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Regarded as one of the world’s preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants—the latter to become his lifelong specialty. His memoir Naturalist, called “one of the finest scientific memoirs ever written” by the Los Angeles Times, is an inspiring account of Wilson’s growth as a scientist and the evolution of the fields he helped define. This graphic edition, adapted by New York Times bestselling comics writer Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by C.M.Butzer, brings Wilson’s childhood and celebrated career to life through dynamic full-color illustrations and Wilson’s own lyric writing.
In this adaptation of Naturalist, vivid illustrations draw readers in to Wilson’s lifelong quest to explore and protect the natural world. His success began not with an elite education but an insatiable curiosity about Earth’s wild creatures, and this new edition of Naturalist makes Wilson’s work accessible for anyone who shares his passion. On every page, striking art adds immediacy and highlights the warmth and sense of humor that sets Wilson’s writing apart.
Naturalist was written as an invitation—a reminder that curiosity is vital and scientific exploration is open to all of us. Each dynamic frame of this graphic adaptation deepens Wilson’s message, renewing his call to discover and celebrate the little things of the world.
PART I. Daybreak in Alabama
PART II. Storyteller
Earlier this month, conservation leaders across disciplines joined together at UC Berkeley for Half-Earth Day, an annual event organized by the EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Inspired by renowned biologist and author Edward O. Wilson, Half-Earth is a call to conserve half of the planet to safeguard biodiversity. The conference explores how conservationists of all stripes can make progress toward this goal.
David Miller, President of Island Press, joined the conference this year, introducing Wilson during one of the sessions. Miller presented on the 25th anniversary re-release of Wilson’s autobiography Naturalist, and offered a sneak peek of its upcoming graphic adaptation. The audience got to see some of the panels created by Jim Ottaviani and illustrator CM Butzer.
“EO Wilson’s story inspires curiosity and excitement about nature and science. We hope that this graphic adaptation will bring his legacy to a new audience and inspire the next generation of naturalists. It is more urgent than ever to engage young people in protecting nature,“ said Miller.
Watch the video of the event below!
Erica is the Digital Content Manager at Island Press.

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More gunplay and, at this point, more questions than answers revolving around a robbery on the 9400 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the Aurora Police Department, officers responded to the call after a suspect had split -- and they subsequently learned that a man shot during the incident died at a thus-far-unidentified hospital. At this point, the release doesn't make it clear who shot who. Read the official account after the jump:
DATE: July 6, 2009 [6:08pm]
NATURE: Male Fatally Shot During Armed Robbery
Aurora, Colo. - On July 6, 2009, shortly after 1 p.m., Aurora Police Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery in-progress at a neighborhood business in the 9400 block of East Colfax Avenue.
Officers arrived after a suspect had fled the scene. The area around the business was secured and investigators were requested at the scene
During the course of preliminary investigation, officers learned that a male was shot during the incident. The male fled from the area in a vehicle driven by another person. He later died at a Denver Metro area hospital.
Major Crimes Unit/Homicide detectives responded to the scene of the shooting and the hospital. Detectives are working together with the Crime Scene Investigation Unit to collect evidence, interview witnesses and obtain a search warrant for the business where the shooting occurred.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call MCU Detective Thomas Sobieski at (303) 739-6710.
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In what has become a predictably depressing season filled with bad result after another, Barcelona B have one job now: not get relegated. It’s certainly not what they were hoping for at the start of the season, but it’s the only task ahead of them.
When you’re fighting for relegation, winning the games against your direct competitors at home is the most important key to success. Such a game happened last Saturday when Barça welcomed Cornellá to the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
The teams were separated by a point and two positions, and a loss would most likely put Barça B in the relegation zone for the first time all season. But Sergi Barjuan’s young troops did the job: a huge 2-1 win, with the first two goals of January signing Fabio Blanco’s Barça B career.
⏰ Bon dia, #culers— FC Barcelona B (@FCBarcelonaB) March 20, 2022
Revivim la victòria d'aquest dissabte l'UE Cornellà al Johan Cruyff (2-1)
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The three points brought some temporary relief: Barça B are now 13th in the table, three spots and two points clear of the relegation zone. The distance is still very small, so they have to keep winning the games that they should win.
Another one of those happens this Sunday when they travel to Seville to face Real Betis B, who are bottom of the table and virtually relegated to the Fourth Division. Even though this is an away game, it’s against the worst team in the league by a wide margin. Barça must win a second in a row and hope that the teams around them drop points, so they can create a real gap to the relegation spots.
And there’s some very good news for this one: left-back Alejandro Balde, who missed the last three months with an ankle injury, has finally been cleared to return to action. Balde was part of the first team picture and playing very well for Barça B before getting hurt, so his return is a huge boost at the right time.
It’s another big game this Sunday, and an unexpected loss would mean trouble once again. It’s time to step up.


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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX Corp. have struck a deal to buy additional rail assets, creating a direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama and establishing a corridor linking Mexico, Texas, and the U.S. Southeast.
Creating a unified network of international rail lines spanning North America has been a core strategy for Canadian Pacific ever since its $31 billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern was finalized in April. At that time, the new company said its merger would create “the first and only single-line railway connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.”
As part of the latest series of proposed transactions, CPKC and CSX would each acquire or operate portions of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad LLC (MNBR), a Mississippi and Alabama regional railroad that is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W).
“This strategic acquisition will bring more shipping options to intermodal, automotive, and other customers by providing a new, efficient corridor connecting expanding markets in Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast,” Keith Creel, CPKC President and CEO, said in a release. “With this new east-west connection taking advantage of each railway's routes and service, we can extend our reach converting more freight traffic to rail and off our highways.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But the partners said that CPKC would acquire and operate the segment of the MNBR between Meridian and Myrtlewood, Alabama, and CSX would operate the lines currently leased by MNBR east of Myrtlewood. As a result, CPKC and CSX would establish a direct CPKC-CSX interchange at or near Myrtlewood, Alabama. In exchange, G&W would acquire certain Canadian properties owned by CPKC and other rights. MNBR would receive rights to continue to provide local service to existing customers on former MNBR-owned lines and connect with other railroads without interchange restrictions.
“We are pleased to have entered into agreements with CSX and CPKC that will enable MNBR to continue providing customers with outstanding short line service from Linden, Alabama, to Meridian, Mississippi, while enabling our Class I partners to create a new connection into the Southeast U.S.,” Jack Hellmann, G&W CEO, said in a release. “At the same time, we have enhanced several agreements related to other G&W short line railroads and are collaborating on the expansion of our service to Alberta and the Alberta Industrial Heartland in conjunction with CPKC.”

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Waiters, who hasn't played since December 22, said last month he was aiming to delay surgery until the offseason after forgoing the option to have a procedure over the summer. Waiters' expected absence for the rest of the season is a major blow for Miami's depth.
Prior to this decision, Waiters had been resting and rehabilitating the ankle, but it was unclear if he had been making significant progress.
Last July, Waiters signed a four year, $52 Million deal with the Heat. But it's still a tough blow for the squad, which now sits at 24-17 and in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Joe Arpaio points to political traits he shares with Trump
The victor of the Republican primary is likely to face Democrat Kyrsten Sinema , the first openly bisexual member of the U.S. Arpaio, 85, announced his intention to run for the seat that will soon be vacated by outgoing Republican Sen.
Six Quakes in One Hour Hit Iran-Iraq Border
Iranian media are reporting that a magnitude 5.1 quake has jolted the country's southern province of Kerman. AFP correspondents said the quakes were also felt across Iraq and in Iraqi Kurdistan bordering Iran .
1 injured in semi fire on I-65
Crews will begin milling to the pavement Wednesday evening, beginning repairs that will allow Interstate 65 southbound to reopen. According to Indiana State Police, the interstate was closed due to power lines being down at Chase Street in northwest Indiana.
Bizarre: Ikea wants women to pee on ad to get discount
Instead of a simple change in color to indicate a pregnancy, a positive test result reveals a 50 percent off coupon on a crib . Once a woman urinates on a strip in the ad, a discount is revealed only if she is pregnant, according to a story in Ad Week.


