Updated at 8:55 a.m., Sept. 29, 2019: to include Trump campaign spokeswoman's comment.
AUSTIN -- Even as she seeks to project resolve in the nation’s impeachment crisis, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging Americans -- and especially fellow Democrats -- to take no joy from the Ukraine scandal that has engulfed Republican Donald Trump’s presidency.
Appearing in Austin at the Texas Tribune Festival late Saturday, Pelosi called for a somber approach and unity.
The California Democrat said she’s praying for the country.
“I have been prayerful and careful and weighing the equities about how strong is this,” she said of allegations of Trump wrongdoing.
Explaining why she pivoted this week to support an impeachment inquiry, Pelosi cited a CIA officer’s whistleblower complaint about Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
“He gave us no choice by shaking down the head of a country while withholding U.S. military assistance for -- do me a favor and help in my campaign,” she said of Trump. “That gave us no choice.”
Asked by Tribune chief executive Evan Smith if Trump possibly could bring the House’s inquiry to a halt, Pelosi replied, “If he has some ... exculpatory information to undo everything that is out there, then come forward with it.”
She continued, “Let’s see it. Show us your tax returns. Show us your Deutsche Bank and what’s happening there. Show us ... accounts, emoluments and the rest of it.”
A spokeswoman for Trump's re-election campaign said Pelosi, instead of pursuing impeachment, should help the president pass his renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and solve a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Nancy Pelosi is more interested in her baseless impeachment threat than she is in doing her job and passing the USMCA, addressing the humanitarian crisis at the border, and working with President Trump," said spokeswoman Samantha Cotten, who called Pelosi an obstructionist and "just another coastal elite.
Pelosi spoke at the end of a dizzying, fast-changing week of political bombshells.
Ten days ago, the House Judiciary Committee’s first impeachment-related hearing, at which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski testified, was widely considered a dud. At that point, 136 of 235 House Democrats supported an impeachment inquiry. But on Monday through Wednesday, as word of the whistleblower complaint leaked, 59 more House Democrats came out in favor of an impeachment inquiry.
Pelosi, who for months held back the pro-impeachment fervor of much of her caucus, went further, calling not just for an inquiry but also for impeachment. By Friday, as the Washington Post reported, all but 11 House Democrats were on board for an inquiry.
Wearing a bright yellow dress and a matching necklace and heels, Pelosi turned sideways on a couch and continuously faced the audience as she answered -- and at times, parried -- Smith's questions.
She welcomed Texas music icon Willie Nelson to the historic Paramount Theater’s front row. The arts will be important in healing the country during and after the impeachment storm, she said.
Though Pelosi sprinkled her answers with seemingly premeditated references to sitting Democratic members of Congress from Texas, she declined Smith's invitation to identify top Republican targets in the state. She agreed with those, though, who say Texas is "ground zero" in 2020.
"Yes indeed. This is it,” she said. "First of all, we have to reelect Lizzie Fletcher and ... Colin Allred," two Democrats who unseated Republican congressmen last fall. "Texas is our hope for the future,” she said. "I'm not just talking about Democrats [or the country]. I'm talking about the world."
On impeachment, Pelosi said her “moment of truth” came when she read the whistleblower’s letter to chairmen of congressional intelligence panels and then heard Trump’s responses.
“I never said I wasn’t doing it,” she said of impeachment. “I said when we have the facts, if we have the facts, I will be ready.”
“How we go forward is very important,” said Pelosi, the nation’s first female House speaker, who grew up in a political family in Baltimore.
“We want it to be unifying by sharing information and making sure the public is aware of how we got here. This is again, as serious as it gets - heartbreaking in every way. I hope everybody will be somber about it and not see anything positive” in Trump’s predicament, she said.


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died yesterday. Her death will be an immense loss to the writing community, especially to those who enjoyed her unique blend of science and fantasy.
I do not usually read science fiction, in fact I can think of very little science fiction I have read. I do not read a lot of "fantasy" either, or not of the science fiction variety. Diana Wynne Jones however managed to write something quite different. Her books were a wonderful blend of real, imaginary and extraordinary.
"Howl's Moving Castle" (Methuen 1986) had (perhaps still has) almost a cult following, especially in Japan. It was made into a full length cartoon. Howl (a wizard) is a marvellous creation. He is one of the most contradictory characters in children's or young adult literature. There is an unpredictability about him that must surely resonate with teenagers because he is really no more mature than that. This is the sort of book that should appear on lists of suggestions for school students to read.
There are the Chrestomanci books as well. Chrestomanci has more responsibility than Howl. He is a much more adult character but he has his weaknesses and his vanity as well as an awareness of his position and his responsibilities. Charmed Life, the first of the series, has plenty of humour even as it explores the issues of increasing self awareness and responsibility in young Cat.
More adult books such as "The Dark Lord of Derkholm", "The Year of the Griffin", "A sudden wild magic" mix issues of physics, biology, fantasy, and the responsible use of power. They blend parallel worlds and characters and raise moral questions. It is all done with wit and a sense of hope for the future.
There is one book for young people yet to be published as well as a book of her papers. Seven Stories, the museum and archives for children's literature, will preserve her work. Her publishers would do well to see that her books also remain available.
Diana Wynne Jones has left behind a wonderful array of books that everyone should have access to and most will want to read. Thankyou for the journeys. They were marvellous.

