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Stronga strive for continuous improvement in our quest to supply only reliable, long life and high performance equipment. FlowDrya and Heatex have recently been re-engineered and enhanced to deliver even better drying efficiency and versatility.
Heatex is now housed within a convenient, modular and portable container. The upgrade means Heatex is now sub-divided into 3 contained chambers - a control room, a fan and deep core cold chamber, and an insulated warm air end chamber.
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Stronga Drying Stations are a 3 part system consisting of Heatex, HAF drying containers and HookLoada. Using HookLoada, customers can collect wet materials at the source, bring them back to Heatex to be dried, and then deliver the dry output to the end user.
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Altitude Angel reports that its GuardianUTM O/S platform, has been enabled at six airports in the UK, including London’s Heathrow.
According to the company: “The product powers NATS’s Airspace User Portal (AUP), which will revolutionise the process through which drone users can request permission to fly in otherwise restricted airspace, by simplifying it beyond all recognition. Rather than writing a letter or phoning the airport or air traffic controllers to request permission weeks in advance, AUP can give users simplified access. This advancement comes at a time when airports and air traffic controllers are having to deal with a growing number of requests from drone pilots who wish to use drones in airspace which is normally off-limits, but which the law permits access to if permission is secured (such as the Flight Restriction Zones, or Control Areas). By making this process electronic, the UK can open its skies to increasingly sophisticated drone operations, such as on-airfield inspections of aircraft by drone, or even railway inspections and deliveries in areas off the airfield, but within the control zone.
“By connecting airports, air traffic controllers, security services and drone pilots, as well as offering automated decision-making and quicker turnaround times, it enables NATS to lay the foundations for fully automated drones in the coming years, and truly open millions of square metres of the UK’s airspace for drone business.
One of the key features of the system is giving an understanding to airspace managers of which drones have been approved to operate in the restricted airspace. “This roll-out enables the potential to mitigate against another ‘Gatwick’, and help to provide the safeguarding airports need, while enabling the drone industry to flourish,” said the company.


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Every year on 31st October, Halloween day is celebrated in many parts of the world. The day that began centuries ago to remember the dead people have now turned into a festival. People today celebrate the day by decorating their homes and gardens with mysterious lights and inflatables. Apart from the decorations, they invite friends and relatives over dinner or visit their places, try to make pranks with each other, wear weird ghostly costumes, and many more. It is celebrated with much funfair. Not all are party guys & gals, and they want to spend the night with some privacy, having their loved ones by their side. However, many people like to spend the night at their homes watching horror and other movies with family members cuddling under the Halloween throw blanket. They like to spend some fantastic moments in total privacy with their closest family members.
Lighting up the fireplace and watching their favorite movies with their loved ones staying under the horror blanket, and enjoying the night can change the atmosphere entirely and the enjoyment to the brim. There are different types of blankets in the market for Halloween night, and they are perfect to create the desired atmosphere. Many couples, kids, and other family members dedicate their attention to each other, watching movies on the night staying under the blanket to make the moments memorable. It is time to throw some light on the Halloween throw blankets so that one can enjoy the chilly night comfortably while watching the movies.
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Throw blankets are a bit smaller than the traditional blanket. The purpose of the throw blanket is to spend some laid-back time covering the body to beat the chill sitting on the couch, chair, and sofa or at the corner of the bed. They are available in different materials and can measure anything between 30 inches x 40 inches to 60 inches to 80 inches. It helps to warm up the body, particularly the legs and the arms, to feel comfortable and enjoy doing other activities in a relaxed position. If it is Halloween night, then some particular designs for creating the perfect ambiance can heighten up the spirits to a great extent. Watching your favorite movies staying warm under these blankets with the loved ones cuddling by the side can be a memory to cherish.
As we are talking of spending the Halloween night differently at home watching the movies, the throw blanket should have various prints on them so that you can enhance the enjoyment to the maximum.
Many manufacturers are making and selling the Halloween throw blanket online, and you have a wide range to select the best. However, before selecting the best throw blanket for Halloween night, you should ponder some of the features to get the best experience.
Best Horror movies to watch on Halloween night
Below we have mentioned the ten best horror movies that you should consider while deciding to choose one for your Halloween night:
His House is a horror movie that can bring chills to the spine. The movie centers on a couple from the South of Sudan, escaping their war-ridden country and taking refuge in England. However, bad luck looms around them as many supernatural variations threaten them. On the one hand, they struggle to cope with their fate, and on the other hand, they have to fight with the witch. But, ultimately, they overcome the struggles and begin a new life. The film has won many awards, including the British Independent Film Awards of 2021 for Best Effects and Production Design.
It is difficult to ignore this film during Halloween with all spices of nerve socks, excitement, and festivity. The movie's soundtrack is superb, with special effects to enhance the horror moments, particularly during the ghost scenes with the fog mystically covering the town accompanied by pirate ghosts. It is a box-office hit movie produced in 1980 and written and directed by John Carpenter. The Fog is an all-time favorite horror movie. In 2005, Rupert Wainwright remade it though the original version is more horrific to watch on the Halloween night lighting up the fireplace.
Drag Me To Hell
This 2009 supernatural story made in the United States of America is between a young loan officer and an older woman. The officer makes a hard decision and refuses the extension of the loan mortgage of the old lady. However, the woman curses the officer with lasting damage to her soul in hell. Christine, the loan officer, has to take the help of a psychic to get rid of the curse but has to pay a heavy price. The movie is worth watching on Halloween night and getting cold shivers even under a throw blanket.
How about being in the circle of humanoid, flesh-eating monsters? Well, it happened so with the six ladies in The Descent while exploring some of the unmapped areas and caves of North Carolina. The movie starts with a fun trek and mountain vacation for the women but turns different when they see unnatural cave paintings and then realize flesh-eating predators surround them. One will even forget to blink, thinking to miss any scene. The movie is one of the best hits of all time, and weak-hearted persons should avoid watching it as it is horrific.
Return of the Living Dead
When some medical employees working in the warehouse accidentally release toxic gases from a nearby cemetery, the dead get their life back and searches for eating human brains. It is one of the best zombie movies to make you excited and nervous on Halloween night. The creatures think of outlandish ways to satisfy their hunger. The zombies even run and speak in a weird voice in this film. The soundtrack of the movie is excellent and makes you feel like participating in it. The special effects can give you cold shivers.
Halloween nights are all about ghosts and witches. If you are for high violence by the witches, you cannot miss watching Suspiria and feel the thrill creating an eerie atmosphere at your home. A lady ballet dancer becomes a lead role in a famous ballet group replacing the existing one. The sacked dancer blames the director for witchcraft, and then one of the team members, also a psychotherapist, finds out unnatural secrets of the dark world under the chambers of the dance studio. Each plot of the movie is full of suspense clubbed with those horrific sounds and special effects. Get glued to your seat till the end of Halloween night and feel the difference in the home ambiance.
Life After Beth
If you are spending Halloween night with your loved ones by your side, this movie is a mix of love and zombie horrors. Zack, the boyfriend, finds out that his girlfriend has come out from death and is overjoyed. However, Beth transforms into a zombie after some time and does strange things like throwing windows and other tantrums. Zack finds that the entire town has turned to a zombie land eating human flesh and blood. Zack has found a new love, and life returns o normal after power is restored in the town.
Eyes Without a Face
The story revolves around a surgeon who kidnaps beautiful girls to replace his daughters missing head through transplantation. The doctor and his assistant accidentally disfigured her beautiful daughter's face and went ahead with grafting, kidnapping other girls in the town. Ultimately the police get some clues and knock on the doctor's doors. However, it is a movie of the 1960s but worth watching on Halloween night to have some spine-chilling moments.
Trick 'R Treat
It is a sequel or five interwoven stories when three small-town residents meet goblins and ghosts on Halloween night. If you believe that the dead rises from their bed on Halloween night, then this movie is a must-watch. Horror things happen to start no sooner than the lantern is blown off. The movie is one of the best to watch with all family members cuddling together. One cannot leave until the last scene as the stories are so tightly packed with thrilling actions.
Annie, the lead role, and her children notice many unnatural activities around their house after her mother's death. Annie finds an old photo album of her mother and a book on a demon king. Strange things happen in the house, and Annie commits suicide beheading her head with a piano string. She meets her headless mother and grandmother after death. This movie is an outright blockbuster and has won many accolades and prizes. It has received many nominations in various film festivals. Watch till the end to end your suspense. It is one of the best horror films to watch and enjoy Halloween night, but one needs to have a solid heart to watch some scenes, and kids should watch under parental supervision.
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Taking a daytime trip down to the bazaar turned out to be a very rewarding experience for the elf, even though it was done out of necessity and certainly far from what she'd consider enjoyable in any sense. It wasn't just the unpleasantness of continuously bumping into sweaty strangers that crowded places normally offer, nor was it the complicated harsh variety of scents that choked the air. While those things hardly helped, it was the market itself that was so difficult for Ellia to handle.
At its face, it was simply many people trying to get ahead of one another by getting more gold than they expect is fair, or by finding a discount when they were fine with paying in full. But as she watched, the cracks became apparent. Those who enjoyed a more luxurious life were easily leveraging their positions over their more desperate customers, emphasising how little they needed their coin and furthering their struggle to get by in the name of greed and self-interest.
Of course, that extended only to people who could manage to scrape enough together to purchase things in the first place. Dotting the area were those who were less fortunate still than those who could struggle. Despite that, many found themselves being happy and enjoying the energy of the messy place. It felt dirty that so many people chose to ignore issues that were so plainly visible, or were so unaffected by them that they could continue to enjoy themselves regardless. Ellia briefly toyed with the idea of donating her meagre supply of coin to the few that looked as though they could simply wither away, but she knew it'd be but a small bandage on a very big wound.
Indeed, it'd be much better to spend the gold on an effort to remove the problem than to continuously burn it on damage control, she reasoned. She found something in the bazaar that moment - direction. This would be the city she stayed in for the foreseeable future, but she'd need to fit in if she was to go unnoticed and unsuspected. She started looking around at those around her with interest, observing the local dress and customs, quickly noting the need for more colourful attire if she wanted to at least pretend to be a local.
She nabbed what seemed to be a suitable outfit as well as the bottle of perfume she came for in the first place, eager to make her way out of the busy bazaar in search of a place to call her own while she was in town. She hurried though the crowd to escape the sounds and noises, but tried to take care not to be too quick that she'd cause a scene by bumping into someone. Causing scenes didn't usually do much for fitting in. As luck would have it, that didn't seem to matter too much. While she scanned around herself looking for her path out of the market, her eyes caught the gaze of a young man that was quite obviously trying to catch up. Chances were a scene was upon her regardless of doing anything out of place, but running would probably alert more people than dealing with whatever issue this stranger had.
Probably some off-duty guard that got suspicious when I stopped at a market stall, then took off in a hurry with some goods in hand. So annoying. Can't just ask the seedy little merchant first, can you?
She turned around and stared at him, doing nothing to hide her irritation.

