After one season at UNLV, 7-foot center Brandon McCoy has made the decision to enter the 2018 NBA Draft. McCoy stated that he will forgo the remainder of his collegiate eligibility, which lines up with reports that he will be hiring an agent.
McCoy, who was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Year after averaging 16.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, announced his decision by way of his Instagram account Tuesday afternoon.
McCoy’s scoring and rebounding numbers set conference records for a freshman, and in addition to racking up a Mountain West-high 18 double-doubles he also shot 54.5 percent from the field.
“Brandon was an amazing addition to our program and helped to legitimize our ability to recruit top-tier talent,” UNLV head coach Marvin Menzies said in a statement released by the school. “His commitment to his academics is real and I am confident he will continue to work toward his bachelor’s degree from UNLV. Even though his time here was short, it was great having him as a part of the program.
“I am confident he will have a successful career at the next level based on his dedication, commitment, ability and overall character.”


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Taken from Berroco - Inca Tweed: "This cozy oversized cowl works up double quick in a reversible crochet stitch."
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- This pattern is from Berroco - Inca Tweed, pg 10 - Bantry.
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- Finished Measurements: 13" x 48" after blocking.
- Gauge: 10 dc and 8 rows over 4".
- Color Shown is #8934.

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Washington Exclaims: 'We Shrunk the Deficit!'
The real federal deficit is "getting close to zero."
That's what Robert Eisner, an economist at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., says. If you take account of inflation's devaluation of the national debt, he notes, the deficit amounts to only about $22 billion for fiscal year 1996.
Though controversial, Mr. Eisner's analysis makes a valid economic point. The federal debt held by the public amounts to about $3.6 trillion. Inflation, running about 3 percent, chews into the real burden to Uncle Sam of that debt by $108 billion. Thus, Eisner argues, the $108 billion should be subtracted from the anticipated deficit of $130 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, leaving only $22 billion.
That $130 billion figure was projected this week by the Congressional Budget Office. It followed a Treasury report showing that April receipts by the federal government were about $25 billion more than expected. The Office of Management and Budget at the White House is a bit more optimistic, putting this year's deficit at $125 billion.
Last fiscal year's deficit was $163 billion.
Whatever the exact deficit this year, it will have narrowed for the fourth year in a row. President Clinton can boast that he lived up to his 1992 campaign promise to halve the deficit in his first term. Congressional Republicans will be able to claim, rightly, that their budget-cutting measures had an impact.
"We are back in the era of small deficits," says Richard Kogan, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington. "We can light the candles and have a celebration."
National debt, as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP), the nation's output of goods and services, will shrink this year. It will be less of a "burden," he notes.
The deficit peaked at $290.4 billion in fiscal 1992, which was 5 percent of GDP. This fiscal year it will be about 1.8 percent of projected GDP.
What has saved the day for Washington has been a continued moderate expansion of the economy, plus a robust stock market in 1995. A surge in individual tax payments raised the April surplus to a record $72.39 billion from $49.72 billion in the same month in 1995.
Part of that rise was due to tax refunds being made more promptly this year than last. But a good chunk of the extra revenues came from capital gains. When a mutual fund trades stock or bonds in its portfolio and makes a capital gain, shareholders must pay taxes on that amount.
"You can't avoid it," says Cynthia Latta, an economist at DRI/McGraw-Hill, a consulting firm in Lexington, Mass. Relative to GDP this year of around $7.5 trillion, the deficit is "pretty trivial," Ms. Latta says. But it remains a "big heavy" in the international capital markets, putting upward pressure on interest rates.
Federal purchases have grown only 3.2 percent through April, despite a surge of defense spending in April. Medicaid spending was up 2.6 percent from the year before, Medicare up 12 percent. But individual income-tax revenues for the seven months rose 14 percent and corporate taxes 11 percent.
Probably the 1990 and 1993 tax hikes helped boost revenue.
Some economist critics have maintained that the tax hikes on the wealthy would not be paid. The well-to-do would seek tax shelters, lessen their work effort, reduce investment in the US, and lower reported incomes. Stephen Moore at the Cato Institute, a free-market think tank in Washington, holds that these critics were "largely correct."
But Robert McIntyre, director of Citizens for Tax Justice, says there are no data yet to verify that claim. Latta's suspicion is that the tax hikes did raise revenue. Those with fat salaries, she notes, probably did not change their work ethic and did pay more taxes.
Other tax measures, such as the 1993 increase in gasoline taxes, surely did raise revenues. But in an election-year move, the Republicans in Congress this week moved to repeal the increase through Dec. 31.
Despite all the fuss over taxes, federal revenues as a percentage of GDP amount to 18.7 percent this year, not much different from the 18.5 percent at the end of the Reagan era, Mr. McIntyre says.
He is reluctant to see the deficit reduced further if it means chopping more from "the core of government." But he would like to see cuts in tax expenditures, especially the "lion's share" of these tax breaks given the affluent and corporations.
A Congress keen to cut low-income welfare entitlements ought to be at least as tough on "welfare entitlements for the well-heeled and powerful," he says. Total tax breaks in 1996 are $455 billion, more than spending on defense, roads, environment, and other "discretionary" programs combined.

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Without some form of correction, an inertial navigation system’s (INS’s) positional error grows without bound over time. Several techniques have been used to reduce the INS’s positional error. One of these techniques, terrainaided navigation (TAN), has been widely researched over the last several decades with the research focusing on two methods: Sandia inertial terrain-aided navigation (SITAN), which is based on an extended Kalman filter (EKF), and terrain contour matching, which is based on correlation techniques. These methods are applied most successfully to fixed-wing aircraft flying over specific types of terrain; they perform poorly for low-velocity, highly maneuverable aircraft such as helicopters, especially when flying over flat or very rough terrain. In this paper, we introduce VATAN, a new TAN method based on the Viterbi algorithm (VA), and compare its performance to an implementation of SITAN based on a single EKF. Simulation results show that the VA in VATAN overcomes divergence problems associated with the EKF in SITAN and provides position estimates with smaller averagesquared error. These results show that VATAN has the potential to provide good performance for low-velocity aircraft flying over all types of terrain.
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Miami Neil Diamond Tribute Acts
Browse and compare 26 professional Miami Neil Diamond Tribute Acts and Neil Diamond Tribute Acts who will travel to Miami to perform at your event.
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LET ME BE "FRANK" WITH YOU!...IT'S MARTINIS WITH "DINO", BETTER WITH "BENNETT", THE "DIAMOND" DOES LAST FOREVER, and "ELVIS" IS IN THE BUILDING!
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As a professional singer and entertainer since 1972, Arlen Mathewz impersonates over 100 different vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Englebert Humperdink, Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, Paul Anka, Barry Manilow and more! *Search Arlen Mathewz, find 9 videos.*
Arlen is the ultimate Singing DJ & Karaoke One Man Showcase. Not only does he have a great selection & knowledge of all...
Rick Ricketts as Elvis has mastered the illusion of looking like "The Real Elvis Presley" and wants to bring his performance to your Wedding, Party or Venue..... Recently Elvis as Rick Ricketts has performed to produce "The Holiday TV Special"..2013 which will be aired nationwide in Japan in mid December of this year by Tokyo Broadcastihng Station (TBS).... also Has been chosen as a symbol of ...
Keith Coleman is truly a world class Elvis Impersonator working in Orlando and Tampa Florida. Having performed literally all over the world. Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Chicago, Miami, New York, Rome, Venice, Paris, Monte Carlo, Disney Village,and the list goes on and on. Thirteen Years with the Las Vegas Revue Show, 6 years with Holland America Cruise Lines.
Keith's show comes complete with a...
The only Johnny Cash tribute artist to be chosen by ABC's new TV show ( The Next Best Thing ) to travel to Los Angeles to compete against the worlds best impersonators. After auditions in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, and Orlando the Judges said Keith was the best they had seen.
On May 11, 2012 Keith performed on the Fox channel television show as a Johnny Cash impersonator on the show (...
Dancing, comedy and strong live vocal recreations of legendary superstars! Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink, Tommy James, Franki Valli and lots more! Also Greg is the star along various other costars of Top Hat's "Superstars in Concert" and one of the stars of Top Hat's "Back to the Rat Pack" Be entertained and be amazed! Music is memories and Greg's s...
As featured at BB King's, House Of Blues, Hard Rock & many many more,The Rocket Man Band is the USA's #1 full-time Elton John Tribute and sets the standard for world-class entertainment.
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"Experience the Feel of Neil" in this show that tells the story of Neil Diamond's life through the songs he wrote and recorded. From the 60's, 70's and 80's, sing-along to favorites like "Cherry Cherry", "Cracklin Rosie", "America", "Solitary Man", "Play Me", "Song Sung Blue", "Sweet Caroline" and many many more.
Keith has captivated audiences for 22 years. First in stand-up comedy at age 1...
Paul Shaffer the band leader from " Late Night With David Letterman " says; " I have seen four of the top Neil Diamond tribute acts and Simply Diamond puts them all to shame ! "
Simply Diamond featuring Brian La Blanc can perform as a solo act with backing tracks or with his awesome 5-7 piece band. Any combination will be a huge success. Simply Diamond by far is the most musically authentic...
We are a 10 piece live ensemble covering all NeilREAL DIAMOND is a professional band dedicated to the faithful re-creation of the live Neil Diamond experience. We are obsessively passionate about providing you and your audience the finest Neil Diamond show short of having the man there himself.
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5 things you need to know about England's new manager Sam Allardyce
Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has been named as the new England manager after Roy Hodgson resigned following England’s shock exit from UEFA Euro 2016. Big Sam impressed the FA panel with his plans for the England national team which included psychologically revamping the dressing room with a sense of pride and commitment.
Allardyce has immense experience as a manager who has worked with clubs like Newcastle United and West Ham United previously. He dramatically kept Sunderland up in the Premier League last season after they looked all done and dusted and looked destined to be relegated.
The 61-year-old had previously interviewed for the post of England manager, 10 years ago where he was snubbed in favour of Steve McClaren who eventually became one of the worst appointments as England manager in recent times. Big Sam spent nine years as Bolton Wanderers manager where he had also previously played as a central defender.
The appointment of Allardyce has been backed by managers like Jose Mourinho and Sven-Goran Eriksson and the FA will hope that he brings the needful change in the England national team who have had disappointing international tournaments in the recent past.
#1 He once made his players race whilst sitting on toilets
Sam Allardyce is known for his innovative training methods to build team spirit in the dressing room. While in charge of Bolton Wanderers, Big Sam often took his players to day trips for several activities. He once made his players race against each other whilst sitting on toilet seats to see who could run around the field the quickest. At other times, he took them to the horse races. These fun activities often had a great impact in developing a collective bond in the team.
In order to boost team spirit, Allardyce used to take bets from his players. He told his players that if they could manage to win by three or more goals, the staff would lose and would have to do a dare, otherwise, the players would have to. When Bolton registered a 5-0 win over Leicester City in their first Premier League game in the 2001-2002 season, the staff had to go out and have meals of sheep testicles and hot curry and other foul foods.

