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With a brand-new album out Tuesday (April 23), it's been a pretty exciting day for will.i.am. So the singer/producer decided a laid-back hangout would be the best way to celebrate. And since will's a fan of the cyber world — his #willpower album is a hashtag, after all — a hangout on Google was a no-brainer.
Britney Spears, Nicole Scherzinger, Miley Cyrus and record exec Jimmy Iovine stopped by to talk about their work on #willpower. And the hangout turned out to be one big gush fest.
The pop princess herself began the chat cameos by talking about "Scream & Shout," the first single off the album, which dropped a few months early. "I've always been a fan of will. I think he gets our generation," she said. And although will could "not confirm or deny" his executive producing Brit's eighth album, Spears showed love for his attitude in the studio. "His energy is just electric. He's a charmer."
With an LP chock full of quality musicians, the hangout could've gone on for hours if his other collaborators were involved. Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Chris Brown, David Guetta, Eva Simons and Redfoo also appear on the album, but Miley and Nicole seemed the most excited to share their team-ups.
Scherzinger, who has an undeniably quirky chemistry with the "Far Away From Home" producer, admitted to stalking will back in 2001 and added, "will and god have been the authors of my life."
But the bragging wasn't all directed at will. The leather-capped, collar-chain-rocking musician threw all his excitement Miley's way, giving plenty of teases into her upcoming music.
"This new Miley stuff is so freaking... yo," will said, speechless at first. "She has redefined everything you thought Miley Cyrus was. ... I'm so blessed to have collaborated with her before the world gets melted by her wonderfulness."
Cyrus was flattered, and echoed his exhilaration. "When will asked me to do this — I promised by fans a record by the beginning of the year and I wasn't able to do it because I got so obsessed with being in the studio, that I wanted to stay here 'cause it keep getting better — so I wanted my fans to get something knew before I still felt pressured to put my sh-- out."
Miley explained their collabo "Fall Down," from its orchestral arrangements to its edgier verses to its pop chorus, but will, again, turned his attention to Cyrus' album. "It feels epic. Like Quincy Jones just sneezed on it," he said, joking, "You gotta sedate her to pull her out of the studio."
In the end, after explaining why he going back to going back to school for computer science — "I know I'm going to be doing something different at 58." — will's takeaway message about his album was this:
"willpower is the ability to keep your dreams going and withstand any hate because there are people trying to put our down for being unique or an individual or unequal. ...#willpower is the ability to stay strong and weather that storm," he said, reminiscing on his high school days where he was made fun of and looking at today's online world.
"There's so much hate. Social is based on comments and replies, not understanding," will said. " You have to have some type of willpower to keep you strong. This record is the 15-yearold version of me."
Going back to school for computer science to prepare himself for what he wants to do when he gets older. "What am I gonna be doin at 58? I'm not gonna be like 'let's get it started' I know I'm going to be doing something different.
Tell us your favorite track off #willpower in the comments!

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2001 Impreza 2.5RS STM
Does anyone know where to get these still without ordering internationally? Everyone who used to make them that I contacted don't anymore. Thanks!
I just stuck the ones I had made (plain old vinyl) onto the rear caliper and cleared over them. No issues to date. As for the fronts, I have the older raised lettering so I just used some Aspen White Touch up and a hobby brush then cleared over that. I DIY repainted my calipers so perhaps the powdercoaters would have you do things differently.I'm fine with vinyl stickers as long as they are rated to high temp.

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Posted 11 years ago on Jan. 10, 2012, 5:40 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Wednesday, January 11th
3pm-4pm leafletting at 43rd St and 7th Ave
4pm March to the Nigerian Consulate at 44th St and 2nd Ave
5pm Rally at the Nigerian Consulate
Called by an affinity group of participants in the Occupy Movement in NYC working against the NDAA:
This upcoming Wednesday, January 11th is the 10 year anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay Prison. This day is a somber recognition of previous repressive state measures that violate not only people on individual levels, but our international agreements on Universal Human Rights. We will be protesting in solidarity with others all over the world.
The Nigerian people are striking that same day, after the Nigerian government cut oil subsidies for citizens January 1st 2012. In response, blocked the shipping routes and shut down petrol stations this past Tuesday. Though it was a peaceful protest, the state attacked the protesters with teargas and gunfire, killing 23 year old Mustapha Opobiyi. This mirrors the systemic state violence witnessed world-wide over the past year since the beginning of the Arab Spring -- but this ongoing repression builds resistance.
As we know in the United States, repression is on the rise. Between the continued use of inhumane prisons like Guantanamo Bay and the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2012, people in the US are becoming more and more aware of the injustices of this globalized corporate system. We stand in solidarity with the Nigerian people and all victims of this system. We also see the inconsistency of the US government's support of pro-democracy movements when it is actively derailing the very democracy it claims to protect.
We call on you to join us in fighting back against state repression!
Also, this Saturday, January 14th, Occupy Nigeria-New York will be marching on the United Nations. We encourage all to join them in solidarity:
United Nations, New York (1st Avenue between 45 St & 46 St)
Date: Saturday January 14th, 2012
Time: 12 noon - 3pm
Join R&B Superstar and activist Banky W, Fuji legend Adewale Ayuba and other prominent Nigerians in the rally for change. Tell one, tell all, bring your friends and family and stand united to protest the removal of the oil subsidy in Nigeria, the killing of protesters and activist, the gross mismanagement of our resources and economy by our corrupt, and inept leadership who have become pawns in the hands of the greedy IMF and World Bank. Speak up and let your voice be heard.

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RSD Tyler opens up and gives us another valuable video for personal development.
Self love, self beliefs, trauma release, presence work, gratitude.
Less is more
Concentrate on the vibe, just give a good vibe.
What is the vibe? What is a good vibe?
How can I put out a good vibe an then draw people into me where they want more of what I have to offer.
When you are going out and meeting somebody right off the bat. Someone you want to make friends with, network,. Someone you are attracted to and want to get a date with.
As you put out good vibes they are going to know more about you.
Well, if you are putting out good vibes, it’s going to draw them in. They want to get it out of you , rather than pon
There’s two different types of information.
If you are in a city, and something is readily available you don’t value it as much. The state of consciousness.
Taken for granted. Human beings, we only tend to value that which we invest into. The reason why, this is a function of evolutionary psychology.
Imagine you are living in prehistoric times, you are putting a huge effort to build a place to live, a huge effort to hunt an animal, to get some fruit or some vegetables. There’s only so much time and energy in your lifespan. There’s a scarcity of it. What tends to happen is that if you put a lot into something, you are afraid of losing it.
How much are people investing in you?
The human mind’s inability to be present to the moment, unless we train it to do so. Have you read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now? If not, you should do so. You will benefit greatly from the power of being present in the moment.

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Four language teachers came up Linguaswap, the first online language swapping website for second-level students globally,
Looking to the future in education: A rocky year in store for teachers, potentially a good one for parents and will Quinn continue in education?
My Education Week: The arrival of the cigire used to be met with dread, but now it’s part of a wider partnership process
One in 10 people is affected by the condition, and although general teacher training doesn’t include enough about how to teach children who have it, knowledge and support have improved
IADT’s investment in green screen and HD technology is preparing students for the way modern film and TV work
At the Galway Education Centre, Bernard Kirk’s innovative and fun approach to science and robotics has proven a hit with children
Something has to change in Irish teaching; much of that change will have to come from the teachers themselves
According to the best estimates there are just over 168,000 students in full-time higher education and this is expected to increase every year
The data was garnered from two sources and includes students who got places in any of 33 colleges on the island of Ireland
Figures published today show that Irish schools perform well when it comes to helping their pupils progress to third level, but some statistics hide surprising facts
Gaelscoileanna and, despite cuts to their funding, private schools, are turning out students who are doing well in the race for admission to high-points courses in third-level institutions
Look at 71% of the published percentages for a more accurate picture of how a school is doing academically
Galway teacher Sarah Varden describes a week of taking home-economics classes in an all-boys’ school
Thursday is World Philosophy Day, a good time to get children asking the big questions
A John Lennon song provides the inspiration for fifth-class pupils to think in questions
Which Daily Digest would you like?


