A surge in pneumonia cases, reminiscent of China’s recent respiratory outbreak, has raised alarms in Warren County, Ohio. Amid global concerns about a potential successor to the COVID-19 pandemic, the escalating number of cases, particularly among children aged 3 to 14, has sparked worry in the international community.
The Warren County Health District announced 145 pediatric pneumonia cases, surpassing the usual count and marking an official outbreak as per Ohio’s health standards. Officials, however, emphasize that this spike isn’t indicative of a new respiratory disease but rather an unusual surge in pneumonia cases. No concrete links to broader respiratory disease outbreaks nationally or internationally have been established.
Most cases involve recovery at home through antibiotic treatment for pathogens such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumonia, and Adenovirus, with no reported fatalities. Social media buzz and discussions, including posts from figures like Charlie Kirk and entrepreneur Mario Nawfal, have amplified concerns about this pneumonia outbreak, drawing parallels to China’s similar health crisis.
China has witnessed a surge in pediatric respiratory illnesses, sparking online speculation about a potential new pandemic akin to the early days of COVID-19. Medical experts attribute the rise in infections to familiar pathogens like influenza, mycoplasma pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, suggesting a combination of factors leading to the current situation.
Reports from ProMED highlight the strain on Chinese medical facilities due to the influx of sick children, prompting concerns about lung inflammation, fever, and pulmonary nodules. While the spike in illnesses isn’t as severe as seen during COVID-19, questions about transparency in reporting, echoing the initial COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, have arisen.
The parallel rise of pneumonia cases in Ohio and China has triggered global concerns, signaling the need for vigilant monitoring and a collaborative response to address this growing health challenge.


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Abolitionist, author, editor, diplomat
Douglass, Frederick(dŭg`ləs), c.1817–1895, American abolitionist, b. near Easton, Md. The son of a black slave, Harriet Bailey, and an unknown white father, he took the name of Douglass (from Scott's hero in The Lady of the Lake) after his second, and successful, attempt to escape from slavery in 1838. At New Bedford, Mass., he found work as a day laborer. An extemporaneous speech before a meeting at Nantucket of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1841 was so effective that he was made one of its agents. Douglass, who had learned to read and write while in the service of a kind mistress in Baltimore, published his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845. Fearing capture as a fugitive slave, he spent several years in England and Ireland and returned in 1847, after English friends had purchased his freedom. At Rochester, N.Y., he established the North Star and edited it for 17 years in the abolitionist cause. Unlike William L. GarrisonGarrison, William Lloyd,
1805–79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin Lundy in publishing the Genius of Universal Emancipation.
..... Click the link for more information. , he favored the use of political methods and thus became a follower of James G. BirneyBirney, James Gillespie
, 1792–1857, American abolitionist, b. Danville, Ky. He practiced law at Danville from 1814 to 1818, before he moved to Alabama, where he served one term in the state legislature.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the Civil War he helped organize two regiments of Massachusetts African Americans and urged other blacks to join the Union ranks. During Reconstruction he continued to urge civil rights for African Americans. He was secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission (1871), marshal of the District of Columbia (1877–81), recorder of deeds for the same district (1881–86), and minister to Haiti (1889–91). Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1962) is a revised edition of his autobiography, which has also been published as My Bondage and My Freedom.
See also biographies by B. T. Washington (1907), P. Foner (1964), B. Quarles (1968), A. Bontemps (1971), and W. McFreely (1991); E. Fuller, A Star Pointed North (1946); P. S. Foner, ed., Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass (4 vol., 1950–55).
(pseudonym of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey). Born February 1817, in Tuckahoe, Md.; died Feb. 20, 1895, in Anacostia Heights, a suburb of Washington, D. C. American abolitionist and revolutionary democrat. Leader of the Negro liberation movement, public figure, and writer.
Born a slave, Douglass fled to the North in 1838 and took an active part in the antislavery movement. At first Douglass shared the illusions of many abolitionist leaders on the need for moral exhortations to the slaveowners. Later, however, he resolutely supported revolutionary methods of struggle. Douglass’ political activity was subordinated to the idea of the unification of all antislavery forces and the creation of a mass abolitionist party. He took part in the organization of the National Liberty Party and in the Free Soil Party, and he was active in the Negro congress movement and in the work of the underground railroad.
Douglass was a brilliant publicist and orator. In 1847 he began to publish the newspaper North Star, which became one of the leading organs of the antislavery movement. In the 1850’s, under the influence of John Brown, Douglass came out in favor of armed struggle against slavery. He clearly conceived the revolutionary character of the Civil War in the USA (1861-65) and advanced the slogan of immediate emancipation of the slaves. Douglass participated in the formation of the first Negro regiments. During the Reconstruction period he took part in the Negro popular mass struggle for equality in US economic, political, and social life. He played a leading role in the Negro political organization the National League of Struggle for Equality, and he became chairman of the National Colored Labor Union in 1870. Douglass actively supported the democratization of US society and politics and defended the rights of women. His autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845; revised editions: My Bondage and My Freedom,1855; and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, 1881), exposes slavery.
SOURCESThe Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, vols. 1-4. Edited by P. Foner. New York, 1950-55.
REFERENCESFoster, W. Z. Negritianskii narod v istorii Ameriki. Moscow, 1955. (Translated from English.)
Graham, S. Frederik Duglas. Moscow, 1959. (Translated from English.)
Ivanov, R. F. “Frederik Duglas—rukovoditel’ revoliutsionnogo kryla abolitsionistskogo dvizheniia.” In the collection K stoletiiu grazhdanskoi voiny v SShA. Moscow, 1961.
Bekker, M. I. Progressivnaia negritianskaia literatura SShA. Leningrad, 1957.
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The Amgen Bike Tour is returning for another epic cycling race through California. Stopping at a number of magnificent locations—including our own Santa Barbara—it will impress viewers with its world-class athletes, exciting new ways to follow the race, and VIP offerings. These are some of the main things you need to know about attending the Amgen Bike Tour:
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The Amgen Bike Tour of California is a prestigious annual cycling event that draws many of the world’s top-ranked competitors. The seven-day stage-race is the only men’s event in the U.S. on the UCI World Tour, stretching more than 600 miles from Long Beach all the way up to Sacramento.
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Over-reliance on oil revenue, tax evasion crippling economy, says FCT minister
Seeks stiffer penalty against tax evaders
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has blamed the country’s comatose economy on over-reliance on oil revenue and poor tax regime.
At a tax seminar, tagged ‘Reviving the Culture of Filing Tax Returns’ in Abuja, yesterday, Bello lamented that only 10 per cent of FCT residents pay tax.
He charged the FCT Inland Revenue Service to impose stiffer sanction on wealthier persons in the territory, who default in tax returns.
According to him, the global economic downturn orchestrated, largely, by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and the country’s mono economy, which is being impacted by unstable international energy market, contributed immensely to a reduction in revenue accruing to the government.
“These factors, coupled with a high inflation index, has put a higher-than-normal financial pressure on the government,” he stressed.
The minister expressed worry that only 10 per cent of registered residents of the FCT reportedly contribute to the maintenance and development of the territory by paying their taxes.
“We must begin to treat tax evasion as the crime that it is. High-income individuals, who provide false information on their income, should refrain from doing so,” Bello advised.
Acting Chairman of FCT-IRS, Haruna Abdullahi, disclosed that residents of the city only pay taxes, largely, when they want to transact business with the authorities.
The average number of taxpayers outside those remitting through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) scheme has remained in the region of 4,000 with a significant percentage of stop filers, he noted.
His words: “From our records, the number of tax-payers under the PAYE scheme is about 120,000 with half the figure comprising staff of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) platform and those working for the FCTA and the area councils. This implies that 90 per cent of the FCT residents registered for tax do not file their tax returns.”


