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Final Fantasy V
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The game has also been released on Virtual Console on Wii, Wii U, and New 3DS, though only in Japan.
The game uses the Active Time Battle system, which first appeared in the previous game, Final Fantasy IV. A change, however, is the addition of a gauge so that the player can visualize at what time and in what order the player characters can act.
Final Fantasy V's distinguishing feature is its improved version of the Job system, which had previously appeared in Final Fantasy III. Characters can use abilities from one job that they have leveled up enough while they are in another job.
- Main article: List of characters in Final Fantasy V
There are five playable characters, chosen by the crystals and collectively referred to as the Warriors of Light.
- Bartz Klauser - A wanderer who is the son of Dorgann, one of the Dawn Warriors that sealed Exdeath thirty years ago.
- Lenna Charlotte Tycoon - A princess of the kingdom of Tycoon.
- Galuf Halm Baldesion - One of the Dawn Warriors. He has amnesia until he reunites with his granddaughter Krile. He is the king of Bal.
- Faris Scherwiz - A pirate captain. Her real name is "Sarisa" and she is the lost princess of Tycoon, and Lenna's older sister. She was found and raised by pirates after she was lost at sea.
- Krile Mayer Baldesion - Galuf's granddaughter. She replaces him in the party when Galuf sacrifices himself to protect his friends and Krile from Exdeath.
- Exdeath - The main antagonist of the game. He was sealed by the Dawn Warriors thirty years before the game, but his seal was broken. He seeks to merge the worlds back together so that he can destroy everything in the Void.
- Gilgamesh - Exdeath's "right-hand man" who is used as comic relief, and considers Bartz his rival.
- Alexander Highwind Tycoon - The king of Tycoon, and Lenna and Faris's father.
- Cid Previa - A genius inventor from Karnak.
- Mid Previa - Cid's grandson.
- Ghido - An ancient sage turtle.
- Main article: List of locations in Final Fantasy V
The game has three different worlds. Bartz, Faris, and Lenna hail from the first world (referred to as "Bartz's world" at one point in the game), while Galuf, Krile, and Exdeath hail from the second world (referred to as "Krile's world" at one point in the game). The third world is the world as it originally was, before it was split in two to seal the power of the Void.
- Castle Tycoon
- Desert of Shifting Sands
- Gohn Meteorite
- Island Shrine - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Istory Falls - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Karnak Castle
- Karnak Meteorite
- Library of the Ancients
- Lix - Bartz's hometown.
- North Mountain
- Pirates' Hideout
- Pyramid of Moore - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Ronka Ruins
- Ship Graveyard
- Tycoon Meteorite
- Walse Meteorite
- Walse Tower
- Big Bridge
- Barrier Tower
- Castle Exdeath
- Castle of Bal
- Castle Surgate
- Fork Tower - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Ghido's Cave
- Gil Cave
- Great Forest of Moore
- Great Sea Trench - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Moogle Village
- Phoenix Tower - Inaccessible until the worlds merge.
- Sealed Castle
- Underground Waterway
The merged world consists of locations from the other two worlds, although many are inaccessible. A few previously inaccessible locations can now be accessed. A couple of new locations do exist, however.
In a 2007 interview on the Player One Podcast, Ted Woolsey stated that he had almost finished translating the text of Final Fantasy V when the localization was scrapped in favor of creating a new title aimed at western markets, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest. He stated that he believed that the reasons for the cancellation were that the game was too complicated and not "mainstream" enough. It seems that there were still plans to release it in North America later, however; in a 1994 interview with Super Play Magazine, Ted Woolsey said that Final Fantasy V was planned for a western release in 1995 (the year after Final Fantasy VI had released) under the name Final Fantasy Extreme.
- Transcript of Ted Woolsey interview - Episode Discussions - Player One Podcast (published 16 February 2007; retrieved 24 May 2020)
- Legends of Localization: Interview: Ted Woolsey (Super Play Magazine, Sep. 1994) (published 24 May 2019; retrieved 24 May 2020)
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What are the differences between the air-cooled and the liquid cooled electrolyser?
The air-cooled and liquid-cooled electrolyser are nearly identical devices. The only difference is in the heat exchanger subassembly, which has the primary function to maintain a stable electrolyte temperature for the electrolyser operation. Air-cooled The air-cooled electrolysers use a fan
February 19, 2022
The air-cooled and liquid-cooled electrolyser are nearly identical devices. The only difference is in the heat exchanger subassembly, which has the primary function to maintain a stable electrolyte temperature for the electrolyser operation.
The air-cooled electrolysers use a fan to blow ambient air past the electrolyte in order to keep the electrolyte at the nominal operating temperature, currently 55°C. For the air-cooled unit, the customer must supply fresh air at the correct temperature to the front of the device, and the device will eject warmer air out of the back. The customer must ensure sufficient air flow can freely flow.
Pros: uses ambient air, therefore easy and fast to set up
Cons: in small rooms or containers, puts higher requirements on HVAC and installation space
The liquid-cooled electrolysers have a liquid-liquid heat exchanger and use a valve to start/stop the flow of a cooling liquid that must be supplied by the customer. The liquid-cooled version of the electrolyser only has minimal air flow requirements for safety purposes and to cool the electronics, therefore the space required for installation due to air flow requirements is reduced. It has an additional cooling liquid inlet and outlet on the front panel. The customer must supply pressurized cooling liquid at the inlet, and the device will release the cooling liquid at a slightly higher temperature from the outlet. The temperature increase depends on the supplied pressure and flow rate, but in any case, the quality of heat obtainable is limited as the operating temperature of the electrolyte is currently just 55°C.
Pros: more compact setup as air flow requirements is reduced
Pros: reduced requirements on the HVAC system for indoor installations
Cons: requires additional efforts from the integrator to provide the cooling liquid
Using waste heat
In both the air-cooled and liquid-cooled cases, the total waste heat energy from the electrolysis process is the same. This waste heat, while of relatively “low quality”, could potentially be used by integrators in some specific applications to increase overall efficiency of their energy systems. In most cases however, it is just released to the environment.


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FRANKFORT — With a potential NASCAR Sprint Cup race hanging in the balance, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear wrangled publicly Tuesday with leading lawmakers from his own party.
Beshear warned that efforts to lure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race to the Kentucky Speedway in Gallatin County will be jeopardized if House Democrats don't suspend their internal rules and take up proposed legislation on the matter in this final week of the 2009 General Assembly session.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo didn't budge, suggesting instead that a Sprint Cup race might not happen any time soon, regardless of the legislature's actions.
After pledging to do "whatever it takes" to eventually lure a Sprint Cup race, Stumbo said "we do have concerns from published reports that indicate such a race may not be allowed until pending litigation involving Kentucky Speedway interests and NASCAR is resolved."
Stumbo was referring to a March 23 story from The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer about a pending lawsuit between NASCAR and Jerry Carroll, a former Kentucky Speedway owner.
The newspaper reported that NASCAR says it has not received a request from Speedway Motorsports Inc., which now owns the Kentucky Speedway, to move one of its Sprint Cup Series race dates to Kentucky. However, SMI asserted that it has submitted such a request in a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston was not available for comment Tuesday about the report.
Carroll and other former owners are appealing a U.S. District Court decision that dismissed their lawsuit, which alleged that NASCAR had conspired with another group of track owners to block Kentucky Speedway from getting a Sprint Cup race.
Carroll said Tuesday that the lawsuit has "nothing to do" with SMI's efforts to bring the NASCAR race to the Kentucky Speedway.
"It's a mystery to me why Speaker Stumbo is concerned about this," Carroll said. "The bill passed the House earlier this session 98-0, and it's ironic that in these hard economic times when we have an effort to bring a major-league deal to Kentucky that there is concern about a lawsuit that is not relevant to this effort."
Beshear, speaking at a news conference Tuesday in the state Capitol, said it would be a "tragedy" if lawmakers passed up the opportunity to help Kentucky Speedway. He also urged lawmakers to take up several other proposals that he said have widespread support.
The incentive package, now contained in an omnibus economic-development bill cobbled together by the Senate, would provide tax credits worth about $19 million to help expand the 72,000-seat track in Sparta.
The expansion would add 50,000 seats to the facility, triple the number of bathrooms, add more concessions, provide more parking and build more roads. The race could generate $150 million to $200 million for the state every year it is held, Beshear said.
"That will be a tragedy if we miss that opportunity," he said.
Earlier this week, House Democratic leaders said new House rules prevent the chamber from voting on any bills when the General Assembly reconvenes Thursday and Friday. They said the final two days are set aside exclusively to consider vetoes issued by Beshear.
Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said he will ask the Democratic caucus to vote Thursday on whether to suspend the rules, which would allow them to consider more legislation. But Stumbo said he thinks the legislature can wait until the regular session next January to consider pending bills.
Meanwhile, prosecutors and public defenders said Tuesday that they plan to press House leaders to hear the Senate's version of House Bill 433, a budget "cleanup" bill that includes $4.7 million for the state's public defenders and $4.7 million for prosecutors.
Public Advocate Ed Monahan has warned state officials that his office will be out of money and will have to shut down by the end of April if new money isn't injected into the office, which has a constitutional obligation to represent poor criminal defendants.
Monahan said his office's financial situation is dire and can't wait until July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, for more money.
"We will completely run out of money and will not be able to serve our clients, and that will put public safety at risk," he said. "There is broad understanding and support for our need and I am very hopeful that the General Assembly will be responsive to that."
Chris Cohron, president of the state's Commonwealth's Attorneys Association, said the state's prosecutors are looking at an additional 8 percent cut to their funding come July 1 if they don't get the $4.7 million.
"It's a fair statement that the biggest brunt of the budget deficit has been on the prosecutors," Cohron said. "We're the only people that have sent people home for up to three weeks of unpaid furloughs."
However, House Majority Caucus Chair Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville, said Monday that he and others think Beshear already has the authority to give money to prosecutors and public defenders.
Other major pieces of legislation in limbo this week include a bill to create an authority to fund and oversee mega-bridge projects in Louis ville, and authorization for the University of Kentucky to continue exploring the idea of having a private company fully finance a renovation of Commonwealth Stadium and a new baseball stadium.
It's not clear how the potential UK projects would be affected if lawmakers don't take action this year.
"We are currently seeking proposals from private firms and we are encouraging potential respondents to consult the management of Lexington Center Corp. to submit a proposal that also includes the construction of a new downtown basketball arena," said UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton.
"If the General Assembly does not take action this session, we will continue with our solicitation and evaluation of proposals and explore how best to move forward."

