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Private schools always provide a better education than public schools. Or do they? Inner-city private schools, most of which are Catholic, suffer from the same problems neighboring public schools have including large class sizes, unqualified teachers, outdated curricula, lack of parental involvement and stressful family and community circumstances. Straightforward and authoritative, All Else Equal challenges us to reconsider vital policy decisions and rethink the issues facing our current educational system.
"[The authors] wade into the voucher debate in 'All Else Equal' in a way that sets them apart. They are reasonable. They lay out the arguments fairly. And then they actually test voucher advocates' theories and describe the results of their research without making grandiose claims...Anyone who cares about public education should read 'All Else Equal." -- --The New York Times Book Review
"The authors contribute to the school reform discussion through pivotal insights and clear and deliberative arguments, offering case studies indicating that privatization and market accountability is not necessarily the solution to improving public education." -- Library Journal
"I can think of no other book that helps us sort through the competing claims about public versus private schools than All Else Equal. It is well-written and clearly argued, and should be read by anyone who cares about the future of education in the United States." -- Michael W. Apple, editor of State and the Politics of Knowledge
"This is an important book. It presents powerful research which sweeps away the commonly-held mythologies about the difference between public and private schools." -- Arthur E. Levine, President of Teachers College, Columbia University

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More “truthiness” from the Fraser Institute
The Fraser is on a roll. After taking some time settling into the big chair, new Executive Director Mark Mullins has unleashed a torrent of new releases in the past couple months. Few of these are “new” in the sense of original material, mostly they are updates of previous reports with spanky new ISBN numbers.
Let’s look at a couple. First, run for the hills because the debt monster is gonna getcha:
Each Canadian taxpayer owes $171,032 in federal, provincial, and local liabilities, according to Canadian Government Debt 2006. … Federal, provincial, and local governments have accumulated $798 billion in direct debt and more than $2.7 trillion in total government liabilities. Total liabilities include direct debt and programs that the government has committed to provide such as Old Age Security and Medicare (Canadaâ€™s public health care system).
The objective of the report appears to be coming up with a really big number to scare people about “big government”. But I don’t think this stuff gets much mileage in these days of huge surpluses. According to the latest fiscal reference tables, the federal debt as a percent of GDP fell from 68.4% in 1995/96 to 35.1% in 2005/06. Total provincial debt has fallen from a high of 28.4% in 1999/00 to 20.1% in 2005/06. Because of economic growth, both debt-to-GDP ratios will continue to fall even if there are modest deficits, up to the point where a deficit was equal to the growth rate of nominal GDP.
What’s missing from their scary picture? The uncounted income we will have in the future. Like other reports from the Fraser this is one-sided, and even if one accepts that their calculations are useful on the expenditure side, they are meaningless without the context of projected future income. By such one-sided measures, my household has an unfunded cable bill liability of several hundred thousand dollars. And my mortgage is also an unfunded liability because I (like almost everyone) have borrowed against future income and do not have financial assets in the bank right now. Even the payroll of the Fraser Institute is an unfunded liability running in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Second item, poverty in Canada:
The proportion of Canadians living in poverty fell to 4.9 per cent in 2004, the lowest level in history, according to … Poverty in Canada: 2006 Update.
â€œPoverty rates have decreased substantially, falling to 4.9 per cent in 2004 from 7.8 per cent in 1996,â€ said report author Chris Sarlo, a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute and Nipissing University economics professor. â€œThis fall in poverty rates is especially encouraging following a lengthy period of stagnation throughout the 1980s and early to mid-1990s.â€
… Sarlo uses the â€œbasic needsâ€ approach to measure poverty by determining the level of income individuals or families need to buy the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, shelter, and other household essentials. Canadians are considered to be in a state of poverty when they lack the income necessary to buy these basic needs.
It is true that poverty rates have been falling in recent years due to the state of the economy. But these findings do not square with what we see around us, at least in Canada’s major cities: a big leap in the numbers of people living on the street, using food banks, and availing themselves of charitable services. It could be that the depth of poverty has increased, and a decent economy in recent years is masking that behind a falling poverty rate.
Generally, I find the Sarlo measure to be interesting, at least when used as one data point among many different approaches to measuring poverty, because it does give us a sense of what a measure of abject poverty looks like. Conservatives have argued that poverty lines should be defined in strict, absolute terms by costing out a minimal â€œbasket of basic goods and servicesâ€ required for survival. UBC economist David Green calls this the â€œthin gruelâ€ approach to measuring poverty.
For many years, forces on the right argued that poverty rates in Canada were too high because they used â€œrelativeâ€ measures, based on the idea that whether one is poor or not depends on how others are doing. Statistics Canada measures poverty in two ways. The first, the Low Income Measure (LIM) is half the median income. If median income goes up, so does the estimated poverty line. This is the standard used for most international comparisons of poverty. Second, Canada also has its own unique measure of poverty, the Low Income Cut-off, or LICO. The LICO is a mixed measure: it estimates the poverty line based on an income level at which a household spends disproportionately more on food, clothing and shelter relative to the average household. According to the LICO, a poor family would spend 63% or more of their disposable income on these basic items.
Poverty activists have accused the Fraser Institute of trying to make poverty go away through statistical manipulation, and generally backed the LICO figures. Nonetheless, the government through Human Resources (and Social) Development Canada, began developing estimates of a â€œmarket basket measureâ€ of poverty, or MBM.
For comparison purposes, I’ve taken the latest data year published for each of these measures. The LIM for disposable (after-tax) income in 2004 was $28,202 (family of four, Canada-wide, no adjustment for community size), whereas the LICO (family of four, unban centre, 2002) was an after-tax income of $32,556 in 2005. The Market-Basket Measure (MBM) for a family of four in Vancouver was $28,944 in 2002 (up to a couple thousand dollars could be saved if this family lived in a more rural area). Others have got into the game as well. The Social Planning and Research Council of BC did its own calculations, estimating minimum support costs of $28,500 for a family of four for 2004, which is strikingly close to that of the MBM. It would be fair to increase each of these by about 2% per year to reflect inflation if we were to make rough estimates for 2006.
The â€œbasic needs lineâ€ published by the Fraser Institute rings in at $22,852 for a family of four in 2006 (it does not distinguish among provinces or size of community one lives in), much lower than the others. An interesting point is that even based on the â€œone calorie short of starvationâ€ method, current welfare incomes fall below the threshold. Including both provincial and federal benefits, a family of four on welfare in BC receives $16,951.
Making the debate about how poverty should be measured is a red herring. Multiple measures are worthwhile. But let’s give the last word to the Fraser’s hero Adam Smith, and what he had to say in his treatise, The Wealth of Nations:
By necessaries I understand not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but what ever the customs of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even the lowest order, to be without. A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life. The Greeks and Romans lived, I suppose, very comfortably, though they had no linen. But in the present times, through the greater part of Europe, a creditable day-laborer would be ashamed to appear in public without a linen shirt, the want of which would be supposed to denote that disgraceful degree of poverty which, it is presumed, nobody can well fall into, without extreme bad conduct. Custom, in the same manner, has rendered leather shoes a necessary of life in England.


