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While publicly lamenting wasteful spending, Washington gets high blowing cash on the drug war. In the case of Afghanistan and the fight against heroin, the US government spent $7 billion to eradicate poppy cultivation with no discernible effect. In fact, according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime Opium Survey opium production is hitting records in Afghanistan with “estimates that 209,000 hectares are under opium-poppy cultivation, an all-time high and a 36% increase from 2012.”
36% increase? Something seems to have gone wrong. Especially when considering Afghanistan’s draft National Drug Control Strategy for 2012–2016’s goal was to reduce production by 50%. Use of heroin among Afghans has also spiked with estimates now putting the number of adult users at 1.3 million or 7.5% of the population with the number only growing.
Of course, how much could the US really crack down on the heroin trade when it needed drug dealers and their political allies to fight the Taliban?
During the height of the American counterinsurgency effort, winning over the general population to the side of the government and foreign forces was a big focus. The US found that tearing up crops and impoverishing farmers wasn’t very popular.
The early eradication strategy was largely abandoned in favor of going after big opium dealers and encouraging farmers to grow other crops. But that really hasn’t worked, either. The country’s opium and heroin trade is a top earner, and with the military effort winding down, the business opportunities associated with aid and foreign military spending are set to decline.
So why the $7 billion pretense? Especially with the US backing Hamid Karzai whose family was/is intimately involved in Afghanistan’s heroin business – quite an alliance for a drug free Afghanistan. And now that the US is somewhat dislodging itself from Afghanistan the economic and political power of heroin and those that control it will only increase (if that’s possible).
What is perhaps most tragic is that this $7 billion total waste of US taxpayer money is likely to turn out to be one of the less costly mistakes the US made in Afghanistan.
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Sarafa Bazaar robbers arrested, sub inspector involved
Karachi: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) on Thursday announced that they arrested six people including a sub inspector, on January 12, who were involved in the Sarafa Bazaar robbery and recovered eight kilograms of gold and jewellery from their possession.
According to The News’ details, the police party of SIU was on a snap checking in the Kharadar police limits on January 12 and signaled to stop some motorcycle riders, but upon seeing the police the suspects opened fire. The police retaliated and arrested both the accused and recovered two TT pistols and a motorcycle.
During the initial interrogation the accused disclosed their names as Muhammad Shuaib and Noman and admitted that they were involved in the Sarafa Bazar robbery.
The accused also disclosed that they along with Aga Nasir, Muhammad Kashif, Shahzad and Javed were also involved in the robbery.
The police on this tip raided different parts of the city and arrested the accused Aga Nasir, Muhammad Kashif and Shahzad, while they were escaping towards the Punjab province.
The accused disclosed that they gave the gold to a Sub Inspector, Abdul Sattar who is posted in the Kalri police station. The SIU team nabbed the inspector and recovered seven kilogram of gold ornaments.

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Superb, slow-growing, tight cushions of fine silver leaves produce tight buds with pale pink flowers. Preferring a dry sunny spot, this is a rare and unique plant only available in small numbers.
Sow immediately at any time onto preferably a soil-based compost, covering with fine grit to approximately their own depth. Germination MAY be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. but many seeds WILL NOT come up the year they are sown, needing winter chilling after sowing, and ONLY come up with natural spring germination.
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The Best Choice for You: Laser Resurfacing or Surgical Facelift
As you age, three major changes take place with skin. Texture changes occur, a loss of volume happens and sagging skin starts to emerge. Anti-aging methods include laser resurfacing and facelifts. But making the decision on which method is best for you can be a challenge.
Tips for Laser Resurfacing: When It’s a Good Choice
Laser resurfacing is a good choice for:
- Sun-damaged skin
- Fine lines/Wrinkles
- Sun spots
- Skin tightening
- Correct textural changes
Mature skin has less collagen and elastin. This leads to the formation of fine lines. Both ablative and non-ablative lasers help reverse the signs of fine lines, textural issues, and sun damage. It will smooth the fine crepiness wrinkling under the eyes and smooth out the crow’s feet area.
Through a beam of fractionated energy, tiny holes are created in the skin. The skin recognizes this as an injury and gears up the production of collagen and new skin tissue for healing. This leads to smoother, younger-looking skin. In addition, it is the thermal component of laser resurfacing that delivers long-term improvement in tightening and skin texture. If you decide to go with laser resurfacing, you may want to opt for an ablative CO2 laser. These lasers do require more downtime, but the results are dramatic.
Tips for Surgical Facelifts: When It’s a Good Choice
Although a surgical facelift means you’ll be under the knife and anesthesia, it just may be the right choice for you. A facelift is more appropriate if you’ve got:
- Loose skin
- Deep lines around the neck or jawline
If you’ve got skin with extreme laxity, a surgical facelift may be the only option to deliver the results that you are seeking. During a traditional facelift, an incision is made around the hairline. Excess fat may be suctioned out, and layers of skin are tightened by folding and stitching. Stitches are placed in the hairline, so they’re not visible. If there little volume, micro-fats can be added. All around, a surgical facelift removes loose skin, corrects sagging and repositions tissue, fat, and muscle. For very dramatic results, it can be used in conjunction with laser surfacing.
It’s important to note that a surgical facelift is more effective for the long-term removal of deep wrinkles. This is because a surgical approach addresses the underlying muscles that produce the wrinkles. While lasers remove deep wrinkles, the underlying muscles aren’t modified. Hence, the wrinkles can return to a certain degree. How many areas that are addressed with a surgical facelift depends on the surgical technique used by the surgeon.
For the best laser treatment in San Diego, you should take informed decision

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The main question before the Supreme Court is not whether the Constitution protects gay marriage, but whether Prop. 8 and DOMA discriminate in violation of the 14th Amendment.
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday declined to reexamine a ruling overturning California's Prop. 8 gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. The decision sets the stage for a Supreme Court showdown.
A federal court overturned Prop. 8 Tuesday, apparently setting the stage for the case to move to the Supreme Court. But the judge's ruling has made some legal analysts think twice about what might happen next.
A federal court overturned Prop. 8, California's ban on gay marriage, but the ruling did not affirm a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage, as gay-rights groups had hoped.
Supporters of Prop. 8, the California gay marriage ban, face tough questioning in hearing before an appeals court. They are seeking a reversal of a federal judge's ruling against Prop. 8.

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Data Fabric Market 2018 Companies Profiles, Key Vendors, Trends, Strategic Solutions, Growth Opportunities & Forecast by 2023
Pune, India -- (SBWire) -- 07/02/2018 --Market Highlights:
Data Fabric is a software approach for data movement and management; it provide a consistent set of capabilities and services, which span a choice of endpoints and application ecosystems connected across the cloud and on-premises. Data fabric simplifies and integrates data management across cloud and on-premises to accelerate digital transformation. It delivers consistent and integrated hybrid cloud data services for data visibility and insights, data access and control, and data protection and security.
Data fabric enables data management, data placement, performance optimization, and access management to allow storage resources to be automatically provisioned to the requesting users or applications in a self-service manner. Thus, data can move between storage systems within a data center and/or to the cloud without changing user processes.
