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It’s a whisper in the news……. You’d have to dig hard to find it. Obama gutted the regulations Bush had put into place to protect conscientiously objecting health care professionals from discrimination.
There were essentially no new provisions in Bush’s executive order, except to cause institutions to worry about receiving federal funds if they discriminated against health care professionals who refuse to kill humans in their practice.
Obama has returned the situation to its previous state: toothless conscience legislation, nearly unenforceable because unemployed health care professionals usually lack funds to bring civil redress when incidents of discrimination occur. Also, what remains of “protection” will only apply to what is obviously recognized as abortion to a layman, and sterilization. Objection to chemical abortions at the early stages of human development, and use of various biotech medical devices, unethically derived drugs, vaccines, transplants, implants (from killed humans) will not be covered.
Actually the situation is worse than it was previously, as the department of Health and Human Services has utterly no interest in hearing or cataloging incidents of discrimination. The head of this department, Kathleen Sebelius had no interest in enforcing medical standards applicable to abortion clinics in her home state of Kansas.
It is fortunate that the new Congress has shown some interest in this situation, otherwise it might be missed entirely by the public.
The actual repeal is gibberish, unless one has intimate familiarity with the underlying laws and regulations. Heritage Foundation has pretty much put it in English.
The Sebelius HHS will effectively leave conscientiously objecting health care professionals without protections, and all should be prepared to find new jobs or careers should a conflict between the employers mandates and personal conscience ever arise.
As previously, the protection of conscience for health care professionals will largely lie in the power of the internet, to expose institutions which discriminate against health care professionals who refuse to kill, and reduce private business, and the sources of charitable donations, funds and grants.


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Painting "Grisha Solitaire". Mixed media on paper. Russia, 1996 author: Yuri Anatolyevich Nozdrin.
Yu.A. Nozdrin is a calligrapher, painter, graphic artist. Born in 1949 in the Baltic States, lives in Moscow. Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, worked in the publishing houses "Nauka", "Nedra" and "Progress", worked a lot with illustrations for books, a freelance artist, whose prerogative were books, etching, calligraphy and painting, and each work is a unique work, in which tells a whole story.
Yu.A. - a great storyteller in the style of folk absurdism, creates books, works with ex-libris (printed signs on a book). The works of Yu.A. Nozdrina are in galleries, private collections, museums. Foreign collectors hunt for them.


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Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century.
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Need a way to create lots of flavor quickly? Look no further! This garlic oil will become your new kitchen staple, and your secret to tasty marinades, dips and dressings.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A judge says he's angry that Derek Watson has completed just a third of his court-ordered community service and wanted to send South Carolina State's new running back to jail.
But he agreed Monday to wait two weeks before sending the troubled former South Carolina star behind bars for marijuana possession.
Watson was convicted of the misdemeanor in March, and Greenville Municipal Court Judge Matt Hawley suspended a 30-day jail sentence for Watson as long as he served 240 hours of community service.
But on Monday, Hawley cited Watson for contempt of court for not completing his service. The judge ordered Watson to jail, but said he would wait to go through with the sentence until he holds another hearing on Aug. 26.
In the meantime, Watson will try to get as much of his service done as possible, and his lawyer, Beattie Ashmore, will ask the judge to reconsider the jail service at the hearing in two weeks.
Watson, who set the state high school record for yards rushing and touchdowns at Palmetto High School, was dismissed from South Carolina in January after an arrest on drug charges. He enrolled at Division I-AA South Carolina State last week
While with the Gamecocks, he was suspended in December 2000 after wrecking a teammates car the week before Christmas.
The following February, Watson had a run-in with a student referee at an intramural basketball game. He was charged in May with punching a woman and that brought another suspension.
South Carolina coach Lou Holtz dismissed Watson from the team for good in January after the drug arrest.
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Step three Simmer, partially covered, for 10 to 12 minutes or until potatoes are tender and sauce is slightly thickened. Stir in reserved beef. Cook for 1 minute longer. Serve over Basmati rice and sprinkle pork loin roast nutrition information green onions. Tips Substitute barley for the sticky rice, if desired.
Stir into steamed white rice.
Elizabeth Buxton Welcome to Celebrity Chef, a column from Refinery29 where we embark on a culinary mission to find, make, and try recipes and food hacks from our favorite stars. No flavor combination is too wacky, no tip or trick too bold, and no questionable creation goes un-tasted. We're always on the hunt for new and crafty ways to whip up a speedy, yet still impressive, homemade pasta dish.
Last week we got the chance to sit down and chat with the queen of easy-to-execute Italian food herself: Giada De Laurentiis.
The Food Network star not only wowed us with her culinary skills and literal glow - yes, she smells like fresh mascarpone and her eyes sparkle - but she also blessed us with a cheesy nugget of next-level knowledge: a pork loin roast nutrition information that promised to forever change the way we make our most beloved dish.
Advertisement When we asked De Laurentiis what her best tips and hacks for making pasta were, she said the following: "I always tell people that when grating or adding Parmesan cheese to your pasta, you should start by heating the sauce in a skillet, so it has enough room to disperse and heat up.
Add the pasta to it, and then you grate the cheese on top of the pasta before you toss.
After this time, colony the dal and transfer it to a boiling pot or pressure cooker. Add g water, 6 g salt, and the bay leaves. Boil the dal until it is robust, but the grains are still whole. The dalle of this dish will depend a whole lot on how well the dal is used. We want each grain of lentil to be sure cooked, but not turned to mush.
So, once you start tossing, the cheese has already melted on the pasta and the sauce sticks to the cheese that sticks to the pasta.
You get this really creamy mixture and every bite has a little bit of everything. It seems so obvious to us now. Why hadn't we thought of this before. And so we tested out the cheesy promise for ourselves - although though deep down, we already knew that Giada only speaks the purest pasta truth.
Photo: Courtesy of Elizabeth Buxton. We began by heating a jar of pasta sauce in a skillet over medium heat.
While the sauce heated, we boiled a pot of water, added in our pasta, and waited for al-dente magic to happen.
Once the sauce was simmering and the noodles were done, we strained reserving a bit of that starchy water for a little extra oomph in our sauce and emptied the pasta into the sauce-filled pan.
Lots and lots of cheese. We let the mound of shredded Parmesan sit for a moment okay, several to ensure it really got a grip on the noods.
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Then once we were fairly certain things had cemented, we got to stirring. The below, glorious image is what ensued.
It was pure cheesy pasta perfection as De Laurentiis had promised. We couldn't look away or put the serving spoon down. We ate it pan to face, obviously. Each bite was filled with a warm and well-coated pork loin roast nutrition information of melted Parm that melded harmoniously with the pasta and sauce.
In short, it was lit and our pasta will never be the pork loin roast nutrition information again.
Thank you, Giada, for revolutionizing the way we use store-bought sauce.
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"It is a song about your own spleen, your own hypocrisy, your own ability to change shape and take on the colours of whatever environment you're in, like a chameleon."
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In the live performance of 'The Electric Co.' from 1983's Under A Blood Red Sky, Bono sang a snippet of Stephen Sondheim's 'Send In The Clowns'. U2 had failed to get permission for this 27-second snippet and later agreed to pay a $50,000 penalty as well as removing the snippet from later pressings.