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Kong and Singapore are unlikely to benefit from the growing trend for Wall
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'knowledge process' or 'high value' outsourcing is becoming more popular at
firms including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and
banks began sending research jobs to emerging markets like India a few years
ago, but the next outsourcing wave may include more sophisticated roles,
such as the creation of derivative products and quantitative trading models,
according to recruiters.
Hong Kong and Singapore, as high-cost centres suffering from skill
shortages, are unlikely to profit from this new outsourcing, says James
Carss, a director at Hudson.
contrast, the Philippines, which already hosts established operations from
JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Thomson-Reuters, looks set to reap further
rewards from Wall Street's continued cost cutting, says Richard Mills,
chairman of recruitment agency Chalre Associates.
Philippines is already a contender but you don't hear from them because they
are terrible at self-promotion. India, on the other hard, is world-class in
this regard," says Mills.
Perera, group managing director of Spire Research & Consultancy, says
the outsourcing of middle-office work such as data analysis, research and
report writing is not a new phenomenon. “There have been thriving pockets
of such outsourced activity in India and Sri Lanka since the downturn of
2001/2002, if not earlier,” he says.
Perera thinks the current financial crisis could be the tipping point beyond
which the migration of these jobs to emerging markets becomes the norm
rather than the exception.
are not ruling out the day where investment banks gradually evolve into a
different structure where only the top dealmakers are based in the West.
Mills comments: "New York will become the place only for the very top
decision makers to reside."
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Sir Dudley Tuti College, “My Home away from home”, it has been my home for the past 4 years of my Secondary education. The last year has passed so fast. I arrived at school in February, chose my subjects, passed and failed some assessments and went on fun trips with my classes. But most of all I met new people.
People that have become my friends and have made me the person I am today. I’m proud to be standing here with everything I have achieved in this year and with my friends standing by my side.
I found myself a new life over here with new friends, new hobbies and a new me and I am so grateful I had this opportunity. It has turned out to be the best year of my life and I want to thank everyone who has made this year so amazing for me.
When I think about leaving all this behind and returning to my village at the end of this year, there are so many different emotions coming up in my head. I read a letter on the internet which a student wrote and it fits perfectly to every student’s situation.
All those thoughts about what is going to happen once you are back, if they will miss you, who you will keep in touch with or what you are going to do back in your village or provinces, where nothing has changed but you personally have changed so much. I think it might also be interesting for you to read this.
I want to say a huge thank you again, to the teachers, all my wonderful friends and of course the most amazing class mates in Form 7, you all like a family to me now. Thanks for this amazing year. I will never forget about you and this awesome year at Sir Dudley Tuti College.
“A year has passed and now we stand on the brink, of returning to a world where we are surrounded by the paradox of everything and yet nothing being the same. In 4 or 5 months time, we will reluctantly give our hugs and, fighting the tears, we will say goodbye to people who were once just names on a sheet of paper to return to people that we hugged and fought tears to say goodbye to before we ever left.
We will leave our best friends to return to our families. We will go back to the places we came from, and go back to the same things we did last before that. We will come into town on that same familiar road, and even though it has been months, it will seem like only yesterday.
As you walk into your old bedroom, every emotion will pass thru you as you reflect on the way your life has changed and the person you have become. You suddenly realize that the things that were most important to you a year ago don’t seem to matter so much anymore, and the things you hold highest now, no one at home will completely understand.
Who will you call first? What will you do your first weekend home with your friends? Where are you going to work? Who will be at the party Saturday night? What has everyone been up to in the past few months? Who from school will you keep in touch with? How long before you actually start missing people barging in without calling or knocking?
Then you start to realize how much things have changed, and you realize the hardest part of being a student is balancing the two completely different worlds you now live in, trying desperately to hold on to everything all the while trying to figure out what you have to leave behind.
We now know the meaning of true friendship. We know who we have kept in touch with over the past year and who we hold dearest to our hearts. We’ve left our worlds to deal with the real world.
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When it comes to space sensors and systems, there’s only one shot to get it right. Modeling and simulation let engineers “test out” new technology on Earth – all before building any hardware.
To prepare a space system for mission success, engineers need to make sure everything will work as intended long before it reaches orbit. Raytheon Technologies uses modeling and simulation tools (often called mod and sim) to perform studies that help optimize a system’s performance before it’s built.
“Many people don’t understand what space systems do – let alone how they work – but mod and sim changes that by allowing you to visualize the mission,” said Wallis Laughrey, vice president for Space Systems at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, one of four businesses that form Raytheon Technologies. “We’re looking at more than whether or not a system works. We can assess how an entire low-Earth-orbit constellation performs an end-to-end mission.”
Performing mod and sim studies rely on a variety of data about the system and the architecture (or the overall structure) of the systems contributing to the mission. It uses software tools, algorithms and mission domain expertise to analyze and assess how well a system will perform once it’s on orbit.
Last year, Raytheon, a predecessor company to Raytheon Technologies, received a key contract. Raytheon used mod and sim tools to do architecture trade studies that assessed mission performance in different scenarios involving ballistic missiles and other advanced threats. The studies leveraged Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s boost-to-intercept missile warning and defense capabilities – the ability to see a threat from the moment it launches to the moment it’s destroyed.
“We basically looked at the building blocks of the proposed space layer in a mission context,” said Mark Davis, mission system architecting director for Space Systems. “Our mission architecting and mod and sim team addressed questions like, ‘How many satellites do we need? What’s the right orbit to optimize tracking performance? How much sensitivity does each sensor need? How should data get to the end user?’, and of course: ‘How much would the overall architecture cost?’”
Beyond national security missions, Raytheon Intelligence & Space uses its mod and sim tools for every space sensor, from commercial imagery to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Raytheon Technologies' tools can also help reduce execution risks by identifying what needs design improvement early in the development process, as well as improving customers' concept of operations.
Mod and sim can demonstrate how well different architectures and approaches perform, which can ultimately inform the requirements needed for a mission. It can also improve how customers use new technology and how much investment should be made.
“Mod and sim require a lot of really good engineering, physics and math,” said Laughrey. “Because of it, we can confidently assess the performance of a system before it even launches, ensuring our systems work the first time, every time.”
To learn more about the enhancement of space systems, visit RI&S’ Space Solutions online.


This is an example of supercooling – the process by which a very pure liquid is chilled to a temperature just below its usual freezing point without actually making the jump to its solid state. Bottled water is perfect for this, especially the kind that’s been purified via reverse osmosis, a process that strips water of all its particulates. This particulates can act as “seed crystals,” or “nuclei,” to which a liquid phase on the cusp of becoming solid can attach, and crystalize around. In this video, a seed crystal is introduced in the form of a cube of already-frozen water. As soon as it’s introduced, the liquid phase rapidly crystallizes and attaches to the solid one, kicking off a chain reaction of ice-formation.
Water that freezes as it’s being poured out of the bottle also solidifies upon exposure to a seed crystal, which, in this case, is an already-frozen surface. This is similar to the effect observed when freezing rain, supercooled by its flightpath through sub-freezing layers of atmosphere, comes into contact with an object cooled to a temperature below freezing. The result is a phenomenon known as glaze-ice, which – if you live somewhere cold – you may have seen before, coating the spindly extremities of tree branches.
See here for more on supercooling and glassy water.


