re saying, Mr. Gutierrez. But, you know, two points – and we only have about three minutes left. I’m sorry. I appreciate your trying to work with me here.
MARTIN: On the one hand there are those who would say that immigration violation is a crime. So therefore people should be deported. On the other hand, the president is also saying that the Department of Homeland Security does have the authority to make case by case decisions to grant relief to individuals in the circumstances that you just described where a person is being abused, but that it’s not appropriate to use this authority in a categorical way to protect, you know, students or any other group of people. So what do you say to that?
GUTIERREZ: Well, since we have such little time, three things. Number one, 22 U.S. senators, including Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Durbin, the senator from the state of Illinois, a very close friend of Barack Obama, sent him an open letter 10 weeks ago saying, use your discretionary authority and stop the deportation of young people who came here at a tender three, four, five, six – the dream kids. Just stop them. Defer them and set them aside. So I’m not alone in this. That’s about justice and fairness.
MARTIN: Do you think he can use that authority categorically to protect a certain class of people? Do you think he can?
GUTIERREZ: We know he can to the point that Lamar Smith has the Halt Act, which would take away that discretionary power away from him ’cause he fears he might use it. Number one.
Number two. When I met with the president last December, he said, Luis, we will not have any progress on immigration reform until after I’m reelected President of the United States. Now, that’s what he told me in December, yet that letter that you have and that you’re sharing with the public that he sent back to me – it ends – that letter ends by saying, hey, Luis, why don’t you go do your job and use that moral authority and energy you got to go get the Congress of the United States to act.
Well, he told me that was futile. He told me that last December. He knows that that’s a road that isn’t going to lead to success. So why would he suggest that I use an opportunity which he knows doesn’t exist. And the last thing is, he was at National Council of La Raza last week Monday to give a speech. But I would just like to – ’cause I think it’s important – why does Luis Gutierrez and others make this demand? Because in the summer of 2008, he said, and I’m going to quote him almost exactly, right?
When ICE raids terrorize communities, tearing babies from their mother’s arms and having children arrive home from school to find their parents missing, when all these things are happening, it’s time for a change. He called the raids – and as you have suggested earlier, there are more deportations under his administration and more raids. So does the terrorism continue?
MARTIN: Well, I don’t know about the raids, Mr. Gutierrez. Forgive me, we can attest to the number of deportations. But we can’t attest to the raids per say. So but I do take your point, I do take your point on that.
Well, finally, what is your assessment of this as a person? And we only have about a minute left. But as you’re a person who’s working in the same environment that he is in, you’re in the Congress, you passed this bruising fight over the budget and the debt ceiling. People had to make some tough votes there. What is your assessment of whether it’s possible to actually make more progress right now?
GUTIERREZ: I agree with the president when he said that last December to me. I agreed with him then. And I would just like to say for two years he said to our community, I will make this a top priority. I want to get this past the first year of my administration. And yet the first two years of his administration, when we had 60, then 58 U.S. senators and we had 50 plus in the House of Representatives, not one initiative was taken in order to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.
So the opportunity was missed. It’s not there. But he can use his power, the discretionary power of the president to bring out fairness and justice and equity in these cases.
MARTIN: Congressman Luis Gutierrez represents the 4th congressional district of Illinois. He was kind enough to join us from member station WBEZ in Chicago. Congressman Gutierrez, I hope we’ll speak again. Thank you so much for joining us.
GUTIERREZ: Look forward to it.


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WESTPORT -- Calling all Westport residents -- town officials need your help.
A workshop is being held on June 30 to gather information to create a Master Plan for Westport's downtown that will serve as a guide as to how the area evolves in the future.
First Selectman James Marpe said the workshop, which is dubbed "Downtown Visioning x2", is the second of its kind and will be held from 7-9 p.m. in the McManus Room at the Westport Library.
"More than 100 people attended the first workshop (on June 7)," said Downtown Steering Committee Chairman, Dewey Loselle. "It was such a great success and there were so many residents who wanted to attend by couldn't so we wanted to provide another opportunity for them to participate."
The main interactive part of the workshop, Downtown 101: Streets, Buildings, Places, will guide participants through an exercise in which they will view and discuss various elements and concepts for the downtown area.
Marpe stressed the importance of ensuring that downtown Westport remain a vibrant and successful place that both residents and visitors can access and enjoy for its entertainment, shopping, dining, civic and open space amenities.
At the same time, he said the Master Plan would work to respect Westport's small town character and historical heritage.
In an effort to gain the opinion of town residents, a short survey was launched in May as the first of a series of attempts to gather input regarding the present and future of the downtown.
To date, more than 2,300 residents have taken the survey, which will remain open until July 13.
Questions in the survey ask locals how often they visit the downtown area, where they visit when downtown, whether it's easy to get there and find parking, types of places that are frequented when downtown, what is most important to consider with the future of downtown and what actions are most important to consider for the future of the area.
Officials say the Master Plan will build on the goals and objectives for the downtown within the 2007 Town Plan of Conservation and Development and subsequent planning efforts.
Those goals include creating a downtown that is the focal point of the community, building on the unique qualities of Westport, improved access to the river and improving parking, traffic flow and walkability of downtown.
The Downtown Steering Committee will be providing guidance and technical assistance to the consultant team, which is led by The RBA Group in developing the master plan.
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What’s this brewing in the Norris — whoops, we mean — Atlantic Division? Is there a rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators?
We’ve craved this since the Colorado Avalanche crawled into extinction via a 7-0 blowout in 2002. In recent years, the San Jose Sharks tried to become an enemy with a few cute snow showers, but the battle never got nasty. Now with conference realignment, that’s a lost cause.
But maybe something is budding now — or maybe not, because it takes two to tango, and the Red Wings must prove their toughness Sunday in a rematch against the big, bad Senators, who bullied their way to victory this past Saturday at Joe Louis Arena.
Paul MacLean’s old-school Sens hacked, whacked and attacked Detroit — mixed with a few cheap shots. Chris Neil took a run at Henrik Zetterberg, Marc Methot and Jared Cowen tried to deliberately injure Wings players with dirty hits, Neil took liberty with diminutive Gustav Nyquist, and Cowen dropped Pavel Datsyuk with a blatant elbow to the chin.
And the Wings did nothing about it.
Oh, Brendan Smith tried to fight Neil in the second period, but he hung on for dear life, a victory for the Ottawa goon on the judges’ scorecard. But what’s one fight matter? Much more was needed, considering the Senators continued to slap the Wings across the rink. How about returning the nastiness? Remember Slava Kozlov’s face-plant smash to Adam Foote in the 1996 playoffs? How about Igor Larionov’s headlock of Peter Forsberg on March 26, 1997? It really doesn’t take much to send a message.
That said, someone must hammer Cowen on Sunday for his mugging of Datsyuk. We’ve stated before that we’re not fans of fighting, but there is a need to protect teammates against the stick-swinging, butcher-shop carving Senators, who have zero respect for the Wings’ skilled players.
Goons. Methot high-sticked Smith, lowered his hip and tried to clip the legs of Tomas Tatar, then took a run at Datsyuk. Mark Borowiecki and Neil bullrushed Johan Franzen after a whistle. Chris Phillips knocked Tatar into the net. Kyle Turris slashed Darren Helm in the back of the leg. And Cowen — or should we say “Coward” — took an intent-to-injure run at Helm in the midstages of the second period, high-sticked him in the third period, then deliberately injured Datsyuk.
And you wanna know what’s sick? It worked. Zetterberg and Datsyuk had zero shots through two periods, an effort eerily similar to the Calgary Flames’ clutching, grabbing and holding clinic of the Wings’ superstars in the 2004 playoffs under coach Darryl Sutter.
The Senators, who led the NHL in minor-penalty infractions entering this week, are an extension of MacLean. The Walrus likes this dirty stuff. Hark back to last May’s playoffs when Eric Gryba’s blindside hit bloodied and concussed Montreal Canadiens center Lars Eller. Afterward, MacLean called it “a hockey play that went bad for Eller.” Blatant disrespect.
But MacLean doesn’t care about the opponent, nor do his skaters, and it showed again with their dirty play at Joe Louis Arena.
Truth be told, the Senators’ bullying was a microcosm of the Wings’ struggles in recent postseasons: Not enough grit and muscle. It’s a team-wide weakness that creates losses in critical puck battles, and, an inability to sustain pressure in the attacking zone.
Something has to change soon. Maybe it’s Sunday. Maybe that’s when the Wings show us they’re made of men who are capable of protecting their star players.
If not? Then forget the rivalry, it will just be another Ottawa mugging that will become really, really ugly if they meet in the postseason.


