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Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the lord. 9 “as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts…”
Isaiah 65:2 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations (AND THOUGHTS). MY CHILD, I HAVE NOT FORSAKEN YOU. I HAVE MADE SPACE FOR YOU TO INDULGE YOUR FANTASIES AND SEE THE NOTHINGNESS AND EMPTINESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY WILL FOR YOURSELF. YOU HAVE ASSUMED I WOULD BLESS YOUR PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN OFTEN THEY ARE CONTRARY TO MY WILL FOR YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO MY WILL. Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will. YOU ARE TO LIVE THROUGH MY SON RATHER THAN ASKING ME TO BLESS THE FRUIT OF YOUR OWN WILL AND PURPOSES. YOU ARE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION AND LEADING OF CHRIST. John 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. John 5:30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
MY SON HAS ALL POWER AND HE COULD HAVE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF, SPOKEN HIS OWN WORDS, AND CARRIED OUT HIS OWN WILL, BUT INSTEAD HE ALLOWED ME TO PERFECT HIM BY THE THINGS HE SUFFERED AS A MAN. HE PROVED BY HIS OWN WORDS THAT HE IS “ONE” WITH THE FATHER AND IS TOTALLY SUBMITTED TO HIM. John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 1John 2:5 But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. JESUS SAID: Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
YOU ARE IN THE WORLD AND YOU SEE ITS ALLUREMENTS, THE EXAMPLE OF THE MAJORITY, AND THE CULTURE OF HEDONISM (PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS IS THE HIGHEST GOOD). GOD HAS SET FORTH THE SUPREME RULE OF DUTY FOR ALL MANKIND. Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
MY CHILDREN, THE HOUR HAS COME FOR THE SON OF MAN TO BE GLORIFIED. THIS CALLS FOR YOU TO BE WILLING TO GIVE UP YOUR WILL FOR THE WILL OF GOD. IN THIS HOUR YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON TO DENY YOURSELF AND TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. John 12:23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
SATAN HAS AN ALL OUT ATTACK ON GODLINESS AND RIGHTEOUS LIVING. IT IS NO LONGER FASHIONABLE TO GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY. I SAY UNTO YOU TAKE NO THOUGHT OF WHAT YOU ARE TO SAY! ~A Hard Road before Them Matthew 10:16 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Matthew 10:19 But when they arrest you (OR RIDICULE YOU) do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. MANY IN THE WORLD ARE ALREADY FEELING THE PAIN AND COST OF BEING A CHILD OF GOD. SATAN KNOWS HIS TIME IS SHORT! Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”
I AM YOUR ALL SUFFICIENCY! I AM YOUR SALVATION, STRENGTH, AND POWER. DO NOT FEAR WHAT MAN CAN DO UNTO YOU, FOR I AM GREATER! DEU 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. YOU ARE OVERCOMERS AND WILL HAVE THE POWER TO OVERCOME ALL THINGS. 1John 4:4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

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PECOS COUNTY, Texas – Sharon Wilson trained her bulky, black camera on a thin, steel tower next to a natural gas compression station.
The screen of her Optical Gas Imaging camera lit up with warm colors, indicating that methane was pouring out of the tower.
Wilson, of the non-profit Oilfield Witness, was recording the Oklahoma-based company ONEOK’s Coyanosa station in its WesTex pipeline network. The station maintains pipeline pressure of natural gas during transportation.
Wilson documented widespread flaring, venting and other methane releases during a week in the Texas Permian Basin this month. Natural gas prices in the Permian Basin fell below zero during March. When natural gas prices are low, companies are more likely to vent or flare methane. Pipeline capacity to transport the gas out of the Permian Basin is currently limited, which can also result in more flaring.
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That’s bad news for efforts to fight climate change. Natural gas is mostly made up of methane and the Permian Basin is the single-largest source of methane emissions in the U.S. oil and gas industry. As a greenhouse gas, methane is about 80 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
Flaring also releases a variety of hazardous air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds like benzene, a carcinogen, and contributes to ground-level ozone, a pollutant that causes respiratory illness and heart disease.
The Permian Basin produces more crude oil than any other in North America and is now the second-most productive gas basin in the country. Drilling for oil yields the biggest profits for energy companies, but oil drilling also produces large volumes of natural gas. Companies flare natural gas if they aren’t able to sell or transport it, a practice known as routine flaring.
“They have to get rid of the gas because it’s going to cost them money to get it in a pipeline,” Wilson said.
At the Waha Hub, where natural gas produced in the Permian Basin is funneled into pipelines to reach demand centers, the price for gas dipped below zero on March 13 and was still negative as of March 21. Analysts warn that the capacity for pipelines to transport gas away from the Permian Basin is limited.
The ONEOK compression station where Wilson documented methane emissions connects gas producing wells in the Permian Basin to the Waha Hub.
An ONEOK spokesperson said during the time period Wilson documented emissions at the compression station, “no unpermitted emissions occurred.” However, a spokesperson for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said the emissions were not reported to their agency, as required by law, and they would be looking into the incident.
Price of Gas Key to Methane Question in the Permian Basin
The Permian Basin sprawls across the arid landscape of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The quantity of this gas in the Permian has nearly tripled since 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration.
At drilling sites, the Railroad Commission of Texas enforces State Rule 32, which prohibits flaring natural gas. However, the Commission grants thousands of exceptions a year. Companies can request an exemption to flare when there is not enough pipeline capacity. During January 2024 in Texas, 2.65 percent of the natural gas produced at oil wells, known as casinghead gas, was flared, according to information provided by the Railroad Commission. More recent data was not available.
“In the rush to develop the oil in the area, [companies] don’t plan for how to manage the gas that’s produced at the well,” explained Elizabeth Lieberknecht, a regulatory and legislative manager at the Environmental Defense Fund.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued its final rule to reduce methane emissions under the Clean Air Act in December. The new rules, as written, will eventually prohibit routine flaring, which is currently allowed in Texas. However, the attorneys general of Texas and another two dozen states have challenged the federal rule. The legal challenges may delay implementation.
Extensive pipeline construction has facilitated moving natural gas out of the Permian. But East Daley Analytics, which provides energy market analysis, and Validere, an emissions data company, projected in a May 2023 report that, starting in 2024, production growth in the Permian Basin once again could exceed gas “takeaway” capacity. The authors expected the problem to peak in mid-2024. When there is not enough pipeline capacity, companies can either limit drilling or increase flaring.
The report’s authors wrote that some companies “will likely opt to flare” instead of waiting to drill wells while pipeline capacity is limited. An East Daley representative said the company has not updated its analysis since the May 2023 report and could not comment further.
Joshua Rhodes, a research scientist at the University of Texas, Austin, said there is a “perfect storm” creating a glut of gas in the Permian. He pointed to a mild winter that drove down demand for gas. Meanwhile renewables in the region like solar and wind are producing well. Several pipelines are currently undergoing maintenance in the region, further constraining capacity.
While the United States exported record volumes of liquified natural gas during 2023, demand in the European market is flattening. Natural gas consumption in Europe fell to a 10-year low in 2023.
“The problem is that oil demand is still high,” he said. “That’s what’s continuing the production of natural gas.”
The Energy Information Administration reported that the price of natural gas at the Waha Hub fell to -$0.25/MMBtu on March 13. The price remained negative the subsequent week, dropping as low as -$1.16/MMBtu on March 18. In areas like Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, which is dominated by natural gas, drillers are dialing back. But in the Permian Basin, where oil is the most lucrative commodity, drillers still added rigs, the large drilling sites, during March. These drillers will continue to produce natural gas alongside the oil, despite the drop in prices and pipeline capacity problems.
EDF’s Lieberknecht said the impacts of price fluctuations on flaring show that voluntary commitments from oil and gas companies are not enough. She said the federal methane rule will level the playing field and, eventually, phase out routine flaring and require drillers to capture the gas instead.
“We think that’s a huge step forward, especially in Texas where we don’t have any meaningful regulation requiring operators to do that,” she said.
Grassroots Emissions Tracking Continues
Wilson, with her Optical Gas Imaging camera, is accustomed to seeing rampant methane emissions while “ground truthing” in the Permian Basin. But she said the negative natural gas price appeared to be contributing to increased emissions during her recent field work.
“It’s not just flaring, we saw numerous blowdowns, we saw really intense tank emissions,” she said. Blowdowns occur when gasses are released at wells or pipelines to reduce pressure and are even worse for the climate than flaring. “There are emissions everywhere.”
Wilson said measuring emissions on-site is important to capture methane releases that companies do not report to regulators. Her previous work has documented that the majority of flares go unreported.
“We saw just an unbelievable amount of emissions that would not have been detected if we weren’t out there,” she said.
In Texas, the Railroad Commission and the TCEQ split jurisdiction over emissions from oil and gas drilling, processing and refining.
Railroad Commission spokesperson Patty Ramon said applications to flare undergo a “thorough” review. However, records in the state flaring query database indicate that the Railroad Commission has approved 1,077 applications to flare since Jan. 1, 2024, and denied one application.
The elected leaders of the Railroad Commission have been critical of the federal methane rule. Commissioner Wayne Christian has called the regulations “more bureaucratic red tape stifling business.”
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The TCEQ regulates air emissions from other stages of the oil and gas supply chain, including processing plants and refineries. A TCEQ spokesperson said that companies must report any emissions events within 24 hours.
The Department of Energy has also awarded $134 million to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for plugging low-producing wells to reduce methane emissions. The spokesperson said the agency is working with the Department of Energy to finalize the program for the funding.
In New Mexico, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s Oil Conservation Division enforces the state’s methane flaring regulations. Spokesperson Sidney Hill said the agency is “generally aware” of the potential impact of natural gas prices on operations. The state’s rules prohibit flaring when there is limited pipeline capacity.
“Just because prices are low does not mean routine flaring will be permitted,” he said.