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Canadian bank earnings have been strong this year, but the strength has not been reflected in the stock prices. Kim Parlee talks with Ben Gossack, Portfolio Manager, TD Asset Management.
Stocks / Currency / Economy / Canada / News / Big Picture
Big tech stocks all hit bear territory for the first time. Is this tech apocalypse or just a correction that was long-time coming? Kim Parlee talks to David Prince, founder, Harbinger Capital Markets Research.
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The U.S. is firing on all cylinders, as the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates to keep the U.S. economy from overheating. Kim Parlee talks with Beata Caranci, Chief Economist, TD Bank Group.
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As interest rates continue to rise, will high household debt pose a threat to the Canadian economy beyond 2020. Kim Parlee talks with Beata Caranci, Chief Economist, TD Bank Group.
Oil prices went from four-year highs to a bear market in just six weeks, as OPEC scrambles to stop the oil price slide. Kim Parlee talks with Bart Melek, Global Head of Commodity Strategy, TD Securities about the steep decline and the outlook for oil prices.

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AMX®, the leading provider of solutions that simplify the implementation, maintenance, and use of technology to create effective environments, today announced ViewSonic as its newest InConcert Partner. Through the partnership, ViewSonic's PJD6 Series DLP projectors, comprised of the PJD6253, PJD6223 and PJD6553w, are outfitted with AMX technology compatibility, making integration with AMX Controllers simple with little or no programming.
Specifically designed for both classroom and corporate environments, ViewSonic's network-enabled PJD6 Series projectors can be deployed with AMX Controllers for campus-wide management with centralized control.
"We are very pleased to be a partner of the AMX InConcert Program," said Roger Chien, projector product manager for ViewSonic. "It demonstrates ViewSonic's commitment to the education and enterprise markets as all our new projectors will be certified with AMX going forward. The new PJD6 DLP projector series offers many exclusive and valuable functions. This includes real-time monitoring and remote management for up to 250 networked projectors, along with versatile connectivity options."
As a result of ViewSonic's participation in the AMX InConcert Program, the PJD6 Series are the first of the company's projectors to be AMX certified. The alliance creates many compelling benefits for the installer, one of which is the advantage of Device Discovery, streamlining implementation and configuration of the projectors on the network.
"Teaming up with another leading IT-AV company like ViewSonic is a win for integrators and end users because it makes installation and network management of corporate and educational deployments so simple," said Robert Choate, director of AMX InConcert Program. "AMX is sharply focused on delivering network-centric AV solutions for today's converging technologies. This partnership as well as Rapid Project Maker, our new cloud-based configuration tool, demonstrate our resolve to simplify system configuration and programming."
For more information on network-centric AV solutions from AMX, contact your AMX dealer or go to amx.com.
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The three leaders vying to be our next Prime Minister have made several commitments to housing. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has been keeping track of the election promises.
The Conservatives are aiming to add more than 700,000 new homeowners to Canada’s rolls by 2020 by increasing the Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal limit from $25,000 to $35,000, and continue the first-time home buyers’ tax credit of $750. They are also bringing in a permanent Home Renovation Tax Credit to encourage Canadians to maintain and improve the value of their homes.
The Conservatives are committed to collecting data on foreign buyer activity in Canada’s housing market, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto. If necessary, they are prepared to take action in co-ordination with provinces to curb foreign speculation in Canada’s real estate market.
Along the lines of the Liberals and their planned middle income tax cut, the Conservatives are committed to keeping more money in Canadians pockets by bringing in legislation referred to as a “tax lock” where it will prevent any increase to personal or business income tax rates, the GST, and discretionary payroll tax increases for the next four years.
The Liberals are committed to cut the middle-income tax bracket by seven per cent so that middle-income earners can put money towards things important to them such as a home. They intend to modernize the Home Buyers’ Plan by allowing more Canadians to use it when they are impacted by sudden and significant life changes. The Liberals promise to increase the new residential rental property rebate on the GST to 100 per cent. The intent is to end the penalty on developers interested in building new, modestly-priced rental properties and also provide tax incentives to increase and substantially renovate the supply of rental housing across the country.
The Liberals promise to triple federal investment in public transit over the next four years and quadruple it over the next 10 years. Like the NDP, they want to build more affordable housing through a 10-year investment in social infrastructure. This includes building more housing units, refurbishing existing ones, renewing co-operative agreements, and providing operational support for municipalities, including renewing support for Housing First initiatives that help homeless Canadians find stable housing.
Finally, the Liberals promise to undertake a review of escalating home prices in high-priced markets like Vancouver and Toronto to determine whether speculation is driving up the cost of housing and survey the policy tools that could keep homeownership within reach for more Canadians.
The NDP have made a commitment to build 10,000 affordable housing units as well as maintain and strengthen social housing. They have a strong focus on building strong cities and communities through transferring an extra cent of the existing gas tax to municipalities. They also want to shorten commute times by partnering with cities on a better transit plan.
On the main question put to the three leaders by CREA on how the leaders intend to support Canadian homeownership, especially first-time buyers, since a cornerstone of a strong economy is a strong, stable housing market, here is an abbreviated version of their responses.
Stepehn Harper: “Our Government is a strong supporter of homeownership. We recognize that for many Canadians, owning a home represents both the achievement of a key life goal and the most important investment of their lives. We have a record of providing targeted support to first-time buyers.”
Harper noted the introduction of the $750 first-time home buyer tax credit in 2009 and increasing the Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal limit from $20,000 to $25,000 in 2009. He also mentioned the introduction and increase in the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) provides aspiring homeowners with the most flexible savings vehicle ever offered.
Justin Trudeau: “The federal government has a key role to play in helping Canadians realize their dreams of homeownership.
“This starts with restoring a sense of confidence in the housing market. Since 2006, when 40-year mortgage insurance was introduced, we have seen this Conservative government dramatically change the rules on three separate occasions. For home buyers — especially first-time buyers — it becomes very difficult to plan when the rules are constantly changing.
“The government of Canada should also examine existing home buyer support measures to determine if they are still fair and effective.”
Thomas Mulcair: “Housing prices are skyrocketing and 40 per cent of first-time buyers say they can’t afford to buy a home without parental help. In big cities like Vancouver and Toronto, middle-class families are being priced right out of their own housing market. The NDP plan to address affordable home ownership includes enacting legislation to ensure secure, adequate, accessible and affordable housing. We will also review current programs and policies to ensure they are effective and will allow first time buyers to afford to own their first home.”