Alwar: The campaigning for assembly election in Alwar district’s Ramgarh constituency came to an end on Saturday. At least 20 candidates including two women are in the fray for the assembly polls which will be held on 278 booths in the constituency on January 28, said returning officer Pankaj Sharma. Also Read - West Bengal Election 2021: BJP Likely to Release First List of Candidates With 60 Names Soon
Polling in Ramgarh was postponed following the death of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Laxman Singh. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday had announced the schedule for election in Ramgarh constituency of Rajasthan’s Alwar district. According to the schedule, polling will be held in the constituency on January 28 from 8 AM 5 PM. The election process will be completed before February 2. Also Read - West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Suvendu to Get Ticket From Nandigram? BJP to Finalise List of 60 Names Today
While the BSP has fielded former union minister Natwar Singh’s son Jagat Singh, Congress has fielded Shafia Zubair. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched Sukhwant Singh. Also Read - AAP Sweeps Delhi MCD Bypolls, Arvind Kejriwal Says People Now Want Good Work In Municipality Too
There are 2.35 lakh voters, including 1.10 lakh female voters, in the constituency, the result of which will be announced on January 31.
In last year’s election, which were held on 199 out of 200 seats, on December 7, Congress won 99 seats and formed the government. Its alliance partner- RLD won one seat. While BJP won 73 seats, BSP 6, RLPT 3, CPI (M) and BPT 2 each and 13 seats were won by independents.
Ramgarh assembly constituency is infamous for mob lynching cases. The region witnessed several cases of mob lynching which caught national attention and the Congress raised the issue many a time, accusing the previous Vasundhara Raje government of protecting the accused in an attempt to polarise the area- that is already hypersensitive.


Mercer County School Board members on Wednesday, for the fourth time, approved placing a 1 percent sales tax resolution on the April 9 ballot.|
Board members said the referendum will shore up the district's dwindling financial situation. The board also is looking at how to cut $1 million from its budget.
If the referendum is approved, superintendent Alan Boucher said the district could receive an additional $312,000 per year.
Other savings could come if the district split grade level classes at second/third grade or third/fourth grade levels. Mr. Boucher discussed possibly having four classes, with one being a split grade. The action would eliminate two teachers at two elementary schools.
"There are seven retirements this year," Mr. Boucher said.
The board also is considering setting up the district's five schools as attendance centers.
Mr. Boucher discussed a draft proposal for cutting costs, including a 10 percent reduction in supplies and athletic budgets, charging admission at all sporting events, raising student fees for driver's education and reducing textbook expenses per building, from $43,000 to $5,000.
Board members will meet again at 8 a.m. Saturday at the district office in Aledo to further discuss cost-saving measures.
Bus changes also are being considered to save money. The district now has 22 bus routes – 11 run by the district and the others contracted to Johannes Bus Service. The district currently spends about $1 million per year to transport 600 of its 1,300 students using buses, with two routes dedicated to special education.
Board members have been told moving to a dual transportation system would reduce the number of buses needed. Elementary, high school and junior high students would be picked up and returned home at different times, cutting about a third of the district'stransportation costs, according to a recent study. That study alsoshowed bus trips were used for 580 athletic events and field trips last year.
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The Chinese population has low immunity against COVID, making it vulnerable to high levels of transmission.
Protests in China, while not super rare, tend to be highly localised. But these anti-lockdown protests have triggered a more national response.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has effectively become “leader for life” at this weekend’s congress. But his strict COVID zero policy may bring economic turmoil.
In the first two years of the pandemic, Australia’s COVID elimination strategy was among the most effective in the world. Now we rank second in the world for the most cases per capita.
The rules dividing states and territories are likely to remain in the short term. But as time goes on and vaccination rates increase, many may stop trying to reach COVID-zero too.

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Written by Dana Call, RVT,VTS (ECC), CHT-V
I have worked in the veterinary profession in a variety of roles for the last 4 decades and
for the most part, I have found it to be challenging and very rewarding. I was born to do this.
There is an alarming, shocking and tragic trend among my colleagues that has escalated to
what I believe to be a tipping point for those of us who have dedicated our lives to animal
health, welfare and well-being. Divorce. Depression. Anxiety. Poverty. Abusive relationships.
Suicide. My colleagues are falling away from the profession they worked so hard for and they
can’t be replaced. Men and women in the veterinary field have a statistically higher rate of
divorce and suicide than other professions.
Think about a person you care about who may be in an abusive relationship. What advice and help would you give them in order to help them get out of the abusive relationship? Abusers are manipulative, controlling and sometimes pose a physical threat to their victim. We have all watched enough crime TV to formulate an idea of how abusers operate. Now, imagine that someone you care about is about to go on a blind date with someone they know absolutely nothing about; their past, their personality, their good qualities or their bad
qualities. Let’s say things didn’t go according to the expectation of the blind date and now your loved one is experiencing a barrage of hurtful, abusive and harassing communications that have affected their ability to earn a living. This is what’s happening to people I care about in the veterinary profession. They are walking into exam rooms blind and unknowing that they
are about to become victims of abuse and cyber-bullying. The abusive relationship is with pet
owners, the very people they have been trained and educated to serve. Believe me when I
say that no one understands how emotional it can be when a beloved pet friend is sick or
injured better than anyone who works in a veterinary hospital. We are trained to set our
emotions aside and care for the pet. We understand that pet owners may not be able to do
that and we empathize with them in their time of crisis. We understand that stressful
situations can cause a person to say and do things that they may not normally say or do. What
I want to bring to light is something beyond that. A person who intentionally sets out to manipulate or cause harm through their verbal or written attacks on social media. A person
who seeks power and control through abusive tactics.
According to an article by verywellmind, abusers and bullies will verbally and in writing call you names, use words to shame you, make jokes at your expense, humiliate you in public, criticize you in public, yell, scream and swear at you and makes threats. In a RockDove solutions blog, cyberbullies are people who intentionally provoke others online by ranting, using inflammatory or offensive language, or spreading misinformation just to get a rise out of an individual or organization.
Sadly, this abusive relationship is ending like so many others. Someone dies because the warning signs were ignored, the threat was too great, the burden was unbearable, the depression was too much and the support was too little- too late. People I care about are being publicly persecuted without a fair trial. Facts are misrepresented, or completely omitted and the language is completely abusive with the intent of public humiliation, shaming, threats and demands. Inflammatory remarks designed to rile up the masses to join in! Many of my colleagues aren’t in a position that allows them to leave or end the abusive relationship. They have a family, a mortgage and massive student loans to repay and they need an income. So, every day, they walk through the exam room door not knowing if they will be bullied, abused, harassed and slandered on social media. These pet owners are ruining the veterinary profession and its livelihood.
We are not in this for the money- read that again- If there was a magical way we could all live for free with all our personal and family financial needs met and get medications,equipment, supplies, and a hospital with all that is needed to practice veterinary medicine for free, I promise we would! That is not our reality, nor is it the reality of anyone in any other profession. Somehow the measuring stick for veterinary professionals is much different than other professions and for some reason, some people think public smear campaigns are ok. It isn’t ok, it is abuse in the most cowardly fashion. We are people, with names and we are a close community of professionals. We share information and collaborate with others in our field. We care about the deadly impact that cyber bullying and verbal abuse has on our profession. According to Not One More Vet, one in six veterinarians contemplates suicide, that is three times the national average. Please think long and hard about the impact your words may have on a person before you post. Veterinary hospitals serve their communities by creating jobs and protecting animals and people from diseases. We must preserve and protect this profession because animals are such an important part of our society.

