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Wondering if your sugar intake is a problem? Here are eight subtle signs that your body is secretly (or not so secretly) addicted to sugar, plus eight things you can do about it.
The reality is that humans are neurologically wired to be addicted to sugar. Evolutionarily speaking, sugar was mostly available in the summertime (in the form of fruit), when we would gorge on it to literally “fatten up” for the winter. Going into winter with excess calories stored in the form of body fat was what allowed our ancestors to survive through the cold winter seasons.
We are wired to seek out sugar as a survival mechanism. But in our modern world, sugar is available year-round, 24/7. Sugar is ubiquitous these days, particularly in processed foods, but also in healthy Paleo foods like fruits and tubers.
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The Top 4 Problems with Sugar
In short, the top four problems with our modern day sugar consumption are:
Excess Sugar in Our Diets
All carbohydrates (and most proteins) break down into sugar (aka glucose). An excess of carbohydrates in the diet is likely a major contributor to sugar addiction, obesity, and chronic disease. (1) In fact, the shift in our macronutrient ratios away from fats and towards carbohydrates may be the single biggest contributing factor to the current obesity and chronic disease epidemic. (2)
Too Much Sugar in One Sitting
Eating carbohydrate-rich foods like breads, noodles, chips, candies, pop, fruit, starches, and juices causes our blood sugar levels to spike, followed by a drop. Our bodies perceive this drop as dangerous, causing our adrenal glands to release cortisol, thereby triggering more sugar cravings in a vicious cycle. (3) Feeling light-headed, grumpy, tired, shaky, or ravenously hungry are all indications that you’re riding the blood sugar roller coaster – a ride that can result in hypoglycemia, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes.
Unfortunately, many sugar-free alternatives are made to taste sweet by use of chemicals that come with a host of health concerns and can also perpetuate sugar addiction. They might not spike blood sugar, but their sweet taste can still instigate an insulin response. (4) Not only can artificial sugars cause direct damage to the liver, they are also readily stored as body fat because our bodies are simply not designed to metabolize these foreign chemicals and don’t know what to do with them. (5)
Sugar that has been processed and refined spikes our blood sugar levels fast and hard, which is damaging to the blood vessels and can lead to inflammation, dysbiosis (bacterial overgrowth), insulin resistance, and a long list of unfavorable outcomes. (6) Since refined sugars have no real nutritional value, when we eat them, our body craves them more because we are not receiving the nutrients we need from the food we’re eating. (7) This sets up a vicious cycle where we eat more and more of these foods in a subconscious effort to get our nutritional needs met.
8 Signs Your Body Is Addicted to Sugar
If you experience any of these signs of sugar addiction, here are simple fixes to get you back on track.
1. You Feel The Need To Eat Or Snack All Day Long
If you find yourself mindlessly snacking throughout the day (whether or not you’re actually hungry), you may be secretly addicted to sugar. Frequent snacking can also be a sign that you’re riding the blood sugar roller coaster.
The solution: Focus on eating a combination of the three macronutrients (fats, proteins, and carbohydrates) at every meal or snack. Never eat carb-rich, sugary foods in isolation.
2. You Eat A Lot Of Fruit Or Drink A Lot Juice
Don’t let it fool you – fruit is sugar too! Fruit juices are particularly high-glycemic and if you frequently crave or eat fruit, it could be a sign of an underlying sugar addiction.
The solution: Focus on fruits that give you more bang for your buck, that is, more nutrients with less sugar. Berries are chock-full of antioxidants and other beneficial phytochemicals while containing less sugar than most other fruits. If you drink juice, make sure it’s fresh green juice coming from mainly vegetables.
3. You’re A Coffee Hound And Crave Sugary, Alcoholic Drinks
The sweeteners and mixers used in coffee and alcoholic drinks can contribute substantially to sugar intake. Many people who quit drinking alcohol or coffee find themselves craving other sources of sugar to replace what’s been lost from these drinks.
The solution: Add fat to your coffee (like coconut oil, grass-fed ghee, or MCT oil) and skip on the honey and other coffee sweeteners. Be sure to drink alcohol in moderation, and skip on the dark-colored liquors, mixers, and beer, which are all loaded with sugars.
4. You’re Chronically Stressed Out
Ongoing stress causes blood levels of the adrenal gland hormone cortisol to become consistently elevated. Cortisol promotes hunger and sugar cravings, and likewise, eating sugar can spike cortisol levels. (8) If stress is unrelenting, the adrenal glands may eventually tire out, leading to depressed cortisol levels and adrenal fatigue, which can further trigger sugar cravings and addiction.
The solution: Learn to retrain your stress response by practicing breathing through your nose and belly breathing techniques. Try not to eat when you’re stressed out – take a walk instead.
5. You Crave Sugar During Or After Meals
If you can’t get through dinner without thinking about dessert, there’s a good chance that you’re addicted to sugar! Craving sweets during or immediately after a meal can be a symptom of adrenal fatigue, SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and sugar addiction.
The solution: If you think you may have adrenal fatigue, there are saliva tests that can confirm it. If you suspect you have SIBO or another form of dysbiosis, there are breath, urine, and stool tests that can reveal hidden causes of infection that could be contributing to relentless sugar cravings.
6. Hunger Hits You Like A Brick Wall
If your hunger comes on suddenly, urging you to eat immediately or else, you could be suffering from hypoglycemia, or bouts of low blood sugar. Riding the blood sugar roller coaster makes us crave sugary foods when our blood glucose drops, and hypoglycemia becomes a health hazard when blood sugar levels plummet too low.
The solution: Eat a protein and fat at every meal and snack, especially if you’re eating carbohydrates. Don’t ever eat carbs in isolation (e.g., smear some nut butter on that piece of fruit!).
7. You Crave Carbs In The Morning (or Late At Night)
Eating a carbohydrate-rich breakfast can send you riding the blood sugar roller coaster for the rest of the day, resulting in frequent hunger and sugar cravings.
Craving something sweet first thing in the morning, in the middle of the night, or when you wake up from a nap may be a symptom of a secret sugar addiction, hypoglycemia, or low adrenal function.
The solution: Eat a protein-rich breakfast that contains healthy fats and non-starchy vegetables. Eating your starches with dinner, however, can help to promote sleep and weight loss.
8. Cravings For Sugar Increase The Longer You Go Without It
Going sugar-free is a great way to quickly come to terms with just how addicted you actually are. Try giving up sugar for a few days and see how you feel – the more frequent and intense the cravings, the more addicted you probably are.
The solution: Eating Paleo helps to naturally balance glucose levels by providing a healthy macronutrient ratio and focusing on low-glycemic carbohydrates to help maintain steady blood glucose control throughout the day.
The Bottom Line
If you’re addicted to sugar, don’t beat yourself up. Remember, we are all neurologically wired to be addicted to sugar.
Quitting sugar cold turkey can lead to some uncomfortable side effects. Many people do best with gradually overcoming sugar addiction by fueling their bodies with the foods that nature intended us to eat.
The Paleo diet advocates for a return to natural sources of sweetness, coming from a moderate amount of fruit and some sweet and starchy vegetables. It may take some time, but eventually your taste buds will adapt to having less sugar. Fruit will start tasting super sweet to you!
If you try to eat refined or artificial sugars after you’ve been Paleo for a while, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. They may taste too sweet and/or like chemicals, and they may even make you sick. I threw up the first time I drank a pop after eating Paleo for a few years, and I used to drink soda every day!
It may not seem like you’re getting enough sweetness on your Paleo diet (at first), but be patient as your taste buds evolve. You’ll be astounded at how much you’re able to cut back on sweeteners and sugar in your life, once you’ve given your taste buds a chance to reorient themselves. And in case you’re wondering, yes – there are Paleo-friendly sweeteners – just keep them in moderation.
In good health,
Kinsey Jackson, MS, CNS®
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The software Orange provides with the dongle is called Mobile Partner, but it’s almost identical to that supplied with both T-mobile and Virgin Media’s mobile broadband services, so presumably it’s simply a rebranded version of Huawei’s own software. Either way it doesn’t’ really matter as the software does the job that it needs to. The main screen presents you with four tabs across the top for connection, statistics, text and phone book. The connection tab is used simply to connect and disconnect from the service while the statistics page offers comprehensive information about your web usage.
Current transfer speeds are shown on the right hand side as well as daily, monthly and yearly uploaded and downloaded data levels, which make it easy to track your data usage. There’s also a graph that plots the downloaded data during your current session. The text tab lets you send new text messages and sort your incoming messages into folders, while the phone book is where you store contact numbers. It’s all clear-cut stuff and very easy to use and understand.
The new dongle will set you back £29 on a £9.79 per month contract that has a 1GB download limit. Alternatively you can get it for free if you opt for the £14.68 per month pack which gives you a 3GB data allowance.
Price-wise, Orange’s mobile broadband service is on a par with most of the other mobile operators. However, Vodafone’s service has consistently outpaced the other networks, including Orange, in terms of speed in our tests and T-mobile bungs in free access to its network of Wi-Fi hotspots with its mobile broadband deals. So while this offering from Orange is decent, it’s not exactly exceptional value for money and wouldn’t necessarily be our first port of call for mobile broadband even given the sexiness of this new dongle.
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For nearly 50 years, a cold war between the US and the Soviet Union kept the superpowers on the brink of nuclear war. In the event of that war, Los Angeles with its factories, oil, dense population, and star power made it a prime target.
That's why the Army set up 16 missile defense sites around Southern California in the 1950s called the "Ring of Supersonic Steel." If Soviet bombers came close, five-ton Nike missiles would be loaded onto the launch pad and fired.
If that happened, it might have come from LA-55 in Rancho Palos Verdes — one of the best preserved of the 16. It was built in 1956 and remained in use until 1974.
The post hasn't been used for defense in more than 40 years. But a lot of the old base is still hidden in plain sight.
"It's not as good as it was when I was a little kid, but it's still got so much original fabric," says Francisco Lacy, a guide at the Fort MacArthur Museum in San Pedro.
Lacy came to learn the features of LA-55 in an unusual manner. As a boy, he enjoyed exploring the site.
Some of the old structures are still in use: the barracks are now used as city offices. But, just off the beaten path, it's a world frozen in time.
Missile Assembly Building
"These Nike missiles were stored in underground magazines, they were brought to the surface on elevators, and they would be able to push them on rails to their launch position," Lacy explains.
Sentry Dog Kennel
In the 1950s, a surprise attack wasn't an uncommon fear. Many still remembered the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During the Cold War, with the added threat of nuclear holocaust, the stakes seemed even higher.
It's been 60 years since the site was put in place. However, tensions and fear of this magnitude are slightly more difficult to imagine.
As intercontinental ballistic missiles replaced planes as the bomb delivery method of choice, sites like LA-55 fell out of favor.
Francisco Lacy, however, sees a romanticism in this otherwise dark chapter of American history.
"Being here at night, the tensions, the Cold War high, you got the guard dogs going around looking for Soviet spies — that's why I love the Cold War. The stakes were so high, and the weight of it all is fascinating," Lacy says.
"Never thought I'd see the day when we were like that again."


