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More Details Regarding the Torture Death of Dafa Practitioner Ms. He Xiuling (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Ms. He Xiuling lived in No. 10 Xingfu Village, Zhifu District in Yantai City, Shandong Province. She was tortured while being held at Nanjiao Detention Center in Yantai City and passed away around 7:00 a.m. on March 11, 2004. Below is a supplementary account of her persecution according to Dafa practitioner Ms. He's husband, Xu Chengben. For the original story, see http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/9/18/52557.html
He Xiuling, a Dafa practitioner in Yantai City, Shandong Province, died from torture
On the evening of July 22, 1999, He Xiuling set off for Beijing to appeal. She discovered that police officers had blocked all train stations and major intersections, so she went to the Yantai City government to appeal. Around 8:00 a.m. on July 23, 1999, the Yantai City authorities dispatched large groups of police officers to harass and mistreat Falun Gong practitioners. The police dragged He Xiuling into a car and dropped her halfway toward Beihai Village, Cucun in Wendengchu City.
The Yantai City government had violated international law, Article 9 and Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 35 of the Constitution of China, and Article 7 of the Criminal Law of China.
He Xiuling went to Beijing to appeal in December 1999 to exercise her rights as a Chinese citizen. She was illegally detained at the Fengtai Police Station in Beijing and was later transferred to Yantai City Police Department Liaison Office in Beijing. The perpetrators from the Xingfu Police Station and the security head from the Xingfu No. 10 Village took her back. Later, He Xiuling was held at Wendeng City for 15 days.
In December 2000, He Xiuling again went to Beijing to appeal. She was illegally held at the Tiananmen Police Department in Beijing. Later, she was transferred to Li Yinglin from Wendeng City Liaison Office in Beijing. Li Yinglin stole 300 yuan from He Xiuling's pocket. He Xiuling was later detained in Wendeng City for 15 days.
In December 2000, He Xiuling again went to Beijing to appeal. She was held at the Tiananmen Police Department in Beijing. Then she was sent to Miyun County, where she was held for seven days. Following that, she was transferred to the Jinzhou Detention Center in Liaoning Province where she was held for three months and fined over 3,000 Yuan.
In late August 2003, He Xiuling was abducted by perpetrators from Zhifu District "610 Office" in Yantai City when she was working at the Wendeng Dafa materials production site. The perpetrators sent her to the Zhifu District Brainwashing Class where they tortured and interrogated her. They cuffed her hands behind her back to the bedpost so she could neither squat nor stand. She was not allowed to sleep for five or six days and was not allowed to go to the toilet.
Around 7:30 a.m. on March 11, 2004, He Xiuling died from torture at the Liuhuangding Hospital.
At 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2004, Li Wenguang from the Zhifu District "610 Office" called and asked me if He Xiuling had certain diseases. I said she had none and was perfectly healthy. Then he told me my wife was in the Liuhuangding Hospital. I went to the hospital and asked for her. Around 7:00 p.m., I saw that her left hand was cuffed to the bed and the lower half of her body was naked. She could not speak. No one was caring for her. After less than 20 minutes, a male nurse yelled at me. I asked to stay with my wife and take care of her, but the male nurse threw me out.
On March 11, 2004 in the morning, the "610 Office" told me He Xiuling had passed away. The time of her death according to the hospital record was 7:35 a.m. on March 11, 2004.
I requested an autopsy, and personnel from the Judicial and Public Security Bureau in Yantai City performed it, but they refused to give me the report. On July 8, people from the Shandong Province Public Security Bureau and the Shandong Province Public Prosecutor came to Yantai City to perform another autopsy. On August 12, Li Wenguang from the Zhifu District "610 Office," Zhang Futian from the detention center, perpetrators from the Yantai City Police Department, from the Public Prosecutor and the medical examiner read the report. Shandong Province Public Security Bureau and the Shandong Province Public Prosecutor helped the "610 Office" and the detention center to shirk their responsibility: they excluded violence and drug injection as the cause of death and shifted the responsibility of He Xiuling's death to the so-called "psychosis" resulting from Falun Gong practice [Note: Following Jiang Zemin's orders, when a practitioner is tortured to death, the death is often attributed to "suicide" as a means to further demonize Falun Gong]. I asked for a copy of the report but my request was denied.
The Zhifu District Public Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for He Xiuling, Zhou Shuchun and Sui Shumei on September 27, 2003, and the practitioners were held at the Zhifu District Detention Center for six months. The Zhifu District Court didn't conduct investigations and held an illegal trial in February 2004, to try the practitioners. He Xiuling's death is the direct result of the persecution and the illegal conduct of people in the public prosecutor's office and the court.
Nevertheless, Zhang Futian, the head of the detention center said, "This is how the law works in China."
I hope medical professionals and legal experts can examine and investigate He Xiuling's death, to uphold justice.
New discoveries in He Xiuling torture death case
Later, we consulted other medical experts who went to the Liuhuangding Hospital to look at He Xiuling's medical records. They brought up the following: "1. There is no record of emergency treatment; 2. How did the cerebral embolism form? 3. There was no death certification report; 4. There are no results of the spinal tap; 5. There is no group diagnosis record.
According to detention center head Zhang Futian, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. He Xiuling experienced dizziness on March 4 and refused to go to the hospital. The detention center authorities then forcibly took her to the hospital. However, according to medical records at the hospital, He Xiuling had had difficulty speaking for seven days before she was sent to the hospital on March 4. Zhang Futian said, "On March 4, the doctor said she is fine and only had a cerebral embolism [blood clot on the brain], so we took her back to the detention center for treatment." I asked the doctor about this questionable point and he said, "I said at the time she's ok on March 4, but I didn't say she would be fine in the future." Zhang Futian said, "He Xiuling was on the brink of death on March 5 and was again sent to the Liuhuangding Hospital.
After practicing Falun Gong, Ms. He Xiuling had been very healthy. How could she have suddenly developed a cerebral embolism? The people from the public prosecutor's office and the court said, "He Xiuling was healthy at the time of the trial." People who watched the TV broadcast of the trial in Yantai City all know this fact. The perpetrators from the prosecutor's office and court said, "You should go to the detention center and ask them. If she was healthy and died in the detention center, they must have an explanation for it."
The two autopsy reports were both cover-ups for the "610 Office" and the detention center. One police officer said after he got drunk, "He Xiuling died at 8:00 p.m. on March 10." Why did the hospital lie about the time of her death?
Looking at existing evidence, the "610 Office," detention center and Liuhuangding Hospital all participated in the persecution of He Xiuling. When the medical examiner performed the autopsy, he saw red dots all over her intestines. We suspect it's the result of an unknown drug injection. We call for people who know the truth to reveal the details about the death of He Xiuling.


