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P- Carlos Martinez (vs. Milwaukee Brewers): $10,300. Carlos Martinez has been an incredibly reliable option in daily fantasy throughout the 2016 season. Over his last three starts, C-Mart has a 2-0 record, 2.14 ERA, and 16 strikeouts in 21 innings pitched. He has won both of his starts against the Brewers this season, allowing one run on nine hits in 13 innings pitched.
P- Matt Boyd (vs. Chicago White Sox): $6,700. Boyd has been really good since joining the starting rotation. He is now 5-0, with a 2.38 ERA in eight starts. Over his last three starts, he has a 2-0 record, 1.89 ERA, and 14 strikeouts in 19 innings pitched. If he can pitch like he has been recently, I don’t think the Chicago White Sox offense can touch him.


Hey all, I purchased my first digital camera on Monday, a Canon A530. I purchased a case to go with the camera and took it for it's first it's first outing yesterday on my trip to Disney in Orlando. The camera preformed well and seems to be a nice camera that is capable of a good picture. However, one minor thing that is bugging me is that since yesterday I've noticed two spots on the inside of the LCD screen. The spots don't show up in pictures on the computer but are definently there on the camera. I can't tell if it is dust inside the screen or if the LCD is possibly defective. If the LCD screen is turned off than the spot show up as two white dots. What does this sound like, dust or a defectve LCD? can I fix it myself or is it worth exchanging my camera for another one? Thanks!


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Joy The Baker’s Cashew Turmeric Granola
Sep 22, 2022| By JOI team
Joy The Baker’s Cashew Turmeric Granola
Breakfast | Cashew-Base | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free | Granola | Recipe | Snack | Vegan | Vegetarian |
Perfect for mornings with the kids or a mid-afternoon pick me up, this cashew-turmeric granola recipe is inspired by our friend Joy The Baker (see bio below - she rules). It's a delicious and nutritious twist on your typical granola formula. This winning combination has it all: immune boosting turmeric, wholesome oats, crunchy cocoa nibs and of course, JOI cashew milk concentrate to pull it all together.
Why granola for breakfast?
We've all been hearing about the health benefits of oats for years. But perhaps you need to change up your morning routine. That bowl of oatmeal is getting old. And so are the overnight oats. Come to think of it, our go-to, store bought granola is no longer exciting either. So why not try your hand at making granola instead?
The baseline ingredient is just that: oats. From there, this recipe takes you on a wild granola ride! Once you mix up the exciting ingredients and toast them in the oven, you can move onto the fun part: eating it.
Of course, there is the classic bowl of cereal. We pour homemade JOI milk on ours.
Perhaps you're more of a yogurt gal than a milk guy. Make a delicious parfait, layering your favorite yogurt with fresh fruit and granola. What a great breakfast! Whether you opt for classic yogurt or a plant-based alternative, such as almond milk or coconut yogurt this winning combination will have you coming back for more. Need a weekend project? Why not make your own JOI yogurt!?
On a smoothie bowl kick? Nothing takes a smoothie bowl to the next level like crunchy toppings. And this granola already contains everything you'll want on top! Though if you want an extra kick of protein, try drizzling some almond butter over your smoothie bowl as a final flourish.
Make the recipe your way
The great thing about this recipe is that you can keep switching up the ingredients and technique to keep your taste buds interested!
Short on time? Skip the oat grinding step and use all whole oats instead!
Not into pepper in your granola? Omit it and amp up the other spices instead.
Substitute your favorite nuts or seeds. Or whatever you have in the pantry! We love using sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds for nutrition and crunch.
Using freeze-dried fruit adds color. The strawberries are great, but we also love using dehydrated raspberries. Their tang is a great complement to the other flavors.
Not a fan of freeze-dried fruit? Use your favorite dried fruit. Or use fresh fruit instead!
What Ingredients are in this Recipe?
There are a couple of surprising ingredients in this recipe, but believe us, they make the granola sing!
- JOI cashew (or almond) plant milk concentrate really helps this granola stick together, and adds the nutrient power of nuts.
- Heart-healthy oats
- More nuts - raw cashews or walnuts or pecans!
- Sesame seeds and flax seeds
- Spices for rich layers of flavor. We use the best: Burlap & Barrel New Harvest Turmeric and Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon or Cinnamon Verum and Nutmeg
- Salt (to heighten all the flavors), and Pepper (to enhance the absorption of the turmeric)
- Coconut oil for crispiness
- Vanilla extract (we LOVE Origin vanilla) for even more layers of flavor
- Maple syrup (for sweetness) and date syrup (optional but rich in nutrients and helps the granola clump)...have you tried Joolies organic date syrup yet?!
- Dehydrated strawberries (or any other dried or dehydrated berry or fruit you prefer) for color and crunch.
- Cocoa nibs a/k/a the "healthy form of chocolate"
Who is Joy the Baker?
Joy Wilson is a self-taught baker, turned professional baker, turned food photographer, and three-time cookbook author. Her blog, Joy the Baker, started in 2008, where her love of baked goods quickly turned into a huge success. Her website was named Best Baking Blog by Saveur Magazine and one of the 50 Best Food Blogs by The London Times. She was kind enough to let us adapt her winning recipe, with a JOI twist. Thanks, Joy! Joy x JOI. It's a thing.
What else is for Breakfast?
Now that you're on a roll (who'd have thought you'd be making your own granola?), keep it going! Try this grain-free chocolate granola next!
Here are some other ideas for your homemade breakfast table:
Feeling more savory than sweet? How about potato pancakes (a/k/a "latkes") for breakfast, perhaps with a side of eggs or tofu?
Joy The Baker’s Cashew Turmeric Granola
Perfect for mornings with the kids or a mid-afternoon pick me up, this cashew-turmeric granola recipe is inspired by our friendJoy The Baker (see bio below - she rules). It's a delicious and nutritious twist on your usual granola formula. This winning combination has it all:immune boosting turmeric, wholesome oats, crunchy cocoa nibs and of course,JOI cashew plant baseto pull it all together.
¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons of JOI cashew or almond milk concentrate
- 1 ½ cups old fashioned oats (divided)
- ¾ cups raw cashews (or walnuts)
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds
2 Tablespoons flax seeds
1 teaspoon Burlap & Barrel New Harvest Turmeric
1 teaspoon Burlap & Barrel Cinnamon Verum
¼ teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup coconut oil
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon date syrup (optional but rich in nutrients and helps the granola clump)
- 1 cup dehydrated strawberries (or any other dried or dehydrated berry or fruit you prefer)
- ⅓ cocoa nibs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Optional: In a food processor or spice grinder, pulse the oats to moderately fine. It's ok if there are still a few chunks here and there.
- Transfer the oat and nut mixture into a medium bowl and stir in the remaining cashews and oats, sesame seeds, flax seeds, turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together maple syrup, coconut oil, JOI, vanilla, and date syrup (if using) until well combined. Pour into the oat mixture and toss until everything is evenly coated.
- Spoon the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and press it into an even layer, about 1/2-inch thickness. Baking a mixture that's pressed together will help create a granola-bar-like chunkiness.
- Bake for 20 to 26 minutes, until the edges are slightly browned. Check the granola halfway through baking and see if you'd like to use a spatula to flip the granola over in sections (breaking it up a bit) to brown on both sides.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before breaking the granola up further
- Toss with dehydrated raspberries and cocoa nibs.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for weeks though it’s so good, it really won’t last that long.
Healthy Eating For Busy People: 10 Tips To Eat Well With Little Time
Are you struggling to eat well because of your busy schedule? There’s a big misconception that healthy eating requires a lot of time and work, but this is far from the truth. JOI’s in-house registered dietitian has 10 tips to help you eat a healthy diet with little time.
Is Hemp Milk a Healthy Plant-Based Milk Alternative?
JOI has launched a new plant-based milk alternative for your enjoyment and your heart health. Meet JOI hemp concentrate; made of 100% hemp hearts. Read on to see why hemp is a dietitian-approved milk alternative, and how you can incorporate it into your own healthy routine!
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Simple Swaps for a More Sustainable Kitchen
For us at JOI, sustainability has always been one of core values (reducing milk carton waste is what brought our co-founder Izzy to the business!). That’s why we wanted to take this Earth Day month opportunity to think about the easy adjustments we can make in one of our favorite places: the kitchen. It’s the heart of the home, and it can (and should!) be ground zero for your more sustainable choices. Read on for four simple swaps to get started with a lower-waste approach in your kitchen, plus three bonus ideas for sustainability devotees ready to take earth-friendly practices to the next level.