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I was lucky enough to live in San Francisco for a few years, and in my time there, I learned to appreciate the majesty and beauty of redwood trees, which can be found in a number of places in the Bay Area. If you ever have a chance to visit, I would highly recommend that you explore some of the local state parks to get to see these spectacular trees in real life.
Redwoods have a number of claims to fame, and if you don't already know about them, you should—because these trees are incredible.
Tallest trees in the world
Redwoods, particularly coast redwoods, or Sequoia sempervirens, are the tallest trees on the planet. They can reach heights of nearly 400 feet, which is roughly equivalent to a 37-story skyscraper—so high that, when standing at the bottom of a redwood, you can't see the top, even on a clear day.
The tallest trees in the world have been given names—because such enormous trees deserve equally grandiose names—and are, in order: Hyperion (~398 feet tall), Helios (~374 feet tall), Icarus (~371 feet tall), and Daedalus (~363 feet tall). Want to go see them for yourself? Good luck finding them. Apparently, the exact locations are kept secret to prevent vandalism.
These trees are able to grow to be so tall because they're ancient and because they're well adapted to their temperate, foggy climate. A typical redwood lives for 500 to 700 years, although some have been documented at more than 2,000 years old, meaning that some of the coast redwoods living today were alive during the time of the Roman Empire. Not only that, but coast redwoods have been on the planet for more than 240 million years. Let me say that again: 240 million years. That means they've been around since the time of dinosaurs, or maybe even earlier.
Most massive trees in the world
Giant sequoias, sometimes called Sierra redwoods, or Sequoiadendron giganteum, are the overall largest (by volume) trees on the planet. They can grow to be ~30 feet in diameter and more than 250 feet tall.
The title of world’s largest tree goes to General Sherman, a giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park with a volume of 52,508 cubic feet. General Sherman is ~275 feet tall, has a ~102-foot circumference, and weighs an incredible 2.7 million pounds, making it about as tall as a 26-story building, wider than most city streets, and heavier than 100 elephants. (I confess that I'm curious how scientists were able to determine the weight of the tree, since it's still firmly rooted in the ground. If you know this, please let me know in the comments!) After General Sherman, the second-largest tree is General Grant, clocking in at 46,608 cubic feet, ~268 feet tall, and ~107-foot circumference. A tree named President (shown in the video above) takes third place, at 45,148 cubic feet, ~241 feet tall, and 93 feet circumference.
It makes sense that giant sequoias grow even bigger than coast redwoods, because they can live even longer. Most live to around 3,000 years old (!!), with the oldest on record living more than 3,500 years.
They typically grow in "fairy rings"
Even though redwoods are massive, they have tiny cones of about 1 inch long to spread their seeds around. They have appropriately large root systems, though, often extending 100 miles and intertwining with the roots of other redwoods. These underground networks spread out from their source—typically a dead tree—and end up growing in circular clusters, sometimes called fairy rings or cathedral trees.
What's extra interesting about these tree circles is that, in instances when the trees grow out of the perimeter of a dead tree trunk (which accounts for about 80% of all living redwoods), the encircling trees all end up being genetic clones of that original tree. Cool, right? If you think about it, that means that some of today's redwoods could be the last in a 20,000- or 30,000-year (or more) line of the same tree reproducing itself over and over again.
Another way fairy circles can form is when baby redwoods sprout at their parents' base, latching onto their roots for nutrients. Because redwood seeds are so small compared to their mature size, it seems the sprouts don't wander too far from home. And having been lucky enough to see these trees with my own eyes, I can't really blame them.
Although not technically redwoods themselves, Pacific madrone trees, or Arbutus menziesii—sometimes called madrona, bearberry, or strawberry trees—are an important part of redwood forests. These fascinating trees were introduced to me as "refrigerator trees," so called because of their eternally cool temperature, which I confess I didn't believe in until I tested it out for myself. But it's 100% true, and it's absolutely baffling to experience firsthand on a hot summer's day.
Madrone trees are easy to spot: they have smooth orange-red bark that peels and curls as it ages, eventually falling off and leaving its inner bark (typically a pale green) bare and visible. If you touch these bare spots, no matter how hot the day is, the bark will be cool to the touch.
What we don't seem to know yet is why madrones are cool to the touch. Trees have water running upward in the trunk just beneath the bark layer, so one park ranger hypothesized that when you’re touching the exposed part of a madrone you're actually touching areas of its vascular tissue, which is what moves water and nutrients through the tree. Another theory holds that madrone trees store so much water that their temperature is cooler than the air around them.
Redwoods need our help
A hundred years ago, the biggest threat to these incredible trees was logging: of the original redwood range, about a quarter—approximately 625,000 acres—was lost forever. Happily, the Save the Redwoods League has since preserved nearly 200,000 acres in dozens of redwoods parks and protected redwood forestland on private properties as well. Nowadays, threats to redwoods include things like climate change, forest fires, and real-estate development.
There's also the threat of burl poaching. Burls are hard, knotty growths that form from dormant seedlings on trunks of living trees, and their wood is highly valued for its beauty and rarity. The problem is that, when poachers come and cut off redwood burls, it leaves the tree exposed to infection and disease. Making matters even worse, burls actually contain infinite promise: if the original tree dies, its burl will blossom, sometimes even going on to become a full-grown redwood tree itself.
So how can you help? For starters, you can visit some of the redwoods state parks to show your support. If you live nearby, you can even volunteer or sign up to be a citizen scientist. If you're not local, there are other volunteering opportunities, or you can support the parks through donations. There are fun ways to get your kids involved, too, like this kids' art contest; for adults, there's an annual photo contest, plus free e-cards.
And, of course, you can spread the word about redwoods by sharing this post with your family and friends!

