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Coronavirus cases soared again in Romania with 10,142 new cases reported on Thursday, the second highest single-day tally ever.
There were 121 Covid-19 related deaths, authorities said as infection rates climbed around the country.
More than 28% of the 38,760 tested had a positive test result, the Strategic Communication Group said. That is a higher rate than for previous days.
A record 1,152 SARS-CoV-2 patients were being treated in intensive care units and 12, 850 hospital beds were occupied by Covid-19 patients.
Hospitals managers say the crisis has stretched intensive care units to the limit in some areas.
The St. Parascheva Infectious Disease hospital in Iasi said it ran out of beds for Covid-19 patients in the intensive care ward on Thursday, manager Carmen Dorobat told Agerpres news agency.
Across Romania, 77 men and 44 women succumbed to the virus in the last day, with the vast majority over 60. Older people are most at risk from Covid-19.
Four patients didn’t have pre-existent health conditions such as cancer, diabetes or heart disease.
Bucharest reported more than 900 cases on Thursday but the infection rate dropped to just under 5 per 1,000 for the past fortnight.
The central Sibiu region has the highest concentration of virus cases with 7.4 per 1,000 with Cluj, also in Transylvania in coming immediately after with 6.99 cases per 1,000.
The only place in Romania that is not in the amber or red ‘scenario’ on Thursday is the eastern Vrancea county which has just under 1.5 cases per 1,000.

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Garrett and Dan are joined by Cinedelphia‘s Andy Elijah to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park, as well as compare and contrast it to the latest film in the franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The gang also discuss their Top 5 Technophobic movies and where this franchise might be headed in its future.Listen here or find them on iTunes:
Author: Ryan Silberstein
Ryan spends his days at a company named one of the best to work for in the Philadelphia area, and his nights
as a mysterious caped vigilante saving his city from the disease that is crime watching movies. He lives on a diet consisting of film, comic books, experimental beer, black coffee, and those big metal historical markers around town. Follow him on Twitter and Letterboxd.


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"Galvotec Anodes - Protecting The World Against Corrosion - With Integrity"
Did You Know...
Did you know that Galvotec Anodes protect the World's first production Spar being used as a base for well production operations located just 135 miles southeast of New Orleans in The Gulf of Mexico?
Oryx's Neptune field is located in Viosca Knoll block 826, approximately 135 miles south-east of New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico. The water depth ranges from 1175ft in the north-west corner of block 825, to 3,225ft in the south-east corner of block 870. To develop the field, Oryx used the world's first production spar as a base for well-production operations.
Oryx contracted Deep Offshore Technology (DOT) and their consortium members, J Ray McDermott, as the installation and topsides contractors and Aker Rauma Offshore, for the design and fabrication of the hull and mooring system.
The spar supports a three-level integrated deck above the top of the hull, consisting of a clear workover deck, a mezzanine production deck and a main production deck. Deck elevations are 116ft, 93ft and 71ft, respectively. A two-stage, three-phase separation system is used to produce the wellstream. Platform power is provided by three turbine generator sets, each rated at 900kW. The wells, pre-drilled with a semisubmersible, will be completed with a 1000hp portable platform workover rig, placed temporarily on the spar. The wellheads are located in the centrewell, between the workover deck and the production deck levels.
The spar hull of the Neptune was fabricated in 17 sections at the M�ntyluoto Works indoor assembly hall in Pori, Finland. It is essentially a 72ft-diameter cylinder, which is 705ft long with a draft of 650ft. It weighs 12,895t. A 32ftx32ft� centrewell inside the hull accommodates 16 buoyancy-supported risers, grouped in four rows of four.
Buoyancy tanks extend from the cellar deck to the bottom of the variable ballast tanks, 220ft below the waterline. It is subdivided by four vertical radial bulkheads and horizontal decks into smaller watertight compartments.
The oil is exported by six oil transfer pumps, each rated at 6,000b/d. Its two compressors can deliver 30 million ft�/day gas, at 1700psi, to the pipeline. The oil and gas are exported by separate 8in lines, 17.5km to the north, to the CNG new fixed platform on Main Pass block 225.
On the sea floor, the wells are arranged in two parallel rows, which are 105ft long and separated by 20ft, so that the wells are spaced 15ft apart in one direction and 20ft in the other. By adjusting the mooring lines, the spar can be positioned so that the riser is between the rows, while the riser is being run.
The spar is held in position by a six-line mooring. Securing each mooring leg to the seafloor is an 84in-diameter by 180ft-long pile. This is connected to 220ft of 4,3/4in chain, 2,400ft of 4,3/4in jacketed spiral-strand steel rope and 1,050ft of 4,3/4in chain, leading through a fairlead, to a chain jack at the spar's deck. Breaking strengths for the 4,3/4in wire and 4,3/4in chain are 2,750kips and 2,846kips, respectively.
The hull was transported as two sections, 390ft and 315ft in length, on-board the heavy-lift vessel Mighty Servant III. They were floated together and aligned, before the final girth seam weld was completed by Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding.
After the spar hull was upended, the pre-installed mooring lines and export pipelines were lifted from the seafloor and attached to the spar hull, using a specially designed installation-winch system. The production deck was then transported offshore on a 300mx90mx20m material barge. The lift weight of the production deck was 3,200t. The lift used for this was a typical four-point lift, utilising 12inx92ft slings.


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The stars are getting real! Find out what celebs like Selena Gomez, Louis Tomlinson, Jenna Ortega and Taylor Swift deal with when no one is around. Plus, check out exclusive interviews with the casts of Prom Pact, Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., Shazam! and more. Learn how to dress like a TikTok fashion girlie and what beauty tools you need in your bag. Inside, you can also find MEGA posters of stars like Niall Horan, Miley Cyrus and the cast of Outer Banks.

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Summary: Fusion Engineering and Design 13 (1991) 363-380 363
Analysis of liquid metal MHD flow in multiple adjacent ducts
using an iterative method to solve the core flow equations
K.A. McCarthy and M.A. Abdou
University of California, Los Angeles, 6288 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1597, USA
Submitted 1990; accepted July 1990
Handling Editor: R.W. Conn
A computationally fast and efficient method for analyzing MHD flow at high Hartmann number and interaction parameter
is presented and used to analyze a multiple duct geometry. This type of geometry is of practical interest in fusion applications.
Because the Hartmann number and interaction parameter are generally large in fusion applications, the inertial and viscous
terms in the Navier-Stokes equation can often be neglected in the core flow region, making this equation linear. In addition,
because the magnetic fields in a fusion reactor vary slowly and the magnetic Reynolds number is small, the induced magnetic
field can be neglected. The resulting equations representing core flow have certain characteristics which make it possible to
reduce them to two dimensional without losing the three dimensional characteristics.
The method which has been developed is an "iterative" method. A velocity profile is assumed, then Ohm's law and the
current conservation equation are combined and used to solve for the potential distribution in a plane in the fluid, and in a
surface in the duct wall. The potential variation along magnetic field lines is checked, and if necessary, the velocities are
adjusted. This procedure is repeated until the potentials along field lines vary to within a specified error.
The analysis of the multiple duct geometry shows the importance of global effects. The results of two basic cases are


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Continuing our series on market bias, I want to touch upon the next most important element- Loss aversion. This is a term introduced by Daniel Kahnman. We tend to overrate the loss of an amount over the pleasure that a gain of the same amount gives us. A loss of a few thousands in the market is a lot more painful than a gain of a similar few thousands. Ideally, the value of the few thousands ought to be the same. But to our minds, they aren’t and that is the damndest thing! Kahnman says this is particularly prevalent in the market and my experience in the market says that this is one of the most vital reasons why traders end up with a bigger loss than they bargained for when they got in.
Mark Douglas has gone to great lengths to show in his books as how our minds are literally wired to avoid losses. So, if you take this natural setting and mix in the Loss Aversion bias, then it is a killer combination that has you doomed from then start! The pain of losses is so high that it puts you into avoidance behavior, a refusal to acknowledge that it is happening, and a slip into a hope state that it will soon go away or become alright. This goes on until, as Douglas has put it, the pain of losing one buck more is greater than admitting to the fact that you are doing what you are doing. Our tendency to avoid losses causes us to make silly decisions and change our behaviour simply to keep the things that we already own. We are wired to feel protective of the things we own and that can lead us to overvalue these items in comparison with the options.
The greatest problem with this behavioural bias is that it makes you either not act in time or makes you act too late. Both of these are wrong and don’t serve you at all in the market. Become aware of this behavioral trait within you and when you spot it (or If), take steps to move out of its clutches by doing the opposite of what it is asking you to do. Difficult to do, of course. But we must, if we have to escape its clutches.
There is much to be said for this bias. But suffice to get an idea that it is an important behaviour characteristic that we carry and that we need to be aware of.