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What are the best baking hacks and tips? We are in the lockdown era, which means it is time for baking! But baking can be tricky sometimes. From prospering bater to mixing, to cutting and serving, everybody needs help in the kitchen from time to time. These baking hacks make our life easier by streamlining the baking process.
We have gathered some helpful baking hacks and tips to make your baking less hassle and less time-consuming. Read on!
With this baking hacks and tips, you do not have to buy buttermilk from now on. You can now make buttermilk at home with two simple ingredients. Take one measuring cup, add one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar and fill the remainder of a measuring cup with plain milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes, and your DIY buttermilk is ready!
Suppose you want to make perfect chocolate chip cookies at home that are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Then follow these two simple steps! The first hack is to always chill the dough before baking (one hour would be good while overnight would be the best). The second hack is when you remove the cookies from the oven, bang the pan on the surface to force the cookies to settle.
It happens that brown sugar turns into lumps after some time, whether you put them in an airtight container or not. This simple hack is foolproof—all you have to do is to put a piece of bread into the brown sugar container.
If you don’t use a rolling pin because it takes up your cupboard space, don’t worry. Whenever you want a rolling pin, use an empty wine bottle instead. Remove its label and wash the bottle from outside. Use wax paper or plastic wrap on the top of your dough.
Don’t have a cookie-cutter? No problem, use your glass instead. We usually have glasses in a circle and an oval shape. It can cut cookies smoothly without sticking to it.
When you run out of brown sugar at home, you can make it at home without any problem. All have to process some plain old sugar with molasses, and you have yourself some DIY brown sugar! For measurement, use two tablespoons of molasses for every cup of sugar.
This hack is as straightforward as simply buying sprinkles, but making these sprinkles at home would be great fun and enjoyment. All you have to do is use powdered sugar and egg whites to make your sprinkles and make them into any flavour you want.
We always run out of powdered sugar whenever we need to make the frosting or icing. However, you can make powdered sugar if you have white sugar on hand! All you need is to add 1 cup of white sugar and one tablespoon of cornstarch to your blender. Grind the sugar mixture a few times until it gets to the right powdery consistency.
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Last night I had tea with my friends Vivienne and Margaret.
“Tell me, Marianna, what do the Mzungus think of Africa and Africans?” Margaret asks. (Mzungus is the term for Westerners, or whites as they call them here in Zambia.)
“I will tell you, if you will then tell me what Africans think of Mzungus,” I reply. Margaret nods. Then I describe the first thought of most Westerners who have not been in Africa – Africa is a hopeless case. One tribal war after another. All those billions of dollars sent as aid, and where is it? Same old, poverty has not changed. Africa is not moving forward. They think of starving children, of AIDS, of poverty, of desert.
“But why do they think like that?” Margaret is indignant, as she should be. We are sitting in a quite comfortable home, eating well. Her children and grandchildren are doing well, as many Zambians are. Zambia is a beautiful country, fertile, with many big farms. Cities are congested with the growing number of cars, because of a growing number of more prosperous people. Buildings are going up everywhere. There are still many people who are hungry, there is poverty, but there is so much more.
“That’s what they see on the news. That’s what television reports. Sudan is fighting again. The tribal wars in Congo. The AIDS situation. That’s what they hear from the NGOs who need money for their programs for orphanages.”
“But why do they report like that?”
“They need sensations to report. Good news is not sensation. And anyway, the hard things need to reach the world. And the evening news is short.” Margaret knows herself, this is all true.
“Mzungus are all very rich,” Margaret now says. “They are all well educated and happy. There are no problems there such as we have. They all drive cars and live very comfortably. In their countries there is no corruption or poverty. Everything is nice. Things work very well. So when an African sees a Mzungu, they think he has money. That’s how I think and I think that’s how most Africans think.”
“I also used to think like that,” Vivienne adds. “But when I took the Peace and Reconciliation course we did much research. We found that there are wars in European countries. That not everyone is rich. Now I think differently.”
I tell them how things are in Europe and North America. That we have many poor people too, of soup kitchens and food banks. The women are incredulous. I talk of the divorce rate, of corruption scandals. It is true that the West is doing much better than Africa, of course. But the picture most Africans have is as faulty as the Mzungu picture of Africa.
There are many people in both cultures who see a truer picture, but I think the above perceptions are the norm. Both perceptions are faulty. Yet we act out of them. We need more exchanges such as the one we just had. I hope Margaret and Vivienne will tell others of our conversation.


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Santanu’s first solo exhibition, BLCK, challenges audience perceptions
Santanu Hazarika has carved a name for himself in the world of visual art. His art is instantly recognizable and has a spontaneous recall value for trademark affinity towards creating fluidic visceral imagery. His monochromatic visual vocabulary is rooted in popular culture. The iconography is informed by an early exposure to art forms as varied as graphic novels, street art, sci-fi, animé, video games, fantasy, dark humor, metal music and mythology. These influences give form and color to experiences from his life.
‘BLCK’ is Santanu’s first ever debut solo show emerges as an exhibit of a phenomenon that presents a practice which is an enigma of the person who creates visual networks of personal histories, video gaming, popular culture and the skill to draw. It’s our moment for an art form to emerge from our interiors crafted and scripted by a genius image maker. Drawing heavily on Santanu’s love for monochromatic work, BLCK is all set to be an iconic display of black & white pieces that unsettle and challenge audience perceptions.
Exhibition Dates: 10th– 28th February 2022
Exhibition Venue: Art & Soul, 1 Madhuli, Shiv Sagar Estate, Dr Annie Besant Rd, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400018
As art is increasingly pushing digital boundaries, how important is it for a physical experience?
Art is all about pushing boundaries or even creating new ones. Digitally right now art just entered a whole new realm of Nft’s which has disrupted the traditional notion of art. Qqqqq But I believe art is something which should be experienced in totality, art is a reflection of both the physical and the metaphysical reality, even if it is a digital representation, it still in a lot of ways stems out of physical experiences. Physical experinces emcompases all the senses in totality. For me both the planes of digital and analogue are very intriguing, as an artist it will be wrong of me not to experiment with both. My attempt is to merge both of them together. I have been working on various nft projects and simultaneously working n my physical exhibition , end of the day it’s still my expression and my art , irrespective of what medium is choose to suspend it on.
How personal is this exhibition for you?
This exhibition is personal because because it’s my debut show. Everyone that is part of my life and inspiration is part of my exhibition. Starting from my partner Shruti to my friends like Mc altaf and Karan. It’s the first time I’m opening my process and practise to the world. BLCK is an extension of my turbulent existence and the contentment it brings to me. I began my practice using the deep black tones of India Ink, so when you doodle using black ink ,the metascape it allows is very graphic , there are no tonal qualities you rather depend on the ability to sketch , it absorbs light. BLCK is a reflection on my artistic practice, it absorbs popular culture into intertwined vines of hands, skulls, human bodies and images that mirror our minds, the chaos that descends into our bodies from the images that we consume.Emotionally driven and violently moulded, BLCK is an invitation into my world of comfortable turbulence
Reflecting on your journey and growth, what are you most grateful for right now in the moments before opening?
I’m grateful for all the support that I have got , I’m grateful how excited and positive everyone is. Coming from a very small town and having no background in art, it’s my friends and family who have always believed in me and in my art. Im grateful that I can make them proud and inspire my people from every corner of my humble state.
Can you shed more light on the India Ink you used for those who aren’t familiar – what makes it special, what is it comprised of, why use it?
India ink (also Chinese ink) is a simple black or coloured ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing and outlining, especially when inking comic books and comic strips. India ink is also used in medical applications. India ink has been in use in India since at least the 4th century BC, where it was called masi, an admixture of several substances.Indian documents written in Kharosthi with this ink have been unearthed in as far as Xinjiang, China.The practice of writing with ink and a sharp-pointed needle in Tamil and other Dravidian languages was common practice from antiquity in South India, and so several ancient Buddhistand Jain scripts in India were compiled in ink.In India, the carbon black from which India ink is formulated was obtained indigenously by burning bones, tar, pitch, and other substances.
My introduction to art was through comic books, and India ink is primarily used in comic book inking, I have spent years practicing with India ink before moving to acrylic or digital. This exhibition is a reflection of my roots and reinventing my art form by retracing my processes. I’m just scaling up my sketch book that I had as an engineering student and revisiting my past in a much more confident state.