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It looks like Mila Kunis’ 20-month-old daughter, Wyatt Isabelle, is going to be a big sister. Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher just announced that they are expecting their second child.
Back in May, the “Bad Moms“ star told Ellen DeGeneres that she “absolutely” wanted more kids–so it looks like she’s getting her wish. According to a source that PEOPLE spoke to, Ashton loves fatherhood:
“Ashton genuinely lights up when talking about Wyatt and the little one on the way. Everything about being a father is natural to him.”
Now they’re really going to have their hands full, because dealing with two young kids is no easy task. In March, Kutcher even talked about how much of a troublemaker Wyatt is when he appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” He said:
“She tries to kill herself on a regular basis. Like, she doesn’t realize that’s a cliff and could be dangerous. She’ll just jump off the thing. She doesn’t know yet.”
I have a feeling the couple is up for the task. Mazel tov to the growing family!


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LOS ANGELES – HBO Max, the upcoming streaming service owned by WarnerMedia, will offer all 279 episodes of the popular sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” which ended its 12-year run in May.
Under the deal, the massive comedy hit series will be streamed exclusively on HBO Max, which is scheduled to be launched in the spring of 2020, the company announced in a statement on Tuesday.
“Few shows define a generation and capture mainstream zeitgeist like The Big Bang Theory,” WarnerMedia Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said.
“This show has been a hit virtually around the globe, it’s one of the biggest shows on broadcast television of the last decade, and the fact that we get to bring it to a streaming platform for the first time in the US is a coup for our new offering,” he added.
Although the entertainment conglomerate has not made public the amount it paid to secure the streaming rights, The Hollywood Reporter cites unidentified sources that estimate it could be well over a billion dollars.
Thanks to the agreement, WarnerMedia’s cable channel TBS will continue airing the show through 2028, the company added.
“The Big Bang Theory,” one of the most successful TV comedies of all time, was one of the last survivors of traditional television before the triumphant arrival of digital platforms such as Netflix.
Its traditional sitcom format – including recurring characters and often recorded in front of a studio audience, on a set and containing laughter tracks – is a format that is gradually dying but seems to attract the interest of new services.
On Monday, Netflix struck a five-year deal for the global streaming rights of the iconic comedy series “Seinfeld,” which ran in the US between 1989-1998.
In July, WarnerMedia confirmed that it had acquired exclusive streaming rights to global hit “Friends” for five years starting in 2020 for a reported sum of $425 million.
The same fate awaits “The Office,” which will leave Netflix and begin streaming exclusively on NBCUniversal’s new digital platform called Peacock in 2021 under a deal reportedly valued at $500 million.


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Dinah Casson has been the most successful museum designer in Britain, responsible for the re-display of the British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the biggest and most ambitious gallery project financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and itself already the subject of a handsome book.
Having recently decided to step down from running Casson Mann, the firm which she and her professional partner, Roger Mann, founded, she decided to write a set of wide-ranging ruminations about the nature and characteristics of museums—problems and issues not so much of design, but of how museums present themselves, things that the visitor may not have thought about, but which are subliminally important in shaping their experience.
Her tone of voice and attitude to the topic of museums is quizzical, well-informed, non-specialist, but most of all critical, interested much more in the experience of the visitor than in what the curator thinks or, for that matter, in the objects displayed. Her interest is in how collections are displayed to best effect, so that they can be properly enjoyed and understood.
She starts with windows. I know only too well that these can be a touchstone of dispute between architects and curators having inherited, when I went to the National Gallery as its director, a long-running argument between the gallery and Bob Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown as to whether or not there should be a big window at the end of the long vista down the middle of the Sainsbury Wing.
They felt that the public wanted to be able to see out, to know where they were, and to understand the nature of the relationship of the pictures to the outside world, even though the view out would have been nothing more than a view across the road to the unprepossessing side of Robert Smirke’s Canada House. But the curators were equally adamant that it was a picture gallery: a big window would prevent a big picture hanging triumphantly at the end of the enfilade. It was a total clash of world view.
The next issue she tackles concerns frames. As she correctly points out, frames determine how people look at paintings. But museums mostly pretend that they do not exist, although for a short while the National Gallery included information about frames in small print on its labels and the National Portrait Gallery has a whole section of its website devoted to “The Art of the Picture Frame”, compiled by Jacob Simon, its former chief curator.
Here Casson’s thoughts are a touch rambling. I suspect she would prefer museums to dispense with frames altogether, as she did in the British Galleries at the V&A, but is too cautious to say so definitively, even though there is good precedent for it in the work not only of Carlo Scarpa, but also Lina Bo Bardi.
Part of the success of the Mario Testino exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery was that Patrick Kinmonth showed the work large-scale, mounted straight on the wall, replicating the experience of leafing through magazine, instead of going to an art gallery. So, maybe there is a case for more frequent de-framing.
Her chapter on Coat Checks is wilfully short, not much more than reference to what was clearly a brilliant and beautiful way of dealing with how to check one’s belongings at the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem, southwest of Berlin, where visitors were asked to instal their coats, hats and bags in display cases as if they were themselves ethnographic specimens. So simple a device, so wonderfully eloquent a way of getting visitors to participate in the activity of the museum. I wish I had done it myself.
On copies, she writes well, helped by the fact that she was responsible for the installation and interpretation of what she calls “Lascaux 4”. Everyone appears perfectly to accept that where the original work of art is necessarily inaccessible, as at the caves of Lascaux, a facsimile in the original location works as a perfectly legitimate substitute: it is all that is available.
Likewise, the facsimile of Veronese’s Wedding Feast at Cana (1563) in the refectory of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore makes it possible to understand the character of the picture in its original location. We do not mind when the Queen’s Gallery shows facsimiles of their Leonardo drawings because the originals are too delicate to leave out. These are complex and important issues about the role of the facsimile that Casson deals with helpful straightforwardness.
On the writing of museum texts, she knows that these now occupy a disproportionate amount of care and attention in museums. They used to be written by curators who would have a tendency to write them using their own specialist language and reflecting their own specialist interests. Now there are whole departments in museums devoted to interpretation. I was sorry that she did not make reference to James Bradburne’s experiments in display and interpretation at the Brera Gallery in Milan. He oversees the displays himself; the labels are much larger than normal; and some of them are written by well-known writers so that the nature of the authorship is understood. But art museums tend to resist large-type labels because they are felt to interfere with the more purely visual experience of the painting.
Casson’s final chapter is about the nature and character of collections and the fact that the museums that most people really love and remember are not the ones that are laid out most systematically and follow all the rules of best museological practice, but the ones which are most idiosyncratic. She picks out both the Sir John Soane's Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum, which are already well familiar, but also two Italian examples—the Fondazione Museo Ettore Guatelli, outside Parma, and the Cava Museo Fantiscritti in Carrara—which demonstrate that the expression of personality is often more powerful than rational order.
Just as museum collections are best when they are strong expressions of personality, so this book is good precisely because it is not a set of lessons, but a sequence of meditations on what works well in museums, which does not add up to a set of prescriptions, but more acts as an encouragement to museum-goers to think carefully about the nature of what is presented and the ideas which have gone into it.
• Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Dinah Casson, Lund Humphries, 200pp, £29.95/$59.99 (hb)
• Charles Saumarez Smith is chairman of the Royal Drawing School. His book The Art Museum in Modern Times will be published by Thames & Hudson in March 2021

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Everyday Cheapskate: How to Make Breakfast a Required Subject
Back to school for most kids means new shoes, a cool backpack and an unspoiled 64-pack of crayons. It also means getting back to a morning routine. This year, make breakfast a requirement in your house. All you need is 15 minutes, plus these quick and easy breakfast ideas, tips, tricks and hurry-up secrets.
Start with the basic recipe, and then customize with what's in the refrigerator. Pour 1 cup juice, 1 cup water, 1 egg (optional), 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 cup crushed ice in the blender. Blend until smooth. Customize your shake by adding fresh fruit, yogurt, protein powder, leftover pudding, applesauce -- even leftover Jell-O.
Keep peeled banana slices in plastic bags in the freezer. Add them to any fruit shake or just plain milk.
Blend together a frozen banana, 1 cup milk and a few drops yellow food coloring (optional).
Blend grape juice and milk.
5-MINUTE BACON AND EGGS
When you bring home bacon, cook all of it (fry, bake or microwave); drain well; and then place the strips into a zip-type freezer bag and into the freezer. In the morning, remove a few strips (they won't stick together in one big clump, as you might expect). Microwave for 30 seconds or until sizzling. While the bread is in the toaster, scramble the eggs.