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Since the Toronto transit workers’ abrupt strike Saturday night, opinion there seems to be converging on the conclusion that transit is an essential service, and therefore that TTC workers shouldn’t have a right to strike. That might actually be good news for the union: if the province declared the TTC “essential,” irreconcilable differences between management and the union at contract time would be settled by arbitration, the way they are for police and firefighters, and over time that tends to move contract terms in the union’s favour.
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It’s why Ottawa police are getting fat raises and retention bonuses, even though there’s no significant staff-retention problem in either Ottawa service. Toronto, where there are retention problems, gave the bonuses to its police, and that’s become the benchmark for all similar forces in Ontario, including Ottawa’s. (They don’t call them “retention bonuses” here, but they’re structured exactly the same as they are in Toronto.)


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Cat adopters, particularly first-time adopters, often don’t know what to do when it comes to their cats’ claws. And the concern, oftentimes, is not, “Will my cat scratch or hurt me?” but, “Will my cat damage my stuff?”
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But owning an animal, whether it’s a cat or dog or other, necessitates at least some level of compromise. A dog owner can expect their couch to eventually smell like wet dog. A cat owner can expect their couch to get a little scratched. Sure, there are plenty of ways to dissuade a cat from this behavior—providing appropriate places where they are allowed to scratch, regularly trimming their nails, exercising the cat to prevent boredom, putting sticky tape on the couch to discourage scratching, training the cat not to scratch the couch (yes, cats can be trained!), and if…
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Yeti hockey hosts home opener at Dobson Arena
VAIL — The Vail Yeti men’s hockey team opens at home this weekend against the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Moose.
The Yeti, two time Mountain West Hockey League Champions, will defend their 2016-17 MWHL championship, but will also skate in the four-team Black Diamond Hockey League along with the Sun Valley, Idaho, Suns, Jackson Hole Moose and Bozeman, Montana, Stingers.
Having played three road games in November, the Yeti are 1-2, beating MWHL rival the Breckenridge Vipers, 5-2, but dropping both games in Jackson Hole, 4-1 and 5-1.
“We will be very motivated to play well this weekend” Yeti captain Bill Foster said. “Jackson’s a good team with a lot of history and tradition, it would mean a lot for our program to make a statement by getting our first BDHL wins by knocking off the defending league champion Moose.”
Ten-year European pro Andy Canzanello will be back in action to anchor the Yeti defense. The team’s leading scorer Justin Elmore scored two goals and one assist in the win vs Breck. Nate Foote will tend goal for the Yeti as starter Spencer Gold recovers from an ankle injury. Vail’s Keith Denton and Kirk Golden return to the Yeti and will add scoring depth. Fan favorites Bill Foster, Brent Sands and Jeff Tarala add feisty play combined with skill and leadership.
The Vail and Jackson Hole face off at Dobson Arena Friday, and Saturday, Dec. 8-9, starting at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids.
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The snow keeps on falling and the powder keeps getting deeper at Whistler Blackcomb. Our snowfall total this year is an impressive 877 cm (28.8 feet). At this point (877 cm) we’re more than 100 cm above our annual average snowfall for the start of March! (In a typical winter Whistler Blackcomb receives an average total snowfall of 1,042 cm) Tomorrow looks to be a beautiful day with the sun making an appearance and the freezing level staying in the village.
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Genetic differentiation and species status within the snail leech Glossiphonia complanata aggregate (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) revealed by RAPD analysis tab:
Verovnik, Rudi; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris
Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 144 Number 3 (1999), p. 327 - 338
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Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were employed to analyse genetic differentiation and taxonomic structure within the snail leech Glossiphonia complanata species aggregate. Three morphological types of snail leeches, whose taxonomic validity was formerly mainly distrusted, occur throughout Europe. Six individuals of each morphotype from four locations in Slovenia were investigated. At two locations all three morphotypes occurred syntopically, enabling the determination of reproductive isolation. PCR amplification with eleven decamer random primers yielded 177 reproducible marker fragments, only one of which was monomorphic in all specimens. Genetic similarity within morphotypes was substantially higher than within samples from the same locality but consisting of different morphotypes. The estimated nucleotide diversity within morphotypes (0.7-2.1 %) was lower than the nucleotide divergence between them (5.1-8.3 %). UPGMA clustering and principal coordinate analysis revealed three groups concordant with the identified morphotypes. They were tentatively assigned to the taxa Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus), G. concolor (Apathy) and G. nebulosa Kalbe. Reproductive isolation between them is suggested by the presence of RAPD fragments specific to each taxon, and by the absence of common fragments in syntopic populations of the three taxa. This is strong support for the hypothesis that externally very similar and anatomically nearly identical glossiphoniids belong to different biological species.