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H.R. 712, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a clinical trial of the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of adults with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020
H.R. 712 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct and support research related to the use of medical cannabis to treat veterans with chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other health conditions. The bill also would require VA to report to the Congress on its plan to implement that requirement.
On February 1, 2019, VA began a 5-year research study at its medical center in San Diego, California,to evaluate effects of the use of medical cannabis among 136 participants with PTSD and other health conditions. The department plans to spend $1 million to conduct the study. CBO expects that trial would satisfy the bill’s requirement for research. Satisfying the reporting requirement would cost less than $500,000 over the 2020-2025 period, CBO estimates. That spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Section 2 of the bill would require VA to authorize physicians and other health care providers employed by the department to provide recommendations and opinions on the use of medical marijuana to veterans who live where its use is legal under state law. Under current policy, health care providers at VA discuss various treatment options with their patients in the course of providing health care. Additionally, VA encourages physicians to discuss marijuana use with patients who participate in state-approved marijuana programs. Thus, CBO estimates that providing information on medical marijuana would not increase VA’s costs to provide health care to veterans.
On March 25, 2020, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020. Similar to section 2, H.R. 1647 would require medical professionals at VA to discuss medical marijuana as a treatment option with certain patients. CBO estimates that implementing those provisions would not affect the federal budget.

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Dividend paying stocks like ANTA Sports Products Limited (HKG:2020) tend to be popular with investors, and for good reason – some research suggests a significant amount of all stock market returns come from reinvested dividends. If you are hoping to live on your dividends, it’s important to be more stringent with your investments than the average punter. Regular readers know we like to apply the same approach to each dividend stock, and we hope you’ll find our analysis useful.
A slim 1.5% yield is hard to get excited about, but the long payment history is respectable. At the right price, or with strong growth opportunities, ANTA Sports Products could have potential. Remember that the recent share price drop will make ANTA Sports Products’s yield look higher, even though recent events might have impacted the company’s prospects. Some simple analysis can reduce the risk of holding ANTA Sports Products for its dividend, and we’ll focus on the most important aspects below.
Dividends are typically paid from company earnings. If a company pays more in dividends than it earned, then the dividend might become unsustainable – hardly an ideal situation. So we need to form a view on if a company’s dividend is sustainable, relative to its net profit after tax. Looking at the data, we can see that 31% of ANTA Sports Products’s profits were paid out as dividends in the last 12 months. A medium payout ratio strikes a good balance between paying dividends, and keeping enough back to invest in the business. One of the risks is that management reinvests the retained capital poorly instead of paying a higher dividend.
We also measure dividends paid against a company’s levered free cash flow, to see if enough cash was generated to cover the dividend. ANTA Sports Products paid out a conservative 36% of its free cash flow as dividends last year. It’s encouraging to see that the dividend is covered by both profit and cash flow. This generally suggests the dividend is sustainable, as long as earnings don’t drop precipitously.
With a strong net cash balance, ANTA Sports Products investors may not have much to worry about in the near term from a dividend perspective.
Remember, you can always get a snapshot of ANTA Sports Products’s latest financial position, by checking our visualisation of its financial health.
Before buying a stock for its income, we want to see if the dividends have been stable in the past, and if the company has a track record of maintaining its dividend. For the purpose of this article, we only scrutinise the last decade of ANTA Sports Products’s dividend payments. This dividend has been unstable, which we define as having been cut one or more times over this time. During the past ten-year period, the first annual payment was CN¥0.21 in 2010, compared to CN¥0.66 last year. This works out to be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 12% a year over that time. ANTA Sports Products’s dividend payments have fluctuated, so it hasn’t grown 12% every year, but the CAGR is a useful rule of thumb for approximating the historical growth.
ANTA Sports Products has grown distributions at a rapid rate despite cutting the dividend at least once in the past. Companies that cut once often cut again, but it might be worth considering if the business has turned a corner.
Dividend Growth Potential
With a relatively unstable dividend, it’s even more important to evaluate if earnings per share (EPS) are growing – it’s not worth taking the risk on a dividend getting cut, unless you might be rewarded with larger dividends in future. Strong earnings per share (EPS) growth might encourage our interest in the company despite fluctuating dividends, which is why it’s great to see ANTA Sports Products has grown its earnings per share at 27% per annum over the past five years. Earnings per share have rocketed in recent times, and we like that the company is retaining more than half of its earnings to reinvest. However, always remember that very few companies can grow at double digit rates forever.
Dividend investors should always want to know if a) a company’s dividends are affordable, b) if there is a track record of consistent payments, and c) if the dividend is capable of growing. It’s great to see that ANTA Sports Products is paying out a low percentage of its earnings and cash flow. We were also glad to see it growing earnings, but it was concerning to see the dividend has been cut at least once in the past. Overall we think ANTA Sports Products scores well on our analysis. It’s not quite perfect, but we’d definitely be keen to take a closer look.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Taking the debate a bit further, we’ve identified 2 warning signs for ANTA Sports Products that investors need to be conscious of moving forward.
If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of dividend stocks yielding above 3%.
If you spot an error that warrants correction, please contact the editor at email@example.com. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. Simply Wall St has no position in the stocks mentioned.
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text: I am looking for info on Frederick Gross. Born in Esteller, Germany? He might also be from Alsace Lorraine. He might have been born 1834 or 1840. He was married twice. I do not know the names of his two wives. I think he lived at 533 John St. in Cincinnati, OH. He had a son George John Gross. Any info appreciated.

