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The Fowler In Him
Now he is opening the window. It must be morning outside. Because the old man on the third floor is coughing and a crow is sitting on the cornice. Besides, the sounds of sweeping from the main street, the clinking of the rickshaw bells and a thickly-wrapped cry of the old koel make it clear to him - the morning is waiting right out there.
He goes to open the window. The two sharp teeth of the window's cleat reach out to bite him in the finger. Without opening the window and gritting himself against the pain, the man comes back to the bed noiselessly. They were scattered all over the disheveled, dirty bed - his elder daughter is lying in an east-westerly fashion, the son points north-south, and his wife is all scrunched up in the corner.
Sitting on a corner of the bed, he prays for a glass of cold, dazzling water. It's time for the neem blossoms, he remembers, and while muttering “I long for neem fragrance” is instantly taken back to his horrifying dream. In his dream at 3:00 am this morning there was pitch darkness, not the slightest bit of wind and he was sunk in the darkness up to his throat. Stifled, the lump of flesh that sheltered his heart thumped against the wall of his ribs, and in his desperate urge to escape this prison he wakes up to find his wife's right hand resting on his chest. With anger, bitterness and hatred, he flings away the hand - the hand, alas that modest, weak, veined hand of bones strikes the wall with a thud. In the darkness he does not see the gentle wave of pain that flits across her face, but when she turned towards the wall and lifting her two hands clumsily tried to embrace somebody he knew who it was. It makes him feel very tired, blind. His bed like a ditch, his offspring like a bunch of newborn, blind litter of puppies, and the lumpy, torn, foul-smelling bedsheet - the clothesrack, the clothes, table made of cheap wood, the tin suitcase, those old newspapers make him so weary, so tired. But astonishingly, it is then that he remembers that it is time for neem blossoms and that the shajna tree in the neighbouring judge sahib's courtyard was blooming with countless white flowers.
The thought makes him get up. He again goes over to the window and after pulling straight up the cleat forcefully bangs on the shut window with his left palm. The cleat suddenly releases downward with a loud, clacking sound. Now he opens the window, and not neem fragrance but a strange, astonishing, cold morning breeze rushes in. Standing there by the window, like a famine-stricken man, like a <>ganja<> addict trying to get high, he inflates his chest and takes in a lungful of the crisp morning air.
I'll go out, I'll go out right now, in my bare feet, with just a shirt on. I'll go out, these words start humming like bees in his ears.
His eyes are fixed on the endless sky now. He stares at that gray star. Listens to the old man's whimper and the rooster's crow. He turns his face and looks at the children, at his wife. He takes his shirt from the dress rack, comes out in bare feet, and it feels so wonderful, he thinks.
Which way do I go, now that I am out of the house, he thinks. Down this road are those big buildings - bank buildings, merchant offices, in which in a corner is a table where I live my life like a rat, that big. ugly building, and to the south down the other way is the road where on one side is the open, swelling drain and on the other is the launderer, grocery shops, the ravens - but on the northwest corner is a tunnel on whose path lies red brick chips, custard apple tree, the blooming neem, sparrows, mynah birds and then a little way ahead a small, open fields. On the road lie pearl-like dew drops and green grasshoppers. Therefore I'll go this way, the man thinks and with that heads down that path. Dewy grass bows down under his feet. He likes everything he sees. Everything seems so close to his heart.
At one time he goes out of the town limits. On the vast meadow bordering the town the misty veil is lifting quickly. The distant bank of the river is still not visible. One or two birds are waking up from sleep. There is not a single soul around. The meadow lies alone by itself, and the sun starts to spread its rays on the east. He breathes heavily while standing, and smelling the morning, feeling the grassy carpet down with his hands, moist with dew. Since there are no onlookers he takes this opportunity to start running, and as he runs he starts to scream a poem out aloud. When his protruding stomach stops him, denies him any further freedom, and he has trouble breathing he tries to firm up his biceps but stops suddenly, wincing from the pain. But he beams with pleasure at having enjoyed all that freedom. Staring at that tall deodar tree in front of him in an absorbed way he now feels as if youth again is greening over the old cage of his heart. He sits in silence looking at the sun.
The meadow is sinking down in this rapture, the sky starts to widen and finally is lost. Just as he becomes still, absorbed in his thoughts with bright fawns like arrows starting to frolic inside him, the faces of the women of his dreams floating like lotuses, with other trivia becoming a clear picture then possibly right at that time someone from behind him, “Hey there, how's everything? What's going on here, eh?” rebukes him. The middle-aged lawyer is out on his morning walk. And has asked the question standing right behind him. The lawyer can hardly stand erect on his feet with big Alsatian dog straining mightily on the leash. In a light blue suit Mr. Lawyer looks wonderful. He stands up on his feet with a startle. Turns his face and sees the morning walker. Then lowers his eyes to his dusty, cracked feet, lightly pats down his dirty cheap shirt with a hand - all with surprising promptness - bends forward a little, joins his palms and starts to bow and scrape. The vast meadow is so obscenely open that he finds no place to hide.
Mr. Lawyer transfers the leash to the other hand, and comes so near to him. The man starts to cringe within himself like a stray dog. “Having a morning walk, eh,” Mr. Lawyer says, “having a morning walk - is that right?” - as a brittle smile rises to his lips and the grayish eyebrows hang above the cruel stare. “My dog needs a morning walk to feel hungry,” the lawyer says in a gentle manner, and then floats away with the dog.
The man starts falling right then. The sky seems dark again. Birds fly away.
He keeps standing with his big blank eyes like those on meek Bengal cows. He feels the place where his muscular efforts caused him pain, he feels his protruding belly and his old, rotten ribs. Now he feels hungry - bathed in sunlight he returns home. The whole town is awake already - the hen pecking at the rubbish, the servants and maids quarreling while fetching water from the municipality tap. There's the tubular yellow karabi flower in bloom in someone's courtyard. He looks at all these while returning home. But as he walks the unevenly placed bricks on the muddy way leading to his home, the breathing trouble starts again.
He lets out a horrendous scream, “Where are you? Give my tea, hurry.” His wife comes out. Her foolish face utters in surprise, “Where did you go so early in the morning?” He keeps staring at his wife's face with the anxious look of a criminal.
Tea and puffed rice are served. He chews the puffed rice sitting on the verandah thinking whether to shave. Looks at his nails. Glances at the pair of tire-made sandals. Sunshine trembles on the side opposite to the house. Leaves rustle. The children are screaming their heads off. His youngest son follows them, dragging his crippled foot.
While pulling down his heavy, wet, cotton pants his third son, unknowingly kicks the crippled one, who rolls down the verandah. The man looks at the fallen creature's pitiful, scared face. With two feet skyward, naked, as his son heads down to meet his fate, the man screams, “I've fallen, I've fallen.”
His wife comes running, lifting her foul-smelling sari to stand near him and asks, “You have fallen?” Dumbfounded, he says, licking his lips, ignoring his tea and puffed-rice for a moment, “No, not me. There, Badshah, it's Badshah that's fallen down. Chengiz made him fall down.” While picking up the child they see blood, a lot of blood and a smell to his shirt.
He starts chewing the puffed rice again as if nothing has happened. Everybody is crowding around in a knot staring wide-eyed at the hurt child when out of the blue his wife starts to beat all the boys and girls around her. Wife, son, daughter, a family. I have everything, don't I, he thinks all of a sudden.
“The bleeding isn't stopping,” his wife complains in a contemptuous voice. “Wash it with Dettol,” he says. “We have no Dettol,” she cries. “No Dettol?” He is becoming the man again, “Are you swallowing up everything? Do you think everything in the world is food? Why do you eat everything?” His wife answers, “If that’s the case, why don't you get me some poison. That will do me some good at least.” Like a snake he then hisses, “The bastard has a lot of blood, how much can he lose?” With blood all over him his son cries out “Papa, Pappa.” But he doesn't have any time now. He goes to the water tap, clears his nose, coughs, massages some oil on his navel, and pours buckets of water on his head. Then eats and starts for office.
When he returns from his office early in the afternoon, nobody recognizes him. In his shapeless shoes, dirty clothes, a canvas bag in hand, he is just like another one in the crowd. He stumbles, halts, then looks at the shops, reads the billboards, neon signs and stops in front of the cinema hall. He reads the movie poster and comes to know that tonight they will show the movie of an old man going out to the sea for fishing. Since he got his salary today and knows the story, he buys a ticket without the slightest hesitation and enters the movie house.
He comes out with a memory of the lion. The sea remains imprinted on his heart.
Then he enters the best hotel in the town, eats a sumptuous dinner utterly ignoring the neglectful attitude of the waiters and the hotel guards. He comes out, buys a dress for each of his children. Buys some cosmetics for his wife. Buys some other things his wife has been asking for long. With all his purchases, he returns home, chewing betel nut. Well, I got some extra money, he told his wife beforehand in order to relieve her anxiety.
A festival starts in that small room. His wife wears her best sari, the children don their new clothes. The bed linen is changed, and he sits in their midst like a king. Talking, laughing, smoking. Later, the children go to sleep, and he, embracing his wife willingly for the first time in many years, goes to sleep too. He smells naphthalene balls in his wife's sari and suddenly the neem fragrance rushes into the room through the open window.
But next day's morning is the one that first discovers that the man had kicked away this family life brimming with sweet happiness to hang from the ceiling.
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Virginia Tech’s basketball team showed cohesiveness and a capacity to make adjustments quickly as the Hokies cruised past Virginia 72-64 Thursday evening at the Roanoke Civic Center before a sellout crowd of 10,056.
Ace Custis’ 18 points and 11 rebounds paced Tech as the Hokies (5-1) gave coach Bill Foster the 499th victory of his career. Virginia (4-3) continued to struggle offensively, shooting 35 percent from the field.
”Needless to say, it was a great win for us,” Foster said. ”It was a win like we had a lot of last year when we had a lot of people stepping up doing different things.”
Tech forward Shawn Smith and guard Shawn Good got into foul trouble, prompting Custis to move inside, where he was effective. Tech shot 45 percent from the floor with a combination of outside shooting and working the ball inside.
”When I picked up the early fouls, it kind of helped with me playing the three and Ace playing four,” Smith said, referring to position numbers. ”Ace really stepped his play up tonight, and so did a lot of guys.”
The Hokies came into this game ranked No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll, with Virginia one spot behind at No. 22. Virginia defeated Tech when the teams met last season, and their game this year was scheduled unusually early because of Tech’s Atlantic-10 schedule later this season.
The game marked the first time the two teams had played when both were nationally ranked since January of 1983 when Virginia won by 10 points in Richmond. At the time, Virginia was ranked No.7, Tech 17th.
But early-season rankings aside, the game had huge implications for both teams because of their intra-state rivalry.
”It feels great to beat Virginia, period,” Custis said. ”With the name they have in the ACC and around the nation, we feel we have to do our best to beat some of these big-name teams.”
Virginia coach Jeff Jones said he saw the game as a lesson he hoped his team could use to learn.
”As I told our team, Tech’s team is like a puzzle where the pieces all fit very, very nicely,” Jones said. ”I think we can learn some valuable lessons from Virginia Tech.”
The Cavaliers are best characterized as frustrated throughout this game. The team’s leading scorers, guards Harold Deane and Curtis Staples, combined to go 9-of-30 from the field including 4-of-16 from three-point range.
Tech controlled the tempo from the opening tap and never trailed after a 3-3 tie, clamping down on defense and digging in for the long haul.
”We tried to come back and we were trying to get back into the game late,” Deane said. ”We just rushed. We didn’t take care of the ball and didn’t make the right decisions on offense.”
Tech guard Damon Watlington guarded Staples the entire game. Staples did not score in the first half and threw up a bunch of wild shots in the second.
”He loves the challenge and we always give him the other team’s best guard,” Foster said.
Tech took a 10-point lead, 37-27, just after halftime and the Cavaliers went on a mini scoring run to cut it to two at 43-41 with 12:58 left to play. But Virginia would get no closer.
”I wish we had exhibited more patience,” Jones said. ”I think frustration set in after a while. I think we fell into the trap once again of forcing things.”
Along with Custis’ 18 points, Good and Watlington had 12 each for Tech while Smith chipped in 10. Deane was the high scorer for Virginia with 20 points while Courtney Alexander had 12, Staples and Jamal Robinson 11 each.
#21 VIRGINIA TECH 72, #22 VIRGINIA 64
VIRGINIA (4-3): Nolan 2-8 3-8 7, Co.Alexander 5-9 0-0 12, Ch.Alexander 1-1 0-0 2, Staples 4-13 0-0 11, Deane 5-17 9-11 20, Robinson 2-6 6-8 11, Metheney 0-0 0-0 0, Watkins 0-0 0-0 0, Walton 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 19-55 19-29 64.
VIRGINIA TECH (5-1): Custis 8-15 2-4 18, Smith 3-5 2-2 10, T.Jackson 3-7 3-4 9, Good 5-11 0-0 12, Watlington 3-8 6-8 12, J.Jackson 2-2 2-4 6, D.Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Manns 0-3 1-2 1, Guillory 0-1 0-0 0, Matthews 2-4 0-2 4. Totals 26-58 16-26 72.
Halftime-Virginia Tech 35, Virginia 27. 3-Point goals-Virginia 7-22 (Co.Alexander 2-2, Staples 3-9, Deane 1-7, Robinson 1-4), Virginia Tech 4-17 (Custis 0-2, Smith 2-3, T.Jackson 0-1, Good 2-5, Watlington 0-3, D.Jackson 0-1, Guillory 0-1, Matthews 0-1). Fouled out-Good. Rebounds-Virginia 41 (Robinson 9), Virginia Tech 39 (Custis 11). Assists-Virginia 8 (Deane 4), Virginia Tech 22 (Good 7). Total fouls-Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 22. A-10,056.