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By running ads on Twitter, clothing retailer Bonobos has managed to get some Web users to share their email addresses with it. But figuring out if they’ve bought something after seeing one of its Twitter ads is proving more difficult.
As a result, Bonobos has reduced the amount it spends on Twitter ads slightly since last August.
“[Twitter] is still in the process of proving out return-on-investment,” said Craig Elbert, the company’s vice president of marketing. “We’re continuing to test”.
Bonobos is one relatively small Twitter ad-buyer, but its concerns mirror those of other marketers and ad executives who are questioning the attractiveness of Twitter’s platform. They love that it reaches a lot of people – 302 million monthly active users – but they aren’t totally convinced its ads deliver real-world business results. That makes it hard to justify an increase in ad spending with the company, some marketers say.
Some of those problems crept into view in Twitter’s first quarter results, when the company disappointed Wall Street by missing its revenue estimate for the period and lowering its guidance for the current quarter. Twitter’s shares have plunged 25% since the earnings report.
Twitter attributed its poor revenue performance to a “demand problem” for its direct-response ads, for which it charges marketers when users take specific actions, like installing an app, clicking through to a Website or choosing to follow an account.
“Most platforms in their early stages struggle with being able to connect the dots between digital actions and actual business,” said Sarah Hofstetter, CEO of digital marketing firm 36oi.
“We’ve found marketers are working to understand how and why Twitter fits into their marketing,” Ms. Hofstetter said.
Twitter also said its decision last August to give advertisers the option to pay for these specific outcomes — instead of “engagements” on Twitter like user retweets and favorites — made its ads more valuable to advertisers, but also contributed to its revenue shortfall.
Richard Alfonsi, Twitter’s vice president of global online sales, said Thursday that the company plans to continue to tweak its ad products to provide better performance for advertisers.
“We will always make choices which optimize for advertiser value. That’s why we moved to a model that only charges advertisers for the exact outcome they are looking for,” he said. “We’ll continue to make decisions that deliver long run value to our advertisers even if that means there are negative short term revenue implications for Twitter.”
Part of the challenge for Twitter, ad agency executives say, is in proving that its direct-response ads can drive results. Many companies are more confident of the return-on-investment they’ll get from more mature online ad firms like Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. because the performance of those companies’ ad products is easier to measure.
“We’re seeing huge growth in Facebook spend over year. We’re growing on Twitter, but it’s not even comparable,” said Megan Pagliuca, general manager of digital media at marketing agency Merkle.
Ms. Pagliuca said Twitter’s ad products have to date been largely designed to keep users within Twitter, rather than pushing them to a website or to a store as many marketers would like. “The direct-response product is still very weak; there are a lot of issues,” Ms. Pagliuca said.
Twitter pulled in a total of $1.4 billion in revenue during 2014, up 111% year-over-year. According to estimates by eMarketer, Twitter’s ad revenue is expected to grow 67% in 2015, compared with 35.5% for worldwide social network ad spending as a whole.
Analysts had anticipated that the mobile app install ad, in particular, which Twitter released last summer, would be as lucrative a new product for Twitter as it had been when Facebook launched something similar in 2012.
But on Tuesday, Twitter finance chief Anthony Noto said that mobile app install ads and website cards suffered their first decline in quarterly revenue. Mobile app install advertising is expected to reach $3 billion in the U.S. this year, up from an estimated $1.67 billion in 2014, according to a March report from eMarketer.
Twitter itself appears aware of marketers’ measurement concerns. This week the company said it would partner with Google’s DoubleClick to offer marketers better measurement capabilities. It also announced the acquisition of marketing technology firm TellApart, which it said will help it improve its direct-response ad offerings.
“We’re making strong investments in our direct response capabilities in order to enable advertisers to target the right users, drive action with creative ad units and simplify the measurement of conversion performance across devices,” Twitter’s senior vice president of product, Kevin Weil, wrote in a blog post.
Some marketing industry executives say the fee-structure changes Twitter made, while painful in the short term, are having a positive impact.
Alba Mertira, a product manager at social-media marketing platform Ampush, an ad sales partner of Twitter, said its advertising clients have seen improved return-on-investment with Twitter’s direct-response ads since the fee change. That has led to some clients to consider allocating more spending towards Twitter, she said.
But Twitter executives said Tuesday it may take time for marketers to increase their investment as a result of the changes.
“It would seem there’s a lag here” between the improved performance and the marketers’ decision to adjust the budget accordingly, said Craig Palli, chief strategy officer at Fiksu, a mobile app marketing firm based in Boston.

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C Of all the places acclaimed singer, songwriter and slide guitarist Chris Whitley grew up, his least favorite was Weston, Conn., where he spent five years. "It was the one place I look back on with the least fondness," he said over the phone from Ithaca, N.Y., where he is opening for the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tour that comes to the Hartford Civic Center tonight.
He better remembers growing up in Houston, where he was born in 1960, listening to the diverse late-'40s/early '50s blues of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Elmore James -- music his artist parents played. "What I liked was electric Delta blues," he says. "Like Johnny Winter's first record, and his first live record. That kind of blues rock, manic, crazy guitar playing." Whitley says he didn't play guitar until after he moved with his family to Vermont, after having lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Connecticut and central Mexico.
After playing there for a couple of years, he moved to New York, where he played his distinctive songs solo on dobro on streets and in small clubs.
He was working in a framing factory in Brooklyn when he happened to meet Daniel Lanois, the former U2 producer who invited him to come down and paint his new New Orleans studio, where he was recording the Neville Brothers and Bob Dylan.
Three months later, because of a contact he made at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, he was recording at the studio as well, with Lanois protege Malcolm Burn. The result is an atmospheric album of unusual songs, which got their first attention through play in the movie "Thelma & Louise." Burn plays keyboard on his touring band, the first band Whitley has toured with.
It's weird playing these mostly solo, personal songs live with a band in huge arenas, Whitley says. "The music with the band is much more stripped down and a lot harder live. We're also doing a few other new songs that are upbeat." He doesn't mind that it will sound different. "I don't feel that a studio is the same as live," he says. "I think of the studio as another instrument." So it will be interesting to see what he plays when he pops into the Wooden Nickel studio in Hartford for a live broadcast over WHCN-FM Friday at 3 p.m.
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Lake Compounce Festival Park is expected to break before the end of the week. Just in time: the threatened show is just a week from Saturday.
Tickets go on sale Saturday for the Nov. 9 Rod Stewart show at the Hartford Civic Center. "Golden circle" tickets are $35; the rest are $23.50.
Because Public Enemy is kicking off the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" in New York Sept. 28, their concert that night with Anthrax, Primus and Young Black Teenagers at the University of Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion in Storrs that day will now be a matinee. The show begins at 1 p.m.; tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Tickets go on sale Friday for the Nov. 23 Kenny Loggins show at the Paramount Performing Arts Center in Springfield. Tickets go on sale Monday for an Oct. 27 .38 Special show there.
The original Procol Harum, which has just released a reunion album, plays an early show at Toad's Place in New Haven Sept. 27. However, Robin Trower sent his out his regrets that he won't be participating in the reunion tour, although he did play on the album. His replacement is Tim Renwick.
L.A. Guns returns to Toad's in an all-ages show Oct. 8. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam are there Oct. 14. Sister Double Happiness will open the Mighty Lemon Drops show at Toad's Oct. 13; the Oct. 7 Radiators show there is now confirmed.
The Hoodoo Gurus play the Pearl Street nightclub in Northampton, Mass., Oct. 4. The Ramones return there Oct. 7. An Oct. 11 reggae show there features the Mighty Diamonds, Mutabaruka and the 809 Band. Also, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band play the club Sept. 28, and the Incredible Casuals open Friday's NRBQ show there.
Missed Little Feat at the Paramount in Springfield last weekend? The band plays a rare nightclub show at the Sting Sept. 26. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, in a hastily booked show, returns to the club Saturday.
A Jethro Tull date at the New Haven Coliseum got mired in the U.S. Hot Rod Association Mud Bog Nov. 15 and 16. Don't expect them in these parts this fall. A Natalie Cole date is possible there in November.
Roadhouse blues legend Lonnie Mack (the "Memphis" instrumental) plays Water Street Station in Torrington Friday.
Look for Blues Traveler at the Palace Performing Arts Center in New Haven Oct. 30.
Upcoming shows at Malcolm's Jazz Cafe in New Haven include Son Seals tonight and the Average White Band in two shows Sept. 26.
Good news: The Pogues are back on tour, playing as close as the Beacon Theater in New York Sept. 26 and 27 and the Orpheum Theater in Boston Sept. 28. Bad news: Shane MacGowan is no longer with the band. Strange news: Sitting in during the tour will be ex-Clash man Joe Strummer, who produced the last Pogues album.
"From a Distance" author Julie Gold, who won a Grammy for song of the year this year, will participate in a workshop with fellow tunesmith Jeff Franzel ("Don't Rush Me") of Westport in a workshop Monday at the Stratford Ramada Inn, sponsored by the Connecticut Songwriters Association. Fee is $25 for members, $30 for non-members.
The folk series at the Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton begins Sept. 28 with Lui Collins. Also on the schedule: David
Surrett with Susie Burke and Dave Moore Oct. 5; Liz Brahm with Jim Mercik Oct. 12; Rabbit in a Log Oct. 19; Harvey Reid Oct. 26; Jim Henry and Joe Belmont and Anson Olds Nov. 2; Garnet Rogers Nov. 9; Magpie Nov. 16; and Pat Donohue and Donna Martin and Cormac McCarthy Dec. 6.
The Sounding Board coffeehouse series at the First Church of Christ Congregational in West Hartford continues Saturday with Ian MacIntosh; Tony Bird plays Sept. 28; Libana Oct. 5; Sparky and Rhonda Rucker Oct. 12; James Keelaghan Oct. 19; Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett and Ann Muir Oct. 26; Northern Lights Nov. 2; Bob Franke Nov. 9, Klezamar Nov. 16, Robin and Linda Williams Nov. 23; and Sandy and Caroline Paton with Ed Trickett Nov. 30.
In a folk series at the Speediest Printer in Town shop in Hartford, Ed Miller performs Sept. Monday and Bob Webb plays Oct. 10.
Bruce Pratt is helping develop a Thursday evening open-microphone night at the Silverbrook Cafe in Sandisfield, Mass., just north of the Northwest Connecticut hills. They're trying to develop a circuit for traveling folkies.
Finally, the Patty Larkin concert Sunday is at the Avon Old Farms Hotel -- not the Avon Old Farms Inn across the street at the intersection of Routes 10 and 44. -- -- -- -- Write to Roger Catlin in care of Sound Check, The Courant, 285 Broad St., Hartford, CT, 06115. Please include a telephone number


