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Dolphins | Church signed to practice squad
Omar Kelly, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, reports the Miami Dolphins have signed LB Marcello Church (Steelers) to their practice squad.
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Basavaraj S. Bommai (L) and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (R). File.
The change of guard after the Assembly election in Karnataka and the Ministerial council shuffle in Tamil Nadu has triggered the need for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to reconstitute at least three Ministerial panels tasked with recommending critical reforms of the indirect tax regime.
Basavaraj S. Bommai, who resigned as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Saturday, was the chairperson of the GST Council’s group of ministers (GoM) tasked with the rationalisation of GST’s complex rates’ system with multiple tax slabs.
New convenor needed
The panel, formed in September 2021, initially had a two-month deadline. With inflation running high through 2022-23 and remaining a concern, the government has been going slow on the GST rate rationalisation agenda. Sweeping structural changes would likely mean higher tax rates for several items.
Mr. Bommai’s exit from power will mean the Council would have to appoint a new convenor for the panel, that also had Ministers from six other States, including Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, the former Finance Minister and current IT minister of Tamil Nadu, was also involved in two of the Council’s GoMs — one tasked with GST’s IT system reforms to tackle evasion, and another on the appropriate tax treatment to be adopted for casinos, online gaming and horse-racing.
Mr. Thiaga Rajan will most likely be replaced by the new State Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, going by the practice adopted by the GST Council for GoM membership changes due to external factors.
Usually, a Minister from the same State is added into the Council’s panels due to any changes in State governments, but there have been occasions when this principle has not been followed. For instance, the GoM on casinos and online gaming was initially chaired by former Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Bhai Patel, but Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma was later given charge of the panel, though the State originally had no representative on the panel.
Incidentally, erstwhile Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad was also part of the GoM convened by Mr. Bommai, but there has been no official communique of any other member being included in the panel after August 2022, when Mr. Prasad exited as a result of Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United)-led State government switching alliance partners.
The panel is also tasked with proposing corrections to the inverted duty structures that had crept into the GST regime, and an interim report on these corrections was presented to the Council in June 2022, where most of its recommendations were accepted. An inverted duty structure means that inputs attract higher taxes than the final product.


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How a Jewelry Designer Started Hand-Painting Her Own Textiles—and How You Can, Too!
Looking at her squiggly, colorful, enameled jewelry, it’s hard to believe that Kathryn Bentley of Dream Collective would ever feel creatively stymied. But when a friend sent her a Metropolis article about multi-disciplinary designer Gere Kavanaugh, she realized just how much she wanted to dabble in other mediums like, say, furniture and textiles. “Geri Kavanaugh is such a magical being—she did research for the Nixon Presidential Library, designed with Eero Saarinen, and made her own textiles,” explains Kathryn. “I feel like this woman is my spirit animal, and she’s just such a badass. Reading this article really completely changed my outlook.” One of Kathryn’s mind-expanding undertakings: painting her own textiles—and she’s happy for her three takes on that to be creative fuel for you, too.
1. The Spongeware Effect
“This blue-and-white style is a reference to nineteenth century spongeware pottery, which I collect from flea markets and eBay and Etsy. There was a tradition of women hand-painting stoneware with sponges, and then a few companies—one big one was Red Wing—started copying these handmade patterns into a bit more of a commercial product. And I remember when I was growing up, people would sponge their walls, but I’d never seen it on fabric. We use scoured canvas as a base for all of these projects. We use silkscreen ink in cobalt blue, which is a traditional color that was used a lot in this type of pottery. Silkscreen ink gets absorbed right into the fabric nicely. [Ed. note: You can print using fabric paint for a similar effect that doesn’t require professional setting—follow the manufacturer’s instructions for drying time and washing instructions.] We use a combination of natural sponge paint rollers and natural hand sponges to apply the ink to the canvas.”
2. The Artist’s-Palette-Inspired Color Swatches
“The second technique uses acrylic paint in multiple colors. When I started experimenting again with painting, which is what I studied when I was at SVA, I realized that my actual palette was way more interesting than what I was painting. This pattern, made with standard, flat artist paint brushes on scoured canvas, references how an artist would leave their messy palette—it will never be quite as good because it will never be as random, but it’s meant to be loose. As humans, we gravitate towards patterns, so it’s hard to get outside of that, but I try to keep it totally random.”
3. The Imperfect Grid
“In the Memphis Group style of art, the grid ties everything together and is structural—and a looser, hand-drawn grid is having a moment. In art school, you learn how to lay masking tape on canvas and then peel it off after painting to make straight lines, so that’s exactly what I did. This one usually takes four hands, so myself and a helper measure out a grid, lay the tape down and hand-paint each line with a brush and that same cobalt screen-printing ink as with the spongeware. Before everything dries completely, you peel off the tape and have these neat but a little imperfect lines.”

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OWC USB-C Travel Dock Gen 2 with 4K and 100W pass-through (review)
OWC USB-C Travel Dock Gen 2 has 4K@30fps and 100W pass-through upstream power making it an ideal travel companion for those with USB-C or Thunderbolt ports that need extra ports on the go.
It has 2 x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 ports, 1 x HDMI 2.0 4K@30fps, an SD card reader and a USB-C upstream port. The dock has a nifty wraparound USB-C cable to the PC or Mac. It also works with Android smartphones and tablets.
OWC USB-C Travel Dock Gen 2 with 4K and 100W power pass-through
Note this is not the Gen 1 with 60W power pass-through
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First impression – very useful
Perhaps it is best to start by saying it is closer to a mini-dock than a dongle. Why?
The interface is USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps and Thunderbolt 3/4 compatible). It then shares that among the HDMI 2.0, 2 x USB-A (these are USB 3.1 Gen 1 5Gbps ports) and the SD card reader. It can take up to 100W USB PD chargers and uses 5W passing through 95W. Or it can use 5V/3A/15W drawn from the USB-C port (no pass-through).
So, if all you need is an external monitor, keyboard and mouse, this replaces far more expensive docks, and it is equally happy on Mac or PC.
Tests (With Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Thunderbolt 4 port)
- HDMI 2.0 4K@30fps – pass
- USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps – passes 500MBps using OWC Envoy Pro Elektron 1TB (review 9.5/10)
- Apple – works on 2021 Apple M1 MacBook
- SXDC – Supports SD, SDHC, and SDXC media cards. Compatible with UHS-II (Ultra High Speed). Can achieve speeds up to 156MB/s (SDHC) or 312MB/s (SDXC).
- Smartphones – supports Samsung DeX and smartphone mirroring
Cybershack view – OWC USB-C Travel Dock Gen 2 with 4K and 100W pass-through is for me
I have been using many low-cost dongles when travelling, but this outperforms them all. To be fair, its USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt compatibility put it ahead of all 3.1 Gen 1 dongles.


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Karen focuses on the financial regulatory industry and provides anti-money laundering ("AML") advice for financial and non-financial entities.
Prior to joining White & Case, Karen worked as a banking and finance associate at a prestigious law firm in Mexico, where she advised and aided global and local financial groups, banking institutions, SOFOMs, SOFIPOs, brokerage firms, fintech companies, money services businesses, payments system participants and other financial intermediaries to obtain the relevant authorizations to operate their business models in Mexico. Additionally, Karen is highly proficient at assisting non-financial entities with periodic and non-periodic regulatory compliance issues pursuant to the applicable Mexican AML framework.
Prior to that, Karen collaborated in the Mexican public sector at the Tax Administration Service and the Financial Intelligence Unit, addressing topics such as the Authorized Economic Operator, international trade agreements and administrative interpretation of the Mexican AML law and its ancillary regulation.
Karen participated in the design and implementation of the "General Guidelines to file periodic AML reports," which was issued by the Financial Intelligence Unit for non-financial businesses and professions.
She is certified by the National Banking and Securities Commission to act as a compliance officer for Mexican financial institutions.