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Ryanair expects to halt operations due to coronavirus
Ryanair, currently the biggest airline group in Europe in terms of passenger numbers, announced significant changes to its flight schedules amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Most importantly, the low-cost carrier anticipates that the governmental travel restrictions in the European Union will result in the group stopping flights altogether.
The Dublin-based airline group indicated that it would cut flight schedules by 80% from March 18 until March 2020. However, starting from March 24, 2020, the group expects to ground “most, if not all” flights. The only connections that Ryanair anticipates to operate are between the United Kingdom and Ireland to “maintain essential connectivity,” according to the Irish airline.
In a separate update to its investors, Ryanair stated that it is taking action to reduce operating costs. Amongst the measures to do so, the low-cost carrier indicated that it would ground surplus aircraft, defer its capital expenditure and share buybacks and freeze recruitment. In addition, the group’s employees would be offered voluntary leave options and see “significant reductions” to working hours and payments. Temporary contract suspensions were also on the table, indicated the update.
Chief executive Michael O’Leary stated that the group was “resilient, with a very strong balance sheet and substantial cash liquidity,” with about $4.3 billion (€4 billion) of cash as of March 12, 2020. However, Ryanair has seen a substantial decline in bookings over the last two weeks. It expects the trend to continue “for the foreseeable future.”
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EL CAJON, Calif. (KGTV) - Grandparents and their grandson escaped a house fire in El Cajon Wednesday night but they lost their family cat.
The fire broke out in the back room of a home on Gladys St. at 11 p.m.
Despite the danger, the grandson ran back into the home to find the cat. He suffered smoke inhalation and was treated by paramedics.
Another grandson told 10News his grandparents are devastated because they had lived at the home. He started a GoFundMe account to help them recover.
The fire was knocked down in 15 minutes. Heartland Fire crews are investigating the cause.
A Heartland Fire Battalion Chief who was responding to the fire collided with a car while exiting Interstate 8 at Mollison, El Cajon police said.
No one was hurt, but both vehicles had to be towed.

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George Evans, the CEO of Cellceutix talked about the company's new compound KM-391 in attempt to get shareholders of the company excited about the new development. The compound, KM-391 was acquired by Cellceutix in December, 2009 and in January 2010, an article was published by Business Week about the "drug industry is finally gearing up for an assault on autism."
Mr. Evans stated, "Autism is a condition where there is loss in certain brain functions, which leads to behavior disorder. The present scientific research directs us to a few things. One being the plasticity of brain tissue, the second being nerve tangling in the brain and the third being uneven production of serotonin, all which may have a significant effect on evolution and degree of severity of autism in any particular individual."
Since there are currently no drugs on the market that are approved to treat symptoms of autism, Cellceutix is working as rapidly as possible to learn more about the potential for the development of KM-391 and is very encouraged about it thus far. The drug was first developed as a small molecule in India and now is being "synthesized in the United States for continued research".
There is very promising data on the drug KM-391. Although KM-391 has not been studied in humans at this time, it has already showed positive results in animal studies. Cellceutix stated, "Preliminary testing of KM 391 in mice revealed that the test animals showed a significant increase in serotonin uptake compared to controls, with no apparent side-effects in the long-term administration of KM 391 in mice."
The FDA has yet to approve any drugs for autism and Cellceutix is hoping to be the first company that becomes approved with a successful drug which the face of autism spectrum disorder forever. That drug is KM-391.
Mr. Evans stated, "We are extremely excited about the data on KM-391 and the potential for the compound in this area of urgent medical need. Diagnoses of autism are rising dramatically and the disease takes a terrible toll on families. There is a critical need for new treatments for autism and we are pleased to be part of the effort to find them."
Written by Dr. KC Kelly


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Music Is Life
I’m sooooo tired at the moment and it was hot today. Had my singing lesson today (those who don’t know, I started singing lessons) and it was pretty good…I’m learning how to play/sing Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley and I’m starting to get better and better. It’s fun learning the song but I have trouble singing and playing at the same time and also with the beats. But eventually, hope it gets better.
Now I’m getting more tired so I’m off. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 comes out tomorrow! (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!)


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Been working on a custom Minecraft map with some game maps on it. I choose to recreate a halo map I used to play on called Beaver Creek. It's pretty cool seeing how many updates the game got. May make a video showing the maps I'm doing later.
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Just a week before Vincenzo Nibali set out to become the first Italian Tour de France winner since Marco Pantani the long awaited docu-movie about Pantani’s life began showing at limited venues across the country.
It was 1998 when Pantani took Tour victory, a year in which he also won the Giro – a double which has not been achieved since then.
A few months back The Armstrong Lie hit venues across the world, and met with a very mixed reception, which is hardly surprising given the on-going saga that surrounds the Texan. Yet, despite his own doping skirmishes Marco Pantani the character, the rider, and the movie that documents his rise and tragic fall is likely to be greeted with a whole different bag of emotions to the Armstrong movie.
Pantani was something of an enigma, and a decade on from his tragic and lonely death his legend lives on, perhaps even stronger than it did during his fall from grace.
Most of us know the Pantani story; that of Il Pirata, the never-say-die climbing sensation that took on the world and won, or at least he did for a short time. Ultimately his ousting from the Giro d’Italia while leading the race, due to a suspicions blood value, was to plague and destroy him from the inside over the following years, and eventually led him into deep depression and drug addiction, which would ultimately take him to his untimely death.
The story of Marco Pantani is a tragic yet inspiring one, and stands as a lesson to those who chose the slippery path of using performance enhancing drugs – of which he was never actually convicted.
The movie documents much of the Pantani story; but does leave small darkly lit doors ajar, or even closed; which perhaps they should be. From his very first bike to his discovery of competitive cycling. Following his rise through the amateur ranks to his opening internal moral battle with the harsh demands of turning professional in an era when doping was rife, and right through his rise to super-stardom, and to his his career threatening accident, finding love, and ultimately his tragic fall from grace and its final foul toll - they’re all covered in touching and often enlightening detail.
There are lurid questions raised about that fateful Giro ousting, and they will probably never be answered. Was he a victim, drawn into a dark world of doping and deceit, or was he a player; that’s something you’ll need to decide for yourself, but however you look at it Pantani was a very different character to many of his piers, and he paid the ultimate price – with his life, and you can’t help but feel for him.
From family members through to former friends, teammates, adversaries, and with a healthy and respectful amount of thought and insight from the likes of Sir Bradley Wiggins, Greg Lemond and Evgeni Berzin amongst others, it’s clear that Pantani was a rider highly respected by not only his ever-avid followers, but by his piers too, which speaks volumes about him and the effect he had on a whole generation of riders and cycling fans.
It’s also great to see some seriously old footage of the young Pantani racing as an amateur, as well as touching glimpses into those final tortured chapters of his life. Marco Pantani was a hard man to dislike, and this is a great and informative movie, which perhaps warranted a more emotive title, and given the recent suspicions that he was in fact murdered there has never been a better time to catch up on the detail.