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Fewer People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco
In a first since 2015, the number of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco declined from the year prior, according to preliminary analysis of the city’s most recent Point-in-Time count.
Rural States Refusing Federal Housing Aid
Rural states like Nebraska, Montana, and West Virginia have refused federal funding to aid vulnerable renters during the economic shocks of the pandemic, and that money is now headed to other parts of the country.
Concerns Mount as Pandemic Eviction Protections Expire
With eviction protections in Virginia set to expire at the end of June, advocates warn that an “eviction tsunami” could still sweep up the state’s renters.
The 'Eviction Tsunami' and Other Pandemic Projections
The ups and downs of the pandemic have been extremely hard to predict, so the consequences of the pandemic have been just as unforeseeable—despite the efforts of a nation of armchair prognosticators.
San Diego Moving Forward With No-Fault Eviction Moratorium
Unlike the no-fault eviction protections being considered in other states and cities, San Diego's new eviction moratorium is timed to coincide with the ongoing economic and public health emergency presented by the Covid-19 pandemic.
'Just Cause' Eviction Laws Gaining Traction Around the U.S.
The Maryland General Assembly is the latest state legislature to consider a new "just cause" eviction law.
Rental Market Leaving More Americans Behind, Says Harvard Housing Report
The narratives of 1921, 2008, and 2020 are still in full effect after two years of pandemic disruption in the housing market. All the threats of eviction, homelessness, and systemic racism are still present, with the potential to worsen, in 2022.
Map of Pandemic Real Estate Risk Focuses on New Jersey, Illinois, California
A new study evaluates county-level foreclosure risk, underwater home values, and more real estate market data after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.
New York's 'Good Cause Eviction' Bill, Explained
Here's a slightly humorous approach to a serious topic: the Good Cause Eviction law making its way through the New York State Legislature.
L.A.'s Pandemic Rent Cap to Stay in Place Until 2023
Landlords have been unable to raise rents on rent stabilized apartments in Los Angeles since March 2020. Unlike in other large cities with similar rules, Los Angeles won't be removing the rent cap anytime soon.
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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

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Stemmed from the theories of symbolic interactionism, connection based instruction manipulates the designs of communication, interpretation and change in between pets and their trainers. Property on a good relationship between all of them, the technique lays out to achieve end results that help both the dog and also the fitness instructor, while together boosting and also boosting their connection.
A relationship-based approach to dog training is certainly not automatically reliant on utilizing specific instruction help or even addresses however assumes that the relationship in between dog and instructor is actually sufficiently highly effective to obtain the instruction objectives. Dunbar founded Sirius Dog Training, the initial off-leash instruction plan especially for puppies, which focuses on the significance of training punch inhibition, sociality, and also other essential home manners, to dogs under 6 months old.
Pets carry out not train on their own, when delegated to choose their actions they will imitate pet dogs. It was discovered that the performance times for conclusion of the duty were identical for canines taught with either operant conditioning or even the model rival method. The looking glass strategy ideology is actually that dogs naturally know by emulating others in their social sphere.
In the 1980s animal medical practitioner and pet behaviorist Ian Dunbar found that even with proof on the top understanding durations in pets, couple of dog trainers dealt with young puppies just before they were actually 6 months aged. Dunbar has actually written various publications, and also is understood for his worldwide workshop presentations and acclaimed videos on puppy and pet dog actions and also instruction. The even more you show as well as oversee your young puppy, the much less option it will need to participate in poor behaviors.
Make use of these training duties as you include the puppy dog into your lifestyle. For example, ask your pup to «sit» prior to obtaining her food items, «sit» prior to you let her in or out the door, as well as «sit» prior to you dog her.
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Remote control instruction is a nickname provided a particular kind of good support training device, based upon operant conditioning, that utilizes a remote control device as a pen and also link. Core to the course is actually including the pet in each aspects of the proprietor’s lifespan and also favorable support of copying behaviors.
Additional reinforcers are actually factors the animal being actually educated delights in yet that are actually not needed forever, like toys, praise, and so on. There are actually a variety of reputable procedures of creatures training, each with its enthusiasts and also critics. The usual features of prosperous procedures are actually recognizing the creature’s characteristics as well as individuality, accurate time of encouragement or punishment as well as regular interaction.
Based on the concepts of social learning, model-rival instruction makes use of a version, or an opponent for interest, to illustrate the preferred actions. Puppies start profiting from start and also excellent breeders start taking care of as well as socialization right now.
These are opportunities when your pup wishes one thing and is more likely to comply. In this way, you are qualifying your pet regularly, throughout the time and also establishing predictable regulations and also schedules for communications as well as aiding the canine to learn who manages the resources. The time you invest teaching your pup now will definitely pay off when you have an adult pet dog.
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AWKWARD! Lindsay Lohan's Credit Card Gets DENIED In The Hamptons!
Bebe Rexha!!!! One Night In Los Angeles!
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Taylor Swift Gives Us 1989 Reasons To Love Her -- Through Dance! Here Are GIFs Of All Her Moves For Her New Song!
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Taylor Swift Premieres A Brand New Song & Announces Album Title! Listen To Shake It Off & Dance RIGHT NOW!
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Oh no! It's official! Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have for realz called it quits!! We had an ominous feeling after Mileybird stopped following her fia… Read more…
Thank god!!! He's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to good for her
Liam is allegedly gay. He was the actor asking for help on reddit about coming out. So sick that he would do that to a girl.
hes gunna realize that hes so much happier without her.
Congrats Liam, let miley enjoy her twerking. maybe she'll grow up soon.
Re: ItsTrue – oh shut up!
Bravo, Liam!!! You deserve way better!!
Good for him. She is trash.
Guess he didn't want a psych patient for a wife.
Re: gwen – You'll see and you'll be shutting the f up then.
Re: ItsTrue – So he's "allgedly gay" but then IS the user on reddit asking for advice on how to come out? Makes total sense…. - If he is allegedly gay, then he isn't confirmed to be so, so he hasn't "done" anything to Miley.
Miley might blame Liam for cheating, but it looks like it was over for Liam a LONG time ago. I hope she doesn't expect public sympathy - what's worse, a sexy private text, or acting like a bitch in heat in front of the whole world?
He is trying to build a legitimate acting career and she is trying to…??? Shock people into buying into her new persona (which some "smart" folks are doing). I mean, I don't blame him, she basically changed into a different person over night.
What a STUD. Miley was one very lucky woman. Too bad she lost him
people r gonna hate me when i say this but i was actually rooting for them, i dont like miley or liam but i really wanted them to stick it out. Too bad…
YES! Finally, I've been waiting for this for months… That sounds rude but i'm just glad Liam got away from her!
Miley deserves so much beter! Liam has the charisma of a potato
It's BEEN over, you idiot queer.
Re: ItsTrue – Liam is not gay, nor was he the actor on reddit. I know who the actor on reddit was and I will not out him. Liam is a decent, stand up guy, as is his brother.
Give it a rest already. They've been broken up for MONTHS. Liam did not cheat on her, the reason they broke up was because she cheated on him and more than once, from what I've been told. Liam is a really nice, decent guy. Way too good for Miley, that's for sure.
Sometimes you just can't fake/force a relationship.
Its about time. Liam deserves someone with class.
This is leaked on the day he's set to start shooting Mockingjay? I say he's "cuddling" with Jennifer by Christmas. And Miss Miley is going to hang with JB a lot.
Meanwhile, I'm sure somewhere Taylor Swift is asking her rep for a meet and greet with Liam.
Re: Bobz – Why bring Taylor into this and hate on her? She has nothing to do with any of this. Shame on you hater !!!
Re: susan – I'm not a hater. I love Taylor but be honest you know that girl loves a good publicity stunt relationship.
Re: ickynicky – Sure you do. You expect me to believe that some random guy who defends Liam in every post knows who the gay actor is? You're obviously related to Liam or something and don't want his secret to be out. Notice how you post in every Liam post to defend his side of the story?
Good for him….it obviously Miley is enjoy slutting around a little to much to actually be in a relationship at the moment.
After she works through her ”black ”period (cannot believe she thinks she is doing something positive for the black community by even accentuating the stereotypes even stronger) i hope to god she will hook up with Bieber. Would be such a freaking trainwreck i am going to enjoy the hell out of it.
As for Liam,the dude is to mature to handle a girl with Miley issues. He likes the classical dame type and can actually get those because of his looks. So god for him and thank god for the Hemsworth family. At least they do not have to answer in shame anymore about their sons upcoming engagement.
Re: TeamMiley –
Yes,preferable Bieber right. That would be so freaking hilarious. Two epic trainwrecks combined.
Or perhaps you referring to her very classy ”relationship” with her producer.
No selfrespecting man is going to burn his hands on slutty Miley. If the girl wants to party that is totally fine. But i be amazed if there is a dude out there with a sliver of talent or class who would put up with those kind of antics.
I think it's good they called it off. Miley's attitude right now is HER. Truly her. She's said that she's repressed it until now and that's amazing that she's so open about her choices and that she's being herself. If Liam is getting pissed about her attitude…i guess he really never knew her.
Some good things never last. They are a beautiful couple once. I am a woman and I am for Miley. She is not a slut as what others say she is. I find her loyal to her man but there is such a thing as not loving enough or a time when love fades. It was seen how Miley was trying to hard to keep her man. I think it is better to let Liam go. Sure enough, look at what he did immediately and this sexist world even congratulates Liam for it. Maybe Miley has done some mistakes some big mistakes but she never went to as far as sleeping with any man. Maybe flirting yes because she wants to feel how to be loved again. Miley deserves somebody better. One who will not judge but support her in her dreams and share her success and faux pas. One who would not run when one scandal hits his girl or family. LIam has no solid backbone and values after all. He is just free riding with Miley's success and fame. He wants to be a serious actor but he acts blandly. He does not even know how to emote. Go back to theatre and acting school. As for Miley, take care of yourself and your voice please. You are a very talented girl with star power. You need another one who can walk side by side with you in your success and will never be insecure of your fame. One worthy of being a power couple that you both shall be.
He's got Hunger Games now. He does not need Miley any more!
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The False Urgency of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process – Jed Babbin
(Daily Alert, Mar. 7, 2014)
Look at the “peace process” track record. In 2000 at Camp David, Bill Clinton wanted to rush things along. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered essentially the same deal that Obama wants now – a return to Israel’s 1967 lines with land swaps. That fell apart when Palestinian chieftain Yasser Arafat abruptly left the negotiations and never asked to resume them.
In 2005, Ariel Sharon pulled back from Gaza and the West Bank – without land swaps – and the Palestinians launched rocket attacks on Israel. In 2008, Ehud Olmert presented Abbas with a map proposing a Palestinian state on nearly 100% of the West Bank and Gaza. Abbas left and never came back.
Now Obama is again pushing the same deal, cloaking it in an urgency that isn’t there, because there is no flexibility whatsoever in the Palestinians’ position, no compromise they will accept. The Palestinians’ desire for peace was demonstrated Wednesday when the Israeli navy seized the Klos C carrying missiles for terrorists in Gaza that can reach almost all of Israel. The writer served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H.W. Bush administration and is a senior fellow of the London Center for Policy Research.(Washington Examiner)