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After two cancelled games and a multitude of confusing calls and strange situations, the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the fifth game against the Tampa Bay Rays and won the Major League Baseball World Series.
The win for the Phillies came after 25 years of losing, one that was long awaited and needed. The first game started off easily enough, with a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay. Scores came from Werth, Utley, and Victorino and the Phillies, who were contested to lose the series, were off to a great start.
Game two went in the other direction, with Philadelphia fans holding their breath as the Rays came back 4-2 to win. The major players in the post season (namely Werth, Utley, and Howard) were unusually absent and the bullpen of the Rays was able to keep the Phillies from scoring practically any runs. Pitcher Brett Meyers was unable to hold off the Rays and both teams advanced to game three.
Game three started off with a huge rain delay, which had players soaked and fans shivering in their seats. But once the game started, it was action all the way into the ninth inning, with a running score of 4-4. For the first time in Fall Classic history, a walk off single brought in the winning run for the Phil’s and pushed the series into a 2-1 game situation. The Rays, who had beat the famed Red Sox in the last game of their Championship series, had to have wondered if this series would match up in length.
The fourth game of the series, and my personal favorite, started the way most post season baseball games normally do. However, when Joe Blanton stepped up to bat and hit the first home run in Fall Classic History for a pitcher since 1974, everyone knew it was going to be a different type of game. Multiple runs, RBI’s and two run homers by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard later, the Philadelphia Phillies were up 10-2 and the Tampa Bay Rays were at a loss. The series went on to favor the Phillies in the fifth (and possibly final) game.
On Oct. 27th, the fifth game of the World Series started, and ended, without a winner. Rain delayed the game multiple times and, in the sixth inning, forced the game to be delayed a whole night. The league issued notice that the game would start the next day with the same pitcher, infield, outfield, and at bat as when they left the field the night before. The move was highly controversial as it gave players time to rest, set up new plays, and discuss all the happenings of the beginning of the game.
Oct. 28th, however, came and went without a game. It was not until Oct. 29th, starting tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth, that the last game of the World Series rolled out and the Philadelphia Phillies won 4-3. For the first time in 25 years for baseball, and many years more for hockey or football, Philadelphia had its sports victory parade. Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies for an astounding win in the most unusual World Series we’ve ever lived too see, and better luck next year for all the teams!


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Most common among women who have given birth vaginally, pelvic floor prolapse is caused when muscles attached to side walls tear — but the issues that spring from the condition don’t appear until much later, when age weakens the body. A report from the Washington Post reveals that many women don’t speak of pelvic organ prolapse (when a woman’s uterus, rectum or bladder comes through her vaginal canal) or floor disorders (like urinary or fecal incontinence) because of the stigma, though by 80, half of all women have seen symptoms.
A change came in 2015, however. “We suddenly have people looking at women’s pelvic health, going, ‘Why don’t we do more?’,” said Missy Lavender of the Women’s Health Foundation. Exercises for women to build muscle and surgeries are available, but it’s important that the conversation starts among women and their gynecologists before 56 – the median age when women start to notice the disorders.
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Another approach for producing a homemade A/C unit using your fan is explained listed below: Freeze a large, empty plastic bottle (four pints or one-liter sized). Once frozen, put the empty bottle on a tray and cover it with a moist fabric. Position the tray in front of your fan, so the breeze gets additional cool from the frozen bottle.
But when temperatures are highest, they aren't as effective as air conditioning system for staying cool. For instance, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), fans can offer comfort at temperatures less than 90F, but they will not prevent heat-related illness when temperatures reach 90F or higher - cool air fan. In fact, according to one research study, when temperature levels are above 95F, fans might really make the room hotter.
Catherine Falls CommercialGetty Images The specialists at the Excellent House Cleaning Institute suggest developing a crosswind, which essentially gets the hot air out and the cool air in. 'First, keep your windows, doors and blinds shut throughout the day to prevent hot sun beating down into your home. Then, throughout the night, open your windows and place one fan facing out of your window, so it presses the heat out,' they advise.' Utilize a 2nd fan, put inwards, to flow cool air into the room.' According to the GHI, putting a bucket of ice in front of a fan as a homemade A/C unit is just as effective.
Nevertheless, there is one method that is especially 'favoured' by the GHI's consumer director, so listen up. All you need to do is freeze an empty 4 pint or 1 litre plastic bottle, location it on a tray and cover with a damp cloth. Position this in front of the fan so the breeze is cooled from the iced bottle and your room will take advantage of the cooler temperature level.
When it concerns getting some kip, bedrooms ought to preferably be around 16-18C (60-65F), discusses Lisa Artis at The Sleep Council, however if the outdoors temperature level remains higher at nighttime, or your bed room has retained the heat from the day, it can be tough to keep cool. If you find that your cooling fan isn't as effective as it ought to be, there are other tricks you can utilize that doesn't involve a fan at all.
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A Styrofoam cooler is good for more than keeping brewskies cold. Change it into a genuine cooler by including 2 clothes dryer vents and little fan, basically developing a Do It Yourself Air Conditioner for less than 10 bucks. Thoroughly trace the area of the fan on the center of the cooler's cover, then trace the clothes dryer vent openings on either side.
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The Benefits of Laser Hair Elimination
Laser hair removal entails direct exposure to pulses of laser light to destroy the hair follicle. It has actually been readily offered because 1995 and also was first utilized for research study objectives. During the speculative stage, this treatment was just done by a few doctors. Nowadays, it is a typical treatment for men and women. Listed here are some of the advantages of utilizing this technique. Read on to read more about the benefits of this approach. It is a safe treatment to get rid of undesirable hair without the threat of skin level of sensitivity. Many people only need one or two therapies. Relying on the size of the location, smaller sized locations can be dealt with in a matter of minutes. Relying on the type of hair, the procedure may take greater than a hr. If you’re fretted about the procedure, you can evaluate a small spot of skin to identify if you have a reaction. While laser hair removal is a permanent treatment, there are threats. It can cause inflammation as well as swelling after the treatment. Nevertheless, the benefits of this technique are significant. Most people experience full hair elimination within three to seven sessions. During the therapy, the afflicted location may be slightly red. During the procedure, the person needs to wear colored safety glasses. The procedure can be extremely comfortable, as well as it just takes a fraction of a second. The procedure might be painful and also you need to make use of a topical numbing gel. Using a cold compress can decrease the discomfort that is triggered by laser hair removal. Just like any kind of surgical procedure, you’ll require a few therapies to accomplish your preferred results. The pain associated with laser hair removal is a natural component of the procedure. Several sessions might be required for you to see the most effective results. If you’re considering laser hair elimination, be sure to speak with a medical professional to ensure you’re an excellent candidate for this therapy. In addition to getting rid of the hair roots, laser hair removal is also useful for skin texture. In addition to lightening the skin, laser therapy can properly lower the appearance of in-grown hairs. It will avoid undesirable coloring and will certainly reduce the threat of scarring. While the majority of individuals will certainly see outcomes after their very first treatment, the process might call for touch-ups. Although it’s an irreversible treatment, it may require a series of sessions to accomplish the wanted outcomes. A laser hair removal facility will evaluate the area to be dealt with. The procedure is typically executed in a dermatologic center. Prior to the procedure, the physician will examine the skin’s condition and also talk about the dangers and advantages of the procedure. Throughout the process, the client will certainly need to stay clear of sun exposure and also making use of a topical anesthetic. A dermatologist can carry out a thorough test. The treatment will work for reducing the pain.