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From the creators of Shrek comes the most smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks’ Trolls.
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In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home.
Sonita, a teenager, is a talented rapper and an indomitable force, in spite of all her obstacles she confronts in Iran and her conservative family.
A meditative film about our relationship with silence and the impact of noise on our lives.
An ordinary suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot) – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbours.
Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name.
The highly anticipated new film from the Academy Award®- nominated writers and directors of A Cat In Paris is a stylish noir caper, set in the shadowy streets and alleyways of New York.
For 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Nalwanga) and her family, life in the impoverished slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle.
The new film by British filmmaker Ken Loach, I Daniel Blake won the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
The tale of Star (Sasha Lane), an adolescent girl from a troubled home, who runs away with a traveling sales crew who drive across the American Midwest selling subscriptions door to door.
Academy Award® winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown’s (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno.
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant Cornerstore.com.
This film follows actor Kate Lyn Sheil preparing to play the role of Christine Chubbuck, a Florida television host who committed suicide on air in 1974.
Award-winning writer-director of THE GUARD & CALVARY, John Michael McDonagh crosses the globe for his much-anticipated third film, a jet-black action comedy
Featuring extensive unseen archive, SUPERSONIC charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just 3 short years.
British director Jim Hosking’s almost indescribable debut feature has shades of early John Waters.
The life of famed East End luminary Lenny McLean gets a touching, personal treatment in The Guv’nor.
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, from the Oscar TM winning producer of SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN and MAN ON WIRE, sees the renowned filmmaker delve into the world of Scientology
After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 17 year old LYDIA goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw-up of a dad
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Being a part of the Singapore Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai provides Han Cuisine with the opportunity to showcase Singapore's food culture through the artfully curated dishes. In Singapore, there are no cultural barriers when it comes to food – the multicultural population regularly dines on a vast array of national dishes. This is what Han Cuisine hopes to mirror at the Singapore Pavilion, using food to tell a story of Singapore, its people, its culture and of course, its history of food.
Han Cuisine, which obtains its ingredients from local farms that adopt sustainable farming methods, constantly strives to be eco-friendly and sustainable in their daily operations and is currently in the process of transitioning away from single-use plastic food packaging for takeaways and delivery orders, to fully recyclable and reusable packaging.
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Im’s guest post is the 20th post in the segment on my blog, called “The Reality Of…” which gives others the ability to share their story and raise awareness of the disabilities, illnesses, impairments and invisible illnesses that they have.
Hey everyone! I’m Im, a 21 year old lifestyle blogger, currently studying at university in Birmingham. I started blogging as a travel diary as I did an interrailing trip in Europe, but over the last year, my blog ‘Written By Im‘ has become so much more. I’ve recently been diagnosed with epilepsy, after having my first seizure in September & writing has almost become my therapy in a way. I write down my thoughts & feelings, things that matter to me & creating a blog post gives me a focus.
So, Epilepsy. I really didn’t know much about it before September, and this is why I feel it’s so important to raise awareness. If I’d known more, then I might have been able to spot signs earlier.
Throughout my life, I have had these ‘funny feelings’ as I’d describe them. It’s almost like my brain is saying “somethings not quite right”, but that’s all they’ve been for 20 years. A month later, the same intense feeling occurred driving home from work, and then I remember nothing. Luckily, nothing worse happened & I was found by some very kind strangers, one of which had a dash cam showing the effects of my seizure.
Since then, I’ve seen a consultant who completed further tests, identifying that I have ‘hippocampal sclerosis’ on the right side of my brain. This is known to be associated with epilepsy & increased my risk of another seizure. Since experiencing frequent odd feelings and a few ‘déjà vu’ moments, I have now been officially diagnosed and taking medication to hopefully reduce the risk.
How It Has Affected Me
I would say that the day of the first seizure changed my life. I didn’t recognise this at the time and tried to ‘bounce’ back. But it was the feeling of the ‘unknown’ that affected me the most, even with hippocampal sclerosis, it could have been an isolated seizure. Initally, without the diagnosis, it was unknown and to be honest, I didn’t know how to tell people what had happened.
I found losing my ability to drive really tough – I had just started a new job where I needed to drive to it every day, I’d moved back home to a village where there is no public transport. That being said, I have been incredibly lucky to have been supported by family & friends in this situation, and I cannot thank them enough. But losing my driving license, was a loss of independence for me. In a way, I felt like I’d lost my identity.
Learning To Adapt
It’s been tricky & I think I definitely went through the denial-anger-accept cycle, but I’ve been lucky enough to have support. I’d say that as I felt I’d lost my identity, the main part of learning to adapt was majorly in my mindset towards epilepsy.
I found it difficult to talk about to begin with, as I tried to ‘bounce’ back, but after taking time to process & learn to accept, I’ve found that talking about it with people has been the best way to adapt, as it does reduce any negative thoughts I have. Although there is the unknown of if & when a seizure could happen, I’ve tried to live as normally as possible & will continue to do so.
My Favourite Superheroes
As for my superheroes, I like to think I’ve got an array of them because it would be everyone that has supported me throughout the past year – they know who they are & if you’re reading this, thank you ❤
Thanks Im for sharing your story with my readers and me!

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Many suppliers in the refurbished mobile phone industry, especially those who focus on the refurbished iPhone, will know the configuration and disassembly of the internal components of the Apple mobile phone. But for refurbished iPhone resellers, they may not be so familiar. In order to make our iusedphone dealers more confident with all the products we offer, we will focus on the professionalism and quality of iusedphone in the following articles. Always looking for a professional mobile phone seller, welcome everyone to become our business partner.
This dismantling is the refurbished iPhone 8plus internal configuration of the iusedphone, which is consistent with the original iPhone 8 Plus, and the Intel baseband version of the iPhone 8 Plus A1897.
The iPhone 8 Plus A1897 is proven to be powered by the A11 Bionic AP, labeled TMHS09, in a stacked package (PoP) with LPDDR4 SDRAM running memory from Micron, model MT53D384M64D4NY, capacity The size is 3GB. The actual measurement results show that the size of the A11 chip is 89.23 square millimeters, which is 30% smaller than that of the A10.
The biggest feature of the A11 biomimetic chip is the built-in dedicated "Neural Engine". The neural network engine is currently capable of many tasks, including smarter identification of people, places and objects, as "face ID" and Innovative features such as “moving expressions” provide powerful performance and are used to improve Siri and AR applications and more. This is the result of Apple's layout over the years. In the process, Apple acquired a number of AI startups and absorbed a large number of talents in related fields.
Some details of the A11 biochip are as follows:
- A11 area is reduced by 30% compared to A10;
- Internal reduction: CPU 1 is 30% smaller, GPU is 40% smaller, and SDRAM is 40% smaller;
- CPU2 part, A11 has more cores than A10 (it is now 4 small cores, only 2 before);
- Relatively speaking, the internal area is similar: CPU accounts for 15%, GPU accounts for 20%, and SDRAM accounts for 8%;
- GPU is still the same 6 core design with common logic
- Each module layout block position is similar to A10
- The current difference from the A10 is the biggest difference in the built-in NPU unit.
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The Washington state Department of Agriculture is surveying farmers to see how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their operation, as well as the overall economic impact to the state’s farm economy. The voluntary survey contains 25 questions, and according to the WSDA will take less than 10 minutes to complete. The WSDA added the more producers that participate the more effectively they can advocate for farmers.
Department officials added the survey is completely confidential, and results will be reported so individuals will not be identifiable.
Click Here to participate in the survey. WSDA asks that you respond by Thursday May 14th.
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When you’re younger you never want to be called “weird,” you want to blend in, laughing at the right jokes, talking about the right TV shows and liking very ordinary things. Now we’ve left our uniform, Nokia 3210 days behind us, the weird and the wonderful couldn’t be more encouraged. Normal is out man so bring on the madness.
Take photographer Madame Peripetie whose work personifies eccentricity and outlandishness. Using fashion, sculpture and the human body she experiments with abstract concepts and brings in high-fashion elements which culminate in a cornucopia of colour, fabrics, ideas and textures. Madame Peripetie’s images are strong and graphic, and definitely grab your attention whether you want them to or not. Her portfolio is bursting with work but it’s the Dream Sequence project that caught our eye where flowers, bright colours and even a bearded woman clash together to create these surreal but powerful images.
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Detroit, Michigan – Detroit City FC returns home to face off with Hartford Athletic this Saturday at Keyworth Stadium in a game that will be crucial to the playoff push with only five games remaining this season. The match is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 PM Eastern and will be streamed live on ESPN+ while also being broadcast on TV20 Detroit and FOX47 Lansing.
Detroit is coming off an excruciating 5-0 loss to Phoenix Rising. The first half started strong for Detroit as they tested Phoenix goalkeeper Rios Novo early, but a goal for Phoenix in stoppage time of the first half led to things unraveling for Detroit in the second half. Phoenix wound up getting the ball past goalkeeper Ryan Shellow four times within the second 45, as Phoenix walked away with all three points in this matchup.
The loss for Detroit and FC Tulsa’s victory saw Le Rouge fall into 9th place in the Eastern Conference, one spot outside the playoffs. FC Tulsa currently sits on 36 points, a two-point advantage on Le Rouge, but still has also played one more game than Detroit.
Hartford comes into Saturday’s matchup off of a 4-2 loss to Memphis 901 FC last weekend. Hartford is currently on a six-game losing streak and has not gained points from a game since a 2-1 victory over New Mexico United on August 5. Currently, Hartford Athletic sits bottom of the table in the Eastern Conference with 16 points and has been eliminated from playoff contention.
If Detroit can come away with the full three points in this game, it would be crucial in their chase for the final playoff spot. Due to their game in hand, Detroit still controls their own destiny, plus they still have games ahead against two other Eastern Conference teams competing for playoff spots, Indy Eleven and Loudoun United.
Detroit City FC faced off against Hartford Athletic earlier this season at Trinity Health Stadium, where Le Rouge came away with a 3-1 victory. A Ben Morris brace plus a Skage Simonsen goal late in the first half helped Detroit leave Hartford with all three points in June.
Le Rouge has not lost to Hartford Athletic since joining the USL Championship in 2022. In the three matchups between these two teams, Detroit has walked away with the full three points on two occasions, both in Hartford. The last time these two met at Keyworth was July of last season when both teams walked away with a point after a 1-1 draw.
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Dr. Bohdan Martynec, MD, is an Internal Medicine specialist in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He attended and graduated from medical school in 1981, having over 38 years of diverse experience, especially in Internal Medicine. He is affiliated with many hospitals including Abington Memorial Hospital, Doylestown Hospital. Dr. Bohdan Martynec accepts Medicare-approved amount as payment in full.
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My memory of Colin Powell feels personal, even though we were 6,000 miles apart at the time. I was in Baghdad, covering the invasion of Iraq for the BBC. Powell was giving the speech of his life at the UN Security Council, accompanied by PowerPoint, trying to convince the world that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
I had just come from a press conference with senior Iraqi officials, who denied there were any WMDs in the country. They were shifty, oleaginous, terrified of Saddam. It wasn’t hard to believe they were lying and that dignified, decent Colin Powell, was right.
“If Powell says so,” I thought, “it’s probably true.” As Powell himself wrote later, it was a moment that echoed Adlai Stevenson’s speech to the UN in 1962, which demonstrated the Soviets were putting missiles on Cuba, despite their denials. It is Powell’s tragedy — and Iraq’s — that he used his charisma and his reputation to sell the invasion of Iraq to America and to the world.
In light of later events, it is worth remembering exactly what Powell said and did at the UN as the countdown to war took place. He talked about biological weapons in his speech and then, dramatically, he held up a small vial of white power as if it were anthrax — it wasn’t. That rhetorical sleight of hand now seems to stand for the whole speech, which was, from start to finish, almost entirely false. Iraq could have thousands of gallons of anthrax, he said, and trains and trucks with mobile labs to make other biological weapons. It had missiles that were made to the high specifications needed to carry a nuclear bomb. Powell left no room for uncertainty about these claims: “My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we’re giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.” Privately, though, he may have had doubts. His chief of staff at the time, Lawrence Wilkerson, told CNN years later that Powell had walked into his office and “said words to the effect of, I wonder how we’ll all feel if we put half a million troops in Iraq and march from one end of the country to the other and find nothing?”
The tragedy of Colin Powell is all the greater because he might have been the only person who could have stopped the war. Why didn’t he resign or threaten to resign? President Bush says in his memoir, Decision Points, that Powell had the “deepest reservations” about the war. “In a one-on-one meeting in early 2003, he had told me he believed we could manage the threat of Iraq diplomatically.” If that really was Powell’s belief, it was astonishing that he could have remained a part of Bush’s war cabinet. In his book about leadership, It Worked For Me, Powell mounted a defense of his reputation and especially of how he came to make his speech at the UN. It would have been a lot worse, he wrote, but for a rear-guard action he fought against the administration’s war enthusiasts. He rejected an “incoherent…unusable” draft of his speech written by Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, which tried to link Iraq to 9/11, something that wasn’t backed by the intelligence. Still, Powell accepted that the speech he did finally give was still a “blot” on his reputation. He should have questioned what he was being told. “I am mad…at myself for not having smelled the problem. My instincts failed me.”
Such an apology, or acknowledgement, might seem inadequate to a war that cost some 4,500 American lives and the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. But in saying that Iraq had WMDs, Powell was simply reflecting the assessment of the US intelligence community. Almost everyone in Washington believed it to be true. But Washington’s failure to foresee the insurgency in Iraq was more even costly — in lives and in damage to American power and prestige — than the mistakes over WMDs. And yet Powell did seem to foresee this, or at least he anticipated some of the problems that would come with an American occupation of Iraq. He spoke at length to Bob Woodward for his book Plan of Attack. Woodward wrote that Powell feared Iraq would tie down most of the American army and turn the Middle East into a “cauldron.” Powell famously invoked the so-called Pottery Barn rule, telling President Bush: “You break it…you own it.”
The kindest interpretation of Powell’s actions is that he stayed on in Bush’s war cabinet out of principle. As Woodward wrote — clearly channeling Powell’s own words — resigning would have been an unthinkable act of disloyalty to his president, to the United States military and to the soldier’s code, and above all to the men and women who would have to fight the war. “No way on God’s earth could he walk away at that point… The kids were the ones who fought, Powell often reminded himself.” Powell had, of course, begun his career as a soldier, being decorated for bravery and then going on to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He then became the first black national security adviser, then the first black secretary of state. These achievements are enough to earn his place in history. On his way up, he made few enemies, radiating decency and integrity. (“Be kind,” was one of his rules of life.) But he will be remembered mainly as the salesman for a war he didn’t believe in and for a speech full of lies, even if those lies were not his own.
This article was originally published on The Spectator’s UK website.


