LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing is still underway, but President Donald Trump may have laid the groundwork for his next Supreme Court pick Monday night in the Bluegrass State.
As Trump was on stage for a campaign-style rally at Freedom Hall, members of the Kentucky press corps were reporting that the president intends to nominate Judge Amul Thapar to fill an appellate seat for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The White House made it official on Tuesday.
Thapar is currently a federal district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, based in Lexington, and is a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Confirmed toward the end of the George W. Bush administration, he was the first district judge of South Asian descent.
“Throughout his already impressive career of public service, Amul has shown an incredible intellect and an unshakable dedication to the law. He has earned the respect of his colleagues, and I know that he will bring to the 6th Circuit the same wisdom, fairness, and ability that he has shown on the District Court,” McConnell said in a statement. “President Trump made an outstanding choice and I look forward to the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Thapar.”
The 47-year-old Thapar is a former federal prosecutor who served in D.C., Ohio and Kentucky. He was the U.S. attorney for Kentucky’s Eastern District before becoming a federal judge there.
A nomination to a higher court would be no surprise. He appeared on the short list of 21 judges that the Trump campaign finalized in September as potential replacements for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Trump ultimately selected Gorsuch, who also appeared on the list.
Thapar was identified by the National Law Journal as a potential Trump Supreme Court choice who could bring greater diversity to the high court.
The publication mentioned that among his highest profile cases as a federal judge was one in which the Department of Labor was allowed to go ahead with an injunction against Massey Energy Co., for the company’s record of mine safety violations.
While making the leap from the federal district court house in Lexington to the Supreme Court might be an unusual one, getting nominated to the high court after confirmation as a federal appeals court judge in the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit is perhaps a far more likely pathway.
And with McConnell in control of the Senate floor schedule, Thapar might be near the top of the list to be confirmed for the circuit court.


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Ryan Theriot spelled out what he thinks is wrong with LSU’s baseball team. He and Matt talked about the NCAA voting down a 3rd asst coach in baseball. They took #AskRyan questions as well.
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Jordy and T-Bob announced that one of the best in LSU basketball history will be honored when LSU retires Chris Jackson’s jersey this year. “He was the best natural shooter I’ve ever seen,” Jordy said. We announced our Weekend Winners and unanimously decided T-Bob was the real winner. We also agreed that, out of an […]