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Life Is Like A Box Of Records today is with Paul Carlin formerly of Dananananaykroyd and producer over at BBC Scotland/BBC Introducing and more, he is now in the excellent band Jutland Songs.
You can listen to their music here: soundcloud.com/jutland-songs
Big Country – Wonderland
This is the story of how I learned to play drums: In the late 1980s, I decided I really liked the idea of being a drummer; it was around the time Big Country’s album Peace In Our Time came out. I found two knitting needles in the house (no-one knitted in my house), took all the pillows from the beds, set them up on my own bed and bashed them along to that Big Country album. Goodness knows how I got into Big Country but I definitely thought they were cool guys. It must have been on The Chart Show or something. Anyway, a few years later, my family moved to Italy for my dad’s work. We used to go on car journeys to various towns and cities around the country on the weekend. One of our favourite places to go was Bergamo, in the north. Bergamo had a brilliant music shop. I remember buying a Big Country Best Of and a Jimmy Somerville Best Of (do not mess with Jimmy) on the same day. Since then, Wonderland has been my favourite Big Country track, and because it was a non-album single, it’s the COOL MUSIC DORK GUY CHOICE.
Sonic Youth – Drunken Butterfly
Like every other human my age who likes indie rock, Nirvana was the gateway drug for me. I’m so grateful I was a teenager in the ’90s. Anyway, the BBC showed this fantastic episode of The Late Show in 1992 called No Nirvana which featured live performances from the likes of Dinosaur Jr, Sugar, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction and Sonic Youth, among others. I taped it and must have watched it 100 times. I absolutely LOVED SY – this track was my first exposure to them and the very next day, I remember modifying my drumkit to have it set up the exact same was as Steve Shelley. (Of course, no sane drummer nowadays would use two rack toms, but whatever.) I bought Dirty on cassette in Our Price somewhere in England in the subsequent months and went nuts for it.
Weezer – Undone (The Sweater Song)
My first proper gig was in February 1995 at King Tut’s. Weezer had played this song on The Word (one of the weirdest and best shows Channel 4 ever made) and I was knocked out by it. This was the band for me. A pal’s big brother bought us tickets, we made fake ID (I was a very young looking 16-year-old, gawd knows how the hell I got in) and went to see Weezer. A fantastic first gig, as you can imagine. I can just remember being as happy as I’d ever felt during that show. Weezer made one more great record, two more decent records and a bunch of rubbish ones. The Blue Album is untouchable though.
The Delgados – Under Canvas Under Wraps
When I left school and started uni, I went to sooooo many gigs with my pals. Glasgow’s music scene at the time was dynamite. Every other week, you’d probably be able to see one of The Delgados, Urusei Yatsura, Eska, El Hombre Trajeado, Life Without Buildings, Mogwai or Arab Strap. They were always on the radio on the Evening Session or the John Peel Show. You’d go to Missing Records on Oswald street to buy the split 7″ singles. This was the first Delgados track I heard. Sometimes I think they were probably the best Glasgow band ever (or Lanarkshire, whatever.) They evolved with every album but they were always still The Delgados. A band I go back to regularly.
Marlena Shaw – California Soul
The late ’90s and early 2000s were a lot of fun. Out of uni, working, spending all my cash on albums, gigs and going out. The most fun to be had was at Divine, a club night at the Art School (and now at the Admiral, I think…) It’s no fun dancing to Sebadoh and My Bloody Valentine, so guys like me needed a night like Divine to stop being so bloody musically parochial. Whenever California Soul dropped, that was the time to get up and dance. What a tune. My mate Steve used to put this on every single mixtape he made for people. It’s timeless and is at the perfect bpm for white guy dancing.
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye’d Boy
In 2005, absolutely miserable and stressed out in my job, I took a career break and moved to Toronto for a year. That year not only saved my brain from a sure-fire implosion, but allowed me to delve so deeeeeeep into Canadian music. I was already a massive Canadaphile and had worshipped bands like Sloan, Eric’s Trip, Elevator To Hell, Superfriendz, Death From Above and Jale from afar, picking up as much of their music as I could afford anytime I was there on holiday. In 2005, Arcade Fire were blowing up and Broken Social Scene released their (best) s/t album. We played this in the restaurant I worked in pretty much every day (along with Jeepster by T.Rex and the first three Springsteen albums, among other things) and it pretty much soundtracked my year. Through BSS (and my pal Andrew), I got into Apostle Of Hustle, Jason Collett, Metric, Feist, etc. I hardly ever play tunes in public now (I’m not calling it DJing) but, whenever I do, this will definitely get played. (The old guy with the beard in this video owns, or used to own, Toronto’s best record shop, Rotate This.)
Sparks – Beat The Clock
From 2006-2008, I worked on a drivetime radio request show for the BBC. Despite having to live in Aberdeen, it was a really fun job and it filled in a lot of the gaps in my musical knowledge. In those two years, I expanded my love of Roxy Music, T.Rex, Devo, The Go-Betweens, Talking Heads and, most of all, Sparks. Anyone who knows me knows about my deep love for Ron and Russell Mael. Continually inventive (have you heard the FFS album yet?), musically sophisticated, lyrically devastating and amazing live, I fell hook, like and sinker for them during this period. Beat The Clock was the tune that made me go out and buy everything I could find. I’ve seen Sparks twice now. They’re my musical heroes. I hope they live forever.
Fugazi – Arpeggiator
Joining Dananananaykroyd was a thing that happened out of the blue and led to the most fun 3.5 years ever. Everyone in the band had pretty varied taste in music but I think we all agreed on Fugazi (the ‘old guard’ – me, David and Duncan certainly did!) We covered this. The only time we ever played a cover at a show. There’s very little I can say about Fugazi that hasn’t already been said by someone else. Hugely influential, amazing songs, one of my favourite drummers and a body of work that you can take to the bank. I only ever saw Fugazi once (with Eska supporting) – on the Argument tour. They insisted on the lights being on at the Barras. And they were brilliant.
Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
I met Frankie in January 2011 and he was the final piece of the jigsaw. If and when we ever get married, I will probably insist that this is the first dance. We’ll stand on a giant stage and point at our junk or something. I want RuPaul to be there and Lou Barlow too. And Henrik Larsson. Every time I go to a wedding, I show the DJ a photo of this single’s cover (which is permanently on my phone) and demand he or she plays it. A fairly high success rate so far. In terms of musicality, I think it’s perfection. I think some people reckon this song is novelty or some shit. What nonsense. It’s sophisticated disco and Sylvester was a pioneer.
Superchunk – Hyper Enough
I joined my new band Jutland Songs last year which led to a massive Superchunk binge. They were a band I’d sorta liked in the ’90s but just never had enough room in my brain for. I dug out the albums I already had and am in the process of buying all the other ones. Here’s Where The Strings Come In is my favourite and a really good starting point for newcomers. I love the way Superchunk have operated over the years – this is what I aspire to now! Sometimes it takes a few years or a few albums to really understand just how good a band is. Peace! (p.s. I can’t believe I haven’t got a Sebadoh song in this list.)