The goal of the data fabric is to eliminate the storage sprawl that organizations are inflicting on themselves in an attempt to address data sprawl. Data sprawl is the result of the increasing number of cases for IT, ranging from multiple types of databases to unstructured data types as well as the core demands for virtualization.
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K2 View (U.S.), SAP SE (Germany),
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The global data fabric market is segmented on basis of type, application, services, vertical, and region. The vertical segment is further classified into BFSI, healthcare, automotive, energy and utilities, and media and entertainment. The energy and utilities industry is undergoing a major transformation with the advent of smart sensors, smart meters, and IoT-based technologies. This transformation is mainly driven by the opportunity to use the massive amount of data generated from oil wells, generation stations, utility grids, gas grids, and other sensors in distributed generations to derive meaningful insights for operational decision making. This data can provide unprecedented insights into asset utilization, real-time demand and supply gaps, and consumption behavior patterns – parameters key for business growth. Data gathered from smart devices across the network can provide better understanding of customer segmentation, behavior and the influence of pricing on usage.
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From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
|Theme music composer||Rostam Batmanglij|
|Country of origin||United States|
|No. of seasons||2|
|No. of episodes||16|
|Running time||31–71 minutes|
|Original release||December 16, 2016 –|
March 22, 2019
The OA is an American mystery drama television series with science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy elements. The OA debuted on Netflix on December 16, 2016. Created and executive produced by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, the series is their third collaboration. The series consists of two seasons of eight episodes each, nearly all directed by Batmanglij, and is produced by Plan B Entertainment and Anonymous Content. In the series, Marling stars as a young woman named Prairie Johnson who resurfaces after having been missing for seven years. Prairie now calls herself "the OA" and can see, despite having been blind before her disappearance.
On February 8, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, dubbed "Part II", that was released on March 22, 2019. Although The OA was planned by its creators to be a five-part story told in five seasons, on August 5, 2019, Netflix canceled the series after two seasons, leaving the show with a cliffhanger ending. The OA received generally favorable critical reception, averaging 77% for Part I and 92% for Part II on Rotten Tomatoes. The series' directing, visuals and acting were often singled out, as was its social impact. It has been listed by many publications as one of the best TV shows of the 2010s, 21st century, and all time.
The series is about Prairie Johnson, an adopted young woman who resurfaces after having been missing for seven years. Upon her return, Prairie calls herself "the OA" (for "original angel"), has scars on her back, and can see, despite having been blind when she disappeared. The OA refuses to tell the FBI and her adoptive parents where she has been and how her eyesight was restored, and instead quickly assembles a team of five locals (four high school students and a teacher) to whom she reveals that information, also explaining her life story. Finally, she asks for their help to save the other missing people whom she claims she can rescue by opening a portal to another dimension.
The second season follows the OA as she traverses to another dimension and ends up in San Francisco to continue her search for her former captor Hap and her fellow captives. Prairie crosses paths with private eye Karim Washington and assists in his investigation of the surreal disappearance of a missing girl that involves an abandoned house with a supernatural history and an online puzzle game. Meanwhile, in the original dimension, a series of unfortunate events propels the OA's five companions to embark on a road trip across America to assist the OA on her journey.
- Brit Marling as Prairie Johnson / the OA / Nina Azarova / "Brit"
- Emory Cohen as Homer Roberts
- Scott Wilson as Abel Johnson, Prairie's adoptive father (season 1, guest season 2)
- Phyllis Smith as Betty "BBA" Broderick-Allen
- Alice Krige as Nancy Johnson, Prairie's adoptive mother (season 1, guest season 2)
- Patrick Gibson as Steve Winchell / "Patrick Gibson"
- Brendan Meyer as Jesse Mills
- Brandon Perea as Alfonso "French" Sosa
- Ian Alexander as Buck Vu and Michelle Vu (season 2)
- Jason Isaacs as Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy / Dr. Percy / "Jason Isaacs"
- Kingsley Ben-Adir as Karim Washington (season 2)
- Will Brill as Scott Brown (season 2, recurring season 1)
- Sharon Van Etten as Rachel DeGrasso (season 2, recurring season 1)
- Paz Vega as Renata Duarte (season 2, recurring season 1)
- Chloe Levine as Angie (season 2, recurring season 1)
- Hiam Abbass as Khatun (season 1)
- Zoey Todorovsky as Nina Azarova, a young Prairie Johnson
- Marcus Choi as Mr. Vu
- Robert Eli as Ellis Gilchrist, a high school principal (season 1)
- Nikolai Nikolaeff as Roman Azarov, Nina's father
- Sean Grandillo as Miles Brekov (season 1)
- Rosalind Chao as Patricia Knoller, a Chicago Tribune journalist (season 1)
- Zachary Gemino as Carlos Sosa, Alfonso's brother
- Harry Hains as Noah
- Riz Ahmed as Elias Rahim, an FBI trauma counselor
- Robert Morgan as Stan Markham, a sheriff (season 1)
- Michael Cumpsty as Leon Citro (season 1)
- Bria Vinaite as Darmi (season 2)
- Zendaya as Fola Uzaki (season 2)
- Zoë Chao as Mo (season 2)
- Irène Jacob as Élodie (season 2)
- Eijiro Ozaki as Azrael / Old Night, a giant octopus (voice) (season 2)
- Vincent Kartheiser as Pierre Ruskin (season 2)
- Liz Carr as Marlow Rhodes (season 2)
- Melora Walters as Melody, who accompanies OA to the clinic in the episode "Angel of Death"
Part I (2016)
|Title||Directed by||Written by||Original release date|
|1||1||"Chapter 1: Homecoming"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||December 16, 2016|
|After disappearing seven years ago, Prairie Johnson returns to her parents, Nancy and Abel. Prairie disappeared blind, but now she can see, and insists that her name is "the OA". She does not reveal how she regained her eyesight, nor where she has been for the past seven years, although she makes vague allusions to being held hostage with others. OA tells Steve, a neighborhood bully, that she will save him from being sent to boot camp in Asheville, if he presents her with four other strong people. That night, OA meets Steve in an abandoned house with three other boys from his school, "French", Buck, and Jesse, along with their teacher, Betty Broderick-Allen ("BBA"). She tells them that she was born in Russia as Nina Azarova, the daughter of a powerful oligarch. One day, following a premonition she had, the mafia knocked the bus of the oligarchs' children into a river. Nina had a near-death experience (NDE), where a supernatural entity named Khatun gave her the choice of returning to life. Nina came back blind after Khatun told her she would take her sight to protect her from the horrible things lying ahead.|
|2||2||"Chapter 2: New Colossus"||Zal Batmanglij||Melanie Marnich||December 16, 2016|
|Continuing her story, OA says that her father sent her to a boarding school for blind children in America to protect her. However, her father died, and she was sent to live with her aunt who ran an illegal adoption service. Nancy and Abel adopted her and named her Prairie. For the next several years, Prairie had dreams and premonitions, for which her parents medicated her. In them, her father waited for her by the Statue of Liberty. She ran away on her 21st birthday to see him, but he did not appear. Instead, she met a scientist named "Hap". She ends there her story for that night, and the teenagers begin to investigate whether she is telling the truth. French considers not going again when he gets a scholarship and wishes to focus on that, but Buck convinces him to come. The next night, she tells them that Hap was studying people that had NDEs, like she did. Prairie agreed to let Hap study her and flew on his private plane to his house, where he trapped her in a glass cage in his basement, with the other test subjects he had tricked over the years.|
|3||3||"Chapter 3: Champion"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Dominic Orlando||December 16, 2016|