With the news last week of Ethiopian Airlines placing their fifth order for new Q400s, we take a look at which aircraft types have customers who have placed multiple orders. For an airline or lessor to place a follow-on order requires a high level of confidence in the aircraft. This confidence can be subjectively measured by comparing the percentage of customers who have placed more than one order of an aircraft type.
A lack of follow-on orders directly from a manufacturer could be a result of several factors: availability of aircraft on the leased market, second-hand aircraft, or simply a young program which hasn’t delivered enough aircraft for airlines to choose to re-order. The latter is clearly the case with the A350, which, by all accounts is seeing strong confidence in the platform from its operators, however simply hasn’t been in service long enough for airlines to re-order.
Yet, the Q400 is where we focus our attention as the latest order for 10 aircraft from Ethiopian Airlines makes news. Built to be the rugged work-horse required in a competitive market like Africa, Ethiopian is again showing confidence in the Q400. I will fully admit it is impossible for me to hide my bias for the Q400, yet you can imagine the satisfaction in running the data and finding the Q400 at number three on the list of aircraft with the highest percentage of repeat customers.
Percentage of repeat customers is not the only indicator of confidence in an aircraft, but it is a strong signal. While it is certainly the case that some operators have high confidence in an aircraft they have only ordered once, we can say with strong conviction that no customer would re-order an aircraft without that confidence. As such, last week’s fifth order of Q400s from the African leader has helped make the Q400 the aircraft with the third highest percentage of customers expressing their confidence through repeat orders.


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For all those who are intending to buy a new house or Fuengirola beach apartments as a holiday house, Costa del Sol is a hot real estate market. Recently, Costa del Sol has been a top pick amongst the real estate investors, predominantly the overseas buyers. Why overseas buyers? Because holiday homes in Costa del Sol are really a worthy investment and people don’t want to miss the opportunity. The good thing about this Spanish real estate market is that it has opportunities for all kinds of investors, whether you are looking for a holiday home to reside or a house to sell in near future banking some good profit, you can always consider Costa del Sol as your preferred market.
Spain is the third most popular tourist destination after the France and US. People from all around the world come here to spend some good time and create unforgettable memories. As accommodation remains a concern for everyone, they invest in holiday homes or opt for rental properties, both the choices are justified according to the buyer’s situation. The main USP of Spanish properties is decently low pricing and above par living conditions. Costa del Sol is really special market within Spain. Costa del Sol is a leading vacation spot where a wide range of properties are available and this particular market is always an upward run. This means you can invest in Costa del Sol at any point in time.
However, when we talk about the real estate dealings, it is never a cakewalk for investors unless or until there is a support for real estate professionals. Costa Del Sol Property agents are really important and no investor can crack the deal without the support of real estate professionals. Talking about the Costa del Sol property professionals, the best name is Arriba Estates.
It is a real estate firm and a real estate portal which is known for offering much-needed help to the native and foreign investors in Costa del Sol. This firm offers you all kinds of support that you could ask for from a real estate agent. Furthermore, they have a long and elaborated property listing in their portal from where you can read everything about the property.
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Justice League was a movie that was expected to take DC to new heights, but it turned out to be completely opposite than what WB would have liked it to be. WB was putting this team of Superheroes to rival the Avengers who have been ruling Hollywood and the Box Office since 2012. The MCU has become the biggest brand in Hollywood now, and there is no one that can even come close to the Avengers when it comes to the fandom or the Box Office, and Avengers: Infinity War completely proves that!
Avengers: Infinity War recently went past the $2 Billion mark at the worldwide Box Office, which proves how much people have loved this movie, and how much people really trust the Marvel Brand. Marvel first introduced us with individual stories of Superheroes, made us really like them and want more. Then at the right time, they struck big time with a team-up movie that had never happened before. Character development for almost all the characters had been done really well, and when Marvel completely blew everyone away, establishing trust with the audiences, they picked up the pace by adding more characters quicker than before.
This lead to the use of over 20 Superheroes in one movie, and Avengers 4 is going to bring over 30 of them at once. People were really hyped about Infinity War and that resulted in the movie to become the biggest movie of this year and allowed it to make history at the box office. Disney and Marvel have made and broken so many records with this movie. Even though the movie did not get a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it still had no effect what so ever on the box office. It had the highest ever opening weekend at the Domestic and the Worldwide Box Office grossing $257 Million and $650 Million in total respectively!
Justice League, on the contrary, was the lowest-grossing Superhero movie in the DCEU. WB, unlike Marvel, did not build up any character other than Superman and Wonder Woman, which has led to the loss they have suffered with Justice League. The movie crammed in 3 new characters, giving them the least amount of character development (even though the longer cut of the movie would have had that) and then completely lost faith amongst the audiences after the 3rd Bad Word of mouth from the critics. It made only $94 million at the opening Weekend at the Domestic Box Office and the Domestic Total turned out to be just $228 Million.
The worldwide Total for Justice League ended up $656 Million, which meant that after the big investment WB made upon Justice League, the movie did not even break even to a profit for the Studios. Avengers: Infinity War, on the other hand, went past that total in just 4 days! And now, the movie stands at $664 Million at the US Box Office and a mammoth $2.019 Billion at the Worldwide Box Office.
Recently, people noticed that Infinity War went past Titanic’s Domestic run which was $659 Million, but it went past the entire Box Office Run of its direct rival as well. This proves that DC is not even in the league which Marvel is playing in. Marvel has completely overthrown any competition that has come its way, and the only competition it actually faces is itself. The only movie that is capable of taking down Avengers: Infinity War is Avengers 4 which comes out May 3, 2019.
DC, on the other hand, has a big slate of movies under development, but we only have confirmation for Aquaman which is coming out on December 21, Shazam!, coming out on April 5, 2019, Wonder Woman 2, coming out on November 1, 2019, rest the latest updates suggest that Suicide Squad 2 will be out in 2020 along with Flashpoint. Rest all the movies that are currently “under development” are Man of Steel 2, Joker vs. Harley Quinn, The Batman (said to begin production next year), Black Adam (script is in & production begins next year), Lobo, Justice League Dark, Joker Spin-off, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, Joker Origins, Harley Quinn Spin-off, New Gods, Deathstroke, Cyborg and Green Lantern Corps but none of them have any sort of release dates confirmed just yet.
Hopefully, DC is able to raise their bar with these upcoming movies.


