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The government announced that school pupils in England are to receive an increase in central government funding of at least 2% next year, but UNISON is concerned that the increase still leaves schools with less than they had a decade ago.
Under the settlement – part of a funding package that had been previously announced – secondary schools will attract a minimum of £5,150 per pupil, up from £5,000 this year, while primary schools will get at least £4,000 per pupil, up from £3,750.
The Department for Education said that the annual increase of £2.2bn would see most local authorities receive rises of at least 3% per pupil. There will be smaller rises for some “historically higher funded” local authorities, while small and remote schools in rural areas will get additional cash.
However, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that the increases will still leave schools with less money in real terms than they had a decade ago.
UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Government needs to fully reverse the damaging cuts it imposed on school funding over the last 10 years.
“Not only has it failed to do this, but it is even refusing to provide the additional funding needed by schools for increased cleaning required as a result of the COVID pandemic.
“Alongside the other education unions and parent groups, UNISON will continue to campaign for a real terms increase in school funding.”


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Floods plaguing Thailand due to Tropical Storm Dianmu unexpectedly turned a riverside restaurant into a local hit with diners – who sit in knee-deep water while eating dinner.
Titiporn Jutimanon’s eatery in Nonthaburi province has recently boomed in popularity after the nearby Chao Phraya river overflowed and turned it into a unique attraction for customers.
Thrill-seekers come to the restaurant to both dine and enjoy the knee-deep floods swamping the establishment. Passing boats create surging waves which customers try to avoid as they enjoy their meals.
Footage taken today (October 8) shows the watery scene as locals enjoy their grilled BBQ meats at the location on the outskirts of Bangkok.
Owner Titiporn said: ‘Customers absolutely love the waves…. What I thought would be a crisis turned into an opportunity.’
The chef added that aside from the view and the food, the flood added an extra factor that made the restaurant stand out.
She said: ‘I feel so lucky that the customers love it, the flood wasn’t a challenge for them to come.’
Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are in the middle of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts until October or November. Soaring temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius are often followed by powerful tropical storms with thunder, lightning, rain and flash floods.
At least seven people have died and tens of thousands more are still stranded receiving aid from rescue groups. Ten provinces in Thailand, including Chaiyaphum, have been inundated by Dianmu, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of Thailand.

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HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: I met Meg Gardiner in a cab. Well, outside a cab. We were at--something in New York, I forget, going somewhere, I forget, and she was about to take the subway. Come with me! I said. I have on heels! I'm getting a cab.
So we talked the whole way to wherever it was--she was hilarious and personable and wonderful. I confess that in these situations, meeting a best-selling Edgar-winning author, I always think--here's a successful writer, I bet she could teach me a lot. But that's not the kind of thing you can ask.
So, isn't this clever? I invited her to JRW, so we can all learn. And I'll give a copy of Meg's new RANSOM RIVER to a lucky commenter! And an ARC of THE OTHER WOMAN to another.
And now..I don't want to keep you in suspense, but here's--well, no. I DO want to keep you in suspense. And here's how. Um, how NOT to.
Five Ways to Kill Suspense
Suspense is vital to storytelling. It keeps readers turning pages, desperate to learn what happens next. As a building block of drama, it’s as old as literature itself—Aristotle said suspense consists of having some real danger looming and a ray of hope.
The word comes from the Latin suspendere—to hang up—and writers are the hangmen. We keep readers dangling. But if we do it wrong, we kill the story.
Here are five surefire ways to do that.
1. Sacrifice tension for surprise. Unexpected twists can delight or terrify readers. But if you don’t build up the tension beforehand, readers will be bored senseless long before you get to Boo.
Hitchcock put it this way: an audience experiences suspense when they expect something bad to happen and know more than the characters do—but can’t intervene to stop it. Say characters are talking in a restaurant. If all the scene shows is their chitchat, it’s tedious. But if the audience knows that a ticking bomb is planted beneath the table, it’s suspenseful.
The writer’s job is to create tension and then let it build for as long as possible. Be cruel. The page is the one place where cruelty’s a good thing.
2. Commit howlers. I don’t mean minor errors about arcane facts. I mean clanging mistakes about common knowledge. Writers should know that the capital of Brazil is not Rio de Janeiro. That the president’s airplane does not have AIR FORCE ONE painted on its flanks. That Interpol doesn’t strafe fugitives from fighter jets (to name three errors I’ve seen in books or movies). Ludicrous mistakes kill suspense by pulling readers from the story, thinking, Oh, come on. Do your research. And after you’ve done it, have knowledgeable people check it.
3. Write idiot plots. Plots that depend on characters acting like idiots kill suspense faster than cyanide. You’ve read this story: an unarmed woman fails to call SWAT and instead wades into the swamp alone, at midnight, in heels, to rescue her best friend from the maniac with the chainsaw. Go on, honey. Readers will be cheering—for the maniac.
4. Mistake mystery for suspense. Mystery propels our genre. But withholding facts from readers doesn’t always increase suspense. Sometimes it just annoys. Say the hero keeps everything he’s learned to himself until the final pages, when he reveals all. This is meant to make him sound brilliant and the revelation seem huge. But if the audience hasn’t struggled along with him as he digs for the truth, they haven’t experienced the story. They’ll feel shortchanged. (This is another reason to show, don’t tell.)
Or say you hide the identities of characters in a scene. “Two men sat at the dingy bar, scowling.” Maybe the scowlers are assassins, circling for a kill. But if they’re your hero and his brother—and it’s the tenth time you’ve used this ploy—it’s not suspenseful. It's a cheap trick.
5. Put the main character in a tight situation where the only question is whether she’ll survive. Here’s the problem: Readers figure that in mysteries and thrillers, the protagonist is going to live. If your novel’s in first person, they know it. So don’t have the bad guys abandon the heroine in the desert, then spend 50 pages depicting her trek back to civilization. There’s no question she’ll make it, so her tough slog to town contains no suspense.
But what if you truly want to abandon your protagonist in the desert? Then create real, looming danger… to other characters. And put a clock on it. The heroine must get to a phone by sundown—or the puppy farm will be blown up. Otherwise, cut everything after the bad guys dump her in Death Valley. Skip to her stumbling into the 7-11, dehydrated, covered in cactus needles, and hauling the corpse of the rabid skunk that attacked her.
Sometimes I’ve caught these mistakes when revising. Sometimes an editor has noted, “Tiresome…” And sometimes I’ve decided a cheap trick is exactly what I need.
In my novel Ransom River, a juror finds herself fighting for her life when gunmen storm the courtroom. Then Rory Mackenzie discovers the attack is connected to an old case that was never solved. It's connected to her, and dark skeletons in her family's history. And bringing the truth to light might destroy her and those she loves.
My first draft opened with a long, procedural courtroom scene in Rory’s point of view. Then, boom—gunmen burst in. (Hello, surprise without tension.) I rewrote it to add scenes in a gunman’s POV. Now, while Rory hears testimony about two cops gunning down a teenager, the attackers circle the courthouse, arm themselves, and stalk toward the building. Readers know something bad’s coming, but they can’t tell Rory: Get out of there.
Then, to create a sense of real danger that would loom over the whole book, I revised again—so the story doesn’t open in the courtroom. It opens when Rory is nine years old. Late one night, she and her best friend see something they shouldn’t—something that scares them. They don’t understand it. They only know something's wrong. Something bad. But what—and how does it come back to haunt her twenty years later?
I’d tell you, but I’ve gotta keep you in suspense.
HANK: Thanks Meg! I'm off to look at my WIP one more time... How about you, Reds? Do you go back and add the suspense? Or write it a you go? I find when I'm in the suspenseful parts, somehow, I'm typing as fast as I can.
The most suspenseful thing I've ever read? Hmm. Dracula? The Stand? The most suspenseful movie I've ever seen? Hmm. The Vanishing? Rear Window? How about you, reds?
Remember--you can win!
Meg Gardiner writes the Evan Delaney and the Jo Beckett novels, best-selling series that have been translated into twenty languages. China Lake won the 2009 Edgar for Best Paperback Original. The Nightmare Thief won the 2012 Audie Award for Thriller/Suspense audiobook of the year. Meg practiced law in Los Angeles and taught at the University of California Santa Barbara. She lives near London. Her latest novel is the stand alone, Ransom River.
Her blog: Lying for a Living.