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I find myself once again writing about Donald Trump. Believe me I’d rather be fishing, as they say. But here I am voicing my opinion about what in my experience is the worst president of my life. That says something because I’m no spring chicken, I’m a 64 year old voter.
Here’s my issue:
Donald J. Trump, president of the U.S. functions as an autocratic leader, but thanks to the forward thinking of the (U.S. Constitution) framers, because they created a three branch government which separated each branche’s powers. These Separation of Powers were designed to do one primary thing: to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. The framers made sure that the constitution was not giving any branch of the new government too much power. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power known as Checks and Balances.
Three branches were created in the Constitution. The Legislative, composed of the House and Senate, is set up in Article 1. The Executive, composed of the President, Vice-President, and the Departments, is set up in Article 2. The Judicial, composed of the federal courts and the Supreme Court, is set up in Article 3
Each of these branches has certain powers, and each of these powers is limited, or checked, by another branch.
But when one party controls all branches of our government, bills and laws, rulings and executive orders can be passed that are unfair to the other party and it’s constituents. For example, Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court by president Trump. After much deliberation (done, in my opinion, simply to appear to be fair) the Senate, which had the majority and was of the same party as Trump, confirmed his appointment, despite the fact that half of the country objected to this appointment.
The Senate, referred to as the upper chamber, and the representatives (aka congressman or congresswoman) referred to as the lower chamber, combined form Congress or the Legislative branch of government.
To simplify the three branches:
The Congress (legislative branch) make laws. The executive (President) executes those laws, and the Supreme Court (judicial branch) interprets the law.
While no government is perfect, due to these separation of powers, the United States, a country of laws, technically protects each of it’s citizens.
Many people confuse capitalism with democracy. One is an economical system
the other a form of governance.
Democracy is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. Ours is a representative democracy where each citizen votes to elect representatives.
Capitalism is an economic system. In it the government plays a secondary role. People and companies make most of the decisions, and own most of the property.
The Trumpian style of governance is to continuously repeat lies until those lies become accepted by many (his base). Trump vilifies his opponents, belittles those that do not agree with him and uses his platform as a bully pulpit.
Since his election to the presidency, Trump has slowly been deteriorating our standing in the world. By pushing the envelope to the brink, so to speak, he has been chipping away at the constitution. Among the many traditions he has ignored has been the releasing of his taxes, a tradition started by a republican president, Richard M. Nixon, and embraced by every president since. Every president except Donald Trump.
Trump picks candidates for federal post based on their propensity to view things as he does. That is the case with Attorney General William Barr. Barr is not acting in the best interest of the nation. Instead he operates almost as Trumps personal lawyer.
The (Robert) Mueller report did not vindicate the president, it merely stated that there was not sufficient evidence to accuse him of collusion. That is the same thing as a criminal getting acquitted because of insufficient evidence even though everyone knows he committed the crime.
Any reasonable person can hear the president’s many contradicting statements, his out and out lies, and his refusal to cooperate with the House of Representatives. As a result, many want congress to initiate impeachment proceedings. Speaker Pelosi, on the other hand would rather go slowly and continue to gather more incriminating data on this administration before going down that road.
The house, which is currently controlled by the Democrats is the body that must initiate these proceedings. This of them as a grand jury – before a grand jury can indict, they must have sufficient evidence. The Senate, which is controlled by the president’s party, the republicans, is the body that must judge the proposed impeachment, think of them as a court where a trial is held. Two lawyers present their case and the judge (the Senate) finds guilt or no guilt. In some cases their is an acquittal, which as we already know is granted because there is not enough evidence. Acquittals have absolutely nothing to do with guilt or no guilt it is simply based on who has the better (argument) evidence.
So, the Trump saga continues. I’m pretty sure this will not be my last post about this administration.

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MONTICELLO, AR — Twelve students have been selected for the 2019 homecoming court at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
The court will be introduced during halftime of the homecoming football game Saturday, October 19 at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium. UAM kicks off against Southern Nazarene University at 3 p.m. The homecoming queen, chosen by a vote of the student body, will be crowned at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Members of the 2019 court are:
• Caroline Whitlee Adair of Monticello, AR, a senior biology major, and the daughter of Dale and Misty Jones and William Adair;
• Kennedy Cherry of Allen, TX, a junior social work and psychology double major, and the daughter of Louis and Krista Cherry;
• Stephanie Clark of Frisco, TX, a senior English major and the daughter of Chris and Roxanne Clark;
• Skyler Hart of Kingsland, AR, a junior business finance and business management major, and the daughter of Abram and Karen Hart;
• Courtney Hicks of North Little Rock, AR, a junior middle childhood education major, and the daughter of Steven and Lisa Hicks;
• Mackenzie Johnson of Bauxite, AR, a senior education major, and the daughter of Stephen and Melody Johnson;
• Sally Pharr of Monticello, AR, a junior psychology and criminal justice major, and the daughter of Jason and Pamela Pharr;
• Laura Sawyer of Monticello, AR, a junior forestry major and the daughter of Eldon and Retha Sawyer;
• Kat Scott of Lake Village, AR, a junior K-6 education major, and the daughter of Jimmy and Shannon Scott;
• Belle Tan of Singapore and Coppell, TX, a senior political science and accounting double major, and the daughter of Joe and Doris Tan;
• Corrie Elizabeth Ware of Hamburg, AR, a senior psychology major, and the daughter of Alisa Ware and the late Chris Ware; and
• Madison Webb of Glenwood, AR, a senior animal science major, and the daughter of Marc and Donna Webb
For more information, contact Ember Davis, director of marketing at public relations, at (870) 460-1274.
PHOTO CAPTION: Members of the 2019 UAM homecoming court are (from left, first row) Stephanie Clark, Kat Scott, Mackenzie Johnson, Belle Tan, (second row) Skylar Hart, Laura Sawyer, Caroline Adair, Corrie Ware, (top row) Kennedy Cherry, Courtney Hicks, Madison Webb, and Sally Pharr.

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Music and Performing
Music and the Performing Arts are a huge part of our STEAM curriculum. We have singing assemblies, Performing Arts projects throughout the year, and instrumental lessons alongside our progressive Music curriculum which is accessed by all children.
Our curriculum offers children a broad range of musical experiences. We teach the National Curriculum expectations for Music and integrate performing, listening, composing, and learning about significant pieces of Music throughout history. Our school subscribes to the Charanga music scheme so that children can develop their singing, performance skills, and awareness of musical notation.
Our curriculum offers a range of performance opportunities for all children. During the Performing Arts-focused term of our STEAM curriculum, all classes will prepare and deliver a performance as part of their learning journey. We show Nativity performances and concerts at Christmas and will be preparing end of year productions during the Summer terms.
In July 2021, our school collaborated with the Cherwell Theatre Trust to produce a singing and dance video, for which all children in the school learned the same song and worked with a choreographer to memorise a dance routine. This wonderful performing arts opportunity culminated in a day of filming and the production of our very own video featuring children from across our group of schools.
The Oxfordshire County Music Service offer cello and violin lessons to children in Year 5. All children in the class will learn to play a cello or violin with a specialist teacher who helps them to further their understanding of technical musical terminology and musical literacy.
Private piano lessons take place at Hardwick Primary School once a week with our peripatetic piano teacher, James. For more information please contact the school office in person or via email@example.com

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The feedback from consumers serves as the focal point for Sony’s growth in the PS3 sector. Based on this Sony UK boss Feral Gara has concluded that 3D is not a priority for consumers at the moment.
In an interview, he said, “Consumers decide how relevant it is. It’s fair to say consumers have decided it’s not hugely important at this time.”
“It’s a capability we’ve got. It may have a bigger life a little further down the line. It’s great we can do it. It doesn’t seem to be the most powerful USP at the moment, so you’ve seen us shift our effort onto fresh new exciting IP.” he continued.
In conclusion he expressed his pleasure to look at the strength of it as they look into the next year which holds endless possibilities.