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The bigger an artist gets, the more their engagement goes down.
Are there any global superstars with consistently more than 5% engagement over a multi-year span?
As the years go by and as an artist evolves, some fans will move on, regardless how many new ones are acquired.
It’s easy for fans to feel at home amidst a small fan base. As the fan base grows, their individual representation may feel less meaningful… Like the way some devalue their vote in our country.
Lower engagement as an artists grows is also a result of the constantly changing algorithms of social media platforms.
As the artist grows on socials and their engagement goes down, they also are usually making more money than they ever have before. During this time, their team is focused on bringing their vision to fruition at the highest level. While they are so focused on content, touring, and business development strategies, there is a massive often untapped opportunity to prioritize data strategy.
It’s easier, more meaningful, and more profitable to grow a relationship with an already existing fan than to create a new one. It’s up to artists and their teams to create unique touch points to capture meaningful data (locations, phone numbers, emails, etc.). Artist email lists seem to be hovering around a 20% open rate, whereas texts are almost a shocking 100%.
Artists are obsessed with the gamification elements of social media – competing against similar artists to have more followers or higher engagement. You will not find a single artist who doesn’t want more likes.
But the problem is social media is not the most effective way for artists to control the communication pipeline with their fans to ensure they can reach them whenever they want, however they want, with whatever they want when their social engagement starts going down, which it inevitably will.
Social media doesn’t let you own your data.
There is a new wave coming and it’s time artists and their teams started to think about what it really means to “own your future“.


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The high court has ruled: For the time being, women in early pregnancy will still have access to the abortion pill without having to first visit a doctor. The Supreme Court weighed in on the issue on a temporary basis Thursday night, following a federal district court judge's ruling allowing women up to 10 weeks pregnant to get the pill via mail or delivery service amid the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports. The Trump administration wants the in-person visit requirement, an FDA rule for two decades now, reinstated. The Supreme Court declined to intervene, ordering the feds to make the case in more detail before the lower court, and USA Today notes that process could extend beyond Election Day.
The case will likely end up back before the high court eventually, and CNN notes the president's nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, will have been confirmed by then. The fact that SCOTUS took so long to issue a ruling (the case has been before the justices since before Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death) indicates a possible 4-4 split that took a while to resolve. "Here, for the first time, we have a case in which Justice Ginsburg's passing seems to have directly affected the outcome—and also one that, by the time it comes back, may rest on the tiebreaking vote of a Justice Barrett," says a law professor and CNN analyst. (More abortion pill stories.)

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We have a ton of new things going on here at The Golden Button…
Here are a few things you might be interested in….
We are creating a schedule for drop in Art! Beginning soon… We will be offering drop in classes and art time several days a week for all ages!!!!
Open Art: This Thursday April 11th from 2-5 PM
You may drop in and create some artwork with a large selection of supplies and mediums! This is open to all ages. Cost…$12 supply fee. (We will also offer non toxic paint and supplies for little children too!)
Due to the overwhelming response… We decided to offer another……Pysanky Egg Decorating Class at The Golden Button!!!
Join us on Sunday, April 14th from 5 to 8 PM to learn how to make beautiful Ukrainian Easter Eggs. Marcus Klim will teach you the techniques of Pysanky and well as the ancient traditions and symbolism behind this beautiful tradition.
Cost of the class is $30 for a 3-hour session.
We will provide the eggs for you and you will receive the tools and skills you need to create your own beautiful Pysanky at home!
Space is very limited! Please call (203) 910-9948, email firstname.lastname@example.org or stop by The Golden Button to sign up.
This class is open to teens and adults.
We also have A few spaces are still open in the following classes….
Needle Felting: Gnomes (Two Sessions)
Sunday, April 14th from 2-4 PM
Thursday, April 18th from 6:30-8:30 PM
Join Rachel Gerowe of Red Barn Originals to learn how to Needle Felt a Gnome!
Cost is $35 (save $5 if you bring your own needles and foam)
Class begins at 6:30 and goes till 7:30 PM
April 12, 19 and 26th
Three part class for Knitting Beginners taught by Patti Clark of Maple View Farm. Learn how to Knit: Cast on, Knit, Purl and Cast off. Learn the basics with simple patterns.
Cost: $75 (You will receive a supply list before the class begins.)
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The government’s plan to privatise the payments system for Medicare, pharmaceutical benefits and transfer payments looks headed for electoral trouble, with massive opposition in the electorate, this week’s Essential Report reveals.
More than 60% of voters disapprove, including nearly 40% who strongly disapprove, of government plans to test the market for private providers of payment services to replace current, often outmoded, government payment systems. Labor has sought to discredit the proposal as “privatising Medicare”, despite the proposal being unrelated to the provision of health services; the numbers suggest the ALP might be able to exploit voter confusion to demonise the proposal.
Worse, while there’s some difference between voters, more than half of Coalition voters disapprove of the proposal as well, including more than a quarter who strongly disapprove. At the very least, the government will have a significant challenge in trying to convince voters of its case for privatisation.
Voters are split almost evenly on whether babies born of asylum seekers in Australia should be sent to Nauru or allowed to remain in Australia, with 40% saying they should be allowed to remain and 39% saying they be sent to offshore detention on Nauru. Coalition voters are much more strongly in favour of the latter, with 53% saying babies should be sent to Nauru and 29% saying they should be allowed to remain; 29% of Labor voters wanted to send babies back to Nauru, while 50% said they should remain here. Among Greens voters, 18% thought the babies should go back to Nauru, with 74% saying they should stay. Women are less likely to support sending them to Nauru (34%) than men (43%) but not much more likely to say they should remain in Australia; younger people are less likely to support sending them back.
Some voters believe conditions on Nauru and Manus island are “good” (25%) or “very good” (9%) while 20% think they’re “poor” and another 20% think they’re “very poor”. Coalition voters are much more likely to think conditions at the detention camps are good or very good — including 13% who think conditions are “very good”.
Meanwhile, use of illicit drugs remains far and away the health problem of greatest concern to voters, with 44% saying they were very concerned about it, while food safety was the next most often-cited cause for great concern, at 26%; high-profile recent international health events like the Zika virus or Ebola have relatively little impact.
It is also illicit drugs that is most frequently identified as the area where governments “should do more” (68%), while 57% nominate obesity and 50% food safety.
On voting intention, the Coalition is steady on 43% but Labor had dropped two points to 33%. With the Greens remaining solid on 11%, that leaves a two-party preferred result of 52%-48%, a better outcome for the Coalition than last week’s 51/49 split. And 28% of voters say the performance of the Turnbull government has been “better than expected” compared to 22% who say “worse than expected”; 41% say it was about what they expected.