For a team that has been mired in mediocrity for generations, the Detroit Lions are in an interesting place in the last month of the 2018 season, caught in a duality between the ingrained mantra of wanting to win every game with the reality of trying to do things in 2018 to prepare for another run in 2019.
It’s complicated, but here’s the truth: Detroit has no chance of bettering its record from the past two seasons, the final two years under Jim Caldwell. One more loss will end the Lions’ chances of having three straight over-.500 seasons for the first time since 1993-95. And in all reality, barring winning out and getting some help, making the playoffs is not going to happen.
So the Lions are in that weird place, still caring about 2018 (because tanking in the NFL doesn’t happen for the most part like it does in the NBA or even MLB) while also starting work toward a longer-term future. The Lions technically started to do that last month by trading Golden Tate. A 1-3 mark and more offensive sputtering since the move only solidified the spot Detroit is now in.
With that in mind, there are some things the Lions can conceivably do over the final five weeks of the season to get a jump start on having a better roster -- and better record -- in what could end up being a critical year for the futures of Matthew Stafford, Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn.
Figure out the offensive issue: The defensive problems are clear -- the Lions need edge rush help, could use a new linebacker or two and have to figure out personnel at safety and corner opposite Darius Slay. But that’s all known (and in the case of Damon Harrison, something Quinn has addressed). The offense is more puzzling and needs a larger overhaul.
Detroit ran a reasonable offense, albeit without a strong run game, during the Stafford-Jim Bob Cooter era. It was seen as a strength and not a problem entering 2018. That ended up spinning around this season. Even with a rejuvenated run game led by Kerryon Johnson and better offensive-line play, save for a two-game stretch against Minnesota and Chicago, the offense has stalled. Stafford has regressed for reasons that have been difficult to pinpoint. The playcalling has been stale and often doesn’t appear to take advantage of the strengths of the quarterback and his top two receivers -- Stafford’s arm strength along with Kenny Golladay’s and Marvin Jones Jr.’s jumping and catch radius. Play-action, another Stafford strength, seems to have gone by the wayside, as well.
How the Lions got here is vexing. From a personnel standpoint, Detroit improved in every area -- at least before the Tate trade -- other than tight end, which got worse by flipping Eric Ebron and Darren Fells for Luke Willson and Levine Toilolo.
The offensive coaching largely remained the same, although there is reason to wonder if Detroit's firing Brian Callahan as the team’s quarterbacks coach was a mistake. There is something to continuity of message, and it was clear both Stafford and Cooter worked well with the widely respected Callahan. This is nothing against George Godsey, who is a very good coach, but the Callahan move always felt like one made for change’s sake instead of a clear upgrade or something in need of a shakeup. Now? If the offense doesn’t markedly improve by the end of the season, it’s possible a much bigger shift is in store. That’s going to need to be a focal point for Quinn and Patricia over the next month and beyond, deciding both if Jim Bob Cooter is the coordinator they want to continue with and what type of offense they would like if he isn't.
Work in the younger guys: The Lions are starting to do this with Mike Ford playing at outside corner and Tracy Walker getting some work as a safety in sub packages. The Lions would be smart to keep playing Ford and to work more reps in for Walker -- similar to how the Lions initially found work for Quandre Diggs during his rookie year -- so he could potentially have a bigger role in 2019. It’s a little tougher on offense, because the Lions need to keep protecting Stafford, but finding some way to get Tyrell Crosby some reps (probably at right tackle) can be only a long-term benefit. He has played reasonably well in the limited work he has gotten this season. Right guard is another option -- although that would put Crosby in a really tough position, since he has not played it. Getting Brandon Powell into the receiver rotation also couldn’t hurt, but that would likely not come until Detroit is officially eliminated from playoff contention. If the Lions can figure out if Powell is a solution at slot receiver, it could take one potential need off their long list (although bringing Bruce Ellington back in 2019 could also be an option).
Make decisions on vets: The last five games can also give Detroit an idea of which veterans the club might have to make tough calls on before 2019. Right guard T.J. Lang, on injured reserve, is at the top of that list with an $11.67 million cap hit. Rick Wagner, the team’s right tackle, has no money guarantees for 2019 (unless he gets hurt, which means his $9 million base salary would then be guaranteed), and his cap number of $11.9 million seems high for his production, particularly if the Lions like what they see from Crosby. Theo Riddick, with a $4,387,500 cap hit in 2019, is another player to look at on offense, but that could depend on what the team’s offensive scheme looks like next year. On defense, safeties Glover Quin ($7,916,688 cap hit in ’19) and Tavon Wilson ($3.825 million) are question marks, as is linebacker Christian Jones ($3.875 million). None of these players has a guarantee for 2019.


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My life story would have been completely different if I hadn’t begun learning folk songs from folk-song books since I was 13. When you are 75, everything seems clearer, there is a certain pattern to it all.
This will be a stroll through my life, with the focus on b o o k s. It will be a chronological story about what preceded my „Croatian folksong story“– my autobiography with the help of books from which I learned songs, singing them at home or to my friends.
Books are important! The Internet does not have it all…
I learned through the years that songbooks, books containing collected traditional folk songs (music and lyrics), are especially important because they preserve songs that cannot be heard anywhere any more. The „problem “lies only in the fact that some traditional folk songs have never been recorded, and one can learn to sing them or play them only on basis of sheet music.
There is a vast number of musicians today who are great artists, even though they do not have formal music school or conservatory education. Most often they do not know how to read music because they do not consider this to be necessary for them, and most often this is all right for the kind of music they perform.
- – to stress today’s absurd circumstances when folk songs are being forgotten because they can be found only in written form in books/songbooks, whereas they had been collected in this form by ethnomusicologists and enthusiasts for centuries now, – NOT to be forgotten. Instead of rearranging the already recorded songs that they hear from others or find in „Most popular folk songs … “ editions, perhaps the musicians who do read music and like folk music would look for inspiration in books, if they knew what a vast number of beautiful forgotten folk songs are buried there. The folk songs that have been recorded previously, the ones that have already become popular, are being recycled over and over again. On the other hand, thousands of songs from many old songbooks will probably never be heard again. This is the basic reason I began singing in public at 47, and recording forgotten Croatian folk songs.
This project is not just about forgotten folk songs, but about the general state of things in music: if it is not on the Internet – it does not exist. On the other hand, if music is not recorded, if it does not have audio files – it cannot be on the Internet.
- – to list the titles of the books/songbooks from which I learned the songs on the Songbook Songs album (Release date: November 5, 2021), because I have been learning folk songs in this way my whole life.
- – to list the titles of Croatian songbooks I did not know existed, the ones that have changed my life completely. Perhaps some musicians would find this interesting and try to learn and make arrangements for some of the forgotten songs.
- – perhaps this could be interesting for people in other parts of the world too, because there is a similar situation in many countries: forgotten songs in forgotten songbooks.
The overall message is : Take care of your heritage! There are many interesting things that you cannot find on the Internet. Try searching for them in books!


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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday the escalating threat from North Korea's nuclear program showed a clear need for a "new approach," although he stopped short of detailing what steps the Trump administration would pursue.
Tillerson was speaking at a news conference following talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, the start of his first trip to Asia as secretary of state. It was the first time Tillerson, a former oil executive with no prior diplomatic experience, took questions from the media since joining office in early February.
Two decades of diplomatic and other efforts, including aid given to North Korea by the United States, had failed to achieve the goal of denuclearizing Pyongyang, he said.
"So we have 20 years of failed approach," Tillerson said. "That includes a period where the United States has provided $1.35 billion in assistance to North Korea as an encouragement to take a different pathway."
He added: "In the face of this ever-escalating threat, it is clear that a different approach is required. Part of the purpose of my visit to the region is to exchange views on a new approach."
Tillerson visits South Korea and China later in the week. The New York Times reported on Wednesday he will warn Chinese officials that the United States would increase missile defenses in the region and target Chinese banks if Beijing does not constrain North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Wednesday that Tillerson will have "substantive, hard" talks with U.S. partners in Asia on next steps in dealing with North Korea, but his visit was not likely to produce an immediate specific response.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying repeated Foreign Minister Wang Yi's proposal last week that North Korea should stop its nuclear and missile tests and South Korea and the United States should stop joint military drills and seek talks instead.
"We welcome all parties, including the United States, to come up with their own proposals," Hua told a daily news briefing. "As long as these proposals are conducive to ameliorating the present tense situation on the Korean peninsula and are beneficial to maintaining regional peace and stability ... China will have an open attitude."
Tillerson made it clear he expected China to do more.
"We will be having discussions with China as to further actions we believe they might consider taking that would be helpful to bringing North Korea to a different attitude about its future need for nuclear weapons," he said.