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Associated Humane Societies-Newark has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. The shelter received three terrible inspection reports over the last few months. In addition, NJ.com, PIX 11 News and News 12’s Kane in Your Corner all published/aired news stories exposing this “house of horrors.” As a result of these inspections and news reports, the NJ SPCA charged AHS Executive Director, Roseann Trezza, with eight criminal and eight civil counts of animal cruelty. This story made both national and international news and was published in well-known news outlets, such as the New York Times. Subsequently, the Star Ledger issued a scathing editorial demanding the state remove Roseann Trezza and put the Newark shelter into receivership (i.e. run by other competent people on a temporary basis until they find a permanent solution). Despite all this, AHS defended Roseann Trezza and appears unwilling to institute substantive change.
AHS-Newark has consistently killed large percentages of the animals it takes in per annual statistics the organization reported to the New Jersey Department of Health. In 2014, AHS-Newark killed 29% of its dogs and 42% of its cats. AHS-Newark killed 25% of its dogs and 43% of its cats in 2015. In 2016, AHS-Newark killed 25% of its dogs and 44% of its cats. Thus, AHS-Newark’s annual statistics consistently revealed the facility was high kill.
AHS-Newark’s statistics were far worse according to underlying records I obtained. Based on individual animal records for Newark dogs and cats primarily coming to the facility from animal control in 2014, 70% of dogs, 81% of pit bull like dogs and 93% of cats with known outcomes lost their lives in this data set. Similarly, 60% of dogs, 74% of pit bull like dogs and 83% of cats with known outcomes from the City of Irvington lost their lives at AHS-Newark during the first nine or so months of 2015 based on individual animal records provided to me. Thus, AHS-Newark’s underlying records revealed a much higher percentage of animals losing their lives from these two cities.
Subsequently, AHS-Newark refused to provide these records from other contracting municipalities. The shelter stated they changed their software system. Additionally, the organization claimed it did not have to submit records, even if requested by the contracting municipality, under OPRA. In fact, AHS-Newark even added similar language to agreements with contracting municipalities I saw.
Luckily, another animal advocate was able to obtain AHS-Newark’s intake and disposition records for stray animals from the City of Plainfield. These records related to all of 2016 and the first nine or so months of 2017. Unfortunately, AHS-Newark only provided a report that provided little information on each animal and no disposition dates. Therefore, AHS-Newark provided less transparent records than it previously gave to me.
Plainfield has a local group that aggressively tries to save the city’s animals. Plainfield Residents’ Association for Animal Rescue (“PRAAR”) helps local residents find alternatives to surrendering owned and stray animals to AHS-Newark (i.e. reducing animal intake at the shelter) and reclaim stray animals impounded by AHS-Newark. As a result of these efforts, AHS-Newark should be able to achieve high live release rates for Plainfield’s homeless animals.
What kind of job did AHS-Newark do in handling Plainfield’s homeless animals? Are Planfield’s elected officials making good use of the city’s taxpayer dollars by contracting with AHS-Newark?
Many Plainfield Dogs Lose Their Lives at AHS-Newark
AHS-Newark killed a large percentage of the stray dogs it took in from Plainfield in 2016. Overall, AHS-Newark’s kill rate for Plainfield’s stray dogs in 2016 was around the same as AHS-Newark’s total dog statistics in its “Shelter/Pound Annual Report.” However, AHS-Newark’s 2016 “Shelter/Pound Annual Report” had errors I previously described and is not particularly reliable. While AHS-Newark’s dog kill rate was lower than the 2014 Newark and 2015 Irvington kill rates I calculated, AHS-Newark still killed 24% of dogs or roughly 1 out of 4 dogs. Even worse, AHS-Newark killed 37% of pit bull like dogs or more than 1 out of 3 pit bull like dogs from Plainfield.
Since many dogs reclaimed by owners have licenses and microchips, it is easy for AHS-Newark to quickly send these animals back home to their families. Additionally, PRAAR helps owners reclaim their dogs from the shelter. As a result of these efforts and lower poverty rates in Plainfield, AHS-Newark’s dog reclaim rate was around two to three times higher than the reclaim rates I computed for 2014 Newark dogs and 2015 Irvington dogs.
AHS-Newark did a poor job in finding new homes for Plainfield’s stray dogs. The shelter killed 34% of all non-reclaimed dogs, 52% of non-reclaimed pit bulls, 11% of non-reclaimed small dogs and 23% of other non-reclaimed dogs. In other words, AHS-Newark killed approximately 1 out of 3 non-reclaimed dogs, 1 out of 2 non-reclaimed pit bulls and 1 out of 4 non-reclaimed other medium to large size dogs.
To make matters worse, AHS-Newark’s dog and non-reclaimed dog kill rates may have been higher. To the extent transferred dogs went to other AHS facilities, which are kill shelters, and those facilities killed these animals, the kill rates would increase.
AHS-Newark adopted out hardly any dogs. The shelter only adopted out 16 dogs in total, 4 pit bull like dogs, 8 small dogs and 4 dogs from other breeds. In fact, AHS-Newark only adopted out 17% of all these dogs, 8% of pit bull like dogs, 27% of small dogs and 24% of dogs from other breeds.
The shelter’s statistics for the first nine or so months of 2017 were actually worse in some respects. Overall, 21% of all dogs, 41% of pit bull like dogs, 4% of small dogs and 7% of dogs from other breeds lost their lives. However, the non-reclaimed dog death rates were higher for all dogs and pit bull like dogs during the first nine or so months of 2017. Specifically, 38% of all non-reclaimed dogs and 62% of non-reclaimed pit bull like dogs lost their lives at this so-called shelter. In other words, more than 1 out of 3 non-reclaimed dogs and nearly 2 out of 3 non-reclaimed pit bulls lost their lives at AHS-Newark.
Once again, AHS-Newark adopted out hardly any dogs. Most notably, AHS-Newark only adopted out 16% of all dogs and just 10% of pit bull like dogs during the first nine or so months of 2017.
Plainfield Cats Die in Droves at AHS-Newark
Large percentages of stray cats and kittens from Plainfield lost their lives at AHS-Newark in 2016. AHS-Newark killed 24% of all cats, 39% of adult cats and 17% of kittens. However, many additional kittens died at the shelter. Once we factor in the kittens dying at AHS-Newark, the death rates for all cats and kittens were 42% and 44% in 2016. If we back out the 4 cats that were “released”, which I assume were either reclaimed by their owner or were trapped, neutered and released, the non-released cat death rate was 45% for all cats, 50% for adult cats and 44% for kittens. In other words, nearly 1 out of 2 stray cats and kittens from Plainfield requiring a new home lost their lives at AHS-Newark in 2016.
Shockingly, AHS-Newark hardly adopted out any cats. The shelter adopted out just 6 of 61 or 10% of all cats, 2 of 18 or 11% of adult cats and 4 of 43 or 9% of kittens. While the shelter sent 24 cats and kittens to rescues and/or other shelters, its unclear whether these were all no kill organizations. If AHS-Newark transferred some of these cats to AHS-Tinton Falls or AHS-Popcorn Park, its possible the kill rates could be higher since AHS-Tinton Falls killed 51% and AHS-Popcorn Park killed 26% of cats with known outcomes in 2016.
Plainfield’s stray cats continued to lose their lives at AHS-Newark during the first nine or so months of 2017. Overall 30% of all cats, 28% of adult cats and 32% of kittens lost their lives at AHS-Newark. Amazingly, AHS-Newark adopted out just 2 out of 55 cats or just 4% of these animals. The shelter did not adopt out a single one of the stray 33 kittens it took in from Plainfield. Frankly, a single person could adopt out many more cats than AHS-Newark did.
AHS-Newark’s atrocious performance handling cats is clear when we break out the statistics by age. As you can see in the tables below, AHS-Newark reported only taking 1 neonatal kitten (i.e. less than 6 weeks old) in during 2016 and the first nine or so months of 2017. Since these are often the most vulnerable animals (highly susceptible to disease, those without mothers require around the clock bottle feeding), this makes AHS-Newark’s high death rates more disturbing.
AHS-Newark performed far worse than Austin Animal Center. In 2016 and 2017, AHS-Newark had higher death rates for all age groups. However, AHS-Newark’s death rates for older kittens (6 weeks to just under 1 year) were 15-25 times higher than Austin Animal Center’s despite the Texas shelter taking in nearly 1,800 of these animals. Even though older kittens are the most highly adoptable age group, AHS-Newark failed to adopt out a single stray older kitten taken in from Plainfield in 2016 and the first nine or so months of 2017. Is it any wonder why 75% and 45% of older kittens from Plainfield lost their lives during 2016 and the first nine months of 2017?
Plainfield Taxpayers Ripped Off
Plainfield pays AHS-Newark exorbitant amounts for the “service” it receives. According to the city’s prior contract with AHS-Newark, which Plainfield is continuing to use on a month to month basis, it pays AHS-Newark $121,890 a year. This works out to $781 per each of the 156 stray dogs and cats the shelter impounded from Plainfield in 2016. In fact, Plainfield taxpayers paid AHS-Newark $5,540 per adoption based on the $121,890 contract fee and the paltry 22 dog and cat adoptions the shelter did in 2016. If these fees were not high enough, Plainfield taxpayers must pay AHS-Newark $18 per day to board an animal involved in a court case proceeding. Since such cases can take a long time to resolve, this potentially puts Plainfield taxpayers on the hook to pay AHS-Newark much more. Plainfield taxpayers must also pay AHS-Newark additional costs, which could be substantial, if the shelter takes in feral cats from abandoned colonies. Thus, Plainfield taxpayers are paying exorbitant fees to AHS-Newark for terrible service.
AHS-Newark also charges Painfield residents additional high fees. Plainfield residents must pay AHS-Newark $95 to reclaim a lost animal during normal operating hours on weekdays. However, the shelter charges $125 if the person reclaims the animal after 5 pm on weekdays and on weekends. Furthermore, AHS-Newark makes Plainfield residents pay an additional $4.24 per day during the first 7 days and $12.84 per day after day 7 to reclaim their animal. Also, residents must pay AHS-Newark $95 per hour on weekdays until 5 pm and $125 per hour on weekdays after 5 pm and weekends to remove wildlife from inside their homes unless the animal poses a threat to the resident’s well-being. In addition, AHS-Newark charges feral cat colony caretakers or the City of Plainfield an additional $65 per animal fee to spay/neuter, vaccinate, ear tip and microchip these cats. Thus, Plainfield taxpayers must pay additional exorbitant fees to use AHS-Newark’s services.
AHS-Newark also rips off Plainfield taxpayers in other ways. Under the arrangement, AHS-Newark, and not the town, decides if an injured or sick animal gets to receive emergency veterinary treatment outside AHS-Newark’s normal operating hours (i.e. when no AHS-Newark veterinarian is present). Furthermore, AHS-Newark asserts it “owns” an animal after day 7 despite the New Jersey Commission of Investigation questioning this notion. Practically speaking, Plainfield residents have no say in what happens to stray animals after day 7 despite paying AHS-Newark nearly $800 per dog and cat plus additional fees. Also, the contract only requires AHS-Newark to respond to calls within one hour during normal business hours. During weeknights and weekends, AHS-Newark has no time limit to respond to calls. If a dog or cat is hit by a car and needs quick veterinary treatment, the animal is out of luck. To make matters worse, Plainfield residents cannot even call AHS-Newark directly when animals need assistance. Instead, they must first call the police or health department who would subsequently call AHS-Newark. Frankly, this is absurd when seconds could make the difference between life and death for an injured animal.
Plainfield Must Aggressively Seek a New Animal Control and Sheltering Provider
While Plainfield recently issued a Request for Proposal for animal control and sheltering services, this is not strong enough action. First, the RFP provides no requirements for a third party to save lives. Given animal control shelters in hundreds of communities across the nation save over 90% of their animals, Plainfield should require any provider to save at least 90% of Plainfield’s animals. Second, the RFP calls for impounding feral cats which shelters should not do except if such animals are sick, injured, in serious danger or if the animals will be altered, vaccinated and released to where they were found. Third, the City of Plainfield must be proactive and reach out to alternative providers and persuade them to bid on the contract. Simply put, AHS-Newark is not an acceptable alternative and the city must act as if it has no provider.
Local Shelters Must Bid on Plainfield Contract
Plainfield Area Humane Society must aggressively pursue the Plainfield animal control and sheltering contract. Based on 2016 analyses I did on the shelter’s cats and dogs, Plainfield Area Humane Society could have taken in 477 more dogs and 1,212 more cats in 2016. Clearly, this vastly exceeds the 95 stray dogs and 61 stray cats AHS-Newark impounded from Plainfield last year. Frankly, Plainfield Area Humane Society should be appalled at how AHS-Newark is treating its hometown animals. Thus, Plainfield Area Humane Society should jump at the opportunity to save the homeless animals in its own community.
St. Hubert’s should also aggressively bid on the Plainfield contract. St. Hubert’s-North Branch is less than 20 miles away and could easily take on Plainfield’s contract. The organization routinely transfers in dogs from the south and rescues many cats from other New Jersey animal shelters. According to St. Hubert’s Strategic Directories and Priorities for 2015-2018, the organization seeks to continue being a “model shelter” and wants to “seek contracts with targeted municipalities.” Clearly, Plainfield needs a new sheltering provider and St. Hubert’s should try to obtain the contract.
Edison Animal Shelter could also bid on the Plainfield contract. Based on 2016 analyses I did on the shelter’s cats and dogs, Edison Animal Shelter could take in 100 more dogs and 374 more cats.
Additionally, other shelters could pledge to rescue animals from facilities contracting with Plainfield. For example, Woodbridge Animal Shelter could take in 84 more dogs (nearly as many dogs AHS-Newark impounded from Plainfield in 2016) and 306 more cats (many more cats than AHS-Newark impounded from Plainfield in 2016) based on my 2016 analyses I did on the shelter’s cats and dogs.
While Plainfield’s feral cat policy would be problematic for many, if not all, of these organizations, these shelters could pressure the city to change its stance. In other words, if Plainfield wants to contract with an organization to provide animal control and/or sheltering services, the city must allow TNR.
People Must Demand Plainfield Replace AHS-Newark Unless the Entire AHS Leadership Resigns
Plainfield’s elected officials will continue to shortchange the city’s animals unless residents and other people pressure these politicians to change. In other words, people must write to the City Council and Mayor and demand they dump AHS-Newark unless AHS removes Executive Director, Roseann Trezza, all other long-time executives and the entire AHS Board of Director.
To make this task easier, people can send the following letter using the emails below:
Dear Honorable Mayor Rapp, Council President Williams, Councilwoman Toliver, Councilman Storch, Councilwoman Rivers, Councilman Goode, Councilwoman Mills-Ransome and Councilman McRae,
Recently, Rahway announced they will terminate their contract with Associated Humane Societies-Newark after the shelter’s dismal performance in three New Jersey Department of Health inspections and the NJ SPCA charging Associated Humane Societies Executive Director, Roseann Trezza, with eight counts of criminal and civil animal cruelty charges.
So, the questions that remain are: What is Plainfield waiting for? What is Plainfield doing to address the AHS-Newark crisis?
Unless Roseann Trezza, other long-time executives and the entire Board of Directors of AHS immediately resign, there is absolutely no plausible excuse for Plainfield to continue to use AHS-Newark. Find us another animal control and sheltering provider, even if on a temporary basis.
We’ve had enough unnecessary killing.
Here is the latest from the editorial board of the Star Ledger:
Below is the PIX 11 News expose on AHS-Newark:
News 12’s Kane in Your Corner’s report on AHS-Newark is linked below:
Roseann Trezza, all long-time AHS executives and the entire AHS board must go.
We anticipate that a response from our elected representatives will be forthcoming in the near future.
Additionally, everyone should attend the next Plainfield City Council meeting:
Date: December 11, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: 325 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060
During that meeting people should demand the following:
- Plainfield terminate its contract with AHS-Newark unless Roseann Trezza, other long-time executives and the entire Board of Directors of AHS immediately resign
- Aggressively pursue another organization that will seek to achieve a greater than 90% live release rate
- Plainfield enact a TNR ordinance to save lives and reduce costs to taxpayers
Plainfield’s use of the high kill and lawless AHS-Newark shelter is no longer tolerable. The city must do the right thing and contract with an organization that will serve both the animals and people of Plainfield well.