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Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging threat to snake populations in the United States. Fungal pathogens are often associated with a physiological stress response mediated by the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), and afflicted individuals may incur steep coping costs. The severity of SFD can vary seasonally; however, little is known regarding (1) how SFD infection relates to HPA activity and (2) how seasonal shifts in environment, life history, or HPA activity may interact to drive seasonal patterns of infection severity and outcomes. To test the hypothesis that SFD is associated with increased HPA activity and to identify potential environmental or physiological drivers of seasonal infection, we monitored baseline corticosterone, SFD infection severity, foraging success, body condition, and reproductive status in a field-active population of pigmy rattlesnakes. Both plasma corticosterone and the severity of clinical signs of SFD peaked in the winter. Corticosterone levels were also elevated in the fall before the seasonal rise in SFD severity. Severely symptomatic snakes were in low body condition and had elevated corticosterone levels compared to moderately infected and uninfected snakes. The monthly mean severity of SFD in the population was negatively related to population-wide estimates of body condition and temperature measured in the precedent month and positively correlated with corticosterone levels measured in the precedent month. Symptomatic females were less likely to enter reproductive bouts compared to asymptomatic females. We propose the hypothesis that the seasonal interplay among environment, host energetics, and HPA activity initiates trade-offs in the fall that drive the increase in SFD prevalence, symptom severity, and decline in condition observed in the population through winter.
|Title||Patterns of circulating corticosterone in a population of rattlesnakes afflicted with snake fungal disease: Stress hormones as a potential mediator of seasonal cycles in disease severity and outcomes|
|Authors||Craig M. Lind, Ignacio T. Moore, Çağlar Akçay, Ben J. Vernasco, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Terence M. Farrell|
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|Series Title||Physiological and Biochemical Zoology|
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|USGS Organization||National Wildlife Health Center|


The Hendrie Gateway Pavilion designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects is located in Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The gateway facility is both the literal and conceptual gateway to the botanical garden of the 21st century. Hendrie Gateway Pavilion provides a year-round, barrier free, connecting link between the Royal Botanical Gardens Centre and the Hendrie Park Gardens. The gateway facility spans over a slope in the landscape providing a transition to an existing tunnel and gardens and housing Hendrie Hall, a multipurpose space that can be used for social functions and as a public gathering space for large groups visiting the gardens.
The highly transparent glazed walls fill the space with light creating a dramatic impact both during the day and night. The glazed roof is designed to appear light and transparent and is supported on a closely spaced framework of structural members. Hendrie Hall is bounded on the north side by a permanent vertical Living Wall.


We are excited to announce that Avenue has been selected as one of five winners chosen for the 2018 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award given by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing. This National award honors exemplary developments that preserve affordability for people at multiple income levels, specifically households earning less than 120 percent of the area median income (AMI). The award recipients were announced at ULI's Fall General Session in Boston this week, and Board Member Jamie Bryant was on site to represent for Avenue.
Avenue has been recognized for two of our affordable communities – Avenue Place and Avenue Terrace – both located in Houston’s historic Near Northside community.
“We are honored to be recognized by ULI for our work to preserve affordability in our communities. Although Houston has developed a reputation as one of the more affordable major metros in the country, Houstonians continue to face escalating housing costs that are compromising affordability for low and moderate-income families,” said Mary Lawler, executive director at Avenue. “As we continue to navigate our city’s ongoing affordability crisis, it is critical that we invest in housing solutions like Avenue Place and Avenue Terrace that are not just affordable, but also enhance residents’ quality of life and allow families to grow and thrive.”
Located just minutes from Downtown Houston, Avenue Place and Avenue Terrace provide working families safe, quality affordable homes in the heart of the city’s urban core. At Avenue Place, 49 of the 85 homes currently constructed are restricted to homeowners making 120 percent or less of the Area Median Income (AMI), while 162 of Avenue Terrace’s 192 units are restricted to renters making 80 percent or less of the AMI. Low and moderate-income homebuyers at Avenue Place may also be eligible to receive Down Payment Assistance (DPA) through Avenue, which is available to income-eligible families earning 120 percent or less of the AMI.
In addition to affordable living, Avenue Place and Avenue Terrace also offer residents access to a variety of on-site support services, including after-school programs and community enrichment initiatives. The communities are also situated in close proximity to several neighborhood landmarks including the community park and walking trails at Avenue Place, M.D. Anderson YMCA, Carnegie Library, Irvington Park, Moody Park and Recreation Center, and the METRO North Corridor rail line, which connects the Greater Northside community with key districts including Downtown Houston, the Museum District and Texas Medical Center.
When Avenue was named as a finalist earlier this year, Terwilliger Center Founder and Chairman J. Ronald Terwilliger highlighted the significant role that affordable development plays in strengthening communities and emphasized the benefits that these developments offer the surrounding neighborhood.
“Through the Kemp Award, we are raising awareness of the critical role that affordable housing plays in creating successful communities,” Terwilliger said. “These are the types of real estate projects that are often the hardest to pull together, but at the same time, the most inspiring to complete. The finalists for this year’s award demonstrate that affordable and workforce housing is achievable in a wide range of markets, providing economic and social benefits that extend far beyond the developments.”
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On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, Vail Health and Eagle Valley Behavioral Health will host a Holiday Blues community talk, “All I Want for Christmas is to Get Through the Day,” an hour-long event focused on preparing mentally for the holiday season. The free event will feature Jill Squyres, PhD, a local clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience and will provides tips for managing the holiday blues.
“The holidays can be an overwhelming time for people, and there are a number of factors that can trigger the holiday blues. Feelings of anxiety or depression are common during this season, and we want to provide information and tools to help people prepare and manage,” said Dr. Squyres. “You must take good care of yourself during the holidays, and we will be discussing what that looks like at the event.”
Unlike clinical anxiety or depression, the holiday blues are temporary feelings of anxiety or depression including fatigue, tension, frustration, loneliness or isolation, sadness or a sense of loss. These are associated with extra stress, unrealistic expectations or memories. Addressing both mental and physical health during the holidays is a key to managing the holiday blues and preventing them from materializing into long-term mental health conditions.
“Your holidays will be happy if you create a holiday experience that is meaningful for you,” said Dr. Squyres.
What: Holiday Blues Community Talk
When: Tuesday, December 10, 2019; 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Where: Colorado Mountain College; 150 Miller Ranch Road, Edwards, CO 81632
The event is free and open to the public and will feature Spanish interpretation. No RSVP is necessary. For questions, email firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Two months ago, one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets exploded as tests were being conducted on the launch pad. Elon Musk's firm hasn't yet found the cause of the giant fireball, but it will be restarting launch missions in 2016.
Watch the moment SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket explodes
A statement posted online by the company says SpaceX, Federal Aviation Authority, Nasa, and US Air Force staff have been involved in the investigation that followed the bang.
"The investigation team has made significant progress on the fault tree," SpaceX said. At the moment it has narrowed its probe to look at "one of the three composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs)" inside the liquid oxygen tank and specifically the cryogenic helium system inside the tank.
SpaceX explained: "Through extensive testing in Texas, SpaceX has shown it can re-create a COPV failure entirely through helium loading conditions. These conditions are mainly affected by the temperature and pressure of the helium being loaded."
The company's tests are still continuing but it hopes to be returning to the normal business of testing and launching rockets before the end of the year.
As part of its daily operations, SpaceX is now "developing" new ways to load helium into the Falcon 9's tanks. This will include further testing of rockets in Texas.
'Kind of like Battlestar Galactica': Elon Musk details his plans for getting to Mars
"We continue to work towards returning to flight before the end of the year," the company said. Its launch bases across the US – Kennedy Space Center and the Vandenberg Air Force Base – should also be ready to host launches before the end of the year.
The continued development and launch of the Falcon 9 rocket is the first part of Musk's attempts to send humans to other planets and colonise Mars.
Firing Falcon 9 rockets into orbit and then seeing them return to Earth will allow SpaceX to develop the technologies for rockets to be sent to Mars, land and then be used to bring travellers back to Earth.
The September explosion of the Falcon 9, which was carrying Facebook's first satellite, proved to be a setback. The explosion at 9.07am Eastern Time on September 1 took place during a routine test firing of the unmanned rocket as its launch date drew close. Nobody was hurt in the explosion but smoke from the giant fireball could be seen for miles around the Kennedy Space Center.