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The best time to visit Morocco is during spring (mid-March to May) or autumn (September to October). The summer may still be a bit hot to embark on any long-distance hikes, but if the heat doesn’t bother you then conditions are fine any time between April and October.
Visiting Marrakech in spring will promise between 8 and 10 hours of sunshine throughout the day and the temperature will be warm , with temperatures in April averaging at around 25 °C.
The best time to visit Morocco is during spring (mid- March to May ) or fall ( September to October ). The weather is warm but pleasant, unlike the cold temperatures and snow of winter, or the scorching heat of summer.
Rainfall: The months November to January are rainy months, especially in the north of Morocco. There is an average of about 2 inches or less a month, with the most rain coming in November. In Southern Morocco, winter tends to be drier. Other: Christmas season is definitely a high time for tourists coming to Morocco.
Casablanca is the business capital of Morocco, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, with a much more modern and less traditional Moroccan feel. Visitors generally recommend Marrakech over Casablanca for its vibe, colors and smells, history, and tourist-friendly atmosphere (despite some hassles).
12 Best Things To Do In Morocco 1.) Explore Casablanca. 2.) See the medina in Fez. 3.) Wander through Aït Benhaddou. 4.) See the city of Marrakech. 5.) See the Blue Village of Chefchaouen. 6.) Walk the desert at Merzouga. 7.) Explore the capital, Rabat. 8.) Spend a few days in Tangier.
A woman traveling to Morocco should wear long skirts and dresses, jeans or pants that cover the knees, draping tunics, polo shirts, and camisoles that can be worn under sweaters and cardigans. Women generally wear sandals or loafers; rarely do they wear heels.
Average Daily Costs While meal prices in Marrakech can vary, the average cost of food in Marrakech is MAD101 per day.
In the Moroccan city, Marrakech has many nice beaches , but at the same rate, the city also offers many beach resorts. Some of them are luxury beach resorts. Most of the time, beaches are busy and one of the best places to be in Marrakech .
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Spring continues to blossom in Morocco in April , and the days grow warmer. The temperature in Morocco in April reach a high of 24°C in many places. The weather is a bit cooler on the coastline, with an average April temperature of 16°C to 20°C in Tangiers, and 19°C to 23°C in the southern Atlantic city of Dakhla.