|In the present, a journalist approaches Prairie's mother, asking if she can write a book about their story. In the flashback, Prairie gets to know Homer, Scott and Rachel, the other three captives. Prairie makes Hap a sandwich, and he takes her on as a cook. He regularly pumps gas to their cages as part of an experiment, but the four cannot figure what that is, as the gas makes them pass out. BBA defends Steve from being sent to Asheville, convincing his parents to put him in special education instead. Prairie makes soup for Hap, who experiences anaphylactic shock when he eats it. He asks her to get an EpiPen from the bathroom, but there she discovers the dead body of a girl "August". The captives try to send a letter for help, but lose it. Prairie asks Hap about August but becomes angry, pushes him down the stairs, and flees. She makes it as far as a cliff, and gets hit in the head by Hap's rifle butt.|
|4||4||"Chapter 4: Away"||Zal Batmanglij||Ruby Rae Spiegel||December 16, 2016|
|Prairie meets again Khatun in NDE. She is offered the choice of reuniting with her father but she chooses to return to help the others. Khatun, who shows she has a bird wing, offers Prairie to swallow a bird which will show her a way of traveling unknown to humans. She tells Prairie that five of them must work together to avert a great evil and that Prairie is "the original". Hap returns Prairie to her cage, and she tells the others that she can see, that they are all angels, and that their way out is by figuring out Hap's experiment. In the present, BBA learns her brother Theo left her $50,000 in his will. OA meets an FBI counselor, Elias, who suggests to her that she focus on healing herself. In her story, Prairie and Rachel decide to suck Hap's scopolamine-like gas so that Homer experiences the experiment awake. Hap is revealed to be drowning them in water and recording the soundscape of their NDEs. It takes Homer four years, but he experiences an NDE awake, in which he manages to swallow a sea anemone. Prairie contemplates the possibility that she has a truer self who answers to something sounding like "Away" or "Oh-A".|
|5||5||"Chapter 5: Paradise"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||December 16, 2016|
|OA (having abandoned the name Prairie) and Homer perform the two choreographic movements they got from their NDEs. Hap forces Homer to seduce an NDE survivor in Cuba named Renata, to kidnap her. Homer ends up sleeping with her, which destroys the morale of the team and hurts OA. With Renata now locked up back at Hap's, it is Scott's turn for the experiment. Scott begs Hap to spare him because he is too sick to survive another NDE and reveals OA can see as well as her ideas about angels and how to escape. Hap proceeds with the experiment, and Scott dies. Hap takes his body back to his cage, telling OA it is her fault. OA and Homer do their movements for hours, while facing each other with Scott in the middle. Unexpectedly, Scott returns to life and tells them they were right; if at least five people perform the movements, a door to another dimension opens. He has been given the third of five. Hap runs downstairs in shock that Scott is alive. In present day, OA tells the others the reason she gathered them is to teach them the movements so that she may travel to another dimension and rescue the others.|
|6||6||"Chapter 6: Forking Paths"||Zal Batmanglij||Melanie Marnich||December 16, 2016|
|In the following three years, Renata gets the fourth movement, OA and Homer scar themselves with depictions of them so that they don't forget them, and Hap is watching closely and learning their movements as well. Hap visits his former mentor, Leon, in a morgue, in which Leon also runs similar experiments. Leon tells Hap he is very close to proving the existence of an afterlife, but Hap tells him he actually believes there are multiple dimensions and that his subjects have the means to make traveling between them possible. He also thinks he knows where their NDEs take place, and he intends to go see it with his own eyes. Leon pulls a gun on Hap demanding he reveals his breakthroughs. They fight, and Hap kills him. Hap leaves the hospital and informs the staff to call the police to rescue Leon's subjects. Later, he asks OA to leave with him, make money using the first two healing movements, and run experiments on their own, but she turns him down. He reveals to her he thinks her NDEs take her to the rings of Saturn. A sheriff pays Hap a visit and discovers the hostages. He aims his gun at Hap.|
|7||7||"Chapter 7: Empire of Light"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||December 16, 2016|
|OA has a premonition of a big space with a metallic sound, but she cannot tell what it means. She discusses it with Elias, who suggest that her "psychic" capability might be the result of being able to notice even the smallest cues around her. He also tells her to just accept whatever happens. Steve is being sent to Asheville but BBA uses her inheritance check to bribe the drivers to let him go. OA has dinner with her parents, when Nancy gets upset that she knows nothing about what happened to her daughter. OA explains that she scarred herself with the notations of the movements that open another dimension and she knows all this because she is "the original angel", which causes Nancy to slap her. French suggests to OA that she forgive Nancy and Abel and consider them as her parents because they are one of the reasons she came back from her NDEs. Steve accuses OA of using him and the rest of the group just so she can return to Homer, then stabs her leg with a pencil. She embraces him and calms him down. He asks her how she survived all those years and she replies she did because she was not alone.|
|8||8||"Chapter 8: Invisible Self"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||December 16, 2016|
|Hap convinces the sheriff that OA and Homer can cure his dying wife. Once healed, the sheriff's wife reveals she is an NDE survivor and can give them the fifth movement. Upon doing so, Hap kills her and her husband. He releases OA on the side of the road, telling her he will jump dimensions with the others. French breaks into OA's house, discovers some books that seem to be the source of OA's story (e.g., Homer's Iliad), and shares the revelation with the others. Days later, a shooter approaches the school cafeteria where the teenagers are eating lunch. The teenagers and BBA, fearing for the lives of all present, desperately decide to enact OA's five choreographic movements. Bewildered, the shooter is easily subdued, but a stray bullet hits OA on the heart through the cafeteria window where she had been watching from outside. As medics tend to her, OA tells the teenagers and BBA that she can now feel herself going to another dimension.|
Part II (2019)
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|9||1||"Chapter 1: Angel of Death"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||March 22, 2019|
|In San Francisco, private detective Karim Washington agrees to help an elderly Vietnamese woman find her missing granddaughter, Michelle. Karim discovers Michelle's former hideout in an abandoned house, where she won tens of thousands of dollars playing "Q Symphony," an online puzzle game. Karim theorizes the game is a recruitment and crowdsourcing tool created by tech guru Pierre Ruskin. Karim infiltrates the Q Symphony headquarters and finds inmates having their dreams monitored. Meanwhile, an adult Nina Azarova collapses in San Francisco as Prairie is shot; Prairie awakens in Nina's body, in an alternate dimension where Joe Biden is President in 2016. Nina was never blind, her father lived into old age, and Pierre Ruskin is her boyfriend. She contacts Nancy, who doesn't know her, having gone through with her original intention to adopt a boy. Prairie is wrongfully put on psychiatric hold after exhibiting what her attending nurse views as erratic and delusional behavior, and accepts an offer to check into the secluded Treasure Island psychiatric hospital. Homer is a resident psychiatrist and does not recognize her. Rachel, Scott, and Renata are patients. The facility's director is Hap, under the name of Dr. Percy, who greets her as "Prairie".|
|10||2||"Chapter 2: Treasure Island"||Zal Batmanglij||Damien Ober & Nicki Paluga||March 22, 2019|
|Hap continues to tighten his grip on Prairie by placing her in isolation from the other captives. Prairie unsuccessfully tries to help Homer remember his life from the original dimension. Out of sympathy, Homer decides to allow Prairie to reconcile with Scott, Rachel, and Renata. Rachel, no longer having the ability to speak, uses objects to tell Prairie that Hap is planning to make a map across the multiple dimensions for his benefit. Meanwhile, Karim meets Marlow Rhodes, a former doctor who worked for Ruskin, who says that the house is a benefactor of the dreams. Karim realizes that the house is put on a Russian trust owned by Nina, Ruskin's girlfriend, and he decides to go see Prairie/Nina at the clinic. Hap takes Rachel to assist in his experiment on the clinic. Rachel comes across a classified area in Hap's experiment where she sees something horrific. Rachel stabs Hap in the stomach, and Hap accidentally breaks her neck while trying to get her off him, killing her. Rachel's subconscious then transfers from her body to the original dimension from the prior season, where she finds sanctuary in the vanity mirror of Buck's room.|