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The Irish multi-award-winning exceptional singer and songwriter
Kaz Hawkins and the Berlin music producer, composer and multiinstrumentalist Mathis Richter-Reichhelm - How did the liaison of these two artistic personalities come about?
The story of Mathis & Kaz begins in the summer of 2018: A friend sends Mathis Richter-Reichhelm the YouTube video of the singer Kaz Hawkins with her song Lipstick and Cocaine, which by then has over 800,000 hits. Kaz' voice and her expressiveness move Mathis very much. Half a year later Mathis' friend calls him again. In the meantime she has been to two concerts of Kaz in England and is totally enthusiastic about her. Kaz and Mathis absolutely have to get to know each other, whether they might want to give a concert together in Berlin?
In the summer of 2019 it will happen: Kaz will actually come to Berlin for a week. Right from the start, there is an extraordinary musical and human similarity between the two musicians, and during the rehearsals for their first concert together in Berlin's Sunny Side Studio, the recordings for the song On This Little Island are made. Mathis gets the idea for the song when he sees an interview with the astronaut Alexander Gerst, whose report of the clearly visible destruction of the earth - from the space station ISS - deeply touches him. Together with Kaz, the final version of the song is created, in which both musicians bring in their personality and emotions perfectly. At the final concert in Berlin On This Little Island premieres and inspires the audience.
Mathis & Kaz decide to use the song as a starting point for a joint "soulmate project". Not only have they found each other as musicians, but they have also been united by a true friendship since their time together in Berlin. They will meet again this year in Berlin in the studio to work on more songs together!
„If we believe we fell too deep we got no clue why we were born - on this little island called Earth.“
Kaz Hawkins: The story of Kaz has many wondering how she ever survived the trauma in her life but she puts it best herself saying ‘Music is the very thing that saved me, when I sing I am in the safest place on earth. It replaces all the cruelty, shame and pain in my life so all I want to do now is sing for those still fighting’. The multi award winning artist took a break from touring in 2017 after a cancer scare and after a successful operation. Kaz healed and performed in duo format until she felt strong again. A return to touring in 2019 and a move to France gave Kaz the opportunity to explore her songwriting. A fierce mental health advocate using her music to give hope, Kaz now is set on releasing two new albums alongside this special partnership with Mathis.
Singer, composer, producer, conductor, classically trained multi-instrumentalist - Mathis Richter-Reichhelm has long been an established figure in the music scene. Already in the nineties he convinced as front man of the band Swimming The Nile, with whom he released three albums with WEA (Warner) and toured extensively through Germany and Europe. Even today - after almost thirty years - the hit "Carry On" is still frequently played live and is loved by the fans.
Since the mid-nineties Mathis has been successfully active as a composer and producer for radio, film and television with his production company Mahoni Music. Songs like "New Beginning" and "You Are The Best I Can Get", which he wrote for various television series, made it into the German charts. Meanwhile Mathis has already released two solo albums with "Inner World" and "Spirit Of Sweden", on which these songs can also be heard.


This online debate brings together city representatives and experts to unpack the urban dimension of the European Green Deal, and reflect on the opportunities it offers for the future transformation of our cities.
The European Green Deal has been described as both the greatest challenge and opportunity for the European Union since the creation of a single market. Its ambition to halve emissions by 2030 and make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 will require the re-evaluation of almost every aspect of European policymaking in terms of the imperative of sustainable green growth that leaves no one behind. At the same time, the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the opportunities that the green transition offers for Europe’s socioeconomic recovery and future.
With over 70% of the European population living in urban areas, cities will be at the heart of the transformation that the Green Deal is to drive. The majority of the initiative’s planned objectives – from the shift to low-emission mobility, a toxic-free environment, clean energy, a circular economy, energy efficient building and renovation, and biodiversity preservation – will require strong partnerships with cities and collaboration across multiple scales of government.
Join us for an online debate that brings together city representatives and experts to unpack the urban dimension of the European Green Deal, and reflect on the opportunities it offers for the future transformation of our cities.
>> The event will be streamed live at CIDOB’s Youtube channel
Pol Morillas, Director, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
The session will begin with the streaming of an introductory video in which experts raise key aspects of the urban dimension of the European Green Deal, including the mobility and energy transition, citizen participation and the financing of cities’ green transition.
Laia Bonet, Third Deputy Mayor for the 2030 Agenda and Digital Transformation, Sports and Territorial and Metropolitan Coordination, Barcelona City Council
Wolfgang Teubner, Regional Director for Europe, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor for Urban Environment, City of Helsinki
Paolo Bertoldi, Senior Expert, Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate, European Commission Joint Research Centre
Moderator: Hannah Abdullah, Research Fellow, Global Cities Programme, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)


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Leeds United are interested in Adama Traore, with 90min reporting that a host of clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur, want the Wolves star ahead of his contract expiring next summer.
It says a lot about Adama’s game that the 26-year-old has already had a more prolific campaign in front of goal than last season. His tally for this term stands at just two goals, with one coming in the Premier League.
Clearly, there is an extremely talented player in there somewhere. The Spain international spent the second-half of last season on loan with Barcelona. And of course, he boasts an extraordinary amount of pace.
Leeds interested in Adama Traore
But it is probably not a huge surprise that he is only going to leave Molineux permanently in the year in which his contract expires.
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90min reports that Tottenham want Adama, with Antonio Conte a big fan. Meanwhile, Inter, Napoli and Atletico Madrid are all admirers and could look to discuss a pre-contract deal in January.
But the report adds that Leeds are keen. Victor Orta likes the player having previously signed him for Middlesbrough.
When Leeds signed Helder Costa from Wolves, we did so at a time when Costa had endured a couple of frustrating years where he struggled to build on his superb season while on loan at Molineux.
Ultimately, that move proved to be a disappointment. Costa did play an important role in our promotion push. And he probably would have played a lot more in the Premier League were it not for the signing of Raphinha.
But Costa – who remains on the club’s books – did not justify the £15 million fee.
Signing Adama would potentially evoke memories of that deal. We would not be landing a player Wolves would be particularly bothered about losing, it seems.
There is a difference. You would imagine that he would cost nothing like £15 million if he moves in January. And Adama is someone who has been described as an ‘incredible‘ player by Pep Guardiola of all people.
If everything clicks, he would be an unbelievable signing, all things considered. But there is no question that many fans would be very underwhelmed if he did join.

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Dear Families of Santa Cruz County,
COVID-19 transmission numbers are continuing to trend downward in our community. However, as we increase the number of students getting tested throughout Santa Cruz County, we continue to see positive cases in our schools. They are a reminder that we must not grow complacent — and our COVID-19 mitigation efforts must continue apace.
In an effort to keep our community informed, we would like to share the following important updates:
- Masking in Schools: Santa Cruz County’s indoor masking mandate was lifted this week after the county moved to the CDC’s moderate (“yellow”) transmission level. However, statewide requirements from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) still require all K-12 students to mask indoors. Adults in K-12 school settings are required to mask when sharing indoor spaces with students. CDPH has stated it will re-evaluate those guidelines by November 1.
- Testing dashboard: Transparency and data-driven decision-making are core values for our schools, and we are pleased to announce the launch of a COVID-19 testing dashboard offering the most comprehensive snapshot of COVID-19 surveillance in our schools to date. Available at santacruzcoe.org/coviddashboards, it includes results of more than 20,000 tests of students and school staff from all conventional public schools and many charter and private schools gathered through our testing partnership with Inspire Diagnostics. The page also contains links to dashboards for each district. The testing data suggests our mitigation measures have proven effective. The overall positivity rate reflected in the testing data is significantly lower than the positivity rate for the county as a whole, as has been cited by Santa Cruz County health officials, indicating our mitigation measures are proving effective.
- Preparing for vaccination of 5-11 year olds: We are anticipating the FDA will grant an Emergency Use Authorization allowing the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to children ages 5-11 by the end of October. This would come as a welcome step that will allow us to significantly strengthen our schools’ resiliency to COVID-19 transmission. We are working with health providers to ensure we are ready to offer vaccination for students once they are authorized by the FDA. Once established, we will be sharing times, locations, and procedures with families for vaccination clinics at schools and other convenient locations.
- Governor’s Announcement: Today, Governor Newsom announced plans to require COVID-19 vaccination for all students once they are fully authorized by the FDA. We do not anticipate these requirements to go into effect before July of 2022. Parents are encouraged to visit myturn.ca.gov to find vaccination locations for anyone 12 and over who is not yet vaccinated.
Our success in keeping our schools open and our students healthy are the result of a massive effort by our school community and our partners to follow CDPH requirements, vaccination, testing, and other mitigation strategies. Inspire Diagnostics, our county’s Public Health officials, and all families and staff have our enduring gratitude for their commitment to the wellbeing of our students and staff.
Yours in education and equity,
Santa Cruz County Superintendents