By Don Ireland, contributing writer Colorado WaterWise
It would be a great understatement to say that water has been in the news a great deal this year. The truth is: there have been nearly countless reports about how the water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell are historically low. Droughts, megadroughts, aridification and dangerous flash floods – the aftermath of destructive forest fires – have resulted in thousands of TV, magazine, radio and social media posts during the past year.
Despite all of the news, there still are people who go about their daily lives, relatively unaware of the importance of water and the crucial value it holds to everyone – until, of course, it isn’t available. Realizing the role of water and learning how it impacts nearly every aspect of people’s day-to-day lives is the message behind the annual “Imagine a Day without Water” event.
This year, the day of action is scheduled for Oct. 20 nationwide. Organizers categorize the event as a national education campaign that brings together diverse stakeholders to highlight how water is essential, invaluable, and in need of investment. This year, events, resolutions, student contests, social media engagement, and more, will take place across the country.
Imagine a Day without Water isn’t limited to water and wastewater providers and agencies. It also has garnered participation from mayors, local officials, contractors, civil engineers, schools, aquariums and others. Last year, more than 1,400 organizations and people took part in the event, using various platforms to reach millions via social media. About 1,200 participated in 2020.
Last year, more than 20 Colorado water suppliers participated, including Aurora Water, Castle Rock, Denver Water, Colorado Springs Utilities, Greeley Water, Colorado Water Center, Colorado Department of Local Affairs and the City of Grand Junction, to name a few.
For those thinking about joining the 2022 campaign, free sign-ups are available at: imagineadaywithoutwater.org. The website also offers a variety of ideas and tools to help promote this October’s event. They include:
- Social media campaigns and tips.
- Hosting an online or in-person event.
- Getting the subject of water into the local news.
- Working with local mayors and elected officials, getting bipartisan participation for proclamations, resolutions and legislation for the day.
- Sponsor art contests, interactive displays and other activities in local schools, engaging students on the importance of the subject.
The Imagine a Day without Water website also has graphics, ideas, past projects and other information that can help with developing plans for this year. The eighth annual Imagine a Day without Water event is organized by the U.S. Water Alliance.


Need to get rid of a job that's gotten into a loop and refuses to end? Here's a command that will take care of the problem.
Linux is a powerful operating system. With its demand-paged memory management and swap file facility, it lets you start as many processes as you choose. Of course, that number is subject to overall system memory capacity (physical memory plus swap) and your CPU's ability to perform all the tasks you have requested. Starting processes is easy, and when things slow to a crawl, stopping them is just as easy.
The Linux kill command is one of two that will meet your need when you grow tired of waiting for a process to terminate. With it, you can, in the words of my 1992 Linux Programmer Manual, terminate a process with extreme prejudice. All you need to know is a number called the process PID. Note that kill doesn't always terminate another process. In essence, kill sends a signal to a specified process. If that signal is not caught and handled by the process (not all can be), the process is terminated. All of the resources that were in use by the process are released for use by other running processes.
What are processes, PIDs and signals? How are they discovered?
Recall that Linux is a multi-tasking operating system. When Linux boots, it starts a program called init, which in turn starts other programs. Many of these are background tasks like update, which periodically flushes data to the disk. Another example is getty, which watches a serial port for some sign of activity. A more visible example is the shell you use to perform useful work. It runs in the foreground, which means that it waits on your keystrokes. Each copy of each program running on your system is called a process.
Just as the US government passes out Social Security Numbers (we use Social Insurance Numbers here in Canada) to uniquely identify each individual, Linux assigns each process a unique number as an identifier. This number is called the process ID or PID.
When a process is started, it is given the next available PID, and when it terminates, its PID is released for eventual re-use. To determine the PID of any process belonging to you, enter ps at the prompt. The ps command will print, for each of your processes, a line containing the process's PID, the amount of time the process has used and the command with which the process was started. The output from ps looks like:
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 6651 p0 S 0:01 -ksh<\n> 6661 p1 S 0:00 -ksh 6738 p2 S 0:00 -ksh 6746 p2 S 0:00 wheel 6747 p2 S 0:00 wheel 7002 p0 S 0:01 elm 7193 p1 R 0:00 ps
Signals are a form of process communication. Because they can come from another process, the kernel or the process itself, they might be better thought of as events that occur as a program runs. A crude example might be the bell most of us remember from our early days in school; when the bell rang, we reacted by switching from playful children to industrious students.
The signals we will use below are the termination signal SIGTERM, the interrupt signal SIGINT and the kill signal SIGKILL. These signals usually occur because another process sent them. You probably already use one of them; typing ctrl-c sends the interrupt signal SIGINT to your current foreground process. Other signals—such as SIGPIPE, which is sent to a process writing to a broken pipe—usually come from the kernel. There are about 30 signals, all of which can be referred to by numbers or by names, but the numbers change between platforms and some signals are unavailable on some platforms. The complete list of signals can be found on the signal(7) manual page; enter man 7 signal to see it or enter kill -1 for a short version of this list.
For each signal there is a default action, almost all of which terminate the process. For most signals, a program may specify another action—this is called catching or handling the signal—or may specify that no action occurs, which is called ignoring the signal. The signal SIGKILL cannot be caught or ignored; it always terminates processes.
For example, suppose you use cat to list a large text file without first determining the size of the file. Instead of watching hundreds, perhaps thousands of lines scroll by too quickly to read, you send the cat process the interrupt signal by pressing Ctrl-c. Fortunately, cat was not programmed to catch SIGINT, and the cat process is terminated immediately.
Suppose we had inadvertently started cat in the background; Ctrl-c would be ineffective, because the signal wouldn't get to the cat process. So we need to send it a signal some other way. With the command kill, you can send any signal to any process you own. The command's syntax is:
If no signal is specified on the kill command line, the terminate signal SIGTERM (default) is sent. This will normally terminate the process in question. If it fails to do so—that is, SIGTERM was caught or ignored—you can send the signal SIGKILL, which will always terminate the process.
Thus, we might do the following to terminate our runaway cat process commands. First determine the PID:
$ ps PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 2037 p0 S 0:01 cat
Now, kill process 2037, which is the cat process:
kill 20371If cat had been written to catch SIGTERM, we would have to use a signal that cannot be caught or ignored.
kill -SIGKILL 20371In addition to killing errant processes, kill can be used to inform processes that the status of something has changed. For example, suppose you are writing a program and you wish to have it change its mode of operation on the occurrence of some external event. By coding what is called an “interrupt handler” in your program, you can have it catch any number of signals which have meaning to you. In particular, you might choose SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2, which are non-specific. By sending your chosen signal, you can make your program aware of the change in circumstances, so it can proceed into its alternate mode of operation.
When you use kill, the desired signal is sent only to processes you own (that is, processes that you invoked). This prevents inadvertent termination of the wrong process. The exception is that the superuser (root) can use kill to send a signal to any process. Similarly, any process owned by root can send a signal to any other process.
An orderly shutdown of your system can occur in this way. While the kill command is not used at shutdown, the equivalent system call kill(2) is used to terminate everything. This guarantees that no files are left open and that all buffers are written to disk. For a description of kill(2), enter man 2 kill at the prompt.
A related command is killall, which takes the name of the process as an argument rather than the process ID (PID). (Some versions of kill can take process names too.) This is a convenient way to terminate all processes with the same name. If a path is used to identify the process to be signaled, only the processes executing that particular file are selected. In addition, you can ask to be consulted before killall kills a particular process, and you can receive confirmation that the signal was actually sent.
Although full details are listed in the man page, an example may be useful here. Suppose you have two programs that are different but have the same name—perhaps different release levels. In order to be different and have the same name, they must be stored in different directories. Assume they have the name sample_prog, but one is stored in /usr/a and the other in /usr/b. Entering ps gives the following output:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 123 pp0 S 0:03 /usr/a/sample_prog 124 pp1 R 0:02 /usr/b/sample_prog
The following commands perform different actions:
# To kill both processes killall sample_prog # To kill only process 123 killall /usr/a/sample_prog
In summary, the kill and killall commands can be useful tools to control the execution of processes on your Linux system. In combination with other tools described in previous “Take Command” columns, they will allow you to become true masters of a very powerful desktop appliance. For specific information on their very few options, and for a description of the signals they can invoke, read the relevant manual pages (enter man kill or man killall at the prompt).


