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When poetry is spoken aloud to an audience, we often call it a “reading,” but when poet Andrea Abi-Karam reads it is more than mere recitation. Instead, their punk protest ethos mixes with mylar and medical staplers to create a performance event. A trans Arab-American poet based in New York, Andrea’s first book EXTRATRANSMISSION (2019) approaches the US war on terror by way of considering its “signature injury”—the traumatic brain injury—and the new selves that it produces. In the soft paperback pages of their newest book, Villainy (Nightboat Books), they call on the work of artists such as David Wojnarowicz and Ana Mendieta, speaking in the space of grief and outrage against community loss and state-sanctioned violence.
For this interview, Andrea and I sat down together to discuss their time on tour with Sister Spit, performance poetry, and queer and trans modes of resistance.
Katie Brewer Ball: What does villainy mean? Is it like a villain?
Andrea Abi-Karam: Well I would say you’d have to read the book to find out what it means to me. Villainy is not a super commonly used word. But part of the conceit behind embracing the archetype of the queer villain was to mutate the idea of a terrorist, to mutate that and claim it and reformulate it.
The urgency and energy of Villainy, which is both apocalyptic and sexual at moments, carries over from your first book. I am thinking of lines like “I WANT A BETTER APOCALYPSE THIS ONE SUCKS.”
I’m desperate to put that on a t-shirt.
Yes! Which leads me to ask about the performative nature of your poetic practice.
I started developing a performance practice directly linked to my writing practice fairly early on with more simple gestures. Reading just really loudly, yelling in a punk way or throwing pages on the floor or walking around a room while reading pages and handing them off to people, letting the pages go and letting them be taken up by others. So an early effort to flatten the line between audience and performer comes from my experience playing in punk bands, which is really fun. I mean I’ve been doing all-caps things for quite some time now, and that is definitely a key piece of the performative writing aspect. And also how I translate the different registers of all-caps intensity and quieter, interior voices when channeled through the body in varying volume.
”ABSORPTION” is the piece where I printed out the poems on stickers, actually mailing labels, because at the time I worked for Nightboat and my room was filled with envelopes and mailing labels. I printed out the poems on the mailing label paper and I stuck it to sheets of silver mylar and then during performances I would read the page and then use the medical stapler to staple it to myself. And because the sheets are reflective it would reflect the projections I used of a glitching, fractal disco pattern back to the audience. This piece in particular is a lot about ANTIFA and confronting rising fascism in the United States. The reflection back is an effort to be a call to action, an invitation and demand to the audience to do something.
How did you decide to include the stapling?
I was preparing to go on tour with Sister Spit in the spring of 2018. Going on tour with Sister Spit was something I wanted for a really, really long time and I was thrilled when I was finally invited. It felt like the biggest deal in the world. Like I’m making it, I’m going on this tour that I’ve admired since I was a teenager. This is huge. And because of the weight of meaning for me, I felt like I had to do more than just read. I wanted to develop my performative gestures into something more all-encompassing. And I—actually, have you been to the High Fantasy drag night at Aunt Charlie’s in San Francisco? I saw this Halloween queen do a drag performance where whenever she got a $20 she would use an industrial stapler and staple it to her forehead. You know, a wall stapler for construction, like you would get from Home Depot.
I was floored by this. I was so impressed. I thought it was amazing. I didn’t feel like an industrial stapler was right because I was going to go on tour for two weeks, and that would probably cause a lot of things, like infection. Connecting to themes brought up in my first book, EXTRATRANSMISSION, I’ve been interested in taking down and rebuilding the medical industrial complex, things like being trans and having to interact with health care.
Yes, and I bet the staples are different actual sizes.
I had a friend who was a pro-DOM and she was like, “I have staplers and piercing stuff, come over and let’s experiment.” So we did some experiments with stapling stuff of different thicknesses to my body and then removing it—because you can get a remover. Which is very important to have! After that training I got a bunch of medical staplers from a vet supply company, because you can’t buy actual medical supplies without a license. I got a box of them and tested out several materials before I decided on the mylar and the sticker paper. The staples had to go through the mylar and the stickers or else they would maybe fall off. You know, I’m open to spontaneity, and sometimes they did fall off and it was okay.
How did the audience respond?
The audience was really into it and also kind of shocked. I mean it was a total adrenalin rush and I was also like I hope this works, I hope all these things stick to me.
And then you kept experimenting with the staples after that?
I kept experimenting while on tour. We had a projector and I was interested in pushing the use of the mylar further and projecting light at it. And I worked with the tour’s tech person, Jerry Lee; he’s amazing. Also a Leo, like me. He helped me with the projector and I picked this kind of glitchy disco glimmery GIF that just repeats in cycles and the colors are ‘80s blue and purple. It kind of shimmers and reflects back at the mylar. I also experimented with projecting GIFs of Ana Mendieta from some of her film stills while I was reading those pieces.
Mendieta appears a lot in Villainy.
Yeah. I mean I was first drawn to Mendieta’s film works at an exhibit I saw at BAMPFA in 2017. I think I saw it maybe five or six weeks after the Ghost Ship fire happened, a fire at a DIY space during a show that killed thirty-six people, many of whom were my friends. The Mendieta exhibit was all Super 8 projected on the walls. I went around the room and I would sit in front of one for a long time. I just felt overcome with the need to write about the experience of seeing this work. I was conflating my own grief and my own community’s grief after the Ghost Ship fire with the premature loss of Mendieta’s life due to patriarchy. In some ways I was channeling her, I don’t know if that is appropriate to say, but that is what it felt like. And she foregrounds the body, her own body, the brown feminist body on the screen in many different ways. There’s a scene in the film Blood Sign where Mendieta paints a tall vertical tombstone or frame for the words “There is a Devil inside ME” with an excess of red paint on a white wall. And I love the paint on the walls, her own hands dragging on the walls with the paint. All the work is so immediately visceral and durational. I found the fact that she commits her own body to it very, very powerful.
Yeah, dragging. Even though that is not the specific gesture you are doing with the staples, in its duration, there is the possibility of skin getting caught and kind of slowly ripped through the repetition.
Staples are supposed to be used to close wounds, not create them. And there is this perversion happening with how I decide to use the staples.
When in medicine do staples get used?
I mean I don’t know all the protocols, but it is used to bring two edges of skin together. And . . . you can just pry them out.
And so Villainy is also in-part a eulogy for all the people lost in the Ghost Ship fire.
I had never experienced such a shock wave of grief like that in my life. It was sudden and huge in scale for me and everyone I was still surrounded by. It felt extreme in every sense of the word. In order to survive I was really thrashing myself against limits. The limits of what I could stand. Exploring deeper things, kink with partners. And you know, exploring more body modification things, techniques on stage. I mean, I was depressed for two years. And previous to that I didn’t know, I didn’t have tools to survive something like that in a healthy manner.
It makes me think of the staples. Just pushing yourself to the limits but also bringing two edges together as a kind of healing gesture. Even if it is not something that ultimately fixes anything or disappears the wound as though it never happened. But it does make me think of writing as a kind of like a medical staple or something . . .
Writing was the through line of living for that moment. I had a residency (ELEVATE) that January (2017) in a decommissioned elevator in a warehouse of art studios. In this decommissioned elevator that didn’t go up and down any more. I would bike myself to the elevator every day and sit there. Sometimes I’d write, but sometimes I’d just sit there. It felt important to have a place to go.
I’m thinking about that David Wojnarowicz line: “I wake up every morning in this killing machine called America, and I’m carrying my rage like a blood-filled egg.” And just the relationship between rage and grief and queerness and nationalism and colonization. Who were you in that elevator with?
What books did I have with me?
Yeah. What books? I’m also curious about the desire to go to extremes, to bodily extremes. Do you get that feeling too when you are reading other writing?
I had volume three of Bædan, the journal of queer nihilism that put out three or four issues. I had Terrorist Assemblages by Jasbir Puar. When I was on Sister Spit tour, I had The Right To Maim, also by Jasbir. I’m trying to remember.