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GUAYNABO KILLER FIT FOR TRIAL
|José Luis Bosch Mulero (right) and Christopher Sánchez Asencio (left)|
El Nuevo Dia has reported today that José Luis Bosch
Mulero, one of the two men charged in the grisly Guaynabo
family massacre, has been declared competent to stand
trial by state psychiatrist Yamilka Rolón García. Mulero
has been diagnosed in the past with attention hyperactivity
disorder, mild retardation and borderline intelligence.
However, the government has found him to be coherent and
logical. Both Mulero and Christopher Sánchez Asencio face
counts of murder, weapons violations, attempted murder,
kidnapping, aggravated assault, destruction of evidence,
theft and conspiracy, all related to the November 18
PR 13% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MOST OF US
From News Is My Business:
The cost of living in Puerto Rico for a professional family
is about 13 percent more expensive than it is in more than
300 urban and rural areas in the U.S. mainland, according to
the findings of the Cost of Living Index.
Puerto Rico recently began participating in the methodology
introduced in 1968 by Virginia-based Council for Community
and Economic Research, known as the C2ER, and adopted by
the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute as a way to provide data
about the island’s economy and society for the first time.
In terms of living expenses, Puerto Rico’s statistical area
placed 41 out of 325 urban and rural areas with the highest
cost standards, behind large cities such as New York, San
Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Diego, Los
Angeles, Seattle, Hartford, Portland, Philadelphia, and
NPP REP OUSTED FOR VOTING FOR OIL TAX
From The San Juan Daily Star:
Arguing that he betrayed party trust and policy, the New
Progressive Party (NPP) House delegation ousted Rep. Pedro
Julio “Pellé” Santiago permanently from the caucus and asked
House Speaker Jaime Perelló to remove his fl oor bench, for
voting in favor of the crude oil tax hike.After repeatedly
telling the minority party he was going to vote according
to the caucus decision, Santiago at the last minute Monday
voted in favor of the crude oil tax, which did not at that
time have the needed votes for passage.
“Our colleague ‘Pellé’ Santiago is not part of the NPP
delegation in the House of Representatives,” House Minority
Leader Jenniffer González said at a news conference. The NPP
met for two hours Thursday to determine what disciplinary
actions to take against Santiago.
BUSINESS PLAN FOR PREPA TO BE PRESENTED
A business plan for PREPA, the troubled Puerto Rican electric
authority, is to be presented to creditors on Monday, board
president Harry Rodriguez said in a statement.
The business plan of Chief Restructuring Officer Lisa Donahue
is a working document that will present different scenarios for
PREPA, but does not propose firing employees, the statement said.


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As summer has finally come to an end and the gradual move to winter sets in, canyoning in the northern hemisphere and Japan has already started to wind on down. Even though the season maybe ending here the canyoning season has already started in the Southern Hemisphere in New Zealand and Australia. But it’s not those two countries, areas like Indonesia, Taiwan, Africa and South America are all coming into season so if you’re travelling, get out there an enjoy it!
This year has been such great experience for us. We have met many wonderful people, introduced many to canyoning and hopefully shown that we are here to provide a unique and colourful view of our sport. Canyoning is one of the fastest growing adventure sports around the world and the number of people searching for information about it has increased this year especially in Japan.
We hope you enjoyed the first 3 issues, we will be back in the new year to provide again more coverage of canyons in Japan as well as canyons overseas.

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Album Name: Coming of Age
Artist: Jude Johnstone
Year/Label: 2002 / BoJack Records
Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds
Jude Johnstone has written for other artists (Johnny Cash, Bonnie, etc) in the past, but this is her first venture performing her own material.
This CD has a decidedly country- Americana tone with mostly ballads, but a few more pop-y numbers. Her songs are about love lost, love growing , getting screwed up and hope.
“Not Long for This World” and “The Water’s Edge” seem radio friendly to me. “Coming of Age” has a great piano opening.
If you like Bonnie Raitt’s style you’ll like Jude Johnstone.
Posted on April 2, 2002
Listen to track samples
1. Cry Wolf
2. Coming of Age
3. Wounded Heart:
4. Not Long for This World
5. Hearts in Armor
6. Doesn’t Anybody Know but Me
8. The Nightingale
9. The Water’s Edge
10. Let’s Leave it Open
11. When Someone Speaks Your Name

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All in all, if you ignore salt, pepper & water, you only need 4 ingredients for this recipe, namely chicken, a pack of frozen mix vegetables, cream & rice. Combine everything in a pan or pot, cook it & out comes this delicious chicken rice stir fry. Have fun cooking!
Cooked/Baked today: Simple One Pot Rice Stir Fry with Chicken & Veggies
Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Category: Main Dishes, Recipes with Chicken, Fast Food, Simple Recipes, Rice Recipes
Our Recipe rating:
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 750 grams chicken breast
- 500 milliliters water
- 400 grams frozen veggie mix (I used a mixture of carrots, peas & corn here)
- 250 grams parboiled rice (cooking time 12 – 15 minutes)
- 200 milliliters cream
- Salt & pepper
- A bit lemon juice to taste
- Parsley for garnish
Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:
- Large pan or pot with lid
…for One Pot Rice Stir Fry:
Cut the chicken breast fillet into bite-sized pieces, then spread them in a large pan or pot. Add 250 grams of parboiled rice & 400 grams of frozen mixed vegetables, also pour in 500 milliliters of water and 200 milliliters of cream & season everything with 1 heaping teaspoon of salt and a good pinch of pepper.
Mix all ingredients well together until all ingredients are evenly distributed, bring the chicken rice pan to a boil & allow to simmer gently with the lid closed over low to medium heat for about 12 – 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
As soon as the rice is cooked, has absorbed almost all of the liquid, season everything with salt, pepper & a bit lemon juice to taste & then serve garnished with finely chopped parsley. Have fun cooking!
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):

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WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) – In just one day, your life can change.
Earlier this year, NC State Highway Patrol trooper Zach Martin felt pain on the left side of his groin. The pain eventually became unbearable to the point where it hurt to walk. After visiting his personal physician and other specialists, Martin discovered that he had Ewing Sarcoma, a type of cancer that is similar to Lymphoma and bone cancer.
Recently, The Highway Patrol Chapter of the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and the Police Benevolent Foundation started a page to help assist the Martin family financially. Click here to see donate.
In this interview, Shannon Baker talks with the Martin family about how this diagnosis changed their lives, how they plan on tackling this news head-on and much more.
View the video to find out more.