McKinney ISD Secretary Arrested For Suspicion Of Theft
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McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A former McKinney ISD secretary was arrested on suspicion of stealing money from McKinney Boyd High School.
According to police, 44-year old Angela Putty of McKinney, Texas was arrested on Thursday by the McKinney Police Department after school officials determined that she was stealing money from the school’s student parking funds.
Police say the crime occurred from approximately January 2013 through May 2014.
Putty’s bond was set at $2,500.
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The research project RENTALCAL presented its first outcomes at the ERES 2016 conference in Regensburg.
The RentalCal project focuses on the current level of energy efficiency investments in the rented housing sector, which is in danger of missing EU policy targets. RentalCal will show a clear road map towards a sustainable housing stock and is developing models and tools for assessing the commercial viability of energy efficiency retrofitting in rental properties. This will reduce split incentive barriers – translating the positive effects of energy efficient and sustainable construction into real value and financially feasible investments for the real estate industry.
Preliminary results presented include a large-scale study of the value of energy efficiency in the private German residential rental market, which demonstrates that energy efficient properties are rented at a premium. However, this finding does not apply to very tight metropolitan markets where scarcity of supply may mask the ‘true’ value of energy efficiency in these markets.
Also, initial approaches for the inclusion of additional benefits of energy saving measures and consideration of the impact of energy performance on residential buildings‘ market value were presented.
Presentations can be downloaded here.


Play dominoes against 3 unique computer personas in a 3D world with slow and deliberate game play. No advertisements or in-app purchases. A clean and simple meditative game for your child and you.
The beta version contains one simple but riveting game (based on chicken-foot dominoes). More games and multiplayer features are under development.
15 soothing premium tracks
Huge grassland with larger than life dominoes
No help in counting, no hints, no color codes.
No automatic pass or draw. No leader boards or gratuitous incentives.
No in-app purchases
Each bot has a unique heuristic driven persona giving them a human feel
The built-in randomness of a domino game makes every game a distinct experience
Play with a safe group of friends
Teachers, create a classroom group for children to play
Multiple domino games in one world.
An active world to take care of while you engage in the game
A COVID-19 production
Like most simple things, dominoes present an intangible opportunity. An opportunity to use their simplicity as a foundation to build experiences that are complex, compelling and rewarding.
At The Solvers Club, we have used Dominoes to create learning experiences for learners from 5 - 17 years. From simple pattern matching to fractions. We have played the numerous games created by wonderful people over the years and built a few games of our own.
The lock down took away an important tool in our arsenal and we used it as an opportunity to improve upon the domino experience by creating a virtual world of dominoes.
Introducing Breakroom Dominoes! A 3D world that marries the wonderful physicality of the real world with the incomparable convenience and automation presented by the virtual world.
The serious fun of dominoes make learning environments accessible for children
Dominoes are building blocks for complex learning experiences
Mathematical games have turned into nail-baiting strategic thrillers at Puthir
We are working on exciting features to make this incredible world of dominoes come alive
A game invented at Puthir, Open / Close holds your attention and slowly draws you into a nail-biting thriller.
A variation of a popular bidding game 42, Primal brings the magic of prime numbers to the world of dominoes.
Play safely with friends, peers from a classroom. Interact using your player character movement and expressions.
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Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, Deputy Managing Director of SBI launched this project on Monday at IIT Kharagpur.
According to a release, a memorandum of understanding has been signed by the two. The IPDaas will facilitate streamlining patent applications for solutions developed internally and thereby making them available for external use through licensing.
"It is trend-setting for an organisation like SBI to move towards holistic IP creation. This would create an ecosystem for organizations in India especially in the financial sector to promote their technical expertise," said Prof. PP Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur.
IIT Kharagpur will work with SBI Collaborative Innovation Centre (CIC) team. Going forward, this IIT will assist in review and associated activities for a full-fledged offer of IP as a service.


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|Keywords:||Intersectionality; Gender; Age; Palestine; Resistance; Movement; Wall; Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology); Samhällsvetenskap; Sociologi; Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi); Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, One Year; Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, One Year|
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In this study I use semi-structured interviews and participant observation, in an intersectional and post-colonial theoretical framework, to look at one specific aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory: the restrictions of movement that are a result of the occupation, and how these influence different groups of the population in different ways, more specifically by analysing intersections of gender and age. I consider not only restrictions caused by physical barriers, but also barriers caused by fear of violence or detainments and arrests. In the second part of the study I analyse strategies of resistance against the issues caused by the restrictions of movement and their gendered aspects. I show how the effects of the Wall, barriers and restrictions of movement are gendered and age-related, identifying multiple vulnerable locations at different intersections of gender and age. I also demonstrate how both individual strategies of resistance and the possibilities to participate in organised forms of resistance are gendered.

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Campagnolo Super Record EPS 12-Speed Front Derailleur
In creating the Super Record mechanical shifting components, the engineers at Campagnolo sought upgraded new design features that would enhance the mechanical processes, and the front derailleur was always a key focus point, for as solid and precise as Campagnolo's shifting has long been, if there was a component that slightly underperformed below the superb mechanical shifting experience, it was the front derailleur. In-depth study by the Campagnolo technical staff for development of the new shape of the cage on the 12-speed mechanical front derailleur was extremely successful, making the component performance a strength. That cage design is now applied to the new EPS (electronic) version, guaranteeing fluid, efficient, reliable shifting. Thanks to the inner semi-cage in aluminum and the single-piece outer semi-cage in carbon fiber, the Super Record EPS front derailleur delivers maximum stiffness and efficiency when shifting. That is crucial, because the power of the derailleur motors absolutely required maximum performance.
This cutting-edge mechanical structure teams with the sophisticated intelligence of EPS's D.T.I. interface, the Power Unit and the precision of the derailleur motor to allow the chain to move immediately and fluidly on the chainrings, even under maximum load. High torque, high drive ratio motors are incredibly reliable, and built to perform over long years of use. Campagnolo has chosen the world’s best motors for this purpose. The body housing of the front derailleur is made with a monolithic carbon powder technopolymer that results in lightweight, yet very stiff, torque resistant unit overall, and protects the electronic and some mechanical components. An industry unique direct bolt design for the braze-on style frame mount adds overall stiffness and torque resistance in a location where the traditional design is good, but not superlative. Super Record is all the physical manifestation of superlative, so it is no surprise to find such an effective innovation here.
Optimal cage and chain alignment comes with Auto Repositioning via a Magnetic Hall Sensor Resolver that informs the EPS D.T.I. system to always move the chain automatically into the ideal position for the selected chainring-sprocket combination. EPS delivers incredible precision and reliability and Campagnolo worked both the physical and electronic elements for a great overall shifting experience. The impressive performance of the Super Record EPS 12-Speed Front Derailleur matches and enhances that of the entire shifting system.
- Impressive shifting and overall performance in this SR12 EPS front derailleur with innovative mechanical and electronic componentry
- Mechanical structure, sophisticated intelligence & precision of the powerful derailleur motor allows the chain to move immediately and fluidly on the chainrings
- Auto Repositioning via Magnetic Hall Sensor Resolver- always moves the chain automatically into the ideal position for the selected sprocket/chainring
- D.T.I technology means the EPS system knows the rear derailleur position and the selected sprocket at all times
- Cage designed to improve maximum cross-chaining situations, seriously reduces transmission contact and friction
- Design optimized for the inner semi-cage to precisely guide the chain from small to large chainring
- High torque, high drive ratio motors allow for shifting under any load; maintain performance levels over time with extremely precise, quick and reliable shifting
- Body in monolithic carbon powder technopolymer results in lightweight, yet very stiff, torque resistant unit
- Inner semi-cage plate in aluminum, treated to resist corrosion and wear; outer semi-cage plate in carbon fiber
- Braze-on mount design inverts the traditional style, adding significant strength and torsion resistance
- Includes a specific mounting tool for faster install, with greater accuracy and perfect alignment
- Waterproof: complies with IP67 international standards
- Mount type: Braze-on
- Finish: Carbon/Black/SR12 EPS
- Weight: 132 grams