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TRACY ZAMOT APPOINTED SR VP, PUBLICITY AND MEDIA RELATIONS FOR UNIVERSAL MOTOWN RECORDS
New York, New York, August 13, 2007 – Tracy Zamot has been appointed Senior Vice President of Publicity and Media Relations for Universal Motown Records, it was announced today by Sylvia Rhone, President of Universal Motown Records and Andrew Kronfeld, General Manager of the label. Based in New York, Ms. Zamot will report to Ms. Rhone and Mr. Kronfeld.
In this new capacity, Ms. Zamot will be responsible for developing and implementing media strategies for Universal Motown’s diverse roster of artists, which includes Stevie Wonder, Akon, Chamillionaire, Lil Wayne, Lloyd, Erykah Badu, Mya, Shiny Toy Guns, and Blue October, among others.
“Tracy is an energetic and creative executive with unique team-building skills and keen instincts for identifying new platforms of exposure for our artists,” stated Ms. Rhone. “We are looking forward to her immediate contributions.”
“Everyone is delighted that Tracy is joining the Universal Motown family,” commented Mr. Kronfeld. “Her relationship with key media representatives and her proven track record of success will be invaluable as we continue to expand our company further.”
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to become part of Sylvia’s team and work closely with Andrew,” added Ms. Zamot. “The dynamic roster and quality of executives here are second to none.”
Prior to joining Universal, Ms. Zamot served as Vice President of Publicity at Virgin Records, where she developed and guided media campaigns for such artists as the Gorillaz, KT Tunstall, Lenny Kravitz, Dem Franchize Boys, We Are Scientists and Iggy Pop, among others. Formerly, Ms. Zamot advanced from a publicity assistant and tour publicist, to Vice President, East Coast Media Relations, at Atlantic Records. Between 1992 and 2002, Ms. Zamot’s duties spanned the label’s roster in the mainstream, adult, theatre, soundtrack and urban genres, and included developing media campaigns for such artists as Matchbox twenty, Phil Collins, Rush, Collective Soul, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Audra MacDonald and Nappy Roots.
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s largest global music publishing operations.
Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca Label Group, Deutsche Gramophone, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino, Universal Motown Records Group, Universal South Records and Verve Music Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Universal Music Mobile.
Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.


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Thursday's book: Are You Somebody? Nuala O'Faolain
Are You Somebody? has the form of a long low-voiced conversation through the night, where every piece of narrative comes at the moment best suited to it, where the whole builds up through an endless return to significant pieces.
O'Faolain begins with her childhood, but she never leaves it alone. Her first family are with her right to the end: her alcoholic, passionate mother; her dapper, neglectful journalist father ("using natural charm and courtesy to keep other people at a distance") and her eight sisters and brothers, whose sadnesses she feels more deeply than her own.
This is also a portrait of "old Ireland", a cruel place where children starved behind grey house fronts, where no-one touched them - so they grew up not knowing how to touch. Inevitably, she envies the children of Ireland today who are so much more confident and happy than she and her siblings ever were.
O'Faolain's own adult life was a search to be one of the "beloved of the earth". There were dozens of men; literary intellectuals of varying quality with whom she seemed to have shared a rainbow of ideas and work but little happiness. It is frightening how often she admits that she slept with a man only because she was afraid not to. She digs beneath the surface to understand how her relationships were made up of a constellation of things: the assumptions of old Ireland's patriarchy, her own past, and her living difficult self.
Many of those men she knew in her youth, as friends or lovers, are now middle-aged and respectable. "And middle-aged members of the Irish establishment behave as if there is no history between them. There is a pretence that no feelings are in play between people." Part of the radicalism of this memoir, then, is its disruption of that bland but remaining cruelty.
After the book came out, a man sought her out, kissed her passionately in a dark pub corridor and then walked away, promising to return. Her acknowledged burning need for human touch and her sad incredulity at why he did not return was just one of the many things that made me weep in this extraordinary, near-perfect book.
Published by Sceptre, pounds 6.99
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|World War II in Europe
Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory is a history book about World War II in Europe, written by the English historian Norman Davies and first published by Macmillan in 2006. Published sixty years after World War II, Davies argues that a number of misconceptions about the war are still common and then sets out to address them. Two of his main claims are that, contrary to popular belief in the West, the dominant part of the conflict took place in Eastern Europe between the two totalitarian systems of the century - communism and fascism - and that Stalin's USSR was as bad as Hitler's Germany. The subtitle No Simple Victory does therefore not just refer to the losses and suffering the Allies had to endure in order to defeat the enemy, but also the difficult moral choice the Western democracies had to make when allying themselves with one criminal regime in order to defeat another.

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Moran talks about health research for veterans' descendants
Kansas senator Jerry Moran is co-sponsoring a bill that would allow for research into the health problems being experienced by the children and grandchildren of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and other toxic chemicals during their military service.
Moran was in Wichita Thursday to speak to a national conference of the Vietnam Veterans of America, and his comments were made during a town hall meeting that featured comments from veterans on the health problems they have had from Agent Orange. The chemical was used to clear vegetation during the Vietnam War.
Moran is co-sponsoring a bill with Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal, and he says the bill would create a national research center. He says the center would be established at one of the VA centers in the U.S. It would also create an outreach program to educate veterans and the public on the long-term effects of exposure to toxic chemicals.
Moran says the bill is a step to ensure that veterans and their descendants will be properly cared for in the future.