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I moved to Austin recently and would like to be more active and social. Places are a lot more fun to go with friends. I have family in town, but am trying to revamp my social life in my wonderful new city. Hell, I might even ride the tram to work! Who knows?!
I enjoy 95% of the movies I like and 100% of the food I eat. I see the best in people and have to start choosing friends for who they are choosing to be and not their potential.

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text: Dr. Eric Nolley, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, became Associate Director of the Bayview Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) as of October 15, 2021. Dr. Nolley has demonstrated skill in clinical care, education and investigation since arriving at Johns Hopkins University from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. He has worked tirelessly in the ICUs at both JHH and JHBMC, in addition to caring for our complicated lung transplant population. He has expertise and interest in growing our footprint in airway management and point-of-care ultrasound and is a highly regarded educator. Working with Dr. Souvik Chatterjee, and divisional and hospital leadership, he will bring expertise to the high acuity Bayview MICU and work towards the goals of harmonization, excellence in patient care, clinical research and education.


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August 31, 2018
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development recently awarded $1 million in Tourism Marketing Grants to 84 organizations for tourism marketing.
Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber Director Suzanne Williams and Jamboree Marketing Director Shan Williams worked together to write the grant to benefit both the Chamber and the Smithville Jamboree. A total of $5,000 was awarded – $2,500 for the Chamber and $2,500 for the Smithville Jamboree.
Project 1 will be a Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival Billboard on I-40. This vinyl billboard will be up for the duration of 12 months. The first 6 months will include a “thank you for a successful 2018 Jamboree event” along with featuring upcoming 2019 festival dates. The next 6 months, leading up to the event, will feature a new vinyl graphic inviting potential attendees to join us for our 48th annual bluegrass and old-time Appalachian music and crafts festival.
Project 2 will update our Chamber Website (dekalbtn.org) to include “Day-cation, Stay-cation, and Vacation” opportunities to the existing website.
The marketing award is a 50% reimbursable match grant which provides tourism organizations such as CVBs, chambers of commerce or regional tourism organizations a way to expand their marketing message. The partnership is designed to increase visitation to a community and travel-generated revenue, while leveraging TDTD’s brand “The Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee.” through marketing initiatives. Partnerships awarded were competitive in nature and limited to available funds, as well as the number of requests received.
“These marketing grants create an opportunity for our partners across the state, especially in rural areas, to double their resources for a project to promote their area,” said TDTD Commissioner Kevin Triplett. “We are glad we can make this program available.”
In 2017, the Tourism Marketing Grant budget increased from $855,000 to $1 million in funds. The grant has allowed tourism organizations across Tennessee to expand marketing efforts, thus expanding exposure for the entire state.