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Emmaus may soon become a more welcoming community for brew pubs and small breweries.
Borough council had its first reading Monday night on a proposed ordinance that would amend zoning to allow brew pubs and craft breweries in some parts of Emmaus.
The proposed ordinance states that new and innovative businesses relating to the art of craft brewing are increasingly popular and attract visitors and customers to the municipalities in which they are located.
It also states Emmaus council desires to attract such businesses, while ensuring they are in appropriate zoning districts and subject to appropriate regulations.
“One of council’s greatest concerns is we do not want a bar on every street,” said borough manager Shane Pepe.
Borough solicitor Thomas Dinkelacker said the ordinance is being considered because current borough zoning addresses only restaurants, taverns and nightclubs.
If passed, the ordinance would allow brew pubs and craft breweries as conditional uses in the highway commercial, light industrial and central commercial zoning districts of Emmaus.
Dinkelacker explained breweries are where beer is made and brew pubs essentially are restaurants where it is served, although he added beer also can be made in brew pubs.
“You have to sell the product you are making,” he said.
The proposed ordinance also would allow a brewery to have a brew pub or a taproom for sampling.
The solicitor said the state’s liquor laws allow craft breweries to make beer, lager beer, ale, porter or similar fermented malt beverages, including alcoholic cider.
Craft breweries will be limited to producing 40,000 barrels a year.
And, in the borough’s central commercial zoning district, they will be allowed to produce only 15,000 barrels annually, said Dinkelacker. “In that district, we want a smaller production operation.”
Pepe said the proposed ordinance will give the borough “some consistency as to what we’re allowing.” He added there is no clear definition in its current zoning ordinance.
Council plans to take final action on the ordinance at its Sept. 2 meeting. It gave the proposal unanimous first-reading approval Monday.
Explaining why final action is not being taken until early September, Pepe said the borough’s planning commission also has to review the proposed ordinance.
The first business to take advantage of the ordinance when it is passed apparently will be Funk Brewing Company, which is located in a building painted bright red at S. 6th and Bank streets, behind Joe’s Pizza at 6th and Main streets.
Funk’s website already declares its taproom will be opening soon in Emmaus, but that can’t happen until after council passes the ordinance and then formally considers Funk’s request to operate such a taproom.
Council member Jeff Shubzda said Funk has been making beer in Emmaus for two or three months. Pepe said every bar in town already serves Funk beer and Shangy’s beer store on Main Street sells it.
The borough manager confirmed Funk Brewery wants to have a tasting room, adding: “Right now they’re not allowed.”
He said the proposed ordinance also would allow Funk to do on-site sales.
Pepe told council a lawyer representing Funk Brewery met with him and Dinkelacker to finalize some wording in the proposed ordinance.
But he stressed the ordinance is not being written just for Funk.
Even after the ordinance is passed, said Pepe, Funk will have to go before council and seek approval for a conditional use.
Said Dinkelacker: “It is a permitted use if borough council finds that all the conditions are met. There would actually be a hearing and you folks would essentially be acting like the zoning hearing board when the zoning hearing board hears a special exception case.”


Making sense of the new wave of digital regulation.
Governments are increasingly seeking to control the behaviour of technology and firms that are pushing the innovation frontier. There are many litigations in US courts against the competitive behaviour of Big Tech – and notable lawmakers in the US Congress routinely call for some of these companies to be broken up.
Europe is also turning to antitrust and competition policy to control platform firms but is also championing a new approach to regulating big platforms (or gatekeepers). In proposals like the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act, the European Commission is proposing a new set of competition policies that seek to reduce the power of big platforms.
What is this new wave of controlling tech aiming for? Can regulation and antitrust action increase the contestability of markets – and how? What are the costs and benefits of reducing the market power of Big Tech?
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Blizzard Entertainment will discontinue sales of the Digital Deluxe Edition of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria in "approximately one week," according to an announcement posted today on Battle.net.
The Digital Deluxe Edition, which launched alongside Mists of Pandaria exclusively in Blizzard's online store, will be retired "no sooner than March 10," according to Blizzard. Originally $59.99, you can purchase it while it lasts for $39.99 to get the expansion's full content plus an Imperial Quilen mount and Quilen pet, a Diablo 3 banner sigil and accent and StarCraft 2 portraits of the infested orc and the night elf Templar.
Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, launched Sept. 25, 2012. It introduced the pandaren race and their homeland, Pandaria, as well as the Monk class and more.
Last November at BlizzCon 2013, Blizzard unveiled the game's fifth expansion, Warlords of Draenor. Set in the ancient homeland of the orc and draenei races, the expansion will bring new animations, character models and raise the level cap to 100. Since its announcement, Blizzard also revealed that Warlords of Draenor will also bring a new, universal PvP toggle as well as spectator invites and skirmishes.
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International postal services resume to some countries
Thailand’s postal service is resuming international deliveries to a variety of destinations as the Covid-19 situation in many countries has improved and many local and national governments have eased lockdown measures.
Thailand Post announced the resumption of the service on its Facebook page yesterday.
EMS World service will be available in 11 countries – Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Vietnam, and e-packet service will be available in Bhutan, China, South Korea, Russia and Singapore.
Courier Post service will be available to 107 destinations while Logispost World, used primarily by exporters and for large shipments, will be available to 31 destinations. Details, in English and Thai, can be found HERE.
Thailand Post, however, cautions that international service may be subject to delays and warns customers to be prepared for lateness.
SOURCE: Nation Thailand
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Pick and chose. I just found this week’s offerings in the mailbox to be interesting in how they approach the topic of Crimea.
There is no way to spin this one without having some heads roll. As in being fired!
The Freedom Tower, America’s top terror target, doesn’t have a single working surveillance camera inside — a stunning security lapse that let a New Jersey teen roam the top floors undetected for two hours, The Post has learned.
The video system for 1 World Trade Center “won’t be operational until the building opens later this year,” said a source familiar with the security plan.
That means there is no footage of Justin Casquejo, 16, as he slipped by a sleeping guard to the antenna of the 1,776-foot-tall building Sunday morning.
“This place has a big bull’s-eye on it, and I don’t even want to think what could have happened if it was somebody with bad intentions,” said a hardhat at the site Thursday.
Asked about the lack of working cameras, a Port Authority spokesman said only, “The deployment of the hardware is confidential.”
I know better than to read Patrick Buchanan on an empty stomach as I tend to get grouchier when I am hungry. But this morning one of the first things I read was the latest column by Buchanan who again tried to rationalize the actions that President Putin has taken in Crimea.
Buchanan plays the large global card when spheres of influence held sway as a way of thinking. He even goes so far as to use the nation of Israel and the Monroe Doctrine to attempt to persuade his readers. When Buchanan (given his history) uses the Jewish state to make a point I slow down my reading as I hate to skim over irony.
In the estimation of this writer, Vladimir Putin is a blood-and-soil, altar-and-throne ethnonationalist who sees himself as Protector of Russia and looks on Russians abroad the way Israelis look upon Jews abroad, as people whose security is his legitimate concern.
Cannot we Americans, who, with our Monroe Doctrine, declared the entire Western Hemisphere off limits to the European empires — “Stay on your side of the Atlantic!” — understand how a Russian nationalist like Putin might react to U.S. F-16s and ABMs in the eastern Baltic?
America and Russia are on a collision course today over a matter — whose flag will fly over what parts of Ukraine — no Cold War president, from Truman to Reagan, would have considered any of our business.
The first response I have to Buchanan’s article is that some events have occurred since the Monroe Doctrine that place Putin’s decisions of the recent weeks into a horrible context.
For instance we are now living in a world where (thankfully) the United Nations security language and agreements allow for nations to understand they can not forcibly annex one another. I have not done a check on past writings from Buchanan but if he thinks Crimea is ripe for annexation by Russia he must have felt the same concerning the Georgian regions. With that type of view one has to ask what type of a world order Buchanan really wants to live in, and more importantly what he would tolerate for that world to come into being?
It also should be noted that when using Israel and the right for annexation in a column–and again being mindful of Buchanan’s past statements concerning the Jewish state–that we also bring a factual piece of history to the table.
The only other significant forceful annexation since 1945 that was not rolled back was the Israeli occupation of territories in 1967. So, Mr. Buchanan, was Israel right or wrong with that military and political move? Am I to now think Buchanan has become a friend with the Zionists?
Might it not be better to stand with those who think taking land from others is just not the route to a peaceful world order?
I wonder how Buchanan felt over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990?
I have long admired and respected Dan Rather. But after reading the following I am just a bit jealous of the opportunity he has tonight.
The Grand Ole Opry is set to welcome legendary American newsman Dan Rather as a special guest announcer this Friday, March 21. The Opry’s guest announcer series continues as part of the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry House which kicked off last weekend. Among the artists joining Rather on Friday’s show are Charlie Daniels, The Grascals, Kathy Mattea, and the Oak Ridge Boys.