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Exploring the Meaning of Indigenous Military Service during the Second World War in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States
This article explores the meaning of military service for Indigenous men who volunteered during the Second World War. At its core, this question can help elucidate what is often the “big why?” invariably asked by people encountering this subject for the first time: why did young Indigenous men fight for a freedom, democracy and equality that they had never experienced? Employing a transnational lens, the article seeks to do interrelated things. First, it examines the meaning of military service for Indigenous men in each of three distinct phases: prior to their enlistment, while serving in the army and in combat, and after demobilisation and transitioning to veterans. Second, this study considers Indigenous perspectives and experiences in relation to, and the broader context of, the non-Indigenous comrades-in-arms with whom they enlisted, served, and sacrificed. In the end, this examination reveals a diversity of interpretations amongst Indigenous soldiers at each stage, but cannot be definitive in the face of such complexity and the ultimately idiosyncratic and personal nature of veterans’ lived experiences.


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Sara Ali Khan Pose With Her Bestie Sara As They Celebrate Christmas Together
Sara Ali Khan who always stays active on social media has treated her fans with her Christmas celebration pics
Sara Ali Khan who always stays active on social media has treated her fans with her Christmas celebration pics… This Pataudi princess has spent her time and celebrated this colourful festival with her bestie Sara Vaisoha
In this pic, we can witness both besties posing to cams with a colourful background having a Christmas tree and bonfire. Sara sported in a yellow coloured printed tee and teamed it with black jegging while her bestie wore a full-sleeved black tee and paired it with a pink pant. Sara also wrote, "Sara ki Sara hai Sara ka Sahara 🤗❄🎁🎅🎄🔥🧿
Love you always ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Both of them wore 'Funky Christmas Headbands' and looked chic!!!
Well, this post is from Sara Ali Khan's bestie Sara… Both had a beautiful sun-kissed pic and looked amazing!!!
We already know that Sara Ali Khan's latest movie 'Coolie No. 1' was released on Amazon Prime on 25th December, 2020 on the occasion of Christmas. This movie is receiving good reviews being a complete entertainer… On this special occasion, Sara has dropped stunning pics with Varun Dhawan and requested her fans to watch the movie…
Both Sara and Varun Dhawan looked stunning in these pics… Varun Dhawan looked handsome sporting in a grey tee and teamed it with white denim and yellow jacket. While Sara made us go jaw dropped posing in complete uber-chic avatar. She wore a sleeveless red coloured top having floral print and teamed it with a white checkered skirt. Both looked chic in these pics and turned heads with their chemistry…
Sara also asked her fans to watch their latest movie 'Coolie No. 1'… "Christmas is over, but the cheer is still in the air!
Go watch our film, see what we have to share
Coolie no ☝ now on @primevideoin".
'Coolie No. 1' is the third collaboration of Varun Dhawan with his dad David Dhawan and has Sara Ali Khan as the lead actress. It has Paresh Rawal, Javed Jaffrey, Rajpal Yadav and Johnny Lever in the prominent roles. This David Dhawan directorial is bankrolled by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh under Pooja Entertainment banner. This flick is the remake of 1995 film which has the same name. Even the first look poster of Varun Dhawan sporting in the 'Coolie' avatar mesmerized all and sundry!!! As the Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading in the country, the makers have decided to go with the OTT platform.

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Purpose: Fluid management is challenging in malaria patients given the risks associated with intravascular fluid depletion and iatrogenic fluid overload leading to pulmonary oedema. Given the limitations of the physical examination in guiding fluid therapy, we evaluated point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and lungs as a novel tool to assess volume status and detect early oedema in malaria patients.
Methods: To assess the correlation between IVC and lung ultrasound (LUS) indices and clinical signs of hypovolaemia and pulmonary oedema, respectively, concurrent clinical and sonographic examinations were performed in an observational study of 48 malaria patients and 62 healthy participants across age groups in Gabon.
Results: IVC collapsibility index (CI) ≥ 50% on enrolment reflecting intravascular fluid depletion was associated with an increased number of clinical signs of hypovolaemia in severe and uncomplicated malaria. With exception of dry mucous membranes, IVC-CI correlated with most clinical signs of hypovolaemia, most notably sunken eyes (r = 0.35, p = 0.0001) and prolonged capillary refill (r = 0.35, p = 0.001). IVC-to-aorta ratio ≤ 0.8 was not associated with any clinical signs of hypovolaemia on enrolment. Among malaria patients, a B-pattern on enrolment reflecting interstitial fluid was associated with dyspnoea (p = 0.0003), crepitations and SpO2 ≤ 94% (both p < 0.0001), but not tachypnoea (p = 0.069). Severe malaria patients had increased IVC-CI (p < 0.0001) and more B-patterns (p = 0.004) on enrolment relative to uncomplicated malaria and controls.
Conclusion: In malaria patients, POCUS of the IVC and lungs may improve the assessment of volume status and detect early oedema, which could help to manage fluids in these patients.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
This study was supported in part by the Lazarus Scholars in Healthcare Delivery Program through the George Washington University and by the Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers.
We conducted a prospective proof-of-concept observational study of patients of all ages with malaria, with age-matched healthy volunteers as a control group. The study was conducted from September to December 2019 in Lambaréné, a town of approximately 39,000 inhabitants in Moyen-Ogooué Province of Gabon, in the Central African rainforest region. Patients were recruited from the paediatrics and internal medicine wards of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital (HAS), a 150-bed general hospital that serves the local population of Lambaréné and the surrounding villages. The hospital has both inpatient and outpatient services in emergency medicine, internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery and obstetrics/gynaecology. It operates as a private non-governmental organization (NGO) with joint funding from the Gabonese Ministry of Health.
© 2021, The Author(s).

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Kenesky Sports and Cycle
Address: 228 Barton Street East
Date Built: 1884 Date Destroyed: Apr 26, 2016
According to the information plaque placed by the City of Hamilton, this building was constructed in 1884. For many years, it has housed Kenesky Sports and Cycle. The worlds first manufactured goalie pads were made here in 1920s by Emil Kenesky.


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Bernard and Ismaily scored to send Shakhtar Donetsk through as Group F runners-up after a 2-1 home win against already-qualified Manchester City at the Metalist Stadium on Wednesday.
Yaya Toure has labelled rising star Phil Foden as the ‘future’ of Manchester City, and tipped the teenager to reach the top of world football.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has agreed a one-year contract extension, the Premier League club have confirmed.
With a month remaining on his contract, Yaya Toure wants to sign a new deal so he can finish his career at Manchester City.
Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure insists that Manchester City will keep on fighting to reach the finals of the FA Cup this season.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says his side will do their best to collect six points in their next two Premier League fixtures against Arsenal and Chelsea.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure believes Gabriel Jesus is a special talent but has urged the Brazilian to remain focused on improving his game.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been impressed by the immediate impact made by Brazilian starlet Gabriel Jesus.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure believes his side fully deserved their victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has labelled Leroy Sane as a ‘fantastic talent’ after the German produced a fine performance against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

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The End of an Era
I don’t normally talk about breaking news on this blog. That is not the purpose of this blog. Today though I did not have a post ready to go yet which is rare. I went on Twitter just before posting, and saw the news that Purdue head coach Dough Schreiber was stepping down after 18 years at the university. When I think of Purdue baseball I think of Coach Schreiber. He is from my hometown of LaPorte, Indiana. If you have never been to LaPorte then you do not know that it is a baseball town. Under Doug’s dad Ken Schreiber the Slicers became a force in the state of Indiana. As you drove into town there used to be a sign showing all of the state titles that the team has won over the years. They also listed the winners of the L.V. Phillips award given at the finals. That is the first time that I knew of Doug. He won the state title under his father and won the L.V. Phillips award during his senior year. From there Doug went to Purdue where he started for four years for the Boilermakers.
When I found Purdue baseball Doug was just starting to ramp up the program in 2005. They had some great teams that fell just short of winning the Big Ten every year. They were a force to be reckoned with though, and they were fun to watch. When I moved to West Lafayette I knew that I would be able to attend a lot of games during the 2012 season so I was eager for the team to get home from the southern road trips. As the weeks went on the team kept winning on the road beginning what we now know was a special season. Being so close to Purdue I was able to attend many games that season leading up to the great finish. I was at the game where Doug became the all time winningest coach at Purdue passing Dave Alexander. Of course we all know where the season went from there as Purdue won their first Big Ten title since 1909 at Lambert Field. They continued the success by winning the Big Ten tournament in an epic game against Indiana. At the time we didn’t know it, but it was the best that it would get at Purdue. The team has had a run of tough luck since that title year playing at beautiful Alexander Field. Last week when the local newspaper made a trip to the stadium I started to wonder what is going on. They to my knowledge had not come out to the stadium since the beginning of the 2013 season. Today though I found out that they were out for a reason. It will be weird to see a Purdue team play next year without Coach Schreiber coaching at third. It will be interesting to see where the program goes from here. I think that there is a very good candidate to replace Coach Schreiber not too far away at Kent State. Will they stick with someone that has been part of this regime, or will they start fresh with someone else? The final two games this weekend now have an even bigger meaning now.