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One of my key priorities as Home Secretary is ensuring that the police have the resources, tools and powers they need to keep themselves and the public safe.
The Prime Minister and I have launched a national campaign to recruit 20,000 additional officers and police funding has increased by over £1 billion this year, including money from council tax and to tackle serious violence. The following packages will further progress these efforts.
Today I am notifying the House of a new £25 million Safer Streets Fund to tackle burglary, theft and other offences in areas of the country disproportionately affected by these crimes.
Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales will be able to bid to the Safer Streets Fund for investment in evidence-based crime prevention measures such as improved home security, street lighting and alley gating. Alley gating is associated with a 43 per cent reduction in burglary, improved street lighting is found to reduce property crime by 17 per cent and CCTV can reduce vehicle crime by 26 per cent. Funding will be available to areas in 2020/21. These interventions can either remove opportunities to commit crime or act as a deterrent by increasing the chances an offender is caught.
I am also announcing a package of measures to deliver a significant uplift in activity to tackle county lines. County lines has a devastating impact and involves a form of drug dealing associated with serious violence and exploitation of vulnerable young people and adults. It involves gangs and organised criminal networks exporting illegal drugs to and from different locations in the country, using dedicated mobile phone lines, accommodation and exploitation of vulnerable people to conduct criminal activity.
It is important that we go further in tackling the criminals involved. The significant new action will help disrupt and dismantle the county lines model. The new measures are as follows:
- Expanding the National County Lines Coordination Centre - There will be targeted investment in the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to increase its activity, capability and capacity at a regional and national level to disrupt county lines. This will include placing more officers and staff into the centre and providing additional strategic resource to regional organised crime units. The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre brings together a multi-agency team of experts from the National Crime Agency (NCA), police officers and regional organised crime units to tackle the issue of county lines through sharing intelligence, working with partners across government and taking concerted action.
- Increased disruption on rail networks - Rail networks remain a key method of transportation for county lines gangs. There will be a British Transport Police team that works exclusively on county lines and will be based at a number of railway stations across England to disrupt and intercept county lines drug trafficking.
- Investment in technology to disrupt county lines operations – The road network is used to transport offenders, victims, drugs, cash and weapons. Enhanced data analysis using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) will enable police to proactively target vehicles suspected of being used in county lines activity.
- Increasing support services for county lines victims - County lines gangs operate their business through exploiting young people and vulnerable adults. The Government will develop an expanded national specialist support service to help young people and their families exit their involvement in county lines.
- Working with money service bureaux to tackle illicit finance - County lines is a cash-driven activity. The Government will intensify operations to identify opportunities to take action against money service bureaux, enabling increased cash seizures and arrests for money laundering.
Taken as a whole, this package represents additional investment of up to £5m in 2019/20 and up to £15m in 2020/21.
The Government will provide £10m funding to deliver a significant increase in the number of officers carrying Taser. Recent high-profile attacks and increasing levels of violence have led to growing concerns around officer protection and prompted growing calls to equip more officers with Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs). CEDs provide officers with a critical tactic in the face of the most violent and challenging circumstances.
This funding shows a real commitment by Government to ensuring police officers have the resources, powers and tools they need to keep themselves and the public safe. Ring fenced funding could mean over 10,000 more police officers in England and Wales will be able to carry the device. This fund will help support chief officers to buy the necessary number of CEDs they require, and ensure frontline officers are better protected.
The number of CED-trained officers in each police force remains an operational matter and is determined by chief officers in line with their assessment of the threats and risks in their force. The decision on whether to apply for this additional funding to uplift their CED capability will therefore ultimately be for chief officers and carrying CEDs will remain a voluntary decision for individual officers. All officers who are selected to use CEDs will need to complete the comprehensive training process.
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The great game begins with an oracular testament predicting that two people from very different worlds will come together and share a magic fate. By the author of A Handful of Men. 12,500 first printing.
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Edward Exeter, seemingly a golden child of a golden age, has a past spattered with tragedy and blood. His present is marred by the outbreak of the Great War, and it is further stained by the death of his friend, Timothy Bodgley, in circumstances that leave Edward in hospital, implicated as Bodgley's murderer. Strange chains of history and causality tighten on Edward's life: He is the unwilling key figure in an otherworldly prediction of salvation and/or disaster, bound to break the prophecy or fulfill it.About the Author:
Dave Duncan is a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction, best known for his fantasy series, particularly The Seventh Sword, A Man of His Word, and The King's Blades. He and his wife, Janet, his in-house editor and partner for over fifty years, live in Victoria, British Columbia. They have three children and four grandchildren. Dave's blog and webpage: www.daveduncan.com
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Banking batches allow a practice to reconcile their payments taken against their EFT receipts, cash drawer, cheque on hand, and direct deposits.
Before creating a banking batch
Prior to creating a banking batch, Best Practice Software recommends your practice print the Daily Takings report and use the report to confirm that your takings are correct. This report is broken down by payment method and date, and payments are listed in the order they were taken, which should relate to your EFT listing.
View banking batches
To access the Banking batches screen, select Management > Banking from the main Bp Premier screen.
Each line shows the batch number, bank account name, bank name, payment method breakdown, total banked, who created the banking batch and the creation date and time.
Select a batch to see the list of payments and deposits that form part of that batch.
Items highlighted in pink indicate that before the batch was created, the item was adjusted through a payment reversal or adjustment, or deposit adjustment or refund.
Create a new banking batch
- From the Banking Batches screen, select File > New batch or click the Create new banking batch icon in the toolbar. The Banking screen will appear.
- Select the Bank to account this batch is intended for and set the Date banked value.
- Click Add to batch to display the Unbanked payments screen.
- Filter the list by Payment date, Payment method, Provider, or Location.
- Tick the Include deposits / refunded deposits checkbox if you want these items included in the list.
- To export the transactions in the list to file to be worked on externally, click Save file. Saving to file does not affect the transactions' banked status.
- To print a list of the transactions in the list, click Print.
- Tick all the payments that should be included in this banking batch and click Add. The Unbanked payments screen will close and the Banking screen will update the totals by payment method from the selected transactions.
- Click Process. A Banking details report with the summary of the batch will be printed.
All payments or deposits record via Cash, EFT, Credit card and Cheque will be displayed by default.
NOTE Direct credit transactions are not shown on this banking screen. Direct credit payments, such as those manually created via the Payment details screen, or those created via the Online Claiming check for payments function, are automatically treated as banked. Direct credit payment transactions will be reflected on new banking reports. See Banking Reports in for further information.
NOTE The Banking details report can be used as a deposit form to take to the bank, but in this case you should create a batch that only includes cash and cheques.
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It’s easy to overlook marginalized perspectives, but Cal Poly’s Gender Equality Center aims to change that on April 28 with the production of OWN: Original Women’s Narratives.
This unique and innovative theater production highlights the power of storytelling by exploring the experiences of female-identifying Cal Poly students regarding culture, body image, sexual orientation, and more.
The event will be held at the university’s Chumash Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at eventbrite.com. See the production’s Facebook event page for more information—OWN: Original Women’s Narratives 2017.


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Memes to celebrate how Nicolas Cage is apparently the Tiger King
In casting news that will have many around the world shrug and go “yeah that makes sense”, Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic in the upcoming scripted series based on Tiger King. Tiger King, the Netflix docuseries that swept the quarantine world, is about the world of people and big cats with a murder for hire plot thrown in for some flavor. The murder for hire plot is the least weird thing about Tiger King.
Kate McKinnon signed on to play Carole Baskin in the project. Really, however, audiences around the world were waiting to hear who would play Joe Exotic. Now that Nicolas Cage is confirmed for the eight-episode series, the world let loose their reactions. Some of these memes are just reacting to Nic Cage being involved in the project. Others point out things that will happen when the scripted series drops.
Either way, Nic Cage is Tiger King, and what is 2020 even, right?
1. Western civilization jumped the shark
Honestly, Western civilization did not jump the shark with Nic Cage as Joe Exotic. It jumped the shark like five days ago when we all learned that murder hornets were a thing that we have to worry about now.
2. Conspiracy theory!
Nic Cage and Joe Exotic one and the same? Well, it’s about as much fun a conspiracy theory as Belgium being a mass simulation. So we’re here for it.
3. Down to Earth?
Between Ghost Rider, The Wicker Man, and Mandy, we’re thinking that Tiger King is honestly right in Cage’s wheelhouse. Clearly he goes for the most down to earth roles possible for a man of his talent.
4. 2020 saved?
Will Nic Cage as Joe Exotic be the thing that saves 2020? Only time will tell.
5. Most Nic Cage thing ever?
At this point in his career, Nic Cage does what he wants. But yes, playing Joe Exotic is probably the most Nic Cage role we’ll ever see. Unless he does like Being John Malkovich but with, well, himself. Now that’s a concept.
6. Let’s hope Cage knows how to handle tigers
How will the tigers be used in the scripted Tiger King series? No clue, but let’s hope no limbs are lost. Though, maybe, don’t go through the Joe Exotic school of tiger handling.
7. The hairstyles will be spectacular
Hair and make-up for the scripted series will either a) love their work or b) wish for the sweet release of death. Either way, they’re probably a lock for a Creative Arts Emmy.
8. Maybe Adam Levine should join the cast?
The resemblance is a little uncanny, let’s all be honest here.
9. More arguments about whether or not Carole killed her husband
The arguments will start up again and Carole will have to defend herself again. And next thing we know she’s being pranked by a Jimmy Kimmel look alike. Oh boy.
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Veteran director Manuel Gutierrez Aragon provided a portrait of Cubans in Spain with this Spanish film, a winner of the Silver Spike at the 1997 Valladolid Film Festival. Three sisters -- aspiring actress Nena (Violeta Rodriguez), timid Ludmila (Broselianda Hernandez), and motherly Rosa (more
All Things I Left In Havana cast + crew photos
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With the countless belt conceyors we produced sop far, we met the needs and expectations of our clients in material transfering systems.
Besides all our conveyors are designed and manufactured due to DIN Standats, we sure produce tailormade conveyors due to demands.
Belt conveyors mainly can be grouped in four;
- Standart Belt Conveyors: These are the conveyors with static construction designed and manufactured uniqely for each Project.
- Hydrauic Lift Mobile Belt Conveyors: With the wheels on and hydraulicf lift it is easy to use in any plantation.
- Wired Belt Conveyors: Where the enviroment is hazardour for rubber belts (high temperature etc.) the steel wire mesh belts can be used.
- Belt Conveyor Feeder: Those are the belt conveyors produced to supply dosage feding on the silo, tank or other loading units on the system.


Following the S and the X, Elon Musk is now ready to introduce to us a new, more affordable, and fairly compact electric car with the all-new Tesla Model 3. Designed to give the mid-size sedan buyers an electric alternative, the Model 3 will start at around $35,000 before incentives.
Well, that is what Tesla is planning, and as we know from their previous endeavors they are still not what you call a profitable business. So there is a chance that by the time the 2018 Tesla Model 3 hit the market it is going to cost a lot more than that.
At any rate, Tesla Model 3 looks on paper like a promising little electric car. It is a major departure from the norm in terms of design, going a completely different route than Model S and Model X. It doesn’t look as fancy as the other Teslas, but it’s pretty good for a car that’s supposed to cost 35 grand and rival the likes of BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C Class.
As with any electric car, it is not the looks that is going to sell the car, but the zero-emission powertrain. The Model 3 comes with a high efficiency electric motor – details of which are yet to be released – that will deliver a 0 to 60 mph sprint time of less than six seconds and a range of over 200 miles. It is also all-wheel-drive and comes with the latest safety and connectivity systems.
Yes, it is looking good. We have to say though, the interior looks awfully boring as it doesn’t feature a dashboard as such. All the dials, buttons and instruments seem to be crammed into a giant touchscreen. You ‘ll have nothing to look at except this big slab of glass in your journeys.