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- Tram Ho
On his personal Facebook, Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang – CEO of Bkav – announced that he would produce smartphones with 5G connectivity.
In this article, although he affirms that 5G is for the world connecting IoT things in the future, real-time services with low latency, but Mr. Quang confirmed that he is not out of the 5G smartphone trend. .
Bkav affirms that the next generation of Bphone will have a 5G connection.
Responding to ICTnews, Bkav media representative affirmed that the next generation of Bphone will have a 5G connection. In addition, Bkav will produce high-end phones. But the specific launch time of the product has not been revealed. This person also did not say whether to launch Bphone this year or not.
As usual, Bkav will launch new Bphone annually since 2015. Last May, Bkav launched 4 models B40, B60, B86 and B86s. In particular, the B40 and B60 have been delayed many times, have not yet been released to the market, and then changed to become a smartphone specializing in security, sold to Europe, according to Quang.
5G has become an important keyword in Vietnam in the last two years in the telecommunications field. All 3 operators Viettel, MobiFone, VinaPhone are testing 5G broadcasting in the central areas of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Carriers are continuing to expand this coverage.
Some smartphones in Vietnam have been registered with carriers to be able to connect to 5G. Typical models include: Samsung S21 series, Oppo (Find X2, Find X2 pro), Xiaomi (Mi 10T Pro 5G, Poco F2 Pro), ZTE (AXON 10 pro 5G), Realme (Realme X50 pro 5G), Huawei (P40, P40 pro, P40 Pro Plus). Although the iPhone 12 series is not yet official, some people are already on 5G.
Currently on the market, there are about 20 smartphones with 5G support, with prices from 6 million VND or more.
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A Chinese firm is poised to buy British Steel out of insolvency as soon as tomorrow, in a deal expected to safeguard 4,000 jobs and end months of uncertainty about the Scunthorpe plant.
Advisers were this weekend putting finishing touches to a draft agreement. It is understood Jingye will pay about £70m for British Steel and will also be able to tap a £300m taxpayer-funded package of loans and other support to seal the deal.
The little-known buyer swooped when exclusive talks with Turkish investor Ataer were deadlocked last month after the Erdogan regime put hurdles in the way of a deal. Li Ganpo, founder of Jingye and whose business interests include steel, manufacturing, tourism and property,...
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No matter how hard they fought, it felt like there was no chance. Skyfall would claim more than their stars. It would take everything.
That was a promise.
The ash filled their lungs. It choked them. The Nothing was oppressive. It loomed all around them, unseen except for a frightening shiver. The swarm glittered above, a threatening blade to be swung by a judicious arm. Aequor was overflowing. There’s no more room. Nobody else could cross.
Where there was no hope, fire cleaves through the darkness. Overwhelming heat oppressed the oppressive, the deft hands of Queen Asaaj at the center of the vortex. The nameless many who should flinch from that heat instead turn towards it, their voices joining the Mazri queen.
Elsewhere, magic sings through the air and elemental breath bellows. Here, so far from home, the queens of Bellacoste fight, for once, with the other-- not against. In all these years of peace, no common foe to unite them, tensions grew so taut the carefully penned treaty threatened to fall apart.
Here was the antithesis of all those years of strain. The Old King rears his ugly head, a sardonic twist to bared teeth. Where there was no option for peace, they didn’t have to pretend-- and Azariah, Nouvel-- they didn’t. The Ancient lit fires along those coveted pieces of sky, hatred burning so hot in her heart that she did not notice when Nouvel came away burnt, too.
For her part, the queen of Chrysanthos barely felt the flames. Before them stood the end of everything she’d worked for from the time she’d been her daughter’s age. It would take more than singed feathers to turn her away from the king, his body aglow like the sun. Nouvel burns bright, too, for Bellacoste.
Jishui and Tejat, hand in hand, conquer their own demons, yawning before them with the inscrutable power of the universe. All over the Bridge, eyes turn towards the sky, visible in glimpses, as the twins reach for the blackness and it reaches back.
The stars escape, their fiery trail blazing across the sky and brightening the dark. Their mortal husks still stand, reaching eternally, as the constellations spiral across the empty sky and bring light where there was none.
Then, they begin to crash to ground, white-hot stars studding the Bridge, melting its old prickly swords. They drive craters deep into the Nothing, leaving openings for others to flood into the depths and strike where the miasma was still weak. Like ants they would carve roads through this monster, one impact at a time.
By fire, by blood, by ancient history, by treaties and those who broke them, by stardust, inch by painful inch, Skyfall starts to cede ground.
For the first time in a long time, a faint ray of hope flickers. They were so weary, eager tinder for the first flicker to catch and spread. Here, where things once appeared darker than ever, hope blazes out of control.
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Performance Factors and Sulfur Tolerance of Metal Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Nanostructured Ni:GDC Infiltrated Anodes
Today’s commercially available and relevant SOFC fuels such as natural gas and diesel etc. contain trace amounts of sulfur. Thus, tolerance towards sulfur poisoning is desirable. Ceria and gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) have been reported in the literature to have a beneficial effect on the tolerance towards sulfur poisoning. The ceria can be incorporated as a Ni:GDC cermet anode, but also via infiltration of ceria and doped ceria into the conventional Ni:YSZ cermet anode. Both approaches have been reported to improve the tolerance towards sulfur poisoning [1-3]. In the present study we report the performance and sulfur tolerance of MS-SOFCs with two different microstructures of the support and the anode functional layer (AFL). The MS-SOFCs of the present study are based on ferritic stainless steel (FeCr) with an aimed operating temperature of 650ºC. This lower operating temperature compared to electrode and electrolyte supported SOFC (750ºC-850ºC) is expected to favor sulfur adsorption and hence increase the impact of sulfur poisoning. The AFL was infiltrated with Ni-GDC precursor solution and subsequent heat treated resulting in a nanostructured coating of the electrocatalyst. The two studied MS-SOFC single cells (active area 16 cm2) have initial area specific resistances (ASR) at 650ºC of 0.35 Ωcm2 and 0.7 Ωcm2 respectively. It was found that the porosity of the support and the AFL seems to have a pronounced effect on the resulting performance. The MS-SOFCs were subjected to technologically relevant H2S concentrations of 2, 5 and 10 ppm in hydrogen fuel, during galvanostatic operation at a current load of 0.25 Acm-2. The results are illustrated and compared with the conventional SOFC Ni:YSZ cermet anode in figure 1, where the relative increase in anode polarization resistance as a function of Ni sulfur coverage is shown. The comparison indicate the MS-SOFC anode of the present study to be more tolerant towards sulfur poisoning than the conventional Ni:YSZ cermet anode.
 K. Sasaki et al., J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, A2023–A2029 (2006).
 L. Zhang et al., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 12359–12368 (2010).