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Last week, a new study published in the Harm Reduction Journal reported that donating cannabis for free could be a successful method of harm reduction in the U.S.
Entitled “Cannabis donation as a harm reduction strategy: a case study” claims to be the first of its kind to study the benefits of giving away weed for free. The team was made up of five researchers from RTI International, Rutgers University’s School of Social Work, and San Francisco General Hospital.
According to the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, giving away up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis (or up to 15 grams of concentrate) is legal as long as the recipient is over 21 and “as long as the transfer is not advertised or promoted to the public.”
Researchers analyzed a harm reduction program and studied administrative data between September 2021-May 2023. Ten program participants who were “cannabis-experienced,” and received donations weekly, or via delivery, were the focus of the study.
The program staff were permitted to determine “client interest and appropriateness” when providing the cannabis donations, which could be done if there is excess product, or “especially when they have personal experience using cannabis to mitigate the dangers of the substance.”
Cannabis donations are largely unregulated, staff are trained to provide cannabis to those in need. “While the policies surrounding the regulation and distribution of cannabis can still present barriers towards this practice, harm reduction staff working in the field see the potential benefits of cannabis, which include reduced premature death, improved quality of life, pain moderation, increased recovery outcomes, and improved safety for clients and community,” researchers wrote of their conclusion.
One staff member described a person who was 50 or older had spinal fusion neck surgery, which included the addition of “two steel rods, three connectors, and six bolts” five months after the study began. “Before the surgery, this person had not used opioids for two years (as evidenced by criminal legal mandated urine drug screens) but reported frequent struggles in denying himself alcohol,” researchers explained. “With their use of the products donated by this program, this individual reported complete abstinence from alcohol while recovering from their surgery and since. They expressed gratitude for topical pain relief with cannabis pain cream, cannabis vape cartridges, and flower for smoking.”
Another example was provided regarding a pregnant woman in her 20s, and was a “methamphetamine and opioid dependent injector” when the study began. “She reported that with the use of products donated in this program, she used methamphetamine and opioids less frequently, and actively worked with harm reduction agency staff to get on [medications for opioid use disorder] while pregnant.”
Researchers noted, however, that this study was not designed to assess the outcome of the program, but instead the goal was to describe how the program works in a state that has legal provisions to allow such donations.
Study authors also explained that cannabis flower products make up a large margin of adult-use and medical cannabis sales, but “edible, oil, and topical products predominated donations.” “Further, cost analysis suggests that donations represent only 1% of total gross sales and account for much less than the expected yearly donation amount.” The study points out that the revenue loss is minimal.
Overall, study authors concluded that more research should be conducted in order to further define the benefits of harm reduction programs like the one in Michigan. “Research suggests there is potential to reduce alcohol and drug use related harms of more dangerous substances through substitution with cannabis,” the researchers wrote. “Findings from this case study provide a starting point for inquiry into cannabis donation as a harm reduction strategy in the US; future research is needed to fully understand the individual-level outcomes, public health impacts, necessary legal regulations, and best practices for cannabis donation programs through harm reduction organizations.”
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced in January that the state has collected a total of $3.06 billion in cannabis sales in 2023. By that amount, the dollar amount of cannabis products per person would come out to an estimated $305 (in California, the per capita amount is approximately $150, for example).
Many other studies that have been conducted over the past decade point to the effectiveness of cannabis as a medicine. Authors of one such study, which was published in February, urge the importance of implementing a regulatory framework to support the use of cannabinoids as an opioid alternative. “Based on a comprehensive review of the literature and epidemiological evidence to date, cannabinoids stand to be one of the most interesting, safe, and accessible tools available to attenuate the devastation resulting from the misuse and abuse of opioid narcotics,” researchers wrote. “Considering the urgency of the opioid epidemic and broadening of cannabinoid accessibility amidst absent prescribing guidelines, the authors recommend use of this clinical framework in the contexts of both clinical research continuity and patient care.”

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July 27, 2004 |
The three bears were lurking in the woods for a while. Still, market participants held out hope that the neither-too-hot-nor-too-cold Goldilocks economy would be able to make peace with the grisly creatures. But it's not quite playing out the fairy-tale way on the global financial marketplace. The much desired Goldilocks economy is shrivelling in front of the three bears ? the US Federal Reserve, Chinese monetary authorities and the price of oil. As a result, most equity markets across the world are trending lower.
September 11, 2012
Ruchir Sharma, Head (Emerging Markets), Morgan Stanley, Investment Management Financial markets across the world have cheered the European Central Bank's (ECB) announcement for an unlimited bond-buying programme, but the ECB still has a long way to go before it buries the negative consensus:that Europe is now more of an open-air museum than a growth model. This entrenched narrative is all about the downside and overlooks the continuing success of the EU as a stabilising model for some new members like Poland and the Czech Republic, which are poised to join the ranks of the rich elite.
April 7, 2010 |
Tiger Woods' mea culpa ahead of his return to highstakes golf should be a lesson for the mixed-up doubles pair that Sania and Shoaib are turning out to be. The golfing prodigy has not taken long to realise that saying goodbye to mistresses is a small price to pay for getting back to bagging those Masters again. When what Shoaib thought was a dolly turned out to be a doosra, and Sania's expected love game became a deuced nuisance for them both, they should have taken time out to rethink their gameplan.
August 18, 2015 |
In a chat with ET Now, Pramod Gubbi , VP, Institutional Equity, Ambit Capital, shares his view on the defensive spaces. ET Now: I wonder why currently Indian economy is in a sweet spot. We are on a cusp of cyclical or structural recovery and yet why market men are chasing some of these classic defensives? Pramod Gubbi: All of these are fantastic franchises run by really high-quality management teams. There is absolutely no doubt about that. But having said that, there is a limit to what you would want to pay for such franchises as well.
August 23, 2013 |
ET Now's Nikunj Dalmia shares his views on Motherson Sumi. Excerpts: ET Now: What is on your radar this afternoon? Nikunj Dalmia: It is all about currency. So someone is talking about import substitution, some traders are talking about export advantage, guess what, for Motherson Sumi. I guess it is a bit of both. It is a net exporter of auto ancillary components out of India. So because of a depreciating rupee it will benefit, but it will also benefit because now companies like Maruti, Tata Motors and even some two wheeler companies because of a weak rupee will find it difficult to really import from overseas markets and now they are seriously working in at doing close tie-ups with Motherson Sumi and Indian auto ancillary companies to reduce their dependence on imports.
July 11, 2012 |
In a chat with ET Now, Prakash Diwan, Chief Portfolio Strategist, Prakash Diwan's Wealth Circle , shares his views on markets. ET Now: Despite global odds, Indian markets did manage to outperform regional markets quite smartly on Tuesday. So what do you think really did the trick for us on Tuesday? Prakash Diwan: It is something where we are seeing ourselves in a sweet spot. It is the absence of the negative news flow domestically and even we are being able to absorb all the cues that we have from the external markets, overseas markets and getting into results season particularly for a quarter where with not much of expectations.
January 23, 2013 |
MUMBAI: Leading brokerage Credit Suisse has said the economy will grow faster than anticipated as it is entering a "sweet spot" with both inflation and the twin deficits likely to throw up surprises on the upside this year. The brokerage also pegged 2013-14 growth at 6.9 per cent and at 7.5 per cent for FY'15. It also has one of the highest GDP forecasts for the current fiscal at 5.7 per cent. "We expect GDP growth to surprise on the upside and inflation on the downside in 2013.
April 16, 2008 |
NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp plans to raise the amount it lends to small-business customers by as much as 60 percent, as they find it increasingly tough to finance high-tech buys amid the global credit crunch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. But the plan, which comes at a time where the global credit market crisis has led to tighter lending conditions, makes the proposition risky for Microsoft. The company has said that the number of defaulting loans will probably increase, the newspaper said.
September 26, 2009 |
IDBI BANK CMP: RS 124.80 TARGET PRICE: RS 160 RBS Equities (India) has rated IDBI Bank a 'buy', saying it gradually appeared to be shedding the development financial institution legacy. "The largely wholesale funded bank (88% of interest bearing liabilities are term/bulk deposits and borrowings as of March 2009) appears to be in a sweet spot in the current interest rate cycle. This is a medium-term positive, but we believe the bank's focus on branch expansion and on building a retail base will gradually improve its retail deposit and overall liability mix in the long term," an RBS note to clients said.
July 1, 2009 |
MUMBAI: Carlyle Group, the world's second biggest buyout firm, has identified India as one of its key markets and would invest in companies across sectors, earmarking between $15-75 million for investment in each company. Carlyle successfully closed its fourth Asian growth capital fund called Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV (CAGP IV). It raised $1.04 billion in 14 months from a broad geographical range of investors in the US, Europe and Asia despite a difficult fund-raising environment.