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The “Fujisawa model” is interesting as it approaches city development from what people want and need, not technologies. The fact that a city develops is also acknowledged and it is what a 100 year perspective is included.
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This is how Panasonic describes the project on their webpage:
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Gajar ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa) or Gajrela
Gajar ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa) or Gajrela is a traditional Indian dessert made during winter months. Fresh carrots are grated and then cooked in full cream milk for a couple of hours. The milk then reduces and carrots are also cooked along with it. A sumptuous and delicious dessert is ready.
- 1½ kg carrot washed, peeled & grated
- 1 litre milk
- 150 gram khoa mawa
- ½ cup sugar granulated
- handfu cashews, raisins, pistachio, cardamom seeds for garnishing
Boil milk in a large vessel. Add grated carrots. Allow the carrots to cook on slow flame. You may need to continuously stir the mixture for a while and in between to avoid sticking. When the milk is reduced completely, add mawa.
Continue stirring the mixture further till mawa is nicely mixed and roasted. Add any dry-fruits if you are using along with cardamom powder. Add sugar and continue to cook till the sugar is totally absorbed. Serve hot.
- You may boil grated carrots before adding to milk to hasten up the process but I wouldn’t recommend it.
- You can also adjust sugar as per your taste.
- You can also play with quantity of milk and mawa based on your preference, my family prefers less milk and mawa.
- If you do not wish to use khoya, then use 2.5 litres of milk for 1 kilo of carrots.

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Today’s addition is super easy. Grated cheese! How much easier can you get? I chose mozzarella because it is a milder cheese and shouldn’t cause any stomach upset. Be careful feeding any dairy products to a lactose intolerant dog. You could try a goat cheese if you want to give cheese a try.
The benefits of giving cheese to dogs are it is high in protein, calcium, Vitamin A and B-complex, and essential fatty acids.
I hope you are enjoying my journey. Rock their world with something new! And then, tell me how it went.


A conversation about Lunacy’s first big film produced by Stu Pollard about a coming of age story of a young girl who has to form an uneasy alliance to over come outlaws in present day rural America. Film has women in key roles including director.
We try to navigate through the muddy waters of UFO fact and mythology.
We chat about his book two of his Screenmasters Trilogy touching on hopeful vs dystopian science fiction.
A director who is working on her craft, produced and wrote this supernatural thriller about a young girl’s body being possessed by the spirit of a former wife of Joe played by Nicolas Cage when the young girl dies.
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Although sanofi-aventis Group has not hidden the fact it has moved three antidepressant and anxiolytic molecules into late-stage development, it has revealed few details. Now, the company is beginning to lift the veil, describing the compounds as first-in-class molecules with novel mechanisms that it believes could be complementary to marketed drugs.
Saredutant (SR 48968), a specific antagonist at neurokinin 2 (NK2) receptors, has a bolus of Phase III data due this year.
SSR 149415 is a vasopressin 1b (V1b) receptor antagonist in multiple Phase IIb studies in a variety of settings and combinations. And amibegron (SR 58611A) is an adrenergic receptor beta 3 (ADRB3) agonist that could be ready for regulatory filing this year or in 2008.
Saredutant is in Phase III testing for major depression and generalized anxiety disorder. The compound's target, NK2 receptors, are expressed in the brain's limbic region, striatum, hippocampus and cortex, areas thought to be important for depression, stress and memory.