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“Despite attempts to silence him, he continues to speak truth to power & courageously advocate for the many.”Islington Friends of Jeremy Corbyn
By Islington Friends of Jeremy Corbyn
Islington Friends of Jeremy Corbyn (IFJC), a group of local activists who support Jeremy as a fantastic constituency MP, is working to ensure that his historic record of 40 years as the MP for Islington North is recognised and celebrated.
He has consistently defended our local communities, and fought for international peace and human rights.
He has seen many different Governments and the impact of changes in policy over the years, but has been steadfast in standing alongside constituents fighting bad housing conditions from overcrowding to disrepair, hostile immigration policies, and under investment in public services.
He has championed groups fighting to build community resources and working together to support each other – whether they be Friends of local parks, community centres working to overcome isolation and share the talents and enthusiasm of their local neighbourhoods, or those addressing food insecurity and street homelessness.
He is a regular visitor to picket lines and is well known by many Islington Trade Unionists for his solidarity and active engagement to try to resolve disputes.
Tenants’ groups know he will take up issues with their landlords, and he has fought with health campaigners to defend the A&E department at our local hospital and to keep private companies taking over GP surgeries in the constituency. He is a regular visitor to local schools where staff and pupils throng to talk to him.
He has fought against racism in all of its forms and has worked with faith communities and minority ethnic groups to build racial justice and overcome division.
In addition, he has a huge commitment to environmental issues and is well known for his enthusiasm for his allotment – his homemade jam is legendary in the area!
It is no mean feat to win the support of the electorate decade after decade as he has done, and he has been a great source of support and encouragement to many Councillors and activists.
He is an active member of the local Labour Party and has campaigned in every election for Labour candidates .
He has, of course, also had an impact far outside the Constituency, and has inspired activists across the world.
Islington Friends wants to help both constituents and those who live elsewhere to help celebrate the 40 years anniversary of our MP’s election to Parliament, and so has organised a thank you card.
We want to thank him for his years of service to the people of Islington North and beyond. Despite attempts to silence him, he continues to speak truth to power and courageously advocate for the many.
We are heartened that he has recently said, ‘I am proud to represent Islington North in Parliament. I have spent the past 40 years campaigning alongside my community for a mass redistribution of wealth, ownership and power. That is what I’ll continue to do.’ For decades, Jeremy Corbyn has been part of struggles to build a fairer and more equal world and we thank him for his hard work, enthusiasm, and perseverance.
If you would like to join us, please click on this link to sign the card. You can also leave a personalised message if you would like.
Thank you for helping us to mark this important anniversary!
- You can sign the greeting card and leave a message here.
- If you are interested in the ongoing work of Islington Friends of Jeremy Corbyn, please subscribe to our email list here.
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The Obama administration hopes to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the next year. But officials keep running into an intractable problem: Nearly half the prisoners are from the Gulf state of Yemen, which is the last place the U.S. wants to release potential terrorists.
Jaber Elbaneh is one of the FBI's most wanted men in the world. He has a $5 million bounty on his head, and he has been in Yemen for the past seven years.
"Since 2002, he's been a fugitive, he's been caught, he escaped, he's been caught," says Peter Ahearn, the FBI's special agent in charge of Elbaneh's case. "It's a complicated situation, so we've been told."
Elbaneh is a Yemeni-American. He grew up in Lackawanna, N.Y., a steel town just outside of Buffalo. In 2001, he and a handful of his friends went to Afghanistan and trained at an al-Qaida camp. His friends came back to the U.S., and Elbaneh went to Yemen. For the past seven years, the FBI has been trying to get him extradited back to the U.S. So far, the Yemenis have refused. And that has led counterterrorism experts to agree on one thing: When it comes to releasing suspects, anywhere but Yemen.
The government there essentially has an honor system for would-be terrorists. Those suspected of such ties are asked to sign a pledge promising to not engage in terrorism against Yemen. In return for signing on the dotted line, jihadists and suspected al-Qaida members get their freedom. Greg Johnsen, an expert on Yemen at Princeton University, says that is what happened with Elbaneh.
"I think there is a lot of doubt on the part of the U.S. government as to whether he really is serving a sentence in prison, as opposed to someone who just periodically checks in with the security forces there in Yemen," Johnsen says.
Elbaneh's murky status sheds light on a larger problem. Yemen's central government is weak and, even at the best of times, has never been a full-throated participant in the fight against terrorism.
Case in point: Over the weekend, Yemen announced the release of 170 men arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida. The men promised the government they wouldn't engage in terrorism, and that was enough to set them free.
Karen Greenberg, who has just written a book about Guantanamo, says the Obama administration can't solve the problem of detainees without first addressing the problem of Yemen.
"The risk factor is not just the detainees," she says. "The risk factor is how we're going to deal in the future, going forward, with the country of Yemen and the issue of jihadi terrorism."
In the past two years, intelligence officials say, Yemen has become home to the second-strongest al-Qaida operation in the world — and it is getting stronger. Two weeks ago, al-Qaida announced that it was merging its Yemeni and Saudi operations, transforming a local terrorist organization into a regional one. If the U.S. repatriated detainees back to Yemen now, it would be returning prisoners to a country that provides a growing jihadi network to plug into.
"We very well could be put in a situation where we're going to have to go after and re-arrest individuals," says Princeton's Johnsen. "Or be in a situation in which individuals that the U.S. once had in custody are carrying out attacks that are claiming the lives of individuals in Yemen or in Saudi Arabia."
There's another concern: Many of the people who are members of al-Qaida in Yemen have relatives who are imprisoned in Guantanamo. Officials are worried that those family ties will only encourage detainees to take up arms again.
"What happens is these young men come and join their cousins or brothers, and the Yemeni government lacks the infrastructure to control these guys once they let them out of custody," Johnsen says.
That's why the Obama administration is looking at another option: a third country that might take in the Yemeni detainees. Right now, Yemen's neighbor, Saudi Arabia, tops that list, if for no other reason than the U.S. is fairly certain the detainees released there will be kept on a short leash — unlike, for example, Elbaneh. When the FBI last heard about him, he was driving a taxi in the Yemeni capital of San'a.


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“If I know a song of Africa… will Africa ever know a song of me?”
– Karen Blixen, Out of Africa
(From Fri., Nov. 7)
I was on my way home for a lunch break when halfway through, on a reddish path amidst a bunch of thorny trees, I heard someone calling my Kimaasai name, “Naisoi!”
I turned around and saw a girl running after me. I recognized her. She was the one who grabbed my hand Wednesday and promised that she’d bring something for me today. (We had no school yesterday because of the “Obama day”).
She caught up with me and pulled two colorful strings of beads off her wrist. She then put them on mine, twisting the two together into a pretty shape, a sea wave of every possible color.
“Did you make them?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said quickly, still working on perfecting the shape of the gift.
“Thank you… they are beautiful.”
“It’s because I love you so much, Naisoi.”
I felt a lump in my throat the rest of the way home. I saw such kindness in her eyes, such effortless sincerity. She wasn’t in any of my classes, which made her gift even more unconditional, selfless. It wasn’t so much the pretty bracelet on my wrist that mattered, but the piece of her heart that she gave away so eagerly.
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Dedicated to Eunis, Sophia, Lucy and all of my other smart and beautiful Kenyan princesses. I miss you, and I sure appreciate the way you cared.