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The top election official in Kansas asserted without evidence that millions of noncitizens voted in the presidential election moments after he certified the state’s election results Wednesday.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who made his first public appearance since meeting with President-elect Donald Trump last week, backed Trump’s claims that he would have won the popular vote if illegal votes were discounted.
“I think the president-elect is absolutely correct when he says the number of illegal votes cast exceeds the popular vote margin between him and Hillary Clinton at this point,” Kobach said immediately after he and other Kansas officials certified the state’s election results.
Kobach pointed to a widely disputed study released by two Old Dominion University political scientists in 2014, which has been rebutted repeatedly by other election scholars.
The study analyzed data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study and found that self-reported noncitizens voted at a rate of 11.3 percent. The Old Dominion analysts actually lowered the estimate for the total voting rate by noncitizens to 6.4 percent, but Kobach used the 11.3 percent figure instead.
“If we apply that number to the current presidential election…you’d have 3.2 million aliens voted in the presidential election and that far exceeds the current popular vote margin between President-elect Trump and Secretary Clinton,” Kobach said.
Kobach said he had no tangible evidence to support that statement.
“This is the problem with aliens voting and registering. There’s no way you can look at the voter rolls and say this one’s an alien, this one’s a citizen,” Kobach said. “Once a person gets on a voter roll, you don’t have any way of easily identifying them as aliens so you have to rely on post-election studies.”
The Cooperative Congressional Election Study, the source of the raw data for the study, has disputed the Old Dominion analysts’ conclusions, calling their study biased and saying in 2014 “that the likely percent of non-citizen voters in recent US elections is 0.”
Kobach has repeatedly cited the study in court documents, according to Mark Johnson, a Kansas City-based attorney who has represented suspended voters in multiple lawsuits against Kobach.
The study is based on responses to an online survey. Patrick Miller, a political scientist at the University of Kansas, said the data should be viewed with skepticism.
“He’s taking that at face value,” Miller said. “Whereas, we know that people often give trash responses in surveys all the time.”
Kobach also said he had no way to prove that the majority of noncitizens would have voted for Clinton rather than Trump, but said he could make that inference based on the candidate’s policies.
“You’re right. Can you necessarily conclude that all of them voted for Hillary Clinton? No. But you can probably conclude that a very high percentage voted for Hillary Clinton given the diametric opposite positions of the candidates on the immigration issue,” Kobach said. “So let’s assume 85 percent voted for Clinton.”
State Rep. Jim Ward, D-Wichita, a frequent critic of Kobach, scoffed at this extrapolation.
“Does it concern you that the chief election officer of Kansas lives in another universe?” Ward said. “I mean, (he) just makes things up and has no verification or backup, but just continues to say them, thinking that if I say them over and over again they must be true.”
Kobach has championed a Kansas law that requires voters to provide proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, in order to register to vote. That law has faced numerous legal challenges.
Dale Ho, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project, said in an e-mail that the study Kobach is citing has been debunked. He noted that even one of its authors has said that it’s not plausible that illegal votes would have tipped the popular vote in Clinton’s favor.
“Kris Kobach’s assertions about large numbers of noncitizens voting are patently false, and have been rejected repeatedly by federal courts,” said Ho, who represented suspended voters in a case against Kansas’ proof of citizenship law.
Ho pointed to the recent ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which blocked Kobach from requiring proof of citizenship from voters who register at the DMV. Judge Jerome Holmes, an appointee of President George W. Bush, called Kobach’s argument about thousands of noncitizens potentially on Kansas voter rolls “pure speculation” in his opinion for the court.
A photograph of Kobach showed that when he met with Trump earlier in November he brought a plan for the Department of Homeland Security that included a reference to voter rolls.
Kobach, who advised Trump on immigration throughout the campaign, would not say Wednesday whether he was advising the president-elect to pursue a nationwide proof of citizenship requirement.
Johnson questioned Kobach’s decision to certify the election results if he believes that noncitizens at such a high rate. Kobach did not raise it as a concern to Gov. Sam Brownback before they officially certified the results.
“If the secretary seriously believed that there was voter fraud in Kansas, why did he certify the election results?” Johnson said.
Johson noted that since Kobach became the only secretary of state in the nation with the power to prosecute voter fraud last year he has not brought any cases against noncitizens for illegally voting, including for elections that predate the proof of citizenship law.
“He can’t find them and, believe me, I’ll bet you he’s been looking for them,” Johnson said.
Kobach’s office said in an e-mail that if it “obtains specific evidence that a specific individual who is not a U.S. citizen voted, and that crime occurred prior to the running of the statute of limitations, then the Kansas Secretary of State will pursue criminal charges where sufficient evidence can be presented to the relevant court.”
Trump began making the claims about illegal votes after Green Party candidate Jill Stein began an effort to hold recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, three states that tipped the election in Trump’s favor after he won them by a combined 114,000 votes.
Clinton has a lead in the national popular vote by more than 2 million votes.
Trump’s spokesman, Jason Miller, pointed to the recount efforts earlier this week when asked about the president-elect’s unsubstantiated claims regarding illegal voting.
“I really do think that it’s been ridiculous that so much oxygen has been given to a recall effort with no chance of election results changing,” Miller told reporters Monday. “The election results have been decided. It’s also important that so much time and attention is going to be given to recount efforts.”
Clay Barker, the executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, stopped short of supporting Kobach’s claims of noncitizen voting Wednesday, saying, “I hear a lot of claims. I’m not sure what he’s basing it on.”
Kobach has repeatedly pointed to Sedgwick County to support his claim of widespread voter fraud and did again Wednesday.
Documents from Kobach’s office show that 11 noncitizens became registered between 2003 and 2010. However, only three of them ever cast a ballot. Another 14 tried to register since 2013, but were blocked from doing so because of the proof of citizenship requirement.
Judges at both the state and federal level have called this insufficient evidence to support the need for Kobach’s voting restrictions.
“Even when weighed against the 25 Sedgwick County individuals identified by the Defendant who attempted to register to vote over a period of 13 years, the denial of more than 18,000 individuals’ right to vote far eclipses the Defendant’s demonstrated — and undeniable — interest in a secure election,” wrote Shawnee County Judge Larry Hendricks earlier this month when he ruled that Kobach lacked the authority to set up a tiered voting system.
Contributing: Hunter Woodall of the Kansas City Star and Anita Kumar of the McClatchy Washington Bureau