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WITH summer now here (almost) Farol is offering some “summer savers” on their machinery. Need a hand in the garden? The John Deere petrol CX Gator has an impressive 363kg payload, CVT transmission, twin seats and a top speed of 24km/h. It makes light work of general duties and is the ideal companion for work in parks, gardens, estates and golf courses. Usually £5,508, they are on offer for £4,550 plus VAT.
If help around the horse yard is needed, the John Deere 3036E is built for work. The 37hp diesel engine, hydrostatic transmission, 4wd and power steering make this the ideal work horse and it comes complete with a loader and bucket so perfect for mucking out. Usually £18,113 the 3036E is on offer for just £15,950 plus VAT.
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"There's a kind of strange area with Bollywood and with Indian culture in general. You have strict rules about what you're allowed to show, what you're not allowed to show, what you're allowed to talk about, and what you're not allowed to talk about," Winterbottom says. "The whole idea of dance and beauty and sensuality is part of religion as well as part of culture, obviously — Bollywood certainly."
The film, not unlike its inspiration, suggests that a beautiful, broke girl like Trishna, naive to the ways of the world and of men, would be subject to so many mixed messages and torn in so many different directions that her downfall is inevitable. But rather than merely fuse Hardy's impression of 18th-century England with his own impression of India, Winterbottom brought in elements of nonfiction filmmaking, casting "real" people who could help reflect their own reality. It's Winterbottom's first credit as a solo screenwriter, which he admits is "probably slightly misleading." "A lot of the film was improvised; all the actors could easily have had a writing credit as well.
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"We changed the story in order to accommodate kind of the reality of what the situation is for people there," he continues. "The dancers in our film are dancers, the hotel workers are hotel workers. They're not actors. We met lots of people who had a very similar story to Trishna's, in that they came from small towns in the countryside and ended up being in the huge commercial center that is Bombay."
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The end is nearing for James Anderson, the No. 34 ranked player in the class of 2007. The four-star prospect placed Kansas and Oklahoma State at the top of his list last week, and was hoping to put an end to his recruitment this week. However, the decision making process has been more difficult than Anderson originally envisioned. Will a decision be made this week, or will he wait until next week?
"James is pretty much where he was last week," said Junction City head coach Joe Hammett. "No decision has been made yet. James is doing well and has done a good job of handling the situation. I know that this has been a difficult process for him, but he should be ready to decide soon.
"I think that a decision will be made next week," he added. "Coach Bill Self talked about coming out again this week, but nothing has been scheduled yet. Oklahoma State has not scheduled anything yet. KU told me they wanted to come back out again, so I'm sure they will do that."
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As it stands right now, fans from Kansas and Oklahoma State will have to wait until next week for Anderson's much anticipated decision. The decision can't come soon enough for Hammett, who is preparing for Junction City's regular season opener, which takes place on November 14.
"Practice is going good. We don't have a full squad yet because some of them are still playing football," said Hammett. "I won't have a full squad until football is over. The football team has a chance to make it all the way to the State Championship game, which is another five weeks away after this week's game."
After taking official visits to Arkansas, Kansas, Florida and Oklahoma State, James, the No. 10 ranked small forward in the class, thought about taking a fifth and final visit to Kentucky.
As of late last week, the Razorbacks, Gators and Wildcats were placed on the backburner, which allowed Anderson to put the Jayhawks and Cowboys at the top of his list. According to Hammett, no additional visit has been scheduled, and Anderson will decide between KU and OSU.
There is a belief that Anderson will make his announcement a week from today, which happens to be the start of the early signing period. If not, he could decide a day or two before.
James Anderson Scouting Report: "A bouncy and wiry wing player, Anderson impacts the game in a number of ways. He is outstanding filling the lanes in transition and is a great offensive rebounder. As a multiposition defender, he has a knack for coming up with big steals. Fairly skilled with the ball as a shooter, handler and passer, Anderson just needs to continue refining those skills. Added strength will help him finish the difficult shots he is capable of creating." - Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com.

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January-February 2022, January-February 2023
Latin America meets Caribbean.
The Dominican Republic is stunningly beautiful, like an enormous Hawaii - except everyone here speaks Spanish. It's also filled with limestone areas. The reason we came, twice, to this fascinating country was for exploration of caves and descents of canyoneering routes. We've made several visits.
When not on rope, we travelled extensively in the DR. We rented a car, as public transport is cumbersome and we were carrying ample gear. In general, the country has plenty of ugly, ruined, overdeveloped areas. Once-beautiful beaches are now filled with decaying concrete, stray dogs, and decaying homes. Trash is literally everywhere in the DR, as is broken glass. Dominicans are sadly some of the most unapologetic people on earth when it comes to trash. They love throwing it everywhere, and many residents litter in their own backyards. Children play in fields of plastic wrappers and dog poop. So many beaches are littered with broken glass, as are parking areas for any type of place. The country has trash pick-up service all over, but the trucks simply dump it in the jungle. What's worse is that Dominicans throw their litter wherever they are at the moment. It's saddening to arrive at a national park where the rangers throw their own styrofoam lunch containers in the bushes, or a beach where big parties of Dominican men smash their beer bottles on the pebbles where the sea churns.
We met some nice people, but in general found Dominicans to be frustratingly lacking in respect of, well, anything. Music is horribly loud throughout the country - it's played outside by bars, cars with speakers, or people's homes. Every day of the week, often until 5 AM, Dominicans play their music so loud it can be heard from blocks away. We slept with earplugs every night.
Driving here is also a nightmare, without any road rules. The government is trying to paint lines in the road, and install stop signs, but no one obeys them. Drivers, especially motos, cut each other off, speed incredibly fast, pull wheelies on the highway, and don't stop at urban intersections sometimes. The traffic police basically don't exist. To back this all up, it's a statistic that the DR has the most dangerous roads in the world. Google that.
Finally, we found the country to be extremely macho. Even in the current days of a globally connected world, where values such as equality seem to be reaching even the most remote corners of Latin America to some degree, the DR is dominated by men. Groups of men roam the streets like dogs, drinking beer and carrying boom boxes. So many businesses seem to be run by men. Beaches have parties of all men. Gyms are often only men. Everywhere is men. Where are the women? We asked many men, and some women, who all said: They're at home in the kitchen, where they want to be, they told us. Sad.
That said, if you can overlook the dirty society and the backwards people, the DR is a gorgeous island with lots of adventure potential. Millions of tourists come each year, but the vast majority only stay in the confines of their hotels in Punta Cana. There are few independent travelers in this tropical nation.