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The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka was a two-seat dive-bomber/ground-attack aircraft. The Stuka first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in 1936 as part of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. The aircraft was easily recognizable by its inverted gull wings and fixed landing gears. The Stuka's design included several innovative features, including automatic pull-up dive brakes under both wings to ensure that the plane recovered from its attack dive even if the pilot blacked out from the acceleration. It became soon the icon of the German “Blitzkrieg” during the first stages of the Second World War providing air support to the Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions. It was used by Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain where it showed its weaknesses compared to the faster and well-armed modern fighters such as Hurricane and Spitfire.


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Diet & Stress
Preventing hair loss can be difficult because the majority of hair loss is caused by factors out of your control -- namely, your genetics; however, there are some common sense rules you should follow:
- First, one should avoid harsh and frequent chemicals and treatments to the scalp. Processes like relaxing or straightening the hair and frequent coloring or bleaching of the hair can make the hair weak or unhealthy. If you have a genetic predisposition to hair loss, adding these harsh treatments could put you over the edge and cause premature hair loss. If your hair is healthy, however, and your genetics are strong, these treatments may never affect you. In the end, the decision is yours.
- Mechanical trauma can also be hard on the hair and can lead to hair loss. Frequent tight braiding or pulling out of the hair can lead to permanent hair loss in some individuals.
- Those with medical conditions such an anorexia nervosa or bulimia can suffer hair loss and treating these conditions early could prevent hair loss from occurring.
- Maintaining a healthy and balanced diet can help to prevent hair loss, as some hair loss is due to malnutrition. In general, a healthy lifestyle will not only help you be the best you can be, but it certainly can benefit your hair as well.

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Objective. Proton therapy with pencil beam delivery enables dose distributions that conform tightly to the shape of a target. However, proton therapy dose delivery is sensitive to motion and deformation, which especially occur in the abdominal and thoracic regions. In this study, the dose perturbation caused by dynamic motion with and without gating during proton pencil beam deliveries were investigated using deformable three-dimensional (3D) silicone-based radiochromic dosimeters. Approach. A spread-out Bragg peak formed by four proton spots with different energies was delivered to two dosimeter batches. All dosimeters were cylindrical with a 50 mm diameter and length. The dosimeters were irradiated stationary while uncompressed and during dynamic compression by sinusoidal motion with peak-to-peak amplitudes of 20 mm in one end of the dosimeter and 10 mm in the other end. Motion experiments were made without gating and with gating near the uncompressed position. The entire experiment was video recorded and simulated in a Monte Carlo (MC) program. Main results. The 2%/2 mm gamma index analysis between the dose measurements and the MC dose simulations had pass rates of 86%-94% (first batch) and 98%-99% (second batch). Compared to the static delivery, the dose delivered during motion had gamma pass rates of 99%-100% when employing gating and 68%-87% without gating in the experiments whereas for the MC simulations it was 100% with gating and 66%-82% without gating. Significance. This study demonstrated the ability of using deformable 3D dosimeters to measure dose perturbations in proton pencil beam deliveries caused by dynamic motion and deformation.
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AnYahh, a prominent art gallery in Delhi, announced the revamping of its website www.anyahhart.com.
Online PR News – 16-October-2015 – New Delhi – AnYahh, a leading art gallery in Delhi, has announced the redesign of its website www.anyahhart.com, adding more sections and giving the website a brand new feel. This step comes in the wake of the gallery’s effort to projects its strengths, innovative techniques and products in an even more emphasized and nuanced manner. The revamped website has all that is needed to impress upon the followers and the audience the dedicated work done by AnYahh art gallery in making exquisite art entities available for art enthusiasts and promoting young talent.
The redesigning has helped the AnYahh website gain a fresh feel, thereby making navigation through the website a joyful experience for the viewer in addition to making it significantly informative. Attempts have been made to give the new website an aesthetic touch that goes with the theme of the AnYahh art gallery. The website has added two new sections, namely- ‘Merchandise’ and ‘Art Décor Items’. The merchandise section contains a host of new art collectibles like AnYahh soap, cushion cover, jewelry box, mouse pad, pocket square, stole, tote bag, coaster, gift hamper, leather bag, mug, pouch, table mat and visiting card holder.
AnYahh furniture, art tiles among other items fall in the category of art décor items. The idea behind incorporating these two sections separately into the new website is to draw focus on art beyond the realm of paintings. The gallery understands the fact that art-lovers prefer moving beyond paintings as the traditional form of art and hence offers a range of different artistic entities in these two new sections.
Additionally, a new blog section has also been added to the redesigned AnYahh website.
This section contains articles on different subjects related to art. It gives in-depth information on the several topics of art world that readers are always inquisitive in knowing. The introduction of this section adds to the educational value of the AnYahh website, thereby making it rich from a reading perspective as well. The blog section is regularly updated and fresh content is uploaded on a consistent basis.
Finally, the refurbished AnYahh website features a collection of the icons of major social media networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram etc. AnYahh understands that it is the age of the internet and social media and is therefore up to its task of making substantial use of both in order to promote art and make it readily available for everyone.


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Thousands of Environment Agency workers are to strike in a dispute over pay.
Members of Unison and Prospect working in areas including river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will walk out for 12 hours on February 8.
The unions said that for 12 hours either side of the walkout, Environment Agency employees will also escalate their ongoing work-to-rule by withdrawing from incident response rotas.
Where there is a genuine threat to life or property from something like a major flood, officers will step in as emergency “life and limb cover” has been agreed with agency managers.
Environment Agency staff belonging to Unison took strike action earlier this month. Now their colleagues who are in Prospect will join them for the first joint strike.
The unions say they are critical of the Government for not doing anything to end the dispute.
Environment Agency employees got a 2% pay rise (plus £345) this year, but the unions say wages have fallen by more than 20% in real terms since 2010.


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The fact we have been writing on try distinguished not only since the a provider obtained a situation in the consumer-friendly Maryland (because rare once the that is), but also for a couple causes i in the business often forget. We shall show the main points of your instance and check out the way the judge managed those individuals facts, after which we shall get to the most other situations worth considering depicted by the situation.
James Dupreez signed a merchandising payment offer (RIC) to purchase and you may money a trailer. This new RIC was assigned to GMAC, Inc.
When Dupreez did not make certain money on bargain, GMAC charged later costs. GMAC sooner or later repossessed the fresh new vehicle, and you will delivered Dupreez an alerts saying it would offer the fresh new truck unless the guy paid back past-due repayments, later costs, and you can costs out-of repossession. GMAC offered the vehicle and you can sued Dupreez to get the balance of RIC you to definitely remained following the sales.
Dupreez counterclaimed and so-called GMAC broken new Maryland Appeal and you may Usury statute if this repossessed and you may offered the newest vehicle, as it offered wrong advice with its pre-sales notices so you can him. His counterclaim next alleged the latest RIC violated new Maryland Shopping Payment Conversion Work (MRISA) by the demanding him to spend late fees and repossession will cost you, and also by battery charging to have a repair promise and you may personal debt-termination insurance policies without itemizing brand new number in the RIC. He as well as alleged a solution out of Maryland’s User Security Work, unjust enrichment, and you can irresponsible misrepresentation-the according to payday loans Peru research by the premises that RIC broken the latest MRISA.
The Legal out-of Unique Appeals out of Maryland (Maryland’s intermediate appellate court) confirmed the new demonstration court’s decision. The brand new appellate court first kept that the usury law does not affect fees conversion from automobiles, given that statute relates to « loans » and you may RICs commonly « finance. »
2nd, this new appellate court kept that the MRISA does not ban an excellent creditor out-of billing late charge and repossession costs getting automobile that have sales rates over $25,000. The fresh new MRISA essentially pertains to conversion process of goods that have a great dollars marketing cost of $twenty five,000 otherwise smaller. Because the sales cost of Dupreez’s truck exceeded $25,one hundred thousand, the MRISA failed to control GMAC’s ability to charge later costs and you may repossession expenditures; alternatively, with regards to the appellate legal, GMAC’s ability to exercise is actually ruled from the Consistent Commercial Password. The latest appellate legal including located GMAC had a directly to charges late fees, because RIC so long as new manager of the package you will assess particularly costs.
The original point you really need to notice is the court’s difference in RICs and funds
As Dupreez’s almost every other states was basically premised to your GMAC’s alleged abuses of brand new usury law and MRISA, the appellate judge ended the demonstration judge didn’t err in dismissing them.
Buyers who sell and you can loans RVs, vehicles or other goods having fun with RICs appear to, and carelessly, reference their financial support ones products given that « finance. » That’s incorrect.
As this situation depicts, RICs are generally susceptible to county statutes that range from men and women managing financing deals
Because this situation plus illustrates, plaintiffs’ solicitors are not a lot more than seeking to encourage process of law you to fund try cost transformation, or the other way around, whenever such as a « recharacterization » once we refer to it as, also have a great colorable reason behind a claim. From time to time, a court usually fall for one to dispute. This is exactly why we worry to dealers (and you can finance companies) you to money and you will borrowing conversion differ creatures, and you can referring to her or him wrongly might help plaintiffs’ solicitors which try and then make such as for example objections.
Another point to notice, and another that is particularly important having Camper investors attempting to sell highest-listed tools, is the fact some state and federal laws only don’t affect particular large deals. Either the brand new restrict is dependent on the price of the products financed, and regularly the brand new limitation is brought on by extent funded. Here, the brand new cutoff into the procedure of your own county rules used by the individual is actually $twenty-five,one hundred thousand – purchases during the quantity more than that have been not susceptible to you to definitely law’s limitations. Brand new cap to the applying of this new federal Knowledge when you look at the Credit Operate and User Leasing Operate are highest – $55,800 to own 2018, and you will adjusted having inflation, yet still eliminates a number of highline purchases.
The training is the one highline dealers and their attorneys should always keep in mind. If the user’s attorney is actually threatening you which have a reality within the Credit suit, it could be effective to indicate with the lawyer one to your order isn’t really ruled by you to definitely law.