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NOBLESVILLE, Ind (Reuters) - An Indiana jury convicted embattled Republican Secretary of State Charlie White in the early hours of Saturday on six out of seven felony charges including perjury, theft and voter fraud.
The jury reached its verdict at 2:28 a.m. after deliberating for about 12 hours. They acquitted White on charges of fraud on a financial institution.
White was indicted last year on seven counts stemming in part from accusations that he lied about his home address while serving on the Fishers Town Council so that he could retain a stipend.
Council members are elected to represent a district and must resign if they leave that area.
White had maintained he was living in the basement of his ex-wife’s home within the district he represented. Prosecutors introduced documents they believed told a different story, that he lived outside the district with his fiancee.
Under Indiana law, any public officer convicted of a felony must be removed from office. White’s conviction was expected to spur efforts by Democrats to have him replaced as secretary of state by the man he defeated in 2010, Vop Osili.
Complying with state law, Republican Governor Mitch Daniels on Saturday appointed Deputy Secretary of State Jerry Bonnet, an employee of the office since 2005, to replace White.
Daniels said in a statement his appointment could be moot if the courts lesson White’s felony to a misdemeanor, allowing White to return to office. If the conviction is not altered, Daniels said he would quickly make a permanent appointment.
White, an attorney and a former chairman of the Republican Party in Hamilton County, has remained secretary of state despite the criminal indictment and civil lawsuits that have challenged the validity of his election to state office.
The Hamilton County criminal trial opened Tuesday and wrapped up on Friday. Jurors began deliberations at about 2:30 p.m. local time on Friday afternoon.
Prosecutors submitted document after document, including cellular telephone records, in seeking to prove White, 42, deceived people while serving on the council.
The seven-count indictment even contended that White lied on his marriage license application and on an application to vote in a special election.
Using his ex-wife’s address allowed White to retain a $1,000-a-month stipend for his council seat and continue to pursue his political ambitions, prosecutors said.
White’s defense attorney, former Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi, said White worked hard as a town council member, none of his votes were voided, and questioned whether White was a target of an overzealous prosecution.
Brizzi dismissed the cell phone records as not providing a precise location of where White was calling from and said the state’s case was based on assumptions and innuendo. The defense called no witnesses to testify on White’s behalf.
White is a former chairman of the Republican Party in Hamilton County. He has remained secretary of state despite the criminal indictment and civil lawsuits that have challenged the validity of his election to state office.
Separately, a Marion County judge in December ruled that White was not eligible to run for secretary of state in 2010 because he was not properly registered at his own address. White has been allowed to stay in office while he appeals that ruling.
The Marion County judge ruled that the Democrat White defeated by more than 340,000 votes in 2010, Vop Osili, should be declared the winner of the election.
No date was set for sentencing.
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Such a challenge for the top 3 this week since they have to master and perform 3 songs. In the first round, the judges get to pick a song for them, second round is the contestant's choice and for the third round, their mentor, Jimmy Iovine chooses for them.
The judges chose "I'd Rather Be Blind" by Etta James for Joshua Ledet. For me, it was a noisy, "too much screaming" performance. Though the judges loved it by giving him the nth standing ovation. I dunno, I felt he didn't deserve that standing O.
For Jessica Sanchez, the judges picked "My All" by Mariah Carey. Wow! It was such a challenging song to sing and yet the 16-year-old slayed it! Like Steven Tyler, I was hanging to her every note =)
Phillip Phillips came next and the judges chose "Beggin'" by Madcon. As usual, Phillip made the song into his own and had a good time on stage. However, I felt it wasn't at par with the performances of Joshua and Jessica in the first round.
For the next round, the contestants get to choose the song...
Joshua picked "Imagine" and to me it was a lazy, laid back rendition. Jessica did Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing," wherein Steven Tyler was the lone judge who gave her a standing O. This is the first time I ever saw only one judge giving a standing ovation. Hmmm, seems like Jessica is trying to get Steven's approval and Aerosmith fans' votes as well. Phillip sang "Disease" by Matchbox 20. I didn't like any performance on this round, thus no video post.
For the final round, wherein their mentor, Jimmy Iovine gets to choose what song to sing, Josh did a superb job in Mary J. Blige's "No More Drama"... though there was a lot of drama in his performance... removing his jacket for one ;)
Jimmy wanted Jessica to sing a popular song right for her age so thus chose "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5. Though Randy didn't like it, I liked it. Indeed, Jessica has a voice of an angel.
Phillip ended the show with "We've Got Tonight" by Bob Seger and for me this was his best performance among all his three songs of the night... I'm sure a lot of girls are wishing and hoping and praying Phillip is singing this song to them. Bravo Jimmy for choosing this song and for further paving the road for Phillip to the finals.
In my opinion, if this was a real singing contest, I think it should be a Joshua Ledet and Jessica Sanchez finale. However, AI is a popularity contest and Phillip Phillips has the vote of majority of the girls. Since that's the case, I would like a Phillip and Jessica final. If Jessica makes it, this would be the highest spot any Fil-American has ever reached. Jasmine Trias holds the record so far by making it to Top 3 during Season 3. Keeping my fingers crossed... go Jessica!
I enjoyed watching the videos when the contestants made their homecoming visits. Phillip's dad was happy to see his son pursuing his dream and doing something with passion and integrity. It was touching that Chula Vista mayor, Cheryl Cox, even declared May 12 as "Jessica Sanchez" day. Wow! What support! Funny that Joshua even commented that he noticed that people in Louisiana were acting as if he was Barrack Obama =)
What I like best about this episode is seeing whites supporting colored people like black singer Joshua and brown-skinned Jessica. Shows like American Idol help diminish prejudice in America and unite the world through music =)


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Supervisor Training Series Part II: U.S. Surgeon General Recommended Framework for Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace
Seeing that we spend around half of our waking life at work, our workplace plays a significant role in shaping our mental health and overall wellbeing. Employers have a unique opportunity to not only invest in the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce, but also to strengthen their organizations’ success by doing so. This opening session of the Supervisor Training Series Part II will explore the framework released by Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, for guiding workplaces in promoting the health and wellbeing of our workers and communities.

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WASHINGTON – On the first day of November 2007, U.S. Sen. John Kerry finally gave a roomful of religion reporters the speech they waited to hear from him during the 2004 presidential campaign, when he was the Democratic nominee.
In an informal session sponsored by the Pew Form on Religion and Public Life, Kerry acknowledged mishandling questions about his Catholic faith during the campaign and said that since then, he has made a point of seeking out “a number” of cardinals to discuss the confluence of faith and politics.
The Massachusetts senator said he learned the hard way how important it is for presidential candidates to talk about how their faith shapes them – and warned it may already be too late in the election cycle for current candidates to do that without seeming to pander to voters.
“The time to do it is not the heat of the last three months of a presidential campaign, the time to do it is now,” he said.
Candidates from both parties have gone to greater lengths than ever this year to define themselves as people of faith. But Kerry acknowledged that the Democratic Party is still less comfortable than the GOP with the idea of candidates talking about their religion.
“A Republican can do a speech like that more easily than a Democrat,” he said.
Kerry said he was wrong not to talk more about his Catholic faith during the campaign, especially after a handful of bishops said they would deny him Communion because of his support for legal abortion.
St. Louis Archbishop Raymond L. Burke put Kerry’s Catholicism at the forefront of the campaign for some voters when he said early in 2004 that he would deny Communion to the candidate if he came before him.
(Archbishop Burke reiterated that position when asked this year whether he would apply the same standard to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican and Catholic who also supports legal abortion.)
Kerry noted that only a handful out of 180 bishops said anything akin to Archbishop Burke’s admonition in 2004. In fact, he added, other bishops were quite clear in saying they didn’t think such an approach was supportable by canon law.
Kerry said he was surprised at how the controversy over whether he was “Catholic enough” became important during the race. His campaign had a religious outreach effort, he said, and he himself went back and reread religious texts, particularly the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, in anticipation of faith-themed discussions.
During the campaign, Kerry answered criticism of how his public policy stances contrasted with church teaching on abortion with responses such as this one in an October 2004 debate:
“I was an altar boy,” he said. “But I can’t take what is an article of faith for me and legislate it for someone who doesn’t share that article of faith, whether they be agnostic, atheist, Jew, Protestant, whatever.”
After the election, Kerry said at the Pew Forum, he sought out several U.S. cardinals to talk about the role religion played in the campaign. In one of those conversations, Kerry said he explained to the cardinal, whom he declined to identify, that he saw the difference in their roles this way: “You have a position on abortion, but you don’t have a policy. I have to have a policy.”
Kerry said the cardinal acknowledged the difference in their roles, with that of the church leaders being to teach. He accepts the church’s teaching on the subject of abortion, Kerry said, and understands that the U.S. bishops’ role is teaching that all life is sacred.
But he also said he doesn’t think it’s a contradiction to say he is both “pro-choice” and “anti-abortion.”
One can have a deeply held belief that all life, including of unborn infants, is sacred, he said, while also accepting that in a pluralistic society making all abortions illegal would constitute an unfair imposition of those beliefs on others.
On the other hand, he said, those who believe in the sanctity of all life have an obligation to work to reduce the number of abortions. The Democratic Party is guilty of being overly strident on the subject, he said, but support is growing within the party to try to find common ground with abortion opponents over reducing the number of abortions.
In the session at the Pew Forum, Kerry talked about being raised Catholic, largely due to the efforts of his Protestant mother (his father was Catholic), about serving as an altar boy, and being, as an adolescent, “unbelievably engaged in my religion.”
As a young Navy officer in Vietnam during the war, Kerry said his religious faith became more of a “necessary and immediate relationship” with God, joking that it was in the nature of “protect me and I’ll be good.” During more than a year in Vietnam, Kerry said, he came to greatly admire the clergy he met who he thought lived out the teachings of the church.
Since then, he said, “I’d been very comfortable with my faith, until 2004.” The question of whether Kerry should be allowed to receive the sacraments of the Catholic Church because of his support for keeping abortion legal was exploited as a “wedge issue” in the campaign, he said.
“We’re all badly served when religion is reduced to that,” said Kerry.
Especially in presidential politics, because “the presidency is largely about character,” what a candidate believes or doesn’t believe and how religion shaped that “is fair game,” he said.
“If you’re framing what you believe in the context of your gut – who you are, what you believe, what motivates you, what you fight for, what are the principles that guide you – I think it’s fair to go out and say, ‘Here’s how my religion informed my life,’“ he said.
That’s not the same however, “as carrying the agenda of your religious group into the halls of Congress,” he said.