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08 December 2017
Pro Bono Choir Raise £10,000 in Support of Welcome Organisation
Members of the Pro-Bono Choir were on hand at Law Society House in Belfast to present a cheque for £10,000 to the Welcome Organisation.
The money which was raised from a concert held at St. Anne's Cathedral in May 2017 included performances from local singer Brian Kennedy.
The £10,000 raised by the Choir at the concert will help the local charity which provides support services to people who are homeless or vulnerable and at risk of homelessness.
Kieran Hughes, the Fundraising and Marketing Manager for the Welcome Organisation was delighted to receive the cheque from, Joe Rice, the Chairman of the Pro Bono Choir.
Members of the choir, which is made up of members of the legal profession, were joined by the President of the Law Society, Eileen Ewing, David Mulholland, Chief Executive of the Bar and Nora Tallon, from Harbinson-Mulholland Accountants who sponsored the concert for the cheque presentation.
Commenting the President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, Eileen Ewing said:
"Congratulations to the Pro Bono Choir for their successful charity fundraising throughout the year which has culminated in £10,000 being raised.
This will help the Welcome Organisation in the fantastic work which they provide in support of those who are homeless, vulnerable and at risk of homelessness".
Pro Bono Choir Hit Right Note

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This book will help you in Learning the Basics of Penetration Testing. It will cover the main features of Penetration Testing and will help you better understand the flaws in a network system and how to resolve them. It has been designed in such a way that it does not require any prior experience of testing or hacking. It will cover all the details completely from start to end.
You will learn the objectives of Penetrating Testing, steps to conduct a pen test, elements, and phases of Penetrating Testing. The book also covers the techniques used in Penetration Testing and how to test the standard security protocols in network systems.
This book guides you on how to use vulnerability assessment, types of security breaches, and the role of Penetrating Testing in enterprises. You will also learn how to keep your systems safe and secure.
You will learn about the top ten security risks and how to fix them using Penetration Testing. You will learn how to use Penetration tools like Nmap, Burp Suite Intruder, IBM Appscan, HP Webinspect, and Hack Bar.
Once you finish reading the book, you will be ready to make your own pen tests and tackle the advanced topics related to Penetration Testing. This book will guide you step by step in a structured and efficient manner so that you can fully utilize it in your practical experience. It is an excellent book for those who want to learn Penetration Testing but don’t know where or how to start.

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Doc in Saratoga: Derek Hallquist's Denial
Derek Hallquist’s documentary Denial explores two tangled narratives that are both deeply personal and inextricably global.
The film begins as an investigation of climate change and the renewable energy transition,
but rapidly complicates as the central character—Hallquist’s father and energy CEO—undergoes
a major life transition. Interweaving discussions of gender, climate change, psychology,
engineering and politics create a brilliantly honest film.
Hallquist worked with a team in Saratoga Springs to edit and produce the film, and with a second team at Charlotte Street Films in Manhattan. After five years of hard work, he showed a rough cut documentary for the first time to a focus group of students and faculty at Skidmore College in March 2016. Feedback went directly into the final cut, which premiered in June at the Los Angeles Film Festival. After touring the film nationally, Hallquist brought Denial back to Saratoga Springs, renting a theater at Bow Tie Cinemas downtown to show the final theatrical version to neighbors, friends and family.
Walking back through the streets of Saratoga, where he spent many hours creating Denial, Hallquist remembers the importance of place in fostering the kinds of complex portrayals that his film provides. In our interview, he spoke about the confluence of these non-binary issues, and the support he found in this upstate community.
—Julia Cavicchi' 18, environmental studies and sciences
Want to see the film? The feature version has won two awards at film festivals, and an hourlong TV version will make its PBS debut this month. For more information, check the Denial facebook page, http://facebook.com/denialmovie.

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Here you can see how I got a little creative with the back. After spending several billion hours staring at poor Natalie Tena's costumes (which hurt the good seamstress in me, but make the cosplayer in me super happy) I decided that I would make a costume that LOOKED like what she wore, but that I really didn't want to wear that awful long-sleeved shirt. I therefore changed the longsleeved shirt into a short-sleeved (it's not like anyone can tell with the coat on anyway) and made that green shirt thing into a corset.
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By Makutu Manneh & Mustapha Jallow
Residents of Brufut Darusalam on Sunday found a dead man with HIS legs shackled inside two sacks on the side of a forest five meters away from the street.
Eyewitnesses said upon observation of the dead man’s body, it could be noticed that he was beaten.
The unidentified body is said to have worn a GDC shirt.
The dead man is yet to be identified as his face was spoiled. However, a police report showed that the dead man must have been between the age of 25 to 30 years old.
Residents also narrated that for about 2 to 3 days they have been passing the sacks where they were laid, but they were thinking the sacks contained waste even though they produced pungent smell.
This incident has left fear in the hearts of the residents of the area.
Some described the mysterious suspected murder as a heinous crime, while others say they are still shocked that a human being could do this “evil” act to their fellow human being.
According to the residents, health officials have fumigated the scene and also some fire service officials visited the scene. On how the residents eventually came to know that the sacks were containing a human being, a man named Muhammed Manneh said it was around 9pm when he was going to work at a woman’s compound when he was informed by the lady that her husband suspected that the sack on the side of the street was containing a human.
“I and my co-workers have been passing the sacks since Friday 23rd April, but we thought it was a waste,” Mr. Manneh said.
Muhammed said that was when he and his co-workers rushed to the scene to confirm things for themselves. He said upon arrival at the scene, they were greeted by a strong odour and they noticed human body parts were in the sacks.
Muhammed said that was when they ran to call the elders and informed the paramilitary station at Brufut Ghana Town. He said when the security officials came, they were asked to stay away from the scene.
“I am the only man in our compound and am living with women and children. Our compound is not fenced, it is an open space,” he said.
Mr. Manneh said he is scared talk-less of the women he is staying with. He said they are not safe and they need security in their settlement.
Saikou Badjie, who is said to be overseeing the area for the Alikalo of Brufut, said around 9 to 10am, a young man ran to his compound and informed him about the incident.
“I am terrified. I was unable to sleep the whole night. After seeing the corpse, I cried until I had head ache,” he said.
Mr. Badjie said on Monday morning he went to the police station to give his statement.
Kodou Sowe said she has been living in that area for about 2 years, but such incident never occurred there. Both Kodou and her mother explained that they are scared since what happened there was terrible.
“This place is so quiet, we really need security,” she said.
Adama Njie, said she relocated to the area not long ago.
“My husband goes to work every day and I am left home mostly with my daughter, but this incident has made us scared,” she said.
Madam Njie said the place is their home and they cannot abandon it.
Agents of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Police detectives were also on the ground gathering information about the mysterious incident. State security agents from Brikama and Brusubi were seen at the scene conducting their investigations s. Residents also said two agents came to their compound in the morning to collect information regarding the body.
“Some NIA agents came here, they were talking to my husband about the matter and after their conversation with him, my husband referred them to assistant Alkalo.” Kodou said.
The community is an undeveloped settlement and some are living in the forest, while others are opposite the forest. The area lacks electricity and road.
Senior paramilitary officers at Brufut Ghana town said a passerby saw the corpse and informed the residents. This prompted residents as well to immediately inform them about the matter.
“We deployed our personnel on the ground and they inspected the area before the corpse was taken away,” a senior paramilitary officer told reporters.
According to the officers, they have filed their report on the matter to Brusubi Police station, saying the matter is now in the hands of the Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU).
“The commissioner at the CIU and his team are currently investigating the matter,” another senior PIU officer said.
The Gambia Police Force on Sunday said it has received intel-information about a mysterious (suspected) murder at Brufut forest.
“The office of the Inspector General of Police hereby informs the public that it has received reports of a case of suspected murder/death under unknown circumstances today Sunday 25th April 2021,” it said.
The Police said preliminary investigations revealed that the body found was a male person in his youthful age, between 25 – 30 years, saying the body was found covered in bags and legs tied with a rope at the Bird Watching Forest located between Brufut and Madiana villages in the Kombo North of West Coast Region.
“Police Investigators are working on constructing the crime scene and gathering evidence to ascertain the circumstances of the incident,” the Police release indicated.
“The body has been moved to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul for further examinations.”
The press release from the police called on the general public particularly people living within Brufut and Madiana villages to come forward with any information that might help the authorities in their investigation.
Equally, the Police also advised the public to desist from spreading false rumors or unverified information that could be detrimental to the investigation.
“The cooperation and understanding of the public is highly solicited,” said the Police.