text: In addition to standalone powders and pills, caffeine anhydrous is frequently used as an ingredient in various supplement categories. For example, you may find it in a pre-workout powder or in pills that claim to burn fat. ), allergies, pre-existing diseases, and current health conditions (e.g. These include:. It is manufactured in China, and certification has been approved according to North American standards. Effects of caffeine intake on muscle strength and power: a systematic review and meta-analysis. For example, you may find it in a pre-workout powder or in pills that claim to burn fat. Caffeine can affect you in this way if you take it in moderate doses between 3 to 6 milligrams per kilogram, or 2.2 lbs, of your body weight. Caffeine Citrate: Use with caution in infants with impaired hepatic function; monitor serum drug concentrations and adjust dose accordingly to avoid toxicity. Certain food products also contain added caffeine anhydrous, such as caffeinated energy bars or chewing gum. Normal coffee beans contain 8.5% water, or 17 times that of caffeine anhydrous. J Int Soc Sports Nut. For this purpose, highly concentrated caffeine powder, also known as caffeine anhydrous is being used. These types of caffeine anhydrous usually appear as either dicaffeine malate, caffeine citrate, or caffeine pterostilbene co-crystal. Caffeine Anhydrous is a well known and well-established performance enhancement supplement. Caffeine Anhydrous is commonly used by the beverage industry when formulating and manufacturing a wide variety of beverages. The most common forms of caffeine anhydrous are pills and powders. Concerning side effects of heavy caffeine use include:, Severe consequences of caffeine intoxication include:. Updated January 1, 2020. Anhydrous caffeine is used in various sports drink to enhance the performance of athletes. By far the most popularly consumed compound of its class, caffeine is very legal and as unregulated as psychoactive compounds come. Identification on the label/ Tradename: Caffeine, Anhydrous, USP Identification of the Product: Caffeine, anhydrous, Coffeinum CAS Number: 58-08-2 EC Number: 200-362-1 Index Number: 613-086-00-5 Relevant identified uses of the substance and uses advised against: They include: It is worth reiterating that these side effects typically only happen once the recommended dosage is exceeded. The word ‘anhydrous’ translates to ‘without water’. Weider Ultimate Body Works Exercises – Chart, Images, Demonstrations, & PDF Download Available, The Best Low Profile Treadmills for Low Ceilings, Basements, & Apartments, Best Exercise Bikes for Beginners – Newbies Buying Guide, I Started Doing 100 Jumping Jacks a Day, This is What REALLY Happened, Results. This form of caffeine is employed for its health benefits rather than being used as a supplement. 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From colas and sodas to flavored soft drinks and even breakfast bars, it is safe to say the use of caffeine anhydrous has become widespread enough to warrant intense analysis. Anhydrous means without water and caffeine anhydrous is a processed, dehydrated form of caffeine. How safe is it exactly? Effects of coffee and caffeine anhydrous on strength and sprint performance. Caffeine anhydrous is becoming more popular as a supplement for weight loss and improved athletic performance. Our Products with Caffeine Anhydrous in them. Caffeine is a chemical found in coffee, tea, cola, guarana, mate, and other products. Warning letter: smartpowders. These side effects can be grouped into two. Like all good things, though, it also has its negative effects, especially when abused and overused. doi:10.1016/j.toxrep.2018.11.002. European Food Safety Authority. Yes. U.S. National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus. This is why the compound seems to be really popular for use in endurance-related sports such as running and cycling, and also in recent pre-workout supplement formulas. Well, this can be regarded as the main reason behind its popularity. Apart from this, caffeine is also capable of reducing fatigue and lassitude during work. Caffeine and sodium benzoate injection has been used in conjunction with supportive measures to treat respiratory depression associated with overdosage of CNS depressant drugs (e.g., opiate analgesics, alcohol) and with electric shock. If you’re a parent, you’ll also want to have a chat with your teens about avoiding caffeine anhydrous. CA belongs to a group of stimulants called xanthines, that … Read about company. Compare Products: Select up to 4 products. The study involved a group of elite male cyclists and it was found that there was no difference in enhancement between the group on caffeine anhydrous and those on regular caffeine. It is a general truth. The other chemical components of the plants along with any water are filtered out in a laboratory. The term ‘Anhydrous’ means ‘without water’ and use in many weight loss pills. My passion for living a happy fit lifestyle is what made me realize that fitness is what I wanted for my future. Caffeine works the same way whether it's from a natural source or caffeine anhydrous. In most cases it comes from the same places as ordinary caffeine does; coffee beans, tea leaves, and Guarana berries, to name a few. Consume the caffeine about an hour before your training session or event. Caffeine anhydrous is basically the powdered form of caffeine, and is commonly used as an additive to nutritional supplements and weight loss pills. Diabetes: Some research suggests that caffeine may affect the way the body uses sugar and might worsen diabetes. It may improve weight gain during therapy and reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy as well as reduce language and cognitive delay. In most cases it comes from the same places as ordinary caffeine does; coffee beans, tea leaves, and guarana berries, to name a few. Caffeine Anhydrous can be used in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health & Personal care products, Agriculture/Animal Feed/Poultry. You might sip on it for anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. On the other hand, subtle long-term side effects are possible. Caffeine anhydrous powder – caffeine powder may be the most common form of caffeine anhydrous; however, the FDA advises against using pure powders due to the dangers they pose. The most important of these can be found below: As mentioned earlier, regular caffeine is naturally-occurring caffeine, extracted from naturally-occurring sources, while caffeine anhydrous is not naturally-occurring caffeine also known as “synthesized caffeine”, altered and “improved” in a laboratory to exclude water and other impure components. In most cases it comes from the same places as ordinary caffeine does; coffee beans, tea leaves, and Guarana berries, to name a few. People consume Caffeine Anhydrous in order to gain some sort of underlying benefit. Anhydrous Caffeine has the same overarching working principle as regular caffeine. Or simply, caffeine extracted from any of its natural sources, with the water and other non-caffeine components removed in a laboratory. Caffeine is found naturally in many plants, beans, seeds, and leaves. The word ‘anhydrous’ translates to ‘without water’. *Please select more than one item to compare U.S. Department of Defense Dietary Supplement Resource. Caffeine anhydrous is an extremely important substance usually found in the ever popular drink, coffee. Other chemical components from the source that are not caffeine are also removed. Caffeine anhydrous is made by dehydrating caffeine from natural sources. 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Lentekhi (Georgian: ლენტეხი, Georgian pronunciation: [lɛntʼɛχi]) is a small town and Lentekhi District's (Raion) capital in Georgia's western region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 323 km northwest to the nation's capital Tbilisi. Situated on the southern slope of the Central Caucasus, the district is a site of alpinism.
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Lentekhi ethnographically belongs to a historic Georgian province of Lower, or Kvemo Svaneti. Cultural heritage of the area includes several monuments, particularly St George's Church of Jgëræg (the 10th century), the Archangel Church of Thargizel (the 9–10th centuries), Tekal Church (the 10–11th centuries), Lentekhi Castle of the Dadiani, and the famous Svanetian towers in the village of Leksuri.
There is a river that goes through the town and its inhabitants survive largely off of farming and lumber, though in recent years government restrictions have slowed this latter industry. Like in much of Georgia, tourism is seen as the future source of income as the weather in lower Svaneti is not as severe and Lentekhi is one of the larger towns before arriving in Mestia. Nevertheless, as in much of Svaneti, there has been a tendency for the younger generation to migrate to the larger cities or to find work overseas for economic reasons.
Every spring, there is a festival at the church high in the mountain above the town. There is a singing hall and one restaurant next to the river which serves traditional food of the region to travelers and sometimes locals. A spring flows from the mountainside with fresh mineral water of which the town consistently drinks.
In 2019, Lentekhi removed a figure of the goddess Dali from the design of a fountain planned for the city's main square. Metropolitan Stephan of the Georgian Orthodox eparchy of Tsageri and Lentekhi had strongly criticized the inclusion of the goddess as idolatry, although mayor Badri Liparteliani stated the change was intended to increase the fountain's efficiency and visual appeal. The final version was built without the statue of Dali.
- "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- "Lentekhi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Lentekhi weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- "ლენტეხში მიტროპოლიტის კრიტიკის შემდეგ შადრევანი დალის ქანდაკების გარეშე დადგეს |". ნეტგაზეთი (in Georgian). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- პატარაია, მარიამ. "ლენტეხში შადრევანი, რომელზეც ნადირობის ქალღმერთი უნდა გამოესახათ, დალის გარეშე გაიხსნა". ქუთაისი პოსტი (in Georgian). Retrieved 2020-08-11.

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Late Wednesday night, Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island and Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, agreed to their plan for school construction spending. It includes $145.3 million for charter school capital outlay. The House proposed $120.3 million in its initial spending plan, and added an extra $25 million this morning.*
The state would distribute that money to eligible charters to pay for school buildings and other long-term expenses. Right now, about 544 of the state’s nearly 650 charters qualify.
Next year’s statewide total would be more than the $141.2 million charters received this school year. And all of the funding would come from the state. School districts would no longer have to share their local property tax revenue with charters — at least initially.
Under this year’s HB 7055, which has already passed, next year’s state funding level would become a new benchmark for charter school capital outlay. That benchmark would rise each year, to adjust for inflation and enrollment growth. If state funding ever fell below the benchmark, then districts would have to share property tax revenue with charter schools to make up the difference.
And charter school funding would be more equal. Charter schools in districts like Polk, Pasco and Lake Counties don’t receive much local funding under last year’s law. That’s because HB 7069 lets districts set aside funding they need to cover their debt obligations before HB 7069’s revenue-sharing provisions kick in.
In addition, the budget plan would give districts $50 million in state funding to help with their capital expenses.
Local media reports suggest this new funding arrangement may have come about, in part, due to behind-the-scenes advocacy by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which didn’t join other districts challenging the new law in court.
Whether it can ease the political tensions or legal battles last year’s law provoked remains to be seen.