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Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.—Albert Einstein
The Tiffany shades I wore to Family Day at my son’s school were the very ones my optometrist suggested “would be perfect for tennis.” Indeed, they are awesome and evoke feelings of Audrey Hepburn gone athlete; but, they are not without a few little snags, such as if it gets dark on me.
Because of learning this lesson the hard way, I now carry my regular sight specs in my purse—smart, or so I thought.
Today I was changing them out at a parent tailgate party when my dreams came true. A hot Latin man sat beside me and began to engage me in conversation. He was intuitive, eloquent, and had impeccable manners. The cherry on top was the precious shirt he wore that said “grateful dad.” I thought— Lord, you have done exceedingly and abundantly more than I could have ever asked or imagined! To my chagrin, I put my real glasses on and realized it was one of my son’s friends with a Grateful Dead shirt on. This grateful Mom had a real good time at Family Day!!!
Yes, I am now in the percentile of once-married people who are swimming around in the suddenly single data pool. It might feel somewhat different had I been single with a cat my entire life. Now, this just does not feel like normal, since I am still convinced that God made me to be a wife.
Unsettled at times, yet content in my own skin to be complete in the wholeness of Christ, I can unabashedly say the entire you complete me sentiment is mere movie fodder when it comes to intimate relationships.
I have found that far too many suddenly singles are frantically seeking wholeness through role replacement of the spouse they lost, either through death, divorce, or desertion. I have had a few suitors here and there try to insert me into someone’s “old shoes” that are simply empty shells of one who died or did not stay for reasons of which I am only privy to one side of a story. Not that I didn’t appreciate the flattery of being a viable candidate for the position, but no thanks, I’m running my own race over here for the time being.
“Is it another man?” Nope. It’s me. The rediscovery of a self I have yet to meet is my standard response, and verily, I have meant every word of it!
A man complained to a prospective lady friend: “Why do all the women want to be put upon a pedestal and equate this to being loved? It’s a lot of work!”
The woman responded, “Not to worry here, I am already a princess, not dependent upon any man for a pedestal. I am the daughter of the Most High King!” The man was baffled at whether this was good or bad.
Throw into the mix the new way of life in online dating, and being “ahem” forty something-ISH while playing by new rules of singleness. I recently wrote about the dynamics of filters, frauds, and faux flattery in my column Good Morning, Beautiful. The caveat emptor mentality of framing someone’s entire being in byte-sized increments sets up a potentially wicked game for the unsuspecting pure-hearted wanderer.
Netflix’s recent release of “Love Hard” illustrates how easily someone can be “catfished” into believing they are speaking with someone, only to find out that there was someone else there throughout the entire online relationship. Although the flick drew some hard reviews for rewarding the catfish (I won’t spoil it, but you can probably guess), I thought it was rather charming for several reasons. And let’s face it, if we are going to throw out Josh Lin for being a catfish, we have to back track all the way to “Pretty Woman’s” Cinder-Freakin’-Rella for pretending to be Edward-worthy, as well as Eliza Ascot Doolittle for pretending to be a Duchess. Nobody threw Henry Higgins under the bus for his part in those fairy tale deceptions!! The romantic in me will grant a little artistic license on this one.
The reason I can give “Love Hard” and Josh Lin the Catfish a hall pass is because this movie provides a challenge of falling in love with someone for what is inside their heart. All too often, it is the outer man that attracts the mate. But, if the Lord sees the heart, then why shouldn’t we?
This principle fits nicely with the fact that nobody in midlife is getting any prettier. Age comes on like a train just about the time we might like to depend upon our best profile pic. If this is any encouragement, the best approach is always to be who you are. In order to do that, you must KNOWwho you are in a party of one—a great goal for any one of us suddenly singles.
In the recent years, I started a ministry to singles with one condition. Nobody was allowed to hook up. And just to secure this oath, I made them all pledge that if they got married they would owe everyone in the group $100. We all had a good laugh about it, but before too long, it seemed like my phone went ding every day with all the $100 cash donations coming in. Everyone seemed to partner, and suddenly my singles were no more. Nobody could have been happier for my friends than I. Seeing them do the work to become the best version of themselves before partnering was a blessing to me then and now. I can’t deny being a little melancholy to see them graduate from the University of Singleness while I, on the other hand, was content to stay for a while longer.
That said, I still stand in the hope of what marriage is to society. I still believe the Lord gives us the desires of our hearts. He is for us, no matter our season of life. We want love, because to experience love is one of the most intense emotions known to man, greater even than death. If this is you, Suddenly Single, take heart while in your waiting place. Remain confident that He who began a good work in you is able to complete it. If I have learned anything at all from this experience, it would be to just continue running your race, ensuring your sight is properly in check. Forgive yourself, forgive others, and use the pieces of your broken life to build a ramp into a blessed future.


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EFCC arraigns man for spending N20million “mistakenly credited to his account” (Photos)
A young man was nabbed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after spending part of the huge amount of money that was credited into his account by his employer.
According to the EFCC, the young man identified as Haruna Samuel on December 3rd, 2020 received a credit alert of over twenty million Naira and knowing fully well he wasn’t expecting the money, rather than report the case to his bank, he chose to use the money for himself.
The EFCC wrote on their page,
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 arraigned a serving airman, Lance Corporal Haruna Samuel of the Nigeria Air Force Base, Kaduna before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a one count charge bordering on theft and criminal misappropriation.
The defendant was alleged to have on December 3, 2020 received a credit alert of the sum of N 20, 014,300 (Twenty Million, Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Naira) into his bank account. The money was sent in error from the account of his employer. Knowing full well he wasn’t expecting any payment of such magnitude, the defendant instead of reporting the issue to his bank or employer, went ahead to withdraw part of the money for personal use, including settling debts.


How Paul McCartney’s ‘Band on the Run’ Became a Mishap-Laden Apex
Written by megarock on December 6, 2019
Paul McCartney released his best solo album on this date in 1973:
Wings released 'Band on the Run,' Paul McCartney's best solo album, on Dec. 5, 1973.
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IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative is pushing the travel industry to transform the way airline tickets are sold by enabling more control over distribution, content and offers.
Many executives underestimate the cost of making NDC a reality. With up to 500 airlines connected to various GDSs and over 100 actively considering NDC as an option, participants would have to develop and maintain a multitude of connections with numerous airlines.
Making NDC a reality can put extra strain on already tight IT budgets. Those making the step towards NDC will have to:
- Absorb the cost to deploy and maintain every single partner connection
- Manage interoperability between different suppliers independent of the NDC schema
- Maintain additional airline custom implementations
- Consider how to manage data and system security using open application programming interfaces (APIs) to new developers
- Ensure that the NDC-enabled systems can handle requests/traffic from numerous institutions worldwide
In partnership with ATPCO, SITA’s community-driven approach - NDC Exchange - enables quick adoption of NDC at a lower cost to your business.

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Durban - South African Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan said yesterday the late Swaminathan “Swami” Karuppa Gounden was a friend, mentor and guide to him throughout his activist years during the Struggle.
Gordhan, who was delivering a virtual tribute during the late stalwart’s funeral at the Clare Estate Crematorium in Durban, said Gounden left behind footprints that few would recognise.
Gounden, who was one of the few surviving people present at the signing of the Freedom Charter, was a close family friend of Gordhan’s and a long-standing member of the ANC.
Gounden joined the SACP in 1944. He died on Tuesday at the age of 94.
“I have lost a friend, a mentor and a guide. Throughout my activist years, he played a phenomenal role in guiding us,” Gordhan said on Thursday, adding Swami’s mental sharpness at an old age was something to marvel at.
“He was a builder, an organiser and a contributor.”
The funeral was hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government and saw tributes paid by Premier Sihle Zikalala, MEC for Economic Development Ravi Pillay and Provincial Executive Committee member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) Joe Nene.
Durban billionaire businessman Vivian Reddy also attended the funeral and told Independent Media he was a humble human being who cared deeply for the nation.
“Comrade Swami believed in the vision of the Freedom Charter, that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white. He dedicated his life to attainment of the demands of the Freedom Charter and the attainment of democracy on the basis of one person one vote, which was a key demand from the thousands of demands that had been collected throughout the Congress of the People campaign which spanned nearly two years.
“Comrade Swami lived in the same modest home in Asherville for 66 years. He was born of the people and was a man of the people. We must take a lesson from his life as we rebuild and renew our society. To honour the sacrifices of Cde Swami and his generation, we must again be able to tell our children that there are better days ahead,” Zikalala said.
“He was there to support the children of Soweto, Langa, Gugulethu, Lamontville, Orient High, Merebank and Chatsworth in 1976 and again when they rose in revolt in 1980. He was there when the United Democratic Front was launched in 1983. He was there to receive Cdes Billy Nair, Curnick Ndlovu and scores of others when they were released from Robben Island. He was there to bid Cde Riot Mkwanazi farewell, at rallies, at the TRC, at the Moerane Commission, working in the branches of his movement and, very importantly in the civic structures in his local community.”
Both MEC Pillay and Gounden’s son said he was disheartened by the July unrest, when racial tensions were heightened, resulting in the deaths of more than 44 people across eThekwini.