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Dubs at the Hall celebrate its fifth year in Holt
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Hundreds of vintage VWs, from campervans to Beetles, lined up at north Norfolk outdoor centre Holt Hall at the weekend, at a family music and motoring festival celebrating all things Volkeswagon.
Now in its fifth year, Dubs at the Hall was the idea of Norwich dad-of-three Jason Jones and his brother Paul, who run their own building company at Hellesdon.
'We have been doing the maintenance at Holt Hall for many years and it seemed perfect,' Mr Jones explained. 'It started off as a small camping festival and just snowballed from there.'
The three-day event came close to being cancelled last year, after poor weather drastically affected the turnout.
But the weekend sunshine brought out VW fans in force, with around 5000 people, including 1200 campers, passing through the gates.
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'We had a couple of bad years where, because of the weather, we lost money,' Mr Jones said. 'But we have had a brilliant turnout this year, the camping pitches sold out well before the event and local people have been really supportive.'
Sponsorship by a number of Norfolk companies had helped festival finances, Mr Jones added, with forces charity Scotty's Little Soldiers paying for trophies and Norwich joinery firm Quantum providing Dubs at the Hall signs including giant-sized, glow-in-the-dark wooden lettering for the music stage.
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Festival attractions included music from more than 30 bands, stalls selling all things VW – from hats and tee shirts, to duvet covers and deckchairs – and a show and shine parade with categories ranging from best Beetle, to best bay window.
Young festival-goers were kept entertained in a 'Little Dubbers' area featuring a bouncy castle and circus skills workshops, as well as an arts and crafts marquee and performances from children's entertainers Razz the Clown and Auntie Pearl.
Norwich paramedic Sally Logue, who drove to the festival in her 1972 campervan, said: 'We came for the first time last year and loved it; it's quite quaint, not to big and noisy, and I just love the vintage side of it.'