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When the U.S. housing market collapsed in 2007, causing a similar near-collapse of the U.S. financial system — which in turn led to a massive global “Great Recession” — our leaders pledged to never allow such market conditions to repeat themselves.
And yet here we are, less than 15 years later, and market conditions are lining up once again for another massive housing market collapse.
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Call it the “Housing Bubble 2.0.”
The Epoch Times reports that, according to the latest data, there is a widening gap between the average prices for homes and median income, a phenomenon that led, in large part, to the first collapse:
The U.S. economy is currently experiencing the hottest real estate market on record, the latest Realtor.com housing data show.
According to the April report from Realtor.com, the median listing price advanced 14.2 percent year-over-year to $425,000. Housing experts suggest that the typically busy spring buying season will be notably competitive.
“Despite moderating demand, the U.S. median home price hit yet another all-time high and accelerated over the March annual growth pace in April,” the real estate listings website said in a statement.
Also, the most recent S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index data show a sizzling hot real estate market. In February, for instance, home prices around the country shot up almost 20 percent year-over-year, with cities in the Sun Belt gaining the most. “The last time the U.S. real estate market recorded such exceptional growth was during the 2008 housing crisis,” noted The Epoch Times.
However, another trend that is catching the eye of economists is the home-price-to-median-household-income ratio, a figure that skyrocketed to an all-time high of 7.72 in January. The previous record came just a few short years before the last housing collapse: 7.03 in November 2005.
Over the past decade, median household income rose around 11 percent while median home prices soared by 30 percent, CNBC has reported. Since the mid-1960s, average values of homes have shot skyward 118 percent, while median household income has only risen by 15 percent.
“A household earning $75,000 to $100,000 can currently afford to buy 51% of the active housing inventory,” according to a joint report by the National Associations of Realtors and Realtor.com. “Nevertheless, that same household could afford to buy 58% of the homes for sale in 2019. Thus, during the pandemic, affordability for households in the income bracket $75,000-$100,000 dropped by 7 percentage points.”
There is also the matter of now-steadily rising mortgage rates which will also play a significant role in the housing market.
Today, an average 30-year mortgage rate is more than 5 percent, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), which is an increase of about 3 percent from this time last year. Also, it is estimated that the average U.S. household would need to spend about one-third of monthly income in order to make the house payment.
Nik Shah, the CEO of Home LLC, a down payment assistance provider for homebuyers, said that the rise in mortgage rates is already pricing a sizeable portion of Americans out of the housing market altogether.
“In late 2020, the typical U.S. resident could afford to buy a home worth 48 percent more than the median-priced home in the country,” Shah told The Epoch Times. “In 2022, thanks to rising mortgage rates and home prices, that’s reduced to only 5 percent.”
In spite of concerns about higher mortgage rates having a detrimental impact on the housing boom during the pandemic, elevated rates will only affect those currently attempting to enter the real estate market, Morgan Stanley notes.
“The mortgage market is mostly fixed-rate, so raising rates won’t raise the monthly payment on current owners, but instead will disproportionately impact first-time homebuyers,” bank researchers said in a recent research note. “Robust mortgage underwriting should keep foreclosures limited, preventing the forced selling that would weigh on home prices.”
Taken together, however, the conditions for Housing Bubble 2.0 are certainly present.

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“This Loss Behind Us” is a sports-themed poetry book containing work from the three winners of SportLiterate‘s 2017 chapbook contest. As the title suggests, cliches tend to accrue any time someone talks or writes about sports. But the poets in “This Loss” avoid that trap, offering insights and perspectives that lean toward the original and the melancholy. It’s a very adult book. Jack Bedell, the poet laureate of Louisiana, helps us understand Joe Frazier (and boxers in general) in new ways. Paul Hostovsky writes with wry humor about, among other things, a protective cup passed on to his son. (Our “Dodger Stadium Suite” is also included). These poems bear close reading and re-reading. Dem Bums are good!


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Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934), was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey. He was educated at King's College London and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was called to the bar in 1880. But the popular success of his story Vice Versa (1882) with its topsy-turvy substitution of a father for his schoolboy son, at once made his reputation as a humorist of an original type. He published in 1883 a serious novel, The Giant's Robe; but, in spite of its excellence, he discovered that it was not as a serious novelist but as a humorist that the public insisted on regarding him. As such his reputation was further confirmed by The Black Poodle (1884), The Tinted Venus (1885), and A Fallen Idol (1886). Many of Anstey's stories have been adapted into theatrical productions and motion pictures. The Tinted Venus (1885) was adapted by S. J. Perelman, Ogden Nash, and Kurt Weill into One Touch of Venus in 1943.
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Alok Sharma is to take over as energy secretary and minister for COP26, after Andrea Leadsom was sacked this morning as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
The UK’s energy sector has slammed the government over what it has perceived to be a failure for policy action to match its rhetoric.
Andrea Leadsom has returned to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to succeed Greg Clark as energy secretary.
Energy secretary Greg Clark has triumphantly declared the energy trilemma to be over in a landmark speech which established a new set of principles to steer future development of the energy market.
David Hunt of Hyperion Executive Search spoke to Clean Energy News at the launch of Clean Energy Live. The show takes place for the first time ever in October and incorporates the existing annual Solar Energy UK (SEUK) exhibition and conference, now in its seventh year.