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New Comic Listings for October 9th 2019
John Carpenter writes a new Joker one shot...and it's great! A weird Harley / Joker book from Black Label with Harley as a forensic investigator... Warren Ellis writes a new 12 part, "Batman's Grave". New Doctor Doom series that's a mystery about Doom being framed for 3000 murders, and lots of other great stuff!
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The three New York-area airports again ranked last in the WSJ’s annual airport survey, repeating last year’s dismal showing. New York Kennedy and Newark Liberty International finished last among large airports. LaGuardia Airport ranked worst among medium-size airports, based on statistical analysis and reader comments.
Is it better to fly into JFK or LaGuardia?
For most people traveling in and out of New York, JFK is the best airport to fly into. … LaGuardia (LGA) is a good second choice if you’re staying in Queens, Midtown, or Williamsburg and willing to take a taxi to/from the airport. Newark (EWR), however, should be your last choice.
Why was LaGuardia shut down today?
A ripple effect of flight delays across the U.S. is expected after LaGuardia Airport was closed for a short period Friday morning by the Federal Aviation Administration, due to a lack of air traffic controllers.
How early should I get to LaGuardia Airport?
When it comes to LaGuardia Airport, you might want to arrive around three hours before an international flight and two hours before a domestic flight. If you happen to be late and need to get through the security checks as quickly as possible, you should pack wisely and avoid carrying prohibited items.
Why is LaGuardia Airport so bad?
New York’s LaGuardia Airport has a reputation for being one of the worst airports in the US. … While renovations to the airport’s terminals, parking system, and drop-off and pick-up areas are underway, the airport is cramped, poorly-lit, and dirty in its current state.
What is the cheapest airport to fly into New York?
Kennedy International Airport (JFK), in Queens; LaGuardia Airport (LGA), also in Queens; and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), across the Hudson River from Manhattan in Newark, New Jersey. Budget airlines are a great place to find cheap flights to New York City.
Has LaGuardia Airport reopened?
QUEENS, New York (WABC) — LaGuardia Airport’s newly renovated Terminal B will open on Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. … LaGuardia services about 30 million passengers each year. A new Delta Airlines concourse at the airport opened to the public back in November.
Which airports are affected by shutdown?
- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. …
- LaGuardia Airport (New York) …
- Newark Airport (New Jersey) …
- Washington Dulles International Airport. …
- George Bush International Airport, Houston. …
- Miami International Airport. …
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. …
- Check back for updates.
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How busy is LaGuardia?
According to a recent Upgraded Points article, the average LGA security wait time is 17 minutes.
Can Uber pick up from LaGuardia Airport?
Uber is a reliable option for travelers heading to the airport. When dropping off riders at LaGuardia International Airport, simply follow the in-app instructions and drop your rider off at their desired terminal on the departures level.
Is LaGuardia a busy airport?
The busiest airport in the United States without nonstop service to Europe, it’s still the least busy of New York’s three metropolitan airports. Most transcontinental flights use JFK or Newark, as there are no border control facilities at LaGuardia.
What time does LaGuardia Airport closed?
According to an email we received from a reader in October 2018, all terminals are closed at night. Terminal B is closed from 12:00AM – 4:00AM.
How much does a cab cost from LaGuardia to Manhattan?
LaGuardia to Manhattan:
LGA enjoys a location closer to the city, so the average metered rate to Manhattan is $25 to $40, plus tolls and tip.
Is there a flat rate from LaGuardia to Manhattan?
LaGuardia Airport Now Has $15 Flat-Rate Rides to Manhattan and Brooklyn. … For just a $15 flat-rate fee, arriving passengers can take a car pool ride to any destination in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Queens.
Is LaGuardia construction finished?
It also finished the first phase of a new western concourse in July. “We still have to finish the second phase of the second concourse,” says Richard Smyth, the port authority’s LaGuardia project director. “That will open by the end of 2021. By January of 2022, we will open up remaining portions of the concourse.

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According to Dorie Greenspan (and confirmed by a French friend of mine), the French all know how to bake yogurt cake. In fact, my friend tells me that because it’s so easy to make, little kids will learn the recipe and bring it to school and birthday parties. The gluten-free version turns out well, as it is dense and similar to pound cakes. The cupcakes even dome nicely on top.
- If you want to halve the recipe, use 2 eggs.
- I turned the batter into cupcakes because I needed something easy to carry around and snack on, but the original recipe gives directions for a loaf cake. Although I haven’t tried making the loaf cake version with gluten-free flour, I doubt that you’d need to change the baking time. I’d start with the recommended 50-60 minutes and add a few minutes if necessary.
Mediterranean Yogurt Cupcakes
Adapted from Everyday Dorie
Yield: 12 cupcakes
- 1 cup sugar
- Grated zest of 2 cuties/clementines
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat or nonfat Greek-style yogurt
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour OR 1/2 cup gluten-free flour
- 1/2 cup mild-flavored olive oil
- Center a rack in the oven and preheat to 350ºF. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cups.
- Put the sugar and zest in a mixing bowl. Use your clean fingers to rub the zest into the sugar until the sugar is aromatic and moist. (This step is fun, almost like playing in a sandbox!)
- Add yogurt, eggs, and vanilla into the zest and sugar. Whisk until mixture is very well blended.
- Whisk in baking powder and salt.
- Add flour(s), whisking less vigorously than before.
- Once there’s no trace of dry ingredients, switch to a flexible spatula and stir in the oil; do that in a few additions. You should have a smooth, shiny batter.
- Divide batter among 12 muffin cups.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the cupcakes are a beautiful pale yellow and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes and cool them to room temperature on the rack.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
Because chiffon cakes rely on egg whites rather than gluten to rise, they work like a dream even when gluten free. This citrus chiffon cake is light and fluffy and tastes like you made it with ordinary cake flour.
- Use fresh eggs, because the egg whites will fluff up more when beaten.
- Separate the eggs when cold, then allow the whites to come to room temperature before beating them.
- The original recipe calls for Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free flour, but I used the Trader Joe’s variety and it worked great.
- The citrus flavor of the cake is subtle, so either use the marmalade filling or eat the cake plain. Only frosting with whipped cream will wash out the cake’s citrus flavor and make the whole thing taste plain.
- The gluten-free cake dries out fast compared to regular cake, so if you won’t finish eating it the day it’s made, you should definitely frost it with whipped cream to keep it moist.
Original recipe (for a plain chiffon cake)
Citrus Chiffon Cake
Adapted from Bob’s Red Mill
Yield: 8″ three-layer cake + 1 extra layer to eat yourself OR 10″ tube pan cake
For the cake:
- 7 eggs, separated
- 1 cup + 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 cups gluten-free flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup flavorless oil, such as canola
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons grated citrus zest (lemon, orange, cutie/clementine…)
For the whipped cream frosting:
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
For the filling:
- Preheat oven to 325°F and set aside two 8″ round baking pans OR 10″ tube pan OR angel food pan. If using round cake pans, line them with aluminum foil to make cake removal easier.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 cup sugar. Set aside.
- In a clean large bowl, beat yolks, milk, oil, vanilla extract, and zest until thoroughly combined.
- Add the flour mixture to yolk mixture and beat until well blended, about 2 minutes with an electric mixer.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, whip the egg whites with 1/2 cup sugar and cream of tartar until stiff and glossy.
- Add a large scoop of the whipped egg whites to the cake batter and mix gently but thoroughly to lighten the batter.
- Add the remaining egg whites in 3 additions. Gently fold into the batter using a large wire whisk, making sure to scrape down the bottom of the bowl frequently.
- Divide batter between pans and gently smooth tops with a rubber spatula.
- Bake at 325°F for 25 minutes without opening the oven door during this time. Increase heat to 350°F and bake an additional 15-20 minutes. The cakes are done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or when the surface springs back immediately after pressing on it with a finger.
- As soon as you remove cakes from oven, lay 2 thick wooden spoon handles (or chopsticks) across the top of each pan and place a shallow bowl upside down on top of the handles/chopsticks. Invert each arrangement and cool cakes completely upside down. This step is important, because otherwise the cakes will sink. It looks like this:
- Unmold cakes carefully, because they are fragile, and slice each in half horizontally. Use the 3 nicest layers for the cake, and save the 4th to eat yourself. (The cake tastes just as good plain. Alternatively, you could make a really tall four-layer cake, or 2 two-layer cakes.)
- Using a mixer on medium speed, beat together heavy cream and powdered sugar until whipped cream holds stiff peaks.
- Scoop 1 1/2-2 cups frosting into a small bowl, and fold in 1/3 cup marmalade to make the filling.
- Place one cake layer cut side down on a serving plate and spread with 1/2 of the filling. Top with the second layer cut side down and spread with the rest of the filling. Top with the third layer, cut side up.
- Frost first the sides and then the top of the cake with remaining whipped cream.
- Refrigerate the cake if you’re not serving it the same day.
Since some of my family and friends who don’t have food allergies are also trying recipes from here, from now on I’ll include the baking times and any special instructions for normal baking too. There isn’t much difference between the two versions because I deliberately pick recipes that don’t require much change.
For these cookies, you can use whatever citrus fruit you have on hand! Oranges, lemons, they’re all fine.
This recipe comes from Simply Recipes:
Original Simply Recipes recipe
Chocolate Citrus Shortbread Cookies
Recipe adapted from Simply Recipes
Yield: 30 cookies
- 1 cup gluten-free OR all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (such as Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (11 is also fine if that’s what you happen to have…)
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of citrus zest (or if you love citrus flavor, just use zest from the entire orange/lemon)
1. Preheat oven to 325°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Or, if you’re like my tipsy friend, with both!
2. Beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed in a mixer for 5 minutes.
3. Mix in the vanilla and citrus zest.
4. Mix in salt. Stir in the flour and cocoa powder, then beat for 2 minutes. The dough will be somewhat soft and sticky. If it’s too hard to work with, you can put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
5. If you’re feeling fancy, you can roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/4-inch thickness and use cookie cutters to make nice shapes. I’m lazy, so I just shaped the dough into 1-inch balls and squashed them into circles. Regardless of how you get cookies, space them 1 inch apart on the baking sheets.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes if gluten-free OR 13-15 minutes if not. The cookies are done when the sides are slightly firm but still have some give when nudged with a fork. The center will be soft if poked, but the cookies will firm up as they cool.