|11||3||"Chapter 3: Magic Mirror"||Andrew Haigh||Nicki Paluga & Dominic Orlando||March 22, 2019|
|Back in the original dimension, Prairie died after being shot at the school. Her companions struggle to cope with the loss: Buck and BBA are about to move away; Steve and his new girlfriend Angie debate about teaching the movements to others to continue Prairie's legacy; Jesse becomes depressed following his brush with death; French struggles with his faith in OA. Suddenly, Buck sees a vision of Rachel on his vanity mirror and contacts the group, but the vanity was sold behind their back to a faraway department center, forcing them to drive hundreds of miles to successfully get the mirror. They take sanctuary at a church, and French temporarily splits from the group and has a one-night-stand with a man who recommends a psychic in Nebraska for support. The group then treks there, but the vanity accidentally gets broken. At the psychic's house, the psychic helps Rachel come into contact with the group through a television. The group deduces from Rachel's messages that Prairie successfully made it to another dimension, and that it is "only safe for BBA to go" there.|
|12||4||"Chapter 4: SYZYGY"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||March 22, 2019|
|After Rachel's murder, Hap incinerates her corpse. Karim visits Prairie/Nina to find out about her involvement in CURI. Prairie pleads with Karim to help her get out of the clinic in exchange for her assisting Karim in his case. They come to an agreement and they break out of the clinic. Homer goes on an unsuccessful date, and Hap meets an enigmatic woman named Elodie who claims that she, too, is an inter-dimensional traveler like Hap. Meanwhile, Prairie and Karim head inside Nina's apartment and find a closet full of cassette tapes and a note marked "SYZYGY", in reference to a bar in downtown San Francisco. Prairie heads to the bar as Nina, alongside Karim, who looks for more clues in the venue. Prairie is strapped to a chair on the stage where a telepathic octopus, Old Night, straps his tentacles onto Prairie and has her communicate messages via his telepathy. Old Night figures out Prairie's true self, the OA, and strangles her to death to help her find clues in her investigation. A shocked Karim cuts one of Old Night's tentacles off, killing him, and resuscitates Prairie. They flee down the bar's basement and go through a door similar to one shown in Q Symphony.|
|13||5||"Chapter 5: The Medium & the Engineer"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Damien Ober & Henry Bean||March 22, 2019|
|Prairie and Karim go through a sewer that leads them to inside the house on Nob Hill. They then solve some of the house's puzzles together, until they somehow split from each other. Karim explores the labyrinthine sections of the house and finds an unconscious Fola. He breaks through one of the walls, and escorts Fola, managing to save her in the process. Prairie journeys deeper inside, where she comes across a flock of living, telepathic trees that tell her that Hap is planning to make a powerful discovery that would make her lose her faith. The trees warn Prairie to form a tribe and that Nina is the key to doing so. Meanwhile, Homer comes across incriminating files that implicate Hap's involvement in CURI as his recorded conversations with Ruskin recall the history of the house. He also uncovers Hap's lie about Rachel when he finds out that Rachel wasn't sent to another clinic. Meanwhile, Hap tries to knock out Elodie in her apartment to use her for his experiments. However, she catches wind of his intentions and uses cubes of dancing robots that initiate the movements, sending her to another dimension and killing her. A shocked Hap leaves the premises.|
|14||6||"Chapter 6: Mirror Mirror"||Andrew Haigh||Dominic Orlando & Claire Kiechel||March 22, 2019|
|BBA and the boys continue their journey across America. Their car breaks down and they hitchhike to a restaurant, where Jesse theorizes that they should head to Treasure Island in San Francisco to look for Prairie. They realize through television that they're wanted fugitives, and that an Amber alert is put out on Buck, a minor. They flee to avoid attention and take a bus trip to the house of BBA's dying uncle Carl in California where they stay for a day. However, things take a tragic turn when Jesse fatally overdoses on Carl's medication and the group tries to save him to no avail. They leave, but Steve stays behind to hopefully revive Jesse a second time. Unsuccessful and exhausted, he suddenly shaves his head. Meanwhile, Buck, Angie, French and BBA mourn Jesse's loss at a motel room and discuss going to Treasure Island, until Prairie's psychologist, Elias, arrives at their room and suggests that they should continue on with their journey as he claims that Prairie is going to need their help on her journey as the OA. The group then decides to trek to Treasure Island.|
|15||7||"Chapter 7: Nina Azarova"||Anna Rose Holmer||Brit Marling & Henry Bean||March 22, 2019|
|Homer briefly confronts Hap about Rachel's whereabouts, but Hap lies, telling Homer that Rachel killed herself. Homer then tells Hap that Scott explained about his NDE, where he sees Hap and Prairie together in a vision of a different dimension. Hap then contacts Scott, offering him his and Renata's freedom if he helps navigate the house on Nob Hill; Scott accepts the offer. Scott goes inside the house, but he suddenly collapses and is collected by Hap to be experimented on. Meanwhile, Prairie and Karim reunite as they find video footage of Michelle in the house's attic. They then have a falling out after Karim is unfazed by Prairie's claims about the dimensions and of Buck/Michelle. Prairie then crosses paths with Elodie, who advises her to let Nina have control of her body as well. Prairie drowns herself in a bathtub and resurrects as Nina. She then heads to Treasure Island and asks to talk to Hap. Meanwhile, Karim confronts Ruskin, who brags about getting away with his wrongdoings with the house because he believes nobody will come after him. He reveals that Michelle is alive but in a coma and that the house started to dream about Karim, calling for him to come back.|
|16||8||"Chapter 8: Overview"||Zal Batmanglij||Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij||March 22, 2019|
|Prairie helps Homer remember his memories and manages to convince Hap to show his research: mutated humans in a vegetated pool that serve as glimpses to other dimensions. They are revealed to be Scott and alternate versions of French, Jesse, and Steve. Prairie reverts to herself and belittles Hap for his cruelty. Hap corners her in a location surrounded by robots that initiate the movements to send them to another dimension. Hap fatally shoots Homer, and Prairie tells a dying Homer to look for her in the next dimension. In the original dimension, Steve and the group reunite at Treasure Island, where BBA can sense OA's presence in danger and they initiate the movements to help her until Steve collapses. Karim makes it into the attic of the Nob Hill house, having solved the puzzle, and witnesses Prairie floating in the sky. She suddenly falls down, transitioning her to the third dimension with Hap. It is revealed that the next dimension is inside the soundstage of a television show, where an injured Prairie is referred to as "Brit" and Hap is her husband, "Jason Isaacs", who has a British accent. Karim notices a version of Buck in that universe and calls for him, as Buck is pulled inside the attic by Karim, waking up Michelle from her coma. Prairie and Hap get inside an ambulance, but Steve, having successfully jumped dimensions, catches up, reuniting with Prairie and recognizing "Jason Isaacs" as Hap.|
The series was conceived by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij and they began working on the concept in December 2012. They spent two years working on The OA on their own, before pitching to studios. From the early stages of development onward, they were telling the story out loud and noting one another's reactions to the story to refine it accordingly. They found it difficult to summarize the series in a written story, so they developed it aurally. When executives read the script of the first hour, they asked if the story "really [went] somewhere". Marling and Batmanglij then began to tell the story from beginning to end, playing all the characters and acting out the big moments through many hours. They worked with Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, which connected with the story and shared notes before it went to networks and studios. Following a multiple-network bidding war, the series was first announced on March 5, 2015, when Netflix ordered eight one-hour long episodes with Plan B and Anonymous Content also on board. The announcement revealed that Marling would star, Batmanglij would direct, and both would write and executive produce. Marling and Batmanglij held similar positions in their previous two collaborations, Sound of My Voice and The East.