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Despite a number of nominations, Australia has failed to picked up any Lions in the Radio and Print & Publishing categories at the 2016 Cannes Lions.
Five local agencies made the shortlist in the Radio category including, Cummins&Partners Melbourne, Havas Worldwide Australia, GPY&R Melbourne and BWM Dentsu Sydney. In Print & Publishing, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne’s Pedigree DentaFlex campaign made the list.
However, Australia’s neighbours from across the pond had a better time. Y&R Auckland picked up a Grand Prix in Print & Publishing for its Burger King McWhopper campaign.
Jury president Joji Jacob, DDB group executive creative director, says while it was an unusual choice for a winner in the print category, the ad was an example of the “future of print” advertising.
“In this great age of distraction we were looking for a great ad that would stop us looking at our phones every ten minutes,” Jacob says. “Could this print ad be as engaging as our social media feeds?”
“The piece of work we have awarded a Grand Prix to was a very simple piece of print work, but it was print work at its most powerful.”
In terms of aesthetic, Jacob noted that there were “better print ads” but that McWhopper as a single print ad had enormous reach after being picked up on TV, on press and online.
“What was big was the idea behind it, which we think is the future of print,” Jacob says.
“It’s not just a nice piece that ends up as fish wrap tomorrow, but something that creates a conversation; that gets hijacked by the rest of the dominant media and starts spreading the work. This work was the linchpin of a massive campaign, which is why we thought they were deserving of a crown.”
In Radio, the Grand Prix went to Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg for its humourous “The Everyman Meal” campaign for KFC, which pokes fun at the masculinity norms the men face in society.
Jury president and Pirate Group CEO and director Tom Eymundson says the spot was risky work from a big client.
“It is for a major brand, not a small boutique shop that gets away with some of the braver ideas so I applaud both the agency and the client for having the balls to actually step up,” Eymundson says.
“What is really great about that is it touches on a universal truth; it’s not nation specific, it’s not genre specific.
“It really did strike a chord with everyone in the room at the end of the day and that’s what radio does - it reaches, grabs your imagination.”
Speaking to AdNews, jury member and Clemenger BBDO Brisbane creative director Marianne Harvey says one of the challenges for Australian radio ads was that a lot of the work was parochial and local humour doesn’t always translate to a more global audience.
Her advice on what makes award-winning work in the Radio category was to focus on “nailing the shorter ads” rather than cramming more content into longer spots.
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Blockchain technology is bringing a rapid development and advancement in digital innovation. The advantages and potential of blockchain are undoubtedly quite expansive. Even then very few organizations or nations are really speeding up implementation of this technology in their working system. However, there are some countries who have decided to take the plunge and provide federal support and much-needed encouragement for the projects based on blockchain innovation.
The Netherlands is one such country where the government is supporting blockchain and has even taken an initiative to launch government-supported pilot projects based on this technology. The country has also involved major international organizations including the United Nations, World Bank, and the EU forum.
In May this year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of Netherlands formed a special unit of blockchain with a research agenda focusing mainly on how to establish whether the trustless blockchain nature is reliable or not. The unit will try to find out various ways in which organizations can manage and govern blockchain ventures.
According to the Tech Lead of Dusk Foundation of Netherland that supports digital innovation and is a non-profit creating blockchain-based secure communicating system for protecting freedom of speech, Emanuele Francioni, “The Netherlands hosts one of the most passionate blockchain scenes in the world. Events are organized in multiple cities in the country and the turnout is great. Amsterdam, Berlin, and London form a strong co-located blockchain scene. We are seeing more homegrown projects in the Dutch space, and events are becoming more and more professional.”
Francioni further added that the early blockchain experimentation from the government was done in collaboration with multinationals, more often in the private space, reported Forbes. According to Francioni, they are getting the first public traction and they are expecting to get a lot more attention. The government of the Netherlands is seriously working to find solutions so that blockchain services and applications can be implemented in regular working.
The country is initially conducting pilots in digital innovation to map the potential and possibilities of blockchain technology. According to Blockchain Pilots.nl, the country has successfully created many prototypes until now and some of the first projects have already been implemented. Dutch officials are now trying to shape the collaboration with international organizations and countries.[The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and/or the official policy of the website. ]


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The Girandola over the Castel Sant'Angelo.
18th c Italian Rococo Painting
(Rome, c. 1756 - 1810, Paris)
Rome. Castel Sant'Angelo. Italy.
Los Angeles. J. Paul Getty Trust Museum.
Piranesi was the etcher and Desprez was the watercolorist. A girandola is a pinwheel-shaped fireworks display. The Castel Sant'Angelo is in Rome.
PIRANESI Francesco | The Girandola over the Castel Sant'Angelo. | c. 1783 | Italian | Rococo
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I decided to sew something for my BFF’s birthday. She likes accessories and bags, so I was searching for a cute bag pattern that I can put together in two days. Through Grosgrain’s blog on holiday sewing, I found ME SEW CRAZY’s Knot Tote. I love the round edges and the knot details of this bag. It’s easy to put together too! I added the lace and pearl embellishment and made a little pouch to go with it. It’s definitely a fun bag to make and will make it again in different style! Thank you Grosgrain and ME SEW CRAZY! :)
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Alexis Taylor is a musician, producer and songwriter from London. He co-founded Hot Chip, and has gone on to make 5 albums with the now expanded five-piece pop group. He also has released solo records on the Treader and Domino labels, and three acclaimed albums with improvised/non-improvised music project About Group.
Taylor has collaborated with Venice Biennale award-winning visual artists Oliver Payne and Nick Relph as part of Frieze, as well as recently performing new renditions of Benjamin Britten-arranged folk songs with Green Gartside of Scritti Politti. His most recent group is with Cologne house producer Justus Köhncke – together they are Fainting By Numbers.


The federal government is revising the criteria for veterans to qualify for treatment at non-VA health care facilities, but hospital leaders in Charleston say the new program may not have much of an impact here.
The Veterans Community Care Program allows veterans to seek care elsewhere if they must wait more than 20 days for a primary care appointment or 28 days for a specialty care appointment.
They may also qualify if it takes them more than 30 minutes to get to a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or if they need a service that is not provided by the VA. Veterans who are referred by a clinician or qualified for the community choice program under the previous guidelines are also eligible.
VA representatives emphasized that these standards could change in the future.
In South Carolina, the VA operates more than 20 facilities across the state.
Scott Isaacks, director and CEO of the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, explained that the new community care program is an updated version of an older one.
It was established after VA hospitals across the country were widely criticized for long wait times. In 2014, The Post and Courier reported the results of a federal audit that found veterans in Charleston waited an average of 45 days to schedule an appointment with a primary care doctor at the VA hospital.
Now, Isaacks said that 99 percent of the time patients can seen within the time frame laid out by the community care program.
"That's not going to be an issue for us," he said.
Because the VA operates a significant number of clinics throughout the state, staff at the Ralph Johnson medical center see fewer patients for simpler procedures. For smaller things, like physical therapy and routine check-ups, most veterans don't need to come to the hospital.
"Much of this care is still available to our clinics," Charleston VA spokeswoman Tonya Lobbestael said.
The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center sees roughly 80,000 veterans every year, Isaacks said. Nationally, the number is around 9 million.
“The changes (to the community care program) not only improve our ability to provide the health care veterans need, but also when and where they need it,” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, in a press release.
Isaacks explained a computer system flags veterans who are eligible for the community care program.
He anticipates the program will have a larger impact in states struggling more with access.
About one-third of VA patients nationally qualified for community care under the program's older guidelines.


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This beautiful variety of Cryptocoryne wendtii is only found in the river Mi Oya at Sri Lanka. It has characteristic red-brown, slightly hammered leaves from 20-35 cm, and 15-30 cm wide rosettes. Many Cryptocorynes can grow at high temperatures. In the wild this plant is found in streams with a temperature of more than 30 degrees C.
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Tissue culture plants are grown in-vitro (literally: in the glass) in a nutrient-rich synthetic growing medium, either liquid or gel, without the presence of any other lifeforms. This guarantees a pest and disease-free specimen, while also providing accuracy throughout the trade.
Tissue culture plants should be removed from the cup as soon as possible. All plants grow on some sort of synthetic growing medium, ranging anywhere from liquid to jelly to firm gel. This should be removed and rinsed off. Gently massage the roots between your fingers until the gel dissolves away. Most plants can be broken up into smaller pieces and spread out in your aquarium. Smaller pieces are easier to plant.

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Outdoor surveillance cameras are recommended
Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, according to the news of the observatory, Mid-Autumn Festival will be a rainy solar term, will the outdoor surveillance camera have an impact?Some users don't think much about the season when installing outdoor surveillance cameras.Will sudden inclement weather affect outdoor surveillance cameras?
Waterproof function, IP65 waterproof function, can effectively cope with all kinds of rain and snow and other bad weather, users in the choice of outdoor surveillance camera can consult customer service whether there is this waterproof function.Avoid the influence of the rainy season and other solar terms resulting in a dark or white surveillance camera can not be viewed.
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The night vision function of the surveillance camera, combined with the algorithm to automatically switch between day and night, is equipped with 8 infrared night vision lights to meet the requirements of continuous monitoring at night and during the day.Ensure users' security monitoring needs.Choose outdoor surveillance camera to give priority to these functions, to ensure that security monitoring can work properly.