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Zaandam/Rotterdam, 2 March 2020 – BP and Albert Heijn today announce plans to expand their retail cooperation to more than 100 sites across the Netherlands.
Customers will soon find an Albert Heijn ‘to go’ shop at selected BP retail sites nationwide where they can buy tasty, fresh food and drinks for on the road. The partnership brings together the long-standing expertise and experience of both BP and Albert Heijn to provide a unique convenience range that is fully tailored to drivers’ needs and the specific site location. BP’s existing shop offer will be expanded with the new range later this year, focused on its network of company-owned retail stations.
Expansion of the partnership follows a successful pilot phase, launched in 2016, with Albert Heijn ‘to go’ shops at eight BP retail sites. Customers will be able to choose from a wide range of freshly prepared food and drinks, including barista-quality coffee, sandwiches, salads, croissants and snacks, as well as fresh fruit and vegetable juices. Customers will still be able to buy their trusted car care products, such as Castrol engine oil and windscreen washer fluid.
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Residents film smoke billowing after drone attack over Moscow
A Russian microchip factory likely producing technology for sophisticated weapons has been targeted in a significant strike, Daily Express US has heard.
A drone downed over the Bryansk region in Russia this week fell on the Kremny EL factory, dubbed “Silicon El”, according to the Mash Telegram channel.
Military blogger Romanov Light said a fire broke out at the plant’s 16th building and was extinguished around an hour later – at 1.50am local time. Staggering footage shared online shows the shocking moment the plant was struck.
Michael Bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and senior fellow at The Atlantic Council, told Daily Express US the microchip factory was a significant target.
It was one of several Russian sites struck in one of the biggest waves of attacks on Russian soil since Putin’s illegal war began.
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Bociurkiw said: “We are looking at various types of targets, for example the very aircraft used to bomb Ukrainian cities and kill civilians. And targets that help supply the Putin war machine such as these factories.
“The strikes were brilliantly, strategically thought out but when you tie this together, they are meant to weaken the ability of Russia to push more aggression into Ukraine.”
Some of Russia’s most sophisticated weapons systems are known to rely on microtechnologies.
A Royal United Services Institute study found that large volumes of foreign-made microelectronics are contained in some of Russia’s most advanced killing machines.
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Investigators analysed 27 Russian weapons systems and pieces of military equipment that were lost or expended since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion to find that “it is heavily reliant on imports of sophisticated microelectronics to operate effectively”.
In fact, it was discovered that of the 450 components in Russian military systems RUSI assessed, 318 appear to have been made by US companies.
But now that Russia has been heavily sanctioned by the West, it may need to rely on its own technological expertise to keep manufacturing advanced weaponry, hinting at why the Bryansk microchip factory was targeted.
According to OSINT for Ukraine, the “domestic production of chips in Russia is limited” to two major companies – Mikron and Angstrem.
It said: “Both have faced significant setbacks due to a military focus on chip production, and Russia’s inability to match the success of Western commercial entities in this sector.
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“While the first company barely developed chips 20-30 years behind in capability, the second one went bankrupt. The military focus in chip production has meant failure for Russia compared to the success of Western commercial entities, dating back to Soviet times.”
Strikes have rained down on Russian land repeatedly this week.
The factory was just one of six areas targeted in a huge wave across Putin’s turf on Wednesday.
Strikes were also reported on the Cherekhinsky military base, while the Black Sea port of Sevastapol was hit with naval drones, according to Kremlin officials.
Bociurkiw said: “Ukraine is bringing the war to the doorsteps of average Russians and the Russian elite. This also threatens Putin’s hold on power and it is a huge humiliation.”
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Pantone have announced their colour for the year coming. The annual announcement is awaited eagerly in the design industry, with the Colour of The Year 2018 being Ultra Violet (18-3838).
On their release page, Pantone spoke of an ‘inventive and imaginative’ tone that ‘lights the way to what is yet to come.’ A key theme to the explanation was one of creativity and initiative, something that the company sees as vital following a year of turbulence politically and socially. Moving forwards, in other words.
“The Pantone Color of the Year has come to mean so much more than ‘what’s trending’ in the world of design; it’s truly a reflection of what’s needed in our world today,” says Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute, which perhaps explains their eagerness to justify the descriptions and adjectives involved in the release.
“A dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade,” they title Ultra Violet, that “communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future.”
It’s certainly not subtle: the message from Pantone is ‘enough of that, lets look forward.’ They want to see creativity, innovative thinking, and fresh insights into how we do what we do to take us beyond what we’ve previously seen and lead us into – without meaning to exaggerate it all – a new age of thinking in design.
What will be interesting in the coming twelve months is the take up or otherwise of their vision.
Pantone also says that, historically, Ultra Violet has been associated with a spiritual quality that reflects mindfulness and refuge. Again, point made – society must look at ourselves and where we want to go from here.
So, a political message from the leaders of colour for designers and, indeed, everyone, to take into the coming year. The Pantone Colour Institute is a consulting service within Pantone that advises companies and individuals on brand identity through colour.


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EL NIDO ISLAND HOPPING IS A MUST DO ON PALAWAN
El Nido is the gem of the Philippines, with mind-blowing scenery matched with a small island town atmosphere it is beyond me why this location isn’t more popular. That’s a good thing! El Nido island hopping is the number one attraction here and with good reason, it is freaking amazing.
As you walk down the street in El Nido Proper, passing by smoothie and barbecue vendors you will be eyed down by tour operators trying to invite you on to Tour A,B,C or D. Throughout your time on El Nido you will become fluent in what each letter represents.
I was lucky enough to experience Tour A and C, but I am sure B and D would be awesome as well. In fact even the day I paddled out on a kayak was amazing so don’t stress about which letter will be the best.
I photographed the entire Tour A experience and will know spend the next few paragraphs convincing you why your life needs an El Nido island hopping experience.
El Nido Tour A is the most popular tour as it combines lagoons, snorkeling and secret beaches. First stop was Seven Commando Beach.
SEVEN COMMANDO BEACH
Coconut trees lined the beach and we of course sipped a few on after a quick snorkel. The rocks in El Nido are incredibly sharp almost all over the region, so wear shoes if you are planning on exploring in caves and on rocks like us.
BIG LAGOON EL NIDO
Cruising up the lagoon was our first real look at how dramatic the cliffs and landscape was in El Nido. The lagoon has a narrow and the boats manage to navigate alongside each other as everyone on board arches their necks checking out the intense cliffs. The boat glides across the glassy water, almost crystal as the narrow entrance finally opens up into a giant lagoon. The boat did a slow circle in the lagoon letting us take in the sights before heading back out the narrow stretch.
LUNCH AT SHIMIZU ISLAND EL NIDO
Our guides had been cooking on the grill all morning as we cruised around from island to island. It was time to see what they had produced. It was an absolute feast. I’ll be honest I’ve been on some tours where you get a cruddy sandwich and a bag of chips. This blew it out of the water. Grilled pork and chicken, fresh grilled fish and fruits and of course an abundance of rice. There was plenty for everyone as we sat around on the logs watching monitor lizards amongst the trees. A bit of exploration post-lunch never hurts and we found a very shallow spot for a couple of jumps.
SECRET LAGOON EL NIDO
This spot was amazing but probably my least favorite as there were more than fifty tourists crammed into a tiny lagoon at once. We had to swim to a small hole and clamber through. One through sun shone down into a tennis court-sized lagoon, totally enclosed by sharp cliffs. It was a great spot but a little bit of an anti-climax. However, the beach around the corner once back out of the lagoon was really cool. The landscape here was by far my favorite spot of the day and I camped on my favorite spot at the front of the tour boat as we left snapping a few shots to capture the entire scene. I have never seen anything like it before in my life.
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SMALL LAGOON EL NIDO
Our last stop of the day would be the small lagoon. By now I had become a bit desensitized to the majestic beauty all around me. But the small lagoon hit another chord. We were offered kayaks as we arrived but also given the option to swim. Being the cheap guys Jorden and I were of course we swam. It wasn’t too far just a few hundred yards both ways. Swimming through this lagoon was beautiful, calming and a great way to end the day. We went as far in as we could and just spend a while floating on our backs taking in everything around us.
Throughout the day our guides let us snorkel at a few extra spots and were more than happy for us to jump off the boat whenever we felt like it. During our whole time in the Philippines all of our guides were always accommodating and wanted us to have a good time. It sounds common but too often guides are a little restrictive if you do something about adventurous. Not in the Philippines.
When you find yourself lucky enough to be in El Nido, Palawan make sure you do at least one island hopping tour and even rent a kayak and do your own tour like we did. It is an amazing place to explore and the locals of El Nido are proud to show you their backyard.


A woman from Teesside currently on trial in Indonesia for drug trafficking will have to wait for nearly two weeks for a judgment.
Lindsay Sandiford, originally from Redcar, was arrested in May after police in Bali said that they found more than ten pounds of cocaine in the lining of her suitcase.
Earlier, she told the court she became involved only because her children were in danger.
Prosecutors presented their case in court today.
They want a 15-year jail term - a lesser sentence than the maximum penalty for drug trafficking which is death.
The judgement is expected on January 22nd.
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Vera Robinson MBE has died at the age of 101. She had been a fundraiser for the Redcar RNLI lifeboat station since she was 16 years old.
Provisional statistics for July show it was a cool and wet month for many of us.
With just 49 days until the start of the Rugby World Cup, the Webb Ellis Cup is touring our region.


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BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – Beckley City Officials will now be voting on whether those who identify as LGBTQ will have added protections in the city.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2018, The Human Rights Commission passed the ordinance which will ban housing and employment discrimination against citizens, based on their sexual orientation.
The ordinance will now go to the Council for a vote.
“The new ordinance modifications would allow gender identity, as well as, gender expression and sexuality to be protected classes. If someone identified a firing for these reasons, there would be recourses on a city level. In 11 different cities in the state of West Virginia, its been recognized that these protections need to exist and don’t similar ordinances have already passed Beckley is just catching up,” said Robert Dunlap, Lawyer
The City Council will be voting on the ordinance on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Stick with NewsWatch as we bring you those results.