Add renegade country singers The Dixie Chicks to the growing list of Lemonade fans.
The twangy trio, who are in the midst an expansive summer reunion tour, performed a cover of Beyonce's country-inspired tune "Daddy Lessons" at a concert in Manchester, England over the weekend.
During the set, lead vocalist Natalie Maines missed her intro, joking: “I already messed this whole thing up.” But rest assured, Behive, the ladies did the song justice.
In fact, the rendition may have been their own way of standing up for Queen Bey, who's been the subject of harsh criticism from country music critics since Lemonade's drop. A bizarre debate seems to be unfolding within the genre, with critics arguing back and forth as to whether Beyonce's song qualifies as country.
“It doesn’t sound like a country song to me, she didn’t cut it at a studio in Tennessee, and it certainly wasn’t written by a group of Nashville songwriters,” wrote critic Allyson Bonaguro(opens in a new tab) for CMT. "...If you ask me, this song is no more country than her 'Single Ladies.' (Okay, Alison. Suuuurrrre.)
Meanwhile, the Chicks have had their own well-documented and decade-spanning spat with the country establishment. After Maines voiced her disapproval for the War in Iraq in the early 2000s, country music elites -- especially those at country radio -- basically disowned the trio.
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Why is Obama silent on Israeli genocide, especially the murder of children, in Palestine? Among Obama's top supporters is James Crown, on the board of General Dynamics. General Dynamics has a long history of buying and selling weapons, including selling to Elbit Systems, Israel's Apartheid contractor. The Israeli Apartheid manufacturer Elbit purchased a General Dynamics subsidiary and now operates in Fort Worth. Globally, Elbit produces unmanned aerial vehicles, which can spy and kill, operated by remote personnel using computers. On the Southwest border, Elbit supplies unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), based at Fort Huachuca, to the US Border Patrol. Elbit, through a subcontract with Boeing, provided spy technology for the spy towers on the US/Mexico border. Elbit provided spy technology for both the Apartheid border wall in Israel/Palestine and the border wall on the US/Mexico border. Globally, Elbit's robot-type killing machines, including drones, are now being used by countries throughout the world. Canada is now in the market for drones for another Apartheid border.
Why is President-elect Obama silent on Israel's massacre of Palestinians? Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney risked her life on the Free Gaza ship that was rammed and destroyed by Israel. McKinney said Martin Luther King, Jr., would not have been afraid. While researching Israel's Apartheid contractor Elbit Systems, subcontracted by Boeing to build the Apartheid US/Mexico border wall, I discovered that Elbit, this Israeli Apartheid spy contractor, has a long history of financing and weapons with General Dynamics.
Elbit supplied spy technology for the dysfunctional border spy towers and was among the first to supply unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the US/Mexico border. Elbit is Israel's leading non-governmental military contractor. ( http://www.elbitsystems.com/Aboutus.asp?id=370 ) It was news to me that Elbit had purchased a subsidiary of General Dynamics. The Israeli company now conducts business out of Fort Worth. Elbit states, "We conduct most of our business in the United States through our wholly-owned subsidiary, EFW Inc. (EFW) and EFW's subsidiaries http://www.efw.com EFW was incorporated in Delaware in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1993, EFW acquired most of the assets of General Dynamics Corporations Electronics Manufacturing Center in Fort Worth, which mainly manufactured and supplied electronic components for F-16 aircraft." Since then, EFW has expanded its activities to include the V-22 Osprey tilt rotorcraft and various helicopters and war machinery. Its customers include Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Boeing Company, United Defense LP, the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Israel Ministry of Defense, Gulfstream Aircraft Corporation and Bayer Pharmaceutical Company. Bayer? As already documented, one of Obama's top supporters, James S. Crown, a member of Obama's national finance committee, serves on the board of General Dynamics.
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Few Americans are even aware of the cozy military contracts between the US and Israel. Fewer Americans are aware of the multi-billion dollar aid packages from the US to Israel, while Americans go hungry and homeless, with crumbling schools for their children. Even fewer Americans are aware of how the US trains, and provides weapons, for the most brutal killers in the world. Among these are the Zetas, trained to become US Special Forces, and now responsible for the bloodbath in Mexico.
The US dollars to Israel are seldom exposed in the US media. Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, said, "It's the American taxpayer, with their incredibly consequential yet never-debated multi-billion-dollar aid packages to Israel, who are vital in funding this costly Israeli assault on Gaza. Just as was true for Israel's bombing of Lebanon, it's American bombs that -- with the whole world watching -- are blowing up children and mosques, along with Hamas militants, in Gaza. And it's the American veto power that, time and again, blocks any U.N. action to stop these wars."
In honor of the dying and starving Palestinians, especially the children, Obama must condemn the slaughter of civilians by Israel and show the world that he will not be influenced by the Crown family, General Dynamics, Elbit or Israel's state sponsored terrorism.
The United Nations must rise above US imperialism.
Here's the full quote from Elbit Systems website as of today: EFW - [ www.efw.com ]
"We conduct most of our business in the United States through our wholly-owned subsidiary, EFW Inc. (EFW) and EFW's subsidiaries. EFW was incorporated in Delaware in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1993, EFW acquired most of the assets of General Dynamics Corporations Electronics Manufacturing Center in Fort Worth, which mainly manufactured and supplied electronic components for F-16 aircraft. Since then, EFW has expanded its activities to a number of additional areas involving tactical aircraft, helicopters and ground vehicles, including programs for the V-22 Osprey tilt rotorcraft, the Bradley A-3 fighting vehicle, the Multiple Launch Rocket System, the Apache helicopter, the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, the A-10 aircraft, the C-130 transport aircraft as well as additional systems for the F-16. EFW is involved in a number of joint projects with Elbit Systems and with other U.S. defense companies.
"Major customers of EFW and its subsidiaries include Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed Martin), the Boeing Company (Boeing), United Defense LP (UDLP), the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), Gulfstream Aircraft Corporation and Bayer Pharmaceutical Company."
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The New York Comedy Festival returns to #MakeNYLaugh on Nov 7 – 13
Jo Koy, John Mulaney, Bassem Yousef, JB Smoove, Tracy Morgan, Wanda Sykes, Bill Maher and more!
Created in 2004, the New York Comedy Festival is a seven-day festival featuring more than 200 comedians performing in more than 100 shows at venues throughout all five boroughs of New York City.
The festival is produced by Carolines on Broadway.
WHEN IS THE FESTIVAL?
The Festival runs from Monday, November 7 – Sunday, November 13.
WHERE DOES THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL TAKE PLACE?
The New York Comedy Festival takes place at venues including the Beacon Theatre, BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Carolines on Broadway, Hulu Theater at MSG, Madison Square Garden and Town Hall throughout the five boroughs of New York City and at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
WHEN IS THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ANNOUNCED?
Beginning Monday, August 15, shows taking place in the festival will be announced. Additional shows will be announced in the fall, so check the festival website and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for schedule updates.
WHEN DO TICKETS GO ON SALE?
There will be a pre-sale for Citi Card Members that will run from Monday, August 15 at 10:00 AM ET – Friday, August 19 at 10:00 AM ET.
Click here for more information on the Citi Pre-Sale.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 19 at 12:00 NOON ET.
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Top 10 best available on Day 2
Originally Published: April 30, 2011Scouts Inc.
Here is a look at the top 10 best available players after the first day of the 2011 NFL draft.
1. Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson
A onetime potential top-10 pick with great strength and power as a pass-rusher off the edge slipped out of the first round because of medical concerns about his knee.
AP Photo/ Richard ShiroAt one point Da'Quan Bowers was being considered as the No. 1 overall pick.
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in a token of gratitude, thanked people who worked hard for the success of the YSR Congress Party's (YSRCP) victory in both the assembly and parliamentary elections held recently.
The YSRCP leader tweeting his thanks from his personal twitter handle, said that the due to their hard work and their fight against the yellow media writings during the elections phase, this victory was possible.
"As I take up the responsibilities of the state, I wish to specially thank our social media warriors. I know that you have worked hard for YSRCP, & against the yellow media, and were instrumental in our victory. I humbly thank you and wish for your continued support to us."
After the swearing in as Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had issued a clear and stern message for the pro-TDP media outlets, referred to as yellow media by the YSRCP leaders.
He had cautioned the yellow media against publishing any distorted stories about the government and its style of functioning in future, and if they did so, they would face legal charges.
Also Read: Andhra CM YS Jagan Cautions Yellow Media