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The birthplace of democracy lacks precedence with direct suffrage. The last time Greeks were directly asked for their opinion was a referendum that abolished the monarchy, a full 40 years ago. When former PM George Papandreou tried to put the question of international debt restructuring to a referendum, his own party and Greece’s EU partners called him irresponsible. He was summarily deposed.
There is no place for referenda in a state where the political elite sees its role as a manager of political sentiment and electoral contest is invariably populist. The people have been deemed immature to be asked if they would like to be in the EEC, the EU, Schengen, NATO or adopt the euro. Greek citizens have never before been included in important decisions of state. Why now?
I cannot escape the conclusion that this referendum is a smokescreen. Partly to cover the incompetence of this and previous negotiating teams and partly to create an alibi. It is evident that the present government has reached an impasse. The referendum acts as forward absolution for errors they are likely to commit. As most acts of political manipulation it poses a question for which there is no rational answer. Voters are therefore forced to make an emotional decision. If the voter believes this is an honest government they might vote no, if the government is seen as incompetent they might vote yes. And again, if they believe the lenders are monomaniac neoliberals they might vote no, or if they believe that the current government is ideologically opposed to the EU they might vote yes. At the end, the arguments political commentators give for citizen preferences have very little to do with reason. The choice is described in emotional binary terms: in or out of the EU; in or out of the euro; jobs versus depression; pensions versus poverty; a welfare state versus privatisation. But of course all these “false dichotomies” have nothing to do with the referendum question. Which also has very little to do with the real choices Greece is facing.
Interestingly Greek intellectuals of the centre-left are universal in their endorsement of a yes vote as they do not trust this government, while a number of international commentators, including Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have endorsed a no. From the perspective of an international Keynesian intellectual who considers the performance of Greek governments to be constant, it makes sense to shake the tree of neo-liberal complacency. The policies of budget surpluses and forced contraction at a time of recession are monumentally flawed. Particularly for an economy that has always been on the EU growth periphery, has structural inefficiencies and a shambolic administration. Krugman’s assumption that the government may be responding to a “reverse Corleone”, an offer one cannot accept, does not seem relevant to me. After promising to tear-up previous agreements this government has spent six months consistently undermining domestic business confidence, demolishing international credibility and squandering what little good will other negotiators had towards Greece.
I conclude that this is a government that is using a referendum to deflect accountability, not one that attempts to gauge the will of the people so as to guide its future actions.


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Presence of nonhemolytic pneumolysin in serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with disease outbreaks.
Jefferies JMC., Johnston CHG., Kirkham L-AS., Cowan GJM., Ross KS., Smith A., Clarke SC., Brueggemann AB., George RC., Pichon B., Pluschke G., Pfluger V., Mitchell TJ.
Pneumolysin is an important virulence factor of the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Sequence analysis of the ply gene from 121 clinical isolates of S. pneumoniae uncovered a number of alleles. Twenty-two strains were chosen for further analysis, and 14 protein alleles were discovered. Five of these had been reported previously, and the remaining 9 were novel. Cell lysates were used to determine the specific hemolytic activities of the pneumolysin proteins. Six strains showed no hemolytic activity, and the remaining 16 were hemolytic, to varying degrees. We report that the nonhemolytic allele reported previously in serotype 1, sequence type (ST) 306 isolates is also present in a number of pneumococcal isolates of serotype 8 that belong to the ST53 lineage. Serotype 1 and 8 pneumococci are known to be associated with outbreaks of invasive disease. The nonhemolytic pneumolysin allele is therefore associated with the dominant clones of outbreak-associated serotypes of S. pneumoniae.