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Support Working Artists in St. Louis
The arts and culture sector is the backbone of the St. Louis region– creating impactful programs for area children, operating successful small businesses that contribute to the local economy, and beautifying the City and County. At the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, we know how important it is to support our local working artists. Since 1985, our top priority has been supporting artists and arts organizations in our community – awarding more than 7,000 grants worth more than $100 million.
Please consider helping bolster our local arts and culture sector through a donation to the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Your gift will help fund our various grants and program for artists.
Million of dollars of economic impact from the St. Louis arts and culutre sector every year.
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Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -Time
Theatre Royal Nottingham – Year 10 Visit
The National Theatre’s Olivier and Tony Award -winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returned to Nottingham in February for one week at the Theatre Royal. This was their first trip to the theatre as a drama group to see a professional play. Directed by Marianne Elliott’s this smash hit production brings Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel to thrilling life on stage.
Miss White would like to thank her Year 10’s for the impeccable behaviour
Private Peaceful – Nottingham Playhouse Visit
Year 11 Drama students have been waiting to go to the theatre for over 2 years and this week they got the chance to visit Nottingham Playhouse to see a production of Private Peaceful. Following on from this, Year 11 will be completing their Component 3 Exam – Section B exam on this performance. I would like to say a personal thank you to Year 11. Their impeccable behaviour was commented on by several audience members.
Emma Rice – Director Q & A
This term Year 10 were treated to an amazing trip to The Nottingham Theatre Royal where they met the Artistic Director, Emma Rice. The selected audience enjoyed a morning with the director for a Q & A to discuss her new play Wuthering Heights and her new company, Wise Children. Year 10 Drama Students then attended the afternoon performance of Wuthering Heights.
Year 13 Devised Performance
Year 13 created a verbatim physical theatre performance based on their own personal experiences of life. An extremely powerful and personal reflection, which looked at their hopes, fears and dreams.
Performed to a live audience their creativity and bold approach was inspirational to Year 10 & 11 Drama students.
Year 13 – Final Performance Exam – Is God Is
We say far well to our very talented Year 13 students with an outstanding extract performance of Is God Is.
A powerful play, Is God Is is an American play by Aleshea Harris. In 2018 a production directed by Taibi Magar opened Off-Broadway at Soho Rep and ran from February 6 to March 11. The play looks at deviant morality, familial dysfunction, being a black girl/woman, and patricide.
Miss White would like to add, “I am extremely proud of their achievements over the 2 years and wish them all the luck for the future”.

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Mahler: Symphony No.1 “Titan”
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler symphonies cycle has impressed with its lack of histrionics, consistently gorgeous playing and spectacular recorded sound. The First Symphony premiered in Budapest in 1889 and the performance was a disaster. That isn’t the case here; Fischer and company give us one of best recordings of the work currently available.
First thing that catches your attention is the incredible dynamic range of the recording. This is a work that opens with a whisper and closes with a roar and every note is captured with stunning realism. The phrase “demonstration quality sound” is tossed around quite a bit, but this recording is the real deal.
Fischer’s interpretation puts the work in historic context and his Mahler is a kind of folksy, and occasionally neurotic, descendent of Beethoven, Brahms and Bruckner. Fischer’s nuanced view of the work is wed to the gorgeous sound of this brilliant orchestra and results in a rich and compelling performance. This may be one of the most classically perfect Mahler Firsts ever. Yes, there are moments when I would have liked a bit more drama. The third movement Frère Jacques episode doesn’t strike me as eerie as it should be and the klezmer passage that follows isn’t nearly vulgar enough. But the cumulative power of the performance is irresistible. When hell breaks lose in the last movement, Fischer pushes all the right buttons and the movement unfolds with a harrowing intensity that makes the ecstatic conclusion all the more thrilling.
Fischer speaks of the failure of the First Symphony at its Budapest premiere. He says, “Since then, at each performance I feel that we Hungarians have a moral duty to convince audiences that this is a perfect and exceptionally beautiful masterpiece.” We now know the Mahler First is a masterpiece, but Fischer and his superb orchestra reinforce the point. This is stunning on every level.
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- Gently toss together carrot, zucchini, apple, coconut and sultanas*; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- Combine eggs, oil and vanilla in a separate bowl; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thick).
- Fold in carrot mixture. Completely fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups as they do not rise.
- Bake at 180° for 20-22 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
Notes: *These ingredients may seem as though they have a lot of excess liquid. Do not remove/drain. This helps to form the muffin batter.

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Spread a little holiday cheer with this easy low FODMAP eggnog!
- 6 lg eggs, yolks separated
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups lactose-free whole milk
- 2 cups lactose-free whipping cream, divided
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- Warm up the milk and 1 cup of cream in a large saucepan over medium heat until it’s lightly bubling around the edges of the pan.
- While the milk is warming up, whisk the egg yolks in a separate bowl until they’re a pale yellow colour.
- Slowly add the warm milk to the eggs, while continuing to whisk. Then return the mixture to the saucepan and warm over medium heat until the eggnog is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Stir in the vanilla and nutmeg.
- (Optional) whip the remaining 1 cup of cream and fold it into the eggnog right before serving.
Recommended low FODMAP serving – 3/4 cups per sitting.
Prepared eggnog lasts 2-3 days in the fridge.
For an adult spin, stir in 1/2 a cup of bourbon when you combine the milk and the eggs, then continue with the recipe as written.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: british, american
- Serving Size: 3/4 cup
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 43 g
- Sodium: 68 mg
- Fat: 31 g
- Saturated Fat: 19 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 299 mg
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 299 mg
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Although the Maya are by far the largest population in rural Toledo, this is also a home to the Garífuna. Barranco, a small village of fewer than 200 people about an hour by road from Punta Gorda, is the best-known Garífuna center in Toledo. The village, the southernmost coastal village in Belize, has electricity and a community phone, one or two shops, a bar, a police station, a health clinic, and a school. It was the birthplace of Andy Palacio, the Punta rock musician with a worldwide following, who died in 2008 at age 46. Palacio is buried in Barranco, and you can visit his grave. A guided village tour takes a couple of hours and includes, in addition to a visit to the Palacio gravesite, stops at the Dabuyaba (Garífuna temple), the House of Culture, and a cassava factory, all providing lots of information on the local culture. Lunch in a local home is also possible. A good guide is Alvin Loredo (reach him on the Barranco community telephone, 709–2010), who charges around BZ$10 per person per hour. TIDE, Blue Belize Tours and Charters, and other tour operators also offer tours to Barranco.
- Address: Barranco
- Phone: 709/2010 Barranco community telephone
- Location: The Maya Heartland
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Jimmy Fallon is one of the most popular late-night show hosts. The Tonight Show host has had many celebrity guest appearances. These celebrity appearances have given birth to some of the most hilarious moments on the show. Jimmy Fallon’s camaraderie with his guests is not only visible during the interview but also during the skits and games the host and guests play. Take a look at some of these hilarious moments from Jimmy Fallon’s show here.
This is one of the most viewed videos from The Tonight Show's YouTube page. Jimmy Fallon stole the limelight from guest Taylor Swift as he played the character of Sara and not S-A-R-A-H since Hs are Ew! The audience present during the show could not help but laugh their guts out over this hilarious skit presented by Taylor and Fallon.
2. When Jen met Jim
This bit from 2015 was no less than a competition between The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and guest Jennifer Lawrence. Jennifer went on to grab some major attention with two of her most embarrassing stories, but Jimmy Fallon also gave a tough fight to Lawrence. Although it was not a game, both Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lawrence managed to make the audience laugh.
The title itself explains the game that Jimmy Fallon and Benedict Cumberbatch played, but it fails to mention how difficult it would be to maintain a straight face. Both Benedict and Jimmy could not help but contain their laughter as they watched the videos together. Take a look.
Jimmy Fallon's long-time buddy Justin Timberlake was on vocal rest during his appearance on The Tonight Show. This led to the interview being completely silent from Timberlake’s side. But that did not stop the duo from cracking jokes and taking digs at Kevin Hart. Take a look.


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Mercedes-Benz on Thursday announced plans to build its own EV charging network, covering many key markets around the world, including North America.
The automaker made the announcement at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, where it also said it aims to launch more than 10,000 chargers by the end of the decade, when its full lineup will be all-electric vehicles.
Construction will begin this year in the US and Canada and will slowly expand to other countries. By 2027, more than 400 stations will be operational in North America, which together will have more than 2,500 chargers. The chargers will offer power ratings of up to 350 kw.
In North America, Mercedes is working with charging network technology company ChargePoint and solar energy and battery storage company MN8 Energy on the expansion. MN8 Energy’s involvement will help ensure users have access to renewable energy.
Mercedes and MN8 Energy will jointly invest approximately $1.05 billion over the next six to seven years in the construction of the North American service stations.
Mercedes-Benz charging network for electric vehicles
Stations are located in major cities and near major thoroughfares and popular retail and restaurant locations. Chargers will also be installed at participating Mercedes-Benz dealerships. While the stations for electric vehicles from other brands will be open, Mercedes customers can reserve charging spots from their vehicles.
The system knows the usage rates at each location and ensures that the Mercedes owner has instant access to the reserved charger at the required time. The charger also communicates with the vehicle, so no authentication is required.
Mercedes is already part of the Ionity joint venture, which operates charging stations across Europe, although the new stations will carry the automaker’s own branding, similar to Tesla’s Supercharger network, which launched more than a decade ago.
Audi has tested the waters with a handful of its own charging stations in Germany, though the automaker has yet to commit to a global network like Mercedes and Tesla.