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Falling into You Read online
Chapter 1: BFF…Or BF?
I wasnt always in love with Colton Calloway; I was in love with his younger brother, Kyle, first.
Kyle was my first one true love, my first in every way.
I grew up next to the Calloways. Kyle and I were the same age, our moms having given birth to us in the same hospital, two rooms apart, two days apart. Kyle was the older one, much to my irritation. Only by two days, but that was enough for Kyle to get big head about it and tease me mercilessly. We played in the same Pack-N-Play in his mom’s house as babies. We shared blocks and dolls (Kyle played with dolls as much as I did until we were three or so, which I in turn teased him mercilessly about). We learned to ride bikes together; my dad taught us both, since Mr. Calloway was a Congressman and gone a lot. We studied together, did homework together. We were best friends before anything else. It was always kind of assumed we’d end up together, I think.
Not quite arranged, necessarily, just…assumed. His dad, the up-and-coming Congressman; My dad, the CEO, the über-successful businessman. Their beautifully perfect children, together? Well, duh. I mean, I know that sounds arrogant, or whatever, but it’s just the truth. I’m not perfect, obviously. I have some flaws. I’m kind of wide in the hips for my height, and my bust is a little too big for my frame, but whatever. I know what I look like, but I swear I’m not vain about it.
We weren’t aware of those assumptions until our sophomore year. We’d been friends until that point, best friends, but just friends. I was never a boy-crazy type of girl. My conservative father wouldn’t have allowed it, for one thing, and I wasn’t permitted to date until I was sixteen anyway. So then, the week after my sweet sixteen, Jason Dorsey asked me out. Jason is the runner-up to Kyle’s bid for complete perfection. He’s blond where Kyle is raven-haired, a more bulky muscle-builder type to Kyle’s lean, cut, lupine grace, and Jason isn’t quite as smart or charming as Kyle, but then I might be biased.
I didn’t even hesitate when Jason asked if he could take me to dinner after school. I mean, duh, right? Just about every girl at my high school dreamed of Jason or Kyle asking them out, and I was BFF’s with Kyle, and had a date with Jason. He did it at my locker, which was always a busy spot, so it was a public thing. Everyone saw, and they were all so jealous, let me tell you.
I met Kyle at his souped-up Camaro after sixth period like always, and we took off, tires squealing. Kyle tended to drive like he was in a high-speed chase, but he was a very skilled driver, so I never freaked. His dad had made sure Kyle was given courses in defensive driving by an actual FBI agent, so Kyle could out-drive most of the cops at the local PD.
“Guess what?” I asked, excited, as Kyle drifted a wide left turn onto the dirt road leading to our neighborhood. Kyle shot me a lifted eyebrow look, so I grabbed his bicep and squeezed, squealing, “Jason Dorsey asked me out! He’s taking me to dinner tonight!”
Kyle nearly drove off the road. He jammed on the brakes, spinning the car into a sideways skid on the dirt road leading to our houses. Kyle twisted in the leather bucket seat, one arm braced on the headrest of my seat, brown eyes blazing. “What did you just say?” He sounded angry, which confused me. “‘Cause I could have sworn you just said Jason asked you out. ”
I felt my breath catch at the intensity in his eyes, his voice. “I…he did?” It came out like a question, timid and confused. “He’s—he’s picking me up at seven. We’re going to Brann’s. Why are you acting this way?”
“Why am I—?” Kyle snapped his teeth together, cutting himself off, then scrubbed his face with his hands. “Nell, you can’t go out with Jason. ”
“Why not?” Now that I was over the shock of Kyle’s sudden anger, I was hurt, more confused than ever, and getting angry. “He’s nice, and cute. He’s your best friend, so what’s wrong with him? I’m excited, Kyle. Or I was. No one’s ever asked me out before, and I’m finally allowed to date now that I’m sixteen, you’re all mad. I don’t get it. You’re supposed to be happy for me. ”
Kyle’s face twisted, and I watched as half a dozen emotions rippled over his handsome features. He opened his mouth, then closed it again. Finally, he let out a groaned curse and flung his door open, threw himself out of the car, slammed the door behind him and stalked away through Mr. Ennis’s cornfield.
I hesitated, more confused than ever. It looked, just before he stormed away, like Kyle was jealous. Could he be jealous? Then why didn’t he ask me out? I ripped my hair out its ponytail and retied it, the wheels in my head spinning so fast I could barely breathe.
Kyle? I’d done everything with Kyle. Everything. We ate lunch together every day. We went on hikes and picnics, long bike rides ending in ice cream at Dairy Queen. We skipped his dad’s monthly political soirees to drink stolen wine on the dock behind my house. We even got tipsy once and went skinny dipping.
I had a memory of watching Kyle turn away as he shoved his boxers off and feeling a tingle in my belly at the sight of his naked backside. I’d attributed the feeling to being buzzed, at the time. Of course, I’d stripped too, and Kyle’s gaze had taken in my body in a way that had made the tingle even worse. At the time, I’d yelled at him to stop ogling me, and he’d turned away. He’d been in water up to his waist, but now I couldn’t help wondering if he’d been hiding a reaction to seeing me naked. He’d been very careful to keep his distance while we swam, when normally we were very physical, hugging, teasing each other, getting in tickle wars, which Kyle always won.
I was starting to look at everything differently, all of a sudden.
Kyle? He was my best friend. I had girlfriends, obviously. Jill and Becca and I got mani-pedis together every week and then went for milkshakes at Big Boy. But when I was upset or pissed off, when I got in a fight with Mom and Dad or got a bad grade or anything, I went to Kyle. We’d sit on my dock or his and he’d talk me out my funk. Hug me and hold me until I felt better. I’d fallen asleep on the dock with him a thousand times, fallen asleep on his couch watching a movie. On his couch, on his lap. Against his chest, his arm around me.
That’s not BFF kind of affection, is it? We’d never kissed, never held hands like boyfriend/girlfriend, though. And if anyone asked, which happened a lot, we were always like no, we’re not going out, we’re best friends.
But were we more?
God, what a mess.
I got out of the car and followed after Kyle. He was long out of sight, but I knew where he was going. There was a spot on ridge on the other side of Mr. Ennis’s cornfield where we hung out a lot. You could see our town from that ridge, as well the silver string of the creek and the dark swath of the forest.
Kyle was halfway up the huge lightning-blasted pine that crowned the ridge. There was a long, thick branch about twenty feet up, easy to climb to, and we frequently sat on that branch together, his back to the trunk, my back to his chest. I stood on the branch beneath Kyle, waiting. He hooked his foot around the branch, reached down lifted me like a doll and set me in front of him. This position took on a new significance, suddenly. I could feel his heart hammering in his chest. He was breathing hard and smelled of sweat. He must have run up the ridge.
I leaned my head back on his shoulder and looked at him, his profile chiseled and gorgeous, bathed golden in the late afternoon sun. His brows were knitted together, his jaw clenched hard. He was pissed, still.
“Kyle…talk to me. I don’t—”
“Don’t what? Understand? Yes you do. ” He glanced at me, then slid his eyes closed and turned away. As if it hurt to look at me.