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The Minister for Land Information, Damien O’Connor has announced four new projects from Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island under the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme.
The projects include seed banking, wetland restoration, invasive seaweed control at river mouths and the creation of digital resources mapping the historic vegetation and waterways of Te Manahuna (the Mackenzie Basin) and the upper Rakaia and Rangitata rivers.
Overall the Government, through LINZ’s expanded Biosecurity and Biodiversity programme, is investing nearly $9 million over four years in the iwi-led projects which will create more than 40 jobs.
The Minister announced the projects at an event hosted by Te Rūnanga o Hokonui in Gore on 26 March 2021.
Te Rūnanga o Hokonui is receiving up to $4,225,000 over four years to restore native plant and animal life across Southland’s Hokonui Hills. The project involves expanding a native seedbank and nursery for braided river restoration and carrying out horticulture and ranger training. It will deliver 12-15 jobs.
In northern Otago and South Canterbury Te Rūnanga o Moeraki aims to re-establish native habitats and mahinga kai through riparian wetland restoration along the many braided rivers in its rohe. This project is expected to deliver 9 jobs with funding of up to $3,358,200 over three years.
Meanwhile Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu will receive up to $1,406,000 over four years, delivering more than 15 jobs from year one.
This funding is for two projects that will improve environmental planning and decision-making.
The first involves digitising historic survey maps which show the vegetation and waterways of Te Manahuna (the Mackenzie Basin), and the upper Rakaia and Rangitata rivers.
The second is a pilot research project looking at ways to control the invasive seaweed, Undaria Pinnatifida. This research will inform biodiversity planning around river mouths and estuaries at seven sites from Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island, including those where LINZ has management responsibilities.
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School's out, but free lunch for kids is in
Addie Broyles, Relish Austin
Every afternoon, Leo Santana calls the Capital Area Food Bank to tell them how many sack lunches he'll need for the kids who come to Boys and Girls Club in East Austin, where he is the director.
"We're in our first week (of the summer program), and we're already up to 75 lunches," he says outside the building on top of a hill that once housed Anderson High School.
"We started at 50 on Monday, and we'll be up to 125 or 150 a day by the end of the summer."
As word of free lunch spreads and the pocket change to buy Lunchables at the corner market runs out, more kids take advantage of the Texas Department of Agriculture's Summer Nutrition Programs, which last year gave out 21 million meals to children 18 and younger, up from 19 million the year before.
That number might seem high, but fewer than 20 percent of the students who qualify for free or reduced lunches during the school year take advantage of the free lunches during the summer.
Some schools continue offering lunches through summer school but stop once summer school ends. To help fill in the gaps are dozens of community centers, nonprofits, churches and even apartment complexes that are meal sites for the department's summer nutrition program.
The sack lunches served at the Boys and Girls Club in East Austin aren't much — usually a ham and cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwich, veggies such as celery or carrots, fruit and milk — but for some kids, it's all they'll get to eat before dark.
"Even though it's a sack lunch, it's more sustenance than they'd usually get at home" eating frozen pizzas or ramen noodles, Santana says.
Jaz Clark, 9, and Dedra Hardeman, 11, cousins who come to the Boys and Girls Club during the summer, say they enjoy the sack lunches because they are sensible meals that include milk and vegetables, which they request at dinnertime, too.
Both girls are well-versed in how to eat healthfully. They prefer white milk over the sugar-filled strawberry and chocolate varieties, and both have helped shape the meals they get at home by requesting baked foods instead of fried and healthy side dishes. "You can't have a big old dessert every night," Hardeman says.
Anyone younger than 18 can show up to one of the almost 100 host sites in Austin, some of which also serve breakfast, and get a free lunch without bringing any paperwork or identification, says Veronica Beyer, chief communications officer for the department of agriculture.
Beyer says that they are adding meal sites almost every day and that the best way to find one near you is by going to www.summerfood.org or by calling 211. (Churches, nonprofits or schools that are interested in becoming a meal site can use those same methods to find out how they can enroll.)
Many of the host sites are tucked away in neighborhoods where it's easy for kids to walk to them, so they don't have to rely on transportation, either.
Without access to these lunches, it's a long three months until school starts again for children who are considered "food insecure" because they don't always have a steady source for food.
Santana knows first hand how this doesn't just make them hungry; it makes their minds wander and they are more likely to misbehave.
"It affects their behavior and how comfortable they are here. They aren't as irritable if they have lunch," Santana says. "It's what carries them through the day."