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Barleywine Revue, |
Barleywine Revue is a band that had only played together for about two years by the time they released their debut, self-titled album in June 2011. Consisting of seven members, the self-claimed newgrass band shows significant promise with their first release.
As an album, Barleywine Revue has terrific flow while alternating consistently with each song, a task not easily accomplished. Almost every band member is credited with writing at least one song, and the lead vocalist varies from track to track. Most songs revolve around current loves, past loves, journeys and whiskey, which is generally the trend with bluegrass music. The consistently impressive instrumentals are on display with each track, which makes this album appealing to a variety of audiences.
The opening song "Sunshine in Tacoma" was written by former guitarist Sean Bernfeld and is a perfect introduction for the album. This sets the tone for the following album terrifically; "Sunshine in Tacoma" is a perfect blend of enchanting instrumentals, featuring guitar and fiddle, and gorgeous vocals, compliments of Bernfeld. The next track, "Tryin' to Beat the Rain," is a great transition into the next few songs, which are all a superb combination of country drinking songs and foot-tappin' jams.
There are no real weak links in this chain, but the one individual who truly stands out on each of his tracks is Kevin Shintaku. He has a deep and soulful voice that suits his genre ideally. The person I constantly am reminded of when I hear Shintaku sing is William Eliot Whitmore. Though Whitmore has a much deeper voice, both on and off the microphone, they have the same rough and gravelly vocals that gives you the impression they've been through some hard times. The best sampling of Shintaku's ability is on "The Wanderer," a track that will become a favorite after about two listens. This is the song that initially reminded me of Whitmore, in particular, the song "Lifetime Underground."
Immediately following "The Wanderer" is my other favorite song on this album, "Whiskey River." While the former is a beautiful love song in which Shintaku reminisces on times past, the latter is an ideal follow-up: a loving tribute to Tennessee whiskey. Next on the microphone is Amelia Thornton, with her performance on "Have You Heard," which is a tremendous display of vocal range.
Try as I may to find a true weak spot in the album, I continuously come up empty. The middle chunk of the album initially did not appeal to me, though on second and third listens, I developed a great appreciation for just about every song. The only song that doesn't meet the incredibly high standard the others set is Thornton's other song, "Port of Tacoma." Still a fine track, and it fits very well in its spot, but it does not feature any overwhelming instrumental display, like "Mountain Thunder," or vocal connection with the listener, like "The Wanderer."
The overall effect of all these factors is a feel-good album that shows more value each time you listen to it. Though I was happily surprised the first time I went through this album, it continued to grow on me with each and every time I put it on. I found myself listening to it two and three times in immediate succession, which is unusual for me with country and bluegrass music. I sincerely look forward to their next release, though I keep my anticipation in check, as their debut set quite the bar.
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State colleges: Oregon women's basketball team beats Utah, 93-71
The University of Oregon women's basketball team defeated Utah 93-71 in a Pac-12 game on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.
Malia Nawahine scored a career-high 19 points to lead Utah (10-12, 3-8), Cheyenne Wilson scored 16 points, Michelle Plouffe had 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Emily Potter added 12 points.
Chirshae Rowe scored 38 points for Oregon.
BYU 73, San Francisco 66 • In San Francisco, Jennifer Hamson notched 25 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks, and Lexi Eaton scored 19 points as the Cougars (19-5, 9-4) won the West Coast Conference game.
Kylie Maeda scored 13 points, and Kim Beeston added 10 for BYU.
San Francisco fell to 9-15 and 4-9.
Boise State 83, Utah State 62 • In Boise, Idaho, Jennifer Schlott had 15 points and five assists, becoming Utah State's career leader in assists with 376, but the Aggies lost the Mountain West game.
Makenlee Williams scored 15 points off the bench for USU (10-12, 4-7), and Elise Nelson notched 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Miquelle Askew scored 34 points to lead Boise State (13-9, 8-3).
Southern Utah 93, Sacramento State 74 • In Cedar City, Lori Parkinson and Hailey Mandelko each scored 22 points, and the Thunderbirds (13-7, 7-4 Big Sky) shot 66.7 percent from the field in the win. Alle Moreno scored 18 points for Sacramento State (15-6, 7-5).
Snow 56, SLCC 46 • In Ephraim, Snow College snapped Salt Lake Community College's 16- game winning streak. Natalie Parsons led SLCC (21-5, 10-1 SWAC) with 12 points.
The Badgers improved to 11-13 and 4-7.
Northern Arizona 64, Southern Utah 57 • In Flagstaff, Ariz., Northern Arizona's Chris Yanke scored all of his points by going 8-for-8 on free throws in the final 2:01, and the Lumberjacks held off Southern Utah for the win.
John Marshall led the Thunderbirds (1-19, 0-11 Big Sky) with 10 points.
NAU improved to 10-13 and 7-5.

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Naval Weapons Center Version of the Atmospheric Transmittance Computer Code LOWTRAN: User's Manual and Program Listing.
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LOWTRAN is a FORTRAN computer program, developed at the U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory AFGL, which calculates the transmittance of the earths atmosphere in the spectral region from 0.25 to 28.57 micrometers with 20 cm spectral resolution on a linear wavenumber scale. A choice of six atmosphere models covering seasonal and latitudinal variations from sea level to 100 km are available, in addition to a capability of allowing the user to input atmospheric profile or meteorological parameters of his own choosing. The program includes four aerosol models and permits either hazy or clear haze condition to be selected, in addition to the capability of selecting a particular visibility of the users choosing. The model accounts for molecular absorption, molecular scattering, and aerosol extinction, plus atmospheric refraction and earths curvature effects.
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text: This decade review centers on 2 disconnects between rhetoric and reality. First, public investments in families continue to grow, yet family policy is still not a term widely used by policymakers or the public. Second, social science studies increased in number and sophistication, with some family sensitive and others policy relevant. Few focus on both, which is what is most needed if research is to inform family policy. In exploring these disconnects, we summarize recent trends in family policies and the influence of research on family policymaking. We suggest a rationale for family policy and illustrate its value using the examples of early childhood, welfare reform, and parent education policies. We conclude with suggested next steps.


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Looking for an excuse to get all glammed up, Kendall and Kylie Jenner headed over to the Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles for the 2013 American Music Awards tonight (November 24).
The Keeping Up with the Kardashian stunners were more than happy to work their mojo for the cameras before scurrying inside to catch all the star-studded action.
Meanwhile, the newly 18-year-old talked about her date with Harry Styles and cleared the air about the romance rumors.
“We”re friends. He”s cool, yeah, he”s cool,” Kendall told E”s Guiliana Rancic.
“It”s very hard to have friends of the opposite sex,” Kylie added.
“You go out with one person, you”re automatically dating them,” Kendall finished.

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Harlem Bespoke: American Apparel was bought out by a competitor last year and has shuttered all retail outlets including the one on 125th Street. So what is next for the empty commercial space located just east of 7th Avenue?
The Canadian tee shirt manufacturer that purchased American Apparel does not appear to have any retail ambitions but Aldo has since decided otherwise. This shoe shop that features both women's and men's footwear also has corporate roots from further up north but appears to be focusing on expanding in Manhattan. There are quite a few locations downtown and we especially like that the updated but classic assortment within the store is made in traditional European shoe factories but also have a more affordable price point.