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Mum is in town!! I picked her up yesterday evening and, well, this is the state of my dining room table! We are planning, sewing crocheting and knitting projects left right and center! It’s going to be a GREAT 3 weeks!
Whilst I was waiting for her plane to arrive I quickly cast on Piper’s Journey for a KAL with Melissa over at Single Handed Knits. You must check out her podcast. She is an amazingly spirited person, and a great twitter buddy. Coming with a story of her own, she shares with us her knitting progresses and yarn purchases each week, along with swaps and big plans for the future! She is hosting the KAL for Piper’s Journey, a beautiful shawl by Paula Emons-Fuessle of Knitting Pipline, until the end of this month. I went over to look through the FO thread on their ravelry group and was completely swayed by all the amazing knits… so I’ve cast on, and its a race to the finish line!!
I’m using two skeins Black Water Abbey 2 ply Sportweight, which I think was hiding in my stash just waiting for this perfect moment. It is a deep heathered blue, reminding me of the deep ocean. I’m only a few rows in to my Pied Piper, but Mum is about to sit out on the deck so I’m going to join her and squeeze in a few more before goat duties call!
Oh, before I go – Thank you all so, so, so much for your birthday wishes. I had a great day, and a lovely evening out… along with the promise of three pregnant sheep!!.. doesn’t get better than that!
And – don’t forget you still have the chance to win this amazing necklace from Ellie Air! All you need to do is join in the fun over at our new ravelry group, and let us know what you’re up to! More details in my birthday post.

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Snowboy, Maxwell, Kings Go Forth, Tower of Power, Rachel & The Soul Criminals and more.
The 6th installment of my "best of"s, with tracks selected by my secretary miss Debbie Headgiving from the previous month's Captain Stax Shows. New songs, white label, advanced promos and old curios. This playlist is a mix from episodes 24-28 (may 2010).


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Turning your toddler onto TV for the first time can feel like a big, scary step. Once you introduce screens, is your kid ever going to want to go back to reading books? Are you going to hear nothing but the whiny whimsical voices and grating music of young kids' cartoons for the next few years? How will commercials, gender stereotypes, characters' bratty behavior and the lure of a candy-colored on-screen world affect such impressionable young minds?
Yes, TV feels like a slippery slope. But if you're thoughtful about your choices and balance TV time with other activities, there's no reason not to allow your toddler to enjoy some quality entertainment.
Start out slow with toddler-targeted shows that are gentle, brief, and full of age-appropriate content. Make an effort to find well-made programs that truly engage your toddler (if she's singing the songs to her stuffed animals, it's probably a good one!). Use the shows' subjects as starting points for pretend games and conversation.
Co-view when you can, or follow up with questions about the shows when they're over. And take heart in the fact that kids can actually learn both preschool skills such as letters and numbers and social-emotional skills from well-chosen viewing.
When you're ready to turn on the TV for your tot, get started with a few of our faves right here.
"Beat Bugs" (Netflix)
Even parents will enjoy this sweet show inspired by the enduring magic of Beatles' songs. With messages of friendship and teamwork, there are a lot of great takeaways (and, of course, it's never too early to turn your kids onto good music). Check out the TV movie musical spin-off "Beat Bugs: All Together Now" for more Beatles-inspired fun.
"Little Baby Bum" (YouTube)
Little ears will perk up to this channel's familiar nursery rhymes and lullabies, like "Wheels on the Bus," "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes," and "Hickory Dickory Dock" sung by cute, animated animals. Many of the videos introduce early learning concepts like colors, numbers and shapes, and at two to three minutes a pop, the videos are perfect for short attention spans (although there are curated playlists for longer viewing as well).
"Nina's World" (Hulu)
This lively show celebrates family, friendship, and diversity through content that incorporates English, Spanish and even some American Sign Language. Simple elements such as Nina serving traditional meals and using Spanish phrases teach kids in a natural way.
"Sesame Street" (PBS)
Sesame Street remains a superstar of early childhood programing. Since 1969, Big Bird and friends have delighted and entertained toddlers around the globe. With engaging learning lessons, diverse characters, catchy music and celebrity guests, you really can't go wrong with this enduring classic.
"The Stinky and Dirty Show" (Amazon Prime)
Truck-obsessed toddlers will go nuts for this sweet show about best friends Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe based on the books by Jim and Kate McMullan. With minimal characters, it's easy for toddlers to follow the story, and despite what their names may suggest, Stinky and Dirty are terrific role models for kids and really demonstrate the power of teamwork.
"Storybots Super Songs" (Netflix)
In every episode of this music-centric spin-off of the popular "Ask the Storybots" program, you'll see multiple short music videos about various topics, from outer space to farm animals. It's an absolute visual treat, as it skips around effortlessly among various types of animation; one segment might be done with stop-motion puppetry, one may use traditional 2D animation and the next might look like a watercolor painting.
"Super Simple Songs" (YouTube)
Music is key to engaging and entertaining young kids. In "Super Simple Songs," cartoon characters and puppets act out nursery rhymes both familiar and new and encourage the kids to sing along. Similar to "Little Baby Bum," many of the videos introduce early learning concepts like letters and counting.
"Tayo the Little Bus" (Hulu)
Originally developed for South Korea's Educational Broadcasting System, Tayo the Little Bus offers lots of fun adventures and positive lessons that toddlers can understand and enjoy with a focus on friendship, learning and doing the right thing. For kids into vehicles, this one is a surefire winner.
"Timmy Time" (Disney Channel)
"Timmy Time" centers on a mischievous young lamb who's always looking for ways to fix the trouble he's gotten into with his friends and teachers at nursery school. From the engaging animation to the show's dialogue-free format, this one is perfect for toddlers because it packs each 10-minute story with important social lessons about responsibility, good sportsmanship and fair play.
"Word Party" (Netflix)
Created by the Jim Henson Company, the interactive cartoon features four baby animals who ask the "big kids" watching from home for help answering questions. Along with vocabulary building, the series has positive themes that relate to emotional awareness, friendship and getting along with others. (Warning: The "Word Party" jingle may drill itself into your head. At least your toddler will get a kick out of you humming it 24/7.)
Originally published by Common Sense Media and republished with permission.

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New Eastern Airways Service Between Belfast and Wales
Eastern Airways has announces that it will commence up to six flights a week from George Best Belfast City Airport to Welsh capital Cardiff from 11th January 2021, while also having recently increased frequency on routes from Belfast to Southampton and Teesside International Airport. The new service will be a daily except Saturday service will operate with fares on the new route starting from £79.99 one-way, including taxes and charges. The flights are now available to book at www.easternairways.com and all fares also include 15kg of complimentary hold baggage.
Speaking when the new route was announced on Wednesday, Kate Best, Commercial Director at Belfast City Airport said, “Today’s announcement that Belfast City Airport will once again operate flights to Cardiff is not only a positive development for the Airport itself, but also extremely welcome news for passengers who regularly travel to Wales. The popular route to Cardiff was previously operated by Flybe before the airline entered into administration in March 2020, and there has been huge demand since for it to be reinstated. Despite the challenging aviation environment of recent months, we continued exploring options to secure connectivity with the Welsh capital, and we’re very happy that our partner Eastern Airways has committed to this service.”
The independent UK-based carrier was formed in 1997 and had returned quickly in March to a standalone identity including booking facilities after its former franchise partner, Flybe, went into administration. Eastern Airways already serves Southampton and Teesside from Belfast City plus Anglesey from Cardiff. Last month, Eastern Airways also became the only regional airline to start operating services into London Heathrow with its new Teesside service restoring a link absent for over a decade offering over 180 world-wide connections through Europe’s biggest airport hub, while earlier this week also announcing a codeshare partnership with Aurigny, Guernsey’s airline, to focus on increased passenger connectivity to the Channel Islands.
Previously announced new services by Eastern Airways to serve Dublin on the Southampton and Teeside routes have not yet started and currently no new start date for these routes have yet to be announced.