Were there people that you weren’t currently reading but were kind of there with you?
I really love Juliana Spahr’s book That Winter the Wolves Came. It has two different long sequences about protest and collectivity. They’re both really complicated. They’re not the typical call to action, like let’s hit the streets. They hold a lot of layers of social and political complexity in them.
As I was reading Villainy, especially “Temporary/Autonomous/Desire,” your San Francisco Pride poems, I was thinking about your outfit at The Poetry Project New Year’s marathon reading in 2019, everyone packed into the St. Marks Church when we could all be packed in together. You were wearing your bright red leather trench. There is something about attention to the aesthetic in reading that I don’t think is necessarily where every poet goes.
I’m into spiky fashion and queer leather and outrageous looks and every so often an element of club kid. But different. I see queer fashion and the role it plays for me as one of adornment and resilience. Leather is another layer of skin, very protective. And spikes are a deterrent. So it’s a kind of armor.
I like thinking about fashion as protective, as opaque and reflective. Like you can’t get in here unless I let you. It’s a kind of mirror ball.
Yeah and you know there is all that stuff about dazzle makeup and having reflective and asymmetrical makeup as being a mode of resistance, like not being able to be picked up by surveillance and facial recognition. Being shiny and glittery as an act of resistance to the surveillance state.
There is something aesthetic about your writing in that same way. I’ve heard you talk about your poetry through the lens of punk . . .
What you said about bringing out the aesthetics to amplify the text. The visceral acts of performance including the look is all about amplifying the text but not obscuring it.
That makes sense. And the kind of nihilistic apocalyptic deeply pleasurable urgency gets brought out through the performance as well . . .
For the piece “HOLD MY HAND,” which is in nine short parts, I wanted to do something different from the stapling. I felt compelled to transform that piece into performance in part because David Wojnarowicz has a lot of performative works. I was really drawn to the red sutures that he did to close his mouth around censorship during the AIDS crisis. I was very drawn to that image.
Red comes up a lot in Villainy in the Mendieta pieces and the Wojnarowicz pieces. I was formulating a way to incorporate red something, red wire, red yarn, red string. And I wanted to do something about hands. Originally I planned to get red suture to sew my fingers together, with one final stitch above my heart, and then moving my fingers along the suture. I talked to some friends who are medical professionals and they were like “please do not do that.”
Thank god for friends.
There is also a really fun thing that happens when I try to conceive of a performance and unexpected things happen in the search for materials. It’s the day of the show and you are missing something that originally you imagined and you have to adapt and do something else. I didn’t do something with literal sutures, but I was thinking about piercing needles, needles that are used in kink piercing play, and how to incorporate those into the performance because there is an element of queer cruising and sex in both my work and Wojnarowicz’s work.
What I ended up doing was I pierced my fingers, all five of my fingers on my right hand and then I used a red wire, and I wired the needles together and then I moved my hand around. And while the piercing and the hand was happening I had a cassette recorder and a tape of my voice reading the poem and then also this guitar riff that I composed for the poem. I was kind of playing with this idea of queer anti-temporality and the experience of analog media.
I remember Eileen Myles saying something like, all of a sudden in the ‘80s people were into performance and so that was what poets did. We just performed. Are there other parts of Villainy that are going to be performed?
I made a performance video (EDGE SPACE 2021) of six minutes of Villainy last summer that was screened at the Brooklyn Art Book Fair. Video has not really been my medium but the constraints of the pandemic left me with no choice. I worked on a performance video that involved a lot of lube and a suture pad and kind of contorting the suture pad. And then cutting off the sutures. It was a practice suture pad; there was a line of sutures across two pieces of a suture pad that were separated and then I poured lube on it and I was playing it up, because some of the scenes are the sex scenes of Villainy. I cut the sutures off for the following scene about orders and disconnecting.
And the suture pad looks like a kind of swatch of flesh that you are playing with?
Yeah. I am kind of interested in doing a movie of Villainy.
Adapting it for a feature film?
There is this poet, Hala Alyan, who has been in a couple of short films that have been directed by Darine Hotait, and they are both Lebanese. Darine is a filmmaker and Halal is a poet. She writes the scripts and then they get made into films. They are incredible. I think that could be interesting. There are so many interesting characters in Villainy. They are not so much disembodied voices merging, but they are more characters with slippage between them.
I want to see that.
Katie Brewer Ball is a writer based in Western Massachusetts. They are currently working on a novel about arctic ice islands and teen theater queens in the 90s. Their writing has been published in Little Joe, Bomb Magazine, Dirty Looks, ASAP/Journal, Artforum, and by BOFFO and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Brewer Ball teaches Performance Studies at Wesleyan University.
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Interest Rates Edging Up
Seems that interest rates have been on the rise for the past 3 weeks, according an article on Smart Money which lists the the most recent Freddie Mac numbers. The US national average on 30 year fixed rate mortgages was 6.42%. However, there's no need to panic yet: one year ago at this time, the rate for a 30 year fixed mortgage was 6.67%, so interest rates still have some distance to go to hit even the most recent highs.
What does this mean for you? Well, if you are buying, go and get pre-approved for your mortgage now, just in case. Most lenders will lock in a rate for you so that you won't pay any higher. At the same time, they will often give you a lower rate if their interest rate comes down.
If you can afford a house, it could be a very good time to buy. While not every US regional market is dropping in price, many are. Combine that with interest rates that are still hovering around historical lows, and you could make a very good deal.


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In the BBC Three TV program “Secrets of the Superbrands,” Alex Riley explores the world of the superbrands – how they get us to buy their products, trust them and even idolize them
“The scenes I witnessed at the opening of the new Apple store in London’s Covent Garden were more like an evangelical prayer meeting than a chance to buy a phone or a laptop,” Alex Riley reports for BBC News. “The strangeness began a couple of hours before the doors opened to the public. Inside the store, glassy-eyed staff were whipped up into a frenzy of excitement, jumping up and down, clapping and shouting. When the doors finally opened, they hysterically ‘high-fived’ and cheered hundreds of delirious customers flooding in through the doors for hours on end.”
MacDailyNews Take: “Glassy-eyed?” Puleeze. We prefer our claptrap without icing.
“And what did those customers – some who’d travelled from as far away as the US and China and slept on the pavement for the privilege – find when they finally got inside? Well, all the same stuff as in the Apple store half a mile away on Regent Street. No special offers, no free gifts (a few t-shirts were handed out), no exclusive products,” Riley reports. “Now that’s devotion.”
“I searched high and low for answers. The Bishop of Buckingham – who reads his Bible on an iPad – explained to me the similarities between Apple and a religion,” Riley reports. “And when a team of neuroscientists with an MRI scanner took a look inside the brain of an Apple fanatic it seemed the bishop was on to something. The results suggested that Apple was actually stimulating the same parts of the brain as religious imagery does in people of faith.”
“Secrets of the Superbrands” can be seen online via iPlayer (UK only) here.
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Apple cultists, this year’s annual cult of Apple indoctrination will be held in San Francisco, June 6-10. Even if you don’t have tickets to potentially hear The Master speak and bathe in His RDF, you can still participate. Every evening, we’ll hop into the vans and go door to door spreading the iOS gospel, selling iTunes Gift Cards and, of course, soliciting Windows to Mac switchers. As usual, the Kool-aid reception is planned for later each night – all are welcome. Do not forget your robes!
[Attribution: TUAW. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Opportun” for the heads up.]