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this weekend jamie and i went out on a date, bought some board games (love bananagrams!), went to a fun dinner party BUT best of all we went to the zoo! hope you had a good weekend too. here’s some pictures from ours!
pretty sure we have the cutest cat ever…
this is penny’s new bowl- fancy, huh? i got them at target. they were super cute and super cheap — think i’m going to go back and get the coffee mug that they had like this!
did a little bit of organizing and hung some new stuff up around the house (will show later this week!)
otters are my favourite animals!
that face! haha.
the new baby tiger cubs!
jamie went to a concert on sunday night so of course i had to end the weekend with a little bit of twilight! 🙂
hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. jamie and i stayed in waco for –our first time making thanksgiving dinner. well, jamie made most of it, i kind of helped- you know the important jobs like mixing and taste testing. i was kind of worried about how the turkey was going to turn out, but it was golden brown perfection. pretty impressed with jamie’s cooking skills. other than cooking dinner- we just relaxed. we spent time with penny and snuggle up on the couch to watch super 8 (which was awesome!) –i also took jamie to see breaking dawn. waco pretty much clears out during summers, but especially during the holidays. so, its nice for places to not be super crowded. i also started decorating for christmas. when i was at home, i hardly ever,–ok, ok, never helped decorate. so, i’ve been trying my hand at a few things. we’ll see how they turn out. i’ll keep you posted.
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More than 1000 investors, business delegates and entrepreneurs will attend the inaugural Norrsken Africa Week in Kigali on November 8 and 9, Norrsken East Africa, Africa’s biggest hub for technology innovation and entrepreneurship announced today. Delegates include global investors, business and government delegates, and leading technology ecosystem stakeholders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Funding to African startups declined to $1 billion during the first Half of 2023, contrasting with $1.5 billion in the second half of 2022 and $1.8 billion in the first half of 2022. The world of finance may be cyclical, but the trusted relationships that sustain innovation and unlock capital, do not need to be cyclical. Norrsken Africa Week is designed to function as a bridge facilitating connections between capital allocators and innovators in Africa.
Pascal Murasira, Managing Director of Norrsken East Africa noted the importance of the inaugural Norrsken Africa Week to building Africa’s budding ecosystem,“Bringing global investors, African VC firms and Limited Partners together to facilitate meaningful connections between African founders, global business leaders, public officials and regulators is exactly why Norrsken House Kigali exists. We’re proud to not just be the home of innovation, but also function as a clearing house for investors, talent and innovators in Africa,” said Pascal Murasira, Managing Director of Norrsken East Africa.
Founded in 2016, the Norrsken ecosystem is a global non-profit dedicated to helping entrepreneurs solve the world’s greatest challenges. Africa’s technology and innovation
landscape has always taken on some of the continent’s biggest challenges, and a string of success stories have further highlighted the continent’s potential. It has also attracted the attention of global investment firms to the dynamic local innovation ecosystems across the continent.
ABOUT NORRSKEN EAST AFRICA
Norrsken East Africa is Africa’s biggest hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Built on the former historic Ecole Belge in downtown Kigali, the Norrsken House Kigali campus, is a vibrant community of more than 1000 entrepreneurs, startup teams and businesses building solutions and services that take on Africa’s biggest challenges. Find out more at https://www.norrsken.org/eastafrica
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Rubber grommets may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of technological innovation, but in the ever-evolving landscape of manufacturing and engineering, these seemingly humble components are undergoing a revolution. In this article, we’ll delve into the latest advancements in rubber grommet technology that are reshaping industries and enhancing product performance.
It appears from analyzing the improvements made by KPM Rubber that rubber grommet technology will continue to advance in the future. The confluence of materials science, engineering accuracy, and ecological practices presents a bright future for sectors that depend on these modest but essential constituents.
KPM Rubber’s Pioneering Approach
KPM Rubbеr, a pioneer in the field of rubbеr grommеt technology. With an unwavering commitmеnt to еxcеllеncе, KPM Rubbеr has introducеd cutting-еdgе matеrials that rеdеfinе industry standards. Thеir grommеts, carеfully craftеd from a uniquе blеnd of synthеtic rubbеr, offеr unparallеlеd durability against wеar and tеar, еnsuring long-lasting pеrformancе in dеmanding applications.
Enhanced Heat Resistance
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Sеaling Solutions for Challеnging Environmеnts
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Looking Ahеad: Thе Futurе of Rubbеr Grommеt Tеchnology
As we reflect on thе groundbrеaking innovations introducеd by KPM Rubbеr, thе futurе of rubbеr grommet technology bеcomеs abundantly clear. Thе combination of matеrials sciеncе, prеcisе еnginееring, and sustainablе practicеs paints a bright futurе for industries that rely on thеsе humblе yеt indispensable components.
The innovations in rubber grommet technology by KPM Rubber underscore the transformative power of continuous improvement. By pushing the boundaries of what these small components can achieve, KPM Rubber is not just shaping the future of grommet technology but also contributing to the enhanced performance and longevity of countless products across industries. As the demand for reliability and efficiency grows, KPM Rubber stands at the forefront, bridging the gap between tradition and innovation in the realm of rubber grommets.