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I agree- it’s too early for Christmas talk, and ginger cookies seem pretty Christmas-y. However, I took a trip to Massachusetts in September (my first time in the true Northeast- crazy, I know) and I had the best ginger cookie I’ve ever had. I ate it out of a brown paper bag in the car and rejoiced in every single crumb.
The cookie was dense but soft in the middle, perfectly gingery, and covered in sugar. This was my first attempt at imitation. My version is like a loaf of gingerbread in a cookie: not too sweet, super soft, and incredibly comforting.
For a ginger and molasses-packed Northeastern classic, I figured I should look to my Boston Cooking School Cookbook (1931). Sure enough, it had about 15 different ginger cookie recipes. The recipe I used as a base was for a classic roll-out dough, but I modified it to make these soft, yummy drop cookies.
These cookies have all the good stuff: molasses, maple syrup, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a touch of cloves. Also- there is no mixer necessary! Everything can be done by hand.
The buttermilk, molasses, and maple syrup help make a pretty sticky cookie dough. It may be messy to scoop out, but it’s worth it! There’s no chance your cookies will be too crunchy or dry.
Roll heaping tablespoons of cookie dough in raw sugar for a nice sweet crunch on the outside of the soft cookies. Into the oven and… voila!
Soft cookie perfection. I highly recommend eating them warm out of the oven, but the great thing is, they are also amazing after the flavors meld for a day or two. Both the old recipe and the new are below.
Look at those beautiful swirled logs of 1930s cookie dough in the photo! The older cookbooks tend to favor slice-and-bake and rolled out cookie dough . Personally (unless I’m armed with cookie cutters, frosting, and intense holiday spirit), I prefer an imperfect soft cookie to a gingersnap that I could break a tooth on. But fear no more! You can now enjoy subtle gingerbread flavor without dental worries.
Makes: 40–50 cookies, Time: 30 mins active, 10 minutes baking
3 + 3/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup shortening, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs (lightly beaten), 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp cold water, 3 tbsp buttermilk, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla, turbinado sugar for rolling
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat. Set aside.
2. Sift together 3 cups of flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt, and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and buttermilk and mix thoroughly.
4. In a medium bowl, dissolve baking soda in cold water. Add molasses, maple syrup, and vanilla, and whisk together. Add molasses mixture to shortening mixture and beat to combine.
5. Gradually add dry ingredients, stirring well to incorporate all the flour. Add as much of the remaining flour as you need to form a sticky cookie dough. (If the dough is very sticky, place it in the freezer or refrigerator to chill for 10–15 minutes before scooping out cookies).
6. Scoop out heaping tablespoon-sized balls of cookie dough. Roll in turbinado sugar and place about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
7. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. Your cookies should be nice and puffy and wonderfully soft!
In these trying busy times, sometimes the only thing that makes me feel happy and warm inside is food. Good, old-fashioned, homemade-with-love food.

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Surfing School - Shaping - Shaping Racks
Shaping racks are variously designed, but their function is always the same. They must hold the blank level with the floor in both horizontal and edgewise positions, and at the correct height for the shaper. When the blank is on its edge, it must not wobble when pressure is applied to the blank's deck or edge. This means the racks must be solid on the floor, heavily braced, and absolutely level between uprights. The top design for a common shaping/sanding/repair rack favored by this author is shown in Figure 01. It is waist high, simple and easy to construct, and is commonly used to both shape and/or sand boards.
The inside shape allows the blank to be wedged on edge, and the flat top covered with carpet (or sometimes foam) prevents the blank from sliding when laying flat. Use wood or metal about five inches wide in the two V supports. Brace these supports well so constant pressure and vibration will not cause any separation. If metal legs (most common) are used, bolt the V frame with 2 bolts on each leg.
A 3 inch or 4 inch diameter pipe about waist high works well for the legs. A wide, heavy base, often built with fiberglass and then stuck with resen to the floor, will keep the rack from moving. Some shapers cut a hole in their floor and anchor the racks in concrete. Another good method is to securely mount the posts about five feet apart, down the middle of a four foot by eight foot sheet of 3/4" plywood. The plywood is then covered with an old carpet, as is each rack.
Gluing the carpet down prevents running a risk of having a nail work loose and causing a nick or scratch in the blank. Over the carpeting on the rack, a layer of 3/4" foam rubber is attached. Use glue or masking tape to hold the rubber down as shown in Figure 02.
If only shaping an occasional board, a freestanding rack with 4" by 4" posts can be built. The posts are braced together by two 4" by 4" supports on each side with a 2" by 6" cross brace on the floor with a second cross brace between the racks. This configuration is shown in Figure 03, and can is easy to used for board sanding and repair work. Again, the cross braces must be solid on the floor to prevent it from moving when pressure is applied to the board. Pouring resin over the cross braces will help. Serious shapers often don't like the cross brace design as it can get in the way of your feet when shaping a board quickly. However, most manufactures have a cross brace support around for use by those making repairs.


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A same other, another same : Walter Benjamin and Maurice Blanchot on translation
Institute of Jewish Studies
The German quarterly. - Appleton, Wis.
, p. 229-245
University of Antwerp
Even though Walter Benjamin and Maurice Blanchot count among the most important literary critics of the past century and shared many concerns, they have rarely been considered together. There is, however, evidence that Blanchot read parts of Benjamin's writings and was inspired by them. Blanchot's most extensive references to Benjamin appear in a text entitled Translating. This essay was composed on the basis of notes that Blanchot took while reading Benjamin's essay Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers and that have remained unpublished. These notes, which consist mainly of translations of passages from Benjamin's essay are a rich source of insight into Blanchot's reading process, which resulted in a powerful affirmation as well as a radical transfiguration of Benjamin's theory of translation. They also shed light on the similarities and differences between the two thinkers' respective theories of translation, their philosophies of language, and the divergent traditions in which their thinking is embedded.


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Vajra Kavasam By Yandamuri Veerendranath
Vajra Kavasam PDF is a Popular Tamil novel Book. Vajra Kavasam was written by the Tamil prominent author Yandamuri Veerendranath. He was a renowned author in Tamil literature. On this website, you are able to get a free PDF copy of the Vajra Kavasam book. If you want to read this, you can download the free PDF copy of this novel. You will also notice the Download PDF option after scrolling down a little bit. This book contains only 172 pages and the PDF size is only 22.7 Mb.
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Soundbloc has announced the release of Metachemical Massive Vol. 1, a soundset for the Massive synthesizer instrument by Native Instruments.
Produced by breakbeat/drum and bass producer Metachemical, Metachemical Massive Vol. 1 is a collection of 65 Massive presets suitable for breaks, drum and bass, dubstep, trance, house, and just about anything else electronic that needs a bit of big sound.
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Hilltown Archives The Altamont Enterprise, April 12, 2012
Hannacroix Rural Cemetery seeks donations
By Melissa Hale-Spencer
WESTERLO The Hannacroix Rural Cemetery, like many historic country graveyards, is strapped for cash.
“We used to survive on the interest from CDs,” said the cemetery’s clerk-treasurer, Linda Smith, of certificates of deposit. “But now they pay nothing, so we’re hitting the principal.”
The two-acre cemetery on Route 411 in Dormansville has a long history. Soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried there.
The half-dozen board members are all volunteers. Like Smith, they have family members buried at Hannacroix. Smith’s father is buried there.
“We’re doing our best to keep it nice,” she said.
The fees for mowing come to about $2,500 a year. “That’s the bare minimum,” she said. “We mow it for the big holidays, like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and Memorial Day.”
Sometimes, she said, board members use their own mowers and pay for the gas themselves.
New burials are still occurring at Hannacroix. “We honor people with deeds,” said Smith, adding, “There aren’t many plots left.”
Years ago, she said, families paid dues, which covered the cost of upkeep. Those days are gone. “We don’t have contacts anymore,” said Smith. “Many of the families have left town.”
So the board is appealing to the community at large for donations.
Smith went on, “I don’t know what will happen down the line. My son’s already said, ‘Don’t give it to me.”
Smith stated, “Whether you have a loved one buried there or would just like to give a donation it would be greatly appreciated.” Contributions may be sent to: Hannacroix Rural Cemetery, care of Linda Smith, 115 State Route 143, Westerlo, New York 12193.
Smith concluded, “We do what we can with what we have.”
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Healing Through Words
Special Gift EditionBefore the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children's novel... In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. The power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story. War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway. A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI. Look out for Morpurgo's other war fiction including Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forests and An Eagle in the Snow. War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who 'has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers' (The Guardian). Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
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Michael Morpurgo is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. He has written more than forty books for children, including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.He received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.