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This is Cindy Moon and in a recent re-launch of the Amazing Spider-Manseries, she was introduced as a classmate of Peter Parker’s. Much Like Parker, her life is transformed when a radioactive spider bites her and grants her superpowers. Unlike her famous counterpart, she’s an Asian-American woman, making her one of the few heroes of color let alone female heroes of color in the entire Marvel universe. Moon, also know as Silk, will be given her own comic series starting in 2015.
Angry Asian Man repots that Marvel announced the series at a New York Comic Con panel this weekend, and writer Robbie Thompson and artist Stacey Lee will pen the first issue.
The series will start following a decade of self-imposed exile for the character. Thompson says the dynamic will be “kind of like being from a small town, leaving when you’re 18 years old, and then coming back for your 10-year high school reunion. There’s that culture clash of the town and your friends have moved on without you and you had this 10-year journey that’s obviously, for her, been very insular.” Her appearance is already part of a self-described new era for Marvel, with their recent forays into diversified representation whether it’s Kamala Khan, their first Muslim female superhero, or the reintroduction of Captain America as a black man are part of an ongoing attempt to reflect the growing diversity of their readers.

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Punchy photography is packed onto the walls of this small, idiosyncratically styled canal house. More than just a museum, it’s proud of its incubator remit, juggling photography collecting courses, a beautifully conceived in-house magazine, and a long-running graduate lab that feeds into Foam's ever-excellent exhibitions. Those exhibits are where Foam shines, with up to four at once. Notables (Helmut Newton, Cartier-Bresson) get an outing several times a year, while the rest of the spot-on programming feeds shorter shows by mid- and early-career names.
Reborn in 2013 after a decade-long, $441-million revamp, this is the largest of Amsterdam’s “big three" museums. Yes, there are plenty of galleries of Golden Age paintings, though with 8,000 masterworks on display, this isn’t a niche affair. Model ships, rich costumes, and Asian art figure into the museum's well-paced chronological trot from the Middle Ages to Mondrian. The museum app, with its 14 themed tours, is well worth downloading for free from the Apple Store and the Wi-Fi is good enough to make wayfinding a breeze.
Since this offshoot of the mythic St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum opened in 2009, it has stayed in the spotlight, staging well-attended temporary shows borrowing the best of its parent's treasures. As a satellite, there's no permanent collection, per se, but exhibits are generally inspired by the St. Petersburg outpost's holdings; expect plenty of Flemish art, and the occasional dive into Romanov history. The gift shop's worth a stop, too, for a faux-Fabergé egg, or a solid translation of War and Peace.
The cool new kid in town, devoted to art world rock stars, has enough contemporary swagger to make the neighboring [Rijksmuseum] and [Van Gogh Museum] quake in their old-school boots. Not quite on the main tourist trail, this private museum was opened in 2016 by prominent local gallerists Lionel and Kim Logchies. The permanent Banksy display, featuring a whopping 50 works (rarely seen indoor paintings and drawings, plus transplanted street murals like the beloved Girl With Balloon) by the rock-star British graffiti artist, is a thing to behold, though the temporary shows of pop-art greats are worth checking out, too. Expect to be in and out in under an hour.
Museum Van Loons
This impeccably preserved 17th-century canal house still exudes the wealth of its patrician owners, the Van Loons, one of whom co-founded the Dutch East India Company. Expect to see pastel portrait exhibitions, intriguing contemporary photographs, and site-specific works strewn across the house. Cocteau operas are performed in the canal-side garden come summertime. Note, this is very much a living house. The Van Loons still reside upstairs, which is off-limits, and artifacts are displayed in a casual, lived-in way. Stop into the carriage house-cum-café post-visit for a slice of some of the best apple pie in town.
Van Gogh Museum
This Dutch institution welcomed a record 2.165 million visitors in 2018, making it the most visited museum in the Netherlands. The Potato Eaters, Wheatfield with Crows and, yes, the postcard-perfect Sunflowers series are all among the 200-strong painting collection. But, this is more than just a rundown of van Gogh's greatest hits. Drawings and letters dive into van Gogh's depression (and that ear incident), there’s a video installation charting his rise, and works by the first generation of artists to be inspired by him are on view. Save the speed-walking for elsewhere; this is one where you'll want to linger.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk is less frequented than its famous Museumplein neighbors, but that's absolutely fine by us. Prioritize seeing Stedelijk Base—a whole wing dedicated to the permanent collection. A mix of 3D-printed vases, Dutch avant-gardes, and video art, the 700-piece-strong collection starts in the 1880s and continues for a century, with hits from Koons, Goldin, and co.

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Are Emerson's "The Rhodora" and Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" similar in terms of their ideas?
There are quite a few similarities in Emerson’s “The Rhodora” and Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider”.
The first I noticed was the sense of discovery within the speaker. Each speaker has an awareness of encountering a larger, more transcendental idea contained within the small body of the spider and the flower. In Whitman, it was “I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated” (line 2) and in Emerson it was “when the sea-winds pierced our solitudes,/ I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods/spreading its leafless blooms” (line 2-4). Whitman encountered the transcendent idea of the soul’s longing to be connected contained within the body of the spider. Emerson encountered the idea of the beauty that dwells in being. Though it was only a simple encounter, he found the undefinable quality of being and beauty contained within the flower and within the moment itself. Both poems also create a similar kind of moment of encounter for the reader. As the speaker encounters the object, the reader encounters the poem in a similar way. We happen upon the poem in the solitude of reading.
Another similarity within the two poems is the existential questioning and how the object encountered came to symbolize that. For Whitman, the existential desire is oriented around the idea of connection. The spider in Whitman’s poem is shown pulling “filament” (line 4) from itself and casting it to create a spider web. The speaker commands his own soul to do something similar, sending out “the gossamer thread you fling” (line 10). The speaker hopes the lines he sends forth will not only create a kind of web, but one that will connect him to a meaning more powerful than himself. In the same way that the spider sought to “explore the vacant vast surrounding” (line 3), the speaker seeks “the measureless oceans of space” to be connected by the filaments of his own soul.
For Emerson, the existential question is a similar kind of desire for an interconnectedness of moments or fate. This is revealed within the last four lines of the poem. The speaker questions what it was that brought the flower into the same moment in “why thou wert there…/ I never thought to ask; I never knew” (line 14-15), recognizing the serendipity of the encounter. The speaker recognized his own path. But because the flower is Other, the speaker will never be able to know the moments that led it to that same moment. He wonders if there was an external power that led them both into that moment by claiming “the self-same power that brought me there, brought you” (line 17). And despite never quite comprehending that power, the speaker felt its presence. It was enough for him to feel that power through the encounter with the flower.


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Release Date: June 10, 2016
Genre: Adventure, Strategy, RPG
About This Game:
Four Realms is an action strategy RPG in an animal filled fantasy world. Level up your Warden, customize your Spell List, and raise an army to stop the Wild Magic.
Four Realms is focused on creative gameplay. There is no singular solution to any problem and players must utilize what they bring and what they find in the mission. Taking inspiration from FTL: Faster Than Light, Magic: the Gathering, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and King Arthur’s Word; Four Realms is targeting gamers that want a new challenge.
— Customization: Personal spell lists in the spirit of collectible card games.
— Action: A grand adventure with combat, puzzles, and platforming.
— Diversity: A large selection of unique playable characters and diverse spells.
— Replayablility: Semi-randomly generated world with rogue-lite qualities.
— Personalization: Equipment to tailor-make unique Guardians.
— Story: Unique missions and events that create a individual narrative.
If you like this game, support the developer. Buy the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com


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The jury is still out to find clear evidence on some claimed immune-boosting supplements. There are commonly used immune-boosting supplements that lacks evidence of it really doing the flu-fighting job.
If there is a deficiency of fat soluble Vit A and E and water soluble Vit B6, B12 and Vit C, it will impair immunity but large amounts in supplementation does not have clear evidence of enhancing immune function.
Very commonly used but lacks evidence in athletes. Just like with multi-vitamins, contrary to popular belief, there is lack of clear evidence that large doses Vit C will enhance immunity in ATHLETES. Some scientists and doctors still believe that 1000mg of Vit C may prevent colds and flu. As any excess will be excreted and not do any harm, it can add up in costs.
Co-ingestion of carbohydrate and protein in the recovery phase should replenish critical sources of glucose and glutamine. Although glutamine levels decrease during prolonged running there is not enough evidence to show that glutamine supplementation enhances immunity. The British Olympics teams however uses glutamine to aid in immune function and apart from being expensive there is no harm in taking glutamine supplementation directly post training.
In summary the following tried, tested and scientifically proven practical strategies can be followed to enhance immune function:
Practical strategies to enhance immune function
|Carbohydrates||Consume 30-60g per hour during exercise and a pre-event meal consisting of 150-300g carbohydrates 2-3 hours before.||Bananas or Energy drinks|
|Recovery||Consume carbohydrates and protein post exercise to aid in recovery||Chocolate milk, in winter try low fat latte|
|Zinc||Only use supplementation at the onset of cold symptoms. Consume foods that are naturally high in zinc||Oysters, chicken livers, beef, breakfast cereals, dark chocolate, peanuts, garlic, chickpeas are all naturally high in zinc|
|Avoid getting a dry mouth||Consume enough fluids during and after exercise and during rest|
|Ensure good hygiene at all times||Wash hands regularly or use alcohol gel if not possible to wash hands.|
|Get adequate sleep||Sleep deprivation will suppress immune system. When undergoing heavy training you will need sufficient sleep. Listen to your body… You will know when you are sleep deprived.|