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Question about Cars & Trucks
Trying to bleed the brakes on a toyota hilux 3l tubro desiel and the pedal will become hard while car is of and as soon as you start engine the pedal fads to the floor the booster it not leaking air and the vaccum pump is sucking at the correct pressure we have changed the master cylinder to new one and swapped with another car and problem presists. also we have changed all brakes around car.
Brake Pedal will be hard with engine off & a couple pumps
of the pedal,will bleed off vacuum,that is normal
System not properly Bleed or Master Cylinder is leaking
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if the booster is bad the pedal would be hard sounds like the e-brake is stuck take off the drums and make sure the arms are all the way back then did you adjust the rear brakes after changing the shoes
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i try to help you, firts refill brake fluid container,open purge valve in one wheel front only,wait few minutes when drops fluid, close this valve and open other wheel, same procedure, finally repeat this in each 4 wheels
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SOURCE: I have replaced the Master
Your brakes are vacuum aided so when engine is off the pedal will be hard. When the engine runs the vacuum is active and the pedal becomes light. Your brakes are working but need adjustment so that the pedal does not go to the floor.
Locate the adjusting screws behind the rear wheel drums.
With one wheel jacked adjust the shoes till wheel wont turn.
Then loosen until wheel is just free of any friction from shoes.
Repeat for other side.
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Technology the ever growing field has got many surprising inventions for you. And if we talk about the mobile technology then nothing is needed to be explained, as the mobile technology is at its peak and is touching the sky of success day by day.
Now the trend has changed and Google has started the craze of tablets among people across the world by implementing its mobile operating system Android.
Today Android is the main feature we look for in any gadget’s spec sheet. Now Google has launched Android Ice Cream Sandwich version to to take the mobile and tablet technology to a new edge.
Every company is developing Ice Cream Sandwich based tablets and making it difficult for non techies to choose the right one for them. In this post I am going to list the best ICS based tablets so far, which will assist you in buying the best one for you.
1. Motorola DROID XYBoard
The tablet that comes with 4GLTE technology and one of the best selling tablets in market from the house of Motorola. With this device you get 5 Mega Pixels camera quality, good sound features, HDMI support and 16 GB storage capacity.
1 GB RAM is that you get with this great tablet.
2. ASUS MeMO 370T
Best in features and cheapest in price is what I can use to short describe this gadget. 8 Megapixels camera quality attracts customers toward it.
Nvidia Tegra 3 is the processor that you get in it. Good display quality, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB capacity and lots more features make it one of the best ICS tablets. You can have this awesome gadget in your pocket by paying around $249.
3. Ainol Novo 7 Elf
It comes with 1.3 MP front camera and 1.2 GHz processor. The graphics are also very good. 1 GB DDR3 RAM is that you get with this tablet.
You can store lots of entertainment stuff with its 8 GB storage capacity, okay not too much, but hey you’ve got external memory cards too, no?
The best attractive part of this ICS tablet is its price and you can grab this beautiful gadget by paying only around $150.
4. HTC Flyer
The all in one ICS tablet is HTC Flyer which comes with 5 MP camera quality allowing you to record HD videos. Not only this the other hardware features like Processor, Display are also better than other tablets in the same price range.
1 GB DDR3 RAM and 16 GB storage capacity are few of its many eye catching features.
5. Ainol Novo 7 Paladin
If you are looking for an affordable tablet, then this one suits you. You get good hardware features and rich app support with this tablet.
The camera quality is something that you will not like but according to the price range of this tablet, all features you get are just more than expectations.
6. Lenovo Idea Pad
The single core Android ICS Tablet from Lenovo is a well featured gadget. The camera quality is decent but speed is mind-boggling.
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The British Council and Counterpoint has a new publication, “Unbounded Freedom: A Guide to Creative Commons Thinking for Cultural Organizations,” written by Rosemary Bechler. The book will be launched Friday. There’s a discussion page on the author’s blog, which begins with a useful post addressing the question: “So why did I choose to licence my work in this way?”
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Cultural Organisations - can they now be free?
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Special Issue Call for Papers: Forgotten Corridors
The ongoing Syrian crisis has, in recent years, brought asylum and migration back to the forefront of policy thinking, state action, and public concern. In light of the ‘most significant crisis’ (for Europe) since the Second World War, our responses to asylum migration are being reimagined as new deals are being negotiated between states and extraordinary measures being undertaken in an effort to ‘manage’ the crisis – and to control the mobility of individuals. The human consequences have been immense as migrants are forced into more and more risky routes to achieve their journeys to safety, the most visible and disastrous of which has been the tragedy of the Mediterranean Sea. Death, danger, and risk are not new dimensions of the migrant journey, however, as asylum seekers navigate restrictive and securitized border regimes to reach safety and to rebuild their lives. Moreover, refugee and asylum policy and practice is not limited to the Syrian crisis; the challenges remain global, and groups and individuals move across borders seeking protection from persecution and violence.
This Special Issue seeks to bring attention the global nature of asylum and refugee politics, and to bring attention to the ‘forgotten corridors’ that have disappeared from the political agenda in light of the Syrian emergency. Papers will focus on migrant journeys, on the corridors of mobility that are forged as they cross social, cultural, political, and geographical borders. Some of these journeys are lengthy, some very short as the mechanisms and practices of states capture mobility and prevent movement. All journeys, however, are imbued with unique stories, with confrontations with difference and the challenges of reception, and with moments of solidarity with other migrants and with local populations, activists, and workers.
We welcome papers that examine the migrant journey, the routes and corridors of people on the move globally, and the spaces that can capture these journeys such as reception and detention centres. Papers that engage with ‘on-the-ground’ or new methodologies are particularly encouraged, and practitioner perspectives and creative interventions are very welcome.
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Aquaculture farms cultivate numerous types of fish and shellfish. There are different sizes of pellets that are used, depending on the phase of their growth, regardless of whether they are fed by hand or automatically.
Any type of feed needs to be stored, so depending on the farm management it can be stored in two ways:
Fish feed manufacturers offer different ways of supplying the pellets, the most common being 20kg bags, big bags and by truck.
- 20 kg fish pellets bags.
They are very common and practical for aquaculture farms with small production volumes.
The size and weight of the bag allows its easy use by operators, without any need for other tools for transporting it within the fish farm.
- Big bags used in aquaculture
They are bags that allow to store bigger volumes of feed, starting by 500 kg and therefore are ideal for intensive farming.
Unlike the bags, it is necessary to use a forklift for its further transportation within the farm.
- Trucks used for fish feed transport
Trucks are often used to supply pellets for farms with large finfish production. The storage system is carried out in two steps, with a central storage that supplies the second level of storage in silos of limited capacity, for the consumption of only a few days.
In the case of aquaculture farms with centralized feeding systems, the feed is generally stored in silos. This step is necessary, because it helps to store each pellet size separately and deliver it to the tanks with fish or shrimp in the desired doses.
Besides silos, there are also some more economic storage forms that we explain below.
As mentioned, before the scheduled dose is generated by the feeding system, the fish pellets need to be stored for its further distribution to tanks. The feed storage depends on the requirements and condition of each farm. Therefore the provider of feeding system can supply the silos in different formats.
- Custom-made silos
This type of silos is manufactured in stainless steel (for salt water) or galvanized treatment (for aquaculture production in fresh water).
The volume of the silo is defined by the fish farm, reflecting the feeding needs.
The main advantages of custom-made silos are:
- Adaptation to the available space at the farm.
- Designed and manufactured to optimal pellet consumption capacity and thus contributing to reduce its unwanted deterioration.
- Standard silos
Standardized storage silos are provided by specialized companies that manufacture large capacity silos.
These silos are then integrated with the feeding systems to generate and deliver the desired doses.
The main advantage of standard silos is their price since they are usually cheaper than custom-made silos.
- BigBag Charger – Alternative storage system
In some farms it is possible to apply a solution without the need of silos.
The Big Bag charger, created by Fish Farm Feeder, uses the original packaging supplied by the fish pellet manufacturer and, thanks to its support structure the big bags are connected directly to the centralized feeder. This way the Big Bag charger substitutes a silo.
The main advantages of the Big Bag Charger are:
- Cost reduction as silos are not needed.
- It can be used in small spaces.
- The manipulation to hold the big bags is simple.
If the pellets are delivered to a fish farm in big bag format, it is necessary to have a system that allows to move the pellets to silos before its distribution to tanks. Silo loaders can be the solution. How does it work?
The bag with pellets is raised with the help of a loader to a height that allows its opening in is bottom part and guide the pellets through a pipe and distribute to the desired silo.
The chargers manufactured by Fish Farm Feeder are customizable – respecting the needs of a farm. It means that they are adapted to the space available at the farm and to the size of bags and quantity of silos that are used at the farm.