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James Matthew Barrie, an author and playwright, is well-known for his works (Markgraf). It could be assumed that someone who wrote works so full of imagination and creativity would have the greatest amount of happiness. This idea is not true in the case of Barrie, but even though he faced such tragedy, his works are still mostly cheerful. James Matthew Barrie’s strong themes combined with deep symbolism and irony mesh together in his books and give each of his works a sense of whimsical magic and emotion, allowing Barrie to express the childhood he missed out on and essentially wanted.
James Matthew Barrie was born on May 9, 1860, in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His mother and father, David Barrie and Margaret Ogilvy, had ten children. Only seven of their children were surviving, and Barrie was the youngest son (Billone ix). When Barrie was just seven years old, his brother, David, died in a skating accident. David was his mother’s favorite child. The death of David grieved his mother deeply, which led James to decide to try to take the place of his brother. Although Barrie tried, his attempts were never successful. Barrie missed out on his own childhood because he tried to live his brother’s (Dunbar 10-14). Then, it seems he spent the rest of his life either knowingly or subconsciously trying to get it back as it is revealed in his work.
Barrie had simple beginnings, but he was well-educated. He attended the prestigious Dumfries Academy for five years. In 1882, he went to Edinburgh University and got a master of arts degree in English literature. Barrie began work for the Nottingham Journal in 1883 and then went on to work as a freelance journalist in 1885. Barrie’s published his first work, Better Dead, in 1887. This publication began his literary career (Billone ix-x). These jobs must have been good practice for the writing to come.
Barrie married Mary Ansell, an actress, in 1894. A few years later, Barrie met Sylvia Llewellyn Davies and her family and formed an attachment to her. Davies’ boys are the children that later became the inspiration for Peter Pan. In 1909, Barrie divorced his wife and in 1910, Davies died of cancer. Earlier, in 1907, Barrie began taking care of Davies and her children financially after the death of her husband (Billone xii-xiii). It seems that Barrie was trying to insure a childhood for the boys and possibly because he wanted to give them something he did not have.
Margaret Ogilvy, Barrie’s biography about his mother, conveys the relationship Barrie and Margaret had with each other. The book talks about the effects the death of David had on his mother in much detail and it conveys how Barrie felt so much responsibility for his mother’s happiness. Billone commented, “At six years old, James Matthew Barrie believed he was his mother’s last hope” (Billone xv). Many times children do not pay attention to the emotions of people around them, but it seems Barrie was in tune with the emotions of others.

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Buhari, CJN, others hail Ngige at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the chairman of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN), on his 60th birthday anniversary.
Born on July 11, 1961, Ngige turned 60 years yesterday. While a hybrid birthday ceremony was held on Sunday at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, to mark the anniversary, the highlight of the event was the launching of the ‘Nigerian Law School Support Initiative’, a project specifically requested by Ngige to revamp the decaying infrastructure at the institution.
In a statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari said he was “rejoicing with family and friends on the milestone” recorded by Ngige.
The statement adds: “The President notes, with commendation, contributions of the legal luminary to the study and practice of law in Nigeria, donating books and materials to Law Schools, and serving on the National Executive of NBA for more than 25 years, during which he represented the association as a member of the Body of Benchers.”
Others who have also felicitated with the leading litigator include Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad; Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu SAN; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha; Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami; Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN), Council of Legal Education and many Nigerian Law School Alumni classes.
In his goodwill message, Justice Muhammad described Ngige as a “legal icon and quintessential philanthropist,” stressing that he is a “man of honour and dignity” whose lifestyle “has been a formidable fountain of inspiration to people from all walks of life.”
On his part, Governor Akeredolu, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said: “As you celebrate your 60th birthday today, I heartily wish you a very happy birthday and prayers for scores of healthy, prosperous and peaceful returns of the day. May you have all the joy your heart can hold, all the smiles a day can bring, and all the blessings a life can unfold.”
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Following yesterday’s release of the 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB, Yasid Design has just unveiled a rendering of a potential track-only variant of the twin-turbo V8 supercar with the so-called Ferrari 488 GTBX.
With the X in the name, the obvious intention would be for the 488 GTBX to be added to the Italian firm’s XX Programme. However, generally only halo supercars from Ferrari receive the XX treatment meaning it is unlikely we’ll see such a 488 variant come to life. Nevertheless, it is quite eye-opening to see how the car would look with a massive rear wing, quad front canards, flared arches, a larger splitter, revised hood and yellow tinted headlights.
As a reminder, the Ferrari 488 GTB utilises a twin-turbocharged 3.9-litre V8 engine which is significantly more powerful than the naturally-aspirated 4.5-litre V8 used by the outgoing Ferrari 458 Italia. As a matter of fact, the Ferrari 488 GTB delivers 660 hp at 8000 rpm as well as 560 lb-ft of torque at 3000 rpm. Incredibly, torque from this engine is also higher than the 509 lb-ft of the 6.0-litre V12 found in the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.
Mated to the twin-turbocharged 3.9-litre V8 is a tweaked variant of the 458 Italia’s seven-speed dual-clutch transmission driving the rear wheels. The gear ratios have been modified to improve acceleration throughout the rev range. When it is all said and done, the Ferrari 488 GTB will sprint to 100 km/h in 3 seconds flat, 200 km/h in a mere 8.4 seconds as well as a 334 km/h (208 mph) top speed. Those figures are almost identical to the 642 hp McLaren 650S which hits 100 km/h in the same time, 200 km/h in 8.5 seconds and a 333 km/h (207 mph) top speed.
Another key element in determining the potency of a new Ferrari product is its lap time around the firm’s Fiorano test track. The 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB has set a 1 minute and 23 second lap time which is two seconds ahead of the Ferrari 458 Italia and the current range-topping Ferrari 458 Speciale.