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The Next Holy Grail
Over the years, I have probably been asked more often about the possibility of using water or air as a fuel source than any other topic. Could a car run on water? How about air? The public is perpetually infatuated by promises of cheap, abundant energy. Those who make such claims capture the imagination, and often the media headlines. The goal is usually to attract investment dollars, and these claims often go hand in hand with a solicitation for money.
A year and a half ago a British company called Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) announced that it was producing gasoline from thin air. The media lapped it up, proclaiming it “the holy grail of the emerging green economy” and incorrectly claiming that burning the fuel produces “no emissions whatsoever.” I received a number of inquiries on this particular company, and I addressed these claims in Investors Beware of Fuel from Thin Air.
This past week I started to receive a number of inquiries about another press release that hinted at cheap, abundant energy. When I see a lot of interest in a particular story, I try to address the claims in a post as I am going to do here today.
These due diligence forays should be of interest to energy investors, because I detail how to dig past the press releases to find the truth underneath the hype. The purpose of these types of press releases is to garner attention and draw funding, and you, as an investor, want to know whether it is the opportunity of a lifetime or a fast way to lose your money. Of course you also want to know if this is a legitimate competitor to fossil fuels, in which case you may want to start thinking about shifting some money around.
Fueling Up With Seawater?
This time the proclaimed fuel source isn’t thin air, but rather something else that is exceedingly abundant: seawater. I started to get inquiries about this story right after it came out last week to sensational headlines such as this: Goodbye, Oil: US Navy Cracks New Renewable Energy Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel:
After decades of experiments, US Navy scientists believe they may have solved one of the world’s great challenges: how to turn seawater into fuel.
The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel could one day relieve the military’s dependence on oil-based fuels and is being heralded as a “game changer” because it could allow military ships to develop their own fuel and stay operational 100 percent of the time, rather than having to refuel at sea.
First of all, turning seawater into fuel is something I can do with a battery and two pieces of wire. An electrical current breaks down the water into hydrogen (a fuel) and oxygen. Scientists have been doing this since 1800, and the process was used commercially throughout the 1800’s to produce hydrogen. But that doesn’t necessarily mean this is a viable process for producing transportation fuel.
Very Basic Thermodynamics
Most people aren’t familiar with thermodynamics, but they are very important for understanding these sorts of claims. Water is the product of combustion, as is carbon dioxide. They represent the products of energy use, and are not suitable as fuel unless modified. When someone refers to water as a fuel, that’s like saying that the spent ashes in your fireplace are fuel. No, they were fuel, and with a large amount of effort and energy could be converted back to fuel. But the large amount of energy required is the catch.
When natural gas, biomass, coal, oil, etc., are burned, the products are heat plus carbon dioxide and water. For the combustion of methane — the principal component of natural gas — the reaction is:
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O + heat
Or, in plain English:
Methane + 2 Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + 2 Water + heat
The heat in this reaction can be used to produce work, in an engine for example.
We can reverse those reactions to produce a fuel from carbon dioxide and water that we can then burn again, but the laws of thermodynamics say that this will always require a greater input of energy than is generated from burning the fuel. This is important.
In other words, to produce 1 British thermal unit (Btu) of a liquid fuel from carbon dioxide and water could require the input of 3 or 5 or 10 Btus of external energy. Another way to think about it is that the heat that is produced in the above reaction will always be insufficient to drive the reaction completely back to methane. If this wasn’t true, then perpetual motion machines could exist.
So this much we can say without further investigation: Whatever the US Navy is claiming, we know the energy it is producing from seawater requires a greater outside input of energy. No ifs, ands, or buts. No catalyst can get around this fundamental issue. Yet none of the press releases I have seen discuss this very important bit of information.
The question then becomes “When might it make sense to consume more energy than you create?” The answer to that is that even though it might not make sense thermodynamically, it might make sense economically. If natural gas is $5 per million Btu (MMBtu) and gasoline is $25/MMBtu, then consuming 3 Btus of natural gas to make 1 Btu of gasoline is a winner economically.
The implications of producing fuel from a combustion product like water are that you need to have a cheap source of energy input, and the output has to be valuable. Imagine for a moment that the Navy had access to extremely cheap electricity, and that what it really needed was a gaseous or liquid fuel. In that case, the electrolysis of water may be economically viable. But it will always be a loser in a thermodynamic sense.
So with that in mind, let’s look beyond the “game-changing” hype and see what the Navy actually accomplished.
The Navy’s Claims
It took a bit of digging through press releases before I could identify the researchers involved, which then provided me enough information to go to the patents and scientific literature. If you really want to get past the hype, you have to drill down into the scientific publications.
For example, one of the patents related to this work is Extraction of carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater and hydrocarbon production therefrom. That patent confirms that carbon dioxide and hydrogen are being extracted from the sea water via electrolysis. Notably, it estimates the electrical current efficiency of 70-90 percent. In other words, 1 unit of electricity input can be turned into 0.7 to 0.9 units of hydrogen output.
But there are still two steps to go. Once the Navy has hydrogen and carbon dioxide, it can react these over an iron catalyst (adding more energy) to produce light olefins like ethylene.
These light olefins in turn can be processed into longer-chain hydrocarbons in the range of diesel fuel. However, there are also lots of hydrocarbons produced that aren’t suitable for diesel production, and these have to be separated out (at additional energy expense).
What I would say is that this is a technically feasible process (so far it has produced enough fuel to run a model airplane), but quite energy intensive and expensive. Nowhere have I seen an overall energy balance, but it’s going to be very unfavorable. If I had to guess, the process is going to require 5-10 Btus minimum of energy inputs for each Btu of liquid fuel produced.
The Navy’s own press release says the following on the technology claims:
The predicted cost of jet fuel using these technologies is in the range of $3-$6 per gallon, and with sufficient funding and partnerships, this approach could be commercially viable within the next seven to ten years.
The phrase “with sufficient funding” is often the reason these sorts of press releases are concocted. Yes, they can achieve these things, as long as the government allocates them more money. But when I see a predicted cost range like this, my experience is that the higher number is probably the best case number. In reality, I doubt this process could achieve a cost below $6/gallon. Of course with a nuclear reactor on board, maybe the Navy can produce electricity cheaply enough to make the process viable. But it certainly won’t be a panacea, and it’s certainly not going to threaten oil as the dominant transportation fuel.
None of this is meant to denigrate the Navy’s accomplishments here. It is an interesting bit of science and engineering. But there is a vast gulf between what the patents and scientific papers describe, and the hype of the press releases.
Claims such as the one I have addressed today pop up often in the popular media, aided by ignorance of basic thermodynamics. When it comes to energy, there is no free lunch, and you should be very skeptical about claims that so much as hint that the lunch will be cheap.
In this case, the invention is an energy carrier, like electricity. An energy source must be used to produce it. Oil is an energy source. Journalists aren’t normally scientists, and critical details can be lost in communicating a story such as this to the general public. The result is that the public is led to believe that a new technology has been invented so we can now fuel up with air or water. That’s never going to be the case, as long as the laws of thermodynamics are in effect.