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The country has lost an extraordinary person in the form of Prince Philip.
He dedicated his life to our country beginning with his distinguished career in the Royal Navy during the Second World War followed by his years as the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Even as I begin to write this, there’s a bit of irony here because very soon people may start sharing movies old-school style by trading ripped discs with each other. I’ll explain that further in a moment.
To “rip” a disc simply means to make a copy of it, either to a file (like an ISO) or another disc. When DVD writeable drives starting becoming affordable, the DVD was already well-established in the home video marketplace and people hadn’t used VHS for years, so people started ripping discs like crazy.
DVD ripping became very popular once Netflix became widely available. It was a very common thing for people to get their Netflix movies on DVD in the mail, rip them, send back, get more movies, rip again, repeat. I knew a guy once who had at least 3 full large flip-folders full of nothing but ripped movies he rented from Netflix. Each folder held somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 ot 75 discs.
When Netflix changed their cheap renting and started charging more, that’s when many thousands of subscribers dumped the service because the party was over, so to speak. (To note: I am a Neflix subscriber but only subscribe to the online streaming portion because I never had interest in the physical DVDs from that particular service.)
DVD ripping has been largely replaced either with watching movies streamed online, or just outright downloading them illegally via torrent and watching locally on your computer.
However, there’s a very good possibility DVD ripping may come back in style due to ISPs becoming their own “copyright cops”.
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Financed by Samuel Z Arkoff to the tune of $6 million and released at the height of the North American slasher boom in 1980, Brian De Palma’s “Dressed to Kill”, along with its follow-up “Blow Out”, developed the grammar of the Hitchcockian suspense movie for modern cinema and applied it generously to the extravagant bravura stylisations and balletic violence familiar from (and formerly much more indigenous to) the Italian giallo sub-genre, as practised to the height of its perfection at that point in time in the cinema of Dario Argento. The film melded them artfully into the perfect horror-thriller formula, enabling the resultant glossy psycho-sexual melting pot to take a cool $33 million at the domestic box office.
De Palma’s work in Hollywood during this period tended to be divided and alternate between quirky art house indie features and more commercially minded and expensively made thrillers, developed for the director’s agent-turned producer George Litto. Unfortunately, the great success of the film, and its appearance at a point in history when the recent release of a glut of slasher movies had made violence towards women in popular cinema a hot button social and political issue, resulted in De Palma copping more than his fair share of notoriety and opprobrium for what was in fact an extremely tongue-in-cheek play on horror thriller plot contrivances and conventions previously worked up and practised by Hitchcock himself for “Psycho”, coupled with the kinetically orchestrated leaps in plot logic conveyed in Argento’s magnum opus “Deep Red”, in a work conceived at least partly as a means of providing a high profile leading role for De Palma’s new wife at the time, the actress Nancy Allen (who’d appeared in his previous work “Home Movies” alongside Kirk Douglas and Keith Gordon, the latter of whom also joining her for “Dressed to Kill”).
As well as suffering various censorship problems incurred by the MPAA’s unwillingness to allow the film an R rating without cuts, “Dressed to Kill” was keenly demonstrated against by women’s groups in the US and the UK, and De Palma, like Argento, found himself vilified as a maestro of misogyny. At the same time as this, he was also being pilloried for being a Hitchcock imitator: not only was he apparently a woman hater, but his cinematic woman hating was unoriginal and plagiarist to boot, according to some critics!
The UK release came at a particularly sensitive moment though, since, by 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper serial murders were still being carried out and looked no nearer to being solved, nor their perpetrator brought to justice, after half a decade of terror. It seemed to some observers at the time that while women continued to live in fear of walking the streets, modern cinema merely trivialised and celebrated the violence that was being perpetrated against them in real life with images of their physical defilement on the big screen produced for entertainment. In reality, the success of “Friday the 13th” had simply made the slasher flick seem like an easy way for producers to recoup their investments, and the genre was really only the latest variant of the familiar roller-coaster fright flick that had long existed on the fringes of respectability but was now starting to become an attractive proposition for mainstream producers too.
“Dressed to Kill” is a superb exercise in sustained controlled technique allied with the sheer abandon that is produced by a visual extravagance coolly coloured by the deceptively romantic, orchestrated score of former Italian pop star Pino Donaggio. It is bookended by dual soft focus, slow-motion re-imaginings of the “Psycho” shower scene: dream sequences that take place at the beginning and at the end of the movie in the same bathroom location, and which make use of the same elements of imagery (glinting razors, mirrored reflections which double and divide images of the self; the vulnerability of nakedness shrouded in a steam-soaked haze). The content of each dream is only slightly rearranged each time, yet takes vastly differing forms and signifies very different things for each of the female characters who experience them. The first dream is relayed to the viewer as the erotic rape fantasy of a sexually dissatisfied middle-aged woman, while the other appears as the nightmare of a sexually confident younger female who has witnessed a murder take place in a lift, and is waking from her dream in the murder victim’s own bed. The film still holds up as a distinctive variant of the tried and tested stalk-and-slash psycho-thriller formula, encompassing two opposing approaches to the template that, when brought together, highlight the genre’s disturbing confluence of sex, violence, reality and fantasy in a much more graphic yet visually lush iteration than mainstream cinema audiences would have been familiar with at that time.
The film laid the groundwork for a second wave of glossy Italian gialli in the late-eighties, which in turn foreshadowed the blockbuster Hollywood erotic thrillers of the 1990s. The classic controlled, meticulously planned methods and cinematic mannerisms of the buttoned-down-and-repressed Hitchcock formula collide here with the bohemian sexual politics, wildly gesticulating exuberance, surface gloss and baroque spectacle deployed in Dario Argento’s cinema. De Palma’s penchant for the organisation and precise mathematical planning of key sequences, and their careful placement as part of a jigsaw pattern of narrative structuring, hosts a system of visual motifs and signifiers that re-occur against a shifting backdrop of contextual juxtaposition -- contrasted by the obvious enjoyment De Palma derives from the sheer opulence of the imagery being brought to bear on the material here, in soft swathes of romantically lit gorgeousness, by cinematographer Ralf D. Bode. Technology also played an important role in the style of the film and helped to bring these two approaches – the traditional and the modern -- together with the help of the new Steadicam camera system: while Argento’s cinema previously relied on wire-guided camera rig ups in order to convey the modernist sense of kinetic free-flowing movement that was so characteristic of his work in the 1970s, the invention of the Steadicam brought a dreamy kind of smoothness to the extended single take shot when mainstream directors later sought to un-tether their cameras from dolly tracks and tripod-centred panning come the widespread adoption of a similar movement orientated aesthetic in the Hollywood cinema of the early eighties.
The film’s oft mentioned ten minute art gallery sequence brings to the boil all the technical and aesthetic concerns that continue to inform the cinema of Brian De Palma today: it’s simultaneously a testament to Hitchcock’s insistence that any scene’s images should always be able tell a story by themselves and that dialogue is merely the dressing, but is also an example of bravura visual extravagance executed simply for the sake of it – sweeping camera moves swirl about a modernist art gallery environment, but are ordered in a superb piece of editing by “Apocalypse Now” editor Gerald B. Greenberg which turns this robustly scored piece of silent cinema into a mini opera, encompassing everything we need to know about the psyche and subjective thoughts of the otherwise voiceless murder-victim-to-be Kate Miller, played by former “Police Woman” star Angie Dickinson. It’s a virtuoso piece of film-making, but needed to be precisely choreographed and planned to perfection (a rope had to be tied between Dickinson and the camera to ensure focus was maintained throughout) while perpetuating the illusion of spontaneity. Despite the strident feminist criticisms of the movie -- understandable in the context of the times in which they were made -- “Dressed to Kill” emerges from posterity as one of the most adventurous, mischievous and radical films of its type, with provocative things to say about late-‘70s female sexuality, gender identity and the concept of split personal and professional self-hood masked by the Hitchcockian conventions of the genre in which De Palma preferred to work at this time.
Character development and narrative logic are, of course, the first casualties of the Brian De Palma thriller aesthetic. But what makes this film work so well anyway, is the hallucinogenic ambiance imposed on it by the constant reiteration throughout of dream imagery and objects that have played a central role in the mise-en-scène during the opening and closing dream sequences, helping emphasise the fact that this is a psychological thriller built on a Freudian model of the subconscious, in which the imagery and content of dreams informs all aspects of the narrative and exposes the psyches of each and every character -- victim and murderer alike. Thus the slow, ponderous tracking shots seen throughout both dream sequences, and their extension of time crystallised through movement that is conveyed in extreme slow-motion; and each dream’s emphasis on the doubling of figures reflected in mirrors, or caught in the light catching and reflecting on flashing blades, are defining elements that are also made integral to the suspense scenes in the main body of the film, particularly the central murder sequence in the park avenue hotel lift, where high-class call girl Liz Blake (Nancy Allen) witnesses Kate’s (Dickinson’s) bloody death throes after the unfortunate woman, returning from an adulterous assignation with a stranger to retrieve her wedding ring, having just learned that she’s contracted a venereal disease as a result of her one afternoon of indiscretion, is violently attacked by a cut throat razor-wielding, black-gloved blonde woman in a leather coat, who turns out to be a transvestite transsexual who (major spoiler alert!), in turn, is revealed later to be the alter ego of Kate’s tweedy psychiatrist Dr Elliot (Michael Caine) – a man with a divided self, whose spit personality also has his/her own issues with gender identity to deal with!
The murder sequence is a bloodier, more visceral incarnation of the shower scene from “Psycho” and ironically echoes the victim’s own fantasies of sexual fulfilment, taking place in a similarly confined space in which razors and glimpsed reflections once again are the central components, as they were in Kate’s opening erotic fantasy dream sequence. The sequence is stretched to suspense breaking point, the action slowed down to a crawl to allow the significance of the baton change-over from Kate to Liz to be foregrounded at the moment at which Liz is about to take over the role of the central female character in the movie -- a development which is conveyed by the brief exchange of meaningful glances between the two women. The rest of the film plays out as a fairly standard amateur murder investigation after Liz teams up with Kate’s computer-wiz inventor son Peter (Keith Gordon, playing a character who is essentially De Palma’s younger alter ego) who uses his technical invention skills to help them both track one of Dr Elliot’s patients, unaware that the heavily bewigged figure snapped leaving Elliot’s office is actually the good doctor himself in the guise of Bobbi: his pre-op transsexual alter ego who kills whenever Elliot is sexually aroused by his women patients, and who is now intent on stalking Liz, as she was the only witness to his/her crime.
De Palma came up with this macabre idea after seeing an interview on the Phil Donahue Show, and the movie shows its age somewhat in that, even twenty years after “Psycho”, the screenplay still feels it has to provide an ‘explanation’ to allow viewers in 1980 to understand what a transsexual actually is. One could take offence at the implicit association made between deranged murderousness and the transsexual sensibility, although the film is really about repression in that Elliot has created an entirely separate personality to host his gender issues so that he can maintain the traditional married, monogamous heterosexual facade while his true feelings about his sexual identity are only ever acknowledged by his ‘other’ hidden self. The film is playful and knowingly absurd in equal measure, but the whole thing ends up playing like an extended Freudian dream, allowing the contrived plot convolutions executed in order to try and hide the fact that there only ever really is one suspect throughout its entirety, to be accepted for what they are.
In the end the film completely dissolves any barrier between the dream lives of the characters and their so-called waking realities in a final ‘Gothic’ coda in which the insane Elliot apparently breaks out of a expressionistic, Panopticon-like mental asylum, where the inmates are all-seeing observers to his insanity, to come and stalk Liz back to the Miller house and menace her while she’s taking a shower in Kate’s bathroom. Taken at face value, it’s an extremely dumb film, with unlikely plot developments occurring at every juncture. But De Palma knows perfectly well what he’s doing, and even the fact that Angie Dickinson’s body double in the opening shower scene clearly belongs to a much younger and more voluptuous woman, feeds into the major theme of the film, which is that identity and the sense of self are unfixed and underdetermined and open to re-interpretation in our fantasy lives. It’s not hard to imagine that a middle-aged woman like Kate Miller would imagine herself in her erotic dreams possessing a body of much younger woman; and isn’t that what feeds the modern obsession with body-altering plastic surgery in a culture obsessed by youth? The desire to change the inner self through the outward alteration of the body has become an even more recognised and accepted feature of the modern psyche in the years since this work, intended as a mainstream entertainment movie, was made; and this helps it retain a weirdly potent kind of currency despite it belonging to a very different era in film history. The characters are all somewhat cardboard, but the film is cleverly cast to evoke certain associations in the viewer which would have been obvious to a 1980 audience but which may be somewhat lost to a viewer today. Nevertheless, the sight of Michael Caine dressed in a blonde wig with lipstick, eye shadow and stockings (‘I knew if I worked hard and long enough that one day I’d get to play me mother!’ the actor is supposed to have quipped on set!) is worth the price of the Blu-ray on its own.
The HD transfer is inherently soft as befits the original film print but this is a strong presentation and the best the film has ever looked in the home viewing market. The original uncompressed mono 2.0 audio track is included and comes as the default option, but a robust DTS-HD Master audio in 5.1 Surround Sound is also included and the film comes with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing .
Arrow Video have assembled a number of extras from different sources to make this UK Blu-ray release the ultimate edition of the film available. Laurent Bouzereau’s 2001 Making Of documentary, originally made for the MGM special Edition DVD release, appears here in standard definition and features an excellent overview of the conception and filming of the movie with contributions from Brian De Palma, Angie Dickenson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and George Litto among others. This is complimented by “Slashing Dressed to Kill” a ten minute featurette on the censorship brought to bear on the film, and the various different edited versions it resulted in. A comparison featurette is also included which allows the viewer to see each censored sequence play out side by side with the director’s original version. The spoiler-filled theatrical trailer and a gallery of behind the scenes stills also appear, but in addition Arrow also gather four lengthy interview segments put together by German company Fiction Factory, each running between 20 and 30 minutes and featuring producer George Litto and performers Angie Dickenson, Nancy Allen and Keith Gordon, who each talk in-depth about De Palma’s work and the making of the film. The disc comes with a reversible sleeve with original artwork and newly commissioned art by Nathanael Marsh. Plus, the collector’s booklet contains new writing by critic and author Maitland McDonagh and a new interview with poster designer Stephen Sayadian by Daniel Bird, illustrated with original archive stills and promotional materials. The package is superb and highlights how “Dressed to Kill” retains its place as one of the most important horror/thrillers of the 1980s and still constitutes some of De Palma’s very best work. Highly recommended.
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Self-driving boats, kitted out with scientific sensors, could hold the key to avoiding the next major weather disaster. The boats, created by Saildrone, are being used by the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory to enhance data gathered from the Pacific Ocean, where water temperature patterns are helping scientists understand the El Niño phenomenon. Being able to predict the next event could save millions of dollars and countless lives.
“They [climate scientists] completely failed to see the last one coming,” said Richard Jenkins, co-founder of Saildrone, in an interview published in the New York Times on Sunday. “They have a pressing need for more data.”
Saildrone’s strength lies in the remote control scientists have from the shore. Instead of attaching sensors to buoys, teams can now alter ongoing data collection without having to leave the office. Autonomy means the scientists also don’t have to dedicate themselves to constantly steering. The boats remain upright thanks to a carbon fiber wing structure that can move sails faster than a human ever could.
“A self-correcting model is really a super powerful way of doing things,” Christopher Sabine, director of the NOAA lab that has been using the drones since April 2015, told the New York Times. “For climate modeling we need to know what’s going on year-round, and to be perfectly frank, we don’t like to go out into the middle of winter.”
The boats don’t come cheap. Scientists wanting to gather data with the vessels have to rent them from Saildrone for $2,500 per day per boat. It pales in comparison to manned vessel prices though, with a research vessel costing around $80,000 a day. Fisherman can also rent the boats for measuring fish, relaying data that shows what nearby seals are eating and how many haddock congregate in a set area.
Predicting the next El Niño would help local governments better prepare for forthcoming extreme conditions. In December, Portland found itself flooded with record levels of rainfall, and overall the weather event was found to have caused over $22 billion in damages across the world. The NOAA’s research will go a long way towards emergency planning.