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After the Grand Guignol horror of William Castle’s lurid 13 Ghosts, time to go down a more subtle avenue with the 1961 British horror classic The Innocents. Based on the Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw, this atmospheric slice of haunted gothic is a direct influence on the mood and look of the Nicole Kidman vehicle The Others and its claws are also in any number of other films that use chills and suggestion rather than shock and awe to fray the audiences nerves.
A young governess played by Deborah Kerr becomes convinced the house and grounds of the house where she works are haunted when her two charges start behaving oddly. The Innocents is more in line with a classic round the campfire ghost yarn or the chilling horror plays the BBC used to produce for Christmas in its golden era.
Although not a massive hit with audiences at the time (but then, neither was The Wizard of Oz… Or It’s A Wonderful Life), the film has grown in stature over the years and is now pretty much the benchmark for how to create a faultless haunted house movie. Martin Scorsese rates this film, placing The Innocents on his list of the 11 scariest horror films of all time while Time Out rates it 18th in it’s list of the 100 greatest British films.
Any horror fans and indeed any serious lover of cinema should watch this film and see how many genre rules are nailed down…
Break-out horror movie smash of the year that has been electrifying hardened genre fans and non-horror fans alike, “The Pact” combines the supernatural terrors of “Paranormal Activity” with the tense atmospherics of a serial killer thriller to create a unique, modern-day take on the classic ghost story.
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HEDWIG VILLAGE, Texas - An arrest has been made in the murder of a 79-year-old woman who was found dead in her Hedwig Village home last week.
According to the Hedwig Village Police Department, a maid found Janeil Hooton Bernard dead around 1 p.m. July 2 in the home located on Capri Street near I-10 and Voss.
Hedwig Village police say the suspect is Michael Susberry, her former housekeeper's son. They say Susberry confessed to the murder, is in custody and will be charged with capital murder.
Police say Bernard knew the suspect and let him into the house. They say Susberry pretended to slip and fall when he came out of the bathroom and head-butted Bernard when she leaned down to help. According to police, the suspect then stabbed her several times and ransacked her home, taking several small items, and took off in her car.
Bernard's car, a 2011 red Cadillac sedan, was later found abandoned early Tuesday in south Houston.
Police say Bernard lived in Hedwig Village for 50 years. She lived alone, but had two sons and two grandchildren. They also say the former housekeeper retired 5 or 6 years ago, and Bernard continued supporting her with weekly paychecks.
Neighbors told us it was out of character for the usually quiet neighborhood.
"She was a great neighbor, she seemed independent, friendly, her son came to visit, just a great neighbor. She borrowed a few things from me once when her grandchild was coming because we had small children the same age, just a wonderful woman," said Laura Bryant, a neighbor.
Neighbors also say they saw Bernard's maid at the funeral just a few days ago.
"She was so sad and distraught over what happened, and she didn't know her son had done this horrible thing," said neighbor Harvey Fodell. "It's a real tragedy."
Neighbors and friends of Bernard's relieved Susberry is finally behind bars and off the streets.
"It's been a horror story, bad environment in our neighborhood, and now we're happy that it's come to an end," Fodell said.
The Bernard family released the following statement:
We're so thankful for the professional collaboration between the HPD and the Hedwig Village Police. Their exhaustive work has brought an end to this savage criminal case. While there is nothing that will bring our mother back, knowing this killer is off the streets brings us some peace of mind. We look forward to justice being served.
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Jan. 2, 2009 - All new cars sold in California and Vermont will now be labeled according to climate impact, thanks to state regulations that take effect this month.
California's new labeling scheme is an expansion of the state's Smog Index label, which has been in use since 1998.
The revised label now includes a Smog Score and a Global Warming Score, both on a scale of 1-10. The higher the score, the less impact the car has on the environment.
"This label will arm consumers with the information they need to choose a vehicle that saves gas, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps fight smog all at once," says Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board (ARB). "Consumer choice is an especially powerful tool in our fight against climate change."
Vermont's car-labeling law, adopted in May 2007, is based on the California rule. The scheme takes effect Jan. 3.
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WEST CARTHAGE, New York (WWNY) - Jefferson County now has to find a new location to house sex offenders.
This comes after the owner of the Pleasant Night Inn in West Carthage sent a letter to the county saying he would no longer take in registered sex offenders placed there by the Department of Social Services.
County Legislator John Peck says there aren’t any registered sex offenders currently living at the motel, so nobody needs to be immediately moved.
He says the county is in the process of sending in a request to the state to expand the restricted areas for registered sex offenders.
“It’s common sense. You have a playground in too close of proximity for those kind of clientele to be placed. And state law allows it, unfortunately,” said Peck.
He says finding housing for homeless people and registered sex offenders is becoming a difficult task. He says the topic will be discussed further at the county’s health and human services committee meeting next week.
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Looking positively Italianate in the early autumn sunshine, the west end of the garden front at Abbeyleix, County Laois. A series of terraces descend to a final series of circular stone steps, an architectural device highly reminiscent of similar work designed in 1906 by Edwin Lutyens for Heywood barely five miles away: might he have had a hand in this too? A sunken area immediately below contains what was once a swimming pool but more recently has been converted into a lily pond, at one end containing a bronze statue of a nude on horseback made by Irish sculptor Olivia Musgrave.
The ruins of old Crom Castle, County Fermanagh. Located on the shore of Upper Lough Erne, this was built in 1610 by Scottish settler Michael Balfour: nine years later it was described by Nicholas Pynnar as ‘a house set of lime and stone’ situated inside ‘a bawn of lime and stone being 60 feet square, 12 feet high with two flankers.’ In 1655 Crom was acquired by the Crichton family who lived here until 1764 when the building was gutted by fire. Following the construction of the present Crom Castle elsewhere on the estate in the 1830s, this ruin was embellished by the addition of long walls concluding in circular flankers on either side of the main block. During the following decade the Crichton Tower, a folly on little Gad Island (seen below) was likewise built as a romantic eye-catcher.
An illustration of a proposed ‘Gothick Temple’ in Batty Langley’s Gothic Architecture Improved by Rules and Proportions in many Grand Designs first published in London in 1742. The long-term influence of this work can be seen in the garden front of a lodge at Castletown, County Kildare which, having been built in 1772 was embellished with a semi-polygonal Gothic façade, built in finely cut deep grey limestone, its design derived from Batty Langley’s book. This volume is one of a number currently on display at the Irish Architectural Archive in Dublin featuring items from the Rowan Collection of historic architectural volumes recently deposited with that institution. While relatively few such books were printed in Ireland during the 18th and 19th century, copies of important texts would have been found in the libraries of architects and their clients, and the Rowan Collection can be taken as representative of such a resource. Another volume in the same exhibition is Thomas Rawlins’ Familiar Architecture; consisting of Original Designs for Gentlemen and Tradesmen, Parsonages and Summer-Retreats (1768). It includes the design below for a simple country residence which, although of relatively modest proportions manages to incorporate plenty of rooms. Such houses were built in abundance throughout Ireland in the later Georgian period.
The ruins of Moydrum Castle, County Westmeath. The former seat of the Handcock family, an earlier house here was described in Neale’s Views of Seats (1823) as being ‘nothing more than an ordinary farmhouse, contracted in its dimensions, mean in its external form and inconvenient in its interior arrangements.’ By that date work was already underway to transform and enlarge the building into a neo-Jacobean castle designed by Richard Morrison suitable as a residence for William Handcock, raised to the peerage first as Baron and then Viscount Castlemaine. The completed work was described by Samuel Lewis in 1837 as ‘a solid castellated mansion with square turrets at each angle beautifully situated on the edge of a small lake and surrounded by an extensive and richly wooded demesne.’ This is what remains of the east-facing façade, the entrance resembling an immense gate-tower. Moydrum was burnt by members of the IRA in July 1921 and has remained derelict ever since: in 1984 a photograph of Moydrum by Anton Corbijn was used on the cover of U2’s album The Unforgettable Fire showing members of the band standing in front of the ruins.
‘It was in the sixteenth century that Robert Martin, one of the long and powerful line of High Sheriffs and Mayors of Galway, became possessed of a large amount of land in West Galway, and in 1590 Ross was his country place. From this point the Martins began slowly to assimilate West Galway; Ross, Dangan, Birch Hall, and Ballinahinch, marked their progress, until Ballinahinch, youngest and greatest of the family strongholds, had gathered to itself nearly 200,000 acres of Connemara. It fell, tragically, from the hand of its last owner, Mary Martin, Princess of Connemara, in the time of the Famine, and that page of Martin history is closed in Galway, though the descendants of her grandfather, ‘Humanity Dick ‘ (for ever to be had in honourable remembrance as the author of ‘Martin’s Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’), have kept alive the old name of Ballinahinch, and have opened a new and notable record for themselves in Canada…’
‘Through a line of Jaspers, Nicholases and Roberts, the story of Ross moved prosperously on from Robert of Elizabeth’s times, untouched even by the hand of Cromwell, unshaken even when the gates of Galway, twelve miles away, opened at length to Ireton. Beyond the town of Galway, the Cromwellian did not set his foot; Connemara was a dark and barren country, and the Martins, Roman Catholic and Royalists to the core, as were all the other Tribes of Galway, held the key of the road. From that conflict Ross emerged, minus most of its possessions in Galway town and suburbs; after the Restoration they were restored by the Decree of Charles II, but remained nevertheless in the hands of those to whom they had been apportioned as spoil. The many links that had bound Ross to Galway Town seem thence forward to have been severed; during the eighteenth century the life of its owners was that of their surroundings, peaceful for the most part, and intricately bound up with that of their tenants. They were still Roman Catholic and Jacobite – a kinsman of Dangan was an agent for Charles Edward – and each generation provided several priests for its Church. With my great-grandfather, Nicholas, came the change of creed; he became a Protestant in order to marry a Protestant neighbour, Miss Elizabeth O’Hara, of Lenaboy; where an affair of the heart was concerned, he was not the man to stick at what he perhaps considered to be a trifle. It is said that at the end of his long life his early training asserted itself, and drew him again towards the Church of his fathers; it is certainly probable that he died, as he was born, a son of Rome. But the die had been cast. His six children were born and bred Protestants. Strong in all ways, they were strong Protestants, and Low Church, according to the fashion of their time, yet they lived in an entirely Roman Catholic district without religious friction of any kind…’
‘It was during the life of Nicholas, my great-grand-father, that Ross House was burned down; with much loss, it is believed, of plate and pictures; it had a tower, and stood beautifully on a point in the lake. He replaced it by the present house, built about the year 1777, whose architecture is not aesthetically to his credit; it is a tall, unlovely block, of great solidity, with kitchen premises half underground, and the whole surrounded by a wide and deep area. It suggests the idea of defence, which was probably not absent from the builder’s mind, yet the Rebellion of twenty years later did not put it to the test. In the great storm of 1839, still known as ” The Big Wind,” my grandfather gathered the whole household into the kitchen for safety, and, looking up at its heavily-vaulted ceiling, said that if Ross fell, not a house in Ireland would stand that night. Many fell, but Ross House stood the assault, even though the lawn was white with the spray borne in from the Atlantic, six miles away. It has at least two fine rooms, a lofty well-staircase, with balusters of mahogany, taken out of a wreck, and it takes all day the sun into its heart, looking west and south, with tall windows, over lake and mountain. It is said that a man is never in love till he is in love with a plain woman, and in spite of draughts, of exhausting flights of stairs, of chimneys that are the despair of sweeps, it has held the affection of five generations of Martins…’
‘Life at Ross was of the traditional Irish kind, with many retainers at low wages, which works out as a costly establishment with nothing to show for it. A sheep a week and a cow a month were supplied by the farm, and assimilated by the household; it seemed as if with the farm produce, the abundance of dairy cows, the packed turf house, the fallen timber ready to be cut up, the fruitful garden, the game and the trout, there should have been affluence. But after all these followed the Saturday night labour bill, and the fact remains, as many Irish landlords can testify, that these free fruits of the earth are heavily paid for, that convenience is mistaken for economy, and that farming is, for the average gentleman, more of an occupation than an income.’
Writing of agriculture and manufacturing in County Offaly in 1801, Sir Charles Coote noted that the linen industry then thrived, with several local landowners ‘who keep looms employed, but do not bleach. Mr Holmes of Prospect and Mr Armstrong of Belview are the most extensive manufacturers, and both have large greens, but they only bleach their own linen, their [sic] being bleach yards for public accommodation.’ Almost twenty years later Peter Besnard, Inspector-General for Trade and Manufacture of Linen and Hemp in Ireland, produced a report in which he commented on Offaly: ‘The Manufacturing and Bleaching branches of the Linen Business are carried on in this county as usual, particularly in the neighbourhood of Clara and Charlestown; in the latter place, a new Linen Hall has been built by Andrew Armstong Esq. of Belview, whose family have long been supporters and encouragers of the Linen Trade. Mr Armstrong has built this Hall at his own expense, and likewise gives a premium for the best Web sold in it; and I cannot avoid remarking, that wherever premiums have been established, and judiciously applied, they have been productive of much benefit.’
The Armstrong family appears to have settled in this part of the country in the 18th century, one John Armstrong (born 1748) marrying Jane Holmes, whose family lived nearby in a house called Prospect (still standing). He married a second time and had a son Andrew Armstrong, the man mentioned by both Sir Charles Coote and Peter Besnard as being active in the linen industry. A large range of now-derelict buildings on ground below Belview testify to the one-time importance of this business, in the 18th and early 19th centuries by far the most commercially viable in Ireland. From the early 1700s onwards Irish linen was imported duty free to England and to the American colonies, so that eventually this one product accounted for around fifty per cent of Ireland’s total exports. It is understandable that so many entrepreneurial spirits became involved in the business and, if they managed their concern sufficiently well, grew rich, as did the Armstrongs. As was so often the case, they gradually climbed the social scale, moving away from the commercial class to become landed gentry. John Herbert Armstrong, for example, who inherited Belview in the mid-19th century , joined the army and served as a major in the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers. He further cemented his gentry status by marrying Eliza Catherine Lowry whose family, related to the Earls of Belmore, lived at Pomeroy House, County Tyrone. Their son in turn married Emily Theodosia Blacker-Douglas whose family were large landowners (with over 8,000 acres in County Kerry) and lived in Elm Park, outside Armagh. However, after selling their estate in 1912 under the Irish Land Act, the Armstrongs left Belview, which was subsequently leased to a variety of tenants.
Located on the border of Counties Offaly and Westmeath, Belview is a substantial house, the front portion of which dates from the second half of the 18th century. To the rear is an older L-shaped building which looks to have been adapted into a service wing when the newer section was added. The latter featured the usual layout of the period, with a drawing room, dining room and morning room/office opening off a central entrance hall on the ground floor: traces of neo-classical plasterwork survive in some of these spaces. Outside the east-facing façade is of five bays, with a Venetian window on the first floor. Below a short flight of stone steps led to a tripartite limestone doorcase with engaged Doric columns and an open pediment. The house testifies to the Armstrongs’ wish to identify themselves with the local gentry, as well as to the wealth that could be accumulated through the linen trade. A folly built in the form of a monastic round tower by Andrew Armstrong in 1817 and now buried in the nearby woodland, likewise provides evidence of the family’s social ambitions. The house was abandoned some decades ago and is now a roofless ruin.
In Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size (1976) Kiltullagh, County Galway was described by the late Maurice Craig as having formerly been very handsome, thanks to its ‘gigantic paneled chimney-stacks and (as can still be traced) a very steep roof…To judge by the provision of pistol-loops it must have been built early in the 18th century or even earlier…Even in its present state it can be seen to be a building of quality. The pistol-loops commanding the entrance are conspicuous.’ Likewise, the reference to Kiltullagh in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland (1988) noted that it was an ‘important, late seventeenth-century or early eighteenth-century, two-storey house. The very high chimney-stacks have sunk panels, and there are pistol-loops in the basement which is most unusual for a house of this period. The house which is now a ruin is a most impressive example of an early virtually undefended house and should be preserved from further depredation.’
Kiltullagh belonged to a branch of the d’Arcy family, one of the Tribes of Galway, the mercantile clans that ran the city during the Middle Ages. Like other members of the same milieu, from the early 16th century onwards they gradually acquired parcels of land in the countryside and gradually metamorphosed into gentry, although this process was not without setbacks. The lawyer Patrick d’Arcy was a key figure on the Roman Catholic side during the Confederate Wars of 1641-52, in the former year writing his Argument which insisted that ‘no parliament but an Irish one can properly legislate for Ireland’ and later helping to draw up a Constitution for the Confederacy. In the aftermath of that side’s defeat, he lost his lands but the greater part of these were restored to his heir James d’Arcy: the family owned over 18,750 acres – divided between Kiltullagh and an estate to the west around Clifden – but all this was lost in the aftermath of the Great Famine when the property was sold by the Encumbered Estates Court. (The last of the family to own the property, Hyacinth d’Arcy, subsequently became a Church of Ireland clergyman). In the meantime, one of the more interesting members was another Patrick d’Arcy, born in 1725 and at the age of fourteen sent to Paris to be raised by an uncle who was a banker there. An eminent soldier and scientist, he was created a French count and a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences, dying of cholera in 1779, two years after marrying his niece Jane d’Arcy.
As so often, we know almost nothing about Kiltullagh’s history. It was clearly a substantial house and stood at the centre of a large estate, but the architect responsible for the building’s design is a mystery. Kiltullagh appears to have been occupied by the d’Arcys until the second decade of the 19th century when the then-head of the family, John d’Arcy, following the death of his first wife, moved west where he founded the town of Clifden and outside it built a new residence, Clifden Castle (now also a ruin). Thereafter the house was rented to tenants and at some date gutted by fire. As with Clifden, the entire property was sold through the Encumbered Estates Court in 1850, being bought for £6,000 by Pierce Joyce. Kiltullagh was never rebuilt and stood a ruin. The former stable yard has been converted into a residence and some years ago work was undertaken on the main building to secure what remained. However, this enterprise appears to have halted and since then the interior has remained filled with scaffolding.