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WRITTEN BY Nobel Peace Prize Winner N.A. Browne
A commonly heard argument against gun control is that the National Socialists of Germany (the Nazis) used it in their ascent to and maintenance of power. A corollary argument is sometimes made that had the Jews (and presumably the other targeted groups) been armed, they could have fought off Nazi tyranny. This tract seeks to counter these misassumptions about Nazi gun control.
Gun control, the Law on Firearms and Ammunition, was introduced to Germany in 1928 under the Weimar regime (there was no Right to Arms in the Constitution of 1919) in large part to disarm the nascent private armies, e.g. the Nazi SA (aka "the brownshirts"). The Weimar government was attempting to bring some stability to German society and politics (a classic "law and order" position). Violent extremist movements (of both the Left and Right) were actively attacking the young, and very fragile, democratic state. A government that cannot maintain some degree of public order cannot sustain its legitimacy. Nor was the German citizenry well grounded in Constitutional, republican government (as was evidenced in their choices at the ballot box). Gun control was not initiated at the behest or on behalf of the Nazis - it was in fact designed to keep them, or others of the same ilk, from executing a revolution against the lawful government. In the strictest sense, the law succeeded - the Nazis did not stage an armed coup.
The 1928 law was subsequently extended in 1938 under the Third Reich (this action being the principal point in support of the contention that the Nazis were advocates of gun control). However, the Nazis were firmly in control of Germany at the time the Weapons Law of 1938 was created. Further, this law was not passed by a legislative body, but was promulgated under the dictatorial power granted Hitler in 1933. Obviously, the Nazis did not need gun control to attain power as they already (in 1938) possessed supreme and unlimited power in Germany. The only feasible argument that gun control favored the Nazis would be that the 1928 law deprived private armies of a means to defeat them. The basic flaw with this argument is that the Nazis did not seize power by force of arms, but through their success at the ballot box (and the political cunning of Hitler himself). Secondary considerations that arise are that gun ownership was not that widespread to begin with, and, even imagining such ubiquity the German people, Jews in particular, were not predisposed to violent resistance to their government.
The Third Reich did not need gun control (in 1938 or at any time thereafter) to maintain their power. The success of Nazi programs (restoring the economy, dispelling socio-political chaos) and the misappropriation of justice by the apparatus of terror (the Gestapo) assured the compliance of the German people. Arguing otherwise assumes a resistance to Nazi rule that did not exist. Further, supposing the existance of an armed resistance also requires the acceptance that the German people would have rallied to the rebellion. This argument requires a total suspension of disbelief given everything we know about 1930s Germany. Why then did the Nazis introduce this program? As with most of their actions (including the formation of the Third Reich itself), they desired to effect a facade of legalism around the exercise of naked power. It is unreasonable to treat this as a normal part of lawful governance, as the rule of law had been entirely demolished in the Third Reich. Any direct quotations, of which there are several, that pronounce some beneficence to the Weapons Law should be considered in the same manner as all other Nazi pronouncements - absolute lies. (See Bogus Gun Control Quotes and endnote .) READ MORE!
History of firearms restrictions in Germany
Restrictions imposed by the treaty of Versailles
From 1918-1920, with the defeat of Germany in WWI, the nation was forced to accept a series of devastating reparations after the signing the Treaty of Versailles. The defeated Weimar government agreed to payments it did not have the ability to pay that would eventually lead to the 1920s inflationary depression. The treaty signed had stipulations to disarm the government. Fearing instability to hold the state together in the depression, they adopted a sweeping series of gun confiscation legislation against the citizens before they completely disarmed their military. Intended to prevent a conflict between the states, Article 169 of the Treaty of Versailles explicitly targeted the state: "Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, German arms, munitions, and war material, including anti-aircraft material, existing in Germany in excess of the quantities allowed, must be surrendered to the Governments of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers to be destroyed or rendered useless."
In 1919, the German government passed the Regulations on Weapons Ownership, which declared that "all firearms, as well as all kinds of firearms ammunition, are to be surrendered immediately." Under the regulations, anyone found in possession of a firearm or ammunition was subject to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 marks.
On August 7, 1920, Rising fears whether or not Germany could have rebellions prompted the government to enact a second gun-regulation law called the Law on the Disarmament of the People. It put into effect the provisions of the Versailles Treaty in regard to the limit on military-type weapons.
In 1928, after a near decade of hyperinflation destroyed the structural fabric of the society, a rapidly expanding three-way political divide between the conservatives, National Socialists, and Communists prompted the rapidly declining conservative majority to enact the Law on Firearms and Ammunition. This law relaxed gun restrictions and put into effect a strict firearm licensing scheme. Under this scheme, Germans could possess firearms, but they were required to have separate permits to do the following: own or sell firearms, carry firearms (including handguns), manufacture firearms, and professionally deal in firearms and ammunition. This law explicitly revoked the 1919 Regulations on Weapons Ownership, which had banned all firearms possession.
Stephen Halbrook writes about the German gun restriction laws in the 1919-1928 period, "Within a decade, Germany had gone from a brutal firearms seizure policy which, in times of unrest, entailed selective yet immediate execution for mere possession of a firearm, to a modern, comprehensive gun control law."
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation, located in Newtown, CT, is the number-two gun lobby in the U.S. Even after the devastating loss of innocent life right in their own town, this organization refuses to support federal universal background checks.

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Monday 3 June, 3pm
Heather Hughes & Alessandro Pesaro (University of Lincoln)
‘Digitisation and difficult narratives about the past’
Digitisation projects encapsulate social norms, cultural models, and habituated actions. This is especially relevant when heritage is difficult, contested or controversial. Under such circumstances, cultural heritage can be a battleground for appropriation, mutual exclusion and conflicting narratives. Drawing on the experience of the IBCC Digital Archive, the presentation will suggest a conceptualisation of inclusive cultural heritage, followed by a discussion of emerging practices in digital cultural heritage management. Lastly, the authors will discuss how these ideas can be incorporated in the design, delivery and reporting of digitisation projects. Digitisation of cultural heritage has been traditionally tackled from a ‘neutral’ technical standpoint, with a strong emphasis on shared standards, protocols, guidelines and recommendations. Problems arising at the intersection of difficult heritage with digitisation have received limited attention and are by no means neutral. This is especially true for Bomber Command, a group of Royal Air Force units tasked to deliver the strategic bombing offensive over Germany and occupied Europe during the Second World War. Bombing cities did not fit the received narratives of a ‘just’ war, and veterans have resented the lack of recognition despite their high losses and harsh service conditions. The bombing war tends to be interpreted through mutually-exclusive frameworks: heroes and criminals, liberators and tormentors, victimhood and bravery. Drawing on the experience of the IBCC Digital Archive – an shared online repository of the memories of those who served in Bomber Command and were at the receiving end of the bombing war – the presentation will suggest a new conceptualisation of inclusive cultural heritage, followed by a discussion of emerging practices in digital cultural heritage management intended to bridge the gap between mutually exclusive stances. Lastly, the authors will discuss how these ideas can be incorporated in tools and practices, and their impact on the design, delivery and reporting of digitisation projects.
Prof Heather Hughes
Professor, Cultural Heritage Studies
University of Lincoln
Heather was born and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, and completed an African Studies degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her postgraduate studies were all in London: MA in Southern African Studies at SOAS and PhD in History as an external student of the University of London. Heather’s academic career began at the University of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in Durban, South Africa, where she taught African Studies (mostly colonialism, nationalism, political economy and gender). Heather became interested in tourism and heritage through working for new government structures after 1994 on refurbishing neglected heritage, and joined the University of Lincoln in 2001. From student days onwards, Heather was active in the anti-apartheid movement, focusing mostly on educational issues and detainees’/political prisoners’ rights.
University of Lincoln
Alessandro is a digital humanities specialist with cross border experience in delivering digitisation projects of archival collections, books and library materials. His research and teaching activities are both in the sphere of digital humanities / cultural heritage management. Alessandro also provides expertise for the delivery of digitisation projects undertaken by the Lincoln International Business School, while at the same time being responsible for the maintenance and management of the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive.
Laura Gambone (ISTORECO), Rosario Milano (IPSAIC “Tommaso Fiore”), Andrea Villa (Freelance journalist) & Andrea Filippo Saba (Istituto Nazionale Ferruccio Parri)
Roundtable: ‘The Bombing of Italy and its impact on Art, Heritage, Everyday Life and Authorities’ Responses’
Laura Gambone: ‘Memories of Leghorn’s Bombings’
During the Second World War, Leghorn was one of the most heavily bombarded cities in Italy. This was a consequence of having the presence of a harbour and heavy industrial factories. Leghorn was one of the most attacked Italian cities by allied raids. Between the 16th of June, 1940 and the 26th of July, 1944 the city was bombed 56 times. The most important of which were the French bombings between the 16th and 22nd of June, 1940, as well as the 9th of February, 1941, and the Anglo-American bombings between the 28th of May, 1943 and the 7th of June, 1944. The biggest raid, which is the most remembered by the locals, happened on the 28th of May, 1943. The city centre was subjected to its first “saturation bombing”. Minutes after the sound of the sirens, Leghorn was shaken by the impact of bombs. Engulfed by the fire, the rooftops, the walls and entire buildings had been destroyed. The frequent bombing destroyed a great part of the architectural heritage, leaving a great number of corpses and homeless behind. These catastrophes marked the lives of the survivors like an ugly scar. Many were forced to wait for years after the war to have a home. This was an experience that left its mark on the city and the memory of the survivors more than any others. This presentation will introduce the results of a large study on the witness accounts of the survivors and their struggles that followed. This project had collected 400 interviews of men and women, who were children and teenagers at the time, that recounted their experiences and the experiences of their families during these devastating bombings.
Rosario Milano: ‘December 1943: Bari under Bombing’
On December 2 1943, 105 bombers Junkers Ju 88 of Luftwaffe attacked the harbour of Bari and shelled all of the ships docked there. Harbour of Bari was the strategic centre of the British 8th Army, but the consequences of Bari’s bombing were heavy above all for civilian population living in the oldest part of the city close to the harbour of Bari. Among the ships hit by the bombings there was the “John Harvey”, arrived four days earlier from the USA. When the German airplanes hit the harbour, the steamer was waiting to unload its contents: 1350 tons of bombs, containing a toxic substance known as “mustard gas”. This air attack produced the same effect of a chemical attack as well as the first victims, even if in an indirect way, of chemical weapons during World War Two.
Andrea Villa: ‘Art and War in Italy. The contribution of British Monuments Men to the protection of Italian monuments and works of art, between 1943 and 1945’
Thanks to Hollywood (the film Monuments Men, 2014) the history of the Monuments Men (MM) is well known: they were a group of approximately 400 service members and civilians, men and women, from fourteen nations, most of whom volunteered in the MFAA, the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Program, created in 1943. Many had expertise as museum directors, curators, art historians and archivists. They had to protect cultural treasures so far as war allowed. However, until now the important role played by British MM in Italy is almost unknown: they were about twenty experts (archaeologists, professors of British universities and archivists) and their duty was that to follow the advance of Allied armies during the Italian campaign trying to protect cultural treasures, libraries and archives from the destruction caused by Allied bombing and from the damage caused by occupation of buildings by Allied troops. Just after the liberation of many cities, they started to investigate to track and locate the artistic and cultural items stolen by Nazis. Another important duty of the British MM was the creation of a list of Italian cities, of great historical and artistic value, not to be bombed by Allied bombers: for this goal they had to handle a difficult negotiation with the commands of RAF and USAAF. After the conclusion of fighting, British MM remained in Italy to oversee the complicated restitution of stolen works of art: between 1945 and 1952 the Allied returned to Italy 250,000 artistic items. Andrea Villa’s research describes the activity and the biographies of British MM in Italy, based on historical records located in UK and Italian private and public archives.
Andrea Filippo Saba: ‘The Bombing of 24th-25th October 1942 and the changing landscape of Milan’
The 28th October 1942 bombing of Milan constituted the first hard hit from the RAF. Milan had already been bombed in 1940, but by less effective airplanes and far weaker air unit than those available two years later, supported by analysis work on the building structure and city urban configuration. The daytime wave of 74 bombers had a devastating effect on the city which was preparing itself to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist “march on Rome”. The consequences were psychological, as well as physical, as people realized the regime was unable to defend themselves from air attacks. Furthermore, the city administration had to manage the massive flights of inhabitants from the city to the outskirts, and the accommodation and supply of food to all those who had been temporarily displaced from their homes, more or less damaged and under scrutiny of the public engineering service. All this displayed a different landscape of the city, which would have changed again under the terror bombings of the summer of 1943 and of 1944, giving way to the reconstruction of the post-war period. The extensive analysis of documents, and the collection of witnesses, should allow to regain the memory of that time of sharp changes.
IPSAIC “Tommaso Fiore”, Bari (Italy)
Rosario collaborates with the Department of Political Science of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” for the teaching in History of International Relations and History of Mediterranean countries and Economic history. In 2015 he got the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in History of International Relations, Societies and Institutions.
Dr Andrea Villa
Andrea has a Laurea degree in Humanities (1999) and a Doctorate degree in Contemporary History (2004). From 2005 to 2009, he was Research Fellow at the University of Salerno. From 2010 to the present, he has worked as a freelance journalist. Author of five books and about sixty papers on Italian history, the Shoah and World War II.
Andrea Filippo Saba
Istituto Nazionale Ferruccio Parri
Andrea F. Saba graduated at the University of Milan having studied Italian war industry MNEs, an issue spread to industrial, political and diplomatic aspects of the expansion of Italian influence abroad in the 1920s and 1930s. Later on, he turned to environmental history (culture and pollution in Italy) and the Resistance and political history of the 20th century.