The Atlantic Basin has been very inactive the last couple months due to the Saharan dust. This isn’t very out of the ordinary, and now that we are approaching the second week of August, we should start seeing more activity.
A tropical wave is located along the coast of Africa bringing disorganized showers and storms. This will move WNW at 15-20 mph across the Atlantic over a favorable environment. It is possible for this to become a tropical depression, by the middle of next week.
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"Collectively, the pathway data show that more than 51 percent of Hispanic males, 45 percent of African American males, 42 percent of Native American males, and 33 percent of Asian American males ages 15 to 24 will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead."
The prognosis above is a finding from a recent College Board report, The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color; a review of the research and career pathways of young men of color. At a time when Black men have fared worse among all adult groups during the recession, and show little sign of being a part of a weak recovery, the report should set off alarms within the Black community. With the nation’s demographics shifting, as seen in the results of the 2010 Census, people of color will soon become the nation’s majority. Yet, these same “minority” groups lag in educational attainment and are not positioned for the emerging opportunities in a knowledge-based economy that will be heavily dependent upon industries reliant on workers with skills in math, science and technology. The report notes that the United States will need to produce an additional 13.4 million college graduates by 2020 to meet the goal of 55 percent of adults ages 25-34 possessing an associate degree or higher. African-Americans will need to earn an additional 1.9 million college degrees for the nation to meet that goal.
The report frames the dilemma by pointing out that as of 2008, only 41.6 percent of 25 to 34 year olds had attained an associate degree or higher. Even worse for the Black community only 30.3 percent of African-Americans were among that group compared to 49 percent of white Americans. The disparity is even greater when considering Black males. Only 28.1 percent of Black men possess an associate degree or higher. The obstacles to higher educational attainment become apparent as the report notes the “achievement gap,” drop-out rates and patterns of suspensions and expulsions of Black males in secondary education. One of the most telling admissions the report makes is that despite the nation’s awareness of the unique challenges facing Black males, there was no specific policy initiatives directed toward this group until recently. The report notes that two researchers, Futz and Brown, “posited that although the historical literature clearly demonstrates that the role of African American men in American society had been troublesome since the age of slavery, there were no education policy initiatives targeted at this group until the final two decades of the 20th century.” Among all minority male groups, Black males were most likely to be suspended, expelled or forced to repeat a grade. The report details that in 2007, “Black males were twice as likely to be suspended and more than five times as likely to be expelled as the next highest racial/ethnic group.” Just as alarming, for the same year, 26 percent of Black males were reported to have repeated a grade compared to 12 percent of Hispanic males and 11 percent of white males. Cited as barriers to educational success for Black males, and other minority males, is support in schools, teacher expectations or caring teachers, caring counselors or counselor engagement, positive teacher-student relationships, and lack of family support.
The College Board report was released at a time when the 40th anniversary of the nation’s “War on Drugs,” is receiving attention from some Black organizations that are pointing attention to the failure of U.S. drug policy and the devastating impact it has had on the Black community. The report notes that one of the destinations for high school dropouts is federal prisons or local jails. In 2008, among 18 to 24 year olds who were incarcerated, a population of over 475,000, males accounted for 92.4 percent of all inmates. Among minority males 15 to 24 years old with a high school diploma and incarcerated, Blacks represented 9.9 percent – highest among all racial/ethnic groups. Among 18 to 24 year-old men who are imprisoned, 42.2 percent are Black men compared to 29.7 percent who are white, despite the fact that Black males make up only 7 percent of the nation’s population. The racial and gender difference is stark. Though Black women are 28.9 percent of incarcerated women ages 18 to 24, white women comprise 44.4 percent of that group. It is clear that young Black men most likely have negative experiences – placement in lower academic groups and special education, suspension, expulsion, dropping out – that lead to negative life outcomes – incarceration, unemployment and death.
Among minority males 15-24 years old with a high school diploma and unemployed in 2008, 34.4 percent were Black males, and among unemployed African-Americans overall, 52.6 percent are men. The report details that among 18 to 24 year olds who died in 2008, 77.5 percent of African-Americans in this group were men. Only Hispanic males (79.4 percent) represented a larger share of a particular racial/ethnic group than Black men.
The report frames a much larger issue for Black Americans; that being the challenge of creating appropriate pathways for success for young Black men in an economy that is increasingly dependent upon workers with advanced skills and credentials. Where a high school degree became a necessity for economic security at the turn of the 20th century, the new standard is postsecondary education or some high-level skill attainment to be workforce ready. As the College Board report notes in its review of the current research and progress of minority males, there is an enormous vacuum in the policy response to this full blown crisis. The data cited in the report appears to challenge current initiatives that are invested in tactics that have shown little success in improving outcomes for young Black men, and demands new approaches as well as patience in testing some pilot projects currently underway that could prove to be more effective in elevating the life chances of young Black men.

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Mario 3DS Games
There are some great Mario 3DS games set to be released for the Nintendo 3DS, this quick list will help you choose which are the best 3DS Mario games for you!
Introduction to the Best mario 3DS Games
Mario has been one of the most successful and longest running characters in the Nintendo Franchise, and with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS it is exciting to see that we have some great new Mario 3DS games which are set for release in 2011!
Each of these Mario 3DS games provides a new style of game play, which means that whether you like 2D or 3D, puzzles, action or racing, you can play as Mario or his friends (or enemies) in full 3D glory thanks to the Nintendo 3DS!
This article will be giving you some summaries of the current top Mario 3DS games so you can decide which of these amazing Mario titles will suit you the best on your 3DS!
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros 2 is an awesome addition to the Mario franchise, and with new levels, powerups and multiplayer modes, it keeps the gameplay fresh, without moving away from the tried and tested gameplay style of previous Mario games.
What makes this version of Mario unique is that you get HUGE numbers of coins. Getting a lot of coins in this version is pretty easy, but if you want to hit the high scores, or beat your multiplayer opponents, then you really need to learn how to use some of the new (and returning) special abilities to get more gold coins, and access hidden areas (Raccoon Mario is back!)
While New Super Mario Bros 2 is very similar to it's predecessor in a lot of ways, I think this does help with the overall gameplay, and still gives you more than enough new features to keep the game frash.
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D Land brings 3D gaming to Mario, with the full 3D effects of the Nintendo 3DS console. as with al the Nintendo 3DS games, the new 'real 3D' makes it look as though everything is popping out of the screen, without the need for 3D glasses.
As you play Super Mario 3D Land you really will fall in love with the graphics which won't just be 2D that looks like 3D, but actual depth in the screen.
Moving away from the classic platform style of gameplay, Super Mario 3D Land may not suit lovers of the original Mario games (Check out Paper Mario below for that!) but that does not stop it from being a great game in itself!
Super Mario 3D Land comes with some brand new moves, and enemies. But do not fear, you will still be facing off against some of your old foes, and using plenty of special abilities that you will have grown to love in past Mario games!
Mario Kart 7 3DS Game
Mario Kart 7 brings all the fun of the previous Mario Kart games to the Nintendo 3DS console. When it comes to fun, by yourself or with friends, Mario Kart 7 is in my opinion one of the best 3DS games you can buy.
Mario Kart 7 is not just a port of the most recent Mario Kart. It brings plenty of new features to the game, but I have to admit, the 3D view really does make a big difference to the gameplay. Using the beautiful 3D capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS, Mario Kart 7 feels much more involving and fun than previous Mario Kart games. The real 3D makes it much easier to judge distances and depth, which is a huge factor when you are traveling at high speed around a wacky race course! It also makes using your weapons and special abilities much more intuitive.
What I do love about Mario kart 7 is that now you can customize your Kart, and that different customizations will affect how your Kart handles. For instance, larger wheels will give you much better performance off road, while smaller wheels will give the edge on roads. This can give a huge advantage in a variety of races. Another quirky feature is that during the race you may now race underwater, or fly through the air! These are only during select parts of the course, but you need to be ready for the changes in handling if you want to win!
The final feature of Mario Kart 7 that I love is that you can play multiplayer between four friends locally or via the internet. This means you can play with your friends from anywhere in the world!
So look forward to new courses, new drivers, and new special abilities in Mario Kart 7 3DS!
Luigi's Mansion 2
Luigi's Mansion 2 is a great mixture of puzzle, adventure and action. The majority of Luigi's Mansion 2 is a puzzle game, involving pushing, moving and manipulating the environment around you. This simple game play is however layered with a spooky sinister ambience, a device to both push and pull ghosts from around you, and of course full 3D environments that involve you deeply with the storyline.
Luigi's Mansion 2 is a whole lot of fun, and it is actually one of the more thoughtful and engaging games of the Mario 3DS series. The puzzles are well crafted, and the game maintains your interest by both funny and spooky events which you must overcome.
While this does not contain either the simplicity or the action of the other great Mario 3DS games, I do feel that it offers a real change of pace, and a more cerebral challenge that turn this in to one great 3DS game!
Paper Mario 3DS Game
Paper Mario is the Mario 3DS Game that sticks more closely to the original Mario style of play. While it is slightly 3D, giving depth as well as 2D platform style gameplay, it remains a side scrolling platform game.
In a move from traditional side scrolling platform games Paper Mario 3DS incorporates depth in to the gameplay. Uniquely, Paper Mario uses a great combination of 'paper' style graphics to combine a 2D feel with the 3D elements of this platform.
What is different when compared to traditional Mario is that some battles are now turn based, in keeping with the original Paper Mario game. A lot of the time though you will experience traditional Mario style stomping!
With Paper Mario for the Nintendo 3DS you will get to use weapons such as hammers, as well as some of the traditional Mario powerups. This great mix of new and old is reflected throughout this top Mario 3DS game, and helps make it a great addition to any 3DS game collection!