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Photo: The Davy's House and Bug Davy attraction during refurbishment
Davy's House and Bug Davy
March 23, 1958
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After you meander
through Davy's house, you'll be led to her Meet 'n' Greet Mews in the "back yard". There you can stumble on Davy who has just finished recording a scene from her over-familiar film, Disney's Deliverance. Be sure to play along as if she's real!
- If it's Christmas, cast members will have a tendency to pick on your friends.
Guest Policies and Notices
- Minimum height 41".
- Maximum height 49".
- Expectant mothers should avoid this attraction.
- For your safety, you should be in good health or free from androgynous clothing or bowel, stomach, spinal, viral, liver, or hip disorders or other states that could lessen your enjoyment of this experiment.
- During inclement storms, this attraction may not be operating.
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Abstraction and Nature: An Interview With Alexander Kroll
Alexander Kroll is probably the best working abstract painter in Los Angeles. His paintings are so vibrant and active with layers and layers and layers of technique placed within them. They are absolutely remarkable. We sat down with Kroll to speak about his practice and history, which is now incredibly tied to LA. He even has an indoor/outdoor studio! If you are in Los Angeles, he has a solo show opening at CB1 Downtown starting Sunday.
These are cool: a Los Angeles product designer has made these accessories that have USB devices built into them. They are very sleek and made to look like there isn’t (But there is!) a USB device in there. They aren’t cheesy like it sounds but rather futuristic looking. Can someone get us one of them necklaces?
The Making Of Björk’s “Mutual Core”
Earlier this week, Björk’s new video came out and was shared on this site. How was it made? The effects are brilliant–but what is what and who did what? Well, MOCA went behind the scenes while the video was made and spoke with LA based Andrew Thomas Huang, who directed the video. What an amazing process!
Stanley Kubrick At LACMA
LACMA has a lot of great shows up right now but that Stanley Kubrick film/art/photography mashup happening there is just wonderful. It’s super academic and feels like you are walking through a book about Kubrick, influences, and techniques. There’s also a ton, a ton, a ton of film goodies and props. You don’t have to be a fan or even know his work that well because this show teaches you everything you need to know. It’s also up through next Summer: we all have a long time to see it and see it again.
Generic Man For Selfridges
Generic Man are always doing cool things and collaborating with cool people. We got word from them that they have an exclusive collection being sold at Selfridges London for the holiday season. We can’t get our hands on these LA born, London sold shoes so we decided to covet them via a post. If you can swing by Selfridges, you should check them out. They’re great.


The Tennessee Titans had absolutely no answer to the Baltimore Ravens’ pass rush in their 21-0 loss on Sunday. Though the Ravens have generated solid pressure against most opposing quarterbacks they’ve faced this season, they put up a performance that was exceptional even by their own standards, taking down Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota 11 times on the day.
Baltimore’s final sack tally was good enough for a new single-game franchise sack record. In addition to that one, another Ravens’ franchise record was set when eight defenders notched at least one sack.
Key in the historic outing for Baltimore were linebackers Za’Darius Smith and Patrick Onwuasor, who posted three and two sacks, respectively.
Even without the sacks, the Ravens’ defense arguably would’ve had a day to write home about. Mariota was harassed all game long by the Baltimore rush, as the unit notched nine hits on the beleaguered quarterback in the shutdown victory. Their achievements were all the more impressive given that Tennessee had only ceded nine sacks through their first five games.


The aims of the scheme were to;
- make the historic centre of the city more attractive
- stimulate economic growth
- help people value Leicester’s historic development
- increase participation in preserving and communicating Leicester’s historic environment
- improve skills in the heritage sector.
Between 2014 and March 2020, the scheme delivered multiple projects including historic building restoration, bringing vacant space back into use, street improvements, community events and training courses.
The purpose of this website is to provide a record of the work undertaken as part of the THI and to celebrate the fascinating history of the Greyfriars Conservation Area.


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MS coupling enhances chiral method development: smaller particles and the addition of ms detection help speed chiral analysis time and accelerate method development.
Separation of enantiomers (compounds with the same molecular weight that are mirror images of each other) poses a difficult chromatographic challenge. Chiral separation method development is typically less predictable than achiral method development. Small differences in molecular structure can significantly change resolution for a given column/mobile phase system. Furthermore, analysts often encounter many structurally diverse stereoisomers with purity levels varying from 70 to 90 percent.
Chiral method development is traditionally accomplished by tediously testing various column chemistry and mobile phase combinations, using normal-phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) to find a system that will separate the enantiomers of interest. Then, the mobile phase and gradient composition is fine-tuned to optimize the method. Supercritical-fluid chromatography (SFC), a form of NPLC, has shown superior resolving power in chiral separations and obviates the use of toxic solvents, such as hexane and chloroform, typically associated with NPLC. SFC mobile phases are primarily compressed carbon dioxide to which may be added small amounts of a co-solvent, such as methanol. However, the inability to meter supercritical C[O.sub.2] and control key parameters such as temperature, pressure, flow rate and gradient composition--reliably and reproducibly--complicates and slows SFC method development. This has hindered the adoption of SFC as a routine analytical tool.
Waters' UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography ([UPC.sup.2]) system raises the performance bar for NPLC separations using dense gas C[O.sub.2] as the mobile phase. It has the ability--especially by using small-particle columns and coupling the high specificity of mass spectrometry with UV detection--to shorten separation cycle time, thereby facilitating and speeding up chiral separation methods development. The [UPC.sup.2] system combines the best features of LC and GC: higher selectivity via orthogonal modes of separation and higher mobile phase diffusion and efficiency, respectively.
When adequately compressed and made dense, C[O.sub.2] becomes a green, non-toxic, inexpensive alternative to HPLC-grade solvents, especially those toxic organic liquids that incur significant disposal costs. As the primary [UPC.sup.2] mobile phase, its low viscosity may decrease operating pressure while increasing efficiency for a given particle size and linear velocity. Compared to LC solvents, mass transfer in supercritical-fluid C[O.sup.2] is enhanced. Its critical temperature (31 C) is far lower than typical GC operating temperatures, so, as with LC, heat-labile compounds may be analyzed. Perhaps the most significant advantage of C[O.sup.2] may be economy. It reduces the cost of the mobile phase used per sample analysis from dollars to pennies.
The [UPC.sup.2] system meters highly compressed C[O.sup.2] reproducibly and reliably, and regulates pressure, temperature and mobile phase gradient composition. This is key to maintaining fluid density and stabilizing analyte retention on sub-two micron particle columns. These parameters may be used in conjunction with a broad polarity spectrum of co-solvents and available column chemistries to fine-tune resolution and selectivity for successful separations. Furthermore, low system dispersion enables an increase in speed, sensitivity and resolution inherent in small-particle columns.
Flurbiprofen is an anti-inflammatory used in pain management. It has one chiral site, as indicated in the structures in Figure 1. Using an [UPC.sup.2] System with photodiode array (PDA) detection, a simple mobile phase (C[O.sup.2]: methanol 75:25) at a back pressure set point of 130 bar, and a column temperature of 40 C, an excellent separation of flurbiprofen enantiomers is obtained. As shown in Figure 1, smaller particle size not only speeds the analysis but also reduces solvent consumption.
Clenbuterol is a potent bronchodilator used to treat people with chronic breathing disorders, such as asthma. Typical daily dosage is 2 to 40 mg/day, so sensitive methods of analysis are needed to determine its enantiomers at low concentration. Using a [UPC.sup.2] system, a matrix of 16 gradient separations using combinations of four different columns and four co-solvents was run in less than three hours. Within a few more minutes, the best combination was used to obtain the optimized isocratic separation shown in Figure 2.
Retention time and peak area reproducibility were excellent (% RSDs [n=6] of 0.012 and 0.016 for retention time, 0.34 and 0.33 for area, of peaks 1 and 2, respectively). If more specificity and sensitivity is desired for bioanalysis, the volatile mobile phase is compatible with MS detection.
Unlike NPLC, [UPC.sup.2] separations use MS-compatible co-solvents, such as alcohols, thereby enabling the application of highly specific MS detection to chiral analysis. By tuning in to a selected mass characteristic of a known chiral analyte, MS detection can locate, within a mixture of compounds, its pair of enantiomers, though it cannot distinguish which of the pair each peak represents. Such specificity may confirm if the enantiomers co-elute with a related compound or process impurity. Further, the high sensitivity of MS detection may detect very low levels of one enantiomer in the presence of the other. This capability can be used to ensure that enantiomeric excess falls within acceptable levels.
When sample mixtures are complicated by the presence of several enantiomeric pairs that must be determined, there are two options for increasing analytical throughput. With a significant capital investment, a sample containing several chiral compounds may be screened simultaneously on multiple systems, each of which uses a column/mobile phase combination specific for one of the analytes. A more sophisticated and less costly approach uses a single [UPC.sup.2]-MS combination to screen a sample for multiple analytes in a single analysis, identifying the enantiomeric pairs by examining the extracted ion chromatograms. This idea is illustrated in principle by the model experiment in Figure 3.
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The Culture of the 1950s
During the 1950s, a sense of uniformity pervaded American society. Conformity was common, as young and old alike followed group norms rather than striking out on their own. Though men and women had been forced into new employment patterns during World War II, once the war was over, traditional roles were reaffirmed. Men expected to be the breadwinners; women, even when they worked, assumed their proper place was at home. Sociologist David Riesman observed the importance of peer-group expectations in his influential book, The Lonely Crowd. He called this new society "other-directed," and maintained that such societies lead to stability as well as conformity. Television contributed to the homogenizing trend by providing young and old with a shared experience reflecting accepted social patterns.
But not all Americans conformed to such cultural norms. A number of writers, members of the so-called "beat generation," rebelled against conventional values. Stressing spontaneity and spirituality, they asserted intuition over reason, Eastern mysticism over Western institutionalized religion. The "beats" went out of their way to challenge the patterns of respectability and shock the rest of the culture.
Their literary work displayed their sense of freedom. Jack Kerouac typed his best-selling novel On the Road on a 75-meter roll of paper. Lacking accepted punctuation and paragraph structure, the book glorified the possibilities of the free life. Poet Allen Ginsberg gained similar notoriety for his poem "Howl," a scathing critique of modern, mechanized civilization. When police charged that it was obscene and seized the published version, Ginsberg won national acclaim with a successful court challenge.
Musicians and artists rebelled as well. Tennessee singer Elvis Presley popularized black music in the form of rock and roll, and shocked more staid Americans with his ducktail haircut and undulating hips. In addition, Elvis and other rock and roll singers demonstrated that there was a white audience for black music, thus testifying to the increasing integration of American culture. Painters like Jackson Pollock discarded easels and laid out gigantic canvases on the floor, then applied paint, sand and other materials in wild splashes of color. All of these artists and authors, whatever the medium, provided models for the wider and more deeply felt social revolution of the 1960s.