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The Wallow fire, which has been burning for nearly a month, has destroyed more than half a million acres across eastern Arizona and western New Mexico and has displaced more than 10,000 people.
The fire, which is the biggest in Arizona history, is now 82 percent contained. More than 4,300 firefighters battled the blaze that Forest Service officials believe was started by an unattended campfire.
Among these 4,300 individuals, is a team of firefighters from a unit known as "Apache 8." The unit was formed more than 30 years ago and up until recently was made up of all female firefighters from the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
According to reports, the Apache 8 unit protected their reservation from fire and responded to wildfires around the nation. Facing gender stereotypes and the problems that come with life on the impoverished reservation, the women became known as some of the country's most elite firefighters.
In this interview, filmmaker Sande Zeig discusses the women of "Apache 8", the documentary which shares the same name and the women's involvement with the Wallow fire.
"You never knew what you were going to face. You were with a bunch of women that could handle anything." Katy Aday, ex-Apache 8 crewmember
"These women are incredibly inspirational. They have fortitude. They really will accept any challenge." Sande Zeig, filmmaker.
1. In what region of the U.S. are Arizona and New Mexico located?
2. What is a forest fire?
3. What are some ways forest fires are started?
4. What is a stereotype?
1. What makes the Apache 8 unit unique?
2. Why do you think the group was exclusive to women?
3. Do you think female firefighters and policewomen face stereotypes? If yes, what are some of the issues they face?