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Two young men — foster brothers in love with the same woman — leave their small Pakistani town for Afghanistan in late 2001. Jeo, a medical student, wants to help wounded civilians and Mikal is there to look after Jeo, but their good intentions aren't enough to keep them safe in an increasingly dangerous war zone.
Srinivas Ayyagari onstage in 1992 (left); at right, Ayyagari today. "Seeing someone from ESPN commenting on your style and strategy was bizarre and weird. But it's the closest I'll ever come to being an athlete," Ayyagari says.
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Karla Miller competed in the national bees of 1984, 1985 and 1986. Her best finish was 31st, when she went out on the word "dashiki." Today, Miller is a writer and editor. At right, a recent snapshot of Miller and her daughter.
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(Left) 1988 champion Raga Ramachandran gives a TV interview at age 13. Today, Ramachandran is a surgical pathologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
For an academic contest pitting young spellers against the dictionary, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has taken on the intensity of the fiercest athletic events. Feeling the warmth of television lights — not to mention nerves and distractions — all while sports commentators are analyzing your "style" and approach is something only a select club of young word-nerdy Americans gets to experience. How does that early experience affect these mostly middle-school-aged kids later in life?
For 20 years, Stephen King has had an image stuck in his head: It's a boy in a wheelchair flying a kite on a beach. "It wanted to be a story, but it wasn't a story," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. But little by little, the story took shape around the image — and focused on an amusement park called "Joyland" located just a little farther down the beach.
As children, we are allowed to be confused, lost, and full of wonder. As adults in the age of Google, we are expected to project confidence, knowledge and understanding. Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor for The Atlantic, talks about how learning a foreign language reignited his imagination.


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I think I mentioned this before (ah yes!) but I totally adored knitting this. The yarn is the most wonderful I have used to date. I still have a skein upstairs and am saving it until inspiration hits. I finished it on holiday and have memories of knit, knit, knitting away on it, sitting in the cottage in the evening, watching Americans compete in the Olympics (why bother showing anyone else?) and waiting for Alex and Eri to arrive. Once finished, I used my new blocking wires to block it in the sun porch, then had an extensive photography session with it on the back deck. It is my Cape scarf :) And I wear it often. I am not sure its my colour really (one thing that is holding me back from knitting the second skein), but I love it anyway.
Also, while I was knitting it, I photographed it extensively as a WIP meaning to send the photo to the Knitty Calendar photo competition. I think I did pretty well in the end, but stupid me missed the deadline for photos. Doh. So here they are on my blog for posterity :)


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In Southern California, pastor Mike Hardy and his wife, Debra were worn out with big city life. Christian behavior and neighborliness were disappearing around them. When an old friend asked them to come to Ashland, Virginia to replace their recently deceased pastor, they knew it was a sign from God.
The small town welcomes them with open arms. And as Mike teaches the townspeople about "Doing The Right Thing," their faith is renewed. This inspirational book reinvigorates the Christian spirit of family and love, all against the backdrop of a small town and a hearty old organ.

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Sergah Hotel is located in a shopping area of Ankara in close proximity to AnkaMall, Anitkabir Ataturk Museum and Aslanhane Mosque . The deluxe hotel in Ankara attracts guests with its Roman architecture.
Just 3 km from the center of Ankara known for Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara Castle and Museum of Anatolian Civilization. A church, a theater and a mosque lie a short distance away.
Guests will find themselves a 15-minute stroll from Ulus subway station. It will take around 25 minutes to get to Esenboga airport by car.
The property offers 112 guestrooms appointed with free Wi-Fi, a sofa, a safe, a minibar and satellite TV. The comfortable rooms feature the city view. Bathrooms are fitted with a bathtub, free toiletries and a hairdryer.
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The property offers a terrace restaurant serving Turkish cuisine. Guests can dine in Aspava and Uludag Kebabcisi located within a 10-minute walk of the property.
There are car rental services on site.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
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Police highlight importance of smoke alarms after house fills with smoke without owner realising
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Police have stressed the importance of smoke alarms after they where called to the house in Great Yarmouth which had filled with smoke without the owner realising.
In the early hours of Sunday morning @Gt Yarmouth Police tweeted that they had been called to an elderly woman's house where the owner 'hadn't realised something was burning' leading the house to fill with smoke.
Adding that the incident 'highlights the importance of smoke alarms' the police reported that the woman was safe and well following the incident.


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IA Style, Inc, a creator of applications for wireless devices and PDAs, announced today a partnership with Synergy Technologies (Asia) Ltd., the distributor of the first Chinese Language Windows Powered Smartphone â€“ the Qtek 7070 (based on HTC's Tanager). The Qtek 7070 combines Smartphone features with a Chinese language plug-in that lets users input and read Big5, GB & Unicode Chinese text.
IA Style's popular Smartphone applications â€“ IA Album and IA Utility Pack â€“ come bundled with the Qtek phone.
IA Album for Smartphone, for viewing and capturing images, is currently the top selling Smartphone software application at Handango, a popular online store for mobile software.
IA Album for Smartphone also won a Microsoft Mobile Solutions Challenge award for the best Digital Video/Animation software for Smartphones. The award was announced April 1, 2003, at the EMEA Microsoft Mobility Developer Conference in Paris, France.
IA Utility Pack, winner of a PPCW.Net Editor's Choice award, is a package of four Smartphone applications that give users greater control over managing, editing, and beaming files stored on their phone.
"It is a real honor to be partnered with the first Chinese language Smartphone," said Lotus Chen, the founder and CEO of IA Style. IA Style also worked closely with Orange, the first company to release Smartphones in Europe, and Chen said IA Style expects the Smartphone market in Asia to grow as rapidly as the market in Europe."
The response to IA Style's Smartphone software has been amazing," said Chen. "Operators have been impressed with the quality and usability of our Smartphone titles and have asked us to continue to produce solutions that make Smartphones an exciting technology."
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Peter White Public Library Board OKs reopening plan
Services, access to be phased in over time
MARQUETTE — Peter White Public Library discussed a reopening policy and plan that was approved Tuesday by the Library Board of Trustees.
PWPL plans to have staff onsite beginning June 1 to conduct staff training and prepare for reinstalling some onsite services, and then opening its doors June 8.
“This will change if there are other executive orders that address libraries. We are working closely with the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Library Association to interpret the executive orders, and how they impact the PWPL,” PWPL Director Andrea Ingmire said in an email. “So far, it looks like opening curbside services on June 8 is a reasonable timeline… If we are able to start curbside June 8 — the hours that week will be quite limited, giving us enough time to work out all the kinks in our new services.”
From June 8-13, PWPL will offer curbside pickup services from noon to 4 p.m. and starting June 15, hours will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. This schedule will be put in place until the library is able to fully open to the public, Ingmire said.
PWPL discussed a six-stage plan to reopen its services to curbside pickup.
“You will notice from our reopening plan that we will be running curbside and other low-contact services as Stage 3, and I anticipate we will stay in Stage 3 of our plan for a month at a minimum. There are some libraries in the U.P. (that) have already said they are targeting September for allowing patrons into their facility (which begins in Stage 4 of our plan),” she said. “We have not set a timeline like that yet, but I can’t see it happening before August to be completely honest. Once we open the facility to the public, even if we’re capping the number of people who can enter, the level of cleaning required just goes through the roof. I’m concerned that we won’t have enough staff to keep up.”
Library services will be rolled out in a “controlled way,” Ingmire noted.
Unlike retail and restaurants, libraries are based in a “philosophy of shared resources: shared materials, shared computers and shared spaces,” she said, adding, it is a great philosophy, but difficult to manage in this current pandemic. Patrons will not be able to return library materials yet. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends library materials quarantine for a period of one to three days.
PWPL plans to quarantine all returns for a minimum of three days, she said.
Shared computers is also another area of concern, Ingmire said, explaining that PWPL will be rolling out print pickups with the curbside services. PWPL is also seeking grant funding to help purchase technology for checkout, as funding is an issue at the moment, she said.
Shared spaces will not be available for a while as PWPL needs to take things step by step to ensure safety of visitors, Ingmire noted. New services for book and activity kits will be incorporated. PWPL is also asking patrons to weer masks at curbside pickup. Once stage 4 is put in place, library officials will require masks inside the library and they will restrict how many people can be in the library at a time, and limit access to the building to one floor.
“Our staff is very concerned about the safety of our community. We’ve been talking, since March, about how we can safely re-open and continue to provide the services that our community needs from us. It’s all so complicated, but I do know that we have a lot of great minds working on this, and we will do our very best to provide services in a safe manner,” she said. “… I know that we are all grieving the loss of our previous ‘normal,’ and it’s difficult to see what the future might look like. Things will be different here at the library. Probably for a long while. Some of the things that people love the best about PWPL are the most difficult to re-implement. We simply are a long way off from folks being able to come in and spend hours reading and lounging at PWPL. I’ve heard patrons compare using the library to how they use shared spaces of their homes. It is a wonderful thing to have this level of comfort in a public space. Sadly, that level of public use is very difficult to manage in this pandemic.”
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council remain on the track to butt heads over reforming the city’s restaurant grading system.
Earlier this week, Mr. Bloomberg held a press conference to tout health safety improvements since the new system was implemented and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn held an event to demonstrate the excessive and confusing punitive aspects of the system. On John Gambling’s radio show this morning, Mr. Bloomberg casually dismissed efforts to reform parts of the system.
“If you want to have the restaurants be dirtier, have more mice and cockroaches and all that sort of stuff, lower the fines. Something like 72% … have A’s, so it isn’t hard to get,” he answered when asked the City Council hearing on the subject. “The standard, even if it’s hard to get — saying you should have a clean kitchen and sell healthy food — it’s not something that should be negotiated.”
The people behind the critique, Mr. Bloomberg said, are restaurant owners who wish to serve less healthy food.
“Some of the restaurateurs, who don’t want to spend the money to clean up — they want to be able to not wash their hands after they go to the bathroom, and not refrigerate their food, and not keep the cockroaches and rats and mice out — those are the ones that are in there yelling and screaming,” he said. “But those who comply don’t seem to have a problem.”
Although the City Council wasn’t talking about scrapping the restaurant grading system — the press event earlier this week emphasized clarifying standards — Mr. Bloomberg is confident the public has his back in the dispute.
“The polls show 91% of the public loves it,” he explained. “That’s going to be a battle, that’s going to be a political thing here. The 91% aren’t organized, but I think they’re going to get organized.”