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Earlier today, NASA announced funding for 22 projects as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. From a planet hopping laser-driven sail and a solar powered Venusian weather balloon to an autonomous rover on Pluto, the future of space exploration looks incredibly bright.
To keep the pipeline moving for space exploration concepts, NASA regularly entertains pitches via its NIAC program. For a concept to receive final approval and funding, it has to go through two phases of attrition. Teams granted Phase I status receive $125,000, and they’re given nine months to refine their designs and explore various aspects of implementing their crazy-ass schemes. A peer review process vetts these proposals, and a lucky few get to reach second base. Phase II teams receive as much as $500,000 to embark upon two-year projects, allowing them to further develop their plans. Phase II plans are then chosen according to their demonstrated feasibility and benefit.
Today, NASA announced 15 new Phase I concepts and seven new Phase II concepts (we provided the complete list at the end of this article). Here are a few that grabbed our attention.
NASA has given the greenlight to not one but two Phase I concepts that could set the stage for interstellar space travel. Of note is the “Interstellar Precursor Mission” headed by NASA JPL scientist John Brophy. His idea would see the construction of an orbiting 100 megawatt laser array with a diameter of six miles (10 km). The array would convert the massive laser power into electrical energy, generating enough power to enable long-distance travel of a conventionally-sized spacecraft on a reasonable timescale.
“We propose a new power/propulsion architecture to enable missions such as a 12-year flight time to 500 AU [where 1 AU equals the average distance of the Earth to the Sun]...with a conventional (i.e., New Horizons sized) spacecraft,” explains Brophy at his project page. “This architecture would also enable orbiter missions to Pluto with the same sized spacecraft in just 3.6 years. Significantly, this same architecture could deliver an 80-metric-ton payload to Jupiter orbit in one year, opening the possibility of human missions to Jupiter.”
Armed with similar technology, NASA could start to roll out laser-based propulsion systems that could travel to nearby stars, but we’re getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
Other interesting phase I concepts include a plan to detoxify Martian soil for agriculture, a system that would literally tether a spacecraft to Mars’ moon Phobos, and a plan called “Solar Surfing,” which presumably involves a light-driven spacecraft.
Among NASA’s chosen Phase II concepts is the Venus Interior Probe project spearheaded by Ratnakumar Bugga, also with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This proposed probe would drift through Venus’ clouds while tethered to a balloon, collecting valuable data on temperature, wind speed, and atmospheric pressure. Conventional batteries would allow for a scant one to two hours of life, but under this plan, the probe would continually recharge its batteries using solar energy.
Excitingly, under a Phase II plan envisaged by Stephanie Thomas of Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc., NASA could be returning to Pluto. But unlike the whiplash New Horizons flyby mission, this plan calls for a stop at the dwarf planet.
Using a “game changing” Direct Fusion Drive (DFD), a spacecraft would travel to Pluto equipped with an orbiter and a lander. Under the plan, the craft would arrive at Pluto in just four to five years (it took New Horizons nearly a decade to make the same journey). A major challenge will be in figuring out a way to decelerate the spacecraft once it gets to Pluto, where it will release its 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg) worth of cargo.
“Since DFD provides power as well as propulsion in one integrated device, it will also provide as much as 2 MW of power to the payloads upon arrival,” says Thomas at her NASA project page. “This enables high-bandwidth communication, powering of the lander from orbit, and radically expanded options for instrument design.” She added: “The data acquired by New Horizons’ recent Pluto flyby is just a tiny fraction of the scientific data that could be generated from an orbiter and lander.”
Sadly, not all of these concepts will be approved. The Pluto plan, for example, may be too technologically demanding given the hypothetical nature of the fusion drive. For those plans that are approved, it could still take ten years or more before the projects are complete and ready for liftoff.
Here are all the projects approved by NASA today:
The selected 2017 Phase I proposals:
- A Synthetic Biology Architecture to Detoxify and Enrich Mars Soil for Agriculture, Adam Arkin, University of California, Berkeley
- A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions, John Brophy, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California
- Evacuated Airship for Mars Missions, John-Paul Clarke, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta
- Mach Effects for In Space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission, Heidi Fearn, Space Studies Institute in Mojave, California
- Pluto Hop, Skip, and Jump, Benjamin Goldman, Global Aerospace Corporation in Irwindale, California
- Turbolift, Jason Gruber, Innovative Medical Solutions Group in Tampa, Florida
- Phobos L1 Operational Tether Experiment, Kevin Kempton, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia
- Gradient Field Imploding Liner Fusion Propulsion System, Michael LaPointe, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
- Massively Expanded NEA Accessibility via Microwave-Sintered Aerobrakes, John Lewis, Deep Space Industries, Inc., in Moffett Field, California
- Dismantling Rubble Pile Asteroids with Area-of-Effect Soft-bots, Jay McMahon, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Continuous Electrode Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, Raymond Sedwick, University of Maryland, College Park
- Sutter: Breakthrough Telescope Innovation for Asteroid Survey Missions to Start a Gold Rush in Space, Joel Sercel, TransAstra in Lake View Terrace, California
- Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravity Lens Mission, Slava Turyshev, JPL
- Solar Surfing, Robert Youngquist, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- A Direct Probe of Dark Energy Interactions with a Solar System Laboratory, Nan Yu, JPL
The selected 2017 Phase II proposals:
- Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion, Ratnakumar Bugga, JPL
- Remote Laser Evaporative Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy Sensor System, Gary Hughes, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo
- Brane Craft Phase II, Siegfried Janson, The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California
- Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets, Chris Mann, Nanohmics, Inc., Austin, Texas
- Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments, Jonathan Sauder, JPL
- Optical Mining of Asteroids, Moons, and Planets to Enable Sustainable Human Exploration and Space Industrialization, Joel Sercel, TransAstra Corp.
- Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander, Stephanie Thomas, Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc., Plainsboro, New Jersey