FOX News: Apple is the new religion, say academics – July 29, 2010
Apple to bring iPhone magic to ‘Jesus Tablet?’ – January 04, 2010
BusinessWeek: Apple’s ‘Jesus Tablet’ could change the world – December 30, 2009
Apple iPhone 3G: ‘Jesus Phone’ is about to have its second coming – July 09, 2008
ExtremeTech writer: The worst thing about Apple Macs are the Apple cultists – October 10, 2007
Apple debuts new iPhone ‘God Phone’ print ad (with image) – July 12, 2007
Financial Times hack fearfully employs hackneyed ‘cult’ smear tactic against Apple iPhone, Mac users – June 28, 2007
ABC News hack rails against cult of rabid Steve Jobs fanatics run amok – January 28, 2007
What will become of the ‘Cult of Mac’ now that Apple has become ubiquitous? – September 30, 2006
If Apple is a religion, Steve Jobs is God, Jonathan Ive his Son – March 18, 2006
The Inquirer reports on attack of Apple cultists, blames MacDailyNews for inciting ‘email fatwa’ – March 03, 2006
Boston Herald writer: Jobs, high priest of Apple’s bizarre cult, better unveil something spectacular – January 07, 2006
Newsday writer: ‘Apple iSight is the natural choice for Mac cultists’ – December 13, 2005
Hysteria over iPod nano manufacturing blip proves Apple is not a company – it is a religion – October 01, 2005
USA Today columnist calls Mac users and Apple fans a ‘cult of blind little lemmings’ – September 16, 2005
Music label exec: dealing with Apple ‘like dealing with a cult’ – August 20, 2005
Exuding smugness, the Mac cult minority believe they have seen the truth – April 21, 2005
The iPod is bigger than Jesus, now can Apple’s Mac take on Windows? – January 31, 2005
Wired: Apple’s iTunes Music Store has ‘annoying cult-of-Mac aura’ – July 01, 2004
The Daily Oklahoman: Apple has created millions of fanatical ‘Macheads’ who display cult-like devotion – May 14, 2004


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Bacterial peptidoglycan (PG or murein) is a single, large, covalently cross-linked macromolecule and forms a mesh-like sacculus that completely encases the cytoplasmic membrane. Hence, growth of a bacterial cell is intimately coupled to expansion of murein sacculus and requires cleavage of pre-existing cross-links for incorporation of new murein material. Although, conceptualized nearly five decades ago, the mechanism of such essential murein cleavage activity has not been studied so far. Here, we identify three new murein hydrolytic enzymes in Escherichia coli, two (Spr and YdhO) belonging to the NlpC/P60 peptidase superfamily and the third (YebA) to the lysostaphin family of proteins that cleave peptide cross-bridges between glycan chains. We show that these hydrolases are redundantly essential for bacterial growth and viability as a conditional mutant lacking all the three enzymes is unable to incorporate new murein and undergoes rapid lysis upon shift to restrictive conditions. Our results indicate the step of cross-link cleavage as essential for enlargement of the murein sacculus, rendering it a novel target for development of antibacterial therapeutic agents.
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St. Louis Rams are trying to negotiate a contract with the No.1 pick Sam Bradford. The Rams hope to finalize a deal by Friday in time for training camp. The former Heisman Trophy winner is expected to land the richest contract in NFL history.
Bradford’s reps are trying to get guaranteed money in the area of $45-50 million… this coming from a guy who ended his college season early with shoulder surgery.
Last year the Detroit Lions gave No.1 overall pick Matt Stafford a six-year deal for $41.7 m in guaranteed money. Bradford’s contract is expected to exceed Stafford’s contract by at least $5 million… not bad for a kid who didn’t even throw at the NFL Combine.

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I read this article on Facebook and I loved it. It also inspired my own thoughts which follow the article.
GOD LOVES FEASTING
Can you believe it is only four days to Thanksgiving? Help! So much to do as I prepare a sit-down dinner for about 80 of us. What a great time it will be. There is nothing more wonderful than gathering together as a family to fellowship and feast together. Did you know that God loves feasts and celebrations? Yes, they are very biblical.
Psalm 89:15 states: “Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.” Once again, we notice that these “blessed” people are the “happy happy” people. Some translations say: “Oh the happiness!” Others say, “Oh the joy!”
This happiness comes to those who know the joyful sound. What is this joyful sound? The Hebrew word means “the trumpeting of trumpets and shouts of joy.” Most Bible commentators state that it speaks of the trumpet calls to the annual feasts of Israel. It’s a call to feasting and celebration.
Let’s read Numbers 10:10 (NLT): “Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the LORD your God of his covenant with you. I am the LORD your God.”
It is obvious that the early children of Israel were a trumpet-blowing, joyful shouting people. Not only did they rejoice and blow the trumpets on their feast days but over their daily burnt offerings!
Psalm 27:6 (NLT): “At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the LORD with music.” This speaks of the daily morning and evening sacrifices, encouraging us to also come before the Lord with our families each morning and evening. We don’t do it out of religiosity, but with joy, and even shouts of joy. As the people of God, we are not meant to be a boring people, but filled with joy and praise to God. Oh, the happiness of those who know the joyful sound.
Here’s something else God says about our feasting times. In Deuteronomy 14:26 we read: “And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink (help, can’t believe this in the Bible, yes, the King James Version), or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God (in the presence of the LORD), and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household.” **
The conclusion of our Scripture today says: “they shall walk O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.” God wants us to really celebrate and rejoice when we feast together. And it’s not separate from God. We do it IN HIS PRESENCE. God wants to join us. He loves to celebrate and feast with us. This is the heart of God. Many people have a totally wrong concept of God.
Prepare to feast in God’s presence this Thanksgiving and may you know the joyful sound.
Love, from Nancy Campbell
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Yes, as Nancy said, feasts are biblical. They are also commanded in Leviticus 23, and Nancy's article reminded me of how I love the Feasts of Adonai. What joy they've brought to my life since I began to observe them in the 1990s. His holy, appointed times are as follows:
The Feast of Unleavened Bread (a part of the eight days of Passover)
The Feast of First Fruits (a part of the eight days of Passover)
Shavuot - The Feast of Weeks
Rosh Hashanah - The Feast of Trumpets
Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement ( a day of fasting )
Sukkot - The Feast of Tabernacles
Shabbat is also an appointed time weekly
These two feasts are not commanded, but are traditionally observed:
Hanukkah - The Feast of Dedication
Purim - The Feast of Lots
You can learn more about Adonai's feast and festivals here on my blog by clicking on the links on the right side of this page.
If you are a believer in Yeshua HaMashiach, you've been grafted into the blessings of being a part of the house of Israel. That means you're also grafted into the responsibilities of observing His Shabbat and His Feasts and Festivals. If you'll study the New Testament, you'll find that Yeshua and His disciples also observed them. I hope you'll study Leviticus 23 and learn more about Adonai's feasts because I know you'll find abundant and overflowing joy and blessings in keeping them, too.
I'm thankful for each one who stops by Gail-Friends, and want to say a great big Happy Thanksgiving to you all. May your celebrations be blessed with joy.
** Deuteronomy 14 is another chapter that most current Jesus followers ignore because they've been wrongly taught they no longer apply, but there are great blessings to those who observe these commandments. The 14th chapter ends with these words: "so that Adonai your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do." His ways are the ways of life and blessings. This I know from personal experience!


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Even when nervous,
Belief in myself is key,
I know that I can.
I can do anything.
Apologies for the absence, I have a music performance exam later on today. Though I am so nervous, if I believe in myself enough, part of me believes that I can do this.
I can do this and I will. Watch me.

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Title: Dreamcage Escape
Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Big Loop Studios
Big Loop Studios
Release Date: 16 Nov, 2016
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The game was made for 720p and can run windowed; for 1080p fullscreen it adds borders. It runs well on older computers and is also available for mobile platforms.
This isn't the type of puzzle game that gives you 200 levels of increasing difficulty, nor does it have the scope and depth of a game like Myst<\/i>. It is small, beautiful, and not too expensive. Recommended.
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Like others are saying, it's easily solved within ~2 hrs, but it's ...
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Evil Jodie Canfield, 30, pocketed over £3,000 of jewellery and cash before blowing the money on cocaine and paying off drugs debts.