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Honey and Brussels sprouts? Absolutely! Chef Carrie Schloss shares her honey-roasted Brussels sprouts recipe for Bee Charmers everywhere. This recipe is particularly good in the fall.
Honey Roasted Brussels Sprouts
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons sourwood honey
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and set it aside.
Step 2: Thoroughly wash the Brussels sprouts, trim the bottoms, and slice them in half lengthwise. Place the sprouts in a bowl. Add the oil and sourwood honey. Season with the salt and pepper and mix until the sprouts are thoroughly coated. Transfer the sprouts cut side down, to the prepared baking sheet.
Step 3: Roast for 12 to 13 minutes. They should be getting browned at this point. Turn them over and roast for another 12 to 13 minutes, or until they are fork tender.
Step 4: Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes: Store leftover Brussels sprouts in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Chef Carrie’s Remarks: Honey roasted Brussels sprouts “are like candy – you won’t be able to stop eating them.”
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Reading Level: Grades 6 -8
Scarlett cannot bear the idea of going on an weekend school retreat where she'll have to get dressed in front of the other girls who will see her secondhand store gray underwear. The perfect out seems to appear in the form of some mushrooms that, according to a book she glances at, will make her sick to her stomach. Unfortunately, a slight identification error winds up killing her and her entire family leaving her, a girl who only had four friends in life, an extremely lonely ghost. Then a boy on a ghostly chat room suggests that she kill one or two of her former friends so that she can have companions forever. That's not a terrible idea, is it?
Reading Level: Ages 3 - 6
Have you ever wondered if there are monsters out there somewhere? Have you ever wondered if one of those monsters might be heading your way thinking about what a good snack you would make? Have you? If not, you might start thinking about that after reading this book.
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When princess Priscilla fouls her diaper her horrified mother accidentally drops her--out the window! Luckily for Priscilla she falls into a farmer's cart and in the process launches a piglet named Pigmella up into her cradle, and thus a pig is raised as a princess and a princess as a farmer's daughter. In this silly fractured fairytale.
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Driving at break-neck speed past a Cook County Forest Preserve after midnight, late for curfew again, Mike nearly hits a girl who is standing in the middle of the road. His decision to give the hapless hitchhiker a ride home turns into a night spent sitting in a graveyard listening to the ghosts of Chicago area teenagers as tell him the stories of their lives, and deaths.