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Enhanced Music: August 2014
Enhanced deliver the August 2014 instalment in their monthly compilation series. This edition includes 10 of the most loved tracks to be released this month from across the Enhanced labels including artists such as Juventa, Soundprank, Anry, Terry Da Libra, Willem de Roo, APD & Johnny Norberg and more. This Summer assortment of DJ friendly tracks has seen international support and praise from Tritonal, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, tyDi and more.
A stunning set of 10 'must have' tracks from "the label that delivers tune, after tune" - Enhanced Music.
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Enhanced Music
Released: 11th August 2014
- Juventa - Miami Waves (Original Mix)
- Soundprank - Flare (LTN Remix)
- Anry - Rise Up (Original Mix)
- Terry Da Libra - Hide (Original Mix)
- Juventa - Things Left Unsaid (Original Mix)
- APD & Johnny Norberg - Together (Original Mix)
- Sound Quelle - Freshness (Original Mix)
- JimiJ - Farlight (Original Mix)
- Terry Da Libra - Seek (Original Mix)
- Willem de Roo - Moon Child (Original Mix)


May 25, 2004My new `94 yota has a problem... a very annoying one. When I have the A/C on and I apply my brakes, the engine starts jumping in and out of idle. The sound is still in my head.... vroom...bahh...vroom..bahh! As soon as I remove the brake or turn off a/c, it idles normal. I can't downshift and brake at the same time or the truck hops around. I thought it was the booster, but I checked it, so it has to be electrical...especially because its only with the a/c on.


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After his agent sent an optimistic but stern open letter about the Pro Bowl QB’s status with the Cardinals, let’s talk about when Kyler Murray needs to be paid, and how much.
The tension has been ongoing. And while it’s often flown under the radar compared to the melodrama surrounding the precarious case of Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay or the combination of confusion and pageantry that led to Tom Brady’s official retirement from the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals need to figure out how to keep Kyler Murray happy.
And they need to get busy.
Look no further than the statement released Monday morning by the former No. 1 overall pick’s agent, Erik Burkhardt:
Well, then. That’s a lot of words to toss out into the world all at once, but there should be no clearer takeaway — and yes, I’m paraphrasing — than “PAY ME.”
Murray just completed his third season in the league and is under contract through the end of next season. If the Cardinals were to pick up his rookie deal’s fifth-year option, he’d be locked up through March 2024. There’s nothing stopping a team, of course, from offering a star player a handsome extension before his first NFL contract is up.
- Jared Goff (2019, Rams): 4 years, $134,000,000
- Guaranteed money: $110,042,682 (82.1% of total value)
- Average annual value: $33,500,000
- Carson Wentz (2019, Eagles): 4 years, $128,000,000
- Guaranteed money: $107,970,683 (84.4% of total value)
- AAV: $32,000,000
- Patrick Mahomes (2020, Chiefs): 10 years, $450,000,000
- Guaranteed money: $141,481,905 (31.4% of total value)
- AAV: $45,000,000
- Deshaun Watson (2020, Texans): 4 years, $156,000,000
- Guaranteed money: $110,717,123 (71% of total value)
- AAV: $39,000,000
- Josh Allen (2021, Bills): 6 years, $258,034,000
- Guaranteed money: $150,000,000 (58.1% of total value)
- AAV: $43,005,667
Today, we’ll use these post-Year 3 deals as a jumping-off point to game out how much money Murray could and/or should make on a hypothetical extension.
Projecting Kyler Murray’s Next Contract
In terms of contract length, we’ll lock in the four years Goff, Wentz, and Watson received as the benchmark the Cardinals should shoot for with Murray, who has two Pro Bowls to his name and flirted with the MVP conversation in the early-to-middle stages of the 2021 regular season while helping the Cardinals to their first playoff appearance since 2015.
As it stands, Kansas City’s Mahomes owns the largest NFL contract of all time by total value, while Buffalo’s Allen owns the distinction for guaranteed money. There is not currently a reasonable expectation that Murray, 24, would receive a payday quite on those historic levels, so we’ll establish his earnings ceiling a bit lower.
To get us to the appropriate number, let’s examine the Goff, Wentz, and Watson extensions as a percentage of the NFL salary cap for the season in which they began:
- Goff’s $33,500,000 AAV was 17.8% of the 2019 NFL salary cap of $188.2 million.
- Wentz’s $32,000,000 AAV was 17% of the 2019 cap
- Watson’s $39,000,000 AAV was 19.7% of the 2020 cap of $198.2 million
With this in mind, the lower boundary for Murray’s AAV request as a percentage of the cap should be between 17% and 20%. With the 2022 NFL salary cap projected at $208,200,000 that means:
- A lower limit of 4 years and $141,576,000 for an AAV of $35,494,000
- Less total value generally means more guaranteed money. If he receives 85% of total value guaranteed — just above Wentz’s 84.4% — that figure comes out to $120,339,600
- An upper limit of 4 years and $166,560,000 for an AAV of $41,640,000
- At a higher total value, we’ll project Murray receiving a smaller proportion of guaranteed money — 70% of the total, approximately what Watson received. That puts him at $116,592,000.
How Much Should Kyler Murray Make on His Extension?
Onto the final verdict!
Since we’re talking about a ballpark figure, let’s take the two above projections and meet halfway to establish a throughline that should ultimately end up in the vicinity of wherever any final deal should be — if and when one is decided.
Contract length: 4 years
Total value: $154,068,000
Average annual value: $38,517,000
Guaranteed money: $118,465,800
So, does this mean the Cardinals should just cut a check and call it a day? Well, with barely over $2 million in 2022 salary cap space as of this writing, there’s a whole lot they’d need to do to get things in place to be able to offer the bag to Murray.
But when it comes to making sure the face of your franchise is content, there’s no day like the present.
Kyler Murray’s Current Salary & Contract Details
Contract terms: 4 years, $35,658,014 (plus fifth-year team option)
2021 salary: $3,866,240
2022 salary: $5,489,360
Free agency: 2023 (2024 with fifth-year)

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Milan's Navigli District
One of the hippest areas of Milan is the Navigli, located around the city’s two canals and lined with a bewildering number of cafes, bars, shops, galleries, pizzerias, gelaterias, book stores and music shops. There are also souvenir vendors, musicians, street art, boat rides, regular flea markets and depending on the time of day, crowds of people.
I’ve spent the last several days getting to know Milan’s Navigli District. I love the walkability and intimacy of it. I can only fall in love with a place if I can get to know it while walking along narrow streets.
Milan has grand boulevards, monuments, dramatic architecture and world-class museums of course. But this is my favorite part of the city. Here are some of my favorite spots for eating, shopping and exploring in Milan’s Navigli district.
The Davide Gatto boutique is a little slice of chic heaven. Davide spent the first part of his career working alongside creative directors and craftsmen at some of the major fashion brands but in 2012 he set out on his own.
His boutique is filled with his incredibly-designed purses and luggage, as well as vintage kimonos re-tailored as boho wedding dresses and jackets, vintage eyewear, antique drawings and various objets bizarres set up in creative vignettes in corners and on the floor.
Davide himself is friendly and passionate about his work. He reminds me of a younger, sexier Alan Cumming. And his designs are sheer perfection.
The leather is the softest you will ever feel. Bags, like the one below, are made of one length of hide, with well-thought-out compartments built into the interior. The sides can be folded in or out, depending on how you need to use the bag, and it comes with a cross-body/shoulder strap as well as lady-like handles.
Davide’s pieces are pricey – and worth every single penny. You can see the expert craftsmanship that goes into each piece. In the shop, you can even get a glimpse into his creative process.
Start saving before you go – because you’re definitely going to want to come home with one of these pieces of fashion art! The shop is located at Alzaia Naviglio Grande 10, right on the canal and in the center of all the action that is Milan’s Navigli District.
Across the Canal Grande is a Vintage Clothing shop called Reruns Strascé, which is so overloaded with goodies that everything spills out into the street. You could spend hours browsing here.
And I love this piece of street art. What a welcoming front door!
Nearby is Erboteca, a shop where you can buy bulk herbs, essential oils, natural cosmetics and more – and grap a cup of freshly-made tisane to go.
Around the corner and off the canal, you’ll find “I See” – a fabulous optical shop with a current window display in which eyewear has been given names, such as “the intellectual”, “the vegetarian” and more…
There’s also a boutique featuring casual, customizable bags, wooden phone cases and more by a young female design duo. The shop is called “IF” – their website is www.ifbags.it.
And a chic boutique called Garden K is close by as well, but it was sadly closed by the time I got there!
And then there’s this cafe…
I didn’t get the name – but the art on the wall made me laugh as I walked by. “House Music”. I love it!
Naturally, all this shopping and walking is going to make you hungry and thirsty. There’s a new opportunity for eating and drinking every few yards, so this won’t be a problem.
I enjoyed a long lunch at Officina12, which connects to Gin012, Milan’s first gin bar. I didn’t have gin. I did have a glass of house white wine to accompany my salmon tartare with almonds, berries and citrus creme. The restaurant is located at Alzaia Naviglio Grande, 12.
A few blocks away is Tizzy’s NY Bar & Grill. I found this one by mistake. Frankly, I was surprised by how many American-themed restaurants I saw in Milan and I didn’t have an urge to visit one. After five weeks in Italy, I have been thoroughly enjoying eating what I can’t get at home.
But most places close at around 3:00 and don’t reopen until 7:30 or so. I was hungry at the wrong time of day – so I went into Tizzy’s and found that their kitchen was still open. Everything was so delicious, Mr. H and I ended up coming here twice. Tizzy’s has salads, grilled cheese sandwiches, veggie burgers, turkey burgers and a long list of cheeseburgers. The french fries are fabulous!
On the same side of the canal is Cioccolati Italiani – and this place is not to be missed. I had a crepe, filled with rich dessert creme and amarena cherries, drizzled with chocolate and folded into an ice cream cone. Unbelievably good!
Around every corner there is something new to look at, buy or eat…
There’s even the Happy Boat, if you want to explore by water…
And as the sun begins to set, the crowds start to come out – and you can expect the party to last until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. during the week, and well into daybreak on the weekends.
If you’re visiting Milan, make time for the Naviglio – its the best part of town!
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This morning while I was getting ready for work, I heard a brief news report on NPR about a wildfire on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Immediately I listened closer to catch any references to locations I may know, and was rewarded with a mention of the city of Lander. I’ve never been to the Wind River Reservation, but several years ago I read through most of the mystery books written by Margaret Coel that take place on the reservation. Coel is a native of Colorado, but has spent enough time with the Arapaho and on the reservation to be able to write it well. She based her Father John O’Malley’s St. Francis Mission on the existing St. Stephen’s Indian Mission.1
The two main protagonists in the series are a disgraced Jesuit priest who is a recovering alcoholic and an Arapaho woman who has returned to the reservation after many years away in the city working as an attorney. These two are an unlikely pair of sleuths, and they both have personal baggage that hinders their ability to discern the truth. The novels are as stark as the descriptions of the wind-swept reservation and offer little comfort; however, they are a convenient vehicle for conveying Arapaho history to the ignorant like myself.