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Alaska's David vs San Miguel's Goliath: Compton remains a believer
MANILA, Philippines – For Alaska Aces head coach Alex Compton, their semifinals duel against the San Miguel Beermen in the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup is considered a battle between David and Goliath.
And just like the Biblical hero, the Aces just need to hit the right spot in order to slay the giant in the Beermen.
Even after their 79-92 Game 1 loss to San Miguel, Compton remains a firm believer of his Aces – not just because he coaches the squad – but because he knows there are ways to win the best-of-5 duel.
"You got to kill me to stop me from being a believer. So I see ways that we could win and you know, if there’s that .0001 percent chance left? I’m gung-ho for that .0001 chance," he told reporters after the game.
If Game 1 is any indication, the Aces are in for a rough ride.
After a close first quarter, San Miguel pulled away as early as the second period and never looked back. Anything the Aces threw, the Beermen barely even budged.
In the end, 6 players finished in double figures for the Beermen while the Aces just had two.
It was a testament of San Miguel’s firepower – that it is in its deadliest when everyone contributes.
The Beermen would not have won 6 of the last 10 PBA titles if they solely relied on reigning 4-time league Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo or Alex Cabagnot or Marcio Lassiter or Chris Ross or Arwind Santos.
And now with top pick Christian Standhardinger, new acquisition Kelly Nabong and returning import Renaldo Balkman in the fold, San Miguel's offensive options have vastly expanded.
"Sabi ko sa mga kasama ko, kaibigan ko (I told my friends and colleagues), 'The strongest team in the league is now stronger than they’ve ever been 'cause they have a legitimate NBA import and the No. 1 draft pick. And Nabong’s playing great. So, rich get richer," Compton said.
"They’re already a headache for the league. So it’s going to be the strongest team we’ve ever faced."
Following Alaska's 105-103 win over San Miguel in the elimination round, the Aces have proven the Beermen are still beatable.
But it is already playoff basketball, and the last time the two teams faced in a playoff series, San Miguel made history by overcoming a 0-3 deficit to edge Alaska for the 2016 Philippine Cup championship.
The Beermen have a 5-game playoff winning streak and it is something Compton hopes to snap.
"This is the type of series where we have to play so well to win. And a mediocre game is not getting us the win," he said.
"With San Miguel, they’ll have a mediocre night and you could play well and they’d still win. So we got to play really well every game. Every game we want to win, we just have to be at such a high level."
The Aces are still touted as the underdog heading into Game 2 on Monday, July 16, at the Araneta Coliseum but Compton will hold on to any type of hope, no matter how slim it is.
"They're obviously good, guys, we can all agree on that. But like I said, I am a believer. So, I always think that the Davids of the world have a chance."
"But man, David had to be real accurate with that sling. If he was off with his aim, Goliath would have eaten him for lunch, right? So we gotta be pretty spot on with all the stuff we're doing," he added. – Rappler.com


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The price targets for the HL (Hecla Mining Co) short trade (the entry posted earlier while trading at the current price of 6.76) are 6.32, 5.69 & the final target at 4.87. The suggest stop is any move above 7.30 or lower using a 3:1 R/R if only targeting T1 or T2.
Keep in mind that I will most likely be adding several more individual gold & silver mining stocks as trade ideas along with GDX/NUGT and SIL (silver miners ETF). However, these stocks are extremely volatile & with SLV sitting right above a large gap (support) & the market poised for a pullback, gold & silver (along with the mining stocks) could experience one last thrust higher before succumbing to the bearish technical covered in yesterday's video.
I have started adding some of the individual miners that appear to be breaking down today as official, active short trades today & will likely add more going forward. Due to the volatile nature & large price swings in these stocks, my own plan & suggestion for those also looking to position for a pullback in the mining sector would be to gradually scale into these positions (shorting a fractional position(s) to either individual miners and/or an ETF like GDX, NUGT, DUST, SIL, GDXJ, JNUG, JDST, etc...), and continuing to add at objective entries over the next week or so whether the sector moves higher OR lower, with stops calculated based on your average cost using a risk-to-reward ratio of 3:1 or better to your preferred price target(s).
For those looking to add exposure to the mining sector, make sure to factor in the above average gain AND loss potential on these stocks. One should also determine their target exposure to the sector (e.g.- 15% of their portfolio) in order to determine the position size on each trade, if scaling in, to allow room for additional trade ideas (unless trading one ETF vs. multiple individual stocks and/or ETFs).

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Weirdest Cheeses on Earth
When you stop to think about it, cheese is already pretty weird. After all, it’s usually made by curdling the milk that spews forth from an animal’s nipple. Still, it can get weirder. Here are some cheeses crafted in territories far away from the pedestrian mozzarella and cheddar zones.
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Golden Stilton Cheese
Regular Stilton cheese is a staple in England. This Stilton, however, is made with gold. They do say that the best way to a person’s heart is by putting gold in their stomach, after all. Wait a minute. That can't be right.
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This cheese, named after a quaint French village, has one signature feature: It’s smelly. Just how smelly is it? Well, it’s been banned from public transportation in France. Yowza.
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Guess what this cheese is made from? Oh, just everyone’s favorite summertime treat, live maggot larvae. It is considered unsavory to consume this cheese once the maggots have died, so, yeah, you are gonna get a little bit of squiggle.
Remember that one cheese a slide back that was made from maggot larvae? This one is even yummier, being made from the excrement produced by mites. That’s right. Mites poop, and their poop becomes ooey, gooey cheese. Life is beautiful.
This aerosol-based spray cheese product is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget just how crazy it is. It’s cheese that you shoot out of a spray can like shaving cream or spray paint. It's also bright orange.
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In case you’ve ever wanted to taste the curdled byproduct of armpit and feet juice, here is your chance. This cheese is made from bacteria residing in those two locations, just how Mom used to make it.
Sure, this cheese may look like a grapefruit, but it is most assuredly not a grapefruit. No, it’s another delicious byproduct of bug poop. What’s with all of this bug poop?! Cheese was weird enough back when it was just animal-boob juice.
This cheese, made from donkey’s milk, doesn’t seem too crazy on first blush. However, once you factor in the ludicrous price of donkey’s milk it gets pretty kooky. All told, a pound of this stuff will set you back a cool $1,700.
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You’ll never guess what the active ingredient in this cheese is. No, it’s not plain old coal. It’s plain old charcoal. Just like the source material, this cheese is black on the outside and black on the inside. Still, fans say it tastes quite good and not at all like burned carbon atoms.