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So I am an artist, and my mind don’t work the way I want it to. Those are Front Bottom lyrics. But they’re true.
As an artist, you have to come into a project expecting to find truth in something you once thought was false. For example, I draw people a lot. Mostly men with guitars who sing. As I’ve matured more in my drawing, I’ve had to learn to break down my preconceived notions of what a face should look like. It’s so difficult. I want people’s faces to be symmetrical, and I want them to be perfectly in line with the rest of their face. But that’s not the case. If I close my eyes and imagine a nose, I find that it looks nothing how it actually looks on Scott Avett’s face. And that’s the hardest part of drawing, I think. You have to be willing to let go of what you think is true in order to grasp the reality of each line on someone’s face, each feature in relation to the others when put in a specific angle. Sometimes it just doesn’t look right. I never imagined an eye to look the way it looks in a picture, until I stare at the picture for forty hours and copy it, line for line, shade for shade, onto a piece of paper. When its in the process of coming together, it looks wrong and poorly executed. It’s only after the piece is finished that I can appreciate the lines for what they are, and believe that they have meshed together to accurately depict the true image of the model.
Eh. It’s a work in progress.
And that’s how it is with Jesus.
I have this crazy desire to know Him more intimately every day. I want to know every line of His face, stare at His glory and goodness until I have it memorized and can close my eyes and feel the truth of His character. But I mess it up, because I rush in with preconceived notions of who Jesus is. What I fail to realize is that Jesus Himself is the Truth (John 14:6) and that all other notions must be in line with who I find Him to be. So the more I grow in my relationship with Him, the more I realize that He isn’t who I once thought He was. He’s much, much more forgiving and loving and gracious. And He loves even the deepest part of me. And there’s nowhere He won’t stoop down to pull me out of.
The Jesus I thought I knew is cold and very unhappy when I sin and wants nothing to do with me when I can’t get my act together.
The real Jesus loves even the people I can’t stand because they ruin my day with their negativity and perversion. This Jesus wants to bring life. This Jesus is love, not self-righteousness. This Jesus loves me unconditionally, despite my previous belief that I had to please Him in order to earn His favor.
So sometimes, in seeing Jesus for who He is, I have to erase the lines I thought were true and replace them with shades that don’t make any sense in my finite understanding. And that scares me to know that everything I believe must meet the reality of who I discover Him to be.
But it’s funny, because I always seem to find Him filled with love when I expect to find someone of whom I should be afraid of. He’s always unimaginably more loving and gracious and perfect than I expect Him to be. I think the hard part is letting my guard down long enough to realize that maybe- just maybe- I’ve fallen in love with Someone greater than I ever could have dreamed of, and that He is in love with me as well. And it looks nothing how I thought it would, but it’s more than I could have ever hoped for.

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Letter to The Episcopal Church from Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies: COVID-19 safety recommendations from Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group
Earlier this week, the Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group met for a second time to continue planning a shorter, smaller, safer General Convention, which will take place in Baltimore from July 8 to 11.
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and other church leaders offered prayerful and practical responses to the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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The Presiding Officers’ General Convention Design Group met for the first time today and plans to meet again during the weeks of May 23 and May 30. Today the group made several recommendations we have accepted.
Statement from Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on Chicago and Utah bishop consecrations
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry announces plans for the consecrations of Bishop-elect Paula E. Clark of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and the Rev. Phyllis Spiegel, bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah (pending consents).
My heart is heavy with the news that a white supremacist gunman took the lives of 10 children of God in Buffalo on Saturday. I grew up walking distance from the scene of this hateful crime, and my friends and I used to ride our bikes around the neighborhood. Buffalo’s Black community raised and formed me. I grieve with the city and people I love.
Remarks shared by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at a special meeting of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church on May 11 to discuss COVID-19 protocols and procedures related to the 80th General Convention, scheduled for July 7-14 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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For those seeking practical tools and a support network for ministry within the Latino/Hispanic community, registration is now open for Nuevo Amanecer 2022. This gathering is the largest annual conference sponsored by The Episcopal Church’s Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries.
The Episcopal Diocese of Idaho has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that Bishop-elect Jos Tharakan has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed in Canon III.11.3. The consents received have been certified by the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Registrar of the General Convention.
Three years after launching Sacred Ground, a dialogue series on race, racism, and whiteness with more than 20,000 participants thus far, The Episcopal Church’s Racial Reconciliation and Justice Team is releasing a comprehensive evaluation report, updated curriculum and resources, and expanded licensing that invites people in other denominations/faiths to start their own Sacred Ground circles.


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A 51-year-old man who instigated a vicious attack which left a Niagara Falls man with multiple facial fractures and broken orbital bones will spend 75 days in custody.
Shawn Ott, of Niagara Falls, appeared in Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines on Thursday and pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault stemming from the September 2020 attack. The sentence takes into account the amount of time the offender had spent in pretrial custody, which was the equivalent of 320 days.
Court heard the victim had just left a Lundy’s Lane variety store when a van driven by Ott pulled up near him and he was attacked by three men and a woman. Ott remained in the vehicle.
“He was immediately knocked to the ground and store surveillance captures the parties strike the victim while he’s on the ground,” said assistant Crown attorney Abby Woolf.
The victim was taken to local hospital by paramedics and treated for his broken orbital bones, facial fractures and a laceration to his head. He was released from hospital later in the morning.
Later, at about 10:30 a.m., police responded to the Main and Barker streets area for a welfare check.
They arrived, with paramedics, to find the victim from the night before suffering from new injuries from an assault that had just occurred at the house.
The man was taken back to hospital.
The ensuing investigation led detectives to a house on Main Street near Murray Street where several people were arrested.
Police seized $15,800 in fentanyl from the residence as well as a quantity of crystal methamphetamine, crack cocaine and hydromorphone pills. About $15,000 in stolen property was also recovered.
The Crown said Ott believed the victim had stolen money from him and had enlisted a group of people to help exact revenge.
“He rallied his friends or his associates and then they drove with the intention to find (the victim) and commit an attack on him,” Woolf said.
Ott’s lawyer said his client planned to confront the victim in hopes of getting his money back, but he “didn’t expect or anticipate that things would go as far as they did.”
Ending up on the wrong side of the law due to the actions of your buddies is “kind of stale,” said Judge Fergus O’Donnell.
“In my opinion, that gets stale somewhere between 14 and 18 years old,” the judge told the defendant. “You have to make your own decisions and you have to think of the consequences of your actions and think of the consequences of who you hang with.”


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As Mom drove across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to the train station, my sister and I expressed our dread of another year-long visit from Granny. It wasn’t so much that we’d have to share a bedroom again (actually, I kind of liked that part). And I looked forward to her lemon cake.
But Granny complained. A lot. About everything. My sister and I spent that car ride telling Mom how much her complaining bothered us.
Mom validated our feelings by responding, “Granny’s not happy unless she has something to complain about.”
Lately, I’ve been struggling with the sin of complaining. I wake up complaining that it’s time to wake up. Throughout the day, I notice myself grumbling internally about various matters ranging from my assorted aches and pains to my frustrations over COVID-19 restrictions. I understand that complaining exposes a lack of trust in the Lord, not to mention an ungrateful attitude.
I encourage you to grab a concordance or a topical index and look up Bible verses on complaining, grumbling and murmuring. You’ll quickly discover that the Lord has zero tolerance for such attitudes. He has been so gracious to us that our complaints are indeed a slap in His face.
Therefore, I’ve been grieved that I complain as much as Granny used to. How can I be so ungrateful? Hasn’t the Lord blessed me far more abundantly than I’ll ever deserve?
So I’ve been praying a lot about my sin of complaining. Christ deserves my praise, not my list of grievances. I don’t want to be like Granny because I want to honor Him.
But as I’ve been praying about all this, I’ve realized that Granny was about the age I am now when she started complaining. Was she suffering with increasing aches and pains? Was she discouraged by the direction our country was taking? Did see see her independence ebbing away?
I still hate my sin of complaining. I still pray that God will help me repent of this affront to His character. Nevertheless, I praise Him for using my sin to give me some compassion towards my grandmother. Interesting how He did that.