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Rasputin irresistible courage and gluttony of their desires.
Following the appointment of an assistant in the courtyard of the king in St. Petersburg, envious want to destroy it, but it has like a cat’s nine lives. They do not like you can not resolve the demonic monk.
Herzog Video presents the film in full and not censored version.
Original title: Rasputin. Orgien am Zarenhof
Title in Russian Rasputin. Orgies at the royal court
Genre: classic, retro
Director: Ernst Hofbauer
Starring: Armen Lenz, Eleonore Melzer, Eva Maria Falk, Marianne Wackerle, Uschi Karnat
Studio: Herzog Video

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Monster Hunter is kind of big deal. Maybe not as big a deal in America as it is in Japan, but a big deal nonetheless.
Capcom is trying to make it a bigger deal to those of ya’ll who haven’t recognized, recently releasing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PlayStation Portable. Now, its supporting it with downloadable content for the game, releasing every Friday during the upcoming months.
The first bit of DLC is a brand new question, “Triumvirate of Sands.” This new mission throws three monsters at you in the desert -- Daimyo Hermitaur, Tigrex, and Plesioth. Hell, you don’t need to be able to pronounce their names to kill ‘em and then carve ‘em, do you?
The DLC is totally free -- just boot up your game, click on “Downloads,” and the rest is self-explanatory. We’d think. Unless you’re slow. Then we wouldn’t recommend dragging yourself out into the desert to fight monsters. It sounds dangerous.
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We now have some new screenshots of Monster Hunter 4, compliments of Capcom, and they show off a pretty cool looking ice world as well as two new monsters: Arselnus and Skuagil. I have a thing for frozen tundras, so I'm excit...more
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FutureStarrA How to Care for Milkweed
Help the milkweed population by harvesting milkweed pods, leaves, and seeds and planting them wherever they are needed. Then sit back and watch all of the little fellows grow.Milkweed is a much overlooked plant in the gardening world. The many varieties of milkweed plants bloom with both subtle and bright colors, and the whole milkweed plant is vital to the life cycle of Monarch butterflies as their sole host plant, and has also been used as a food source by Native American tribes. Yet, it is often not even considered by many gardeners, perhaps because of the word “weed” in its name. Local seeds work best. Native milkweed is not only better for monarchs (due to disease transmission on tropical milkweed), but it is also easier to grow! Showy milkweed and narrow leaf milkweed are native to Central Oregon and adapted to our climate. When growing milkweed from seed, make sure you have native! If you live in Central Oregon, let us know and we'll send you showy milkweed seed packets! Then, take a look at our showy milkweed planting instructions.
“Despite this small increase, monarch populations are still severely jeopardized by milkweed loss in their summer breeding grounds due to increasing herbicide use on genetically-engineered crops,” said George Kimbrell, senior attorney for Center for Food Safety. “We will continue to do everything we can to ensure monarchs are protected under the Endangered Species Act.”The butterfly’s dramatic decline has been driven in large part by the widespread planting of genetically engineered crops in the Midwest, where most monarchs are born. The vast majority of genetically engineered crop acres are in varieties made to be resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, a potent killer of milkweed, the monarch caterpillar’s only food. The dramatic surge in the use of Roundup and other herbicides with the same active ingredient (glyphosate) with Roundup Ready crops has virtually wiped out milkweed plants in Midwest corn and soybean fields. In the past 20 years it is estimated that these once-common, iconic orange-and-black butterflies may have lost more than 165 million acres of habitat — an area about the size of Texas — including nearly a third of their summer breeding grounds.
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): Common milkweed was once an ubiquitous roadside weed, but with the increased use of herbicides, it’s not so common anymore. The large, round globes of common milkweed flowers are a favorite of many pollinators, and its broad leaves always play host to many monarch caterpillars in my own backyard. But, this plant comes with a warning: It is an extremely aggressive spreader, forming large colonies that spread not just by seed, but also by underground roots called rhizomes. You’ll want to give common milkweed plenty of room. It’s hardy from zones 3-9 and reaches up to 6 feet in height. You can buy seeds of common milkweed here. Plants bloom from early summer to frost on tall, sturdy flower stems growing from the clusters of leaves in axillary and terminal racemes that somewhat resemble lavender. Dark blue, light blue, purple, or white flowers are borne in dense whorls along each 4- to 8-inch long flower spike. Each flower has the 5 lobes and 2 lips typical of the salvias. They are up to ¾ inch long with 2 stamens and 1 pistil. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds find the lightly fragrant (often described as grape scented) flowers very attractive. The flower spikes can be cut to use in fresh or dried arrangements. Goldfinches will eat the seeds in the small, dry brown fruits that follow the flowers. (Source: hort.extension.wisc.edu)

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FoodTech pioneer Powdies in the best of health
A meeting of Cambridge University doctors and engineers, working to solve food security and sustainability, led to the founding of Powdies in 2019.
Consuming adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables is the key to good health and wellbeing. As recommended by Public Health England, each person should have an intake of at least five portions of fruits and vegetables a day to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer.
However, with busy city lives, many people struggle to find the time to cook and eat as healthily as they wish to. In the UK alone, over 75 per cent of the population do not achieve their 5-a-day. This poor dietary habit not only impacts individuals, but also burdens our healthcare services and is costly to our nation.
In view of this, co-founder Dr Carina Tyrrell and colleagues launched Powdies with a simple mission – to make the world a healthier place with natural convenient nutrition from whole fruits and vegetables, rather than supplements. Incidentally, the enterprise was dubbed Powdies during a brainstorming session at the Judge and reflects the powdered nature of the product.
Dr Tyrrell tells Business Weekly: “At Powdies, we developed a range of drink mix sachets to help the ethically health conscious population get the essential nutrients and fibre from 3.5 portions of whole fruits and vegetables, by simply adding water to form a delicious drink on the go!
“The drinks are 100 per cent natural, organic, and fair-trade with no added sugar. Not only does it nourish our body and mind naturally, our products are also helping to reduce food waste and promote food security.”
Powdies has grown over the years from an idea on paper to a product distributed across the UK. The team has expanded from three co-founders to now a team of seven comprising permanent members and advisers across the globe. This includes manufacturing and R & D engineers, nutritional researchers, a public health physician, as well as marketing leads and business advisors.
Powdies is currently selling its nutritious drink mixes directly to customers online in the UK (www.powdies.com/shop). Dr Tyrrell adds: “With our multinational experience and background, we are working on expanding the distribution globally and are looking forward to sharing our products with the wider world.”
The company has won several awards and funding, including pre-seed money from Downing Enterprise and the Royal Academy of Engineering. The company is growing so remains keen to speak to other potential investors and partners.
Dr Tyrrell said: “We strongly believe eating vegetables and fruits should never be a hassle. Therefore our mission at Powdies is to make a healthy, plant-rich, wholefood diet an easy, enjoyable and ethical experience for everyone. We hope to expand globally and lead the way in healthy and sustainable drink production, helping to overcome the global challenges modern society faces in areas including public health, climate change, and food security.
“The world has seen a continuous growth and increasing trend of green consumerism and health consciousness. There is a large emerging global market for functional drinks, expected to reach over $200 billion by 2024.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted the importance of a healthy lifestyle and a strong immune system. We provide a busy population, which is ethical and health conscious, with a solution to this increased demand.”
The team is grateful for its involvement with the Accelerate programme run by Cambridge Judge Business School.
Dr Tyrrell says: “The Cambridge Judge Business School has played an indispensable role in the development of Powdies from the very early stage. We grew from the CJBS Venture Creation Weekend on Food Sustainability, where we were awarded First Prize and the Crowd Favourite Award. This later led us to joining the Accelerate programme. We were so grateful to be part of the Accelerate programme during our venture journey, as it has given us the opportunity to develop a diverse and invaluable skill set, including pitching, business strategy planning, and fund raising.
“The tailored coaching sessions from subject leaders on the programme have helped the company grow into what it is today. The entrepreneurial spirit at the CJBS has helped to bring passionate people together who share similar visions.”