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When you think of the state of California, you’re expecting sports cars and prerunners. However, there’s more than just those types of vehicles out there. We finally got in touch with a build out of Mountain View, California that you’re not going to want to miss. We have been following Adam Aquino and his build for quite some time and it has definitely gone through the paces from daily to, well, race-ready sleeper. And it’s one that will surely surprise you.
Aquino has had a busy schedule over the last few years. He is a 10-year military veteran of the U.S Air Force and has served in the U.S Air Force Reserves working as an aviation technician. As a civilian, Aquino runs a Subaru Performance Specialists shop, AA Motorworks, in his home town of Mountain View. Being that he constantly wrenches on airplanes and foreign cars, Aquino has developed a love for something much heavier than what he’s used to.
“During Memorial Day weekend in 2006, I went out on a camping trip with some friends. There were others at our campsite that had pumped up second-gen trucks and I was in awe at how badass they were,” said Aquino. “At that time, I was transitioning my Subaru STI into a full-fledged racecar and needed something reliable to tow it with. In the summer of 2007, Betty Blue was born.”
Brand new, off the lot of Vacaville Dodge, while on active-duty orders at Travis Air Force Base, Aquino acquired his 2007 Patriot Blue Ram 2500. It would eventually descend the slippery slope of diesel performance. If you’re here, I think we can agree that once that bug bites you, there is no turning back. After getting the truck home, it wasn’t long until Aquino’s desire to modify this truck was growing.
“The aftermarket side of things for the 6.7-liter trucks at the time wasn’t booming, mainly because they were new. Fortunately for me, there were companies out there looking for beta testers, so I went for it,” said Aquino. “Most of the parts I tested were miles-per-gallon and performance parts, but I was eager to try whatever I could.”
It’s a rare occurrence when you see a truck that is capable of a fast pass on the drag strip, while also being as custom and clean as Betty Blue. Betty can (and does) compete in shows, as well as hits the strip occasionally. With north of 1,300 horsepower, she even stands out in a crowd of restored muscle cars.
With an original cost of $40,000, Aquino tells us that to reenact this build, you’re going to be in it another $60,000, if not more. With this much done to a truck, it must be nearly complete, right? Aquino tells us that Betty isn’t complete and is far from it. “I’ve always wanted a fast vehicle that was clean, too,” said Aquino. “I’m used to the car side, and with cars, they’re predictable. With a truck, it can be fast and nobody will know it.”
Behind The Build
To build something this badass, it takes time, money, and Aquino’s case, skill. This build has not only awed us and others in the social media world, but it has helped him further his build quality control as well as fabrication skills. For example, Betty Blue features a full titanium stack in the bed that Aquino has rolled and fabricated himself.
Over the years, Betty has gone through some changes. In that time, Aquino tells us there are some things he would change if he could’ve. “I wish from the beginning I would’ve installed an 8.50-certified cage,” he commented.
The fascination with making a heavy truck fast was overpowering. It all started with a few bolt-ons, which led to a built transmission, and inevitably that turned into bigger injectors and a turbo. Aquino was headed straight down that slippery slope to a full race vehicle.
In an attempt to lighten up this girl as much as possible while still obtaining a stock look, Aquino went to Old Skool Fab for all his carbon fiber parts. These include the hood, roll pan, and the bumper insert. Betty features HID retrofitted headlights and taillights that he has done himself in-house, matching perfectly with the coat of Patriot Blue paint.
The engine that powers this truck to unbelievable times is a 6.7-liter Cummins with a ton of extra goodies. Housed inside this sleeved, stock-bore 6.7-liter are Wagler connecting rods, QSB pistons, Freedom Racing Engines 9/16-inch main studs, a Hamilton Cams 194/220 camshaft, and a fire-ringed cylinder head and block.
The cylinder head encountered a little extra love in this whole process. The intake plenum was milled off to fit a Banks Big Hoss intake manifold for additional airflow. Under the Old Skool Fab valve cover, Aquino used Freedom Racing Engines big valves and seats, bronze valve guides, Manton Roller Rockers, half-inch pushrods, heavier valve springs, bridges, and trunnions. To top it all off, he went with a five-angle valve job and a good port and polish.
Mounted on the side of this now-custom cylinder head is Steed Speed T6 exhaust manifold that is home to a Garrett GT5533R 85mm turbocharger. This monster turbo forces air into the Banks intercooler, where it then mixes with two stages of nitrous oxide to get the spooling going. Fueling the fire and mixing perfectly with the given air is a set of Dynomite Diesel Super Mental fuel injectors, two Fleece Performance CP3 injection pumps, an Aeromotive lift pump, and a modified Dynomite Diesel fuel rail. This truck is 100-percent controlled and tuned by Ryan Milliken at Hardway Performance.
Other engine compartment add-ons include a Fleece Performance coolant bypass, Fluidampr balancer, CVR electric water pump, Ron Davis radiator, Flex-A-Lite electric fans, Vibrant Performance clamps, Turbosmart Blow Off Valve, and a Calibrated Addiction 10-BAR map sensor.
On the backside of this engine is a hybrid, in-house built, Suncoast Performance 47/48RE transmission. It features a Suncoast 27-spline input shaft, flex plate, billet direct drum, 2200 stall torque converter, TCS billet forward drum, servos, accumulator, billet intermediate shaft and a 29-spline output shaft. This is a Muldoon’s Diesel Performance full manual valve-body controlled transmission is handled with a Precision Performance Products air shifter.
“I want to shout out my wife, Ashlee, for believing in my dream for Betty and supporting it the whole way,” said Aquino. “Anyone who had a part or helped in the evolution deserves credit for Betty.” We can’t thank Adam enough for finally hooking us up with the full build list for Betty, and we’re aching to see what he has in store for her in the future. Stay tuned to Diesel Army for the latest coverage for anything and everything diesel performance.
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make it to the latest Diesel Thunder event at Emerald Coast Dragway, but Adam was. Thank you to Derek Veech of SunCoast Performance for covering all of the photography for Betty Blue, as this wouldn’t have been possible without him.


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There once was a time in Kentucky where family dinners were constantly interrupted by aggressive telemarketers. Families couldn't get more than a few moments of peace on weekends and evenings from the continuous barrage of unwanted and aggravating sales pitches coming over the phone.
I was Kentucky's Attorney General then and I decided to do something about it. We built a broad bipartisan consensus and implemented the No-Call List, guaranteeing Kentuckians the right to not be bothered by telemarketers. We fought for legislation to restrict the practice and the result has been nearly two decades of quieter evenings at home.
I made that fight because protecting families from the scourge of telemarketers was an important public protection measure of that time. In our digital age, cybersecurity and breach notifications represent the new frontier of public protection.
Concerned about the personal and private information your retailer collects on you? The data collected in your interaction with government at every level ought to concern you even more.
Consider that nearly all governments have your name, birth date and Social Security numbers. As you file taxes your bank account numbers and business identification numbers are recorded. If you use a credit card to pay for your vehicle registration or rent a cabin at a state park, those numbers are collected. Public schools and health departments also are enormous collectors of private information, from your children's allergies to personal health records. The list literally goes on and on, building the case that governments are far and away the largest collectors of private information.
For the really bad news, hackers are trying to steal that information every day. In 2009 in Bullitt County, Ukrainian hackers stole $400,000 from the county's bank account. In 2012, state government inadvertently posted on its public website the Social Security and home phone numbers, as well as the birth dates of a couple hundred Kentucky employees. In 2012, the state of South Carolina lost nearly every citizen's personal and corporate income tax filings to Russian hackers. What would have cost $12,000 to prevent has now cost South Carolinians more than $30 million to clean up.
I'm strongly supportive of the good work my friend State Auditor Adam Edelen is doing, particularly his focus on cybersecurity. His common-sense approach to strengthening cyber protections for every Kentuckian is represented in House Bill 5.
House Bill 5 is simply based on the premise that governments ought to strengthen the protections for your personal and private information and that when they lose that information through a breach, governments ought to be obligated to inform you.
House Bill 5 enjoys the support of more than 30 organizations representing everyone from senior citizens and business leaders to county and city governments. The libertarian Bluegrass Institute calls it a "no-brainer." That broad coalition is also reflected in the state House where it passed 99-1, with 79 co-sponsors (43 Democrats and 36 Republicans).
The bill appears to be stymied in the state Senate with both the majority leader and the relevant committee chairman acknowledging that politics plays a role in determining whether House Bill 5 will get a vote.
That's unfortunate. State Auditor Adam Edelen and Representatives Denny Butler, Democrat of Louisville, and Sal Santoro, Republican of Florence, have worked hard to advance this measure in a bipartisan manner. More importantly, Kentuckians deserve the same cyber protections that citizens in 46 other states enjoy.
We fought politics-as-usual to protect Kentuckians from intrusions into their privacy before. Let's not miss this opportunity to do it again in the digital age.
Kentuckians who agree or want to learn more can at www.HouseBill5.com.
Ben Chandler is a former State Auditor and Attorney General representing the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He is also a former United States congressman.
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Guatape, a very tourist place. It gives you an opportunity to take photos of lakes from the top. While you can walk in the colorful streets, and enjoy the traditional food here. To confirm your tour, contact us to arrange our best transportation and tour guide for you. ( Blog )
Guatape is an Andean resort town in northwest Colombia, east of Medellín. This region is known for its houses decorated with colorful bass-reliefs. It sits by the vast, man-made Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir, a busy water-sports center. Piedra del Peñol is a giant granite rock southwest of town. With hundreds of steps to the top, where there are sweeping views. The nearby Marial Stone is giant rock with an overhang.
Visitors can scale the rock via a staircase built into one side. This path includes more than 649 steps to the top. On the flat top of the rock you have food vendors that offer outdoor tables overlooking vistas. A view that stretch to the horizon in every direction. Above the food vendors are two gift shops, and an open-air viewing area to see the spectacular scenery.
You can visit two monasteries that belong to the “Benedictinos” Communities. The monks are devoted to receive and share with visitors.