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Swami Vivekananda : Centenary of Chicago Address
A commemorative postage stamp on the 100 years of the Chicago Address by Swami Vivekananda :
Issued by India
Issued on Sep 11, 1993
Issued for : The Department of Posts pays its homage to Swami Vivekananda by issuing a postage stamp to commemorate the centenary of his historic Chicage address.
Design : The stamp depicts Swami Vivekananda against the background of the Art Institute building at Chicago where the speech was delivered. It was in the Institute’s great Hall of Columbus that the delegates of the Parliament gathered on the memorable morning of September 1893.
The first day cover depicts Swami Vivekananda in meditation and also a famous line from the address.
Design Credits :
Stamp & F.D.C.: C.R. Pakrashi
Cancellation : Smt. Alka Sharma, Artist, Department of Posts
Type : Stamp, Postal Used
Colour : Multi Colour
Denomination : 200 Paise
Overall size : 3.91 x 2.90 cms.
Printing size : 3.55 x 2.54 cms.
Perforation : 13 x 13
Paper : Imported Un W/M adhesive gravure coated Stamp Paper in sheets of 50.8 x 53.5 cms.
Number of stamps Printed : 0.6 million
Number per issue sheet : 35
Printing Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press
Name : Narendranath Datta
Born on Jan 12, 1863 at Calcutta, India
Died on Jul 4, 1902 at Belur Math, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Belur, West Bengal, India]
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- Swami Vivekananda in his address at Chicago laid stress on three fundamentals of religion, namely, direct communication with the Divine, the incapacity of the human mind to fathom the depth of the Divine and an attitude of compassion. Swami Vivekananda affirmed with great eloquence that Indian spiritualism does not accept any religion which does not believe in service to the humanity. Religion, he said, develops the divine possibility which is in all of us. It is this spiritualism which was expressed in the songs of our devotees, the philosophies of our seers and the prayers of our common people in India through out the ages.
- It is a sweet irony of history that even as Swami Vivekananda introduced Indian spiritualism to the West, America helped India to recognise the greatness of her own young and vibrant monk then not so well known in his own country. His address at Chicago kindled a surge of re-awakening in India. The urge to rediscover the foundations of their own age-old spiritualism invaded the Indian minds and secondly it led to a powerful re-affirmation of the ancient Indian reverence for asceticism and monasticism infused with a new feeling for humanitarianism and a zeal for missionary service.
- Swami Vivekananda at Chicago was described by Annie Besant thus “A striking figure, clad in yellow and orange, shining like the Sun of India.“ Referring to the Chicago voyage, Sri Aurobindo said “The going forth of Vivekananda was the first visible sign to the world that India was awake, not only to survive but to conquer.“

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Our bones are amazing structures, capable of supporting tremendous force through complex motions. They do this day in and day out, year after year as we sit, stand, walk, run, lift, work, and play. But as the elderly among us know all too well, bones are not invincible and become more fragile as we age. As the natural, continuous cycle of bone turnover slows down and becomes unbalanced, bone is broken down faster than it is replaced — and important bone-strengthening minerals like calcium are lost.
Low bone mineral density (BMD) is one of the hallmarks of osteoporosis (literally “porous bones”), a disease that impacts nearly 45 million people in US and is responsible for more than one million fractures each year. Women develop osteoporosis much more frequently than men, especially after menopause. The burden on the health care system is significant and is expected to double over the next 10-15 years as the population ages.
Although it is natural to lose bone mass as we get older, genetic factors are known to play a large role in determining bone mass and the rate at which bone mineral density decreases. The relationship between genetics and BMD is complex, and association studies have implicated many different genes that may play a role. New research published this week in Nature Genetics continues the search for genetic factors and has identified more than a dozen SNPs associated with BMD in Europeans.
The team of researchers, led by Fernando Rivadeneira and Andre Uitterlinden of the Erasmus Medical Center in The Netherlands, used data from the Genetic Factors for Osteoporosis (GEFOS) Consortium containing lumbar spine BMD and femoral neck BMD measurements for almost 20,000 individuals. About half of the variants they identified replicated previously reported genetic associations with BMD, but the other half were new.
Some of the SNPs were associated with lower BMD while others were associated with higher BMD. For instance, individuals with one or more copies of the C allele at one of the SNPs tended to have lower lumbar spine BMD than those without, and individuals with one or more copies of the C allele at another SNP tended to have higher lumbar and femoral neck BMD.
The exact biological processes affected by these variants are still unclear, but increasing evidence points to several signaling pathways known to be important in bone biology.
One of these pathways is mediated by the “Wnt” family of proteins; Wnt signaling is important both for proper differentiation of cells responsible for breaking down bone and for the development of cartilage, required for new bone formation. , for instance, is near the gene that encodes Î²-catenin, an important node through which Wnt proteins influence cellular processes such as gene expression (this SNP is not on 23andMe’s platform but correlates perfectly with one that is, ). Wnt proteins can also act through other channels potentially affected by additional SNPs identified by this study.
Another pathway implicated by the growing body of research is estrogen signaling. There is no doubt that the drop in estrogen following menopause in women leads to increased risk for osteoporosis, and hormone replacement therapy can have a protective effect. Not surprisingly, estrogen affects numerous biological processes – including bone maintenance – mainly through its role in gene expression. Variants in ESR1, the major estrogen receptor found in bone, have been associated with BMD and osteoporosis, though results are far from conclusive. Rivadeneira and colleagues confirmed the association of a SNP in ESR1, , with lumbar spine BMD. Several other SNPs are also located in or near genes that may influence the regulation of bone development.
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Michelle Obama Wrote a College Recommendation for One of the Stars of Black-ish
Black-ish star Yara Shahidi sat for an interview with W Magazine and revealed, among other things, that none other than former First Lady Michelle Obama wrote her college recommendation letter.
It all seems to have started earlier this year when the two shared the stage at Glamour‘s event, “A Brighter Future: A Global Conversation on Girls’ Education.” Shahidi mentioned that she planned to study sociology, and Obama responded that she studied the same subject at Princeton. Shahidi laughed and asked her to write her recommendation letter.
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Hot dog icon Nathan is famous joined the growing list of companies that have repaid their Small Business Paycheck Protection Program (P3) loans.
In a filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Long Island-based hot dog supplier said it received – and will come back – a loan of $ 1.2 million. Nathan’s secured the loan on April 21, the filing says, just two days before the US Treasury Department urged publicly traded companies with “substantial market value and access to capital markets” to repay all loans. received. The company, which is valued at $ 252 million, said it would repay its loan following the directives.
Nathan’s had 259 restaurants and franchises in March 2019, according to the company’s latest report Annual Report. While many of these places have temporarily closed due to coronavirus guidelines, the business has been supported by those that remain open – like its restaurant along the Coney Island promenade – and an increase in sales of products from Nathan in grocery stores, according to the SEC Filing.
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On Friday, Congress signed a $ 310 billion top-up of the Paycheck Protection Program into law, which could help more small businesses, including restaurants and bars.