STOCKTON, Calif. — California is putting the final touches on longstanding plans to close the state’s juvenile prisons and start serving all justice-involved youth at the county level.
The last three state juvenile facilities, two in Stockton and one in Ventura, will stop accepting new youths on July 1, and close in 2023.
Dan Macallair, executive director of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice based in San Francisco, said rehabilitation efforts work best at the local level.
“They can start working with the kid’s family, working with the kid’s neighborhood,” Macallair suggested. “And addressing those issues that really impact long-term behavior. You can’t do that in an isolated facility that might be hundreds of miles from their home.”
Many kids who end up behind bars have experienced abuse, poverty and abandonment, so the new system will not focus on punishment but emphasize counseling, skills training and programs such as restorative justice that help kids turn their lives around.
Macallair pointed out eight state juvenile prisons already have closed down in recent decades as the number of youths locked up in California dropped dramatically.
“We’re down from 10,000 in 1996 to about 700 today,” Macallair noted. “And what happened during that time period? The most dramatic drop in youth crime in state history.”
Elizabeth Calvin, senior advocate in the children’s rights division at Human Rights Watch, said the decrepit state juvenile facilities, which were built in the sixties, have issues with gang violence and are no place for a young person.
“They shouldn’t be sent to a cage, a miniature adult maximum-security prisons,” Calvin argued. “Concrete walls, bars, small windows, where the message is, ‘You’re a criminal, and this is all you deserve.'”
Senate Bill 823, signed last fall, ensures counties can offer the full range of services to youths in their care.


The newly named Case Community Park broke ground recently as the largest park project in Sand Springs history. We are excited to see the developments as they come to fruition as construction will be completed in roughly one year.! Case Community park will be a wonderfully bold representation of Sand Springs!
§ Demolition of old structures
§ New highway frontage entry; new signage; landscaping; large scale entrance
§ Added paved walks
§ formal baseball and soccer fields entrance (gets off Wellston Park Road)
§ additional parking & lighting (better security)
§ massive tournament sized soccer game field
§ two (2) new 10 & under youth baseball fields
§ pedestrian drop off
§ new playground near splash pad/concessions area
§ creation of picnic park area
§ new playground at picnic park area
§ new park shelters (performed by city parks staff)
§ ½ court 3 vs. 3 basketball court
§ re-vamped horse shoe pits & volleyball
§ “Great Lawn” – small manicured turf for special events (reference Guthrie Green lawn in Tulsa)
§ Outdoor pavilion/special event stage
§ Artwork- 10 or more custom art pieces laser cut and illuminated at night
§ Remodeled restrooms
§ Additional electrical power connections for special events
§ Improved views of Arkansas River
In the end the park will be safer, cleaner and more user-friendly for the public. There will be more rentable spaces and greater community event capacity. The Case Community Park will have a more efficient layout. While the project will not be a total rebuild of the park it will be a major “first phase” to the end result. A total rebuild of the park is estimated to cost 5X the current budget but will be a great stewardship of the funds, and phase one will be enjoyable for all of Sand Springs.
If you have questions about the renovation contact Grant Gerondale, Sand Springs Parks Director at 918-246-2561.


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"Every festival has its own unique character, and that usually comes from the place and the people involved," Eather said.
"It’s an incredible festival," Eather said. "The organizers work hard to put together an amazing program of films, and have identified the importance of having filmmakers attend and interact, not just with audiences, but with local schools, with the festival team and with each other. The result is an incredible experience and a lot of fun."
"Word of mouth is massive for festivals," Eather said. "Indie filmmakers, when they meet, always compare notes on festivals they’ve entered into and the experiences they had. "That exponential growth in submissions is, in my mind, from the filmmakers all going out and speaking positively about the Emerge experience."
"The Emerge team found it quite amusing," Eather said. "I was known as the flip-flop guy for a while there. I also got in trouble telling that story, because in Australia we say thongs, not flip-flops. So when I’d tell people I arrived with 'nothing but my thongs,' I received some interesting reactions."
"It takes a village to make a film of any size. I'm just one part of it," he said.
"After visiting last year, I have a soft spot for L-A and Maine," he said. "It reminds me a lot of my home city of Newcastle. They’re both industrial cities on the up, being rejuvenated in part by the arts. I have a real passion to grow the creative industries in Newcastle, just like the Emerge team is trying to do in L-A."
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One in five (20%) Americans say they cannot even go one month before they feel like they need a vacation. On average, Americans feel they can go about their daily routine for approximately six months (173 days) prior to feeling like they need a vacation.
Unfortunately, many have to wait much longer to get a break, as the average American goes about 11 months (47 weeks) between such breaks. Men, however, go longer between vacations than women (about one year or 52 weeks vs. about 10 months or 43 weeks). And travelers without kids vacation less often that those with kids. On average, there are 14 months between vacations for travelers without kids, and about 8 months between vacations for those with kids.
When Americans do find the opportunity to get away, they want to enjoy several days of relaxation. The average American thinks the perfect length of a vacation is 12 days.However, many in the workforce are not allotted any paid vacation time, and those who are feel they deserve more. Close to one in four (23%) employed Americans do not get any paid vacation days, and nearly half (49%) of those who do get this benefit are allotted less than 15 days of paid vacation. This amount of paid vacation is not satisfying to most. Nine in ten (90%) employed Americans say they want or feel they need more allotted vacation days. These folks would like an additional 17 paid vacation days, on average.
More than nine in ten (92%) summer vacationers plan to book a hotel for their trips this season, and they appreciate the amenities hotels offer. More than four in five Americans (84%) would miss at least one convenience offered at a hotel after leaving. Of these travelers, 38% are most likely to miss the convenient, ready to-go breakfast in the lobby. In-room amenities are also noticed. More than two in five (39%) Americans who have stayed in a hotel have liked something they used there so much that they purchased the same item and brand to have it at home, including shampoo and conditioner (43%), lotion (42%), soap (42%), pillows (38%), towels (34%) and sheets (28%).
In order to reduce the stress the cost of these trips can produce, many vacationers set vacation budgets. However, many tend to spend more than they plan, likely due to not being able to resist splurging on certain items. Four in five (81%) vacationers set a budget, with more women than men (86% vs. 76%) doing this. More than three in four (77%) of those who do not consider themselves to be budget conscious in their everyday life set a vacation budget.
However, more than one-third (36%) of budgeters spend more than they plan for. Fifty-five percent typically manage to stick to their budget, while nine percent come in under budget at their end of their trips. Having any money left over would be surprising since 93% of Americans are likely to splurge on vacation, and meals (71%) top the list of things to splurge on.
Sticking to a budget does not trump the need for our smartphones. More than four in five (85%) Americans would be willing to give something up during their vacation for 25% off their hotel stay. Less than three in ten (26%) of these folks would be willing to give up their mobile device for 25% off their hotel stay. In comparison, close to half (54%) of those 21 and over would forgo alcoholic beverages and 40% would go without housekeeping for the same discount.
Social media sites are proven to be a useful tool for gathering vacation advice and ideas from friends. More than two in five (44%) Americans who use social media agree that seeing vacation pictures or posts on such sites media would make them want to go to that destination. More than one-third (35%) who use social media have learned about new vacation spots from seeing posts from their friends on these sites.Kelton, a global insights firm, completed an online survey of 1,048 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and older.
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Over the past few months, Google’s been building up Hotpot, a feature in its Maps and Places tool that recommends places you’ll like based on your ratings of similar places (and your friends’ ratings, too).
Currently, it’s available on iPhone, Android and through your browser at google.com/hotpot and on Google Maps. Today, however, they’ve added Hotpot to regular Google search, meaning when you search for, say, restaurants in your area, you’ll see if a particular restaurant is recommended to you because you rated a similar restaurant highly. In addition, if a friend of yours has rated a restaurant highly on Hotpot, it’ll let you know right under the search result.
Hit the link to read more, and check out the video for a simple explanation of how Hotpot works. [Official Google Blog]