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Being creative is defined differently from person to person. Through art or word, every individual can express emotions, theories, and ideas in various mediums. Evelyn Cole has used her skills to produce novels that play on the power of a person’s subconscious.
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Sizzling garlic beef with broccolini
|1 lbbeef round steak; sliced thinly across the grain|
|1 tbspsoy sauce|
|1 tspsesame oil|
|1 tspcracked black pepper|
|2 tbsppeanut oil|
|1 yellow onion; halved, cut into thin wedges|
|4 garlic cloves; crushed|
|1/3 cupgarlic chives; fresh, coarsely chopped|
|1 bunchbroccolini; cut into 1 1/2 to 2 inch lengths|
|2/3 cupvegetable stock|
|2 tbspkecap manis; may substitute with soy sauce mixed with brown sugar|
Sizzling garlic beef with broccolini Preparation
1. Combine the beef, soy sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil and pepper in a large bowl.
2. Heat 3 tsp of the peanut oil in a wok over high heat until just smoking. Add half the beef mixture and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes or until brown. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Repeat with 3 tsp of the remaining oil and the remaining beef mixture, reheating wok between batches.
3. Heat the remaining oil in the wok over medium-high heat until just smoking. Add the onion and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until soft. Add the garlic and half the chives and stir-fry for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add broccolini and stock and stir-fry for 3 minutes or until broccolini is bright green and tender crisp.
4. Return beef to the wok along with the kecap manis and remaining chives, and stir-fry for 1 minute or until mixture boils and thickens. Serve with steamed rice.
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Words: Dylan Murphy
Resilience is stitched in the very fabric of hip hop’s DNA and throughout 2021 artists across the country responded to the highs and lows of an unpredictable year in the only way they knew how. Havana Club and District share the same affinity for the very same DIY music culture and with that in mind, we’ve teamed up to explore 10 of the tracks that defined the ever expanding and evolving Irish rap scene in 2021.
It’s damn near impossible to distill the mish-mash of experiences, mishaps, relief and disbelief of the last year into one concise article. Often, music does a better job of condensing those intangibles and rap music in particular has been on the cutting edge of documenting moments in time. Whether that’s the identity politics at play in real time in the Irish drill scene, hip hop’s punk-tinged rage at the housing crisis or the execution of collaborations that reflect technological innovations in music. 2021 was a huge year for releases of a timeless nature and we’re seeing a pattern artists drawing from the county’s past in samples, inspiration and artwork when designing its musical future.
We’ve put our heads together to draw together ten rap tracks, in no particular order that embody those developments.
For most other country’s leaving lockdown, heading into the cloudy purgatory of that time between Christmas and January is going to taste sweeter than the nectar of the gods. However, as Kojaque notes, for young people in Ireland, it’s another reminder they’ll likely not own a home in the near future. The Dublin rapper’s debut album, Town’s Dead finds its conceptual home in the story of a few friends trying to find somewhere to have a party on New Year’s eve when none of them have a gaff of their own.
Despite the conditions being ripe for a city wide collective comedown, the album’s title track stands lands like a jolt to the system and a call to arms in the face of corporate greed and a government no one wanted.
“The town’s not dead it’s just dormant”.
Alicia Raye gathered the troops for an Avengers assemble moment on the remix of Nobody. Staffing the track with the new vanguard of rap in Ireland it brushes aside any notion of the lone wolf mentality feeling like an optimistic nod towards the future of the genre.
Becoming the first hip hop act to win the RTÉ Choice Prize, MuRli made history with Rusangano Family. Likewise, Kobina has been an ever present force in Irish music for the better part of a decade. Continuing to make music that resonates over a long period of time is one thing, but switching it up completely and following the unbeaten path to resounding results is another. When you’ve carved out a space for yourself, it’s understandable to hold onto your niche, however, never ones to rest on their laurels, MuRli and Kobina joined forces over lockdown for an inspired electronic rap project in Ra Gerra.
The stand out track ‘Pressure’ from their album Vessels captures the swelling tension of the past year in a way that only a combination of anxious, heady rap and paranoid electronic production could.
Even in time where melodies and sound are often prioritised over lyrical technique, Lethal Dialect maintains his status as one of the island’s most captivating acts. ‘Vintage‘ does exactly what it says on the tin. An appreciation for timeless classics, it’s the Dublin spitter at his uncompromising best.
Imposter syndrome and the uncertainty that comes with releasing music into the world can shake even the most talented artists. That sense of inner conflict is heightened even more living in Ireland. With little to no “industry” on the island often some of the most talented artists can slip through the cracks. What’s more is, in a world where streaming figures are often conflated with success, a single’s impact is often reduced to numbers on a screen. One day you write your strongest song to date and are on top of the world, then an underwhelming release day comes by and crushes your previous optimism. Likewise, being the biggest rapper in your area is an honour that can quickly become a culdesac for artists looking to extend their reach beyond home shores and Fynch captures this push and pull through hyper local imagery in ‘Canal Straddle‘.
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We’ve heard so much about remote collaboration in the past year and the “power of the internet” and every other way of saying “working together online”. You’d forgive rappers for having verses that sound so phoned in when they couldn’t be in the same room as the producer, hell even some of our favourite rappers were guilty in the past 18 months of creating frankinsteined monsters that sounded devoid of any natural chemistry. That’s why it’s so impressive that ‘hwlcky‘ (and the whole of Avenoir) sounds like the brainchild of one creative mind, rather than two isolated entities. A little nugget that adds to the lore of the story of this very 2021 project is the pair met for the first time for press shots before the release. In almost complete contrast to the loud social media heavy presence of rappers this decade, one of Irish hip hop’s best tracks came from the shadows.
It’s been nearly 10 years since a fresh faced Lecs Luther burst on the scene. Since then he’s changed name, signed to the label behind Migos, dropped two studio albums, collaborated with the late MF DOOM, experimented with jazz and played all over the world. Having cut his teeth on Soundcloud and Tumblr, in a culture where acts were less precious with their tracks, Rejjie Snow was raised as internet culture took hold and DIY became the new normal.
Despite all the accolades and experimentation, off the back of his latest jazz and disco-infused album Bah Bah Black Sheep, he took the opportunity to return to his rap roots on ‘Arigato’. With releases prior to the album few and far between he revived the approach of dropping loosies, just because he can. Going over three beats and what could’ve potentially been queued for three different songs, the Dublin artist sounds like an artist that’s been starved of releases as he reminds us he can still go toe to toe with anyone.
I don’t even know if I feel better listening to ‘Maybe We’ll Be Okay’, but the way it moves between a cold and uncertain reality and misplaced optimism feels fitting right now. Pulled from 40Hurtz’ debut album Wake A Sleeping Giant, it’s poignant example of the unflinching honesty that courses through the veins of the south west music scene.
Thankfully, producers are increasingly getting their flowers online nowadays. Sal Dulu was one of a few producers to crack music Twitter’s cynical streak, with Xompulse rightfully creating an organic buzz that stretched beyond his home turf in early 2021. A project concerned primarily with feeling and texture, it distilled the floaty purgatory of the past couple of years into 10 spacey tracks.
Without being too forensic, it’s clear all the features were carefully considered inclusions. An alchemist at work, Dulu’s album was concocted with surgeon-like precision. Any out of touch bar, janky flow or nasally cadence could easily throw the Xompluse spacecraft off course, but conversely, a measured take, perfectly sequenced flow or pulsing delivery could prove the elevating condiment for his astral piece.
This world building and concise orchestration comes into full focus on ‘Zumo’, a track that invites one of the underground’s finest in Fly Anakin for a Trans Atlantic link up and one that highlights the pedigree and pull of Irish artists making music on their own terms at the moment.
While acts like KNEECAP have used the Irish language in hip hop, Selló’s use of local slang and clever hopscotching between rapping in English and as gaeilge is an exciting proposition for a sound that’s slowly finding its feet. The self-proclaimed new national anthem, ‘Dublin’ is a no-nonsense track that samples The Chieftains’ version ‘Foggy Dew’ to draw from Irish history to push rap into new territory.


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Apart from testing with the kits available at pharmacy stores, the test could also be done at the doctor's medical lab. This kind of test is known as the quantitative pregnancy test and provide the most accurate result while also revealing since how long the woman has been pregnant and if there are any complications involved or not. It gives the most accurate result and is also quick and pain-free. If you're not sure about the results of over the counter test kits than it is highly advisable to get your blood test done at the doctor's office.
While most of the home-based pregnancy kits fail to deliver early results, the quantitative test can pick up even the smallest trace of hCG also known as human chorionic gonadotropin hormone. A woman body generates these hormones generally after 14 days of her pregnancy. The test done at the lab requires only a few minutes of your time while you might have to wait for a couple of hours for the final result. Since the doctor would be extracting blood from your veins so it is recommended that you do not go empty stomach for this test. That blood is taken to the facility lab for further chemical testing. This test is not just an hCG detection test and doctors actually take into consideration various other factors and based on medical standards conclude that whether a woman is pregnant or not and if yes then how long the pregnancy has been.
How To Test Pregnancy Quantitatively?
If the diagnosis revealed that the hCG level is less than 5mIU than the woman is considered to be not pregnant however if the level is between 10 to 50 mIU then it is estimated that the pregnancy is of around three weeks. These hormones does not have a very rapid growth rate and they get doubled only after every 72 hours and they can grow up to more than one lakh mIU when a woman is approaching near the end of its pregnancy. So the range or the value of hCG in the units of mIU/ml helps identify how long a woman has been pregnant.
These tests also reveal if there are any medical complications and if in case the levels start to fall then there are high chances of miscarriage or even a chemical pregnancy. If the numbers are too higher than the general value than the woman might be pregnant with twins. There are several other factors which doctors take into consideration like when was your last period Date, the size of the stomach etc. and if the numbers do not match with the expected results then you could also be recommended an ultrasound.
Simply stated the tests which are done at home are qualitative and one which are done by the Doctor at their lab are quantitative.
While the qualitative tests that are performed at home with the help of a pregnancy test kit can accurately tell whether the woman is pregnant or not but they cannot reveal other things about the pregnant woman condition as discussed in the article above. While the qualitative tests can also be done early and produced results within few minutes but as the next step you should always go for quantitative test at the doctor's place to overrule the possibility of any complication or issues. The home-based test do not give you the mIU range which is required to determine the length of pregnancy. By some preliminary examinations a doctor can advise whether you need to go for the quantitative test after the qualitative test which you have already done at your home. The quantitative test is also important so that the woman receives timely prenatal care required for safe, healthy and complication free pregnancies.


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Adding Refinisher’s Warehouse Texture Glass to your catalyzed coating provides a cured surface that is the next best thing to porcelain.
Directions: Catalyze your coating, mix thoroughly, add texture glass, mix thoroughly again and spray as normal. Texture Glass with your coating provides a surface that will withstand much harsher treatment, even the occasional abrasive cleaner. Use this additive for extra durability where you need it. (Apartment countertops, Laundromats, workbenches). Sprays easily. You must keep the cup agitated while spraying, as the large particle size can settle to the bottom of your cup.
Effect on finish: If added to a gloss coating, finish will become satin or flat and textured in appearance.
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Creator: Kehoe, Patrick J. Series: Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Research Department) Number: 305 Mot-clé: Ricardian Proposition, World economy, Dynamic theory, Global economics, Monetary economics, and Optimal consumption behavior Assujettir: E21 - Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth and F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics
Creator: Kiyotaki, Nobuhiro and Wright, Randall D. Series: Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Research Department) Number: 464 Abstract:
The classical and early neoclassical economists knew that the essential function of money was its role as a medium of exchange. Recently, this idea has been formalized using search-theoretic noncooperative equilibrium models of the exchange process. The goal of this paper is to use a simple model of this class to analyze four substantive issues in monetary economics: the interaction between specialization and exchange, dual fiat currency regimes, the welfare improving role of money, and the susceptibility of monetary economies to extrinsic uncertainty.
Mot-clé: Fiat currency, Exchange, Monetary economics, Fiat money, and Money Assujettir: D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness and E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General
Creator: Williamson, Stephen D. Series: Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Research Department) Number: 382 Abstract:
A model with private information is constructed that supports conventional arguments for a government monopoly in supplying circulating media of exchange. The model also yields predictions, including rate-of-return dominance of circulating media of exchange, that are consistent with observations from free banking regimes and fiat money regimes. In a laissez faire banking equilibrium, fiat money is not valued, and the resulting allocation is not Pareto optimal. However, if private agents are restricted from issuing circulating notes, there exists an equilibrium with valued fiat money that Pareto dominates the laissez faire equilibrium and is constrained Pareto optimal.
Mot-clé: Currency, Fiat money, Assymetric information, Monetary economics, Monetary exchange, Private information, Laissez faire banking, Free banking, and Money Assujettir: D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design and E42 - Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems

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Some Uber workers want Kalanick back, Tesla in the music biz?
The biggest tech headlines for today include an alleged petition that aims to bring back Travis Kalanick as Uber's CEO and Facebook's new mission statement. Plus Tesla's in talks with music labels to possibly start its own streaming service.