This story is published in partnership with Earth in Color, a platform exploring the intersections of Blackness and Greenness. It is part of the Eatin’ Good collection — focused on climate-friendly eating, foodways of the African diaspora, food justice, and sustainable agricultural practices and community-generated initiatives grown out of New York.
Imagine a bountiful plot of land, fences overgrown and overflowing with life: milkweed, mugwort, chicory, goldenrod, echinacea, yarrow, and raspberry bushes sprinkled among ripening apple, pear, and peach trees. Herbs like lemon balm, dill, mint, and oregano are boundless. There’s a colorful spread of fat melons, strawberries, cucumbers, butternut squash, beets, lettuce, kale, and tomatoes. There’s a blueberry bush, though it’s been stripped bare — food for the birds and bugs. The groundhogs and other small creatures — pesky as they may be — spend their days trudging lazily through the foliage. This place takes up about as much space as a smaller brownstone apartment — but it’s a jungle oasis. At least that’s the language that artist, environmental activist, and land steward Nkoula Badila uses to describe the ecological diversity of her backyard urban garden in Hudson, New York.
“My childhood has definitely taught me to find my peace in nature,” Badila said. Her family spent a lot of time visiting and volunteering at local urban farms and gardens when she was growing up. “I feel like just having that influence and lifestyle around was very grounding.”
Badila’s backyard garden is also something else—a space to preserve Black food traditions and cultivate community. “We are introducing a lot of these [gardening and farming methods] that are also things that our ancestors did,” Badila said. “We’re reintroducing those things and reclaiming how diverse, brilliant, and expansive our ancestors were.”
When you envision agriculture in the United States, you probably don’t picture spaces like Badila’s. And yet, sprouting in small downtown backyards or amidst the metal and concrete of many U.S. urban centers are surprisingly abundant growing spaces — community farms and backyard gardens, many of them Black-owned. Those spaces serve dual purposes as a local solution to food insecurity and a source of community cultivation in historically undervalued, underinvested, and abandoned areas.
These localized food systems find their roots in the food justice and community gardening movements of the ’60s and ’70s. In New York City, for example, urban farms emerged as one form of resistance and a safe haven in the face of police brutality and injustice. Urban farms persist today as a source of connection to culture and fresh, healthy produce.
These urban growing spaces are also increasingly being recognized as a solution to another pressing issue — climate change. “There are so many benefits of urban agriculture when it comes to mitigating climate change,” said Francine Miller, senior staff attorney and faculty member at the Vermont School of Law’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. “People need access to green space and they need access to local food. I think there are particular needs that are met in urban environments with more urban farming; the more access the better.”
In response to continued injustices, today many Black land stewards are building on a history of urban farming as a source of community care and local food production. They are continuing to invest in these spaces by passing their tools and experiences onto the next generation. And while many of them do not consider themselves climate activists, this same work offers a roadmap toward climate mitigation.
Urban gardens as food justice
Black foodways in this country have historically been hit twofold through exclusion from agribusiness and unequal access to fresh produce at home.
A 2021 analysis found that approximately one out of every five Black households in the US is located in a food desert—an area without adequate access to grocery stores or farmers markets. Some advocates prefer the term food apartheid to account for the racialized and intentionally discriminatory nature of food insecurity, describing a lack of access to nutritious food as a deliberate and systematic action against Black America. Combined with a history of Black farm loss, these disparities have created an environment where many Black and brown people grow up with very little connection to or say over the food they eat.
The concept of food justice as a counter to this imbalance was formalized during the 1962 Greenwood Food Blockade. That year, Black sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta were cut off from the Federal Surplus Commodities Food Program, which already-struggling farmers relied on for food assistance in the winter months. Activists, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, fought back against what they saw as retaliation from the all-white county Board of Supervisors against civil rights action in the area. The group established a food distribution program for affected farmers and ultimately petitioned the federal government to intervene. The fight for food access in both rural and urban America continued to evolve with initiatives like the Black Panther Party’s famous Free Breakfast for Children Program, established in 1969 to ensure that poor children had access to healthy food and to pressure local and national governments to improve their food access programs.
Since the movement’s inception, food justice initiatives have also included spaces where Black communities steward their own land to provide opportunities the system gave them no access to. Some of the most famous examples are the Ron Finley Project in Los Angeles, California, Dreaming Out Loud in Washington, D.C., and Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. Those organizations have meshed sustainable and regenerative land practices with urban infrastructure to provide healthy, fresh produce to under-resourced and underfed, predominantly Black communities.
New York City, in particular, has served as a longstanding microcosm for urban health issues and fights for environmental justice, green space, and food access. From Hudson to Brooklyn, and from the South Bronx to East New York, Black land stewards have developed many of the city’s gardening spaces as a reaction to urban renewal, White flight, food apartheid, and larger government disinvestment in Black and brown neighborhoods.
Although food insecurity across New York state sits just below the national average, approximately 20 percent of Black households in the state can be considered food insecure, compared to 5 percent of white households.
Many New York community gardens sprouted up in the ‘60s and ‘70s. At the time, in well-known neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, riots against police brutality and long histories of injustice and exclusion in the boroughs set a tone for Black resistance. The crack epidemic was leaving many listless and on the street. In most cases, community gardens were a peaceful respite from the violence, and they were built in old churches and parking lots as a form of mutual aid, nature access, and community resilience.
An overlooked climate solution
“When I was young, I never thought of farming — because I grew up in the ‘60s, when farming was still looked back on as slave work,” explained Karen Washington, who is now an urban farming advocate, co-founder of the Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners (BUGS) Conference, and co-owner of Rise and Root Farm in Chester, New York. A former city girl and New York native, Washington got involved in the community gardening movement in the 1970s after learning about the health benefits of locally grown food. People she spoke to who had grown up farming and gardening “would talk about the food, how good it was, how they got everything from the farm or from the garden, how they were never sick a day, and we would laugh together about the taste of good fresh food.”
For Washington, getting involved in community gardening opened her eyes to the many injustices the movement was created to address. “We live in the United States. Why is there hunger and poverty? Why do Black folks not have access to healthy food?” she wondered. “Once I got involved in the movement — especially in the Bronx, helping communities turn empty lots into community gardens — I started questioning people with power and privilege, looking at the full system and holding them accountable for the haves and the have-nots.”
In the early days of the community garden movement in New York City, there were over 15,000 vacant or abandoned lots, according to Washington. Efforts to convert these empty spaces into green spaces served as a growing form of resistance for areas that were falling into disrepair. Organizations like the Green Guerillas used seed bombs to beautify the lots, community leaders built gardens to feed the people in their neighborhoods, and individuals like then-64-year-old Hattie Carthan — founder of the Bed-Stuy Neighborhood Tree Corps — contributed to the planting of the over 1,500 trees that now provide Brooklyn with shade and help combat climate-caused extreme heat.
“It wasn’t just about food,” Washington said. “During this time, I became a community organizer working on food, housing, drug issues, education issues … I found my voice in activism through the food justice movement.”
“Food justice is a verb,” explained Yonnette Fleming, president of the Hattie Carthan Community Garden and Farmers Market. “We do it every day with our Black bodies.”
According to Fleming, the Hattie Carthan Community Garden — created as a tribute to Carthan’s tree activism — is one of the largest growing spaces to come out of the New York community gardening movement. Comprising an urban healing farm, a farmers market, and a series of ancestral apothecaries, the organization has nearly quadrupled its land holdings since Fleming took over in 2009.
That year, the garden crew converted a local toxic oil dump site into what is now the garden market. It’s just one example of yet another impact urban gardens and farms have on the historically disinvested neighborhoods they serve — to build resilience against climate change. While many standard agricultural practices in rural America exacerbate carbon and methane emissions, studies show that many urban farming spaces are a climate boon to the communities they serve.
“[Urban agriculture helps with] stormwater runoff mitigation, reducing heat in cities due to the heat island effect, air filtration, carbon sequestration, mitigating flooding, attracting pollinators, mitigating against drought conditions through rainwater capture, improving soil quality … ” Miller explained. An emphasis on local food systems also reduces emissions associated with extensive food transport—and these localized systems have proven to be more nimble and responsive to shocks than the longer, globalized supply chains we’ve come to rely on.
With New York City experiencing increasingly severe climate impacts, from wildfire smoke to extreme flooding, the natural benefits of urban gardens offer a small-scale solution for affected residents. While urban gardens alone will not prevent climate disasters, they do provide some mitigation for things like air pollution and extreme heat.
Miller added that the beautification effects of urban gardens and green space also encourage community members to take better care of the land by reducing litter and creating a shared investment in the community. The vast urban grower community didn’t arise under the banner of climate advocacy, but those benefits are emerging from the fight for healthy food and beautiful outdoor spaces in New York’s historically disinvested and food-insecure boroughs.
Growing into the future
It’s estimated that there are about 550 community gardens and over 800 gardens held in land trusts or public housing developments across New York City today. Alongside them, there are almost 750 garden schools working to expand the history and knowledge of food cultivation and intentional urban land practice to the next generation.
“We are truly empowering the people from our geographies — of all ages — to enter back into right relationship with the earth,” Fleming said.
In 2010, Fleming and Washington, along with several other food justice organizers, founded Farm School NYC. This hub for education, with an eye toward Black and Brown growers, draws on the ancestral and traditional expertise of New York’s residents to teach community members how to create their own localized food systems.
Francine Miller was a member of the Farm School NYC’s inaugural class in 2010. Miller went on to teach at the school for a time and emphasized the city’s cultural and ancestral diversity as a foundation of the program’s agricultural success—immigrant populations and multi-generational land stewards have come together to build a resource for intentional urban agricultural practice through this school.
“The Farm School is this amazing city-wide, BIPOC-led initiative that really tries to reach deep into Black and Brown communities to support their agricultural leadership,” Miller said. “What I think is special about this is there is truly an ecosystem of Black-led organizations and training opportunities; there is so much potential support for Black farmers in New York.”
Among this next generation of Black growers are people like Nkoula Badila — who has translated the successful community garden formula into spaces of all kinds, including home and backyard gardens, as a continuation of the battle for food, green space, and sustainable agriculture practices.
In June 2020, Badila created her garden Eden as a space to cultivate mindfulness, community interaction, and mental well-being during the stress of COVID-19 lockdowns and Black Lives Matter protests. Drawing from the same principles and goals of the community garden movement of the past, and spurred by similar moments of social unrest and health crises, Badila has expanded her backyard safe haven into a resource and community connector through Grow Black Hudson, an informal organization that provides educational resources, workshops, and supplies to others in her community to replicate what she’s built in her own backyard.
“This is not just about food, but about all the ways that we can grow as a people,” Badila said.
And although neither Badila, Washington, or Fleming call themselves climate activists, the spaces they are creating for Black people to celebrate their roots and nourish their communities are also propagating the types of physical green spaces that have the potential to reduce climate impacts in some of New York’s frontline regions.
“It’s so important to have a relationship to land and to food,” Washington said. “That’s where our power is. Look at the color of your skin. Your skin is soil.”