Rostam Batmanglij, Zal's brother, worked as one of the composers on the series, and he also wrote its theme music. He previously composed for both Sound of My Voice and The East. Choreographer Ryan Heffington created The Movements, which are inspired by interpretive dance. Heffington first professionally worked with them on The East, and had been an acquaintance of both from earlier than that.
The final chapter of Part I includes a dedication to Allison Wilke. Wilke, also known professionally as A.W. Gryphon, was a producer on the series who died of breast cancer three days after the series was finished and a month before its release.
Cancellation and fan response
On August 5, 2019, despite the generally positive reception to the show, Netflix canceled the series after two seasons, leaving the show with a cliffhanger ending. Marling wrote that she and Batmanglij were "deeply sad" that they would not be able to finish the show. Fans responded with a #SaveTheOA and #TheOAisReal campaign on Twitter, a Change.org petition, and by posting video of themselves performing The Movements from the show. Additionally, the OA fan base raised funds for a digital billboard in Times Square. Marling wrote that she was moved by the fan support. One fan went on a hunger strike outside Netflix's Los Angeles Headquarters to protest for the show's return; Marling and Batmanglij visited her and offered her food and water. Some fans online put forward a theory that the cancellation announcement was just a meta publicity stunt. Prominent creators of other television series also expressed their love for The OA, including Shonda Rhimes, Sam Esmail and Alex Kurtzman.
In 2021, The OA was named the seventh best TV show of all time by Empire. BBC listed it as one of the 100 greatest TV series of the 21st century at number 88. The series was also listed by several publications as one of the best TV shows of the 2010s. NME named it the 20th best TV show of the decade, while Wired listed it as the sixth best. Collider also included the series on its unranked "60 Best TV Shows of the Decade" list.
Part I of The OA garnered a polarized but generally positive response from critics. Rotten Tomatoes assigned the first season a 77% critical approval rating and an average rating of 7.59/10 based on 66 reviews, writing that "The OA is more than OK." Metacritic, based on 17 reviews, assigned the series a rating of 61 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Most reviewers acknowledged the series' ambition and praised its mystery and direction. Reviewers made both favorable and unfavorable comparisons to another Netflix Original, Stranger Things.
John Doyle of The Globe and Mail wrote, "The OA is Netflix's strongest and strangest original production since Stranger Things. In terms of substantive, original drama, it transcends it. Mind you, it is unclassifiable in the context of drama, mystery, science-fiction and fantasy, since it is straddling all sorts of lines and blurring them. It is outright astounding and brilliant, too." Tim Surette at TV Guide said that "the final moments of Episode 5 – probably the best episode of the first season – was some of the most reaffirming television I've ever seen, not just for the show but for life itself. I've never really had this kind of a relationship with a series while watching it, but it's that experience that makes it well worth viewing." New York Magazine's review was entitled "Netflix's The OA Is an Extraordinary, Binge-Worthy December Surprise".
Tristram Fane Saunders of The Daily Telegraph gave a mixed review of 3 out of 5 stars and noted the series' potential but criticized its similarity to fellow Netflix Original Stranger Things, claiming that the series was attempting to be "stranger than Stranger Things" but "on the basis of the first four episodes, the answer is a resounding no". Saunders's review also highlighted the series' lack of originality and characterization, and derided the dialogue as "portentous [and] self-consciously literary". It also criticized the slow pace as "glacial". However, Saunders also acknowledged the series told an interesting and compelling story, writing that "The OA may be utter hokum, but you'll still be hooked." Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter gave a negative review, stating that the series was "a failed, but not wholly worthless, experiment in TV auteurism". Fienberg added "the problem, of course, is that telling you what The OA is vaguely like is just another tease and telling you what it actually is is a recipe for disappointment, because after an enticing and somewhat infuriating build-up, The OA becomes something quite ludicrous as it stumbles toward a climax that is, if I'm generous, merely unearned and if I'm not being generous, a series of offensive overreaches."
Variety published diverging opinions about the series: its TV critic at the time, Sonia Saraiya, gave the show a mixed review that praised the direction and acting but opined that overall "it is hard to take The OA seriously", detailing that "none of it makes any sense", and concluded that "[a]s an exercise in vision, The OA is exciting. As that other thing — a television show — it’s an especially cryptic attempt to say very little of consequence.". A few days later, on the other hand, the magazine's chief film critic Peter Debruge wrote an extremely positive column with the headline "Why The OA is One of the Year's Most Important Films", stating that the show's first season had "the most effective ending [he had] ever seen in a TV series", and that its "final twist [...] left [him] crying uncontrollably for nearly half an hour".
Part II received very positive reviews upon its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an approval rating of 92% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The OA's second season provides satisfying answers to its predecessors' most maddening enigmas, all while maintaining the singular ambience that fans have come to crave." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Critics particularly praised its surrealism, directing and acting.
Empire crowned The OA the best television series of 2019 (so far) in September 2019. The Playlist stated in their review that: "The OA: Part II packs each frame so dense with detail, that not one second of the new season's more-than-eight-hour runtime seems wasted, expositional, cheap, or unearned." Jesse Scheden of IGN gave The OA: Part II a score of 8.8 out of 10, saying the season is "bigger, more ambitious and much weirder than its predecessor". Rachel Syme in The New Republic praised the season, labeling the show as "the best, most inaccessible show on television", saying that "[she wishes] more television was this unafraid to leave its audiences fumbling for understanding."
Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "The only thing I'm sure of when it comes to The OA is that the process of watching and experiencing an episode is unlike the viewing of any other show on TV and, good or bad, there's value in that." Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club echoed that sentiment, saying "sacrificing your expectations of plausibility feels like a worthwhile price of admission." Jen Chaney of New York Magazine called the season a mind-bender and praised the way it depicted the aftermath of a school shooting.
Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph, gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and wrote that the show "truly comes into its own when you stop attempting to piece together the storyline and instead submit to Marling and Batmanglij's vision." Emily VanDerWerff of Vox, initially critical of the first season, wrote of the series: "over time, I kept thinking about it ... until I convinced myself that The OA is kind of genius, while simultaneously being incredibly silly". Haleigh Foutch of Collider said, "Netflix has carved out a space for itself as a home for innovative genre storytelling, and The OA might just be their crowning achievement in that regard."
The OA was nominated at the 2017 GLAAD Media Awards as Outstanding Drama Series. Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama in 2018 for the episode "Homecoming". Paz Vega was nominated in the Best Female Performance in an International Production category of the 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards in 2020.
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Easy Mardi Gras Treats
The king cake is a Mardi Gras staple. The New Orleans tradition is a frosted holiday treat with a special surprise inside—a plastic toy baby! If your kiddos want to try out this recipe, but your baking skills fall below what is needed to bake this brioche dough goodie from scratch, these king cake-inspired recipes are perfect alternatives.
This holiday baking idea is ideal for larger groups of kids, making it an easy activity for your family’s Mardi Gras party or a playdate. Pick your favorite vanilla or golden cake recipe or use a boxed mix. Instead of adding a plastic toy to unbaked cakes, use a piece of chocolate candy (this eliminates the possible choking hazard). Bake the cakes and let the cool. Frost the treats with white icing, adding purple, green and gold sprinkles on top.
Make the kids’ favorite sweet stack with a Mardi Gras theme. Dip marshmallows into purple, green and yellow food coloring. After the marshmallows dry, stack them between graham crackers. Add a piece of chocolate inside. Microwave the stack in 10-second intervals, until the marshmallows melt. Cover the top graham with vanilla icing and have the kids sprinkle purple, green and gold crystalized sugar on top.
Use the same frost and decorate approach with your child’s favorite cookies. Try sugar, chocolate chip, oatmeal or any other type of baked sweet. Frost the tops of the cookies with white icing. Next, let the kids decorate the treats with purple, green and gold sprinkles or sugar.

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- Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying
HRT refused permission to race
HRT will not be allowed to take part in the Australian Grand Prix after failing to qualify within the 107% time.
Having not tested the car during pre-season, limited running on Friday left HRT with an uphill struggle to get any kind of performance out of the car. With Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa only managing 25 dry laps between them during FP3 qualifying proved to be extremely challenging and both drivers were well outside the 107% time of 1:32.214.
Following a request from HRT to still participate in the race on Sunday, the race stewards decided against waiving the ruling.
"The stewards having considered all relevant material decide not to allow both cars to take part in the race in accordance with Article 36.1 FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulations," a statement read.


NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 20 – President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the African Union that the Opposition was engaged in a blatant campaign to force a postponement of the August elections to subvert the will of Kenyans.
At a meeting with an African Union elections observer team led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, President Kenyatta spoke of a pattern of actions by Opposition leaders that demonstrated their resolve to sabotage the elections.
Musa Faki, the Chadian chairperson of the AU Commission, accompanied Mbeki to the meeting at State House, Nairobi.
President Kenyatta said the Opposition is aiming for chaos and is not interested in a fair contest where voters chose the victorious.
“We have persistently declared that we are ready to accept the will of the people, but the opposition adamantly refuses to submit itself to that commitment,” said the President. “The reason is simple. Subversion of the will of Kenyans.”
The President also informed Mbeki’s team that the opposition’s attack on those in charge of securing the country as well as the elections was a clear sign of their intention to cause chaos.
“The responsibility of securing the elections and the country lies with the government,” said the President as he promised that the elections will be free, fair, transparent, credible and peaceful.
The Head of State informed the African Union officials that he has made many compromises during the preparations for the election, but one thing he will not accede to is a change of the polls date.
He said elections must take place on August 8 as provided for by the Constitution and anything less would be a subversion of the people’s will.
The AU chairperson said Kenya’s stability is crucial for the region and the continental body wants the country to have a peaceful election.


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The Color of HOPE; African American Mental Health in the Church
The common name for Lotus flower is the water lily. It has the characteristic of opening in the morning and closing during the night. This characteristic symbolizes regeneration and rebirth. In addition, the symbols are used in depicting the deceased once they get to the underworld. The lotus flower grows in muddy waters and rises through the murky waters to bloom into a beautiful pink and white flower. It signifies strength as it moves from the dark into the light. It also symbolizes inner strength in that it shows the determination to come out of difficulties. The very delicate flowers are also used for decoration in ceremonies and events in that it fills the atmosphere with positivity and natural fragrance.
Dr. Robinson's life exemplifies the characteristics of the beautiful Lotus Flower; a sheer blend of beauty, determination, and courage.
Exciting news! Dr. Pamela Robinson has released her first book, The Color of Hope. This work was originally a dissertation that she completed for Apex School of Theology entitled: “Educating the African American Church Toward Those with Disabilities to Have an Attitudinal Change” in partial fulfillment for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Studies.
The Color of HOPE: African American Mental Health in the Church challenges the community to acknowledge those who struggle with mental health issues and to work together toward solutions. Through this thought-provoking guide, Dr. Robinson shares how to normalize, not marginalize those in families, churches, or the community diagnosed with mental illness. After years of research and community input, Dr. Robinson has created a tool to educate, equip, and empower churches and agencies to better the lives of those who need mental health services.
The Color of HOPE, while created to address the African American Church community, is a valuable resource to those of all denominations and ethnicities who are caregivers and care receivers of mental health services.
The book is available on Amazon.com at: https://author.amazon.com/profile, at the Kalamazoo Public Library Michigan News Agency, Detroit Book City, or you may purchase and autographed copy from Dr. Pamela Robinson by sending your contact information to firstname.lastname@example.org.
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“The Color of HOPE” brilliantly resurrects the spirit of authentic apostleship and the infinite scope of the Great Commission. The deficits of modern-day Christianity lay bare in an appeal to expand the systematic practices of Christians both individually and collectively, as the complexities of “the least of these” lovingly unfolds. Jesus’s passion for the invisible, the forgotten, the marginalized, and the disenfranchised and their mental state, become evident as the Savior’s heart is presented. Like Jesus, Dr. Robinson knows no exception to her salvific endeavors, and prepares readers for God’s grace and healing throughout the inspired teachings in “The Color of HOPE.”
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CEO, Need to Talk, LLC
Congratulations Dr. Robinson! This is a much-needed guide that will assist churches in their quest to develop more inclusive and relevant faith development experiences for individuals with disabilities and their families. The models provided throughout can be used together or separately to promote education for members of the Body and increase the meaningful inclusion of individuals with disabilities and/or those living with mental health disorders. Everyone deserves the right to have a relationship with Jesus and experience spiritual growth in a faith community. The Color of Hope: African American Mental Health in the Church amplifies that calling and provides concrete steps to support ministries as they strive to educate members about disabilities, accommodate the needs of the body, and develop more inclusive faith communities.