KLEMME, Iowa – it’s been a week of wild weather, and finally, on Friday, a nice break.
Which is giving us all some time to look over and assess any damage caused by the heavy rain.
When Patt Ridder stepped into her basement yesterday, she discovered two feet of flood water, and her backyard, is almost completely flooded.
“We decided since we had our basement down to a couple inches, while we’re waiting we would go ahead and try to suck some of this stuff out so it wouldn’t keep going into the basement, which is coming up through the floor, but I don’t think we’re making progress,” explains Ridder.
She’s not alone when it comes to this kind of flooding. Many people in Klemme are spending the day trying to get rid of all the water.
“There’s many, many residences there that have feet of water. There going to loose their water heaters, HVAC system, washers, dryers, anything you couldn’t get out,” explains Andy Buffington.
Buffington is the Emergency Management Coordinator for Hancock and Winnebago counties.
He says the amount of flooding caught them off guard, but they’re working fast to get flood clean up kits out to those who need them.
“The water handling situation in Klemme was obviously something we could not anticipate. Again, too much volume in too short amount of time. The water needs some place to go, so it started coming up in people’s basements,” says Buffington.
People, like Patt Ridder, but despite the mess, she’s keeping a positive attitude about her new backyard “lake.”
“As long as we’re alive, and we’re healthy, things can be repaired, things can be fixed, so we just deal with it. It gives you something to talk about.”
Meanwhile, Franklin County is also part of Governor Terry Branstad’s disaster emergency proclamation.
Locally, Hancock, Kossuth and Wright counties are also included. It means that state resources can be used in recovery efforts.