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu started her career as a model for AOMOJI-KEI (Harajuku fashion) magazines since she was a high school girl. After being on the cover of numerous magazines, she soon became the most popular fashion model. She garnered a great reputation with the support of her enthusiastic teenage fans all over Japan, who were also attracted to Harajuku fashion culture. She became a well-known blogger because of her utterly uninhibited way of self-expression that is unimaginable for her sweet doll-like looks.
She released her debut mini album, MOSHI MOSHI HARAJUKU (Hello, Harajuku) in 2011 from WARNER MUSIC JAPAN, produced by Yasutaka Nakata (capsule). MOSHI MOSHI HARAJUKU was distributed on the internet in 23 countries worldwide, accomplishing her world debut. The music video of her single from the album PONPONPON, has been played over a million times on streaming video websites. She is Harajuku’s iconic existence – a combination of model and artist with self-producing skills.
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[ntp:questions] NTP and ADAM
martin.burnicki at meinberg.de
Wed Feb 13 12:03:11 UTC 2008
> Martin Burnicki wrote:
>> Neither the GPS nor the ADAM are NTP servers, so why should a client find
> if i do the following
> GPS-------------------------------> PC(NTP)
> Serial Port
> the time is synchronized by GPS.
Right. However the PC is your NTP server and the GPS device is just a
reference clock which is read by the GPS program running on the PC.
>> What might be possible is to configure the local NTP daemon to read the
>> "serial" ref clock via the converter's emulated port.
> What do u mean by that? how can i do that? can you give more detail of
> your idea?
In the figure above the GPS devices provides a serial port which is
connected to one of the PC's serial ports. The NTP program on the PC opens
that serial port and uses a special driver (e.g. the parse driver or the
NMEA driver) to read the time from the GPS clock, depending of the string
format send by the clock.
>From your initial post:
> this is my first time that i have to work with ADAM 4577. it is 1 port
> universial serial gateway.now it is like this
> GPS ----------------->ADAM 4577 --------------------------------->PC1
> serial Port LAN
> unfortunatelly PC cann't find ADAM as its NTP Server. has anyone work
> with this ADAM 4577?
So ADAM is a serial-to-LAN converter which reads the serial output of the
GPS receiver and puts those bytes into network packets which arrive at the
LAN port of your PC instead of a serial port. I assume the format of those
packets is proprietary since it must not only transport the raw byte stream
from the GPS device but also the levels of the GPS devices serial control
The NTP program can only receive NTP packlets from another NTP server, not
those proprietary ADAM packets. On the other hand, if you configure the NTP
daemon on your PC to use the GPS device as a reference clock (as you would
do without the ADAM) then ntpd tries to open the configureed serial port,
set the baud rate etc. correctly, and receive the string from the GPS
So if you want ntpd to read the serial time string from the GPS device then
you have to install a driver on the PC which receives the proprietary
network packets sent by ADAM, and appears like a serial device to the NTP
daemon. Those drivers are normally shipped with the device, at least for
Windows where they emulate a COM port e.g. COM20. You should see if the
ADAM device comes with a Linux driver at all.
And, please remember that network redirection of serial data introduces
additional jitter, so the results may not be too good.
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The D.C. Democratic primary will take place April 3.
The District's Board of Elections and Ethics is testing the equipment that will be used to count votes in next month's primary.
The primary is scheduled for April 3 and the Board wants to make sure everything is ready before voters head to the polls. A public test of the voting equipment and software used to count votes is planned for this Saturday at the Board's offices near Judiciary Square.
Board personnel also will distribute poll watcher and election observer badges that allow access to early voting centers and to the polls on election day.
Of course, the Republican primaries and caucuses this campaign cycle have been very competitive in the party's presidential nominating contest. That race will be closely watched in the District and in Maryland, which also holds its primary April 3.


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Around 5.4 million people are currently without power after Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida.
Huge swaths of the Sunshine State are living in darkness as the clean-up begins and utility companies draft in workers from as far as Canada to help repair the damage.Greta Thunberg on two-day train journey to join Extinction Rebellion in London
Florida governor Rick Scott said the state’s top priorities are getting fuel delivered to gas stations and turning the power back on for those affected.
He explained: ‘Florida is an incredibly resilient state and now it is time that we come together and rebuild. After visiting shelters this week and talking to people who evacuated due to Hurricane Irma, the number one thing I heard from families is that they want their power back on.
‘We must make sure Floridians have the fuel they need to get home and back to work, and the electricity they need to live their lives. We are making progress on both fronts, but I will not rest until we are 100 percent recovered.
So far, power has been restored to more than two million homes and business, but there is more to be done.
Scott added: ‘I have directed every state resource to help with these issues, and we are working with local officials, public and private utility companies and the federal government to fill gas tanks and turn on the lights.’Notre Dame smoke detectors 'failed to go off' when fire started
The state has issued an interactive map showing how the percent of power outages by county.
The worst affected is the Highlands County, where 62,456 people have reported loss of power — that’s 93 percent of customers.
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Military personnel don’t make a whole lot. One way to make ends meet is for their spouses to work at a commissary to supplement their modest income. Many of the commissary’s employees are also veterans. But the retired service members and military families are about to get hit as a high-dollar consulting group hired by the Pentagon has recommended cutting wages, health insurance and retirement benefits for the more than 15,000 federal employees who work for the Defense Commissary Agency.
DeCA provides discounted groceries and household goods to current and retired military families through more than 250 commissaries around the world. The proposal from the consultant would convert DeCA employees from the General Schedule pay and benefits system to non-appropriated fund status. This means employees would lose up to one-fourth of their pay, lose their retirement benefits, have to pay significantly more for health insurance, and could be more easily fired or have their jobs privatized.
“No DeCA employee is living large on her modest paycheck. Many DeCA employees are veterans and military spouses whose families depend on their jobs,” AFGE said in testimony submitted for the record Jan. 13 before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
AFGE urges Congress to reject proposals that would decimate the substantial benefit that commissaries provide to military families.