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LaserCutCard is proud to present the fourth vehicle in the “Bush War” series… the Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicle
The Ratel is the basic infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of the South African National Defence Force's mechanized infantry battalions. Ratel is the Afrikaans name for the honey badger, which has a reputation as a ferocious fighter.
This is a cardboard and MDF kit for the Ratel in approximately 1/50 scale. It also includes plastic tubing for weapons and axels.
It is made from layers of 1mm heavy card, laser cut.
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WATCH: Jose Bautista's arm breaks Colombian hearts in World Baseball Classic
Bautista isn't used to left field, but that didn't matter
Jose Bautista hasnât played left field for the Toronto Blue Jays during the regular season since 2009. Nonetheless, Bautista played left field on Sunday for the Dominican Republic in its World Baseball Classic contest against Colombia.
Predictably, the ball found the out-of-position Bautista at a crucial time: with the game tied at 3-3 and winning run at third base in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out. But Bautista wasnât shook; instead, he came through with a solid throw home -- one that allowed catcher Welington Castillo enough time and a proper angle to make a game-saving tag:
Just like that, the game rolled into extra innings. Colombian players Tito Polo and Adrian Sanchez were ejected for arguing the call, but itâs pretty evident home plate umpire Tripp Gibson III got it right. In case you were wondering about the plate-blocking rules:
Thereâs a lot on the line, too. A Dominican Republic win would result in them advancing to the second round with a pool victory. A Colombia win, and thereâs real potential for a three-way tie at the top -- one that, based on the tie-breaking rules -- would likely result in Colombia winning the pool.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Oregon State entered Saturday's game at the Huntsman Center winless in the Pac-12, and Utah jumped on the Beavers early in the hopes of keeping them that way.
Utah built a lead as high as 28 points in the second half. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak then did something he later regretted. He unloaded his bench, which allowed the Beavers to rally back over the final few minutes.
Stephen Thompson Jr. had a career high 30 for Oregon State. The Utes did hold on 86-78 to move into a tie for third in the Pac-12 race.


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AdBlock releases AdBlock browser for Android, waiting for approval from Google
AdBlock is one of the most popular browser extensions for both Chrome and Firefox, but the buck has always stopped there – it is an extension. But what if AdBlock was also a browser?
That’s the idea behind AdBlock’s newest app for Android. The smart people behind the popular extension have now released a beta version of AdBlock Browser for Android, which promises to block all mobile ads in your browser that ruin your mobile browsing experience. The best part is, you don’t need to root your phone to block ads, and Phandroid reports that it seems to be just as fast and capable of browsing the internet as the mobile versions of Chrome and Firefox.
To try it out yourself, you can download it through AdBlock’s Google+ community. The developers are also waiting on approval from Google to publish it to the Play Store as a beta app. However, given Google’s not-so-stellar history with previous ad-blocking apps, it’s up in the air whether or not this app will actually make it to the Play Store.
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Zanzibar Holiday Excursions
Stone Town Walking Tour
It takes almost 3hrs duration to explore the very fantastic history of this extraordinary site with it’s narrowest streets in the world. As a cosmopolitan archipelago, Stone Town prouds of its amazing strong introduction of Indians, Chinese, Oman Arabs, Phoneticians, Sumerians, Persians, Assyrians, Portuguese, Egyptians, Dutch and British Cultures Combined with typical African traditions. The Arab tradition is predominant in Urban design and architecture of stone town where the most impre
ssive and admirable residential structures in town are the large Arab houses with a Central Courtyard (Patio) built in around 19th C.With an exotic mixture of population and Culture, Stone town have more than 49 mosque, 2 Christian churches, 2 Operating Cinemas, 6 Banks, 4Hindu templates, several shops, Supermarkets, the buildings need repair and some have had collapsed already. Our well educated and experienced guides, will feed you with detailed information of those buildings which are of outstanding architectural and historical interest such as The Old fort, house of wonder, former Sultan palace, hamamn Persian bath, peace memorium museum’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Old dispensary and so many other buildings which reflects Variety of Cultural influence.
This is the only tour which will let you know as why zanzibar is called the spice island. It is done in
the Country side about half an hour driving from the historic Stone Town. With the aid of our well educated and experienced guides, you will have known the life cycle and uses of various types of spices, tropical fruits and root crops after being taught in detail. Learning and watching the typical environment of Zanzibar as well as experiencing zanzibar Village life are amongst other things that you are going to be benefited with. Either this tour include a visit to some historical places such as Maruhubi Palace ruins, Kidichi persian bath and the highest point of Zanzibar which is 390 feet above sea level. As touching, smelling and tasting will be upon your choice whilest in the Spice plantantions, asking of any question concerning this tour or stopping the car if you see any historical or interesting things on the way is warmly welcome and totally accepted.
Zanzibar Cultural Tour
This tour gives you an insight of the Swahili life style .The tour drives you to see the fabrication of Zanzibari doors (at the building site) which are very famous in the world. We then proceed to the north up to Mkokotoni village is the famous fishing village in Zanzibar. Here we see the selling of fish and busy fishermen who bring their fish from the fishing. Then we proceed to Nungwi Village where we see how the wooden dhows and boats are fabricated. then we stay in the beach and swim in the see. In this tour you can also see traditional Swahili house in different village on our way to Nungwi. The guide from the departure point up to Nungwi will be busy telling you the traditional life style of Swahili people and their origin.
Jozani Forest Tour
Zanzibar’s first and only National Park is centered on Jozani Forest ,the largest area of mature forest found within Zanzibar ,where is home for rare Red Colobus Monkeys which are species rare in the World and mangrove forest With salt marshes. Also Zala Park is a small nature reserve Captive animals exhibits include Tree hyraxes and variety of Reptiles, such as Green tree snakes, Mambas and some big Pythons, Chameleons, Geckos, Tortoises, Striped Lizards And Monitor Liza .The forest is the home of the rare Red Colobus Monkey, which is only endemic to this forest. This part of your holiday mainly focuses on a visit to the naturally reserved forest on this specially dedicated excursion. The forest also accommodates a large mangrove swamp and a tract of natural forest that is home to a few unique species including the Sykes monkey, bush babies, Ader’s duiker, over 50 species of butterfly and 40 species of birds.
This full day excursion will take you to the southern part of zanzibar about one and half an hour driving from the historic stone town. After getting there we take a motorized boat so as to reach the dolphin zone for about five to ten minutes. After swimming and playing with the very friendly dolphins for several hours you will have automatically been given a chance of admiring the wonderful coral reef, Variety of colored fishes and other attractive marine creatures through snorkeling. After taking lunch and shower you will be spoiling yourself on a white sandy beach with beach relaxation before getting’s back on board for a trip back to the hotel
Sandbank Picnic Trip
Sunset Dhow Cruise Trip
Step onto the deck of our vessels, relax and let us sail you away on a magical sunset cruise to end your day. Step onto the deck of our vessels, relax and let us sail you away on a magical sunset cruise to end your day. Our sunset cruises leave Stone Town in the late afternoon to cruise along the coast, slicing through the clear turquoise water. The sounds of the bustle of busy people in Stone Town grow faint in the distance until they seem there, only in a memory. Musicians take over the sounds playing taarab, songs of love and loss, on violin and oud, as the crew serve canapés and keep your glass topped up with your choice of a selection of beers, sodas and drinking water from the Zanzibar Serena Inn, encouraging you to sink back into the cushions and enjoy the romance of Africa while watching the scenery drift by. On board our dhow we have a personal guide who will accompany you on your cruise and give you a tour of Stone Town from the water as well as be able to answer any questions that you may have for him. The sun sets, changing the sky from shades of pinks and blues to magnificent golden colours as you sail back towards the glimmering lights of Stone Town in the distance and the wind gently blows you back to the shore.
Prison Island Tour
It hardly takes half an hour driving by motorized boat to reach the wonderful west based historic island. It is originally called Changuu and was owned by wealthy Arabian merchant who used it as detention Centre for disobedient slaves during slavery. Under the Leadership of the third Sultan of Zanzibar, just after the abolition of slave trade in 1873, the prison for intending to keep recalcitrant prisoners was constructed to keep the standing name ” PRISON ISLAND”. How ever, the Island was then used as the quarantine station of all of east African countries following the Out break of cholera disease along the coast of East African coast where the victims were collected in different parts before being sent to changuu Island for further treatment. The Island was also used as an accommodation site for those prisoners obtained from the second world war. With its fantastic white sandy beach and spectacular natural forest teeming with variety of birds and small animals such peacocks and giant tortoise etc, the island is very famous for its richness in water based natural attractions hence it is among the best site for diving and snorkeling as well. Everything is still existing, although most of them have become decrepit.After that you will do the snorkelling along the natural beautiful beach.
Private Sunset Cruise For Honeymooners
Be with the one you love, on a private cruise through the magical waters of Zanzibar, the perfect start to a romantic evening. Take in the breathtaking sites of the island and the magnificence of the African sun setting into the Indian Ocean, all on your own private vessel for two. You have a choice of entertainment ranging from local drummers to the world renowned legend, Bikidudi Baraka entertaining you as the sun slips away over the horizon on the end of yet another breathtaking day in our beautiful land, Africa
Sunset Dhow Cruise & Dinner
Set sail for Mbweni Ruins, an hour by sea south of Stone Town, framed by the ever stunning African sunset. On arrival, you will be escorted down the jetty of Mbweni Ruins Hotel to the ruins themselves. There enjoy fine dining in the light of a thousand candles, set in these magical, historical ruins. An evening you will never forget.Then later our driver will drive you back to your hotel for overnight , dinner may served on any basis according to your choice either seafood menu ,vegetarian’ menu and other available standard menus .
Recently declared a marine conservation area, Mnemba Island is a coral atoll, surrounded by thriving, vibrant reefs and the crystal clear Indian Ocean. The waters are teaming with an overwhelming number of beautiful tropical reef fish, green turtles graze peaceably amongst the heads of plate and honeycomb corals, and a resident pod of curious bottle-nosed dolphins offer the chance for visitors to interact with these splendid marine mammals in a natural and spontaneous environment. This full day excursion leaves at around 9 in the morning and will return back at around 3 o’clock. A great day out for people who love to snorkel and discover the underwater world.
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You could be an individual operator or might run a local or regional trucking company; if you have a bad credit history it will limit your options for the future. Unfortunately many finance companies look at your past record when it comes to truck financing instead of looking at the future prospects that might be in store for your company. You might have big plans for your business but they could come to a grinding halt if not for Commercial Truck Financing companies that are forward thinking and will give you loans despite your credit record.
Let’s face it; many of us have had a bad credit record at some point or another. Such are the precarious financial times we live in. Moreover, if you are into a business of any kind, the stakes are high and so are the risks. Thus bad credit history is quite common place amongst entrepreneurs who own either small or big scale companies. However that doesn’t mean you keep getting pulled back by your past when you believe you have the ideas to move ahead in the right direction. Commercial Truck Financing companies that overlook your bad credit offer you the resources to make your dreams come true.
These companies will however only offer you finance depending on your repayment capacity, which is only fair. Even if you have been turned down in the past, these companies will not hold that against you and assess your case on its individual merit. Hence your bad credit record will not stand in the way of your future growth. Now you can extend the fleet of your trucks or buy a new one according to your needs and keep moving with the times.