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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Once school starts, your family schedule can fill up quickly with getting the kids to school and taking them to after-school activities. That leaves less time (and more stress!) when it comes to making dinner.
Some families like to prepare big meals over the weekend and eat leftovers during the week. But if you crave something new, why not use one main ingredient to create multiple dishes? Foodland corporate chef Keoni Chang shows us how with three steak meals that are quick, easy to make and will keep your family happy throughout the week.
- On the weekend, make your first meal (grilled certified angus beef flank steak with asparagus.) Cook extra steak.
- Use your extra steak throughout the week to make steak and onion baquette sandwiches and steak salad with bleu cheese and tomatoes (recipes below).
- You can make steak tacos, steak chili, and more!
Recipes courtesy of Keoni Chang:
Grilled Flank Steak with Asparagus
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 Tablespoon Italian parsley, chopped
- 1/2 olive oil
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 Tablespoonpoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 # flank steak
- 1 # asparagus, thick part of stem removed
1. Combine garlic, parsley,olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Marinate the steak with half and the asparagus with the other half overnight.
2. Heat a grill. On the high setting, grill the steak approximately 3-4 minutes per side for medium rare. On a medium setting, grill the asparagus approximately 2-3 minutes.
3. Allow the steak to rest for 5 minutes. Slice thinly on a bias and serve with asparagus. Smashed potatoes or roasted potatoes make a nice garnish. Serve with extra lemon wedges on the side.
Flank Steak and Grilled Onion Baguettes
- 2 each baguette pieces 6 inch long, split and toasted
- 5 ounces goat cheese
- 2 ounces Dijon mustard
- 6 ounces grilled flank steak, sliced thinly against the grain
- 4 ounces grilled or caramelized onions
- 2 ounces arugula leaves or other lettuce
- Sea salt and olive oil
1. Take the baguette and smear the goat cheese along the bottom of each of the two baguette pieces.
2. Slather Dijon mustard on the top side of the baguette. Layer the steak on the bottom side of the baguette, then onions and lettuce. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with seasalt.
Steak Salad with Blue Cheese and Tomatoes
- 3 ounces local spring mix like Dean's Greens
- 1 ounce Balsamic vinegar
- 1 ounce extra virgin olive oil
- Sea Salt
- Cracked pepper
- ¼ cup sliced grape tomatoes
- 1/8 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1 Tablespoon green onions
- 1/8 cup fried onions
- 3 ounces thinly sliced grilled flank steak
1. In a chilled bowl, place the greens. Drizzle with vinegar and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish the dressed greens with tomatoes, bluecheese, onions and steak.

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Crabb’s career has been anchored in Southern gospel music since he began performing with his siblings as The Crabb Family. The Beaver Dam, Kentucky-native went solo with his eponymous Spring Hill debut in 2009, winning a Grammy for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album. “I love Spring Hill. They helped launch my solo career and I’m very thankful to them for that,” says Crabb, who has won 21 Gospel Music Assn. Dove Awards, including artist of the year in 2012. “I’ve enjoyed my time at Spring Hill. I love everyone over there but I just think this is the right move.”
During his tenure on Spring Hill, Crabb flirted with other formats beyond his Southern gospel base. “Somebody Like Me” from his debut album made inroads at mainstream country radio and Spring Hill worked two singles – “Let Mercy Hold You” and “Near” – from his 2013 release Love is Stronger to Christian AC radio. Crabb also worked the title track to mainstream country stations. At the same time, he continued to crank out hits for the Southern gospel format.
Provident is one of the big three contemporary Christian companies (along with Warner-owned Word Entertainment and Universal’s Capitol Christian Music Group). Their roster includes Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, Brandon Heath, Building 429 and Tenth Avenue North. Hemmings says Crabb’s debut album is slated for either first or second quarter of 2015 and they plan to work him to the Christian AC format. “We plan to put our core competencies around what he does well and to the extent that we’re not going to be dictating the kind of records he makes or the songs that he sings, but certainly advising him as to what we know works and what we know doesn’t and his open-mindedness is going to contribute a great deal to our success,” Hemmings says. “The guy I’ve spent the last year getting to know and working through this process has not been unwilling to talk about any possibility we put on the table.”
Yet both parties are mindful not to alienate his Southern gospel fan base. “He knows his audience quite well and [so does] his management and agents. There’s a team around him that’s not going to let them vanish,” Hemmings says, “but there’s also a team here that we believe can find more people to enjoy and appreciate what he has to say.”
Crabb has no plans to abandon his existing fan base as he courts AC radio. Booked by Jeff Roberts & Associates, he has upcoming tour dates with Southern gospel stalwarts Mark Lowry, The Martins and comedian Chonda Pierce. He also says he wants to continue to work on projects with Southern Gospel patriarch Bill Gaither, one of the principal owners of Spring Hill Music Group. “In no way are we finished making music together,” he says of the Gospel Music Hall of Famer.
On his last album, Crabb worked with several producers, including Jay DeMarcus of the country supergroup Rascal Flatts and Southern gospel veteran Wayne Haun. He says they’ve yet to determine who will produce his Reunion debut. “Instead of trying to play to genres, I’m really just going to focus on making a good record,” he says, and adds that there will definitely be something for his Southern gospel fans. “I’m always going to do that. That’s who I am. That’s a piece of me, so if I make a record true to myself then it’s going to have a little piece of that.”
In addition to his recording career, Crabb has authored a memoir, "Trusting God to Get you Through," published in 2011, and has authored a series of children’s books. He made his acting debut in the faith-based film Inspiration Pop 2929. Provident also has a film division, Provident Films, and Crabb is hoping his new affiliation will provide additional opportunities to expand his brand and further develop some of the properties he’s already launched.
Hemmings looks forward to helping Crabb expand his horizons. “I took him to Sony’s CMA Awards after party back in the fall,” Hemmings says, “and I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I really was, at how many people in all facets of music not only knew him and respected him, but wanted to find a way to work with him or have their picture made. He’s a real important member of the community.”
Hemmings is hoping that good will translates to success at AC radio. “I’m trusting that people in radio are open-minded. A lot of artists come from different places and backgrounds,” he says. “Some are less prominent or visible than others. Some they embrace and some they don’t, but this is a guy that represents the values and the association that Christian radio wants with their artists so they need to pay attention to who he is. If we can put the song and the voice together, I don’t see any reason why it would be a battle. There will be questions. They are going to want to hear it, but I’d be disappointed it he were dismissed outright because of his success in another category.”