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In the Vedas it is mentioned that Kikata is prehistoric Indian kingdom. Kikata lied to the south of Magadha.
The people living in Kikata were known as Kikatas. The Kikatas were a non-Aryan people.
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, Kikata is mentioned. Kikatas is one of the races who were resolved to fight reckless of the lives for Bhishma. The Kikatas lived upon crops that depended on water from the sky or of the river. Kikatas were born in regions on the sea-shore, in woodlands, or countries on the other side of the ocean waited at the gate, being refused permission to enter, with goats, asses, camels, vegetable, honey and blankets and jewels and gems of various kinds.
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According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, there has been “no traction” in a trade that would ship Andre Drummond away from the Detroit Pistons.
From Mannix’s report:
Drummond has a for-sale sign tattooed to his jersey, with the Pistons reportedly canvassing the league for offers. Atlanta was mentioned early, but there is a league-wide feeling that was more ownership driven, with Hawks owner Tony Ressler known to be frustrated by Atlanta’s poor play this season. Other teams have kicked the tires on Drummond, but there has been no traction on a deal to this point, a league source told SI.com.
Drummond is coming off of a 16 point, 17 rebound, and 5 steal performance against the Atlanta Hawks. He’s averaging 17.3 points and 15.7 rebounds per game this season.
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When the Web.com Tour Championship was played at the TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley for the first three years of the Web.com Finals, the lowest winning score over 72 holes was 14-under. Through 36 holes on Friday at Atlantic Beach, two players have already exceeded that, leader Sam Saunders (who followed his opening-round 59 with a 66) at 17-under and Julian Etulain (63) at 15-under.
And anyone who matched Chesson Hadley’s winning 10-under score in the 2013 Web.com Tour Championship at the Valley was among a large group tied for 17th at Atlantic Beach.
But even those players who are in the thick of it said a weather forecast that calls for a Northeaster to bring rain and higher wind to the area will bring big changes.
“Just wait,” said Roberto Castro, who birdied three of his last four holes for a 64 to finish tied for third at 13-under. “It’s just the weather. It’s been perfect weather. When it gets windy this weekend, it will be totally different.”
“I told myself that I would have to get to 20-under to get the job done … maybe I’ll have to re-evaluate that,” said Jonathan Byrd, who shot 65 to join Castro and Bronson Burgoon (63) at 13-under. “But with more wind, maybe it will be harder.”
And Saunders, who was tied for the Web.com Tour 36-hole scoring record of 19-under before a double bogey at the par-5 18th hole, said a pair of even-par 71s on the weekend would leaving anyone in contention in good shape — especially those who need high finishes to work their way into the top-25 on Web.com Finals money list and earn their PGA Tour cards for the 2017-18 season.
“I’m really pleased that I could put myself up on top because pars are going to be good this weekend,” said Saunders, who set the 36-hole Tour Championship scoring record. “You could shoot even par and you may move forward. No way you can hit all these greens when it’s blowing 20-to-30 miles per hour.”
The scoring at Atlantic Beach hasn’t been the lowest this season on the Web.com Tour — but it’s close. The 5-under cut is tied for the second-lowest and the 68.569 scoring average is second-lowest after the Utah Championship (68.561).
But shouldn’t this be a tougher test in the season-ending event?
David Hearn, who had a 64 on Friday that only got him into a tie for 30th, said it’s a fairness issue, regardless of how easy or how hard a course is.
“This is a contest, and it doesn’t matter what the score is at the end, as long as it’s a fair contest,” he said. “The course is set up fair for everyone.”
Castro, who is among the players tied for the course record at the Stadium Course for The Players at 63, said the competition is so good even on the Web.com Tour that rules officials would only go over the top of they tried to combat perfect weather and no wind with difficult set ups.
“To make par a good score with as good as the players are now, they would have to do things that are tricked up and don’t reward the best players,” he said.
Andrew Loupe, who closed a round of 66 with an eagle at No. 18 to get to 10-under, said the course “is built on wind.”
“This weekend will be so different … you’re going to see what 20- or 30-mph will be like,” he said.
Standing in defense of the course and the set-up are Web.com Tour president Dan Glod and architect Erik Larsen.
“I don’t think the tournament’s over yet,” Glod said. “It’s too early to call it easy. Sam has played exceptional golf. So have a lot of other guys. They are very, very good but it will be interesting to see what the final scores will be.”
Larsen said Atlantic Beach will toughen up with some wind more than other courses — mainly because unlike the Valley, it’s closer to the ocean and there are few trees to break the wind.
“This course grows teeth in the wind more than most,” he said. “Any course is harder in the wind but this one will really punish off-track shots. It will be Jekyll and Hyde. [Saturday] will be different.”
And the low scores in the first two rounds aren’t chasing the Web.com Tour away. The 2018 Tour Championship has already been scheduled for Atlantic Beach and Glod said the Tour and the club have reached an agreement in principle for a longer-term deal.
“This is a great home for this tournament,” he said. “The environment and the atmosphere is great and the club and the community have really embraced it. We couldn’t ask for better partners. On all points, we like it.”


The owner of a gymnastics center in Racine County has been arrested after authorities found hidden cameras and child pornography images at his business.
According to the Racine County Sheriff's Office, detectives responded to a call about a hidden camera found by a parent Tuesday at Wind Lake Gymnastics Center.
During a search warrant the same day, investigators seized multiple surveillance cameras and computers and found images of child pornography on those computers.
James Kivisto, 49, was arrested and taken to jail. He is the owner and coach at Wind Lake Gymnastics and according to the Racine County Sheriff, he admitted to recording juveniles while they were changing in the bathroom on multiple occasions.
Note posted on the door at Wind Lakes Gymnastics Center.
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"Horrible, I mean it’s devastating," said Melinda Swain, who learned about Kivisto's arrest while dropping her child off for tumbling class.
Kivisto has been coaching gymnastics since 1987 in both Racine and Milwaukee Counties. He's owned and operated the Wind Lake center for the past 11 years.
Swain says she never had any suspicions that something criminal was going on.
"The kids all I thought liked him," she said. "He made everyone feel real comfortable. It seemed that way."
"I never felt any weirdness about him," she also said.
Kivisto is being held on multiple counts of possession of child pornography.
According to the gym's website, Wind Lakes Gymnastics Center is a USA-Gymnastics Member Club and must meet certain requirements. The owner and coaches are background checked every two years.
A call in to a spokesperson with USA-Gymnastics was not immediately returned.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information regarding Kivisto is urged to contact the Racine County Sheriff's Office at 262-636-3990.
Parents whose children attend Wind Lake Gymnastics Center are also encouraged to call and speak with an investigator.


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How can you truly relax? Hypnotherapy for relaxation NJ is the ideal way to calm down and relax yourself. The idea is to let go of any thoughts that may cause stress and tension. And enter into that state of peace and calm.
Relaxation is the absence of tension. You can’t be relaxed and worried at the same time. So you can truly relax only when you have released all that tension. Hypnotherapy for relaxation NJ is the best way to let go of all that stress, worry and anxiety that may be bothering you.
There are other ways of relaxing that you have tried – watching TV, listening to music, reading, lying down, etc. Many have even tried drugs and alcohol. But do you really release yourself from all the tension and stress when you watch TV or read a book? To a certain extent you are relaxed, but your mind will still be holding on to tension from throughout the day. Tension and worry can cause insomnia. Residual tension can linger for hours, days, weeks – even years. And chronic stress can lead to serious long-term health problems.
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Do nothing. Think nothing. Enter into that state of emptiness. The mind will think of nothing. It will be completely at rest. The Japanese use the term mushin, which translates into ‘no mind’. Bring your mind into the void. When your mind is in the void, all the tensions and worries will just fade away.
When you are truly relaxed, you will be your best self in critical situations. You will be able to remain calm and “keep your cool” no matter what adversity you may face. Everything is contagious. The worries, fears, doubts, and insecurities of others will affect you if you are not relaxed.
Hypnotherapy for relaxation NJ will help you to get control of your mind. So you will allow positive things to happen for you.
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A Kodak No. 2 type photograph taken in 1890 by Theodore Mitchell Hastings, Form of 1894, while a student at St. Paul’s School. The boy in this photograph, identified as “Brewster”, is either Robert Stanton Brewster, Form of 1893, or Walter Stanton Brewster, Form of 1891. He is shown with other unidentified boys taking a break from playing hockey on the ice of Lower School Pond.
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Chelsea managed to get another Premier League win as Maurizio Sarri and his players look to get back on track after a spell of poor results and drama.
They beat a stubborn Fulham side 2-1 at Craven Cottage thanks to strikes from Gonzalo Higuain and Jorginho. Plenty happened beyond the goals though, so here, Sportsmail has compiled some things you might have missed from the day’s action. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was back at it again on Sunday. In the build-up to the game against Fulham, he carried a ‘Please Keep Off The Grass’ sign off the pitch, while walking on the grass it was supposed to be protecting. A blatant disregard of the rules in the continuing saga of this renegade. In reality, Kepa was back in action against Fulham for the first time since the drama of the Carabao Cup final, even making a couple of good stops in an attempt to win over his manager and the Chelsea faithful. He was fined for his actions in refusing to be substituted against Manchester City, and Chelsea chiefs are now hoping the whole episode is behind them.
Jorginho’s nutmeg embarrassment
He may have scored a sublime goal in the first half but that didn’t stop him being totally embarrassed at the hands of Fulham’s Ryan Babel in the second half. Babel pulled off the cheekiest of nutmegs around the hour mark leaving Jorginho trailing behind him. The Chelsea man looked to the sky in frustration as he watched the red-haired forward dribble off into the distance.
Hazard catching up to the Chelsea greats
With his assist to Jorginho during the first half of Chelsea’s game against Fulham, Eden Hazard added yet another impressive stat to his list of achievements at the club. He is now just the third Chelsea player ever to rack up over 50 goals and over 50 assists in the Premier League, behind Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard. The Belgian now has 81 goals and 50 assists to his name. Drogba has 104 goals and 54 assists, so is quite catchable. However, Frank Lampard has an impressive 177 goals and 102 assists, so Hazard still has some way to go yet.
A Seri-ous mix-up
Sky Sports made a bit of an error as they showed the line-ups for the Fulham vs Chelsea match on Sunday. Playing alongside Ryan Babel and Tom Cairney during the match was Ryan Sessegnon, and they certainly got the name right. However, the picture they used was of Ivorian midfielder Jean Michael Seri, not the Englishman Sessegnon, confusing viewers.
The importance of Aleksandar Mitrovic
Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored a pretty impressive 10 goals this season, but Fulham are still languishing in 19th in the Premier League. Without him, they’d be doing even worse, as stats show that the Serb is extremely important to the club. According to Opta, his goals have won Fulham 11 points this season, meaning alone he’s contributed to 65 per cent of Fulham’s 17 points. That percentage is by far and away the most out of any Premier League player this season. Second is Everton’s Richarlison, who has contributed to 31 per cent of Everton’s points, and Glenn Murray has contributed to 30 per cent of Brighton’s points.