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Organized Play Events (OPE) returned with their most recent iteration of the TCG Expo, this time at the Kings Dock Exhibition Centre in Liverpool.
The event featured all 4 Bandai TCGs, with One Piece and Digimon as the standout performers across the 2 days.
Day 1 would see hundreds of attendees in the capped capacity events play in Swiss brackets.
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If you’ve been following me on Candy & Couture for a while, you will know that I am a PUMA Socialite and the latest capsule collection with the most iconic figure in electronic dance music, Deadmau5, is like no other. Launching on August 1st, the collection of footwear and apparel will be sold exclusively at Foot Locker in Europe!
The PUMA x Deadmau5 collection celebrates a partnership which dates back as far as 2008. Whilst on stage and performing to hundreds of thousands of fans, Deadmau5 is rarely seen without PUMA gear. Finally, the two icons teamed up to design a capsule collection that pushes the boundaries of style. PUMA and Deadmau5 worked together to create pieces that drew on Deadmau5’s personality and favourite trends in the marketplace, while using iconic PUMA silhouettes and styles.
“I’ve always had a passion for PUMA sneakers so I already had an idea of what I wanted to create. Themed on dance floor visuals, I love the high contrasting colors and I can’t wait to see them on the Foot Locker shelves, being worn by kids in the street” said Deadmau5.
The new, beat-inspired collection is designed to get you off your feet and dancing to the music. Electro-coloured inspired combinations and detailing that include the iconic oversized mouse head, are just some of the features that make this collection all about personality, music and Summer fun.


As voters in New Hampshire head to the booths to cast their ballots for a presidential candidate, one common piece of equipment will be replaced with something a little more old-fashioned.
A week after the Iowa Caucus confusion surrounding the state’s voting app, New Hampshirites will be using a paper ballot that’s marked by hand by the voter themselves, NBC News reported.
It’s the way the state has voted for more than 20 years, the Concord Monitor reported.
The New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner defended the classic voting procedure when he was questioned in 2018 during the midterm elections when he held up a pencil.
“Want me to give it to you and see if you can hack this pencil. We have this pencil. This is how people vote in this state. And you can’t hack this pencil,” Gardner said, according to NBC News.
The voter rolls are also on a hard copy record, not online, except at two polling locations where the electronic versions are being tested alongside books.
Once votes are cast, they are scanned by a computer and at the end of the night, the scanner generates a voting report, but the hard copy ballots are kept in case a hand count is necessary in a case of an audit or recount, the Monitor reported.
The system is being used Tuesday in 118 towns and 73 city wards, according to the newspaper. There are about another 100 towns that still count the ballots by hand.
But by going with old-fashioned voting and tabulating hardware, it has some people concerned. The computers used to update the scanning system run on an old version of the Windows operating system that Microsoft stopped supporting, NBC News reported. The hardware also isn’t made anymore by the parent company Dominion Voting Systems which has a stash of old machines to use for parts when the ones that are currently in use break, the Monitor reported.
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Lifespan of yorkie dogs. Yorkie mixes are not purebred dogs but a mixed or designer breedbefore you decide to add a yorkie mix to your family you may want to research both breeds of the mother and sire. Lifespan for dogs varies from breed to breed. Notes that 50 of dogs will develop cancer in their advanced years. In his book the natural vets guide to preventing and treating cancer in dogs shawn messionnier dvm.
The yorkie is smart and independent making him a dog who is both entertaining and notoriously stubborn. These dogs are incredibly patient with their owners and surroundings. People consider that the mini yorkies require more care have health problems more frequently than the standard ones and live less. Is what you are feeding your yorkshire terriers hurting them.
Advocates of a holistic lifestyle take it even further. Find out what the average lifespan of your dog i. The yorkie poo also called yoodle yorkapoo or yorkerpoo is a cross between a poodle and a yorkshire terrierit is a small dog most are just seven to ten inches in height weighing in at around ten pounds 5 kgs. The cross between a yorkshire terrier and bichon frise yorkie bichon is a designer dog known for their cute looks and low maintenance coststhis toy dog with a blunt muzzle black nose round skull and eyes and a long tail has been recognized by different names.
Although the yorkshire terrier is a toy breed he wont settle for a boring life. Are you wondering what the usual life expectancy of your dog is. Being so tiny yorkie puppies are always interesting as to their size and if you are an owner as to how fast and much they are supposed to grow up through the first months after birth and through the years.