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Nigeria 0 Vs 0 Sierra Leone: AFCON 2021 qualifier was a waste of everyone’s time
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will have to wait till at least March 2021 before they can seal qualification to the next AFCON.
After throwing away a four-goal lead to draw the first leg 4-4 three days earlier, there were still Nigerians that overcame the weariness to want to watch the second leg of that 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. And they would have been further disappointed to learn that the game would not be on TV but little did they know that luck was about to shine on them.
For the game, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) managed to put together a streaming page on their website while a couple of Facebook Live videos later emerged on social media. From the streaming links which were supposed to placate Nigerian football followers to the game at the National Stadium in Freetown; the whole experience was a disaster.
Feeds from the links looked worse than pre-Pele era football clips. The pitch was horrible. The game itself was an overtax filled with meaningless grapples from start to finish.
A poorer first half from any Super Eagles side in the future, and it will be a confirmed case of full-blown infamy.
It was so bad
Samuel Chukwueze looked the liveliest from the Super Eagles but the only thing of note he did in that tepid first 45 minutes was a curling effort that flew past the upright. Kelechi Iheanacho looked lost, leading the line-ironic for someone that talked tough ahead of the game. Ahmed Musa was missing in that half while Alex Iwobi kept running into bodies in midfield.
Rohr found out
Gernot Rohr was found out again. We are running out of fingers to count. Despite the untidy nature of the game, it wasn’t hard to notice some tactical changes by Sierra Leone coach John Keister. Most noticeable among them was how he added an extra midfielder to crowd out that area, thereby making things harder for Iwobi. The Everton star ran riot in the first half of the first leg with a brace, but here in Freetown, he was checked in the middle while his coach looked on cluelessly from the bench.
Nigeria would have been behind at halftime if not for the goalkeeper Maduka Okoye who came to the rescue with a save.
The Super Eagles got better in the second half. Their superior quality becoming more apparent. Chukwueze was getting better of his marker, getting closer in the box dangerously.
He laid a pass for Iheanacho who was in a good position just inside the box, but the Leicester City forward fired well over the bar. Iheanacho didn’t have a good game, but he did manage to put the ball in the net before the referee’s whistle went off for a correct offside position.
There were attempts by Joe Aribo-who struggled to exert himself in this proper West African football clash-and Chukwueze again.
Iheanacho managed to trouble the Sierra Leone number one with a lob, but the goalkeeper parried the ball over the post.
That was it; a poor game played at a terrible pitch and streamed out on a one-camera angle. But the Super Eagles are still on course. A win in one of their next two games and they seal AFCON 2021 ticket.
Sierra Leone have played themselves back into contention with the two points from two games against the Super Eagles.
For the rest; the game was a waste of time.
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I’d experienced something like this years ago, on a trip to India. I was inside the Tomb-Shrine of Avatar Meher Baba, placing my head against the cool marble and—once again, in a flash—a story came to me. A complete story, with a beginning, middle and end. I didn’t think about it, my wandering mind didn’t dream it up, it was just there, the entire thing unfolding instantaneously. Over time, that story evolved into Seekers Into The Mystery and, given the themes of that series, a hill in India was the perfect place for the idea to manifest.
These are the moments that writers (well, this writer) live for. Moments when it becomes clear that we’re not really the authors of our work: we’re channels, tuning into another frequency, another dimension, and bringing that information down into the physical world, where—using the tools, the talents and perspectives that are uniquely ours—we transcribe and embellish that information, transforming it into that wonderful creature called a Story.
In the end, it doesn’t matter whether the transmission is instant or unfolds slowly, it’s the opening up that’s so magical. That moment of realizing that you’re connected to something so much bigger than yourself. I remember, years ago, when I was just beginning work on Moonshadow, standing in the shower—mouth open, eyes glazed, still as a statue— watching the ending of the series play out on the movie screen of my psyche. Make no mistake: I didn’t create the scene, I just witnessed and transcribed it. That truth hit me with even more impact a few months later, when I was working on Moonshadow #3. The first two issues of Moon were, at that point in my career, the best writing I’d ever done; they were so good, in fact, that I was terrified the third issue would be a total disaster, proving to the world that the my success had been a fluke, that I was a talentless charlatan. And that’s almost what happened.
I worked that story so hard I nearly beat it to death, but, within a few pages of the end, I had the sickening realization that what I’d written just didn’t work. And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make it work. What did I do then?
I gave up.
Not willingly, not happily, maybe not even consciously; but however it happened, I spent several days collapsed on the floor, cursing the gods and trying to figure out how I was going to explain to my editor that I was quitting comics and committing myself to a mental asylum (which, come to think of it, is where a good part of that Moonshadow issue took place). And then, one morning, still sprawled out on the floor like a perfect idiot, my mind an absolute blank, there it was, unspooling like a film: a haunting, graceful sequence with Moon and the spirit of his dead aunt that lead, with equal grace, to the culmination of the story. That was when I understood, in a way I never had before, that the only way to truly create is to allow the unconscious (and all the realms beyond it that enter through that door) free reign. Surrender to Story is like surrender to God: you can’t fake it, either you do it or you don’t; but, if you do, the results, in both cases, will be miraculous.
I’d love to tell you that I can open this doorway to the miraculous at will, but it doesn’t work that way. It functions very much like Divine Grace—with an elegant, sometimes infuriating, whim of its own; but when it arrives, I welcome it. No, I revel in it. Which is why I’ve learned not to be afraid of those moments—and they still come with alarming frequency—when it seems my story is collapsing all around me: I know now that the chaos is just a prelude. That my unconscious is tuning into something far beyond me, something huge and unfathomable and yet as intimate as a kiss.
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Young actor Thakur Anoop Singh, who impressed with his stylish acting as a baddie in S3, will soon be seen as the main antagonist in Sai Dharam Tej’s upcoming flick, Winner, which is slated for February 24th release.
Meanwhile, Anoop, in a recent media interaction, said that he had met Tollywood star hero Prabhas once and that he is looking forward to working with him in the future.
Apart from Winner, Anoop will also be seen as the villain in Puri Jagan’s Rogue and the multi-lingual Bollywood movie, Commando 2.
- Bhairava Geetha actress opens up about liplock scenes
- Sai Pallavi to romance Fahadh Faasil
- Dev gets a tentative release date
- Poll: Which of these upcoming December releases are you looking forward to?
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Jetbeam Jet TH20, tactical flashlight review:
The TH20 is a Tactical light. This means that it can be used in combination with arms. Your thumb is positioned near the switch to control the light. The Jet-TH20 (as the name on the flashlight indicates) has something special, it uses only one battery but with a 6Volt LED. It uses a boost driver to boost the voltage from 3.6V (4.2V) to 6V. Jetbeam is a popular brand in the flashlight world, but is not keeping up with brands like Acebeam, Lumintop or Fenix. But let’s see what the TH20 has to offer. I have to say that the packaging is so weak that it arrived bashed. A 18650 2600mAh battery was included, as well as a lanyard, and an extra rubber boot.
What you’ll get:
- Blue package (flimsy)
- Spare o-ring
- User Manual
- Warranty Card
|1*18650 / 2xCR123A
Handling of the light
When I opened the package, I was a little surprised by the size of the flashlight. I thought it was similar in size as my Sunwayman V20C. But the head is larger. It is longer and wider. It has a rear (mechanical) switch to turn the light on and off and can be used as Momentary on. The negative side of this switch is that it is quite stiff and more difficult to press in than a regular switch on other flashlights. In addition to the normal switch there are 2 little buttons that are used to change its brightness. And if the lamp is off, they are used for direct access to strobe mode.
- No! It’s too unstable.
Build Quality and Anodizing
Anodization is the coating of a flashlight. The quality of anodisation Jetbeam is using is in my opinion one of the best in the world. When I was holding the light, it reminded me directly of my Jetbeam RRT21 while I wasn’t thinking about the brand for a moment, and then realized this is a Jetbeam as well. The coating and finish are like no other, and give the flashlight a rather premium look and feel. Well done Jetbeam!
The build quality is top notch. Unfortunately though, the parts of the flashlights seem to be glued. I couldnt unscrew the head from the body. So if I ever had to change the driver, that could be a little difficult. I hope this is never going to be needed though.
The tailcap can be unscrewed and has some gorgeous threads.. LOL. Nicely done and no problems to be found. The parts screw in very nicely without any squeky sound. They came lubed.
LED, Lens Bezel and Reflector
The reflector is made of aluminum and has an orange peel effect. This means that the reflector is not smooth, but has a kind of coarse finish, so that the light beam is not focused so much on one point but gives a wider beam. This gives it some smooth edges instead of sharp corona/spot/spill.