A court heard the wannabe model was entrusted to care for Brian Cale, 82, and his wife Eleanor, 81, but started stealing from them in December last year.
She swiped sentimental rings and necklaces from the frail couple over a period of four months after searching through their drawers, behind armchairs and under beds.
In total the mum-of-two stole £170 cash and pawned sentimental jewellery, which had been valued at £3,700.
Grandad-of-four Mr Cale has since passed away and his family believe the stress of the ordeal played a huge part in his death.
On September 11 Canfield admitted five counts of theft and one of conspiracy to conceal, disguise, transfer or remove criminal property.
She wept in the dock as she was jailed for 16 weeks at Worcester Crown Court.
Sentencing, Judge Michael Cullum said: “This was a mean theft from an elderly people who were dependent upon you. It was a gross breach of trust.”
The court heard Canfield visited the pensioner’s house in Redditch, Worcs., 10 times a week between September and December last year.
Anthony Potter, prosecuting, said the victims first thought Canfield was attentive and courteous when she started.
But within a month she stole a diamond ring, a gold bangle, necklaces and diamond earrings Mr Cale had bought his wife.
The agency carer was caught after the couple’s family became suspicious about the missing items on Christmas Day last year.
Mrs Cale had hoped to wear her beloved matching jade earrings and necklaces her husband had bought her but noticed they were missing.
The family called in police, who installed a hidden camera in a sting operation days after Christmas.
The footage showed Canfield brazenly take the jewellery and cash and move it behind a vase where it would not be noticed for some time before she left.
Jason Aris, defending, said Canfield, of Redditch, was paying off a debt caused by a cocaine habit.
Retired tool setter Mr Cale died on September 13 months after the thefts as a result of his dementia worsening.
His family said the trauma had “undoubtedly” played a part in his death and branded the sentence as “a joke.”
The couple, who had been married more than 61 years, have two children Steve Cale, 57 ,and Amanda Hetherington, 53.
Dad-of-three Steve, a self-employed kitchen and bathroom fitter, said: “I think it is an extremely soft sentence.
“It affected my mum a lot. The jewellery was very sentimental. It was jewellery my dad had bought my mum so she was very upset.
“If somebody comes in your house on a regular basis, you build up trust with them and you have a rapport with them. They talked with her on a friendly basis.”
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Mum-of-one Amanda, an education centre manager, from Solihull, West Mids., added: “My dad has had dementia for about 20 years.
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“My mum first discovered she stole from them on Christmas Day last year because the jewellery she specifically wanted to wear for the day was missing.”
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“The police were very good and after they installed the camera, she was arrested within two weeks.
“She admitted she stole the jewellery as she had fallen into debt after a cocaine habit, not to support her children or buy food or anything sensible like that.”
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“This has been particularly difficult for my mum, who now has Alzheimer’s herself.
“I do believe this is all because of the stress she has been through. I think the ordeal undoubtedly had a big effect on my father and contributed to his death.
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Our View: Stam scratches lottery sales ban
N.C. Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, has had a change of heart on a proposal to prohibit folks on welfare or in bankruptcy from buying lottery tickets. He recently said a bill involving the North Carolina lottery won’t contain the ban on sales.
The idea of such a ban was being considered for inclusion in a bill Stam is preparing that would remove the word “education” from the formal name of the state’s lottery. Stam says he’s pushing for striking “education” because lottery proceeds represent a small portion of state funding for education.
Stam said he received many questions about the proposal for banning lottery sales from all sides of the issue, so he decided to remove the ban from his bill. He said the proposal to ban lottery ticket sales to welfare recipients and those in bankruptcy was just a minor part of his planned bill, anyway.
Prohibiting those lottery sales may have been a minor part of the bill, in Stam’s view, but the notion generated a pretty significant buzz here and across the state. A poll the Enterprise ran for a week on the home page of our website — hpe.com — attracted a few hundred replies to four responses offered, and it seems just under half the folks around here wanted the ban and just over half didn’t care for it.
Some 48.2 percent of those taking the poll said a law banning the sales should be passed. A “No” response received a 22.3 percent vote, while the response, “Idea is a waste of time” actually had the second-highest tally of responses at 22.8 percent. The response, “How do you enforce it?” received 6.7 percent of the vote.
Support for not banning the sales was higher among those who responded anonymously to the 30-word Your View Poll question on the issue published on the Enterprise’s Opinion page a number of times. About 80 percent of those responses expressed no support for passing such a prohibition.
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I love a great casting reel. Pin point casting to me is important. I do not troll for sunfish so that reel would not be for me. Would want to know more about it's drag and drag settings. Would also like to see the reel in action reeling in fish. Interesting product to say the least.
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Hmmm, not real sure what to think. I don’t troll or cast much...I use spinning reels for crappie. Might make for a decent deep water bottom fisher in place of regular casting rods; however the backlash issues have to be weighed...backlash drove me to spinning equipment many years ago...I am probably not a buyer, unless I just got overly curious and just wanted to see for myself. Hope this information helps...
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Love my spinning gear. I also troll a lot for White Bass. I have some pretty good trolling reels that I have used for years. Interesting reel Willie but me personally, it would not fit my style of fishing.
Yeah, what drove me away from spinning reels was the twist in the line. Since I had so much line out every turn of the spool put half twist in the line. with 100 feet of ling out and trolling all day that made for a miserable situation.
So the backlash is an issue, but I've found it's just a trade from the line twist. Since I don't cast, back lash isn't an issue.
What I'm hearing is this is people perceive this as a specialized trolling, deep water reel. Not surprising that's the way I use it.
I've never been satisfied with any reel, that's what drove me to handline fishing.
Kind of difficult to evaluate from just a video, but here are some impressions:
1) appears to be well made 2) I'm guessing some horrendous backlashes, especially with braid, are likely cause I don't see any counterweight 3) some applications I see would be white bass spring runs, crappie, 'gills. I'm not impressed with it as a big fish reel so limited applications.
It would be interesting to try one out and kick the tires.
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It's too bad they didn't put more drop on the frame where you could get your fingers between the reel and the reel seat on the rod. Like a spinning reel. It makes me wonder how comfortable it would be holding a rod with this reel on it.
It's really hard to "get a feel" by looking since it is an outlier concept. If you are considering marketing this reel and want some feedback on it I would consider sending one of these reels out to a few of your longtime buds on this forum and the Crappie Forum and get their hands on feedback and then have them return the reels to you after testing.
There is always room in the market for something that fills a niche. If you can find a useful niche for this reel that is superior to standard fare you can surely sell them.
How much does it weigh ? If it's light enough I might use one on a fly rod for dipping minnows for crappie or dropping quills on perch beds.
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Interesting. Love the way the reel looks. Would love to see it in action especially if you can cast it. Also would need to know if the drag is good and the drag settings are easy to operate. With all of the different types of reels on the market I would figure it would be a hard sell. The Price would be a huge factor as well! Just my two cents.
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Gitter, thx for chiming in. I'm still sorting things out with the supplier, so I'd rather not give a price at this point. But let me ask you, what do you think a really like this might be worth?
Hard for me to say it's worth when I do not know how it handles. Just by what I saw on your video it looks well built. To me the reel looks like it would not be easy to handle for casting and as already been stated I can see some back lash problems. It is hard to put a price on something I do not need or want. Based on what I know about this reel I would not give more than $50.00 for it! That is just me. I do not know the value of it or how much you paid for it but $50.00 would be my top price if I wanted to buy one.
Side Note: Before I bought it I would need to know how it handles!

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The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority yesterday unveiled plans it says could dramatically improve bus service across Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
But there’s a cost — and the higher the price, the better the improvement will be, SORTA says. The transit authority is poised to present county voters with a sales tax levy next year that, under state law, could range anywhere from .5 percent to 1 percent. That money would go toward shoring up the region’s struggling Metro bus system.