|Publication number||US6168308 B1|
|Application number||US 09/250,770|
|Publication date||Jan 2, 2001|
|Filing date||Feb 15, 1999|
|Priority date||Feb 19, 1998|
|Also published as||CN1114476C, CN1237476A, DE19906824A1|
|Publication number||09250770, 250770, US 6168308 B1, US 6168308B1, US-B1-6168308, US6168308 B1, US6168308B1|
|Inventors||David M. Pittman, Kenneth E. Lehrke, John F. Isais, Vicky J. Peterson, Adam R. Friedrich|
|Original Assignee||Graco Minnesota Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (13), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 60/075,191, filed Feb. 19, 1998.
Mechanical proportioners for mixing plural component materials are of course in general well known and have been used successfully for a number of years. One problem that has become apparent however is that materials in recent years have become more and more viscous and are requiring higher and higher pressures for mixing and application. Because of these higher pressures required, much higher forces are required and this has presented a number of mechanical problems which require solution.
Such proportioners can also be prone at times to mixed materials setting up within the mix manifold therefore requiring tedious disassembly and cleaning or sometimes in fact even replacement of parts because of the setup mixed materials therein. Also due to the substantial cost of these materials, it is important that the operator be assured that the machine is operating properly in the proper configuration when desired.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a mechanical proportioner which is capable of mixing materials at high pressures utilizing the elevated forces required to do so and which is mechanically sound and reasonably easily disassembled for servicing and the like.
It is yet a further object of this invention to provide a mix manifold which minimizes exposure of the manifold surfaces to mixed material.
It is yet a further object of this invention to provide an interlock scheme for the valves and mix manifold so as to ensure that all valves are properly positioned for operation or purging.
Two pump lowers are connected together by a yolk underneath an air-operated reciprocating piston pump (other types of reciprocating pumps may of course be utilized) such as Graco's Premier pump. The air motor shaft enters the yolk in the center and the two pump lower shafts are located equidistant from the center of either side thereof. It is important to be able to minimize the distance between the two pump rods and toward that end, the pumps are staggered axially so as to enable overlapping of certain portions thereof thereby enabling the center-to-center distance to be minimized.
A small interference fit of the pump shafts and the yolk at the bottom end thereof in conjunction with substantial torque ensures that the center distance is absolutely balanced on either side of the air motor shaft.
The mix manifold is constructed in a concentric fashion such that mixed material does not come into contact with the mix manifold until it enters the static mixer at the exit of the manifold which is an easily disposable and replaceable part. While the two components may be in contact with one another, that point of contact is isolated from the interior surface of the mix manifold.
The purge solvent valves on the mix manifold are each provided with an extension of their respective handles. If either purge valve is in its open position, a separate interlock handle operating the A and B side valves at the manifold inlet is prevented from opening. Similarly, if the interlock handle operating the A and B side valves is open, the purge valves cannot be opened.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear more fully from the following description made in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the proportioner of the instant invention showing the overlapping pump lowers.
FIG. 2 is a side plan view showing the proportioner having the overlapping lowers.
FIG. 3 is an end plan view of the proportioner of the instant invention showing the overlapped lowers.
FIG. 4 shows a cross-section of the yolk of the instant invention.
FIG. 5 shows another view of the yolk assembly of the instant invention.
FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the mix manifold.
FIG. 7 shows the side plan view of the mix manifold assembly including the solvent flush valves and interlock assembly in the flush position.
FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the manifold assembly in the flush position.
FIG. 9 shows a view similar to FIG. 7 in the operating position.
FIG. 10 shows a view similar to FIG. 8 in the operating position.
The instant invention generally designated 10 is comprised of a reciprocating air motor 12 mounted to a frame 14. Depending from frame 14 and pump 12 are first and second pump lowers 16 and 18 respectively as illustrated in FIG. 1 through 3. As can be seem most clearly in FIG. 2, pump lowers 16 and 18 are axially staggered, that is one is mounted slightly above the other so that the mounting ears 16 a and 18 a respectively may be overlapped to decrease the center-to-center distance between the two lowers. This overlap is also used in conjunction with mounting rods 20 for location.
Air motor shaft 12 a extends downwardly therefrom into yolk 22 where it is affixed by bolt assembly 24. As can be seen in FIG. 4 and 5, intermediate coupler members 26 and 28 are attached to pump lower rods 16 b and 18 b respectively. A small portion 26 a and 28 a of couplers 26 and 28 have a small interference fit (on the order of 0.0015 inches) for about 0.10 inches in the axial direction with yolk 22 which in conjunction with a 550 ft-lb torque pre-load on nuts 30 serves to absolutely locate the couplers 26 and 28 in yolk 22 at a substantially identical distance from pump rod 12 a.
The mix manifold 32 shown in FIG. 6 is provided with “A” (or resin) or side inlet passage 36 and a “B” or catalyst side inlet passage 34. Each passage is provided with a check valve assembly 38 and an inlet 34 on the “B” side leads to an inner concentric tube 40 having a passage 42 therein. “A” side passage 36 leads to an outer concentric passage 44 formed in an outlet fitting 46 which has connected at the exit thereof a standard static mixer 48.
As can be seen, the two materials are only exposed to one another for a very short distance within manifold assembly 32 and in fact the interface between the two materials is isolated from the surface of either tube 40 or fitting 46 by the outermost of the concentric materials.
First and second material manifold inlet valves 62 and 64 (at inlets 36 and 34 respectively) are operated by interlock handle 60. First and second solvent flush valves 50 and 52 enter manifold 32 via fittings 54 and 56, the entry point of which is shown in phantom in FIG. 6 by dotted circles 54 a and 56 a respectively. The solvent flush valves are provided with handles 58 each of which has an extending portion 58 a. When the solvent valves are in the open position shown in FIG. 7, interlock handle 60 also shown in FIG. 8 must be in its raised position closing inlet valves 62 and 64 and the wings 60 a thereof are prevented from lowering because of interference with extensions 58 a on the solvent flush valves. Only when the solvent flush valves 50 and 52 are moved to the closed position shown in FIG. 9 and 10 is the interference with wings 60 a on interlock handle 60 removed thereby allowing it to move to the operating position open shown in FIG. 9 and 10. This readily visually apparent interlocking mechanism helps ensure that the solvent valves will be closed when the material valves are open and vice versa.
It is contemplated that various changes and modifications may be made to the proportioner without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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Officers open office to all
Barnstaple police make a date with the public
POLICE in Barnstaple are holding a series of “open office” days to introduce themselves to their local community.
Officers in the Newport area of the town are inviting people to come along and raise priorities about policing in the area, as well as discuss areas of concern.
Events will be held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 2-3pm at Newport Police Community Office, at St John the Baptist Church in South Street.

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Top seed Novak Djokovic needed two sets to overcome Berdych in Dubai 2013 final and conquer the tournament for the fourth time.
World No. 1 Djokovic lifted his fourth Dubai Tennis Championships trophy after beating his final challenger Tomas Berdych for the thirteenth time in his career – while losing only once – and for the second time this year – the Serb also prevailed in quarter-final of Australian Open last month. He has now recorded his eighteenth straight victory and is undefeated since October 2012.
As he admitted in his post-match interview, he has not played as good as in previous days, but he patiently waited for his chances which ultimately came. Even so, Nole was the first of the players to concede a loss of serve – the third seed Czech prepared and converted a break ball at 2-2. He succeeded to confirm the break, yet Djokovic was back in the game by 4-4. The top-ranked Serb champion then averted three break point chances in the following service game before grabbing his second break as well as the opening set in the twelfth game.
In the second set a crowd of 5,000 could see solid serving and a close race until 4-3 when the top seed took advantage of his only break point opportunity in that part of the game – he was thus serving for the Dubai title right after that. Berdych almost broke back at 30-40, yet Nole turned the game around and celebrated a 7-5, 6-3 victory after tucking away the second match ball.
Djokovic served 8 aces (Berdych 5), he was better in winning first serve points (81%-71%) and he saved four out of five break balls in one hour and thirty-five minutes of play.

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Summer is back! The cold has gone and the sun has returned! The previous night with Paula et al had been great but now it was time to get back on the road. We all enjoyed our stay in Feldkirch and recommend you pay the place a visit.
The route looked quite tricky on the map so I knew there would be lots of stop-starting. I was excited for the trip because I was visiting my seventh country. Liechtenstein was up next and I was intrigued to see what this small principality had to offer. Dad was driving the van today so Tim joined us for a cycle.
Leaving Feldkirch wasn’t enjoyable. We cycled along the main road into Liechtenstein so there were lots of lorries hurtling by. However, the views made up for the busy roads. Take a look at these breathtaking photos:
Once we left the main road, the journey became more enjoyable. We followed a cycle route into Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. The town was small but the buildings and houses were very modern. Liechtenstein appears to be a rich country and boasts some beautiful scenery. We decided to climb a very steep hill to visit the Prince of Liechtenstein’s house. Apparently he’s one of the richest people in the world so his gaff looked very expensive. Check it out below. It was a real mission to get to the house so it was annoying to find it closed to the public when we reached it!
We sped back down the hill and headed for the Rhine. We stopped off at the national football stadium, which has to be one of the most stunning locations for a football pitch. The final part of the track next to the river was amazing. The views of the mountains all around were mindboggling. We arrived at our campsite after cycling 32km. The campsite was located at the foot of a big hill so there were more opportunities for photos. My knee and calves were aching so some rest is required.