- Diameter inside of the head 33 mm
- Diameter outside of the head: 40 mm
The bezel is black aluminum, and not shiny stainless steel unfortunately…hehe bling bling… The bezel can be loosened by hand without too much power! The O-ring behind the lens was unfortunately not in place, and I had to push back a little bit.
The pill seems to be made of copper!
Something still rather unique (at the time of writing) is the XHP70.2 LED in combination with a single 18650 battery. The driver is a boost driver in order to increase its voltage up to 6Volts.
Take a look at the pictures to see the LED, the reflector etc.
Dimensions and weight:
- Length: 163 mm
- Diameter head: 40 mm
- Diameter reflector 34 mm
- Diameter body: 27 mm
- Weight empty: 235 grams
Below is a size comparison picture with the Convoy C8, the Lumintop ODF30 (with a 26650 battery) and a Convoy S2 +. As you can see the head is as wide as the C8 and ODF30.
There are 2 types or buttons on the flashlight. The main switch, and 2 switches next to the main switch. The main switch is used to turn the flashlight on and off, and the 2 smaller switches (both have the same functionality) are used to change modes.
It does the reverse thing, because this is a tactical flashlight, and you probably want to have the brightest setting first. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a way to enter the lowest mode directly. So no short cut as far as I know.
From the OFF position with the big button:
- 1 full click: On
- Half click: momentary-on (for morse coding etc)
From the OFF position with the side buttons:
- Long press: Strobe
From the ON position with the side buttons:
- 1 short click: changes output
- Double click: Turbo
- Long pressed: Strobe
- If you press the main switch you can use it as momentary-on. This means that you can use signals such as Morse coding. The output of this setting is dependent on the last used mode (mode memory) So if he was in turbo, then the momentary-lacking will be the same as turbo.
- Yes. This setting is also used when using the momentary on setting. (half press when turned off).
- Not it is not necessary, because he has a mechanical switch that uses no energy!
- Not that I could detect
I couldn’t get any readings on the tailcap. Probably because of the double switch. I dont know why, but I couldnt get it to work. Also the head is glued, so measuring it at the LED is also too difficult.
After the runtime test, the battery showed 2.97 Volts on the charger. So it must have dropped a little more than that under load. I had to do the runtime test twice, because the app I used first produced too much data. Which froze my pc. Next I used the Android App LUX. No idea anymore where that came from. This is also to remind myself of using the correct app.
The light actually increases its brightness when you turn it into Turbo.. this is rather interesting. Usually its instant, but this one ramps very quickly to max output.
After 8 minutes the light drops out of Turbo into High. Please don’t look at the time stamps.. I had a hard time with the numbers out of the App. (second app, second runtime) for over 1 hour because of the way the App spews out the numbers. And when I finally got this graph I was happy except for the time stamps. They dont make sense between about 20 minutes and 1 hour.
But you get the idea.
After 1 hour and 13 minutes the light shuts off. The runtime is done with the 2600mAh battery that was included in the box.
Measured with high drain Jetbeam battery in my homebuilt integrating sphere
|18650 hi drain jetbeam
I did the lumen test a few weeks after the initial review, and now I can actually see that the light comes nowhere close to their lumen claim of 3150 lumens. It only hits half of it, at 1600 lumens.
Warning! The TH20 has a parasitic drain between 1.5mA and 1.7mA, this means that the 2600mAh will be dead within 1733 hours = 72 days.
It definitely is more of a flooder. The hotspot is wide.
Low Voltage warning:
Not really, it decreases its output, and then shuts down.
I have a problem here. I bought another lux meter recently, but the numbers are much different from my old lux meter. The new shows much higher values .
Measured at 5 meters:
- 483 lux on the old meter and 630lux on new meter in Turbo (included 18650 2600mAh battery) That corresponds to 12000cd or 15750. This is far from the manufacturer claimed 25000cd. But it wasn’t supposed to ‘throw’ much anyway.
Overall conclusion of the Jetbeam TH20
- Uses one of the latest CREE Led at the time of writing, namely the XHP70.2
- One of the few lights with a 6V LED off 1 single battery
- Direct access to strobe for tactical users.
- Jetbeam has one of the best coatings and finish that can be found on flashlights
- Slightly larger than expected, but this is more of a personal taste
- Switch is a little hard to press (stiff)
- The body parts are glued, so you can not remove or replace the driver easily.
- The battery that was included is “only” 2600mAh
- Throw is less than on paper.
Overall rating: 4 stars: Good
There is really nothing to complain about as it does what it is supposed to do. It works as expected. Superb finish and coating. My 2 personal grips are the little-hard to press-switch and the modes going from High to Low without direct access to low. To top that off, the discharge current when turned off is 1.5mA.
The flashlight was provided by Gearbest for review. I have reviewed the flashlight as unbiased as possible and have not tried to keep anything behind. Feel free to contact me/us if you have any questions.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures rose Friday, lifted by expectations for global stimulus, which could boost prospects for oil demand, but prices still ended the week nearly unchanged, with gloomy U.S. economic data capping strength as traders awaited the outcome of this week’s Greek elections.
Crude for July delivery CLN2, +0.18% tacked on 12 cents, or 0.1%, to settle at $84.03 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. A week ago, it settled at $84.10 — a difference of 7 cents.
Oil has reacted to hope that governments, through their central banks, “are going to intervene with support which, in turn, will help the oil prices stay up,” said Charles Perry, chief executive officer at energy-consulting firm Perry Management.
That’s probably why prices were virtually flat on the week, with the market “just waiting to see what the central banks do,” he said.
The Federal Reserve and other central banks from the Group of 20 nations are reportedly getting ready to provide stimulus, amid mounting concern that Greece might leave the euro zone following the result of elections this weekend. Read more about central banks stand ready to act
“The three most important events for the near-term price of oil are the Greek elections on Sunday, the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting [that begins] on Tuesday and the July 1st implementation of the oil embargo on Iran,” said Kirk McDonald, senior research analyst at St. Louis-based Argent Capital Management.
For now, oil bounced higher earlier “on speculation that global central banks are preparing to act in a coordinated fashion, if necessary, following the Greek elections,” he said.
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Friday that the ECB “will continue to supply liquidity to solvent banks where needed.”
A weakening dollar also provided some support for most dollar-denominated commodities, with the dollar index DXY, -0.70% which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, lately at 81.590, off from 81.917 on Thursday. Read more on currencies.
But U.S. economic data that came in weak across the board put some pressure on oil.
The University of Michigan-Thomson Reuters consumer-sentiment index fell to a preliminary June reading of 74.1 — the lowest since December. Read more on the index.
The Empire State index fell to 2.3 in June from 17.1 in May, according to the manufacturing survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It’s the lowest reading since last November. Read more on New York factory activity.
Also Friday, the Fed reported that U.S. industrial production slipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May. The market was expecting no change. Read more on industrial output.
At a meeting in Vienna Thursday, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to leave their daily production ceiling at 30 million barrels.
McDonald called the cartel’s announcement “a nonevent as they had telegraphed the decision to hold production steady very consistently over the previous week or so.” Read more on OPEC affirming production ceiling.
“Holding the production steady in the face of a slowing economy is a good decision in my opinion because it reassures the world that they do not need to fear the burden of higher energy costs while they are facing an economic slowdown in Europe, China and the U.S.,” he said.
Tension within the cartel remained, however.
Before the official meeting, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Ghazemi “dropped a verbal bomb aimed at the Saudis,” said Bob van der Valk, a petroleum-industry analyst based in Terry, Mont. He warned Saudi Arabia “not to use oil as a weapon against it by pumping more oil to countries no longer buying Iranian crude” as a result of economic sanctions imposed by the European Union.
The cartel also failed to announce a new secretary general. That “underlines the difficulties in OPEC also exhibited by their failure to assign quotas to individual member states,” said James Williams, energy economist at WTRG Economics.
Also Friday in Nymex trading, July gasoline RBN2 rose 2.5 cents, or 1%, to $2.70 a gallon, ending 0.6% higher than a week ago, and July heating oil HON2 finished at $2.65 a gallon, up 2 cents, or 0.7%, below last Friday’s close of $2.67. Read Commodities Corner on the prospects for ethanol.
Natural gas for July delivery NGN12, +0.00% shed 3 cents, or 1.1%, to settle at $2.47 per million British thermal units, consolidating after having rallied 14% on Thursday. It was 7.4% higher for the week.
Traders on Thursday were likely “grasping at a reason to rally after storage came in a little below expectations,” said Beth Sewell, managing partner at Quantum Power & Gas Services. “There’s really nothing to cause a change in supply/demand that happened magically overnight.”
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