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The move aims to reduce the political risk of producing in China.
Apple has requested that its manufacturer Foxconn move some of its production to Vietnam. The move appears to be in response to the incipient trade war that is percolating between the US and China.
This is according to a person with knowledge of the plan who spoke with Reuters.
The development comes as the outgoing administration of U.S. President Donald Trump encourages U.S. firms to shift production out of China. During Trump’s tenure, the United States has targeted made-in-China electronics for higher import tariffs, and restricted supplies of components produced using U.S. technology to Chinese firms it deems a national security risk.
Taiwanese manufacturers, wary of the dangers posed by a potential trade war, have moved or are considering moving some production from China to countries such as Vietnam, Mexico and India.
Apple iPad and MacBook are targeted
Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021, the person said.
The person also declined to identify themselves, as the plan was private.
The lines will also take some production from China, the person said, without elaborating how much production would shift.
Apple requested the move, the person said. “It wants to diversify production following the trade war.”
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For now, Apple and Foxconn are both staying silent
Foxconn said in statement: “As a matter of company policy, and for reasons of commercial sensitivity, we do not comment on any aspect of our work for any customer or their products”. Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Taiwan’s Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, on Tuesday announced a $270 million investment to set up a new subsidiary called FuKang Technology Co Ltd. This move the person said aimed at supporting the Vietnam expansion.
The contract manufacturer also plans to make television sets at the Vietnam plant for clients including Japan’s Sony Corp, with the beginning of such production slated for late 2020 to early 2021, the person said. Sony declined to comment.
The factory will also make other electronic products such as computer keyboards, the person said.
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So, yesterday was a looong day and I just wanted to rest when I got home. My husband volunteered to make dinner, which is awesome because I felt like being lazy! This is a recipe we usually make in winter time because it’s pretty hearty but it’s certainly starting to feel more like autumn here.
Don’t overdo it on the cinnamon in this recipe – too much and it starts tasting a bit like dessert – but it’s definitely needed to give the “Moroccan” hint. I can’t even remember where we got this soup recipe from – my mum makes it and puts batches in the freezer to have for lunch during the winter so I guess I got it from her sometime!
Moroccan Chickpea & Lentil Soup
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/3 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 500ml passata
- 100g red lentils
- 250ml vegetable stock
- 1 can chickpeas, drained & rinsed
- Salt & Pepper
- Fry the onion and garlic in a saucepan until softened.
- Add the spices and seasoning, and cook with the onion for a couple more minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes, passata, lentils and stock, stir, and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add in the chickpeas, and cook for a further 10 minutes.
- Serve with bread or pittas
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- What makes psychopaths want to kill?
- Can psychopaths suffer?
- Do psychopaths love animals?
- Are people born psychopaths?
- What causes a person to become a psychopath?
- Are all psychopaths geniuses?
- Do psychopaths get jealous?
- Do psychopaths get depressed?
- Are psychopaths capable of love?
- What are the signs of a psychopath?
- Do psychopaths get bored easily?
- What does God say about psychopaths?
- Can psychopaths feel pity?
- Does psychopathy run in families?
- Do psychopaths feel lonely?
- What’s the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath?
- Are psychopaths always angry?
What makes psychopaths want to kill?
Psychological gratification is the usual motive for serial killing, and most serial killings involve sexual contact with the victim, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that the motives of serial killers can include anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, and attention seeking..
Can psychopaths suffer?
Furthermore, psychopaths suffer emotionally as a consequence of separation, divorce, death of a beloved person, or dissatisfaction with their own deviant behavior. Psychopaths can suffer emotional pain for a variety of reasons. As with anyone else, psychopaths have a deep wish to be loved and cared for.
Do psychopaths love animals?
One of the stranger characteristics of psychopaths is their choice of pets. Ronson says they are almost never cat people. “Because cats are willful,” he explains. Psychopaths gravitate toward dogs since they are obedient and easy to manipulate.
Are people born psychopaths?
Cause. Behavioral genetic studies have identified potential genetic and non-genetic contributors to psychopathy, including influences on brain function. Proponents of the triarchic model believe that psychopathy results from the interaction of genetic predispositions and an adverse environment.
What causes a person to become a psychopath?
A psychopath is seen to suffer from a lack of empathy because of psychological, genetic and environmental factors (whereas another commonly used term, a sociopath, suggests a person suffers the same symptoms due to sociological factors). Psychopaths usually have no guilt or remorse and tend to be self-centered.
Are all psychopaths geniuses?
A review of studies found that the correlation between psychopathy and intelligence is nearly zero, suggesting that most people with psychopathic traits are neither highly intelligent nor particularly dull (O’Boyle, Forsyth, Banks, & Story, 2013).
Do psychopaths get jealous?
In contrast, our findings for secondary psychopaths indicate that they reported inducing jealousy to gain self-esteem, or to test or strengthen their relationship, and we suggest this is most likely because of insecurities about themselves or their relationship.
Do psychopaths get depressed?
As psychopaths age, they are not able to continue their energy-consuming lifestyle and become burned-out and depressed while they look back on their restless life full of interpersonal discontentment. Their health deteriorates as the effects of their recklessness accumulate.
Are psychopaths capable of love?
“Narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths do not have a sense of empathy,” she told Business Insider. “They do not and will not develop a sense of empathy, so they can never really love anyone.” This doesn’t change when they have children.
What are the signs of a psychopath?
Common signs of psychopathysocially irresponsible behavior.disregarding or violating the rights of others.inability to distinguish between right and wrong.difficulty with showing remorse or empathy.tendency to lie often.manipulating and hurting others.recurring problems with the law.More items…•
Do psychopaths get bored easily?
Easily Bored – The psychopath is easily bored, therefore needs almost constant stimulation and excitement in their life. If no such excitement is present, the psychopath can easily create his own drama.
What does God say about psychopaths?
Psychopaths are no more and no less evil in the eyes of the God of the Bible. Importantly, neither are they excluded from God’s unconditional love or the offer of salvation and redemption to all humanity. 3.
Can psychopaths feel pity?
For decades, researchers studying psychopathy have characterized the disorder as a profound inability to process emotions such as empathy, remorse, or regret. A recent study, though, suggests that psychopaths are not incapable of feeling emotions like regret and disappointment.
Does psychopathy run in families?
Although personality disorders may run in families, psychopathy is thought to have a higher genetic component. Treatment for personality disorders usually involves a course of psychological therapy.
Do psychopaths feel lonely?
That said, psychopaths do appreciate their relationships in their own way. They do suffer pain, feel loneliness, have desires and feel sadness if they do not receive affection.
What’s the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath?
Some experts see sociopaths as “hot-headed.” They act without thinking how others will be affected. Psychopaths are more “cold-hearted” and calculating. They carefully plot their moves, and use aggression in a planned-out way to get what they want.
Are psychopaths always angry?
Psychopaths do have feelings … well, some feelings. In other words, they can feel happy and motivated if the rewards are high enough. Of course, they can also get angry, especially in response to provocation, or get frustrated when their goals are thwarted.