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B’nai B’rith is highly critical of the report issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “independent, international commission of inquiry” into Israel’s defensive operations against Hamas in Gaza during the summer of 2014. The report inherently lacks credibility and should not be taken as a serious evaluation of the necessary counterterrorism actions of the Israel Defense Forces.
Though objectionable, many of the report’s findings hardly seem surprising. Because of the council’s singular and obsessive focus on Israel, anything produced by it on related matters must be viewed with a high level of skepticism. When the probe was announced last year, any casual observer of the Human Rights Council could have predicted that Israel would be unjustly condemned for the conflict that Hamas initiated and sustained. Those predictions were confirmed today with the release of the report.
The inquiry places undeserved blame on Israel, notwithstanding Hamas’ role as the provocateur that launched indiscriminate rocket attacks putting most of Israel’s population within the range of fire, Palestinian terrorist organizations’ use of U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools to store rockets and the dozens of tunnels dug into Israeli territory for the sole purpose of carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilian communities near the border. Since the council resolution that established the commission of inquiry found Israel guilty in advance and could not bring itself to use the words “Hamas” or “Islamic Jihad” even once, it could not reasonably be expected that the commission would meaningfully investigate and report on the hostilities.
“This Human Rights Council report implies a patently false equivalence between Hamas and Israel,” B’nai B’rith International President Allan J. Jacobs said. “It’s a ridiculous claim, as Israel surpasses virtually all other countries in the precautions, restraint and self-scrutiny it demonstrates in counterterrorism operations.”
Israel released its own report on the subject on June 14, “The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects,” which highlights official Hamas documents uncovered in the fighting demonstrating that the Islamist group’s strategy “was to deliberately draw the hostilities into the urban terrain, and to use built-up areas and the presence of the civilian population for tactical advantage and political gain.” Additionally, Hamas took advantage of civilian areas including U.N. facilities, schools, hospitals, mosques and residential buildings and converted them into “rocket-launch sites, weapons storage facilities, command-and-control centres, and covers for tunnel entrances,” the Israeli report spells out.
The council’s appointment of William Schabas as the head of the commission of inquiry was a blatant sign of what direction it would take. Schabas is well-known for his anti-Israel views, and it came to light in January that Schabas was previously paid to provide legal advice to the Palestine Liberation Organization. As a result of that disclosure, Schabas excused himself from the probe; however, he commented during his departure that most of its research was already completed.
“The Human Rights Council’s lack of self-awareness is again on display with the release of this report. After years of attacking Israel while claiming impartiality, the council stacked the deck from the start by appointing Schabas as the head of the inquiry. The discovery of his ties to the PLO should have been a huge embarrassment to the council and effectively eliminated any shred of credibility it had on this subject. Yet, here we are, with a laundry list of biased allegations against the only true democracy in the Middle East instead of a singular indictment of Hamas, an organization which is endangering the lives of civilians on both sides of the border,” B’nai B’rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said.

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We are thrilled to reveal our first lineup announcement for the 2023 NT Writers Festival. A quartet of exceptional writers – Anita Heiss, Geraldine Brooks, Chris Flynn and Gabrielle Wang – will be among the artists illuminating this year’s festival theme of mwantye-le awaye | listen deeply.
Based in the U.S but born and raised in Australia, Pulitzer Prize winner, Geraldine Brooks, is a journalist and bestselling author of historical fiction. Her sweeping historical novel, Horse, explores the remarkable true story of America’s greatest racehorse, and is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacies of enslavement and racism in the U.S. today. We are delighted Geraldine will be joining us in person in Mparntwe, thanks to a partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival.
A Wiradjuri author whose work spans historical fiction, non-fiction, commercial women’s fiction, poetry and children’s literature, Dr Anita Heiss AM is also a cultural activist and social commentator. Her award-winning historical novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams), is an epic tale of love, loss, belonging and resistance set by the life-giving Murrumbidgee River and is based on devastating true events.
Bestselling author of Mammoth, Chris Flynn, is an Irish-Australian writer who frequently writes from the perspective of non-human characters. Here Be Leviathans is his latest collection of bizarre, brilliant and boundary-pushing short stories that examine human behaviour from the perspective of outsiders. Editor-in-Residence at Museums Victoria, Chris has also written picture books for children about Horridus, Melbourne Museum’s Triceratops.
With over twenty books to her name, Gabrielle Wang is the 2022-2023 Australian Children’s Laureate. Her whimsical but profound books for middle grade readers blend Chinese and western culture with illustration and a touch of fantasy.
Here are my sessions:
Friday June 2, 11.15am-12.15pm Alice Springs Public Library
Draw your own Dragon
Saturday June 3, 2.15-3.15 Olcie Pink Botanical Garden Gallery
Sunday June 4, 4.30pm -5.30pm Olive Pink Botanical Garden Marquee


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MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk have stopped crude oil exports on March 9 due to storm, a spokesman for Transneft oil pipeline monopoly said on Tuesday, while a port source said that grains exports have also been halted.
The source said that the storm caused disruptions in the exports of metals and coal, shipments of which have resumed since then.
"We expect the wind to weaken and may load one oil tanker from the port on Tuesday," the Transneft spokesman said. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Natalia Chumakova and Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Lidia Kelly)
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ROME (AP) - Pope Francis, in the heart of Rome's fanciest shopping district, prayed on Sunday that the poor are never forgotten.
His appearance at the foot of the Spanish Steps follows a papal tradition of public prayer before a statue representing Mary on Dec. 8, a church holiday honoring the mother of Jesus.
That date also marks the official start of Rome's Christmas shopping season. Francis' route from the Vatican took him down Via Condotti, which is lined with swank designer stores. He prayed aloud that people `'never be left indifferent to the cries of the poor."
Francis wore a white, full-length, double-breasted coat in the chill as he greeted disabled faithful, children and others among the thousands in the square who took a break from window shopping and gift buying.
Then, in a departure from past popes who would sit in the back seat of a chauffeured Vatican car, Francis sat up front, next to the driver, whom he chatted with as he was driven across town. After a brief stop to pray at Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica, Francis returned to Vatican City.
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Three Day Workshop - Greenville, SC
Join Robert for a three day workshop event in beautiful Greenville, SC. Each day is designed to teach you unique expressive painting techniques using acrylics and mixed media. Below you will discover a brief description of what to expect each day.
Day One - Construct & Deconstruct
The idea behind the technique is to illustrate how important it is to know your subject before you attempt to abstract it. Most beginners, and impatient artists, tend to go for finished art way too soon. So, their ability to paint abstract subjects typically flounders because they do not understand how to do it. In short, they do not fully understand how their subject is constructed and more importantly what shapes, features and details need to be included for it to become believable.
Day 2 - 5 Stages Of A Painting
Learn to simplify your creative process. Many artists paint in circles because they fail to understand, or develop a practical workflow. When to add details, light & shadow, etc.These lessons are designed to teach you how to eliminate the many common mistakes artists make by understanding how a work of art should be developed from the beginning composition stages to finishing with the details.
- Color (Arbitrary or Local)
- Light & Shadow
Day 3 - The Art Of Interpretation
An in-depth look at how to develop expressive subjects & styles. These techniques will completely change how you approach your subjects by giving you endless possibilities to abstract them using acrylics & mixed media.
- 6 - 18x24in. drawing paper (any size will do but avoid it being too small)
- 4 - 22x30in. 140 lb. watercolor paper, CP, or HP will do
- Artist Grade heavy body acrylics (your choice of colors)
- Charcoal, compressed charcoal, graphite 6B, or pastel pencils (a variety of each so you can explore)
- 3 Acrylic Inks - (your choice of colors)
- 4 Crayons - Caran D'ache (your choice of colors)
- Drawing board - I use Gator Board
- Tape, or clips for attaching paper to board
- Paper towels
- Paint Palette
- Water reservoirs (washing & diluting)
Need Help With Materials? Material Purchase Info/Links
This event is hosted by Vino & Van Gogh. To sign up please use the button/link below to reserve your spot. Spaces are limited!


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Whip up a delicious meal in your open-plan kitchen. Relax with a comedy on your cable-ready flat-screen television and communicate with loved ones afar through the fiber-optic Wi-Fi. The 40-square meter studio apartment lets you enjoy all the comforts plus a balcony that overlooks the blue water of Mactan and splash on it which is 5-min walk.
Situated close to Mactan International airport and Lapu-Lapu Shrine, you can wonder around and explore the historic culture of the city.
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Microprocessor system with self-calibration, self-diagnosis and specific features for static balancing and alloy rims. Multifunction and interactive keys to guide the operator Backlit monochrome graphic LCD display, 1/16 VGA.
Compact hand spin machine to accurately balance motorcycle and car wheels. Single launch measurement with low rotation speed.
Electronic computerised wheel balancer with high performances in terms of rapidity and accuracy. Single motor driven launch with automatic stop at the end of the cycle.
Tyre changers especially designed to handle motorcycle wheels.
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Air New Zealand's new Christmas ad features a 'naughty' child dressed as Donald Trump.
Air New Zealand has poked fun at US President Donald Trump in their latest Christmas ad, showing a child wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat on Santa's 'naughty' list.
The video shows Santa Claus accidentally emailing his confidential list to a student in New Zealand, rather than the elves in the North Pole.
The child, who discovers he's been included on the naughty list, creates a summit for naughty children with the help of the airline.
With the help of a 'nice meter', the children try to elevate themselves to the nice list through promises like eating more vegetables and a "30 per cent reduction in hair pulling".
The 'naughty' child from the US, who is dressed like President Trump in a two-piece suit and a 'Make America Great Again' hat, is reluctant to help.
“I have to say, I’m not naughty at all,” the mini-Trump said. “In fact, I’m the nicest person I know.”
The group of kids in the ad laugh just as President Trump was laughed at by world leaders at the United Nations.
"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country," President Trump said during his September address to the United Nations General Assembly.
The Trump kid in the ad then uses the same line as the President, “I didn't expect that reaction, but that's OK."
The statement causes the “nice” meter to freeze until a child from New Zealand promises to "do all our chores, spend less time on our phones and be nicer to Australia."
Confetti goes off and the children celebrate as New Zealand’s vows gets them all back on Santa’s nice list, with no help from the US.