“This is a critical time for our community’s public transportation system," Metro CEO and General Manager Dwight A. Ferrell said. "We’re talking about setting up our riders for the future. Metro is excited about the options we’re bringing to the public and look forward to letting the community decide.”
The .5 percent tax — the plan supported by Mayor John Cranley during his reelection bid — would result in bus service staying the same due to coming deficits and looming needs for the system.
But with a .6 percent or .8 percent sales tax increase, Metro says it could expand access for people with disabilities, add new crosstown and circulator job access routes, increase the frequency and hours of weekday and weekend service on existing routes — including 24 hour service on major routes — extend some routes further into the county, and, if voters pony up for the .8 percent increase, even provide some so-called bus rapid transit. Those are routes that mimic light rail with dedicated lanes and fewer stops, speeding up commute times.
All of those projections assume that the .3 percent city earnings tax currently providing some $56 million in funding for Metro goes to other things or is done away with. It also assumes that fares will go up -- slightly at first over the next few years and then as high as $2.40 within a decade. Metro is already considering a boost to $1.90 per Zone 1 ride next year.
Metro says the plan, released yesterday at SORTA’s board meeting, has been three years in the making and incorporates extensive public feedback.
“Now that we have collected valuable feedback and data,” SORTA Board Chair Jason Dunn said, “our next steps are to engage and have a dialogue with our riders and the public to determine the future of Metro and to build community coalitions to successfully achieve meaningful change in 2018.”
Cincinnati’s bus system continues to face big financial challenges. Though a $98.1 million 2018 budget SORTA’s board released earlier this month narrowly avoids deficits, Metro faces a $188 million shortfall over the next decade under current funding conditions.
Metro, which provided 15 million rides last year, has already planned on reductions and restructuring of several routes to save money. Service on Routes 1, 28, 29x, 32, and 49 will be reduced in various ways starting Dec. 3. Changes to those lesser-used routes are expected to save about $500,000 a year.
And that’s just to keep the status quo. An independent report released by consultants AECOM in January found Metro would need at least $1 billion in upgrades over the next 10 years to make it more functional and get more county residents to the region’s jobs.
A 2015 study of Metro’s reach commissioned by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, the Urban Land Institute and other organizations found that only 23 percent of jobs in the city are easily reachable by public transit. Many others take more than 90 minutes to reach by bus.
And about 40 percent of jobs in the city — some 75,000 — aren’t reachable by transit at all. All told, the city ranks lower than 11 other peer cities when it comes to job accessibility via public transit, including regional neighbors Louisville, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Columbus and Pittsburgh, as well as cities like Denver and Austin, Texas.
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Ahead of SORTA’s likely tax ask next year, the transit authority board yesterday also voted down a motion by board member Gary Greenberg that would have ended the agency’s control of Cincinnati’s streetcar. Greenberg said that move was necessary in order to ask taxpayers for money for buses.
“The streetcar is a luxury and the bus system is a necessity,” Greenberg said during the meeting, noting that he wasn’t saying the streetcar wasn’t valuable. “Operating the streetcar is a costly distraction.”
The Hamilton County Commission appointed Greenberg back when Republicans controlled that body. Two other county GOP-appointed board members, Ron Mosby and Daniel St. Charles, also voted for the motion. But eight of the 13-member board rejected spinning the streetcar off from SORTA, with some members calling Greenberg’s idea a “distraction.”
SORTA runs the streetcar by overseeing private company Transdev, which handles daily operations. The city pays for the streetcar's operations from separate funds than those used for Metro.


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DHAKA, July 19, 2022 (BSS) –
The National Implementation Committee for the Birth Centenary Celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today submitted its report to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Chief coordinator of the committee Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury handed over the 234-page report to the Premier at her official residence Ganabhaban, according to a press release.
The government on February 14, 2019 formed two committees named National Committee and National Implementation Committee to celebrate the Birth Centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner.
To mark the occasion, a grand programme was organized under the initiative of the National Implementation Committee as the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the “Mujib Borsho” began on March 17, 2020.
Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, many programmes were conducted through digital channels, said the press release.
But the overall participation of the people was overwhelming and spontaneous, it added.
The event became a global programme as heads of state and government of important countries of the world sent their greetings.
At that time, to inspire the countrymen, including the new generation, digital content about Bangabandhu was developed while several world-class commemorative books, compilations and souvenirs were also published. In addition, an opening ceremony titled “Muktir Mahanayak” and a 10-day program titled “Mujib Chirantan” were organised.
A two-day event titled “Mahabijaya Mahanayak” and closing ceremony titled “Tungipara: Hridoye Pithribhoomi” were also arranged, which was widely appreciated.
The Mujib Year officially ended on March 31 last.
Meanwhile, the media center report of the National Implementation Committee was also presented to the Prime Minister.
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"Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) recently completed the Town of Hope Mills Multimodal Congestion Management Plan, which developed a series of treatments to address pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and intersection deficiencies within the town limits. Congestion Management Plans are critically important tools for FAMPO to identify areas of traffic congestion and multimodal mobility needs for corridors or small areas, with an outcome of identifying projects for inclusion in the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Strategic Transportation Prioritization (SPOT) prioritization process.
The study included a series of three community meetings where goals and objectives were identified, project alternatives were evaluated, and final recommendations were presented. Due to the size of the study area and diversity of the town’s needs, the study evaluated alternatives for multiple corridors and intersections. A series of sidewalk, protected bicycle lane, and shared use path treatments were evaluated for each major corridor with in the study area. Alternatives including both traditional widening and innovative treatments such as a roundabout and a Median U-Turn were developed for the three worst-performing intersections (in terms of safety and operations) within the study area. Major project alternatives, including a future bypass of the historic area, a plan to enhance connectivity within the central areas of the town through a grid system, and widening all major corridors to at least four lanes, were developed from public comments and evaluated against the project performance measures.
The plan resulted in a series of recommendations, including cross sections for the town’s major corridors, a transit network, major intersection improvements, crossing treatments at high-priority areas, and sidewalk/bicycle facility additions. The study included the development of a Project Prioritization and Implementation Plan, with the goal of intentionally targeting projects that would score high on the NCDOT SPOT methodology and become funded and implemented. Drawing on the project team’s experience in helping develop the SPOT methodology with NCDOT, the plan also included a series of strategies to assist FAMPO in maximizing the score of their project funding requests. "
This will be a joint presentation between NCDOT’s STIP Unit and the Capital Area MPO. The purpose of the presentation is twofold: First, we will share important definitions and nuances of delivering the Federal Highway program, including rescissions, lapsing funds, and project delivery. This will be shared by NCDOT and will also delve into information on the upcoming Federal rescission legislated for the end of Federal Fiscal Year 2019. The second part of the presentation will focus on the MPO side of managing the Federal Highway Program. This will include project programming, tracking, and preparing for rescissions. The Capital Area MPO has created tools in order to not only track projects, but communicate the status of projects in a clear, efficient manner. These tools have been incredibly helpful in communicating with elected officials and local government staff about issues, such as the upcoming federal rescission and the importance of timely project delivery. CAMPO will share these tools and communication strategies in an effort to help other MPOs manage their funding and prepare for rescissions.
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Potatoes are bigger and healthier, cherries look lovelier and are better-tasting. A line of studies celebrates polysulphate, mined from the depth of the earth in England.
At a depth of 1,200 meters below the earth’s surface in England’s Northern Sea, ICL is now world-exclusive in mining fertilizers.
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How was this mineral discovered?
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“Polysulphate is unique in providing four ultra-essential nutrients to any plant in one product. Furthermore, the release of nutrients occurs over time, which helps plants absorb nutrients in an optimal way.”
How is the mining done?
“In a natural and simple mining method. This is just one of the qualities of this fertilizer, and relates to the fact that no chemical process is involved in the process of producing it. The material is crushed to powder or grain-level and spread as it is in the fields. Because of this method, our Polysulphate product has been recognized as a completely organic fertilizer by the UK Soil Association and UK Organic Farmers & Growers.”