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Volume 13, Number 5, September-October 2000Shallow Water Fisheries Sonar
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Spawning run of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in the River Tornionjoki monitored by horizontal split-beam echosounding
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, FIN-95200 Simo, Finland
2 University of Jyväskylä, Box 35, FIN-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland
3 Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, FIN-58175 Enonkoski, Finland
Accepted: 11 April 2000
Fixed location split-beam horizontal echosounding was used to assess the size and timing of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) spawning run in the River Tornionjoki. Four transducers, two on each river bank, were mounted across the river at the study site 4 km upstream from the river mouth. Net weirs were used on both shores to direct the passage of fish through the acoustic beams. Hydroacoustic monitoring covered 40–50% of the river cross-sectional area. Also test fishing and yearly catch statistics of salmon were used as an indication of the size of the spawning run in the river. Altogether, 7700, 5300 and 4300 salmon-sized targets (target strength, TS >= –29 dB) moving upstream were detected in 1997, 1998, and 1999, respectively. The fish migration began in all the years by early June and peaked during the second half of the month; the migration period of large salmon lasted until mid-July. The observations made by the echosounding and catch statistics were similar in this respect. In 1998 and 1999, however, more targets of TS >= –29 dB were detected during late summer than could be expected by the river catches of salmon. It may be that the large targets in late summer were, in fact, whitefish whose run occurred during the same time. Hydroacoustic estimation of the total salmon run at the study site was found difficult. The numbers of salmon-sized targets detected were almost the same as the numbers of salmon caught each year by fishermen. Therefore, only an index of the run timing and the size of the stock can be produced from the data. It was clear that a considerable amount of fish escaped the acoustic monitoring by using areas uncovered by the beam, such as gaps in the bottom and the surface layers of the water column near the shores. Moreover, it was found that species recognition based on TS only is not adequate in multispecies environments. Assessment of spawning runs remains, however, a key issue in the management of Baltic salmon, and with further development, the hydroacoustic monitoring may be the most viable means of doing it.
Key words: splitbeam acoustics / target strength (TS) / Salmo salar / migration / River Tornionjoki / Baltic Sea
© Elsevier, Inra, Ifremer, Cemagref, Ird, Cnrs, 2000
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Join us as we explore Baltimore’s diversity through local Artists this week as they share their narratives and we continue to make Live Black Baltiomre History.
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While the county continues to grapple with climbing costs associated with the pandemic, including dramatic costs estimates for schools in the fall, Prince William County has received an infusion of financial aid from the federal government.
Virginia officials notified the county of the second round of funding on July 28, according to the county.
The board of county supervisors is set to consider a resolution at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4, to approve a certificate of receipt, which includes the county agreeing to appropriately spend the funding, among other requirements, according to the proposed resolution. The county would once again split the funding with Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan and Quantico if the resolution is approved.
In May, of the $41 million dedicated to the county, the county allocated $451,384 to Dumfries; $147,726 to Haymarket; $94,380 to Occoquan and $45,138 to Quantico, according to the county.


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Android gamers who love Soccer are in for a treat. Gameloft has just released Real Soccer 2013 (Real Football 2013 outside the US) on Google Play for free with in-app purchases. Now, you can get your soccer on without spending a dime if you should so choose.
Last year’s game did extremely well for Gameloft, amassing over 5 million download during its lifespan. Obviously, Gameloft is hoping the sequel is equally successful. You can play the game for free, but if you get really into it, chances are you will probably want to spend some money on the in-app purchases, which is obviously what Gameloft is hoping for.
Gameloft has retained the FIFPro license for its latest game. Gameloft has personal names and portraits of over 3,000 top players because of this license. Gameloft will push updates to keep the game current with player transfers and roster changes, so your game will always be current.
The gameplay looks very similar to last year’s version. It has some slick visuals and over 700 motion captured animations to bring some serious realism to the game. It features a deep mode where you start with a rookie team and build them to the top of the league while upgrading your facilities to improve the skill level of your young players. Overall, it looks like a solid soccer game, and it’s available for free, so there is no reason not to check it out.
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Livingstone is a small settlement in inland Waitaki. It is located northeast of Danseys Pass, some 30 kilometers northwest of Oamaru.
The Livingstone gold fields are nearby, where gold was found, but due to the fine nature of its makeup, the gold proved to be hard to accumulate and the Livingstone gold company went broke in the 1920s. There is still evidence of gold mining in the area and you will find slucings and water races.
Livingstone Gold is a distinctive North Otago sharp flavored cheese produced in a traditional open vat.
A natural additive, annatto is added to produce its golden color, inspiration for naming it Livingstone Gold came from the historic Livingstone goldfields.

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Ananya Vinay of Fresno, Calif., is the winner of the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Ananya, a 12-year-old sixth-grader, captured the championship title by correctly spelling “marocain,” which is a dress fabric made from silk or rayon, during the 36th round of the annual competition Thursday night. The second-place finisher was Rohan Rajeev of Edmond, Okla.
Ananya’s victory broke the bee’s three-year streak of ending in a tie. She wins $40,000 in cash, a trophy and other prizes.
“It’s like a dream come true, I’m so happy right now,” Ananya said upon receiving the winner’s trophy. “I just focused on my word and tried to spell it right.”
In a post-victory interview, Ananya told reporters she recognized one of the final words because it had been mentioned in her social studies book.
“You can find words in interesting places,” she said.
Asked about her competitor, Rohan, Ananya said, “It was interesting to go back and forth for so many rounds.”
The annual contest opened Tuesday with a record 291 spellers from across the country and the globe. The field was narrowed to 40 finalists on Wednesday, based upon two oral rounds of spelling and the results of a written spelling and vocabulary test.
By Thursday afternoon, just 15 spellers were still standing and went on to compete for the championship.
In the final rounds, which were broadcast live on ESPN, Rohan Sachdev of Cary, N.C., was the first at the microphone – and the first to fall. The 14-year-old misspelled “panniculitis,” which refers to an inflammation of abdominal fat.
The crowd inside the ballroom of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, just outside of Washington, gasped as Sreeniketh Vogoti, of St. Johns, Fla., missed “clafouti” by just one letter. The 14-year-old tacked an unnecessary “e” onto the end of the word for a French dessert consisting of a layer of fruit, such as cherries.
“How’s it going?” pronouncer Jacques Bailly asked Erin Howard of Birmingham, Ala., as she took her turn at the microphone.
“I don’t even know anymore,” the 12-year-old replied before incorrectly spelling Klydonograph, which is a device that records an electrical surge.
During the earlier rounds, no one was more surprised than Maggie Sheridan of Mansfield, Ohio, when she aced the word “whirlicote,” which is a luxurious carriage or coach.
“What?” the 13-year-old exclaimed incredulously when told she’d spelled the word correctly. She clasped her hands to her head, grinned and then headed back to her seat on stage as the audience roared its approval.
Her victory would prove to be short-lived. She missed “saccharomycete” in the next round and was eliminated from the competition.
The national bee is a high-profile, high-pressure endurance test as much as a nerd spelling match. The stress of competing against the dictionary was etched on many spellers’ faces as they took their turn at the microphone and in front of the television cameras.
“I’m pretty nervous,” Nikhil Lahiri, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., confessed from the stage, just seconds before correctly spelling “outarde,” which is a Canadian goose.
Nikhil exited the stage during the next round after misspelling “coloboma,” or a fissure of the eye. He spelled it “c-o-l-y-b-o-m-a.”
“It really hurts,” he said. “But at the same time, it’s a really good learning experience, as well.”
Varad Mulay, 13, of Novi, Mich., clasped his hands to his chin in prayer-like fashion and heaved a sigh of relief after correctly deconstructing “obmutescence,” which means becoming or keeping silent.
Melodie Loya, a sixth-grader from Bainbridge, N.Y., said it was nerve-racking spelling on stage. The 12-year-old was eliminated in the sixth round after incorrectly spelling “subauditur,” which means something understood or implied in connection with what is expressed. But she wants to compete in next year’s bee, so she plans to take a week off and start studying again.
“When you get knocked down, you’ve got to get back up again,” said her mother, Debbie Loya.
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Do i have to pay on a student loan while in school full time
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I have a private student loan that requires that I make interest payments while in school. I can no longer afford to make these payments but the company will not allow me to go into deferment even though i am still in school full time and have no income or job
Unfortunately, deferment of private loans is on a loan by loan basis. If your lender is unwilling to offer deferment while in school full-time you should contact them and try to work out a payment plan that is feasible for you.