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Kat Bjelland born on 9 December 1963 in Salem. She is a citizen of United States of America. Kat Bjelland was educated at University of Oregon and Woodburn High School.
Kat Bjelland plays guitar and voice. She is an American musician.
Kat Bjelland has worked as a singer, guitarist and songwriter. She has been a member of Babes in Toyland.


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There's a scene in Martin Crimp's new version of Moliere's The Misanthrope where Alceste, here a shabbily dressed, surly playwright, hears a scene from a draft of an unperformed play. Ken Stott's Alceste is a superbly splenetic figure, stomping round with hands dug into jacket pockets, eyes darting back and forth, grimacing and muttering blackly. For the reading he stands still. It's been written by the spruce theatre critic, Covington (a beamingly ingratiating Niall Buggy). Alceste halts Covington in disgust, wondering why "people cover page after page/ with dialogue so unplayable on the stage".
He's brave, Crimp. First he adapts Moliere. Then he satirises critics, choosing a name that neatly alludes to two of the better-known ones. Then he lectures us on what does and doesn't work on stage. Covington's play, Alceste says, is stilted, unnatural and doesn't reflect the way people speak. Huh, a theatre critic might be tempted to think: you can talk. But the thing is, Crimp and his characters can talk. Wonderfully well. Crimp sets The Misanthrope in the celebrity world of the arts and media. His verse is quick, funny and revealing. He's also cannily alert to modern idiom, to the self-aware way these people actually speak.
In The Misanthrope Crimp moves Moliere's courtly crowd into the suite of a luxury London hotel, with designer sofa and neon stand for the answerphone. Celimene becomes a 25-year-old movie star, played with gawky, disingenous charm by the film actress Elizabeth McGovern. The vain, gossipy Marquises become a successful agent and a well-connected young actor, while the pious Arsinoe becomes a jealous acting teacher, in a powdery, fussily dressed cameo from Linda Marlowe. The transformations are delightful. Lindsay Posner's glossy production draws ele- gant performances - especially from William Osborne, as Alceste's languidly reasonable friend, trying to dampen his irascible pal. Only the topical references are blurred. For reasons that are never entirely clear, Alceste has a particular dislike for David Hare.
Watching this week's other adaptation, the leadenly clever 1953, you wish the celebrated "Martian" poet Craig Raine had tried out a scene or two on the unforgiving Alceste. In his updating of Racine's Andromaque the Trojan story has been moved to 1953. Hitler has won the war, the Axis powers are in charge, and Mussolini's son, Vittorio, rules Italy. It's a love chain: Hitler's secret envoy to Rome, Count Klaus Maria von Orestes - played with Aryan sincerity by Adam Kotz - is in love with Princess Ida (Emma Fielding) who in turn is in love with the King of Italy (Jason Isaacs) or "top wop", as someone casually remarks.
The high-voltage performances, however, are determinedly upstaged by the one character who never appears: Craig Raine. Time stands still while characters guide us through his elaborate similes. Princess Ida is engaged to be married, but engaged "like a taxi". Klaus grins "like a xylophone". Hector's wife, Annette, has felt the milk moving through her breast "like something homesick for a destination". No one speaks this way; only Craig Raine writes this way.
Alceste might call this unplayable. And stilted too. Sentences stop abruptly. Then start. Again. Worst of all are the daringly explicit exchanges. Vittorio discusses Annette with his personal adviser: "The bitch. I bet she doesn't suck." "Yeah," replies the adviser. "Or swallow either." Sitting in the audience you have that embarrassing sensation teenagers get when adults try to talk dirty.
In Vicki Mortimer's set Mussolini's palace in Rome looks like the foyer of a multiplex cinema: red carpets, art deco curves, banquettes with panel lighting and a billiard table that rises out of the floor. This kitsch setting doesn't liberate the story, it constrains it. Orestes is a uniformed Waffen SS general. When he walks on, he brings so many specific historical associations the play struggles to find its own identity. "Telephone the Fuhrer now," he's told. We imagine Adolf at the other end, like someone in a BT ad. Well, it's good to talk.
That luminous, intelligent young actress Emma Fielding deliberately tries to extend her range by playing the cold, sexy Ida. But it's hard work. When she's struggling to get Vittorio back, she fails to convince us that she is the kind of demon in the bedroom who boasts that the other woman will "never piss on you the way I do". Jason Isaacs gives a very Almeida performance - precise, sensuous, preening - as Vittorio. But neither of them can save a grimly ambitious evening which keeps lapsing into a poetry reading for Martians.
In Dead White Males the Australian playwright David Williamson examines the teaching of English Literature through the credulous eyes of Angela (Claire Price), a 19-year-old student. She falls under the spell of the smooth radical lecturer, Grant Swain, very plausibly played by Jeremy Clyde, and soon views life in terms of dominant patriarchal structures, non-exploitative multiculturalism and phallocentric discourse. It's not hard to guess Williamson's own ideological bias.
To help his case, he introduces a sluggish, rustic Shakespeare (Tom Chadbon) to the present. There's no explanation - in this playful script - how Shakespeare gets here. But then, where exactly Shakespeare is coming from is one of the pertinent themes. Patrick Sandford's production attractively combines the diffuse elements - lectures, seminars, scenes from Angela's home life, and extracts from Shakespeare. Political responses keep banging up against real life. Or real life as devised by Williamson. The stingy patriarchal grandfather - the excellent John Woodvine, in cardigan and slippers - emerges, movingly, as a long-suffering saintly figure. Angela's fellow student Melissa (Lucinda Cowden), a bimbo with brains, gets a good grade by showing "signals of availability". It's too easy.
'1953': Almeida, N1 (0171 359 4404), to 30 Mar. 'The Misanthrope': Young Vic, SE1 (0171 928 6363), to 23 Mar. 'Dead White Males': Southampton Nuffield (01703 671771), to 2 Mar.Reuse content