Has the material been tested?
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In view of the impressive results of the experiments, ICL Fertilizers have decided to develop a line of products out of the mineral, and these are now being marketed around the world as part of the company’s entire collection of products.
The enthusiastic responses to the mineral in the world of agriculture have brought new life to the market. . At ICL we bring together our vast experience and state-of-the-art technologies to provide farmers, growers, and manufacturers advanced fertilizer solutions to help improve crop nutrition, and increase yields in a sustainable way.

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The most surprising people bury their heads in the sand where their health is concerned. They may be hoping it will all go away; or terrified of hearing bad news; or kidding themselves there's nothing wrong. So how do you help a loved one who seems to be in denial?
Perhaps the most emotional day of my 25-year career as a medical broadcaster came on the day of Radio 2's 50th anniversary in September 2017. The Jeremy Vine show rang me with the suggestion of doing a health special on their 50th anniversary on 'Radio 2 saved my life'. A listener who'd been diagnosed early with bowel cancer after hearing my advice had got in touch. Sadly, they told me, he and his wife couldn't join us as they were on holiday, but did I have any other tales?
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Denial is common
But not every listener takes note - either of what they hear, see or read, or of what their body is telling them. All doctors see patients who don't want, or are too scared, to admit they're ill. Alcohol problems are a classic case. Alcohol is highly addictive, and people with serious problems will know all about the cravings that go with withdrawal. They might even have tried to stop by themselves, and failed. They need your help.
The idea of having dementia is terrifying, too. People worry about losing their independence or becoming a burden on their families. But dementia can also affect your ability to think logically, and someone with early dementia may not recognise the importance of getting help early.
How can we self-monitor our health?
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A gentle push
As a loved one, the last thing you should do is sit back. They need your support, but they also need a gentle push from you to take the first step. The ideal is to get your loved one onside. You might find they've been having exactly the same thoughts, and it's a huge relief to them to be able to share their concerns. And do remember that your loved one may be having the same concerns as you, but might not want to burden you.
- Do your own research, so you know about all the treatments and help available for the condition you think they might have.
- Find a quiet time, with no distractions, and remind them how much you care about them.
- Let them know you're always there to support them and only want the best for them.
- Ask them if they have any health concerns, and see if they open up.
- Bring up the subject of the condition you're worried about, and ask what they know about it.
- Explain your concerns calmly, and ask whether they have had any similar worries.
- Offer to go with them to speak to a doctor.
- If they still refuse to discuss it, consider enlisting the help of other family members, but be very conscious that they may get defensive if they feel you're ganging up on them.
It's crucial to remember that doctors take confidentiality extremely seriously. If a patient tells me something about their health, I couldn't break their confidence even if I wanted to, as long as they're mentally competent.
But while a doctor can't talk, they can always listen. So if your loved one refuses to seek help despite your best efforts, share your concerns with the doctor. Even if your GP can't give out information about your loved one without their consent, they can still give general guidance. They'll be on the alert next time they see them, and should be able to steer the subject round. Keep talking, keep supporting - you know they're worth it.
Many thanks to My Weekly where this was originally published.

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Aul popularly known as ALI has a clear history of establishment. This Estate came to existence after the war between the Suryabanshis and Bhoi Banshis for the throne of Utkal at Cuttack. The ancestors of Aul raj family belonged to the last independent Gajapati king of Odisha Raj Mukunda Deva.
Gajapati Mukunda Deva was a brave son of the soil and ruled Odisha for a 16 years long period from 1559 to 1567. His ancestors had worked as the feudal chiefs under the Gajapati dynasty and before acquiring the throne Raja Mukunda Deba also had worked as one military chief to protect the southern Gajapati frontier.
During is tenure he fought bravely against the Afghan infiltrators and became popular among the people by digging ponds and establishing new villages in different places of Puri. But to grab the power one of his Ministers, Janarddan Bidyadhar started treachery against him and killed the Raja in the Fort of Gohira Tikiri.
The feared family of Telenga Mukunda Deba with two sons and the widow been seek asylum of Emporer Akbar. Raja Maan Singh one of his powerful ministers was engaged to solve the matter of Odisha. He blessed the heirs of Gajapati Mukunda Deba with an independent Killa, named Aul.
Dynasty : Chalukya
Area : 347.73 sq miles
status : Zamindari
Founder: Raja Ramachandra Deba.
LastRuler: Chandrabhanu Deva
Longitude : 20 degree 68 ” North
Latitude : 86.65″
EState Boundary : situated in Cuttack district during estate time and now in Kendrapara District on the Bank of river Kharasrota.
Distance from Bhubaneswar: 115 Km ( approx)
Present Raja: Born 28th October 1969, Braj Keshari Debawas invested on 24th March 1988 as the chief of the royal family at Aul. He has studied at the famous Rajkumar College, Raipur, Delhi University, and Utkal University. He earned gold medal 1985 in shooting competition. At present ge is actng as the Hereditary Trustee for all the Temples and Endowments in Aul. He Married to Rani Hemantika Devi, younger daughter of Maharaj Dileep Singh Rathore of Jobat. His three daughters are Raj jkumari Padmakshi Devi, Rajkumari Ambujakshi Devi and Rajkumari Kamakshi Devi.
- Raja Telenga Ramachandra Deba- 1590
- Raja Nilakantha deba-I
- Raja Balabhadra Deba
- Raja Gopinath Deba-I
- Raja Trilochan Deba( owned 200 sailing vessels trade with Bombay, Burma, Borneo, Java and Sumatra
- Raja Kishori Deba
- Raja Nilakantha Deba-II ( constructed Laxmi Barah Temple Dadhi Bamanjew Temple, He introduced Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Karans for the first time in his state.
- Raja Gopinath Deba II ( during his rule Marathas invade Odisha. He received Maharaja of Aul title)
- RajaRamakrishna Deb ( during his rule British came to Odisha and he assisted General Harcourt and received acknowledge.)
- Raja Prataprudra Deb ( Opium Addict court of wards till 1847
- RajaPadmanabh Deba 1841-1888
- Raja Jadunath Deba 1888-1900 ( settled Jadukulo jew Temple married to Binod Pattamahadei of Panchkote WB)
- Raja Pitambar Deba 1900-1905 ( married to Swarna Manjari devi- daughter of Nilambar Chandra Deodeb of Bonai. He died in a steam motor boat accident on river Kharasrota.
- Raja Braja Sundar Deba 1905-1946( founded schools and sttled Aul Circus for earning revenue)
- Raja Chandrabhanu Deba 1946-1961( last Zamindar)
- Raja Banabihari Deba 1961-1967
- Raja Sarat kumar Deba 1967-1988
- Raja Braja keshari Deba 1988-till date


The rising demand from automotive for vehicle body paneling, building & construction sector for wall cladding, partition, false ceiling, and many more applications drive market growth. An aluminum composite panel serves to conserve natural resources, reduce weight, and economize energy. Weight minimization has been the main focus of automakers in the current scenario. Weight reduction can be achieved primarily by introducing better material, design optimization, manufacturing processes, and aluminum composite panels that fit the criteria well. Rising construction & renovation activities of new & existing infrastructure, increasing inclination for convenient and safe building materials, and weight reduction trends are accelerating market growth. Also, superior properties such as excellent durability, high weight to strength ratio, weather resistance, and the ability to withstand harsh conditions expand its application areas. Also, growing usage in signage, logos, nameplate, fascia, display panels, kiosks, etc., is pushing the market growth. In addition to this, the availability of a wide range of colors, variants, and finishes has generated its demand in interior and exterior building applications, further propelling the market demand.
The latest report by Value Market Research expects the Global Aluminum Composite Panel Market to reach USD 8.2 billion by 2025. It was valued USD 5.1 billion in 2018. The report foresees a 7% CAGR from 2019 to 2025.