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This section will show you how to navigate between distant locations such as moons, planets and rest stops.
Open the Star Map
To plot a course between planetary bodies you will need to open the star map F2. The map will open but might be zoomed so far can’t see anything onscreen! You will have to shrink the map using the mouse scroll-wheel and you will see planets Hurston, Crusader and their moons.
- Press and hold the left mouse button to rotate the map
- Press and hold the right mouse button to move the map.
You can also get to the star map by clicking on F1 then click the symbol that looks like ((+)) to access the Star Map. You can find it in a strip of icons running across the lower part of the display.
Select a Destination
On your first flight select a local moon using the mouse to click on its symbol. A dotted line will appear showing that you have selected a potential route. Press the Set Route button to confirm this is the route you want and the connecting line becomes solid.
You can optionally, double-click the target moon to zoom in and select a named destination on the surface, or you can do it when you arrive.
If you select a route that is longer than your fuel permits you will need to use a rest stop as a refuelling station. The larger the ship the more fuel it carries.
Engage the Hyperdrive
Close the mobiGlass UI controls F2. If you have a visible radar in your ship it should now have a line on it pointing the way to your destination. If not, there will be a small blue marker somewhere on the screen indicating where you can find your target.
Assuming you have a radar in the lower half of the screen, press W to increase engine speed from zero, spin the ship around using Q or E until the radar destination line is pointing upward. Raise the ship’s nose until the line shrinks down to the centre of the radar and your destination simultaneously arrives at the centre of the screen.
Put your central cross-hairs over the selected moon and press B to enable the quantum drives. They will begin calibrating themselves (wait a bit). If spooling isn’t already underway or completed, press B to initiate it.
When the hyperdrive is both calibrated and spooled, press and hold B to engage the hyperspace jump.
When I first started playing SC I thought orbital markers were fairly random things, but they aren’t. The markers rotate in sync with the planet and are geostationary, so you can use them to identify a location on the planet’s surface.
OM1 and OM2 mark a line through the planet poles and I would be inclined to think that OM1 marks the ‘UP’ position for the solar system as far as the developers are concerned. From a player’s perspective, OM1 and OM2 mark a line perpendicular to the orbital plane and both sides of the plane (the North and South hemispheres) are similar. If you are going to meet team members at a planet, the polar markers are always visible although you will arrive at the equator and you can’t be sure which of the equatorial markers will be closest.
Interestingly, the perpendicular lines that lay in the orbital plane and the equator are numbered as pairs (3,4) and (5,6) instead of clockwise as seen from OM1. As you go around the equator the numbers are not in order so if you get disorientated the marker numbers are less helpful than they could have been.
The distances from three markers will give you a rough location on the planet, but it’s not as easy to find a location as it sounds.


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You’re sitting in the comfort of your own home, when suddenly things being to shake.
It’s slow at first and quickly turns to a violent rumble. Items fall off shelves, windows shatter and furniture shifts. Then after roughly five minutes, the shaking stops.
That’s what people can expect when they step into the Shake Zone earthquake simulator in Colwood this week. The machine simulates what would happen during an 8-magnitude quake to promote emergency preparedness in the region.
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“It’s not intended to scare people, it’s intended to promote the need to be prepared,” said Geoff Amy, emergency co-ordinator for the City of Colwood, who, along with the Town of View Royal, and West Shore Parks and Recreation are hosting the event.
“Most of us have never been through an earthquake, we don’t know what to expect … This could happen here and it could be quite severe.”
In addition to the simulator, there will also be an information booth, detailing how Island residents can prepare themselves for the big one or any other natural disasters.
Amy said residents in Greater Victoria should have enough food, water, medications and supplies to be self-sufficient for seven days instead of other materials that say to have enough resources for three days.
“We’re on the end of the Island. If we lose the ferries and if the Malahat is closed, we could be isolated for some time so people need to be prepared to look after themselves,” Amy said.
The simulator tour started last week in Saanich and travelled to Esquimalt, Camosun College, the University of Victoria, and Centennial Square earlier this week.
On Thursday, Sept. 14, the free simulator will be making its only stop on the West Shore at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre (1767 Island Hwy. by the bus loop) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Philippines removes Chinese barrier
The Philippines said yesterday it executed a "special operation" to remove a floating barrier installed by China at a prime fishing patch in the South China Sea, a move that could stoke tension after a years-long detente in Asia's most disputed waters. The Philippines expressed outrage on Sunday and shared images of Chinese coastguard policing a long, ball-buoy barrier near the Scarborough Shoal, a rocky outcrop 200 km (124 miles) from the Philippines and the site of years of intermittent flare-ups over sovereignty and fishing rights. Hours after the national security adviser had vowed to take action, the Philippine coastguard said it had removed the floating cordon, at the behest of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his special task force on the South China Sea. "The barrier posed a hazard to navigation, a clear violation of international law. It also hinders the conduct of fishing and livelihood activities of Filipino fisherfolk," it said in a statement, describing the shoal as "an integral part of the Philippine national territory".


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Say farewell to spring in Three Rivers
1st Saturday in Three Rivers invites you to join us from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2.
Find where the artists and activities are located all over Three Rivers, including the Redbud Festival, The Redbud Garden Club's Native Plant Sale, and more; pick up maps at Anne Lang's Emporium, 41651 Sierra Drive, or the Three Rivers Historical Museum, 42268 Sierra Drive.
We celebrate the theme for May, "Farewell to Spring," with open studios, and stores filled with whatever you need.
The Redbud Garden Club's annual native plant sale is joining 1st Saturday once again. Find them on the grass at the Village Market. They use the proceeds of sales to provide many public gardens for Three Rivers, and maintain them all year round. Look across the parking lot at the Post Office or across the street at the Fire Station to enjoy samples of their very dedicated and beautiful work.
There are two open studios this month. The Gerstels, who live along the Main Fork River, just beyond the Memorial Building, invite you to their home. Stand on the deck to enjoy the wonders of the river. Jackie crochets, incorporating beads into necklaces, and bracelets, with an eye for color and style.
The second open studio is Spirit Hill, just above the Memorial Building. A meditation garden with bubbling pond, tonal chimes, and beautiful setting welcomes you. Jeri Burzin, Photographer, will share her incredible eye. Jeri creates mixed media pieces using plant life, her photographs, and more. If you ever wonder what you can do with dots, ask Shirley Keller. Don't forget to notice the ceramic masks hanging on the shed along side the driveway when you exit your vehicle.
On Saturday and Sunday enjoy The Redbud Festival with arts and crafts booths, inside and outside of the Memorial Building. Outside the Lens (OTL) photography/art project by students involved in the Pro-Youth HEART will be displayed in Harrison Hall, next to the Memorial Building.
The OTL project honors the 125th Anniversary of Sequoia National Park and the 75th Anniversary of Kings Canyon National Park. Students combine photography, painting, writing, and drawing. A park ranger will share the history and celebrations, including the 2016 100th Anniversary of the National Parks Service.
A quilt show will hang inside the Memorial Building, and live music will add to the festivities. Do not pass up the drawing. The prize packages will be on display at the Redbud Festival. For $2 a ticket you will help benefit the Jonnum-Young Scholarship Fund for aspiring artists headed to college.
So join us here in Three Rivers for a day full of fun, food and fabulous art, and say, "Farewell to Spring."
Shirley is a writer and artist at the Spirit Hill Meditation Garden and Art Studio, member of 1st Saturday in Three Rivers, the Arts Alliance of Three Rivers and of the Arts Consortium.
See the details of the participants in 1st Saturday on the blog at www.1stsaturdayTR.com. Call Shirley Keller at 559-561-3463 if you are an artist and want to join 1st Saturday in Three Rivers. The deadline for participation is the 15th of every month and it costs only $10 a month