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Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, all intend to temporarily provide free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places for holiday season.
Google Inc. announced Tuesday that it would provide free Wi-Fi access in 47 airports across the country, including Boston, Houston and Seattle, through Jan. 15. The airports handle about 35 percent of U.S. air travelers, the company said.
Travelers who connect to a wireless "hot spot" at one of the airports will see a browser page that gives them the chance to donate to three charities and have the donation matched by Google.
The 47 airports include some, such as McCarran International in Las Vegas, that already provide free Wi-Fi. Sponsorships help the airport keep the service free, The Associated Press reports.
According to the FAQ, Google's doing this "to make the holiday travel crush a little easier." To that end, the company is working with Boingo, Advanced Wireless Group, Time Warner Cable, Electronic Media Systems, Lilypad, and other airport Wi-Fi providers to foot the bill for airport travelers. The search giant also struck a similar deal earlier this year with airline Virgin America to provide free Wi-Fi on its flights.
And Google's holiday spirit doesn't stop with the free Wi-Fi. The company will also prompt folks using the gratis Internet connection to make donations (via Google Checkout, of course) to one of several non-profits--and will match the donations to boot (up to a maximum of $250,000). You're not required to make a donation to use the free Wi-Fi, but doing so just might help you feel a bit more jolly.
If your airport isn't on the list--like LAX, SFO, EWR, JFK, BOS, and many others--you can continue to project Grinch-like misanthropy onto the greedy purveyors of overpriced Wi-Fi, PC World reports.
Meanwhile, the motivator in all this gift giving, perhaps, is Microsoft, which in September started giving away free Wi-Fi at hotspots around the United States on one condition: You must use Bing to search the Web at least once. It's not clear where the Bing hotspots are, exactly, but there are reportedly thousands of locations involved. JiWire, a mobile advertising network that's partnering with Microsoft on the deal, told MediaPost that "the campaign has performed well above average and Microsoft plans to continue the promotion."
Yahoo's version gives away free Wi-Fi at Times Square in New York City. The promotion starts today and lasts one year.
Google takes the cake for best promotion here. As the company points out in its press release, over 100 million people will travel through the participating airports between now and January 15, according to the FAA. Google's not asking for anything in return for the free Wi-Fi, and the offer to make donations gives the company bonus "don't be evil" points, PC World reports.
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The Syracuse Orange women’s lacrosse team has made the final four of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament, where they’ll play Boston College at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina on Friday, May 26 (5/26/2023).
Fans can buy tickets to the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament semifinals at resellers like StubHub, VividSeats, MEGASeats and SeatGeek. If you’re traveling for the game, get the best deals on flights from Expedia, and find discounted hotels with Hotels.com.
Tickets to the Syracuse semifinal get you admission to both games on Saturday, including No. 1 Northwestern vs. No. 5 Denver, and the current cheapest seats are listed at $53 via StubHub. Prices and availability can vary, and additional fees may apply.
Syracuse put on a strong defensive showing in their quarterfinal game against James Madison, limiting the Dukes’ top goalscorer Isabella Peterson to just two goals for the whole game. JMU similarly stymied Syracuse’s top scorer, Meaghan Tyrrell, in the first half, but the Orange were able to succeed on scoring efforts from Olivia Adamson and Megan Carney, among others.
This will mark the ninth time in program history that Syracuse has arrived at the women’s semifinal, and it’s decidedly a grudge match against the same Boston College Eagles that spoiled the Orange’s perfect season. If they win, they’ll reach the finals for the third time, looking for their first ever national title.
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If you haven’t noticed, games and shows rule our lives, but there’s one thing that we don’t really talk about that much which is still a constant in our lives – music. I myself have built many, many playlists and fanmixes that help with the writing and piles of work, but I’ve never really thought to push or review music in the same way I do games or TV. I just go, “HEY, NICE SONG,” and headbop. Jun has a bit of an indie rock bone, while I have schizophrenic tastes.
So while he’s busy hunting game to make leather hide bags and wallets in Far Cry 3 and I have been trying not to vomit from all the crazy good TV, here are the Big Gap playlists featuring our earworms-of-the-moment to distract you from our busyness. Plus, it’s always nice to share good things.
I don’t really have a real reason why I like each song, they all are different from one another. But they are just catchy as hell. Also, because some of ’em make me seem cooler to no one but me. Lana Del Rey is a modern day American goddess, Brandon Flowers is the king and Ima Robot are Bohemian rhapsody-ers.
Strange Talk – Cast Away
Kasabian – Goodbye Kiss
Lana Del Rey – Ride
Brandon Flowers – Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine (Abbey Road Acoustic)
Ima Robot – Alive
Robyn – Konnichiwa, Bitches
Ingrid Michaelson – Ribbons
Carolina Liar – Drown
Bat For Lashes – All Your Gold
Marina and the Diamonds – Lies
How To Destroy Angels – Ice Age
I know how much NIN purists are completely hating his musical metamorphosis with How To Destroy Angels, but I thought the evolution was something that had to happen, and it was good. This one’s got “indie movie OST” written all over it. When I hear this, I feel like things are about to go under.
Bondax – Baby I Got That
The crazy 90’s contemporary soul-house thing its got going on with the vocal samples is addictive. A suitably sultry video for a summery, romantic tune that I imagine people kissing to.
Kimbra Featuring Sam Lawrence – Wandering Limbs Live (Sideshow Alley)
Dreamy, soaring, also quite romantic, especially when Sam Lawrence’s voice intertwines with Kimbra’s own vocal theatrics. The reverb creeps into the performance slowly and lends a certain haunting feeling to it, like eyes on your back when there’s no one else in the room.
Alt-J – Intro (Live on KEXP)
Alt-J’s unexpectedly low, warped singing and pitching is the perfect contrast to the sharp metallic twang of guitars. Short but awesome.
Poliça – “Lay Your Cards Out” (Live at WFUV)
When I first heard the original, the auto-tuning switched me off immediately, but there was something about Channy Leaneagh’s verses that made me pay attention. So I found a live version of it and was delighted to find that it was much better with everything except the auto-tune. Whoohoo!
Little Dragon – Twice (Black Room Session)
There’s something magical about having great mellow electronic songs stripped down and swapped for acoustics. They tend to create really powerful emotions somehow with a bare-boned production.
Childish Gambino – Fire Fly
You know how every decade there’s a solo hip hop artist that somehow reps a facet of their generation with powerhouse lyrics on a catchy hook? Nas, Jay-Z, Common, Kanye, 2Pac, Biggie – now it’s Donald Glover. I know it’s weird for me to proclaim it, but if there’s anyone who does it for the Millenials, it’s his alter-ego Childish Gambino. I relate to his material on so many levels somehow, it’s insane.
DJ Fresh – Gold Dust (Shy FX Re-Edit)
The original’s all about the traditional drum and bass, but the island-flavour re-edits makes the track ten times better. I actually wish it was entirely reconstructed with the reggae-ska trumpeting in the background.
Nas Feat. Amy Winehouse – Cherry
Nas talks about his ideal woman in the song, wrapped around the dirty contralto of the late Amy Winehouse. Grownup, laid back, open and honest, every once in a while there’s a song that makes you realise that you’re not the only one who hasn’t found what you’re looking for yet.
Matt Berninger – I’ll See You In My Dreams
Okay, it’s actually another old-fashioned pining-for-someone ditty. But if you put it in the context of Boardwalk Empire, this is the MOST INCREDIBLY SAD SONG EVER. The loss is aggravated, the yearning multiplied tenfold and romantic undertones become stretched over with pain. Yes, pain, even if only for a minute and forty four seconds. If you don’t watch Boardwalk Empire, then just know it as the sweet love song with verses older than your grandparents.