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20-015 Synchronization of active rotators interacting with environment
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Taegeun Song, Heetae Kim, Seung-Woo Son, Junghyo Jo
Physical Review E 101, 022613 (2020)
Multiple organs in a living system respond to environmental changes, and the signals from the organs regulate the physiological environment. Inspired by this biological feedback, we propose a simple autonomous system of active rotators to explain how multiple units are synchronized under a fluctuating environment. We find that the feedback via an environment can entrain rotators to have synchronous phases for specific conditions. This mechanism is markedly different from the simple entrainment by a common oscillatory external stimulus that is not interacting with systems. We theoretically examine how the phase synchronization depends on the interaction strength between rotators and environment. Furthermore, we successfully demonstrate the proposed model by realizing an analog electric circuit with microelectronic devices. This bioinspired platform can be used as a sensor for monitoring varying environments and as a controller for amplifying signals by their feedback-induced synchronization.


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* Obama displays combative tone
* Donations kept pace in 2nd quarter despite tough economy
* (Adds quotes, California stops, previous SEATTLE)
By Alister Bull
ATHERTON, Calif., Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama harshly criticized Republican opponents on Sunday as he began a West Coast fundraising tour, accusing them of “ideological pushback” at a time of national crisis.
In a swing likely to net his campaign several million dollars, the Democratic president deployed a newly combative tone to fire up core supporters.
“From the moment that I took office, what we’ve seen is a constant ideological pushback against any kind of sensible reforms that would make our economy work better and give people more opportunity,” Obama said at his first stop in Seattle.
He needs the enthusiasm and financial backing of his base -- many of whom have voiced disappointment at his readiness to accommodate Republican demands -- to improve his chances of succeeding in his 2012 re-election bid.
Speaking at the home of former Microsoft executive Jon Shirley, Obama said he had hoped “because we were in a crisis, the other side would respond by saying now is the time for all of us to pull together. ... That was not the decision they made.”
Republicans won big in 2010 congressional elections by campaigning against his policies, which they blame for driving up the U.S. deficit without providing promised jobs. They have fought Obama all this year to curb federal spending.
Obama was greeted enthusiastically as he began to speak in Shirley’s ultra-modernist home before about 65 people paying $35,800 per couple. At his second stop, 1,750 supporters paid to listen to him at the Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle.
Several hundred Democratic activists, frustrated with Obama, held a rally to call for job creation, higher taxes on the wealthy and protection of the Social Security and Medicare government programs for the elderly.
“I voted for him. I walked the streets for him. But now I‘m confused,” said Karen Pooley, 48, who is fighting to ward off foreclosure on her two-bedroom home in Seattle.
Obama is building an impressive war chest to finance what is shaping up to be a tight and expensive race for the White House next year.
He is cramming in seven fundraisers during the West Coast swing that descended later on Sunday on California’s Silicon Valley, the heart of America’s high-tech industry. He visits San Diego and Los Angeles on Monday.
Mocking Texas Governor Rick Perry, a top contender to win the Republican nomination to face him next year, Obama told a group of 350 at the home of Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) Chairman John Thomson that the current Republican party had “puzzled” some of its longtime supporters.
“You’ve got a governor (Perry) whose state is on fire, denying climate change. You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have healthcare,” he said, referring to recent televised Republican debates.
He later spoke under a tent at the home of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, whose 70 guests included pop singer Lady Gaga, and told them that “2012 was an even more important election” than the one in 2008.
Obama’s approval ratings have been hurt by worry over the stubbornly high U.S. unemployment rate of 9.1 percent, and fears the country could face another recession. His numbers have even sagged in California, which went for him heavily in the 2008 election.
So far, that has not dented Obama’s ability to raise amounts that dwarf the fundraising of his Republican foes at this point in the election race.
Obama chalked up $86 million in the second quarter on behalf of his own campaign and for the Democratic Party.
That was nearly five times as much as Mitt Romney, the top Republican fundraiser. Romney and Perry are the front-runners in the race for their party’s 2012 presidential nomination.
Campaigns do not have to release third-quarter fundraising totals until Oct. 15, but the president’s campaign team has announced a more modest third-quarter goal of $55 million.
The lower amount partly reflects the impact of Obama being grounded in Washington during July by budget battles, limiting his ability to get out and raise money.
It could also show the pinch of the tough economy over the summer, as stocks slumped out of fear the government would fail to raise the U.S. debt limit and default on its obligations.
On Monday, Obama will sample Hollywood glamour at two events in Los Angeles, which feted him during his 2008 run, although some celebrities have voiced frustration his presidency has not lived up to their expectations.
Fundraising in California makes sense for the president, who raised $78 million in the state for his 2008 campaign -- 10 percent of all donations, according to the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington. (Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle in Washington and Nicole Neroulias in Seattle; Editing by Peter Cooney)


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Avenue was conceived and designed by best friends, Jessie Shand and Gab Weinstock in Sydney, Australia. Discovering a gap in the millinery market, the design duo had a vision to create contemporary, luxurious headwear that spoke to the modern woman.
Gab's grandmother, Dolly, is a renowned milliner who closed her store in South Africa at the age of 89. Her story, eccentric personality and traditional approach to craftsmanship has always influenced Jessie and Gab,
The designers’ distinctive aesthetic is deeply rooted by the strong women around them. “Our mothers, sisters and friends constantly inspire us”. Their collections identify with the sophisticated woman, quietly confident and fiercely feminine in spirit.
Jessie and Gab studied Fashion and Textile Design together at university, and following graduation, worked independently at leading Australian labels before establishing Avenue. The label's debut collection launched in 2017 and is now stocked in leading boutiques across Australia and the USA.


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Gully emptiers adapted for working on sewage systems, for enhanced profitability
Feb. 25 2021
For all your sewage system works, you need robust and powerful vehicles with an optimised empty weight to make body-building easier for sewage flushing, scraping or suction excavator operations. Renault Trucks can guide you in your choice, and also has dedicated services for managing your fleet in optimal conditions.
High pressure jetting trucks: adapt your truck’s bodywork
Underground sewage works require for vehicles to have optimised empty weights, and for them to show enough power and torque to drive the necessary equipment and pumps. The Renault Trucks C model is a vehicle developed on a robust chassis, bearing a payload of up to 22.8 tonnes.
With a maximum power of 460 hp, the DTI 11 engine will enable you to drive even the most demanding equipment through power take-offs in the engine or gearbox depending on the vehicle’s configuration. Its operational range offers a maximum torque worth 20% more than its market equivalent.
Renault Trucks works closely with its bodybuilders and equips its vehicles to suit their needs. The chassis overhang can be configured and lengths of 50mm increments to avoid unnecessary cutting of the frame members. Bodybuilders also have access to the Renault Trucks dedicated Bodybuilder Portal, where they can find detailed information and chassis specific bodybuilder drawings. For you this means more bodywork options, a simplified bodywork process and enabling reduced delivery times.
Organise tasks and monitor your hydro jetting trucks in real time
To use your vehicles to the maximum of their ability and as efficiently as possible, Renault Trucks developed Optifleet, a smart fleet management solution. This system enables you to schedule your routes and visualise your vehicles in real time. If an unforeseen event or change arises in your schedule, you can quickly reappoint drivers to another job. You can also feed back information regarding fuel consumption, driving habits or power take-offs. All this precise and objective information can raise awareness about fuel consumption, and can serve as a basis for efficient driving training. Optifuel Training courses are taught by Renault Trucks experts, who will convey the right behaviours and habits to your drivers, to help them reduce fuel consumption.
Optifleet also integrates third-party data, so your service providers can for instance monitor your fleet on their own portal or dashboard.
Anticipate maintenance and immobilization costs
Maintenance work for gully emptier is extremely specific. Thanks to its personalized maintenance plans, Renault Trucks takes charge of all maintenance and administrative operations for your vehicles, in line with their day-to-day use. This means you can focus entirely on your core activity without having to trouble yourself with breakdowns. Getting maintenance work done within our network also means making the most of our teams’ know-how and high standards - ensuring your municipal trucks keep to their original performance levels.
Simultaneously, Renault Trucks has a new predictive maintenance service available: Predict. Rather than being subjected to breakdowns and potential immobilizations, our service provides a form of anticipation. Your trucks’ data is saved to a dedicated digital platform, that closely monitors wear based on actual usage. If a component seems fragile or needs to be changed, your advisor will contact you before it breaks to schedule an intervention at a time that hinders your activity as little as possible. Thanks to Predict, you can benefit from maximum availability.
Reduce your maintenance costs
Drain jetting trucks can be costly upon purchase, and require a great deal of maintenance. To limit maintenance costs, Renault Trucks suggests using an eXchange service. This programme consists in renovating rather than replacing. When a truck part is defective, we disassemble and refurbish it. Before being recommissioned, the new part is tested and only approved if it meets the same requirements as for new parts. All components renovated by the standard eXchange factory benefit from a two-year fitted parts warranty, labour included. This means you can save on vehicle maintenance without losing in quality, whilst favouring recycling and sustainable development.
Choose the best financing option for your sewage operations
Hydro jetting trucks require large investments. Our advisors are fully aware of all your constraints and the scope of your activity, meaning they can offer you solutions that meet your needs down to a T. Our financing and insurance solutions are flexible and can adapt to your needs as a council.