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Strawberry Basil Lemonade is a New Twist on an Old Favorite | Transform Lemonade into a Healing Elixir.
The tartness of fresh lemons rich in Vitamin C combines with the sweetness and deep red color of strawberries. Fresh basil leaves add another dimension of flavor adding not only antioxidants and but also the cancer fighting flavonol carnosol. Basil is also rich in cell protective anti-oxidants. The cancer fighting activity of the phytochemical carnosol has been studied in lung cancer, stomach cancer, and breast cancer. Another plant chemical found in basil, linalool, has been shown to enhance the activity of some chemotherap cancer treatments. Strawberries are able to turn on the gene nrf2 in your cells that helps you to fight inflammation. Improving your cells ability to fight inflammation reduces risk of not only cancer but also of heart disease. In particular strawberries have been studied in China in conjunction with prevention of cancers of the digestive tract, especially esophageal cancers. Not only is this a refreshing summer cooler, but by adding strawberries and basil it actually becomes a cancer fighting beverage! A great example of how a few additions can transform an ordinary drink into a healing elixir!
Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Dairy Free
Makes 4 cups
3 cups filtered or spring water
1 ½ large lemons or 2 medium lemons peeled, seeds removed and cut in half
½ cup fresh basil leaves
½ cup fresh or frozen organic strawberries
1 cup ice cubes
Place in blender
Blend for one minute
Serve in chilled glasses with a sprig of basil and a lemon wedge
Optional: add ¼ cup organic honey or other sweetener.
TIP: Stevia is a great choice for a sugar substitute as it does not raise blood sugar or insulin levels.

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Chicago celebrates 10th anniversary
The Broadway revival of Chicago celebrates its 10th annivarsery with a special gala-performance on the 14 Nov 2006.
The musical, which is the longest running revival in Broadway history, is marking the occasion with a gala evening perforamce to benefit the charity 'Safe Horizon', the nation's leading victim assistance programme.
For this one-tim event, original cast members Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, James Naughton, Marcia Lewis, Joel Grey, and D. Sabella star, along with such Chicago alums as Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Wayne Brady, John O'Hurley, Huey Lewis, Marilu Henner, Lynda Carter, Chita Rivera, Rita Wilson, Gregory Harrison and Ashlee Simpson.
In an easlier statement producer Barry Weissler said, "It's an amazing testament to the genius of the creators, Bob Fosse and John Kander & Fred Ebb that our production of Chicago has played over 4,500 performances and will celebrate its 10th year. Every talented actor who has graced our stage for the past 10 years as well as all of our backstage crew and musicians contributed to the enormous success of Chicago. Not only has it been a glorious ride on Broadway, but its many international and national productions have proven that Chicago is a timeless show which audiences have responded to for its brilliant concept, book, music and dancing."
The revival of Chicago was originally one of City Center's musical Encores - in which the City Center presents revivals of three musicals. The musical then went on to open on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 1996, where it played until Feb 2007. It then transferred to the Shubert Theatre were it played from Feb. 11, 1997 through to 26 Jan 2003, before opening at its present home, the Ambassador Theatre, on 29 Jan 2003, where it is currently booking to 25 Mar 2007.
The show has music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb.
Chicago follows not your usual housewife, Roxie Hart, who gains dubious notoriety when she kills her boyfriend, invents her defense and manipulates everyone from her trustworthy husband to the fickle media and the unsuspecting public. Featuring well known songs, 'All That Jazz,' 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'Mr. Cellophane'.
The musical is directed by Walter Bobbie, with choreography by Ann Reinking, scene design by John Lee Beatty, costumes by William Ivey Long, lighting by Ken Billington and sound by Scott Lehrer, and currently stars Brenda Braxton (Velma Kelly), Michelle DeJean (Roxie), Roz Ryan (Matron 'Mama' Morton), Christopher McDonald (Billy Flynn), Rob Bartlett (Amos Hart), R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine).
Chicago won six 1997 Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Actor (James Naughton), Best Actress (Bebe Neuwirth) and Best Lighting.
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Capital Square Expands Development Team with Latest Hire
May 5, 2022
Capital Square, an investment sponsor specializing in tax-advantaged real estate offerings, has hired Michael Ollinger as vice president of construction management.
In his new role, Ollinger leads construction management at Capital Square for both existing assets and new development.
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According to the U.N. World Food Programme, hunger plagues over 840 million people. So, why is it that one-third of all the food produced around the world goes to waste, clogging landfills and creating environmental hazards?
Robert Egger, founder of both DC and LA Kitchen, and Michael Flood, president of one of the nation’s largest food banks, join Full Frame this week to discuss the changing face of hunger and their ingenuity in limiting wasted food in the U.S. and abroad.
Robert Egger had been running DC Kitchen for 24 years and helped serve 26 million meals before he brought the concept to LA. Michael Flood oversees the distribution of 60 million pounds of food products to a network of 1,000 agencies and assistance programs throughout Los Angeles County annually.
They both share their learnings and frustrations from decades of experience creating and implementing successful food programs.


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SVEN-GORAN Eriksson is the man to take Manchester City into a bright new era, according to a supporters group.
The former England coach is expected to seal a three-year contract once prospective owner Thaksin Shinawatra has secured a 75% stake in the club.
Eriksson has already reported to the Carrington training ground and the fans are excited about the prospect of what he can bring to Eastlands.
"I do believe that Sven is the right man to take us forward, " said Alex Channon, chairman of the long-established City Centenary Supporters Association.
"Despite what some say about him he does have a proven track record especially as a club manager and his England record is far better than many suggest.
"I believe that Sven will spend the money available to him wisely, he knows players and will only bring in players who will improve the team."
Channon remains unconcerned the pace has slowed in Thasksin's proposed takeover bid. The former Thai prime minister - who is facing corruption charges in his home country - was hoping to have Eriksson installed by now.
Channon said: "I understand that these things can take some time and I'd rather we got it right now for the sake of the long time future. "I am concerned about Thaksin's past but having said that I think there is a political game being played in Thailand."
Channon added: "I have the utmost faith in (chairman) John Wardle who apart from being the current chairman is a City fanatic.
"He will only do what he thinks is best our club. I trust his judgement."
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“What we call abstract painting is about creating a space for thought, a way to open the mind up and allow space for the other senses…when you look at them, you absorb an experience.”
In modulating, intense hues, Marina Adams’s abstract paintings explore pattern as a language that exceeds boundaries. Finding similarities in such diverse cultural output as American Southwest pottery, North African weavings and mosaics, and ancient Egyptian architecture, she reconceives designs as radiant arrangements of color. “We can see pattern in the most basic things,” she has explained, “it’s in basic truths that we can find communion.” Her canvases feature fields of interlocking shapes, both biomorphic and geometric, that appear to flex, expand, and contract in their assigned colors. The artist, who is based in New York and Parma, Italy, invests in the physicality of painting, making her process visible in the work itself. Animated by a steady, dynamic energy, she conveys immense experiences with pared down means, much like her forebears Agnes Martin, Alma Thomas, and Hilma af Klint.
Born in 1960 in Orange, New Jersey, Adams received her BFA from Tyler School of Art (1980) and her MFA from Columbia University (1983). She has collaborated with poets on several volumes, including Actualities with Norma Cole (Litmus Press, 2015); Taormina with Vincent Katz (Kayrock, 2012); The Tango with Leslie Scalapino (Granary Books, 2001); and Vue sur Mer with Christian Prigent (Gervais Jassaud, 2010). Her work was recently featured in Affinities for Abstraction: Artists on Eastern Long Island, 1950 to 2020, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York (2021) and FOCUS: Marina Adams, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2020). Her work resides in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Longlati Foundation, Shanghai. Adams is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (2016) and the Award of Merit Medal for Painting from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2018).
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Marina Adams: What Are You Listening To? (2022) explored and highlighted the artist’s signature style. Committed to pure painterly expression, Adams pursues rigorous examinations of color and form that situate her in the tradition of the New York School painting, with its emphasis on gesture, spontaneity, and improvisation—an aesthetic and methodology shared amongst poets, musicians, and dancers alike.
In persistent dialogue with art-historical heroes Henri Matisse, Willem de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell, among others, Adams probes the lineages of modernism while adding h...Read More
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Massachusetts foreclosures down prior to BofA moratorium: Warren Group
Foreclosure starts in Massachusetts dropped 6.7% in September from a year ago according to the Warren Group, which tracks real estate data in New England. The 2,358 starts, or petitions to foreclose, in September was also a 23% fall from August. Petitions have exceeded 2,000 every month since February for a total of 20,964 this year, down 3.1% from the same period in 2009. Major servicers suspended foreclosures in 23 states to review faulty foreclosure documentation, but only Bank of America (BAC) suspended foreclosures across the country. Warren Group CEO Timothy Warren said the market will have to wait until November to understand the impact of the BofA moratorium, which the bank said is scheduled to lift Oct. 25. Warren added BofA is involved in 2,000 pending foreclosure cases in Massachusetts. Completed foreclosures climbed on a yearly basis for the ninth-straight month in September. There were 890 foreclosure deeds filed in September, the final stage of the foreclosure process. It's a 26.6% jump from last year. But on a monthly basis, deeds dropped 26% from the previous month. It's the first month deeds fell below 1,000 for the first time since February. Write to Jon Prior.