Low Water – Slow Boats
The following pictures are of the Mississippi from this year and last. The 2012 drought has lowered the river level.
The water level is down as much as 40 feet from a year ago.
Its so dry, grass is growing on the sandbanks.
The low water is raising hell with the river traffic. Some headlines:
How big a deal is this? Big. ABC put the potential hit to the economy at $300Mn a day. As many as 400k jobs are in play. The have a quote from the Army Corps of Engineers suggesting the problem is not going away anytime soon.
I was surprised to learn that 90% of the nation’s waterborne commercial deliveries are on the Mississippi.
The Army Corps got its forecast of “no relief” from NOAA. The 30 day forecast shows a continuation of the dry conditions in the center of the country. There is no reason to be optimistic looking at the 90 day outlook.
One month outlook
Three months outlook
The only winners in this story are the rail-roads. Everyone else will pay a bit more. In some cases there might be shortages (rock salt/chemicals up north). Global grain, corn and bean supplies may get disrupted. Add another few percent to the already skyrocketing price of raw food stocks.
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The 15 athletes who qualified for State will head to Tennessee Pass Nordic Center in Leadville on Wednesday afternoon to preview the course. They will tackle an individual start classic 5K on Thursday morning and a pursuit start skate 5K on Friday afternoon.
Leadville, CO– The MPHS Nordic and Alpine squads teamed up to take on the rest of the league in Leadville at the State Meet this week. The team bus rolled out on Wednesday after a rousing school send-off rally. On the Nordic side, 10 men and 5 women earned the right to take on an individual start classic 5k on Thursday and a pursuit start skate 5k on Friday at Tennessee Pass Nordic Center. According to Assistant Coach, Dave Cleveland, “This course was all about pain tolerance. It has to be one of the most difficult 5k races anywhere. The first half is a continuous climb with no chance for rest”. Cleveland went on to note, “Olympic and World Cup courses are restricted to an altitude of 6000 feet but our kids were already at 10,220 feet when they stepped off the bus! Average people are given supplemental oxygen if an airliner loses cabin pressure at this altitude yet our athletes are covering 5k in less than 20 minutes under these conditions. These are some really tough kids!”
On Thursday, athletes and coaches alike enjoyed getting up at a reasonable hour for the short trek from hotel to course versus their usual pre-dawn departures. Classic skis were already waxed with Toko Blue and kick wax selection was easy due to cold temperatures and quality snow conditions.
Led by underclassmen duo Alex Holinka in 7th with a time of 18:27 and Sebastian Brower in 10th with a time of 18:39, the men raced first and finished an impressive 3rd out of 13 teams in the classic race, their best showing all season. Guy Granger had his best race of the season coming in 29th in a time of 20:16 to round out scoring. Overcoming recent illness, Vinny Troccoli finished strong in 31st (20:20). Next for MPHS were Ethan Callarman (38th in 20:44), Kimo Sullivan (36th in 20:46), and Isaiah Callarman (49th in 21:26). Also completing the challenging course were Eric Berry (22:09) and Wil Cleveland (22:16).
The women’s team finished in 5th overall for the classic race with senior Emily Jensen leading the way in 7th with a time of 21:07. Also scoring points for MPHS were Lizzy Barker in 17th (22:26) and Raelee Granger in 22nd (23:11). Kately Cimino had her best race to end the season, finishing 41st with a time of 25:57.
On Friday the men again grabbed a podium spot, finishing 3rd out of 12 teams in the skate race. Freshman Alex Holinka again led the charge in 7th with an impressive time of 15:22 with Sebastian Brower next for MPHS in 13th (16:04). Vinny Troccoli rounded out scoring in 26th (16:49). Guy Granger (28th in 16:57), Kimo Sullivan (34th in 17:17), Ethan Callarman (52nd in 17:51) and Wil Cleveland (53rd in 18:02) all had great races as well. Eric Berry (60th in 18:25), team captain Aaron Sanders (67th in 10:01), and Isaiah Callarman (70th in 20:19) wrapped it up for MPHS.
The women again finished in 5th place on Friday with senior Emily Jensen racing her last high school race, bringing home top points with an 8th place finish in 18:14. Lizzy Barker (21st in 19:26) and senior and team captain Raelee Granger (22nd in 19:31) has strong races as well to round out the top 3. Freshman Maggie Barker (39th in 21:44) gained valuable state experience to wrap it up for the women.
Taking into account placing for slalom, giant slalom, classic and skate races, the MPHS combined Alpine and Nordic team finished an impressive 4th overall.
Head Coach Mike Lohman had only good things to say as he summed up the season, “The team peaked at the right time with many athletes having their best performances at the state meet. The attitude and effort of this team has made coaching them a real pleasure this season. I’ve seen such a great mix of leadership from our upperclassmen and a fun-loving spirit overall even during the toughest workouts. According to Lohman, “This could not have happened without support of all the parents, Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Director Bill Pierce, and our assistant coaches, especially Jessica Jortberg, coach for Winter Park Comp Center.”
The team will hold an end-of-season banquet on Wednesday were they will say farewell to seniors Darby Howard, Emily Jensen, Raelee Granger, Evan Olsen, and Jeremy Peterson.
About MPHS Nordic Team: The Middle Park High School Nordic team is based out of Granby, CO and trains at Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center. The co-ed team welcomes all levels of experience, from seasoned racers to first-timers. This year 12 women and 15 men are suiting up to represent the MPHS Panthers. Several athletes also train and race, either full- or part-time, with the Winter Park Comp Center RMN (Rocky Mountain Nordic) team.
The team has been training 5-6 days a week since early November, which was quite a challenge early on given the dry conditions this year. Coaches designed a variety of dryland sessions to prepare the team for the season to include striding and bounding with poles, bootcamp-style strength and agility training in the gym, running and fun relays in the soccer dome. They’ve been training on snow since early December. Not only are these athletes tough competitors but they face challenging conditions even at practice, to include darkness, blizzards and even the occasional moose encounter. Nothing that a headlamp and warm layers can’t overcome! Visit MPHS Nordic website here.
Nordic athletes compete in both classic and skate disciplines. The CHSSL (Colorado High School Ski League) season this year consists of 5 weekend races in January and February, culminating in the State competition held February 22-23 in Leadville, CO. To qualify for state, racers must compete in at least 2 races of that particular discipline and place in the top 45% in at least one race.
Leading the team this year is new head coach, Mike Lohman, and assistant coach, Dave Cleveland. Both bring many years of coaching and Nordic racing experience to the team. In addition several other talented coaches are lending their time and expertise to include Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic director and CXC coach Bill Pierce, former MPHS head coach Travis Fuqua, and Winter Park Comp Center coach Jessica Jortberg.
Team members include:
Seniors: Raelee Granger (team captain), Darby Howard, Emily Jensen, Evan Olson, and Jeremy Peterson
Juniors: Elizabeth Barker, Eric Berry, Isaiah Callarman, Katelyn Cimino, Wil Cleveland, Lisa McClain, and Aaron Sanders (team captain)
Sophomores: Sebastian Brower, Emily DePlata, Avery Mutch, Selena Stoncius, Kimo Sullivan, and Vinny Troccoli
Freshman: Maggie Barker, Ethan Callarman, Guy Granger, Alex Holinka, Will Kuhns, Emily Lantermans, Maggie Pfeiffer, Jonathan Siefken, and Graydon Walker