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July 29, 2008 § 12 Comments
Inspiration is the word and inspired i am! SF has passed this one 🙂 And this is going to me my most fav tag,till date 🙂
Inspiration is everywhere…the sun,the moon,the walls,why even your eyes,your hands,your fingers,your nails,even the dirt stuck in it!
I have written a lot about it..see here…Yes even an poem about it…see here.
Anyway i am not going to give the links and things 🙂 So inspire?
Beauty if a matter of perception and so is inspiration.When i post pictures,they must inspire you to respond.And that is because it is beautiful.To get inspired you need to see things the right way.All i do,rather all my eyes ever do,is see things.I don’t know how it happens but whenever i see something i seem to see it differently.And then my mind reacts in its own way.Now whenever i write,it is lesser of me as a human but more of me as an inspired individual or well an alien in his own world .The reason why writing is special to me is because it is way i escape into things.When i don’t like something,i can let go of the anger through writing.Of late,I have started writing more and more because i see a lot of things which need to written about.
Anyway enough about me for now…I can write yards and yards,but will spare you now 😉
I pass this on to
5) anyone else,it is just that i want to read the answers of the above 4 😉
Tagged: all, beautiful, beauty, inspirations, INSPIRE, life, living, me, meme, perception, personal, random, tagged, tags, writing
Lol really enjoyed your version!
hmm now i know ur inspration behind these many posts 😉
u sound like megha (jaane tu ya jaane na girl)
whats that ?? 😛
jokes apart.. its really nice to know someone who percieve things differently than others ..
Ohh ok in this tag one is supposed to write about their source of inspiration? Nicely written.
Inspiration is so important in many a walk of life.And in writing,it is the most important elixir!
ya’ve inspired me to do a cartoon on this sublect.. grummmmp 😀
heeee, apart from that, i know whta ya mean when ya say writing os a form of escapism..
infact, tatz the best thing i like abt it..
ya’re given soooo much roooooooooooom 🙂
For me writing is an activity that I require to do. It’s a compulsion. Yes, it gets it all out.
Need to think a bit on this tag though…give me a little time!
Hey thanks for the tag, man! I’ll do it soon, as soon as I get some free time! 😀
@arvind: 🙂 lol 🙂
@sameera: 🙂 true…i forgot to include your name,in the list of tagged!
@jane: lol,looking forward to it 😉
@nita: lol,take your time no problem 🙂
@nikhil; ya k 😉
lots of lols and 🙂 and 😉
i see you have got some inspiration from somewhere. hehe.
Well written, buddy 🙂
[…] tags in One post Posted on August 4, 2008 by Nita Vishesh tagged me to write on what inspires […]
[…] inspiringly tagged by Vishesh … This is a very interesting tag, its all about sharing about those who/which have inspired me […]

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A bride in India cancelled her wedding because the groom came late to the function.
An India-based news agency reported that the auspicious time of the wedding was 01:45 am and the baarat was to leave at 09:45 pm.
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The bride and her family members got fed up with the commotion and cancelled the wedding. They said the groom and his relatives were inconsiderate of the institution.
They decided to get the woman married to someone else.
The groom’s relatives filed a complaint.
The bride’s side accused the opposing party of being inconsiderate. They added they will have the same mindset regarding the institution in the future.
The two parties then mutually agreed that the incident happened because of their family differences.
We have seen weddings getting cancelled for many bizarre reasons.
A bride refused to marry the groom after she saw him chewing ‘Gutka’ during the marriage ceremony in India’s Uttar Pradesh.
According to the details, the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district on 5th of June. The bride, hailing from Mishrauli village, immediately decided to call the wedding off when the groom arrived with the marriage procession and she saw him chewing “gutka.”
Even after hours of persuasion, when the bride refused to relent, the wedding was called off and the families decided to return the dowry gifts.