Two Cork men have been recognised for their amazing contributions to Irish culture following the success of An Old Song Re-Sung, a live concert and TV Programme to mark 100 years of the Irish State.
Philip King and Colm O’Callaghan accepted the award at the Cork Metropole Hotel for their role in producing the cultural celebration which aired on RTÉ last October. The programme commemorated the hundred years between 1923 and 2023 through the mediums of performance, song, music, dance, and spoken word, highlighting the highs and lows experienced by the people of Ireland throughout the last century.
The pair helped enlist top Irish talent as part of the performance chart-topper Dermot Kennedy, folk singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey, and award-winning actor Aiden Gillen - best-known for his role as Little Finger in Game of Thrones - all playing their part in the celebration.
Philip grew up in Glasheen where he was a pupil at Spioraid Naoimh in Bishopstown and he now holds an honorary Doctorate of Music from University College Cork. A titan of the Irish arts scene, Philip is well-known in Cork and beyond for his contributions to music which include his role as a producer on the acclaimed RTÉ live music show Other Voices, being a founding member of folk rock band Scullion, and gaining a Grammy nomination for his music documentary Rocky World.
Most recently he has been presenting South Wind Blows, a music show that airs on RTÉ Radio One every Sunday evening. Drawing on decades of Philip’s experience in the music scene, this show presents a blend of music, song and chat.
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Colm was born in Blackpool and attended UCC before starting a celebrated career with RTÉ. The northside native has been with the national broadcaster for more than thirty years with his roles down through the years including Head of Irish Language Content and most recently Head of Specialist Factual Content.
He has been involved with numerous IFTA-award-winning works in the past, including 2018’s The Travellers, 2016’s These Walls can Talk, and 2015’s When Ali Came to Ireland. He also runs The Blackpool Sentinel, a blog that presents an eclectic mix of 80’s and 90’s alternative music, along with socio-cultural commentary focussed on both Cork and further afield.
Cork Person of the Month organiser Manus O’Callaghan said of the pair: “Philip and Colm represent the very best of Cork’s rich cultural tapestry. With Cork having played such a pivotal role in the Irish State over the past hundred years, it’s apt to present the Cork Person of the Month award to two sons of Cork who played a role in producing An Old Song Re-Sung, a work that triumphantly celebrates this milestone.”
Philip and Colm’s names will now go forward alongside the other monthly winners for possible selection as Cork Person of the Year at the annual Gala Awards Lunch in January 2025.


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In the bars and corridors of the Conservative conference in Manchester this week ministers and MPs persuade each other that David Cameron has united the party over Europe and can win back Tory defectors to the rampant Ukip insurgency by confronting them with a binary choice: do you want Ed or Dave in No 10?
"Ukip will peak next year if it hasn't peaked already," predicts one minister who has lost around 100 of his 700 Midlands constituency members to Nigel Farage's ranks. "We're in the right place on our referendum proposals. Angela Merkel wants to help us and both Labour and the Lib Dems are opposed," says another. "People will come back to us in 2015. The Ukip vote will fall away," confirms a burly minister on the Tory right. "We're united on Europe as we have not been for 25 years," says a highbrow MP.
But are they all complacent? The rapturous reception given to Ukip's leader on the conference fringe – where he spurned Tory warnings that splitting their vote would let Ed Miliband in – suggest they may be. So do ambiguous feelings among delegates about the coalition's record. "As a party we've got to stop bashing Ukip and take an adult view. The better Ukip does the worse it will be for us," says Lee Sanders, 28, a delegate from Enfield.
Activists seem wary of Farage's renewed talk of locally negotiated Tory-Ukip pacts. But Lord Ashcroft's in-depth polling confirms that "come home to the Tories" appeals are wide of the mark for disaffected voters. Many were never Tories in the first place.
Ashcroft certainly fears complacency. The billionaire ex-Tory treasurer, who is pouring money into private polling, keeps telling Cameron and his staff that Europe isn't the prime reason why people switch to Ukip. No single policy is, though immigration is No 1 and leaving the EU will solve it, so focus groups tell him. "It may be wrong, I'm told that all the time. But it's what people think. It drives their votes," he told the Guardian.
Ashcroft's findings suggest that dislike of the main Westminster parties and a feeling that Ukip speaks for "people like me" – nostalgic for a less change-driven world and scornful of "trendy nonsense" from London – are major factors. Ukip's appeal is outlook-driven, not rooted in policy. Gay marriage or immigrants driving down wages or getting benefits are as likely to be mentioned as Europe. As such it's "the party of easy answers v the party of tough choices", he explains.
As in 2010, the Ashcroft response is to focus money and energy on "marginal votes in marginal seats", with national polling merely mood music against which a series of local contests will be fought through face-to-face voter contact. Labour is now saying the same thing and the Lib Dems have always known it.
So does Ukip. As he struggles to turn Ukip from a single-issue campaign into a real political party, "Farage is guided by the Lib Dem campaign playbook of the early 90s, building his base through local elections", says one Tory Ukip-watcher.
Ashcroft was marginals supremo (and banker) in 2010, but holds no official position now. He would like Cameron to use next week's reshuffle to drop all Tory ministers in the party's 40/40 marginal seats bracket – 40 target seats to take, 40 to hold – so they can concentrate on saving them. As a Foreign Office minister even Mark Simmonds, MP for deeply Eurosceptic and rural Boston and Skegness, is seen by some colleagues as vulnerable to a disruptive Ukip-driven split, despite the 14.5% swing it would take for Labour to unseat him.
It is part of Cameron's nightmare, though it could be shared by Miliband and Nick Clegg if Ukip does not fall back to 3% as it did when defectors faced the binary choice in 2010. The more "sod the lot of you" alienation pushes Ukip into double figures, the more it hurts them too.
Farage, who held a 2012 party conference in Skegness, where eastern European migrant workers are unpopular, has long harboured Westminster ambitions. At a packed meeting outside the conference security fence on Monday – where many of the 250-strong audience had come straight from George Osborne's big speech – he went further than predicting victory over the Tories in next summer's Euro-elections.
Currently outpolling the Liberal Democrats in the 2015 general election stakes, he pointed to Ukip's appeal to northern Labour voters – as shown in the South Shields byelection – as well as to ex-Tories and Lib Dems at the Eastleigh contest in the south. Ukip came sec

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by johnah on November 8, 2020
Angelita Daisy Care: Tips On Caring For Angelita Daisies
The following are some tips on caring for your angelita daisy. You may want to read the other articles first before reading this one.
These tips will help you care for your angelita daisy so it grows well and looks its best. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them here or email me at [email protected] . Thanks!
1) Make sure you have good soil for your angelita daisy.
Most garden centers sell a mix of peat moss and perlite. Pumice stones work too but they’re not necessary if you use a mix of peat moss and perlite.
Mixing the two together makes it easier to keep the soil moist without having to water frequently. A common mistake is to over water the soil with regular potting mixes which don’t contain enough moisture.
2) Prune your angelita daisy regularly.
You don’t need to do it every year, just once a month or so. It’s better to prune than it is to let the tree grow out of control and die from lack of sunlight.
Pruning helps prevent the branches from becoming too thick and also keeps them from breaking off during strong winds.
3) Keep your angelita daisy away from high traffic areas like roadsides, sidewalks, driveways etc.
. It’s best to plant your angelita daisy where it will receive at least 6 hours of sunlight a day. If you don’t have a location that gets at least that much sunlight, you can place an inexpensive solar light in the pot to help it out.
Just make sure you keep an eye on the water level in the pot so it doesn’t dry out.
Sources & references used in this article:
” I Heard the Same Thing Once Before”: Intertextuality in Selected Works of Evelyn Waugh by A López – 2005 – Aliform Publishing