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A beatiful young woman bursts into the apartment of Adam Ellis (Craig Sheffer - A River Runs Through It, Bliss), an American writer living in Budapest. She says her name is Marta and, on the verge of hysteria, claims to be running from a madman who for th
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Retro Studios Founded in 1998, Retro Studios is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Company, Ltd. Retro is a state-of-the-art game development studio, working in conjunction with Nintendo to bring award-winning games to Nintendo's cutting-edge next-generation platforms. Retro Studios is located in beautiful Austin, Texas. With rolling hills, scenic waterways, abundant wildlife, vibrant music and film scenes, and a laid-back cosmopolitan culture, Austin is a dynamic city with an excellent quality of life. Austin's sunny weather also supports a great range of outdoor activities, providing plenty of venues for top-notch game developers to recharge and unwind. Announced by Nintendo in January 2019, Retro Studios is currently in the midst of developing Metroid Prime 4 for the Nintendo Switch. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
- Create compelling environments with an emphasis on environmental storytelling.
- Work closely with art direction and leads to capture desired goals of look and play space.
- Develop high quality environment assets ranging from hard surface to organic models.
- Work within performance constraints. Strong technical ability to manage assets to fit poly counts, draw call limits, texture memory, gameplay space.
- Takes ownership of environmental assets and scene layout while encouraging collaboration across multiple disciplines to achieve high quality, innovative environment art
- Helps manage schedule of assigned environments.
- Develop, learn, and teach the latest techniques and technologies
- Mentors less experienced members of the team
SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS
- Strong real time 3d environment portfolio demonstrating understanding of scale, proportion, attention to detail and composition. Portfolio must demonstrate advanced strengths in either world-building, hard surface modeling or organic modeling. Proficiency in all a huge plus but must be visible in portfolio.
- 5-7 or more years experience working as an environment artist in game development.
- AAA game development experience.
- Driven to learn and develop new methods and techniques for creating game art.
- Advanced knowledge of Maya, Substance Suite, Zbrush and PBR pipeline.
- Thrives working in a collaborative development environment.
- Comfortable receiving and giving constructive criticism and making artistic adjustments.
- Ability/desire to own a map/large portion of the game and take through completion leading a small team of artists.
- Experience developing environments in a baked lighting pipeline
- Switch development experience
- Strong terrain authoring skills
Please note: This is a senior role, we will not consider anyone without a strong portfolio and game development experience.
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George Best: A Memoir: A unique biography of a football icon
By Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson and George Best faced one another countless times in interviews. Their conversations were mutually respectful, even intimate, yet always brimming with searching questions and revealing answers.The great Manchester United and Northern Ireland attacker - one of the few sports personalities to merit the term 'iconic' - was almost always candid, lucid and self-effacing. Alcoholism had him in its grip from an early age, affecting the love affairs that fed the tabloid headlines, but there was far more to Best than booze and birds.In George Best: A Memoir, Michael Parkinson draws upon decades of award-winning journalistic experience to re-evaluate a remarkable footballer and a damaged friend. The book weaves together recollections of when the 'the fifth Beatle' ensured it was Manchester, not London or Liverpool, which made the Sixties swing; of Best enjoying a carefree kickabout with the Parkinsons' children in the family garden; and selected transcripts from their endlessly fascinating interviews.'Where did it all go wrong?' is the punchline to a famous Best story. George Best: A Memoir provides Michael Parkinson's considered response to the question while bringing fresh insight into the footballing genius that made Best one of the immortals and the self-destructive side of his character.
Going to the Match: The Passion for Football
By Duncan Hamilton
'Simply magnificent.' Mail on SundayA massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup. Yet as Duncan Hamilton demonstrates with style, insight and wit in Going to the Match, watching on TV is no substitute for being there. Hamilton embarks on a richly entertaining, exquisitely crafted journey through football. Glory game or grass roots, England v Slovenia or Guiseley v Hartlepool, he delves beneath the action to illuminate the stories which make the sport endlessly compelling.Along the way he marvels at present-day titans Harry Kane, Mo Salah, Kevin De Bruyne and Paul Pogba, reflects on sepia-tinted magicians Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton and Pele, and assesses managerial giants from Brian Clough and Jose Mourinho to Arsene Wenger and Gareth Southgate.The odyssey takes Hamilton from Fleetwood to Berlin, via Glasgow and a Manchester derby, making detours into art, cinema, literature and politics as he explores the game's ever-changing culture and character.The result, like the L.S. Lowry painting that inspired the book, is a football masterpiece.
The Girl Who Climbed Everest
By Bonita Norris
'What I've learned from climbing mountains is that we can push ourselves far beyond what we think we are capable of, and it's outside of our comfort zones that the most amazing things happen.'What drives us to go to our limits and beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? And how can you turn fear into courage? From Everest to K2, The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the story of Bonita Norris' journey undertaking the world's toughest and most dangerous expeditions. Once an anxious teenager with an eating disorder it was the discovery of a passion for climbing that inspired Bonita to change her life. Drawing on her experiences to capture the agonies - both mental and physical - and joys of her incredible feats Bonita also imparts the lessons learned encouraging you to harness greater self-belief.The Girl Who Climbed Everest is an honest exploration of everything Bonita has learnt from climbing. Life lessons about ambition, values, risk, happiness, the courage to fail, and what's ultimately important. An indispensable and important book for anyone who has ever doubted their potential or put limits on themselves - whatever challenge you face or ambitions you want to achieve, The Girl Who Climbed Everest will inspire you to take action and live life more fearlessly.
Girl on the Line
By Alice Vinten
'A humane but unflinching look at the sharp end of contemporary policing. Vinten has a compassionate eye, and gives a human face to those charged with our safety.' Luke Jennings, author of the Killing Eve novels'I loved this book. Gritty and gripping, moving and shocking, this brilliant police memoir shows that life on the force really is different for girls.' Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said'Compelling' Sunday Express'Extraordinary' Mail on SundayWelcome to London. Population: 8.7million. And it's your job to keep them safe. A no-holds-barred account of life on the front line of policing, On the Line follows PC Alice Hearn throughout ten years in the Met, from rookie to constable. As she deals with violent criminals, heart-breaking domestic situations, petty crime, life, death, and everything in between, she builds up a portrait of a living, complex city, and what it means to look after it.'I've never read such an authentic and interesting account of what it's like to be a female police officer.' Louise Voss, author of The Old You'Deeply moving and inspiring' Jane Casey, author of the Maeve Kerrigan series'Alice Vinten is the real deal - all the thrills of a crime novel, only true.' MJ McGrath, author of Give Me The Child'Heartbreaking, funny and, most of all, honest' Lisa Cutts, author of Mercy Killing'Compelling, honest and moving' Laura Wilson, author of The Other Woman'Honest, vivid and compelling . . . Superbly written, with the pace of a novel, it offers an illuminating look at the pressures of everyday encounters with brutal, chaotic and tragic lives.' Tom Bale, author of Skin and Bones
Gizelle's Bucket List
By Lauren Fern Watt
'A dog story that doesn't fail to amaze.' Miranda Hart, bestselling author of Peggy and Me'I laughed and cried. Everyone reading this will be touched by Lauren's amazing bucket list adventures with her dog Gizelle.' James Bowen, bestselling author of A Street Cat Named Bob and The World According to Bob'An inspirational and uplifting experience that will make you feel anything is possible.' ElleThrough the most important times of her life, Lauren's big beautiful English mastiff Gizelle had always been there for her.She was there through the choppy waters of her first relationship, and by her side through the painful reality of her mother's addiction, and when she finally left home for New York she was there to fill up her tiny Manhattan apartment and become her enormous, pavement-hogging, snuffly best friend.So when Lauren discovered the shocking news that Gizelle had a life-threatening tumour, she designed an epic bucket list to make the absolute most of the time they had left together.Their heartwarming adventure will change her forever and provide her with the best lessons she could ever learn for her life ahead.
By Dr Mike Shooter
'A remarkable, powerful, tender and insightful book that will change lives. I cannot doubt that hundreds - I would hope thousands - of families can be helped by Mike Shooter's profound, careful and utterly convincing insights.' STEPHEN FRY'A unique book . . . The stories [Shooter] tells are poignant and powerful testimonies to the resilience of the human spirit and will fascinate all of us who struggle to make sense of our own and other people's lives.' MARJORIE WALLACE CBE'Brilliant book. Mike Shooter has . . . given us a truly 3D picture of the struggles of growing up.' PROFESSOR DAME SUE BAILEY, Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges* * * * * * * * * *Child psychiatrist Dr Mike Shooter sheds light on the painful issues and universal experience of growing up, through the stories of his patients and their families.Growing up isn't easy. We can be at our most vulnerable and confused. And the right help isn't always there when we need it most. For over forty years psychiatrist Mike Shooter has listened to children and adolescents in crisis, helping them to find their stories and begin to make sense of their lives. Mike Shooter's own life has been shaped by his battle with depression. It makes him question received wisdom. He knows labels won't always fit and one diagnosis will not work for all. His patients' stories are at the heart of this book. Mike Shooter shares their journey as, through therapy, they confront everything from loss and family breakdown to bullying, grief and illness. We see how children begin to make breakthroughs with depression or anxiety, destructive, even sometimes violent behaviour.Growing Pains is compelling and compassionate - a book to make us wiser and braver, and to help us see how children's stories can find happier endings.
The Grief Survival Guide
By Jeff Brazier
Jeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms with loss. No one can be an expert on grief, but within this book Jeff provides support and guidance from someone who has been there. Accessible and hands-on The Grief Survival Guide offers practical advice on everything from preparing for the eventuality of death, managing grief, how best to support family and friends, and moving forward. There is no 'one size fits all' approach so instead Jeff teaches us that the best we can do is understand, cope and survive.
The Gender Games
By Juno Dawson
*SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL TV SERIES**WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017**AS SEEN ON TRANSFORMATION STREET* 'Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!' Rebecca Root, star of Boy Meets Girl 'funny, thoughtful and honest ... I read most of it on the train and had to stifle laughs every few pages' Stylist'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are. And two years ago, as Juno Dawson went to tell her mother she was (and actually, always had been) a woman, she started to realise just how wrong we've been getting it.Gender isn't just screwing over trans people, it's messing with everyone. From little girls who think they can't be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. From exclusionist feminists to 'alt-right' young men. From men who can't cry to the women who think they shouldn't. As her body gets in line with her mind, Juno tells not only her own story, but the story of everyone who is shaped by society's expectations of gender - and what we can do about it. Featuring insights from well-known gender, feminist and trans activists including Rebecca Root, Laura Bates, Gemma Cairney, Anthony Anaxagorou, Hannah Witton, Alaska Thunderfuck and many more, The Gender Games is a frank, witty and powerful manifesto for a world in which everyone can truly be themselves.The Gender Games has been optioned by SunnyMarch Productions to be turned into an original television series, written by Rose Lewenstein.