Analysis, By Base Coating Type
Based on base coating type, the global aluminum composite panels market is segmented into PVDF, polyester, laminating coating, oxide film, and others. PVDF panels acquired a significant share in the market in 2020, accounting for over one-third due to a wide range of utilities, including lightweight construction, high-speed trains, and advertisement boards. PVDF panel features corrosion, wear resistance, and durability, which are predicted to benefit segment growth. Polyester panels are prominent because of their extreme rigidity, surface flatness, smoothness, thermal and acoustic insulation, and other easy fabrication and processing features.
Analysis, By Application
Based on application, the global aluminum composite panels market is segmented into construction, automotive, advertising boards, railways, and others. In 2020, construction led the application segment by accounting for a major market share. Growing spending on construction and renovation of new and old infrastructure, especially in the residential sector, and a rise in consumer buying power are steering the segment growth. Also, the growing demand for durable, cost-effective, low-maintenance material and energy-efficient further fuelled the demand in the construction sector. Aluminum composite panels offer superior quality of durability, fire resistance, anti-bacterial, and weatherproof properties, and this is what construction sectors look for and prefers.
Analysis, By Panel Type
Based on the panel type, the global aluminum composite panels market is segmented into fire-resistant, antibacterial, and antistatic. The fire-resistant segment is dominant as well as the fastest-growing segment during the forecast period. Fire-resistant panels are a high preference in residential and non-residential sectors. Expanding the residential sector, increasing demand for passive fire protection systems, and stringent building safety norms accelerate segment growth.
Analysis, By Region
Based on region, the global aluminum composite panels market is divided into North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. The Asia Pacific led the market and has grabbed maximum market share in 2020. The booming construction and automotive sector are majorly steering the Asia Pacific market growth. Rapid urbanization, growing new home accommodations, the increasing trend of the nuclear family, resulting in high demand for vehicles and cars, swelling the market growth. The Asia Pacific region is projected to be the fastest-growing market during the forecast period. China and India are estimated to post some best gains.
Key players of the market
The global aluminum composite panels market is highly fragment and competitive. Arconic, Yaret Industrial Group Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, 3A Composites GmbH, Alubond U.S.A., Alumax Industrial Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huayuan New Composite Materials Co., Ltd., Chanshu Kaidi Decoration Material Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Xinghe Aluminium Composite Panel Co., Ltd. are some of the key players operating in the global aluminum composite panels market.
Global Aluminum Composite Panels Market Overview
An aluminum composite panel composed of three layers, a low-density core placed in between two relatively thin skin layers. This sandwich assembly allows achieving excellent mechanical performance at minimal weight. Aluminum is usually low strength material, but sandwich composite offers higher thickness, high bending stiffness, and low density. Aluminum composite materials are increasingly being used in various industrial applications such as marine, aerospace, automobile industry, etc. The use of aluminum composite materials is the result of the rising demand for light and strong structures. Weight reduction is a dominant factor in the transport sectors such as high-speed boats, high-speed trains, passenger cars, etc. The composite materials concept benefits single skin laminated structures in terms of flexural feature with reduced weight. Flexural stiffness and strength are features to be considered in a variety of designs. Aluminum composite materials have an excellent stiffness over lightness ratio. It is what makes it very useful in industrial applications.
In this research report, the global aluminum composite panels market is segmented by base coating type, panel type, application and region.
Market Segmentation covered in the Report:
By Base Coating Type
By Panel Type
- Laminating Coating
- Oxide Film
- Advertising Boards
- North America
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
This market research report has been produced by gathering information based on primary and secondary research. Secondary research has been done using various sources, including (but not limited to) Company Websites, Paid Data Sources, Technical Journals, Financial Reports, SEC Filings, and other different industry publications. Additionally, our team conducts extensive primary research with key industry participants to gather first-hand data. The data is then analyzed and validated by industry experts.
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Though the iPhone is a fantastic smartphone, and iphone Bluetooth not working is a common issue. Also, all models of the iPhone, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X, have certain common issues.
The issue of iPhone Bluetooth not Working is extremely prevalent. Check out How to fix iphone Problems.
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The Following are Some of the Errors that are Linked to this Issue
iPhone Bluetooth spinning wheel.
iPhone Bluetooth not discovering devices.
iPhone 6 Bluetooth not discovering devices.
Bluetooth on iPhone 6S is not finding any devices.
iPhone 7 Bluetooth is not functioning.
iPhone 6 Bluetooth is not working.
iPhone 8 Bluetooth is not working.
iPhone X Bluetooth is not working.
and iPhone X Bluetooth is not working.
On iPhone, the Bluetooth symbol is not visible.
Here, I will go through how to fix iPhone Bluetooth Connectivity Issues.
Iphone Bluetooth Not Working, What’s Wrong and How To Fix It?
The issue of Bluetooth connectivity on iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X is prevalent. The headphone jack was eliminated from all iPhone devices above the iPhone 7. This Bluetooth communication issue affects even the iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
This implies you will not be able to pair or connect your AirPod or wireless earphone / headset. It is like watching YouTube videos without sound. Try one of the following solutions If your iPhone’s Bluetooth is not working.
Upgrade to the Latest IOS Version
Bluetooth not working is primarily a software issue rather than a hardware problem. The issue is primarily related to iOS 11. All you must do to fix the problem is update your iOS to the most recent version. The iOS Updates are bug-fixes from the Apple team.
Follow These Procedures to Update your iPhone Wirelessly
- Connect your iPhone to a power supply.
- Use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet.
- Select -> Settings -> General -> Software Update from the drop-down menu.
- Select Download and Install from the drop-down menu.
Follow the instructions to delete apps Temporarily to make Room for the upgrade
- Press the Continue button.
- These apps will be reinstalled by iOS later.
- Tap Install to begin the update process right now.
- You can also choose to Install Now or Remind Me Later.
- It’s possible that your iPhone will prompt you to enter your Passcode.
Restart the iPhone
Try the Following Steps if the Bluetooth Problem Persists after Updating iOS
- Go to Settings -> Bluetooth -> Disable Bluetooth. OFF is toggled. Bluetooth
- Turn on your iPhone.
- Check for Bluetooth connectivity by turning it on.
Connect to a Bluetooth Device
If your iPhone Bluetooth issue persists and you are unable to link with a certain Bluetooth device, try the following steps:
- Ignore the device that isn’t connected.
- Make a Bluetooth connection with another device. If you can link another device successfully, you can forget about the one that won’t pair.
- Go to Settings -> Bluetooth -> Disable Bluetooth.
Click the small I icon next to the device that’s causing the issue, then “forget this device.”
- Locate the device and attempt pairing it again.
Reset Network Configuration
If none of the above fixes your iPhone Bluetooth issue, you may need to reset your network settings.
- Go to Settings -> General 2. Select “Reset Network Settings” from the “Reset” menu.
- Reconfirm your passcode by entering it again.
- Try to connect with your Bluetooth device.
Reset Your iPhone Softly
If the Bluetooth Connectivity Problem persists, you may need to do a Soft Reset on your iPhone.
Many issues can be resolved with a Soft Reset (Restart), including iPhone crashing, constant rebooting, device freezing, ringtone or vibrator not working, touchscreen or keyboard not responding, inability to make or receive phone calls, and so on.
Restarting a laptop or desktop computer is very similar to a soft reset. It is one of the most important and effective ways to troubleshoot an iPhone. Do not worry, a soft reset won’t wipe your iPhone’s data.
How to Perform a Soft Reset on an iPhone Using the Physical Home Button
- Press and hold the Power (Sleep/Wake) and Home (Simultaneously) buttons for at least 10 seconds.
- The Apple logo will appear.
- Keep both buttons pressed.
- Your iPhone has been soft reset and is ready to use.
- Turn on Bluetooth and try to pair with your Bluetooth device, such as a Wireless Bluetooth Headphone or AirPod once your iPhone is turned back on.
How to Soft Reset an iPhone without a physical Home Button
- Press and hold the volume up or down button.