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I'm using my customized Leatherman Surge every day it's awesome! Here's 5 reasons why it would make a great gift for Father's Day, a birthday or Christmas.
Practical reasons why the Leatherman Signal makes an awesome useful Mother's Day gift for an adventurous Mom, especially when hiking, camping or traveling.
Senja Shoes is a brand of sustainable footwear built for comfort and style in any environment. Effective in wet, dry, hot, or cold conditions [City or Trail]
A look at the NEW for Spring 2020 Randolph Aviator Matte Black Sunglasses with Cobalt Polarized lenses. My favorite Aviators are back with a badass new look.
Introducing women's clothing from surf legend Kelly Slater's brand, Outerknown clothing, which is focused on sustainable, organic cotton and fair trade apparel.
I don't know about you but I'm so ready for Spring, especially once the current global pandemic dies down and we can...
If you're looking to gear up on lifestyle and trail clothing, now is the time to do it. With 25% Off the REI Co-op Men’s Clothing Spring range is awesome!
We're sharing our list of productive low-cost things to do while social distancing that you can do in and around your home and actually enhance your life.
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5 best running hats/technical caps that: wick sweat away from your face/eyes, keep your head/face/neck protected from the sun, look awesome!
Full review of the Fit Track scale, a home smart scale proven to provide accurate tracking of body composition metrics such as weight, BMI and body fat.
Find the best running hydration pack for trail running chosen by our experts. Also learn when to use a running vest, how to choose, sizing, and cheapest prices.
Everything you need to know about the Nike Trail running shoes collection in 2020. Find out now which one of the 4 Nike Trail shoes are best!
Ultrarunners have a very specific set of requirements when it comes to buying a GPS running watch. Our shortlist of top GPS running watches will help you decide which one is best for you.
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Bailey Bigger is worthy of her name, a rising light on the country music scene. The artist, signed to Madjack Records, and who is currently touring with Trampled By Turtles, has a new single, Arkansas Is Nice’. Released on 14 April, the track has an old school sound that fans of the likes of Dolly Parton will lap up.
Four-time GRAMMY® award winning duo for KING & COUNTRY announced today the UK radio release of its unprecedented collaboration with the world-renowned entertainer Dolly Parton on the group’s award winning, RIAA Platinum single “God Only Knows,” as well as a powerful music video. The iconic Country Music Hall of Famer’s presence on the track takes the song to new heights, with shimmering acoustic guitars complementing the song’s message of hope.
Starting her songwriting career at the age of five – yes you read that right – Kelly Padrick eventually moved to New York, in order to pursue her passion in the independent music scene. Her songs have featured in movie soundtracks, and TV shows, while she’s also released a dozen and albums and EPs. Kelly finds her inspiration in everything: from doodles on schoolwork from when she was a child, to her current heartbreaks; any situation or emotion is enough to spark her creativity. Citing her major influence as Dolly Parton, Kelly Padrick’s music is authentically passionate, with a natural sexiness, and more than just a hint of attitude.


Water is one of the basic elements of our work and its responsible use in our car wash equipment and the development of water treatment and recycling systems are therefore undisputed premises in our business as providers of 360° solutions for car wash and car care.
Our drive for sustainability in car wash facilities has resulted in a broad portfolio of comprehensive solutions that contribute to the environment. Because water is our work tool and we must consider it a vital resource for the future and sustainability of our industry, not only from an environmental but also from an economic point of view.
Did you know that recycling the water used on average in a complete wash programme in an automatic rollover saves over 2 million litres of water per year. Failure to do so would cost and waste the equivalent of leaving a tap running for 120 days. Imagine what you can save if you reuse the water in your carwash for subsequent washes.
The efficient use of water is as important as its correct treatment before discharging it into the public drainage system. Just one litre of hydrocarbons pollutes 1.000 m3 of water, the equivalent of an Olympic-size swimming pool. 1 single drop of oil is capable of converting 25 litres of drinking water into non-drinking water. Think that taking care of the planet is everyone's business.
Saving on water consumption and making your car wash service a greener alternative is simple, you just need to provide yourself with the tools you need.
Today, we are able to recycle up to 100% of the water from the vehicle’s exterior wash and obtain the highest quality for its later reuse in all wash stages, including osmosis in the final finish, where fresh water is traditionally used.
Moreover, with our hydrocarbon separation and retention technologies we were able to reduce the presence of hydrocarbons in the water by 94% before it was released or reused.
We also have equipment to disinfect any type of water stored in tanks to prevent fungus and bacteria growth and make your installation completely safe.
Will you join us as we move towards a more environmentally friendly wash world?


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Location: Baton RougeSale
Crafted in the timeless rococo fashion known as the Louis XV style, this charming Antique French Painted Bed is large enough to feet Queen size mattress! Original painted finish of multi-toned pastel hues on the undulating frame accent the carved embellishments that appear on the headboard crown, footboard apron and each rail. Truly a stylish way to slumber!
Headboard measures 51.5H x 63W; footboard 34.5H x 63W.
Accepts QUEEN Size Mattress Set!
Important Note: Each Queen Bed Conversion we undertake is completely on an individual basis. We examine each piece and carefully extend the rails, while maintaining the style and integrity of the original design. The extensions are stained and finished to match the original rail, and in most cases, the original mounting mechanisms are retained as well, such that the headboard and footboard remain untouched. Only at Inessa Stewart's Antiques can you get such professional artisanry included in the price, artisanry that would cost thousands more elsewhere!


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Friday, September 17, 2010
Early start and I am heading north for Switzerland. It is slightly up hill till Aosta where they have a 2000 year old bridge still being used. If you build them right they last. I head for the pass after dark as I spent a little time exploring Aosta. The road starts to get a bit steeper. Campground at Gignod was closed for the evening. So I pushed on and found a nice patch of woods above a small grassy field.
87.0 miles 9:12 hr / max speed 33.8 / avg moving speed 9.5 / stopped time 5:55 / 3982 ft total ascent. (Some clouds with a northern head wind)
Love & kisses