NOTE: 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of "George Best", The Wedding Present's classic debut album.
To celebrate this the band perform it in its entirety.
Some songs with little cuts.
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The Mares Mission 1 Compact Console is equipped with a fluorescent dial that show the gas contents detail clearly even in low lighting conditions . It is a water resistant gauge that makes it submersible in water. Divers can monitor their gas consumption as they get to explore the ocean. The console has a shock –resistant elastomer and it can be fitted with a premium hose which is 90 cms in length. The Mares mission has a dial range that is from 0 to 360 bar. The reliable console provides accurate information of the gas left in the cylinder for you to breathe and monitor it easily.
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Today I’m up on Maja Design blog with my last post for 2016. I made a final Xmas card with the I Wish collection.
I glued on the base two pieces of papers that I distressed. I die-cut a doily cut in two that I inserted between the two papers.
I cut the sentiment in the I wish Ephemera. I glued some sisal, a couple of flowers, some die-cut sprigs of holly.
To add some sparkling, I added gold mica flakes as well as gold, green and red glitters.
I wish you all a merry Christmas.
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I’ve done it. Are you proud of me… I’ve moved on from exclusively reading crime/thrillers and can report I have read two romance novels this month. I can’t promise I will keep mixing up my genres as I have had mixed success but I will see what attracts my attention.
Any recommendations you would like to send my way are always welcome. Just comment below or message me on Instagram.
Read my January Reviews and February Reviews to see what else I have been reading.
First up is a little romance. I actually started this towards the end of February and as it was a relatively short book I thought it would go under the reviews for that month. But it was such a slog to get through it took me much longer to read than I anticipated. For a while I thought I may have lost my reading bug, but with a return to authors I know I love I am very much in full swing of reading again. Which, sadly, means that it was this book that was the problem.
“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”
The thing is it isn’t a bad book. The characters are well formed, I quite liked them all. And for the most part I was rooting for all of them to be happy. It is an overall easy read and the ending was so sweet, I won’t lie I really enjoyed the ending. Mostly I think the issues I had with this book are my own. The experiences of the characters were all too relatable and it was a book that could have been written about any one of us in one way or another. And that just isn’t my thing. I like escapism to a greater degree than this book could offer. This meant I struggled to want to read it until I was well over half way and at a point that I was so invested it seemed a shame not to see it through. It takes a lot for me to abandon a book half way, but this one nearly came to that. It was close to getting a 1* at many points but that would be unfair and undeserving.
I could not wait to start this. I have heard a few good things about it and having read “The Wife Between Us” I knew I would most likely enjoy the authors’ next novel. And it did not disappoint.
Intrigue is established early on and suspense is felt through much of the plot. With a few twists, turns and unexpected events thrown in you will be kept guessing who you should really trust right until the end.
“We all have reasons for our judgments, even if those reasons are so deeply buried we don’t recognize them ourselves.”
I really don’t want to give away any spoilers for this one, so I will be careful what I write. The lead characters are all so well written you really do feel like you know their next moves and motivations. However, things change, events don’t always go to script and reactions can alter. I would say this is a must read for anyone who likes easy to read, gripping, crime thrillers.
This story follows three women eternally entwined by tragedy from many years ago. It demonstrates the dangers of grief fuelled revenge, the dangers of half truths and the dangers of allowing hate to run your life. With the background of the beautiful and moody Yorkshire Countryside the scene is set for dark behaviour and brighter futures.
Truthfully this book didn’t instantly grip me but it did peak my curiosity. Initially I found it slow and confusing. What should have left me with intrigue waiting for more answers actually left me feeling frustrated and hoping the plot would speed up to show what is really going on.
Once the plot did speed up, certain questions about all the links between the three women and their intentions in the story became clear it was much more enjoyable. The benefit of the initial frustration was that I really didn’t see the ending coming. I was as taken aback as the characters in the story. I won’t be rushing out to buy anymore of J.A. Bakers books but I won’t deliberately avoid them either.
Ok, ok! Hands up. I am a Colleen Hoover fan. And I promise, it is an honest comment to make when I say her stories are not my usual genre. As a general rule her stories centre around romance. There are no murders and the endings are often a little soppy and too feel good for me. The thing is; I just can’t get enough of her books. I find them so easy to read, I speed through them and I always feel like they stick with me days after I have finished the book. And any book or TV series that can stick with me like that leaves me wanting more and more.
“Fifteen seconds. That’s all it takes to completely change everything about a person. Fifteen.”
It Ends With Us did not disappoint the part of me that craves Hoovers writing. The wonderful thing about her books is underneath the steamy romances there are serious subjects being dealt with. In ‘It Ends With Us’ the topic of domestic abuse is the underlying gritty factor. And it is done well. With a beyond charming leading man. A man anyone would fall in love with, do anything for and crave to be around. Until the hidden temper comes out. Without leaving any spoilers, the chapter about the Boston magnet had my body tingling with warning signs right from the beginning. I was practically screaming at the leading lady to get out before it’s too late.
It is worth noting that all of Hoovers books should come with a trigger warning. This trigger is Domestic Abuse. However if you want a little break from crime thrillers, with a little steamy and believable romance then this is the book for you. It’s not too soppy, it’s not too dark but it is the perfect balance of both.


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CLEVELAND, October 9, 2015 - Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has provided a Parker Water Purification System to Water Missions International for deployment in Columbia, South Carolina, to ensure the availability of potable drinking water to the local population affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin.
The containerized Parker Water Purification System is being used to treat the water, which is then pumped into water bladder tanks and distributed around the city. Devastating floods as a result of Hurricane Joaquin have compromised the water supply, leaving almost 40,000 people without clean water.
“A week ago it was unthinkable that people in the U.S. could get sick from a lack of safe water, but that’s the situation now, and we’re doing everything we can to get water to the people who need it,” said George C. Greene, IV, PE President and Chief Operating Officer of Water Missions.
Parker’s Reverse Osmosis (RO) treatment systems are capable of providing upwards of 40,000 gallons each of clean drinking water per day. Parker water purifications systems were deployed in the U.S. following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Water Missions is a non-profit organization that responds to the urgent need for safe water around the world in developing countries and disaster situations, and has formed a strategic partnership with Parker for use of the water purification systems.
The Parker Hannifin Water Purification Systems convert seawater, brackish water or contaminated water into drinking water. The units come complete with a generator, supply pump and storage tanks to go into operation quickly. The standard 20 foot ISO shipping containers can be transported by road, rail or by sea. They are ready to deploy wherever temporary or emergency potable water is required. To learn more about Parker Water Purification Systems visit www.parker.com/watermakers
About Parker Hannifin Corporation
With annual sales of approximately $13 billion in fiscal year 2015, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 55,000 people in 50 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 59 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's website at www.parker.com, or its investor information website at www.phstock.com