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nvrland began to turn heads this summer with his self entitled EP; along with gracing some of the most popular showcases this summer.
The standout track from his EP ‘What You’ve Been On’ found its way onto the music streaming platform Audius and quickly climbed its way to number 1 on the R&B charts and a top 20 song on all genres.
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In Italics Magazine, we studied Italy’s position in Europe on recycling, such as a recent Symbola Foundation report in February declared Italy on the podium with France and the UK followed by Germany – the Italian rate stands at 79%, the French at 56%, the British at 50% and the Germans at 43 %. Italy has thus improved its performance in eight years by + 8%. The engagement began with funds for the development and initiative of large and small businesses in the region. In this regard, the attention paid to the circular economy has grown exponentially, involving many young people to get involved in the world of commerce and information.
On the circularity of European countries, according to the national report on the circular economy Circular economy network (CEN), in collaboration with ENEA, Italy is confirmed in first place in 2020 in Europe for â€œglobal circularity indexâ€ with 100 points followed by Germany at 89 points, France at 88, Poland at 72 and Spain at 71. The results obtained so far give hope for an improvement despite the immense efforts that will have to be made to achieve objectives.
What is the circular economy?
The European Union is the first to recognize that the definition of circular economy cannot be agreed between member states, which is why their online report examines what circularity allows by providing agnostic definitions which can serve as reference points.
We cannot stop at the word â€œeconomyâ€ in the term circular economy. It aims to draw attention to economic and social progress which includes the environment as a pillar of survival and health. The objective is to maintain the usefulness of the product after its use in order to reintegrate it into the process without depending solely on the extraction of new raw materials.
Using the definition of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the circular economy: â€œis a generic term for an economy designed to regenerate. In a circular economy, material flows are of two types: biological flows, likely to be reintegrated into the biosphere, and technical flows, intended to be valued without entering the biosphere. The circular economy is therefore a system in which all activities, starting with extraction and production, are organized in such a way that someone’s waste becomes a resource for someone else.
The way products are created is also changing. Design takes an important place in the circular economy. The objective is to have modular and easily repairable products so that their reintegration into the process involves the least expenditure of natural and economic resources. One of the proposals put forward by the European Parliament aims to adopt rules to limit the planned obsolescence of products, one of the strongest strategies used in the linear economy. It is not only the end of the product’s life that becomes important, but also the entire path of its creation. Some of the best ways to reduce consumption and disposal include: using the product as a service, using sustainable materials, sharing products (pay per use) and repairing them.
Six years ago, the European Commission has drawn up an action plan describing 54 measures to accelerate the transition to the circular economy. The aim is to stimulate competitiveness to promote sustainable economic growth. One of the measures includes the obligation for Member States to recycle at least 70% of municipal waste and 80% of packaging waste, and to ban biodegradable and recyclable waste from landfills. Several funds have been allocated to financially support the transition, which in itself would bring several economic benefits. A boost to innovation and economic growth with an increase in GDP, the new jobs needed would be around 700,000 in the EU by 2030, and the end consumer will have more sustainable products that improve performance. quality of life and save money.
Then comes the European strategy of the Green Deal, a definition of objectives to achieve the net elimination of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from the consumption of resources without neglecting places and people. . European companies would also save around â‚¬ 600 billion while reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions. In the circular economy, not only the financial aspect is assessed, but also the social, environmental and governance aspect – what is called â€œESGâ€ – used to identify and analyze the sustainability of investments.
Move away from the linear model
The economic model that we have always relied on has become unsustainable and given population growth, it can no longer be considered a viable path forward. â€œExtract, produce, use and disposeâ€ has been the motto for years, since the first industrial revolution, to meet growing consumer demand. Our old friend plastics, for example, went from 1.5 million tonnes produced in 1950 to 359 million in 2018. Most of it was used as packaging material, followed by construction materials, industrial equipment and automotive industry. Total waste generation, on the other hand, exceeds 2 billion per year, a sum which will exceed 3.5 billion by 2050 (World Bank data); 44% food and plant waste, 17% paper and cardboard, 12% plastic, 5% glass, 4% metal waste and 18% miscellaneous waste. Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s report on global waste generation shows that 75% goes to landfills or incinerators, while 25% is reused or recycled.
The need to extract raw materials increases and countries often have to depend on supplies from other countries. Energy consumption, emissions and pollution from mining and transportation are even higher. The ability to reuse the material would solve many of these problems.
Thus, on the issue of global warming, the shadow of a flat mass production, without concern to be able to reconstitute the material used and reduce emissions. The main source of the CO2 emitted is the production of electricity, industrial activity and transport. The connection of the large chain of the consumer industry is obvious and significant. According to a study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change As of October 2018, we have around 12 years to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% and around 30 years to eliminate them completely. Delaying reaching this safety threshold would devastatingly amplify the sad results of global warming. In 2017, the costs of damage caused by floods, fires and droughts exceeded â‚¬ 300 billion. “Extract, produce, use and throw away” is the result.
A circular growth industry in Italy
EHOP, the riclamercato is a Milan-based company with an online marketplace that encourages the use of natural products by also offering a take-back service on its product once consumed. The next step would be to provide business-to-business services where waste from one industry is sold to another. Other examples include Cup, a start-up that wants to perpetuate disposable cups by using a chip and the history of each of them, which can be viewed from their smartphone to obtain promotions in the event of a â€œreturnâ€; Where Grycle, in the province of Potenza, which pushes towards a world without waste with an artificial intelligence that learns to recognize and sort shredded waste. We are happy to watch Rethinking the climate, which has pushed for greater awareness with podcasts, interviews and articles, bringing innovation in the way social and environmental issues are communicated, and circularity must be part of our communication process for sustainability.
Every country and stakeholder must participate in an industrial process where even waste can become an investment and a profit not only economically, but above all for our planet which pays the highest price for our activities.
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Further evidence that Chicago is the place to be when it comes to interesting new bands sprouting up constantly. Me Jane is a quartet that met in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood and has since released a demo and a single, and now their debut full-length entitled “ISON.”
The production is stripped down and transparent, making the overall sound of the songs reminiscent of Wire’s “Pink Flag,” or early Cure, but the songs here have a tendency to be somewhat more ebullient at times, alternating with inquisitive melancholy – or at least nostalgia. Me Jane walks a tightrope, balancing the stark production with touches of dream-pop and deeply affecting guitar leads.
Take the track “Ghost” for example. As the guitars fade in and the synth emerges from the background a multi-layered song structure is beginning to take shape. More instrumental than lyrical, I think the band’s ensemble work and craftsmanship really shines on “Ghost.” I can’t help but feel that, on the track that immediately follows, “Racket,” the singer is channeling a bit of Wild Flag era Carrie Brownstein. The sharp crescendos that punctuate each vocal phrase, and just the delivery in general – with the backing vocals also owing to the Wild Flag sound – borrows elements from a style, without coming off at all like a cheap imitation.
It’s the moments where the guitar breaks free a little bit, with a kind of reverbed surf-rock tone, that really define Me Jane’s sound. They seem to be testing out a bunch of different approaches across the album, but their distinctive and original voice is most certainly coming through loud and clear.
“ISON” came out this past May and can be purchased either digitally from their bandcamp page, or on limited edition white vinyl directly from the Me Jane site. They also have a few shows coming up in September in Chicago if you happen to be in the area. Dates and other things can be found at their awesomely named website: mejaneyoulisten.com
Here comes another dose of aggressive, detuned raw post-punk energy. Stumbled across this one while bumming around Soundcloud and it really grabbed my attention.
My knee-jerk reaction whenever I hear a band that extends what it means to use the guitar as an instrument, where they realize that it is so much more than just the notes, that it’s about everything else, is “Sonic Youth.” The tone, the slack-stringed jangle with harmonics that ring out alternately with a wall of inescapable noise. But really after about two seconds my thoughts quickly turned away from my beloved Sonic Youth and towards something more like Wire.
“I Need a Bag” starts us off with incessant guitar abuse; bashing the daylights out of the strings so much that the pitch bends. But, in addition to the overall “Wire-ness” there is something about the abrupt vocal delivery that calls to mind The Blind Shake. Definitely a good thing.
Then we come to the even noisier “Bring Dumpster Back” and “Trollin the Lake.” The latter of these starts with some calm–relatively calm–though somewhat unsettling ambience. A few stray notes here and there, a few open strings before suddenly everything explodes in a fiery ball of aggression in the form of dissonance in every aspect imaginable. This is pretty much the stuff that I live for. Polvo-like guitar tunings, early Sonic Youth’s energy, up front and bordering upon hostile vocals. Really great stuff.
Of course, check out the tracks above, or head over to the soundcloud page to hear them and other fantastic stuff from S.S. Records. This is the band’s 2nd full-length, and if you want one you had better act fast because it seems that S.S. can’t keep these things on the shelf very long. Their first LP has already burned through a couple of pressings. “Rodeo Songs” is available on vinyl right now.
And below you can check out the official video for “Yawn Factory” from the band’s first album. There’s also some really great footage of them live online as well.


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not only was yesterday National Buy a Book Day, but I also had it as a vacation day from work. Which meant hubby and I had plenty of time to make it to two bookstores and the library before realizing that maybe we had indeed picked up enough books to hold us for a little while. sleeping in + buying tons of books? Sounds like the perfect day to me!
here’s what we got:
Diviner, by Melanie Rawn – looks like an epic fantasy that doesn’t take place in fantasy-Europe. Sign me up!
Fool Moon, by Jim Butcher – hubby really liked the first book, and i’m interested in reading more in this famous serious too.
Embassytown, by China Mieville – one of my favorites is finally in paperback! I’d hoped Embassytown would take the Hugo for best novel, but alas it wasn’t to be.
Because I just can’t get enough of this stuff, here are some other wonderful folks saying wonderful things about wonderful graphic novels and manga. Celebrate GraphicNovelNovember by clicking on something that looks interesting.
I’ve been meaning to get my hands on the first volume of Y The Last Man, and Wolfshowl over at Opinions of a Wolf thinks it’s pretty cool too.
Interested in learning about another culture? check out Heather’s review of Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea over at Book Addiction, Boing Boing talking about Tonoharu, and Sarah talking about Persepolis at So Many Books, So Little Time. I dare you to get through both volumes of Persepolis without crying.
Tasty Manga reviews abound as well!
I read the first few chapters of Vampire Knight, and cheesy title aside, I loved it. Dark, funny, creepy, sexy, good stuff. I’m happy to see the critics at The Discrimnating Fangirl are enjoying it as well.
The ladies of CLAMP always deliver, so I was thrilled to learn Darkhorse is reprinting the original Cardcaptor Sakura. Thanks to Sean at A Suitable Case for Treatment for the news & review. I garuntee Tsubasa will make much more sense after you read Cardcaptor.
House of Five Leaves also looks really cool.
And then there are the books about comic books. Well, there is the book about comic books, and that book is The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon. Everytime I try to talk about this book I just turn into a blabbering blob of goo, so I’m gonna give it up to Book Bloggy Blogg and Vegetalian (now, with more Mac & Cheese!) to convince you to go read The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay right now.
in closing, if I haven’t blown up your To Be Read pile, I am doing something wrong.
first things first, the xXx in xXxHolic (sometimes known as triple ex holic, or just “holic”) has nothing to do with anything adult or dirty, and even less to do with Vin Diesel. The “xxx” is a way of saying “anything can go here”. And we’ll get to what that’s all about in a bit.
Somewhere in the city, there is an old house. Surrounded by skyscrapers and the noise of the city, the walled yard keeps some people away, and invites others in. Sometimes, people who have never even noticed the house are drawn to it, something telling them they need to stop in, right now.
High school student Watanuke tries so hard to be a normal student. But it’s tough, when spirits and ghosts plague him day in and day out. How is he supposed to take the adorable Himawara out on a date with spirits chasing him down the street? Walking home one day, Watanuke can’t help but explore the old fashioned house in the walled yard.