Lauren Jauregui released the video for her alluring, heavily-R&B-tinted “More Than That” on Friday (Jan. 18). The three-minute long video follows Jauregui and a group of friends as they drive to “Olympus,” a glittery, cool-toned and all-female nightclub.
In the entrancing, Greek-mythology themed club, Jauregui is dressed in a sheer turquoise feathered robe and lounges with friends as they watch dancers vibe to the confident “More Than That” lyrics like, “I know I ain’t right for tempting you/ But I just wanna see what you would do/ If I gave you a taste of what I do, just remember that I don’t belong to you.”
Throughout the video, we’re also given a detailed view of Jauregui’s Aphrodite-esque cover art for the single, which she previously shared on social media. The video, directed by Lauren Dunn in Los Angeles, was creatively directed by Jauregui as well.
The singer told Vogue that the video was indeed inspired by Greek mythology, particularly the goddess of love and pleasure. “This video is Aphrodite’s visit to Earth,” Jauregui wrote in the email. “She finds herself in a unique club surrounded by the earthly embodiments of the divine feminine. They all are completely entranced by the strength and sensuality of the four earth goddesses before them.”
Watch Jauregui’s “More Than That” video below.


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All you need is 20 minutes and 5 ingredients to whip up the cherry cobbler of your dreams. Warm, gooey, and satisfying, this Skillet Cherry Cobbler will be a favorite for all seasons.
What You'll Need:
- 2 (21-ounce) cans cherry pie filling
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (10.2-ounce) package refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (5 biscuits), each biscuit cut into 6 pieces
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
What To Do:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a cast iron skillet, heat the cherry pie filling over medium heat until hot.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, biscuit pieces, and butter; mix until evenly coated. Place mixture over cherry pie filling.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden.
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DAVIDSON – The Davidson Fire Department has a new feather in its cap. The State Fire Marshal’s office has given the department a better ISO, or fire suppression, rating, which could mean insurance savings for local businesses.
In a news release, Davidson Fire Chief Jeff Almond said the department’s rating improved from 6 to 5. The new rating is used to calculate property insurance premiums for businesses inside the town, and the new rating takes effect for insurance purposes on Feb. 1.
The rating is “comprised of many aspects of our business – water supply, equipment, apparatus, members, training, response and many other factors,” Almond said.
“We focus on our ISO rating to help our customers, the public we serve, achieve the lowest insurance premiums practical,” he said. “But we place even more importance on preventing loss of life and property during emergencies.”
Local businesses should contact their insurance carrier about the effect of the rating change.


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Watch Sandy Sandler as she makes some pretty and simple bows and gift wrap ideas for Father’s Day on Bowdabra
Sandy begins with the Mini Bowdabra. She scrunches some blue pointed end ribbons (6” long each). Next, she tops it with two golden colored dovetailed ribbons (18” long and 1.5” wide) making loops in an X manner. She ties it all to finish the beautiful gift wrap bow. Finally, she ties it to the ribbon holding the containers to finish the cute little Father’s Day gift wrap.
Sandy starts the project by scrunching a burlap ribbon (15” long and 2.5” wide) making loops. Next, she tops it with a 13” long printed ribbon again making loops. She ties both the ribbons and shapes the loops to finish the pretty and cute puppy bow tie. She sticks a decorative gem to it to give it a prettier look. This bow tie can also be worn by little boys.
Sandy wraps a ribbon around a gift coaster with ‘#1 Dad’ written on it. She scrunches some pointed burlap ribbons (5” long and 2.5” wide each) and adds some dovetailed ribbons (3.5” long and 1.5” wide) over it. Then, she tops it with some more similar ribbons in blue and rust color. She ties it all to finish the beautiful flower gift wrap. To finish, she ties it all to the coaster to finish the gift wrap.
Sandy switches to Big Bowdabara. She scrunches a silver tulle (31.5” long and 6” wide) and adds a printed ribbon (44” long and 1.5” wide) over it making loops. Then, she ties it all and spread the loops to finish the amazing-looking tiara. She adds the bow to a Happy Father’s Day poster. And then, adds blue and golden colored ribbons to it and tops it all with a few decorative lights. She adds a few more beautiful printed ribbons of different sizes over it with a twist and turns method making loops. Finally, she ties it all and separates the loops and the tails to finish the pretty and super simple centerpiece bow for dinner.
Sandy switches to Mini Bowdabra. She scrunches a striped ribbon (8” long and 1.5” wide) making loops. She ties it into a cute little bow. Next Sandy glues another piece of similar ribbon around the bow along with a green sparkly ribbon. She glues the beautiful bow to the handmade Father’s Day card. Sandy makes another bow with some blue and gold dovetailed ribbons (4” long each). She ties the ribbon to a cute little wreath. She glues the wreath to the card to finish the beautiful Father’s Day card.
Keep these ready when you watch this video to start making awesome fun projects and super simple bows in minutes:
• Large Bowdabra
• Mini Bowdabra
• Bowdabra wire
• Pearl LED Flower Lights
• Patterned ribbons in various lengths
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Following the recent and dramatic flood that struck Emilia-Romagna, Italstick Soc. Coop. felt it was necessary to take active steps to show solidarity and support. The company decided to participate in a resource collection campaign and made a donation of Euro 10,000.00, deposited into the bank account of Legacoop Nazionale.
The flood caused widespread damage and hardship for the affected communities in Emilia-Romagna. Understanding the importance of coming together and providing support during such challenging times, Italstick Soc. Coop. aims to contribute to the relief efforts and participate in the reconstruction of the affected areas.
We firmly believe in the power of collective action and the importance of corporate social responsibility. By collaborating with Legacoop Nazionale, the company ensures that its support reaches the affected communities efficiently and effectively.
Italstick Soc. Coop. continues to dedicate itself to supporting the affected regions in Emilia-Romagna in the process of rebuilding and recovering from the devastating effects of the flood. We invite other businesses and individuals to join us in offering assistance and solidarity to the affected communities.
In times of crisis, it is crucial for companies and individuals to come together and support one another. Italstick Soc. Coop. sets an example of corporate citizenship by actively participating in the relief efforts for the flood victims in Emilia-Romagna. Together, we can make a difference and contribute to rebuilding the affected communities, offering hope and strength in the face of adversity.