Dr. Luchara Wallace, Associate Professor of Special Education and Director of the Lewis Walker Institute at Western Michigan University
Dr. Robinson, I feel that you have undertaken a very important project and have been met with the success of changing attitudes in African-American communities toward mental illness! The Black Church, in particular, needs more pastors and clergy who will use their powerful voices to advocate for those who are mentally disabled, and you embody that boldness and justice in your ministry. The historical and cultural perspectives truly help the significance of your work to stand out even more.
The Armstrong Center for Hope
Dr. Tonya Armstrong
You will find Dr. Pamela Robinson’s book very practical as she writes with passion and understanding from both lived and professional experience. Her desire to educate and affect community acceptance of people with disabilities is a result of diverse field research and community outreach. She challenges all people and desires to equip the church, faith and professional communities to offer unconditional love through breaking ethnic, socioeconomic and racial barriers. There is no greater need today than to share God’s wholeness and love with broken people!
Sara L Collison, Co-author “What Is In Your Hand? A Journey Toward Shalom” and Co-founder of SHALOM INC. of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a nonprofit organization which has served adults with disabilities for 30 years.
I thank God for the work that Dr. Robinson has done in this area. I stand in agreement with every Petition and declaration to destroy the work of the enemy where mental illnesses seeks to be a stronghold. I encourage us each to seek Godly counseling and professional therapy as a part of maintaining a balanced life in Jesus name.
Alberta Walker-King, MA
Playwriter and Actress
Commerce Township, Michigan
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Well it's official. My baby girl is now a One-Year Old. How did this last year fly by so fast? I don't remember Santiago's first year going so quickly. It's making me feel a bit grateful that I am so far behind in my scrapping so that now I will be able to look back at Paolina's first year and reminisce, like I do as I scrap Santiago's photos.
Speaking of which, I just finished a layout of him when he was about 7 months old. I had posed him in this little "sock monkey" outfit that my mom had made and given to me at my baby shower. And he was holding a sock monkey that my grandma had made for me when I was a baby. You can also see it over at the Colorful Creations gallery where I entered it into their June Trains & Tiaras challenge. I apologize for the photo...the lighting really washed out the red and despite fooling around with it in Photoshop, I just couldn't get it to look right!
I also completed a layout for another challenge site that I really enjoy, The Color Room. Here is this week's palette:
And here's my interpretation using a photo from my birthday date last year. One of my favorite things about this photo of me is that I was almost 30 weeks pregnant with Paolina, but you can't even tell! Unfortunately the photo of the layout is another washed out one that just doesn't do justice to the beautiful teal paper and scrumptious embellishments!
As far as scrapbooking, that's all I've had time for. Paolina's first birthday party had me consumed this past week. I even decorated her cake myself. Before you check out the photo, please keep in mind that I have never, ever in my life decorated a cake. I also ran out of icing while I was decorating it at 10:30pm the night before the party, so the bottom of the cake looks unfinished because...well....it is. So while I'm considerably proud of my work as a first-timer, I'm doubting that there will be any pastry chefs knocking down my door anytime soon lol.
I'll be back soon I'm sure. There are lots more challenges at Colorful Creations this month, and now that I've completed some of my recent commitments I hope to have time to scrap more and get all my creations posted!

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New project to strengthen our Police
The Fiji Police Force yesterday signed a new project together with the New Zealand Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This project aims to strengthen early access to justice in criminal proceedings while focusing on a victim-centred approach to investigations
The four-year project valued at $9.2 million, aims to strengthen transparency, accountability and effectiveness of the Police, in collaboration with key justice stakeholders and civil organisations. Commissioner of Police BrigadierGeneral Sitiveni Qiliho said the first phase of the assistance would be aimed at improving the response capacity of Police in crisis management. This particularly focuses on Fiji’s battle against COVID-19.
“Its unpredictable nature means necessary steps must be taken now to equip and train frontline workers such as Police to be able to tackle a second wave, if any, although I really do not wish this on any country, however that is the reality that must be faced,” Brigadier-General Qiliho said.
“The assistance also includes the procurement of necessary equipment to support our ongoing efforts in enhancing our investigative interviewing infrastructure including the nation-wide expansion and piloting of the First Hour Procedure and video recording facilities.
“This again is truly appreciated as we have seen how effective the Pilot interview rooms at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters and Totogo have been since being introduced.”
Brigadier-General Qiliho expressed his gratitude to the New Zealand Government and the UNDP for the continuous support over the years.
New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji Jonathan Curr said the new project would enhance investigative skills, providing early access to justice and promoting gender equality.
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Apple sure did make a bold move by getting rid of the 3.5mm jack that was always there and introduced the new iPhone 7 with a pair of wireless earphones called as Airpods.
Although it looks very similar to the proprietary ear pods in terms of design, but apparently are wireless making it easy to use. Although the company did make a lot of buzz with the introduction of the wireless earpieces, but let the consumers high and dry since the phone is already selling but the Airpod didn’t make it for sales yet.
This happened because Apple was working on fine tuning the earpieces before they could make it public. Considering the time from when the Airpods were unveiled, looks like the company is finally ready, as reports suggest that Apple might start shipping them by next week.
There were rumours that the Airpods were not going to ship before next year, but a German Apple based news website- ApfelPage pointed to the fact that the company will make the Airpods live by next week.
This report was also deep-rooted by ‘Conrad’- an European Apple reseller that suggested customers that the new headphones could be up for grabs from the store by 17th November, which means that Apple could moreover be selling it on the same day or may be a few days after that.
This report has sure made everyone’s eyebrows rise, since people have anxiously been waiting for them to hit the market. The Airpods are certainly a new class of in-ear audio equipments as they operate on a new wireless technology which has finally been established by Apple.
The most exciting part about these earpieces is that they come powered by Apple's W1 chip and can be charged by putting them in the bundled case that can easily be carried.


Female Ascent of M14 Mixed Route for Lucie Hrozovaby Jack Geldard - UKC Chief Editor Feb/2013
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This is the hardest mixed route climbed by a woman.
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"The Eptingen waterfall area is an ice, mixed and drytooling area with no summer sport climbing routes because of the wetness of the rock and its bad quality. For over 20 years it has been used only for ice/mixed climbing just like the famous Ueschenen in Kandersteg (CH) or Vail in Colorado, Ouray (USA) etc."
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The Joint Chiropractic Opens First Clinic in Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 11, 2021 // PRNewswire // - The Joint Corp. (NASDAQ: JYNT), the nation's largest provider of chiropractic care through The Joint Chiropractic® network, today announced the opening of its first clinic in the state of Michigan. The Joint Chiropractic - North Ann Arbor is located at 2627 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor. The Joint continues to expand access to chiropractic care with a retail footprint that now extends to 35 states.
"Our continued growth demonstrates the increasing consumer demand for routine and affordable chiropractic care," said Peter D. Holt, President and CEO The Joint Corp. "We're pleased to now be offering residents of Michigan convenient access to seek pain relief and a path to a healthier lifestyle."
The Joint Chiropractic is known for its convenient retail setting and concierge-style services including no-appointments, no-insurance hassles, affordable chiropractic care and accommodating hours of operations, including evenings and weekends.