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Republic FC and FOX40 Continue to Grow Partnership in Third Season
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Republic FC announced today that FOX40 will return as the club's Official Broadcast Partner for the 2024 season. For the third season, each of the club's 34 USL Championship matches will be broadcast live in English and Spanish on FOX40.com and Antenna TV 40.2, as well as through the FOX40 News mobile app. The upcoming season will also feature a record number of gameday broadcasts on FOX40, including the season opener, as well as extended coverage of the club through TV specials, weekly team updates, and more.
"Since teaming up with FOX40 two years ago, we've seen league-leading record viewership and continuous growth in our fanbase and broadcast value," said Republic FC Chief Revenue Officer Dustin Vicari. "We're thrilled to extend this partnership and build on the foundation we've laid, both on matchdays and throughout the year."
"We are excited to renew our partnership with the Sacramento Republic Football Club. They're an indomitable team whose excellence makes our community proud and embodies FOX40's value of "Community Matters," said FOX40's General Manager Cathy Gunther. "We look forward to another great season cheering on the team!"
FOX40 will become the home for all Sacramento sports fans with Republic FC matches side by side with college basketball, Major League Baseball, and the National Football League, as well as additional sporting events through 2024 and beyond. As the season progresses, additional match broadcasts will be announced - to complement the full slate of streaming matches on FOX40.com, through the FOX40 News mobile app, and over-the-air at Antenna TV 40.2
Republic FC continues to push the standard for broadcast excellence in USL and professional sports, from its league-leading viewership - over 600,000 viewers across all broadcasts - to innovative ways to provide increased value for the club and its corporate partners. Building on the success of the partners' first 30-minute TV special Home at Hughes last year, viewers can tune in to FOX40 throughout the season to watch Republic FC Rundown, a new series that gives fans an inside look at the club on the field and in the community. The first Republic FC Rundown will air on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. on FOX40, with a behind-the-scenes look at the team's preparations for the upcoming season.
Broadcasters Rob McAllister and Adam Moffat will be back on the call for the 2024 season. McAllister has been the voice of Republic FC broadcasts since the inaugural 2014 season, while former Republic FC midfielder Moffat featured for the club in 2017-2018 before jumping into the broadcast booth in 2021. The Indomitable Club's all-time leading scorer Cameron Iwasa will also join the broadcast for select matches. Long-time Spanish broadcasters Armando Botello and Milton Moreno will return for their seventh season together, along with Sal Acevedo providing additional support. The Spanish broadcast will be available for every match and can be accessed through the SAP function on viewer TVs, or by selecting the Spanish feed on FOX40.com and the mobile app.
In addition to match broadcasts, fans can tune in to FOX40 throughout the season for regular club updates and exclusive coverage and content. Every Wednesday, viewers can hear the latest on partnerships, community activations, and matchday opportunities on Studio40 Live (noon to 1:00 p.m.) and before each home game, fans can get the latest update on the team during the FOX40 Morning News on Fridays before the weekend match.
The 2024 USL Championship Season will officially kick off on Saturday, March 9, when the club hosts Orange County SC at Heart Health Park. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and tickets are available now at SacRepublicFC.com/tickets. The match will also be broadcast live in English and Spanish on FOX40, Antenna TV 40.2, FOX40.com, and the FOX40 News mobile app.
For FOX40's full Republic FC coverage, visit FOX40.com/RepublicFC.
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For those of you considering starting a professional career in the medical field, LVN programs in Wolf CA will help you achieve your goals faster than you would likely think.
Training classes might take as little as one to two years to complete, and at the end of your program you will become qualified to go ahead and take the NCLEX license exam.
The Complete Guide for Students in LVN Programs
Practical nursing program requirements will differ from school to school but will likely have some basic conditions. Currently they are: have a H.S. diploma or GED and be the legal age for California, clear a required background screening and test negative for any illegal drugs.
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Details About Licensed Vocational Nursing Schools in Wolf CA
If it is time to choose which LPN program you want to register for, there are a few issues that you want to check over. Selecting online Licensed Vocational Nurse programs may sound very simple, but you have to make sure that you are picking the right type of program. Remember to see if the courses are authorized either with a overseeing body such as the American Nurses Association or through the California State Board. Soon after confirming the accreditation situation, you’ll want to investigate just a little deeper to be sure that the classes you want can supply you with the most-effective instruction.
- Study anything you can concerning the training school – particularly its background
- What exactly is the school’s license assessment success history
- How does the price of the training program look when compared with equivalent training programs?
Exactly Why is Vocational Nursing Licensure Important to Your Career?
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing dictates the license and guidelines for Licensed Vocational Nurses. The Nurse Aide Registry controls the nursing registry that decides who’s able to be employed as a LVN. Once you’re certified and included, you are qualified for employment.
The Comprehensive Vocational Nursing Occupational Guidebook for California
O*Net Online forecasts that the demand for nurses in California will reach historic levels over the next couple of years. A rapidly-aging population coupled with recent changes in the country’s healthcare system may lead to an growth in the total number of additional positions for qualified individuals by 2020. For individuals who would like to start working as a licensed nurse in Wolf CA, obviously the expanding demand is in your favor.
Get Ready Now for Your Career of the Future!
Now that you’ve received all of the strategies and info required to become a LVN, it’s now your responsibility to sign-up for LVN programs today!


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Hurrah. After a few weeks away my upholsterer at the amazing Reloved Upholstery in Manchester has come up trumps again. These two gorgeous chairs will be for sale through the Reloved upholstery website shortly. The chairs came from the ATC unit still at Biggin Hill who were disposing of surplus items some years ago. They had been gifted the chairs from the RAF station as it closed. I acquired these chairs and have had them in storage until now. The old destroyed coverings were removed and the internals renewed and replaced like for like where required to keep as much of the chairs original as possible. The frames were all stamped with the AM mark and some a 1944 date. An original example of the chair can be found at the RAF museum reserve collection at Stafford. These chairs have been covered in London Underground coverings and conform to all modern fire standards etc. The frames have been stripped and repolished. Really lovely chairs expertly restored.
I was looking through my photo albums on the ipad today and I came across some pictures I took of the first Air Ministry item of furniture I bought. This was the chair that got me hooked on the history and background of old furniture from the RAF. I purchased this chair and a further 7 just like it from a young lad in Bromley, London who had bought them from the Air Cadets at Biggin Hill. Seeing these on his blog I was a little dubious as to their history as items from Biggin Hill often appear on the interweb which are nothing but fakes or telling porkies about their past. By putting ‘Biggin Hills’ good name to items inflates many an items value. But after some enquiries they turned out to be just what he described them as. From the cadets at Biggin Hill. They had been gifted them by the station when it closed down and in order to make space they subsequently sold them on. Anyway. After getting the chairs home, I set about repairing them. Most of them were far from immaculate and the years had not treated them well. Much of the Vynide coverings on them had been torn, ripped and damaged so I took the decision to strip all but two – which are still ok – to restore them, keeping as much of the original parts as possible. Vynide is no longer made as a covering but I have found a company that still makes the exact material, just not with all the nasty chemicals in. On stripping them down I also came accross the AM marking stamped into the frame. And so began my fascination! All the chairs have this stamping and 1944 date inked on. The chairs were produced by the Scottish Co-operative wholesale society.
I am currently waiting on a re-upholsterer to start work to restore them to their former glory. All the spring bodies are in good order and will be re-used with only fabric coverings and padding etc being replaced. I even kept all the original tacks to hopefully salvage some of them for re-use.
Anyway here are some snaps.q apologies for the scruffy house in the background!

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