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A drunken pilot and Force user. A Trandoshan hired gun. A computer-slicing Jawa. A betrayed Intelligence agent. An addicted thief. A Mando weaponsmith. A bounty-hunting droid. This Meet the Party might be bringing us another crew from a galaxy far, far away but they’re definitely from a long time ago. We’re shipping out with the crew of the Borrowed Time once again, but in an entirely different style: as characters in the d6 System for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game!
Star Wars has been around for 41 years, and it’s been in the tabletop roleplaying game market for 31 of them now. There have been many writers, companies, and game systems involved over the course of the far, far away galaxy’s tenure at the table. This System Split is going to do things very differently; rather than compare different games using the same system and genre, we’ll be taking a look at different systems in the same universe: the original D6-based Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game from West End Games and the modern Narrative Dice System-based Star Wars Roleplaying from Fantasy Flight Games!
A long time ago in a Tabletop RPG company far, far away . . . West End Games released its Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. The game would go on to produce two full editions (plus one revision of 2e) and more than one hundred sourcebooks and adventure supplements, but as with most things time eventually moved on. West End Games closed up shop, the Star Wars RPG license transferred to other companies and other systems, and the fans of the original SWTRPG were left to carry the flame as best they could. Now, however, Fantasy Flight Games has brought it back into the light with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary Edition!