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Destin Daniel Cretton, who helmed Marvel Studios’ ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, has been roped in to direct the series ‘American Born Chinese’.
The upcoming action-comedy series is based on a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. According to Deadline, ‘American Born Chinese’ explores issues of identity, culture and family.
Written and executive produced by 2017 animated program Emmy winner Bob’s Burgers executive producer Kelvin Yu and his brother, Charles Yu, the series is executive produced by Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan. Asher Goldstein and Gene Luen Yang are also executive producers. Kelvin Yu serves as showrunner on the series, which will start casting soon.

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In its efforts to battle fake news and misinformation, Facebook is launching a new campaign on Instagram that will show a “False Information” logo or label on misleading posts.
Users will be shown the label “False Information: Checked/Reviewed by independent fact-checkers” on top of the shared post as well as a “See Why” button that will show the viewer what the fact-checkers found and why the post was labeled as such.
People who want to post a picture that has false information on it will be told that their post has wrong information and that it will be covered with the label if they want to proceed.
Instagram has been working with independent fact-checkers for some time and is now moving a little more aggressively towards combating false information than before, with the intent to stop anything early on before it goes viral as fake news posts are wont to do.
“In addition to clearer labels, we’re also working to take faster action to prevent misinformation from going viral, especially given that quality reporting and fact-checking takes time. In many countries, including in the US, if we have signals that a piece of content is false, we temporarily reduce its distribution pending review by a third-party fact-checker,” said Instagram in a blog post.
“Over the next month, content across Facebook and Instagram that has been rated false or partly false by a third-party fact-checker will start to be more prominently labeled so that people can better decide for themselves what to read, trust and share,” the photo sharing website added.
The new popup label will roll out with next month for users and will be shown on both the Stories, and News Feed sections of the app.


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How much superannuation do you need for a comfortable retirement?
How much do you need to live a comfortable retirement? It’s a question that, at one point or another, we’re all going to run through our minds. And the thing is, everyone’s definition of comfort is going to be different. Where an inner-city apartment coupled with international travel every year is one person’s dream lifestyle, another’s maybe a quiet home in the country.
Yet despite the subjective nature of a comfortable retirement, there are some key definitions and numbers that can be a guiding light for those unsure of how to plan their superannuation journey effectively. We’re here to break those down for you.
If you would like to discuss your options and how you might manage it from a financial perspective, please get in touch.
What is the definition of a comfortable retirement?
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) outlines two types of retirement lifestyle: modest and comfortable. For these definitions, ASFA makes the assumption that you own a family home outright (with no outstanding mortgage payments), and are in a generally good state of health.
A modest lifestyle is one where you earn more than the Australian Age Pension, but remain unable to afford most luxuries in life.
A comfortable lifestyle is one where you have the means to conduct regular leisure activities, own a decent vehicle, nice clothing, quality electronic devices and furniture, as well as undertake regular holidays – either locally or abroad.
This is by no means a lavish lifestyle, simply one where a retiree can afford most comforts they’d like to have. But what is the cost of each of these?
Read our article: Why making additional super contributions can benefit you come tax time.
How much does a comfortable retirement cost?
Modest lifestyle costs at age 65: $28,254 per year for a single person, and $40,829 per year for a couple.
Comfortable lifestyle costs at age 65: $44,412 per year for a single person, and $62,828 for a couple.
These figures decrease slightly as we age. For singles or couples at age 85, ASFA believes you need $42,470 per year as a single person to live comfortably and $58,930 for a couple.
The total cost of a comfortable retirement
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the average life expectancy sits in the low to mid-80s – 80.5 years for men, and 84.6 years for women. To use a generous estimate for calculating a lump sum for a comfortable retirement, we will assume building superannuation for 20 years of retirement, from 65 to 85.
Multiplying out ASFA’s June 2019 Retirement Standard, we reach the following:
- A single person needs $888,240 for 20 years of comfortable retirement from 65 to 85.
- A couple needs $1,252,560 for 20 years of comfortable retirement from 65 to 85.
Keep in mind that this is based on averages, and each person’s definition of comfort will vary. This figure may be smaller (or larger) depending on the specific lifestyle you have in mind. To determine exactly how much you need for your own retirement, it is recommended to seek out professional financial advice. Book an appointment with an Advisor today or reach out to us.
You may be interested in our article: I’m worried I don’t have enough super, how can I overcome this?
How close are Australians to a comfortable retirement?
At a glance, these figures may seem immense. But with long-term financial advice and planning, many Australians will find it relatively easy to build a healthy superannuation balance. Again, we refer to recent ASFA figures – this time on average super balances for Australians.
2021 data indicates that most Australians currently fall short of the recommended amounts for a comfortable retirement. For those aged 60-64, average fund balances were $371,599 for men and just $251,409 for women.
While a strong and steady increase on previous years’ reports (and indicative of a relatively recent superannuation system), these numbers show that many still have a long way to go. However, a well thought out plan early in life can result in massive changes to your balance come retirement.
Boosting your superannuation for a comfortable retirement
Over time, investment returns will see superannuation balances rise massively. As an example, let’s take a conservative estimate from the above averages.
ASFA indicates that Australians between 25 and 29 have an average balance of just above $23,000-$28,000. Assuming a job that pays $70,000 per year and normal employer contributions of 9.5%, someone with $50,000 in their super at age 30 will see this rise to $483,526 by the retirement age of 67.
However, adding just 5 per cent of your salary before tax (salary sacrificing) to your super will, over time, build your balance to $648,730. Doing the same after-tax instead would build it to $677,854.
According to the Money Smarts superannuation calculator.
You can try it for yourself here.
You may also be interested in our articles:
- Buying shares vs investing in your super
- Is it too late to grow my super
- My superannuation is falling, what should I do?
Bring the butterfly effect to your super for a comfortable retirement
The butterfly effect is a principle that forms part of chaos theory. It stipulates that one tiny change in a sequence (for example, a butterfly flapping its wings) can have massive implications down line (like a tornado halfway across the world).
It’s a principle that Australians would do well to remember when planning their comfortable retirement. While your lump sum goal may vary from everyone else’s, you will still need to plan well in advance to ensure you reach that goal. That starts with the smallest changes at the beginning of your savings journey.
Over time, even the smallest of contributions to your super fund will have a huge impact on what you have in retirement.
It’s a big journey – and one you shouldn’t take on alone. Professional financial advice, learning the basics, speaking with close friends and family, and always remembering the end goal are the keys to starting on the right path.
If you’re ready to start planning your comfortable retirement, no matter your age, come and start your journey with Invest Blue. We have worked with hundreds of Clients seeking advice about superannuation and retirement.
Get in touch with us, we can help you map out your coming years and build a financial plan that models out your cash flow needs in line with the things that are most important to you.
What you need to know
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Actor JM de Guzman has been playing the role of an abusive husband (Peterson Alvarez) in the TV series “Init Sa Magdamag.”
Ces Drilon believes that it is unhealthy to be affected by stress, but she admits to having fallen under stressful situations many times.
When actress and “plantita” Aubrey Miles first got into collecting plants, the experience was filled with worries and panic.
Heart Evangelista revealed that during the quarantine, she learned the art of getting rid of some things in her life, be it stress or material possessions.
By 2030, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression will be the third leading cause of disability and mortality in low-income countries. It will be second in mid-income countries,
A hospital in California introduced mini cars for its young patients to drive on the way to surgery in hopes of reducing anxiety and stress.
Wednesday, March 20 marks this year’s International Day of Happiness, first launched in 2013 by the United Nations.