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The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is still checking whether any Australians are in the Sumatran earthquake zone.
A spokesman says there have not been any reports of Australians injured or killed in the quake, which hit with a magnitude of 8.4 on the Richter scale last night.
But the spokesman says it is still the early hours of the morning in Sumatra and searches have been suspended until first light.
The massive tremor hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island overnight.
It sparked tsunami alerts around the region, including parts of the coast of Western Australia, but most of the warning had been withdrawn by this morning.
An Indonesian government official says nine people were killed on Sumatra, and hundreds injured.
There were a number of aftershocks followed by a second quake a few hours later measuring 6.6.
Indonesia twice issued tsunami alerts which it later rescinded.
Witnesses in the capital of West Sumatra, Padang, said some buildings collapsed, and a local TV station said some others caught fire.
An Australian living in northern Sumatra says the earthquake shook the region despite being several hundred kilometres from the epicentre.
Surf tour operator Mark Flint says it is lucky the only damage in his area was a power blackout.
"The kids ran down from upstairs in our house and it had a real roll to it," he said.
"It shook for a long time, at least 30 seconds, and the wires, all the telephone lines and the water in the tub was just rocking back and forth. I could see it was a big quake."


IDENTIFIKASI DAERAH RAWAN LONGSOR DI KECAMATAN CAMBA KABUPATEN MAROS MENGGUNAKAN MIKROTREMOR
A study entitled Identification of Landslide-Prone Areas in Camba Sub-District, Maros Regency Using Microtremor has been carried out. Microtremor is ground vibration other than earthquake, it can be a vibration due to human activities and natural activities. So microtremor can occur due to vibrations due to people who are walking, car vibrations, vibrations of factory machines, wind vibrations, ocean waves or natural vibrations from the ground. This study aims to determine how much the dominant frequency produced in microtremor measurements in landslide prone areas in Camba sub-district, Maros district. Data collection was carried out by 10 points. The data obtained were processed using geopsy software. Based on the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that the measurement point that has the biggest landslide potential is at the measurement point that has the smallest dominant frequency value with a large dominant frequency of 0.73 Hz and the measurement point that has the smallest landslide potential is at the measurement point that has a value the largest dominant frequency with a dominant frequency of 8.27 Hz. The most dominant frequency value that appears is 5 Hz.


A new, integrated heat recovery system for Montex tenters from Germany-based A. Monforts
Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG comprises a compact air-to-air heat exchanger installed in the
tenters roof. The exchanger preheats up to 60 percent of incoming fresh air by using energy from
the exhaust gas, providing energy savings of 10 to 35 percent, according to Monforts. To reduce
maintenance downtime, the company offers an optional automatic cleaning system, which cleans the
heat exchanger systems tubes at programmed intervals.
The design eliminates the need for heavy access and support structures above the tenter, and
reduces the amount of ductwork required.


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Potential real estate buyers sometimes see reports in the news or hear from friends about real estate scams in Costa Rica. It is important for Buyers to be aware of the ways to protect themselves and what to look for to avoid real estate hoaxes.
The first way buyers can work toward protecting their interests is finding a knowledgeable real estate agent. You can look for established international franchises like RE/MAX that have to conform to ethical standards established by the franchise. They should be able to help lead you in the right direction and warn you of potential problems they might know about with specific developments or properties. You can also look for real estate agents that are members of one of the two real estate associations in Costa Rica that are recognized by the National Association of Realtors in the United States. CRGAR, the Costa Rican Global Association of Realtors is recognized by NAR and based out of the Guanacaste region. CRGAR accepts reports of ethical violations of their members to be reviewed by the association.
Buyers must have a reputable attorney that will represent their interest at the closing and conduct the necessary due diligence on the property including, but not limited too: checking the title of the property, verifying any liens or restrictions, and performing the proper transfer of the property. Your real estate agent should be able to recommend a few lawyers or the embassy of your country in Costa Rica. The lawyer should be registered with the attorney board. It is important that the same attorney does not represent the Seller and Buyer in the transaction. This can be a conflict of interest, but this, unfortunately, has be seen in real estate transactions.
The use of a registered escrow account can be an important part of avoiding real estate scams. Using escrow assures that the transfer of the property and the funds happen simultaneously. The escrow agent will need to be registered with the government. While many attorneys offices might have an “escrow account” there is only a handful that have legally registered escrow accounts. There are a number of scams that have occurred because the lawyer had the funds transferred to a personal bank account and then never completed the transaction. The account should be registered by SUGEF if it is with your attorney. There are a number of escrow companies active in Costa Rica, including Latco or STLA.
In Costa Rica the rule is the same as around the world, if it seems too good to be true it probably is. Please use common sense. The taxi driver or the man you meet at the local bar with an unbelievable deal on a lot that might not be properly registered, not be buildable, or may not have potable water. Please make sure to protect yourself as much as possible in any real estate transaction in Costa Rica.
Courtney Borquet, Broker/Owner