- Press the Power Button (Sleep / Wake Button) and the Power Button (Sleep / Wake Button) at the same time.
- Hold for around 5 seconds until the screen begins to slide and then turn off the phone. OFF with a slide and a stitch.
- Turn the iPhone back on by pressing and holding the Power Button (Sleep / Wake Button) for a few seconds.
Turn on Bluetooth and try to pair with your Bluetooth device, such as a Wireless Bluetooth Headphone or AirPod, after your iPhone is back on. For more information, kindly contact us via our contact page, or visit Apple Discussion Forums.


- Chassis specialist thyssenkrupp Bilstein manages sales activities for motorcycle carbon wheels by thyssenkrupp Carbon Components in selected countries
- Targeted markets are: USA, Canada and Mexico
- Joint worldwide marketing activities in motorcycle motorsports planned
“Entering the NAFTA motorcycle market is a major step for our company. Being able to utilise the extensive sales experience and the established network of thyssenkrupp Bilstein is an enormous strategic advantage for us,” explains Dr. Jens Werner, CEO of thyssenkrupp Carbon Components GmbH.
The companies are highlighting their collaboration also to the public. With a shared engagement in superbike motorsports during the current season, they equip the British CTRacing team with the unique, braided carbon wheels by thyssenkrupp Carbon Components as well as the new high-performance suspension system by thyssenkrupp Bilstein.


CJ McCollum scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon, helping the Portland Trail Blazers rally from a late deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-122 in the Western Conference play-in game near Orlando.
The win allowed the Trail Blazers to secure the eighth and final Western playoff berth and move on to a best-of-seven first-round series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers beginning Tuesday night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
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The loss ended the season for Memphis, which held eighth place at the beginning of the restart but then lost six of eight before Saturday’s defeat.
Damian Lillard had 31 points to pace the Trail Blazers, who took advantage of 19 more free throw opportunities to outscore the Grizzlies 35-18 at the foul line. Lillard completed a double-double with a game-high 10 assists.
Jusuf Nurkic also came up big with 22 points and a game-high 21 rebounds for Portland, while Carmelo Anthony was a fourth Trail Blazer with 20 or more points, going for 21.


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The rider of a dirt bike suffered serious injuries after crashing into a passenger vehicle in Melbourne.
According to media reports, witnesses told police officers that there had been several dirt bike riders in the area operating motorcycles without license plates, lights and other equipment to make them street legal. Those witnesses also said the riders were traveling at high rates of speed in the hour before the crash, and that they were not wearing helmets and other safety gear.
Upon impact, the dirt bike rider flew off the motorcycle and onto the passenger vehicle, and then landed on the street. He was listed in serious condition at a local hospital.
Motorcycle safety laws in Florida
As in most communities throughout Florida and across the country, it is illegal to ride a dirt bike or other motorcycle on roads and highways without the proper licensing and equipment, including head and tail lights. The state also requires all riders under the age of 21 to wear a Department of Transportation-approved helmet. Those over 21 may ride without a helmet, but must be insured for at least $10,000 in medical benefits to cover the costs of treating injuries after a potential accident.
Additionally, all motorcyclists should obey all traffic laws and avoid speeding and other reckless activities. While it is not completely clear what caused this recent crash in Melbourne, the statements of witnesses point to speed being a primary factor.
If you or someone you know has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident due to someone else’s negligence, you may be able to recover damages for medical bills, lost wages and more. For further legal guidance, speak with an experienced Bradenton personal injury lawyer at Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez, Murphy & Walsh.


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I really respect the training that you as individuals obtain. It is not easy to go to college for 4 years and major in a science degree. Then take the MCAT. Then go to medical school for 4 years. Then get 3+ years of residency training to take the Boards and get your official certification as a doctor in your specialty. I only have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology & Social Behavior, a Master's Degree in Public Health, a Licensure in California Registered Nursing, and am completing my Second Master's in Advanced Practice Public Health Nursing, which when it is all said and done equates to about 9 years of advanced education beyond a high school degree. Not to mention the extra work experience that I have in the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, at UC Irvine Medical Center, at UC Irvine Health Education Center and the endless CEUs from conferences and work trainings.
But enough about me. My goal is to help patients be healthy and keep children safe as a child protective services public health nurse. Your job as a doctor is to also help patients be healthy. As (not just) a nurse case manager, I am granted the position to case manage complicated health care for children with various diseases, medications, specialty appointments, and providers. I do home visits, unlike you. Where you see patients 15 minutes per visit maybe a few times a year, I see patients in their home environments for an hour at a time for several weeks, months, even years. I get to know what they like to eat and where they sleep and if they are warm at night. Where you see "non-compliant" parents who can't give their child with Asthma the medications in the right way, I see an overburdened parent with several children living in poverty. They are restricted by language or culture or literacy. They are scared, overwhelmed, frightened of their child's disease and medications. They are not highly educated. They are confused by all of the complicated, verbose, and wordy things that all of the nurses and doctors have told them in the past. They are overwhelmed by the gargantuan system that is Healthcare in America today. They are sidetracked by family members who demand their time and attention or serve as caretakers for elderly parents. And when the day-to-day basic survival things that need to get done like eating, sleeping, and showering for several children, why would eating healthy, exercise, de-stressing, getting educated, getting work training, or being proactive be on their minds, especially if living in a low-income neighborhood? Do you see the whole picture now? Parents and patients don't want to be difficult and they don't want to be "non-compliant", but there are sometimes A LOT of boundaries to over come. I try to help families over come as many as they can to get them to a better place, to be less busy, less overwhelmed, and freer to be healthier children, healthier people, and healthier families for the future.
I spend part of my day in the office being the central point for children in foster care and CPS. When they have been medically neglected, it is my job to make sure they are getting the treatment they need to not just survive but to also thrive. So when I have made the dozens of phone calls to insurance, clinics, doctors, nurses, community resources, social workers, and my patient still hasn't gotten that specialty appointment please do not belittle me by saying things you don't know or haven't bothered to ask about:
- First, I help to coordinate the evaluation for the child with the diagnosis as stated by mental health professionals and educators who spend much more time with that child than you do. You should know that as a doctor that sometimes to diagnose a diseases you've got to rule out others, so we have to start with some kind of idea of what the child might have. I'm not a doctor and I don't diagnose. So when I ask for a referral for X evaluation, it's for a reason. I'm not making things up, someone else in the child's CPS team asked for it.
- Second, when I call a clinic and they say that they don't take CPS cases, it's because they have a clinic policy to not take CPS cases. I can't change that. I shouldn't have to call back and clarify and act as the investigator to find out who told me that, the clinic told me that and as Sweet Brown has stated "ain't nobody got time for that".
- When a clinic says that they have a 10-month wait list and you tell me that you don't believe that what I've told you is true, that's insulting.
- When the clinic tells me that they will see the child and needs a referral from you and I ask you for the referral, it's for a good reason that I asked you for a referral. I'm not pulling tricks out of my bag because I just want to create more work for you and for me. Had I been able to do the referral myself, I would have done it buddy. And had the clinic told me that they don't see kids that age, I would have not asked you for the referral to that clinic.
- Please don't tell me whereto ask you where to make referrals based on the fact that that specific clinic is terrible at communicating with you. If it's best for the child, make the referral!
- Just because you make a referral, doesn't mean that the child has to be seen there. You are not God. You do not rule all of the clinics or the health insurance. It's a referral, kind of like a suggestion to that clinic that they should see your sick child, but not the law.
- Please don't make referrals 30 miles away when there are closer clinics.
- Don't get made when CPS comes to see the child for which you reported and then asks you to give your assessment of the child's condition or referrals for that child.
- When I ask for medical records and you say that you will fax them to me the next day. I expect them faxed, not mailed a week later.
- Please don't let your residents see CPS kids, they are too traumatized and too complicated to be seen by a resident and an attending in back-to-back appointments.
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