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Bridge cameras offer high optical zoom, ideal for taking shut-up images of topics at a distance, akin to wildlife and sporting events. Fashions with smaller image sensors boast incredibly long zoom ranges, whereas cameras with larger sensors cannot keep up with 30x pocket zoom cameras just like the Panasonic ZS50 when it comes to absolute zoom vary, but deliver photos that actually bridge the hole between compact and SLR quality. The SX60 HS does have a handful of advantages over its Nikon rival reminiscent of Uncooked taking pictures and a sizzling shoe for mounting external flash models, and you may even management it wirelessly by your cellphone or use external microphones for higher audio quality, though it’s a shame the screen is not touch sensitive.
The EVF of bridge cameras, and the LCD of bridge cameras and DSLRs in “live view” mode repeatedly present the image generated by the sensor. The 24-600mm Carl Zeiss T lens actually makes essentially the most out of the large sensor, at any level alongside the large range, it performs in a way that makes you wish to use it for your subsequent shoot. I have a couple of cameras, however my FZ1000 is my go toâ€ camera for working fast and touring mild.
On the time of writing, it retails for over Â£1000 – but – in the event you contemplate the cost of purchasing a DSLR and a bunch of equivalent lenses, you’d be outlaying a lot more. Image quality is superb in vibrant gentle, however due to the nature of the small sensor, you could be left a bit of disillusioned by low gentle efficiency. Nikon bridge cameras are available in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit all budgets and have a lot of helpful functions to help you capture good photographs.
In late 2012 Techradar wrote that whereas the general compact digicam market was on a downturn, the DSLR-like bridge digicam market was persevering with nicely. My GX7 is smaller, lighter (till I add a bunch of lenses to the kit), and has a larger sensor, however not quite as convenient. The other sort of bridge digicam is named a long-zoom camera (what we call ultrazooms) â€” simply luggable models with built-in 30x to 80x zoom lenses.
Take a small picture sensor, put it behind a protracted zoom lens, in a body that looks and appears like an SLR digital camera, with all the manual controls and gadgets, change the complicated SLR viewfinderÂ system with a small LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY – and you have created a digital camera that may be a compromise between price, size, and picture high quality – the bridge camera.


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The Arankandanallur Shivastalam near Tirukkovilur is located on top of a hill
adjacent to the Pennar river. Tiruvannamalai is
visible from this hill. Tirukkovilur is also the site of Tirukkovalur
Veerattam and the Ulagalanda Perumaal Vaishnava Divya Desam. Sambandar's
Tevaram refers to this shrine as Araiyaninallur. Temple inscriptions refer to the deity as
Oppillamaneeswarar. This is the 12th of the 22 Tevara Stalams in the
Nadu Naadu region of Tamilnadu.
Legends:It is believed that the Pandavas visited
Arankandanallur, and that the temple tank close to the cave in which they stayed was
created with Bhima's mace. There is an imprint of Tirugnanasambandar's feet here.
Sambandar is said to have miraculously moved a huge rock that had been placed to block the
The Temple: The 160 feet high Gopuram in this shrine (dating back to
the 7th century) with three prakarams is visible from a distance, across the Pennar river.
Rich in inscriptions, it received Royal patronage from local chieftains, the later Cholas
and the later Pandyas; Such a historical monument bears a desolate appearance today with
hardly any visitors.
The innermost temple consists of the sanctum with two mandapams in front , surrounded
by a compound wall with a pillared raised verandah. The second prakaram houses the Utsava
Mandapam and the Ambal shrine. Inscriptions from the days of Rajaraja Chola I (early 11th
century) are seen here. This temple was renovated in the 13th century during the reign of
Kulottunga Chola III. The Navaratri Mandapam (one of the Mandapams in front of the
sanctum) dates back to the period of Kulottunga Chola I (1075-1120). The Nritta Mandapam
was built during the period of Kulottunga III. The Utsava Mandapam dates back to the 14th
century, and the eastern gopuram dates back to the 15th century.

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Iraqi security forces killed 16 protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya medical sources told Reuters, and authorities forced a curfew in Najaf after demonstrators torched its Iranian consulate.
Protesters torched the consulate in Najaf in the evening, police discharged live ammunition to stop them from entering the building, a police official said.
The demonstrators removed the Iranian flag from the building and substituted it with an Iraqi one. Iranian staff were not harmed and fled the building from the back door and authorities imposed a curfew in Najaf.
Authorities sent troops to southern Iraq after weeks of mass protests that aim to take down a government perceived as corrupt and supported by Tehran.
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I’ll admit this post came about by me watching one too many true crime shows. I started to remember a serial rapist case in which my dad knew the perpetrator.
Here are the facts (caselaw.findlaw.com/la-court-of-appeal/1114540.html)
From the mid-1980’s until the mid-1990’s, a number of rapes occurred in the southern portion of Lafayette Parish and adjoining parishes which could not be solved. In late 1995, the Lafayette Police Department (LPD) developed a theory that the rapes were connected and could have been committed by the same person. In 1997, DNA testing revealed that semen samples from six rape scenes matched. At that point, LPD began looking for a serial rapist.
– In September 1997, a task force was formed to attempt to solve these related rapes (disbanded after 7 months).
– There were no new leads in the cases until November 1998 when an anonymous caller suggested to LPD that Randy Comeaux, a detective in the LPSD Juvenile Division, should be investigated for the rapes.
– DNA testing on the butt of a cigarette smoked by Mr. Comeaux revealed that his DNA matched semen samples from six rape scenes.
– After being arrested, Mr. Comeaux confessed to committing a number of rapes, including five rapes in Lafayette Parish.
Here is how my family had ties to this monster. After Randy was arrested, my dad came home from work (he was a store manager of the Lafayette Super 1 Foods) and was in shock that the sheriff who had moonlighted as security at his store was the serial rapist! My dad had lunch with this guy a week before he was arrested! This sheriff helped Christa get a ticket downgraded to a non-moving violation.
Sadly many of his victims were chosen after he would watch them leaving the grocery store. He would then get in his car and follow them home and rape them. According to one report, he told the victim that she should not have left her bedroom window unlocked.
Rumors swirled at different times in investigation that the serial rapist might be law enforcement because of the type of flashlight he had and how he held it.
Apparently Randy knew what he was doing was wrong, but couldn’t help himself. He bought a book on why men rape. He is what is considered a power rapist and interestingly enough, these types of rapists don’t normally murder their victims. They fantasize that they will be rejected, rape the victim, and that they are so good that the victim will end up liking the sex act.
After I remembered this case I started looking up some information. It was interesting to read about. At the time of his arrest he had a fiancée who worked at the Rape Crisis Center. Apparently they were in the state of separating when he was arrested.
Randy was arrested, immediately confessed to all of the rapes, and then after spending time in jail tried to recant his confession. I guess once the reality that he would be locked up for rest of life did not sit well with him. Apparently everyone who worked with him for 20 plus years in law enforcement were shocked. He was a model employee, passed all of the background checks, personality tests, and polygraphs required by law enforcement agencies.
One of the rape victims sued the Lafayette Sheriffs Office saying that he used his cop equipment and therefor the LPSD should be held liable. The case went high up and the rape victim ended up losing. The appellate court said that LASD was not negligible by having Comeaux as an employee.
Probably one of the most interesting aspects of the case was the issue of the anonymous tipster. Was it the angry soon to be ex-fiancée? Was it the Catholic Priest he confessed to, or was it the criminal defense attorney he consulted with (but did not hire/pay?
A Houston attorney presented a case study on Randy Comeaux based on the hypothetical answer that the attorney was the anonymous tipster. Does attorney privilege confidentiality apply when a person has not officially hired the attorney?
To answer the hypothetical question from above, yes attorney client privilege applies whether the attorney has been paid or not relating to only past crimes. The privilege does not protect the client from discussing future crimes with the lawyer.
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ATHENS, Ga.—Georgia sophomore Lauren Herring and junior Maho Kowase earned bids to the NCAA singles championships, and the top-ranked duo of junior Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia earned a bid to the NCAA doubles championships. The NCAA Championships will be held May 22-27 in Champaign, Illinois at the Atkins Tennis Center.
In the singles draw, Herring earned the No. 6 seed. On the doubles side, Fuller and Garcia earned the No. 1 seed. Because Herring is a top-16 seed in the singles tournament and Fuller and Garcia are a top-eight seed on the doubles tournament, each earns ITA All-America honors. Georgia hasn’t three All-Americans in the year since the 2007 season.
The complete draw will be released during the team portion of the NCAA Tournament.
Herring is 35-5 this season, including 22-4 against ranked opponents. The lone Bulldog sophomore has seven wins over Top-30 opponents. Kowase, who leads the team this season with eight match clinchers, is 35-8, including 12-0 during the SEC regular season—the most wins of anyone in the SEC during conference play.
The tandem of Fuller and Garcia, who earned the SEC automatic qualifier into the tournament, are 21-2 this season, and have won nine of their previous ten matches. They’re 9-2 versus ranked opponents this season, having beaten five in the top-10. The pair has been ranked inside the top-15 since Feb. 26.
Georgia has had three NCAA individual singles champions: Lisa Spain in 1984, Angela Lettiere in 1994 and Chelsey Gullickson in 2010. Shannan McCarthy was the runner-up in 1992. No Georgia pairing has ever won the NCAA doubles championship, but Bulldog teams have reached the finals four times, including Gullickson and Nadja Gilchrist in 2012.
Georgia will play host to first and second round action of the NCAA team tournament May 11-12. The Bulldogs received the No. 4 overall seed and will face Winthrop in the first round on Sat., May 11 at 12:00 p.m. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.