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Germany's Fairy-Tale Route "in a Nutshell" 23
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Romantic Valleys and UNESCO Sites 25
Germany’s Highlights 26
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"Passion Play" 2020 in Oberammergau 28
Famous Cars "Made in Germany" 29
Breweries and Monasteries 29
In the Footsteps of Pope Benedict 30
The Sites of the Reformation in Germany 30
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The Bavarian Art of Brewing in Erding 32
Christmas Markets in Germany 33
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The Curtis rifle is a prototype British rifle.
History[edit | edit source]
The rifle was designed in 1866 by William Joseph Curtis and is quite possibly the first bullpup fireram, predating most other designs.
The rifle never advanced beyond prototype stages and would have most likely been forgotten if not for the Bannerman vs. Winchester lawsuit in the 1890s, where Francis Bannerman called Winchester to the bar, claiming that the recently produced Model 1890 and 1893 directly infringed on patents the former owned.
In response to this, Winchester dispatched George D. Seymour to Europe to find patents for similar actions to what was used by Bannerman that predated his design. Four patents were found: one by Alexander Bain, another by William Krutzsch, a third by M.M. Magot and Curtis' patent.
Claiming that these earlier designs invalidated Bannerman’s patent claims, Winchester constructed working models of all four designs, with their lawyers submitting them to the court as evidence, even offering a firing demonstration; the court declined the demonstration and later ruled the suit in favor of Winchester.
The working prototype constructed by Winchester is now on display at the Cody Firearms Museum.
Design Details[edit | edit source]
The rifle uses a variety of design elements that would not see widespread usage until World War I at least. The rifle is striker fired and is one of the first examples of such a design, and is also one of the first to use a drum magazine.
The rifle is held similarly to how one might hold a bazooka, with a "butt hinge" folded out meant to be propped against the user's shoulder, along with a leather strap meant to be placed in the shoulder pocket to aid in "shouldering" the weapon; how the weapon is supposed to be held is to grasp the loop near the muzzle with the support hand and the trigger and bolt handle with the other hand.
The weapon is pump-action, with the pump being the bolt handle-like contraption; it is slid back and forth to chamber a new round and apparently needs to be jerked back at high speed. The weapon's drum magazine is not detachable, is made of brass and holds twelve or thirteen rounds (or possibly more) of .32 WSL ammunition according to the patent drawings of both Curtis and Winchester. The trigger linkage of the weapon is connected to the striker by a long cable.
Curtis’ patent describes how "small punches" on the bolt face pierce the cartridge base during firing, enabling the spent case to be extracted once the action was cycled; this does not appear to be the case on the Winchester model, where a simpler extractor assembly is used on the seven-o'clock position of the bolt face. The weapon apparently could have also been adapted for gas operation according to the patent, although it is unknown if Curtis tested the concept out.


Yoon Woo Lee, president of Samsung Electronics Semiconductors, today projected sales of semiconductors and thin-film-matrix LCDs would reach $30 billion by 2005.
He estimated that Samsung's semiconductor and TFT-LCD sales would reach a record $13 billion this year.
Lee claimed that the Korean company was already the world's leading producer of DRAM, SRAM, NAND flash, and TFT-LCD panels, and vowed that by 2005 Samsung would become a leading global producer of what it calls System LSI, or system-on-a-chip (SOC) devices. Lee said Samsung aims to become the world's top supplier of mixed-signal, digital consumer, PC and peripheral, and telecommunications chips by the middle of the decade.
Lee also predicted Samsung's sales of System LSI chips would increase 24% annually from this year's $1.7 billion to reach $3 billion in 2002 and $5 billion in 2005.
To spur Samsung's non-memory chip business, the Korean chip maker will break ground this year for a new 8-inch wafer fab dedicated exclusively to System LSI chips. It was the first mention of yet another new Samsung fab, which will use 0.13- to 0.18-micron processing and will begin production in 2002.
Lee reiterated that Samsung this fall will begin production at its new 8-inch DRAM fab, Line 10, in a new semiconductor complex launched in Hwasung, South Korea. He expected the new fab to help alleviate some of the growing global shortage of DRAM chips. Samsung next month will also start construction of its first 300-mm wafer fab, Line 11, for DRAM production at Hwasug. Initial production is expected in the second half of 2001.
Lee said Samsung will invest more than $5 billion in its chip and LCD operations this year to help it achieve its aggressive sales targets.


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LANSING – A look-alike February and March temperature-wise kept sales stagnant in March, but wage growth will likely translate into increased sales this spring.
The monthly Retail Index survey came in at 42.6,
Legislators return from break, prepare for summer budget showdown
Legislators have returned from a two-week break and legislative activity seems to be picking up. The House and Senate are expected to report their respective versions of the state budget in early May.

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I have been having a studio reshuffle and came across a handful of these little two-track 5" lathe cuts, originally released on Static Caravan in 2004... these three copies are all un-played, in mint condition with the original tactile artwork. (from my own personal copies).
supported by 7 fans who also own “Ooganon / Moongolia”
Wonderful electronic instrumentation makes these tracks terrific background music while reading or writing. There's enough going on to reward attentive listening without being distracting if it's turned on for ambience. johnpenola


Posted by Scott Knowlton on August 5th, 2014
For those of you that didn’t get to see our demos at PCI-SIG DevCon, you can view these new summer blockbusters featuring the latest videos with your favorite Synopsys PCI Express Controller and PHY IP. These videos are rated two thumbs up by Scott and Richard!
If interested in the May 22nd launch of the Synopsys PCI Express solution for PCIe 4.0 before the PCI-SIG DevCon in June you can review the press release here.
On to our featured PCIe Gen4 videos, our first summer blockbuster “Industry First: PCI Express 4.0 Controller IP” features one of our PCIe Controller developers, Paul Cassidy, demoing the Synopsys PCIe 4.0 controllers. He is using coreConsultant, our GUI interface, to configure our PCIe 4.0 core to support Gen4 with 16 lanes, showing other configuration options and showing simulation results in conjunction with our PCIe 4.0 VIP. The PCIe 4.0 controllers are Rated G for Generally available!
Next in our summer blockbuster series on PCIe Gen4 is “DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express at 16Gb/s” featuring Synopsys’ very own Rita Horner, the TMM for PCIe PHYs, showcasing our latest PHYs running at 16Gb/s in preparation for Gen4. Using a Teledyne LeCroy scope, she shows the eye diagram and other PHY related information.
If you looking for something more nostalgic like PCIe Gen3, the star of our next summer blockbuster is Synopsys’ Gen3 28nm PHY and market leading PCI Express controller in the action movie: “PCI PHY and Controller IP for PCI Express 3.0”. Our PCIe 3.0 controllers are used in over a 150 designs and presented by Torrey Lewis, R&D for PCIe Controllers and Rita Horner, the TMM for PHYs. This demo runs a lot of traffic between a PC’s system memory and our PCIe Endpoint to show the throughput of the PCIe interface. We are also using a Teledyne LeCroy logic analyzer to display the different packets going through the system. The movie went for a G rating for Generally available, but the performance of the IP pushed the rating to an R as the IP Raced through all the performance tests!
If you’re looking for power savings while maintaining the PCIe protocol, M-PCIe is showcased in “Synopsys M-PCIe Protocol Analysis with Teledyne LeCroy”. John Wiedemeier, from Teledyne LeCroy, is using their new M-PCIe Protocol Analyzer attached to the Synopsys M-PCIe Controller and Gear3 M-PHY demo. It is important as new technologies are launched to work within the ecosystem to make sure that you can talk to other products using the protocol. The Synopsys M-PCIe controllers and M-PHY IP are Rated G for Generally available!
Just in case you needed something else to go with your movies, how about some good ol’ FPGA prototyping? Mick’s Posner’s Blog “Breaking the Three Laws” had a recent posting showcasing my PCIe market data and showcasing the Synopsys PCIe 3.0 Controllers running in the Synopsys HAPS DX prototyping systems available with the new IP Prototyping Kits. If you’ve ever tried to prototype high speed device in and FPGA, then you know this can be challenging. Using the IP Prototyping Kits, this is made easy for you. If interested, you can read Mick’s Blog here.
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