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Last night, the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards handed out the top prizes to various categories in film and television, further heating up the awards race. Damien Chazelle’s musical breakout La La Land took top honors for film, while Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley nabbed the highest awards in the television race.
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(ORDO NEWS) — Well-known ufologist and virtual archaeologist Scott Waring told the readers of his blog about his next unusual find in the picture of the Martian surface.
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Generalised (or genetic) epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a syndrome caused by mutations in SCN1A and GABRG2 genes in 10% of families. Initially the GEFS+ phenotype was tightly defined, but the borders of both epilepsy within GEFS+ families and the epilepsy caused by SCN1A mutations are increasingly blurred. Eighty families were recruited for future genetic analysis. Characteristics were ascertained via semistructured interview and the pedigrees charted. Consensus as to whether families met the criteria for GEFS+ was achieved following debate within a team of two clinical research fellows, a genetics professor, a paediatric neurologist and a genetic counsellor. Fourteen families were classified as probable and ten as borderline GEFS+; in eight families GEFS+ was unlikely and 48 had another syndrome. Borderline GEFS+ had a greater mix of epilepsies than definite GEFS+, where idiopathic generalised epilepsy comprised 80% of diagnoses that persisted into adulthood (compared with 60%, p<0.01). Febrile seizures were reported twice as often in GEFS+ or GEFS+ borderline families (p<0.005) than “unlikely” families. Identifying families with either a classic or borderline phenotype has been important for efficient targeting of resources to inform gene discovery. Atypical febrile seizures were specific (97.5%, but not sensitive) for identifying GEFS+ or GEFS+ borderline families, where they accounted for 24 and 19% of febrile seizures respectively.
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Mother Nature has been good to Idaho irrigators thus far this water year, which began Oct. 1.
"Overall we're off to a great start," said Ron Abramovich, water supply specialist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Boise.
There's a lot of snow in the central mountains above 7,000 feet. But it's been unique because there's very little snow below 6,500 feet, he said.
With higher temperatures in November, moisture came as rain in the lower elevations. Lower temperatures above 7,000 feet allowed the moisture to fall as snow several feet deep. As a result there were five or six sites with near-record snowpack in the upper elevations and near record lows in the lower elevations in mid-December, he said.
Lumping those elevations together, Jan 1 snowpack percentages range from 130 percent to 160 percent of normal in the central mountains to 68 percent of normal in the Weiser basin. Elsewhere, the snowpack is near normal at 80 to 120 percent of the 1981 to 2010 medians.
Northern Idaho has already received all of its annual precipitation in the first three months of the water year, and snowpack in the Upper Snake basin is at near normal or better, he said.
Adding to the good news is there's still more than half of the winter season to come and Idaho is back in the storm track, he said.
A long, dry summer -- dominated by a high-pressure ridge that stopped storms from tracking into the state -- resulted in minimal valley and mountain precipitation. But October precipitation ranged from 65 percent to 85 percent of normal across southern and central Idaho and 165 percent to 180 percent in west-central and northern Idaho, NRCS reported in its water supply outlook report released Jan. 7.
The wet trend continued in November, bringing 200 percent of normal precipitation to the Big Lost and Little Wood basins, 65 percent to 75 percent south of the Snake River and 89 percent in the Bear River basin, the report said.
Carryover is also positive, with reservoirs 80 percent to 115 percent of average with the exception of a few in central and southern Idaho. Hydro plant maintenance at Magic Reservoirs necessitated a drawdown, which resulted in water stores at only 23 percent of average, Abramovich said.
Salmon Falls and Owyhee are also low at 55 percent and 66 percent of average, respectively. Those areas need good snowfall, which they are presently getting, he said.
"It's looking like a full water supply across most of the state," he said.
But "we don't need any flaming hot fireballs from nature. We don't want to lose snowpack too early," he said.


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There’s a wild story coming out of Hawaii today, as a fight that erupted behind the West Virginia bench during a women’s basketball game left Hawaii’s athletic director injured.
Moments after the game while Bank of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Classic tournament awards were being prepared, a fight broke out behind the West Virginia bench among Mountaineers fans, the visiting team, and at least one UH fan.
Jay appeared to try to intervene and emerged from the fracas a few minutes later holding his face. He lay kneeling close to the center court “H” for more than 10 minutes while people attended to him.
“He was either stomped, hit with a chair or punched,” Beeman said of Jay. “He was in the middle of it, but he did a remarkable job of trying to break things up. People lost their minds. Talk about mob mentality. People were looking for a reason to fight and be ignorant. I hope Ben is OK but he got hit really good.”
The wife of West Virginia coach Mike Carey also fainted during the melee.
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NILAI, 5 Sept 2008: The Education Ministry hopes to have a better composition of Malay and non-Malay teachers now that salaries are higher in national schools.
Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said 30 years ago there were many non-Malay teachers in national schools but their numbers went down due to the pull of the private sector and business opportunities.
"The same situation was true of the gender composition where schools today have more female teachers and headmasters as more females applied," Wee told reporters after closing the 15th Annual General Meeting of the 2008 Education Conference of the Council of Heads of Secondary Schools Conforming Malaysia at Inti International University College here today.
He said today a graduate teacher could earn RM2,500 a month, about the same as a factory manager. Wee was responding to reporters’ questions that only 20.5% of primary and secondary schools in the country had non-Malay headmasters or principals.
He also clarified that the lower number of non-Malay headmasters did not mean the government was biased. Promotions were not based on skin-colour or race as career advancement of a teacher was solely down to excellence and based on merit, he added. – Bernama


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A new offering from Cimarron Firearms is the competition-ready Thunderstorm single-action revolver. Made specifically for fast SASS competition shooting, it has a hammer stroke that is about 25-percent shorter than that of a regular single-action sixgun. The production model will have a 4.75-inch barrel, and the checkered walnut stock will have the Cimarron rider logo. The hammer spur on this model is also lower and wider, very similar to the hammer found on Bisley models. It’s checkered to allow good purchase for fast cocking, and a tuned action is available as an option. A beautiful color-casehardened receiver complements the blued barrel, grip frame and trigger. For more information, visit http://www.cimarron-firearms.com or call 877-749-4861.
Winchester’s Model 1886 lever-action rifle was invented by John Moses Browning and had an improved locking system to allow it to chamber more powerful cartridges for better performance on animated targets. A number of 19th century firearms were made in takedown versions to make them more portable for travel. Taylor’s & Company is now offering a Model 1886 replica rifle patterned after the original takedown version. The barrel, magazine tube and forend unit locks to the receiver via the threaded magazine that, when unscrewed, allows the unit to separate from the receiver. The rifle is chambered for the .45-70 cartridge, which was the military service cartridge and found favor with buffalo hunters and lawmen. This new model has a walnut stock, a color-casehardened receiver and a blued barrel and magazine tube. The rear sight is step-adjustable, and it comes with a blade front sight. For more information, visit http://www.taylorsfirearms.com or call 540-722-2017.
Beginning in the mid-1860s, the Remington Rolling Block rifle was produced into the early 20th century. A rolling breechblock was pulled back to expose the breech once the hammer was put on half-cock, then a cartridge could be inserted and the block rolled closed. It was popular with hunters in the Old West, especially those after buffalo, and was also the rifle used by a number of armies in various parts of the world. Tippmann Armory is now making a reproduction of the Rolling Block in .357 and .44 Magnum. It has a blued finish on the barrel and action, with a walnut buttstock and forend. Standard is a full buckhorn adjustable rear sight and a blade front sight mounted in a dovetail. The trigger is set at the factory for a 4-pound pull weight. It’s a well-built and rugged rifle that will appeal to fans of the Old West and should prove fun to shoot as well. For more information, visit http://www.tippmannarmory.com or call 800-671-1498.
During the winter off-season for Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS), you can keep your shooting skills sharp with a very detailed and realistic copy of the Colt “Peacemaker” Single Action Army revolver made by Umarex that shoots .177-caliber steel BBs. The Peacemaker handles and functions just like a SAA cartridge revolver but uses CO₂ to propel the BB at about 410 fps. With a 4.5-inch barrel, the all-metal gun weighs just over 2 pounds—almost like the real McCoy. It can be had with either blued or nickel finishes and white plastic grips. The BBs are inserted in the same manner as cartridges would be. and shooting ranges can be set up in a basement, garage or hallway using a cardboard box target with an old piece of carpet as a backstop. For more information, visit http://www.umarexusa.com.
If you’ve grown up reading about cowboys, outlaws and lawmen in books, or watching their exploits on TV or movie screens, you probably get pretty excited to see a gun from the Old West in action. Several companies today make high-quality replicas of Frontier firearms that helped tame the West back in the day, but with modern manufacturing techniques and materials. Here are four of the best new firearms introduced this year that will have your inner cowboy jumping for joy.
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You may accuse us of being too literal, but some of us have decided to make a quilt to accompany the opening show of the 2015 Mainstage Season. Why? Well, the play is titled The Quiltmaker. (By the way, the show runs from May 2-16 and is written by Catherine Bush–the very same woman who adapted Walking Across Egypt which opened our 2014 season with great belly laughs!)
You’re probably thinking How creative of them to make a quilt for The Quiltmaker… But that’s when we invite YOUR CREATIVITY into the project. Who wants to contribute a block to the Parkway Playhouse patchwork quilt? We have room for yours! We’re aiming for a queen sized quilt, but we’ll make whatever we get work. OR, if we get more than enough, we’ll do a wall hanging as well.
Here are some guidelines:
- Please use only the designated fabrics you will find at Fabrics in the Fray (203 Skyview Circle in Spruce Pine – (828) 765-1288) so that the finished product is cohesive in color.
- Chose whatever quilt block pattern you like! We want this quilt to be an expression of the talent in this region as well as a way for everyone in the community to be included.
- Your finished product should be 12.5 inches square, so it will be an even 12” when pieced into the quilt top. (For a simple 9 patch, that’d be 4.5 inch squares.)
- Mail your quilt block(s) to Parkway Playhouse; PO Box 1432; Burnsville, NC 28714 or turn them in at the Heritage Center in Burnsville or to Anita Dowd at Fabrics in the Fray. (Britt Kaufmann, Becky Gillespie, Carol McCrosky and Jeanne Ray Styles will also collect squares.)
- get them in by Wednesday, April 8 to be sure they’ll be worked in
Britt Kaufmann (PP’s graphic designer and playwright) and Becky Gillespie (PP board member, member of a local quilter’s guild and passionate quiltmaker) went over to Fabrics in the Fray and selected fabrics that were like Parkway Playhouse’s 2015 “Reimagine Yourself” theme. And here’s a sneak peek:
So, get your creative juices going. Pick up some fabric. Do a little math or google some 12 inch patterns. And get sewing. More importantly, have fun!
If you do make a quilt block, be sure to take a picture of it (preferably with you!) and tell us a little about yourself, why you chose that quilt block, what quilting means to you, whatever — so that we can feature you here, on our blog. Send photos and stories in with your block, or email firstname.lastname@example.org.
Stay tuned for more information about a piecing party, what the local quilting guilds are up to, the wonderful people involved in this project, and how to get your raffle tickets!