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ResearcHers Code is a social enterprise that supports cis and trans women and non-binary in technology, academia and research
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Where are we now?
With the growing acquisition and availability of data, academic groups are employing trends in technology for data analysis in their research, such as artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. As a result, there is more incentive for universities to provide coding courses, and for researchers to learn to code1. Coding is considered as a key skill for jobs in the 21st century. Recently, the UK government announced the creation of a £20 million Institute of Coding2 and the investment of £18.5 million for artificial intelligence conversion courses, scholarships for underrepresented groups in tech, and adult online training in innovation3.
Currently, many individuals in an early-stage of their research careers, including those with scientific computing training, leave academia before securing permanent positions and move to roles in industry, the charity sector and government4.
But, there is still a gender gap in the non-academic technology workforce as well as within academia. In 2018, 16% of IT professions were made up of women5, and in 2017, only 5% of leadership positions in the tech sector were held by women6.
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engaging the public and industry to the talent and impact of cis and trans women and non-binary in tech and academia
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1. Baker, M. Scientific computing: Code alert. Nature 541, 563–565 (2017).
2. Prime Minister announces £20 million Institute of Coding. GOV.UK Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-20-million-institute-of-coding. (Accessed: 22nd June 2019)
3. £18.5 million to boost diversity in AI tech roles and innovation in online training for adults. GOV.UK Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/185-million-to-boost-diversity-in-ai-tech-roles-and-innovation-in-online-training-for-adults. (Accessed: 22nd June 2019)
4. Royal Society (Great Britain). The scientific century: securing our future prosperity. (Royal Society, 2010).
5. 2018 Workforce Statistics. Welcome to the WISE Campaign
6. Women in tech: Time to close the gender gap - PwC UK. Available at: https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/women-in-technology/time-to-close-the-gender-gap.html. (Accessed: 22nd June 2019)


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Baltimore southpaw Wade Miley is off to a strong start to the 2017 campaign, posting a 2.45 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in his first two starts, a span covering 11 innings. Miley has garnered a surprising 28.3% strikeout rate after finishing with a 19.3% strikeout rate last season.
However, the 30-year-old has struggled mightily with his control in his first two outings, issuing seven walks (5.73 BB/9). Miley owns a career 2.79 BB/9 rate so I expect his command and control to improve as the season progresses.
Cincinnati’s offense is averaging just 3.9 runs per game at home (.297 OBP; 706 OPS) and 4.0 runs per game versus left-handed starters (.250 OBP; .650 OPS). Let’s also note that the Reds are batting .236 with a .294 on base percentage at night and .203 with a .311 on base percentage versus American League opponents.
Miley is supported by a solid Baltimore bullpen that owns a 3.65 ERA this season, including a 2.10 ERA at night, a 1.35 ERA in interleague play and a 2.86 ERA in its last seven games. My concern focuses on the fact that Baltimore relievers have issued 21 walks and allowed 51 hits in 44 1/3 innings of work in 2017.
Cincinnati sends veteran right-hander Scott Feldman to the mound, who is coming off a brilliant outing against the Cardinals where he threw six shutout innings. While Feldman’s 2.87 ERA looks appealing, his underlying peripherals aren’t nearly as promising: 4.20 FIP, 4.26 xFIP, 4.32 SIERA and a 4.60 BB/9 rate.
The 34-year-old has also benefitted from an unsustainable 89.1% strand rate, and his ground ball rate has dropped from 49.8% in 2016 to 33.3% this season. Feldman’s line drive rate is also up from previous seasons and his career 4.38 ERA and 5.6 K/9 rate more accurately project his future results.
From a technical standpoint, Baltimore is a profitable 22-8 in its last thirty interleague games, 8-2 in its last ten interleague road games versus right-handed starters, 12-4 in its last 16 games versus .501 or greater National League foes and 5-1 in its last six meetings with the Reds.
The Orioles are 7-0 in umpire Mike Estabrook’s last seven games behind home plate, whereas Cincinnati is 1-5 in Estabrook’s last six games calling balls and strikes. With the Reds standing at 16-38 in interleague play, including 5-12 at home and 3-11 versus teams with a winning record, take Baltimore and Oskeim Sports’ Free Interleague Baseball Pick for Thursday, April 20.
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Discussion and questions related to the course Practical Motorsport Wiring - Club Level
just want to get some clarification on something. I have to wire a honda b18c engine using a haltech elite 1500 ecu. do i wire the vtec solenoid using a relay (like how link suggests) or could i wire it directly using one of the stepper 1/DPO outputs (eg pin 31A)?
A relay isn't required, but check the polarity -- I believe the the Honda OEM harness grounds one side and the OE ECU switches the high-side. Most aftermarket ECU's want to control the ground-side (ie, solenoid connects to ignition power in the harness). That may be why a relay is suggested (to invert the control of the solenoid if adapting the OEM harness).
WOW! thanks for the quick reply David.
i understand what you are saying. the wiring diagram says it could output either Battery Voltage or ground so with that and your explanation i shouldn't need the relay. thanks for your assistance David.
Connect it to one of the stepper outputs and high side drive it.


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The first efforts to standardize lumber began in 1922 and resulted in the American Lumber Standard, first published in 1924. This standard, now called the American Softwood Lumber Standard, establishes lumber sizes, methodology for assigning design values, nomenclature, inspection and re-inspection procedures, the National Grading Rule, an accreditation program, and other functions and has evolved over the years to keep current with ever-changing needs of consumers, regulators and manufacturers.
In 1941, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association (NLMA), now the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), entered into a consent decree with the U.S. District Court. The consent decree required NLMA to create an impartial agency to oversee the standardization, certification, and accreditation for softwood lumber.
In 1953 the Court found that the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, and its independently elected Board of Review (BOR) were impartial bodies appropriate to carry out the decree. Today the ALSC continues to operate under the consent decree and the Voluntary Product Standard system of the Department of Commerce.
In addition to the work carried out in the lumber program, in 1992 the ALSC began a program to monitor the performance of agencies which supervise the pressure treating of lumber by treating plants operating under the American Wood Protection Association (formerly American Wood Preserver's Association) standards. The BOR discharges this function by accrediting those agencies and monitoring their performance.
In 2001 the ALSC also began a program to monitor the performance of agencies supervising the labeling of heat treated wood packaging material produced by wood packaging facilities under the requirements of International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade. The BOR discharges this function pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and ALSC policies and procedures. This program was expanded in 2015 to include labeling of fumigated wood packaging material as well.
In 2012 the ALSC began a program to monitor the performance of agencies supervising the labeling of residential/commercial densified fuel pellets produced by pellet manufacturers under the requirements of the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Standard Specification for Residential/Commercial Densified Fuel; the PFI Residential/Commercial Densified Fuel QA/QC Handbook and ALSC policies and procedures. The BOR discharges this function by accrediting those agencies and monitoring their performance.
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Oakland’s Galapagos 4 imprint (put them on your “ones to watch in ’05” list) has […]
Oakland’s Galapagos 4 imprint (put them on your “ones to watch in ’05” list) has a new single from Typical Cats’ second album release this year. And one listen to “Easy Cause It Is” illustrates how thoroughly this Chi-town MC trio (plus DJ Natural) lives hip-hop culture entirely. And if you do too, cop this. Conversely, The Odd Couple’s (Louis Logic & Jay Love) “Wreckyalife” on Boston’s Brick label is a like a throwback jersey on some cocky new school kids-it rocks a classic Chambers Bro’s beat but the MCs brainlessly complain ad nauseum about the “slutty bitches” they’ve known. Dudes, shut up.