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Woodard Patio Furniture Reviews – If in constructing your patio you are giving natural charm the first top priority after that timber need to be your option. There is no other comparable material. Timber is absolutely the most stylish of products as well as provides you a vast array of design options. With a wooden patio cover, you bring the outdoors inside your house.
Nonetheless, timber needs regular upkeep as well as painting due to the fact that it is not unsusceptible to the components. The top quality of the timber normally deteriorates as a result of activity of termites as well as the sunlight. Setting up a wooden patio roofing is easy. You should adhere to some easy directions. Yet if you are going with challenging styles after that employ a professional.
Various kinds of timber are a incredibly popular material for overhanging covering because they permit air circulation. While there are expensive selections of timber there are additionally reasonably economical selections, such as, lath, latticework as well as grapestakes. The dimension as well as spacings of wooden overhanging constructs can differ a great deal. Additionally keep in mind that what does it cost? color you will get from wooden overheads will depend not only on the spacing yet additionally in the instructions they are laid. If you plan keeping plants in the patio after that make certain that the laths are laid north-south so that the sunlight light bars crosses the plants If laid east-west after that the sunlight moves slowly as well as could sear the plants.
You can consider lowering the cost of the patio if you choose to earn the roofing partially of timber, leaving the continuing to be to be covered up by creeping plants. Yet make certain that the framework is solid enough to bear the load of creeping plants wetted by rainfalls. The material for acquiring the timber originates from ache, hardwood as well as oak. Though the majority of people go with the economical ache all of it truly depends on what does it cost? you agree to spend. Oakwood is the most expensive yet will last a lot longer compared to ache or hardwood. Plywood sidings can additionally be utilized as a roofing material. The plywood comes in sheets that permit you to cover a huge area in double-quick time. Ply timber in lapboard form can additionally be utilized. If the plywood comes unfinished, a appropriate sturdy coating needs to be given.
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“It is not an opportune moment to recommend a comprehensive regulatory framework for various aspects of services referred to as OTT services, beyond the extant laws and regulations prescribed presently,” Dhotre said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Jio wants periodic spectrum auctions, SpaceX pushes for satellite use to promote broadband
The Mukesh Ambani-led firm had in September too written to Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash questioning the Department of Telecom's rationale to pause the policy of annual spectrum auctions and said the sale of airwaves should be held at the earliest to meet the demand for data services.
Telecom industry seeks faster DoT approvals to enable ease of doing business
"There is no immediate impact but the pain point is the volume of gear that needs to be imported to keep networks provisioned with spares and equipment in the next nine to 12 months, may not happen since the industry has not received the ETA certificate from the WPC," an industry source on anonymity told ET Telecom.
Telcos flag E and V bands, floor price, other issues at meeting with new Trai chief Vaghela
Telcos, under the aegis of COAI, have jointly pitched for spectrum allocation in E and V bands only through an auction and urged the regulator to expedite the process of fixing floor tariffs for data at a recent meeting with the new Trai chief, industry sources have said.
In addition to propaganda, China uses trade to coerce compliance with its dictates: US NSA
The top Trump administration official, in his address to a group of people at Phoenix in Arizona, said that China's efforts to control the mind of people residing beyond its borders is well underway.
India considers license fee cut for household broadband service
India is considering a proposal to reduce the license fee for fixed-line broadband services to households.
Mind the gap: Affordable internet vital for coronavirus recovery
By the end of 2018, about half of the world was connected to the internet, according to the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). This means about 4 billion people are still offline.
Jio says other telcos levying hidden charges on customers
Reliance Jio President for network, global strategy and service development Mathew Oommen told that telecom operators need to build an all IP network for transitioning to 5G and not invest in old technologies like 2G.
ISRO spectrum demand may hit 5G rollout in India, say industry experts
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the United Nations, will hold a conference next month in Egypt to finalise use of 26 GHz band for 5G services.
Bridging the 5G digital divide: How indigenously developed technology can reach remote Indian villages
Indigenous technology development in India often encounters scepticism about our technical capacity and lack of global scale and volume. There have been concerns around India’s “unilateral” standard setting degrading interoperability with the global 3GPP standard, undermining consumer choice, delaying rollout of 5G in India and increasing cost.
Reliance Jio seeks spectrum for 5G trials, plans to sell tech to overseas buyers
"Jio has said that high frequencies has been put to use in advance countries like the US, South Korea, Japan, Canada, the UK. They also want trails in these bands should start in India to make India "Aatmanirbhar". Government is open to the suggestion and trials. Already many trials are going on," an official source said.
London-based GSMA felicitates Bharti Enterprises founder Sunil Mittal
In 2017, Mittal became the first Indian to chair the powerful global telecom industry board.


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Utah veteran-owned startup part of national conference
Lock-n-Load Java, a veteran-owned coffee and cocoa business, has been selected to participate in Inc. magazine's GROWCO 2012 event this week in New Orleans.
The event features a program and curriculum aimed at helping rising entrepreneurs make it onto the Inc. 5000 list or climb higher in its ranks. According to Inc.com, its list of small companies created 370,592 jobs in the past three years.
Cottonwood Heights residents Carl and Lori Churchill launched their online java business at http://www.locknloadjava.com in April, sending premium coffees to customers and troops stateside and beyond, along with donating dollars to veteran-friendly charities.
The startup will be part of GROWCO's military entrepreneurs special delegation. In 2011, Inc. initiated the Military Entrepreneur's Program to educate service members and their families about the nuts and bolts of launching a small business.
"We are very proud to be chosen for this honor and excited about the opportunity to meet and network with other 'vetrepreneurs' and small-business owners," said Carl Churchill, a retired lieutenant colonel who served nine years on active duty and 12 years in the Army Reserves.
The conference, which began Monday and runs through Wednesday, includes sessions with former President Bill Clinton and businessman and author Guy Kawasaki.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30.4 percent of veterans age 18 to 24 were unemployed as recently as October, compared with 15.3 percent for nonveterans. For black veterans, unemployment hit 48 percent. Young female war veterans fared better re-entering the workforce than did their male counterparts.
Despite the high unemployment rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Churchill said that veterans as a whole are more likely than their civilian counterparts to start their own businesses with Lock-n-Load Java mirroring that trend.
"We are very encouraged with the support we have received not only from the military and veteran communities, but also from people who simply believe in supporting vet-owned businesses."