JOINT COMMITTEE MEETS IN TYLER - DISCUSS WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
TYLER - Members of the Joint Interim Committee on Water Resources Development and Management met in a public hearing in Tyler at the Rose Garden Center on Wednesday, July 8. The committee has been conducting hearings around the state to gather information and get a first- hand look at what each region of Texas needs concerning their water supply and conservation. The creation of the committee was based on legislation (Senate Bill 1) passed during the 75th Legislative Session which outlines Texas' first statewide drought management plan.
The committee is co-chaired by Representative Ron Lewis of Mauriceville and Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson. Senate members include Ken Armbrister of Victoria, Carlos F. Truan of Corpus Christi, Eddie Lucio of Brownsville, and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio. Senator Drew Nixon of Carthage also attended Wednesday's hearing.
The committee heard invited testimony on various aspects of Senate Bill 1 from Tyler Mayor Kevin Eltife as well as representatives from the Upper Neches River Authority and the Sabine River Authority. Public testimony followed.
The committee will hold its next meeting in Austin on July 29.
SENATE JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE MEETS IN DALLAS
DALLAS - Members of the Senate Jurisprudence Committee met in a public hearing at the Dallas City Council Chambers on Wednesday, July 8, to gather testimony from representatives of both state and county agencies. The committee is responsible for looking into any possible improvements in areas of judicial selection, judicial districting, and civil court filing fees and fine collection. The members are traveling the state and holding hearings in order to study how these issues regarding the Texas judicial system affect different regions.
Members of the committee include Senators Rodney Ellis of Houston (chair), Chris Harris of Arlington, David Cain of Dallas, Robert Duncan of Lubbock, Gregory Luna of San Antonio, Steve Ogden of Bryan, and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio.
Wednesday's hearing focused on the discussion of criminal fine collections in Texas. Comprising a state panel were representatives from the Office of Court Administration, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Comptroller of Public Accounts. Representatives from the Dallas County District Clerk's Office, Brazoria County Collections Department, as well as a Trinity County Judge made up a county panel. The committee also heard from a municipal panel including representatives from the City of Grand Prairie, the Municipal Services Bureau, and the City of Dallas. Public testimony followed.
The committee's next hearing will be on September 10 in Lubbock.


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Kelly Khumalo has opened up about Senzo Meyiwa and Jub Jub. The second batch of episodes of her reality show Life with Kelly Khumalo aired on Thursday night.
Kelly Khumalo has sent a message to all those who insist on bullying her on social media. The talented songstress has advised her trolls to find some healing.
Kelly Khumalo's harsh clap-back to a troll left the musician trending on social media. Mzansi was divided about how the celebrity handled the tense situation.
Kelly Khumalo left social media users speechless after she shared a pic of herself rocking a sexy black dress. The talented muso looked all kinds of amazing.
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The function and basic requirements of flotation machine
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The function of the flotation machine is to realize the separation and enrichment of minerals. The flotation machine must have the following functions: 1. Aeration. The foam flotation relies on the adsorption of mineral particles on the surface of the bubbles, and finally it is scraped out by a bubble scraping device to achieve usefulness. Separation and enrichment of minerals. Therefore, the flotation machine must be equipped to introduce air and generate bubbles of a certain size in the slurry, and finally evenly dispersed in the slurry; 2. Stirring, the flotation machine has three main functions to keep the mineral particles suspended in the slurry, Promote the dissolution of the insoluble agent in the diffusion, give a certain kinetic energy to the slurry, so that the ore particles meet the bubbles and complete the bubble mineralization; 3. Circulating action, the ore slurry passes through the aeration stirring device many times, so that the mineral particles and the bubbles have a sufficient probability of contact. Improve the recovery of useful minerals; 4. The transportation function of the concentrate foam layer, the liquid level of the flotation machine must be able to form a stable three foam layer to complete the secondary enrichment; 5. Continuous operation and easy adjustment, used in industry The flotation machine must be able to achieve continuous operation, and various indicators are easy to adjust during the working process.
The basic requirements are: 1. At best, it is large and easy to adjust. The number of bubbles in the slurry directly determines the size and flotation speed of the flotation machine, so the flotation process must be sufficient at best. Different minerals and different flotation processes require different amounts of aeration and bubble size, so the aeration amount of the flotation machine must be easy to adjust; 2. The stirring intensity must be sufficient, and the agitation of the flotation machine makes the mineral particles in the slurry Maintain the suspension, make the agent full volume and diffusion, make the air cut into bubbles and evenly distributed in the slurry, so sufficient stirring strength is necessary for the flotation machine; 3. The slurry passing capacity is small, on the one hand to ensure the flotation The processing capacity of the machine is large. On the other hand, the flotation machine can increase the circulation of the slurry and increase the probability of contact between the mineral and the bubbles; 4. It can form a stable foam layer and discharge it; 5. The structure is simple and easy to maintain And operation.