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Dark Web: Cicada 3301 decides early on it's not a pure thriller
A haunting, surreal romantic thriller with star Sienna Miller, Wander Darkly succeeds with complex storytelling.
Fatale is slick in its look and theme, but falls to a predictable, cliche noir thriller elements by the end.
Planting viewers in the mind of schizophrenic episodes, Fear of Rain convincingly shows the alienation of mental health breaks.
Total Recall sells a wild, space-faring fantasy, but makes its star almost secondary to the heroics as he saves the world.
The dueling action stars face off some 20 years (or more) too late, and Iron Mask never settles on where it goes when they're not around.
While typical in its thriller format, Unhinged finds the means to stand out by involving modern social issues in a smart way.
Pauly Shore costs this Pauly Shore movie in the end, leaving Beach House's best moments to thrive when he's not around.
While stubborn in its pacing, Antebellum cleverly draws racial parallels between old South and modern America.
A pedestrian action flick that mostly wastes Jean Reno and Ruby Rose, The Doorman offers little beyond remaking Die Hard.
Visibly digital lions kill people throughout Rogue, a movie trying to convince people to stop killing lions.
Bruce Willis cashes another paycheck in the forgettable, meandering Survive the Night.


For more than 40 years, Renault Sport has developed single seaters and organized competition to help drivers reach the summit of motor racing. In 2014, a new programme based on the Formula Renault 1.6 will facilitate access to the next levels. At the end of the season, a Formula Renault 2.0 will be offered to the winner of a selection process among the best drivers from each national championship.
This year, Formula Renault 1.6 will be in action across Europe with the Formula Renault 1.6 ALPS Junior, Formula Renault 1.6 North European Junior Cup and Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic championships. A fourth series will soon be launched.
Formula Renault 1.6 ALPS Junior will allow new drivers to make their single seater debut with an international schedule. This series will be run in conjunction with the Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS with a Mediterranean geographical base, including two rounds with the World Series by Renault at Motorland and Paul Ricard.
Launched in 2013, the Formula Renault 1.6 North European Junior Cup will be based on the programme that is been in place for several years in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC. The races will be held in Holland, Belgium and Germany, with two rounds held on the same weekend as the World Series by Renault at Spa-Franchorchamps and the Nürburgring.
Integrated into the prestigious STCC, the Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic Championship offers new possibilities for drivers from Sweden, a new country to single seater competition. On three occasions, the FIA North European Zone Championship will be incorporated with race meetings organized by Renault Sport.
The big news for 2014 is the invitation of the top two from each series to a selection event to be held in November. A panel will award the winner a Formula Renault 2.0 with which he will enter in one of the 2015 Renault Sport championships.
“Renault Sport offers a racing ladder to progress in single-seaters“, says Renault Sport Technologies sporting coordinator, Benoit Dupont. “Whether coming from karting or starting out directly in an automobile, young drivers will have a real tool to learn their craft with the Formula Renault 1.6. These series’ are also very attractive for amateurs who want to compete against up and coming drivers for a price unequalled in open-wheel racing. Depending on the championship, the cost of a season will range from 60 to 90,000 Euros. With this new programme, Renault Sport returns to its roots when Formula Renault 2.0 evolved in national championships.”
“After Formula Renault 1.6, drivers can then move on to Formula Renault 2.0. A new involvement as an engine supplier in Formula 3 offers an intermediate step towards Formula Renault 3.5. The World Series by Renault headliner category is unanimously known to be the logical next step towards Formula 1, where Renault is also involved as the engine supplier to the Red Bull Racing, Lotus, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Caterham teams.”
Formula Renault 1.6 ALPS Junior*
27 April – Motorland
25 May – Red Bull Ring
6 July – Monza
7 September – Mugello
28 September – Paul Ricard
*Subject to validation by the FIA
Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic
4 May – Karlskoga
18 May – Botniaring (FIA NEZ)
25 May– Tierp Arena
13 July – Falkenberg
10 August – Parnu (FIA NEZ)
24 August – Ring Knutstorp
7 September – Solvalla
24 September – Mantorp Park (FIA NEZ)
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior
20 April – Zandvoort
1 June – Spa
13 July – Nürburgring*
3 August – Assen
31 August – Zolder
5 October – Spa
19 October – Zandvoort
*To be confirmed
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11:45 | 03/06/2015 Society
A photograph exhibition featuring the “Lang” house (house of the most powerful ruler in the Muong ethnic area in the northern Hoa Binh province) will kick off on June 5 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.
A photo by Pham Hoang Minh is on display at the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)
The two-day event, themed “Lang House – Dream of Rebirth”, is part of a three-month campaign with the same name launched by the Muong Cultural Space Museum in Hoa Binh province to raise 600 million VND (27,900 USD) for the restoration of the only Lang house in Hoa Binh, which is over 100-year-old and damaged during a fire at the end of 2013.
Various photos from both professional and amateur photographers will give visitors different views from different angles on the house that has since been moved to the Muong Cultural Space Museum .
After the exhibition, the photos will be sold to raise funds for the campaign.
The Lang house has significant meaning in the culture and spiritual life of the Muong ethnic minority people, said Director of the Muong Cultural Space Museum Vu Duc Hieu.
The stilt house belonged to Ha Thi Loi – a daughter of Lang Dao who ruled the Muong Cham area in the past.
Besides the exhibition, the museum has also called for support from the community through the website Betado.com. A fashion show inspired by traditional costumes and the Muong ethnic group culture will also be held./.


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»Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist, once we grow up.«
Pablo Picasso, artist & painter
In 1979 arts graduates Niki Davies, Steve Keeling and Sean Trowbridge started DKT Artworks to develop the potential they saw in the, then neglected, field of decorative arts, placing it at the forefront of their revival in the early 1980.
The heart of DKT Artworks has always been the studio, comprising workshop, office and showroom – this is where design, sample production, prototyping and much of the manufacturing takes place.
»The sculpture school at Bath Academy of Arts has this great work space. And I always thought, it would be fantastic to have that again. It took a while to get here.«
Steve Keeling on the creation of DKT Artworks
With a highly talented team drawn from many disciplines, countries and cultures, DKT is able to work with the broadest range of styles, working closely with their clients to provide the quality, reliability and meticulous attention to detail for which the company’s artists and craftspeople are renowned.
Covering a broad price range, they offer off-the-peg, semi-custom and fully bespoke services, often pushing the boundaries of materials to provide the innovative solutions that their clients demand.
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It's time to really stuff my face into books T.T - not looking forward to that, but very in need of it :)
people ! let's be kiasu together now !
i dont get what my heart says about you.
i think my words are too flowery nowadays. i need to lay off all those classic novels, but screw that, jane eyre is my all time fave classic novel ;)
i'm still waiting for abah to get me jane austen's pride and prejudice original version ! i love how these classic authors write :)
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A US$250 million (K772.79m)loan being negotiated between the Bank of PNG and the International Finance Corporation will provide US dollar liquidity at a time when foreign exchange inflows are low, a bank executive says.
Bank South Pacific chief executive officer Robin Fleming was commenting on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s statement in Parliament last week that the Government was on top of the foreign exchange shortage.
O’Neill said the IFC would provide the US$250 million to BPNG which would ration it to the three commercial banks to clear out the backlog of foreign currency demand in the country.
“What we are hearing is that the central bank is negotiating a temporary facility of US$250 million which will later be passed to the commercial banks to clear out the backlog of foreign currency demand in the country,” O’Neill said.
O’Neill said BSP has agreed to commit to it but the two other foreign-owned commercial banks had not.
He said negotiation with the two banks was ongoing and once the deal was struck with them, “the relief will be coming in soon”.
Fleming said BSP had worked with IFC on numerous transactions including a risk-sharing facility for SME businesses since IFC took up an equity holding of just under 10 per cent in 2009.
“BSP is therefore familiar with IFC and also the process and legal documentation involved to facilitate such loans,” Fleming told The National.
“The IFC facility will provide USD liquidity at a time that foreign exchange inflows are lower than in prior years with repayment of the loan being structured to align to future higher inflows of currency that will be available when foreign direct investment associated with new gas and mining projects increases.”
Meanwhile, O’Neill said the forex shortage would soon ease with the re-opening of Ok Tedi which brings in US$40 million (K125.58m) in forex and the pick-up of oil price on the international market.
Westpac could not comment when contacted. ANZ will comment later this week on the negotiations.
The National/ ONE PNG

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text: The Point Pinos Lighthouse has been standing since 1855 and as offered ship commanders a comforting beacon near the shores of California. The light in the lighthouse is a third order Fresnel lens and the prisms and mechanisms were made in France in the 1850's. This Fresnel lens replaced the original whale oil lantern, a method of lighthouse lighting frequently used during that time period. In addition to the whale oil, the lighthouse has also been lit by lard oil, kerosens and incandescent vapor. The current light offers 1,000 watts and is located nearly 90-feet above sea level. There was also a foghorn on the lighthouse used when visibility was low, but it was deactivated in 1993 when global positioning gained popularity in sailing. Point Pinos was originally over 2,600 acres of land granted to Jose Maria Armenta by the Mexican government. Following the Mexican War and the American acquisition of California, there were seven lighthouse placed along the coast, one of which was Point Pinos. The first lightkeeper was Charles Layton who earned $1,000 per year for his lighting efforts. The best known of Point Pinos' lightkeepers was Emily Fish, who held the job from 1893 until 1914. She was nicknamed the Socialite Keeper because she not only ran the lighting, she hosted guests in the lighthouse.