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You cannot fault the food, service and Tom's wonderful Irish charm.
One lamb roast, one half chicken, garlic roast potato's, fresh crunchy veg and plenty of gravy.
£27 for two Sunday roasts and two desserts. Spend that in Toby or Harvester and the food will never be half as good
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Andy Coghlan of New Scientist magazine reported Trounson's remarks in an article on Friday headlined, "Is there life for stem cells after Geron."
The Menlo Park, Ca., firm last Monday abandoned its stem cell therapy development program and terminated a much-heralded clinical trial that was the first-ever in the nation for an hESC therapy. The California stem cell agency loaned the firm $25 million just last May as part of its push towards bringing therapies to market. Geron last week paid back the $6 million of the loan that it had received up to that date.
Details were sketchy in New Scientist about CIRM's attempt to serve as a stem cell matchmaker. Coghlan had only this to say,
"Alan Trounson, the institute's president, told New Scientist that CIRM is now talking to at least three other possible backers to take over the spinal trial. 'We'll have to wait and see, but it's important that it happens in a short time [because] once it gets beyond a couple of months, it gets very difficult to hold people together,' he said."Coghlan noted that Geron, in addition to the spinal therapy clinical trial, had three other hESC possible trials lined up for diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.
Last week, several names surfaced in the media of a number of possible buyer/partners/backers for Geron's stem cell business. They included Pfizer, which is involved with Peter Coffey of UC Santa Barbara in another possible hESC trial; BioTime of Alameda, Ca., which has a number of Geron alums, and Teva Pharamaceutical of Israel. UC Irvine researcher Hans Kierstead, whose work led to the Geron spinal trial, was also in the mix, according to a report in the Orange County Register. Pat Brennan, who interviewed Kierstead, wrote that the researcher said "he is exploring alternative funding to continue the trials." Keirstead, who is on the scientific advisory board of California Stem Cell of Irvine, Ca., also said the trial may well go overseas.
The California Stem Cell Report queried the firms identified last week concerning their intentions towards Geron. All declined to comment specifically. Michael West, CEO of BioTime, also said,
"I think the commentary you heard was a deduction based on my prior role at Geron, our being so geographically close to Geron, and, of course, our entire focus on hES cells and reprogramming. I will only add that I continue to believe passionately in the cause. More than ever, we have an historic opportunity to impact the practice of medicine. That is about as far as I can go."West founded Geron and has served as president of Advanced Cell Technology of Santa Monica, Ca., which is conducting an hESC trial at UCLA involving eye disease.
Brokering a deal for Geron's stem cell business places the California stem cell agency in a novel position and will test its business skills. CIRM's activities have been largely devoted to awarding grants and loans. Its loan to Geron was only approved by directors just six months ago. The loan agreement was not actually signed until August.
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This workshop makes supporting a child to try new foods seem so simple.
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The book“Strutture complesse, libero pensiero” edited by Luca Molinari and Anja Visini, and published by Skyra, focussing on some of the important projects by Redesco Structural Engineering, was recently presented in Milan.
The work of structural engineers who bring form to infrastructures and buildings that change the skylines of our cities, is a “hidden” one, seen only at the building site and then concealed by the façade coverings. In Italy Redesco Structural Engineering, founded in 1975, is a leading exponent of excellence in structural engineering, a company that makes the visions of great architects a reality by creating innovative infrastructures and complex architecture. This is the case of the two main projects presented in the book edited by Luca Molinari and Anja Visini: the Generali Tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in Milan and the new BNL headquarters by 5+1 AA in Rome. The book also contains a selection of texts and theoretical essays collected over the last 20 years of work by Redesco, as well as a summary of other projects. Photographs of building sites, designs and plans create a reflection on the relationship between the creative act and design methodology, and the books aims to clearly define the role and responsibility of the structural engineer, as well as the synergic relationship between engineering and architecture.
Strutture complesse, libero pensiero
Teoria e progetti di Redesco Structural Engineering
Edited by Luca Molinari and Anja Visini
2017, Bilingual Edition (Italian - English)
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Aldermen grill Emanuel aides on proposed parking meter settlement
BY JON SEIDEL Staff Reporteremail@example.com May 28, 2013 6:34PM
Updated: June 30, 2013 6:39AM
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s aides again spent hours Tuesday answering questions from Chicago aldermen about a proposed settlement with the operator of the city’s parking meter system.
But what really got under some aldermen’s skin was the absence of the operators.
“These guys lied to us four years ago, and I don’t trust them today,” said Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th). “And they don’t even have the guts to come before this council.”
Ald. Ed Burke (14th) invited representatives of Chicago Parking Meters LLC to Tuesday’s meeting of the finance committee he chairs. Their lawyers responded with a letter expressing fear that their testimony could affect pending litigation with Chicago.
Some aldermen were left to simply complain about the “bill of goods” they said was sold when the parking meter deal was passed under former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
“It ended up being a real stinker,” said Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd).
Under the settlement, city officials have said the company would give up about $8.9 million a year by offering free parking in most neighborhoods on Sundays, only to make back about $7.4 million from extended meter hours.
Aldermen questioned the validity of those numbers last week. Corporation Counsel Steve Patton and Lois Scott, the city’s chief financial officer, set out at Tuesday’s meeting to explain how they were calculated.
Scott went as far as to show aldermen examples of the raw data the city receives from the parking meters and how it is processed by the city. Among the factors the city’s analysis took into account, she said, was the behavior of people who use the parking meters during a day’s final hour of enforcement.
The report was well-received by some aldermen pleased with its level of detail. But Patton and Scott also found themselves fielding questions and complaints about settlement negotiations that went on without the participation of the council and the possibility of putting ads on parking meter receipts.
Scott also told the aldermen that the city doesn’t have a right to buy its way out of the parking meter deal. Even if it did, Patton said current interest rates mean the timing’s not right.
“Now would be probably about the worst possible time to buy it back,” Patton said.

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More than half the freshmen who entered the California State University system last fall were unprepared for college-level math and 43% lacked the skills to handle college English courses, even though they are among the top third of California's high school graduates.
The 2,205 freshman at Cal State Fullerton fared about the same as students systemwide. Last fall, 51% of the freshman class had to take remedial math and 47% required remedial English, said Thomas P. Klammer, associate vice president for academic programs.
The new data, released Wednesday by Cal State officials, shows a continuing rise in the number of freshmen in the 22-campus system who need remedial courses on subjects they should have mastered in high school.
The percentage of unprepared students was the highest since Cal State officials began reliably tracking the data in 1989, although at Fullerton the numbers dipped slightly from the 53% math and 52% English recorded the previous year.
"It is going to take a fundamental revolution in the way California undertakes K-12 education to change those numbers you saw today," said Barry Munitz, chancellor of the Cal State University system. "Tinkering around the edges is not going to help the next generation of Californians."
Munitz and other officials outlined ambitious plans to improve high schools, ranging from better teacher training to setting higher standards for student achievement and dispatching thousands of college students into the schools as tutors and mentors.
Munitz said he was encouraged that the Board of Trustees was willing to embrace the discouraging statistics and not shirk its responsibility as California's primary source of public school teachers. About 60% of the state's teachers are trained at Cal State institutions.
"It's not scapegoating. It's an act of contrition," Munitz said.
Delivering Cal State's first report on remedial education, Senior Vice Chancellor Charles Lindahl unveiled newly revised figures that show 53% of last fall's freshmen needed remedial classes in math and 43% needed English remediation to prepare them for college work.
University officials suggested that the percentage of substandard performers may creep higher still as the university does a better job of rounding up the 10% to 12% of freshmen who manage to "elude" the assessment tests.
The latest set of numbers was based on the performance of about 22,000 of the 25,298 freshmen enrolled through regular admissions. It did not include athletes, talented musicians and others enrolled through special admissions. If they were counted, officials said, the percentages of poor performers would rise a few points.
Klammer said he is not sure why the figures were so high. He suggested the math results reflect the perennially poor performance of elementary and high school students on standardized tests on the subject.
And the English shortcomings may stem from a high population of students for whom English is not their native language.
But Klammer was certain of one thing: "What we would all like is to see entering students ready for college in every way. I think what CSU is saying is we want to get that number [of remedial students] down so that it is very small."
Still, Klammer said remedial instruction should remain as an option for students who do not perform well on the university's placement tests. A study 10 years ago at the campus, he said, showed that students who took remedial courses graduated within six years at about the same rate--59%--as those who did not take such courses.
"I think it's time for another study," he added.
Others in the system also lamented the report's findings.
"This should not happen at a university," said Trustee Ralph R. Pesqueira, who led a campaign two years ago to phase out Cal State's $10-million-a-year remedial education program and deny admission to students who lack college-level math and English skills.
He agreed last year to soften the policy by setting gradual goals to reduce the number of students who need remedial courses to 10% of freshmen by 2007.
"We must help those who are feeding us, namely kindergarten through 12th grade," said Pesqueira, who is chairman of Cal State's educational policy committee. "This is the most important thing we have to do. The more successful we are in helping K-12, the more we can get on with our primary mission: higher education."
Although sobered by the escalating need for remedial college courses, Pesqueira said he was encouraged by steps taken in the first year of a long-term project to improve K-12 education.
Times staff writer Randal C. Archibold contributed to this report.


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Nice and light. A little like 50 shades but not too much. Something i will listen to again.
Yes, i have already. The whole series is one i will find myself listening to many times over.
Tavia Gilbert is a fantastic narrator. Her range of voices and accents is amazing. She really brings the story to life in a way i could have never by reading it to myself.
Yes, i hated turning it off to do other things.
If you buy this book, be prepared to buy all the rest in the series. It'll leave you wanting more, right down to your very Bones.
Getting to know the mysterious Mencheres. He's one character i definitely wanted to know more about.
I kept giggling outloud when Kira was "escaping" out the window. Just too funny. But too many to really mention.
Well worth the credit.
I have listened to all of the available books in the Night Huntress world and Night huntress Novels. As ever, the storyline is great, the characters are wonderful and Tavia Gilbert is an amazing narrator. Worth the credit.
I enjoyed the story. The narration was well done. Worth the credit spent. It would be nice if their was a sequel.
The narrator spoke too fast and it sounded as though she was speaking through a mouthful of spit. I tried to listen but the longer I did the more irritated I got.
I would listen to The Marketplace many times over. I found it captivating and just what I have been looking for.
There are so many. The whole book is memorable. Sharrons auction was so well deserved and had me laughing out loud.
I'm new to audiobooks but I feel like the narrator did a great job. Not a boring monotone like some of the other books I've listened to. I quite enjoyed the sound of her voice and the different accents and tones she used for the various characters.
An amazing book. I can't wait for audible to have the next books in the series done. The series is deffiinatly one I want in both paper and audio.
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