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Endometriosis is a prevalent chronic condition that affects millions of women globally. It occurs when tissue resembling the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, leading to various distressing symptoms, including pain and inflammation. While there's no universal approach to managing endometriosis, dietary changes can play a significant role in alleviating symptoms for some individuals. In this blog post, we will delve into research-based dietary considerations, particularly foods to avoid that may benefit those dealing with endometriosis.
1. Dairy Products
Several studies suggest that dairy products may exacerbate inflammation and hormonal imbalances in individuals with endometriosis. Therefore, limiting dairy intake or choosing lactose-free alternatives could be advantageous. Some dairy-free alternatives include almond milk, soy yogurt, and vegan cheese.
2. Red Meat
Red meat is high in saturated fats, which have been linked to increased inflammation in the body. To reduce inflammation, consider substituting red meat with plant-based protein sources like legumes, tofu, and tempeh. These alternatives not only provide adequate protein but also offer essential nutrients.
Some individuals with endometriosis may have sensitivity to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Research suggests a potential connection between gluten sensitivity and heightened endometriosis symptoms. Therefore, adopting a gluten-free diet might help palliate these symptoms. Opt for gluten-free grains like rice, quinoa, and oats.
4. Caffeine and Alcohol
Both caffeine and alcohol have been reported to worsen pain and symptoms in some endometriosis patients. Caffeine consumption may intensify pelvic pain, while alcohol can interfere with estrogen metabolism and hormonal balance. Reducing or eliminating the consumption of these substances may lead to symptom relief for some individuals.
5. Refined Sugar
Foods high in refined sugar can cause rapid spikes in blood sugar levels, subsequently leading to inflammation. To maintain stable blood sugar levels, it's advisable to minimize the consumption of foods and beverages containing excessive refined sugar. Opt for natural sweeteners like honey or maple syrup when needed.
Managing endometriosis symptoms requires a holistic approach, and dietary choices are a crucial component of this strategy. It's important to note that while dietary adjustments can be beneficial for some, they may not have the same impact on everyone. Therefore, if you're considering making changes to your diet as part of your endometriosis management plan, consult with your doctor or a registered dietitian.
Remember, endometriosis is a complex condition, and treatment should be personalized to your unique needs. By working closely with healthcare professionals and making informed dietary choices, you can take positive steps towards improving your quality of life while managing endometriosis effectively.


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|Washington Movie Theatres (page 2)|
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|The Longview Theatre opened in 1942. The theatre was shut down from 1955-1970. It reopened and was completely renovated in 1996. However, it closed again in 2001. In 2002, the theatre was gutted and converted into an indoor skate park. In 2012, the building was converted into a live theatre. The neon sign was restored in 2014. For more, see this website. [map]|
|The Columbia Theatre was built in 1925. It was nearly demolished in 1980 before it was saved and converted into a performing arts venue. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]|
|North Bend Theatre
North Bend, WA
The North Bend Theatre opened in 1941 and has been in continuous operation. It was renovated in 1999. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]
The Capitol Theatre opened in 1924. In 2009, the sign from the 1940s was replaced with a replica of the 1930s sign. The theatre now features live performances and films. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]
|The State Theatre opened in 1949. It closed in the late 1990s. In 1998, the theatre was adapted as a live performance venue. For more, see this website. [map]|
|The Princess Theatre was built in 1919. After a fire, the building was remodeled in a Moderne style in 1946. The theatre closed in the mid-1980s. In 2007, it was converted into a performing arts center. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. [map]|
|The Cordova Theatre opened in 1928. This marquee was added in 1950. The building now houses the Pullman Foursquare Church. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]|
|The Raymond Theatre opened in 1928. The theatre is now owned by the City of Raymond and has been restored. The marquee sign is a replica. The theatre is used for movies and live performances. For more, see this website. [map]|
|The Ritz Theatre opened in 1937. In 2013, the building was repainted and the neon repaired. For more, see this website. [map]|
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Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant should start working now, says Russia
Upset over the prolonged delay in the commissioning of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Russia today said it should "start working now" and there should be a "movement" to start the "safest" plant and not to "kill" it.
"The machines have to start working now. Because after several weeks you will have to spend much more time and money to maintain them. You will pay for nothing. They will be idle but you have to pay for their maintenance," Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said in an interview to PTI. read more →
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New analysis from the Scottish government claims the country could be £5bn a year better off by 2029 if it becomes independent from the UK.
The Outlook for Scotland's Public Finances says Scotland would start life as in independent nation with "strong and sustainable" finances - contrary to what has been claimed by British Government minister.
The document also claims that a lowering in Scotland's debt would enable a future government to push ahead with a savings fund for the country's oil revenue.
More top news
A police officer who sparked a terror alert by making a hoax 999 call to his own force has had his "unduly lenient" jail term increased.
Autumn weather arrives for the early part of the weekend, brighter on Sunday.
The Prince and Princess are being treated to a petting zoo and a puppet show along with the children of local military families.


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Infrared Sauna Therapy
Infrared Saunas vs. Traditional
Sunlighten saunas use infrared heat instead of hot rocks or steam used in traditional saunas. Because infrared heats the body directly instead of simply heating the air, infrared saunas are seven times more effective for detoxification.
What is Infrared?
Infrared light (experienced as heat) is the invisible part of the sun’s spectrum with the ability to penetrate human tissue, giving a soothing, natural warmth. It is naturally occurring from the sun and is the basis for Sunlighten sauna therapy.
Is it Safe?
Infrared heat is completely safe and healthy for all living things. You can be exposed to infrared light for hours without the risk of burning. Infrared is a naturally occurring output of the sun, but does not contain the harmful UV rays associated with unprotected sunlight. In fact, infrared heat is so safe, it is used in hospitals to warm newborn infants.


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This project provided Miljøpunkt Nørrebro, a Danish environmental group, with designs for a stand-alone pilot project featuring a daylighted river and green space that addresses both stormwater and pollution concerns. This small pilot project is part of the larger vision of daylighting the Ladegårdsåen, which would lead to the creation of a city green strip and flood management highway tunnel. Public feedback and expert opinions, gathered through surveys, interviews, and a focus group led us to incorporate natural and multifunctional spaces into our green space design. We are confident that a successful pilot project will showcase the potential benefits of a larger scale green strip for the city of Copenhagen.
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The Coen Brothers‘ new film stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, and more.
Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles—some of them of his own making.
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<p>The economic situation gripping the nation has extended its clutch to a new target: a charitable organization that houses about 60 women with mental and physical health problems.
The Marian Residence for Women, a subsidiary of the St. Anthony Foundation, will close its doors this summer, leaving the women scrambling to find a new place to live.
A private entity, St. Anthony Foundation is reliant on donations. Although this year’s charitable alms are consistent with past amounts, the fear that people will soon tighten their spending has forced the organization to restructure its priorities.
“Any organization with the longevity of St. Anthony’s is going to periodically assess our program’s needs,” said Francis Aviani, a spokeswoman for the organization. “It’s a painful process, but we have to take into consideration future economic developments.”
Along with providing a bed, the Marian Residence offers three meals a day and employs on-site case workers for its patrons, Aviani said. The shelter is intended to be a transitional residence, and any woman who stays longer than six months is evaluated for appropriateness.
The program’s case workers will work extensively with the displaced women to help them get into affordable-housing units or other shelters before the Marian Residence officially shuts its doors Aug. 31, Aviani said.