Glitter and Glue
By Kelly Corrigan
'I loved this book, I was moved by this book and now I will share this book with my own mother.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middle Place comes a new memoir that examines the bond between mothers and daughters. Kelly Corrigan's mother summarised the the division of labour in her family as: 'Your father's the glitter, but I'm the glue.' This meant nothing to Kelly, who left her childhood sure that her mum would be nothing more than background for the rest of Kelly's life. After college, she took off see things and Become Interesting. In a matter of months her savings had dwindled and she needed a job. That's how she met John Tanner, a newly widowed Australian father of two looking for a live-in nanny.There, in that small, motherless house her mother's voice was suddenly everywhere.Each day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day she spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, trying to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its shadowy spiral. This is a book about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time.
THE GREAT ESCAPER: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell 'The mastermind behind The Great Escape' – The Times
By Simon Pearson
SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'This gripping biography... Pearson has done uncommonly well to unearth so much.' (Max Hastings, Sunday Times)Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape.Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trove of letters, photographs and diaries - to the Imperial War Museum. Through exclusive access to this material - as well as fascinating new research from other sources - Simon Pearson, Chief Night Editor of The Times, has now written the first biography of this iconic figure. Born in South Africa in 1910, Roger Bushell was the son of a British mining engineer. By the age of 29, this charismatic character who spoke nine languages had become a London barrister with a reputation for successfully defending those much less fortunate than him. He was also renowned as an international ski champion and fighter pilot with a string of glamorous girlfriends. On 23 May, 1940, his Spitfire was shot down during a dogfight over Boulogne after destroying two German fighters. From then on his life was governed by an unquenchable desire to escape from Occupied Europe.Over the next four years he made three escapes, coming within 100 yards of the Swiss border during his first attempt. His second escape took him to Prague where he was sheltered by the Czech resistance for eight months before he was captured. The three months of savage interrogation in Berlin by the Gestapo that followed made him even more determined. Prisoner or not, he would do his utmost to fight the Nazis. His third (and last escape) destabilised the Nazi leadership and captured the imagination of the world.He died on 29 March 1944, murdered on the explicit instructions of Adolf Hitler.Simon Pearson's revealing biography is a vivid account of war and love, triumph and tragedy - one man's attempt to challenge remorseless tyranny in the face of impossible odds.
Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance
By Stephen Grady, Michael Wright
An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy.September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write...September 1939, Nieppe, Northern France. 14 year-old Stephen is living with his family, 25 kilometres from Ypres. His French mother battles with her encroaching blindness. Failing to escape the advancing German army, his English father can no longer look after the war graves that cast so heartbreaking a shadow across the region. Stephen and his friend Marcel embark upon their great adventure: collecting souvenirs from strafed convoys and crashed Messerschmitts. But their world turns dark when arrested and imprisoned for sabotage and threatened with deportation or the firing squad. Upon his release, and still only 16, Stephen is recruited by the French Resistance. Growing up under the threat of imminent betrayal, he learns the arts of clandestine warfare, and - in a moment that haunts him still - how to kill... Such was the impact of Stephen Grady's work for the French Resistance, (especially during the countdown to D-Day and its bloody aftermath) that he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the American Medal of Freedom.
Gang of One: One Man's Incredible Battle to Find his Missing Daughter
By Gary Mulgrew
Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 International Affairs Book of the Year. GANG OF ONE is the remarkable true story of one man's journey from a Glasgow orphanage to a notorious gang-infested prison in Texas. Driven by his desire to return to his son in England and haunted by the increasingly frustrating search for his missing daughter, Gary Mulgrew attempts the impossible task of surviving the prison's gang culture.Told with wit and humanity, GANG OF ONE shows a man constantly confronted by the moral and physical challenges of prison life, where everyone is encouraged to turn their back and 'see nuthin''. Gary's choice - to walk away and let a man die, or intervene and lose the chance to get home - makes GANG OF ONE a book as unforgettable as it is enthralling.
The Glitter and the Gold
By Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home - Blenheim Palace.The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era. An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties and major state occasions she attended or hosted. Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day - from Queen Victoria, Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich and the young Winston Churchill.This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age.
Gypsy Boy on the Run
By Mikey Walsh
The incredible sequel to GYPSY BOYGYPSY BOY: ON THE RUN picks up from where GYPSY BOY left off, and tells the gripping, page-turning story of Mikey's battle to escape the Romany gypsy camp he grew up on.After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave, you can never come back. Torn between his family and his heart, Mikey struggles to come to terms with his ancient inheritance and dreams of finding a place where he can really belong.He eventually finds the courage to run away from the camp and from all he knows, and quickly discovers life on the outside world isn't all he expected. After learning his father had put a contract out on his life and that he was now being hunted down by gangs of gypsy thugs determined to claim their reward, Mikey realises that his life will never be the same again.ON THE RUN is a coming-of-age story that sees Mikey come to terms with his sexuality and his past and start to build a new life for himself and find a place to finally call home.
By Rosie Mckinley
A life lived on the road and a heart that will always belong thereImagine being born into a world where communities are constantly on the move, but freedom is not a birthright.Rosie grew up travelling all over England and Ireland in her family's caravan. She had an idyllic childhood roaming fields and meadows with her younger brothers and sisters - free from the trappings of modern life, but restricted by the expectations of her culture.When Rosie was 14, the family's happiness was shattered when her grandfather - who was loved and respected by the whole community - was killed in a tragic accident.Suddenly everything in Rosie's life unravelled and she was forced to abandon the traditional way of life she loved. Her family fell apart and Rosie tried her best to take care of her younger siblings and hold the family together.As life at home became unbearable Rosie met Stevie, a traveller boy who promised her a different kind of life. But, Stevie was battling his own demons and Rosie's journey to freedom had only just begun...
By Mikey Walsh
**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH**'It was a revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it - an amazing achievement' STEPHEN FRY'Brash and frightening and funny' NEW YORK TIMES* * * * * * The Sunday Times bestselling Gypsy Boy was the first commercial memoir written by someone on the inside of the notoriously secretive culture of the Romany Gypsies.MIKEY WAS BORN into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows only too well. Growing up, he rarely went to school, and seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan and camp were his world.But although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture, his family's legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief and abuse. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision - to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere he could truly belong.Mikey's amazing story is continued in the sequel Gypsy Boy on the Run.
Girl in the Cellar - The Natascha Kampusch Story
By Allan Hall, Michael Leidig
When Natascha Kampusch made her bid for freedom on 23 August 2006 after eight years held captive in a seemingly ordinary Austrian suburban house, her story horrified and astonished the entire world. How did she survive a childhood locked in a cellar? What sort of young woman had emerged? What kind of man was Wolfgang Priklopil, her abductor - and what demands had he made of her? As the days and weeks passed and Natascha's TV interview failed to quell the curiosity, so the questions began to change. What exactly was the relationship between abductor and hostage? Why had Natascha waited so long to escape when it seemed there had been other, earlier opportunities? Did Natascha's parents know Priklopil before he kidnapped their daughter? Allan Hall and Michael Leidig have tracked the story from the days of the 10-year-old's disappearance. They have spoken to police investigators, lawyers, psychiatrists, and to the family members closest to Natascha. They have come as close as possible to uncovering the full, shocking story. It is a story that tests the limits of our understanding of how human beings behave - and makes our hearts bleed for the plight of an innocent child caught up in a horror story almost beyond our imagining.
George Mackay Brown
By Maggie Fergusson
George Mackay Brown was one of Scotland's greatest twentieth-century writers, but in person a bundle of paradoxes. He had a wide international reputation, but hardly left his native Orkney. A prolific poet, admired by such fellow poets as Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Charles Causley, and hailed by the composer Peter Maxwell Davies as 'the most positive and benign influence ever on my own efforts at creation', he was also an accomplished novelist (shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize for Beside the Ocean of Time) and a master of the short story. When he died in 1996, he left behind an autobiography as deft as it is ultimately uninformative. 'The lives of artists are as boring and also as uniquely fascinating as any or every other life,' he claimed. Never a recluse, he appeared open to his friends, but probably revealed more of himself in his voluminous correspondence with strangers. He never married - indeed he once wrote, 'I have never been in love in my life.' But some of his most poignant letters and poems were written to Stella Cartwright, 'the Muse of Rose Street', the gifted but tragic figure to whom he was once engaged and with whom he kept in touch until the end of her short life.Maggie Fergusson interviewed George Mackay Brown several times and is the only biographer to whom he, a reluctant subject, gave his blessing. Through his letters and through conversations with his wide acquaintance, she discovers that this particular artist's life was not only fascinating but vivid, courageous and surprising.
The Good Good Pig
By Sy Montgomery
A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish--and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible. The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire, where his boundless zest for life and his large, loving heart made him absolute monarch over a (mostly) peaceable kingdom. But as this enchanting book describes, Christopher Hogwood's influence extended far beyond celebrity; for he was, as a friend said, a great big Buddha master. Sy reveals what she and others learned from this generous soul who just so happened to be a pig--lessons about self-acceptance, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Earth. The Good Good Pig provides proof that with love, almost anything is possible.
The Greek For Love
By James Chatto
The two-line ad in the Sunday Times advertising Villa Parginos in Corfu conjured an image of long afternoons drinking wine on a marble patio shaded by a grape arbour, looking out over an impossibly blue Greek sea. Instead James Chatto and his wife Wendy got a little pink bungalow with linoleum, a buzzing fluorescent light and a patio separated from the village's main street by a wire fence.Yet Corfu delivered so much more than their wildest fantasy had suggested. There was the intoxicating warmth of the sun, walks along sage-bordered byways, and swimming naked off an idyllic beach. There were olive trees that dropped their fruit into nets, as well as fresh apricots, grilled sardines, marinated lamb and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. The couple arrived as young tourists, new to each other and in love, and were captivated by the way the islanders embraced them. It was their deep connection to Corfu and its people that later sustained them through the darkest tragedy, just as it had carried them into the most wonderful love.