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Manitoba is reporting its highest ever daily COVID-19 case count and health officials say another three Manitobans with the virus have died.
In a release the province said 603 new infections had been identified as of Thursday morning.
The province’s previous highest daily case count — 593 infections — was reported Nov. 22, 2020, according to provincial statistics.
The deaths reported Thursday include a woman in her 40s from the Winnipeg area, a man in his 50s from the Winnipeg area, and a man in his 70s from the Southern Health region.
All but one of the latest victims had been stricken with the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, first identified in the United Kingdom, health official said.
Since March 2020, 1,019 Manitobans with COVID-19 have now died and 46,916 people have contracted the virus.
Of the new cases, 409 were reported in the Winnipeg Health region, 97 were found in the Southern Health region, 41 were identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region, 36 were reported out of the Northern Health region, and 20 were reported in the Interlake-Eastern Health region.
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 13.8 per cent provincially and 15.3 per cent in Winnipeg.
As of Thursday, health officials say Manitoba has 4,659 active cases of COVID-19, including 2,546 confirmed to be variants of concern.
The number of people in hospital connected to COVID-19 dropped from 293 reported Wednesday to 291 as of midnight Thursday, according to health data.
Wednesday’s record-setting 80 patients in ICU connected to the virus had fallen to 76 Thursday. A Shared Health spokesperson said the province’s ICU numbers don’t include those who have been transferred out of province for care.
The spokesperson said as of midnight Thursday 125 patients were admitted to Manitoba ICUs, down from a record 131 reported Wednesday.
The normal base-line for Manitoba’s critical care program, before COVID-19, was 72 beds, officials have said.
Earlier in the day Thursday Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said tighter COVID-19 restrictions will be announced going in to the May long weekend after days of surging case numbers that continue to threaten to overload the province’s heath-care system.
Manitoba’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, has scheduled a 4 p.m. press conference to announce the new public health orders.
Global News will stream the event live here.
Meanwhile health officials also reported 495 new confirmed cases of variants of concern Thursday.
Since February Manitoba has now recorded 7,636 variant cases, and 43 deaths have been linked to the more-contagious strains.
According to a provincial online database keeping track of variants of concern, the vast majority of the province’s VOC cases — 3,631 — are the B.1.1.7 strain, another 29 are the B.1.351 variant first found in South Africa, 65 are the P.1 variant, first identified in Brazil, and 18 are the B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
The province says 3,893 VOC cases remain as of yet unspecified on the province’s website.

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I made this bikini without a pattern. I don’t know what I was thinking but it turned out pretty good I think. It is a halter top, with tie under bust, and built in cups. The bottoms are low rise. I used a bikini I already own to trace the general outline. There is a possibility with some minor alterations that this could be a reversible bikini with two seperate textiles on either side. This bikini is double layered.
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- I am a clean metal vocalist that sings somewhat low, mainly mid to high range & can do some rasp when needed. I can send links to my vocals if interested.
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- I play rhythm guitar and I'm with a lead guitarist/singer. This is his music site: http://music.mosmusik.com/ The bass and drums are computer?generated.
I played with a drummer for a brief period of time and we were working on an original that we played in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ECWjHDWmI My lead guitarist/singer and I are learning each other's material, and need a bassist and drummer to complete the band.
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- Bassist looking for band situation
- I'm looking for people who would like to form a band, have a band, or just want to jam weekly on covers, original music, and get out and play live.
I am not a looker, but I have a lot of stage experience and bring alot of energy to any musical group.


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Luxury retail and hospitality back in vogue in France
Retail and hospitality are making a comeback in the French market, experts agreed at Real Asset Media’s France Investment briefing, which took place recently in London.
“We look favourably at the fundamentals of retail after a very challenging time for the last few years,” said Gwendal Kalkofen, managing director, head of real estate finance, Europa. “There’s certainly resilience in the high-end retail market, which is very attractive. The debt market, which had reduced its exposure, is now going back in.”
The so-called Golden Triangle, the luxury quarter in the heart of Paris, has seen no crisis. Prices continue to rise and transactions are happening, driven by domestic as well as foreign investors.
“The luxury houses are buying up everything they can and they basically own the city,” said Guillaume Turcas, managing partner, Faro Capital Partners. “The prices of high-end resi, high-end hospitality and high-end retail are going through the roof, which is something we hadn’t seen for quite a few years.”
In the last few months Kering, the French luxury giant, has bought the former Canadian Embassy on Avenue Montaigne for €860 million. It also acquired, in an off-market transaction, an 8,000 sq m mixed-use development on the corner of Rue de Castiglione and Rue Saint-Honoré for over €600 million. Once completed, 80% of the retail, office and residential project will be occupied by Gucci, a Kering brand.
“The luxury market has picked up very quickly after the pandemic,” said Alfred Fink, partner, head of real estate, TaylorWessing. “There is a lot of activity at the high end, especially in hospitality. Middle Eastern and Asian investors are actively looking and they still see Paris prices as a relative bargain.”
Despite the sluggish transaction market in the first few months of the year there have been several hotel sales. Dubai Holding, for example, acquired the Westin Paris Vendome hotel for €650 million.
“Business hotels are also picking up,” said Fink. “People are back on the road to have personal contact and face to face meetings. We expect a lot of development in these two sectors in the next few months.”
Operational real estate in general is attracting a lot of interest, he said: “It involves taking on operational risk, but now that values are going down and people are becoming more realistic deals are happening. Owners are having more of a say in the operational side.”
The interest in operational real estate extends to senior living, which is attractive because of structural demographic tailwinds.
“Senior housing all over France is doing well, but like all resi sectors it has problems in getting permits,” said Turcas.
The next big trend in the sector will be shared accommodation, said Fink: “Co-living for seniors is growing, and we think it will move very fast in the next couple of years.”


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Mursi should protect Egyptian protesters -ElBaradei
CAIRO Dec 5 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi should protect protesters gathered outside his presidential palace if he wants to keep "what remains of his legitimacy", opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei said on Wednesday.
In response to scuffles that broke out between Mursi's supporters and rivals outside the palace in Cairo, ElBaradei wrote on Twitter that Mursi should "bear reponsibility to protect peaceful demonstrations wherever they are if he wants to preserve what remains of his legitimacy."
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- Protesters fell Lenin statue, tell Ukraine's president 'you're next'