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Kingsley Shammah – Atmosphere Of Miracles
Following the succeful release of “Precious Redeemer and College Of Life”, Kingsley Shammah is out with another spirit filled tune titled “Atmosphere For Miracles”.
Reviews gotten from his last release here at Naijamp3 have been so impressive making fams to always stay connected, listen to “Atmosphere For Miracles” and be blessed.
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Betty & Butch Puppy Chicken Dinner premium dog food is hypoallergenic and completely natural. Containing only the highest quality ingredients with added minerals and vitamins, this complete food ensures your puppy has everything he needs to stay happy and healthy.
- 60% Chicken, Turkey and Salmon - Rich in Amino acids for growth and development
- Minimum 26% freshly prepared Chicken, Turkey & Salmon
- No added Grain, Grain Free Puppy Food, suitable for those with grain intolerance and sensitivity
- Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulphate and MSM to help with bone and cartilage development growth phase
Chicken, Turkey & Salmon 60% (including 20% Freshly Prepared Chicken,14% Dried Chicken,7% Freshly Prepared Turkey, 7% Freshly Prepared Salmon, 7% Dried Turkey, 3% Dried Salmon & 2% Chicken Stock), Sweet Potato (19%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Carrot (equivalent to 25g per Kg of product), Peas (equivalent to 8.5g per Kg of product), Vegetable Stock, Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Nucleotides, FOS(92 mg/kg), MOS (23 mg/kg).
Crude Protein 28%, Crude Oil and Fats 15%, Crude Fibres 2.3%, Crude Ash 8%
These guidelines should be adapted to take into account
breed, age, temperament & the activity level of the dog. When
changing foods please introduce gradually over a period for 2
Ensure a supply of clean, freshwater is available at all times. Store in a cool & dry place.

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Latest information on the North and North West bus networks
Access the latest information on new bus networks throughout the state.
A new general access bus network for the Northern region, including Launceston and surrounding towns and regions commenced on 19 January 2020.
The new and improved routes and timetables have reinvigorated the local bus network across Launceston and surrounding regions including the West Tamar, George Town, the Northern Midlands, the north east and the east coast.
The changes were finalised following an extensive community consultation period which occurred from April to June 2019.
The changes have seen more direct routes and more frequent services, and updated timetables that provide more consistent departure times, improved reliability and minimised transfer times.
These network changes balance making services smarter by providing more direct routes which reduce travel times with ensuring the services remain accessible, providing better access to employment, education and other services.
In a big win for commuters across the broader Launceston city area, a new high frequency cross-city route now links the university with Kings Meadows via Mowbray, Invermay, Inveresk, the city, Launceston General Hospital and Six Ways.
Across the region, there are now more services more often to major towns including Legana, Exeter, George Town, Perth and Bridport and improved links for the West Tamar, north east, east coast and Northern Midlands areas, as well as new Sunday services
Additionally, new trial services have been implemented in Riverside/Trevallyn and Waverley/Ravenswood to address concerns raised through the public consultation process.
Services to Mole Creek, Deloraine, Westbury and Carrick are currently on hold along with the launch of the North West network. Consultation on these proposed changes occurred in September and October 2019.
To check changes, including timetables and routes for your services please visit the Northern region bus timetables and maps page
An extensive public consultation process was undertaken from April to June 2019 which sought the community’s feedback on both the Metro urban Launceston network and the Northern regional network.
As a result of this feedback some changes to refine routes and timetables were made in order to achieve the right balance between smart route design and reducing travel times while also ensuring the services remain accessible to meet a broad range of transport needs.
During the consultation process we received a total of 388 responses. Of these, 181 related to the urban Launceston network, and 207 related to the Northern regional network.
Please note that following the release of the public consultation report, minor adjustments to some routes and timetables were required based on scheduling of bus services and to ensure timetable accuracy.
For Blackstone Heights (route 161) a decision was made to maintain the current section of the route through Neptune Drive and Glover Avenue, rather than remove it as previously proposed.
The frequency of services to Coles Bay also increased compared to what was originally proposed.
If you require further information about changes to services in the Northern region, including services provided by Manions’ Coaches, East Tamar Bus Lines (formerly Lees Coaches), Sainty’s North East Bus Services, Tassielink and Calow’s Coaches you can contact the bus service operator directly. You can also contact the Department of State Growth for this information, as well as information about the review and consultation, using the contact information here.
The Metro customer service team is available to help you understand the changes to Metro services, including school services. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org or ring 13 22 01.
The general access bus network for the North West region, including intercity services between Devonport and Launceston and Launceston and Hobart, will be implemented on 17 January, 2021.
The bus network changes will apply to students travelling on General Access (public) bus services and school bus services in the North West from the start of the 2021 school year. Visit the school bus service changes page to find out more.
The bus network changes to be implemented were finalised following an extensive community consultation period which occurred from September to October 2019. More information on the consultation is provided below.
The changes will see the introduction of a new North West Express service that will link Burnie and Devonport, with stops in Penguin and Ulverstone, and will operate hourly in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays, and two-hourly on Sundays.
The network will also see an increase in intercity services from Hobart to Launceston and Launceston to Devonport, as well as better connections through to Burnie with the introduction of the new North West Express service.
Another major boost for local communities will see the introduction of Sunday services to population centres including Smithton, Wynyard, Latrobe, Port Sorell, and Sheffield, as well as on key Burnie and Devonport urban routes.
Other key changes in response to community consultation will see route changes in East Wynyard and the retention of the Ulverstone to Burnie service, which allows Penguin residents more opportunities to shop in Ulverstone, and timing adjustments to better align Wynyard and Devonport services with work finish times.
The current general access school days only service between Mole Creek and Launceston will also remain, ensuring access for regional communities like Mole Creek and Chudleigh to Deloraine, Westbury and Launceston.
These changes mean that North West residents will have better access to jobs, education and services across the coast. The North West network is the latest set of improvements we are making to the bus network right around the state.
To check changes, including timetables and routes for your services please visit the bus services are changing page.
As part of the review of general access bus services State Growth in the North West, State Growth engaged consultants Phillip Boyle and Associates to undertake a detailed review of Devonport and Burnie urban bus networks.
The review included community workshops held in Burnie and Devonport in 2017. After the community workshops, Phillip Boyle and Associates developed a report recommending a new network. The report can be accessed here.
Following the release of the report, State Growth has undertaken further planning in conjunction with the bus operators and local councils to refine the network and develop new timetables and routes.
An extensive public consultation process was undertaken from September to October 2019 which sought the community’s feedback on the North West bus network and intercity services (services between Devonport, Launceston and Hobart).
As part of the consultation process we received a total of 297 responses.
Overall, the consultation feedback showed a high level of support for proposed changes.
After listening to feedback from the community, we have made some changes to refine routes and timetables in order to achieve the right balance between smart route design and reducing travel times while also ensuring the services remain accessible to meet a broad range of transport needs.
State Growth has invested in the construction of a number of new bus stops across the North West region, particularly in Burnie and Devonport to support the new network once it is implemented. As part of this process we have consulted with Councils, bus operators and adjacent land owners on the location and design of these new bus stops.
All of these stops are accessible (DDA compliant) making it easier for people with disabilities or people travelling with prams to access public transport.
Information on the location of new bus stops and bus stop removals as a result of network changes will be provided to passengers in early January 2021.
Changes to student travel in the North West region will commence at the start of the 2021 school year on 3 February. These changes may impact students who use buses to travel to school.
Changes will impact:
These changes follow a state-wide review of school and general access bus services undertaken by the Department of State Growth.
Find out more details about the North West school bus services changes.
If you require further information about changes to services in the north west region and the intercity services which are provided by Metro, Merseylink and Redline Coaches you can contact the bus service operator directly below:
If you would like to know more about the changes to the North west network, contact Passenger Transport via email at email@example.com or by calling 03 6166 3343.