About The Joint Chiropractic
The Joint Corp. revolutionized access to chiropractic care when it introduced its retail healthcare business model in 2010. Today, the company is making quality care convenient and affordable, while eliminating the need for insurance, for millions of patients seeking pain relief and ongoing wellness. With more than 600 locations nationwide and over eight million patient visits annually, The Joint Chiropractic is a key leader in the chiropractic industry. Named one of the Top 200+ Franchises by Franchise Times and ranked on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500® list, The Joint Chiropractic is an innovative force, where healthcare meets retail. For more information, visit www.thejoint.com.
The Joint Corp. is a franchisor of clinics and an operator of clinics in certain states. In Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming, The Joint Corp. and its franchisees provide management services to affiliated professional chiropractic practices. This clinic is owned and operated by Midwest JYNT Chiropractic, PC and managed by Leach Holdings, LLC.
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Sexual Attraction vs. Monogamy?
Sexual Attraction vs. Monogamy?
A newer member of my group Older And Younger For All recently posted the following topic. I posted a reply to it, although with the absolute chaos groups are in right now, God only knows when or if my reply will ever show up. Anyway, here is what he had to say:
True sexual attraction is not defined by age or other factors. I have had sexual feelings for women of all ages. Sexual chemistry has no limits but unfortunately sociological mores and pressure from others limit people from acting on these impulses. I want to explore all my impulses and urges without abandon. I am and always want to be a totally free being and want to meet like minded souls.
I feel true sexual attraction does not allow for monogamy as practiced. Too many people are running around with repressed sexual drives. While it is possible to love only one person, sexually people are attracted to and should have sex with many partners. Sex and love are not the same.
And here was my response:
I agree that sex and love are not the same thing, but to me they compliment each other to make the best experience. Personally, I have the need for an emotional connection before I'm willing to be sexually involved with a lady. That does not mean we have to rush off and get married; still...
Have I ever had one-night-stands? Yes. Did I enjoy them? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Do I wish to repeat those experiences? No, not really.
I was also involved in a couple of "friends with benefits" relationships in my younger years, and they were quite enjoyable. Still, there was always something missing for me.
I understand that some people are not made to be monogamous, but I also believe that most of us are. While it may be true that I am sexually attracted to a lot of women, that doesn't mean that I feel compelled to act on it, any more than I feel compelled to act on the urge to slap some people silly, or rob a bank because I want more creature comforts...lol!
Humans have emotional needs and well as physical ones. To me, it is no accident that most animals only have mating "seasons", while we humans are capable of sexual desire on a daily basis. Most animals also have rather perfuntory, rote rituals for mating, while we are capable of an almost infinite variety of intimacy. I believe this is because of our need for bonding, togetherness and affection.
I know some would argue that this is merely a biological function, because of the need to nurture our offspring for far longer than most animals. But if this is true, is it not because we are different creatures, with much more complex thoughts and emotions? Can anyone really deny that it is from being loved, and observing the love of others, that we learn to love ourselves and those around us?
Let us also not forget that the fundamental biological imperative behind sexual attraction is PROCREATION, and no amount of technology or rationalization is going to change that, any more than they can change our basic human nature. I would submit that the widespread disintegration of the nuclear family for the last 50 years has been the greatest single cause of children growing up to become miserable adults.
It may be that "too many people are running around with repressed sexual drives", but I strongly suspect that is more because a lot of people DO confuse love with sex, than it is that they need to have sex with many partners.
Well, I just felt like sharing this. Feel free to leave any comments you like!
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If only I could slap some people silly, this world might be a better place. I believe that women more than men are made to be monagamous. It just seems to be something in our emotional makeup that is lacking in men. This isn't good or bad for either sex, it's just one of the things that makes us different. I know that sex is great, but love and sex is even better. I think those who have "repressed sexual drives" have never been in a healthy safe trusting relationship. |
Maybe it's not the length of time we nurture our offspring, but the lengths we go to in order to spoil them.


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Make 100's of your own candy leis for any and all occasions! One roll gives you more than 2100 feet of 2' wide tubing. Perfect for gumballs or any bite size candy. Get creative with patterns, colors and styles. Save money and have fun!! Traditionally, a lei that has been handmade by the giver holds more sentimental value than the one purchased.

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2019 Pacific Games: Fiji leads Samoa at half-time
9 July, 2019, 3:57 pm
THE Fiji Men’s league team lead Samoa 16-4 at half time in a semi-final match at the PAcific Games.
The team scored three tries to put them ahead of the hosts.
Second half begins shortly.

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Cellist Sarah Jameson completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, having studied with Dorothy Sumner and Georg Pedersen. Her master’s thesis was on the topic of cello pedagogy.
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Think you’re ready for the zombie outbreak that’s about to descend in Lollipop Chainsaw? Think again. Until you get up to speed on some of the wicked combat moves, you don’t stand a chance. Do yourself a favor and prepare for the impending apocalypse by watching Juliet Starling use skull-crushing combos, heavy weaponry and array of [...]
NAUGHTY BEAR IS BACK ARMED WITH A HIT-LIST AND ALL-NEW ADVENTURES Gamers Prepare to Be Very Naughty this Fall WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – May 31, 2012 – Global video game publisher 505 Games and developer Behaviour Interactive today announced Naughty Bear™ Panic in Paradise for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for Xbox 360® video game [...]
Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that DOOM® 3 BFG Edition will be available this Fall and features DOOM® 3 and the Resurrection of Evil® add-on pack, both of which have been completely re-mastered. The package also includes hours of new content – seven new levels entitled ‘The Lost Mission.’ DOOM 3 BFG [...]
Of Orcs and Men, the grand role-playing game jointly created by Spiders (direction and development) and Cyanide Studio (concept and production) for PlayStation 3®, Xbox 360® and PC, today unveiled its official E3 trailer! The Orc and Goblin plunge into battle in this bone-crushing video! Thrown into a suicide mission aimed at putting an end [...]
PROTOTYPE® 2‘s Sgt. James Heller might be the ultimate shape-shifting badass, but even he wouldn’t say no to a little excessive force. PROTOTYPE2‘s second DLC pack, Excessive Force, From Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), drops today*, giving fans key add-ons to their arsenal of destruction as well [...]
Of Orcs and Men, the grand role-playing game jointly realized by Spiders (Realization and Development) and Cyanide Studio (Concept and Production) for PlayStation 3®, Xbox 360® and PC, today unveiled a new series of screenshots, which reveal some of the new lands to be explored in this epic adventure. The game will invade E3 [...]
Just wanted to give you a heads up that we have a new PROTOTYPE® 2 trailer for you to download for your readers that features some of Sgt. James Heller’s sick moves: PROTOTYPE 2 is now available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. For more information about [...]
Square Enix released the behind the scenes video of the E3 trailers of some major hits that are upcoming. Look at the effort that went into the Tomb Raider scans with the detail! This is one game that we at G2G are looking forward to taking a crack at! Please leave your feedback, we want [...]
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars may be set in the World War II era, but it’s not your typical military flight game. While other games pride themselves on realism, Secret Wars takes a more relaxed approach. Its arcade-style gameplay harks back to Crimson Skies rather than any version of Flight Simulator.

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