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Dog Chained In Opera Estate Now Has A Foster Home & Bed After 15 Years
Voluntary group Chained Dog Awareness of Singapore (CDAS) has helped many neglected dogs find a new lease of life.
One of them, a mutt named Lorne, was rescued from an Opera Estate property, where he was allegedly chained in dreadful conditions for 15 years.
CDAS’ plea for help gained widespread attention, and now Lorne has finally found a foster home, as well as the finances for his recovery.
After 2 weeks of tirelessly seeking help, it’s certainly heartwarming to see the poor dog getting the love he deserves.
Was chained and severely malnourished
Before his rescue, Lorne had been living in the backyard of a shop house in the affluent Opera Estate neighbourhood.
For 15 years, he wandered around the backyard with no proper shelter, food, or clean drinking water. He suffered alone too, without a companion.
Lorne’s pitiful conditions were reflected in his appearance, as his “fur had fallen off the majority of his body surface, exposing scaly scarred skin”.
CDAS had first checked on him in 2016, but their attempts to help were thwarted by his then indignant owners.
They tried to gently persuade his owners to keep him in better conditions, but were threatened with a police report instead by the lady who claimed that:
My dog is not a pet dog. He is a guard dog. And if you people are so free, try helping the humans. Many humans deserve more help than the dogs.
CDAS backed down, but informed the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), who managed to get them to at least unchain Lorne and leave his cage door open.
Unfortunately, his owners eventually slipped back into their old habits, provoking CDAS to intervene again 3 years later.
Found wandering alone in the streets
Late at night on 25 June, a woman found a weak, old dog roaming around Elite Park, roughly 1.3 km away from Lorne’s home.
She took him home and posted about him on Facebook, hoping to find his owner. Recognising Lorne, CDAS reached out to her and managed to visit him.
They noted how his skin condition was still as bad as before, and that he had grown much weaker, hardly able to walk.
They arrived at the one logical conclusion — that Lorne’s owners had thrown the dog out to fend for himself.
Nursed back to health with kind donations
With generous donations from over 100 kind individuals, CDAS managed to raise S$21, 175 as of Saturday (13 July), all of which will go to Lorne’s medical treatments and general welfare.
His current medical conditions include:
- Possible heart murmur
- Dry eyes
- Serious ear infection
- Severe skin disease
Despite the seriousness of his conditions, Lorne is still displaying a strong will to live.
A team at Mutts and Mittens Community has been administering medication to help Lorne with his recovery.
Chained dog now has a foster home
Amidst all the rescue efforts, the best news is that Lorne has finally found a loving home with a caring owner.
He even has 2 other doggo friends to play with and keep him company.
While he still struggles to adjust to his new life, it’s moving to see that Lorne has a second chance at happiness with people who truly care for him.
We hope that Lorne will eventually settle down and find a home he can spend the rest of his life comfortably in.
We’re sincerely thankful for organisations like CDAS and the wonderful souls who help to protect the lives of such vulnerable creatures.

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Phibro Animal Health Corporation is a division of The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). The corporation produces nutritional and pharmaceuticals for the health of domestic animals. The business offers an array of products including nutritional supplements, antibiotics, balms, sprays, vitamins, and minerals. The nutritional supplements are used for growing herb gardens, producing small amounts of organic vegetables, and producing pet food. The pharmaceuticals are used to treat a wide variety of health conditions including infection control, wound care, weight management, glandular issues, hormonal problems, flea and tick control, yeast infections, arthritis management, heartworm disease, etc.
The demand for affordable food is creating a big business opportunity for Phibro Animal Health Corporation. The company has recently created a whole new line of products that address the growing need for healthy, organic food. The products include an integrated pest management (IPM) system that helps grow a larger harvest of herbicide-free plants and vegetables that could be grown under traditional pest management techniques. This is a huge advantage for farmers who have been using chemical pesticides and herbicides for many years. The new products will help meet the growing demand for healthy, sustainable, non-chemical based foods.
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The company is also a trusted partner in providing solutions to meet the health care needs of the poultry industry. The business is offering a complete range of poultry vaccines and immunizations to support the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requirements for providing poultry vaccines and immunizations to its chickens and turkeys. The FDA’s requirements for chicken vaccines and immunizations are among the strictest in the world. This high level of standardization is required in order to prevent the use of unapproved chicken vaccines and immune agents that can have dire consequences to those animals. Phibro Animal Health is committed to meeting these stringent requirements. The company has ensured that all of its vaccines are manufactured according to high safety standards.
There are two separate but interconnected portfolio areas within the company’s business model. The first category focuses on producing highly efficient vaccines and immunizations for both dogs and cats. This includes a full range of general immunizations, like rabies, distemper combo, leptospirosis, etc. as well as specialized vaccines for dogs with bladder problems, cystitis, feline leukemia, lice, Lyme disease, and Okaloosa syndrome.
Different Areas It Focuses On
The second area focuses on developing a broad portfolio of vaccines and therapeutic proteins that are formulated to treat many common animal diseases and disorders. These include chronic fatigue syndrome, shingles, distemper combo, atovaquone, etc. In addition, the company manufactures an effective therapeutic protein portfolio that treats a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions such as muscular dystrophy, tendonitis, osteoporosis, arthritis, etc. This extensive offering provides a solid infrastructure for providing high quality vaccines and therapeutic proteins to meet the needs of a wide spectrum of veterinary patients.
The company offers a solid, comprehensive line of pet products, including dog food, cat food, healthy skin care products, nail care products, health supplements, and mineral nutritional products. It also manufactures a variety of cosmetics, including lip balm and gloss, lip gloss, eye care products, and nail care product. In addition, the animal health and mineral supplements company offer a complete line of organic health supplements and organic dietary supplements, including dog and cat food products, minerals and vitamins for pets, and a variety of therapeutic supplements for dogs and cats.
The company also develops and manufactures a wide range of healthy dietary supplements for swine and other types of animals. The PHD Nutrition Corporation, which is responsible for the development of many of the online PHD Nutritional Consulting services, includes a full range of nutraceuticals that are designed to meet the nutritional needs of a wide range of pets. These nutraceuticals are made from a variety of different types of natural and organic ingredients, including herbs, plant-based compounds, and a variety of different types of proteins.
The business is currently located in Sterling, Virginia. The owner’s wife started the business in 2021 and has so far focused on manufacturing and marketing a number of healthy and safe human and pet products. They currently produce a variety of natural nutritional supplements for dogs and cats, as well as a number of health and cosmetic products, and a number of mineral nutrition products. Both the pet and cosmetic lines of business have been successful so far, despite growing competition from large animal pharmaceutical companies. Many of the personal care items they produce rival the personal care items produced by companies like CoverCraft and LMC, and the nutritional supplements and mineral products are quickly becoming recognized throughout the United States and Europe.