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This month I read a YA novel that defies literary convention. It’s a mystery, but not a mystery. There’s a protagonist, but he goes missing. Scraps of paper found near the spot where he was last seen refer to particle physics and time travel. Characters hint at one possibility after another, and in the end… no, no, no, I can’t reveal the ending!
When I asked the author to tell me about her writing process, she mentioned a number of people who helped her along the way—a testament to the strength of her writing community. The author is Lindsey Lane, the book is her YA debut, Evidence of Things Not Seen (Farrar Straus Giroux 2014), and today I’m thrilled to feature her on my blog.
A.B. Westrick: Lindsey, I’m so glad I caught up with you to talk about this story.
Lindsey Lane: Thanks for tracking me down!
ABW: I love the way you open this novel with a missing teen. Then you go into a series of vignettes, each with different characters, and the story arrested me. The structure brought to mind Elizabeth Strout‘s Olive Kitteridge, and I wondered if that book influenced you. Could you talk a bit about how you conceived of this story?
LL: Elizabeth Strout?!?! Really? What a huge compliment. But no, no influence whatsoever.
Okay so here’s what happened. I went to VCFA as a picture book writer. I wanted to expand as a writer, and my first advisor, Sarah Ellis, suggested I try some short stories. So like a dutiful first semester student, I did. I wrote short stories…Bad ones. In my third semester, I had this dream. A young boy was standing in the middle of a pull out. Hmmm, I thought…who are you? I kept writing into that dream, trying to figure out who this kid was and where he was standing. Many, many drafts later, that boy became Nino in the chapter I titled, “Comic Book.”
To be honest, I didn’t know I was writing a novel. For a long time, I was writing connected short stories around this interesting place: a pull out by the side of the road. Finally when I had amassed quite a few stories, I dumped them into the laps of my critique pals. One of them, Anne Bustard, said, “Ummm, this story with the boy who goes missing? That story has some legs.” That’s when I began reimagining the whole thing and weaving in Tommy as a missing person throughout all of the stories.
ABW: That speaks to the value of listening to your writing colleagues. Also, a willingness to experiment with structure.
LL: I like interesting structures. Years ago, I wrote a one woman play called The Miracle of Washing Dishes. Each character’s story was centered on washing dishes and having a kind of epiphany doing that simple act. It was based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and the notion that one can find joy and meaning in the simplest act. So I wove a whole bunch of characters together through a sink full of dishes. (The actor was amazing.)
I like story structures that have space for the audience to enter in and make connections. Remember when sitcoms were one storyline? Now they have three or four. Look at Modern Family. Or Transparent. As writers, we can ask the audience to lean in and make connections. We don’t have to spell everything out. I think television and movie writing is changing the way we tell stories on the page.
ABW: I remember marveling at the multiple story lines in Seinfeld, back in the early nineties. (Okay, now I’m dating myself. Back to Evidence…) Because Tommy is missing, we get to know him through the other characters’ eyes. I expected Tommy would eventually emerge as the protagonist, but that doesn’t happen, not really. Along the way, I thought maybe the sheriff would become the protagonist because, after all, he’s the Sherlock Holmes figure, trying to solve the mystery. But then again, you don’t show us the sheriff! We hear characters answering his questions, and never see him in the flesh. Brilliant! So I ended up thinking that the book didn’t have a protagonist, and yet the story had me on the edge of my seat. Would it be appropriate to view the group of characters as a collective protagonist? Or do you see Tommy as the protagonist in absentia?
LL: In my mind, Tommy is the protagonist. Though he never appears, he drives the narrative of the story by making every one else’s story wobble. You remember I did my VCFA graduate lecture on Alexander Calder [known for inventing the mobile]? In a way, the structure of Evidence is very much like a mobile: the negative space defines the creation. Does that make sense?
ABW: Yes. And it’s fascinating.
LL: To put it in more concrete terms: what happens when you can’t find your keys? Think how that happenstance alters your day. Now imagine if a kid disappears from a town. I was trying to see what would happen with all the people whose lives Tommy touched. What happens when he is gone? What happens to the people on the periphery? Do their lives wobble too? I think when something dramatic happens in our lives, we feel it, even if we don’t know that person.
ABW: I definitely felt the wobbling. Everything wobbled in the wake of Tommy’s disappearance, including the sheriff’s investigation.
LL: Ahhh, the Sheriff. Yes, of course he had to be there. The confessor. The bringer of hope. For his role, I need to tip my hat to Janet Fox. She used a cop in a very similar way in Sirens and it worked.
ABW: How challenging was it for you to craft so many different voices? Were some based on people you know, and others purely from your imagination? Who was the hardest for you to write?
LL: I loved using my theatre background to write the first person direct address sections with all the different voices. They moved the story forward.
The most challenging part wasn’t writing a particular character, but was believing it was okay to tell this story in such a different format. It was a risk. Many of the characters came from real life, both from my life and from my time as a journalist. (Karla Raye. Frank and Stella.) Others I imagined. (Alvin. Jake. Mary Louise.) They all seemed like kids who would go to that high school. I even put myself in the novel as a cameo. Who, you wonder? That girl who shows up in her blue truck in the pull out to buy a watermelon from Jake was me. In a former life.
ABW: Love it. Now I have to re-read that chapter with you in mind!
LL: That was fun to do. None of the characters were hard to write, but there is always a moment in the writing that is hard. For me, most of the hardness comes from my own self-doubt and wondering, “Can I do it? Is this character believable?” Then there is a moment when I fall in love with the character and I have to make them come to life. No matter what.
ABW: The setting emerges as a constant: the pull out on the side of a highway. The place where Tommy’s bike is found. The colors, sounds, and smells of the pull out with its cedar trees and fields beyond are now vivid in my mind. How did you craft this setting?
LL: Ohmigosh, the pull out. What a strange place, eh? I have to say the poet Julie Larios really pushed me on the setting. I listened to all those world-building lectures at VCFA and thought, “Oh, that’s for fantasy writers. I write contemporary realism. My world is the one we live in. I don’t need to worry about world building.” Au contraire, young grasshopper. Julie said, “Every writer needs to draw a map of their world. It must be detailed. So you know where everything is.”
So I drew a map of the pull out. I even made a legend for every tree. Finally, I shaded in all the divots and potholes of the pull out. I knew what it would feel like for Jake to walk across that pull out.
Setting is an amazing resource for a writer. Usually when I’m stuck, I can go to the setting and source a character’s memories and hopes. I may never use that material but it definitely deepens the character and I can usually move the story forward more organically.
ABW: Did you base this fictional pull out on a real place? A place that has affected you personally?
LL: When I moved from the east coast to Texas, I would see these strange little dirt patches by the side of the road. Sometimes they were empty. Sometimes people were selling watermelon or deer jerky. Sometimes cars were parked there with no one in them. It doesn’t have an address and yet people know the place when you say, “I last saw Tommy at the pull out by the Stillwell Ranch.” Immediately, that location is real. So I thought, “Hey, if I can weave together a play around dirty dishes, why not set a novel in a dirt patch by the side of the road?”
ABW: That’s great. And you did it! And I love the way you wove in tidbits about quantum physics and the possibility of time travel, and how you raised questions about assumptions we make everyday. It’s such a thoughtful novel. But don’t let’s get ahead of ourselves! No spoilers here. I’ll just add that I think the questions you and your characters raise are larger than the story, itself. They’ve stayed with me, and I want to thank you for that.
LL: Thank you, Anne. Quantum physics was such an essential part of Tommy’s character. It consumed him. I could feel how those concepts would set a teenager’s brain on fire. No wonder comic books weave quantum theory into their storylines. They are fascinating theories. As for the ending, I tried to create a novel that didn’t have a bow at the end. I didn’t want people to close the book and be at peace. I wanted them to wobble a bit as well.
ABW: And you succeeded. And instead of asking about the ending, I’ll ask: what are you working on now?
LL: Well, I’m revising my latest novel. I need to restructure the ending. It is about a girl who commits a murder. It’s loosely based on a woman I’ve been visiting in prison for the last two years. She’s serving thirty years. But what struck me about her case is her accountability. When she was eighteen years old, she turned herself in. Wow, right? How many of us would be brave enough to admit our crime? She seemed like a heroine in search of redemption. Of course, I didn’t write the novel in a straight linear fashion. Oh no. There are two timelines and they form a kind of infinity loop. It works but I need to restructure the climax so the crime feels absolutely inevitable and absolutely avoidable. No small task. It will depend on character. So while restructuring the climax, I have to infuse the main characters with more guts, sinew and heart.
ABW: Sounds like a lot of work ahead of you.
LL: I’m ready to dig in. I let the novel rest over the summer while my agent Erin Murphy read it and made brilliant comments. In the meantime, I revised a short story, which came from the world of Evidence. It is a thread that wouldn’t let go of me. It takes place about four months after the end of the novel. The main character is Sam, the boy who works at the Whip In. He’s about to leave for college, and it’s his last shift at the Whip In. When it’s ready, I will let you know where you can find it.
Readers: if you want to know more about Lindsey Lane and her writing, check out her website and look for her on facebook and Twitter. If you’re buying for a teen this holiday season, hey—take it from me. Evidence of Things Not Seen is a great read! And for little ones, consider her picture book, Snuggle Mountain.


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A standalone monthly desk top tent calendar that is perfect when desk space is limited. Full year reference calendar on the back side of each page. Spiral bound at the top with 90% recycled wire, just flip to view other months. Great for use with sit-stand desks. Bar Harbor neutral graphics to match any decor. Printed on 100% post-consumer FSC certified recycled paper with soy-based inks. Measurses 7" x 4¼. Made in the USA.

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Dr. Edgette was a featured speaker at the 2010 Syracuse Invitational National Horse Show. View her Channel 9 news interview on youth sport involvement (11/5/10).
Seminar Presentations from the Syracuse Invitational National Horse Show:
“Preparing Mentally for Success in the Ring” with sports psychologist Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette, followed by Autograph Session
“Survival Seminar for Helping Young Athletes Thrive in Sports, School and Life?” If you live with, or work with, young athletes, this seminar is for you! Geared towards helping parents, families, coaches, trainers and developing instructors move beyond coping strategies and into "thriving strategies" when working with busy youth athletic schedules. Strategies for helping with anxiety of the young athlete will also be covered.
Thx, Stephen - Janet
Newscast and interview, Dr. Edgette speaking to over 500 parents of the Markham Stouffville Hospital and Unionville High School parenting community outside Toronto, Canada, November 2007

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This protocol has grown in application not only by devices but also by power and transmission distances.
Traditionally used to convert serial communications to wireless.
The Solexy explosion proof serial to Bluetooth converter in combination with an explosion proof battery is perfect for wellhead data extraction.
The Exd wireless Bluetooth transmitter assembly is mounted on top of an oil-drilling tower. The Bluetooth transmitter device is connected to down hole sensors that are imbedded into the drill bit.
The Solexy Bluetooth transmitter broadcasts a serial signal through a Bluetooth radio transmission.This package is designed to be explosion proof and meets the requirements of the classified area and the demands on the tough environmental conditions at a wellhead-drilling site.


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Wave-paved driveways, Jerusalem stone floors, turquoise glass inlaid entryways, lime green book nooks and more exude sophistication in this Boca Raton lakefront home.
This gorgeous lakefront home in Boca Raton, Florida combines Art Deco with European design creates a sense of sophistication that captivates you. The meticulously crafted Rio de Janeiro wave-paved driveway leads you to the grand entrance, where stainless steel impact glass doors open up to a spacious foyer with stunning ceilings.
Featuring Jerusalem stone floors and turquoise inlaid glass in the entryway, this elegant home is built to impress. It boasts an expansive double height living room with full-service bar and a lime green book nook.
In the master suite, you'll find a stunning bathroom with a vanity, freestanding tub, and a generous walk-in closet, all of which exude luxury and comfort. Indulge your guests with the convenience of a second kitchen and wine cellar, or prepare culinary delights in the stunning main kitchen with turquoise accents. In addition to a movie viewing room and an elevator, this property also boasts a dedicated home gym and a triple-door garage.
A deep blue heated pool, a stone waterfall and a summer kitchen await you outside your private oasis. The second-floor terrace is directly connected to the pool area by a staircase, providing a perfect spot to relax and enjoy the golf and lake views, surrounded by meticulously designed landscaping.
Each detail of this Boca Raton lakefront home has been meticulously crafted to provide a sense of timeless elegance that will inspire and delight you for many years to come.


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Fela’s brand continue to grow globally. Photo: Filed
As the annual Felabration comes to an end in Lagos, the Fela brand continues to make waves across the globe. According singer and Fela’s popular American girlfriend, Sandra Iszadore ‘while Nigerians are abandoning the ideals and philosophy Fela stood for, the international community are embracing it.’ Here is a focus on top music acts who have in the past been inspired by the late Abami Eda.
Leading the pack of globally acclaimed music acts who have been inspired by Fela is no other person than the Roc Nation boss himself, Jay Z. Long before Jay Z invested his money in the award winning production, Fela! On the Broadway, he has been a fan of Fela. His popular 2007 single, Roc Boys (And the winner is) although a sample of The Menahan Street Band’s Make The Road by Walking also has inspiration from Fela’s ‘Water no get enemy’.
Like her husband, Beyonce is also a huge fan of Fela and reports have it that she recorded an album in 2011 which was totally influenced by Fela. The producer, The Dream recently revealed that Bey was totally mesmerized by Fela’s style and wanted to do something similar to the music of Fela. ‘We did a whole Fela album that didn’t go up. It was right before we did 4 (Beyonce’s 4th album). We did a whole different sounding thing – about 20 songs. She said she wanted to do something that sounds like Fela,’ he disclosed.
In 2013, American rapper J. Cole dropped a song, ‘Let Nas Down’ a tribute to his idol, Nas which remains one of the biggest songs of his career. The track sampled 1973 popular hit, Gentleman and was produced by Kanye West’s mentor, NO I.D.
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In the wake of a sexual harassment accusation against Dustin Hoffman, another story about the actor’s behavior has resurfaced.
“He came up to me and said, ‘I’m Dustin–burp–Hoffman,’ and he put his hand on my breast,” Streep said at the time. They met when she was auditioning for a play that Hoffman had directed years prior. “What an obnoxious pig, I thought.”
The two actors’ relationship continued downhill from there. They didn’t get along on set of “Kramer vs. Kramer.”
“Meryl, why don’t you stop carrying the flag for feminism and just act the scene,” Hoffman said, according to a feature on Streep in Vanity Fair last year, after she suggested a change on set that would further highlight her character’s motivation.
Hoffman was accused of sexual harassment by Anna Graham Hunter last week. She said that he repeatedly harassed her during the 1985 shooting of “Death of a Salesman,” when Graham Hunter was 17 and Hoffman was 47.