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ECFR’s Janka Oertel and Andrew Small discuss China’s attitude towards the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan
In this debate, Ivana Karásková, Jakub Jakóbowski, Tamás Matura and Janka Oertel will discuss the national perspectives of the CEE countries on China and their role in developing a coherent EU approach
The policy brief “Promoting European strategic sovereignty in Asia” by Janka Oertel and Andrew Small will serve to kick off the discussion, which will be held in English, under Chatham House rules
The EU urgently needs to incorporate the concept and reality of the ‘protected home market advantage’ into its thinking on China
This is event will launch the new paper on the dynamic China’s market can have on European competitiveness
China is ramping up the pressure on European decision-makers, academics, and companies. The EU must move quickly to build its resilience against such economic coercion.
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Review Summary: Welcome home, my friends.
Faith No More are a band credited with spawning the alternative metal genre. They fused metal with many other styles including pop, funk and alternative rock, paving the way for artists like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins. Though their 1990 single 'Epic' still receives regular airplay, Faith No More never enjoyed the same commercial success as the bands they inspired. By the time they released their bacchanalian 1992 masterpiece Angel Dust, Faith No More established themselves as a band of uncompromising creativity.
1995's King For a Day... Fool For a Lifetime and 1997's jokingly-titled Album of the Year saw the band grow even more unmarketable. This can be attributed to frontman and six-octave vocalist Mike Patton, who brought the experimentalism of his other band Mr. Bungle to the table. It was around this time that Faith No More also grew darker in sound. There is a sepulchral atmosphere to Album of the Year in particular, its songs like 'Helpless' and 'Paths of Glory' possessing a dark beauty. Fittingly, Album of the Year proved to be the band's final album. Or so we thought.
Sol Invictus is Faith No More's first album in eighteen years. At a breezy 39 minutes, it is also among their shortest. Thankfully, not one of those minutes is wasted. Sol Invictus manages to reference several chapters in Faith No More's history, as well as progress into new and exciting territory.
More so than any other Faith No More album, Sol Invictus plays out like a story. The band returns from the dead on opener 'Sol Invictus', as groggy and cadaverous as you'd expect. Taking his first steps out of his moss-caked tomb, Mike Patton muses that he “can't remember which god is [his] one.” For a band with a name as atheistic as Faith No More, religion and worship have never really featured in their lyrics until now. Mike introduces these themes of spiritual uncertainty and continues them throughout the album. He mentions “empty rituals, trinkets and fossils”, before a hushed “Amen” ushers in the anthemic chorus. Without a definitive god to worship, Mike turns to the heavens in search of answers. Needless to say, he doesn't find them. Instead, he laments that “the sun keeps burning [his] face.” Combine his disillusionment with the fact that “sol invictus” is Latin for “unconquered sun”, and you've got a deliciously ambivalent view of god and the heavens. Before the chorus reaches a climax, 'Sol Invictus' jarringly returns to the melancholic piano chords with which it began. The band reached skyward for absolution, only to fall back down to earth.
Following this nihilistic beginning, Sol Invictus grows exponentially in scope. 'Superhero' is an outstanding rocker, its revved-up energy complimented by haunting vocals and ripples of Middle Eastern piano. 'Sunny Side Up' sees Faith No More return to the velveteen lounge they explored on 'Evidence' and 'She Loves Me Not', with one of the strongest choruses on the album. In accordance with the Sol Invictus' themes of uncertainty, this cosiness is interrupted by more of the minor piano chords that opened the album.
Songs like the gorgeous 'Matador' and the churning 'Separation Anxiety' radiate with some of the band's best ideas to date; either could have featured on the band's opus Angel Dust. But as previously stated, Sol Invictus isn't all nostalgia. 'Rise of the Fall' sees Faith No More's hard rock complimented with lush Sicilian melodies found nowhere else in the band's catalogue. Similarly, two songs here utilize a slow-burning approach not normally associated with the band. Album midpoint 'Cone of Shame' starts quietly with a Southern Gothic riff, before building to a sensational climax. Lead single 'Mother***er' begins with burnt-out piano chords, only to ascend in due time to a euphoric chorus.
After repeated listens, I can say with confidence that Sol Invictus is a great album. Part of that will be due to the fact I am already a big Faith No More fan, and a new record from these guys was automatically reason to celebrate. But the way in which Sol Invictus delivers both fan service and surprises, as well as a powerful image of modern disillusionment, all in under forty minutes, shows artistry. Some fans may lament the brevity of Sol Invictus, or perhaps its focus on atmosphere rather than riffs. Newcomers will likely be confused, akin to starting a series of novels several books in. I would point Faith No More virgins in the direction of the band's 1989 album The Real Thing. Without prior knowledge of the band's discography, Sol Invictus won't mean as much.
Regardless of your familiarity with them, Faith No More are back. Sol Invictus feels like a culmination of all the band has done before, and a taster of where they may yet go. It ends on an optimistic note with 'From the Dead', suggesting that Faith No More are glad to be back. Hopefully this means that there is more to come. Welcome home, my friends.


Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has been an unstoppable force in the Pakistani car market, posting record sales twice during the 2021 calendar year. In December, PSMC set a new monthly record of more than 15,500 units sold, breaking its previous record of over 15,200 units sold in July 2021.
As per official data, both records were observed as a result of due to the amazing sales of Suzuki Alto. Last month, PSMC shifted 9,195 units of the Alto, making it the best selling car of December 2021. This is an increase of 280% over November 2021 when it sold 2,420 units.
Along with that title, the Alto has also taken the accolade of the best-selling car of the 2021 calendar year, having sold 53,887 units.
Reason for Success
The Pakistani market has a huge demand for supermini hatchbacks but unfortunately, very little choice. An argument can be made that Alto has two competitors, namely, the United Bravo and the Prince Pearl, but so far, the opinions are divided about their quality.
While Alto is not exactly a champion in terms of quality, it has the advantage of offering ease of ownership and maintenance to its buyers due to PSMC’s countrywide dealership network.
The Suzuki Alto is currently the only locally manufactured supermini that can be considered a decent value for money, with its closest competition being the imported Kei cars. However, those too have now become incredibly expensive due to the import bans imposed by the government.
PSMC will likely continue to enjoy the top spot in terms of car sales unless a better value proposition comes along in the Kei car segment of Pakistan.


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I recently was given the opportunity to review the book: The Shelter of God's Promises . Here is my reveiw:
In “The Shelter of God's Promises”, Sheila Walsh takes the reader through some of the main ideas of promises in the Bible. She explores the ideas of peace, confidence, love, grace, and more. I'm usually a huge fan of Sheila Walsh's books, but this one didn't seem to be quite as good as some of her others, although it's still a very good read. It felt more of an instructional book than some of her other books which seem more like a chat with an old friend. That said, the story about her bolero and the missionary clothing drive made me laugh out loud and her personal tales woven into her books are what I enjoy so much about her writing. Having grown up in church, I can't say that there was anything new to me in this book, but sometimes it's good to be reminded of the basics that God has promised us. There is also a Bible study in the back of the book which would be helpful for either personal or group study. I did enjoy this book, and it would also make a great gift to someone who is struggling with – well basically – anything as it is a book of general comfort and encouragement.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my review.


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