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NBC Universal is apologizing to Selena Gomez after one of its newest shows mocked her kidney transplant.
‘Black-ish’ star Marsai Martin, who’s 16, has set a record for the youngest Hollywood executive producer
While her peers may still be learning to drive, Marsai Martin has reached a different kind of milestone.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced celebrities to adapt to a brave new world away from their adorning fans, and they responded in myriad ways.
See some of what’s streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and more in December.
Part of Jennifer Lawrence’s family farm in Kentucky, which also operates a summer camp, was destroyed by a fire over the weekend, according to a statement from the camp.
How do SA’s top soapies compare?
The singer claims to have slipped into a state of depression after months of watching someone else spend and enjoy money that is rightfully hers.
Chadwick Boseman would have turned 44 on November 29 and Disney honored him in a way that was fit for a Marvel king.
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The UK’s Culture Secretary has called on Netflix to put a disclaimer at the start of episodes of “The Crown” telling viewers that the royal drama is “a work of fiction.”
Her critics say she is too worried about foreign issues and doesn’t care enough about South African problems.
A media report claimed that Enhle Mbali’s request of R131,000 in monthly maintenance was rejected by a court.
Gospel star Thinah Zungu stole the limelight last night when he walked away with two awards at this year’s Crown Gospel Music Awards.
US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot!


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Yet another disturbing development as occurred in relation to Myanmar’s ethnic landscape with the announcement of yet another armed ethnic group. SHAN has reported the creation of the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) which was posted on Facebook last week.
Described as an independent organization “not under any other group,” the SNA claims to represent the Shan peoples of northern Myanmar. With a population estimated at 300,000, the Red Shan—translated to Shan-ni in Myanmar and Tai-leng in Shan—largely live in southern Kachin State, particularly near Mohnyin and Bhamo, and in Sagaing Division, the report said.
Apparently, one of the SNA’s promises is to “protect local people bullied by other armed groups.” Since the 1960s, the Shan Ni, or Red Shan, communities have been situated between the Kachin Independence Army/Organization (KIA/O) and the Myanmar Army. They report having suffered abuses from both sides in the conflict, which has reportedly contributed to the organization of informal Shan-ni militias over the years.
The SNA has reported one clash with the government this month. An outbreak of fighting was reported on January 11 on the Myanmar-India border. Three SNA soldiers were allegedly arrested by the Myanmar Army and one SNA sergeant was killed.
Only last week another group was formed that could further complicate the peace process. Mizzima reported last week the formation of the Kachin Republic Party (KRP) and its military wing the Kachin Republic Army (KRA). According to Acting General Secretary Lashi Yawna, ‘. . . we will form the KRP with the objective of establishing an independent republic seceded from the current union.’ He also added that KRP offices are to be opened in China and Thailand!


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"Bought 4 bags of worm castings to add to my daughter's garden in Anderson. Wanted you to see her zucchini plant (on left).
"My garden has never looked better and the only thing different I've done is add lots of worm castings!! My soil is rich and full of worms! I have so many more blooms this year. "
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Visiting one of South Korea’s largest ‘multi-cultural space’: OneMount Water Park in Seo-gu
After our plane made a touchdown at Incheon International Airport in South Korea, and after me and my travel buddies made our way down the shiny halls of the airport, we were warmly greeted by our local tourist guide Jennifer with a “Anyoung Haseyo!”
I know that I should have felt the thrill and excitement hours earlier in my departure in Manila, or perhaps during my ride in the airplane, but our local tour guide’s greeting was what really made me realize that I’m already in South Korea and that my trip to this wonderful country, which was sponsored by AirAsia and Korea Tourism Organization, was finally going to start.
Jennifer led me and my travel buddies to our transportation service, the Limousine Bus. It was a huge, Wi-Fi-connected vehicle that served as our service vehicle for the six days and five nights “I Love Korea” tour. From the Incheon International Airport, we headed to Goyang City in Gyeonggi-do province for our first South Korean tour itinerary—the OneMount Water Park.
Lunch at Season’s Table Restaurant
While we got into some small talk with our tour guide Jennifer on our way to the waterpark, she mentioned that OneMount Water park is the largest of its kind in this area of South Korea. When we got to
the park, I instantly knew that our tour guide wasn’t exaggerating when she said that. OneMount was massive, and when we arrived at the complex, the towering three buildings immediately caught my eyes. What I also noticed was that even though it was a huge park, there weren’t many people around. Jennifer explained that the park only gets the crowds during after office hours or during weekends.
We met the marketing manager of the property there and proceeded to Season’s Table Restaurant. I’ve been eating a lot of Korean food in my hometown Manila, but tasting it in the country where it actually came from was actually more satisfying. They served a buffet that consisted of salads, Korean barbeque, and some fried sugar-coated squash, among others. There was also an ice cream bar and a fancy-looking coffee bar where we were allowed to prepare our own coffee.
After our meal, we proceeded to explore the park like young children!
OneMount Snow Park
We went next to the famous snow park, which was patterned after the famous Santa Village in Finland. To be honest, I found it really strange for a country experiencing four seasons a year to have a park producing artificial snow. But I thought that it gave a different sort of adventure for both local and foreign tourists like us. And it sure did.
We were given a winter jacket and a headgear each upon entry, and we went walking on the ‘ice lake’. When the snow began to fall from above us a few minutes later, we started cheering like kids!
What was best about OneMount snow park was that there were transportation devices that one can use for free. We tried out their Mammoth Sled that was pulled by real snow dogs. I highly recommend that you try the Mammoth Sled when you get here as well. It seems like a rather simple ride, but it’s actually very fun once you’ve sat down on the sled!
The slides and rides at Onemount Water Park
We toured around the massive park and saw a lot of cool-looking slides. The waterpark, we were told, consisted of nine slides and 18 pools. Like most waterparks today, OneMount also has wave pools that produce five different artificial waves. Somewhere near the pools was a sauna area, a kiddie playground, a shower room, and a locker room where people leave their belongings.
We weren’t able to get close to the massive slides because they were closed due to scheduled maintenance, but we were able to tour around other parts of the park. It was sad, but it’s one reason why I’m going back here next time.
“Even more food!” If you didn’t buy souvenirs
After admiring OneMount’s twisted slides from afar, and after saying goodbye to the snow dogs who pulled our sleds, we went to the waterpark’s shopping area. OneMount shopping Mall area was wide and very inviting because it was a street-type mall, unlike those closely-spaced shopping areas I have been to in the past.
There were many brands and food stalls that mainly served Korean food. There was a McDonald’s somewhere amidst the several Korean stalls, as well.
After roaming around in the clean street-like shopping area, we each got our own souvenirs. We headed back to our Limousine Bus, and we bid OneMount Water park farewell.
We got ready for our next stop. -> Ansan Star Village
AirAsia’s Manila-Incheon (Seoul) flights occur twice daily. It’s the shortest trip, but AirAsia also offers flights from Cebu to Seoul once a day, and two-way chartered flights to/from Kalibo (Boracay), Incheon (Seoul), and Busan. For flight booking and reservations, visit http://www.airasia.com/. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
OneMount Water Park
300 Hallyuworld-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Glenwood native Jessica (Kamish) Ellis’ business, The Green Spot in Omaha, is a labor of love.
The natural pet food business came easily to Ellis.
“Her first words were not mama or dada, they were doggie, doggie, doggie,” said her mother, Dr. Jacque Young of Glenwood.
That natural instinct for pets, and a head for business, was recognized this past May, when the young company was awarded the Small Business Association’s Small Business of the Year Award for Nebraska’s Second District.