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Chaparral and Robalo Boats recently hosted virtual sales and service training programs for their dealer networks.
Service training had 300 attendees, Robalo’s sales training had 325 sales professionals in attendance and Chaparral’s sales training saw attendance of 330.
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Prof. Abu Yousuf Md. Abdullah, VC, Northern University of Business & Technology Khulna, attended the 16th Asian Presidents’ Forum (AUPF) on 21-23 November 2017 at Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
The Philippine Normal University, the National Center for Teacher Education, hosted this important gathering of educationists and academicians under the theme “Innovations & Foresight: Education Solutions for a Better World.”
AUPF-2017 provided a venue for networking of Asian universities within and beyond the region. Nearly 200 participants from all over Asia will attended this event, where Prof. Abdullah presented a paper on “Governance and Policy Solutions” for bolstering private higher education in Bangladesh.
It is hoped that the event’s outcome will usher in a new wave of innovative solutions for advancing higher education and strengthen collaboration among Asian institutions in the 21st century.


DPA has announced the release of the new MS4099 stand mount for the 4099 CORE instrument microphone. DPA also announced it has begun shipping brown versions of its new 4466 CORE omnidirectional and 4488 CORE directional headset microphones.
The MS4099 mount can be used on both three-eighths and five-eighths inch threads. Borrowed from the design of other DPA mounts, the barrel of the MS4099 is designed to make it easy to attach or remove the microphone. In addition, the mount can be turned for vertical or horizontal use, pending application. It’s also compatible with the brand’s 4097 CORE micro shotgun.
Now available in brown, the new 4466 and 4488 CORE headsets are equipped with DPA’s 5 mm round capsule and share the design of the company’s 6066 subminiature headsets. With a one-size-fits-all design and adjustable height and boom length, the headsets accommodate small to large head types, with a three-point gripping system designed to help ensure a greater level of security. The headsets are also available in black and beige options.


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Compulsive behaviors and addictions of any kind, can lead to unmanageability in a person's life and in families, where the behaviors of the addict are affecting the entire family. Compulsive behaviors and addictions can undermine professional, academic, social, personal, and familial structures and responsibilities.
An addiction is any compulsive behavior, thought process, and psychobiological process, that cannot be stopped by sheer will Addictions leads to unmanageability in one's life, at any age. Addiction is often characterized by so-called “addictive thinking,” or the pattern of distorted reasoning the addict uses that perpetuates the addictive cycle despite severe life consequences. ompulsive behaviors are also rooted in attachment wounds, and are activated by unresolved shame and pain. Identifying and therapeutically challenging addictive thinking can lead to lasting healing and change.
The following are acting out and acting in behaviors, for which Hopemead offers treatment.
- Compulsive spending
- Sex addiction
- Pornography addiction
- Compulsive exercising
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- Other forms of compulsive behaviors are addressed but not listed here.


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DJ Khaled Gets Inducted Into Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame
DJ Khaled has been honoured with the 2,719th star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and is located at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard, right next to Amoeba Music.
The ceremony which took place on Monday had in attendance Khaled’s wife Nicole and their two sons, Asahd and Aalam, as Khaled was cemented into Hollywood history.
Khaled was also flanked by the music industry’s finest, showing support with artists like Jay-Z and Diddy, Fat Joe, Teyana Taylor, Jeezy Cool, Dre and N.O.R.E. in attendance.
Fat Joe said of Khaled’s win “When I think of Khaled, I think of love,” he told the crowd on Hollywood Blvd. In hip-hop for a long time, we haven’t really embraced fatherhood. Nobody has done it like Khaled. Music-wise, there’s nobody with a greater ear.”
Diddy also added, “Khaled means forever and I want to congratulate you on something that will be here forever to mark the great work that you’ve done.”
The induction into the Hollywood Walk Of Fame recognises DJ Khaled’s accomplishment as a disc jockey.
The 46-year old and CEO of We The Best has a new collaboration with Jordan Brand for a clothing line and four different Air Jordan 5 colourways.
DJ Khaled thanked all in attendance saying “I want my star to represent the light, the love that shines on everybody. God put me on this earth to be a light. The room could be pitch dark and when I walk in, it’s bright. This is for hip-hop. But I want to make it clear, we just getting started.”
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After missing the playoffs this season, the New York Giants will enter the offseason in need of reinforcements. There are plenty of areas of weakness that general manager Joe Schoen could patch up through free agency. Three free agents stand out stand out as potentially high-priority targets for the Giants to consider pursuing.
While the Giants would unlikely be able to afford to sign all three of these high-priority free agents, even adding just one of the names on the list would be a massive boost to the roster.
Reuniting an elite run-stuffer with Wink Martindale
Targeting a player like Michael Pierce is contingent on whether or not defensive coordinator Wink Martindale returns next season. But if he does, the Giants have a Leonard Williams-sized void to fill on the interior of their defensive line, and Pierce could be their solution.
The 31-year-old veteran defensive tackle has been one of the best run-stuffers in the NFL for the majority of his career, but he really rose to prominence under Martindale’s tutelage.
Martindale was the Baltimore Ravens’ defensive coordinator from 2018-2021 prior to joining Big Blue. Those seasons under Martindale were arguably the best of Pierce’s entire career. He posted a career-high 90.8 overall Pro Football Focus grade in 2018 with 32 combined tackles and four tackles for loss.
Entering the twilight stage of his career, Pierce could be signed at a reasonable price point to fill a massive need on the Giants’ defense. Signing Pierce would give the Giants a big-bodied, two-down defensive lineman who can stuff the run and plug gaps while All-Pro DT Dexter Lawrence continues to dominate in both phases of the game.
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The Giants need some pass-rushing help
Za’Darius Smith is another former Baltimore Raven that the Giants could aim to bring back under the wing of Martindale. The veteran pass-rusher played under Martindale while he was still the Ravens’ linebackers coach in 2017, then one season under Martindale as the defensive coordinator in 2018.
Since 2018, Smith has bounced around to several different teams, unable to call one place home for longer than a few seasons. This year he is contributing to the Cleveland Browns’ stifling defense, totaling 27 combined tackles and 5.5 sacks on the year.
At 31 years old, Smith is another veteran player who could be acquired on an affordable contract. He could give the Giants some much-needed edge-rushing depth next season, taking some pressure off Kayvon Thibodeaux and pressuring the quarterback in passing situations.
Robert Hunt could be an anchor on the interior
Fixing the offensive line will be a main priority for the Giants this offseason. While the unit is one that Big Blue could address at the top of the 2024 NFL Draft, there will also be enticing options available in free agency, like right guard Robert Hunt.
Hunt has established himself as one of the best interior offensive linemen in the NFL this season with the Miami Dolphins. This season, Hunt has surrendered just five total pressures and one sack in 10 games (495 snaps) and has been one of the main catalysts to success in the Dolphins’ elite rushing attack.
PFF projects a four-year, $70 million ($17.5 million per year), $42 million total guaranteed contract for Hunt this offseason. This deal would make Hunt the third-highest-paid right guard in the NFL (Over The Cap).
After signing right tackle Austin Jackson to a three-year, $36 million extension this season, the Dolphins may be unable to afford to extend Hunt, too. This could lead the veteran guard to reach free agency where the Giants should make it their main priority to sign the 27-year-old lineman. Adding Hunt to the interior would immediately upgrade the Giants’ offensive line in both the passing and rushing attacks.