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23-year-old Paris Saint Germain defender, Layvin Kurzawa, took to social media to show off his new inking which is as bizarre as it is huge. It is a tattoo of the Hindu Goddess of time, doomsday and death which covers nearly all of his upper body.
And he’s not done yet. He claimed on Instagram that he is due another session with the tattoo artist to get it finished!
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Hello I downloaded the song but forget where. I cannot you the search function here to go back there due the keyword not valid. Please someone locate where the song was so I can get the midi files and edit to the way I like. Thanks.
Guitar Stu may have done so already. Try searching “Comfortably Numb”–it’s in his setlist
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Check out their latest duet together below!
Tonight, in Bryant Park. Shakira will be performing with a very special guest (still unknown!) from 6- 9pm. The concert accompanies a major announcement from T-Mobile regarding the “Uncarrier”, which is described as a “pay-as-you-go” plan that eliminates the use of contracts. Customers will now be able to pay lower monthly rates. Although this is a big announcement, the company has eluded to other special announcements that will be revealed at the event tonight.
Seems like Bryant Park is full of secrets tonight!
With awards and red carpet season in full-swing, Joonbug decided to check in with celebrity stylist to the stars Annabel Tollman. It’s not often that one can gain style knowledge directly and in-person from someone who works dressing A-list celebs for their most important red carpet appearances. A-list stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Shakira, Mariah Carey, and Liv Tyler are just some of the power house names she works with and dresses.
Joonbug met up with Annabel at the chic Rlounge at the Renaissance Hotel in Manhattan overlooking Times Square to kick off the announcement of Annabel Tollman’s favorite style suggestions for Gemvara. If you aren’t familiar with Gemvara, it’s a unique and beautiful handcrafted jewelry line that you custom create — yourself. There’s no inventory and you won’t see every woman you know wearing the same exact jewelry as you! There are various price points which allows you to create a custom piece of jewelry whether it be for everyday use or for a special night out! After exploring the site once again, it’s easy to see why Gemvara is one of Oprah’s coveted “favorite things.“
The MTV Europe Music Awards stopped in Madrid yesterday. You might not have the time to watch the whole show so I made a list of the winners for your eyes only. If you still want tou watch the show, here is the link you need.
Eva Longoria was the master of ceremony. She had a pimpilicious full of diamonds microphone, and more than ten different outfits during the ceremony.
As you can see this skewer of winners looks pretty deliscious for kids, but could suffer from a lack of taste for the others.
What a Silly Bandz craze. What are those on your wrist Shakira? A trend that just doesn't seem to die out it seems.
Shakira does the style rage by wearing Silly Bandz on her Sale El Sol album cover. Nothing's more frustrating than actually admitting in wanting to know what shape, word or character those bands are.
Silly Bandz are still going strong, but please don't bring back Crocs in your next cover. There's a reason why they are being sold at mall carts.
Check out our exclusive interview with New York's DJ Vitale. As an international nightlife sensation, Vitale has played some of the hottest rooms in the world. From The Limelight and Palladium in New York to Feria in Tokyo, DJ Vitale has become a worldwide label and spins the best sounds from city to city. DJ Vitale sat down with us to talk about where he came from and where he is now.
What is the best party you have every played?
The Dolce & Gabbana party in South Korea. I was DJing for people who had no idea what the music was in the store in Seoul.
What is the craziest thing a fan has ever asked you?
To play Shakira during a house set. Oh, and there was the time that two girls asked to make out in the DJ booth while I was spinning at The Limelight.


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Greedy speculators in housing and private bankers, financial innovation and failure of risk models, regulators and credit rating agencies were all deservedly blamed for the recent financial crisis. Behind this all is public policy that worsened the problems.
Development is about welfare enhancing transformation through economic, social, political, and technological progress. Transformation is predicated on per capita income growth but development is also about progress in reduction of poverty and inequality, individual capabilities, access to social services, and quality of life. Both growth and development are also predicated on distributive politics of how a society is able to deal with vested interests and social conflicts.
During past sixty years, growth spurts have occurred in most countries but generally outcomes have fallen short of expectations. Developed economies have averaged growth rates of 2.4 percent during 1990 and 2008 while developing economies have collectively increased their GDP by an average of 4.7 percent over the same period. For low and middle income countries, physical capital is the
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close, notably in the United States, and as fiscal support measures in key economies are being withdrawn.
We have often moaned about opinion polls and their limited value on this blog. You know, those things where people get asked about their favorite toothpaste and that gets sold as public opinion? The question, of course, is how to do it better. Public opinion is an intricate phenomenon. We don't really know how to define the public to begin with, let alone how to figure out their opinion.
There's been a great model around since the mid 90s: Deliberative Polling. Introduced by James Fishkin, Deliberative Polls are designed to "show what the public would think about the issues, if it thought more earnestly and had more information about them,” to provide a “glimpse of the hypothetical public” (Luskin, Fishkin, and Jowell, 2002). It works like this:
It doesn’t happen very often. Thank goodness. But there are times, very rare times, when in our work, we experience a kind of mid-life crisis, when some external event sparks the realization that we have been traveling down a decision-path for so long, we’ve lost sight of something very important – when we stop and say, how did we get here?
It happened last month -- in Weihai, China’s Shandong Province, where we are working with the municipal government on the development of the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines.
I am not sure if I stumbled upon a tool for fighting corruption or a conspiracy theorist’s dream. Either way, I will report and leave the judgments and interpretations to you, the reader. Before you begin reading this particular blog post, I would recommend that you close your door, pull down the shades and close all other browser windows; after all, you never know who could be watching.
WikiLeaks says they have a “history of breaking major stories in every major media outlet and robustly protecting sources and press freedoms.” They claim that “no source has ever been exposed and no material has ever been censored since their formation in 2007.” WikiLeaks claims they have been “victorious over every legal (and illegal) attack, including those from the Pentagon, the Chinese Public Security Bureau, the Former president of Kenya, the Premier of Bermuda, Scientology, the Catholic & Mormon Church, the largest Swiss private bank, and Russian companies.” And, as if that is not enough of a soap box on which to stand, WikiLeaks claims to have “released more classified intelligence documents than the rest of the world press combined.” If you do not believe WikiLeaks, perhaps you might trust another source, Time Magazine who suggests that WikiLeaks “...could become as important a journalistic tool as the Freedom of Information Act.”
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In Chenggong, there are more than a hundred-thousand new apartments with no occupants, lush tree-lined streets with no cars, enormous office buildings with no workers, and billboards advertising cold medicine and real estate services – with no one to see them.
As my colleagues and I wandered, on–foot, down the center of Chenggong’s empty 8-lane boulevards and dedicated bus lanes, never seeing a single person, we marveled about the fiscal and political conditions that would have to exist to create something like this.
Have you ever been to a foreign city and not been able to figure out the names of the stations or directions of that city’s metro? Did you feel completely lost and upset with whoever designed the system? Maybe as a parent you have tried taking a bus with a stroller and gave up because you were not able to take it up the steep stairs? Or maybe you had to walk on the road among traffic and cars because the sidewalk was blocked by construction or parked cars?
For a while, after the global crisis broke out, we were all preoccupied with short term prospects and developments. More recently, it has become clear that China’s economy is actually growing quite well, helped initially by a massive policy stimulus but with growth having become more broad based recently. At the same time, the global outlook is more subdued now than before the crisis. In all, this is a good time to extend the perspective and revisit medium and longer term economic prospects.
I recently wrote a working paper that discusses a medium term scenario building exercise. The objective was to get a sense of how the pace and composition of growth may develop, both from the production (supply) side and the expenditure (demand) side; whether the outlook has changed because of recent events and what the key implications of the outlook are; and how China’s living standards and the size of the economy may compare internationally in 2020.
I would of course prefer it if everybody diligently read the whole paper (526kb pdf). But, if you have better things to do in the summer during the World Cup Football, here are the key take aways.