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Problematika Penyandang Disabilitas Dalam Pemilu Studi Kasus Pemilu Legislatif Tahun 2014 di Jakarta
General election, as a locust for citizens, functions to practice their voting rights, including those people with different abilities. Although there have been policies covering the right of the later, until now, the election system still facing problems for fulfilling the right for people with disabilities. Based on report documents of two general elections, this article discusses several crucial challenges such as data on people with disabilities, accessibility to voting venue, lack of understanding of both field officer and persons with disabilities. Thus, these situations reflect a big agenda for the expected future elections in regard to in the fulfillment of persons with disabilities rights.
Keywords: Penyandang Disabilitas, Pemilu, Aksebilitas.
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North-West Riverside County, Development
North-West Riverside County, CA
Geotechnical Observation and Testing
The project consisted of approximately 231 acres, located in Riverside County, California. The site was developed as residential housing comprised of approximately 870 lots. The development included both one- and two-story residential buildings, construction of streets, driveways, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, landscape areas, utilities including storm drain, sewer, water, gas pipelines, electrical lines, a detention basin, an elementary school site and park sites.
Converse performed Environmental Assessment and Site Clean-Up for the site, conducted a subsurface investigation, laboratory testing of site soils and prepared reports presenting our findings, conclusions and recommendations for the development.
During construction we performed observation, field density and laboratory testing during grading and post-grading. We prepared reports containing the results of our geotechnical field observations, in-place density and laboratory testing performed to ascertain earthwork compliance with project plans and specifications. We provided as-needed consultation during construction and prepared interim letters to provide certification or additional recommendations.


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Americans may finally be getting the message about eating right. A new study finds that after years of gaining weight, Americans actually shed pounds last year and made healthier food choices.
"We are losing weight as a country; I've never seen that," said Harry Balzer, vice president of the NPD Group, a market research firm based in Port Washington, N.Y., that tracks consumer trends in everything from food to toys.
Fifty-five percent of Americans were overweight in 2003, down from 56 percent the year before, the group found in its 18th Annual Eating Patterns in America report published recently. The results were determined using the government's Body Mass Index (BMI), a ratio of height to weight that is a better measure than weight alone.
It's About Health, Not What the Scale Says
The NPD study found that Americans were less obsessed with losing 20 poundsthe mantra of the 1990'sthan with eating well. The number of people who said they carefully planned their meals to be nutritious rose three percent while the number of Americans reporting that they were exercising strenuously also ticked up three percent.
"People are interested in a balanced diet; they ate more fruits and vegetables last year than the year before and snacked less in the evening," explained Balzer. "People are more concerned about fat, cholesterol, sugar, and additives in their diets than they have been."
The findings mirror the results of a FoodFit Diet & Fitness Plan poll conducted this summer. Half of those surveyed said they were eating more fruits and vegetables and 34 percent said they were making different snack choices.
Plus, the poll found that 36 percent of those surveyed were working out more frequently, 33 percent were trying out different types of exercise and 11 percent were working out longer. Find out more about the Plan and how the comprehensive Diet and Fitness Plan (link to sign up) can help you.
The Battle of the Bulge Continues
The weighty news will be music to the ears of health care workers and government officials who have increasingly been warning about the bulging national waistline. Obesity has risen at an epidemic rate in the United States in the past 20 years. Today, more than half of American adults and 13 percent of the nation's children and teens are overweight, according to government statistics.
Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease and certain cancers, as well as Type II diabetes, arthritis, breathing problems and depression. An estimated 300,000 deaths each year in the United States are associated with obesity and the economic cost was pegged at about $117 billion in 2000.
The government has taken numerous steps to raise public consciousness about healthy eating and the risks of obesity. Most recently, the Food and Drug Administration announced that food makers would be required to indicate on the nutrition facts label if their product contains artery-clogging trans fatty acids. And on Capitol Hill, lawmakers introduced legislation to encourage better nutrition and more physical activity, particularly among children.
The NPD group said there were more changes in last year's eating trends than ever before. "Maybe it's that the healthful things that have been promoted over the years are finally having an impact,' said Balzer. "The question is which trends are the beginning of a new direction and which are short-term disruptions."


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Jenna and Erin kicked off the year with the Big Change RoundUp. This annual event continues through mid-march and raises money for the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Vermont Children’s Hospital, our Vermont Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. They travelled across Northern Vermont and New York with the Big Change RoundUp team promoting the fundraiser and the Vermont Children’s Hospital. Our titleholders also recently participated in National Pancake Day at the South Burlington IHOP, raising money for and awareness of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
In addition to all of her work with CMNH, Erin spoke at the state high school First Robotics Competition encouraging students to explore STEM and promoting her personal platform, #tailwinds4thewin: Training a New Generation of Women Scientists.
Erin, Jenna, and our contestants also hosted the Red Clover Kids for a STEM day at the Echo Center in Burlington.


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A pair of men's pants and a wallet found in the back of a stolen van led Petaluma police to a local man well known to officers and launched a day-long investigation into a possible mobile drug lab.
Suspect Michael Innocencio, 30, was found sleeping Tuesday morning in his mother's car. It was parked at a Magnolia Avenue apartment complex, Petaluma Sgt. Ken Savano said Wednesday.
It was his wallet found in a pants pocket of the trousers found in the back of the van. The van had disappeared during the night from a Petaluma Boulevard North business.
Officers have crossed paths with Innocencio multiple times, Savano said, and knew he might at the nearby apartment complex.
While a suspect in the van theft, that remains under investigation and he was arrested on a $10,000 burglary warrant.
But then the incident grew more complicated when items found in the car appeared to parts of a mobile methamphetamine drug lab.
That included a large Gatorade bottle filled with a liquid that had separated, forming a solid material at the top. A book of matches and a battery were in the bottle, which was sealed with a radiator cap, the sergeant said.
And there were flammable chemicals known to be used for making meth. Due to the volatility of some of the agents and the possibility of noxious vapors, officers cleared people from a portion of the parking lot. They then backed off and waited for Petaluma firefighters and members of the Sonoma County DEA task force to investigate.
A Lake County drug task force agent trained to dispose of clandestine drug labs also responded, Savano said.
Wearing protective full-body suits in the searing afternoon heat, investigators retrieved the items. They determined whatever intended for, they hadn't resulted in a batch of meth, Savano said.
A certified disposal company disposed of the items and the incident was wrapped up by about 5 p.m.
While Innocencio was being booked into the Sonoma County Jail a small baggie of powder suspected of being meth was found in one of his shoes. Officers also arrested him on suspicion of possessing the drugs, a felony.
Savano asked anyone with information about the stolen van to contact Detective Brian Miller at 778-4456 or with an anonymous tip at 877-TIPS-247.


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Stephen Colbert’s monologue on Wednesday really tied the room together when he used a reference from “The Big Lebowski” in order to explain why President Trump’s lawsuit against John Bolton’s new book is never going to work.
The Trump administration sued former National Security director Bolton over his new book “The Room Where It Happened” to prevent the book’s release next week and even escalated the legal fight. But Colbert said that in every case where the government has tried to prevent someone from publishing what they believe to be classified, they’ve lost.
To nail it down, Colbert threw to “CBS legal analyst” Walter Sobcheck: “For your information, the Supreme Court has widely rejected prior restraint,” John Goodman’s character from “The Big Lebowski” says in a clip from the film, adding, “Forget it Donnie, you’re out of your element!”
And turns out this is a first amendment issue, man.
But Colbert also said it wasn’t going to work because they’ve sent too many copies of the book to press, including a copy to his own room where it happened. Though when he found out that there’s no new classified information in the book, Colbert tossed it away. He added that the Trump administration has now taken longer to review the book than it took Bolton to write it, and that Bolton is working on his new book, “The Room Where ‘The Room Where It Happened’ Almost Didn’t Happen.”
Several news outlets have already published excerpts from the book, and Bolton gave an interview to ABC News on Wednesday saying that Trump was unfit for office. Colbert breaks down the details of some of the book later on in the video, which you can watch above.

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