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The document compares stablecoins to cash market funds and in the ruin concludes they rep same shortcomings.
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The Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Original York published a workers document on Sep. 26 comparing stablecoins, equivalent to USDT and USDC, to cash market funds. Key findings in the document embrace the observation that stablecoins and cash market funds put together same patterns right through runs and that stablecoins might well inject instability into the broader financial map.
The document, titled “Runs and Flights to Safety: Are Stablecoins the Original Money Market Funds?” entails a entire comparison of investor habits right through the stablecoin runs of 2022 and 2023 to investor habits right through the cash market fund runs of 2008 and 2020.
Per the e-newsletter:
“Our findings characterize that stablecoins are inclined to runs right through intervals of colossal crypto market dislocation as neatly as idiosyncratic stress events. Ought to unexcited stablecoins proceed to develop and switch out to be extra interconnected with key financial markets, equivalent to non permanent funding markets, they are going to turn into a provide of financial instability for the broader financial map.”The researchers also picture that stablecoins seem to rep a discrete “demolish-the-buck” threshold of $0.99, under which redemptions tempo up and runs — intervals in which merchants wing, presumably inflicting an asset break for final merchants.
A demolish-the-buck threshold in cash market funds occurs when the accumulate asset worth of a fund drops under a buck, this is in a position to per chance result in investor shares, valued at $1.00, to dip under market imprint and trigger merchants to mediate about qualified harbor elsewhere.
Image credit ranking: Anadu, et. al., 2023As Cointelegraph not too long ago reported, Italy’s central bank can also be taking measures to title contributing components and forestall stablecoin runs. In a up to date assertion, the Italian banking authority cited the 2022 Terra Luna fall down shall we embrace that stablecoins “have not proved accurate at all.”
In response to the document, Italy has as soon as in a while called upon world lawmakers to bear an world regulatory body to manipulate cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and linked technologies.
Connected: ‘It’s going to earn worse for banks’ — JPMorgan CEO on overregulation

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Conjured Bodies: Queer Racialization in Contemporary Latinidad (Paperback)
2022 Honorable Mention, John Leo & Dana Heller Award for Best Single Work, Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited Book in LGBTQ Studies, Popular Culture Association (PCA)
2023 Honorable Mention, Outstanding Book, Latinx Studies Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
This study argues that powerful authorities and institutions exploit the ambiguity of Latinidad in ways that obscure inequalities in the United States.
Is Latinidad a racial or an ethnic designation? Both? Neither? The increasing recognition of diversity within Latinx communities and the well-known story of shifting census designations have cast doubt on the idea that Latinidad is a race, akin to white or Black. And the mainstream media constantly cover the “browning” of the United States, as though the racial character of Latinidad were self-evident.
Many scholars have argued that the uncertainty surrounding Latinidad is emancipatory: by queering race—by upsetting assumptions about categories of human difference—Latinidad destabilizes the architecture of oppression. But Laura Grappo is less sanguine. She draws on case studies including the San Antonio Four (Latinas who were wrongfully accused of child sex abuse); the football star Aaron Hernandez’s incarceration and suicide; Lorena Bobbitt, the headline-grabbing Ecuadorian domestic-abuse survivor; and controversies over the racial identities of public Latinx figures to show how media institutions and state authorities deploy the ambiguities of Latinidad in ways that mystify the sources of Latinx political and economic disadvantage. With Latinidad always in a state of flux, it is all too easy for the powerful to conjure whatever phantoms serve their interests.
About the Author
Laura Grappo is an assistant professor in the American studies department at Wesleyan University.
[Conjured Bodies] provides an accessible and significant exploration of the construct of race in the U.S. Grappo’s book provides an insightful and engaging discussion of the importance of understanding both the value and danger of malleability...Grappo’s book provides thought provoking and gripping arguments about the possible consequences, harms, and issues of conjured identities, images, and bodies that is well positioned in current explorations of intersectionality...a necessary read for any serious student and scholar of Latinidad.
— Ethnic and Racial Studies
Conjured Bodies expands the understanding of the politics of race and sexuality within Latinidad—the notion of a shared Latin American identity—by introducing readers to the concepts of Latinx ambiguity and queer racialization...Conjured Bodies is a vital addition to mainstream media research within Latinx studies, media studies, queer studies, and critical ethnic studies…Highly recommended.
Conjured Bodies is an impactful study that opens conversations on spectrality and racial categorizations, allowing scholars in Latinx studies, gender studies, LGBTQ+ studies, media studies, carceral studies, and hauntology to build on the author’s interdisciplinary research.
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From EatingWell: The Simple Art of EatingWell
A fruit crisp offers the luscious flavor of a fresh fruit pie without the fuss of making a crust. Celebrate the arrival of fall with this apple-cranberry crisp. The nut-studded topping works great with other fruit combinations too.
- 1 1/2 pounds apples, peeled and sliced (5 cups)
- 1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate
- 1 tablespoon chopped almonds or walnuts
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat an 8-inch-square baking dish (or similar 1 1/2- to 2-quart dish) with cooking spray.
- To prepare filling, combine apples, cranberries and granulated sugar in a large bowl; toss to coat. Place the filling in the prepared baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make topping. Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl with a fork. Add butter and blend with a pastry blender or your fingertips. Add oil and stir to coat. Add orange juice concentrate and blend with your fingertips until the dry ingredients are moistened.
- After 20 minutes, stir the fruit filling and sprinkle the topping evenly over it. Sprinkle with almonds (or walnuts). Bake, uncovered, until the fruit is bubbly and tender and the topping is lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes more. Let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Per serving: 222 calories; 4 g fat (1 g sat, 2 g mono); 4 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrates; 22 g added sugars; 3 g protein; 3 g fiber; 23 mg sodium; 201 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (23% daily value)
Carbohydrate Servings: 3
Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fruit, 1 1/2 carbohydrate (other), 1 fat
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The vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change is in many ways intractable. Humans may intervene to protect ecosystems, but the persistence of the very anthropogenic activities that initially threatened the biosphere often thwarts progress. Long before the relatively recent concerns about climate change, efforts to protect ecosystems confronted anthropogenic threats such as land use change, deforestation, resource depletion, pollution and invasive species. Against this backdrop, the authors examine whether and how conservation policy addresses the added impacts of climate change. Their findings are mostly discouraging. Adaptation of ecosystems typically involves enhancing traditional conservation strategies such as protected areas, corridors and ex situ conservation, along with the occasional novel strategy such as the deliberate relocation of species. Finite space and resources along with relentless climate impacts restrict the application and effectiveness of available strategies. While there are notable conservation successes, adaptation policy _ to the extent that it exists _ has not contributed much to these successes, and natural systems continue to spiral toward mass extinction and ecosystem dysfunction.
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The dalit organisations under the aegis of SC, ST Sub Plan Nidhula Sadhana Ikya Karyacharana Committee have staged a dharna in front of Sub Collector's office here demanding the government to implement SC, ST sub plan strictly.
The dalit organisations' leaders, on Monday, alleged that the State Government completely ignored the welfare of dalits and their development.
The allocations made in the budget and expenditure incurred in last six years proved beyond the doubt that the government was not sincere in its promises made to the dalits. It was unfortunate that the dalits were forced to take up agitations at State level even for trivial issues.
The dalit organisations have been demanding the government to provide Cabinet rank to head of the SC,ST Commission, and appoint a retired or sitting High Court judge; the allocations for special component plan (ST Sub Plan) need to be made based on the population.
The government was also asked to ensure that the funds were not diverted to other sectors or fields, they said, adding, there was no response from the government.
Though statues of Ambedkar were being desecrated, the government did not respond in way it ought to do so. The dalit organisations have decided to organise Chalo Assembly to mount pressure on the government to address the problems and demands of dalits, they said.
KVPS city secretary G. Nataraju, city president P. Koteswara Rao, Dravida Stata State president P. Ratna Raju and others spoke.