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Understanding Tuition & Fees
Plan financially for your degree. Contrast Indiana Institute of Technology's fees and tuition to other American schools. Look for price tendencies and increases to see if you should expect to set aside more funds for the following 4 years of paying for college.
How Does Indiana Institute of Technology Contrast With Other Colleges?
For nationwide, regional and statewide comparisons, check out the following table to find out how Indiana Institute of Technology compares to other colleges.
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Indiana Institute of Technology Tuition Charges
Full-time students at Indiana Institute of Technology paid $26,370 in fees and tuition in the 2018 - 2019 school year, prior to corrections for financial aid. $25,940 was the price of tuition. $430 was the cost of fees. Find out more about the net price.
Alas, this college doesn't provide any reductions to in-state students.
Indiana Institute of Technology fees and tuition is the sum quoted to undergrads for one year of attendance, and doesn't include room and board. Note a lot of students obtain financial aid and scholarships that decrease their total cost.
Check out the following table to find 2018 - 2019 academic year costs.
Visit the Cost Per Credit Hour page to find out more.
Tuition & Fees Five Year Projection
Tuition and fees at Indiana Institute of Technology have not changed significantly over the last 5 years. We predict the price of fees and tuition this year will be $26,370.
If prices continue to remain steady, two years at this school will cost you $52,740 and four years will cost you $105,480. Furthermore, you will probably have additional expenses for room and board, transportation, and books.
The next chart displays estimated future fees and tuition for undergraduate students at Indiana Institute of Technology.
At many colleges you'll wind up paying out more in your final year of school than you will in your first. This is because of annual cost growth. It's good to be in the know!
Get your finance college questions clarified in our tuition & fees FAQ.


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Discover our wines
Every year, technical and cultural improvements are made in order to offer a superior quality in each vintage. In 2015, we have further reduced the volume of the harvest (through green harvesting and a stricter selection of berries) in order to gain in precision and quality. Pierre Lurton follows in the footsteps of one of the best known and respected families in Bordeaux. Grandson and son of a winegrower, he has at heart to enhance the value of a terroir from which he originates and which he still lives in today, that of the Entre-deux-Mers.


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CLICK ON THE “PIXEL” BUTTON TO MAKE IT LOOK, LIKE, A BAJILLION TIMES BETTER.
INTENDED LANGUAGE SUPPORT
THINGS THAT FONTSTRUCT NEEDS
• A DITHERING TOOL
• AN ELLIPSE TOOL
• RECTANGULAR- AND ELLIPTICAL-OUTLINE TOOLS.
• A BUCKET FILL TOOL
• A SKEWABLE GRID
• A MASS KERNING FEATURE (OR EVEN AUTOMATIC KERNING, THAT’D BE NICE)
• SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE FAMILIES WITHIN ONE FILE
• A TERMINAL FOR PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS TO AUTOMATE REPETITIVE, PREDICTABLE ASPECTS, AND A WAY TO REFERENCE THE GRID SQUARES AS AN ARRAY OF SOME KIND
DON’T THINK THAT I’M SHOUTING ABOUT THIS. I JUST DON’T LIKE LOWER-CASE LETTERS!This is a clone of Some fonts you just can’t FontStruct
A decorative insular display font.
This is still a work in progress. I'm pushing the new bricks, stacking and nudging to the limit to create some nice flowing shapes. This is also a great opportunity to get working with some good kerning. Once I have the basic character set, this is going to be submitted to Google Fonts for approval.
A funky idea that started with the A and expanded from there. Most letters are drawn by a single line winding around, although some are just not willing to follow this mantra. I found this half-finished while scrolling through my private FontStructions, looking for ideas for the CounterComp, and decided it was already an interesting entry :-)
There's an alternate, narrow set of numbers that can be reached with Shift+number (on a QWERTY, Dvorak, etc. layout); not sure which set fits the style better. Suggestions and critiques welcome for anything, and feel free to clone and poke around with it. Thanks and enjoy!
CAPITAL LETTERS HAVE A WHITE STRIKETHROUGH. LOWERCASE LETTERS ARE COMPLETE.
TO GET THE PARALLAX LOGO (MY WEBSITE), TYPE “%.”
ALSO SEE THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL VERSION OF THIS FONT, “PARADOXICAL-VORTEX-FLATTENED.”
• 2017:11:30 — PUT THE STRIKETHROUGH ON THE CAPITAL ACCENTED CHARACTERS. ALSO FIXED A SPACING ERROR WITH THE “$” SYMBOL.
• 2017:12:01 — DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, I HAVE ADDED A HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEW AND ACCENTED CHARACTERS.
• 2017:12:02 — ADDED EIGHTY-SIX MORE CHARACTERS, BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS TO THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE. ALSO UPDATED THE “¥” SYMBOL AND THE SINGLE ACCENTS.
A typeface inspired by American typefaces from the 1800s and the Art Deco-styled coffee shop I visit often in Des Moines, Iowa.
Combining a slab-serif, expanded typeface with ornate detailing brought challenging consideration to the legibility of the font. It’s used best for short, bold messages or an energetic initial cap.
I don't know if this has been done before.
It's just a simple & elegant solution utilizing 4 parallel lines.
See how neat the letter 'B' is formed by 6 rectangles.

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I have an older Dell PE R520 with a mixture of hotswap SATA and SAS drives connected to an integrated H710 (512Mb) RAID controller. The system is setup as a VDI server with Citrix Xenserver and VIAB. We're not getting the VDI performance we'd like, so my plan is to replace the 4 SAS 15K 300Gb drives with 4 SSDs. Currently the system has 2x500Gb SATA drives in RAID1 for the boot of Xenserver and then a RAID 10 volume with the 4 SAS drives for my VMs. The server has a 3 1/2" backplane with 8 drive slots.
My question is can I use 2 1/2" SSDs in the existing 3 1/2" slots? I presume there's an adapter. Also, can I use off-the-shelf SSDs like Intel or Samsungs? My VMs are primarily read intensive, so I don't think I need top-of-the-line Enterprise SSDs. I found some hybrid SSD drives on Dell's part site but they're only 3Mbps SATA drives and I'd prefer to use 6Mbps.
Thanks for any input.
You cannot mix SAS and SATA in the same array, so you wouldn't be able replace SAS drives with SATA drives. You also cannot mix SSD and HDD, so you would need to do a backup/restore.
You can use "off-the-shelf" SSD's, but do some research ... not all consumer SSD's play nicely on RAID controllers. Intel tends to work better than others, but even then it isn't guaranteed.
You can get a 3.5" carrier for 2.5" drives.
Thanks for your input. I'm looking at using the Intel DC S3510 2.5" 800GB SATA III MLC Enterprise Solid State drives. And I'll remove the SAS drives and only have the 4xSSDs in a RAID10 and then my ESXI install will go on my flash SD cards internally.


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There was positive news for the Eurozone’s largest economy this morning as data showed that German retail sales climbed by more than expected in May.
Month-on-month seasonally adjusted sales rose by 0.8 per cent in May, following a negatively revised fall of 0.1 per cent in April.
Sales were forecast to increase 0.4 per cent.
Year-on-year sales were 0.4 per cent higher.
This latest report follows yesterday’s positive German unemployment figures, which showed an unexpected decline of 12,000.
In response to the retail sales data Frankfurt-based economist Stefan Muetze commented: ‘There’s a lot of positive numbers coming from the German economy at the moment. Retail sales are quite volatile which is why we’ve seen some ups and downs in the past months. In general, however, there is improvement.
After the report was published the Euro advanced on the Pound, but the common currency could experience further movement today following the publication of German inflation figures. Economists are expecting that the nation’s consumer price index will be up 1.8 per cent from a year ago, following a year-on-year advance of 1.6 per cent in May.
The German central bank has predicted that German inflation will average at 1.6 per cent in 2013 before dipping to 1.5 per cent next year.
Industry experts are regarding the possible gain in inflation as a minor issue in light of recent positive economic developments. As NordLB economist Jens Kramer notes: ‘A slight increase in the inflation rate is no reason for concern at the moment. It is still under 2 per cent and we are convinced it will stay there for the months to come.
Additional Euro movement could be inspired by this afternoon’s US data, including a purchasing manager index for Chicago.
Euro (EUR) Exchange Rates
As of 08:45
The Euro/US Dollar Exchange Rate is currently in the region of: 1.3050 >
The Euro/Pound Sterling Exchange Rate is currently in the region of: 0.8559 >
The Euro/Australian Dollar Exchange Rate is currently in the region of: 1.4096 >
The Euro/ New Zealand Dollar Exchange Rate is currently in the region of: 1.6718 <
The Euro/ Canadian Dollar Exchange Rate is currently in the region of: 1.3663 >


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Scott Dierking Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Just now, Jetscode1 said: I'm just following the news. Obviously there were enough college athletes to file suit and for that lawsuit to get to SCOTUS. I'd argue it from a public policy perspective that the current NCAA distorts incentives and produces awful results. So, you are inferring from a vast minority, and taking that to mean that everyone feels that way. Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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text: LUMP is committed to presenting a full-length student-produced musical theater offering each spring. This year, mark your calendars for April 12-14 when we produce “Working,” a musical with libretto by Studs Terkel. “Working” depicts a day in the life of the average American worker, with all monologues and song texts derived from interviews with actual workers. The music is based in a variety of contemporary genres including folk, blues, jazz and rock. Opportunity for involvement on- and offstage will be available. Open auditions for the ensemble cast of 9-12 men and women will take place in February. E-mail email@example.com with further questions. Hope to see you in the spring!

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