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The Discipline of Laying Down of Life:
John 10:11-18; Esther 4:1-16; 2 Timothy 4:5-8; 1 John 3:16
I am the GOOD SHEPHERD: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep. But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I LAY DOWN MY LIFE for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd. Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I LAY DOWN MY LIFE, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father.
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai RENT HIS CLOTHES, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; and came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth...Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; all the kings' servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself thou thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
As for you, Timothy, be calm and cool and study, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an evangelist; fully perform all the duties of your ministry. For I am already about to be sacrificed - my life is about to be poured out [as a drink offering]; the time of my spirit's release [from the body] is at hand and I will soon go free. I have fought the good (worthy, honorable and noble) fight; I have finished the race; I have kept (firmly held) the faith. (As to what remains,) henceforth there is laid up for me the [victor's] crown of righteousness - for being right with God and doing right - which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and recompense me on that [great] day; and not to me only but also to all those who have loved and yearned for the welcomed His appearing [His return].
(continued with # 10 - (The Discipline of Thankfulness Unto the Lord)

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Downy mildew on pumpkin/gourd leaves
Downy mildew of cucurbits (Pseudoperonspora cubensis) can be a very destructive foliar disease as shown here on pumpkin.
Photo courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Small individual necrotic or chlorotic flecks appear on the upper leaf surface on downy mildew-infected leaves.Photo courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sporulation of downy mildew occurs on the bottom surface of leaves, giving
a purplish or brown sooty appearance.
Photos courtesy of T.A. Zitter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Patches of yellow tissue on pumpkin leaves due to
Note that downy mildew spots often have an angular appearance because they do not enlarge beyond major veins. This is most evident on the lower surface.
Yellow spots are on the upper
surface of this leaf opposite where spores have developed on the lower
surface. One section of this leaf has
died because of downy mildew.

domain: agronomy


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October 22, 2018
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They blame the Duke for stopping the talks
The National Unemployment Commission has blamed Ivan Duke’s government for stalling talks between the two parties over a 38 – day anti – government rally this Saturday.
Bogota Colombia. – The National Unemployment Commission has blamed the government of Ivan Duke for stalling talks between the two parties as the 38-day anti-government mobilization came to an end this Saturday.
Preliminary talks to launch a final meeting to sign the contract to be closed without the Duke team urged the administration.
Francisco Maltese, president of the Federal Workers’ Union, insisted that the government sign an agreement prior to guarantees of peaceful protest, and warned that if not signed, they would issue a statement to the delegates. The U.S. Commission on Human Rights’ visit to the country will begin this Monday.
The labor leader and the group’s spokesman called for an end to police brutality as violence against killings and peaceful protests continue in the country.


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I created some accessories for the vanity table
Both are made from re-cycled items
Pendant inside box is also a remake using some old metal-pieces I had,
happily I was able to jazz them up
Used some Patina looking paint, old chain, and a cameo with a pearl tassel.
The images are from an old French magazine

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amd64/73360: sk0: watchdog timeout
Bjoern A. Zeeb
bzeeb-lists at lists.zabbadoz.net
Sun Oct 31 13:45:09 PST 2004
> I have an AMD64 machine with an ASUS motherboard and an on-board syskonect gigabit ethernet. The syskonect is periodically going mute. It still receives packets but will not transmit. This happens in both gigabit and 100BaseT modes.
how do you know that it still receives packets ?
- can you see counters increasing ?
- can you see packets coming in using tcpdump or such ?
see also kern/73052, kern/73038, kern/71858, kern/71229, i386/67818,
and closed: kern/69879
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