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Recently, Thomas Nelson Publishers sent me Love Your Heart by Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas for review. Yes, that's the Tim McGraw you know and love! I was interested in the book because a.) I am an aspiring children's book writer and I'm always looking at what's being published these days, and b.) I am interested in books by celebrities, mostly to see if they can actually write, or if their book was published simply for their name. I have strong opinions on that, but more on it later.
Love Your Heart is the second book by McGraw and Douglas. The story visits Katie and her dad as Katie tries to decide what she will do in the School Talent Show. She tries out several things that end in crazy mishaps, and finally settles on an amazing act with her dog Palio. However, on the night of the Show, Katie sees her friend Sophie crying, and Katie does something that ends with her dad saying "I love your heart."
The story was cute. It had a great message for little kids about doing things that showcase your heart rather than outward talents. The illustrations were beautifully done by Abigail Marble. But I kind of feel that's all I have to say about it. I think it was sweet that Tim McGraw wrote a story about a little girl since he has three, but I feel that most of the reason the book was published was because parents all over know the name Tim McGraw. I'm not sure the story could sell itself.
Love Your Heart was sweet. But check it out from the library. I wouldn't spend any money on it.
Thomas Nelson Publishers provided me with a complimentary copy of this book as a part of their blogger program called BookSneeze.


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“ This smoked cheese comes from Mragowo, the northeastern-most part of Poland, home to the Mazurian Lake district. A longtime summer resort area for well-to-do Poles, Mragowo is also noted for its lush farms and robust dairy production. Damski, which is naturally smoked over wood embers, is a semi-soft variety with a pleasant, sweet flavor combined with the typical qualities of any smoked cheese. „
Morski cheese is mst definitely one of the most boring cheeses I've ever come across, I can't understand how the same country that produces some of the most amazing mountain sheep cheese can create so many similarly dull sandwich type cheeses. Morski really seems to go out of it's way to be boring, with a light white yellow colour to it, a rubbery texture and the mildest of mild tastes.
The cheese itself is described as being great for parties because of it's accessibility, what rubbish though - anyone who likes cheese will be sincerely disappointed when trying this one out and you certainly will not find this at any party which has a cheese selection.
It has no future for export and as it's own nations people's tastes are starting to change, I feel its former glory years might be up shortly. It is made from cow's milk but is not even particularly milky, the only thing it really has going for it is that it's cheep and melts easily.


Please join the USAID Tanzania Water Resources Integration Development Initiative (WARIDI) for a discussion about achievements, lessons learned, and the future of water supply and water governance in the Wami-Ruvu and Rufiji river basins.
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Water is a limited resource impacting both economic development and food security, and agriculture is the single largest user of water resources in many countries across the globe. Pakistan is no exception.
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Agricultural water management (AWM) seeks to use water in a way that provides crops and animals the amount of water they need, enhances productivity, and conserves natural resources for the benefit of downstream users and ecosyst
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Food recovery is the collection of wholesome food for distribution to the poor and hungry. The four most common methods are: Field Gleaning - The collection of crops from farmers' fields that have already been mechanically harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Perishable Food Rescue or Salvage - The collection of perishable produce from wholesale and retail sources. Food Rescue - The collection of prepared foods from the food service industry. Nonperishable Food Collection - The collection of processed foods with long shelf lives. This category is for sites discussing this topic and for organizations participating in this type of effort.
Collects and distributes surplus perishable foods to non-profit agencies to feed people in Montgomery County, Maryland.
A non-profit, Florida City organization that recovers food from farms, wholesalers and other groups which is donated to feed the hungry. Includes explanation of process, programs and services, and how to become involved.
Based in Sacramento California, they provide food to those in need with surplus sourced from grocers, farmers and donations.
A global agency that connects surplus food donations from food service companies to local hunger relief organizations.
Rescues excess fresh fruits and vegetables from various sources to provide nourishment for people in need across Southern California.
Works to alleviate hunger in Washtenaw County, Michigan by rescuing foods otherwise destined for waste, and then distributing these and other non-perishable foods.
Information about how and what types of produce to contribute to support food banks in Oregon.
Christian hunger ministry that salvages fresh produce and delivers it to soup kitchens and food banks across the United States. Descriptions of gleaning programs, special projects, stories, and testimonials.
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Event : The keel laying ceremony of The New Chao Phraya Tourist Boat’s passenger ferry.
Venue : Chao Phraya Express Boat Dockyard, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Date : Wednesday 18th, July 2018
Khun Aphiwat Wutthinansurasit Chief Operating Officer of EA Mechanics presented a flower bouquet to congratulate with the owner of the new Chao Phraya Tourist Boat’s passenger ferry.
On Wednesday 18th, July 2018 – EA Mechanics was invited to attend the keel laying ceremony of the new Chao Phraya Tourist Boat’s passenger ferry at Chao Phraya Express Boat dockyard, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The keel laying ceremony hosted by Chao Phraya Tourist Boat Co., Ltd. and Chao Phraya Express Boat Co., Ltd., led by Khun Supapan Phichai Narong Songkhram, President of Chao Phraya Express Boat together with Khun Farn Sritrairatana Executive Director and Khun Charoenporn Charoentam, Managing Director as well as Khun Piriya Vachajitpan, Managing Director of Chao Phraya Tourist Boat, which the Buddhist ceremony aims to strengthen the prosperity of this shipbuilding.
Executive management of Chao Phraya Express Boat and Chao Phraya Tourist Boat with EA Mechanics representative.
EA Mechanics as Authorized Dealer Marine engines dealership of Scania Thailand, we were invited to attend this ceremony on the day. Khun Aphiwat Wutthinansurasit, Chief Operating Officer of EA Mechanics Co., Ltd. and team presented a flower bouquet to congratulate with the owner of the new Chao Phraya Tourist Boat’s passenger ferry. In this event, Khun Sathit Riyatanon, Aftersales Director of Scania Siam Co., Ltd. (Scania Thailand) has also participated during this ceremony.
Executive of Chao Phraya Express Boat and Chao Phraya Tourist Boat warm welcoming EA Mechanics during ceremony.
As EA Mechanics is one of equipment suppliers that Chao Phraya Tourist Boat selected and trust. We provide premium quality marine diesel engine Scania a model DI09 070M performed 257 kW. 350 hp. at 1800 rpm, with outstanding advantages of fuel saving and longer service interval maintenance comparing to existing engines used in their fleets. This meets the needs of customer. Scania marine engines are suitable for all applications, engines are developed for heavy duty operations, delivering impressive power, immediate response and the feeling of absolute trust and reliability. In addition, we have genuine spare parts available in stock and after sales service by qualified service staff through 10 Scania service centers in Thailand.
Khun Supapan Phichai Narong Songkhram the President of Chao Phraya Express Boat, led the Buddhist keel laying ceremony.
The keel laying ceremony of the new Chao Phraya Tourist Boat’s passenger ferry is the ceremonious recognition of the start of a boatbuilding. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the owners of the boat, the ceremony filled with distinguished guests; equipment supplier and shipbuilders come to congratulate the building of the boat. Keel laying ceremony is one of the all especially-celebrated occasions in the life of a boat; the others are launching, commissioning, and sea trial.


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Theresa Caputo, the star of Lifetime's new TV show Raising Spirits Thursdays 9/8c, has launched her podcast HEY SPIRIT! The show is available on all podcast players, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. A practicing medium for more than 20 years and with a fanbase in the millions, Theresa surged into the mainstream via 14 seasons of her first hit TV show, Long Island Medium. Her podcast HEY SPIRIT! is another way for Theresa to share her gift with people all over the world.
On HEY SPIRIT!, Theresa channels the souls of those who have passed, souls she refers to as “Spirit”—. This podcast allows for Theresa’s fans, callers, and guests— even a few surprise celebs!—the rare opportunity to get a reading.
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Yamaha has completed two days of private testing at Sepang, bringing an end to this year's MotoGP on-track action.
Factory pair Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales were joined by Tech3 satellite rider Johann Zarco, who also worked closely with the factory Yamaha outfit in Valencia testing earlier this month.
None of the three were present at last week's combined Jerez test, with Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa also skipping it in order to save their allocation of test days.
While Yamaha has not issued any official comment on the test, it is understood that the main focus of Monday and Tuesday's running was on defining the final engine specification for the 2018 M1.
"In Sepang we focused on testing different engines, and once we have decided on the spec we will work on the new chassis, but that won't be until the [Sepang] January test," a Yamaha source told Autosport.
Both Rossi and Vinales had four different varieties of bike at their disposal in Sepang, having sampled a mixture of 2016 and '17 chassis in Valencia, while Zarco had two different specs to try.
The trio were also able to get some wet mileage under their belts on Monday.
Official pre-season testing resumes on January 28 at Sepang, which comes at the end of a two-month winter testing ban.