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Tien Kwang Shin Ind. Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacture of hand tool & industrial tools include (steel, copper, nylon, stainless steel wire) round brushes, brushing rolls, brush industrial designs, steel roller blade equipment non-woven rolls, BBQ brushes, wire scratch brushes, brass wire/brake caliper brushes, roller brushes, channel brushes, fitting brushes, wallcovering/roffing/coating brushes, wire wheels, and so on.
Greatfig Carbon Fiber Corp. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of carbon fiber made products, including (1) sports goods- golf club heads, carbon black covers, carbon inset metals, carbon top covers, ceramic fiber putters, lighter cases, ice skating shoe soles, oars, carbon speakers, skateboards ( skate boards), watch cases & bottoms, cups, tubes, shoes soles, protective equipments, BMC & SMC. (2) carbon car & bikes & motorbikes accessory- carbon steel wheels, covers, handlebar stems, cranks, engine covers, rear view mirrors, quick releases, license plates...
Chih Young Industrial Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
We have a wide range of products, including (1) wheelchair/ rollator/ stroller parts & accessories- PU/ TPR/ EVA wheels, forks, front castors, rear wheels, detachable and liftable footrests. (2) power wheelchair/ scooter parts & accessories- wheels & tires, DC motors, disk brakes. (3) rubber wheels & industrial castors. (4) rim & hub parts. (5) bicycle parts- wheels, lights, brakes, forks, repair tools. (6) completed products- rollators, commodes, convenient carts, carts for an oxygen cylinder, power & manu...
Champion Machinery Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of corrugated cardboard making equipment, including mill roll stand, auto splicer, preheater / preconditioner, single facer, sunction brake, glue station, double facer, belt drive unit, slitter scorer, cutter, stacker, rotary shear, corrugated roll, slitter razor knife, flexo printer, auto baling press, auto glue kitchen.
Fluo-Tech Imdustrial Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of PTFE products, PTFE extruded rods & pipes, PIFE AWG tubings, PTFE hoses, PTFE stainless wire braided hoses, PIFE machined parts, PTFE weldings, teflon products, teflon PTFE, acrylic rods, PMMA rods, PMMA tubes, polycarbonate tubes, PET perform, plastic accessory, TFE parts, PVC strips & sheets, TPE compounds, plumbing, PTF product, PTFE fibers, PTFE scrim yarns, PTFE huge and rigid sheets, PTFE diasheet, PTFE filament yarns, DVGW and PTFE thread seal tapes.
MCM Stamping Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
MCM is one of the oldest suppliers for stamping and tooling, including stamping tool, metal stamping, die casting, creation of checking & tooling fixture, laser cutting machine, die casting machine, press brake, coating, OEM/ODM precision steel metal stamping part, mold maker, and etc. in the manufacturing industry in Taiwan.
Giant Red-Wood International & Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Our main products including (1) riveting machine- hydraulic & pneumatic riveting machine, twin/ two-end hydraulic riveting machine, multi-purpose hydraulic riveting machine, mechanical riveting machine, hydraulic type orbital riveting machine, two-stage speed of heavy duty hydraulic riveting machine, mini riveting/ eyeleting machine, semi-automatic riveting/ eyeleting machine, automatic snap fastening machine, multi purpose safety fastening machine. (2) adhesive applying machine- automatic/ upper-type apply...
Power Adton Corporation : Brake Manufacturer
We provide paraffin wax, petroleum cokes, lubricating oils, waxes, white (pharma 68), palm wax and palm oil, slack wax, power ATF, power gear oils, all season coolants, brake fluids, hydraulic oils, industrial gear oil, SYN-Chain lube oil, way lubes, compressor RS oils, vacuum pump oils, ice machine oils, SYN-Super freeze oil, transformer oil, Nyvac FR200D fluids, therm 603 605, electric discharge fluid, power motor oil, power engine oil, power hydraulic oil, etc.
BEV International Corp. : Brake Manufacturer
We specialize in manufacturing bike accessories and parts including (1) complete bicycles, folding bikes. (2) aero profile alloy bar ends, bar end caps, 3D forged alloy & carbon bar ends, XC flat bars. (3) clamps- CNC aero seat clamps, carbon looking & front derailleur clamps. (4) cranks- monocoque one piece cranks, MTB carbon cranks, Tandem crank sets, carbon body BB. (5) bicycle forks- BMX racer & dirt jump forks, heavy duty forks, trekking forks, frames, headshock suspension forks. (6) bicycle lights, ba...
Hong Long Industrial Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
We provide the high quality metal forging and stamping parts, such as TFT & LCD brackets, motor cabinets, piston oil housings, spring hangers, truck suspension system components, auto parts, speaker baskets, metal & aluminum die casting basket for automotive and hi-fi speakers, U-type break system clevis of auto & truck, speaker tops & back plates, back can dampers, hot & cold forgings, and etc.
Ashima Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of bicycle accessories, including brake shoes, disk brake rotors, bicycle parts, disk brake adapters, MTB brake pads, rim brakes, disk brake, Magura MTB pads, brakes cartridge pads, aluminum backing plates, bicycle components BMX, bicycle brake parts, bicycle, center lock, and etc.
ARC Tools Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of industry hand tools, hand tool kits, tool sockets, auto special tools, filled trolleys, empty storages, wrench sets, arc tools, Sonic equipments, Jumpo form trolleys, topbox, chests, toolbox, wagons, filled suitcase, automotive tools, ratchet handles, bits sockets, impact sockets, files, hammers, utility auto kits, screwdrivers, nut drivers, hex grip keys, cutting tools, measuring tools, spanners, kex keys, allen key, T-handles, bodywork tool sets, systematic tools, filled topchests, tool ca...
Ho-Tai Lining Ent. Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of auto parts, break linings, breaks pad, asbestos break lining, non-asbestos brakes linings, semi-metallic break linings, machinery lining, brake shoes, truck brake linings, disc & drum brake assembly, braking products for bicke, machines, trailers, cranes, trucks.
Sesame Motor Corp. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacture of industrial supplies includes (1) (PGL, PML, PGT, PGR) series high precision planetary gearhead (gearbox). (2) general purpose motor- induction/reversible motor. (3) speed controlled motor- assembled type, variable speed, induction/reversible motor, separated type, variable speed, induction motor-IP22, rated running reversible motor-IP22. (4) speed controller- assembled/spearated type speed controller. (5) brake motor- electro- magnetic/clutch brake motor, electronic brake. (6) torque motor- s...
Long River Machinery Corporation : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of corrugated cardboard machineries, mill roll stands, preheaters, single facers, automatic splicers, glue machines, slitter scorers, cutting machine, cutter-razor blades, preconditioners, drill roll stands, single face cutters, pallet corrugated carton equipments, corrugated box making machines, papercut machine equipments, upper and lower corrugated rollers, pre-heater rollers, single facer corrugators, suction brake stands, precise machinery, corrugated whole plants, and so forth.
Eastar Machine Tools Corp. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of industrial machinery and equipments, include machine tool, slotting machine, milling machine accessories, universal milling machines, vertical & horizontal milling, vertical turret milling, bed type milling machine, milling cutting tools, radial drill, drilling & tapping, drill sharpener, universal drill grinders, EDM drills, CNC plate drillings, high speed precision lathe, CNC lathes, turret lathe, automatic lathes, toolroom lathe, bench lathes, oil country lathe, heavy duty precision lathe...
Hsiang Wei Rubber Industries, Inc. : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of silicone & rubber extrusions, including (1) silicone extrusion series- tubing, o-ring cords, puel hose, bulb seal, lip seal, window seal, hollow extrusion, sleeves, sponge extrusion, splicing, short-cut, conductive cord, silicone sheet, u-channel, e-strips, p-strips, d-stripes. (2) high temperature wire & cable- UL / VDE approved wire, PVC heating wire, special wire & cable. (3) rubber extrusion- rubber tubing, o-ring cord, gum extruding, custom engineered extruded profiles, molded corner, s...
Yeh Chiun Industrial Co., Ltd. : Brake Manufacturer
As a known manufacturer of hydraulic press brakes in Asian. Mainly products including folding machines, CNC & NC hydraulic presses, hydraulic shear, shearing machines, press brakes, two motor serve press brake, hydraulic forming machines, hydraulic notching machines, hydraulic equipments, brake YCN series and swing beam shears.
Xtra Industrial Corporation : Brake Manufacturer
Manufacturer of industrial machinery, hydraulic mobile cranes, folding & telescopic types, hydraulic cylinder, presses, hydraulic mechanical press, hydraulic mechanical presses, hydraulic press brake machines, hydraulic cylinder parts, forging equipments, automatic shearing machine, heating furnaces, forging presses, hydraulic cold & warm forgings press, air drop hammers, friction screw press, stamping press moulds, supply of industrial mould, progressive stamping moldings, die casting molds, plastic inject...
Asia Bicycle Trading Company : Brake Manufacturer
Trade of sporting goods, leisure and entertainments, recreation products - (1)complete bicycle, bicycles, bike, cycling- trek bike, cruiser bicycle, mountain bike, road bicycle. (2)bicycle parts and accessories- cycling frame, carbon cycle frame, bike component, bicycle brakes, bicycle spare parts, derailleurs, hubs, pedals. (3) fitness and sporting equipment, medical and healthcare products- folding and wheel walkers, pedal exercisers, racing wheelchairs, wheel rollators, blood test strips, lancets.
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