Last Thursday we lost yet another musician, the multi-platinum disco queen Donna Summer. And on Sunday, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees passed away. Although it would be either one of them could easily supply enough music for a tribute post, Scott decided to do things in a slightly different way. So this week, Music Monday is a look at the often-hated but never-quite-dead spirit of disco, the unkillable zombie of music. Donna Summer's starting us off…
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
The story goes that Brian Eno heard a few seconds of "I Feel Love" and ran to tell David Bowie about the future of music. From this song comes underground DJ remixes, 80's synth-pop, most of early techno and even some more recent homages. Maybe the late Donna Summer had some more famous hits along the way, but none of her other songs literally changed the world. If this was all that she and Giorgio Moroder had ever released, it still would have been enough. RIP, Donna Summer.
… but you know there's a Bee Gees hit waiting for you inside. So get your platform shoes and your dark shades, unbutton your black shirt and strut out to the boards. If this Music Monday mix doesn't start you dancing, probably nothing ever will.
Oh, before you head inside, remember our Spotify playlist will be featuring a great selection from last week's Music Monday comments. The theme of the mix is Covers That Surpassed The Originals and you guys went nuts with ideas! Just keep in mind that, before you look back at last week, you gotta check out our current Music Monday inside. See you after the jump!
The Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Let's all stop pretending the Bee Gees were 100% disco. The Brothers Gibb had pretty solid hits well before Saturday Night Fever came around. But since their little flirtation with dancin' is often credited with bringing disco to the masses, and their style became synonymous with a classic 70s sound, the Bee Gees were forever stuck with being "that disco band" even when they went in other directions. And that's a shame, because they had more in common with CSNY than KC And The Sunshine Band. Rest in peace, Robin Gibb. Around here your part of the harmony will be greatly missed.
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
You got the strings, you got the soul, you got the bass and you got the anthemic tone all the way through. What more is there to say? If you had to pick a single disco song to represent the entire era, few songs would cover all the bases like this one. Even people who absolutely hate disco will occasionally bob their head and shout out that last "BAY-bay!" in chorus.
Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
Look, if you've got a problem with Barry White, you've got a problem with me. This deep-voiced Texan learned to play classical music and then heard Elvis on the radio while in jail. He originally just wanted to create work for other musicians but once the label convinced Barry to pour his voice over his smooth instrumentals… well, you can hear the result above. Pure disco magic and 100% soul.
LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow
Yeah, shut up. Send this back in a time with a Casablanca Records logo on the front and no DJ would even bat an eye. Just because James Murphy was in the 21st Century doesn't mean he can't still find the groove. This fantastic dance-inducing number would have been right at home in Studio 54 or the Roxy and you know this to be true.
But if you don't, there's always the comments! Tell Scott off and maybe post your own disco hits, then join us in the Turntable.fm room for some probably-dancy action. Maybe we can fight back against the dubstep with disco. You know, like in Xanadu? And, of course, some images come from the corresponding Wikipedia page and are here under fair use.


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Welcome to Marie Jones, British Writer
Multi Award Winning Author
Chanticleer International Book Awards - Chatelaine Romance First Place Winner 2023
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NYC Big Book Award 2022
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Welcome to the official website of Marie Jones, British Writer. As a prolific Author, her mission in life is to tell stories that capture you. Take a look through the site to find everything from hervlatest work to past projects.
Those We Trust Series
Multi Award Winning Romantic Thriller Those We Trust
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Second book in series Those We Seek now available in Ebook, paperback and hardcover
Publication 26th May 2023
Sequel to Those We Trust
- Those We Seek -
Broken and humiliated by her husband of ten years leaving her unexpectedly, Sophia Meadows muddles through her daily routine - writing computer programs and rarely leaving her house. That is, until an old friend from university shows up at her door with a chance to get away and heal in the Scottish Highlands of Inverness by flat-sitting.
Yet once she arrives, she soon discovers the offer is not what she bargained for.
A police surveillance team are watching her every move and a mysterious man is after the contents of a safe hidden in the wall. After a break-in at the apartment, her path collides with DI Marcus Armstrong, the man in charge of the apartment surveillance. Sophia is swept into an investigation of fraud involving her university friend and into a sudden attraction with the handsome DI who finds himself drawn to her even though she's a suspect in his case.
With evidence piling up against her and her friend, and the attraction between her and Marcus growing stronger, Sophia is forced to confront her broken heart and find a way to clear her name. In a tangled web of secrets and clues, can she and Marcus work through their attraction and learn to trust each other in time to stop a criminal and possibly a life?
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About the Author...
Marie Jones, British Writer has been writing and telling stories since she was a young child. Perhaps it was inevitable that she would call grappling with words and language a career—and loving every moment. She feels very privileged to share their work with a large and welcoming audience.
One of her greatest moments was being signed by the wonderful Genz Publishing family. www.genzpublishing.org
Marie is married and has two wonderful but loud children. She is a proud ambassador for My Peak Challenge, a global movement dedicated to educating and inspiring its members to live healthier, happier and more balanced lives while raising funds to change lives (so will often see her posting fitness photos!)
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Those We Trust wins an award
Those We Trust won the 2021 Rocky Mountain cover contest award for Romantic Suspense
Marie Jones, British Writer was featured in the latest edition of DeMode magazine
DE MODE OF LITERATURE OCT-NOV-DEC 2021 ISSUE IS OUT NOW.
From disruptive culture to out-of-this-world literature, this issue celebrates the contribution of brilliant writers and their relentless need to question the way things work. The idea to come up with a separate literature issue in between fashion publications that we were already putting out on the stands since 2018 was very quick and unpredicted by the publishing company. It took one complete week to decide over separating the fashion issue and the literature issue, and finally, after long rounds of tea & coffee and unwanted arguments, the team was very confident about the literature issue. So, hereby we proudly present you the second literature issue of DE MODE for the months Oct-Nov-Dec 2021.
From gripping thrillers to literary gems, here are 25+ reads for winter by brilliant authors
Those We Trust wins Gold with Readers Favorite!
Those We Trust received a gold award for fiction - suspense with Readers Favorite 2022


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Campesinos Kicked Out of Capital
VARIOUS campesino groups protesting in San José were told this year to get out, leaving behind only graffiti in their memory.
The Bambuzal campesinos, who last year spent three months living in the Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown San José, returned this year, although in lesser numbers. Approximately 40 landless men, women and children spent four months camping out on the steps of the Goicochea Courthouse in San José awaiting a judge to hear the case of their land dispute with Standard Fruit Company, a subsidiary of Dole. The parties are fighting over rights to the El Bambuzal farm in Río Frío de Sarapiquí, northeast of San José on the border of Limón province.
In June, the protesters were removed by police and ordered to stay away from
Three months earlier, a group of former gold panners was sent packing from their camp in front of Casa Presidencial in Zapote, east of San José, where they had spent six months demanding reparations from the government. The oreros said they were owed money because they were kicked off land in the Southern Zone they had once mined until it was turned into two national parks.
Despite their lengthy presence outside Casa Presidencial, the eviction of their tent city went nearly unnoticed because it took place on March 24, Jueves Santo, a legal holiday preceding Easter.
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SANTA ANA – Orange County holds one of the dozens of the state’s promised parks that has yet to be built: Roosevelt Elementary Park.
The city received $5 million in 2013 from the state to build the park in partnership with the Santa Ana Unified School District. It would sit between Roosevelt and Walker elementary schools, off of Standard Avenue.
The 2.7-acre park will have a community center, basketball courts and other amenities, said Gerardo Mouet, the executive director for the city’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency.
The park was originally to open in 2014.
But, Mouet said, it took time for the city and the school district, which owns the land and is managing the project, to meet with architects and the principals of the two schools; and to agree on what the park should look like.
The architectural plans are now set, as is a joint-use agreement that would allow the district to use much of the park during school hours and the city to program recreational activities for non-school hours.
In March the park hit another snag: Bids from contractors came in too high for the district’s Board of Education, which rejected them. The Santa Ana City Council stepped up in April, though, to offer an additional $689,26.
The school district, which did not respond to requests for comment, could soon re-bid the project. Once construction starts, the park would likely open about a year later.
“This is a park the community needs and deserves,” Mouet said. “We are committed to getting it done.”
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