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"A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside; "I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills."--Jean Antheleme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts halves. 1/8 tsp salt 1/3 c. salsa 2 T. taco sauce 1/3 c. shredded Mexican cheese blend.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Place chicken in a greased, shallow 2 Qt baking dish. Sprinkle with salt. Combine salsa and taco sauce; drizzle over chicken. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
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Gas prices up 37 cents from 2016
Despite a 1.9-cent drop in the past week, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in Medford is up 37.1 cents from mid-December 2016.
Gas Buddy reports the local average hit $2.75 Sunday in a survey of 64 gas outlets. The statewide average was $2.74.
The national average, which has fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, was $2.41.
While national per-gallon averages dropped 12.9 cents the past month, it fell 8.5 cents in the Medford area. Oregon's state gas tax is 30 cents per gallon. The federal tax is 18.4 cents per gallon.
Yreka casino seeking dealers
YREKA — Rain Rock Casino, expected to open the final weekend of January, is seeking table games dealers.
The Karuk Tribe casino is paying new dealers $11 an hour — $12 for experienced dealers — plus tips and benefits. Qualified applicants must be 21. A four-week training begins Jan. 9, and both morning and afternoon class options are available. To apply, see www.rainrockcasino.com or call 530-340-5594.
Cox re-elected to Farm Service Agency
Jackson/Josephine Farm Service Agency County Committee Chairman John Cox of Eagle Point has won re-election for a three-year term.
His region, Local Administrative Area 2, includes the northern portions of Jackson and Josephine counties from the Curry County line at Indigo Creek in the west, to the Klamath County line in the east, and north to the Douglas County line, covering the communities of Wolf Creek, Merlin, Rogue River, Gold Hill, Eagle Point and Butte Falls.


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The military authorities activated the DN-III-E Plan to attend to those affected in the states of Tabasco and Chiapas
Mexico.- More than 600 thousand people affected and at least five deaths has left the tropical storm ‘ Gamma ‘ in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco.
Civil Protection authorities in Chiapas, specified that there are 323 affected families and 525 homes damaged by the rains, which have also led to landslides and landslides.
he overflow of the Agua Azul waterfalls was also reported, affecting roads, electrical networks, and sewers in various locations.
At dawn on Saturday, two women and two children, members of a family, died as a result of a landslide in the municipality of Chamula.
While state authorities provide humanitarian aid to people affected by floods, the National Defense Secretariat activated the DN-III-E Plan in its prevention phase, evacuating the population at risk to temporary shelters.
In Tabasco, throughout Saturday 367 communities and 589,536 people were affected by the rains, for which 28 shelters were enabled.
Mexico Daily Post


text: Denali Fault/Pipeline view. Notice how the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is built in a zigzag pattern? This allows the pipeline to expand and contract due to extreme temperature change or earthquakes. The pipeline has an earthquake detection system that measures ground movement. Computers can identify areas that should be checked after a large earthquake.


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It would appear I’m going to start pumping out little “lessons learned” articles over the next few weeks, as I’ve learned an absolute TON from building my King Poker app. Today’s lesson is about capturing keystrokes.
Many of you have probably done this before: you want to recognize a specific key that has been pressed when a user is entering something into a TextBox. Maybe you want to take action when they press the Enter key, for example. This is generally simple enough, you just set up a KeyDown (or KeyUp, depending on your needs) event on the TextBox in question, and then just check every time the event fires until you find the key you’re looking for.
That’s not what I wanted to do.
To give you some context, here’s a screenshot of my app:
For the cards in question, I want to hold the three Queens, and then re-deal, hoping to get the 4th Queen, or maybe one of the Wild Deuces. (If I’m very lucky, BOTH!)
As the game currently stands, it is designed for use on a touch screen or with a mouse. Clicking/tapping on a card will mark it as “HELD,” and won’t replace it when you click the “DEAL” button. But you have to actually move your fingers or mouse to each card to mark them. For speed players, they’d prefer physical buttons that can be pressed over having to touch a screen.
This is where my key capture needs come in.
I don’t have a control that I can just drop a KeyDown event on. I want to be able to monitor keystrokes at all times. For this, we can simply wire up an event in the code-behind file, and capture it there. Here’s what it looks like:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
Window.Current.CoreWindow.KeyDown += CoreWindow_KeyDown;
void CoreWindow_KeyDown(Windows.UI.Core.CoreWindow sender, Windows.UI.Core.KeyEventArgs args)
if (HoldRound) HoldCard(Card0);
if (HoldRound) HoldCard(Card4);
protected override void OnNavigatingFrom(NavigatingCancelEventArgs e)
Window.Current.CoreWindow.KeyDown -= CoreWindow_KeyDown;
As you can see above, I subscribe to the Window.Current.CoreWindow.KeyDown event, which fires before anything else gets access to the key event. This is also a great way to capture keystrokes before they get to your TextBox controls, etc.
Once I’ve got this event rigged up (and un-rigged it with my OnNavigatingFrom event), I can now easily provide physical keys for my power users by enabling the #1 – #5 keys to hold the cards rather than having to move their mouse all over the screen. In addition, I’ve also set the Spacebar up to provide “Deal” functionality, which means they never need the mouse once they start playing the game. Here’s a look at the cards held:
And finally, in case you were wondering, here’s what I drew (I got that wild 2) to get my four of a kind!
So there you have it. A simple way to capture keystrokes in C# and XAML applications for Windows 8/Windows RT applications. Many apps have a need for this in some way (even if it’s to provide a shortcut or even an Easter Egg), so consider this in your applications as well.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) is starting a $3.9 million project Monday, paving 2.1 miles of State Route 11 from Taft Road in the Town of Clay through the Village of North Syracuse, up to Bear Road in Cicero.
“New York State is committed to making smart investments in infrastructure that support economic growth and enable our communities to grow and prosper,” Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez said. “This project will enhance safety and improve the resiliency of our roadway along an important commercial corridor that’s used by thousands of motorists each day.”
The project calls for the milling and resurfacing of the existing roadway. Drainage systems will be cleaned, new pavement markings and traffic signal loops will be installed and sidewalk ramps will be updated to comply with the American with Disabilities Act.
The majority of work is expected to be performed during the overnight hours with some shoulder work performed during the day. Motorists should expect single lane traffic controlled by flaggers during work periods.
Drivers are reminded to slow down and safely move over when maintenance and construction vehicles are on the side of the road. To learn more about the Move Over law and what we’re doing to keep workers and motorists safe in highway construction zones, visit www.ny.gov/workzonesafety.
Work is expected to be completed in the fall.


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Book inscribed and signed: "My best wishes/to/Carl Gessner/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell". 209p, 9x12. Norman Rockwell, Illustrator, by Arthur L. Guptill. N.Y: Watson-Guptill, 1972. Hardcover, seventh printing. Signed on the half-title page. American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is best known for his realistic and humorous scenes of small town life in America. He painted over 300 covers for the "Saturday Evening Post" (1916-1965) after beginning his career at age 18 as an illustrator for "Boy's Life". Rockwell's art documented American history as well as popular culture. From 1952 through 1968 his paintings of the Presidential candidates were featured on the front of Time and then Look magazine. His paintings celebrating Franklin Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" - the "freedom from want" painting graces the front cover of this book - are justly celebrated (and frequently parodied). Fine condition.
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Crowdfunding is the process of raising funds for a specific project from a large number of individuals via an online platform. Many different types of crowdfunding exist, including equity, rewards-based, or lending crowdfunding for business ventures and social enterprises. However, most nonprofit organizations rely on donation-based crowdfunding in which individuals contribute funds for social impact projects without expecting any tangible benefit in return.
Crowdfunding is not new. Nonprofits have used crowdfunding for decades—many telethons, special annual fund programs, or other outreach campaigns are fueled by small donations from a large number of individuals. What is new, however, is the way in which digital technology and communications can be harnessed by organizations to engage with supporters, make their case, and use networks to continue to spread the word. Today’s crowdfunding makes the most of enriched digital communication and taps into the power of social connections.
In response to these opportunities, recent years have seen a proliferation of online platforms offering individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and all types of organizations the ability to crowdfund online. The model is similar—the user uploads information about their project online and spreads the word, and donors visit the project and can donate online with their credit card. Once the campaign period is over, the platform transfers the funds raised to the organization, normally retaining a small commission and/or payment processing fee.
HIPGive joins the group of crowdfunding platforms but brings a unique focus—we enable Latino-serving nonprofits to crowdfund on a bilingual, bicultural platform that makes it easy for donors to give to projects throughout the U.S. and Latin America.