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Fatal traffic accident victim identified
The identity of the victim of a fatal traffic collision last Friday has been reported.
Aaron Crandall, a 21-year-old male, appears to have died from blunt force injuries to his head and extremities, the King County Medical Examiner's Office reports.
A witness reported a collision around 2:20 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Carr Road. The witness observed a vehicle, which had been traveling westbound at a high rate of speed, leave the roadway and collide with a utility pole.
Crandall was the only person reported in the vehicle. He died at the scene. On Friday,Renton police reported that speed appeared to be have been a factor in the accident. They were unsure if drugs or alcohol were also factors. If conducted, any toxicology reports would not be available for at least eight to 10 weeks.
The accident closed South Carr Road near Mill Avenue Friday morning, while Puget Sound Energy responded to assist with concerns related to the utility pole.


Apple Special Event: 5 things to expect from iPhone 11
Last week, Apple sent out invites for its annual extravaganza to be held at the Steve Jobs Theater, a 1,000-seat underground auditorium located in its Cupertino HQ. ‘
'By innovation only’ read the curious invite for the September 10 event, where Apple is slated to unveil its iPhone 11 lineup.
Naturally, it became a water-cooler conversation in the world of tech. After all, it has been a while since Apple really launched something innovative. That baton may have been passed on to the iPhone-maker’s peers from the Far East.
But, 2019 promises to be different. Or so indicate the teasers. Apple usually ships the first batch of its new iPhones a fortnight after its stage event.
Here are a few things you can expect from tonight’s launch.
Tech geeks reckon Apple has something “radical” lined up this year. A foldable iPhone could be one of them. Renowned Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple could bring about an “all-new form factor design” in the new iPhone range.
This further corroborates the leaked concept photos of an “ambitious device” Apple was said to be working on.
Additionally, in May 2019, the company was granted a new patent for a “foldable cover and display for an electronic device” by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
There’s a brand-new operating system (OS) to look forward to. Apple claims iOS 13 will be its fastest OS till date.
Additionally, app downloads will be 50 percent smaller, and updates will also be lighter by 60 percent.
Some of the features expected in iOS 13 are a system-wide Dark Mode, about a 30 percent quicker Face ID, family hotspot sharing, a swipe-to-type keyboard, and a single ‘Find My’ app combining ‘Find My Friends’ and ‘Find My iPhone’.
Apple insider Kuo thinks that all the new iPhones will be 5G-enabled. With 2020 expected to be the year of global 5G adoption, Apple will want to make its devices next-gen ready.
However, its in-house 5G baseband chip may not be done until 2022, reveals Kuo.
Hence, the iPhone-maker will have to rely on Qualcomm’s chips to connect to high-speed 5G network.
Even though Apple was the first handset-maker to bring about dual cameras with the iPhone 7 Plus in 2016, it failed to expand that cabinet even as its rivals took giant steps in that area. But, the iPhone 11 range could change that too.
Teasers indicate the new iPhones could come with a triple-camera setup in a square cabinet. Kuo predicts that the rear cameras of the new iPhones will have 3D-sensing systems as well as augmented reality features.
Another prediction indicates that the iPhone 11 will sport a ‘best-in-class’ night mode too. Something to take on Google Pixel then?
‘Biggest’ battery ever
Apple has traditionally been chided for the poor battery performance of iPhones. Given the price it commands, that department deserves more attention — and ‘innovation’.
Predictions say the iPhone 11 Max could sport “the biggest battery ever on an iPhone” with a capacity of 4,000 mAh. This is a significant increase over the iPhone XS Max that came with a 3,174 mAh battery.
Besides the iPhones, Apple is also slated to unveil the new Apple Watch series, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade services, and maybe, a macOS update too.
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Pittsboro, NC – Thomas Shelton “Tommy” Edwards, 75, of Pittsboro, died in Pittsboro on May 22, following a short and hard battle against pancreatic cancer.
On May 21, Gov. Roy Cooper awarded Edwards the Order of the Longleaf Pine for exemplary service to the State of North Carolina and to his community.
In North Carolina’s central Piedmont, and throughout NC, Edwards was a bluegrass music legend. A founding member of The Bluegrass Experience, Edwards was a prolific songwriter and lightning-fast guitarist whose vigorous downstrokes imbued his songs with power and tone, earning him World Champion Guitarist trophies at the 1970 and 1971 Union Grove Fiddlers Convention.
Edwards originally joined The Green Valley Ramblers with brothers Paul and Donald “Earl” Beane and Jerry Stuart. In 1971, Edwards and the Beanes enlisted Thomas “Snuffy” Smith, Charles Lee Conard and “Fiddlin’” Al McCanless to form The Bluegrass Experience, the award-winning combo celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Success came early and though the band toured extensively and won the World Champion Bluegrass Band award in 1972 at the Union Grove festival, they won their most ardent followers closer to home during their nine-year Thursday night engagement at Chapel Hill’s Cat’s Cradle from 1972 through ’81.
A 1970 graduate of East Carolina University, Edwards worked in the Chatham County school district for more than 30 years. He taught N.C. history, health and physical education, and served several years as assistant principal. He loved coaching middle school football and basketball, and he enjoyed playing local pickup games for many years.
Tommy blended his love of history and music into his songwriting, contributing his original songs to his band and solo CDs, including 2011’s “North Carolina: History, Mystery, Lore and More.” Tommy’s solo albums feature such bluegrass luminaries as Bobby Hicks, Russell Johnson, Jim Mills, Matt Hooper, Jerry Stuart and Dewey Brown. In addition to playing with The Bluegrass Experience, Tommy played professionally with numerous friends and local musicians and enjoyed a late-in-life solo performance schedule at many venues, including the Roost at Fearrington Village.
He also shared his passion with listeners on “Bluegrass Saturday Night,” the weekly broadcast he hosted for 16 years on WLHC-FM in Sanford. Tommy’s dedication to promoting and preserving North Carolina’s heritage was recognized by his induction into the prestigious North Caroliniana Society.
In 1981, Tommy and his wife, Cindy opened Edwards Antiques and Collectibles in downtown Pittsboro, where it continues today. Almost any afternoon, Tommy could be found behind the counter of the antiques store. Often as not, Tommy would be picking out a tune or holding an impromptu jam session with a friend or musician passing through town.
To younger musicians, including Mandolin Orange’s Andrew Marlin, Chatham Rabbits’ Sarah McCombie, and Joseph Terrell of Mipso, Tommy was mentor, friend and musical partner. He was generous and patient, offering encouragement and complementing the musical savvy of his youthful friends.
Affable, charming and sincere, with quick wit and grace,Tommy was a rare soul who never met a stranger. He was a small-town guy who loved and was loved by his community. In addition to donating his musical talent to organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, the Chatham Arts Council and the Southport Songwriter Festival, Tommy also devoted his time and ideas to local boards, serving Central Carolina Community College, Chatham Trades and Chatham Arts Council.
Tommy is predeceased by his parents, Roy A. and Lucy S. Edwards of Siler City. He is survived by his wife, Cindy; cousins Charlotte Wainwright, Stella Shelton, and Bill Shelton; and current Bluegrass Experience bandmates, Stan Brown, Mike Aldridge, Keith Thomas and Snuffy Smith.
Truly original, Tommy leaves a legacy of friends, music and memories North Carolina is not likely to experience again. Plans for a celebration of Tommy’s life are pending.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Tommy’s memory to Pinecone, Chatham Arts Council, or Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-Chapel Hill.


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Get out of the heat this Saturday and join Cheuvront from 3 to 5 p.m. for a afternoon wine tasting. Sample six different American blends including St. Supery's "Virtu", "The Choir" from Atrea and Halter Ranch's "Cotes de Paso". $15 gets you all six samples and a tapas plate. Cheuvront's wine tastings are known to sell out. Call 602-307-0022 to save your spot.
Two Cheese Pasta
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